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      TKIO ^ HALL . ^ iTCBiiAT . —Riot ct Christchtkcb Workhouse . — Seven able-bodied , robust looking young fellows , covered "with Tennin and filth , avere placed at the lax before Mr . Cottinghani , charged with creating a distnrbance at the above -workhouse and threatening the life of tie porter , who stated that tlie prisoners "were admitted into the casual ward on the previous night . As soon as they were left with the other paupers ( about fifty in number ) they eommencea a complete uproar , and ill-used some of the old men that were with them . At eight o ' clock in the morning he turned them all out in . the vard , ¦ whe n the prisoners , who had been tried and convicted

      -at'the sessions about four months ago for tearing up their clothes , began to abuse him . Oneof them threw a pa 3 of water over him , and in attempting to seize iim the others knocked Mm down and kicked him . Se eventnallv got away from tiieiii , and "was in the act of calling ? or assistance , when one of them threw apiece of coal weighing about three pounds at his lead , and grazed his right ear . At that time the police came to his assistance , and prevented the prisoners from doing further mischief . They all threatened to do for him , for giving evidence against them zi i ! ie sessions . After thev had been locked up in the station-house hediseovered that nearly all the blaniets in the casual ward had been torn up hv them One of the officers connected with the workhouse

      aid -that the inhabitants had complained of the noise made by the p r isoners , who kept up a continual uproar during the ni « rht , by -calling out " ^ Iizrder" and " Fire . " The prisoners ) one and all , denied creating any disturbance , or assaulting the porter , who they said "was a perjured man . The porter said that all of them had been frequentlv brought to this court for tearing up their elothes and disorderly conduct . Mr . Cofetingham said he certainly had some recollection of them , and a more debased set of characters he never saw . Had the coal struck the porter there was no doubt it would have Mfled kim , when they would nowbe before Mm on a charge of nmrder . Ti "was useless to lecture such vasabonds , for they , only laughed at Ms advice ; lie should , therefore , commit each of them to the house of correccion for one month .

      Moxdat . —Attzscpt at Sixr-DESTBecnojf . — . Michael "Mqt ^ ti ^ a remartaHj ton thhHj usually called the Lambeth Giant , tras charged ivith attempting to throw himself off "Waterloo-bridge on Saturday Might . Policeman 172 L stated , that irhile on dntj on the "br idge , tht preceding night , about twelve o ' clock , he observed the defendant and another man stalking from 'Water ] oo-p ] ace . They were Talking Jcradlr , and the defendant ' s friend tvas holding > 7 Tm -while he was making- every exertion to break away , irhieh he iilninately did , and mounting the parapet of the bridge was abont to throw himself into the river , when he ( die policeman ) ran forward , and , seizing the skirt of his coat , dragjred nim down . The defendant appeared to him to have been drinking , and he expressed his determination to drown himself , saving , that many a better fellow than

      himself had done so , and that the bed of thejiver should be his bed that night . The defendant said that ht- had been at one uf the theatre * , "nhere he had witnessed a Terr lamentable accident , and that on quirting the house he had the folly to go afterwards into a tavern and indulge in too much brandy-and-water ; thai he had no recollection of having -mounted the parapet of the bridge to throw "himself on" ; and that he now shuddered at the idea of Ms havins attempted sn « h an act . Mr . Traill asked him if he had any person 10 be answerable for his not making a ^ imii ^ r attempt , as he was determined to make parties who acted in such a manner find bail or go to caol . The defendant answered that he bad not informed his friends of his situation , and that none of them were aware of the fliivmin into which he iiad fallen . "Vr Trail : —Then you must be locked up until you can procure sureties not to act again in a similar manner .

      The r ) g £ pTrr > : mt was then locked ap , in drfanlt of procuring the necessary bail . TrisDAT . —Captube or as Ilxktt Glass ilisrrAC-—oxt . Four men , named Pear . JTlDott , Carr , and Donovan , were placed at the bar before Mt . Trail's , charged with "beins concerned in manufacturing glass in an unlicensed house . The prisoners were found in a dilapidated house near Russell-street , the doors of which the policr forced and rushed into the house . On the upper floor they discovered a complete g 3 ass mamxatrtory in foil work , with every xtoaiate for making common decanters , chemists' bottle * , Bcent bottles , and ornaments , several of which were finished . The prisoners rushed out of the windows on to ¦ the Tool , and attempted to escape ^ bnt tbrj were pursued " bv the police and taken into custody . Mr . Traill inflicted the penaltr of £ 30 on each of the prisoners . In default of ¦ pavment thev were committed to prison for thrve month *> .

      WORSHIP-STREET . MOXDAT . rTTEBOSG BiSi MoXXT , A >* I > STB . AX-irl . ATios ysoDccxD bt S" * aixowixg a Prxsi-Pircr . —J-. hn H ^ t th ^ -aZiai Wnite , a noinrioni " smasher , " * enrrrr til base money , was charged on the polii-e slieet ivith uttering a counterfeit half-crown to Edmund Waltt-r * . a batcher , in Durham-street , Bethnal-green-roa-L FruTii the statement of police-sergeant ? TL , it apj > eajvil that on Saturday evening the prisoner entered the < hop of the mmpiniTn ^^ and in payment of = om-e tntlinsr artielv that he purchased tendered a half-crown pk-c < -, which Mr . "Walters immediately discovered to bv * p-. iri' > u > , and ou looking at the uttercx at once recognized him a * being tiit same person who had practised a similar imposition uj « jii "hi-m on the dav preceding . On b ^ ing eharged with tht

      xact , the prisoner made a sudden att * rrrn « i to re-j » . »>; -e : — himself of the coin , but in the > trosrie i : fell to ihv ground , and the batcher , the better to secure it , placed Ms foot upon it : the prisoner , finding his intention foiled . caught np one of the cleavers from the chopping-block ai : d made a tremendous cut at the Latcher , which , had m > t the prosecutor forttmntdy suceeed « -d iri evading the blow . must to a certainty have pnwJacvJ fatal cj-n > ' - > iucnces . A "riolent struggle took j'laee , and the prisoner was «» t-r . powered and given into tht custody of a policeman . "WhTIf the charge was bring taken against him , the prisoner Tnade another attempt to ? natcB the base coin from the hand of the prosecutor , bnt , instead < 3 f obtaining possession of it , he grasped a large penny-piece of the rei ^ -n of iieorge . ITL , and , -without tsamining it , . immediately put ir into his mouth , and lusdtr an encrgenc attempt ?<¦ swallow it . Thv prisoner , however , was shortly after Deferred ! ¦ _ > £ > e nearjv blaci in the isce , the I'enuv-j . ieCe

      iaving got fettrd tightlj in his gnllet : and , although a glass of waiter wxis giiru him , nad the officers struck him on ihr back , and violejitly shook him , it was all v . ithout effect , and he was tberrfvre placed in a cab and conveyed in a state of strangulation to the London Hospital , where , with considerable diffirulty , the coin was di ? l ' . » iged , and forced into the itwaarh . He is lying at the hospital , ii not in a precarious state , at all events in such a condition as at present to preclnde the possibility of his removal . It was intimated to the magistrate by two of the other * Scers that within a very brief period the prisoner has snct-essfullv uttered npTrards of twenty spurious halfcrowns and nve-shilling pitces to tradesmen in that neighbourhood , and that on searching him at the stationbouse a quantity of base coin was fuund in his possession . Hr . Brougbton gave directions to the sergeant to keep his fve tipon the case , and when the prisoner had snSciendv recovered to bring him to the court to answer the charge

      CLERKEXWELL . , ? HB 11 . ESCOCXAGXSEEST TO IXDtSTiT . Mr . COJCBX agais !—James Morgan , a grey-headed old man , was charged -Kith obstructing the public foot tvav by drawing a barrow thereon . Stanwell , a street-keeper , deposed that he saw the defendent wheeling a barrow , with some bricks in it , in Church-passage , Islington , and told him to place some boards upon which to wheel the vehicle , but he refused to do so , or to desist from wheeling the barrow . Mr . Combe said , as the passage was only a footway , he thought the boards Szanwell required Would make the nuisance greater . The prisoner said , he had not had a day ' s work for a month before the dav to which

      the officer alluded , and on that day he wheeled only two barrows full , at his master ' s request . Stanwdl said he was in constant work . The old miin declared such wa = not the case , and said , except he carried the bricks in his hand , there was -no other mode of conveying them than the one whichhe used . Mr . Combe asked ^ f that were the case ?—Stanwell admitted there was no other way by which he could convey the bricks to the place at Nchich they were Tequired Mr . Combe fined the defendant nv < - sMulng-s and the costs . The old man said he had not a farthing . Mr . Combe reduced tht penalty to two shilling * and costs . The money was not paid , and the defendant "was sent to the Hems * of Corr « -tii > Ti _

      TtTESDaT . SCESI BETWEEN A MoTHXS AX 1 ) SoS . James "Webb , aged eighteen , was charged v . ith stealing a gown , the property of his mother , a poor widow livinc in John-street , Tottenham-court-road , The magistrate asked the mother if she wished to prosecute him ! The mother , after some hesitation , asked the mairistrate if he could not inflict some summary punishment ? The magistrate said he hafi it not in his pow . r . Ht nrnst tither send him for trial or dismiss him . During this time the prisoner was sobbing , and , when he saw his mother hesitate , implored her not to let him be sent for trial , promising never to offend her again . The mother , whose feelinirs and judgment seemed to be smigsiin ;; for the masterv , at length said '— " 2 fo , James : you have been a bad son to me . When 1 had but little you stole that little from me . 1 have often forgiven , but 1 will now prosecute you . " The prisoner again besought her , but she turned a deaf ear to his entreaties . The Magistrate : Tuu are

      then determined to prosecute him ? Mother : Yes . The Prisoner , when he saw her purpose fixed , became desperate . " Ton will prosecute , will yon V he said , turning toiis parent ; *• then J must declare you have been my Tnin . Ton threw me into vice and crime s and when I ¦ was earning hit bread honestly yon threw me out of my employment . ' The mJud = tT 3 te asked him if he could prove that ! Prisoner : Prove it ? yes -. she ] ooks very mild , but the truth is . she keeps a common house . The mother , - who seemed shocked at the accusation , solemnly denied it , but the magistrate ordered the police to make some inquiries before the final disposal o 7 the case . In quiries irere made , from which it appeared that the prosecutrix is 2 hard-TVorkiiig poor woman , earning an honest livelihood- She had formerly been in good circumstances , and the prisoner contributed very much to her ruin by his constant thefts and habits of j ) ronigacy . The son ' s charge ¦ was false . He was fully committed-for trial .

      QUEEN-SQ"CARE . Tttesda ? . —Extxxstte Robberies . —Sarah Smith , a middle-aged -woman , underwent a lengthened examination on several charges of robbery . The prisoner lad been for lie Jast four or fire Tears engaged as a

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      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 in her house upwards of £ 50 in "old and silver , an acknowledgment for £ 110 , lent dv her to a friend , a gold tratch , some gold rings , and a great deal of property of various descriptions , amongst wMch were many articles identified by her landlady , and some of those vrho had employed her . Several persons 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 . vvAXDSvroRTn .

      Mosbat . —Chabge op Rape . —Mr . John Haycroft , a grocer and beer-shopkeeper in the Devonshire-road , Chiswick , was brought up from the New Prison , Clerken-¦ well , and placed before Mr . Paynter , for final examination upon a charge of feloniously assaulting Hannah Andrews , a girl only fourteen years of age , who was living with him as a servant . There were two distinct chargi-s of rape sworn to by the girl , bui Mr . Paj nter observed , that the prisoner had better be Indicted only for the first , inasmuch as in the second case the complainant had not made such resistance us might have been expected from her . The prisoner , who seeim d thoroughly ashamed of himself , reserved his defence , and was fully committed to Jfewgate for trial .

      MARLBOROVGH-STREET . ThuksDat . —Distressed Needlewomen . —A poor creature , shivering with cold , who said her name was Edwards , complained to Mr . llardwiek that she was utterly destitute , and had been denied relief at St . Giles ' s workhouse , where she had applied for shelter . Mr . Hardwick asked her what claim she had on the parish . The applicant said her husband lost his life suddenly about two years ago , and since that period she had " been living in St . Giles ' s par ish . She had endeavoured to maintain herself at needlework , but the lone hours of labour and scanty pay had so ruined her health , that latterly she had been unable , when the opportunitv of a job , wliich was now very

      seldom , presented itself , to do even as much as would pay for 4 odging . I > he had sold her clothes , and been obliged to part with her shawl the previous night to raise the pr ice oi a bed . —Mr . Hardwick recommended the case to the notice of the parish . There was a society for furnishing employment to distressed needlewomen , and as this appi-ared to be a case which came within the meaning and intention of such an institution , he should advise the parish to take the applicant into the house for a few days , let her have medical attendance , make inquiry into the truth of her story , and , if found worthy of encouragement , give her a recommendation to this society , the managers of wliich would probably do something for her . —Cole , the messencer , said this should be done .

      MARYLEBONE . Tt-esdat . —The Eccentric Frencitma > - again ' . — M . Buchoz Hilton , the tall Frenchman , who has upon more than one occasion attended at this court , as also at Bow-street , with the view of inducing the magistrates to use their best endeavours to prevail upon ner -Majesty Queen Victoria to obtain for him a large sum of ' monev alleged to be due to him from the lvinj ; of the French , for ^ valuable services performed by him ( the applicant ) during the revolution at Lyons , waited upon ilr . Long to request his advice and assistance under circumstances of a somewhat novel character .

      Mr . Long : Stand up and let me know what vou want . Complainant ( unbuttoning a large green Macintosh , and looking remarkably serious ) , —1 have been to the French ambassador , and 1 want him to give me an order to go to France , but be won ' t let me . have one . Mr . Long : 1 can ' t help it : what do you tliink I can do for you i Applicant : AD that 1 wi ? h for is to go away from this country free . Mr . Long : 1 can ' t make the ambassador give you a passport ; he will , of course , do as he thinks proper about it . Applicant : Can't you call him here before you , > ir ? Mr . Long : No . Applicant : Nor his secretary ? Mr . Long : Certainly not ; stand down ; 1 have no power to assist you . Applicant : Louis Philippe has offered a large pric * for my head , and if 1 cany" it to himself he must pay me the money for it . The Frenchman , whose singular application , combined with his jteculiarity of manner , was productive of .-omc laugbu-r , then quitted the court , evidently disappointed .

      ilA . xsKi . v IlnrsE . Wednesday . —Tni : Fatal \ r < idlnt in ThileaDNXlDii-STEiXT . —Rii-hard > aiy <" tl , the Jnut of an errand cart , was brought bt-f' > rr the L « -i > 1 Mayor . charireJ with hating been instrumental !<• tile dcatli i > l a man na ; iied l- ' ean . in Thn * adnei-dl «' - » trfi-t , •¦ n th < - * * . cuing "f T'j > -sdat . The piirricular- vi ; his c ; i--v nil ! 1 >« found uinler thi - head vf "Accidents . Off' -ni-i-s , At . " Am . jsig th . r wirnrxSi-s examine } was Tti < "ina * Kytc , "lit- of the labouring mvn employed by Mr . Cha « lwii-k . the surveyor , to repair T"hreadnex-dlf-stre < -t , « 5 m stated that lit- placed the stunt-s in the stivet , and they miirlii have projected into tlit- carriage-wax al > uut two iVet , but there was a : rrfat deal ufrr-om for all > rUrlo . The L .. r = l Mavur : I

      > i'i n"t see that 1 can all-n you to In- su .-rn , as tour - alvmeiit is ealeulated ^•* aife < -t yi « ur « - « -lf . SuJ « - * -- « iui-ntly !}; - Lurd Maynr > jnl-r > -il K _ i ! riniuoi > tmH , vvh . i « a > rr-¦ . uanded till Kridaj . Bail v . a » taken for the appearance if ^ anrO' -L

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      . MllJl ^ . i . MJ V iK Ul . Debey , I > r . f" . 11 . —A Family vt Bik ' -laus . — -Tamos Swan , aceil 2 "> , ( ieor ^ c >* . van , at' « - < i"il , Samut-l Swan . ai ; eu 2 o ^ dese-riWd a ^ lal > ourei ^ , were- eliarged with having on the 14 tli oi' July burglariou > ly lu-ukcn into the house of James Dennett , in the parish of < i ] ossop , in this county , and stolen therefrom a great vai'iety of articles ; and -Tohn Swan , the father of the abovenamed prisoners , aged 47 , and John Swan , the younger , another brother , 13 , Robert Hartley , the son-in-law , aged 2 tl , Maiy Ann Uaitley , a daughter , aged 22 , and Peggy Swan , aged 47 , the wifv of John > Vau the eldt'r " were djarged with receiving the aliove property , knowing it to have been stolen . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the three charged with burglary , and asram > t the rest , save Robert Hartley and John Swan , the younirer , whom they acijuitted . In passing senteiu-e , the Learned Judge raid it was a fearful thing U > see a whole family placed in the dm-k , charged with >•• serious an offence . A short time airo it would

      have alfected their lives ; that wsl-s not so now ; n was no lonsrer capital , at the same time it was a dreadful offence for people to break into a house , taking with them a sword and luaded pistol , which , hat ! there been any resistance , would most probably have been used . There were circumstances in the case which made him believe the robbery had long been planned . It was a sad thing to see a father ami mother bringing up a family in the way they had been br ought up , so that tliey should bring the stolen property for concealment under the parents' roof . Nothing , probably , he could say would induce reform ; he would , therefore , not waste time , but proceed at once to pass sentence . The learned Judge then sentenced James , George , and Samuel Swan to be transported for life ; John Swan , the lather , and Peggy Swan , the mother , to be transported for ten years ,- and Alary Ann Hartley to be imprisoned for one vear in the house of correction , with hard labour .

      1 > ec . ] 2 .-rMAysLArGHTER . —This morning , William Thomas Gallimore , aged forty , was found guilty of eausing the death "f Ann "Warwick . The prisoner is a surgeon at Chesterfield , and attended the deceased in her confinement ; and it was alleged that through unskilful treatment he had caused her death . SLx months' imprisonment . Nottingham , Dec I « j . —The Late Fatal Railway Accident . —This- morning , on his lordship taking his seat upon the bench , Robert Lightfoot , stationmaster at Nottingham , was arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for that he , on the 21 st of November last , h \ the parish of St . Mary , did kill and slay John ] Jean . The prisoner , in a firm and distinct voice , pleaded not guiltr . Robert Lightfoot , and Jonathan

      Raven , station-master at Beeston , were then arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for manslaughter , the former as causing the death of James Bolestridge , the latter as being present , aiding and assisting therein . The grand jury for tlie town had ignored this bill on Saturday . Both prisoners having pleaded not guilty , Mr . Wildman , who held the brief for the prosecution , stated that in that case the jury were aware the bill had been thrown out , and under those eircumstanr ' . es it was not usual , unless there were some peculiarities about a case , to proceed with the inquiry . Certainly be ( Mr . Wildman ) did not rind any circumstances in the present case that would justify ' him in departing from the "usual course , as his own opinion was , that if the inquiry was

      proceeded with he could not reasonably expect , after 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 bnt 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 appeared that so far from wishing to neglect his duty , he left the place where he might have continued , and

      exposed his own person in order to prevent the possibility of a disaster occurring , which it was no part of his duty to prevent . Under these eireunistanees , feelin ? 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 Patteson 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 cuilty , my lord . Mr . Justice Patteson then addressed" Mr . " Liirhtfoot as follows : —Mr . Robert

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      Lightfoot , you understand the proceedings in this case ; that there was an indictment preferred respecting the death of James Bolestridge 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 ease of Dean ; indeed , I think it probable no bill will be preferred in ^ that ease , though that was in the county . Mr . Wildman . )—No , my lord , no bill will be preferred . Mr , Justice Patteson : Then the recognisances may be discharged , so there is an end to this prosecution , I 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 your part ; but . it is clear everything that was done by you was done to prevent the mischief taking place wliich did occur , owing probably to a misunderstanding between you and another person . It seems to me that everv person on a railway , and in almost every other situation in life , would doSvell not to step out of the strict line of their duties . If you had 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 tin ' s , that although feeling persuaded , and as far as 1 can ^ ud ge with very good reason , that the train coming from Nottingham would eome on its proper line , and that that line would be free , still you did not wait to make it quite 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 Ix-en better had you waited a few minutes . Mr . Lightfoot then stepped from the dock , and immediately left the court .

      NORFOLK CIRCUIT . B . VST St . EmirxD's , I ) e <\ 10 . —The Hisleiiam Murder . —William Howell , aged 28 , was indicted for the murder of James M'Fadden on the 30 th of July last , and Walter How-ell , aged 21 , and Israel Shipley , aged 3 S , stood charged with being present , aiding and abetting ; in the said murder . This trial , to which great public interest and importance were attached , was at length brought to a close this 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 datholic , and by occupation a policeman , his station being on the coast oi' countv , at Kessing 2 and , around which

      lie the villages of Uislcham , Mutlbi'd , and Hulver : the latter being the residence of the prisoners , who occupied two cottages under one root " . The neighbourhood was well selected for a " station , " .-us it was known to be infested by a gang of thieves , whose depredations were characterised both by their extent and audacity , as well as by the unusual numbers supposed to be 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 bis address and activity , had gained the confidence of a woman namedllarrict Botwright , whose brother was tried and transported for arson at the assizes for this county , and whose connexions might vcrv likelv be supposed

      to be among the members of the gang . Accordingly , information was given , no doubt by her , that the burglars had Wined a design of attacking , on a large scale , the premises of Mis . Button , a lady who occupies an old moated farm-mansion , known as Gislcham-hall , in the month of July , soon after the trial oi" their associate ; so little effect would the punishment of others &ucni to have on the courses of proies .-ed thieves . A watch was therefore set almost nightly on the hall , it being understood between the police and their informant , that she should give such more precise intelligence of the movements of the gang as her acuteness and observation wight place within her reach . . Nothing , however , occum- « l till Sunday , thx 2 ' . ltU of the month ,

      when the expected information was given ; and , that being » o ,- it i * to be regretted , for U . e sake of tlie decea > ed , that to a single individual was intrusted a duty which required numbers ibr it * adequate discharge . He alone , however , repaired to the hall at nightfall , and , bidding the folks good night , commenced his '" watch and ward . " The hall is somewhat peculiarly situated , there being a double moat around it ; the outer one embracing among other buildings a large burn , in which there was a quantity of undressed wheat , the pi-oduee of a long thrashing ; a fact no doubt well known to the marauders , whose depred . itions were generally confined to such objects . Tlua barn was Fell un the Saturday afternoon safely locked up as usual , and , exercising his secret intelligence , M' Faddeii

      placet ! himself within a gate leaUiiiL into the garden , whence he could command the only approach to the barn , either from the house or from the country beyond tlie juoat . Nothing was heard or seen of him by the family till half-pa . st twelve or one o ' clock in the morning , when Mrs . Button was aroused from her sleep by a uoi . ^ e wliich , in her alarm , she not unnaturally construed into an attempt to break into the back kitchen ; but her niece , who lay with her , not only rywiiniized in it the voive of their protector , but al > o correctly surmised that he was speakiug in pain . On their going down stairs the poor iellow was found without hi- great coat and Wots , covered with dirt , and stretched across tlie door-way , almost insensible , and weltering in his blood , which flowed freely from

      his body . Ills first exclamation was , " ( . )' . I am shot—1 : am dying : they have shot me . " ( i n being questioned he further stated that he knew tlie man who kail shot him and mentioned the name of " Jl-owell . " ' Being immediately placed on a bed and strengtheneii 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 featherWtl in a tumbril to liis lodgings at Kcssingland , where he airived weak , exhausted , and much de . j > ivsseil in spir its , constantly assertijig tliat "" it was all up with him "— " that this would < lo

      for him , " and shaking his head with < i gii » aij , when a second medical man cheered an < l encouraged him 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 inllicteil by a discharge of largish shot from a gun which must . have been helil al > ovc and within a lew feet of his left thigh , as there was a large hole of two or three indies in it near to the hip-joint , while there wtivanarks of a lew single shots around it . From the tinie of his return " home , every exertion and attention was called in to his aid which human skill ol

      could isug £ L- ^ t ; towards afternoou Tuesday it was evident to the surgeon , Mr . Prentice , that he could not long survive , asvuyiWei / w had takun place , for air had been introduced into the wound , the result of inflammation , while his nervous system had sustained a shock too powerful for it to overcome . J-nst-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 vou again , : my man , " and eventually expired at nine o ' clock on 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 tlie 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 lie expressed his readiness to do so , and added , " not yet . " He was then asked whether he would like to send fora priest ; to wliich 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 thev bad 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 ; I shan't want it . " Soon afterwards Lark said to liim , " You are dangerously ; , if not mortally wounded . " On which he grasped liis hand and turned liis head aside—conduct which impressed his officer witli 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 bis lordship rejected at once all those which preceded the last tvro hours of his Yife , leaving it to the learned counsel for the defence to call such evidence as they might think proper , in order to determine the collateral issue as to the admissibility even vf those later statements ; accordingly there

      was called for the prisoners , the Rev . II . Brighaiu , who deposed as follows : —I am Catholic priest of this town . Jt 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 liis peace with God . Previously he would receive confession and the holy communion , if there were timo , and if he bein a state which requires confession Every Catholic would do so , unless he were dead to all sense of religion . Cross-examined by Hr . 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 , I should say he was not in a way of salvation , orjnot a Catholic . The 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 formsin ours , as in all other churches . Re-examined : Catholics , ' in danger of death , however lax in their faith , always send for a priest . I never knew of a case to tlie contrary . Mr . Gurdon having called a witness to show that the deceased had attended a Protestant and Methodist p lace of worship on several occasions , and that the priest nearest the station was many miles distant ; Mr . Prendergast then submitted that the statements of the deceased

      were not admissible under the circumstances , as he had declined the offer of a priest ; by no act done , or testamentary direction given by him , could it be clearly and unequivocally asserted that he was im-

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      pressed with the _ belief of approaching death . The 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 Howell [ 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 long velvet coat to his knees . 1 should know him if I saw him again

      such and such persons [ who were suggested to him ] might have been there , but Howell snot me . " In the course of this , and indeed of all the other statements which were excluded , it is to-he observed that the name of Harriet Botwright 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 be gathered from the evidence of two men in the employ of Mrs . Button , who found the barn had been plundered when called up at one o ' clock in the morning , and soon after discovered in the garden the upper coat and Blueher boots of the deceased . On searching the premises beyond the outer moat his cutlass was found in the adjoining lose

      c , much battered with shot marks , and lying close by a sack of wheat ; further on , just on tlie brow of a ditch , were seen the indentations produced b y the figure of a man , with liis arms stretching upwards , as if he had fallen back . In the bottom of the ditch were traces of blood , and on the top 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 tlie thieves till he was discovered , or disclosed his presence , as they were making off with their plunder , and doubtless received Jiis death-wound from some one standing close above him , as he was endeavouring to ascend the bank in pursuit ; after which he must , by slow degrees , and

      with great agony , have dragged his bodv round the iiioat to the back door , where he aroused Mrs . Button with his-groans . On the Thursday after his death . a yerdict of Wilful Murder was returned against William Howell , who was forthwith taken up . For some time after that no further steps were taken by the police ; but in consequence of information from Harriet Botwright , Shipley and Walter JJon-oll , as well as five other men , were apprehended on the . " ith of November last . At that time , however , the girl only stated that she had seen them altogether about eleven o ' clock on the fatal night , ami the last named parties were discharged . She afterwards made considerable additions to her testimeny , the result of which was that Walter Howell * and Shipley were again apprehended and finally committed to take their trial with William Howell . The

      woman Botwright and several other witnesses Were examined for the prosecution , who plainly proved the guilt of the accused . Mr . Prendergast 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— ( iiiilty . liis lordship then , in the usual terms , passed sentence of death upon all the prisoners . At the conclusion of his lordship ' s address , Walter Howell emphatically asserted that all the witnesses against himwere liars ; but the other two , especially Shipley , seemed quite overcome by a sense of their dreadful situation .

      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . . Yojik , Dec . 11 . — Thjal ok John Kexdhkw , the BnoTiir . a or the Ml'iideueu . —John Kendrew , aged 2-i ( who was yesterday acquitted of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Mr . Inclibald , ol j ) unsforth , near Boroughbridge ) was placed at the bar charged with haying , on the 20 th of September last , stolen a double-barrelled pistol , the property oi Anne Glenton . The prisoner had lodged in the same house with the proseeutrix , and the case was connected in a great measure with that reported yesterday , the pistol having been stolen just prior to starting from Boroughbridge with his brother Willisim for

      Newcastle , where it was pawned . The prisoner wa not actually seen to take the pistol , but he was proved to have known where it used to l > e kept—to have said soon after the pistol had been missed , that he had a pistol then , when he was never known to have had one beforehand to have pawned it at Newcastle . The duplicate also was found upon him ; the pistol was clearly identified , and on being apprehended lie gave false names . Altogether there could be no doubt . » n the face of tlie evidence that the prisoner had been guilty of the felony with which he was charged . The jury , without hesitation , found the prisoner ( iiiilty . To be transported for seven years .

      YoitK , Dec . I ' Jrn . —Kxtkaoiuunauy ' ' ask . —Wil liani Thompson , < r / i < u > Luke Robinson , alidt lilueskin , aged twenty-six , was charged with feloniously shooting , on the 22 nd of Jan miry , iMo , at Thomas ( arr , of Mull-moor Farm , near York , with intent to murder , disable , or do him some grievous bodily harm . ¦ For this very otleiu'i- a man named John Mason was tried at the last assizes , found guilty , and sentenced to twenty years' transportation . Soon after that transju-tion ' tlu- prismier incautiously boasted te a jioliceiMUM th . it he . hiltl done this job , and that Alason had not been concerned in it at all . The policeman im-! mediately gave inforniatiun to liis superintendent , and hi ; had Ix'on ever since collectirii : additional evidence .

      It appeared that the prisoner , with several other ruffians , all of whom have either been transported for ot her offences or arc now under sentence of transportation , went to Hall-moor for the purpose of committing a burglary ; being disturbed in their purpose ,-however , and Carr making his appearance in his shirt , the prisoner , as he \ v ;\ s eilWtmg lus escape , th-ed : it liim , but happily without ell'eet . Amongst the witnesses was one of the prisoner ' s old associates , named Hawthorn , who was brought out of prison to give evidence . This man swore to going with the prisoner and others to llall-moor for the purpose of breaking into the house , and deposed that the prisoner fired twice at the prosecutor . If his testimony could be believed there could be no doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . Blueskin , however , cross-examined liim in a

      most ingenious manner , and elicited from the witness that he had been in prison six times , and wus now under sentence of transportation . Notwithstanding this , the credible evidence against the prisoner was quite conclusive . The prisoner delivered a very ingenious and somewhat argumentative address to the jury on his own behalf , asserting that , beyond a doubt , tlie witness Hawthorn had been promised liis release from transportation as a reward for the e \ idence he had given , ' and denying , of course , all knowledge of the transaction . The jury found the pr isoner guilty , and he was sentenced to twenty yeai-s' transportation . His lordship , in passing sentence , intimated that immediate steps would be taken for tlie recall of the innocent convict , Mason , and that Government , in all likelihood , would award him

      compensation . Livkupool , Dec . 12 . — Attempt to Shoot a Laxdi . vo Waiter . —John M'Caughie , aged 40 was charged with having attempted to tire off a pistol at John William Arkle , with intent to kill and murder him . It appeared that on the 12 th of October last the prisoner went to the Custom-house and said he wished to see Mr . Arkle , when he was told that he might find him at the Prince ' s Dock shed . He immediately proceeded in pursuit of him , and met him at the dock going towards the dep 6 t . The prisoner advanced towards him , and , when he got within about five yards , turned round . and presented a pistol at Mr . Arkle , which however did not go off . lie advanced with the pistol a second time , when Mr . Arkle called out for assistance , saying , "Don ' t vou see

      he is going to shoot me i" A man then came up , and , with the aid of other parties , the prisoner was eventually secured . An examination then took place , but no cap was found on the pistol ; it was afterwards picked up near where the scuffle took place , being broken as though some one had trodden upon it . On comparing the cap , and fitting it with the pistol , it was found to be too large , and that circumstance had probably been the means of saving the life of Mr . Arkle , as tlie trigger would go down without discharging the pistol , and that must evidently have been the case move than once , the prisoner having several times attempted to fire . When the prisoner was taken into custody he expressed his regret that his design had not been carried out . The jury found the prisoner Giiiltv . lie was soiitenml to hard labour for

      years . Liverpool , Fkidav . —Wilfil MinnKn at Manchester . —George Evans , aged twenty ( could read and write imperfectly ) , ' was arraigned" on an indictment , charging hiin with the wilful murder of Jane Milieu , at the borough of Manchester , on the 14 th of August last , by striking her with a certain iron bar . There was another count in the indictment charging him with having committed the murder by strangling the deceased . The p r isoner , who exhibited ' more respectful and becoming demeanour then he did when before the committing magistrates , pleaded not guilty . The evidence was altogether of a circumstantial nature , but so conclusive as to leave no reasonable doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . We gave the facts of the murder in full at the time of its occurrence , which were as our readers will remember brieflv

      these . The prisoner lodged at the house of his victim , and on the morning pf the murder had been left in bed ( he having l > een drinking for some days previous ) , when the husband of the murdered woman and other parties residing in the house went to their work . At dinner time the husband and a lodger returned home , when finding the door closed against them they got in at the window , when they found the poor woman in a closet dead , with every appearance of having been strangled ; besides which , her lip was cleft in two , and there was a wound at the back of the head . On searching the house , the prisoner was found to be missing , and three suits . of clothes , a watch , and other property had been taken away . The prisoner had been seen to leave the house with a heavy box in the ourse of the morning . He was traced to Liverpool , and ubsequently arrested with most of the stolen property

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      in his possession . These were the principal facts oi the case , as detailed iu the evidence . Mr . Pollck defended the prisoner , speaking about an hour . AS half-past one o ' clock the jury retired , and , after a quarter of an hour ' s absence , returned into the court with a i verdict of Guilty . The judge thed passed the usual sentence of death , which the prisoner heard without apparent emotion . ; ' York , Dec . } 13 . —Sentence of J . S . Maddison , LATE StTERINTENDEXT OF RURAL PoUCE . —HlS loi'dship ( Mr . Justice Coleridge ) sentenced Maddison , convicted on Monday last of embezzlement , to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour . The learned Judge , in tlie eourse of his remarks to the prisoner , observed that lie should certainly have transported him had it not jbeeii that the Committee of the Jiural Police Association had exhibited considerable carelessness in their money matters .

      Sentence upon the Bradford RioTERS .- ^ John O'Brien , Thomas Hogan , Daniel Donovan , Daniel Power , and William Quin , convicted at the last assizes of manslaughter at Bradford ; and also John M'Cann , convicted at the present assizes , were . called on 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 m 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 tlie death of a fellowcreaturp . The ! sentence upon them was that they be transported beyond the seas for the term- of their natural lives . >

      Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse , who had been out on bail , were charged with having , at Sheffield , thrown j some explosive substance into the dwelling-housej of Joseph Almond , with intent to murder or do him 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 case was accordingly at once abandoned , and his lordship intimated , that lie should not allow the prosecutor ' s costs . Liverpool , | Dec . 16 . —Murder at Salf-ORD . — Thomas Stew was indicted for the wilful murder of Alice Nolan , at Manchester , by cutting her throat . It appeared frpm the statement of counsel that the deceased worked at a flax mill in Salford , and that

      about ten o ' clock on the night of Sunday , the 7 th of Jtily , she was seen to put her hand to her throat in Brig-street , Salford , apparently in great pain , and that on reaching Harrington-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 coiild not have been inflicted by herself . In orck-i- 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 lie 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 sixj o ' clock on that evening thev went to

      the house of a -Mrs . Sarah Shepherd , in Cook-street , Salford , where ! sonic few words , not of an - amicable nature , seemed to pass between them . Presently , however , they made up their differences , ftnd were as good friends as ever ; and then the prisoner rushed out , and borrowed a razor and shaving-brush j at the house of a neighbour named Hugh Broadhurst , with the intention , " as he said , ot shaving himself . He then returned to Shepherd ' s , and about nine o ' clock the same niaht deceased and himself left together , ami after that time the young woman was never seen alive by her friends . ' What became of ' tlieiii from nine to ten o ' clock was not exactly known , but about ten a man and a woman were seen at the corner of a street , and one main iniitiirv

      in tlie case appeared to be whether the persons then standing together wore the prisoner and the deceased . There was jio tloubt that the female wast lit' dev-nsed , 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 i-oi ) versa J ion had reference to their marriage . She said she . would not marry him for six months at least , and this answer appeared to have disappointed jlhe prisoner . Very shortly after , the deceased was ? soen 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 , si ' mgms : and dancing "Jim along Joe , " and then lie rushed into Shepherd ' s hpuse , crying out , "Here goes it—here I'll die . " Immediately after having said this he nuule a sort of a stinnble forwards , amf inflicted a-deadly wound on his throat with the razor he had . borrowed from Broadhiirst . The wound , though not fata ) , 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 case . Mr . James addressed the jury for the prisoner ,- going minutely throutrh the evidence , and contending that there was nothing in it that could justify thejiirv in

      saying , beyond any reasonable doubt , that it was the hand of the prisoner at the bar which indicted the wound of which the unfortunate woman died . Ob tin- other hand , if satisfied on the point , they must consider whether the prisoner was ot 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 opinion called Mr . ( lialmers , surgeon to tlie gaol , who testified as to his belief in the insanity of the prisoner during a considerable jj . ortion of tlie time lie had been under his care . His lordship summed up , aiulstatedth . it of late years ( the plea of insanity had been set up on very weak ground * . If a man showed any peculiarity , or had any unreasonable quarrel with his relations or friends , it \ v ; is made a ground for lvpivsentintr hint ate

      insane . To establish that plea , how > ver , they must be satisfied that the party was at the time tho offence was committed unable to distinguish right from wrong . His ilordship then went through the facts as they bore upon the iiuestion , whether the prisoner had , in _ fact , ^ caused the death of the deceased . The jury , after a ^ shoit absence from t he box , returned a verdict of—Guilty . His lonWiip then proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner . Towards the clow of his lordship ' s address the unhappy man sank back , apparently partially insensible , in ' the amis ( if the turnkeys . t \ t the close of the sentence he seemed to wako , as it were , from a dream , and clinging to the front of the ( dock , endeavoured to address the court , but a few hoarse unintelligible whispers were all that could be heard—his tongue refused its office , and he was led half Ifaintinsr from the dock . At dip vstme

      moment some person at the back of the dock was seized with ai fit , apparently of epilepsy , and his cries and struggles were appalling . The ' crowd endeavouring to rush to the spot increased the confusion ., and it was only by great exertions on the part of the officei-s in attendance that tlie unfortunate man was carried from ! the court , and order tinallv restored

      | OXFORD CIRCVIT . Stafford , ; Dec . 16 . —The Aidlev Mchder . —Paul Downing , aged 19 , and Charles Pouts , aged 17 , were indicted ibr j the wilful murder of William Cooper , at Audloy , on Sunday night , the 4 th of August last . The deceased , a sawyer by trade and 23 years of age , resided with ; his father , Thomas Cooper , an undorgamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey ,. on the baronet ' s estates at A ; udley , about five miles from Newcastleunder-Liin' , jwhere he was in the habit of accompanying the keepers in their hazardous duties . The

      prisoners arc cousins and the sons of labourers , also living at Ajudley , a parish of considerable extent , in which they j are all well known as poachers of considerable audacity . The prosecutor , Thomas Cooper , had on four occasions laid informations against Downing for offences under the Game Laws , arid tins prisoner was released from Stafford House of Correction after ; an imprisonment of two ' months , under onei of these convictions , on tlie day preceding tjhe murder . Powys and a still younger brother were also brought before the magistrates , Vor trespassing { in pnrsuit of game on ' the lands of Sir Thomas Boughey , but the charges were not pressed on accouut lot" their youth , and" they were subjected only to a reprimand from the magistrates . On the

      ni ht , of Siinday , the 4 th of August , about twotitv minutes after twelve o ' clock , the father of the deceased was disturbed by the report of a gun , accompanied by al piercing scream in the direction of his back-door , and on cominir immediately down stairs discovered tlie lifeless body of his son stretched across the threshold , with marks of Wood on the door the wall , and the [ ground . Several neighbours were speedily summoned , some of whom went on the wellmeant but Useless errand for a surgeon , some started tor the police , and others remained to comfort the agonized parents . The- spot on which this atrocious act had been perpetrated was an enclosed yard , overlooked by no window from the cottage and

      from a we 1-executed model of the premises produced on the trial , it was evident that the fatal shot could have been fired only in one directionover a low ; wall behind an unoccupied dog-kennel On immediate examination of the premises foottracks were discovered , and it was speedily ascertained that the minder had been committed" bv two persons , who had made their escape bv a circuitous route across the meadows , where " their eourse through the heavy dew could be easily tracked by the immediate pursuers . On this alleged line of retreat , which took a direction towards the house of the father of the prisoner . Powys , footsteps , more or less perieet of two persons , wearing shoes 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 nred . 1 o affect the prisoners by these steps , imprefesions were made alongside these original fbot-trackk 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 been made by the same shoes . The evidence

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      waich was wholl y of a circumstantial character , ap . Kami to satisfy tlie jury as to tLe guilt of the accused , as , after an absence of nearly an hour , they returned into court with a verdict of Guilty against Doth prisoners , accompanied with a recommendation to mercy , "as far as mercy was consistent with the ends ol 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 proceeding tlie prisonei-s evinced the utmost indifference ; nor was their firmness in the least shaken when the awful sentence was pronounced .

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Dec . 17 . —The second December session for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Court-house , Clerkenwell-green . Fomtxe-telling . —A repulsive-looking woman named Keziah Marten , aged thirty-three years , was indicted for stealing a shawl , the property of Sarah White . This case presented the usual features of gullibility on the one side , and of artful and cunning deception upon the other . The prosecutrix , a remarkably pretty and interesting-looking girl , about seventeen years of age , was in the service of a gentleman named Moore , who resided in the neighbourhood of Old Brentford , and on the 2 nd of the present month the prisoner went to Mr . Moore ' s house , and

      was brought by "the pvosecutrix into the kitchen . The prisoner , after going through the usual cant and legerdemain with cards , which is one of the principal items of 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 tying upon a chair m 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 .

      StFFOLK , Friday . — Murder bt a Graxdmother op her Grandchild . —At the Suffolk Assizes , on Friday , Mary Sheniing , aged 51 , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Sheming , a male infant child , the natural son of Caroline Sheming , single woman , of Martlesham . It appeared from the evidence that about ten days before the death of the child the prisoner had bought arsenic of one John Hudson , who kept a " general shop . " On the night of the murder her daughter ( the mother of the infant ) went to Woodbridge ; at the time of her leaving home the child appeared to be well , with the exception of

      a slight cold it had caught a few days previous ; she was absent but three hours' when on her return the child was dying , exhibiting every symptom of having being poisoned . The child died that night . Mr . Moore , surgeon , subsequently made a pogt-mortem examination , in wliich he discovered the presence of arsenic . The prisoner solemnly denied that she poisoned the child ; and declared that she had not fed it for two or three weeks before its death ; she also said , that the arsenic she possessed was taken out of a shed where she had placed it , by her youngest daughter . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and the Judge ordered her to be executed at Ipswich .

      The Frost . —Throughout Sunday last the cold was most intense . The Serpentine was entirely fro zen over . It was , however , extremely thin , not being in any part more than an inch and a half thick , and was therefore most dangerous . During the day full ~ > , U 00 persons ventured , at the risk of their lives , " upon the ice . Shortly after four o ' clock an accident occurred which had nigh proved fatal to no less than ten persons . The first that became immersed , a young man named Charles Fane , residing at No . 3 ( Harris ' s ) , Oxford-street , broke in about the centre , between the receiving-house and the bridge . Sparkg and Highmore , two of the icemen , instantly hastened to his assistance , but , on approaching the edge of the

      breakage , the ice gave way under their feet , and they also became immersed , the sinking man clinging to them , and dragging them under the ice . At that juncture , others of the icemen , with other persons , came to their assistance , when a tnird breakage took place , through wliich seven other { persons were immersed . At that instant a sailor , who happened to be present , most courageously jumped into the hole , and got out three men , while the others were got out by the icemen , and then , jumping out himself , walked off wetted to the skin , without his name being ascertained . On the Round Pond in Kensington-gardens , the ice around the edges was'very thin and insecure , although in the centre it was very firm . About 1 . 500 p ersons were

      on it during the day , without any accident of a serious character occurring . The Ornamental Water of the Regent ' s Park , from as early as eight o ' clock in the morning till dusk , was literally thronged with skaiters and- sliders . Several members of the Skaiting Club were present . The ice was in excellent condition , am ! in thickness about two inches . No less than 1 ' 1 , 'M . iu persons ventured upon the ice throughout the day . On the Lake hi St . . lames ' s Park there were also from an early hour in the morning crowds of persons continually thronging to the ice till nearly dark in the Jifternoon . The numbers on the ice-throughout the day were upwards of 10 , 000 , but , unfortunately , the day did not close without several serious , and , ' it is feared , some fatal accidents . The first which took

      place was at about half-past twelve o ' clock , when ; Mr . Samuel Pendall , of No . 5 , Parliament-street , broke in up to his middle , but he fortunately got out without . help . The most serious . casualties took place between three and four o ' clock . The ice generally was in a very dangerous state , and about the time in j question , there were upwards of 0 , 000 persons en-{ : iiged in skaiting and sliding . A portion of the ice gave way on the north side of the island at the eastend , and seven or eight persons immediately became imnirixd in fourteen feet of water . Iceman Joseph ( lapstone repaired to their assistance , with breakers , ladders , etc ., but these , from the rottenness of the ice , giving way , he fearlessly sprang into the water , and with the aid of Farrer , one of the park-keepers ,

      and some of the bystanders , succeeded in extricating 5 pei"sons : but the other 2 or . i , it is feared , have met with a w atery grave . Drags were used for their recovery up to a late Jiour . Poor Clapstone , the iceman , nearly lost liis lift 1 , three of the persons struggling in the water having clung to him and earned him " several tinu-s iieneath the surface , so that he became completely exhausted ; lie was then assisted by iceman , James Wood , and on reaching the surface the last time , brought up a gentleman , who was thus saved and was able to proceed home immediately . Scarcely had this been affected when a similar accident took place at the west-end of the Lake , near Buckingham Palace , where the ice broke completely across from the northern to the southern shore , and about fifteen persons were suddenly thrown into ten feet of water .

      Icemen , James and Richard Wood , and JosepB Knight , instantly repaired to the spot with ropes , sledge , breaker , ladders , < tc ,, but the sledge got tmder the ice and was stove in . While extricating it the ladders broke in , and became useless , and the ropes which were thrown across broke several times before the many immersed persons could be got out with the aid of the poles . Ofl Monday the cold was not so intense as on Sunday , the thermometer during the day being , at the Beceiving-house , Hyde-park , at 2 J degrees . In St . James ' s-park the number of skaiters was very limited , owing to the dangerous state of the ice . The atmosphere on Thursday was again pervaded witli a gloomy haze , though " of a less dismal chsof

      racter than tho preceding day . The attendance skaiters and sliders , as well as spectators in all tltf Metropolitan Royal Parks , was more numerous than on any preceding day this season . In Kensingtongardens , on the Long " Water , there were about 4 , 000 , and on the Round Pond 2 , 000 skaters and sliders . The Sepentine was attended during the day by about 5 , 0 $ skaters and sliders , as well as numerous spectators < ffl shore . The ice , though very strong , excepting * j the sides , the east and bridge-end , wasnot in very good skating condition , in consequence of the eddies of du » blown thereon from the carnage-drive on the north bank . About one o ' clock alad named Philip Bury , agw 14 , of 6 , Christopher-place , St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , OD leaving the ice , broke through near tlie south shore , by the bridge , and became immersed in five feet water . He fell head downwards , and , in rising agaui , his feet came upwards , which were seized by i ^ friend , another lad of the same age , named Roben

      Mason , of 76 " , London-wall , who thus courageously extricated the former , who was instantly conveyed tt the Receiving-house , shivering and suffering bothftonJ cold and alarm . After remaining till four o ' clock , "J elothes having been dried in the interim , he departed homewards , quite recovered . The lake in St . Jame * " Park numbered during the day ' about 7 , 000 skaiters and sliders . In dragging the water in the course oi the morning-, a walking-stick with a bent handle v& found , and also a hat with crape-band , and a blacK kid glove . In the Regent ' s P-ark the number of sto" " tei-s and sliders was about 10 , 000 , in addition to innumerable ladies and gentlemen who were promenadin g on the ice as well as shores . On Saturday the wu >" changed to the north-west , and there was a sligbt fau of snow . This however did not stay long , but vM the frost melted away , leaving the streets in the e \ ? ing in the peculiar greasy state so well known ol m London .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct838/page/8/