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      £ t ) e jBttpipou ? , Dsalth of Lokdos . —The official report says : — The last week has witnessed a great improvement iu the public health . The deaths in the metropolitan districts , which had ranged above 1 , 400 ia the last three weeks of March , fell in the week ending last Saturday to 1 , 059 . But thia is still a hi gh rate of mortality , not only as compared with what prevails in country districts , under conditions more favourable to health , but also with that which the population of London usually suffer at this period of the year . In none of the ten corresponding ¦ weeks of 1311-50 , with the exception of that of 1850 , did the number of deaths exwe . 1 1 , 028 , while the average of these weeks was 940 , which , if a correction be made for increase of populationwill " «^ . - ' . _

      , become 1 , 032 . Compared with the latter estimated te 3 ult i the deaths registered last week show an increase of 27 . A decrease in the mortality from Comphinta which have lately been prevalent is now perceptible . The zymotic or epidemic class of diseases , which comprises hooping-co ugh and influenza , with nineteen other forms of malady , has declined from 245 deaths , which it numbered in the previous week , to ISO in the last . The ^ class of diseases of the resp iratory organs ; from 272 in the preceding week to 220 in the present rttun ' . The tubercular class , which includes scrofula , tabe 3 mesenterica , phthisis or consumption-, and hydrocepnalua , has remained nearly the same in the two weeks ; while complaints of the digestive organs

      Bhow precisely the same amount . Last week 95 died of bronchitis , SI of pneumonia , 24 of asthma , only the first of these dieases showing more than usual fatality ; 59 children died of hooping-cough , which is more than the average of corresponding Weeks . The cases in which the fatal causeis specified as influenza , have ' now sensibly decreased ; the number in this return is 23 : The progress and decline of influenza , daring the last six weeks ; may be traced in the deaths registered , which were successively 8 . 15 , 38 , 65 , 37 , and 23 . The fatal effects of " diseases of the respiratory organs" ( phthisis not being included iu this category ) may also be traced , during the same period ; in the following weekly numbers : 281 , 321 , 352 , 3 oO , 272 , and 220 . Small-pox has further declined , and last week the deaths of only 7 children and 2 adults are ascribed

      to it ; measles also exhibits a more favourable result ; and only 6 fatal , cases of scarlatina are recorded . Last week the births of 808 boys and 752 girls , in all 1 , 569 children , were registered . The average of six corresponding weeks in 184-5-50 was 1 , 333 . At toe Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the xnean daily reading of the barometer was above SO in . on Monday and Tuesday . The mean of the week was 29 * 907 in . The mean temperature was 435 degrees , which is about the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily temperature varied little during the week , but it fell to 39 * 5 on Saturday , which is 5 degrees below the average . The direction of the wind varied from southwest to north during the first four days , and was Chiefly north-east during the remainder . . Firk iv the Thames Bake Depositary . —On

      Monday morning , at a few minutes after seven , & fire of a very alarming character , which was not subdued for nearly sis hours , happened in the Ranelaghroad , Thames-bank , Pimlico . An immense range of premises has been in the builders' hands to be fitted up . as a sort of barracks , or sleeping depot for the accommodation of some hundreds of persons who intend to locate themselves in the metropolis during the ensuing great national Exhibition . This portion of the building formed one part of that in which the present misfortune occurred , and an immense amount of mischief was the result . Mr . Smith , the managing clerk says , that the depositary , at the time of the disaster , was filled with valuable property of nearly every description . In order to keep the

      articles in the place free from damp or mildew , a hot-air pipe passed along the ceiling of each floor , and it is generally understood that the heat of this pipe caused the great destruction of property . At the time above stated , some of the men who were at work in the yard perceived smoke issuing in slight volumes from one of the windows in the depositary , facing the model sleeping rooms , and , upon entering the first-named building , it was found that a fire of a formidable character was burning ,. and as particles'of flaming materials kept falling among the many hundred packages in the premises , it became apparent that unless the flames werespeedily checked , a frightful sacrifice of property must inevitably follow . No time was lost in summoning aseitance , bat owing to

      the want of water , the flames were not extinguished until noon , when it was found that scarcely an article of furniture in the depositary where the flames had entered had escaped damage of some sort , and many of the costly goods were entirely destroyed . As to whether any of the property was insured or not , it is impossible at present to tell with certainty . The premises being termed fireproof , were , however , not insured for a single penny . . Suicide in Pall-mam .. —About half-past seven o ' clock on Saturday morning last , Mrs . Licette M'Nicbl , committed suicide by throwing herself out of the upper garret window of Mr . Giindle , chemist , of 122 , Pall-mall . She fell upon her back lifeless ,

      and was immediately conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital , where an inquest will be held on her body . Adverse circumstances are assigned as the cause of this rash act . Her husband , who was formerly steward of the Reform Club , is now in America . It appean , that this is not the first time she has made an attempt to commit self-destrnction . 'An entry in the admission book of . the Charing-cross Hospital states Mrs . Licette M'Nicol to have been admitted on the 26 th of January last labouring under the effects of a powerful dose of laudanum which she had taken to destroy herself . Mrs . M'Nicolwas a remarkably fine woman , forty-four years of are ; and a native of Switzerland .

      Suicide from Blackfriahs-Beidoh . —Oq Sunday evening , aboat nine o ' clock , a man of respectable appearance suddenly mounted the parapet of BIaokfrius * bridge , and plunged into the water . In his descent , the unfortunate man ' s head struck against the third abutment from the Surrey shore . An alarm was raised , and boats pnt off , but nothing was to be seen of him . The persons who were close to him describe him ax about forty , dressed in black , with white cravat . - . Sdicide . —On Tuesday an inquest' ira * taken by Mr . "W . Payne , at the Horselydown Tavern , St . John ' s , Bouthwark , on the body of Mr . Charles llayo , aged nineteen , wh » destroyed himself in the following manner : —The deceased resided with his father in Bedford-place , Botherhithe , and had farmed a strong attachment to a young lady living at Botherhithe , but it seems some words had taken

      place between them and she had sent him a note desiring that their correspondence should oease . This hid a great effect on his mind , and , on the morning of Thursday , the 20 th of March , he left a latter for the lady with her servant , in which he said that " She is all the world to me—it is too heavy for my brain to hear , and she would only now see the wreck . " . He was then hi a very depressed state of mind , and about three on tbe same afternoon , the mate of the Citizen D steamer saw a body falling from the parapet of London-bridge , and the hat filling off , it was at once identified as the deceased ' s . Bis body was not found , however , till Monday last , when it was discovered floating down by Horselydown . He had a gold watch in his pocket and a locket round his neck , which had been presented to him by thelady . Yerdict , " Temporary insanity . " .

      Thk Fbmky Mtoderbrs in Hor 8 bmokgebxase Gaoi .. —Oatiie 4 thinst ., John Sparke * , Esq ., the high sheriff of Surrey , accompanied by Mr . SmaUpiece , one of the under sheriffs , arrived at Horeemonger-lane Gaol , from the Home-office , with warrants for the execution of Levi Harwood and Jones , the two men sentenced to death by Boron Parke at the Kingston Assizes , for the murder of the Rev . Mr . Holiest , at Frimley . The sheriffs were conducted to the respective cells of the condemned convicts by Mr . Keene , the governor of the gaol , when the warrants were read over to them by the under sheriff , and they , were told that no hope could be entertained of their lives being saved . Jones received the announcement in a very

      deplorable state , bat Harwood seemed rather indifferent The unhappy men are confined in separate cells , with two turnkeys to sit up with them night and day . Since hit condemnation and removal to Honemonger-lano Goal , Jones ' s conducting greatly altered . Thj execution of the criminals is ordered to take place on Tuesday morning , the 15 th vatt , &t nine o ' clock ! on the top of the entrance of Horsemonger-lane Gaol . Smith , the approver , and Samuel Harwood , are also confined in separate parts of tiie prinn , bat file latter will shortly be removed into Sussex for examination respecting other burglaries he is supposed to be concerned in , in that onntr . A petition signed bj the whole of the Jury hwbeea forwardtd to Mr . Locke King , M . P ., for presentation through the Home Secretary , praying lor a coumutation of the sentenoe of deathWaited

      SSfeSL ! ^ eonvicfaxfat the last SSa&eSrasw Bft& ^^ asss&s saaax deposed that he was the landlord ofPSto place , where deoestgeTlrved- MTOirKn with a man named Connell andbiswife ^ At Sfpast one , on Sunday morning , . Connell called him on her brea 3 t , the other by kS ffl asked him if : he ' thoug ht % &&& ¦ % g £ hiving raised her hand , pronounced h « dead ? and

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      sent for the police / who called in Dr . Mulier . At one o cloek that morning he heard a great noise in Lonnell s room , which erased before he was called by the latter . Before that , witness heard deceased beg of Connell and his wife , who were not sober , not to quarrel . As he entered the kitchen a strange woman whose face was enveloped in a shawl , and who appeared mu « h frightened , rushed by him . In her haete she left her bonnet , but he did not know that woman . Deceased was sober . —Mr . F . S . Mulier , surgeon , said that he was called upon last Sunday morning to attend deceased , who had been three-quarters of an hour dead . She was lying on the floor on her back , with a severe wound across her' nose . He made a post mortem

      examination . In his opinion deceased was knocked down by a blow on her nose , and fell with violence to the ground on the back of her head . — Inspector Moran producod a pistol and a large clasp knife which were found on the floor of ConneH ' a kitchen ; close'by the deceased . —Daniel Connell , an intelligent child , aged five , son of the prisoner , stated ( unsworn ) that he was in bed on Sunday morning when his father aiuTinother began fighting . Deceased having interfered to quiet them , his mother beat and knocked her down , after which deceased never stirred . A woman named Joy and another woman whom he did not know were present . After his mother knocked down deceased she dragged her into the middle of the room . -Inspector Moras , m answer to the coroner , said that the accused were in custod y . The morning after the woman s death , the female prisoner absconded , and

      was not , tauen till the following morning , when she said that upon returnin g home on Sunday mornine she detected her husband with the strange woman spoken of , and that then the fight commenced . = She was vexed with deceased for allowing her husband to act so . The coroner , who expressed regret that the accused parties were not confronted with their accusers , adjourned the inquest , to afford an opportunity to the police of finding out the strand woman . After which the jury and witnesses were bound over to attend the adjourned inquiry —Tho woman Connell keeps afruit-stand at Knightsbridee . Her husband has been several times before the magistrates for having brutally treated his wife , whose arm he once broke , it is said , across his leg ! A short time since , while working at tho " Crystal Palace , he fell , and sustained such injuries that his life was despaired of .

      SuicinE bt PaossicAciD . —On Wednesday a long inquiry was gone into before Mr . W ; Carter , the coroner , at the Mariborough Arms Tavern Westmoreland-place , Camberwell , into the circumstances connected with the death of Mr . VFilliam Augustin Dubourg , chemist , aged 29 , who destrojed himself , as was demonstrably proved , by taking prussic acid . The unfortunate man left behind him several letters , one addressed- to the coroner assigning distress of mind as the reason of the terrible act he was about to commit . The juryreturned a verdict of Temporary Insanity . ' ' ' ¦

      Death prom Chloroform . —On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the House of Plenty , Mile-end , on the body « f John Holden an inmate of Stepney Union . Deceased was about to undergo an operation , and desired the relief of chloroform . "Mr .-Swain , a surgeon , administered the chloroform under the direction of Mr . Reynolds and m the presence of two other medical gentlemen connected with tho establishment-Mr . Swain said that having examined . the deceased , and findin * nothing to prohibit the administration of chloroform , he administered half a drachm , which was less than the average . dose , without producing any of the premonitory symptoms . He again administered a similar dose , when the patient suddenl y died without exhibiting any one of the symptoms usually found to precede the full and desired effects attendant on the administration of chloroform . Tho countenance was suddenly Buffused , the heart ceased its action .

      tne puise was still , and the vital spark was instantly quenched .. Witness could only account for theresuit on tho supposition that the peculiar idiosyncracy of the patient was such as to render him more than usually sensitive to the influence of the dru » Cases of the kind were of frequent occurrence with respect to medicines whose sanitary character was held in general estimation , such as calomel , &c—The coroner in summing up , read several extracts from an unpublished work which he has in the press , showing the value of . the discovery of chloroform as an alleviant of human suffering in severe surgical operations , and cited several opinions of judges to show that even non-medical men operating with good intentions ' were not liable to the charge of manslaughter when the result proved fatal . —The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died through the administration of chloroform , though all the requisite precautions had been used .

      Caution io the Public—We have been informed , from authentic sources , that an abominable system of swindling lodging house keepers has been successfully practised in London within the last few days , by many of the numerous foreigners who in consequence of the Great Exhibition , are now resident amongst us . The system is one from which , by process of law , the aggrieved person has no remedy , and it is therefore the more necessary that additional caution should be used . It seems that in all the cases the particulars of which have reached us , one or two persons called at the house where lodgings were to be let , and , in default of references , paid the rent in advaoce for three months . The bargain completed , in ayery short time , sixteen or more forei each

      gners , with a small mattress , entered the lodgings , the drawing room of which was soon converted into a common room for cooking , smoking , and sleeping . The destruction of furniture , to say nothing of such an agreeable addition to a quiet famil y . may be easily imagined . We hear that several respectale families in the West End have been thus victimised , and that handsomely furnished houses have been tenanted , greatly to the amazement of the landlord , by thirty or forty men whose purses , it would seem , bear no proportion to the length of their beards . We caution persons having lodgings to let against this ruse of our continental friends , and counsel them in no case to let their rooms without tome guarantee that the house is not to be converted into a barrack . —Times .

      Natiosai Rbfoiim Association . —The third monthly soiree of this society was held at the London Tavern , on Monday night—Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., in the chair , when Mr . Edward Miall delivered a lecture on "The Extension of the Suffrage , as the means of training the people to a better understanding of their political rights , and appreciation of the constitution under which they were governed . " E ^ oiiasATioN of Poor Rates is thb Cimr .-On Monday forenoon a deputation of gentlemen connected with the City Association , for establishing an Equalisation of the Rate for the Relief of the Poor throughout the City of London , waited , by appointment , upon Mr . Baines , M . P ., at the office of the Commissioners , Somerset House . Alderman Sidney , introduced

      • P ., the deputation , which consisted of jfentlemea beloBging to the Board of Guardians of the city of London . Mr . Baines was attended by Lord Courtenay , M . P ., Sir George Nicholl , aild R . W . bray , isq ., the successor to Viscount Ebrington , m Vij o Mmta ? . t 0 the p oor Law Board . Mr . Alderman Sidney , in introducing the deputation referred to the operation of the present law , which tended to relieve the richer and burden the poorer paruheB , and in support of a more extensive area of rating quoted the o pinion of Mr . G . A'Beckett , that expenditure was administered just as carefully in unions as individual parishes . The deputation expressed their concurrence with this opinion , and Mr . Sidney urged the Chief Commissioner to deal with the subject by bill , before the Easter recess . Mr . Barnes said in reply that the Commissioners had been for some time impressed with the necessity which existed for a material alteration in the Poor Law

      Rating and the Law of Settlement , and he thought it was right that the legislature should step in to make the w : c < sw » y alterations in the statute . They were most anxious that this should be done , and he ( Mr . Barnes ) would give his best attention to what bad fallen from the deputation , so that the truth and justice of the case muht be met as soon as possible . At present , however , in consequence of the unsettled state of public affairs , he could make no further prornisa upon the subject . The deputation , after thanking the board , withdrew . Thb Polishing Bbioadb . —On Saturday a number of young men , dressed in red uniform , and furnished with apparattu for cleaning clothes and hoes , were stationed in the vicinity of the Exhibition building and west-end thoroughfares . They are all lettered , and wear badges inscribed " The Shoeblack Society . " They have been selected to these offices from the London ragged schools , previous to being assuted to emigrate .

      t Iixniss of ihi Bishop op Lonbon . —It having been understood in the parish of Knightsbridge dunnr the past week that the Bishop would occupy the Pulpit of St . Paul ' s for the purpose ; of advising the congregation on their new and peculiar position since the removal of Mr . Bennett , and the simplification of the service there , a large congregation assembled on Suaday . Mr . Liddell , however , ascended the pulpil after prayers , and said that the bishop was m ill ai to M unable to leave his house . Xhichatioh . —A family group meeting of the emif rants who are about to sail in tho " Blundell , " the amily Colonisation Loan Sooiety '« first ship of the eason , which leaves England early next month .

      took place on Tuesday evening , at the Royal British Institution , City-road , for the purpose of being introduced to each other , and arranging all the necessary preliminaries for their voyage . It appeared that 230 persons were going out by the next , 6 hip , sixty-four of whom had brothers and HBters in the colonies , and eighteen were a » ed parents who had been sent for by their ohildren , who , m most oases , had forwarded £ 5 towards the expeniesof the voyage . Theexpense of emigration £ L 5 ? ? S { . * * ' knd th « society- tent £ 4 &S . ; a # erecei Pts from the Parties about f " fc ^ fe ? llBtt - ' » i V * g « ' MM ) BHt «! llto £ l , M 39 K iisSST ^ T ^? * havin g b ^ established amongst the intending emigrants , and ; the various

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      Jjjj wjfya' ^ ge ^ nta carried out , the meeting GMAIMBIROPOHTAN PAIRS .-On ' Wednesday tho allotment of space at the " monster fair " to bl held at the Hippodrome , Bayswater , during the ? B ? hibition , commenced . The ground markS mtt « c « a 8 twenty-five acres , all of which S ^ covered with booths-and ehows . Mes 8 rs . Nell ' and Lee , who have the management , specially a-ree before granting the ground ; that no gnmbL ^ or % Say trading will be permuted . - At BatteMea-pSup ' wardsof fiffcyacresof land havCbeen portlS off for holding of a fair On KenningtoS-comS S large fair will be held ; another on Stepney-ereen and one in PrimroBe-hiU . pnrk . P y g •

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      pleted the twenty-eighth week of their strike . It appears that the operatives collect the sura of £ 169 weekly ' , of which JG 110 , weekly , goes to support the persons late in Sir E . Armitnge ' s employ—350 in number . A-regular report of the disbursements is kept , with a secretary and assistants for the receipts and disbursements , from which it appears that a Trades Union for turnouts is completely organised . A' regular procession of operatives from different . districts was formed , and between 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 persons . were . collected together , ; , ffho , haying reached Fendleton , commenced their proceedings in the open aiv . The language of the speeches was temperate , and no breach of the piace took place .

      A Sthasob : Cask of Suicide . —On - / -Saturday last an inquest was held at High : GarreU , in , , the parish of Booking , 'Essex , on the body of David Wright , a youth , aged seventeen years , who committed ; suicide . by ; hanging : himself in " a loft on the premises bf his employer ,.. Thomas Porter , a builder , ilr ., Porter stated that , he was quite at a loss to dispover any motive which could have induced deceased to commit the act . Since Droury ' s execution , however , he had . frequently made inquiries about the process , nf hanging , and how : the rope was fixed . —Lydia Porter . said : The deceased dined with : me as UBiial on : Thursday last , and lie then went into the yard , and . l saw no . more . of him alive , I am Quite

      at a loss to accountfor his hanging himself . Since Drory ' s execution he . had asked me several questions at different times about hanging—how the rope was placed round the neck , and the knot tied . ^ . He has , at those times , appeared in good Bpirits . . Other witnesses gave testimony as to there being no motive for the deceased committing suicide * ¦ .. •; . The juvy , after a short consultation , returned a verdict " That deceased ^ destroyed himself ¦ by . hanging , but whether unintentionally ov by design , there was not sufficient evidence , to show . " . ¦ .. Coventry Ejection . —Mr . Geach was returned on Tuesday as representative in parliament for the city of Coventry , by a majority , of 436 over , the -Ri ght Hon . Edward Strutt ,. tbe late member for Derby ;

      . The Feel Monument . — Three packages , haro lately arrived at Liverpool from Rome , containing casts to be used in the . execution of the monument to the late Sir'Robert Peel . The Lords of the Treasury have authorised their passage through the Custom-house without examination . ¦ . -, ¦>¦ ¦ . . .. Another Burglart with Violence . —On Tuesday information was received by the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police , that . , the . private , residence of Mr . Charles Pickup of Birken , near Pontefract , a farmer * was , during the temporary absence of Mr . and Mrs ; Pickup , broken into by five men , all wearing long smock frocks and masks . They forced the inmates , consisting of two servant girls ' and a lad , into the cellar , and after , maltreatine them , the

      villains loaded a gun and threatened to shoot the parties if they made any further alarm . The three servants for fear of being shot , were obliged tore , main in ' the cellar-. with-a man standing over them , with a gun in his hand , whilst the other , four men ransacked the house ; taking , and carrying away with them six silver table-spoons , ten silver . teaspoons , all marked " P , " a silver desert spoon , marked " M . P , * 7 in cash , consisting of sovereigns , half-sovereigns , and silver , and . several articles of wearing apparel which cannot , at present , be described . No accurate descri ption of the burglars can be given . Thb latb -Boiusr Explosios at StookpoRT , — After several : adjournments , the jury met again on Monday last . Several witnesses were Examined ,

      ana abouttwoo cloek on Tuesday morning the jury presented the following verdict hr writing : — " Verdict ' Accidental Death . '—It is the opinion of this Jury that the junction valve upon the boiler , leadingto the bowking' kiers ,-was closed at the time of the explosion , and that the overloading of the safety valve prevented that relief to the boiler which was necessary for the escape of the steam ; and these , conjointly caused the explosion . But that this jury has no evidence' before it to show by whom , or by what means , the said junction valve was closed ; and that the overloading of the safety valve is attributable to the act or sanction of

      the engineer ^ Joseph Hyde , of whose conduct in this matter the jury express their unqualified censure . It is also the opinion of this juryj that the applying of this boiler to high pressure steam is highly censurable ; and , although the extra stays Were applied , such application has been done without due calculation and judgment , i That , with a viewtci guard against imperfect boilers for the future / this jury recommend a certain standard to be adopted—say twice tho extent of pressure intended to be applied ; and that all boilers bo tested and stamped or registered by a responsible and appointed authority prior to their retaoval from the makers' , premises . " :

      ' Thk' ' 'Norwich' Murder . —The convict , George Baldry . 'whb was convicted at the last Norwich assizes for the murder of Caroline Warner , a little girl' only thirteen years old , by beating' her brains out with a hammer , ' has been respited during Her Majesty ' s pleasure . Gravesend . —A strong sensation has been excited in the town of Gravesond in- consequence of the suspension for . slx months of the Rer . Mr . Blew , minister of the church of St .. John , by the Bishop of Rochester . The report in . " 'the district ii that the bishop was originally applied to on the subject by Mr . Buval , churchwarden of the church' of the Most Holy Trinity , and subsequently a correspondence took place between Lord Ashley , Mr . Duval , and the bishop . The result has been ' the Bus ' pension

      above mentioned .. It appears that the church of St . John was ' originally . erected' by subscription . and let but at different times to different clergymen , and that Mr . Blew ultimately became the proprietor by purchase . The roverend gentleman had succeeded in bringihg . a large congregation to the church , had formed a ; school , cloisters , Ac . The gravamen of his offence is the having subscribed an address to D . ' Wiseman , got up by certain clergymen of the High Church party , in which . those whose names are attached regret the '' manner In which he has been , received _ in England ; address hini as " your Eminence , " express respect for his person and office as a " bishop of the church of God ; " andstate that the " clamour of the many " in his case "is not to be regarded as ' the unequivocal voice of religion and of the Church of England . " " ' '

      TBAaKDT at MAnciT , Isle of Elt . —An extraordinary occurrence has just taken place in this district , in consequence of whioh one life has been sacrificed , and two others placed inconsiderable danger . Mr . Miller , a brewer and malater in the above locality ,, suspected that two . of his maid servants wore in the habit of pilfering his flour , and on Monday , he accused them of it , but agreed , on their promising better behaviour for the future , to look over their offence , and continue them in his service . On Tuesday . morning Mr . Miller ' s two servants , w _ ere missing , and also another female in the em .

      ploy of his sister . On the samp evening the body of one of Mr . Miller ' s servants was found in a field at the back of the town , and it was . ascertained that her death had been caused by laudanum . The two otherjfirlgwerediscpvered . a | mos , tinA dying state m an outhouse on the premises of Mr . Miller . They were suffering from , the effects . of laudanum , but the usual remedies w ere at once . applied , and it is hoped they may recover . It has been ascertained that the three girls bought three separate fourpennyworth of laudanum , at three different drugglSjg jhopg on Tuesday , and that , they all agreed to end their existence together .

      . Charge o * . Arson . —On Monday last Joseph Charter , farmer , of Witcham , was fully committed for trial at the nextassizes , on the oharge of having on Sunday , the 9 th ult ., feloniousl y set fire to the house ; of Mm . Mary Remington , his mother-in-law , part of wkich was in his own . occupation , together with the farm-yard , and to the reversion of which hiSWifo . u entitled ; but he was admitted to bail hiuuelf m £ 200 ; and two sureties in 100 each . Mrs Remington is . insured in the Suffolk Fire -office : but it cannot be . ascertained that Charter was insured on his own effects , which are of considerable value : so that the motive , on . the supposition of his bein » guilty , is a my 8 tery . -B « ru Post . ¦ . . .

      A Woman Killed by hbr IIcsband . —On Saturday last , a woman , named Esther Curtis , ' was killed near Gloucester , by her husband , under circumstahcesofgreatbrutahtj . Thepowwowaricalled upon the fellow at a public house , where he was carousing when he attacked her with such ferocity that she ' died in halt an hour from the injuries which he inflicted . He is now in custody awaiting the result of a coroners inquest . -The inquest was hold on Tuesd . y evening before Septimus Pruen , Esq ., on the body of Esther Curtis , a woman about twentyfive ye « 8 . of age . Mrs . Wilkes , keeper' of the Whitii Lion Inn , near Gloucester , stated that on S « turday laat deceased went to her husband , who was sitting ; in the kitchen . Witness , arid the

      deceased , and Curtis had some conversation about a bill he owed ; for ale . Shortly afterwards witness heard the deceased asking her husband to come home ; he refused ; and then Bhe complained of the hardship of , her being obliged to work at the house for half a day for 6 d ., and that he would come thers of a night and spend a shilling . They then went outside the door together , and within a couple of minutes a sharp scream wai beard , and on witness gping . out she found the decotsed lying on her stomaoh , aoross an iron palisading , and tbe husband beating her with , his fist . She called a man to the assistance of the deceased , and he was

      dragged from tus wite , who then foil to tho ground insensible . She never spoke or moved afterwards Mr . Clarke , surgeon made apo $ t-n ( ortem examination of the body . There were two external bruiaes one over the left eye , the other on-tho right side of the head ; but theinternal viscera were healtlw excepting an effusion of blood at the base of tho bram . consequent upon the blows , and of ' which the deceased had died ., The jury found a . verdict of manslaughter against Edmund : Curtis , who was committed to take his trial at the next assizes At the inquest the prisoner appeared to feel deepl ' y trie situation m which he had placod himself

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      srnanu . The Roman Catholic " UNiVERBiTr . —The Rev . Mr . Cooper , one oTthe secretaries 6 t the intended Roman Catholic . Universit y , acknowled ges having received an addition-of £ 929 to the funds for that project , within the lasffive days . This sum is composed of small contributions ' fromvarious [ parts of the uountry . ( ¦ ¦ , ¦ - .... ; . Thb Weather . —From all quarterage weather is still complained of as greatly retarding spring operations / and very little , indeed , has in consequence been done by the farraers . as yet . The state of the fields in nil directions look more of the aspect of the month of January than-A ' pril , whereas , this time last year very ) arge tracts ' of ground were tilled aridsowri . The ground in maay districts is almostimpossible of being ploughed , and in many instances the horses have lain down from exhaustion in the effort , so clammy 13 the soil . ¦ " • "¦ '•¦ ¦ ' ' ¦'••¦ ' ' '¦ ¦ ' " ,

      EsiiGRAfioN . —The Clonmel Chronicles&ys , "The tide of emigration has taken another turn , and instead of flowing ; " 1 as heretofore ; towards tho city of Waterfordi 'it- 'hqw drives ; 'tow . ards New Ross , From Wexford and all the surroundihK counties . " .. Mstf' Elections ;—The ; Cork journals announce that a letter'has bee ' ri received from Mr . William Pasjan , statingthatlast ' week terminated his career as a public and Parliamentary man , " for ever . 'f . " ' The contest for EnniBkillen promises to be an ; . extremely fierce one . Both ' candidates and their friends are equally confident of success .

      Thb Potato Crop . —The Limerick Chronicle reports the failure of seed potatoes in a field of two acres'in the North'Lliberty Barony , The " Bkillenes " are representea to have entirely decayed from the constant rains of the early part of the season . Incendiarism . —Last week a ' poor man was burnt to death in a house of whicli he had just obtained possession from a tenant who emigrated to America . The house was discovered in , the morning enveloped in flames , and as'the neighbours declined to render any assistance , 'it js supposed that the act was the work . ofsoraeagrarianincendiary , . ; ;; A stable , containing five valuable cows and two horses , ' the ' property ' ofa respec / able farmer residing near Sligo , was set on ; fire a feVriights since , and all the animals which it contained were reduced to ashes . This was al 80 the work of incendiaries , and the scene of destruction is described as baring'been a heartrending one ; ' ¦ ¦ " ! • ' ¦¦ '' . •' . , . .

      There ia a very ' ' fatal-epidemic prevailing in many parts of this country lit present amongst horses , and ( Veat numbers employed in draughting' on the road have died from the effects . ' ' The Corporation of Limerick have , by a majority of seventeen to nine , passed ' & resolution , rescinding the vote of oensure upon' Mr . John O'Connell , agreed to on the 6 th of March , and directing that the same saould be expunged from the book of the corporation . The scene on the occasion was one of great excitement , and the whole subject is said to' be the cause of much angry feeling throughout the city . of the violated treaty . I 1 ' ' ' -- :

      A meeting was held on Monday at Conciliation Hall , called by advertisement , of persons styling themselvos the Repeal Association , eschewing altogether the word- "Catholic , " which Mr . John O'Connell had lately added to the titles of th 6 deceased body of which he was the head . The chief objeota of the meeting appeared to bo to make speeches and collect money ; and in the latter part of the business , they announced their success to the extent of £ 51 9 s ., < a sum that must startle Mr . John O'Connell , as a weekly contribution of rent long unknown in amount at the same shop , while he laboured to keep it open . A ^ letter was read from Mr . O'Connell , declaring himself still as staunch a repealer as ever ; and at tho conclusion , an address to the people of Ireland , and ' a petition

      to parliament against the removal ofKilrush hospital , were agreed upon by the meeting .. •• • •• . ¦ 1 , Three or four persons were on Saturday last held to bail at one of'the police offices , charged with having created a disturbance and riot at a Roman Catholic Chapelj on Sunday evening , 'during a . controversial sermon by Dr . O'Connell of Waterford . It appeared , however , that the parties were themselves all Roman Catholics , and' the scene , which was described as one of great confusion and danger to the congregation , tromthe rush to escape ,-was caused in the first instance by a youth named . Bums , who iasuoject to fits , and" in one of thoso attaoks called the priest a . liar , and used other abusive language .

      A magnificent carpet ) intended for the grand London : Exhibition ,-has been exhibited in Dublin for a . fewii days' previous to its departure . It is composed entirely of Berlin wool , and is the needle work of a hundred and fifteen ladies of this city ; jind although each had the choice of her own subject for the portion allotted to her , as her taste-might suggest , yet the harmony of the whole is wonderfully beautiful . It comprises ninety-one squares of Berlin work , with a magnificent border , and measures twenty-one feot in length and twelve feet in breadth . , i ¦ ,- • ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      State of Mayo . —The practical instructor , who has been to visit the Westport Union in tho county of Mayo ; to assist the people in . their mode of cultivation . givesthe ' following distressing account in his report of the condition of that districtY ~ " Never was relief more wanting than to some of the people of this union , for I have never ' witnessed scenes ' of greater misery , destitution , and' Btarvation , than I have here , even in Gal way . West in 18-18 ; matters are far from being at the worse yet ; thousands are flying " the country ; those who are able to go to America , and . those who arenot , to England or Scotlanol . : ' There aro very few , ho . matter how well circumstanced they may be , who are hot .. wavering , ' . anil ; will likely emigrate next

      seasqn ;;; the . go ; od ; accounts received from America , frorpMciveir friends or neighbours ; the large Bums of rnoney . ' also sent , keep'their minds oontinually disturbed , so that ; emigration is talked of and-discussed in every village ; above all and before everything else . _ A large , portion , bf the population of this union is already gone . On the authority Of the Rov . Peter Ward , P . P . ; Aughagower , more than two-thirds of his parishioners are gone within the . last few years '; other parishos of the union , are perhaps even more depopulated . Generally . land is let very moderate , in fact ,-lower than ever I heard of , except in some few ' cases . Rate ? and taxes are what tho people dread , they ., being higher than the rents in many , places . There ia no employment for tho labourer ; a man can be had for spring work now for three or . four pence a day , without meat or

      drinK ; even , atthis low price employment cannot be . had on the . . land .,. I , met a man the other day who sold his ' loy' for one penny , when he failed in getting employment . " ' ., " .. ' . '• Bodies p farmed men are now almost nightly in the praotice of marching , through various districts of the north , arid with , the . utmpat daring and apparent' confidence in . th ' eir , impunity ; attacking and pludering uqiisej ! , and violently assaulting , if not murdering , the unhappy , inmates . On Saturday night last ,, a gang of this descri ption attacked the house of a respectable man named M * Connell , near Newry , arid beat the owner , to such a degree that his life was in danger for some days . Mr . More O'&rrall , the ex-governor of Malta , has been selected by . the liberal club of Longford as their candidate for the county , Mr . Serjeant Shea haying declined the honour . ,

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      Admission / op Jbws to PARtUMBNi .-rThe text of the bill for the removal of Jewish Disabilities about to be brought into the HoiiBe of Commons by Lord John Russell , is as follows : — " A Bill to regulate the mode Of administering the Oath of Abjuration to persons professing the Jewish Religion . Whereas her Majesty ' s subjects . professing the Jewish religion are by-law capable" of being elected to serve as members of the House of Commons , and of holding divers offices in respect of which they'are or may be required to take the oath of abjuration ; and it is expedient to direot in what manner that oath should in all cases be administered to persona ' professing the said religion : Be it therefore'enacted by the

      Queen ' s moBt excellent-Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , in this : present parliament a ssembled , and by the authority Of the game , that whenever any of her Majesty ' s subjects professing the Jewish religion shall present himself to take the 8 iiidoathofalquration , the words "Upon the true faith of a Christian , " shall be omitted out of tho said oath in administering the same to such person ; andthetaking of the said oath'by such person professing the Jewiih religion , without the words aforesaid , in like manner-. as Jews ar « admitted to be sworn to give evidence iu courts of justice shall be deemed to be a sufficient taking of the o » th of abjuration . ' . ' ,.

      ; Tdb Mbtal Bdiion TRABB . -The operative ' s of Birmingham ar « now availing themselves If rhi opportunity afforded by the great Sux of fo reigners to the Exhibitiba of 185 ? willbffi to thia country , to resuscitate ; if possible IL mSS b « lt 0 . trade , which formerly SriS , an ! AdSSX ^ WS to many iarriiliea in that town : mSnn P- " ' il S . r ( iay la 8 fc - ™ by appoint-SS 2 F'T f ' - ^ ,. who received the deputa-ZLft 8 ft ?? J , V the" memorial read , expressed himself highly gratified tolearn that bis

      . patronage , on a former occasion had proved so benehci . il to a deserving body of operatives and graciousl y stated-thafit would give him great aatislaction if the sumo result followed his support on tlio present , occasion , byagaiu promoting the revival of the fashion of wearing gilt buttons . His Koyal highness assured the - deputation ¦ that it would afford him much pleasure to encourage the manufacture of such beautiful articles as those then exhibited . His Royal Eighnes 3 was graciously pleased to accept several sets of gilt buttons / and on

      lusown behalf , and that of the two Royal Princes , thanke d the artiaau s presenting them , and expressed'his intention of wearing them , ' and-of the twojoung Princes doing the same ,

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      TAUNTON . Thr Nempnett Murder . —John Wills «» for the wilful murder of William Wilkir ! ffNi j ing him down with a spnde , and when in . £ n ckbeating' him on- tho head with an THr ^^ giving him divers mortal wounds of wkuw ° . at Neinpnett on' the Sth of FebruaZ e d'ed Smith was charged with aiding and X ^^ n Other counts charged both princs iW ° . ef -J ? , » Fg ™ having stated the cauSB > . m ! lf - Sarah Wilk . ns wna carried into the w ? n .. ' t > . a chair . o She begged not to be p 5 t £ f > * soner . She ' said—I am tho » L tfle pri . Wilkins . We kept a ^ hop ^ finn ° c I T * seventy ; my husband was sevenS ur ^ r ? a m the pnsoners , and I knew Wills iptl' ,, ktllJ f workedftt-HjrafctfB . The prisoners eiv Ile hs < l of bread on the morning of the 8 th Is iV lo » f They , found , they : had no money an , h ebr «^ away . Smith stood at the door ( vh en tym ffe"t in . -They came buck again in a short tim U T * put me down on the ground . I bZjd £ , ^ mercy . I got ; up on . my knees , aSwni ^ struck me with a spade : ho thnnX t ls th « a Smith had the sna ^ W ' . Ji T " - e 1 *« w d « d

      spade , and they went into the kitchen , °° ktho husband was , and then I heard L l here "Murder" two ' or three times 1 i"fr t do struggle , but I could not see them n ear a knife in my pocket with a bit of sih-er ii , 11 - penhandle . I had some silver nion ^ v ; m tho 'Wy We bad an Italinn iron in the houw l ^\ P ocke tthe table-to'be cleaned . I saw i ~ W loh W ! l 3 •» I came to myself , and it was then W houso ffbeu We sold tobacco-it was made Z ;„ V ° Pieces . packets . This'is the penknife . I L " ™*™ m twenty ! years . . I know it by nwZ r " mined : . My husband and I were wk- 0 Xskitchen .. The old man was sittifl * ; X ? , ' ? ^ . corner . . I was near . the door , luuTd y toXm 6 y Wills had-a short stick with an iron £ ^ ?< not see them for a minute before thev « ., » ' dld me . He struck me directly .. I Wa L . ?? f , "P to bit . I had myeye towards ^ the dSr J " t M a escape . Smith had not come in when Wi 1 ? f me ; he was standing at the door with the ¦ « , £ ?• his hand . After Wills had left mo for dMH F e ln andstruck-my husband ,. I did n /^ S 1 Him

      uw , ueuro ury " juuraer . ' ( The noo iJ woman was here so ' muoh overcome that aim »! obliged to be assisted b y thesurgoon * Mh ^ stimulants . She kept crying ' Don ' t ee doS . » » It was a fearful sight . I was before the mllSj the same day , and had then a distinct reco 82 ? of ; what had . taken place . 1 did not see fi strikea'blow , but I have recollected since thttT saw him with the spade . I . did say that iZt Smith go into the kitchen where my hnshind Z . I think I said before the magistrate * S HSi Smith came m or not I could not say . I have 1 Z very ill ever since M y neighbours have told SI good deal . I-heard the blows given to my hushmH but could pot see them . -0 ther witness hSj been examined , the jury returned a verdict nf Guilty against both prisoners . -Uis Lordship tben in the moBt affecting mannernasssd « on * L . » A i

      , deatb .-The crowd was intense . —•«•«• « CHABOEOF MURDER . —Joseph Clai-k e wasindictnrt for the murder of his wife , Mam Clarke , at Bath on the 18 th February last , by forcing a stick into her . person . It appeared that the prisoner had been married to his wife about ten years she was a person coming from a very respectab le , though somewhat reduced famil y in Glou cester . Thoprisoner was in a much lower rank of life than his wife . vTho marriage was , therefore , against tho consent , of her family , by whom she had ' in consequence been abandoned . She had recentl y fallen into habits of intoxication and dissipation Thp » ¦

      lived at Ko . 5 , Larnpard ' e-buildings , Bath . TllC prisoner had been much attached , to her almost to jealousy . They had . three children . The prisoner used to leave her on Monday mornings to go to his work some miles off , and return again on Satur . day night , when he generally found her in a state of intoxioation , and . hi 3 children neglected . On the Saturday night preceding Tuesday , the 18 th of February , he came home ns usual . His wife was not at home . He knew not where to find her . lie was told that during the , week , his wife had been constantly drunk , and that one of his three little children had been found , in . flames , and bad not

      some one , accidentally , passed the room , it would have been burnt to death . The man said , " Poor unfortunate wretch ! I don't know what I shall do with , her . " She did not return on the Saturday night , nor on the Sunday , noy indeed before he left home to go to work on the Monday morning . It would seem that the man felt ' the sad situation in whioh he had left his children , and he returned home on the ' Tuesday following . Shortly before his arrival , however , his wife returned ; she was ia the most beastly state of intoxication . She went to her room and threw herself on tho bod . Aft « the prisoner had gone up stairs noises of apparent

      struggling and blows were heard , and the woman was heard to say , "Oh , ; < don ' t Clarke , don't tlarke ; . and then there were cries of " Murder . " One of the inmates of the house went up stairs , and finding the door of the prisoner ' s room open , they looked in and saw the prisoner . apparently suppor . ting his wife . The prisoner shut the door . A noise of some person falling down very heavily was heard . Shortly afterwards some one again went to the room , and the wife was then found to bedead . \ great dealof blood . wasabout the room , and their was a pan in the room , broken in pieces . 'The prisoner was" asked what he ' hid done .. to his wife ? He at

      first ; , said nothing , but afterwards said he had beaten her with a stick : and a stick which had been broken was found in tho room .. li Had a large quantity of long hair upon it . Part of her hair hud been torn from her head b y violence . Some one sucges . ted that a surgeon should bo sent for , and the prisoner said , " Oh , pray do . " Surgeons camo , and upon an examination they found that the inside of her person had been much lacerated , as they conceived , by a stick . They did not consider it possible . that the . injuries could have been accidentally inflicted . The . stick which was found had apparently been recently , scraped atone end . This stiok , the surgeon said , would have caused the

      inlury if it had been used for the purpose . Upon further examination they found what is called the " drunkard ' s liver . " She died from loss of Wood , paused'by the lacerated wound in her person . Tho wound was two inches and a half in depth , Tho prisoner had been out of the room for a short timeafter the cries of "Murder had been heard . " It was shown that the prisoner had always borno an excellent character , and had always treated his wife with the greatest kindness . —Mr . Slade addressed the . jury , and urged that the death was caused by accident / by the woman falling down upon the pan . —The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter .-The prisoner was sentenced to ^ transportation fot life .

      BURY ST . EDMONDS . The Lawsitam . Murder : —George Carnt was indicted for the murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge . The prisoner , on being arraigned , pleaded Kot Guilty in a firm voice . He is a good-looking younfl man , and his features certainly do not indicate the ferocity of disposition requisite to commit the deed with which he was charged . lie is described aj twenty-three yearB of age , and was attired in a fustiin coat and plaid trousers . Tho unfortunatewoman , -Elizabeth Bainbridge , was about thirty years of age . Some nine or ten years agoshe married the butler of a ' clergymanin the neighbourhood

      oi beawardstone . Her husband had since joined the corps of Royal Sappers and Miners , ' -and it « ppoured that they had not been living together for the last seven years . With her child , tlie results of wedlook , she went and resided with her father , who 13 a hwd-working and respectable farmer at Lawsnall , in this . * county . —The murder was committed late in the afternoon of the 20 th of laat January . For ten or eleven . 'days previously , tho deoeasedhad been Btaying with ^ her sister , whose nusband Mr . Payne , kept the Harrow public-house at Jja wshall . The prisoner had also been lodging there for about a week . On tho afternoon of that

      uay tne deoeased left the Harrow for the purpose of returning home to her parent ' sfarra , proceeding across the fields as the nearest way . The prisoner was in the kitchen when she left , ' and upon her going out b y the front door th « back one was heard to open , and Carnt ' wns found to have also left . Shortl y after seven o ' clock Carnt returned to the Harrow , having let himself in by the baok door . lie seemed very much agitated , and shook considerably . He' had no hnt on , and his clothes were wet and dirty . He stood before the kitchen fire aenral minutes without saying anything , and he then suddenly remarked . "The halter is for my

      neck . " Mr . Payne said •' Nonsense ; what had no been doing ! " He made no reply . Mr . Pavne then proceeded to assist him- intaking off bis clothes , when he ; begged ti , at he might be let alone . Let me alone , " he observed ; " it does not signify what becomes of me ; ' the gallows is my doom . He then expressed a wish . ' to goup Stairs to bed , And ' hiA wet clothes being removed , he wnsput 'J bed and wrapped up in blankets by Mr . "Pajno and a person named Farrow . The appearance of the prisoner , together with the absence of the deceased who had not reached her father ' s' house excited suspicion , and ; the footsteps bf two persons traced

      were to a pond in a remote part of » P » " ture , and some eight or nine rods from a stile , the clothe * of a woman were discovered . The oftcer then went into the " water and brought out the body of a woman , w ' hich was at once identified to be the deceased . "Sho was quite dead and stiff . She had no bonnet on , and her hair wa 3 quito dishevelled . The gown was' torn all round , nearly from the ' gattiers . " The ' rb was blood flowing from hernostrilg , and- there was an appearance ot a severe blow on the right cheok justimdor h « r eye . 1 no = pond was partially surrounded by- thorns . About five ; yards from'the pond-was-found hev cloak , which waa much torn , and the strings were

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      his intention to commit the murder . Two or three days previous he asked-his wife whether , if he wore to kill Margaret Fahy , she would help him . His wife told him to bless himself , and not' let suoh an idea enter his head . She appeared to think little of the remark , as if Bhe considered him too good natured to contemplate Beriously such an . act . He states that onthe morning of the murderhe hesitated a long time , struggling with the temptation ; that on Margaret ' Fahy coming down stairs he struck the blow with the butcher s cleaver himself ; that his wife rushed upon hini and gave him a strong push away ; that he then threatened to do the same to his wife , upon which she ran tin stairs . ge

      & 1 je iarommw . ^ Thb WiBRiNoioif Murderers . —Confession of Patrick ^ YONs ^ The priionort are Roman Catholics , and emee their condemnatknr the ReV J H Marshall has attended them as their spiritual in ^ SK ? I ' a i ° f Isoners lia ™ , since their return to Kjrkdale , made a statement which they desired should - be given to ' the public . Patrick Lyons acknowledges his own guilt , but exculpates his wife from any participation in the crime . He was not instigated by jealousy . His object w . s to pet possession of the money which Margaret Fahv had on her person ; but after the dreadful deed had been committed his spirit ; failed him , and he had not the courage to steal the purse from the dead body of his victim . He says his wife had no knowledof

      This statement coincides exactly ' with that mide'by the female prisoner on the day of the trial . Th ' ero has been no communication between the'prisoner ! since their condemnation ; but theac ' oount given by each agrees so exactly in' the most minute details tnat the reverend gentleman to whom the disolor sures have been ' made , has no doubt whatever of their truth . ' Acting upon this'belief , a representation of the facts of the case , with the statements of the prisoners ; has been forwarded to Sir George Grey , in the hope of inducing the Home Secretary to recommend to her Majesty , as respects the wife , a commutation of the sentence of death . We sincerely trust that the appeal may be successful . — Liverpool Mercury , ' •¦¦ ' '

      Ati , k 8 burt Election . —Saturday last being market day , the news soon spread over the borough that the suffrages of tho electors were about to be solicited by three candidates , all on the spot—Mr . Bethell , Q . C , Mr . Houghton , and Mr . Feri-and . As Mr . Bethell came forward on moderate principles , Mr . Houghton consented to retire from the field rather than run the risk of suffering Mr . Forrand to slip hi through' any division of the forces in the . opposite camp . On the Papal question ; Mr . Bethell , in his address , declares himself to be utterly "opposed to the establishment of a Popish hierarchy ; Believing it necessary to maintain the measures which have lately afforded the largest field to commercial and manufacturing enterprise ; he is atill keenly alive to the necessity of adopting every step to relieve ; the agricultural community

      from every undue burden . " He adds that "he presents himself unfettered by any pledge , ' and stands before them an independent candidate for their . suffrages . " The : contest promises to be a severe one . On Monday Mr . Perrand- commenced an active canvass , and is said to have met with great success . In one district of the borough , it is said , he has received promises from ten out of eleven of the electors ; Mr . Bethell has also commenced an active canvass , as the friend of Mr . Calvert , and advocating the same opinions as that gentleman , by whom he-has been introduced to the electors . It is understood that he has the support of Mr . Abel Smith , M . P ., and the Barons Rothschild . Mr . Calvett , on Monday , addressed a large meeting of the constituency at the White Hart Inn , on the treatment received by him ( Mr . Calvert ) from the Committee of the House of Commons .

      Poisoning near Wisbbach . —On Saturday laat the examination of Ann Averment ; charged with having caused the death of her mistress , Mrs . Ann Dearlove , of Leverington , by mixing arBenio in a pudding , which deceased ate and died , was brought to a close . The proceedings began on the 22 nd ult ., and had been adjourned to the 24 th , the 29 th , and then to Saturday last . The magistrates , at the conclusion of the examination of the witnesses , announced that they had come to the determination of sending the prisoner for trial , and she was accordingly committed .

      ' Scbne in a Wild-beab ! Show . —On Saturday evening laat , a scene took place in 'WoinbweU ' s menagerie ^ at Rochdale , which produced a . powerful impression on the minds of those who witnessed it . There were . about 150 persons in the exhibition of wild beasts at Rochdale , and while one of the keepers was showing the lion cubB at one end of the place , there was a dreadful crash heard atthe other end , which attracted the attention , of the visitors . A huge and savage-looking animal , called * a South American tapir , of the hippopotamus species , had broken loose from its den , and walked majestically forth into the space assigned for the visitors . The

      people were terribly alarmed , and ran about in all directions , jostling one another by the rapidity of their motions . The other animals were much excited by the noise and consternation produced , and tbe whole place appeared to shake in consequence of the sounds which issued forth from bipeds and quadrupeds combined . ' . The keepers at length succeeded in restoring order i by assuring the people that the animal was quite harmless , and might be approached with safety . The keepers , assisted by others , were about twenty minutes in replacing the animal in his den . No accident occurred , and the people seemed no worse for the excitement which their fears had created ; . .......

      SOPPOBBD POISONIRG OF FjVE CHIXDRBM AT WtmbswoU ) . —During the paBt week considerable excitement has been ereated at this and the surrounding tillages by a report that Robert James Hoiworthy , who a few , years ago was well known as the proprietor of " Holworth y ' s Pills , " had poisoned five of his children . It appears that some time back Holworthy became reduced in circumstances . In July , 1849 j : his ohildren were all apparently enjoying good health , but since then five of them have died , and the symptoms preceding death in each case bore a strong resemblance . Two of the bodies have been exhumed , an * an inquest waB held at the Three CrownB . before J . Gregory , Esq ., coroner for the county . . From the evidence , given by Mr . B .

      yVVBrown , surgeon , who had made a post-mortem examination of the bodies , it was deemed necessary to forward . the stomachs to an eminent chemist in London for ; analysation . The inquest was consequently adjourned . . Thb Situation of Stipendiary : Magistrate at Liverpool is vacant by the death of Mr . Edward Bushton , who has filled that office since 1839 , and who , previous to that time , wag known as a very active politician during the liberal struggles of prenous years . Mr . Rushton ' s salary was £ 1 , 600 a year ; but it is understood that the Borough Council of Liverpool , which possesses by the act the power of settling the . number of justices as well as the salaries paidtothoseofficers , will recommend the appointment of two justices instead of one . whose

      united salaries will be £ 2 , 000 . a -year . This would certainly be an improvement . . The borough property is large , and thecouncilposnesseB ample funds , which could , not be better employed than in ap- ' plying an additional £ 400 per annum to the more effective administration of justice . The business of the police court is too much for any one man , acd it Si" t \ gr ? at dlW ? $ at - J- Ru 8 hton " •«^ i e ; to Keep it down , withal hiB indomitable energy and his great local knowledge of the place of which he was anative . We would be glad to » ee the mSLSf stipendiary magistrate-men learned in the w and rwT / ui ? - ft ejUdlCe Md infl « en ces-extended throughout the other great towns , and in time even hroughout the country . Amongst other advaitSS they are known to exerciie a most useful and salu ' tary control over . the police , which is seldom obtained

      by tbe local magistracy .- Obtervtr . THEHuuSEA « EN .-Ab . out ISO seamen belonging to Hull , who have not yet obuined employment on the terms sought for by them , proceeded to Sheffield some , days since , in order to obtain pecuniary assistance . ^ They appear to have been successful , and on heir return home ( after a weck ' i stay ) they paraded the streets , preceded by a band of music , and carryuig models of ships , and banners with such inscripturns as these— " Awut your tars "— " We want but justice ?' _ •' Treat us as men . " PromineTk £ procession were two or three waggons , loaded with upwardiof a ton of bread h » m , arid b <* f , which a board borne by one of the 1 seameu ' g committee an-Sr « A \? ., L' . ^ from tne shopkeepers of Sheffield . " These substantial tokens of sympathy were afterwards diecusted by about 500 persons , sailors and then-families , at a tea meetim taUheSa ioW

      institute . Addresses were delivered by several individuals , and by Mrs . Oliver , a sailor ' s widow , who urged the women of Hull to rise in a body as the women of Sheffield had done , to obtain a reneal of the Mercantile Marine Bill . The meetingSminated with three cheers for the Queen , and tbreo groans for Mr . Labouchere . : . f ^^ 9 ^^^ 8 , -A meeting of i ' three branches of the operative weavers employed in tickin ; gs , nankins , ; fustians , tc , wag held on Saturday last , in the neighbourhood of Manchester , to manifest their sympathy for the work people lately in the employ ot Sir E . Armitageand Sons , who have com-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1621/page/6/