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'' Ctje iBetvopoU * . Heai-tb of Irtsoos . —Nine hundred and fiftythree deaths were registered in London ia the week ending last Saturday , Tile " average of ten corresponding weeks in lSil-50 was 922 ; but as populatUmiucreajed dating the ten years and up to the present time , the average , to be rendered comparable with last week's mortality , must be raised in pro * portion to the increase . The average thus corrected may be stated as 1 , 014 , on which the deaths of last week show a decrease of 61 . The zymotic or epidemic c ! a-s of diseases produced 242 deaths , or more than a fourth of the total amount , while the corrected average is 278 . The number of fatal casei ascribed to small pox is 18 , all of which occurred in ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ i ' ""
—W—children , and in none it is stated that the patients tad been previously vaccinated . —Last week the births of 711 boys and 674 girls , in all 1 , 415 children , were registered during the week . The average of sis corresponding weeks in 1845 50 was 2 , 211 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . Y 43 in . The itean reading of Saturday was 30 . 100 in . The mean temperature of the week wag 51 . 6 deg . The drily mean rose from ol teg . on "Wednesday and Tlm-. sday to 61 deg . and 59 deg . on Friday and Saturday . On the first five days it was near ths average of corresponding days in ten years , infc oa . Friday it rose JO degree , above it . The Wind
blew from the south-wit during nearly the whole week —Note bv Mr . Baddeley , registrar of Mileend Old-town Upper : "It is worthy of remark ( in order t > show the healthiness of my large district , containing , according to the last census , a population of 29 4 S 4 souls ) that from the 30 th September last to the 6 th October following 3 deaths only occurred and in the two weeks ending 11 th October last 13 deaths were , registered , a number considerably ; below the usual average . "—N » te by Mr . Castleden , registrar oF Mile end Old-town Lower : "This sub-district may be considered remarkably healthy , only one death having taken place from 26 th September to 2 ad October . " Mr . C , however , returns 11 deaths between the 2 nd and lOih October inclusive .
Muhdeb and Smears at BfiBJtoxnssr . —A catastrophe , if not similar ia degree , at least similar In character to that which so recently occurred at Caraberwell , took place on Friday afternoon , the 10 th inat , in Bridge-street , Bermondsey Xew-town The parties concerned moved in a very humble sphere of life , still the occurrence , lamentable and fearful , as will be seen by the subjoined proceedings at the inquest , caused considerable excitement in JBermondsey , Dockfiead , the vicinity of Tooleyetreet , and in the Borough . —On Saturday last , at lalf-past three o'clock , the inquest was held by Mr . "W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , and a jury or fourteen parishioners , at the Fleece , Great
George-Street ,. Bermondsey Xew-town . —Robert Suicliffe , a bootmaker , living in the same house with the deceased persons , said : About half-past four on Friday afternoon , the little girl , Harriet Ifewman , was -wanted by me , and Mrs . Stnines , the landlady of the bouse , called her , and she went for a loaf of bread for me and brought it . She was then in good iealth . Having executed the errand , she went up stairs to her mother ' s room on the first floor . In about five minutes she came running down , screaming , and crying Oh dear ! " Upon this my wife opened the door of our room , which is on the ground floor back , and the little girl ran in . I saw that blood « aa streaming < 1 o < rta Utr jiexson . from her
throat , and * said " What ' s to do ? " She replied , " Mother has done this . " I jumped up and said , " Oh , dear , her throat is cut V Mrs . Staines , the landlady , came running in from the back yard and said , "Go for a doctor . " As I was going the little girl followed me , and as soon as she got into the street she fell into the arms of Mrs . Horn , living next door , whose son went for medical assistance , -which arrived in about ten or fifteen minutes . She was then carried up stairs , and put into a warm bath , and I nndirsfcatid she died in tea minutes afterwards . The name of the father of the child is John Newman , And he is a mason ' s labourer , lie was not at home whea this happened , and there
• was no one there at the time on a visit to his wife . I went np stairs with the wounded girl , and saw her mother lying on the floor under the mndow , \ rith her head towards the bedstead , and her throat cut extensively . She was dressed . There was a great pool of blood About her on the floor . She was dead . I saw ivn open razor covered with blood in the doctor ' s hand . 1 apprehend she caused her own death and that of her daughter . I am satisfied on the point . The landlady was in the yard at the time , and my wife was with me in my room . There was nobody else in the house . I think sho cut the child ' s
throat first , and then her own . I had not seen the mother , Mrs . JJewmau , for three weeks , because during- that time she was confined to her bed and room with rheumatic fever . She had been under medical treatment . A gentleman from a dispensary attended her . —Other evidence having been given , the jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased , Harriet Uewman , "was wilfully murdered by her mother , Mary Annalfewman , and that the said Mar / Anna Newman committed suicide , being at the time in an unsound state of mind . ' ' Coho . vek ' s Jsquest . —Mtstebiocs Death op a
L * 1 ) Y . —An investigation , which did not terminate until nearly one o ' clock on Satudray morning last was opened on Friday afternoon , before Mr . "Wakley , the coroner , and a jury of householders of Maryle ' bone , at the Buffalo ' s Head tavern , Xewroad , as to the circumstances connected with the death of Mrs , Elizabeth Killy , aged seventy , an independent lady of large fortune , residing at JSo . 9 , Nottingham-terrace , Kegents-park . The proceedings , from the rumours afloat on the subject , had excited great interest , it being alleged that the deceased had died in a very mysterious and suspicious manner , leaving property te the value of £ 30 , 000 , which was claimed by Captain Frederick Corner
( late of the Indian army ) , as the alleged son of the deceased lady , who had never been married , and who had a will in his pocket , stated to have been nude by the deceased , leaving the whole of the deceased lady ' s property to him . Tre registrar had refused to register the death , and hence the itquest . The jury having viewed the body of the deceased , which lay at her residence ^ Margaret Liddell , a servant , was first examined , and stated that she found deceased in her bed in a state of insensibility , in which condition she lay for several hours
and then died . Captain Corner , deceneed ' s son , ¦ was aware of her condition , but no medical man was sent for . She could not in any way account for deceased's death . Believed she had left a great deal of property . The Coroner , after hearing this evidence , consulted with the jury , and resolved to adjourn the inquiry till nine o ' clock the same evening for a post mortem examination of the body , which was entrusted to Mr . Giltiam , the head surgeon of Marylebone Infirmary . On there-assembling of the jnry , Captain Frederick Corner was examined . He said he was the son of the deceased
lady , who was seventy years of age . She had been Sickly many times , but always had an abhorrence of doctors , and would never have medical advice until abont four months since , when a friend of bis prescribed for her . The name of his friend was Dr . Frith , of New-cross , Beptford , He prescribed some pills for her , but she only took two' or three , and positively refused to take any more . He repeatedly advised the deceased to have , advice , and
so did the servant , but without effect . —By the Coroner : The deceased had made a will five yenrs since , in which she had left al ) her property , which was very considerable , to" him . lie had that will in Ms possession now , and had had it ever since it was maie , five years ago . On the Coroner asking why , when he found his parent so near death , he had not sent for a * medical man , he replied : Asa dutiful son , he did not feel justified in going beyoad the wish of a parent , and therefore he sent for no
one . Anne Meredith , a charwoman , stated that she was employed at deceased ' s house . She had sever seen deceased until within about three minutes of her death , whea she was called to look at her . She knew the family through the kindness of Captain Corner to her late husband some time before his death . Always understood the captain to be the eoa of the deceased lady , but could in no way accoani for the deatfe of Mrs . Kelly . Mr . Gilbam , head surgeon of Marylebone Infirmary was then examined , and deposed that he had made a post morum examination . He found the brain lungs , intestines , and liver all perfectly feealtny . The stomach
appeared neariy-esapty , and he could not detect any-evidences of poison . The heart was rather fatty , but the ventfictes were all healthy onthe coroner inquiring wfcst was the actual cause nhiT * u ' < £ iIham 8 tated ihai it «» inesplitW f ^ f . * 3 " 3 no diseased any organ , or anydeal * % *»**** *** , tad * ee *» the cause of to a iurvm deatlL CaPta « <*««» ( in ans « er W « oE ,, a 3 te ^ ** && * to St . Maryle-KlSStlf , ° ^ e 8 ub Ject of & « death ) said sfe £ " 5 r ' ^ - svsft ? ^« s the foSn « T ^ the ca 8 e ' tne » ury returned and n ot discoid on ° T unkno " n t 0 tDe * ' ury > nation " " toverea on making ajx > h mortem
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hand , and he was at once picked up , and taken to the Unirernty College Hospital , where notwithstanding wKhe died ' ieSlie " Dgere ( 1 UntU Si ; tlday eveniD S ' Mr . Aujerman Salomons , M . P ., axd the House of CoMMONs . -On Saturday last Mr . Alderman Salomons' solicitor received " notice of trial . " in two separate actions , which will bring the question of the admission . of Jewi into Parliament before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in the course of a few weeks . The notices of trial are for the sittings after Michaelmas term , consequently the cases come on early in December , as the term ends on the 25 th of November . The actions are brought for "having voted in the House of
. Commons wiihont having first taken the oaths , required by law . " "; , Thb Lock Question . —Mr . Hobbs , the- great pickerof English locks , obtained his final triumph on Saturday last , by having his lock restored to him uninjured , after a fortnight ' s persevering attempts on the part of Galenott , with the report of the committee affirming its impregnability . Extensive Robbbries . —On Saturday last information was forwarded to the different police stations of an extensive robbery which had been committed the night before , at the "Waterman ' s Arms public house , m the Belridere Road , Lambeth . It appears that Friday night being that upon which the members of the Old Friends Society were in the habit of
assembling at the Waterman s Arms , and which is also the tap-house to the brew-houae of Messrs . Goding and Co ., an upstairs club room was prepared for them and several members of thesoeietyattended , and nothing of a suspicious nature occurred until eleven o ' clock , when it was found that some thief , taking advantage no doubt of the bustle , had entered the bed-room of Mr . Bianchet , the landlord , forced open a drawer there , and carried away £ 125 in gold and notes . —On the night of Friday week , during the confueien occasioned by a vast number of passengers returning by an excursion train , some expert thief entered the bed-room of Mr . Read , the keeper of a beer-house , opposite to the Waterloo station , and carried away from £ 70 to jESO in gold .
Tub Case of Alleged Manslaughter is xhe Cur . —On Monday Inspectors Gale , Mitchell , and Howard , and a representative of each of the police divisions of the city of London , waited upon Mr . Lewis , the attorney of Ely-place , and presented him with a pair of silver dishes , weighing upwards of ISO ounces , bearing an inscription in grateful acknowledgment of hi 6 great exertions in defending Berjplflin Cole , a constable in the force , who was indicted for manslaughter at the September sessions ,, 1851 , at the Central Criminal Court . It is stated that the principal officers who actively investigated the case , are convinced that he did not strike a single blow with his truncheon , or any other weapon upon that occasion .
Messrs . Hoabg , Bankers of , Flbbt-sthket , have found that a robbery to a considerable extent has for some time been committed upon them by a confidential' clerk , who , from speculating on the Stock Exchange , had incurred considerable losses and in an evil hour had been induced to alter the figures in tho bank books , whereby a defalcation to the . extent , we believe , of £ 10 , 000 has occurred . The person has been in the service of tbe Messrs . Hoare upwards of twenty years . —Globe . Patai . Accident at thb City Bmdeweia . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken by Mr . Wm . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on view of
the body of Samuel Evans , Bged fifteen , a lad , an inmate of the House of Occupation attached to the City Bridewell , an institution established for the re clamation of tbe juvenile criminals , by teaching them a trade . Deceased , who was learning the duties of a seaman last Friday week , was on the steps of a ladder fixed to the shrouds of a brig , which was on the grounds , fie was about to step on the rattlings , when he missed his footing and fell on the deck , a height of twenty-six feet , alighting on his head . He was picked up by Mr . Cairn , the master , who had him conveyed to the above institution , where he died on Sunday last from lock-jaw , the effect of the injuries received . Verdict— " Accidental death . "
Singular Accident . in thb Lokdon Road . —On Tuesday morning , about three o ' clock , an accidentof rather a remarkable character happened in the London Road , Southwat-k , of which the following arc the particulars : —It appears that for some time a drain has been in course of construction , in order to carry off the sewerage from the road into one of the back streets . The earth having been excavated to the depth of five or six feet , some two or three feet wide and seven or eight feet in length , was shoared round on Monday night with scaffold poles , and two men left to take care of the lanthorns , and to see that the candles were not allowed to go out . The men , it seems , fell asleep or neglected to trim the lights , for the latter went out , and left the hoarding in such a condition that it could not be perceived by an
ordinary traveller , until he arrived within a few feet of tbe hole . A man driving a cab was placed in that dilemma , for in passing along the road the horse dashed through the scaffolding , and immediately fell into the aperture in the ground . The cah being too large to enter the sewer , remained above ; but the weight of the horse was so great that it broke the shafts away from the carriage , and being entangled against the earth walls of the sewer , it was found impossible to get him out alive , and after etrugglina tor some time the animal became suffocated . The horse is described as being a very valuable one ; tbe loss will , therefore , be somewhat considerable as the vehicle is much damaged . The driver received a severe shock by being thrown from his cab , but was comparatively unhurt .
Chelsea Military College . —Napoleon Bonaparte , son of Jerome Bonaparte , governor of the Iuvalidcs , at Paris , visited Chelsea Hospital on Sunday . lie was received by the military and civil authorities , lie minutely inspected the interior of the establishment , and particularly inquired into all the arrangements so beneficently made for the coaifort of the old veterans . Mansion HousE . —On Wednesday the Lord Mayor entertained the . chairman and the members ot the General Purposes Committee , the Lord Mayor elect , the Sheriffs aud several private friends , members of the corporation . _ kuv vvi | futanuu . _
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¦*» £ tje 5 ? tomnces , Poisojjisg at Thurlow . —Another , disgraceful attempt at pois -ning has occurred at Thurlow , near ilaverhill , whereby a family of fire persons have nearly been sacrificed . It appears they were attacked with violent pains and sickness , soon after partaking of a pudding ; for a considerable time they were in great danger ; but fortunately medical assistance was near , and by judicious management , and from the peculiar effect in some instances where arsenic has been administered in large doses , vomiting took place . It is hoped tbat no death will be the result , but the sufferers are still in a precarious state . The yile attempt was soon known , and tbe village was in a state of great excitement . Suspicion
attached to a man in the house , who had been known to have purchased arsenic within the last fortnight , sold by a village shopkeeper in violation of the recent law to prevent the sale of that deadly poison ; and it is hoped the penalty will be levied to make example for others . A meeting of magistrates took , place on Saturday , and it was determined that the fullest investigation should take place . Mr . Bates , of Thurlow , the medical gentleman who has the case in band , was requested , to take portions of the suspected pudding that had been vomited , and-various samples of flour , to Mr . Deck , of Cambridge , who has subjected them to a rigid analysis , the result of which has proved the presence of a large quantity of arsenic in the pudding , and in two quantities of flour . The suspected person was immediately taken into custody
, and a meeting of magistrates has been called at naveriiill , before whom Mr . Deck is summoned to give evidence , when it is hoped that the perpetrator of this diabolical attempt at wholesale murder will be discovered . The affair has thrown light upon many ssvere cases of sudden illness that have lately taken place in this village , not parties connected with the family . Great mystery is attached to the affair , as no motive can be imputed to the suspected party . —Cambridge Chfonide . The floating island near ihehead of Derwent Lake , Keswick , made its appearance for the firat time this season at the close of last week . The extent of ground above water is considerably greater than usual , and appears to be well covered with grass . — Carlisle Patriot .
Another Cask of alleged Card Cheating . —It will be remembered that during the investigations at Brighton into the sufficiency of one of the proposed bail in the late charge of card cheating in that town reference was made to another case of a similar kind , affecting one of the accused parties . The bail having been refused by the magistrates nothing was then done as regarded the second case ; but , since the acceptance ot bail by Mr . Baron Martin , ae application has been made by Mr . Sill , of Tavistock-row , the solicitor for the prosecution hi the Brighton case , to the magistrates of NewmarKCti where . the alleged fraud 2 s said to have taken place during the races a considerable time ago , and a warx&nt has been accordingly granted against the ac--cused party . Without entering into further
particulars iu ihe present stage of the proceeding , we may state that duplicates of the warrant have been placed in the hands of the police , and that the party in question has been traced to Paris . —Sunday Times , Mi / aoua Br a fema . x , e at Davbsiry . — The town of Daventry , in ¦ Nor thampton , was last week in a state of great excitement , in consequence of the murder of a respectable married woman named Elizabeth Pinckard , who resided in a lonely house about a mile from the t « " » wn . It appears that on Monday the husband of t he deceased left home about nine o ' clock with a - horse and cart to at-^ ^ a f air gome miles disti ^ t , and was accompanied by his Spn , a manof niiddle age , holding a £ * wlm in tbe Ullage of Thruppf They were bsent the whole day . Towards the afternoon a 2 "! £ *" d Bir < l happened to p ass the house , and seeing tue door open he tiered , j ^ d discovered W
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his horror , the deceased in a sitting posture in one corner of the room , a corpse . She had a piece of narrow tape , such as is used fbr ~ apron strings , tied round the throat , and fastened to a small'hook in tlie window blind . 'On the husband ' s return-he at once suspected that she had been murdered , though the prevailing opinion at the time was that it was a . case of suicide . Circumstances , however , have come to light which have induced tbe police of cbo town to effect the capture' of Mrs . Pinckard , the wife of the deceased ' s son , on suspicion of having murdered the old-lady . The deceased , it seems , some time since , had left her by an uncle the interest of £ 1 , 000 , whioh at her death was to be divided among her children . She had only one child , the husband of the prisoner . The inducement for
depriving the unfortunate female of her life is supposed to ha v ' elbeen to obtain possession of the £ 1 , 000 . Her husband , it appears , was in difficulties , and there was a distress on the farm . The prisoner was seen to leare the house of-the deceased about three quarters of an hour prior to the discovery of the murder . The body , when examined , was covered with wounds and bruises . The inqust was resumed on Friday last at the Town Hall , when evidence . was adduced confirming the above details . It was again adjourned . The prisoner is about fifty-five years of age . —The inquest in this case has been brought to a dose . Tho jury have returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against Elizabeth Pr ckhard . and the wretched woman was duly committed on the coroner's warrant for trial at the
Spring Aesizes . Tjib Late Visit op the Qubem 10 Manchester . —The casualties attendant upon the royal visit were very few , but it is to be regretted that two of them were attended with loss of life . -A girl named Louisa Teel waa shot in the eye by tho wadding from a cannon fired by a youth named James Alcock , and he was on Tuesday committed for manslaughter . An infant was also squeezed to death in its mother ' s arms . on Friday night , and a man was crushed by a cart wheel against a barrier . ' Sdicidb OF a * SoMCiTOK .--Con 8 iderable excitement prevailed on Sunday morning , in the retired village of Tickill ( Yorkshire ) , in consequence of the determined suicide of Richard Ellison , Egn ,,
solicitor , and chief resident of the place . It appears that during the previous week the unfortunate gentleman had been , from some unexplained cause , labouring under much depression of mind , which ' at length ag-SUmed SUCh an alarming appearance that it was deemed necessary to place a strict watch on his movements , as it wag apprehended that he would make an attempt on his life . On Sunday morning he arose in apparently better spirits , and walked in the garden , accompanied as usual by his Attendants . After taking exercise for some time , he contrived to elude his watchers' vigilance , and returned to the bouse unnoticed and alone . His absence was .
detected almost immediately , and an alarm was raised , which led to the discovery of his body on the diningroom floor , quite dead . The unfortunate gentleman appears to hare gone direct to this room and there eat his throat . The gash inflicted was of a most frightful description 1 extending from ear to ear—indeed the head was almost separated from the body , being only slightly attached . A gloom has been cast over the neighbourhood by this untoward event , as the deceased ( who was the eldest son of John Ellison , Esq ., estate steward to the Earl of Scarborough ) was highly esteemed for his kindness and generosiiy to the neighbouring poor .
An ikquest was held » l Stnplehurat a day or two since upon the body of John fiotting Saunders , head-porter at the Staplehurst station of the South Eastern Railway . It appeared in evidence tbat the deceased had pst started a pick-up train for Dover , and was seen walking by its side as it passed slowly from the platform , with one hand resting on one of the trucks of the train . Prom some cause he stumbled and fell , rolling from the platform upon the rails , when it appears that tbe
wheels of two carriages passed over him , causing his death within four hours of the accident—Yerdict accordingly . Emigration . —An unusually large number of persons are now leaving tbe neighbourhood of Sheerness , and emigrating to America . Twenty-four persons connected with one family left at Michaelmas . Four labourers have recently gone , leaving their families , consisting of more than twenty persons , to the charge of the Sheppy Union . —Maid none Gazette ,
The late E&kl of DbRih ' b Mesaobbib . —Tbe sale of the late Earl of Derby's menagerie and aviary , at Knowsley , near Liverpool , was brought to a close on Saturday last , with the exception of a few lots . T ) , e total receipts of the six days do not exceed £ 6 , 000 . Fatal Accident at Chatham . —A fatal accident occurred in the Dockyard , on Sunday morning , to William t ' olesworth , leadingman of shipwrights . They were attempting to dock the Tartar , hulk , on Saturday ; but owing to there not being sufficient water the workmen were ordered into the yard on Sunday morning , at half-past twelve , and while in the act of heaving the ship in dock one of the bow hawsers broke , and struck Coles worthy , who was standing at the head of the dock , and fractured his skull to a great extent . He was iin mediately taken to Melville Hospital ; but cobschjwjncss never returned , and he expired about noon on the same day .
FUNER 4 L OF THE LATE EARL OP LIVERPOOL . —The remains of the late Right Honourable Charles Cecil Cope , Earl of Liverpool , were interred on the 10 th inst . in Buxted Church , Sussex , near the splendid mansion of the deceaaednobleman . Col . Harcourfc , It . N . Jenkinsoo , Esq ., and other relatives , attended the obsequies . Disaster to thb Clipper Ship John Taylor . — Accounts were received at Liverpool on Saturday last of a serious disaster that had befallen the fine new clipper-ship John Taylor , Captain IlawJrins , sister ship to the Chrysolite . It will be recollected
that the John Taylor sailed from Liverpool on the 6 th August for Bombay . She proceeded successfully on her voyage until the 31 st of that month , when she encountered a very heavy and sudden squall , and , before there was time to take in sail , she was dismasted , with the exception of the main and mizen lower masts . One man was killed , and three severel y injured , The Elenor Thompson , arrived at Qaeenstown , spoke her on the 1 st ult ., off the Cape de Verds , and supplied her with spars , sails , &o . ; and she was preparing to rig jury-masts Liverpool Standard .
Parliamentary Reform . —We understand that an important meeting of the friends of reform is likely to be held in Manchester early in the month of November . It will be composed chiefly , if we are not misinformed , of the most influential liberals in Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire , as well as of leading reformers from some of the principal towns in the North of England , and probably Scotland . We presume that the deliberations of this important meeting will be followed by a great gathering in the Free Trade Hall . —Manchester Examiner . Fatal . Accident on the Midland Line . —On
Monday evening , an accident , attended with melancholy and fatal results , happened at the Countesthorpe station , near Leicester , on the Midland line of railway . The ten p . m . up train Stopped as ' uTO&iat this station ' , and the doors of the carriages were , contrary to custom , left unfastened on the side nearest the down line . Some of the passengers got out of the train on this side , and before they had time to get in again , a train of empty waggons caine downwards , and was so suddenly at the station that one of the passengers was knocked down , and the train passed over him , of course killing him on the spot . *
Court Martial . —A second court , of which Col . Cory ton was the president ( the first court having been dissolved in consequence of an informality in the Admiralty warrant , ) assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks , Storehouse , on Friday , for the trial of First Lieut . Onslow , R . M ., on a charge of intoxication while on duty . First Lieut . R . S . Harriaon officiated as judge advocate , and Captain Lemon as public prosecutor . The result , of course , will not be known until the Lords of the Admiralty have confirmed the court ' s decision . The Result of the Late Coukts Martial . — We understand that the result of the late proceedings at Weedon has been the dismissal of two officers from the service , and the reprimand of a third . Several other eases are still under consideration by the authorities .
Case op Manslaughter , at Manchester . —On Monday , Mr . Herford , the borough coroner , held an inquest at the Royal Infirmary , on the body of John Owens , about fifty years of age , shoemaker , of No . 14 cellar , Cable-street , Oldham Road . Between twelve and one' o ' clock on Saturday morning , the deceased and the wife of a man named Patrick Goulden were quarrelling in Cable-street , when Goulden went up . The deceased said to Goulden that he would fight him in the morning . Goulden , who had been previously observed to take a knife out of Ul 8 coat pocket , replied tbat he would fight him at any time , and struck him on the right eye with the knife . The deceased put his hand to his eye , and staggered back against the railings , while Goulden and his wife
ran into their house and barred the door . Some persons who were witnesses to the occurrence took up the deceased and carried him to the Infirmary , where he died about a qaarter to eight o ' clock on Monday morning . At the inquest , Mr . Skinner , the house surgeon of the Infirmary , stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body . —A punctured wound had penetrated tbe eye , the orbital plate and the frontal bone were fractured , and there was a Jaceration of the brain resting on that bone , with effusion of blood . —The jury returned a veitlict of" Manslaughter " against Patrick Goulden . —Goulden was apprehended by tbe police almost immediately . after he hal committed the offence . He was taken up at tbe Borough Court on Saturday morning and re
manded . A new Line in tho Lake district is proposed to be called the Ulverstone , l < We £ s , &ad 2 kl Harbour Railway .
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Emano 0 The latb Floods . —Mr . Frazer , county surveyor , for Down , states that from personal observation tlie damage sustained by the county in consequence of the late floods , will amount to £ 800 . The Loan LightenANT . —The'' Evening Herald " says—'' It is rumoured that Lord Grenvitle will immediately succeed the Earl of Clarendon as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . His Excellency the present Viceroy , it is said , goes to the Home-office , vice S | r G-. Grey , whose declining health constrains him to retire . A nother rumour sayg , that the Earl of Carlisle will be the new Lord Lieutenant . " Affair of Honour . — -Richard Mahoriy , Esq ., of Dromore Castle , Kenmare , was on Friday last placed under arre 6 t in KHIarney , by Inspector Duburdieu , on a charge of intending to fight a duel with Maurice O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . He entered bail before T . A . DilloaEsq ., R . M . His sureties were H . A .
, Herbert . Esq ., M . P ., and Henry Leahy , Esq . The Hon . Abbot Lawrence and party left Dublin oh Saturday morning , via Holyhead , for the American embassy in London . The demeanour of the hongentleman , during his short visit to Ireland , and the interest which he manifested in every matter connected with the social improvement and prosperity of this country ; have left very favourable impressions on the minds of men of all parties here . The Faminb Loans . —The oppositlQH to the d&-mands made by the Treasury for the repayment of the famine loans , has extended into the generallyturbulent county of Tippersry . The ratepayers of that county are told the demands of the government are uniust in principle and incorrect in the details , and they are in substance advised to stand hj the guardians , who are resolved to repudiate if a liberal extension of time be not granted . It needs no wizard to foretell the course the men of Tipperary will pursue .
A woman was found murdered near the church at Passage , on Thursday night . The unfortunate deceased received % stab in the neck , which must have produced instantaneous death . A sailor belonging to a Greek ship has been arrested on suspicion . The soldier of the fortieth Regiment , who accused himself Of having murdered a young woman in England ten years since , was on Monday handed over to the military authorities at Cork , the charge which he made against himself having , on investigation , turned out to be a falsehood .
A Dublin letter in the " Limerick Chronicle " supplies the following statistics , in reference to the erajgratidn from the former port : —" Talking of emigration , it is idle to ask— ' Where will it . end ?' Why it is only beginning . In the Liffey this moment there are three vessels advertised to sail this weekthe Coronet ( Rnche , Brothers ) , an admirable ship , capable of accommodating comfortably 300 passengers ; the Samuel ( James Milley ) , also about 300 ; and another shy-looking craft , rather the worse for wear , which has been christened the British Queen , belonging to a third house . Here , then , this very week , nearly 1 , 000 people willleave this port alone direct for the' Model Republic' But this affords a rery imperfect idea of the depopulating drain which
is going on , and which is fast causing Ireland lite * rally to sink into the boBom of the Atlantic . We have two companies , you are aware , engaged in a goods and passenger traffic between Dublin and Liverpool —the old-established City of Dublin Steam Packet Company , and its Mew rival , the Scotch Company . The former starts two steamers every night , and when the demand renders it necessary , a third , each containing between 300 and 400 passengers , ninetynine out of 100 being intending emigrants proceed * ing to take their berths in vessels lying in Liverpool . The Scotch Company has one vessel every evening , but it is also invariably supplied . So that we have this result staring us in the face ; from this port alone , either direct to America or via Liverpool , you
have an exodus of the Irish people to the tune of at least 7 , 000 every week . Roche , Brothers , alone have within the last nine months despatched upwards of 8 , 000 emigrants for shipment ^ Liverpool . A , close-observing friend , who returned this morning from a tour in Tipperary , Limerick , and Clare , assures me that if the current of migration proceeds in its present full and rapid flood , Ireland , if inhabited at all in five years hence , will not be peopled by Irishmen—at least so far as tbe south and west are concerned . The people , he alleges , who have been in the habit of paying thirty shillings an acre will not now remain on the land if it were reduced to twenty shillings or ten shillings—they will have it at no price . Their minds are completely made up to go
after friends—to go home , that home not being , Ould Ireland , ' but the ' Far West . ' In parish after parish he found hundreds of the people on the eve of starting for the nearest seaport , the principal delay in both cases being caused by the necessity of turning the crops into cash . It is not for me to moralize on this condition of things—unprecedented in the history of the people since the days of Moses—but it might be a very proper theme for the Blttdy of the first Cabinet Council that is announced to be held . " Emigration . —The following paragraphs trom the provincial papers indicate the progress of emigration . —From a very early hour , last Friday morning , our quays presented an appearance as if the baggage waggons of a couple of regiments were being prepared for a route , as from the Adelpnlterrace to the upper part of tbe Custom House-quay
the carriageway was completely . taken up with the luggage cars of emigrants , preparing to board the Mars , which was to steam away for Liverpool about nine a . m . We observed a more than usual number of respectable people among those who are leaving the country with as much rapidity and eagerness as if pursued by wild fire . This fact proves that not only are the " bone and 6 inew" of the land departing from the country , but also a great deal of whatever wealth has been spared from famine and tackrenta . Th « number which went by the Mars was 420 . The parting with their friends was truly affecting , and just as the Mars slipped from her moorings , and began to move , the people on boradwho appeared rejoiced at leaving their own loved , but now wretched , and still beautiful country—gave three hearty cheers , which were but feebly responded toby those they left behind . —" Waterford Mail . "
—Though the winter may be said to have crept upon us , the tide , of emigrwiow still tolls outward . The Rose steamer , which sailed from this port on Friday evening last , conveyed away a number of emigrants . They were all of a superior class of the peasantry , comfortable farmers , with their wives , sons , and daughters . It is lamentable to behold the bone and sinew , and the intelligent industry of the country leaving it . . If things go on in this way , we shall soon have no classes at home but a bankrupt aristocracy and a pauper population . —Sligo Champion .
The quays of Dublin are daily crowded with emigrants embarking either direct for America , or proceeding there by steamers via Liverpool . No attempts , however , have been made to ascertain tbe number of emigrants who leave Ireland at this port . The Famine Loans . —At a public meeting on the subject ot repayment of the famine loans , held in Ballinasloe , the chairman ( Lord Clancarty ) specifically denied that tbe guardians of the various unions do not intend at all to repay the advances made by government , and that they " repudiate the debt altogether . " They are willing to pay all the debts that are due ; but before paying , they must have a full " bill of particulars . " Tbe government had itself spent the money , and wasted it in useless and mischievous works , which only had the effect of demoralising the people ; and , before payment of that money was demanded , a full account of the
manner in which , it was expended should be given Other speakers , chiefly members of parliament , followed on the Bame tack ; and tho meeting resolved , that" a careful investigation ought to be entered upon before committees of the two houses of parliament , to ascertain to what amount repayment can with justice be demanded and insisted on , with due regard to tbe interests and circumstances Of the OOUntty . '' Another resolution declared that if the monies wasted on useless public works had been applied to Buch a great object as improving Gal way harbour , ¦ with tbe ultimate-view of Transatlantic communication , vast present evils would have been averted ; and , therefore , the meeting resolved , in conclusion , that" the time has arrived for the formation of a Ti-ansat . lan . tic Packet Company , " in which they pledged themselves to take shares .
Thb " Catholic UsiyERSiiy . "~ Thecommittee of the " Catholic University" seem to think it high time to show they do not intend to confine all their efforts to the collection of funds . From a statement published by the "Freeman ' s Journal" it would appear that they are taking some steps towards organising their projected institution . The Catholic Defence A « BOloi «« Wl _ Th 8 Rev Alexander King , Independent minister , has S ' S m P n d 0 W ? l he ga , untlet * ° Mr . JohnXyuolds , M . P ., and his colleagues of the fhthnii « fiefence Asaociation , to diiouJ , 31 public meetinS tne ^ uestion : Should the fiomaa cXfiSeae mmmiitam the Pope , urgi ^ T ^ SS
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lishment and practical security of liberty of conscience in Ifcomo ? MK Reynolds has not , as yet , accepted . the . challenge . . .-Spikb Island . —A proclamation has beon issued from Dublin Castle declaring that henceforth the island of Spike , near Cork , is to be a depot for the reception of prisoners under sentence . Of tr&M ^ osta lion ; and all boatmen and others are cautioned against landing on the said island under any . pretext whatever , unless duly authorised . Thk Beginmsg of thb End . —The following ominous paragraph is from the'"Mayo Constitution " : received on Wednesday morning : —¦ " Resistance to Poor Rates . —We have heard that two bridges on the road from Castlebar to Demharrire have been cut up by the peasantry , in order to prevent the poor rate collector removing corn and other crops seized for poor rates . No clue has as yet been had to the perpetrators of this outrage . " .- - >• ¦ __ .. _ " m
The late Mdrdkii in Armagh . —James Magrath , the person charged on tho coroner ' s warrant with the murder of Patrick Owens , was seen on Thursday week in Belfast by a gentleman from Armagh , who observed to tbe accused that it was strange he should be walking about there after what had occurred in Armagh , Magrath then decamped . The constabulary of Belfast vrev © so&n informed of the circumstance , and ever since have been instituting a most active search .
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LAST EXPLOIT OP ^ ME FftfiXCH LION KILLER . The ' Journal des Chasseurs' publishes the following : letter , addressed to a friend by M , Jules Gerard , an officer of the French army , distinguished for his lion-killing exploits;— . ¦ . ' " My dear Leon , —In my narrative of the month of August , 1850 , I spoke of a large old lion which I had not been able to fall in with , and of whose sex and age I had . formed a notion from his roarings . On the . return . of the expeditionary column from Kabylia , I asked permission from General St . Armand to go and explore the fine Lairs situated on the northern declivity of Mount Aures , in the cru vironss of Klenchela , where I had left my animal .
Instead of a furlough I received a mission for that country , and accordingly had during two months to shut my ears against the daily reports that were brought to me by the AraAts of the misdeeds of the solitary . In the beginning of September , when my mission was terminated , I proceeded to pitch my tent in the midst of the district haunted by the lion , and aet about my investigations round about the douars to whioh lie paid the most frequent visits . In thia m ^ wner I spent many a night beneath the open sky , without any satisfactory result , when , on the 15 th , in the morning , after a heavy rain which had lasted till midnight , some natives , who had explored the cover , came and informed me that the lion was ensconced within half a league
of my tent . I set out at three o'clock , taking with me an Arab to hold my horse , another oarrying my arms , and a third in charge of a goat ; most decidedly unconscious of the important part it was about to perform . Having alighted at the skirt of the wood , I directed myself towards a glade situated in the midst of the haunt , Where I found a shrub to which I could tie the goat , and a turf or two to sit upon . The Arabs went and crouched down beneath the cover , at a distance of about 100 paces . I had been there about a quarter Of an flOUr , the goat meanwhile bleating with ail its might , when a covey of partridges , got up behind me , uttering their usual cry when surprised , I looked about me in every direction , but could see nothing .
Meanwhile the goathad ceased crying , and its eyes were intently fixed at me . She made an attempt to break away from the fastening , and then began to tremble in all . her limbs . At these symptoms of fright I again turned round , and perceived behind me , about fifteen paces off , the lion stretched out at the foot of a juniper tree , through the branches of which he was surveying us and making wry faces . In the position I was in ifc- was impossible for mo to fire without facing about . I tried to fire from the left shoulder but felt awkward . I turned gently round without vising . I was in a favourable position , and just as I was levelling my piece tbe lion stood up and began to show me all his teeth , at the same time shaking his head , as much as to say ' What the devil are you doing there ? ' I did not
hesitate a moment , and fired at his mouth . The animal fell on the Bpot as if struck by lightning . My men ran up at the shot , and as they were eager to lay hands on the lion , I fired a second time between the eyes in Order to secure his lying perfectly still . The first bullet had taken the course of the spine throughout its entire length , passing through tbe marrow , and had come out at the tail . I had never before fired a shot that penetrated so deeply , and yet I had only loaded with sixty grains . It is true the rifle was one of Devisme ' s and the bullets steel-pointed . The lion , a black one and among the oldest I have ever shot , supplied the kettles of four companies of infantry who were stationed at Klenchela . Receive , my dear Leon , the assurance of my devoted affection . " Jdxes Gerard . "
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*^^—Muhder . —The inhabitants of Wissons , in the canton of Lonpjumeau ( Seine et Oise ) , have just been thrown into great commotion by the murder of a respectable farmer , named Baloche , residing in the neighbourhood . It appears that the deceased , who was about 46 years of age , and well ofi in the world , had a considerable quantity of land which he farmed himself . His wife lived with him , iind an only son , a young man of twenty-two years of age . This latter- having formed an attachment to a young girl in the commune , asked his father ' s consent to marry her . This was refused , as the Father of the young girl was only a labourer . Afi ter- the refusal , the son declared that it was useless to oppose his wishes , as he would never marry any
other woman . Last Tuesday , thefelder Baloche went to Paris with a load of corn , and in coming home purchased manure at several places along the road , so as in the end to make up a full load . Bis frequent stoppings had consumed a great amount of time , so that ifc was dusk when he drew new home , The son , finding that his father did nofc return , toW his mother tbat he would go to meet him . He returned in about an hour with the cart , saying that his father would arrive in a few minutes . Half an how having elapsed without the father appearing , tbe mother became uneasy , and the son Jsaid he would go to see -what kept him . lie accordingly went , accompanied by a lad belonging to the farm , night having set iu at the time ,
After going some distance tho son declared that he saw his father lying on the ground . The lad observed that , it was too dark to see anything , and nearly two minutes elapsed before they came to the spot were the elder Baloche was lying on tho ground pierced with several wounds from a sharp instrument in the breast and intestines . They called out for aid , and after & time a light being brought , it was discovered that he was dead . The body wa 8 then carried to bis own house , and on the police being sent for , they decided that there was sufficient presumption against the Eon to warrant his arrest . The young man protested his innocence , but it was decided that he should be taken into Lonejumeau , to be interrogated by the judge de paix . Accordingly he waa placed in a cart with
wo gendarmes behind him , and the drives in front . On the way the prisoner complained of being dreadfully jolted , and insisted on having part of the harness altered on the horse . The man alighted and waa shortening the traces , when tbe prisoner suddenly jumped down and made off across the fields . The gendarmes pursued him but could not come up with him . For some days he escaped detection , but at last information waa received that he waa concealed in the house of ihe father of the girl to whom he was attached . Search being instituted there he was found hid under a heap of straw . Care was taken this time that he sliould not escape , and he was safely lodged in confinement at Corbell . Results of the Great Foreign Invasion . —Our foreign visitors have neither burnt our houses about our ears , nor endeavoured to overturn our government , nor run away with our daughters .
They have behaved themselves peaceably and good-naturedly , and have borne with our little peculiarities amiably . Moreover , they have paid for what they have had , like honest men . May I be permitted to surmise that from this mutual sight-seeing and metropolis-visiting' , this international fCte-giving and hand-shaking , some little , some trifling good may arise ? It is too wild a thought to hope that our children will not quite believe that the French necessaril y eat frogs and are all dancing-masters—that every Italian gentleman carries a stiletto in his bosom , and a bowl of poison in his left-hand pocket—that German babies are weaned on sauer-kraut—that revenge is the one inevitable passion with with all Spaniards are possessed—and that the unvarying fate of % \\ Tui'lUs ni L . » TT , ? 8 a « to nnd cast into the liesphorus i Is ifc really imnosRihln thaf . nm . «*»¦**
children may discard those legends altogether ? On tne other hand , it strikes me that our continpnti neighbours NyiU not henceforward be quite so £ cided as heretofore in their notions and imoressions respecting us I don ' t think wlffiTSffi perfidious Albion" quite 80 frequentlv I am ftf opinion that the editors of fowl ^ SS ^ iJJiJ no longer dec are that we live on raw CeStUkJ fffcSETfr Cat the , winners of our Derbies tnaceiery nobleman takes hia «« houledo ^ ue" to Sw hii ?; that « are in th « d » S& S 53 fh WlVfu ^ Smitbnold-market and that during the month of November three-fourths of the 1 tWtM ? ? . nd , oncon » mitsuicide , Altogether , I think that a little peace , and a little -old-win
ana a mtie brotherhood among nations " will result from the foreign invasion ; and that it will , in . nmAnniift 0 longer a matter of course , that because 50 , 000 Frenchmen in blue wats and red trousersmec 00 , 000 Englishmen in blue trousers and red coats , they must all fall to , and cut and WO . ° ther t 0 fttom 8 «~ # «*«? w ' s Household
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Escape and Recapture of Isaacs , th ^ rr ~~ * FIEID BUKGUR . —Isaacs , the captain of tlf . rious gang of burglars who so long tafested I " " " and Surrey , and whose exploits were consumJ , s by the Uckfield burglary , ' made hi 8 eS ^ t Saturday , in company with a man named L Ade , from tbe County Gaol at Lewes . One of > $ turnkeys ( George Cox ) had the prison doot a i-. . 7 open to admit the prison officers who had hp Bleeping out at night , as usual , and were retumi 1 to their duty at six o'clock in the morning w i . p 8 to the utter astonishment of the officers , Isaacs a ! Ade rushed passed them . The convicts , having «„„ cealed themselves in a corner at tho end Of iT porter ' s lodge / near Uws outer gate of the n tjsn made an instantaneous rush into the street , knock *? the officer ( Cox ) aside in passing , and made offopposite directions . Isaacs ran up market-str *\ into the High-street , followed by past of the ofW
and . when just opposite the "Sussex Express •' office , he was caught by a carpenter named C ( m ! Mr . Card , for whom Curtis works , and a turiifcl . named Payne , laying hold of him almost auC same moment , lie did not attempt to resist ami was taken back to the gaol by Payne . In the mean time , Ado bad also been secured , and an inquiry n-.. * at once made into the mode by which the escatl had been effected ; and a very ingenious affair it proved , when we consider the materials employe / With no other instrument than a nail , and . with ^ 1 material to work on but a piece ef deal , Isaacs bad contrived to fashion a wooden key with all the wards necessary to unlock the cell gates of himself and fellow prisoners . The pipe of the key , hOw ..
ever , being weak , he had bound it round wi ^ thread , and , thus protected , U had opened his own cell , and that of Ade , who was confined next to him and was sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation * In attempting the liberation of a third prisoner * however , it broke . It was about half-past nine o ' clock when the two convicts found themselves in the passage of their ward . Thence they made their way without difficulty into tbe area surrounding the gaol , the gate of the ward not being locKtd till tea o ' clock usually . Their great danger now was from a watchman who perambulates the building , al . though , however , his half hourly visits must have greatly impeded their operations . They attempted 0 dig 8 hole thrOUSll the boundary wall at the back
of the dobtors ' prison , ' they had taken out several bricks , and it appears probable that it i » as only the arrival of the turnkeys which prevented this plan from being successful . At the Sussex Quartet Sessions , held on Monday , the Earl of Chichcster , chairman , inquiries were made by Mr . George Darby and other magistrates of Mr . Sanders , the governor of the gaol , and it appeared that the officers of the prison were not to blame in the matter , the real source of the evil being the defective state of the ' locks , three parts of which , Mr , Sander 3 said , could be picked by a wire . The closing of the gate of the ward passage' at ah earlier hour was recommended , but as a new gaol is in rapid progress , the question as to locks was left to the visiting justices .
BtopEMBNT and Capture—A young man , belonging to the family of a respectable merchant ia Paris , has just been charged before tbe judicial authorities of Paris , with carrying off the daughter of Baron , a young lady , under age , under tho following circumstances : —The Slater Of the JOUHg man had for a schoolfellow the daughter of tho Baron , who resided in one of the finest houses ia the Chausee d'Antin . The brother having frequently seen the young lady , a mutual attachment sprang up between them . The lovers havingheard that the baron had already fixed on a husband for
his daughter , resolved to start for Gretna-green , in England , in order to celebrate their marriago , and they made their arrangements so well that they got off undiscovered , and it was only through tho indiscretion of one of their friends tbat the baron got scent of the road the fugitives bad taken , A pursuit immediately took place , and , in consequence of an accident which occurred to their carriage , tbe lovers were overtaken a few miles from Dover , and the young lady brought back to her home . The baron has , as above stated , commenced judicial proceedings against the inamorato . — Qalionani .
The Bishop 6 v Exbter and thb vicab op St . Andrew's , Plymouth . —Circumstances have occurred in connexion with tho appointment of a clergyman to the living of Christchurch , vacant by tho removal-of the Rev , Richard Malone to St . Matthew ' s , Westminster , which render it mora than probable that the appointment will still ha filled up by the Rev . John Hatchard . The bishop , it will be remembered , objected to the Rev . Air . Grey , who was the first clergyman named by Mr . Hatchard , on tho ground that he was not up to the mark on the baptismal question . Mr . Ilatchard then nominated the Rev . T . G . Postlethwaite i when he was informed that he being a clerk in holy orders , ought to have made a better nomination
in the firBt instance , and that he had no right to nominate a second . Thereupon the bishop put the living under sequestration , and , taking possession , sent tho Rev W . B . Flower to do the duty in church . There was too much reason to fear that ; Mr . Hatchard had really lost the appointment , but ifc happened that Mr . Grey was rejected by the Bishop of Exeter on the 23 th of June , while Mr . Malone was not licensed as incumbent to his church till the 7 th day of August . The former business respecting Mr . Grey , therefore , went for nothing , and . is if nothing had passed on this subject , Mr ,. Hatchard , we believe , mote to the bishop , and again nominated Mr . Postlettraaite , briefly men- . tioning the circumstances . This led to a
replybeing returned , to the effect that Mr . Postlethwaita was to send up his testimonials , and that ,- if they were satisfactory , he should bo appointed . The communication from the bishop ' s agent to which , we have referred came down on Sunday last , and we suppose that on the morning of that day Mr . Flower must , from bis remarks , have heard something of what was occurring , for he led the people to expect a further reference to his position . Ia the evening he preached his farewell sermon , stating that he should not probably again occupy th . it pulpit . There was a numerous attendance , but nearly the whole of the old members of tba congregation bad given up their seats and gone to other places of worship , where they would not ba
subject to the annoyance of a preacher who had been forced upon them . During last week , that being tho commencement of a now quarter , a great ; number of the congregation who had remained connected with tho church till then , gave up their seats , and removed their books , « fcc—Plymouth Journal . Poisoning by Mushrooms . —Bbdoes , October 10 , —Two highly respected officers of the Belgian Cuirassiers , quartered at Bruges , died on Tuesday under circumstances w hich ought to be made known as publicly as possible . They were in perfect health on Monday last . On Tuesday they dined in their quarters , and ordered some mushrooms dressed in some favourite sauce for dinner , of which they both partook . A few hours afterwards they were both taken ill of a horrible and agonising colic , which before night became so alarming that ; became
medical assistance was sent for , when it the opinion of the doctors that the sufferers had . been . poisoned by the mushrooms . Every effort was made to save them , but without effect ; after suffering the most lioriiblo agonies the whole night , during which one of them broke his back from tho violence of bis convulsions , thoy both expired towards morning , and were buried with military honours yesterday . So great was the interest takea in the fate of these distinguished officers that nearly the whole town assisted at the funeral ; tlio crowd was immense , and most of their comrades wept bitterly . But the most fearful circumstance connectod with the case is , the declaration of several medical men and chemiBts , that the poison of tho mushroom is really contained in the true Agaricus compestris , or common mushroom , after a certain stage of growth ; and Professor Orfila has hinted at thO Same in bis " Book on Poisons .
ThiB , if a fact , Ought to be generally made known at thiB season of the year . Proposed Leoal University . —Lord Brougham intends duriiig tho ensuing session of parliament ; to submit to tlie government ^ with a v iew of i " " proving the system now in force far admitting gen « tlemen to the bar ) a proposition for consolidating the Middle and Inner Temples , Gray ' s and Lincoln ' s inns , into one legal university , to be governed by a senate and chancellor , similar to other universities . In this university professorships aro to be established in the different branches of law and equity , who are to lecture aa the professors do at Oxford or Cambridge . It is al-o proposed to abolish the immense fees which are at present charged for " entering . "
The sagacity of hie Dofli—A man named Maubernard , of Nimes , west a few days ago to Iii 3 field to cultivate his vines . He did not return aS his usual hour in the evening ; but after a whilo his dog appeared , harking mournfully . T" ° animal refused to enter the house , and barked and ran about as if inviting someone to follow . When be perceived that he was followed , he went direct to the field , and there beneath a tree was found nl 3 unfortunate master bathed in blood , with several deep wounds in different parts of his person . Tbo man was taken home , and medical assistance was procured , but lie died in the course of a few houv =. It is not known by whom or for what cause be was stabbed .
Notion op a Judge ' s Doty . —A writer in tho " Daily Wisconsin " says : — " When 1 first como to Wisconsin I chanced to meot an enemy of Judgo Hubbell ; and being a stranger , and no doubt a little inquisitive , I asked him what were the grounds of his dislike to the judge . ' Why , ' said lie , ' I helpod to elect him , and the very first suit 1 had in court he refused to charge the jury in my favour . This reply astounded mo . - It was a ' clincher / sure enough , and suggested a long train of recollections on the policy and expediency of a elective judiciary , " ¦
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329 * 11 $ . HionwAv-RoBBBRY , —One of the most daring acts of high way robbery ever known in the neighbourhood of Aberavon , was perpetrated last week . A Mr . Benjamin Griffiths , abookseller , from Denbigh , North "Wales , was on his return home from a book club , held at tho sehoolroom , Orai £ -y-Pab ( PriesC ' s Rock ) , when he was met by two ruffianly-looking fellows , in the new road leading from the Margairi tin works , one of whom struck Mr . Griffiths a violent blow under the right ear , which completely stunned him , and he fell . Whilst on the ground , one of the villains jumped upon his chest , covering his mouth with his hand , and the other rifled his pockets , and a-purse , containing £ 7 13 s . Cd . was stolen . They then took to their heeis towards Taibach , and have not been apprehended . ^ n ' ii «^»» - »«*^ a » «» w
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1648/page/6/
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