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' ® t ) f iStetwpeli * . HSALTH OF LOXDOS DDBISG ME Yf EEK . —The official report says : —In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in London were 1 , 042 . Hence it appears that the public health , which showed much improvement in the previous week , continues in a favourable state , as contrasted with the ^ reat amonnt of sickness that prevailed in March ; but a comparison of the present return wiih those of ten correspondingweeks in 1841-50 , proves that the mortality , which is always greater than in many parts of Englasd , is still high for London at this period of the jean In the corresponding weeks the deaths ia the metropolis rose onl y in three instances above 906 , while the average is 918 , a&d thoueh raised in the - flr ^ hrfb ^ fftSVtt ****** A V » # t
ratio of probable increase of population , dots not exceed 1 , 091 . The deaths in theprasentreturnexbibit an increase of 41 , on the corrected average . L « st week intemperance was fatal to a man , and destitution and exposure to cold , accompanied wilhiutempsrance , to a woma : > . The births of 779 boys , and to , girls , in all-1 . 536 children , were reg istered m the wetk . In the six corresponding weeks of lbto ou , the avCMge number waa 1 , 325 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer was 29 S 3 S . The tempeiature was low throughout the week , and the mean on each day was less than the average of the same day in ten years . Thisdeerea ? e , taking one day with another , was about 5 degrees . The mean temperature of the week was 403 deg . The wind was generally north or north-east .
Fexohtful Accidest at Heb Majesty ' s Theaiee . —Oa Saturday last an accident of a frightful , if not fatal , character , occurred on the stage of her Majesty ' s Theatre , llaymarket , to a young man named Samuel Denwell , aged twenty-seven . Theuufortun&te fellow is by trade a firework-maker , and was employed , with his father , at the house in the management of the pyrotechnic department . It seems that it was the duty of Denwell , in the thisd act of the . opera of " Slasaniello , " to fire off some , guns on the fctflga behind the scenes , and whilst so engaged one of them rebounded and discharged its contents in Ms left leg , the lower part of which was completely shattered to pieces , with all the bones of the foot . At the time of the catastrophe the performances were witnessed by her most gracious Majesty the Queen .
frith several of the royal family , and a crowded audience , but the accident happening behind the scenery the fact was not made known to the company , which could only have had the effect of throwing an unnecessary gloom upon the evening ' s entertainment . Although fome little confusion was the consequence of the accident , the unfortunate pan was quickly re-Bloved to Charing-cross Hospital . He was immediately seen by Mr . II . B . Lingham , the house surgeon , ' who , finding that the process of amputation of the leg was necessary , despatched a messenger for Mr . Hancock and Mr . Avery , the two pincipal surgeons of the institution . Up-Jn theic arrival the operation was performed without delay . Mr . Lingbara states that the right leg is also much injured , but it is considered that amputation in that case will be avoided .
ExTRAOBDKf ART . ISSEBORDIXATIOX IS MiBTLEbose 'Wohkhousb . —On Saturday last , at a meeting of . the directors and guardians of the poor of St . Marylebone ( Mr . Davis in the chair } , a charge of robbery was preferred by a nurse , named Ross , against two of the able-bodied inmates , of being in possession of . a handkerchief belonging to her , and which she believed had been abstracted from her bos . The parties charged were Briggs and Dance , two notorious characters . Bricgs declared that he bought the handkerchief of Dance , and the latter declared that he found it in his perambulations over the house , to collect bits of bread . An inquiry of the master ensued as to how it was that these vagabonds had the range of the whole house . He explained that it could sot be prevented , as the able-bodied vagabonds had Broken down the door of the department where they were confined , and burnt it , and Dance had only come out of prison a few days ago for the offence . Mr .
Northall Laurie suggested that it was necessary to have efficient paid officers , a kind of internal police , to keep these'vagabonds in check , and upon his motion it was referred to the master to report as to the amount of assistance he required for such a purpose . "William Cheesman , the young man of whom it will be recollected Such sympathy was created ia the affair of the late secretary , on account of the charge and Ms acquittal at the Old Bailey , was brought bcioie the board , cm a charge of Mr . Poland , a member of the board , with being found by him in the clerk ' s office , so drunk that he could not walk straight , and Mr . Vialls , the new clerk , said he had been intoxicated two or three times since he had held the office , and he would not give 5 s . a week for him . On the motion of Sir James Hamilton , Cheesmau was discharged from his office of clerk to the secretary forthwith . After some ordinary business the board separated .
Destruction of a . warehouse in the Cm . — Between four and five on Monday afternoon a fire , supposed to be occasioned by spontaneous combustion , broke , oat on the premises in the occupation of Mr . Puncheon , marine stores and paper warehouse , situate in Bread-street Hill , Upper Thames-street , City . The building was very lofty , with considerable frontage , and contained at the time a vast collection of miscellaneous goods . The existence of fire in the warehouse was first evidenced by theissningof smoke from oue of the 'windows , on the third storey . There -were three females at work on the floor above , and it appears they were unconscious of their fearful position until the cries of " fire 2 " in thestreet , attracted their attention , and on attempting to descend the
stsircase to reach the street , discovered , to their utter amazement , that the place below was in flames , and already had the staircase ignited . Two of the females Bad the presence of mind to jamp down the burning stair ? , sod gained the warehouse door to the street in sifijty . The other female rushed to the uppermost storey of the building , imagining she would find some msans of escape to the roof of the adjacent building , but there was none , and presenting herself at the loop-hole , screamed for assistance . Her situation became appalling , the flames werebursting forth from the windows beneath , and her destruction seemed inevitable ; suddenly , however , she sprung to a rope hanging from a crane alongside the loop-hole , and succeeded in grasping it with both hands .
Fortunately the end of the rope retched to within a tew feet of the carriage way below . After hanging a few seconds , she let the rope Blip through her hands , and to the delight and cheers of theby standers assembled She gradually slided down to the bottom , where some den caught her . The poor thing waa much terrified , and her hands were sadly lacerated , but with this exception she escaped without injury . For three hours tile fire raged tremendously , creating an immense cloud of smoke which enveloped the western portion of the city . At an early stage the engines arrived , and th ' e flames were extinguished , but at the sacrifico of the premises wherein the fire commenced . The warehouse and its contents were insured in the Im-TOri&land Sun fire-offices .
Tee Hordes ax Chelsea . —The inquest on Carolina Jewel , adjourned for the production of the woman who it was stated on the last occasion -was = f leen escaping from the house where the deceased mefe-her death , was resumed on Monday before Mr . "Wafcley , M . P . . This witness wa » now produced . She is about forty-five years of age , and gave her name Susannah Blanchfield . She said—Having left my situation as a servant on Saturday afternoon , and finding that the person with whom I I thought I would procure a bed for the night , and applied to the woman Connell , who was sitting Trith a stall or basket before her , in Queen ' s-buildings , Brompton . to ascertain whether she ceuld
direct me to any decent widow-woman -with whom I eonld lodge for the night . MtB . Connell then called the deceased , who was standing near her , and told her to take me home and make me comfortable , at the tame time Baying , " You know she can sleep with yon vary well . " I went with her to Connell ' a room , -where nothing occurred until about half-past eleven , -when , I laid down upon ; the bed -with , my clothes on , and wai half asleep , when I felt come hand upon me , and upon looking up , I law the man Gonnell atandiag over me , who said if I made the least noise , or resisted , he would kill me- Heheldhla left hand over my head , while ¦ jrita the right he robbed my pocket of a purse containing hM « a-aoTereiga and five shillingi in silver
Almost before I could . recover myself the woman Gonnell , entered the room . She began to swear and call me all manner of bad names , and struck me . The-deceased -was standing on the door-way , and , the man Connell got half in the passage in a position , aa I believe , to prevent my giving any alarm , The iromaa Connell then seized Mrs . Jewel by the hair of the head , blocked her backwards and forwards , eaough . to kill two or three people , and did just as she liked irith her ; she also drove her tnees into her stomach . She knocked her back-2 J ? " *»* forwards against the door post , and ¦ when she had done she took her nn in h e * arms and
smai&eil her dowu / m the ground , and the back part SL * ^ - Rfi ! iiHi ! L * e ** w » Sw by striking the SSaSSJSJ ? ? " ** sinner Awed SSSSS ^ fome . minute 8 , andassoon uTSKpwffi ? stepson the stairs he eommSed ' %%£ ? & own Wife aslooniider todeoeire £ m ^ wfteri coming . Witness was induced to come forS from seeing an account in the newpaper . wEJ sawno reason for Mrs . Connell rft ^ idaK ? Deceased was gone out wtoa Cornell robbed me but , caM 6 . m bebnd Ifa ,. ; CoimeU immXteW after .-Afttr the reception of fid , evidence 2 inquestwas adjourned , , ™
Au 5 ua »; SiW 3 B AccttiST .-On Tuesday after , noon , between four and five o ' clock , a large portion of the . ' hranoh ' sewer in course of construction in McunfrgardenB , W « rtminster-bridge-road , fell in , lurjing-three of * the "labourer * .- The sewer was being coQgtrnefiedty sinking shafts twelve feet in depth , aal tuiuwllmfrtae interrcnine spaces , tho
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soil being of a loose gravelly nature . Three of the men were at work in the shaft between Hob . 49 and 50 , Mount-afreet , -when the earth not being properly shored up , fell in upon them . As Boon as the alarm had subsided , the labourers set to wpri ' to extricate their companions , when a second fall of earth took place ; fortunately a small aperture > as left , through which the men could breathe ' , and their voices be heard . Brandy and otliejr refreshments were handed to them by the same nieans . After three hours' labour two were ,. extricated insensible , but still alive ; and about , nine ' o ' clock the third was got out . They w «^ e ; all" taken to Wostminiter Hospital , their limbs and bodies being much crushed . ' . ' ROll nAlflOT nf « Iaada MMn . Ail ^ ~ . _ j mi ¦ : _ , r At . _
Ghave Charge agaixst tub Master of St . Paxchas "Workhouse . —On Tuesday night a special meeting of the board of directors of the poor of tho parish of St . Psncras was held in tho hoard-room , at Camden Town , for tho purpose of investigating a charge preferred against the master of the ' workhquie , Mr . Eaton , ef having taken criminalliberties with Eliza Smith , an inmate of the workhOUSO , aged sixteen . John Donald Fraeer presided . —Eliza Smith stated that she had been in service at Dampstead down to the latter end of January last , -when she left her situation to return te the workhouse On the Thursday after her return Mr . " Eaton the master , accompanied her to Hampstead to » et her money , and having been there he left herat the
house of Mr . Elliott , a relieving officer of Hamp . stead , whilst he went with Mr . Elliott , she believed - to the Hampstead workhouse . She states that when he returned she left Hampstead with Mr Eaton by the omnibus , and it was not quite dark about dusk , and after getting out of the omnibus the master put her into a cab , and took her through a good many streets and into a house , the door oi which was open , and upstairs into a room in which there was a bed and a sofa A girl brought up a light , and asked if she had been there before , and the master said , " Yes , she is older than She looks . " The witness then described the subsequent cbnduot of the mister , and gave the details of an improper intimacy . He threatened to vranah her if she madi
any disturbance , and gave her money when they came away . Sho believed she must have been at the house about an hour . The master then put her into a cab and got out before coming-to the workhouse . The statement was read over to the girl and she declared it was correct . —Mr . Elliott , the relieving officer of Hampstead , stated positively that it was as late as twenty minutes or a quarter to eight o ' clock before Mr . Eaton and . the girl left HampBtead by the omnibus ; and Lamb , the workhouse gate porter , as well as several of the inmates and nurses , proved that both the master and the girl were in the workhouseJ ^ fore- half-past ei ght in the evening ot the alleged . ^ Kcurrencc—Another charge was preferred against tha-ina ' ster bv a
witness named Ellen Kipley ,- ; dltiv Mason , of his making appointments to meet her , but which was neither credited nor substantiated - --Mr , Prendergast , a guardian , stated thatlelad seen the master of the Hamp « tead workhouse ,. vM entirel y corroborated the statement made biMr . Elliott as to the time of the master and the gnl leaving Hampstead . —Mr . Eaton , in his defence , appealed to the fact of the time he was proved to have * left Hamn-3 tead , and the time he was also prowd to hava reached the workhouse as a complete answer to the charge the whole of which he flatl y and emphatically demed .-Tho evidence having , terminated after a long discussion amongst the board it waa S £ ^!?^!? . ^^ Wto ^ iifflei « oii before the of
magistrates CJerkenwell . police-court , that the Vestry Clerk be ordered-to proBecute , and hat Mr Ballantme be engaged for such prosecution . The board did not break up tULaUate hour Duirao of Cattle ihboogh t , hk- Si ! HHn 8 .--On Tuesday a deputahon , consisting . of Mr . Masterman , M . P ., Sir James Duke , M . P ., Mr , H L Taylor ( chairman of the Markets Improvement Committee ) Messrs R . Taylor , F . RS . Dicks ( deputy ) , T . H Hall John Dixon , and Dakin , attended by Mr , Tyrrell , the Crty Remembrancer , waited upon Sir George Grey , Bart ., M . P . at the Home Office . The city bill with reference to Smithfield market , beinj . lost for the present session of Parliament , the object of the deputation was to ascertain whether the government would aid in effecting one of the
osjects embraced in that bill , by repealing dun n * the present session a statute whioh keeps the market open untiltftree o ' clock in the afternoon , thus mitigating the inconvenience of cattle-driving in the city during the hours when the streets are crowded State Owning of the ExHiBiwos .-We are enabled to state , upon authority , that her Majesty has been pleased to express her royal intention of personully opening the Grand Exhibitien in state ; r ^^^ f" 6115011131 11 " 6 dreaa " y beeni 8 sued to the different departments . —British Army Dtsvatch Augmentation of Troops in the Vicing of the Metropolis . " - ^ strength of the cavalry w 3 f / ' S ^^ ood of London will soon be increased The 4 th , Queen ' s Own Light Dragoons , and the 17 th Lancers , are about to embark for Eneand ; the former will be stationed at Woolwich , tie latter at Wmdsor . The Hoise Artillery will be moved nearer the metropolis durine the Gr and V . v .
hibition , but it is not known where they will be quartered . Further changes are in contemplation . Pkosecdiioss for the Adulteration of Bbeb - At the Court of Inland Revenue , on Wednesday , Edward Simmons Feish , proprietor of the Welsh Harp , Aylesbury-street , Clerkenwell , John Wale , - a licensed victualler of Upper Ground-street , Blackfnars , Richard . Crossraayor , of the Three Colts , Three Colts-street , Limehouse , John Folkard , of the Blue Posts , Commercial-road East , Georee Jennings , of the Turnpike House , Stamford-hilll btoko JSewington , Charles Frederick SouTann of the Ben Johnson , Great Wilde-street , Lineoln ' s-innfields , and John Clark , of the Three Colts , Camf& ^ ' Ml ? wnd * eaoh fined » n the sum of £ 200 for adulterating their beer with a deleter ™ ous composition prepared for the purpose . '
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LethebyfwhJ- maJff ' a Bosi ^ mortew examina tion of thebod ^ of deceased ,: deposed that her death was occasioned by opium ; J he coroner cautionprl thp twn girls in the usual way , and told thm £ were at liberty to make any statement , which might , however , be used against them hereafter , to the prejudice of their lives or liberty . Archer said the reason whyshe took the laudanum was that she did not « t ^ ^ 3 ^ 8 COmed at in tne streets . Roberts had nothing to say , except that she and deceased were " partners , " and she loved her so that she thought she would like to die with her The oorocer explained to the jury that if any one encouraged another to commit suicide , the person so encouraging was in the : eye of the law ' guiltv of murder . He left the jury to say whether deceased was in a sound state of mind when she took the laudanum ; and whether . the others w ere aiding and x - » t _^ l _— ^"_ Lti ^«^; jiiIr ^* — «» -w * -j ¦ . '¦* . ¦ * ,. > ,.. ¦ ..
abetting , and encouraging each other to commit suicide , being then in a soundstate of mind , in whioK case the lawheld them to be guilty of murder The jury , after a consultation of about half an hour tp turned a verdict of felo-de-se in the case of Marv Ann Button , and of aiding and abetting in the crime of murder in the cases of Sarah Archer and Sarah Ann Roberts . The two prisoners we 7 e , ££ quently committed to Cambridge on a charge of wilful murder . , . An Incorbigiblb Houskbreakrr , —A man who ^ ea . ? Ath , i ^ ^ Hi" of being " a firstrate cracksman
- , " was tried last week at the JIanchesten Sessions , and transported for ten years The man has had an experience of peual settlements which falls to the lot of but few , this being his third sentence * , of transportation . When taken bv the police , he and two companions were starting on a new expedition , having a carpet bag containing twenty-seven skeleton keys very ingeniously constructed , and other implements suggestive of the business on which they were intent . Silk handkerchiefs , value £ 3 , were found also in the bag , Tthichhe had stolen . He had but recentl y returned from transportation .
Thb Nkmpsett Murder . —The execution of John Wills and John Smith , who were convicted at the last Taunton Assizes for the murder of William Wiltons at Nempnett on the 8 th of February last , will take place on Monday , the 21 st , at Taunton . Since their conviction ; the prisoners have paid great attention to the advice of tbe rev . chaplain , and both have acknowledged tho justice of the sentence . They , however , state that they had no intention of murdering the man , but that it was done on the spur of the moment , in consequence of Wilkins ' s resistance . > - Tub Sooth Staffordshire' Burglaries . —On tie 11 th iHst . at 4 he Handsworth Petty Sessions , Thomas Hall , alias Haines , John Smith , alias Parkes , Henry Birt . John Birt , Elizabeth Foster ,
Eleanor Harriman , Harriet Hall , Elizabeth Moseley , and Catherine Birt , were brought up charged with being concerned in a Beries of burglaries in South Staffordshire . Mr . JamcB Davies , draper , of Greet ' s Green , West Bromwich , elated that he was startled out of his sleep at half-past four on the morning of the 27 th of March , by a violent noise , and he immediately went into the shop , when he found that the iron bar which secured the shutter hsd been removed , aad two panes of glass broken , by which means some burglars had introduced their arms , and stolen tipwards of forty pairs of boots and shoes . Inspector Dew produced several pairs of boots , taken from a house of ill-fame in the OJd-inkleys , Birmingham , where all the prisoners were apprehended . The
daughter of the nret witness identified the boots , and all the prisoners , with the exception of Elizabeth Foster and Elizabeth Moseley , were committed on this charge . —Mr . Henry Fernie , draper , Smethwiclc , stated that on the night of the 24 th of March his shop was broken open , and a quantity of Scotch plaids , shawls , and prints stolen . He was awakened on the night of the robbery , and found that the shop shutter was taken down and access obtained into the shop ^ An attempt was made by the thieves to dislod ge the ledge of plaster upon which the shutters rested , and the jemmy discoveredattheresidence of the prisoners corresponds with the marks in the plaster . Thos . Potter , carpenter and joiner , Smethwiclc , stated that he saw the prisoner Hall on the afternoon of the
robbery hawking goods atSmethwick for sale . —A quantity of shawls , < fec . were produced by various pawnbrokers , aHd identffiedby Mr . Fernie . a g being part of hw property . —Hall was committed to take his trial for this burglary , and also the other prisoners , with the exception of Eleanor Harriman and John Birt , who were committed on the charge of receiving the stolen goods . —Mr . William RitchieB , of the firm of Hollies and Ritchies , tailors and drapers , Tipton , stated that their shop was broken open on the morning of the 29 th of March , the bar on the shop window having been wrenched from its place . —Mr . Thomas Edward Lakin , Burgeon , of Tipton , stated that on the nieht
oi we roaoery . aDout nan-past one , he was passing near Mr . Ritchies' shop , when he saw a man having the appearance of the prisoner Hall , standing in the horse road ,, and as Mr . Lakin approached the man went - into Mr . Ritchies ' . shop , being followed by another man having the appearance of the prisoner braith . —Inspector Dew produced a silk handkerchief taken from the neck of the prisoner John Birt ; and other property was produced , which was identified by Mr . Ritcbies as being part of their property . —The prisoners Hall and Smith , were committed to take their trial / or the burglary , ^ and the other prisoners for receiving the propertyif ?' , ^
Testimosial to the £ ip WRi : Ru-sHTON . -Frora the amount already collecfed / towards a-fund for a testimonial to the late" lataente'd Liverpool magistrate , whose family are left in rather straitened ' circumstances , it iB fully expected" that the siim will shortly reach £ 10 , 000 . : - sU : v . •¦• ,-. - . Accident i « c Liverpool . —On Monday afternoon ! about four o ' clock ; an accident of * an alarming n ^' ture occurred to Dr . Hawthorne of Liverpool , - He was returning home in a one-horse phastoirttt which ' he usually drives , when , " from ; some cause J 0 $$ certamed , the horse took fright ; and pw < & §< fo < f ' at ' a rapid . paoedown . Norton street . ; At fcp ' cbrn ' ei ' of St . Anne-streatj'the vehicle came in contact with a sbandry , and from the violence of the concussion
was completely overturned , throwing- out the inmates with great force ; There was plenty of assistance at-hand fortunately , so that Dr . Hawthorne and the driver were promptly rescued , and'the horse , which ws plunging violentl y , secured . We are happy to add that no bones were broken , and ao serious injury is anticipated beyond some severe contnsionB . —Liverpool MtYcury . > - ¦¦¦¦ - - A New- Safett Valvb . —On Tuesday a nbat diagram was exhibited in trie Liverpool Exohnneo of an '' absolute safety valve , " which has been re i guttered by Mr . James Nasmytb , of the ¦ Bridgewater- Foundry . Its construction , although simple lsyery . lngenious . and the objections to the valves now in use are effectually removed . It ia free
from all external or internal spindleB and contrivances intended to oot as guide rods , which often corrode , and render the valve no indicator of the variations of pressBre . It has no external lever or weight , therefore oannot be tampered with by being overloaded ; but , as the inventor states on the diagram , "the obief feature of novelty in this safety valve consists in the manner in which the swaying backwards and forwards motion of the water in the boiler is employed to keep tho valve free , and so remove all tendency to become fast in its seat , whether from mud or any other cause . Ene valve and seat being portions of a sphere , they fit in all positions . " To understand this more distinctly , we may state the upiier narfc of tht > val ™
oonsiBtsof a brass sphere , say seven inches diameter , resting upon a concave rim , about fire inches diameter , open below , and in which circular rim it can move freely in all directions , somothing likoagliws globe placed on the rim of a tumbler glass ( without bottom . V Through the centre of thespnere is screwed a vertical rod , which descends into the boiler . Half-way down it , and in the steam , it is surrounded by a cylindrical weight , adjusted to the pressure required , and calculated according to the area of the valve . At the bottom of-the rod , and partly in the water , is what-we take to be ahollow sphere ; which the movement of the boiling water wifi constantl y keep-in SoSoS ¦ . " ? I ^ 8 re presents Bomethinl like * . pe ' nduS to
£ « T ^ TiTT communioated the bottom of . the rod will makt the sphere at the upper wive from becoming inoperative by adhesion -The diagram wasinipeoted by a large number of 2 Z tlemen , an additional interest being attached to " t i 3 Z&- * 7 * £ km «™» Thb Cask o ? M « u Curkb . -A number of gentlemen m ipawich h » v , n | interested themeelve ! in thw case have collected evidence which leaves no doubt as to the insanity of this wretched girt That thw evidence iru not Adduced at the trial wls owing to the inability of her friends to provfde The neceseary egal assistance , and to the circurmS
TLtu - W Sener allv be « n known by the n « me of Mam Shulver . -The moment , this fact ; bv a aort of accident , wai arrived' at ' . manv iMnsnnV V ^^^^ ^ ^^^ mi and that they know her to be of unsound mind It was useleiss questioning the prisoner hereelf as to who hademployed her , for she denied nil knowlcd «« of persons with whom she had been at service ; but ( ttvbeing confronted with them in prison » t once knew them and burst into tews . On Sunday last petitions on the prisoner ' s behalf wore numerously signed at various places of worship ; the mayor , eight magistr « te « , and twenty-nine member * of the corporation , beside other gentlemen corrected wit . h
tne town , al « o Signed it . ; Although tho first signature wns not obtain ** until five o ' clock on Bacur-» J , tbMk « , oMW » n . Tuesday evening to 1 , < Jb ., At seven o ' cl « ck the petition and Bignatur ? s were despatched to J . C . Cobbold , Esq ., XiT , " o will at once presentth « m to Sir George Grey ; CtAiuiNTSFORTHE DusMow FuiCH .-It is undersiood that in this year there is a bona fide claim for the ancient guerdon of the gammon of bacon .- It is no secret that the applicants ; who have now been blessed in the bonds of matrimony about fourteen months , are resident at Felsted , the husband bein »' a Small farmer , and a man . of some properly . It ° is
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somewhat remarkable , that it is just now a century agoainoethe bacon-was obtained by John Shakeshaft and his wife , in 1751 , and the only real aspirants to the honour since were a couple from Reading , Berks , about seventeen years ago , when they took up their residence for that purpose at the Saracen ' s Head Inn , Dunm ow , for three weeks , but from some cause not very well known , their object was rather suddenly abandoned . Extensive Fire in Liverpool . —Qn Monday afternoon a fire broke out in an extensive cotton shed near the Nelson Dock , known SS Hughea ' Sheds . ; At the time a number of men were at work within the shed . The flames soon gained ascendancy , and before any effective check could be put to their fury , little short of £ 30 , 000 worth of property waa destroyed .
Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate . —On Wednesday a meeting of magistrates took place in the Liverpool Town Hall : to adopt measures for securing a successor to the late Edward Eushton , Esq . A communication had been received from the Home Secretary on the subject ; and a committee of magistrates was appointed to report on the most eligible candidates to a future meeting .
y-ftmno * - The Steam Boat Opposition . —The long-and ruinous steam-boat opposition that has been carried on between the City of Dublin Company and the Cork and Waterford Company , has at last been b rought to an amicable termination by mutual concessions , and a final agreement como to that each company shall confine their trade to the original lino on which , they embarked , and strictly avoid miy encroachment upon that of the other . - . . « | Freb Trade . —The vessels that arrived at Queenstown , Cork , exclusive of those in
CorkMtseTfcduring tne montn ol Marcb i measured-46 , 500 : tons , almoBti entirely of foreign bread . stuffi ' anfeotEer Agricultural produce . - , ; ¦; ¦ . ¦ Wf ' . . .. ' ( iFABjiiNo Operations . — ' . Great progress " has been . m ^ de in the spring farmmg ^ erations during the Jast :. few days , the weajpfe ^ aving taken a most favourable change for all " agricultural purposes . The potato planting is carried on to an immense- ? indeed it would seem , a reckless , extent in most parts of the country , and should it be the will of Providence to afflict the country with , another failure this year , it will be a more desolating visitation on this account than any that has as yet swept over this unhappy land .
Cork Ejection . —The Limirickfihronidesaja that Mr . Sergeant Murphy will be returned without onposition for the City of Cork , on tho resignation of Mr . Pagan . . ' .. . . Enwskiixes , EtECTiON . ^ Mr . Whiteside has been declared tho winner , by a , majority of . seventeen . The gross numbers polled were as follow . s : —Whiteside , 85 ; Colliim , 68 . . It is statqd that forty out of forty-aeven Roman Catholic eleotors recorded their votes in favour of their townsman . There waa not the . slightest disturbance throughout the proceedings . : :
Lonofobd . Election . —It . 13 not expected that there will be any contest for the county of Longford , Mr . More O'Ferrall will , it is said , positively be returned without . opposition . Mr . Sergeant Sh . ee would not subscribe to an undefined amount of liability in the money way . He is to be put forward in conjunction , with . Mr . . Lucas , of the . Tablet , as candidate . for . Meatb , at the next election , by the League fraternity . ¦ ¦ > Euwratioi ( . —The . following facts may show the progress which emigration , from . Ireland is now making . Since the commencement of tho present season 2 , 311 emicrants have sailed from Limerick , and 1 , 600 from Galway , both of these ports being besides filled with ships at this moment , preparing to carry off living freights to America . . It was computed that on a single day , last week , 1 , 100 emigrants sailed , from Cork .. Veasels in the emigrant trade * ail ironi . that port almost . every day , and
severftl are now filling with passengers there . From Waterford , the emigrants generally proceed to Liverpool , to take shipping there for America , but a great many emigrant ships also sail direct from that port to-the New World . The Mars , from Waterford to-Liverpool , had 300-passengers bound for America on board , and all the steamers from the same port are ; generally crowded with persons for the same destination .- From New Ross the emigration is ^ proceeding ot the same-rate . One vessel sailed thence for Quebec with 430 passengers last week , and another large ship is preparing to follow From Drogheda it is supposed that the number of emigrants this season , and we are yet only in the beginning of it ,. has amounted to some 5 , 000 ; and from every port around the Iriah coast emigration is proceeding in the same proportion . The Limerick Chronicle says that several of the Irish constabulary are leaving the force for tho purpose Of going to America , .
• Exclusive Dealings . —The Watetford Mail says : —V Several of the Protestant tradesmen and shopkeepers of Carrick-bn-Suir are suffering from the principle of exclusive ; dealing , in consequence of their having signed a petition against Papal Aggression . ' ... " Proclamation of inn County op Down . —An « xtrnordinary Gazette waa issued on Tuesday evening with a proclamation , . under the 11 th Victoria , requiring ull persons " who possess arms , within the lately proclaimed . district of the County of Down and who aro not exempted for special causes , to deposit till their arms , gunpowder , &c , at the nearest police station , beforetho 18 tli 'inst ;; undev penalty of two yews' imprisonment with hard labour . The Catholic Umvbiuity . —Dr . M'llale , Roman Catholic Archbishop , has published a . letter , acknowledging the receipt of £ 28 as a contribution towards the intended Catholic [ University , from ttl 6 Professors of the Irish College at Paris . "
Tho Right . Hon . Move O'Fevr&U was on Tuesday declared a representative in parliament fiir the county of Longford , without opposition . It is a singular feature in this election that no candidate either in person or by prosy , canvassed or addressed the constituency in any public manner .
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- GKniiANS continue to emi grate in , great numbers to America ; 182 . Prussians now aro passing through Rim on their way to Havre , there to embark for t io United States .
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rE c ££ ™ 5 K&SF 0 F THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1 NDUMAN , WITH TROOPS OK BOARD .-SEVERAL LIYB 81 LOST A frightful catastrophe was made known on ¦ Wednesday at Lloyd ' s » -the destruction of one of the largest Indumen , by fire , oalled the Buckinghamshire , while on her homeward vovage She was a splendid-looking shi p , nearly ' 2 , 000 tons burthen , with high poop decks . She set sail for England on Thursday , the 1 st of March last , under the charge . of Captain Macgregor . Her crew amounted to 100 hands , thirty being Englishmen and seventy Lascars . She had on board , as steerage passengers , about seventy of the 80 th
Regiment ot Foot , with their famines , and thirty-three cabin passengers—namely , Major Cooper , Lieut . Swaly and Lieut . 'Williamson , who had command of tho invalids ; Lieut . Turner , Lieut . Mason , Dr . Pratt , Dr . Payne , Mrs . Macgregor , Mrs . Murrey and son , Mrs . Maxwell and sis children , Air . Church and one child , a lady ( name unknown ) and six children , Mrs . Goodell , Misa Clune , Mr . W . Murrey , Mr . John Glenfal , Mr . Rich , Mr . Casey , and Mr . Chambers . The passage from Caltutta down the Hooghley passed agreeably , and on the evening of the following Monday , the 4 th . of March , she was brought up for the ni ght and to discharge the pilot ofl Canterbury Point , about-ten miles below . Diamond harbour . The weather was fine , and most of
the passengers and soldiers were on dock , singing , dancing , and otherwise amusing themselves ; all seemed happy and cheerful . As ni ght approached they one by one disappeared below , and by halfpast nine , with the exception of the watch on deck , all had turned in and were asleep . Suddenly ' Captilacgregor received , about ten minutes before ten o ' clock , a report that there was something wrong in the forehold , as smoke was coming out of the lower hatchway . He went instantl y forward , and found such -was really the caBe , me smoHe and heat almost overpowering tho men below . The Captain suspeoting that it emanated from some jute stowed away in that part of the hold , the pumps were got to work to prevent it getting ahead , but the smoke and heat increased so rapidly as to drive the men away from the hatchway , and in ten minutes a body
of flames burst forth and shot up through the quarter-deck . Already the noise and confusion on . deck had alarmed the troops and passengers , and some seeing the fire through the bulkheads , screamed out . The scene became appalling , and tons of water were discharged on the . burning cargo in the hope it would be extinguished , but without producing the slightest effect , the fire , in fact , strengthening itself , and communicating to the fore-rigging , the whole was quickly in a blaze . As far as the eye could stretch aothing could be seen but sky and water , which was lit up by the glare of the fire , the night being very dark . Capt . Macgregor , perceiving the destruction of Mb ship was inevitable , determined , if possible , to run her
ashore , the only apparent chance of saving the lives of thoae on board , and gave orders to his men to slip the cables , 'which , . vra 3 at once carried into execution . Although no land could be discerned , the current fortunately favoured the plan , for , setting strong in shore , it drove the burning vessel in that direction , and in the course of an hour she grounded in such a position on the shore that thoae who could swim could gain the land with little difficulty . In tho meantime the fit © had extended to the mainhold , and the whole of the fore part of the ship , with the mainmast , presented ono sheet of flame , scorching its living freight , who had taken refuge on the poop . Many of the passengers exhibited coolness , others were almost frantic with despair ,
and their screams rent the air . Soon after the vrreok touched the shore a steamer came down to the spot , the crew of which had heard the firing of the Buckinghamshire signal guns , and was guided to the spot by the light of the conflagration . Her arrival at the critical moment was beyond meaaure fortunate , for had it not been the case the boats of the burning ship could not have accommodated one h * lf the number on board . Captain Maogregor , with h'is . first mate , b y their cool and determined zeal , restored something like order among the invalids , who , the moment they found the ship hud struok , commenced to throw themselves overboard , Several did so and were swept away by the current , and drowned ; the number was not exactly known ; it was presumed , however , there were five who thus perished . Directly on the steamer hailing them the boats were lowered , and the female pasBenecrs » nd
children were conveyed on board of the steamer in safety . The boats quickly returned and took on board the remainder of the passengers , and lastly the crew . Captain Macgregor was the last to leave the wreck ; it-was then , with the exception ofa small portion of the poop , on fire from enittf end , and continued burning the whole night anitwofoli lowing nights and days before she glided into"deep water , and sank . None of the passengers ^ saiV ' ed even a : change of clothing . Many of the families were reduced by the calamity to an absolute state of destitution . It -is ; as yefc impossible to say' how the ship caught fire . * By many it is supposed she ' was wilfully set on fire by some of the Lagcaw , but no evidence has been adduced to confirm this report . She was laden with a most valuable cargo , consisting of East India produce . The total loss is calculated to exceed £ 120 , 000 , * - ' ^
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Tnfl WARR 1 NGTON MURDER . -RESPITE OF THE FEMALE CONDEMNED PRISONER , Liverpool , Wednesday . —During the lastfour . dr five days a reprieve , as far as the female prisoner , Margaret Lyons , islconeerned , has been expected in consequence of the confession of he * husband , that she had nothing to do with ' the ihurder of the deceased . The female ; prisoner , ^ hearing the endeavours which were making to commute her sentence , ¦ exhibited' . & restless anxiety to learn what her fate was to Be ; biitfrio communication having been made to her , up tor tfie" beginning of the present week , she has , since Monday , been resigned to what she has considered the probabilitv
oi tne extreme sentence of the law being carried out against her . —This morning , however , brought a respite from the Home-office , whioh was of course immediately communicated to the wretched woman , who , up to the time of its arrival , Beems to have given up all hopes of mercy . Tho document does not come in the actual form of a reprieve . It is barely a respite , directed to the governor , and is to the effeot that the female prisoner is not to be executed until the governor hears from the Secretary of State . —With regard to her husband , the male pnsoner until within the last few days has he exhibited a kind of carleBa indifference to the awful
situation in which he is placed . Although he has often repeated his confession , inculpating himself , and entirely exculpating his wife , he seems to have been almost inaccessible to reli gious impressions or spiritual consolation . Yesterday and -to-day however , a marked change for the better has taken place ; and from his religious instructors we learn that he is now keenly alive to the position in which he is placed , and the dreadful fate which awaits him . He frequentl y dwella upon "the enormity of-his crime , - fully acknowledges the justice of his sentence , and says that he is quite ready to die —The execution is fixed for the 26 th inst .
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A New Pretender to the Thbonk op France . —An old invalid was on Saturday taken before tho court-martial to answer the charge of having stabbed a sergeant of the H 6 tel des Invalides with a . shoemaker ' a awl . The president askod him his name . " 1 am LouisXVlL , King of France and Navarre , " said he . "But , " said the president , " you must have some family name in addition to that quality . " "I bear the name of my father , the unfortunate Louis XVI ., King of France and Navarre . " The president said , " Speak with good sense , if it be possible . " He replied , " I have ' said 'Write Louis XVII . '" It being impossible to get any other answer irom him , it was stated , to tho
Court that the accused was named Pereat , that he was formerly in a light Dragoon regiment , and that he was a corporal at the HOteldes Invalidos . The offence having been proved ; the prisoner rose ' and in his kingly quality protested against the court-martial trying a person of his rank . He also announced that he had communicated tho following document to tho President of the Republic"Having an indisputable ri ght to the crown of France , I order—Art . 1 ; There shall be paid to toe by the public Treasury twelve years' pay , h , mv qiuliiy of Prince Royal . Art . 2 . 1 abdicate ull xJ , rights in favour of Louis Napoleon Buonaparte in the persuasion that it is an act necessary for the good of my country . Art . 3 . A passport shall bo delivered to me , to enable me to go to Austria to reside with my Royal famil y , and W AuutiSn r " latires and to join my dear sister Marie Thorpe Charlotte de
Bourbon ,, Duchess d'Angoulerae-Done and given at Paris , the 12 th of February , ;^ T etters w hlch 1 h h » d the honour to write to you , as well as to tho Minuter of F nanc . S 2 » SHn P *¦ " Pr r ° ° ^ Koyl Pemn " I fcft lt ™ ° > , I « , m yours truly , Louis XVII ., ™ , &i .. • W Thl 8 imP <» -tanfc document he confided with his own . Royal hands to the porter of JSlii , ft ' }\ tLe dlr « ction that it should b « forthwith handed to the -President .- Witnts » w stated that the prisoner acted with perfect intellijenco M all matters , except vrbnt regnrded hit fancied rights to the throne as Louis' XVII ., or except after drinking . The accused , however , indignantly protested against the idea ot his mind being affected , aud ropeatedly declared that h » * a » w > uis XVII . He also again demanded that at a lloyal Prince he should be sent before a hi gher tribunal . The Court acquitted him , on the ground of iuaanity , but ordered , him to be given up to the
general commsindiug the first military division , in order to be taken care of . " A Mountain of carbonate of magnesia has boon discovered near . Gobso . Lake , in California , andaUo two or tureo very valuable quicksilver mines *
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Rkv ' om in a Workiiouse . —Sarih "Rn ,. i ,, Mary Fuller , 24 , Mary Donovan o . < T ?«» . 2 <> , l « vy , 26 and Mary Collins , SHkite ?^ not , and for assaulting a parochial oS- for a execution of his duty ^ -Tho prosecnhJ w th <» master of the East London RlS 1 ? as tho ning's-alley , Bishopsgate-streeUnft ^ ll ? " were inmates of that establishmen t On , ? " ? * of April , they and several others wh 1 J }^ * in the hall , broke out in openSoTlbn aA > authority of the master / whom tE S ^^ potatoes , platen , pots , pannikins , kffis oft" * broken pails , and everything that "S »! - ? ° » within their reach . He was serion « w i a ? l laWo the head , and having rctrSt d to J SSi * * the prisoners and others , whose leaders h , ^ peared to be , proceeded to use lan-uawf rf -, ¦ ' ¦ *** ful description , and to smash alf thTo ™*? $ ht them . They broke 219 squares of dS" ! ^ dozen of plates and dWWdX e' "dfiv < 5 them declared she would be master and ifV " o { until the police arrived and drew th ' e ? t „ $ ? not that the not was put M end to . nVS * " ^"
was sdiu under medical treatment tk ' . wr . were found Guilty . Fuller was senTeno ! A " ?^ months , and each of the others £ on ?* ^^ prisonment , with hard labour ° tB « a « Bioamt , —J&mes Egersdorff 11 indicted for feloniously IntS ^ JSfO « l Calhgan . his wife being then alivJ ! l TS % the case , which were not fullv eone L of proved to be tliese :-The prison !? to * K looking little man , had recentl y carrfe ' d LT- tish in the neighbourhood of Shored !? t ? T ? dresser . In April , 1823 , he was married fn r ha ? r * Thompson , at St . Gile ' s , OrippleSeW ^ w Sep ^« ' ^ r 15 , to one Hannah Bell and in i' 1850 , to Mary Calligan , at West Ham k / « One of . the wives had , however , died ' aji fe not appear that be had got possession of th ,, 1 wife ' s property . He was courting anotwi . apprehended .-The jury found him GuYlh ^ Common Sergeant sentenced him to twelve 5 SJ . imprisonment and hard labour . * nuTe ni < 'Dtlia t lNCBAiiTUDE . -LeWisRoEenber . aGc ,- > n , n _ .
inaictea cliarged with stea ng a watch anTL value £ 9 , the ° roperty of Ferdinand PuS Th * prosecutor , who is also a German , and cariS the business of a furrier in Fountain-Dlact Pi ? road stated that the prisoner oaT ( S ? V& country some short time since , and , it ap peared was m great distress , as he was unable ? H n any employment . . He took him into his emiff ment from charitable motives ; but after li « rl fed and lodged him for nearly » \ S thB nvL a 4 stole his gold watch and chin , S wh W T camped The watch and chain wSiXwS rSdt covered pledged at a shop in Lambeth for * S S the prisoner was subsequentl y apprehended in ffi street by a friend of the prosecutor ' s .-The £ InSntoX ° S Sa andhe - - - JJ ^ SSJS li ^^ rJ ^^ Mullen
, notorious pickpocket and thief-trainer , was c ^ victed of stealing a jackefc-The prisoner had £ no fewer than eleven times convicted of . vJSS and felony . He was tho last of a gang ° f J ™ ten thieves xvho infested the metropolis Jl of fA \ mate of ghoreditch workhou e stated that the prisoner had been for rears a con . S TS of the c r pri 6 ons ™* SSS ditch workhouse , and was a most notorious obs . raoter . Sentence-ten years' transportation Robbebi by a SERVANi .-l'bomas Shepherd , 26 labourer , was indicted for stealing a quantity 0 £ wax candles , the property ot Henry Hoare , lug mabter . —The prisoner was under butlor to Henry Hoare , Esq ., New-street , Spring-gardens . On the oi
evening tneatn tne prisoner asked the butler to let him go out . The family being about leaving town thebutler said he could not well spare him but prisoner begging very hard , he let him go ' Shortly afterwards ho came in and said he had beea stopped by the police . It then turned out that he had been watched by an officer , and seen to take a large bundle to a wax and tallow melter ' a . The officer went in and found the bundle to contain a great quantity of wax candles that had never been burned , broken up and disfigured , and about toba sold for waste . The butler in his examination said there was no doubt that the prisoner had robbed them in a similar manner to a considerable extent . —The jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour . : BCROIiAUT . —James Bryant , 26 , tailor , and John
. -Montague , 23 , labourer , were indicted for breaking . int 6 and entering the dwelling house of Charles A . Jones * ' -and stealing a coat , valued at £ 3 . —The police stated that on the evening of the 25 th March , they , were watching the two prisoners , and after seeing them try several street doors , saw them open the door of prosecutor ' s house , and presently return with a coat , with which they were making off , when they stopped them . On the road to the station , [ Bryant threw away a bunch of picklock keys .-Th ey ; were both found Guilty . —Besides several separate convictions against them , it was proved tMogey ' . had . been for years uniting in concert as cracESmfehV and had been jointly tried , convicted , and imprisoned for stealing in a dwelling-house — They were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . - . r
Swindling " . —Richard 'William Douglass , 52 , labourer ; Charles Lionel Douglass , 19 , clerk ; and Arthur Douglass , 18 , also a clerk ; were indicted for conspiring to defraud Matthew Gooeh .-The defendants , who aro father and sons , are of genteel though somewhat shabby appearance . The older defendant , who seemed unwell , was allowed to be seated . —Mr . Ballantine , having stated the case to the jury , called Mr . Jonathan Millard , shopman to Mr . :. Gooch , 43 , Curson-street , May-fair , brushniaker , who stated that on the 6 th January the elder defendant came into their shop , and introducing himself as Mr . Douglass , of Ascot , looked
out a quantity of stable and chaise brasbes , and some leathers , amounting in value to nearly £ 5 , and requested they mi ght be laid asido for him , which was done . On the 9 th the two sons came ia a dog-cart , and Charles said he had come for the bruBnes Which his " father had ordered . " He wa 3 asked for his namo and address , when he gave that Of Douglass , Ascot-villa , Ascot-heath , Sunning-hill . They then took the things away , and , on the 11 th , came again , and obtained some more goods , making the value of the wholo obtained above £ 8 , He subsequently came again , and gave , as a reference , Mr . Graham , of llill-streetBrompton . "Witness did
, go there before he consented to let them have any more things , and found that tho house was an empty one They then did not let them have any more things . —Two pawnbrokers were called who proved that the goods were pawned for a few shillings the same day they were obtained . —The foreman to Messrs , Lyley and Gowcr , job-mnstett to the Queen , said that the defendant Charle 3 came and hired a dog cart , horse and harness , from their stables at Knightsbridge . He gave as a reference his father , and whom ho said was his uncle . He took it for a month , and was to pay £ 8 a week for it . They never
received any payment , and finally had to fetch it back from Gravesend , and pay Us . for the keep of the horse at tho stable where it had been lelt . — Mr . Charles Frederick Bastin , of Ascot Lodge , Berks , said the father took a furnished house of him at Afjcot Heath , for two months . It was let to him and a Mr , Graham . Ho never got any rent . — Mr . Bennett said that on the 7 th of December ha let the house in Bel grave-terrace to the elaVr defendant . No rent was ever paid . —John James Allen , No . 3 of the B division , said that in consequence of a note that had been sent to him he disguised himself as a clergyman , and went to
Belgrave-terrace . I asked for Mr . Douglass , and was shown into the parlour , which was nearly devoid of furniture . The elder prisoner was seated by the fire , and when I got in he rose and said , " You are the Rev . Mr . Hamilton , I believe ? " I said , " Unfortunatel y for you , 1 am a policeman . " He then said , " JUy God , lam betrayed . "—Police-Sergeant Downing said ho took the two younger prisoners at the "Westminster Police Court , where they had coma for . a warrant . —The jury found the two elder defendants Guilty , and acquitted the younger one , who had not taken any active part in either obtaining or disposing of the good * . —The two younger Ones Were then again indicted for obtaining two pairs of boots , valued ut £ 5 , by fraud , from Joshua Hartley . Mr . W . Cooner anoeared for this
prosecution which had been instituted by the London Trade Protection Society , of 170 , Regent-street . In this case it was proved that tho two defendants had gone to the uhop of the prosecutor , a bootmaker , of King- » treet , St . James ' a , and there triett on two pair of boots and had them packed up . a whilst Charles was being measured for another yWt Arthur took the parcel up and put it into the dog cart , and drove off with them . —The jury fpuntt them both Guilty . —The father said he was innocent of » ny intent to defraud . H » had brought up eleven children , and had endeavturod to instil into their minds principles of relig ion and honesty . - * The three defendants all * ept very much , a « seemed to feel very keenly their degraded pos « ' —The father was then sentenced to twelve , aud tne sons to three months' imprisonment .
A THIEF Tiuwi-n . -John Ad » nu , 26 , stone cutler . and James Green , 14 , were indicted for stealing fifty * six soverei gns from the person of Eliza Ferdham . tce property ' of John Fordham . The prisoner Greet ) , although , included in the indictmint , was comroi teo by the ; m » gii | f * te as a vFitnes » , and was now admitted as approver . ' The prosecutrix » tated that about mn * o cloek . in ' thfcevening of the 5 th of February sue was in . the MMend . RoaU , looking at a travelling auctioneer , whan som * ona picked her pocket , n » u ™ flaw a man Hks the prisoner standing atherside . HU sister also saw him , and felt positive he was the mai " —James Green , the approver , was th ' en sworn . a » said he was just fourteen . He had known the P «' soner a short time . lie was called Jew Sperne , aw »
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fcDe Sromnrm Ths Lawshah , MuBDBB .-. CobBssioN . * -The execuHon of George Camt , for the murder of ; Elizabeth Bainbndge , at Lawahall , near Bury St . Edmunds , on the 20 th of January last , is fixed to take place on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., at Bury St . Edniunds . Since the conviction of the prisoner , he has become resigned to his approaching fate , and althongh he has made no written confession , he has admitted to the authorities of the gaol that , after the deceased left the Harrow public-house on the day in question , for the purpose of returning home to her narents' farm , that he followed her , and overtook her near the spot where the body was afterwards fonna ; that he again renewed his suitand that tht
, deceased , a married woman , positively refused to haveanyanngto dowithhim . An altercation ensued at the stile , about half a furlong from the pond , and having succeeded in overpowering his victim , he afterwards dragged her senseless to the pond , and threw her into it . He has acknowledged the correctneis of the evidence upon which he was convicted , but iays that the murder was unpremeditated , and done in a state of frenzy . The prisoner had his farewell interview with Ms friends on Fnday . In parting with them he dewed them not to fret for him , as he was going to a better world , and that he knew the Lord would forgive him the
hob of which he had been guilty . Tbz FBUttsr GANO .-Samuel Harwood and James Hamilton , the approver in the Uckfield burglary , were on Saturday last again examined before the magistrates at Horsham , Mrs . H . Stoner , whose honseatKidford , inEsser was , hrokea onenontlift night of the 8 th of June last , gave her evidence as to the manner of the burglary , from which it appeared that her bedroom door was burst open about two o clock in the morning , and five men entered , two of whom were armed with pistols , and another with a chisel . She jumped out of bed and ran into another room , when they seized upon her and made her give them a pocket , containing her money , and
tney men lerc the housa . Mr . W . Biddlescombe , chief superintendent of the Surrey constabulary requested an adjournment of theotse , in consequence of a communication he had received that morning , that John Itaacs had been apprehended at Frome , in Somersetshire , whom he believed to have been con-T ? i d , J ? tb Ed £ rd bur Slary > and also in the Uckfield burglary . If a remand were granted , he should be able to place Isaacs in the dock with the other prisoners . The statement of Hamilton waB then read , which fully corroborated the evidence of Mrs . H . Btoner , and disclosed the evil doings of himself and hi- nntiata . The case was ultimately sojourned til tht 21 « t . inBt . It is supposed some extraordinary ^ disclosures will be made at the next hearing . The man Isaacs is one of the eight men who entered the houteof the Misses Farncomb and it is stated that he wu tlsoone of the gang concerned in the Fnmley murder .
• Thb Oisb of Poisoniso a t March . —We gave last week the leading features of a Bingular case of noisflning which occurred at March , on Tuesday , the 8 th imtant , in -which three servant girls conspired together to put an end to their existence by taking laudanum . On Saturday last the adjourned inquest was holden before Mr . Pratt , at the Griffin Inn , at ten o clock . ' Several witnesses w « re examined . The surviving girls , . JLrcher and Roberts , were present during the inquiry . Sarah Lovetfc , wife of John Loyett , labourer , said she heard on Tuesday night , abbnt eight o ' clock , that two girls were Jvinar dead
¦ t "William Powell ' s ; Went there , and iaw Roberts Ijing on " the floor . Saw Archer also on the floor , insensible . Efforts were wade to restore sensibility . Witness led Roberts about , and she became sen-Bible in about half an hour , » nd asked for "Martha , " laeanwg deceased . In the course of the morning , about four o ' ebek , when she got calm , she said they fir fo « greed J 2 ?> a *» F together , and each got fow pennyworth of laudanum . Two of them took SS ^ * 3 KJSr-J 5
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Mubdeb aj a Public Demonstration at Havebfordwbbt . —It appears that Saturday night last was observed by the tenantry of Mr . -tort Phillips for the celebration of that gentleman coming into the Laurenny estate upon the decease of Sir William Owen Barlow , Bart . On that oooaBion Mr . Phillips gave away several barrels of ale at the village of Uoseraarket , and the event was signalised with bonfires , fireworks , arid other demonstrations of joy . The novelty of the scene caused a great number of persons to assemble , and among the number was the unfortunate deceased , Mr . Stevens , a respectable farmer at Westbury-hill , and William Jones , the person charged with tho murder , who is styled a shipwright . Mr . Stevens
, with some other parties , retired to the New-inn , to partake of a social glass . The prisoner oame into the room several tunes during the evening . About twelve o ' clock the deceased and a gontleman named Barron left the . house to go homo . They had barely proceeded twelve yards on their journey when the deceased received a tremendous blow from the prisoner , who had evidently been lying in wait for him , which felled him to the ground ) and he never spoke afterwards . He lingered in the most excruciating agony until the following day , when he died . Jones was taken into custody , and the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict" Wilful Murder" against him . The cause that prompted the prisoner to take away tho life of an unoffending man is enveloped in mystery .
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scotianU ; Lsuh EMCTioN .-On Monday the election to supply the vacancy in the representation of the Leith burghg . occasioned by the elevation of the late LordAdyocato ( Mr . Rutherford ) to the bench , took place at Leith . As it was well understood that there would be . no eppesition to the return of the new Ltird Advocate ( Mr . M . oncrieff ) the proceedings excited little or no interest , and everything passed off quietly . The right hon . gentleman wag accompanied to the hustings by a numerous body of friends . The Lord Advocate was proposed by Provtst M'Laren , of Leith , and seconded by Colonel Johnstone , Provost of Portobello . and no other candidate
having come forward , he was declared dtly elected . He then thanked the electors for their support , and in a lengthened speech having explained the principles by which he meant to regulate his parliamentary conduct , the proceedings terminated . A Man DjjoApiTATEn near Edinburgh . —On the 11 th inst ., as a railway guard or servant was engaged m ' moving some trucks into a siding on the North British Railway , to the east of the North Bridge , in order to prepare for the arrival of the London train , he accidentally stepped in front of an engine in motion , the buffer of whioh threw him down , and the wheels passing over him , his head was instantly severed from his body . The accident was the work of a moment , and seemed to have arisen from want of due precaution on the part of the unfortunate man .
An Exiraobdinart and fatal accident occurred in Greenook on Tuesday , in Bank-street , in the family of Mr . Duncan Brown , cloth merchant . He had gone into his own bath-room to take a tepid bath , and had roniained beyond the usual time . The servant of the family in the flat below , job * served water coming through , the plaster , an . dfl ? eilt Up Stairs to Mrs . Brown to ascertain the . cau ^ ef On Mrs . Brown , entering the room she found-her husband drowned in the bath , and tho wateroverfiowmg . ¦ . , ^ ,., , ;^ ,,.. „ :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1622/page/6/
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