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    J- ' - ¦ < M ^ ' ® te ^ retr ^ ott * . Health or Loxdox dcbiso tbe past "Week . — Nib official report says :- " The decrease in the leaths nf London , which was announced in the last re-; ura , ha 3 been followed by an increase to thosame ex-: ent , and the rate of mortality is again equal to that ivhich prevailed daring the first two weeks of January . The deaths which , in the previous week , were J 5 Gj lave risen to 1 , 041—a number which nearly : oincidea with the average ( namely , 1 , 059 ) as derived from the returns of the ten corresponding reeks in 1841-50 } but they arc less by IH th » n this average , if it l » i corrected on the assumption that population has increased at the same rate as it did between the censuses of 1331 and 1 S 11 . In the epidemic class , small pox was fatal last week to 1 C -- _* .

    children and 3 men , who 3 e a <; e 3 were between 20 and 35 ( the 19 cenb . 3 from this disease showing a decrease of 13 on the previous week . ) Measles was fatal to 30 chiMren , being an increase ; scarlatina , to 16 lives , hooping cough to 5 i . Typhus and diarrhoea seem to increase slightly , and the deaths fr 3 m these in this return arc 48 and 25 respectively . This cl-iss , which now comprises 33 ' ) deaths , is above tire average , and seems to mike progress . Out of the whole number of cases in which small pox w . s fatal , it is stated only in three that vaccination . had been performed . The births of 773 boys and 764 girls , in all 1 , 537 children , were registered

    in the week . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1345-59 was 1 , 395 . At the Royal Observatory , Greeuwich . the mean height of the barometer iu the week was 29 . 433 in . The mean daily temperature was , on every day except Sunday and Saturday , above the average of the same day in 10 years . It has shown considerable fluctuations duringtheweek . Having been 3 C . 5 deg . on Sunday , it rose to 49 . 2 deg . on Wednesday , when it was liighest , and exceeded the average by 10 . 3 deg . It then continued to fall till it was only 37 . C deg . on Saturday . The me ; in temperature of the week wa 9 41 . 1 deg . The wind was generally in the southwest till Saturday , when it turned to north .

    IsarMAN Treatuest of an IxfaKT . —On Saturday last , Mr . H . M . Wakiey held an inquest on the body of Joseph Broadfield , a child three months old . The body was emaciated and almost bloodless , and the features re-embled those of an old care-worn man . The mother , a wretched girl of eighteen , had been married but three months to the child's father , a cabman , and declared that she had received from him no more than 3 d . or 4 d . a week for the support of herself and child since her marriage . She had

    taken the child to the hospital twice , but on tbe third attempt to do so her husband beat her , and compelled her to leave the child to die . The pour child's body was covered with sores , tbe result of inherited di = ea-e . The surgeon was of opinion that the hereditary malady might have been eradicated , and that deceased died from want of food and attention . The jury were well disposed to bring in a verdict of manslaughter against the parents , bat ultimately decided that "Dec-ased died of syphilis , Laving been grossly negk-cted by both parents . "

    Fatal Accident on the River . — On Sum ' s : afternoon , as some boys , who had clandestinely obtained possession of a waterman ' s boat , were rowing Dear Bugsby's Hole , the vessel got foul of a tier of shipping , the tide ruoning strong at the time . Being ¦ un skilled and afraid they rose from their seats in great alarm , and capsized the boat . Their cries brought a nnmber of persons to their assistance , and three were saved , but two were unfortunately drowned . Fatal Accident . —On Saturday afternoon last , as a young woman , wife of a pnrter employed aj the "VauxhaH station of the South Western Railway , was crossing the Waudsworth-road , under the railway arch , she was struck by the leader of a waggon team ,

    lost her footing and fell amongst the horses feet . Both of tbe off wheels passed over her head , and death took place instantaneously . The driver of tbe waggon is said t » have been perfectly sober when the accident occurred . Shocklvg Suicide . —On Tuesday , Mr . Langham , the deputy coroner for Westminster , held an inqnest at St . George ' s Hospital , on view of the body of William Walker , a ; ed thirty-five , late butler and valet to Captain William Lyon , R . N ., 23 , Parklane , Grosrenor-sqnare , who committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol belonging to his master . —Joseph Smith said that he was footman in the service of Captain Lyon , who was at present abroad , and had known the deceased five years .

    Deceased was a married man , and had latterly seemed very depressed in spirits . On the previous Wednesday morning witness went into the pantry to see him , it being then abou - eight o ' clock , and found Mm in bed not very welL Having given him a cup of tt-a ho left the house for a few minutes , and on returning was told that deceased bad shot himself , which , on hastening to his room , he found to be the fact . Blood was flowing from a wound just above the heart , with a discharged revolving pistol belonging to Captain Lyon , and which was always kept iu deceased ' s room for protection , lying across Ms breast . A surgeon was pre * sent ,

    atwhosedesirede-Cta ? ed was conveyed to the hospital , where he died , in witness ' s presence , on Friday afternoon . Tho deceased had latterly complained of ill health . "Witness subsequently found two letters in deceased ' s room , in his handwriting , one addressed to his wife and the other to his sister . The former one ssid— "My dearly beloved wife-Before this Teaches you I shall be no more ; I sh * ll have passed into the presence of my God uncalled for . I could not lire to see you come to poverty . " The one to bis sister began , " My dear sister , " and contained these words , " Give my love to my dearest mother , and avoid , if possible . teilin < rher the death I die . " The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanitv . " l '

    Sospected Mcrdeh . —On Tuesday , Mr . Carttar held aa inquest at Woolwich , on the body of a man found floating in the mid-channel of the Thames , off TVbolwicu . The right leg was broken , and there ¦ were three wounds on the head , wliich reached the bone . The immediate cause of death was drowning , but it was deposed by a surgeon that the wounds were inflicted before death . Tbe body "was not identified , and the jury returned an open verdict . Birth is a Station House . — On Saturday mot-cms last , an unknown Irishwoman seated

    herself at the door of the Marrlebone Police-station , "Manlebone-lane , where her piteous moans quickly attracted the attenti « n of the police , who ascertaining that she was in labour , had ht carried into the station-house , where they quickly made for her a bed of great coats , and procured the attendance of a doctor aud a female . Ere nuny minutes elapsed the poor creature gave birth to a still-born child . As soon as she was sufficiently recovered for the exertion the police conveyed her to the infirmary of the workhouse , where she is progressing favourably .

    Prosecution of Cardinal Wiseman . —A report has been for some time in circulation that some gentlemen residing in Westminster , who objected to the appropriation of their ancient city as the seat of an archiepisropal see of the Roman Church , and did not themselves like to be governed by one of the cardinals of the Soverei gn Pontiff , had accepted Cardinal Wiseman ' s challenge to test the legality of the recent Papal proceedings by an appeal to the law , provided he would admit that they took place with his consent . It appears that a long correspondence has taken place between the Cardinal ' s

    solicitors and Mr . H . W . Vallarice , the solicitor retained for the proposed prosecution , and we are given to understand that it is in tbe press for publication in a pamphlet form . The Cardinal took time to consult with counsel , and it is understood that , under their advice , takes the benefit of the legal axiom , th-t a man is not bound to criminate himself . Diligent endeavours , it is said , have been made by the soliotor to obtain from other sources , legal proof that * Hr ? A ? r and tbe C ^ 'nal ' s manifesto were published by the authority of the latter , but hitherto withont success . —I ? m « .

    ; . Searching the Vaults of the House of Commons . — Oa Monday evening the ceremony of searching the-vaults beneath the houses of parliament , customary since the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot , took place previous to the assembly of parliament on Tuesday . The ceremony shorn of much of iu official character , the procession consisting merely of the under officers of the Sergeant-at-Arms and the police on duty at tbe parliament house . . Papal Aggression . —A deputation of the attorneys , solicitors , and proctors of England and Wales .

    consisting of Mr . D . S . Brockett , Mr . William Woodroffe , Mr . William Vizard , jun ., Mr . R . Beachcroft , and Mr . J . M . Clabon , had an inter-™* o £ Monfcy with the Lord Chancellor , to reaSdoV ^ P preient to the House of Lords « S « / nf by Bpwards ° 6 . 0 W attorneys , ^^^^ £ ^ J ^^ - SS ^ 2 £ "S ?? S SaUoui&e Hotel , to takeX ^ hei- ™ ¦ W j lf ' s proposal for fl £ i £ SffiSTchta in the centre of the square and for mii £ - meats and ornament al m 2 S """ HT ' took tbe chair . Mr . W yld ^ TwhnS ; geS ponied by the architec / of SSM ?

    enterea into a detailed account of his plans forffe rructure , which , he stated was to be compSd of for the * at . onal Exhibition , bnt , ultimatelv , Le had cjme to the determination to seek for " a public JEM" T ? iij eedific « . and he knew of no tl ^ tZ ? T f 0 T ^ Mthan Leicoter-Sv ^ Sh ^ S . * 1 lore "" g'ected s P <> t was not to lound in the metropolis , he proposed to purchase the site from the present holders for £ 3 , 000 for ten Teiraandtheinhabitants wereonlynresentasainark

    ol caurtesj , » they , fad no legalnghtto oppose his application ^ Should the building turn out a failure he ( Mr . Wyld ) would undertake to restore the square at the end of the te * m of ten years , preview to which he would place new iron railings roi : i ! -4 a flower garden , to be established in the

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    centre , and put the whole square into thorough repair . An inhabitant of the square wished to know if it was Mr . Wyld ' s inteution to «> se the building for any purpose of trade ? Mr . Wy ld stated that he intended selling catalogues of the Exhibition an 4 geographical publications . Mr . Ridgway was delighted to find that a reformation was about to take place , and expressed a hope that in future Leicester-square would become a more reputable locality than it had been for so many years . Mr . Cochrane supported Mr . Wyld , and pointed out the beauty of the proposed building ; he said that a properly drawn deed should _ be prepared , and , if not adhered to that the parishioners should have

    the power to remove the building , lie thought that not only the immediate inhabitants of the locality but the whole country , were indebted to Mr . Wyld for proposing to erect a building which would be a credit to our metropolis . The tollowing resolution was finally agreed to : " That this meeting expresses its thanks to' James Wyld , Esq ; , M . P ., for his exertions to rescue Leicester-square from its present dilapidated condition , and expresses its concurrence in the plans of Mr . Wyld , for the erection of his great globe in the centre of the square . " A oomraittee , composed of the following gentleman Messrs . llunter , Child , Ridgway , Parsons , Martle , XinJ , and Hodges , was appointed to watch the interests of the inhabitants . :

    Extensive Fire in the Strand . —A tew minutes before seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the family of Mr . White , of tbe Temple Divan , St . Ciemont ' s-churchyard , very narrowly escaped suffocation from fire . It appeared that Mr . White , his wife and children , slept on tbe third floor , over the billiard room , and at seven o ' clock were aroused by a strong smell of smoke . All escaped to the roof , except Mrs . White , whose weight , it appears , broke down a table on which she was standing . Fortunately Robinson , with a Royal Society fire escape , was present , and , beinsr a powerful man , he ascended bis ladder , entered the attic , and , taking Mrs , White in his arms , brought her down without injury . Water was plentiful , and several engines having speedily arrived , in about an hour the fire was extinguished , but not until the billiard and other rooms , with the whole of their contents , had been destroyed .

    Ministerial Visit to the Gaol op Uewgate . — On Wednesday , iuimeaiately after tbe conclusion of the trial of the " Sloanes , " which will be found iu another portion of our columns , Lord John Russell , accompanied by Sir George Grey , and other officials connected with the inspection of prisons , arrived at Xewgate , for the purpose of witnessing and inspecting the various arrangements made therein by the direction of the visiting justices for the health and care of the prisoners . Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey were received by the Lord Mayor , Sir James Duke , M . P ., Alderman Humphery , Ac ., and escorted by them tbrou ° h the prison . luiuim ,

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    aaaaies . Heavy . Floods . —The . long-continuanoe of wet weather , 'joined with the late very heavy rains , have had the effect of completely floodin g the lowlands in the Aberdare valley . The river Cynose spread over its banks , and completel y inundated the country to such an extent that it was feared tliat the traffic on the lino of railway would be interrupted , and damage to the line itself ensue . Fortunately , however , no injury -was sustained . In the neighbourhood of Dowlais there ba 9 been an immense fall of rain which , with the torrents from the

    mountains , have inundated the couritrv , rendering the roads perfectly impassible . The river Towy in Carmarthenshire , has overflowed its banks and flooded the country to a great extent . The town and neighbourhood of Cardigan have been visited by terrific falls of rain , which have completely flooded the lower parts of the town , floating chairs tables , bed y &c ., in the houses , the torrents of water carrying everything beforo them . Much damage has in consequence been sustained in various parts .

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    TheFebruarysessionofthe Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday , beforo the Right Hon . tbe Lord Mayor , the Recorder , the Common Sergeant , Alderman Sir J . Duke , the sheriffs , uuder-sueriffs , &o . Perjury Casks . —Charles Hailing surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour . Mr . Hawkins and Mr . Parnell were , for the prosecution , and Mr . Huddlestone appeared for the defendant . —The misdemoanour imputed to the defendant was . that

    upon the trial of a cause , "Marks v . Boulnois , " in the Court of Exchequer , ho had , in giving evidence for the defendant in the action , committed wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Ilawkins , after the examination of Marks had been concluded , said he had ascertained that a witness who . was to have been called . to confirm his testimony .- was not in attendance , . and under these circumstances he felt that ho had no other alternative but to withdraw from the prosecution . —A verdict of Not Guilty waB accordingly taken ; ' ... ••

    -..-There was another indictment against Henry Hailing , the brother of the defendant , arising out of tbe same circumstances , but in this case no evidence was offered , and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . > . Au elderly female , named Ann Rinckman , surrendered to take hor trial for perjury . . The prosecutor did not appear , and no , coutisel was instructed on his behalf . —Mr . Payne , on behalf of the defendant , applied for her acquittal , and put in an affidavit , to the effect that the prosecution had been instituted solely for the purpose of extorting money . The prosecutor , it appeared , had been a tenant to the defendant , and she had sued him in the County Court for rent , and to obtain possession of her premises , and upon her obtaining a verdict against

    him , it appeared that he had gone before tho grand jury and preferred , a bill against-her . for perjury , alleged to have been committed by her in her evidence before the County Court judge . ; The . defendant , upon the finding of the ' grand jury , had been compelled to give bail ; but it was evidently never intended to go on with the charge . —The Recorder thought it would be better to postpone the case to next session ,: in order that , fresh notice should be given , and if tho p ' rosecutor . did not then appear , he should certainly . estreat his recognisances . Stealing a Coat . —Thomas Uullum , 75 , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a coat from the waiting-room of the South Eastern Railway station at London-bridge . —He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months .

    Stbaling a Watch . —nonry Everett , 23 , a private in the Royal Artillery , pleaded guilty to two indictments , one of which charged him with stealing a watch and chain , the property of a comrade named Johnston ; and the other with obtaining a quantity of flour by means of false pretences . —He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months . A Lawyer Swindled . —Joseph Armstrong , 39 , labourer , a shabby , looking man , was indicted for a misdemeanour . —The facts . ofthe case wero these . The prosecutor , a Mr . Walter Justice , is a solicitor , living at No . 6 , Bernard-street , Russell-square , and has a client named Rowc , a blind gentleman , whom he ( prosecutor ) had never seeD , but transacted

    whatever business had passed between them by correspondence . On tho 18 th of last November a cab drew up to his office , and a blind man , assisted by a hoy , got out and came in . Tho man introduced himself to him as Mr . Charles Rowe , and then requested his ( prosecutor ' s ) opinion about some business and ho , thinking him to bo his client , at once entered into details , without asking him any further questions , the circumstance of the inan ' s being blind quite throwing him off his guard . The soidisant Mr . Rowe then stated that he had a person named James Armstrong , who occupied a house of his at Nine Elms-road , and that he owed to him ( Rowe ) the sum of £ 68 moneys lent , and besides the recovery of that sum he wanted to consult him

    about another matter , which was that Armstrong , having received notice to quit the house at Nino Elms at Michaelmas , had requested the favour of staying a few days until he was suited , but that he had not gone out . The prosecutor told him that his remedy would he to apply for the whole quarter , upon winch the self-styled Mr . Rowe instructed him to write for it , and also for the £ 68 . He further added that ho had found a tenant for the houso that tho man Armstrong oocupied , and that ho should want a pair of leases drawn up , and would get prosecutor to do it . He then left , and in pursuanco of these directions prosecutor vrroto as directed ; but before the blind man left , he having heard that his olient had moved from where he had been

    accustomed to correspond with him , asked for the new address . The blind man pulled from his pocket a letter , the envelope of which had been through the post , and bore the address , " Chas . Rowe , 3 , Warwick-street , Vauxhall-road , " and this further tended to throw prosecutor off his guard , as he understood it was somewhere in that direction his client Mr . Rowe had moved to . The letter having been sent through tho post to Mr . Armstrong , on the 20 th prisoner came to prosecutor ' s office shortly after ten , and seeing prosecutor expressed his surprise that Mr . Rowe should have written to him about the £ 68 , as he had not any other intention but to pay it , and that with regard to the rent , he would pay a half-quarter , and that he would be

    round that day at four with the whole amount , the money lent and the two quarters , making in the whole between £ 80 and £ 90 , and further desired that prosecutor should get from his client , Mr . Rowe , some deeds , the property of his ( Armstrong ' s ) wife , which had been deposited when the loan was made . Shortly after he was gone the blind man came as before , and expressed his gratification at the mauner in which the matter had been settled . Prosecutor then mentioned to him about the deed 3 , and Rowe said he had deposited them with a friend and should require some rnonev to release tnom

    , ana eventually borrowed £ 68 from prosecutor by cheque , promising to be back by three with the deeds , when the prosecutor could pay himself out of the money Armstrong brought . Neither Kowe nor Armstrong coming at the appointed * w * tu u CCUtO r ¥ " * t 0 th 0 bankers and found that the cheque had been paid . He then discovered that Rowe did not live at Vauxhal ] , nor Armstrong at MnMlms / and the following artful method ha ' been adopted :-Armstrong had got a lady , keeping a-cigar shop m Warwick-street , VauxhaU , from whom ho bought some trifling article , to allow a let er addressed to him , as Mr . Charlesr fiowe , to be left there , and in the same manner did be gat . the

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    letter addressed to him from the prosecutoiyrequesting some one at Nine Elms to ask the postman for the district if a letter for him had been sent , and if so , to take it . A reward of £ 10 was then offered for their apprehension ; and a ' bill falling into the hands of the cabman who had driven prisoner and the blind man to proseoutor ' s otBces , led to tho apprehension of Armstrong , but the other had not been found . It further appeared that tlio blind man and prisoner had been well known to each other for years ; and had passed by a variety of names . —Tho jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . 21

    Forging a Military Pass . —James Lawes , , a private in one of tbe regiments of Foot Guards , pleaded guilty to a charge of littering a ^ lorged travelling pass upon the Eastern Counties Railway , with intent to cheat the directors of that company . —Mr . Ballantine , who was instructed on behalf of the prosecution , said it appeared that by some arrangement -between the government and the directors of tho different railways , soldiers ; when on 'duty , wero permitted to travel on the several lines at a very reduced scale of charge , and tho usual course was for the commanding officer of the regiment to sign a sort of order , upon which the soldier was permitted to travel at the reduced fare . In the instance now in Question , tiio defendant had

    presented a pass , which purported to be signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hay , who was his commanding officer , and upon this pass he was permitted to travel to Norwich . It subsequently turned out that tho document was forged , and inquiries we re made , which led to tho present prosecution . — The prisoner put in a written paper , in which it was stated that upon the day in question he had obtained a furlough to enable him to go and see his father , who lived at Norwich , and who was on the point of death , and having missed the parliamentary train , and not having sufficient money to pay the fare by the ordinary trains , he was induced to commit the offence in order that he might get to Norwich in time to see his father before he died . —Lieutenant-Colonel Hay said the prisoner had been in his regiment for

    two years , and was a very good young man , and he would have been promoted but for this transaction . He also said that he thought the prisoner had been led into the serape by some of the older soldiers . — The Pay-Sergeant of the prisoner's regiment also gave him a good character ; and , in answer to a question put by the court , he said that a furlough had been granted to the prisoner to enable him to go to Norwich toseehi 3 father , who was dangerously ill , —Mr . Ballantino snid that on this same day five other forged passes were used upon the railway . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said there was no doubt that the prisoner had committed a very serious offence , and the company had acted very properly in bringing tho matter forward as a caution , to others At the same time there

    were some favourable circumstances in his case , and he . should , therefore , not feel himself called upon to subject him to a severe * or degrading punishment ; but it must be perfectly well understood by the prisoner and all others in his position , that if the offence was repeated ,-a punishment of that description would most certainly be inflicted . He then ordered the prisoner to be confined in Newgate for one week . The Robbbry in CoRNniLL . —Joseph Bassett , 42 , watchmaker , pleaded Guilty to stealing a quantity of musical boxes and clocks , valued at £ 100 , the property of Joseph Savory , his master . He was sentenced to seven years' transportation .

    TnB Forgery at Tne Crystal Palace . —John Watson , a respectable looking young man , not described in the calendar , was indicted for forging and uttering an order for the payment of money , with intent to defraud Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the contractors for the erection of the glass palace . The prisoner had forged a time ticket , purporting to be for a man named Lovell , who , he alleged , was discharged , and had obtained tho sum of 14 s . 7 d ., but at ttie end of the week Lovell , who had not left the works , applied for his wages , when the fraud was discovered , the prisoner having by that time quitted his employment . The jury found the prisoner Guilty;—It was proved th ' at , in 1849 , prisoner had been convicted at this court of a burglary , and imprisoned for one year . He was ordered to be transported for seven years .

    CiunoE . of Stealing Bm > krs Victuals . —Ann Preston , a most respectable-looking elderly woma ' ii , was indicted for stealing 51 bs . weight of bread , 2 oz . of cheese , 11 oz . of mutton , and 3 lbs . of artichokes , the property of Ilenry Dixon ; and Mary Rednap , a decent , but very poor-looking woman , with an infant in her arms , was indicted for having received the same knowing them to have been stolen . Mr . Robinson prosecuted , and Mr . Woollett defended . —A policeman , said that on the 10 th of January , he was set to watch the house , when he saw Rednap enter with her basket , and when she came out again he asked what she had got in it . She said a bit of bread and cheese , \ vitness looked and found some mutton , bread , a piece of cheese , and some

    artichokes . —The articles were produced in court , and consisted of the broken half of a 21 b . loaf , about a fourth part of . another , and a few broken pieces , all very mouldy , a small piece of cheese , some small and very withered potatoes and artichokes , two or three scaps of mutton fat , and the bone of a leg of mutton , with a small portion of meat about the knuckle . —The Common Sergeant told the jury the question they had to decide waa whether Preston might not think she had a right to give what she had . —The jury , having been locked up . some time , acquitted the prisoners . Stealing Chapf Samuel Watson , 41 , labourer , was indicted for stealing two bushels and a half of chaff , value 10 s ., the property of William Reeve

    Mihell ; and Samuel Saxby , who surrendered to take his trial , was charged with feloniously receiving the property , knowing it to have been stolen — It appeared that . the prosecutor is a farmer at Dagenhara , in Essex , and the prisoner Watson was a carter in his service . On the day mentioned in the indictment he was sent to London with a waggon and four horses to fetch a load of dung , and it appeared that he was permitted to take any quantity of chaff he considered necessary to- feed his horses during the journey upon such an occasion . He started late , at night , and about four o ' clock in the morning , he was observed to stop afcthe White Hart , public-house ,, in the Green-lane , Barking , which was kept by the prisoner Saxby , and a police , man saw him take a full , sack out of tho waggon and . carry it into a shed in the yard , where he was

    joined by Saxby . The policeman went up to tho parties , and upon putting some questions to them the prisoner Saxby at first denied that anything had been brought upon his premises by the other pri . soner , but upon tho constable making a search he found the siick of chaff in the shed , and Saxby then requested him to say nothing about the matter . — Mr . Parnell , on behalf of the prisoners , said tho defence he was instructed to offer was that there was no intention on tho part of either of the prisoners to commit any offence , and that the fact wat iiatthe chaff had been deposited by Watson in the shed in order that he might be able to feed his horses with it on his return journey . —Evidence was adduced to make out this defence , and several witnesses gave the prisoner Saxby an excellent charaoter . —The jury returned a verdict of Not Guiltv

    TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF MR . AND MRS SLOANE . At ten o ' clock on Wednesday , the learned judges , Ml' . Justice Coleridge and Mr . Justice Cresswell took their seats on the bench , and the defendants , George Sloano and his wife Theresa Sloane , were placed at the bar . The male defendant did not appear to exhibit much emotion , but his wife was very much affected , and 6 he appeared hardly able to stand . She wore a thick veil over her face , and her features could not be discerned without diffi .

    culty . A chair was placed for her , and she remainod seated during the proceedings . The counsel for the proRocutioh were , Mr . Montagu Chambers , Q . C ., and Mr . Huddlestone . Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin were counsel for the defendants . The prisoners were indicted for misdemeanour , nnd they both pleaded Not Guilty to the first two counts of tho indictmeut , and Guilty to all the others . —Mr . Chambers hnving addressed the jury , Mr . Justic * Coleridge said that tho case had been opened very fairly by the learned counsel for the prosocution and it appeared to him that , upon the facts bb stated , the two first counts in the indictment could not be supported . According to the opening , at the time she first wtnt into the service she was

    between fourteen and fifteen years of age , and at tho time this offence was alleged to have been committed she was between sixteen and seventeen and it appeared to him perfectly clear , that a person of that age could not come within the definition of a person of tender years . The duty of a master and mistress to supply a servant with food arose from an implied contract between them ; and it was unnecessary for him to say that they did not sit there to decide upon breaches of . contract and the on 3 2 ^ 1 ^ ' ? K ° On 8 idcr wa 8 ' Aether a criminal offence had been committed . —Mr Justice £ W T < ° I i 4 ° P inion « S' the JSJ found the defendants Not Guilty upon the counts S ; thPV ; i ? k 8 On ' ! " » » ff «¦ 5 SS T £ jfc $ ?* . ° P - r mit ^ to putin affidavit . Of

    said tlTf ° th P T hment ^ = said that , if the application were granted , he hould apply to be allowed to put fn affidavits m answer to those made by the defendants .-In consequence of an observation that fell from the bourt , Mr . Clarkson withdrew his application . The def endantswerethenremovedfromthebar . Atalater period of the day they were brought up for judgment . Mr . Justice Coleridge addressed them in the following terms : —George Sloane and Theresa Sloane , you have pleaded guilty to several counts of an indictment . which charged you with having , in various way s ;!; and upon various occasions , assaulted and ill-treated a girl , name Jano Wilbred , who was a servant in your employ . We havo read with great care the depositions that were taken in your presence , before the magistrate , and we did not think

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    it advisable to grant the application mail bv v counsel that you should be permitted to im * affidavits in answer ; to them and in nritiimi partly trom tho circumstance mentioned bv n namely , your poverty , and- a desire therefor , ! ?' avoid putting you to an ¦ unnecessary expense \ l ° , partly because there are certain facts and ce ' rlv statements in those depositions which seem ? speak for themselves and to def y contradiction u seems that this young person—almost a child ' -. orphan , withiio natural protector , came into vnf service , and it would seem , that she was select S partly from the circumstance of her beiim orphan , and having apparently a better constiV tion than some of the other girls , and therefor more likely to do you good ' service in the canaoiu in which you engaged her . . For some time it in pears that there was no reason for cojnplainf her part , but'at length your course of troatm ^

    towards her appears to have e . tirel y chiiiWr t Taking into cbhsidoratiori , however , the age of tl girl and hor opportunities of obtaining redress th oourt does not consider that you are k-aallv » sponsible upon that portion of the indictment \ mJ your punishmcnt will not be increased on accoi-ntof it , but , at the same time , there is- very Htti « doubt that your conduct towards this poor o \ t [ j . » been moat cruel in withholding from hurVoD nJ Christian food . I Eay this because you know thif the indictment not only charges yon with withhold ing proper food , but also-with forcing upon her matter at which nature revolts , and which I ^ m not offend the ears of the court by further alludinp to , it will be sufficient to say that you are charged with having forced upon her that which ' wa « nauseous , unwholesome , disgusting , and unnatural Ono would have thought that the situation of that poor girl when she came into your service would

    nave aemanaeo especial protection at your hands and that while she conducted herself well you would have assumed tho position of her natural guardians It is impossible not to tnke into consideration the position of tho parties charged with such an offence One of you , a gentleman devoteil to the study and practice of tlio law , who must bo taken to be thoroughly will versed in a matter so simplo as this and who must have known what was his duty . Tim other , I regret to say , a female and a \ rifo—on * who , it might havo been thought , would hnvo been

    tho first to protect a young helpless girl who wat placed in her power , but who , I regret to say ap . pears by the deposit i ons to have taken an equal if not a' greater part in all the indignities that were practised . When , after several months bad elapsed the condition of this unfortunnte young girl became known ' through the' kind and humane intorferenco of ageutleman connected with your onh profession , what was her condition ? Emaciated almost at the point of death , and so desperate hor condition thatshe could not even be sent back to th « union workhouae , but tho Only plaoe she could bo BOut to was a hospital . The extreme state of emaciation to which she was reduced was evinced by the almoit incredible reduction in hor- weight , and the cause of

    that emaciation appeared- to be also clearly shown by tho circumstance that the administration of proper wholesome food speedily resorted her to health ana to original bulk . It also appears by the depo . sitions that , upon the person of this unfortunate girl being examined , marks of violence , some of recent and some of older date , were discovered—those mark ' s of violence extended all over her person , and evidently shewing that she had been subjected to a long and severe course of . ill treatment . I do not state . these circumstances with nny view of giving unnecessary pain . I trust that reflection has already caused you more pain than any remarks or punishment the court can inflict . I have thought fit to

    make them , because it is quite right that the public should know that in evory case , where it is satisfactorily shown that a master or mistress has aoted with crucltytowards a servant , that tho court is determined to institute a strict inquiry into all the circumstances , and to award severe punishment . It now only remains for me to pass upon you the sentence which has been decided upon foryour offence , which is that you be severally imprisoned for tw © years . —The defendants heard the sentence without betraying any emotion , and at the close of # s learned judge ' s address they retired hastily from the dock . — -The Court was exceedingly crowded during the whole of the day .

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    HORRIBLE MURDER IN PARIS . At the end of last month M . Dcsfontaincs , manufacturer of bronzes , Rue St . Honor 6 , 422 , was obliged to dismiss his man-servant for misconduct , and lie applied to one of the bureaux dc phctmtni ( register-offices for servants ) for another . The bureau sent a young man of about twonty-four , who produced excellent certificates , and was at onco admitted . Early in the morning of the 13 th the new servant , who had then been about a fortnight in the place , went to the corner of tho Rue Royals and bargained with two porters to convey three trunks , containing , he said , goods and patterns , to the Centre Railway , Boulevard del'flOpital . He then took the men to tho house , and having told the concierge that his master had already left for

    the railway station , that he was about to j oin him , and that they should be ¦ absent several days , he helped the commissionaires to nut tho trunkB , which were very heavy , into a hand-cart , and saw them leave . He afterwards went away himself . Tho neighbours were greatly surprised to see the Bhop of M . Desfontaincs closed on the next and following u ' u ' io their inquiries , the concierqe said that he had gone with his servant on a journoy which , was to last several days . As , however , he had not spoken of this journey either to his relations or most intimate' friends , and as , moreover his business required his presence , some alarm was felt , and a communication was made to tho commissary of policn . An application was even mado to

    the prefect to . cause an investigation . Things wore in this state when , three or four days ngo , the profect of the department of the Indre informed tho Minister of the Interior that a horriWy-mutilfitod corpse had been found in the railway station at Chateauroux , in a trunk which had been sent from Fans . This trunk bore the address "Moreau , watchmaker , at Chateuroux , ; " but no watch , maker . of that name resided , or ever had resided , in tho town . The trunk had been opened in consequence of a strong' smell which issued from it . As soon as this intelli gence reached the Prefecture of Police , the recent declaration respecting the disappearance of Monsieur Desfontaines was called to mind , and orders wore riven to snml

    w . tho trunk and the body to Paris . Inquiries having beon made as to when and by whom tho box was sent from Paris , it was ascertained that on the 1 . 5 th three trunks had been taken to the station by two commissionaires ; that one , resembling a lady'a travelling trunk , covered with oil cloth , and woigh"Jg 190 killogrammes , had been sent separately ' to Chateauroux , whilst the other two , which wore more solid , larger ; and heavier , had been taken by the owner to Bourges , and he had paid extra for them , as they exceeded tho weight of luggage allowed to each passenger . The trunk arrived in Paris yesterday morning by the five o'clock train ; it so happened that the two commissionaires who had conveyed it to the station arrived at the same

    time with tho luggage of a person about to leave . They and the trunk were ECnt to the Pro-J ! iu \ u llce > | rind a . i ud'cial investigation was forthwith commenced . The trunk , or rather box , was fa 8 t «" ed with a lock , and bound round with C j The judicial authorities of the Indre had ? . ™ t . » r 8 eals on ^ ese ' cords . The address , M . Moreau , watchmaker , at Ch ; i ; eauroux , " was written in a bad hand , on a common piece of pnper , and stuck on the box with wafers . As the box was rather small , tho murderer had cut the body into pieces , and had deposited first tbo trunk , and then sue legs , and then the arm 3 and head . M

    Desfontamea was a strong and courageous man , and the murderer must have killed him as he wan asleep . It is supposed that , after the commission of tho crime , tho murderer possessed himself of every thing of value in tho shop and apartment , and packed the property m the two trunks . The apartment and shop have not yet been entered by tbo authorities . Yesterday telegraphic , despatches were sent to the frontier to arrest the domestic , but from the length ot time he has been away ( seventeen days ) there is every reason to believe that he h » s already got out of the country . It is supposed , from the direction no took , that he has gone to Spain .- Qalignam ' s Messenger . e J

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    SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS . The February sessions , for tho county of Surrey , commenced pn Monday morning at the Court-house , Aewmgton-causeway , before Thomas Puckle , Esq . ( chairman , ) and a full bench of magistrates . Robbery by a Lodger .-Whi . Andrews , 21 , was indicted for stealing two gold rinns , a watch , two brooches , and other articles of jewellery the property of Henry Thomas Proctor , a beer shop keeper , » 4 , Lambeth walk . Margaret Proctor , the wife of the prosecutor , stated , that on Wednesday evening , the 18 th ult ., the prisoner came to her house and asked whether she could let him a bedroom for a month or two , and that he wanted to come in that

    night . Believing , from his appearance , that he was a respectable man , she told him she had one to spare , and a little after twelve he retired to bed . On the following morning he came down and asked whether he could be supplied with breakfast , and being told that he could , he requested her to boil him two eggs , and that he was going out to be shaved , and would soon return to breakfast . As soon as lie was gone , she went into the bedroom where be had slept and found that the jowellery and watch Lad been stolen from the chest of drawers standing there . Thero was no key in the drawers having lost them somo time previously . The prisoner , who declared his innocence , was found Guilty , and the court sentenced him to six montbB hard labour at Urixton .

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    ® 1 ) e $ rommcs . Fatal Leap from a Rahavat Trais . —On Saturday evening last John Hongbton , sawyer , of Bispam , got in one of the carriages of a late train at Ormskirk , without a ticket , for Rufford . In order to escape detection be leaped out of the carriaee when it was about sixty yards from Rufford station , but unfortunately he was thrown forward , and his head came in contact with one of the rails . He died shortly afterwards from the effects of the injuries received . PaOSECCTIOKS FOR TIIE ItKGAL SIaNUFACTURE O * Malt . —At the Shire Hall , Nottingham , on . Saturday last , several malsters , carryina on business in that county , were fined in penalties amounting to £ 3 , 400 for various infractions of tbe excise laws .

    Sir Jonx Barrow ' s Mosumest Struck at LightxiXG . —During the thunderstorm which raged on the 30 th ult . at Ulverston the monumental tower erected to the memory of the late Sir John Barrow , Bart ., was struck with lightning . The tower , which has just been completed , is in the form of a lighthouse , 100 feet high . It is erected upon Hoad , a hill near Ulverstone , standing above the level of the sea upwards of 400 feet . ~ Ro coriductory rod has yet been put up . The electric fluid has struck the dome—but whether inside or outside is a mere matter of speculation—and dislodged nine hnge stones , weighing at least three hundred a piece , five of which have fallen down the inside of the tower , and four down the outside .

    A workman upon the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was killed on Saturday last , at the foot of tbe Sutton incline . He was injudiciously crossing tbe line when an engine came up , knocked him down , and passed over his body . ' Representation of KoiiiXGHAMsmRE . —The writ for South Notts has at length been received by the High Sheriff , and Tuesday , the 11 th inst ., at halfpast ten o ' clock in the morning , has been fixed upon for the nomination to take place at Newark . The show of hands will then , no doubt , be greatly in favour of Mr . Barrow ; and if a poll be demanded by the nominator of Lord Newark , as doubtless will be the case , the Friday and Saturday following are to be devoted to recording votes in the several districts . The official declaration will be made on the ISth inst ., at tbe place of nomination .

    Curious Rohbery . —On Tuesday the magistrates of Bristol were engaged in bearing a charge of felony preferred under somewhat curious circumstanceg against a man named Grizzle . The prisoner , who had the appearance of a waggoner , was acoused of having stolen six cows , and during the examination tbe maeistrates * clerk stated the following particuhrs . The cows were stolen from the farm of Mr . J . Smith Aldwick , in the county of Gloucester , who , upon discovering his loss , instituted inquiries , and the result was that be found that Grizzle and his wife , a young woman to whom he had only been married a fortnight , had fled to Bristol for the purpose of embarking to New York in an emigrant ship called the Mary Anne Peters , which was ready

    to sail , and only awaited a wind . "Having procured a magistrates' warrant . Smith followed them , and at Bristol got it backed by a justice , having the neces . sary jurisdiction . He also procured . the assistance of two constables of the Clifton division of police , and having engaged a boat and waterman he proceeded down the river , boarded the ship and commenced a search , leaving the waterman alongside to take charge ot the boat and await their return with the prisoner . The latter when the boat came alongside took alarm , and hid himself over the bows , and while the constables were- searching- below he offered the boatmen two sovereigns to row him ashore . The golden bait proved tootemptingto . be resisted , and two boatmen complied , although the attempt proved nearly fatal to both of them , as the boat had a narrow escaped of being swamped off the Dung Ball . They got ashore , however , but were soon

    pursued by the farmer and the officers in a steamtug boat , who succeeded in apprehending the object of their pursuit in the Porthead Hotel . While on board the police sergeant had learned from some of the emigrants that the prisoner ' s wife had sent a person on shore to carry him a bag of sovereigns , so that he might have the means of escaping to Liverpool or Plymouth , and taking ship from one of those ports . The officers were , accordingly , on the look out , and seeing a boat with some landsmen in it , they gave chase to it , and obtained from one of the men , who confessed that he had received it from the prisoner , a bag containing £ 116 83 . The magistrates' clerk further Btated thatihe vessel had sailed with the wives of the prisoner and the Other man , both of wbom bad lost their passage . The prisoner was sent for examination before the Gloucestershire magistrates .

    Stocking Railway Accident . —On the 31 st ult . a fatal accident happened at Chesterfield' Railway Station to John Lombard , stoker of the Stavely coal train . The train had , it appears , come from Stavely that morning , laden with coal , and Bombard was engaged coupling the empty waggons together in the north siding of the station , previous to taking them back ; the train was then set in motion , but Bombard , from some unexplained cause , had not got on the engine at the proper time , and running after it , cot upon the steD . but no

    having time to set further , he had to stand in that possession ; almost simultaneousl y with this circumstance the engine reached a post erected by the side of the railway , and there not being sufficient room for him to pass , he was crushed fearfully in the lower part of his body ; one of his legs was literally turned round by the force of the collision , and in falling he was still further mutilated by being Btruck by the connecting rods . lie wag taken to the Swan Inn , and medical attendance procured , but he was so dreadfully injured that he died in abont an hour and a half from tbe time of tho

    accident . WisnsoR Election . —The new writ moved for on Tuesday night in the House of Commons , for the election of a Member of Parliament for the royal borough , in consequence of Mr . Hatchell having been appointed Attorney-General of Ireland , has created very little excitement , in consequence of there not appearing the most remote probability of any attempt being made to oppose that gentleman ' s re-election . Fatal Accident at Colchester . —On Tuesday morning an accident , resulting in the loss of two lives , occurred in Maidenburgh-street . Two waggons and a tumbrel laden with beans , the property of Mr . Gladfield , of the Wick-farm ,. St . Osyth , were proceeding down tho street , which is a very deep descent , when the waggon acquired such an impetus ( the hill being paved and there being no skid on tho wheel ) that the thil ' -horse was overpowered , and the whole team descended the hill at full speed . On a ™" n at the bottom the two men who had charge of the waggon , unable to retain their hold of the horses , were knocked down , and the wheels of the waggon passing over them their death was instantaneous . A coroner ' s inquest was held on the bodies and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned . Measures are in progress for the establishment of a Female Penitentiary for the whole of the West Riding of Yorkshire .

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    « cotiant ! . Providential Escape . —The members of a certain officious ( raternity which nestles on the borders , encountered tho other day , in the prosecution of their vocation , a formidable foe . A box of questionable shape arrived at Tweedmouth from a Scottish town in the west , with an address , directing its further conveyance southwards . It was raised bj the officers of the excise , and fouha . heayy ; it was shaken , but gave no satisfactory reply , the outer covering , which was of wool , was removed , but the inner case only excited greater curiosity . It was composed of lead securely soldered round the edges . It was evidently a prize . But how to get at it was the question . One of the searchers suggested that

    they should have the railway office poker heated , and with it meU the soldering . All agreed to this , but during the heating process , one of the officers , wiser than his fellows , suggested that as they must ultimately have a plumber to renew the fastening , they had better have him at once to undo it . This proceeding , though delaying their gratification , was acceded to . The plumber was procured , and he decided that it would be wiser to cut than to melt the solder , which he presently did ; when an opening was made the contents were discovered to begunpowder ! Had the heated iron but come in contact with this , what would have been the consequenees ? With " bated breath " the spectators congratulated each other on their escape , and hesrtily wished the suspected package a safe and speedy conveyance to its destination . —forth British

    Mail . Scotch Salmon . —Saturday last was the first day of the salmon season , and , as may be expected , the supply was not inordinate . The quality , however , was of a superior description . We saw salmon in Fyfe Place , caught in the Tay , and selling at so high a figure as 3 s . Gd . the pound , with a very fair demand . even at that price . —Glasgow Mail .

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    ¦ ffrc iano . _ The Irish Porter Trade . —The Irish porter brewers are now carrying on a most prosperous trade , chiefly on account of the vast amount of the exports to England , where the consumption of ¦ " Dublin stout" has become immense . The principal establishment is that of Messrs . Guinness and Co . ; but there are several other extensive breweries in this city , all of which are at full and constant work . It is stated that the net profits of the Messrs . Guinness amount to nearly £ 50 , 000 per annum . They have some hundreds ofpursom in their employment , and their arrangements are conducted upon a most liberal scale , whilst their charities are munificent . One of the partners in another Dublin brewery , which also carries on a large English trade , has just retired , taking £ 100 , 000 out of the firm as his proportion .

    Operation of the Poor Law . — In the Limerich union , which , since the famine , had been remarkable for the great extent of its pauperism , there had been a material diminution last summer , but latterl y the workhouses have become excessively , crowded ; and the commissioners have found it necessary to remonstrate on ( he subject . The liabilities of the union now amount to £ 21 , 234 . ' A large and influential meeting was held in the Royal Exchange , 00 the 31 st ult ., to promote the establishment of a packet station on tbe western coast of . Ireland , and was in every sense amost important one . Several of the nobility , gentry , and merchants attended . A committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting * and a deputation was also chosen to wait on the Lord Lieutenant to requeBt the exercise of his influence in accomplishing those objects .

    The Irish Tenant League has published an abstract of its accounts , from which it appears that , up to the 31 st of December , the total receipts were £ 5812 s . Id ., and thedisb-irseraents , £ 522 7 s 7 id ., leaving a balance in hand of £ 5814 s . 5 | d .,. which , by further subscriptions was , on the 22 nd ult ., swelled to £ 245 4 s . 5 Jd . The further disbursements , however , have reduced that amount to £ 188 18 s . 2 d ., and the liabilities of the League at th&tdate was £ 261 10 s . 4 d . The expenses of the Limerick election appear to have exceeded £ 400 , and of this sum £ 200 are still due . The deputations to the counties cost £ 120 .

    New Irish Municipal Rill . — The Limerick < 7 iro > Hctesays— " Government intend to bring forward a general municipal bill for Ireland , assimilating the corporations to the form in Dublin , thereby concentrating all local boards in the municipal body , and in this event the government of St . Michael ' s parish , in this city , will be transferred to the corporation . " Roman Catholic Friars . —Official Isquirt . — The Cork Examiner says that instructions have been received by parties in that city , " ¦ to institute inquiries as to the exict number of the friars belonging to the different religious orders established in Cork . " That journal adds , " It is presumed , whether justly or not it is impossible to say , that those inquirieswhich have been also commenced in other placesare with a view to some hostile movement on the part of the government . "

    The New Parliamentary Constituencies . — Several of the Irish boroughs will have a smaller constituency under the New Franchise Act , than they had under the old law . Kinsale , of which Mr . Hawes is the present representative , has had its qualified electors reduced fully cne half , from 298 to 140 . This was caused mainly by the reduction of tbe valuation of the borough by the Poor Law Guardians , to the extent of twenty five per cent . Tiie Board op Trinity College have acquired the identical sword worn by . Kin « William at the Battle of tbe Boyne , and which is now in their museum . This precious relic cost them 300 guineas . — Saunderi News Letter . Thb Poor Law Difficulty . —As the winter

    advances , the embarrassment of some of those unions which had been most deeply involved during the famine , are increasing . The Limerick Reporter states , that the Directors of the National Bank of Ireland tiave determined not to honour the application of the Board of Guardians for a further advance of £ 2 500 , until the outstanding debt shall have been paid , and that the works of an auxiliary workhouse have , in consequecce , been suspended . An extraordinary meeting of tbe Guardians has been convened , to consider the course to be adopted under such difficult and disheartening circumstances .

    Re-adjustment of Rents . —It is singular that reductions of rent have bevn more general in the northern province than in other parts of the country , although the farmers in Ulster are in far better circumstances than the same class in the other provinces . The Newry Examiner states that , upon the estate of Alexander Henry , Esq ., a permanent reduction of thirty percent , has been made to tbe tenantry after a re-valuation of the lands , in order " to enable the tenants to live and to obtain for himself

    satisfactory payments . " The tenantry of Lord Powerscourt , in Tyrone , have obtained an abatement of twenty per cent , on the rents now in couwe of payment The O'Connell Furo .-The Limerick Chronicle , of Saturday , contains the following :- "Mr . John O Lonnell proceeds on Monday morning for London to attend the opening of Parliament . The sum collected by the committee of Mr . John O'Connell ' s fund , in this city , exceeds £ 200 , of which £ 100 will be fowarded to him previous to leaving Dublin to attend his Parliamentary duties . "

    Dunoarvan Election . —Under the head of " The Representation of Dungarvan , " the Cork Reporter says : — "Oar Dungarvan correspondent , writineunder date January 29 . says : Long threatening comeB at last . Mr . Maguire ' s opponent has entered tuefield . Several open houses are now in full work , and bread and tea are dealt out in profusion to the electors . The new candidate , who is a ffh ' u , is supported by the Duke of Devonshire , and all the local landlord influence . Dr . Hally , P . P , also goes with the government man . To think of raising the wind here by the cry of ' repeal , ' is all moonshine . ' " The new candidate for this borough , upon the Whig and Liberal iniereat , is Mr . Norton , formerly Chief Justice of Newfoundland , and now a member of the English bar .

    Legal Aitointmunts . —Mr . Geo . Bennett , Q C , has retired from tho Crown prosecutorship of the Munstcr circuit ; and the government have determiued to appoint a member of the bar for each county in the province . Mr . Sergeant O'Brien gets Limerick ; Air . O'llea , Cork ; and Mr . R . Henn , one of the other counties . Dublin University . —A royal commission of inquiry , similar to those issued for the English Universities , has been determined on by government for the University , of Dublin , and has been already semi-offidally announced to the heads of that institution . It is stated that this announcement was made in the course of an interview with some members of the college board , by Lord Clarendon himself , an i as the

    news ' was , " of course , asunwelome as it was unex . pected , it is invidiously added , " that it was not announced until after the University had published its address to her'Majesty , on the Papal aggression . The Archbishop of Dublin is to be tile head of the commission . Consecration of the Bishop op Ross . —The Right Rev . Dr . Keane , the New Roman Catholic Bishop of thehew dioceseof Ross , was consecrated on Sunday last . The ceremony was performed with great pomp in the parish chapel of Middleton , where Dr . Keane had been pafisli priest , the consecrating prelate being the Roman Catholic MetropolitanBishop of Munster , the Most Rev . Dr . Slattery . There were five other Unman Catholic Bishops present on the occasion . Railw ay Defaulter . —In the Court of Queen's Bench , on Monday , a verdict was obtained by tho Wicklow , Wexford , and Waterford Railway Company , as ainst a defaulting shareholder ; and judgment was allowed to go by consent in four other

    similar cases . Progress of Emigration . —In former years thero had been comparatively little'emigration , unless durin" the spring months ; but , since the famine , emigrants have been quitting our shores all the year round . Even in the depth of winter , many of our population have braved a steerage passage across the Atlantic , in their anxiety to escape the miseries of tlioir condition hero . Already there are preparations at some of tho ports for the opening of the sprint emigration , and large amounts are received

    by each American mail from persons who had emigrated , to enable their relatives to join them in tho " new country . " At the various banking establishments , but chiefly at tho branches of the Provincial and "National Banks of Ireland throughout the country , orders varying in amount from £ 3 to £ 12 , are daily paid , to a very considerable amount , amongst the inhabitants of the towns or the peasantry of tho rural districts . It is stated that no less a sum than £ 44 , 000 was remitted to the city of Limerick alone , within the last year , for

    emigration purposes . The Tbitant-Right Movement . —A tenant-right meeting was held in Banbridge , county Down , on Monday , which was attended by several Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergymen , and at which resolutions similar to those adopted at former tenant-right meetings were agreed to . Illegal Confederacies . —A proclamation from the Lord-Lieutenant appears in the Dublin Gazette of Tuesday night , intimating that it has been represented to his Excellency that '' illegal confederacies nnd combinations have been entered into by divers ill-disposed persons , in the baronies of Upper and Lower Dundalk ; and adjoining districts in the county of Louth , and that in consequence thereof , several serious outrages have been committed upon persons and property in the said county , " and offering a reward of one hundred pounds for such information as win lead to the conviction of any of the parties engaged in such confederacies .

    Abolition of the Viceroyalty . —Earl Talbot has addressed a letter to- Mr . Long , one of the secretaries of the late anti-centralisation meeting at the Rotunda , in which he says : — " I was prepared last session to have given my vote against the bill for the abolition of the Viceroyalty , if it had come to the vote ; and 1 shall be still more ready in the approaching contest to resist it , if it should ( which I do not at all apprehend ) be again brought forward . " Lord Carew is also opposed tothe abolition .

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1612/page/6/