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MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH…
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MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH STREET—WEDNESDAY. Before Rev. Chancellor Williams. 1 Fmotliy ponnell was charged with stealing a quantity of "HTir Sr°wing upon the freehold land estate, the property of William Bird. James B. Hilton, sworn, stated that whilst etching his garden on the freehold land, he saw prisoner cutting up some leeks. Prisoner ran away, but was followed J7 witness, who took him into custody. Hilton produced the end of one of the leeks that was left, which on being C0^?Pared with one found upon the prisoner, was found to fit. —ihree weeks' hard labour.
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
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ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. HULL, SATURDAY.—Throughout the whole of yesterday and the preceding day. the magistrates and police have been engaged investigating one of the most inhuman and, at the same time, extraordinary attempts to murder, coupled with robbery, that has ever been recorded. It appears that on Tuesday evening last, Mrs. Duffill, an innkeeper's wife, of Beverley, was returning from this town by the last train. All the passengers got out at Cottingham, excepting one man, who sat in the same carriage as she did. Alter the train had been in mo ion a few minuter some per- ???s»neaj i6 '*ne heard a female's voice calling some one a thief, and these were followed by cries of help and murder, Wl proceeding from the same carriage. They followed as fast as they could, and fancied they saw something thrown from the train, and upon reaching the spot, found the lady in question, lying by the side of the rail, quite insensible. She 'wa.% taken to a house close by, and the next day, it beiug found who she was, removed home, where she lies without any hopes of recovery, being suffering from concussion of the brain. Altliough she had a large sum when she left home, Dot a penny was left in her possession when picked up. Upon the train slackening at Beverley, the fellow jumped out and made off, nothiug being then known at the station of the matter. A milkman of Beverley has been taken on sus picioa, and he'd to bail.
'MISS GLYN, THE EMINENT DRAMATIC.…
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MISS GLYN, THE EMINENT DRAMATIC READER. The following critique on a recent reading of Hamlet, by the above-named talented artiste, before a metropolitan audience, appears in a communication to the Examiner. We congratulate our friends of the Newport Athenaeum in their having made arrangements for another professional visit to their lecture room, of this gifted latly: Mr. Editor,-From your well-known attachment to our noble drama, and from your not having noticed the subject of the following remarks, I am led to hope you will find room for them in your columns. Miss Glyn has, I understand, just finished a graceful and successful course of readings at the Whittington Club, at the last of which I was fortunately present. My opinion has long been that dramatic readings are a per- version, and that it would be quite as reasonable to act a didactic poem, as to read a play adapted by a master mind for action; but circumstances, at present, weaken these objec- tions. Although possessed of the finest drama in the world, we have no theatre at which that drama could be adequately represented, or at which an artiste, ambitious of the highest walk in it, could look for due encouragement; in addition to which we have a vast and influential class that would listen to Miss Glyn with delight in a lecture-room, but would not go to see her perform a part in the same play on a stage these reasons are valid: it is an elegant and intellectual amusement, and will introduce Shakespeare to many who would not other- wise become acquainted with him. To say I was delighted but weakly expresses my feelings; considering her youth, and that it was the first time of her reading this arduous piece, it was a wonderful performance. As the pupil of Mr. Kemble, I expected a fine and chasto exposition of the great leading character, but the wonder of Miss Glyn's reading was the grasp of the whole. She not only threw Hamlet forth in that strong and interesting relief and identity which make the character and the play it is in the admiration of the world, but seized upon the distin- guishing features of every person subservient to the great dramatist's principal object. The address to the GllOst was beautifully given, and piety, affection, -grief, were all nicely distinguished, and yet gracefully mingled; the soliloquies were sclf-communings judiciously spoken the very dis- agreeable "go to the nunnery" scene was made as intelli- gible as it could be by reading, and the outbursts of passion were thrown out with as much spirit as was consistent with Samlet s directions to the players. The Ghost, for a reader, presents great difficulties, the least excess being sure to lead to the wrong side of the great line which divides the sublime from the ridiculous; she avoided this, gave it with an even and a touching solemnity, and preserved the sepulchral tone with great effect, but, evidently, with great physical ex- haustion. Ophelias sweet part was beautifully read, and, to my astonishment, the "snatches" were sung pathetically and unpretendingly. Miss Glyn is likewise by no means deficient in a perception of humour; she made as much of Polon/us and the grave-diggers, perhaps, as a female could. That there were little imperfections, such as now and then a false emphasis, or a slight misconception of her author, I cannot deny, but, taken altogether, I do not hesitate to say that though I have seen every actress of note that has ap- peared during the last fifty years, and am generally laughed at as laudator temporis acti, I cannot recollect one who could have read the play of Hamlet so well as Miss Glyn did— separate parts they might, but not the whole. Colley Cibber has said that the life of beauty is not long enough to allow all actress to become perfect whilst it lasts;" had he been present on Thursday he would, at least, have wavered in this opinion, for here were some of the greatest texts of Shake- speare delivered in tones that thrilled her audience, with S, the commentary of a young, fine, intelligent countenance, proving how deeply "the mind that burned within" appre- ciated its task. Miss Glyn may be considered as the last emanation of the noble classical school of British acting and, thanks to her own genius, and her good and universally- admired master, there is no fear of its degenerating in her hands. May we not ask with surprise why such an actress should be compelled to visit the provinces, as I per- ceive by the papers, she is now doing ? Are we old play- goers to be for ever horrified with melo-drama, burlesque, and caricature comedy ? If the stage can afford us nothing better as intellectual food than its present bill of fare presents, I ,s, sincerely hope that when Miss Glyn. has gathered provincial laurels, and picked up gold to her heart's content, she will return and delight us with more such spirited, chaste, and elegant readings as that of her Hamlet. 'j I, approbation of a crowded audience was almost constant -only interrupted by what Bcttcrton deemed preferable to the loudest applause—profound silence. W. R.
TO GLADSTONE,
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TO GLADSTONE, THRICE CONQUEROR IN THE SACRED CONTEST. Peel-honor'd Gladstone (of the Helmet bright) Lifting the Pelian spear with gvasp of mig-ht, Thrice Victor hail'd in this lamented feud Midst Oxford's stormgirt towers and hideous flood- Grateful to thee, in peace our swords we sheathe, Their blades encircling with the myrtle wreathe.
FATAL EPIDEMIC AT CROYDON.-CAUTION…
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FATAL EPIDEMIC AT CROYDON.-CAUTION TO BOARDS OF HEALTH. The town and neighbourhood of Croydon are in a state of consternation, on account of the breaking out of a fever of a very ratal character, and which during the last fortnight has been most fatal in its results, the victims being not, as is usually the case, among the poorer classes, but amoug tho gentry, and the principal tradesmen of the town. There is a Local Board of Health at Croydon, aud under There is a Local Board of Health at Croydon, and under their authority a complete system of drainaee of the most extensive character has been carried out, and in the neces- sary works for that purpose a great many old drains and cesspools have been disturbed, particularly in the High- street, The whole of these works have been just completed; but whether from the miasma created by the disturbance of the old drains, or from any otlier cause, it would seem that tradesmen and other persons residing in the High-street, were attacked with fever ot a very serious character, baffling to a considerable extent all tne s.cill of the medical gentlemen of the town and in very many instances ending fatally it being a remarkable cucumstance that those patients who were ap- parently the most nealthy, were the first to succumb to the disease. The state of things at length became so alarming that the Local Board of Jrlea1 h through Mr. Wykes. their clerk ap plied to the General Board of Health. London, requesting them to institute an mquiry into the nature of the malady winch ha frl11^ alarm; and accordingly Dr. Southwoof 1 Dr. Sutherland were sent to Croydon, to repot p e cause and nature of the prevailing epidemic r 1 lie extract from the report made by these gentleme P (( ^u ject. After some prefatory remarks, the rep ■^ Orrnri*3 T76 ascertained that a similar disease !vS of alike kin 1 a v n,^cs from Croydon, before any £ m iWaS ^'served at Croydon and we have a' i u' ,]ti 'llv,u"ication received by the General iBoanri?^r hn j'nfor many weeks past, a simi •^Fiwlnnd nnd \V-il A1 ,ln various villages and towns both cauic of tho liarity of the present se-ison °n' el1?ew;l,ere' t!'e P^U" moisture and heat appefS' th.c combinatmn of excessive pated, the generation 'T P/'°Ve/' aS rT last official circular of l 0 £ lo^ tormot'fevnr 'lhe issued in Peceniber wa tv!"1 °I "r" ,N°' cessive rains and onn-I local boards, from the ex- occurred in manv s, "ent floodi'igs which had even then fever, and exhoried ,i S; to expect unusual outbreaks of caution a'-n^t- m 0 immediate measures of pre- rm |- n IJ ^UCll ail (iVGnt water suppH„dtorth°f Health also took stePs to have the lie reported it to h V°Wn, by Professor Way, and pure and who'e=oim '60 1 ;uiy metilll,c oxide, and of a smallest Tf ar't( r aud that there was not the v\v-/v n f<V«PP«HnB it to bo injurious to health, or and thor, fn"f1' y\ic1' the fever existing in the town, stated in ti? it seems ni^lily probable that the cause is truly SuSh d ur°?,°n ot Dr- Sonthwood Smith and Dr. for soma HtU ° Jv'ry extraordinary state of the weather week was ir Pa j ^'le llumber of deaths in Croydon, last report, the '° '>!« the result of the epiilem o the/reatf Port'on 0 tl,em beulS lvin" ill inn A great number ot persons are np of the medicil'off0115 i"n Harrison, the assistant to one ot tne medical officers of the Union. b-ft^it to /av?!'1 -Sfteele' very m"ch respected in the KsW en'ertaincd if"b?LW,1IW°i"Ii! strange Lo sa>, she was _eized almost immediately after she I had remo* e symptoms of the disorder, and died in two days. It is nee11'fs-s tiie town an strong feeling prevails very generally seasorih'o IS ?are<i that, unless there should be some more »a o>ab e weather, the mortality will be more serious thin it his been llitlierto. J
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SINGULAR InCI,DiV;kWelltO'' °ne years ago, a young man named Wic i » <^reat Oakley, lived fellow- servant with a young at Mr J. Salmon's, Great Clacton Wash- A P .co™lng current that there were proofs of their being i:ntimate terms, VVickam -enlisted into the Rifle tnmo^6 Je suhsequently rose to the rank of a sergeant- 1 the scandalous rumour respecting the young worn was false and unfounded, and she afterwards married a yo ig man named Deer, of Ramsey, where they carried on a goo grocery and drapery business a few years, till the husband ied, leaving no child- ren. In about twelve months she mairiea again to a young man named Henry Morley, from the Las e Inn, Ramsey, but a short time after she was again lett a widow, with no child- ren. About a month ago, Wickam received his discharge with a good pension, and came home to ureat'Oakley, when he sought and found his lady love w tiie business above spoken of, and, strange to say, this renewal of old ac- Suaintanco" resulted in his marrying her by license, at Lamsey church Thus the old soldier_ tired of war's alarms," left the service of Mars to enlist in the more peace- ful corps of Hymen, and assist his partner, thrice wooed and thrice won, in the grocery line.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
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LIFE ASSURANCE. There probably never has been a period when the import- ant subject of Life Assurance has engaged so large a share of public attention as it occupie3 at present. This circumstance, while it may be regarded as a proof of advancing intelligence and of the growth of prudent foresight in the community, also shows the necessity for the elucidation of the principles upon w hich Life Assurance Societies are based, in order that the public may be enabled to distinguish between schemes of a bubble" character, and institutions which are likely to become permanently advantageous to the assured. Many of cur readers are, doubtless, aware that a contest of a rather severe character has been carried on for a considerable time, between certain representatives of older and of more recently established Assurance Companies; the former generally affirming that many of the younger societies are based upon principles the admission of which must result in disappoint- ment and loss to the assured and the supporters of modern institutions maintaining,with equal firmness, that whilst their own societies afford abundant guarantees of their ability to meet all legitimate claims upon them—they also offer the ad- vantages of life assurance to the public upon terms far more beneficial than those of many long-established offices It is not our purpose, at present, to enter into the comparative merits of the respective classes of Insurance Companies, or to discuss their claims to public favour. We have been led to make these observations simply from the perusal of a pamphlet entitled the Reply of the Professional Life As- surance Company to the attacks of its assailants;" and as the remarks of the author, Mr. EdwardBaylis, appear to iuvolve principles which it is of importance that the public, especially such as contemplate the assurance of their lives, should un- derstand, we present below, a few extracts, which place the subject in an intelligible aspect before the general reader;- Speaking of the difference in the modes of appropriating profits adopted by the old proprietary offices and the modern institutions, the writer saysThey (the modern offices) contemplate and resolve to confer benems upon their mem- bers commensurate with the magnitude of ascertained profits, -ascertained profits meaning, I must be permitted to repeat, that portion of clear surplus money, remaining on hand, after payment of current losses and expenses, and after reserving sufficient funds for encountering and discharging future con- tingencies and liabilities; a proposition grievously offensive to the advocates and followers of the restricted and expiring by- gone good i>ld system. The proposition is, however, so plain and tangible in itself, and so infallibly pregnant with advan- tages to present and future generations, that its ultimate as- sumption by all, without compromise or abridgment, is in evitab^e. A few years, more or less may be required to mature and attest its consummation but in spite of frowns that would wither, and efforts and powers that would over- whelm, matured and attested it will, iu its own good time, be, in all its bounteousness and benignity. And those senile and exclusive societies, which so tenaciously and imperiously adhere to exploded predilections, must either a'tec their course, or they will, to a certainty, by the force of competi- tion, And by the natural and irrepressible preference of the public to seek and accept the greatest amount of safe and re- cognised advantage, wherever, and in whatever form, attain able, terminate in diminished business, deficient funds, in ab- solute dotage and destruction. To talTY is to trifle; 'to halt is to be ruined. Tins is the warning 0f a friend, while there is yet time tor remvigoration, and resuscitated usefulness and success. The great characteristic distinguishing the division of sur- plus profits as introduced by the modern companies, is, that,—for the first time, in the history of life assurance,— the living are considered and provided for, in the arrange- nientof their distribution; a modification of incalculable utility, suggested by tiie exigencies ot progress, and sanctioned and supported by justice and philanthropy. This indeed, is the pervading element oi the new system, the animating spirit of its operations, and the test of its superiority and ex- cellence. By the new mode of distribution, the surplus profits will be apportioned in such a way as shall secure benefits not only for survivors, but for assurers themselves, —for those who provide and pay the premiums; that is to say, in such a way as shall secure benefits for the living as well as for their re- presentatives. How different IS this from the practice pre- vailing in the ancient associations,—according to the regula- tions and restrictions of wlllcn. parties, however long and closely connected with them,—wno may probably have paid premiums for ten or twenty or more years consecutively, would, if unable or disinclined to continue their yearly con- tributions, be deprived of, and debarred from, every present and future benefit and privilege, and compelled to submit, without appeal or red'ess, to the forfeiture of all past pay- ments, whatever their dinonnt; although the case aud afilu- ence which induced and empowered them to commence and prolong their assurances,may have utterly failed and deserted them and the beaming eyes and the smiling faces, which then lighted up and jblessed their happy homes, and for whom 'e'i and for which their policies were originally intended as safe- guards against misery and dependence, may be saddened and dimmed by the encroachments and endurance of unmitigated poverty and distress. The writer then proceeds to show haw diftoren'ly this sur- plus would (if realised) be dealt with by the office of which lie is the actuary. He savs :— I refer to the past operations of the old companus in proof that the surplus profits realised are sufficient in amount and capacity, if ably and wisely directed, to attain and perpetuate great and humanising ends. The facts are incontestible. A desire to proclaim their influence, as a recommendation to the confidence and support of the public, has induced these com- panies to furnish, from time to time, authenticated records of the enormous funds they were enabled, in an almost miracu- lously brief period, to amass Three associations, for instance, had accumulated and divided in the year 1849, among their assured and shareholders, as the clear surplus gains of only five years'operations, sums respectively exceeding £ 139,000, jgl08,0()0, and £ 188 00). Whilst one office declared and divided in the year 1847, after but seven years' operations, the astounding sum of £ 600,000 aud upwards, as clear actual profits. I. The assured would be entitled to participate in this huge profits to the extent of three-fourths of the amount, in the three following ways; that is to say: Jst. To one halt ot this sum, applicable at op- tion either as an addition to their policies, as diminution of their premiums, or, as an immediate money payment, amounting to £ 330,090 2nd. To one tenth of this sum, applicable after the payment of five consecutive years' premiums, as a relief fund either to them- selves, or to their widow's, or to their orphans, amounting to 60,000 3rd. To three twentieths of this sum. applica- ble to the ultimate conversion of the corpo- ration into a' Mutual Life Assurance Com- pany," when all its affairs would revert to, and be vested in the assured amounting to 90,000 II. The shareholders, in consequence of the safety and certainty afforded in the first instance, to the assured, by the advance and subscription of capital, would be entitled to the following advan- tages, namely: 1st. To five per cent. per annum, by way of interest, upon the capital invested by them also, in common with the assured, to a parti- cipation in the ten per cent; namely, to a participation in the annuity arising from the sum of £6:),0;)0, appropriated out of the pro- fits as a relief fund. These benefits are inalienable. Although their shares may have been sold and disposed of, whether their lives may at any time have been insured in the office or not, and their connection with the company been entirely and long previously closed and abandoned, the shareholders, or their widows, or their orphans, would, if unfortunate and indigent, be still entitled to receive,not only the five per cent per annum interest, on the sums previously invested by them but would also be entitle-l to participate, as they arose, in the one-tenths of the profits periodically ap- propriated to the relief fund. Privileges like those were never conceived or provided by any institution, for the benefit and protection of shareholders and their families, before the establishment of the Professional. 2nd. Also to one-fourth of the profits payable as dividend, amounting to. X150,000 Thus embracing the whole of the profits amounting to £ 600,000 This is the manner in which the "Professional" would proceed in the distribution of this vast amount of accumula- tions. Who, that is sane, can dispute its practicability ? Who, that is wise would frustrate its adoption ? And mark the consequences: First.—The appropriation of the sum of £ 300,000,as a bonus upon policies, ought surely to be considered a provision amply sufficient to satisfy the most sanguine reversionist. Secondly.—The appropriation of one-tenth, say £ 60,000, as a relief fund, cannot but appear a wise send provident ap- plication of surplus profits. This sum, if invested at 4 per cent. interest only. would produce E2,400 yearly; an amount sufficient to provide an annuity of 920 each, to no fewer than one hundred and twenty persons Observe, this is the bene- ficial result of but one periodical division of profits Another division arrives, additional annuities are created, and a greater number of persons are provided for. Again, another division, increased annuities, and a still larger number of annuitants. And another, and another,-in succession, nntil the amount funded from the one-tenth of the surplus profits, would, in a few divisions, be absolutely large enough not only to guard each and every assurer with the corporation, and his widow and his orphans, against want, but large enough to provide them with positive comfort and independence. Were private individuals, and persons in business, 'whether on their own accounts or in partnership, to follow the above suggestion, and annually place one tenth of their surplus gains or incomes in the names of the trustees to be funded and to accumulate, they and their families would be secure, in the day of misfortune sickness, and old age, against every inroad of want, misery, and destitution. The hint deserves profound reflection. Thirdly.—The appropriation of three-twentieths, say, £ 9 ),00), applicable to the ultimate conversion of the corpora- tion into a "Mutual Life Assurance Conipany," cannot but alford satisfactory evidence of a strong desire to consult the f best interests of the assured. A mutual society, when once well established, is advantageous to policy-holders, if its ac- cessions of new business be continuous; but not otherwise, i The Professional" is formed upon this basis. Hence the apportionment of the three-twentieths of the surplus profits At the commencement, however, nothing is more dangerous than a "Mutual Life Assurance Association." Half a dozen or a dozen persons, men it may be, with or without capital. character, or experience, may meet, concoct, and launch it. It may or it may not succeed. In either case the policy-holders must face and bear the profits and the perils. Not so a pro- prietary company, in which be assured participate in profits without the possibility of incurring liabilities. A proprietary company, especially since the passing of the Joint Stock Companies' Act, requires for its formation a combination of many persons—persons of character, capital, and influence; at the same time imposing great labour, patience, and diffi- culty upon all concerned, to mature it into operation. Yet, notwithstanding the almost overwhelming obstacles which opposed them, the founders of the Professional preferred, even in the critical and convulsive year 1817, to commence in this manner; reserving the above-named ample provision for its ultimate conversion into a mutual company." And ob- viously a portion of surplus profits could not be more justly or properly applied. Fourthly.—The appropriation of one-fourth, say, £ 151,000, to be divided among the shareholders, in addition to five per cent. interest upon the sums invested by them, and a partici- pation in the one-tenth apportioned as a relief fund, cannot but be admitted a greater boon than was ever before offered to a shareholder by any compaup, whatever its object or capacity.
BRUTAL CHILD MURDER.
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BRUTAL CHILD MURDER. On Friday last, there was discovered in the garden opposite No. 1, Oxford-row, Agar Town, the lifeless body of a full grown female infant, savagely mutilated, and wrapped up in a bedgown and a piece of black cloth. It WJS instantly re- moved to the dead house, and, upon examination by a sur- geon, it appeared that the deceased's sides were compressed together by a heavy weight, and that the bones of the skull were flattened by the same means. In fact, the whole body was crushed like a mummy, while, as it is supposed, the body was warm, and before life was destroyed, The opinion is that this dreadful compression of the whole body was effected by its being placed between two boards, and heavy weights put upon the upper board.
THE RECENT CASES OF MURDER…
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THE RECENT CASES OF MURDER IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. The Glasgow Herald states that a reprieve has been re- ceived in favour of the criminal James Scott, who was con- victed at the Glasgow Circuit Court of Justiciary, of mur- dering his sister-in-law, aged three months, in a house in Greenock, and who was to have been executed en the 25th instant. In tho case of the other conviction-that of the woman Margaret Bell, for the murder of her child in Paisley-con- siderabte influence is being employed in Paisley, to obtain a respite in favour of the unfortunate criminal. A petition to her Majesty on behalf of the unhappy woman has been sent oft* to the care of Mr. Archibald Hastie. M.P. for Paisiej', signed by 2,0&0 females and another memorial to the same quarter, signed by 3,000 men, has likewise been dispatched to the Queen. In addition to the above, a memorial to the Home-office has been transmitted, headed by the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, and signed by forty other Justices of the Peace for the county of Renfrew. Aud, fur her, the Provost and Magistrates of Paisley, have likewise trans- mitted an earnest appeal to Lord Paluierston, as expressing the general sense of the community in favour of this wretched woman. a In the course of a few days, the result of these various ap- plications will doubtless become known.
HORRIBLE AND SIKANGE MURDER.
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HORRIBLE AND SIKANGE MURDER. A murder, OJ !ider ci, cu¡nsl ances peculiarly hideous, has recently been perpetrated in the county of Clare, Ireland. A private lettir from Ennis, says-" Two young men. the sons of a small farmer, near this town, have been committed to our gaol for murder. It seems that a woman, a cousin of theirs, residing in a lonely neiqhbourh )od, had received from a sister or brother ot IId5, in Amsiica, the sum of £9. to enable her to join th-im in the fdr-e,t: feaiing that the money might be stolen from her she came to h..r uncle's(lhe father of the two young men just committed), and asked permission to stay there until she was pre- paied to leave for Limericx, Irom which she meant to take ship- ping to America. She was allowed to occupy a sort of tor, room orgairet, hut the vary first time nfsie pint; :herc, she a.v. ke in the middle of the night, under the influence of sonie strange and unnacouctable fear, which so got possession of her, that un- able to sleep agiin, she went down to the kitchen, where her cousin (the sisier of the young men) occupied a settle-t ed, and b-'t;s d tint she might be allowed to sleep there. Tnis the cousin permitted her to do, and went up stairs to cccopy the bd whic h the former had just left. But the visitor cousin (so to cal: her) had not been long asleep, when she was awakened :'v lo-id crie, from the apirtment upstairs she had recently qu ued—terrified, she rushed out the alarm was t^iven, and on I..V U' uysulTS, itiey lJUi.u t..v had been rnu'dered by iter own brothers, no doubt believing8!1} wt the cousin, whose money ihey coveted and sought to obtain by this unnatural crime. Thus their enormity recoiled upon themselves iu a double and awfully mysterious m&nner."
THE COST OF LIVING IX THE…
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THE COST OF LIVING IX THE VARIOUS CAPITALS OF EUROPE. A very interesting document has b:<n rectntly produced by the American Government, who had directed their F 'r- go Amb ssadors to furnish a return of the cost of living a' the respective capitals. These returns have been made, and fvrm a very amusing view of the present condition of t ie vaiious capitals. The only items thought necessarv to name in the case of England, were a house from JE700 to JE900 per annum, and carriages and horses estimated at £ 250 more. With the SllnC charges for these items in Paris, Mr Ilivers mentions ttiat the cost of fud, for a household of half-a-dozen persons and their servants, averages in Paris from jC250 to £300 a. year -11 fact not pert ap; astonishing to those who can recollect want they have paid for a few days' firing at a Parisian hotel, but which will promptly suggest to the untravelled reader a very sufficing explanation of the value of woods and forests in Frauoe. Mr. Rivers next reports the extraordina'y price of eatables, and remarks, with the true emphasis of an American, that ham, which his countrymen would probably be gl-id to st-od to France at 6d. or 81. a pound, is charged in Paris at Is. 6d.or 2s. Fowls, too, at Ss. 6 1. a couple, are very pioperly recorded for the wonder of posterity, though on that point we have not much to boast of at hom», for all the poultry mania," has not yet resulted in btingingto London markets at less than 5s. or Os. a pair, chickens which are certainly raised in the country for less than half a- ero.tn. From St. Petersburgh, Mr. Brown reports that the Russian capital "is emphatically and in every respect IIll artificial city —artificially bailt and artificially sustained. It is dependent for all its supplies on distant regions the necessaries of life are exorbitantly hi,,It, while the tsstes and habits of the place are extravagant." Nevertheless, as Russia possesses some railway communication,and is in the way of getting more,St.Petersburgh, HOUN ithstanding this character, must be largely in advance of more ar-cient capitals. The description of Madrid is in the highest degree instructive. The great distance," writes )1r. Barringer, "of this capital from the coast, the universal want of good internal communication, the barrenness of the immediate locality, the peculiat habits of the nation, their general prejudice against everything foreign, their indifference to, and even content with, the stationary condition of their country, have all had a most pernicious influence." Water, which is brought to the house door on men's shoulders, is exceedingly expensive; wood, when it can be procured at all, is sold by the pound coal, oil, nd other articles of daily consumption, are first carried over hundred of mile. on mules' backs, and then burdened with crushing duties at the very gate of the city whose .ants they airive to supply. It is amusing to observe how closely the metropolis of Spain corresponds in these respects, with the metropolis of furkey. The same total want rftnternat communications, the same un- certainty of supplies, and the same extravagance of prices, are reported for Constantinople as were returned from Madrid, and either account would nearly serve for a description ol Buimah or Afghanistan. Civilized cap tals have atjleast the advantage, and their resources are known and unfailing at a current late of charge; but at Madrid, no less than at Constantinople, the latitudes of which are politically as well as geographically the same, no supplies can be reckoned upon with certainly at any price at all. We may learn to value our own clorhes markets by learning that in Holland—that land of thrift and economy-It every article is de .r, but clothing particularly so and though to be sure, it seems hard just now to say even a syllable for Newport weather, we may console outselves by reflecting on what Mr. Bayard reports from Brussels, that though in that capital "it rains more or less, every day for 240 days out of the 365," there are few side pavements to serve as causeways in the deluge.
SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES…
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SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES FOR 1853. NORFOLK Cmcuir.—Judges—The Right Honourable Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Right Honour- able Sir Frederick Pollock, Knight, Lord Chief Baron 01 her Majesty's Exchequer. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—The Right Honourable air John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and tbe Right Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, one of the Barooi of Exchequer.. n HOME CIRCUIT.—The Right Honourable Sir Edward Anderson, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, and iir. Justice Coleridge.. OXPORD CIRCUIT.—Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Talfourd.. ■ T „ NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Mr Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Baron Martin. T WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Mr. Justice Efle« tlr. Justice Cromptoo. NOHTH WALES AND CHESTER.— Mr. Justice Maule. SOUTH WALES AND CHBSTBR.—Mr. Justice Wightman. Mr. Baron Platt will remain in town as Vacation Judge.
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SUPPOSED MURDER OF A SOLDIER'S WIFE ON HER WAY FROM NEWPORT TO WINCHESTER. A great deal of excitement wag occasioned last week at Bit- ton, in Somersetshire, respecting the body of a female, about twenty-five years old, which had been discovered in the river Avon, on the morning of the 12th instant. and which was subsequently thought to be that of the wife of a soldier of the 48th regiment, supposed to have been murdered on her way from Newport to Winchester to join her husband Information of the circumstance having been forwarded to W. Joyner Ellis, Esq., coroner for the county of Gloucester, that gentleman at once issued his warrant, and an inquest was held on Monday, and by adjouinmentou Wednesday, attbe Swan inn Swinford. The affair altogether is full of mystery. By a portion of the witnesses it is assumed that the body is 'hat of a soldier's wife who had been seen as late as eleven o'clock on the Tuesday night at a beer house, in Avon-street Bath but supposing them to be right in that conjecture, it is wholly inexplicable how it oould have been found within a few hours afterwards at the dam of the Swinford copper-mills, a distance, by the course of the river, of fully nine miies. Those who are conversant with the river say it is utterly impossible that she could have been car- ried down by the force of the stream, as the bottom is of very unevea depths, and as, besides eddies, there intervene between Bath and the mill at least four weirs. Besides, at the time when the soldier's wife was at the beer-house, she not only had in her possession a purse with money,but wore a iespectable bonnet and a large wooilen.ptaid shawl, while upon the corpse was neither bonnet nor shawl, nor money, but her hair was greatlv disordered as if by violence, and upon the crown of her head was a severe Tn UL hT fl? *°<;Ord,ng to the medical testimony, was beyond a 1 doubt inflicted dunnghle. Assuming, on the othe. hand, that the men were mistaken as to the identity of the deceased, it does not seem imp obable tint the scream ot a woman, which as the evidence disclosed, was distinctly heard by two cottager* on the previous night on the banks of a liver, was uttered by her when strui-,gling with the party, whoever he or she might be, by whom she was thrown into the water. The verdict of the jury, Found drowned," was returned as an open one, the coroner and jurors considering that the evidence was in nowise satisfactory and we understand that the police are now engaged in prosecu- ting diligent inquiries, with a view to ascertain if possible what has become of the bonnet a'.d shawl of the deceased, and also to discover for certain who she is. The circumstanoe of her wear. lug her wedding-ring upon her right instead of her left hand, will, it his hope), lead to her pos.tive identification, ihe following was the evidence adduced:- Ann Shipp deposed that she 1 ved in a cottage near the banks of the Avon on Tuesday ni ht at between five and six o'clock, as she was sitting by her firejide, she heard some one cry out loudly it was a sort of a loud small; it was only uttered once, i id wilne s was sure that it \v.is the cry of a woman the sound came from the nver; it seemed to be at the towing-path by the coal-wharf, about thirty yard, from her house. In reply to the jurv, the witness said she was sitting at the time with her cottage door open, and was qute sure as to hear- ing the cry. Sarah Bright, who lived in a cottage at a short distance from Ann Sti ipp's, confirmed her testimony as to theciy of distress; at between five and six o'clock witness heard the scream of a. woman it seemed to conie from the river's side over the old lock. Had no doubt whatever that it was a voice. James Thompson deposed that he worked at the copper* works, at Swinford; oa Wednesdiy morning, at about seven o'clock, he went to the mill-head to draw the prnd he put down his rake to clear awa* tr un the rn::i, when he found something very ..eavy lie procured assistance, and having with didiculiy rais;d it, found it as tiie body of a woman; they were obliged to stop the woiks to get it out, as it had got pressed so strongly ag iinst the gate the body appeared very frtsh, as if it had not been in the water for any length d time; it had no bonnet or shawl on, but had a cap, which vvaS wound round the head the body was well dressed ia a Dcrry fiinjism SOWN of a biovii colour; the body could not have bei i wnercit was found many hours, or it would have been found before diJ a )t observe any bruise on her person. George Shipp corroborated the last witness, but added that he observed a mark over the dead woman's right eye she could not have been in the water more than ten or twelve bours, as the body was quite !imp; she had a plain gold ling on her right hand; her gown was unhooked up the front, as if she had been suckling a baby. Maynham Higby deposed that he was a mason by tra'le, and had been working at S^lford on Tuesday, the 11th instant, at about one o'clock, a storni c<rnie on, and he went into the Ship tavern to avoid it, and have some i-etr; while he was there a woman, the deceased, Cime in and called for some beer and a pipe of tobacco he entered into conversation with her, and she asked him the nearest route to Winchester-barracks, as she was a soldier's wife, and wanted to go there. S'ie told iiiai that she had followed the regiment i:t which her husband was, from Walei from Bristol, but when the soldiers e,.iterc-d the train at Bris:ol, the otncer would not let her get in, saving he could not t, ke ,omen she further shid that she obtained a lodging in Br, admead, and that she t lie re had a quarrel with an old pen- sioner who threw back Irs hand and struck her on the eye wit- ness then lef: the Ship, and in a quarter of an hour saw he: pass by where he was, with a long pipe in her hand they spoke and wished each other "good bye." and then she went on towards ? i i.8,^ 2: 8 rftii's fi e "h' a d vv o 'ctVi 1 dre n 'wfl'cf ii iV gVn eon, and that she was following them; witness had no doubt that de. ceased was the same woman; she was in g)cd spirits, and did not appear in any way depressed; she had on a good bonnet and a good shawl, and when at the Ship she took a purse from her bosom, and took money from it to pay for the beer; she had more money in her purse; there was a ring on the purse. Chales Thompson deposed thai he saw and examined the body on tha day it was foond; there was a purse upon ii, in which was a bootlace, but there was no money nor anything iu her pocket; there was no f stenins; on the purse. The witness Higby was recalled, and added that when the woman was on the road going towards Bath, there were three men, one of whom was with and two behind her she told wit- ness that she was going to get a lodging in Avon-street, Bath at the public houae where she had the betr was a travelling cut- ler with sa-P he left before her, and she was afserwards seen walking with him towards Newton. The inquiry was here adj jurned to enable the police to insti- tute inquiries at Bath. On the re-assembling of the jury on Wednesday, George Giil deposed that he was a grocr-r and beer-seller, carrying on business in Avon street, Bath on Tuesday night, at between niae and a quarter to ten o'clock, a woman came to his house she pulled a purse from her bosom with rroney in it, from whlCu she took sixpence, and having placed it between her teeth, returned the purse to its previous place of deposit she toen left the shop, and passed through a passage to the drinking room; almist immediately she came from the room and went into a court-yard, in passing to which she dropped the sixpence, which could not be found, but was on the Otxt morning picked up by the servant; she then went into the room where were tome men. who were strangers to her, and she left with the others at the usua I hour of closing, near eleven o'clock before coming to witness's houie, she had taken a lodging at a house in the street. She seemed as if she had been drinking, but was not at all incapable; witness had heard since that she was a soldier's wife, and had come from Bristol; the wore a bonnet and large plaid woollen sha .vl, and was respec tably dressed; witness was quite satisfied the deceased was the same woman. Henry Andrews, of 35, Avon -treet, Bath, had seen the de. ceased, and recognised the body as that of a woman who, at about seven o'clock on the 111h ins;ant, came to his house and asked it she could have- a bed; she said she IN:> a soldier's wife, and was on her way to join htr husband at Winchester she did not appear to be at all in liquor; having engaged a bed she went out, and during the evening witness afterwards saw her at Giles's beerhouse, where she drank a good deal, and was the worse for the drink, and romanced with witness and others in the room she did not come to take her bed at all; when she first applied for a lodging, witness observed a black maik below the eye it appeared recent, and she told Alrs. Indfe-s that iihe got it itl Bristol. Mr. Walter Brown, surgeon, having given evidence, said, I do not think the wound caused her death, but have reason to believe that she died from drowning the blow might have stunned her, but I do not think it was sufficient to cause her death. The jury agretd to a veidict of Found Drowned," thus leaving the matter open for further investigation by the police. We understand that the coroner has received a letter from the barracks at Winchester, intimating that the body was pro- bably that of Honora Hanaford, who had not rejoined the Regi- ment. On Saturday last, the case was brought before the Bath ma- gistrates, when two men, named James Bennett and Lewis Perran, were charged on suspicion of having caused the death of the deceased. The evidence against Bennett being slight, he was discharged; but as Perran was the last person seen with deceased, near the canal, he was detained in custody, and remanded for further hearing the chief of police, Mr. Hughes, stating that he expected to be able to procure further evidence in a few days.
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REBECCAITBS IN SOMERSETSHIRE.—A good deal of ex- citement has been created within the last two or three days m the upper I part of Somerset, by its becoming known that a turnpike gate had been carried off by a number of people In the I style which made "Rebecca" so noted in Wales. It appears that the Black Dog Turnpike Trust, from a failure of tolls, has for some time been in difficulties, and that an application made to the magistrates some months since by the trustees under their act, with the view of compelling the seTer.) parishes though which the roads passed, to unde-iake the repairs, wa» unsuccessful, in consequence of a sum of about £ 5,000, with which a former treasurer of the trust had absconded, not having been brought into the accounts. Since ibis time the trustee*- and the parishes have each declined to repair the roads, which between Bath and Frome and Bath andWarrnineter have con- sequently become in a very bad state. The bondholders, however have seized the gates, and are taking the tolls for their own security. The consequence of high toils and bad roads ba» been, continued complaints from those who have occasion to travel over the roads, and the grievance appears to be generally felt throughout the district, and has al last resulted 10 forcible removal of one of the gates, which lia« not smce ueea recovered. On Thursday morning about one o'clock, e i taker at the Midford gute, which is situated about loar aulas from Bath, on the Frome road, was awoke by the finng of several runs, which shattered the lamp outside 'he toll house to pieces, and so alarmed him that he was afraid to go out. He afterwards discovered that the massive gates across the road had been unhinged and carried away, an I although search been made through the neighbourhood since, not the slightest tracp of them can be discovered, nor c In any one be found at all inclined to divulge the secret, as to the parties by whom the. act was committed.
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COUNTY VOTBS.—It should be kept in mind that the lastday on which a qualification for a county vote can this year be legally obtained, is the 31st inst. (January); and that the title deeds should be completed on or before that day, to enable the party to have his name duly registered in August next. Persons in'emiinR to procure qualifications for county votes, had better consult their solicFtors at once, aud have the legal tr:in?!ers perfected without delay.
TOWN HALL, NEWPORT.—MONDAY.
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^uthahire Canal Comp my. His standing wages are 15s. a 7 aQd he gets more occasionally. He is in regular work. -ce offered him to help to support the child, if it was taken out to nurse, from that woman his wife. I told him so in my her TUse'an^ 8a'd I •lid n°t blame him so much as I blamed would take it home myself now, though I have 8h"H 0Wn' an(^ so ma^e eleven of my own. I offered a diansT^ °r k^f-a-crown a wcek, here and before the guar- it ^wen I do not know that Mr. "Woollctt was to sec w'll v ow than when people say to their children that they j r1 at an'l half kill them, they do not always mean it; but now that when people put a child on a wet sack to sleep all j Winter, with a sack upon it, they do mean something. When offcase on which the child lay, there was wet running it then. It had no pillow either. ]lr T Allon Bradley Morgan, sworn: I am an assistant to .if: ^c'hoiada Brewer. Last Friday, a woman brought the sllroery- I looked at it. It was the same I have een here to-day. I examined it. There was considerable in- animation on the inside of one thigh and the outside skin was Partially rubbed off iu one place. There was a wound on the ?. i and a small wound on the finger; and abrasion on the 8km. iu many parts of the body. It was altogether considera- v emaciated. I cannot say it had not sufficient sustenance vj Was unhealthy but I should say it had not been well fed. k ^as a condition to require medical treatment. It might have long been in that condition. I think it is looking rather better to-day. Mr. Brewer is the medical officer for the borough; and if we have an order from the relieving officer, we attend to the case. To Mr. Owen But not when we had no order, except in a case of emergency. I found the child sickly and ill: the erup- tions might have arisen from natural causes. I would not the eruptions arose from violence, or that the wound on the foot did. Children will fall away under peculiar illnesses. I have seen them fall away with the best nursing and the best care. J cannot swear that this child's appearances arose from beat0r ill-treatment. 'I-0 the Mayor There would not, usually, be such inflam- matIon in the skin, if the child were cleanly kept. ■> Mr. Owen The woman who brought me the child, said :mother would not bring it. To the Mayor In any such case, if a child were brought to the surgery, I should tell them how they could obtain an order from the relieving officer. To Mr. Owen Children are not usually subject to abrasion ec between their legs, if they were kept clean. Cold water in the cold season of the year is not considered good. The Mayor: Surely not in the cold season of the year. Mr. Owen: I don't know sir. I had a cold water bath this morning. (Laughter.) ,i ^,r". Morgan: I should not think it proper treatment for a T1 1I\3^e state °f health this child was. Bench then went into another room, to examine the on iuan of the child. Mr. Owen and Mr. Salter were pro- sent ',It tllc, examination. On the return of the Bench, Mr. Cathcart said he thought he had now presented sufficient evidence to warrant a committal. ai,. r" ^Vv'°n said he did not agree with his learned frkn l; In w°uld never sanction the ill-treatment of a child. SYPHilif^ASE' child was UEquestionably labouring under Mr° J, ma~c Pr^soner here cried bitterly. the at'f 011 woman had committed no wrong. All to the °n<jlon '-11 the world would not avail the poor child. As All tho?1111' not aPPear that he had done any wrong, receive,iWas ^mProper in this case wa~, that the child had not examirieiU|0P^r medical attention. "When the child was first what dise ^r" must have been known then, then bp. ;ife, affected it; and measures should certainly have ^ant of 1, The child did not present any proof of the had re '-1 or cleanliness. It was proved "that the child Prove ]'1V j,C0^ washings and ho could call witnesses to tilainfa, a° lhe child was really labouring under the com- bo the Bench thought it a case for committal, ouiu close here. ^ellicar thought the treatment the child had received, was ery unnatural. tv?'"0 Major triid. the determination of the Bench was, to send we case tor trial. Mr. Owen remarked that he should not be prevented calling a medical gentleman at the trial, whoso evidence would cer- tainly acquit the prisoners. Mr. Cathcart said he was instructed by Mr. Salter to say that the child should certainly be examined by any medical gentleman he might select, in the presence of Mr. Brewer. Mr. Owen knew no medical gentleman would be so dis- courtcous, as to examine the child in that gentleman's absence. The prisoners being aslied what they had to say, I rJs,oner said 1 have nothing to say, but that I S foocL WaS 78 properly treated, and had plenty Woollctt Lad attended the child before treated. always been sickly, and not badly the wUnc-so^K°nS TUrc t^lcn rcac^ 0TCr ^y Kessick, and Quarter S°es-ioir111 pro,-ecutc the prisoners at the next Before the parties left the court, 1 G ^0r that not only the Bench, but the public at go, mast feel much indebted to Mr. Frost and Mrs. Parsons humane and Christian conduct in this matter. Bail would be taken for the prisoners—two sureties of £ 15 each. The woman was bailed, but the man went to prison. CHARGE OF FRAUDEXTLY REMOVING GOODS. Margaret Edward* was charged with fraudulently removing er goods, with intent to cheat Benjamin Evans of his rent. ine Superintendent road a note from Mr. A. B. Champ, who said the complainant did not now press the case. )Ir. Cath- Cart, who was for the defendant, stated that he had had four fitnesses waiting in court all the morning, to give evidence or tne defendant, for whose, and the defendant's, expenses e begged to apply. The Bench ordered 10s. to be paid as the costs of the witnesses, by the complaining party, who, it was understood, did not proceed with the case here, having re- moved it into the County Court. JUMPING INTO THE LION'S MOUTH. Michael Smith was charged with stealing a silver table sPoon, the property of Mrs. Pritchard. Mr. Vaughan, silver- h-'v provcd stopping the prisoner when he offered the spoon, ;oken, to him, in the presence of T. Hughes, Esq., who appenod to be in the shop at the time. He then gave the pri- happened to be in the shop at the time. He then gave the pri- soner into custody. Committed for trial. Mr. l'hillpotts for Ue prosecution. Ann Moore was committed for three weeks' hard labour, for io to us conduct in the streets. (This is the ease the Watch ommittee had such a long argument about on Tuesday.) WEDNESDAY. Before William Evans, Esq. Mary Hickman, of "l.eiimington, a travelling "cadger," ^"as charged by P.C. ('< >1 <1 with being drunk and disorderly ■°n Stow Hill, on Tuesday evening. Discharged, on her pro- lllismg to leave the town immediately. John Blagdon, an aged man, was charged with vagrancy, by begging in Commercial Street. lie was apprehended by ■P.C. Franklin. Discharged, on promising to leave the town at once, for his parish in Wiltshire. John Stephens, a navvy, was charged by P.C. Hitchings, with being drunk and disorderly in Commercial Street. Dis- missed on paying the fees. Q Jane Smith, of Southampton, was charged by P.C. Jones with being drunk in Commercial Street. Discharged, on pro- mising to leave the town.. Thomas Harris, a shoemaker, of Bassalleg, was charged b} P.C. Franklin with being incapably drunk. Fined 5s., it beirg his second offence. Samuel Warren, a navvy, was charged by Sergeant Harlow with being incapably drunk early this morning. Ordered to pay the fees.