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' £% ?¦ | Sc ! dyoU 0 « HEitTlf ^^ Lnsnos Dumxg we "Week . —The re-; urn for the « eek ending last Saturday exhibits an unfavourable state of health amongst tie population of the metropolitan districts . It was formerly shown that the mortality rose in the third week of February to 1 , 213 deaths , and slightly declined in the subsequent week , when the number was 1 , 148 ; but it was found that the deaths registered last week amount to 1 , 247 . Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1 S 41-50 for comparison , no example occurs iu the series of so great a mortality ; the highest return ( in the tenth week of 1845 ) having been 1 , 141 . whiWt f . ie average did not exceed 1 , 001 deaths . This average with a correction for the assumed tow of increase of population , is 1 , 092 ; on _
which the 1 , 217 deaths returned for last week show an excess of 125 . Last -week 570 childien died pa « lcr 15 years of age , whilst t ? ic corrected average is only 473 ; 374 persons died at 15 years , and under 00 , wbsle the average is 381 ; and 802 persons Of GO years ami upward 3 died , tuousli tlie average . is only 252 . Hence it appears that the young , and persons in advanced life are now the principal sufferers . The excess both on the prerious week and on the average is principally due to diseases which affect the organ * of respiration . Hooping-cough carried off 70 children , considerably more than usual at this period ; bronchitis . 160 persons of various a ? es , hut principally amongst the old , though the grcitest number in any corresponding
week " was not more than 95 ; asthma 40 persons ; laryngitis , and ' laryrigisinas stridulus , S ; croup , 33 ; influenza , which is increasing , 15 . Pneumonia , or infl munition of the lungs , was f . ital in 90 cases , a great majority of which were among children ; hut the number attributed to this cause Is net remarkable . Consumption destroyed 154 lives , which , with one exception , 5 s a greater number thnn in any . corresponding week . The zymotic class , besides hooping-cough , croon , aud influenza , already mentioned , comprises smallpox and measles , both of which are no * more f . ital than usual ; also scarlatina , typhus , and other complaints , which discover no remarkable results . Two cases of cholera are recorded , of which
the following arc the particulars : at 11 , Douglassgardens , St . John ; Westminster , on the Cth March , the son of a joaaiajmaa - ^ winter , aged C years , die ! of " sporadic cholera ( 2 days * illness ) . " And at 0 , Anchor-yard , Citj-road , on 1 st March , the wife of a cent-mi dealer , ased 53 years , " billions cholera ( 2 " days ) . low fever " ( 4 days ) . " With refe rence to 20 cases , in which small-pox proved fatal , it is recorded only in three , those of females aged respectively 7 months , 12 years , and 24 years , that vaccination had . been performed at some previous iime . Tee daughter of a carpenter , aged 12 jear . « , died on the 1 st March , at 5 G , Emma-street , Ilack-H 2 \ -road , of " confluent small-pox , ( 26 days ) . And 3 Ir . Murray reports that this is the third , death from the digests ? which has occurred within a month
in the same house , and that the house is situated before a stagnant pond . On the 2 nd of March , at 2 , HemuiinKford-terracc , Islington , a gentleman died of bronchitis and natural decay , who is stated to have arrived :. t the extraordinary age of 106 years and to have enjoyed possession of his faculties to trie last . The births of 1 . 5 S 0 children ( of whom 795 were boys , and 7 S 5 girls ) were registered in the week . 'I he average of six corresponding •* eeks in 1 S 45-50 was 1 , 412 . At the Royal Observatery , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was : « bove 30 in . on Sunday and Monday ; the mean of the week was 29 . 890 . The mean daily temperature was on each day rather below the average of the same day in 10 years except on Tuesday and Wednesday , when it slightly exceeded it . The mean of tl > e week was 39 deg . 4 min .
Fhotestaxt Aggression . —Seizure fob CHCRCH Bams . —The cburcuwardens of the parish of St . Clement Danes have , within these last tew days , taken out warrants against a number of the poorer inhabitants of St . Clement Danes to enfrre the payment of church rates . The expenses attendant upon these warrants exceed , in many rases , the amount of the rate itself ; and a threat is held out that , unless the rates are paid within a short period , "the law must take iu course by an execution . " Female Emigration Fcsns . —The ninth party of emigrants sent out by the committee of this fund to different parts of : be world was dispatched on Saturday last , from the " Dome" in llatton-garden . The good ship , the City of Manchester , com aiding
forty-one of the female emigrants , wilt shape her course to the shores of Australia . A few of the emigrants will disembark at Port Philip , and the remainder will proceed to Adelaide . Upon landing they will be at once admitted to the government depots , ¦ where they will be taken care of until provided with situations . The piriy left the Home on Saturday ni'irning shonly after nine o ' clock , and proceeded by railway to Blackball . Here it was met by several members of the committee . The river steamer which conveyed the party from Biackwall soon stopped alongside the City of Manchester , a noble ship of
l , G 00 tons burden , which lay at her moorings off Gravesend . The emigrants were soon busily employed in maVing their little household arrangements . It may bs not uninteresting to mention that one of the sub-matr ons is a girl of superior education and refinements , the daughter of a gentleman who formerly edited a country newspaper . She was discovered in a state of abject destitution in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall , and was found , upon inquiry , to be in every way a deserving object of the assistance of the committee . After the necessary arrangements had been completed , an affecting farewell was taken , and the committee left the ship on their
return to London . Customs Facilities is Southwark . —There has been for some time past a movement on the part of the wharfingers and others interested in the trade of the south side of the Thames , with a view to obtain from the government increased Customs facilities in regard to the hiding and warehousing of goods . We havs ihe satisfaction of stating that , in repiy to the mem-rials "f the merchants on the subject , the government has consented to restore to these wharfs the , privileges of landing and warehousing foreign goods , with but one or two exceptions .
. Harrow Escape . —The White Hoy , one of the Deptfora-prd victualling lighters , when attached by a long cable to one of the mooring buoys , opposite Woijlwich dockyard , on the evening of the 7 thiost ., bad the . cable cut by one of the Woolwich steamers , and th » wind blowing strong from the north west , drifted the vessel to the incline in front of the masthouse . Qn the tide receding , the vessel fell over , tbrowinsinto the river seven of the men on board . Fortunately -assistance was promptly obtained , and by the aid of ihe life buoys and other means the "whole of the persons immersed were saved , but several of them were sick for some time after , owin" to the quantity of water they had swallowed . The lighter ; was got up without having sustained much damaee .
-Extensive Ilucit Distillation . —In consequeuce of information privately furnished to the Excise , that a fraud upon the revenue was being committed to a very extensive ex'ent , at a house in a Btreet lea Tin g from Hackney to Bethnal Green , called Centre-street , George , a Customs' officer , accompanied by one . of the Excise officers named Cart-¦ wri ght , pr oceeded there at a late hour on the night of the ith inst . and after scaling some walls at the back of the adjoining houses , at length forced an entrance at the rear of the one suspected , and captured a middle aged man nunetLWood ; in the passage . Wood , who was inJsis shirtsleeves , denied all knowledge of afcy saeb illegal practices , but upon going opstairs the ofic&s found the whb ! e ; jpf the top part of the house fted ni'in the most compact and perfect manner for igstillation . In the first room they entered they frond a large still , in ful ^ perStion . ' with tub * and
coolers filled with molasses wash to the extent of ssyerel hundred gallons , ks& a large quantity of spirits , of thffetrongest quality , jnst run off , white in the room adjoining was a stilt feirgcr copper still , containing eithty gallons of wash , with fumade alight , and throwing' . ! spirits to a proportionate extent . So large was the quantity .. f " plant ' ' and utensils np n the preomeS / that the officers wereoccupied the whole of the night in effecting their removal , and the man Wood , who was the only person iu $ he lumse . being transferred to the station , and afterwards placed at the bar at Worship-street , evidence far the foregoinn effect was produced against him , and it being proved that both stills , from their peculiar construction , must have burst and destroyed the place if some one had not been in constant attendance upon them the magistrate convicted him in a penalty of £ 30 , and in default of payment sentenced him to three months ' hard labour in the House of Correction .
Great Fall is Egg s . —On Tuesday morning , as one of the covered spring vans belonging to ^ Mr . Lemere of Cow-cross , Smithfield , the well-known effg-mercbant , was passing down Dean-street , Red Lion-square , in the direction of Holborn , the patent axletree snapped immediately iu the centre , and tne driver was Sung forward upon the horse with considerable veiocity-fortunately he was not hurt , but the shock v ; i 3 severall y felt among tbeeegs , iBSSSm Which Vere «« trievBbly fractuffd « t * time 5 Tf' r b 5 ch ad ™ tsbut one carriage
Sit ^ t labouring under some namtffe « that she was Konaftfradmyr ThSa ^;| o he expired a brooch wi . h a portrait of afe 2 i ° Tk ^ TOite . and squirrel fu-s .. The body lieal' I « ** tholomea ' s to be identified aud for L iSsf * ' " 5 « fcSte ttllku * Prison , relative to the ' dea h 5 Sr t ! Sinclair , aged 14 , a prisoner . Evidence ras " k ! thattt . cdeceased wa 8 admitted into tL ., J theMthrfJtejMWlast , audlSewas S Edamr ^ being under a sentence of seven yS ?
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transportation for theft . Mr . W . Helps , resident surgeon , stated tiiat'hc saw deceased on his arrival at the prison , from Edinburgh , lie , was very emaciated and pale ; but it is not unusual to see prisoners in that state from Scotland . In two days after his admission , he had an attack of pleurisy , but recovered . When . admitted on the 6 th of Jan ., in the infirmary , he was suffering from an inflammation of the bowels , lie died from the effects of the attack . He had every nourishment he required , cow-heel jelly , warm milk , and other nutritious diet . In answer to . the coroner , the witness stated that there were several other prisoners sent
with the deceased from Edinburgh , who were more or less in a debilitated state . Prisoners from Scotland arrive in a worse state than they do from any other part . The coroner observed , that it was not the first time his attention had been culled to tlie appearance of prisoners from Scotland . On a former occasion he had a verdict of manslaughter returned against a medical officer in that country . Mr . Helps stale : ! that the prisoners in Scotch g ; iols were allowed oatmeal gruel and porridge . They had no meat . The prison disci pline was different to what it was in English gaols . Verdict—Natural death .
Death of a Singular Character . — On Tuesday an inquiry was held before Mr . Baker , at the Brunswick Arms , Homerton , into the death of Mr . John Powell , an aged and eccentric person of supposed fortune , in connection with whose decease an extraordinary sensation had been created in Hackney . —James Dawtrey deposed that deceased frequently evinced symptoms verging upon insanity Dunns his wife ' s lifetime they frequently quarreled , and smce her death he was in the l > auit ' of fei » nin « her presence in the room , and carrying on a wordy warfare . In his replies to his imaginary spouse ho sometimes raved wildly , and after a calm he would usa the most endeariug terms , n . r . < l exclaim , - " Well , never mind ; I do love you . " His noise frequently
attracted the notice of his neighbours , with whom , however , he would bold little or no converse , generally manifesting towards them a sullen contempt , Witness had his attention , last week , drawn to the fact that Powell ' s shutters bad remained open for more than a fortnight , and in consequence he , on Saturday night , placed a piece of wood in such a position as to test an ingress or egress to Powell ' s house . Early on Monday morning witness found the wood unremoved , and communicated the fact to Sergeant Smith , who , with witness , obtained an entrance hy the rear of the house , when deceased was found dead . In answer to questions , the witness said the back window was fastened and the
front door was double locked and otherwise secured . There were no appearances of foul play . No money had been found , but there were many documents relating to property . It was generally believed that deceased had been dead a fortni ght . After hearing medical evidence , a verdict of "Found dead , but how , when , or by what means he became so dead is unknown , " was returned , aud the Coroner , alluding to the extraordinary condition of the deceased , gave instructions to the summoning officer to consult with a respectable solicitor , whose name appi-arcd on some document ' s in deceased ' s house , and also to institute therein , with the police , another rigid search .
ScnnEX Death of Mr . Thomas Russell , the Coosir Magistrate . —This unfortunate gentleman , who was in Ms sixty-sixth year , had for the last few days complained of an attack of diarrhoea About three o ' clock in the afternoon of Alonday he was proceeding down Little George-street , ' Ilampsteadroad , on his way to the St . Pancras Female Charity school , to which institution he was a very munificent subscriber , and an active member of the committee . On reaching a greengrocer ' s shop in Little George-street , but a short distance from the schoolhouse , he begeed permission of the owner to go to the closet , which was granted . As lie remained there a considerable time , the owner of the place went to see what had happened to him , and found
him apparently lifeless . . Medical aid was procured , but life was pronounced extinct . Some difficulty at first arose as to his identity , but it having been suggested by a person present that he had often seen a gentleman like him at the Female Charity School , a messenger was sent tbere with his hat anil stick , which were not only at once identified , but his identity was further placed beyond a doubt by the messenger recognising his portrait in the hall of the institution . The immediate cause of death is believed to be a sudden attack of spasmodic diarrhoea or cholera . The body was in the first place removed to the school-house , in the Ilampstead-road , and subsequently to his residence in Albert-road . Regent ' sphrfc . The deceased gentleman was a Church
trustee of St . Paneras . On Wednesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Victoria Tavern , Mornin » ton Road , Camden Town , on the body . Harriet Bloom said she had been housekeeper to Mr . Russell , who was a single gentleman , for the last seventeen years . He left home on Monday morning , about eleve ^ o ' clock , and she heard no more of him until four o clock in the afternoon , when she was informed of what had happened , and that his body was on its way to his late residence . Deceased had an attack of apoplexy about two years since , and from that time he appeared more forgetfnl , and had but indifferent
health . —Mr . John Christian Day said he was a surgeon . residingat 42 , Robert-street , flampstead Road . He was called about half-past three o ' clock on Monday . On reaching the house in Little George-street he found deceased on hi 3 knees in the closet , and a man holding him up in his arms . He was quite dead . He had since made a post mortem examination . He had no doubt whatever , from the state of the head and chest , that his death had resulted from apoplexy . Mr . Tunalley , his medical adviser , had stated that he saved him two years ago , from an attack by bleeding . The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Dangerous State of Holborn Hill . —On Sunday morning as a party of five , in a light spring cart , was proceeding past St . Andrew ' s Church , towards Snowhill , the horse , a valunble one , slipped in the descent and fell heavily , breaking both his knees , and sadly disconcerting the pleasure party , who providentially escaped unhurt , as far as could be learned at the time . The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —On Tuesday evening a public meeting of the parishioners o ' f Whitechapel was held in the large school-room near the workhouse , for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed alterations in the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , and petitioning both nouses of Parliament against any mitigation of its original clauses . —The Rev . W . W . Champncys took the chair , and stated that ,
notwithstanding the very recent demonstration of public opinion in England , it had been stated in the House of Comnions that the country did not want the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . It was to obviate all mistake on that point , so far as the parish of Whitechnpel was concerned , that tho meeting had been called . The only two clause that could make Lord John Russell ' s bill effectivehad been struck out . Such a proceeding was asking the people of England to stultify themselves —( loud cheera}—and admit that , after all their recent agitation , meetings , petitions . d addresses
au , that they had been all wrong . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not think Englishmen would consent to that . Englishmen were haters of persecution ; but they would not permit to the Pope a liberty which m any other individual would be usurpation —The meeting was subsequentl y addressed bj the Rev . Mr . - . Lyon , incumbent of St . Mark ' s , the Revs . H ; Allen , C . Stowell , and Charles Gribble ; and petitions were adopted , praying the legislature to restore the excised clauses of the bill . The members for the Tower Hamlets were requested to present the same .
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The Saxon Bi , ooD . -Wherevev the descendants of the S ^ xon race have gone , have sailed , or otherwise made their way , even to the remotest regions of he w » rld , they have been patient , persevering never to be broken in spirit , never to be turned aside from enterprms on which they . have resolved . In Europe Asia , Africa , . America , the whole world over ; in the desert , m the forest , or the sea ; . scorched by a burnng sun , or frozen by ice that never melts ; the Saxon blood remains unchanged . Wheresoever that race RS * T \ vu indU 8 try ' 8 afet " for life « " 1 property , and all the great results of Steady perseverance , are certain to arise . ' ¦ Sensible HoRSEs .-Laing , in his travels in Nor way , says that the horses in that country have ave » nnnUe way of taking their food . Instead of swiuing lS ' es ' «* a pail of wafer at a ' draught no doubt from' the fear of not eettfncr »„„<>„ ,, ;„ -J-a \'"
? Z ^^ p ™ $ ™ ntorM ™ her h ' , 1 Iff ^ * ^ Ot < Water P ut d 0 ™ Reside their hay . It is amusing to see with what relish they take a sip of the one anda mouthful of the other alternately , somtimes only moistening their mouths as wW f T * A ° u Ultl , do while eatin S » d ™ er ' of such dry food A broken winded horse is scarcely ever seen m Norway . J '' What a world wi Livk in ! " We are indeed a nappy , elegant , - moral , transcendent people . We tuve no masters , they are all principals ; ho shopmen , they are all assistants ; no shops , they " are all
establishments ; no gaolers , they are all governorsnobody is flogged in Bridewell , he merely receives the correction of the house ; nobody is ever unable to pay his debts , he is only unable to meet his eueaa . ements ; nobody is angry , he is only excited ; nohodv is cross , he w only nervous ; lastly , nobody is drunk the very utmost you can aasert is , that he has taken lllS WITIB * Mirrohs v . PiCTUREs . -The New Yorh Ledqer says that pictures are goine out of fashion , for the first time since the age of Anelles :- « ' In the houseS ^ KSt ^ gSJafi ^ S SK 2 T ^ u ^ i ^ rid genius , which require imarinntin . ?„ £ l ??* f .. oi lcc
to properly appreciate . " ' ' " "" siisPSs | pps = P 5 don x B Tee ° G 5 T CnO 0 K -After the to of Lonthe rSts of lC v ° mey ? r - S apP ° inted determine and Mr Crook Sv ? J a'mai ? ts ' were Mr " IIook eave wnS &K . 5 $ thc - » U 3 t » ce of their decisions G ^ iEprf . Sv Otl < 5 t 0 i nterested Pities , and permitted ^ S ft" ? 11 " 111 ™ « ' the different claims Sulth lieJ / 1 bmldl , of the cit > ' t" 9 «> weA withamled nfh delay - - Hc « e arose the saying usually - ' t hn f ex , tncation of Persons from a difficulty — i > y nook or by crook . " ' « . 5 iI » Sl ! 5 ° . M .-A brigade of boys , in scarlet woollen frocks , selected from the llagged ouioo s , are to be posted at various Darts of the
metropolitan thoroughfares , for . the purpose of securing to visitors clenn shoes , with civility and an uniform cnavge . Several kind ladies have provided thirty uniforms , ten boxes , and five sets of bru 3 hes . An inspector will shortly bo appointed , and the brigade may be expected soon to enter upon its labours .
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• ; ;• LINCOLN . ¦ ¦ I s « H 0 umaM . -Oharles Lee , aged 2 C an . 1 w n mer , 18 , were indicted , for having on \» , Mra > F ebruary , at Anwick , maliciously iffiS ?* of f pats , the property of James Sgal-n , ? , Sta ? ; ime day , at Leasingham , a st . ick nf ' hn . ° " tack of wheat straw , the property of " p r 7 a wn ..: The case was very clcKainsit ?" Black ' Vhen the fire broke out at AnX ?'• ? ceilscdnade respecting a tramp who had beenW . T eeninthe neighbourhood , and he wn trtre ' . easingham , a village aboutfOnr miles from ^ f ° There also in tho course of two or ti ,, A " ' ' > ther fire-occurred . The prisoners werf v ° "r an " md taken into custody , when they S , ^ javin ? peen liberated from FalkffiJ r ! as lays previously . Before tlie WisS ol tw ° rcinated the other , but It was S J ? ° ^ - ivere in concert . —Tl , \ un hnv !„ . * ar tllpv Bailty , they were sentenced 2 mT 1 tllei » ported for life . ' ^ ueacu to be tta , iS . Charge of Murder nv P ^™ Smaller , aged 17 , « us indicted £ SS f f » on the 7 th of- November last at » K ' "' ""mler , Stow Park , in this county of ' Franci n '' ! . « Christopher Page . -The fanh rf k ' Wlfc of closed bVu » e ; Mttc ., ^ wS ^ - « b ! tomary with many farmers in this pan of ill' 5 CUs " try who steep seed-wheat in a noisomL C ° " nprevent the ravages of wire wo m , Z if ° 'f to the murdered woman keptVn the n ' « S- " SJaml of of arsenic to which the prisoScrCT 8 * 'Iulion family consisted of Mr . P ^ i ' } "J . *™*> The rather advanced in life , and the tnl , . "'^ bo ^ the morning of tho mu ™ der , tff ftir l ; and on ceased had hatl some worfs , \ lr 7 . ^ . ? de ' being in the fields looking after ' his for'l in 10 tirae lions "On my return l , ome obSE ^ ; Mr . Page , " my wife had begun Wi ^ ' -f have had a cup of coffee , and ' l tfrny nZT ' J heat at the tongue roots . ' ¦ Soon after I | IJ Ith breakfast . she began to turn sick , and « thr »«" ? asainst the doorstead She then went into the miv ! When she . came back , she threw hersel f on * ly < omuns , and 1 told the sirl ( the prisoner ) to brim , sup of brandy , which she did . My poor J 1 L
vmiently purged , and as bad as she c « uld be i , ' turned quite sick , and could scarcely help W if ? t- > ron every minute to a bucket , with which he girl had been washing the floor , to vomit , and thm 80 wf 5 \ her " S K crep T , herIlailds ™* i « S and I held her as well as I could . I ,, about an & she d . ed in my arms . I bad sent for Mr . S , " th surgeon , of Marton , and she . was dying when ' Mr Smith arrived . The pot containing the mer curv ) „ i been brought out ol the barn , and left in the back kitchen . -1 wo medical witnesses proved that « nn * port mortem examination arsenic was fouu-1 fo Z stomach of the deceased . -For the prisoner , " M Wilmore contended thatshe was not actuatedit any intention to kill the deceased , but that cp einl the solution , and not knowing its ¦ destruotivenroi Pr ties , she put some into the coffee merely to mlZ
her m . 8 tre » s .--The jury found a verdict of Man slaughter , and the girl was sentenced to fifteen \ W transportation . ' Another CnAROE op MuRDER . -Robert Ma «« iH an old man seventy-lour years of age , was charV , on the coroner ' s inquisition ; with the wilful murder of George Sinderson , at B > nby . In this case tho deceased was a neighbour who had entered the mi soner s Rouse when he was quarrelling with some members of his family , and in trying to pacifv him the old man went and » ot a knife , rushed at the deceased , and stabbed him in the lower part of hia body . It was proved that the prisoner , who was deaf , was ot a most excitable disposition , and tint
ne frequently conducted himself in such a way as to indicate unsoundness of intellect . The old man was acquitted on the ground of insanity , and ordeved to be ^ confined during her Majesty's pleasure . Stabbiso . —Jealousy . —James Cl ° , rke , 33 , tailor and widower , was indicted tor having , On the Oth of August last , at the borough of Cngton , stabbed and wounded John Holmes . The prosecutor deposed that he was a tailor , and that he had been employed by the prisoner for about two . years . He left the employment on the 3 rd of August , and on the Gth . about half-past ten at night he was conversing in the street with Eliza Sneath , ( who was the housekeeper to the prisoner , and sister to his late wife ) when prisoner came up to them , and told Sneath to go home
. He then said to prosecutor , " I have something for you , John Holmes , " and immediately struck him on the breast with his left hand , which sent prosecutor to the wall , and before he could recover himself the prisoner struck him again on tlie head witk a sharp instrument , and' caused blood to flow copiously . Witness then tried to get hold 0 [ his hand , but the prisoner-struck him again with the instrument , just ab . » ve the ear , and followed him into the voad and struck at him repeatedly . Dunn * the scuffle a Mrs . Bonnett , who lived close by , oi ) ° ene . I her door , and the prisoner then wont away . Eiizi Sneath , the prisoner ' s housekeeper , gave corroborative evidence , and . stated further that wheats , Bonnett opened her door she had a candle In her hand , an ( i by the hgat from it witness saw . kn ; b
m the hands of the prisoner : he ' held it with the blade downwards , as a person would hold adaucer The prosecutor had paid his addresses to herwmte she had been Clarke s housekeeper , and Clarke had also made advances to her and wanted her to marry him but she refeed On the Sunda k b f / the assault witness hadboento ' thehouseof llolmes ' s athertotea . andon her return the prisoner began o . speak . agamst the prosecutor . He remarked that he had got the knife ready and that he would stab him . when he came to work on the Monday morning . Witness then told him she herself would leave , unon whtch he said he would kill himself , « nd he attempted twice to do so , first with a razor and then with a kmte , but witness prevented him each time . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to seven years transportation .
CHELMSF ORD . J" n ? 5 ! i , DoDDiNomcnsT . - Thomas Drory 23 , described . ^ a farmer , was indicted for the wilful murder of Jael Denny , by atran > line h « r the court the whole of Friday , and on Satunlay mormnt- Ian Mr Clarkson addressed the jm £ be thSt ™\ Trr S were called , whodeposed that the deceased had frequently talked of commitun Z't- ° i •^ r Ch « f J ««« eeliaviDg Zm & S ' nnS I y ff "' n " ^ liberate more than ten minutes , when they returned a verdict of Guilty . — rhe sentence of death vras passed in the xL \ T ^ Prisoner did not seem in any way ffe H \ X ) t ^ i 6 entf * - IIe ™ speedily rl Z ir , n , ° ck ; at i ' on his bEinS tekmto the oarnago to c onvey him to the gaol , he was crowd y S and hoOting by " he mmWl ]
Charge of MffRi > .-Wi ] liam Wood , 20 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert . Ban . borot . gh . —It appeared that the deceased was one of the officers of the Essex constabulary , and in the montd of November last he had to convey tho prisoner to Chetasford gaol . where he had been committed b y the magistrates at the Billericay petty sessions upon a charge of poaching . . . The prisoner had a handcuff upon one wrist and tho deceased held the other , and it appeared that as they were passing a pond by tho side of the road between Billericay and Brentwood he prisoner suddenly snatched his hand away from » M Vif em n , an . struok Wm a blow on the temple which knocked him . into the pond , and before he ft ^ cover h' » self he jumped upon him , and forced his head under the water . When the deceased h £ ST ? ' the prisoner ran away , leaving him m the pond , but it atoennti that , hi . horrlf
s de nf hP m i T k and 1 Ied tl'e deceased to . he o ft % ™ ! r ? ° > vv ; he [ e he left him . He was taken ioupv atter ; ; ds > but died in a few daysincon-Sn : ^^ . 35 ! t aPPeared from ihe medical inrvZ , i ° i S ? > einS '"" Wersed in the pond .-Tbe K ? P " soner : Guilty of manslaughter , ant ! assize ! coneluded ^ e buSiue 5 S of the Saw
W ORCESTE R . aSffi ? L ^^ - -frederick John Gardner , wiTh tin i ? man res P ^ Wy attired , was indicted SLSnJTA' PC 1 SOnS nOt 1 n cust " ^ ' wit ! l COU ' iEl n « i ce / " monies and to ' defr ! iui 1 one JwS ' ! ' ofa £ 5 note .-Tl . e false pretence charged w » s the . new offence created under the recent ™ te concernintr games and wagers of winning money by cheating nt cards , which by that statute is now declared to be obtnining money by false pretences , and punishable as such misdemeanors are .-ine plan adopted by the prisoner and his two confederates was to enter a public house , call for liqnor , sic rtown and be sociable , and after making acquaint ' ance with the company , propose a " comfortable game at whist , " in which one of the company was induced to join the prisoner and his two confederates , making up the complement for the game . After playing a few hands , and having made a triumphant oet or two , the prisoner offered to take ten to one that he gets the odd trick . Thft intend dime , on
iQOKmg at his hands , Gnds he has the ah best rumps with other good cards , and after a little pareying accepts the bet , when , lo , the prisoner is found to have seven trumps , with such other mrds of ono suit as to ensure him the odd trick ; of course the pack had been changed in dealing .-Mr . Huddlestone , , n statin . ; the case to the jury , explained at some length the process of the odd trick manoeuvre , wtiich he proposed to illustrate by n pack of cards brought into the court for the purpose , and which X . h i ? ? ? Packed 'oi the purpose . The cards had been lying before the learned counsel on
uie barristers table , ton daring the short time ocw t ™» the . 1 ? ' aed . counsol ' s remarks to the jury , some one sitting near him had shuft \« l the cards , so xnw when he proceeded to deal them out he found em disarranged , and great was the merriment oi Thp ?? " > ariled MUIlsel > s discomntute . - lhe prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to si < months'imprisonment .
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® fy groMittree , The New Asylum tor Ikfant Orphans , StasiroHD-HiLt . —Her Afajesty the Queen has - been pleased to patronise the above institution , by presenting the sum of 250 guineas , to secure to his Royal liighness the Prince < if \ Vales tbe right of presentation to one brd for life . Monument of the iate Canon Bowus . —A tablet to the memory oF this admirable poet and truly excellent man , has recently been erected in the aisle of the south-east transept of Salisbury Cathedral . It is in the Florid Gothic style .
Succession of Deaths . —By the death of Sir William Loraino , Bart ., one of the magistrates of JSewcastle , which occurred on Saturday last , Mr . John Lambton Loraiue , as the eldest surviving bro ; ther . has succeeded to the title . It is a remarkable circumstance-perhaps without a parallel in the history ol hereditary dignities-that four baronets have T ^ Tf'M '" ' ? Re present Sir J . Loraine is the fifth to whom the title has descended within two yearst Representation op West Somerset . —Through the unexpected demiseof Sir Alexander Hood , Bart ., M . P ., who died on the 7 th inst ., aged fifty-heven , at his town readencein Wwmoie-street , a vacancy is occasioned in the Western Division of Somerset . Death of Sir E East , Bart .-TIus gentleman expired on tbe Gth inst ., at his seat , Hall Place , near Maidenhead , Berkshire , in the fifty-eighth year of his age . .
The late Rev . W . Clowes , of Hull—We have to announce the death of the above reverend and venerable gentleman , in the seventy-first year of his age , one of tlie founders of the Primitive Methodist Connexion , whose labours have been so abundant in many parts of this kingdom . His death took place at his house in Hull , at half-past four on Sunday morning last , occasioned by a third parah tic stroke wh ' uh he had a few days prior , and after wKich he was never able to speak . A Pulpit Stoles . —In addition to a very miscellaneous list of articles found by the police , in the possession of a suspected party at Manchester—who is supposed to have stolen them , or obtained them by jalse pretences—are four casks of tallow and a pulpit ; 1 he pul pit is a large one of carved oak . . A faENERous LASBLORD . -The Uuke of Leeds , at ais rent day recently held at flartfortb , generously
directed that a return of fifteen ^ per ^ enfershoube made upon thehalf-year ' srentsdue at , Michaeliuas , 1 S 50 , as had been done upon thehalpyear ' s rents'due at Ladyday last . His : Grace had previously directed notice to be given lhat'he should" reduce his rents ten per cent , from Lady-day " , 1 S 50 J to Lady-day , The Rochdale Bank Note Forgeries . —Butterworth aud Whittle , the two men in custpUy'at Rochdale for issuing forged hotesupon the B ' dnlt of England , and upon one of whom forged notes ' weve found exceeding £ 200 in amount , have agaimbeen examined before i . the magistrates . They proceeded to tnake stRtements , after the evidence had been taken , crimijiatingeach other . ' They have' been committed : for trial at the Liverpool assizes . ' . ¦ , * ,... ... ) '"
Tub Gamk Laws . —On Monday last , at Ixwo'th Petty Sessions , Isaac Haward , a labouring man , was uomtnitted for trial on a ' charge of perjiiry , in having sworn that he saw a Mr . De ' vereux fire atand slioot a partridge , on the lands of West Stow , on the' 23 rd of September last . The magistrates required substantial bail frosii the prisom-r , and not being provided with it , he was sent to Bury Gaol . ' "• • ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ : : The St&rvatios Case at Bath . —Edward Sparing , the husband of . . Harriet Sparing , whose death resulted from want of the common necessaries <> f life , has been apprehended . and committed to the Bath
gaol , uuder the corouer s warrant , to await bU . trial at the ensuing Somerset Assizes , on ' the charge ! of wilful murder . It will be recollected that Sparing absconded as s ^ on as he heard that an inquest was to be held on his wife , and had not been apprehended « hen the . inquiry closed . It now appears that he went to Bristol , where he lodged for some days , in great secrecy , and whilst there enlisted into the 30 ih regiment of foot , under the name of "Edward Woodman , and on Wednesday last was sent off with' other recruits to hia regiment . He was apprehended in Walraer Barracks , Kent , and on Tuesday was lodged in the Bath gaol .
The Yarmouth Riotbrs . —Last week the five sailors who were committed , by . the magistrates for being concerned ia the riot at Yarmouth , were tried before the Recorder , at the Quarter Sessions in that towu . The prisoners were identified by the police as having been actively engaged in the riotous proceedings , but several witnes-es for the defence—nearly all of whom were sailors—spoke stoutly to the peaceable demeanour of the accused on the occasion , ' and the jury acquitted them . The Recorder expressed his dissent from the finding of the jury , and discharged the prisoners .
Suspected Mdudek at Brixtos , sear Plymouth . On the 7 th inst ., a youugman , mimed John Bunker , aged about nineteen , a farm servant to Mr . Rowe , of Hal well-farm , in the parish of Brixton , i near Plymouth , left the farm-yard , with a cart and'two horses , for the purpose of . going to a lime-kiln for a load of lime ; but shortly afterwards his body was found in an orchard belonging to his master , quite dead , hanging by an halter to an apple-tree . It appears that the attention of a man who was going to his work , when two or three fields fi-om the orchard , was attracted by the cries as of some- one in great fear or pain , and that , following the direction of the cries , which by-atid-by ceased altogether , the man came to the orchard , and after a brief search found
the body of Bunker as described . The appoavance of the body induced the belief that a severe struggle had taken place before the poor fellow was suspended to the tree , and it is saidthat there were some spots of blood on his dress . It was known that young Mr . Rowe entertained feelings of hostility towards the deceased , arising , it was said , but of the latter having been witness to an occurrence which the former did not wish should become known , and to procure silence on which ibis further said he had given Bunker a sovereign ; at all events , it is known that the deceased had propagated a story to this effect , and that in consequence , about a week
since , Mr . Rowe had gone to the magistrate ' s clerk at Yealmpton with tho view of taking proceedings against him for defamation of charaoter , and had induced that gentlemnn to write : deceased a letter on the subject . At an inquest before . A . B . Bone , Esq ., the coroner for the county of- . Devon , on-Saturday evening , these facts were stated , and also that bruises on tho body were perceptible wh ' en it was taken down from the tree , . iind it was evident that beforequittingthe road where the horse and oart were left standing , the poor fellow had been upon his knees . The circumstances were so suspicious that the coroner ordered Rowe into custod y , and adjourned the inquest . , ' !
Death from Drinking . —On Monday night an inquest was held on John Wicks , an ostler at the Star Hotel , Lewes , who died under the following shocking circumstances : —On Saturday night last , Mr . Edward Royd , surgeon , who had come over to Lewes from Brighton , went into the Star tap , ' and found there the deceased and two or three ' others . One of these told Mr . Royd that deceased had drunk eight or nine glasses of gin that afternoon ami offered the man a glass of rum , which ho drank off . Mr . lloyd said he did it very well , and asked him what he would like to drink . Deceased replied , ' a pint of gin , " and Mr . Royd called for it . On its coining in deceased took the pint measure off the table , and drank it off at a draught . Mr .
noyd gam he would give bira another , which was brought accordingly , and before Mr . Royd could almost see him he had drunk that off also . In about two or three minutes he was unable to stand * and was led off to a stall in the stable , where he lay till six on Sunday morning , and before noon the man died . At the inquest Mr . Rigden , surgeon , attributed the deceased ' s death entirely to asphyxia , arising from his taking so large a quantity oi alcohol into his stomach ; and the jury , who agreed to a verdict in accordance with that view , added , that they could not separate without , expressing their opinion that the conduct of Mr . Edward Royd . ' amedical man , in treating the deceased with so large a quantity of spirits , was extremely reprehensible .
An Entire Household Poisoned . —A most unusual and painful degree of excitement has been produced throughout the district of Chew Msgna Somerset , in consequence of its becoming known that the family of a highly respected farmer named Hazel ] , occupying an estate in the hamlet of Bishop ' s Sutton had , with some friends , to the number of sixteen , been poisoned by the accidental administration to them of arsenious acid , the white arsenic of commerce . It was at first stated that three of them had died , but this , upon" inquiry happily proved to be incorrect , and it is gratifying to be able to state that they are all considered out of danger . The rcnl facts of . the occurrence are these : As the occurrence of the family monthly wash
interfered on Shrove Tuesday with the customary feast of pancakes , it was resolved to have it at the end of the week . and Mrs Haxell directed her eldest daughter , a young woman of eighteen or nineteen years of age , to make them . It happoned that Miss Bazell had partaken of some cakes in the composition of which some carbonate of soda had been used for the purpose of raising or lightening them , and determining to add aportion to the batter she was making , but having none by her at the time she sent a messenger to the shop of a Mr . Collins , a baker , in whose cakes she had known the carbonate to be used , to purchase an ounce .. Mr Collins , for the accommodation of his neighbours is in the habit of selling a few drugs ; and
-itunfortunatelyHappened that his wife , who * was unused to the business , and to whose lot it fell to serve Mr . Hazell s messenger , gave in mistake for the carbonate of soda an ounce of white arsenic . The drug was taken home and mixed in with the other ingredients used for the pancakes , and as it did not produce the expected lightening of the mass the entire quantity was stirred in , and the cakes made ready . They were , all fried , arid a large dishful served up , and a few having been sent according to a friendly custom which prevails , to a neighbour , Mr . Hazill ' s family party , to the number of twelve , sat down to the meal . It happened very luckijy that there was a something in the cakes which was not very well liked , so that noone ^ -riot
even the children-ate heartily of them ? and upon using from table a goodly pile was left . In about ?; , S ° ^ ho ? r ^ U who had eaten oi tho cakes hi hS I h neIShbour and three persons whom he had asked to . tasto those sent to him ); began to InS i K g u " * " $ **> ™? pains in the stomach and belly , coldness and other alarming symptoms followed . The utmost alarm wasS ? r , l £ -TSf P « M "it" aU speed to Chew from which village medical assistance was procured the ft ' the SU 5 ? ? ; lled in ' atJneetta h f rie ?™« 8 uffer'ng from arsenical poison , and he treated the case accordingly , and hannitv with success , as although , for a time , some JfE J ™ were considered in imminent jeopard y , the whole sixteen are now recovering rapidlv . and no fatal
consequences are anticipated . The occurrence , however , illustrates in a very forcible manner the necessity for legislative interference , wiS a "L to placing some restrictions upon the sale of so deadly a poison . It is really marvellous that many lives were not sacrificed on this occasion 7
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scotiann . Collision jam Loss of LiPE .-We have to record another of these casualties which will p far to render the present season memorable in the annals l iTp navigatl « On the C 1 ydc - ' 'The" sore * steamer European , Captain M'Callum , sailed on her passage for London about ten minutes past twelve on Sunday morning , and when off the Cloch about one 0 dock , was run into by the schooner Castlebill , of Bangor , from Belfast to Glasgow , laden « .. «»? ' AV ™ , nt . down almost instantly from the effects of the collision , and one oTthe crew met an untimely death . The following particulars we
"avejearnea irom uaptnm M'Callum :-Thenight was dark and overcast with clouds , with stroV breezes from the south-west . The steamer at one o c ock was off the cioch about , „ , „„ . . ^ JJ " from the shore and to the east of the lighthouse , which appeared to be about two miles ¦ and a hal
disfiant ,-when the look-out reported a vessel a-head carrying no lig ht .,. As soon as it ; . was discoveredI . what . ' cburse the j yessol ) which / was running free wit'ti ' lhe ' wind , was , pursuing , ' an ' d that she was on a course parallel with the European , Captain-M ' Calluni held bii , but , ' ordered the helm to be starboarded : ' to"increase tlie . ' distance between ; the vessels , all * 'tKe . steamer ' s lights beings exhibited . ; Almostimmediiitely , however , the . schooner ' was observed to port her helm , and benr . rightdbwnupbn the European ; which stopped and ' reversed her engihe . ' at fd endeavoured to hug the shore . still closer , - but almost immediately ' after ward sV . she cairie , in contact with the schooner ' s' waist . af , t the ; forerigg ih ' g ; ' T ' he . unforturiateyesse ! must ' , have . suffered ' very 8 eyereTy , as she only . remained above , water ¦ for / about four minutes ; when Bhe . went j down , leaving her masts ' sticking in the European's rigging , and the crew , which consisted" of the master aud
three men , ' struggling ' iii the water . The steamer s boats were instantly got put , and three . of , the men picked "' upi' but the fourth was . hover seen ., The master of tho schooner , who was one of the sur ' - vivors ; states that his vessel bore rio light , as he had caused it to be taken in when ho passed the Cloch , imagining that he should meet no more steamers ov other vessels at that time of tho night . Tlie crew were engaged in taking in tlie foresail , which ' prevented them from seeing the steamer ' s lights , and when they were observed , the master states he lost self-possession , and gave tho usual order to ' " port "the helm , which , as we have said , had the effect of throwing her right across the ' steamer ' s bows . The European has nojfc . suffered much damage ; tho principal injury sho ' . ^ as sustained being a split in one of . tier plates ; 0 n the starboard bow / from which she made so much water tliat Captain M'Callum judged it prudent to . put back—Nortli British Mail
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. . * ¦** ** * + ¦ r * * •~*^^^ p ~^ f * * * / v ^ V ^ sveianD . Tiie New Agitation . —It is said that rho leaders ' of the Catholic party are about getting up a . new association , the objects of which will bo to prevent any interfere ' nco witli the ecclesiastical government of the Catholic Church , and to adopt measures for conferring the franchise on 'sueh' of their communion as may bo entitled thereto , with the view of operating hereafter on the parliamentary elections . The Bill . —Tho Evcninq Post asserts that the Duke of Wellington has written to the Rev . Mr . Fitzgerald , P . P . of Rahan , to the effect that he will , oppose the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill .
A Curious Defence ;—A prisoner defending himself ona chargcof burglary at thc'Limerick assizes on Friday last addressed the court as follows : — " If I committed all tho murders and robberies in the county , mylord , I am ns innocent of this charge as child unborn ; and I only wish'Ihad half-an-hour ' s liberty , and I would shoot Malohe as dead as a maokarel ,- tho Wood y perjured villain . I hope the Lord will take me out of this world soon ; and I pray to God [ that my ghost may be an evil spirit ,: and haunt'for life every ' one who had anything to do m my prosecution . You have all done your bast , and I don ' t cure a d— for it all , for I could live in a bastable oven if I had onla smoko of a i . "
y ppe The Murder of Mr . Mauleverer . —At the Armagh assizes , last week , M'Anally and M'Atavey , charged with the murder of Mr . Mauleverer , at Crossmaglen , were discharged on finding bail , the Crown not having been in a position to prosecute in the case . It is understood that the young woman who was recently , brought over from America , to give evidence for the Crown ^ and who , it was alleged , stated that she was present at the commission of the murder , and could identify the guilty parties , hns , since hoi' return to this country , so varied her testimony , that the Crown did not think
it prudent or desirable to produce her as a witness . Tub new Penal Law . —Sir George Grey has intimated to Dr . Murray , the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin , that ho laid the address of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Catholic Church in ' Ireland before the Queen , and-that it was graciously received b y her Majesty . Tho document professed to be the address of " the Archbishops and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland . " There was no' assumption of territorial jurisdiction , and ' Jo n ,-Archbi 8 hop of Tuam , " signed himself - John M'Hale .
The Irish . Members . —An address" to the eleotors and the people of Ireland , " emanating from a meeting of Irish members held in London last week appears in the Freeman ' s Journal , from which we give the following extract : — " It was the constituencies of Ireland that won' the battle of Catholic Emancipation ; it is the constituencies of Ireland that wo now invite to tho rescue . It becomes" our duty to remind . them that on a late division , involving their religious rights and liberties , a fourth part of their repw . senUUives were absent altogether ; it . is the duty of Irish constituencies to insure the attendance of every man upon' the' division that is about to ensue . Neither business ; nor partial indis-: position , ' > nor personal circumstances should be
allowed ns an excuse . If their own private fortunes , liberties , or interests were endangered : they would be in London ; and those whose rights , liberties , and hopes are now at stake , should not permit them to be elsewhere . Wo have no hesitation in stating our opinion that every Irish representative that is absent on this occasion is a deserter from his post , and that every constituency whose representative is wanting is unworthy of its franchise The necessity of the time calls for plain speaking and , we have spoken plainly ; the same necessity calls for immediate action ; and humbly , but resolutely , we call upon the electors and the people of Ireland to do their duty . —Signed on tbe part of tho meeting , G . II . Moore . " :
The Tenant League Movement . —The celebrated uw , £ cn >' on "as just made a terrific assault on The Tenant League" agitation , which ho regards and treats as one of the innumerable shams by which the credulous Irish have been so Ion" misled and humbugged :- " I protest , " he : says , « I think John O'Connell ' s paralytical jog-trot' more endurable than this putrid corpse vitality The country isnow so used to John , that it would ' almost feel . lonesome , without-him . ' Ho has even some passingly good points , for all his paralysis . First he scarcely diguiaes his object , and indeed , to do him justice j he scarcel y ever sought to disguise it Secondly , he is on the whole , a consistent , open cheat , although he does sometimes yield to the weaknes 8 _ of explaining . Thirdly , he ' does not aspire to the honour of being in any degree poetical , nor ever did , even when ho was composin g verses he is plain , prosy John of the scissors and ha *
I'ourtlily , no is very humble , and c . in bear any indignity without being , or affecting to be-nay , with adKtinet protest that he is not in the least degree offended . Fifthly and finally , his shibboleth of repeal however idle you , my dear Sir , may think it , has at least the charm that . it is , at the most , an innocent catchword , suggestive , moreover , to certain muds of lofty notion * , and tending , perhaps after all to ofty . ends : whereas you " s appea solely-to theselnsh interests of the selfish , and seeks to realise them at any cost .- ¦ ¦ ¦ twV " m T" . O' ^^ -The member for Tr / ilee , Mr , Maunce O'Connell , has replied to the complaint of hi 3 const . tuents , relative to his vote on Mr . D . sr . ieli ' smotwn , in ; a much more frank Z Tri'X tt ° f " . the . generality of the defaulting Irish .:- I voted against Disraeli ' s motion , he ?! SiM . " * own- merits , or demerits I looiMa it
upon as an insidious attempt to return to ho old system of monopoly , and as ' destructive to those pruunnles of free trade which I have had your-approbation and concurrence in snppdrtSr against the com laws shortly after I first became yourTepresentative . In 1841 I was returned aS a tree trader ; again , in 1847 , under the same colours ^ awlmvotine against ^ lr . Disraeli ' s rasolutSmTi looked merely to the question under dobate art voted thereon according to my conscience , and I understoood-, agreeably to you / wishes . lam sorry if I have been wron ? m the latter opinion " ' ; , JwnoRAMON . - — Immense nuinhors of the Irish peasantry are preparing to emigrate this ™ « America . The west of Ireland , Whioh WsSrto been backward compared : with other provinces will , in many districts , be depopulated K 5 course ofthe next two months , while t hlLHU . the north south , and midland Zut contin ^ and is likely to continue unabated t 0 Qlin » es ,
: Murueb in MoNAG . irAN . -On the night of the 5 th inst .. a young man named Flanagan ? the son of a blacksmith , was waylaid at one of the outsSts of Oaatloblaney the perpetrator of the c £ e bavinc jumped upon his spme and broke it . iKjered lor an hour in groat agony , when death pu an end to his sufferings . The decea sed was an indutnous man and much respected . Several persons are in custody charged with the crime . 1 > v ' " s lire Jn i Gallast Rksistance . - a correspondent of Samdert Newsletter writes as follows . 1 ° . "PAnsoNSTows ; Saturday . -Abdut the hour of eight o ' clock on Friday ni ght last , when Timothy Cloran , who rewdcant Rathbog , within about three miles pnd a half of Partonstown , and less than - > mile from the police station of Sh ,, n ? l , ! * i ™ "
urning from his work , when , within alw ' yards Sw T fired at by a man named P « tnek Morgan who , with another person unknown , lay m wait for him . Fortunatelv the ' which , " no doubt , induced the unknown man to make away ., Cloran ' s wife heard his cries , Sd 8 h 2 ran to his assistance , when a desperate . stou / A ensued between Morgan , Cloian , aid h s Iffl during which , the latter , with a stone ar , , « J i ' wounded Morgan in tho ' head , \ L ^ £ i £ 2 $ L until the arrival of the police from ShawX iS « proQored a car , and remove ^ Morgan to tS Sr
racks , whevo he . died about a-quarter past eleven olclock the same night . In his pockets were found a small bottle of whisky , ' some balls ' and a few pcrcussioh oaps . ' ' During the conflict Mrs . 'Cloran'ouoceedetj in - capturing the . gun . which " Morgan hiwl anatched'from , his ; comrade , after : discharging bis own at her husband , and which shojianded over to the " police oh their . arrival ' it was capped , and heavily loaded . Cloran is . bailiff to Captain Richardson , an cstensivo land agent ; he has been ¦
recently- placed in ¦ care of a bog , from which his predecessor . was dismissed .. He also within the last week purchased . and retains in his possession a cow and ass ,, which , were seized and . sold , for non payment of rent . These are the causes alleged for the attempt to deprive him of life . ' Morgan ! hi his agonies'of death ' , 'loudly called on some persons to come to his assistance ; , and' those to whom lie alluded have been arrested , ' and ai'o detained in custody awaiting the result of . the coroner ' s inquest . ¦ •¦ ¦
" Sundat . —The inquest on tho body of Morgan , who was killed by Cloran and his wife , asdetailcdin my communication of yesterday ' s date , has just concluded . Tho body was brought . in from Shara . vogue , and the inquest , which was taken by Mr . J . Dillon , senior coroner , was held in tho surgery of the hospital , which was crowded to excess . Cloran and his wife were present , but were not examined , and the jury did not conceive it necessary . On the evidence ofthe police , a verdict of ' Justifiable homicide' has been returned . The . jury also attached a rider to their . verdict , ' ' , recommending , in the strongest manlier , Cloran and his ' wife to the consideration of tho government , for their valorous conduct . Br . Water proved that death was caused hy fracture of the skull . —Half-past six o ' clock . — have just learned that the second person engaged in ' the attack on Cloran hits been captured . His ' name is Patrick Moylan ; he has been identified and fully committed for trial . "
, , The Whig , Indictment Bill . — " John , Archbishop of Tunm /' . has preferred another bill of indictment against John Russell , Premier of England . The first count refers to'the famine years , in which his lordship'is accused of conspiring to murder f-ome millions of her Majesty ' s ' subjects , and the last takes account of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , of which Lord John proposes depriving millions of her Majesty ' s subjects of that spiritual , food which is essential to salvation : His Grace concludes by assuring his lordship that " The eyes of all ave now turned to parliament , watching to see whether their
members are at their posts , though , like the Roman senators of old ,, they should be carried thither on their couches ' No apology can henceforth plead with the people if those members do not exert themselves in stopping the present penal enactment . Opposition—stern , persevering opposition—to your hateful measure , in season and out of season , is the paramount duty of every .. Irish member of parliament , as well as opposition to overy other measure you propose , until you abandon the bill which in an evil hour you proposed , or until once more you abandon the-helm . " . . . . '
The Exhibition —JktsDrogheda Conservative . says , that the Misses Ellis , of Gildernock Glebe , Ardeo , are about to send to the Exhibition some specimens of the work called " Irish pure tatting , " which has been manufactured at their school . They have been going on with it since 1848 , and there are about fifty females daily employed , who can now earn remunerative wages . The work is sold to a London agent , and , we are informed , that it has been the means of disseminating a large sum annually in the locality , the females " of ' which would bo very destitute were , it not for it . Miss Sophia Ellis is the principal ' superintendent , and the elegance of style in which tho work is executed amply attests her assiduity and competency for the work sho has undertaken .
The Catholic University . —The bishops and archbishops of the Catholic Church have arranged that a simultaneous collection in aid of the Catholic University shall be made in all the chapel ? of Ireland . Collectors have already been named to several localities . In thirteen of tho Dublin chapels all the arrangements have been competed . Dr . MCRKAY AND THE OaTHOLIO UiVIVEllSITY . — The fact has just been elicited , that the simultaneous collection to be made oh Sunday next , for the proposed Roman Catholic University , ' has . not been undertaken in Dublin by the order or sanction of
Arclibishop Murray . The Rev . Mr . Ennis , parish priest of Booterstoran , near Dublin , and 1 believe no very ardent promoter of the project , as his views have been' always favourable to the government system of education and the Queen ' s Colleges , has communicated to the freeman ' s Journal the following note from Dr . Murray ,-with a request that it should be published , adding : — " As Lord ' John ' s penal bill is not yet law the old usages of deferring to episcopal guidance may yet be approved hy those who , like me , prefer to . " follow rather than lead or command : " .. .
' ' ' < Dublin , March 10 th , 1851 . "Dear Dr . Ennis . —It was ,. I am told , announced at some ofthe altars of this diocese , on yesterday , that Iordered a collection to be made in our churches on next Sunday , in aid of . the intended Catholic University . I beg to assure you that I nave given no orders whatever on the subject . —In naste . " Yours , most truly , " Rev . Dr . Ennis . ' "D . Murray . " The Repeal Association . —A meeting has been called for the 20 th instant to make a last desperate effort to retain possession of Conciliation Hall , now abandoned by Mr . John O'Connell , that it might be used as a meeting place for some other association It is stated that the rent and other debts' accumulated up to the present do not quite amount to £ 100
Emigration from Conn .-The Cork Constitution says that on Saturday no fewer than 600 emigrants left this port , per the Cork Steam and City ot Dublin vessels , for Liverpool , intending to emigrate to tne . United States . They were all comfortable in appearance , young and healthy , and apparently fit for any description of iabour . In the course of tho d . iy one of the river steamers conveyed to the Marion , at Passage , ¦ ' about 200 emigrants , which vessel is to leave for New York ' . These emigrants like the forauw were comfortabl y dad , and appeared in high spirits at leaving the country . On Monday the Sit . Lawrence dropped down the South Channel with her full , complement of emigrants for St John « . On Tuesday , the Forest States , a vessel of heavy tonnage , which had sailed fi-nm T ^ m . ™!
,, arrived in Queenstown , in distress , having 350 emii grants on board bound for New York . She had been nine days at sea previous to arrival in this port
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6 THE NORTHERN , STAR . March 15 , 1851 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1617/page/6/
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