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ALBION PHALANX BENEVOLENT EJ 1 IGRATIOX ASSOCIATION . PERSONS are respectfully invited to attend the Meetings of the Society , held at the Hope Coffee Hous » Farringdwir Street , every Thursday evening , at Eight o'clock ; and Lecture and Conversation Meetings on tb « first Thursday of the Month . The Second AtfNUAi TEA PARTY will be held at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo Road , on New Year ' s Day , when a report of the past year ' s proceedings , and the future prospects of the Association will be given . Tickets : —Gentlemen 9 d ., Ladies 6 d ., Children Half Price . Tea on the Table at Six o'clock . Ticket * tob * and at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo Road .
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A PRACTICAL WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Frice Two Shillings and Sixpence . rryII 0 SE persons desirous of bettering their conditional ^ X of becoming " Independent Labourers , " by entering tin " Productive-labour" Market , will do well to read "A Practical Work on Small Farms , " by Feabgu * WCoxsoS , Esq . "It contains much useful information , invaluable . to the parties for whom it was written ; and Old Farmers will find many useful lessons in the new system of husbandry , which they have yet to learn . The work displajf great practical knowledge , and is written so that any ofl » who reads may understand . Mr . O'Connor seems not M have used cither the old or ' netv nomenclature' in thil work ; he has not buried his meaning in chemical tecta ^ calities , which very few understand , but which taofi writers on agriculture seem so desirous of using . Perbap * they do not understand the practice of Farming so well 8 * the theory ; and , therefore , mystify that which they canno ' explain , by some long chemical term , which the plain reader may pasg over as a " hard word , " hard to pronounce , and harder to understand when it is pronounced The reader will find that Mr . O'Connor has avoided all those hard names , and suited the language to the toiling labourer , whose college is generally the workshopi or , at best , the Sunday School . Though the work J * written for holders of Small Farms , ' yet no Allotment Tennant ought to be without it ; the valuable information it contains respecting tilling and cropping is alike useful to all . " " This really useful little volume ought to beintW hands of every one at all connected with agTicultt " ** pursuits . " —Lloyd ' s Weekly London Newspaper . May be had of all Booksellers , in Four Numbers , P &e Sixpence each ; or neatly bound in Cloth , Two ShihW and Sixpence . Also , Price Fourpence each , Numbers I and II ° ' THE STATE OF IRELAND . By Aethcb O'Cosnob . No man can understand the position of Ireland , ortitf bearing of Irish questions , who is not conversant with $ & perfect picture of Ireland ' s condition , the causes of & # degradation , and the remedies for her manifold " evils . All persons desirous of completing their sets of th * LANCASTER TRIALS , may yet do so , as afewcopi * still remain on hand . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street : and by « H Booksellers and Agents for the Star in town and connttj'
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BSION HALL . Uosdai . — Attempt at Sxis-destbtctiox . —Michael ^ lirnn , aremari&blt tall man , \ isiiallj called ih e Lambeth Giant , tvas charged -with attempting to throw himself off TTaterloo-liiiflge on Satnrdaj night . ~ Policeman 172 L itatea , that -while on dutj on the "br idge , the preceding night , about twelve ^' clock , be observed the defendant and another man Trailing from Waterloo-plac ? . "They were talking loudly , and the defendant ' s friend Tras holding him , while he "was maMng ererr exertion to break away , which he -ultimately did , and mounting the parapet of the bridge was about to throw himself into the river , when be ^ xhe policeman ) ran iorrvard , and , seizing tire sidrt of hii coat dragged Mm down . The defendant appeared to bim to baTe been drinking , and be expressed bis determination to drown himself , saying , that many a better fellow than himself bad done so , and that the bed of the river should
be Ms bed that night . The -defendant said that he had ¦ been at one of the theatres , where he had -witnessed a Terr lamentable accident , and that oa quitting the house be had the felly to go afterwards into a tavern and indulge in too much brandy-and-water ; that he had no recollection of having mounted the parapet of the bridge to throw himself off ; and that he doit shnddered at the idea " of bis ha-tinf ? attempted such an act . Mr . Traill a-ked him if he had any person to be answerable for his not makinsr a f i-mTlaT attempt , as he was determined to make parties who acted in such a manner find bail or go to -gaoL The defendant answered that he had not nformed bis friends < A his situation , and that none of them vrere aware of ibe dilemma into which he had faHen-Itr . Trail : —Then you must be locked up until you can procure sureties not to act again in a similar manner . The defendant was then locked up , in default of procuring theneeessarv baiL
TrrsuAT . —CA 3 TC 2 . E or is Illicit Glass ilAKXTActos . 1 . —Tour men , named Pear , Elliott , Carr , and Donovan , were plaeed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with being concerned in manufacturing glass in an unlicensed house . The prisoners were found in a dilapidated bouse near BnsseB-street , the doors of which the police forced and rushed into the house . On the upper floor they discovered a complete glass manufactory in full -wort , with every requisite for making common decanters , chemists * bottles , scent bottles , and ornaments , several of which were finished . The prisoners rushed out of the windows on to the roof , and attempted to escape , but they were pursned 1 > t th # police and taken into enstodv . Mr . Traill inflicted the penalty of £ 30 on each of the prisoners . In default of pavment thev were committed to prison for three months .
"W OK 5 HTP-ST R EET . SfoxD-iT . —Tttts . is g Base Moxrx , i- \ p Stbaxgfla-TIQS PJOBCCXB ST S-WAILOITISG A PENS I-P 1 XCX . John Earman , alias TVhite , a notorious smasher , " or utterer of base money , was charged on the police sheet with uttering a counterfeit half-crown to Edmund "Walters , a butcher , in Durham-street , Bi-tbnal-green-road . From the statement of police-sergeant 8 X , it appeared that on Saturday evenins the prisoner entered the shop of the complainant , and in payment > _ •! some trifling article that he purchased tendered a hiili-crown piece , ¦ nhich Ilr . "Walters immediat ely discovered to he spurious-, and on looking ai the utt * rer at once Tecotruizi-d him as being the same person who had practised a similar imposition upon
him on the day preceding . On beinz charged ; th the fact , the prisoner made a sudden attempt 1 « re-possess himself of the coin , but in the struggle it fell to the ground , and the butcher , the better to secure it , placed his foot upon it ; the prisoner , finding his intention foiled , caught up one of the cleavers from the chopping-block and made a tremendous cut at the batcher , "which , had not the prosecutor fortunately succeed-.-d in evading the blow , must to a certainty have produced fatal consequences . A "riolent struggle took place , and the prisoner was otctpowtred and given inso the custody of- a policeman While tbe charge tras being taken against him , tfc prisoner made another attempt to snatch the base coin from the hand of the prosecutor , but . instead of obtaining possession of it , bv grasped a large penny-piece of the reign of George IH ., and , without examining it , immediately put it into ~ brs - mouth , and made an energetic attempt to swallow it . The ¦ prisoner , however , ras shortly after
observed to t * r nearly Nark in Th-e tace , ihe j > enny-piece >? T » ng got fixed tiabtly is his jrollct : and , although a glas ? of water was gnen him . and the officers struck him on the "back , and violently sfct > ok him , it was all without effect , and be was therefore placed in a cab and conveyed ia a state of strangulation to the London Hospital , wherv , with considerable difficulty , the coin was dislodged , and forced into the stomach . He is lying at the hospital , if not in a precarious state , at all even's in such a condition as" at present to preclude the possibility of his removal . It was intimated to the magistrate by two of the other officers that within a very brief period the prisoner has : zncceSKuHy uttered upwards < jf nrenry spurious halfcrowns and Sve-s"hining pieces to tradesmen in that neighbourhood , and that on FearcbiiM : him at the stationhouse a quantity of base coin ivas found in his possession . "Mr Broughton gave directions to the sergeant to keep his eye upon the case , and when thi- prisoner had sufficiently recovered to brinsr him xo the coon to ancner the charge .
r » n > AT . —EXTJAOSBlXlXT TasX . —2 \ ATTBA 1 CUTB"TOTAXCI . —Michael Myers , Jane ilytrs , his -wife , and a man named Benjamin Harris , Jew dealer ? in old clothe * , were charged befojv Mr . Bin ^ bam with ha * . "ing feloniously received possession "i a Inret" qnantity of " wearin ? aj « - > arcl and other articles , -the v , roj » crry of Mr . John Ayres . a warehouseman in the-Pity , but resvlin ? rri Union-street . Bolton-street , JJaek ?;—road . —This eharsre arose odt of a drtdm .. Mr . Ayres ' s house havins been robbed "f ¦ rarions articles , his wife dreamt that a part yf rhp properry . consisting "i" a < 3 r * 5- « . Ac . srac at the Hver >'< - ghop , and on proceeding thither , there , sure * noueh . she found what she s « _ -U-rbt _ AViihout demanding thr g » ods . she prof-erded srrais-htway to the police office : tli » officers were ~ em . fotiisd ibe st « . " : tn articles , and mam
other suspicoTjs ones . The Myers declared that thry boosht thens of Il ^ rris ^ Ttio < lisoT * -ned the soft impeachment , and the whole were apprehended . —Mt . Binsbam s&id he sboul" ! certainly ~^ id all the prisoaers before a jnry , bat bad no ... W < -ction to take substantial bail , to the amount of £ 200 each , f > . r Tb > - appearance of the maltprisoners . —Sere ^ nni Dul > ois intimated to the magistrate that on searching the prisoners' hoase he found secreted a . larc ^ l > tin < Jle of linen and table -cloths , sorae of -which w ^ ere marked with the names of " Bleadon and Brings . " and as he was saasned this proft-rty was the product- of &thex rohberie ? , he r « jt ; eii » -d that the jpis-oners mi ^ ht br remanded to give nice f-r inquiries . —Tbe prisoners were committtd on the vre ~ - ' - . ' charg-. out wil ] be bronsht xrp aeain next -we ^ k .
CLERK EXWELL . TrESBiT . SCIXE BZTWZHS A MOTHT 2 AX 1 > Son . James "Webb , ast-d eighteen , was charged with stealing a gT > wn , Ae property of his mother , a poor widow liring in John-street , Tot ^ enhain-cojirt-road . The magistrate asked tbe mother if she wished to proserut * him ? Tbe mother , after some hesitation , asked the masristrate if he could not inflict some summary punishment ? The magistrate said be had it not in has power . He must either send him for trial or dismiss him . During this time the prisoner was sobbing , and , when he saw his mother hesitate , implored her no ; to let him be sent for trial , promising never to offend her again . The mother , whose feelings and judgment seemed to be struggling foT the mastery , at length said : — " J < o , James : you have been a Isad son to me . 'When I had bat KtUeyou stole that little from me . I have often forgiven , but I -win now prosecnte Ton . " The prisoner ajain besought her , but she turned
a deaf ear to his entreaties . The Magistrate : You axe then determined to prosecute him * Mother : Tes . Tbe Prisoner , when he saw her purpose fixed , became despe-Tate . * ' Ton -will proseem * , -anil von V he said , turning ta his parent : then I must declare you have been my Ttdn . Ton threw me into rice and crime , and when I "was earning my bread honestly you threw me out of my employment . ' The masristraie asked him if he could prove that ? Prisoner : Prove it ? yes : she looks rerr mSd , but The truth is , she keeps a common house . The mother , who seemed shocked at the aeeoKation , Bolemnly denied it , but the magistrate ordered the police to make some inquiries before the final disposal of the case . In quirie ? v . ere made , from which it appeared that the pro-• ecntrrx is 2 hard-working poor woman , earning an honest 3 ivelihood . She had formerly been in good circumstances , and the prisoner contributed very much to hex ruin by Tits constant thefts and habits of profligacy . The son ' s charge ¦ was -false . He was fullv comrnitttii for trial .
MA 5 S 10 > f IIOCSE . . "Wxdjcisdaj . —Tee Fat _ ix Accldivt i > - ThbixdsniiMijin . —Richard 5-arj : ood , the driver of an orand cart , was broughi before the Lord Mayor , charged ¦ wit h having been instrumental to the death of a man named Dean , in Threadiseedje-street , on the evening of Tuesday . The particulars of ibis , case will be found under -die head of " Accidents , Ofiences , 4 c . " Among the witnesses examined was Thomas Kyte , one of the labonring men employed by Mr . Cbadwick , the surveyor , to repair Threadneedle-strett , who stated that he placed the stones in the street , and they might have projected into the carriage-way about two feet , but there was a great deal of room for all vehicles . Tbe Lord Mayor : 1 co not see that I can allow you to be sworn , as your statement is calculated to affect yourself . Subsequently the Lord Mayor ordered Kyte into enstody , who was remanded till Friday . Bail was taken for the appearance of
SaTErood-FXIDAT . THI THIXADSUDlX-ErXHT ACCIDIWT . £ yte , the servant of Mi . Cbadwick , the surveyor , and Saxgood , the driver of the errand-cart which caused the death of a poor man named Dean , in Threadneedle-street , a few flays ago , by turning over upon >™ tti when he -was drawing a troci , underwent another examination before the Lord ~ Mayor . Mr . Chadwick attended , and stated that he deeply lamented the accident , but he could not see how it conld have been avoided . The Lord Mayor : It is a serious case . JL poor man , who has left a wife and children , has lost his life evidently in consequence of the manner in which stones
¦ were laid in the carriage-way . The foreman of the jury has been with me this morniHg , and loM me that the . stones stood neaiij a jard npon the carriage-way , and that the J ury- were for a considerable time in doubt whether they should not return a verdiet of manslaughter against Mr . Chadwick ^ s man . "What is to become of the family of the deceased ?—Mr . Chadwick said there was no other place in ¦ which to deposit stones intended for mending the pavement , and that the stones were piled up as carefully as possible . —The Lord Mayor : Then certainly notice ought to be given to drivers that repairs were going forward bv means of a lantern . It is quite evident that in this
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case the driver did not see the stones . But the matter shall be represented to the commissioners of sewers . —His lordship having been informed that the verdict was " accidental death , " discharged the prisoner , but again called the attention of Mr . Chad wick to the deplorable condition of the wife and children of the deceased .
QUEEN-SQUARE . . Tutsdat . —Extexsite RoBBEBtKs . —Sarah Smith , a middle-aged "woman , underwent a lengthened examination on several charges of robbery . The prisoner had been for the last four or five years engaged as a charwoman at the houses of several respectable persons at Chelsea and Brompton , and availed herself of the opportunity so afforded to plunder her employers to a considerable extent . The police found m her bouse upwards of £ 50 in gold and silver , an acknowledgment for £ 110 , lent by her to a friend , a gold watch , some gold rings , and a great deal of pi-operty of various descriptions , amongst which ¦ were many articles identified by Her landlady , and some of those who had emploved lier . Several riersons appeared and gave evidence , and identified their property . The gold -watch had been stolen from a lady . The prisoner was committed for trial on three cases .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . TVePKESDAT . RoTALTT IN TSIBDIATION . —A StOUt ¦« rell-dresBed man of colour was brought into court charged with having severely beaten one of his countrymen . The defendant , when asked for his name , in a stentor-like voice , said , " I am Prince Christopbe d'Hayti , broder to de King of BaytL" The complainant , John Harris , of Poland-street , said he had the misfortune to become acquainted with his sable highness at a time when his eschttjuer required replenishing , and feeling compassion for a fellow-countryman of bis own complexion , lie was indvn .-i-d to take him into his house and provide him an . l his suite ( among which was a female attache } ut : u ] a ds-ht had been created amounting to £ 150 . Ifis highness promised to liquidate the amount as soon i » s he obtained possession of those revenues sacred t . i the scions of Haytian royalty , and mure particularly -when he got about a million and a half of money which he declared his late Majesty , his brother , had
lodged in the Bank of "England , and left him heir . lie subsequentJy left tht- country , and the complainant had heard nothing more of him until he accidentally met him in Piccadilly the day previous . The complainant demanded bis money , instead of which he got several blows from the defendant ' s umbrella , by which his face was laid open , and he was otherwise injured . Tbe prince was required to state wh y he had conducted himself in such a plebeian manner towards his benefactor . Sare inagistraat ( said the prince ) , I only speak some Inglis dat is broke . I strike him face , ven he call me blackguard . Bah . ' date nord { gnashing his teeth with rage ) very bad word in England ; vrrv bad word in Bayti ; very bad wc-rd for prince ; \ ery bad word for 8 broder of a king . Complainant : Ty , you nebber pay me . Prince : Dere ' s de law for you , in de Bench of de Queen . Complainant : Ha ! ha 1 ha' . Sue him beggar . —Mr . Maltby fined the defendant £ 3 , and in default of payment he was committed to prison for one month ' s hard labour .
Thi Law ot DisraAisT . —A very poor woman came to ilr . Maltby to state that all her small stock of furniture and clothes had been seized for rent the previous day . Her husband , who worked at a coal-wharf , and who had last b ^ n employed at the Ranelagb-wharf , Pimlico , bad broken iiis-ancle . and this had thrown" him out of-work for some time . The children , too , had been seized with the smallpox , and the consequence of these heavy afflictions was that they had run into arrear of rent amounting to 52 f . While she was out on Tuesday afternoon , lending a charitable hand to clean the room of a sick neighbour , the
landlord put in a broker and made a leyj , leaving a man in possession . There was besides the 52 s . for rent a charge of Ss . for levy , and although the man in possession had only i-ntt-red upon his office about four o ' clock the previous da ; . and it was not more than one o ' clock yesterday when thi- poor woman made her application , a period of about seventeen hours , be had contrived to make out a . claim <> f 5 s . for two days' possession , being at the rate of 2 s . 6 d . per day . "Mr . Maltby directed inquiry to be made into the ca-r . which was done and found to beoue of great di-sriturioii The constable was commissioned to make
the best terms he could with the landlord , and the applicant received 5 s . for present need , with an intimation that something more substantial should be done for her . FsiBAi . — ' ¦ ChaBge ! Cbestex , Charge : '"—Edward Murray , a veteran ? oldier-looking man , between fifty and siity years of age . was charged with bein ^ drunk , aud incapable of taking care of himself . l * ulice-c « jnstable 2 io . £ " --f the C division , stated that between twelve and one o ' clock this morning he found the defendant in Wardour-street excessively drunk , and supporting himself against the shutters of a shop window . Witness asked liim if he lived thtr <>; he replied " X ... ; " but afterwards said he r .-= § i 3 « l lip the strevt . "Witness said , " ^ Vhii-h is
the h"us-- " Th « : defendant t-iud , ' The glorious 42 d ' . Waterloo : ' barge ! charge : " Witness seeing him so disorderly . < harj : ed him accordingly at the station-house . Mr . Hardwiek : What have you to say , sir , in answer to the charge against yon of being drunk and incapable of takin ? care mi yourself ? Defendant : Mvjroodsir . the fact is this ; I served in the 4 "id—that is , 1 had the honour to do so—with main brave fallows , at the memorable battle of Waterloo . It is . I believe , allowed that the 42 d -di-1 their d'lty therr . Mr . Hard % vick : I shall discharge ion : but d . T . '! come here nzain in the same character . I > t-feii'lant : 1 thank v <>' .: sir : but I hoj * you 'rill have ! h < - candour to admit tlu-. i the 42 d ahvavs do thi-ir dun .
THAMES POLICE . TflriiDir . —A JIaud Cast . —A man , who gave no name , addressed his worship , stating that he wished to make a cumi'laint ariMiijr out of the loss of the Hero , which had been wrecked on Sunday night off Harwich , "vZifn all svui- on board , except one , who wa « then pre-> rni with bin ; in the court , perished . Hen- the applicant turned round and j > oiiited to a weather-beaten looking - * aman , who st .-t-mi- < l to have undergone mueh hardship , aud pruetrtrdt > ri to say that the account of : he calamity as it appeared in the jiajii-rs was altugeih ^ r incoirvct . The truth of tbe matter was , that the aptain , who ras ill below , gave charge of the vessel to thr mate , and that person , being in liquor at the time , crowded too mud ) sail , which led to the lo ~ s of the vessel and ail tho > e who rit-risljt-d with her . —Mr . Ballantine :
lluw < Io you know ? You were not on board , I presume ? —The applicant } said he was not , but his fun was . His > i » n was tbt- lad who bad been described in the account in t ' ie papers a ^ one of the last persons seen clinging to the jib-boom . The poor fellow , who , as he ( the father ) had seen liy the papers , would have been saved if he could hr . re held a little longer , hud never btti ) u > sea before , and considtralJ .- eij «? nse had been incurred in Jirtinp him out . Notwithstanding the representations made on this head to tbe oK-n' -r- they refuse to pa \ the wages which were due to his > on , and he wished to know whether there were any means <> f compelling them . Mr . Ballantine said it was a cas in which he could render no assistance . Th » applicant then withdrew , saying it was very hard that he should not only lose his son but also" lose the wages which were due to him .
WANDSWORTH . Mondat . — CbaBGI or Bape . —Mr . John Haycroft , a grocer and beer-shopkeeper in the Devonshire-road , Chiswick , was brought up from the New Prison , Clerkenwell , and placed before Mr . Paynter , for final examination upon a charge of feloniously assaulting Hannah Andrews , a girl only fourteen years of age , who iva 3 living with him as a servant . There were two distiuct charges of rape sworn to by the girl , but Mr . Payntcr observed , that the prisoner had better be indicted only for the first , inasmuch as in tbe second case the complainant had not made such resistance as might have been eipected from her . The prisoner , who seemed thoroughly ashamed of himself , reserved his defence , and was fully committed to Xewgatc for trial .
TsriSDAT . —A Si . ngulab Cafe . —Yesterday John BigneO and Anne Bigneii , described on the charge-sheet as man and wife , were placed in the dock , before Mr . Paynter , charged with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel , the property of Thomas Warr , of Bedfont , Middlesm . The singularity in this case was that ihe owner of the property , when he discovered his loss , instead of acquainting the police , employed a young woman to go in pursuit of the thieves , and the tact and perseverance that this female exhibited would have done credit to any con-Stable in the metropolitan police force . Mr . Paynter remanded the case until Tuesday , at the same time remarking that the woman Legg had performed a most extraordinary action , and that she deserved great credit for what * h « had done .
BOW-STREET . Fbidat . —Robbzet iu ' tbe Pab . x . — This ' day , two young female * , named Maria Rose and Maria Wetherall , who have been repeatedly in the custody of the police for various offences , were brought before Mr . Jardine , charged with . stealing from the person of John Hardy , a tailor , residing in Brt-wer-street , Golden-square , a silver watch , value £ 4 10 s ., while he wa * passing through the mall in St . James ' Park , on Thursday night . The prisoners were -fully committed for trial
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT . NoTTrHGHj&i , Dec 16 . — The Late Fatal Rail-way Accident . —This morning , on his lordship taking Ms seat upon the bench , Robert laghtfoot , stationmaster at Nottingham , was arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for that he , on the 21 st of November last , in the parisL of St . Mary , did Mil and slay John Dean . The prisoner , in a firm and distinct voice , pleaded not gmlty . Robert Lightfoot , and Jonathan Haven , station-master at Beeston , were then arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for manslaughter , death of Bolestrid
the former as causing the James ge , the hitter as being present , aiding and assisting therein . The grand jury for the town had ignored this bill on Saturday . Both prisoners haTing pleaded not jruilty , Mr . 'Wildman , vho held the brief for the prosecution , stated that in that case the jury were aware the b 31 had been thrown out , and under those circumstances it was not usual , unless there were some peculiarities about a case , to proceed with the inquiry . Certainly he ( Mr . Wildman ) did not find any circumstances in the present case that would justify him in departing from the usual course , as his o ' wn opinion was , that if the inquiry was proceeded with he could not reasonably expect , after
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consuming a " great quantity of time , to lay before them such facts as would induce them to come to the conclusion that beyond all reasonable doubt the prisoners had been guilty of gross and culpable negligence ; and , if there had been nothing more than an error of judgment , it would of course be their duty to find a verdict of acquittal . He ( the learned counsel ) , on looking at the evidence , could not but feel that in that case , although the prisoner Lightfoot might have been guilty of an error of judgment , still it was an error of judgment in which his own life was as much risked as that of any other person ; for it ap-Seared that so far from wishing ta neglect his duty , e left the place where he might have continued , and exposed his : own person in order to prevent the
nossibility of a disaster occurring , which it was no part of his duty to prevent . Under these circumstances , feeling that Mr . Lightfoot might have been , and perhaps was , the cause of the accident under a most unfortunate error ; of judgment , still it was impossible for him ( Mr . Wildman ) to say on his own private opinion that the prisoner had been guilty of culpable negligence ; therefore , he should not offer any evidence against him , and it would be the duty of the jury to find a verdict of not guilty . Mr . Justice Pattcson observed , there being no evidence offered , the jury could do none other but return a verdict of acquittal in favour of both parties . The foreman of the Jury : Not guilty ; my lord . Mr . Justice Patteson then addressed Mr . Lightfoot as follows : —Mr . Robert
Lightfoot , you understand the proceedings in this case ; that there was an indictment preferred respecting the death of James Bolestridsre to the grand jury of the town of Nottingham , which indictment they ignored . No evidence is offered against you with reference to the coroner ' s inquisition which sat on the body of James Bolestridge , and none will be offered , I dare say , in the case of Dean ; indeed , I think it probable no bill will be preferred in' that case , though that was in the county . Mr . "Wildman : — No , my lord , no bill will be preferred . Mr . Justice Pattcson :. Then the recognisances may be disc-harged , so there is an end to this prosecution 1 am very glad this inquiry has taken place . I am quite sure that the termination of this
prosecution is that which law and justice fully require . I cannot pretend to say there was not an error of judgment on vour part ; but it is clear everything , that was done oy you was done to prevent the mischief taking place which did occur , owing probably to a misunderstanding between you and another person . It seems to me that every person on a railway , and in almost every other situation in life , would do well m to step out of the strict line of their duties . If you ha 1 not done so , this accident might not have occurred , as I understand it was no part of your duty to have left the Nottingham station at all . That was an error
in the first instance ; and the second error , if there was any , seems to be this , that although feeling pcrsaaded , and as far as I can judge with very good reason , that the train coming from Nottingham would come on its proper line , and that that line would be free , still you did not wait to make it ouite certain at the Beeston station . It would have been better to have waited , as it appears the train coming from Nottingham , whichever line it came on , was overdue at Beeston station , therefore it would have been better had you waited a few minutes . Mr . Lightfoot then stepped from the dock , and immediately left the court .
NORFOLK CIRCUIT . Bvst St . Edmvnd ' s , Dec . 16 . —The U . isleuam Mvuder . —William Howell , aged 28 , was indicted for the murder of James M'Fadden on the 30 th of July last , and Walter Ilowell , aged 21 , and Israel Shipley , aeed 38 , stood charged with being present , aiding and abetting in the said murder . This trial , to which great public interest aud importance were attached , was at length brought to a close tliis day , after having occupied the attention of the court and jury for nearly three days . The unfortunate man , whose death was charged to have been caused by the prisoner , was by birth an Irishman , by persuasion a Roman Catholic , and by occupation a policeman , his station being on the coast of the eountv . at Kessindand . around which
lie the villages of Gisleliain , Muttbrd , and Hulver : the latter Wing the residence of the prisoners , who occupied two rottages under one roof . The neighbourhood was well selected for a " station , " as it was known to be infested by a gang of thieves , whoi-e depredations were characterised both bv their extent and audacity , as well as by the unusual numbers supj > o 6 e < l tube engaged in them . It became , therefore , a primary object with the police to put down their'doings , and , as a means to this end , there is very little doubt that the deceased , who was distinguished for his address and activity , had gained the confidence of a woman named Harriet Botwright , whose brother was tried and transported for arson at the assizes for this county , and whose connexions might verv likelv be sui'poseu
to be among the members of the gang . Accordingly , information was given , no doubt by her , that tlie burglars had formed a desigu of attacking , on a large scale , the premisea of Mrs . Button , a lady who qci-upies an old moated farm-man . sion , known as Tiislc haui-hall , in the month of July , soon after the trial of their associate ; so little cilect would the punishment of others seem to have on the courses of professed thieves . A watch was therefore set almost nightly on the liall , it being understood between the police and their informant , that she should give such more precise intelligence of tho movements of the gang ; us her acutoness and observation might place within her reach . Nothing , bowever , occurred till Sunday , the 29 th of the month ,
when the-expected information was given ; and , that being so , it is to be regretted , for t ;> e sake of the deceased , that to a single individual was intrusted a duty which required numbers for its adequate discharge , lie ulone , however , repaired to the hull at nightfall , and , bidding the folks good night , commenced his * ' watch and ward . " The hall is somewhat peculiarly situiitoil , there being . 1 double moat around it ; the outer one embracing among other buildings a large barn , in which there was a quantity of undressed w heat , the produce of x \ long thrashing ; a fact no douM well known to the marauders , whose depredations were generally confined to such objects . This barn w ; is Felt on the Saturday afternoon safely locked u \ i us usual , and , exercising his secret intelligence , M' l ' adden
placed himself within a giite lending into the garden , whence he could command the only approach to the barn , either from the house or from the country beyond the moat . Nothing was heard or seen of him by " the family till half-past twelve or one o ' clock in the morning , when Mrs . button was aroused from her sleep by a noise which , in her alarm , she not unnaturally construed into an attempt to break into the liaek kitchen ; but her niece , who lay with her , not only recognized in it the voice of their protector , but al » o correctly surmised that lie was speaking in pain . On their going down stairs the poor fellow was found without his great coat and boots , covered w-ith dirt , and stretched across the door-way , almost insensibk' , and weltering in his blood , which flowed freely from
his body . His first exclamation was , " O ! I am shot ^— I " am dying : they have shot me . " On being questioned he further stated that he knew tfie man who had shot him and mentioned the name of " ilowell . " Being immediately placed on a bed and strengthened with some brandy and water , a doctor was sent for , and at an early " hour , at his earnest request , and with the sanction of the doctor , he was removed on a featherbed in a tumbril to his lodgings at Kessingland , where he arrived weak , exhausted , and much depressed in spirits , constantly asserting that " it was all up with him "— " that this would do for him , " and shaking his head with a groan , when a seeond medical man cheered and encouraged htou to look forward to his recovery . On being examined ,
his wound did not , though a very severe one , warrant any serious apprehension of a fatal result . It , however , appeared to have been inflicted by a discharge of largish shot from a gun which must have been held above and within a few feet ot his left thigh , as there was a large hole of two or three inches in it near to the hip-joint , while there were marks of a few single shots around it . From the time of his return home , every exertion and attention was called in to his aid which human skill could suggest ; but towards the afternoon of Tuesday it was evident to the Burgeon , Mr . Prentice , that he eoulil not long survive , as emphysema had token place , for air had been introduced iuto the wound , the result of inflammation , while his nervous system had
sustained a shock too powerful for it to overcome . Just before that time he bad adieu to the wife and infant child of his inspector , the latter of whom he shook by the hand , saying , "" I shall never see you again , my man , " and eventually expired at nine o ' clock oh that night . During the early part of that and the preceding day , he had made repeated statements to Inspector Lark and others as to the circumstances attendant on his wound , which the learned judge did not deem to be admissible , as not coming within the principle which made such declarations evidence ; but about two hours before his death , after the surgeon had advised that he should make a deposition before a magistrate , Lark , the inspector , again spoke to him , when he expressed his readiness to do
so , and added , " not yet . He was then asked whether he would like to send for a priest ; to which he said " no ; it would be no use now . " Lark then informed him that the magistrates had given orders that " every care should be taken of him , and that they had resolved that if he survived and lived a cripple , provision should be made for him . " In answer to this the dying man said , " it ' s of no use ; 1 shan't want it . " Soon afterwards Lark said to him , " You are dangerously , if not mortally wounded . " On which he grasped his hand and turned his head aside ^—conduct which impressed his officer with a belief that he was sensible of his
approaching end . Under these circumstances it -was proposed generally to give in evidence the declarations of the deceased , but his lordship rejected at once all those ¦ which preceded the last two hours of hk life , leaving it to the learned counsel for the defence to call such evidence as they mig ht think proper , in order to determine the collateral issue as to the admiBsibility even of those later statements ; * cordingly there was called for the prisoners , the Rev , H . Brigham , who deposed as follows : —I am Catholic priest of this town . It is certainly incumbent on every Catholic who knows himself to be dying to send for a priest to receive extreme unction , -provided he wishes to make
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his peace with God . Previously he would receive confession and the hol y communion , if thore were time , and if he be in a state which requires confession . Every Catholic would do so , unless he were dead to all sense of religion . Cross-examined by Mr . O'Malley : —Extreme unction is not necessary for salvation , nor accounted so by the strict doctrines of the Church of Rome . If a Catholic refused it when offered , 1 should say he was not in a way of salvation , or not a Catholic . T / he value of that ordinance is not diminished by insensibility . If there had been no expression of repentance , or a wish to see a priest , I should hesitate , if I knew that the person had not confessed or conformed to the Catholic faith . No pious Roman Catholics'differ in their estimation of
the value of confession , communion , and extreme unction . There are different degrees , of course , of piety and adherence to forms in ours , as in all other churches . Re-examined v Catholics , in danger of death , however lax in their faith , always send for a priest . I never knew of a case to the " contrary . Mr . Ciurdon haying called a witness to show that the deceased bad attended a Protestant and Methodist place of worship on several occasions , and that the priest nearest tht > station was many miles distant ; Mr . Prenderpast then submitted that the statements of the decmsed were not admissible under the circumstances , as lie had declined the offer of a priest ; by no act done , or testamentary direction given by him , could it be clearly and unequivocjilly asserted that he was
impressed with the belief of approaching death . Tbe learned counsel cited several cases in support of this opinion . Mr . Justice Williams overruled the objection , and expressed his determination to receive the statements of the deceased , reserving a case for the judges if necessary . James Lark was then examined as to the statement of the deceased not long preceding his death , and he proved , that having asked him if he was correct in mentioning the individual he had before named to him as the man who had shot him , the deceased answered , "Yes , it was Ilowell [ the Christian name had been previously mentioned and was excluded by the learned judge's ruling ] ; he lives at Hulver . The man that shot me wore an old policeman's hat and a lone velvet coat
to bis knees . I should know him if I saw him again ; such and such persona [ who were suggested to him ] might have been there , but Ilowell shot me . " In the course of this , and indeed of all the other . statements which were excluded , it is to be observed that the name of Harriet Uotwright was never mentioned by the deceased as having been present with him in the garden , nor was any account given of the circumstances which attended his death . As to the latter , they may bo Gathered from the evidence of two men in the employ of Mrs . Button , who found the barn had been plundered when called up at "ne o ' clock in the morning , and soon after discovered in the garden the upper coat and Blucher boots of the deceased : On searching the premises bevond the
outer moat his cutlass was found in the adjoining close , much battered with shot marks , and lying close by . a saek of wheat ; further on , just on the brow of a ditch , were seen the . indentations produced by the figure of a man , with his arms stretching upwards , as if he had fallen back . In the bottom ot the ditch were traces of blood , and on the ton of the opposite bank were footsteps of several people , and a quantity of wheat , which had evidently been shot from sacks . It would thus appear that the deceased had observed the completion of the robbery , and , taking off his coat and boots , had dogged tile thieves till he was discovered , or disclosed his presence , as they were making off with their plunder , and doubtless received his death-wound from some one standing close above
him , as ho was endeavouring to ascend the bank in pursuit ; after which he must , by slo % v degrees , and with great agony , have ; dragged his bodv round the moat to the backdoor , where he aroused Mrs . Button with his groans . On the Thursday aftw his death a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against William Ilowell , who was forthwith taken up . For some time after that no further steps were taken by the police ; hut in consequence of information from Harriet Botwright , Shipley and Walter Ilowell , as well as five other men , were apprehended on the oth of November last . At that time , however , the girl only stated that she had seen them altogether about eleven o ' clock on the fatal niglit , and the last named parties were discharged . She afterwards made considerable additions to her to > timenv , the result
of which was that Walter Ilowell and . Shipley were again apprehended and finally committed to : take their trial with William jlpwell . The woman Botwright and several other witnesses were examined for the prosecution , who plainly proved the guilt of the accused . Mr . l ' renaer ^ ast addressed the jury for the defence , and this day ( Monday , ) his lordship summed up . The jury retired , and , after a short absence , returned into court with a verdict of—Guilty . Ills lordship then , in the usual terms , passed sentence of death upon all the prisoners . At the conclusion of his lordship ' s address , Walter Ilowell emphatically asserted that all the witnesses against him were liars ; but the other two , especially Shipley , seenied quite overcome by a seuxe of their dreadful situation .
Nonwi-cu , 1 ) E ( . ]\\ . —Intendiahism . —George Dye , aged 17 , was indicted for wilfully and maliciously settinjr fire to a wheat ^ stack , tho property of' iJ .-mJeJ Watson , of Larling . The prosecutor is an innkeeper , and on the night of the lire the prisoner and five other men had lieen spending the evcnini : at the prosecutor ' s house . Shortly after Jcavinj ; the . house the wheat-stack was discovered to be in a blaze . The prisoner was apprehended on suspicion , but afterwards discharged ^ Subsequently he confessed to a constable that himself and nvo others were engaged in the fire . He also confessed to the commission of several other lircs , not being aware that the party he was confessing to \ v ; is a constable . He was consequently airain taken into custody , tin his trial the prisoner told the jury that the constable had spoken falsely ; but tin-jury thought otherwi .-c , and found the prisoner Guilty . Sentence deterred .
. 'Another Incenimarv , —William Medlar , aired -37 , was indicted . for wilfully and maliciously sctlirti ; tire to . 1 stack of wheat , the properly of' Robert S .-nmiel Thorne . Bunzh next Aytshatn . The prisoner had been apprehended on suspicion , a few hours after the fire . The prisoner ' s shoes , were taken oil' and compared with the impressions in the field , and they corresponded in every respect . The cottage of the prisoner was searched , and part of a box of lnciftrmatciies was found on the mantel-piece , and the matches corrcspomUH ] in colour and ilij > with 011 c that was found in the ditch of the wheat field , near tlie gap leading ? from the stack-yard . The jury found flic prisoner Guilty . Sentence deferred .
WESTERN CIRCUIT . Kxeteu , Dec . -17 . —Inoemuamsm . —John Bendle , a miserably-ci « d and lame man , was convicted of having , oil the niglit of the 27 th of September last , set fire to a rick of oats , the property of John Land . He was sentenced to be transported for life .
NORTHERN CIRCUIT . : YonK , Dec . 13 . —Sentence of J . S . Maddison , LATE SlTElUNTENDEST OF RdRAL POLICE . — Uis lordship ( Mr . . Justice Coleridge ) sentenced Maddison , convicted on Monday last of embezzlement , to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour . The learned Judge , in the course of his remarks to the prisoner , observed that he should certainly have transported him had it not been that the Committee of the Rural Police Association had exhibited considerable carelessness in their money matters .
Sentence upon the Bradford Rioters . — John O'Brien , Thomas llogaii , Daniel Donovan , Daniel Power , and William Quiii , convicted at the last assizes of manslaughter at Bradford ; ami also . lnhn M'Cnnn , convicted at the present assizes , were called oh to receive sentence . The learned judge ( Coleridge ) addressed the prisoners at some length , remarking that their crime was manslaughter of the most grievous description , which called for the heaviest punishment the law awarded for that offence . They were wholly unfit for the society of this country , and wholly unfit to enjoy the'liberty they had once had . They would live in a foreign land , in a condition little better than that of slaves , but he ( the learned judge ) trusted they would remain there long enough to repent having caused the death of a fellowcreature . The sentence upon them was that thev . be transported beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives .
Alfred Ilawke and Thomas Woolhouse , who had been out on bail , were charged with having , at Sheffield , thrown some explosive substunce into the dwelling-house of Joseph Almond , with intent to murder ortlohim some grievous bodily harm . The indictment also contained a count for a common assault . The prosecutor , on being examined , would not swear to the prisoners ; the ease was accordingly at once abandoned , and his lordship intimated that he should not allow the prosecutor ' s costs . Liverpool , Deo . 1 G . — Murder at Salford . — Thomas Stew was indicted for the wilful murder of Alice Nolan , at Manchester , by cutting her throat . It appeared from the statement of counsel that the deceased worked at a flax mill in Saliord , and that About ten o'clock on the night of Sunday , the 7 th of July , she was seen to put her hand to her throat in Brig-street , Salforu , apparently in great pain , and that on reaehiner Harrincton-street she fell . On
examination it was found that her throat had been cut almost from ear to ear , and that , from its appearance , the wound could not have , been inflicted by herself . In order to shew that the prisoner was connected with the transaction , it appeared that the deceased and himself had been acquainted with each other for some time ; that he kept her company with the view of marrying her , and that he had applied to her to know whether she would become his wife . On Sunday , the 7 th July , they passed the whole day together , and about six o'clock on that evening they went to the house of a Mi's . Sarah Shepherd , in Cook-street , Salford , where some few words , not of an amicable nature , seemed to pass between them . Presently , however , they made up their differences , and were as good friends as ever ; and then the prisoner rushed out , and borrowed a razor and shaving-brush at the house of a neighbour named Hugh Broadhurst , with the intention , as he said , of shaving himself . lie then returned to Shepherd ' s ,
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and about nine o ' clock the same night deceased and himself left together , and after that time the young woman was never seen alive by her friends . What became of them from nine to ten o'clock was not exactly known , but' about ten a man and a woman were seen at the cornier of a street , and one main inquiry in the case appeared to he whether the persons then standing together were the prisoner and the deceased . There was no doubt that the female was the deceased , and the description of the man exactly answered that of the prisoner . The conversation that passed between them was ] partly overheard . The man called her by the name ! of Alice , and she addressed him by the name of Tom , and those were the usual terms of familiarity with ! which they called each other . The
subject of conversation had reterence to their marriage . She said she would not marry him for six months at least ; and this answer appeared to have disappointed the prisoner . Very shortly after , the deceased was seen to put her hand to her throat' and to fall in the street , and at the same moment the prisoner was observed to run in the direction of Shepherd ' s house . About ten minutes after ten o ' clock he passed up Shepherd ' s entry , singing and dancing "Jim along Joe , " and then he rushed into Shepherd ' s housp , crying out , "Here goes it—here I ' 11 die . " Immediately after having said this he made a sort of a stumble forwards , and inflicted a deadly wound on his tliroat with the razor he had borrowed from Broadhursi . The wound , though not fatal ,
was nevertheless a very dangerous one , and it was only lately that ; he had recovered from the effects . Several witnesses were examined to prove the ca _ se . Mr . James addressed the jury for the prisoner , going minutely through the evidence , and contending that there was nothing in it that could justify the jury in saying , beyond any reasonable doubt , that it was the hand of the prisoner at the bar which inflicted the wound of whichithe unfortunate woman died- On the other hand , if satisfied on the point , they must consider whether the prisoner was of sane mind when committing the deplorable act . The learned counsel at great length contended that the prisoner had been in a state of insanity ; and in support of this opinioii called Mr . Chalmers , surgeon to the gaol , who testified
as to his belief in , the insanity ot the prisoner during a considerable portion of the time he had been under his care . His lordship summed up , and stated that of late years the ; plea of insanity had been set up on very weak grounds . If a man showed any peculiarity , or had any unreasonable quarrel with his relations or friends , it was mmlc : i ground for representing him as insane . To establish that plea , however , they must be satisfied that the party was at the time the " offence was committed , unable to distinguish right from wrong . His lordship then went through the facts as they bore upon the question , whether the prisoner baa , in fact , caused the death of the deceased . The jury , aft it a short absence from the box , returned a verdict of—Guiltv . His lordship then proceeded to
pass sentence upon tbe prisoner . Towards the close of his lordship ' s address the unhappy man sank back , apparently partially insensible , in the arms of the turnkeys . At tile close of the sentence he seemed to wake , as it were , from a dream , and clinging to the front of the doc , k , endeavoured to address the court , but ; i few hoarse junintelligiblc whispers- were all that could be hcard-4-his tonj u ; - refused its office , and he was led half fainting- from the dock . At the . same moment some person at the back of the dock was seized with a h ' tj apparently of epilepsy , and his cries and struggles ljvrc appalling . Tlie crowd endeavouring to rush ] to ti . e fp .-t increased the confusion , and it was only by great exertions on the part of . the officers in attendance that the unfortunate man was
carried Iran the court , and order finally restored . Durham , Dec . ! 17 . —Shootiko with Intent to Kill . —Robert Brown , aged 2 ~ > , and George Muckleroyd , aged 28 , were charged with having , on the 25 th ' of luly last , at Waldridjre , feloniously fired off a gun into the house of John Walker , with * intent to'kill the said John Walker and Is .-il > ella his wife . On the night in question , betwc •¦ twelve and one o'clock , the prosecutor vfiin awakent-u by the report of a jzun fired in at the window of the room where he and his wife slept , and Tic immediately perceived that he was bleeding , and that he had been wounded in different parts of the body ; and th . 'it his wife also had received several wounds . j The jury found the prisoner Brown fTiu'lty , but acquitted Muckleroyd . Brown was sentenced to be transported for fifteen vears .
OXFORD CIRCUIT . Stafford , De < . \ 10 . —The Acoley Murder . —Paul Downing , aged 1 ' j , and Charles Powys , aged 17 , were indicted lor the wilful murder of William Coopor , at Audlcy , on !? uijiday night , the ith of August last . Tlie deceased , ; i sawyer I > t trade and 2 ii years of -ajfe , resided with his father , 1 hoiniis Cooper , an undergainekeeperto . Sir Thomas Bougliey , 011 the baronet ' s estates at Audley , about im miles from Newcastleunder-Line , where he was in the habit of accompanying the keepers in their hazardous duties .: The prisoners are cousins < u ; , the sous of labourers , also living at Audley , a parish of considerable extent , in which they are all well known as poachers . of considerable audacity . The prosecutor , Thomas Cooper ,
had on tour occasions luh \ informations "against Downing for offences under the liuinc L . iws , and this prisoner was released liam Stafford Jioase of Correet ion after ah imprisonineut of two months , under one of these convictions , on the day preceding the murder , l ' owys and a still younger brother wvro also brought before the magistrates , for trespassing in ^ -pursuit of game on the lands of Sir Thomas Bouglipy , but th »; charges were not pressed on account ot' their youth , and they were subjected only to a repririnand from the magistrates . On the night cf Sunday , the 4 th of August , about twenty minutes after twelve o ' clock , the father of the-deceased was disturbed by th < ' report of a gun , accompanied by a jjierciujf stream in the direction oi" his
back-door , and ; on eonim * immediately' down staira discovered the lifeless body of his son stretched across the threshold , with murks of blood on the door , the wall , and the ] ground . Several neighbours were speedily summoned , . sonic of wliom went on the wellmeant but useless errand lor a surgeon , some started ! or the police , { and others remained to comfort the agonized parents . The spot on which this atrocious act hadj been perpetrated was an enclosed yard , overlooked by no window from the cottage ; and from a well-executed model of the premises produced on the trial , it \> : \ s evident that the fatal s-hot could havy been tired only in one directionover a low waJl U'hind ; in unoccupied dog-keunel . On immediate ! examination of the premises
foottracks were discovered , and it was speedily ascertained that the murder had been committed by two persons , who had made their escape by a eirenitous route across | the meadows , where their eourse through the heavy dew could be easily tracked by the immediate puj-suei-s . On this alleged line of retreat , which took ajdirection towards the house of the father of tlie prisoner l ' owys , footsteps , more or leas perfect , of twrt persons , wearing shoos of different sizes , had evidently been made by the murderers , and some tracks were found in a less perfect state in a direction towards the spot whence the gun was fired . To affect the prisoners by these steps , impressions were made alongside these original toot-tracks , all of which as to width , length , and nail-marks .
in the opinion ] of the coroner , the police , and other parties , exactly corresponded and appeared to them to have boen made by the same shoes . The evidence , which was wholly of a circumstantial character , appeared to satisfy the jury as to the guilt of the accused , as , aft < ir an absence of nearly an hour , they returned into Icourt with a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners ] accompanied with a recommendation to mercy , "as ; far as mercy was consistent with the ends of justice . " The Learned Judge then passed sentence of death on the prisoners . He could hold out to them no hopes of mercy . The trial occupied the entire of Monday , and until five o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon ;! During the whole of the proceedings the prisoners | evinccd the utmost indifference ; nor was their firmness in the least shaken when the awful sentence was pronounced .
Stafford , Dec . 19 . —The Wolverhampton Case . —Child Muitoer . —This case , which appears , to , have created a great sensation , uot only in tins county , but throughout England , came on for trial this morning , after being twice postponed . Jane Railton , aged 32 , was indicted for concealing the birth of her cliild , at Wolverhampton , in the month of October last ; and Jo ' . n Sheriff , [ aged 28 , and James Hildreth , aged 38 , were charged ] with aiding and abetting her in such concealment . ! The particulars must be fresh in the recollection of our readers . The result of the trial wa « , that after the examination of a great number of witnesses , Miss Railton , not being a poor unfortunate , like Mary Furley , and the other prisoners being , like Mrs . Tyrwhitt , " highly respectable' . " were Acquitted . J
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Dec . 17 . —The second December session for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Court-house , plerkenwell-green . Fortune-telling . —A remilsive-looking woman , named Keziah Marten , aged thirty-three years , was indicted for stealing a shawl , the property of Sarah mu ™ case presented the usual features of gullibility on ; the one side , and of artful and cunning deception upbn the other . The prosecutrix , a remarkably pretty and interesting-looking girl , about seventeen years of age , was ih the service of a gentleman named Moore , who resided in the neighbourhood of Old Brentford , and en the 2 nd of the present month the prisoner went to Mr . Moore ' s house , and
was Drougiitjby the prosecutrix into the kitchen . The prisoner ^ after going through the usual cant and legerdemain jwith eards , which is one of the principal itemB of j the stock-in-trade of such impostors , demanded some money . The poor simple girl replied , that she had only 2 d . about her , which she gave to the prisoner , who then said if the prosecutrix would have half-a-crown for her in five days she would come back at the end of that time and ensure her a most respectable and "likely" young man as a husband , with a large property . At this time the shawl was lying upon a chair in the . kitchen , and was missed almost immediately after the departure of the prisoner . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty . —Sentence respited .
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_ Death of the Eccentric " Billy Babloit . "Destitution in SpiTALFiEtDs . — Ou Thursday Mr Baker held an inquest at the Queen ' s Bead , Fashionstreet , bpitalfields , on view of the body » f Benjamin Sarjeant , alias " BUly Barlow , " aged 30 , the wellknown street representative of the American " Jim Crow , who died m a miserable attic at No . 53 , Flower and Dean-street , m the same parish , under the Mow ing circumstances of destitution : —It appeared from tneevidence that for some years pastthe deceased had been earning a precarious livelihood by representing the character of Jim Crow in the streets , for which purpose he used to blacken his face . He wag of the most harmless manners ; but while playing the part of " Jump Jim Crow" he was freQuentlv
ill-used by the boys in that neighbourhood . He had been ill for some time past , but nothing serious occurred till Saturday night last , when , on his return home , he complained of severe internal pains . On Monday , as these got worse , a medical gentleman was sent for , upon application at the workhouse , who , upon seeing the deceased , found him in so weak a state as not to be fit to be removed to the workhouse . He was ordered wine and nourishing diet , but the deceased was unable to take them , and . he died the following day . The deceased ' s landlord stated that he often came home with his face covered with mud and blood , from the stones thrown
at him by the boys . The room he lived in was occupied by some other persons , men and women . Mr . Attrell said that there were many rooms in the same street which had in them six double beds for a man and his wife with their children , and that as many as twenty-four were huddled together in a room . The stench on going into these houses was dreadful . There was scarcely a house in the street which was not a lodging-house . This change had taken place since the removal of Essex-street , and the other streets for the new street at that part of town . Verdict—Natural Death , accelerated by exposure to the cold .
Shocking Death from Burning . — On Thursday eveaing Mr . Higgs held at inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lmcoln ' s-inn-fields , on the body of Elizabeth Wasford , aged 3 Q , of No . 58 , Eagle-street , Red Lion-square . William Carrow , residing in the same house , said he knew the deceased , whose name was Wasford , the wife of a respectable man . On Saturday night last he heard screams , and on going into the passage saw the deceased coining towards him enveloped in tlames . With assistance he got her into the back parlour , and succeeded in DUttinc out the fire .
Tlie wife of this witness stated that the deceased wa generally a sober woman , but on the night of the accident she had taken two glasses of rum on an empty stomach , which completely overpowered her . Whilst sitting in tront of the fire , nursing her baby , her clothes caught iire . She had the presence of mind to lay the infant on the floor , and called upon another of her children to assist her in getting out the flames . The poor little fellow got the bellows and began blowing- with them , and , instead of subduing the flames , fanned them into a greater flame . A verdict of—Accidentally Burned was returned .
The Late Fatal Accident i . \ Tbreadneeblistreet . " —On Thursday evening Mr . William Payne , city coroner , held an inquest in St . Bartholomew ' s I lospitaL , on the body of Robert Dean , aged 47 years , the unfortunate individual who lost bis life by the overturning of a earner ' s cart , in Threadneedlestreet , on the evening of Tuesday last . The jury , after consulting , returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a recommendation that the Commissioners of Sewers will be pleased to grant a pension to the widow and two children of the deceased . Mysterious Death . —Thursday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the hody of Walter Stiel , of Nassau-street , Middlesex
Hospital . It appeared that the deceased went into an eating-house in Newgate-street , on Wednesday afternoon , and having been served with some roast beef and potatoes , lie commenced eating the same , when he was seized with violent retching . He , however , brought nothing off his stomach . lie was removed to the above hospital , but be died on the road thither . A post mortem examination showed that the internal portions- of the stomach were extensively inflamed , apparently the effect of some corrosive poison . A witness stated that as far as three weeks since , the deceased told him that he had taken four pennyworth of arsenic . Verdict—Death from inflammation ; but how , or by what means produced there was not Butticient evidence to prove .
Loss of a Vessel with all Hands . —We are deeply . concerned to announce the loss of the Ellen and Ann , schooner , the property of the Messrs . Harley , of this city , which was wrecked near Ardmorehead , on Friday last , and all hands perished . The vessel was commanded by Mr . T . Morgan , who was a Welshman ; she was about 150 tons burthen . —Cork Keporter of Tuesday . Cohx-Exchange , Fbidat . —The supply of English Wheat here was very limited , owing to * which , and the fair attendance of dealers , the demand for that
article was steady at fuJl Monday ' s quotations . Foreign wheat , free of duty , was in good request , and previous rates were steadily supported . The quantity of English barley was not large , yet the trade was dull , without any variation in price Foreign barley was plentiful , and the distillers supplied themselves with the best sorts at previous rates . The best tender malt was * in request , but other qualities were dull . Owing to the contrary winds , the arrivals of oats are small ; yet buyers held back , in anticipation of good arrivals . Other gflRin as on Monday .
Smjthfikld Cattle Market , Fkiday . —For the time of year we had a fair average supply of Beasts > both as respects number and quality , while the Beef trade was firm , and Monday's quotations were steadily supported . Scarcely a " single head of foreign stock was offering , while tlie receipts from Scotland were small . Sheep , the supply of which was good , met a sluggish demand , yet we can notice no alteration in prices . In calves very little was doing , yet the rates remained stationary . " Pigs were a dull sale , lui uot cheaper . Milch cows sold heavilv at from £ 16 to £ 19 each .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct687/page/8/
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