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      , f the rer . gentlemen vas present . After a short time they nroceeded to the court-house , which was completely desertedbv tll magistrates of the neighbourhood , with the exception of Mr Fobn O'Brien , resident magistrate , Tnlla , to whom the " swat mpaid" entirely left the duty which devolved upon the bench br the day . Several persons were in court who had be ° n irresled on the previous day , charged with rioting on the 2 ^ lit-, and others charged with the abduction of certain voters fern Meelick on the same morning . Soon after their appearince m court , Mr . O'Brien intimated that he was ready to take kil in the grand jury room for those who wished to tender bail hi answer to an inquiry , whether he was ready to maot > e <\ + n vf + Ti « rf . T" . frftTitlp / mP . ri - \ V £ » C Twooav . * 1 A -1 . .. -

      the open court to Hear such applications as would be m-uV m chalf of the accused , Mr . O'Brien refused doing « TsSn ^ was not his intention to leave the grand jury room After con siderahle wrangling with respect to the cases of the less notable rioters bai was fixed for two of them at £ 20 each , and sureties in £ 10 each , and the others in £ 10 each , and sureties inT * The question then arose as to the bail for the Rev . Messrs Uourke and Clune . Application was made by Mr . Jovnt for time to take bail until the return of the professional adviser of the rev . gentlemen , but Mr . O'Brien refused . Subsequently a Tory long discussion ensued , in the course of which the rev gentWix refused to give "bail unless they were Cornell , /

      -vrben sub-mspector Uonovan said he held a warrant for their arrest m his hand . He accordingly arrested them . Mr . O'Brien said he would take bail m £ 100 each , and two sureties in the sum of £ o 0 each , to answer the charge of riot at the next assizes of the county of Clare . Messrs . Michael Ouinn ind T T . Bmtt entered into bail for the Eev . J . BourkeT MessS D , Avi son and Maurice Lemhan entered into bail for the Rev ! ALT » v . iilllC »

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      Mysterious Death at Hokselydowx . -Oii Saturday evening Mr . tt . Payne held an inquest at the Horselydown Tavern Fair-street St . John ' s Southwark , respecting the death of Elizabeth Wilton , aged 40 years , who died under the following circumstances : —Mary Ann Dickins , of No . 4 , Freeman s-lane Horselydown , stated that the deceased was a widow with three children , and resided in the same house with witness . The deceased had been unwell since Sunday week , but witness could not account for it . She had been attended medically and bv Tier own mother from Stockwell , together with the occasional assistance of the lodgers . Deceased was frequently in an excited state from some cause , but she would never divulge anything to her companions . The deceased expired on Wednesday and since her death witness had seen various wounds or marki

      of violence on her person which witness was unable to account &i\—John Richardson , an engineer , said he had known the deceased for a considerable time . She was generally in good health , and of a cheerful disposition . Witness had been keeping company with the deceased about twelve months , and was to have been married to her a week since , but the ceremony had been postponed in consequence of her sudden illness . Witness and deceased went out for a walk on Sunday evening , the loth instant , and before they returned the deceased was taken seriously ill . Since that time she had not left her room . Deceased had heen very low spirited , and when witness asked her the reason , she replied , " They have used me shameful . " Had

      heard of the wounds on the deceased ' s back , &c , but he was quite ignorant of the manner in which they were inflicted . He had made inquiry , but the case was enveloped in the greatest mystery . The mother of the deceased was examined at great length by the learned coroner , who was unable to elicit the slightest information respecting the marks discovered on the iody of deceased , who never made any complaint to her during the period of her illness . Mr . David Phillips , of Ko . 7 , Freeshool-street , Horselydown , surgeon , deposed to the state that he found the deceased in on Sunday week . She was labouring wider great nervousness , fever , and vomiting . Her mind was

      in a -Mstracted state , and she was suffering from histeria arising upon great mental excitement . Witness attended the deceased , and prescribed for her , but she gradually grew worse and died on Wednesday . Witness made a pout mortem examination of the body . The stomach and intestines were in a state of infl ammation . The viscera generally were in an unhealthy state . Tjpon examining the body externally , witness found at the bottom of the back or spine two wounds or punctures . One was an inch long , and the other about half an inch . There were also other marks of a similar character on the right side and thigh . Hie injuries had been inflicted about a fortnight with some

      ? uarp instrument , but were progressively healing . The inflammation of the stomach was mast probably caused by some nctive poison , but , not having made an analysis of the contents , ae could not speak positively . The coroner closely examined the whole of the witnesses , but none could throw any light as to the manner in which the deceased had met with the injuries on her person . The inquiry , after considerable discussion among the jury , was adjourned for further evidence and to allow time for an analysis of the contents of the stomach .

      A Womax Killed by her Husbaxd . —On Tuesday night ^* eek , a violent quarrel took place between a man named Mory * scxton of Bramford , near Ipswich ) , and his wife , both of whom Jiadbeen drinking during the evening at the Angel public-house , m the village of Bramford . The man knocked his wife down several times , and their only daughter was so much alarmed taat she sought refuge with a Mrs . Long , who lives in an adjoining house . During the night shrieks were heard proceed"ig from the cottage of the Florys , and a man who was passing the house at a late hour heard cries of " Murder ! but they ¦

      ^ eoQi to have been entirely disregarded by the neighbours . In *« e mornin g , soon after six o ' clock , when the daughter returned home , Mrs . Ylovj was found lying on the bed in a deplorable condition , her head and face being covered with blood . She ^• S howe ver , sensible , and said that her husband knocked her * . vn twice as she was going up stairs . The daughter , a girl *? years of age , states also thatlier father knocked her mother f

      * wn twice soon after the ) ' arrived at home . Mr . Athill , sur-Reon , was called in to attend the unfortunate woman , but he "Hiiul her sinking fast , and she died shortly after his arrival , -ui inquest was held on Thursday , when the surgeon deposed "&t death had been occasioned by fracture of the skull , and a j eixlict of " manslaughter" was returned against Flory , the fcu sbanii of the deceased , who was committed for trial at the i 5 nnuls

      —* a . ^ Captiike op ax American Baxk-xote Forger . —A man named murphy , an American-born subject , was brought before the magistrates of the Head-office of Police , Dublin , on Friday , c harge with forgery of American bank-notes . It appeared x in June last lie called upon an engraver in this city , and agreed with him to execute a plate for the notes required . The n S l'aver . acquiesced , but at once informed the magistracy and

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      Sti ^ f ^ ^ , ^ " »**« . <> advised him to go on with the work , and that when the proper time arrived thev X ^ r * f the del « ^ M work ThI worSnff VeiJ . cl ^ rly ^ P fobed -about 50 notes were of WvX I ! * * f - ? liy S P ° ssession w « e found a quantity He ZT gOl 2 w 811 ? ' ? ' and a P isto 1 loaded with ball . doubTw ^ T ed + / ° i ; fUr ? er examina ^ n . Hi s object , no ? Z ?'^ . PM * the forged notes upon numerous emigrants

      aie ^ Tfi ^ ™ ^? . ^ lowing 1 ( ite has to afl-SestdP , l T 11 Uy - 7 11 Ki § nation was incited to the S of . wn 011 , featur ^ : Sto l ^ t by witnessing the sufferurfon t ! ° ? T tlie b ™ talit ^ of a ^ . who perpetrated I l ° ' Olen f and dastardly assault . The facts are S J PaSSmgtlirougl 1 tlie Edgware-ioad soon after 12 li \ iIt 7 attentKm was suddeni ? ciaimed ^ ™* In oi a y T g WOman Wll ° ™ » S quietly ant SterwnH ° ^* ^ ° ¥ ^ home - In ^ ^ WeP ; w ? f ? % WaS l yU ¥ ° n the Pavement insensible and bfeeding profusely from the face and mouth , having been felled by a blow from the ruffian ' s fist , directed with tremendous ST 5 a ? K °° Creatl ] re ; s ^ ace- I S forward instantly 1 ^ * . scoundrel by the collar , who almost simui-^ Ztl T if ^ hy an ? ther ^ S ^ om \~ hy this time several paeons had gathered round ns-I roared " Police ! " ami made

      considerable exertions to secure the offender , but , I regret to WnTl avail Among the crowd that congregated to leain the meaning of the fray no one evinced any disposition to lendei assistance ; on the contrary , they appeared to delight in the disturbance , and to regard tlie whole affair as an ordinary occurrence Fmding that I was likely to get seriously emn ^ '& ^ A * ^ , disposed t 0 hd P ' relinquished mj hold of the scoundrel and went in search of the police ; but again , my intentions were frustrated , not berns able to obtain trie

      necessary assistance , although I continued to shout loupe ! tor a considerable time . By this time the scoundrel and his accomplice had got away from the victim of their brutality . 1 afterwards proceeded to the station-house on Paddineton-green , where I stated the occurrence to the sergeant on fluty , and jndge my surprise when he politely intimated to me that he was the only person in charge there , that all his men were at there respective posts , and he regretted exceedingly he could do nothing in the matter . He further stated to me that an application had been made just previously for the services of

      * policeman , which lie was not able to comply with . It is really astonishing that the dastardly act which I desire to direct attention through your columns could have been perpetrated without it being possible to secure the person of the offender . " Outrage and Robbery at Bradford , Yorkshire . —A daring robbery , accompanied with violence and outrage , was committed on Monday night last , at Bolton . Grange , near this town , the residence of Mr . Charles Clough , solicitor , and clerk to the -Bradford County Court . About half-past nine o ' clock seven

      men , armed with pistols and bludgeons , having their faces blackened and covered with masks , entered the house , first making their appearance in the kitchen , and ordering the servants whom they found there to maintain the most perfect silence , on peril of having their brains blown out . The scream which arose at this moment attracted the attention of Mr Clough who was at the dinner-table , having been detained at Bradford to a late hour . He thought the noise was occasioned by the children in one of the bed-rooms , and he proceeded tither . On going up stairs , however , he found that the children

      were quiet , and he was just about to return , when one of the domestics below said , " You are wanted , sir . " He immediately went into the kitchen , and , to his alarm , there encountered several men , Avhose faces were blackened and masked . He had no sooner got into the kitchen than he was instantly knocked down by one of the bludgeon-men , who struck him a severe blow with a stick on his head . One of the party immediately

      pointed towards the stairs , and one or more of them exclaimed , " Where is your plate ? We want plate ; we must have it . " They then forced Mr . Clough before them into his own bedroom . They threw him upon the bed , and ordered him to remain there with his face towards the bed-clothes . Mr . Clough had received several severe wounds , and was bleeding at this time very profusely . The plate-chest was situated near the

      bed of Mr . Clough , and the fellows began to take out the plate , carefully examining it , and separating the silver from the in ferior metal . Mr . Clough once glanced his eye in the direction where they were engaged , and for doing so received a violent blow from one of the burglars , who accompanied the attack with many threats . They secured all the silver plate , and left the inferior articles behind . They also demanded of Mr . Clough any money he might have upon him , and he was obliged to give them two 61 notes

      . , some gold , several checks and bills of exchange , besides a gold watch and appendages . In the meantime , others of the brutal gang' had plundered other parts of the house , taking from Mrs . Clough a gold watch and appendages . Two or three of them had also been to the stable , " turned " out the horses , and conducted the groom , whom they found there , to the house . The band of robbers then , , with the most violent threats , conducted the whole of the household—master , mistress , and domestics—to the cellar , and locked the door on them .

      The robbers got safely away , taking with them property in silver plate , &c , to the value of 300 Z . The police have since been engaged in an active endeavour to discover the perpetrators of this outrage and robbery . A reward of 1001 has been offered for the capture of any or all of the robbers . Mr . Clough is confined to his bed , and has suffered greatly from the wounds he has received . We may add that it is supposed that several other men guarded the outside of the house . Bolton Grange is a lonely place , at a short distance from Bradford .

      Morder . —The Court of Assizes of the Moselle was lately occupied with the trial of a man named Joseph Marty for the murder of his wife . It appeared that the prisoner , who had been married twenty years to the deceased , had long been in the habit of ill-treating her . She had at last withdrawn from him to Gravelotte , where she lived with her relations , while her husband worked as a labourer at Ars-sur-Mosellc , a place about four miles off . The husband and wife only met on the Sunday . Marty had requested his wife to come and meet him on the 9 th

      of May , which was a Sunday , and he so managed it that she came up when he was in the wood of Gravelotte . After the usual greetings , he led her off the path , and , while conversing , induced her to accompany him into a thick part of the wood . There he pulled out a bottle of wine , and , after drinking some , gave her the bottle in her turn . She had scarcely taken the bottle from her mouth , when he seized her by the throat , and in the most brutal manner told her that her last hour was come . He then pressed her with all his force against the tree near which she was standing , and kept on pressing her throat until life was extinct . He tnen placed the bod y on the ground , arranged the dress , settled her hair , which had ' become tumbled in the struggle , and left the spot , his idea apparently being that it wouldbe supposed that she had died of apoplexy . But it so happened

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      that the whole scene was witnessed most unexpectedly . A boy ot about twelve years of age , named Henri Friste , was out birdnesting , and happened to be in a tree close by when the man and wife came up , and in that way heard every groan of the victim and saw every struggle . As soon as tlie ' murderer took his departure , the boy hastened out of the wood and got on the high road , but had scarcely reached it when , to his horror , he saw Marty at a distance coming towards him . Terrified at the thought of being suspected by the man , the child stooped down and covered his shoes with dust , as if he had been walking for some time on the high road . Marty , when he came up , looked at him

      suspiciousl y , and then began to interrogate him as to where he had come from . The boy mentioned a place quite opposite to the sconce of murder , and Marty , apparently satisfied with his replies , told him that a woman was lying dead in the wood and desired him to go and inform the authorties . The boy then went to the mayor , and informed him of all that had happened , and had scarcely terminated his recital when Marty himself came up and delarcd that his wife had died suddenly in his arms when passing through the wood . The murderer was at once arrested , and , on the trial , was found guilty on the boy ' s evidence and sentenced to death . He heard the sentence pronounced with perfect indifference .

      Extraordinary Suicide . —A very painful sensation was created on Tuesday in the immediate neighbourhood of the Old Bailey and Ludgate-hill , in consequence of the following frightful occurrence : —From the inquiries made , it appeared that a person named Meek had resided for somo time past in Green Arbour-court , Old Bailey , where it is generally believed he had accumulated considerable property by working at his business as a tailor and collecting rents . Between eight and nine that morning he came out of his house , and entered into cheerful

      conversation with some vintners' porters . Shortly afterwards he sallied forth into the Old Bailey , and deliberately cut his throat m the open street . He staggered once or twice , and then tell to the ground , the blood at the time gushing from the wound , which it was subsequentl y found he had inflicted with a knife , beveral persons who witnessed the unfortunate man fall hastened to his assistance , and , having picked him up , at once conveyed him to St . Bartholemew ' s Hospital , where he remains it is believed , in a dying state . What could have induced the poor fellow to make such a desperate attempt to destroy his life is , lor the present , enveloped in obscurity .

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      Septembkb 4 , 1852 . THE gTAR QF FREEI )() M _ " " ¦ ' ¦ " - ' " ¦ —

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      + . Rare Coins and Antiquities . —The sale of the collection of breeklvomaii , -B yzantine , and medieval coins and antiquities of the late Mr . H . P . Borrell , of Smyrna , a gentleman distinguished for his numismatic and archajolosrical taste , was concluded Lost week by Messrs . Sotheh y and Wilkinson , at their house in Wellington-street . The collection comprised some extraordinary and unique rarities in the Greek series , and many unpublished denarii of the Roman Emperors The suite of coins of the Byzantine period , and those of the middle ages , and extensive

      were very interesting , and many of them so rare as to have escaped the acute observation of M . de Saulcy . Among some of the more important ones may be mentioned -Lot 21 , a com of Chalcis , in gold , £ 28 10 s . ; 86 , an unpublished com of Lanssa , m silver , £ -12 ; a tetradrachm of JStolia , £ U 14 s . ; 123 , an interesting and unpublished coin of Carthaa —Lei , £ 2 o ; 126 , the unique drachm of Aristarchus , £ 33 10 s ; 128 ami 129 two drachmas of Mithridates VI ., £ 15 15 s . each-Id 4 , Lamsacus m gold , of great rarity , £ 27 10 s . ; 183 , a coin ot fcrythr ® , with unpublished magistrate ' s name , £ 40 ; 184 another of the same type , £ 45 ; 196 an unpublished coin of

      , Smyrna , £ 37 ; 198 , another with new name of magistrate , £ 41 ; 235 , Pixodarus , King of Caria , £ 12 ; 287 , an unique coin of . Baratea , £ 12 ; 297 , an unpublished variety of Nagidus , £ u 5 ; 308 , Pharnahazes , who was Satrap of By % nia , £ 26 ; 316 , an uncertain coin of Cyprus , £ 33 10 s . ; 378 , a coin of Demetrius , before his captivity , £ 16 16 s . ; 381 , an unique coin of Antiochus VII ., £ 32 10 s . ; 386 , an unique coin of Alexander II ., with the tomb of Sardanapalns on the reverse , £ 105 ; 392 Antiochus VIII ., £ 31 10 s . ; an octodrachm , representing on th ' obverse aPersian king in a car , a coin of the greatest rarity , £ 50 455 d uni '

      ; , a suppose que coin of Pordosia , £ 16 ; 525 , a medallion of Diocletian , £ 14 14 s . Among those of the Byzantine series maybe enumerated—Lot 1 , 012 , an unpublished type of . Constantine XII ., £ 7 15 s , ; 1 , 052 , Manuel III ., presumed to be unique , £ 9 10 s . ; and among those of the Middle Ages—1 , 152 , a gold concave medallion of Hugh I ., £ 10 1154 another of Henry I ., £ 8 ; 1 , 155 , another of the same , presenting a different type , £ 13 10 s . ; 1 , 163 , Amalric of Tyre . £ 14 ; 1 , 173 John d'lbelin , Lord of Beyrout , £ 7 15 s . ; 1 , 180 , Mainford , Lord of Romania , £ 6 10 s . The antiquities comprised some rare and interesting objects found , in Asia Minor , and some Etruscan and mediaeval ornaments in gold ;—Lot 1 , 453 , a necklet of the most delicate and minute work , an exquisite specimen of Etruscan art of the best period , £ 53 ; 1 , 454 , a square military decoration in gold , of much interest as a relic of antiquity , £ 10 10 s . ; 1 , 488 , an Egyptian cylinder , similar to those called Bahylonion , of great rarity , £ 5 7 s . 6 d . ; 1 , 491 , a bronze statuette of a naked boy , £ 27 10 s . ; 1 , 492 , a fine and spirited bust of a Bacchante , £ 11 11 s . ; 1 , 554 , a beautiful . Etr ascan vase m bronze , £ 6 10 s . ; 1 , 557 , a fine Greek helmet , beautifully embossed , £ 13 13 s . ; 1 , 450 , a curious circular ornament of mediaeval art , £ 15 . The collection also comprised some very curious specimens of Etruscan toys in bronze , antique marbles , tablets with Greek inscriptions , and other interesting objects of art and antiquity . It produced in the total £ 3 , 831 . °

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      of Greece . Son * if Wmay learn for the « timj that « f t £ J C ^ cat emSio-i rinffi ! ttrCS Z ™ tvavoraed ^ 3000 omnibuses and 8500 thosSJ ? v $£ ? ' °°° ° ^ ' There uro 3000 omnibnscs in London and - 2 rW not le f ? 800000 , 000 passcngera yearly , a mml ^ V l ^ lUl of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , with an annual expenditure of £ 1 , 700 , 000 and S ? + i reveuuc «• duty of £ 400 , 000 , or as much as all the stagecoaclies m toe empire contributed before the establishment of railways , i ! Vl l llsuies i SS estavelidea of the perfection to which h of Rn ± r& .. iS ?? ' " « e population

      THIS WONDBKS OP THE GREAT METROPOLIS . The popiilsition of London exceed that of tlie Grand Ditchv of [ W ™ , i 300 , 000 ; that o / the Gra-., d Duchy of Baden by upwSSoOO iSearlv sM ^^ Tis ^ iatt £ sSSS l » "»^ ovably morottan the whol

      : ^ y we ave Si f * x , art of Pack « i& illustrating to the last extremity the economical prooiem of tlie greatest possible number in the smallest space . Assmnincr SSB TiQn ^ ft n ? ontobcl 9 squaromile 8 ' i 4 y ^ l'ls us a population on each mile ot 130 , 000 h uman creatures , performing within that stinted compass all me operations of life and death , mixed up in a fearful melee of passions " arid iiueies ts , luxury and starvation , debauchery and criminality , hard work and ituoness ; besides an infinity of occupations—useful , ornamental an . 4 mischievous , making love , begging alms , picking pockets , juggling , grihdine oigaus , rolling mcarriages , exhibiting " happy families" in the s&eetSi-an returning at night to unspeakable misery at home . *

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1694/page/5/