The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-20 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Yorkl, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) .Killick was charged with having, on the 314, of July, feloniously wounded Mary Holmes, with Intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pickering and Mr. Price conducted the prose cution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the prosecutrix, who is between seventy and eighty years of age, resides with only a servant girl in a detached house at Holme, on Spal ding Moor, 500 yards from any other house. The prisoner is a railway navigator. On the :31st of July the prosecutrix was In her kitchen, when the prisoner came in and asked for a glass of water, as the day was hot, and it was given him. He shortly returned A gain, asking for some more water. This was given, amid then be rushed upon the prosecutrix, saying, " To tell the truth, what I want is your money," and struck her over the head with a hammer. The servant girl cried out, " Don't murder her," when he struck at the servant girl, who parried the blow. A struggle ensued, and the servant girl got out of the house, fastened the door, and made the best of her way to the nearest house to give an alarm, and thus obtained the assistance of a gamekeeper and two others. When these got near the house they met the prosecutrix, her face streaming with blood, and much exhausted; the prisoner was seen running away, he was pursued, but was last amongst some trees. Information was given to the police at Market Weighton, and in a few days he was caught at the Cross Keys public-house, at Cottingham. H:s LORDSHIP summed up. Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence deferred. The grand jury were discharged this forenoon. They intimated to the Court, through the foreman, that they considered there could be no necessity for a third assize if the two assizes were held at more equal periods. His LORDSHIP promised to make a representation on the subject to the Government. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Thomas Ridehalg, aged 27, was indicted for the wilful murder of James Hudson, at Bradford, on the 2d of November last. Mr. Blanshard and Mr. Johnston conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Overend. It appeared that about eleven o'clock at night, on the 2d of November last, the deceased James Hud son (who was by trade a sawyer) was returning from Bradford to his home, which was at Bowling. He had been drinking at several public•houses, and as he was proceeding towards the Wheatsheaf tollbar he was overtaken by two men named Metcalfe and Faw bert, who walked one on each side of him, and shortly afterwards they were all overtaken by the prisoner. When he came up with them the deceased said, " I know that man, I will shake hands with him ;" and then the prisoner put out his left hand, saving that his right was lame. The deceased then said, " That is not the man I thought; I'll have nothing to do with him." Upon this the prisoner passed on a little in advance, and when they had got a little further than the Wheatsheaf public-house the prisoner was muttering to himself. Deceased then said to the pri soner, " Dost thou want anything ?" The prisoner replied, " I'm ready for thee at any time." This was about twenty yards from the Wheatsheaf Inn. The deceased then advanced a little and then stood still. They then fought; a struggle ensued; the prisoner struck the deceased in the back ; he fell, and the prisoner kicked him three times, upon which the deceased said, " That's not fair play." He then got up, but fell immediately. One of the men who was with them had gone int) the Wheatsheaf; people rushed out, and when they came to where the unfor tunate man lay they found he was dead. On a post mortent examination, it was discovered that there were no less than sixteen stabs in different parts of the body, three of which had penetrated the lungs, and one the heart. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, said, " I gave him three stabs as hard as I could, and this (producing the knife) is what I did it with." Mr. OVEREND addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the knife was nut used till the blood was heated, which would reduce the crime to man slaughter. His Loupsuir summed up with great care, ex plaining most lucidly the distinction between murder and manslaughter, and desiring them to consider whether the knife was drawn in preparation for the fight, or whether it was only resorted to after the blood had become heated. The jury retired for an hour and a half, and re turned with a verdict of Guilty ; but added, " If mercy can he extended and life be spared, the jury would recommend him to mercy." His LORDSHIP—I always ask the jury the ground of their recommendation to mercy in cases of this kind. I wish to have your reason. The Foreman—We had some difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to whether the prisoner was pre pared with a knife. His LORDSHIP—If you have not made up your minds on this point, I must desire you to go back and consider your verdict. The Foreman—l was requested to make the re commendation in giving the verdict. His LORDSHIP—Then was it on that account? The Foreman—Not exactly. The verdict of " Guilty of wilful murder" was then taken. His LORDSHIP then addressed the prisoner, and said that sentence of death would be recorded against him, and that the least punishment he could expect would be transportation for life. Patrick 31‘Intyre was charged with the murder of his wife, Nancy M'lntyre, on the 10th of November, 11145. Mr. Overend and Mr. C. Newton conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Aspinall defended the prisoner. The prisoner, who is an Irishman, lived, in the month of November, 1845, with his wife (the de ceased) and his four children, in the upper part of a house in Mill•street, ; the lower part of the house was inhabited by another Irishman and his wife, named Fullarton. Between eleven and twelve on the night of Saturday, the 2d of November, the prisoner not having come home, the deceased went out to seek him ; whilst she was seeking him he returned home, and, finding that his wife was out, he went out to look after her. Soon after this some witnesses, who lived opposite the prisoner's house, saw him and his wife near the wall of their own house ; she was lying on the ground and the prisoner standing over her, giving her two or three kicks. She got up and went into Fullarton's room, and said, " Oh, Mrs. Fullarton, I'm a gone woman." She then sat down on the floor, leaning against the wall, and was seen to be bleeding from under her clothes. She, however, walked up stairs and was put to bed, and a surgeon was sent for, who discovered that she had received a wound in the uterus, as from a kick, and that an artery had been lacerated, which had caused the bleeding. She died between three and four o'clock the next morning from the violence she had suffered. The prisoner left Hull the same night, and was not seen again until the 12th of November last, when he was apprehended near Grimsby, in Lincolnshire. When taken by the police, he said, " It's a bad job for me ; I've done it, and I can't undo it. It's a bad thing to kick a woman in a passion." Mr. ASPINALL addressed the jury for the prisoner. His LORDSHIP summed up. The jury retired for a short time, and returned with a verdict of " Manslaughter." His LORDSHIP then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. The witnesses in this case, who were all Irish, pre varicated to such a degree in giving their evidence that his Lord , hip was compelled to threaten to com mit several of them ; and one named James Jennings was committed to prison for prevarication. December 18. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Patrick Looby was charged with the manslaughter of John Handley, at Sheffield, on the sth of October last. Mr. Boothby and Mr. Overend conducted the pro secution; Mr. 11111 defended the prisoner. All the witnesses in this case, as well as the priso ner and the deceased, were Irish. It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased had been quarrelling on the morning of Sunday, the 26th of September, and that the deceased having refused to fight, it b e i ng mornan Sunday, ag ree d to fight the prisoner o n the Monday da g. Unfortunately, in the eveni ng o f th e Sun -9 the prisoner and eased, and sev era l o th er Irishmen, m e t at the White Hart Inn, in Sheffield, mwhereen, and some fighti ng took place between the other at last thethesea.ffraPyr,isoannedr ceased entered into whilst and thisthe Isd,aes going on the Into a large tin gas-shade, with which he struck gthirzeeeuddnedceased a blow on the head, felled him to the then struck him about the ribs. The unfortun'atandrnan was taken to the infirmary, his own house, and on the Monde detianeye'ollowing, on where he lingered until the WednaeoYs, blow which day he died about seven was of so violent a description that the s r t h u l fractured, and pieces of it were driven into the l br Was Mr. HILL addressed the jury for the prisoner. ain. His LORDSHIP SIIIIMIGti up. Verdict—Guilty. His LORDSHIP, in sentencing the prisoner, said that notwithstanding the death of the deceased arose from An affray, yet, from the nature of the weapon which had been used, he should pass a severe sentence. Sen .. NEWS tence, ten years' transportation. `--, In the course of the day Patrick Reid (who was , tried at the last assizes for the murder of Mr. James Wraith at Mirfield, and was acquitted) and Michael M'Cabe (who was a witness on the trial on behalf of the Crown, and has since been detained in York Castle for want of sureties to appear as a witness at these assizeg) were brought up to plead to two indict raenta atarging them jointly with the murder of Mr. yi 4 ~. Wraith and Caroline Ellis, the female servant. They both pleaded Not Guilty. The trial is fixed fur Afonday morning. Liverpool, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) FELONY BY A BANKRUPT.—NON-SURRENDER TO A FlAT.—James Dealtry, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with felony, in having, after due notice of a fiat in bankruptcy being issued against him, and being summoned to appear at the Bank ruptcy Court for the Manchester district, feloniously disobeyed the summons, with intent to defraud his creditors. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for the term of seven years. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) MANSLAUGHTER.— Thomas Roderigues and John Roderip;ues were indicted for the manslaughter of Michael Haddikin, on the 29th Nov., at Liverpool. Mr. Blair, with Mr. Preston, appeared for the pro secution ; and Mr. James, with Mr. Atkinson, for the prisoners. Mr. BLAIR stated the case for the prosecution. On the day named in the indictment, the prisoners, who are boatmen, went into a public-house in the neigh bourhood of Wapping, in company with several other persons, amongst whom were several prostitutes. A dispute took place, and one of the women threw a glass, which struck one of the prisoners on the eye. A general fight then took place, and the landlord pro ceeded to clear the house of the party. After they were turned out the parties still continued fighting, and Haddikin received a stab in the belly, from the effects of which he died. The principal witness for the prosecution was a woman named Mary Anti Bowling (a prostitute), sister of the deceased, who swore that Thomas Rode rigues stabbed her brother. Upon cross-examination she admitted that she had been in prison about a dozen times, and was an aban• cloned character. The principal corroborative evidence was that of a little girl namediMary Roney, who stated that she saw the deceased knocked down by a little man, whilst the taller one struck him with something which she thought was a knife, and immediately afterwards there was a cry of murder- She immediately after wards went in search of a policeman. She could not, however, identify the prisoner. A woman, named Welsh, stated that she lived in a court in Norfolk-street, and that on the night in question she heard that a man had been stabbed. I Presently she saw the prisoner, Thomas Roderigues, running toward the court in which he lires. lie had a knife in his hand, and blood on his arm and shirt sleeve. Upon seeing him she said " That's the mur derer." She was quite close to him, and made a " charge" to catch him. There was a woman stand ing in the court and he knocked her down. Several respectable persons gave both the prisoners the character of being well-conducted men The jury retired, and after five minutes' delibera tion, returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter against Thomas Roderigues, with a strong recom mendation to mercy, and Acquitted John Roderigues. —Sentence deferred. The Court then adjourned. December 18. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) CHARGE OF MURDER BY A WIFE OF HER HUSBAND. —Ann Mather, stated to be 26 years of age, was in dicted for having, on the 28th day of July last, at Warrington, feloniously and of her malice afore thought killed and murdered Job Mather, her hus band, by administering to him and causing him to swallow a certain quantity of arsenic. Mr. Monk (with whom was Mr. Simons) con ducted the prosecution, end Mr. J. Pollock and Mr. Wheeler defended the prisoner. Mr. Morsx, in stating the case to the jury, said that the deceased, Job Mather, was by trade a file cutter, and up to the time of his death had been a workman in the employ of Mr. Stubb, who carries on that business in the town of Warrington. He was about 32 years of age. Was a widower before his marriage with the prisoner. He had no children by the prisoner, but had two by the former wife, one of them being dead, and the other, a girl, now living, was a child of about nine, whom it was proposed to call as a witness for the prosecution. The prisoner was accused of wilfully administering arsenic to her husband, and so causing his death, and it would be for the jury to determine, first, whether the deceased had come to his death by that poison ; and, secondly, whether, if they thought that to be established, they were satisfied that it was by the prisoner he was caused to take it. It would appear that Mather was taken ill on Monday, the 12th of July, and was the next day so ill as to be prevented from returning to his work at his employer's works. He was not a temperate man but his general health was good. A medical man had been sent for, but that gentleman not suspecting poison, had not given such antidotes as such a case required. The symptoms, however, were all those attending the poison in question. After taking some of the medicines sent, deceased, although he had been exceedingly unwell, became to all appearance much better, but again relapsed ; and after great suffering he expired early on the morning of the 20th of July. It would be shown that previous to and during his illness the prisoner had, on two distinct occasions, purchased arsenic at different shops, professedly to kill bugs, although it did not appear that she had made any complaint of the house being infested with bugs, except when going for the poison. With re spect to her motive, it would be shown that she and her husband had not lived on happy terms. The funeral took place the very day after the man's death ; and these and other circumstances to be detailed having caused suspicion, and rumour having attri buted guilt to the prisoner, the body, at the end of three weeks, was disinterred, and, upon its being opened, was found to contain a considerable quantity of arsenic, and to bear all the usual appearances of the unfortunate man's having died of that poison. After stating these and other important facts in the pri soner's conduct, the following witnesses were exa mined : James Barker, of Warrington, stated that he knew deceased for more 'than seven years, and worked in the same place. They worked for Mr. Stubbs, file manufacturer. Deceased was ;about 30 or 32, and was generally a healthy man, and regular in his attendance at work. On Monday, the 12th of July, there was a procession in the town, and the shop was closed for a holiday. Early in the morning deceased was there hard at work. At about seven on the next morning he was again at work, but appeared very ill, complaining of a burning pain at his stomach, and dizziness in the head. Ile was absent from work in the afternoon of Tuesday. Next day he came again, but was then worse ; left his work, but never again returned. Did not see him till the next Saturday, when witness saw him at his house, lying in bed. lle appeared very ill, and complained very much of being sick and purged. Witness saw the body of the deceased in it s coffin, and attend e d th e f unera l , which took place on Wednesday, the 21st. Was present also when the coffin, by the Coroner's order, was taken up. Saw Mr. Steel and Dr. Davis open the body. Deceased and prisoner had been married three years. He had been a widower, and had two children by his former marriage, but none by the prisoner; one of the children had died some time back. The Learned Counsel having asked the witness at what time that child died, His LORDSHIP interposed., observing that it was not a proper question, and orl'd that might be put for a very improper purpo:6e, though not, in fact, so put now, Examination continued—Deceased was member of several clubs. Cross •exatnined—Could not say that prisoner's ionduct to deceased had been kind and attentive. James Emmersun, another man working at the same place, gave similar testitnony as to the state of deceased before he left the works. Did not see him from the Tuesday morning until the Friday follow ing. Went to his house to do some work there on the Wednesday. lie was upstairs then, and did not see him, but z:alled to him and asked how he was, and he said " worse." His wife was then in the same room as witness, and in her hearing he said that "she had given him a powder, and it had made him worse." Witness asked her if she had had any doctor to him. She said, yes, she had Dr. Steel ; and he had given her some powders for him to take. , What deceased complained of was a burning pain in the stomach, and of being sick and purged. Mr. Steel, the surgeon, of Warrington —On Wed nesday, the 14th, deceased, with the prisoner, called at his surgery, when the former complained of pains in his head, back, and limbs. Prescribed four compound aloe pills, composed of aloes, saffron, and myrrh. Visited him on Thursday following. He was then complain ing of pain in his bowels, which witness su pp ose d might have ar i sen f rom the medicine. Then pre scribed a saline anodyne mixture for him, consisting of tincture of foxglovo, spirits of sweet nitre, and other ingredient._ On the next day, Friday, saw him again., when prisoner told witness that he had had a very bad night, and she thought he would have died , P..nd that he had been complaining of pain in bowels. Deceased subsequently complained of ' violent pain and vomiting. Prescribed leeches, and told prisoner to send to his house for some powders. ce-nl.o:oThr,tneepeoooes f w h,t. ihm e esp r sf s ea fo h wtpe e oirlui p tir is bi : pe, r re i ie b a e c d u a N n v h e a 7 a Dover's nd pt a powders, ds. T e r h s e , t d o ay s , to u p u t t i h l e t vomiting. y Did not lowing. He then apapeuaredt much the same. On the next day, at about mr?tnaersaertill3efore ten, he seemed much better, a n d in t h e the .t a p k r e e sceanrcee he prisoner, told him that if he would would soon be well and out of d oors ge s i tou t a u e n w r td r i t t e n h h d ge e , body in about three weeks after, arlgenaind'i and on its being opened found a over the whole of the stomach, an r d ed t n n e r s o s u whole length of the intestines. There were yellow stomach and the intestinee: From,. , patches INth in the stoma THE SUN, LONDON, the appearances, the immediate cause of the death was inflammation of the stomach and bowels. The in flammation would produce the appearance of yellow spots, but such spots are not seen in ordinary in flammations. Did not tell the prisoner what the powders were composed of. Did not mention jalap to her. Cross-examined—Made up all the medicines him self, and some of them were delivered by his boy. Wm. Warburton, botanist, of Warrington, in the habit of attending poor people, stated that he had been acquainted with herbs for nearly fifty years. On Sunday, the 18th, at about four in the morning, was sent for to the house of deceased, and there found him very bad. He complained of excruciating pains in the limbs, and in the stomach. The pri soner was present. Made him a decoction from a few herbs, and made a note three weeks after of what they were. One was queen of the meadow, another raspberry leaves, and the third bramble leaves. These are " generally stringents," used to check sickness and looseness. On Monday, having been sent for on the Sunday preceding, ag►ain ordered a decoction of pellitary, burdock, and dandelion. Also ordered a fomentation of thistles. Saw deceased after that, shortly before his death, and he was then worse than ever. He died about one o'clock on Tuesday morn ing. He had very violent convulsions. Mrs. Taylor stated that on Monday, the 12th, saw the deceased, between ten and twelve of the forenoon, as he was going past her house. Deceased lived next door to her. In the course of the day heard some one vomiting in the yard of the house ; this was about six in the evening. The prisoner then told wit ness that "Job was come home ill from work." Asked her what was the matter, and she said he had got the bowel complaint. On the Saturday morning, at about eight, she was fetched in by the prisoner, who said she had had so bad a night with him that she was afraid he was dying. Prisoner asked witness to feel his feet. He complained of great cold, and asked prisoner to cover him up, which she did. Saw him shortly before his death, when he was in a dreadful state. His tongue was very much swelled, and look ing like a boiled tongue. He was crying for drink, and complained of thirst. Saw nothing there for him to drink, and told prisoner that some buttermilk would be good for him. Prisoner said she had no halfpenny to get any, and no one to send. A half pennyworth is a common quantity to get. Witness went into her own house and got some buttermilk, and gave it to deceased. Prisoner thanked her for it, and deceased drank it, and said it had done him good. Cross-examined—Prisoner and deceased had lived there about three months. Had a conversation with her a few days after they came, when witness asked her if she had fuund any bugs in the house, and pri soner said that she had found one or two, but that she knew how to get rid of them. She said that she used arsenic for the purpose. The house was very dirty, it had been occupied by Irish people. Mary Warburton, an old woman of 80, lived next door, on the other side, to deceased. At nine o'clock, about a week or ten days before he died, heard a noise in his house, and went into it. He was sitting there with his head reared tip, sickly and faint. Had blood on his face, and a wound on the side of his head. Prisoner was then in the yard, at about three or four yards from the door. He came to after a while. He then, in the presence of prisoner, said to her (prisoner), " Thou has done me my job," to which she answered, "If I have not, I will do." Did not see a mug or jug lying on the floor. Went to the house on the day before he died, in the after noon. He said, on being spoken to by witness, draw ing his hand down his chest, "I'm very well, but for this burning." Prisoner did not appear much "daunted" (cast down) when deceased died ; and when the funeral took place she was not apparently much troubled. She walked to the funeral with a man who was well dressed. Jane Houghton, a young woman, neighbour of the prisoner—About three weeks before the day of the procession at Warrington, prisoner came to ask her to go with her to buy a pennyworth of arsenic, saying that they would not sell it without a witness ; said it was to scour a room to kill bugs. They went toge ther to Mr. Barton's, and there bought it. The young man there asked her, " whom she was going to poison ?" She replied there was no one she had that spite against to poison them. 'Witness asked him if that would poison a person, and he said yes, he should net like to try it with six. Prisoner said it was to put in colouring to scour the floor. Saw her and deceased together on the evening of the day of the procession. Asked him why he was not with the procession, and he said he was too ill. Next day saw him at home sitting in an arm-chair. Observed to him that his eyes were swelled, and he replied " Yes, that he was swelled all over, and he did not know w hat the devil to make of it." He then went to b; d. On the night of the 19th witness was standing at her own door, when the prisoner came up to her and asked her where she could get some vine gar. Witness told her at Mr. Bates's. She went, and prisoner then returned and asked her to accom pany her to buy some fuller's earth to put on her husband's skin. They went together to a Mr. Bul lock's, where, besides the fuller's earth, prisoner asked for a pennyworth of arsenic, but she was told they had none. They then proceeded to Mr. Woods's, and there prisoner asked for a pennyworth of arsenic. Before she went to Bullock's she said, that she would get a pennyworth of arsenic, for she had seen another bug or two. At Woods's she said it was to put into colouring to scour a room. The young man there told her she should have brought a man as a witness, on which prisoner turned to witness and said that she had been with her before as a witness to buy arsenic, and witness mentioned the name of Barton, The young man gave her the pennyworth asked for. I saw two file cutters at prisoner's house the morning after de. ceased died, and some money on the table. Prisoner pulled a piece of :paper out of her pocket, a single piece, and with something wrapped in it, saying that she should not want that any more, and that the people coming after might look after the bugs in the house. Witness, one day after that, told her that people had been talking about the arsenic. There were three or four women present when prisoner asked her to go for the arsenic to Mr. Barton's. Pri soner said " Nobody knows of the second but you. I don't care about the first, and you must not men tion the second to your mother. Thou knows I burnt." Never heard her complain of bugs except on these occasions when getting of the arsenic. Was frequently at her house, and intimate with her. Sometimes spoke about her husband's drinking, and sail that she had left him a time or two, and that he had abused—beat her. Cross-examined—Prisoner on the morning of the funeral was crying, and seemed distressed. John Dixon, the apprentice to Mr. Woods, stated that on Monday, the 19th of July, the prisoner and Jane Iloughton came, ns stated by the latter, and got the pennyworth of arsenic, &c. (as stated by witness Houghton). Prisoner gave her name and address, which were inserted in a small book (now produced). The arsenic was put in a paper and labelled "Poison," and then wrapped in a second paper. The outside paper was white, but did not recollect the colour of the first. Dr. Davis, of Warrington, who assisted Mr. Steel in examining the body, described the appearances of the stomach, intestines, &c. Attributed the death to the inflammation described, and said that the symp toms of burning heat, giddiness, &c., would all be those attending arsenic poisoning. Dr. Inman, lecturer on medical jurisprudence at the Medical School in Liverpool—The symptoms arising from arsenic poison would vary, according to the quantity taken, the time of taking it, and the constitution of the patient. But in ordinary cases the symptoms before detailed are those produced by such poison. Those are the most ordinary symptoms. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of either the bowels or the stomach is by no means common from ordinary causes. Mr. Steel and Dr. Davis were here recalled, and both stated that the inflammation exhibited in the present case was that of the mucous membrane. James Jones, constable of Warrington, took two jars, containing parts of the body, to Dr. Brett, in Liverpool. Dr. Brett, lecturer at the Medical School in Liverpool, received those jars. Those jars contained a stomach and human intestines. Witness agreed with the evidence of the last witness as to the appear ances presented on these, and that they were such as would be caused by white arsenic. Mr. PoLLocx, for the prisoner's defence, addressed the jury, in a speech of more than two hours in its duration, in which he commented fully upon the whole of the material facts in evidence. After a very careful and elaborate summing up from his LORDSHIP, The jury retired, remaining out from half-past six in the evening till near nine. On their return, they found the prisoner Not Guilty. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) On Saturday Isabella Kirk, 20, a good-looking young women, was arraigned upon an indictment charging her with wilful murder. The indictment alleged that the prisoner having, by the providence of God, brought forth a living child, it became and was her duty to provide for it the necessary clothing and sustenance it required, and that she neglected to do so, and unlawfully and feloniously exposed the child, naked, in an open passage, to the inclemency of the weather, and thereby caused its death. Mr. Payne prosecuted. The prisoner was unpro vided with counsel, but through the kind interven tion of the under-sheriffs, Mr. Wilde watched the case on her behalf. So far as the circumstances of this case are of a character to admit of being detailed, it appears that the prisoner had cohabited with a young man named Hay, and that the result of their intercourse was her becoming in the familyway. About the 23d of Oc- MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1847. tober the prisoner complained of great pain, and the presumption was that in the course of that day she delivered herself of the child, and it was supposed that she had laid it in a passage near her residence. It was found there the same evening in a pitiable state, and in being removed to the workhouse it went into convulsions, ar.d died a few hours afterwards. It appeared probable, from circumstances that trans pired in the course of the case, that the prisoner's object was to relieve herself from the burden of maintaining the child, and to avoid the exposure of the shame, and that she did not anticipate the fatal result that took place from her conduct. Mr. WlLnn made a most feeling appeal to the jury on behalf of the unfortunate prisoner, and urged that it was very possible that a young girl in the agony of such a situation as the prisoner was placed in might have committed the act imputed to her without being really conscious of it, or of the conse quences that would be likely to ensue. The jury;found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, and she was senteneed to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a year. _ _ Henry Spicer , 32, broker, was indicted for the manslaughter oPhilip Birch. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. The circumstances of this case will be fresh in the recollection of the public. The parties were in a public-house with others, when the deceased insisted upon fighting with several persons, and seized one by the throat, and held him till he was nearly black in the face. The prisoner, upon this, laid hold of a pair of tongs and struck at him, the blow being aimed at his body, but, by his suddenly turning, he received it on his head, and the consequence was that he died soon afterwards. The deceased, it appeared, was very drunk at the time, and the occurrence appeared chiefly to have arisen from his own misconduct. Verdict—Not Guilty. (Before lVl; the he C R O E Ii co I aTER.) Horatio Nelson West, 18, who had pleaded Guilty to a charge of uttering forged scrip of the South- Western Railway, was brought up for judgment. The circumstances under which the charge was preferred have been repeatedly mentioned. The prisoner had been already eight months in gaol, while the point of law was under discussion, and he was now sentenced to a further period of imprison ment for three months. Upon the application of Mr. PRRNDERG AST, an order was made that Barr, Brewer, and Ralt; who were convicted on Tuesday of conspiracy, should be placed in that part of the gaol appropriated for what are called first-class misdemeanants, which would enable them to have better food and other indulgences. The ground for the application was, that from their position in life they could not subsist upon the gaol allowance, and Brewer, it was stated, was already very ill, in consequence of the change from the diet to which he had been accustomed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. A man of sullen appearance, who refused to give his name or address, was charged before Mr. Broughton with attempting to plunder the house of General Fleming, No. 11, Baker-street, Portman square. It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock on the previous evening, on Mary Fitzsimons, the lady's maid, passing Mrs. Fleining's bedroom, she perceived the smell of a lucifer match burning, and on entering the room she discovered the prisoner and another man, not in custody, standing by two dress ing-cases, the topmost of which they were examining. Immediately on perceiving her, both rushed out of the room, and one of them, but which, in her fright, she could not tell, knocked her down on the landing and kicked her violently. She, however, called out, on which both men ran down stairs, and out of the street door. The prisoner was, however, secured by a tradesman named Ragdalet The dressing-cases were produced, and one of them contained much valuable property. The prisoner, who denied that he was one of the men, was remanded till Wednesday next. IVESTMINSTER. Henry Watson, a middle-aged man, having the appearance of a decayed tradesman, was charged before Mr. Burrell, with threatening to shoot Lord George Bentinck. It appeared that, about half-past seven o'clock on the previous evening, policeman Lockyer, A 96, seeing the prisoner near the Members' entrance to the House of Commons, entered into conversation with him, when the prisoner offered him half-a crown to show him Lord George Bentinck when he arrived, and on pressing him why he wished to know, he admitted that he wanted to shoot him. He was then taken into custody, when he said he could not help it, for Lord George was opposing Lord J. Russell's measures, and that he had for two or three days past waited about the Park to tell the Queen about it, but ehe was out of town. Other evidence was also gone into to prove that the prisoner had, on the previous (Thursday) evening, while being shaved in the harrow-road, Paddington, said he was going to shoot Lord George Bentinck, and pulled out a bullet from his waistcoat pocket. Mr. BuanFLL said he thought the matter one of a very serious nature, and ordered the prisoner to find bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each. The worthy MagiArate subsequently directed the clerk to make the commitment with his impression that the prisoner was insane. WORSHIP-STREET. John Doyle, a decent-looking mechanic, surrendered to hie reeognizances to answer an adjourned charge of drunken end disorderly conduct, and assaulting the police in the executiOn of their duty. At the former exarninalen a policeman of the K division, named Denis Rya,;, stated, that while on duty in Little Arundel-street, ISiih.l'end :New Town, on Tuesday night, a gentleman and limy" informed him that they had just been insulted and annoyer: by the prisoner, and observing that he was conducting himself in a disorderly and riotous manner, he re quested him to go quietly home, or he should be obliged to take him into custody. The prisoner im mediately assailed him with a volley of abuse, And having struck him two violent blows on the face, one of which cut his mouth and made it bleed severely, ted overtaken street, but was pursued and et e tness, who at length procured retreated down an the adjoiningli,i the assistance of a private watchman, and after a t pro tractedt- and violent struggle between them, in which the prisoner's resistance was so determined that the witness's coat was torn all round the collar and half way at last succeeded in con veyingdown hirnhti(ssthheosl d a e t r in house. hey William Loyd, u the private watchman, and another constable of the K division, stated that upon reaching the spot they found the first witness upon the ground engaged in, a violent struggle with the prisoner, and saw the wife of the latter seize the constable by the hair of his head and endeavour all she could to rescue her husband, but neither of these witnesses eras pre sent at the commencement of the affray, and was not aware in what manner it originated. Inspector Coward stated that upon the prisoner being brought to the station he exhibited great vio lence, declared that he would not be searched, and that it required the exertions of three officers to accomplish it. The prisoner was drunk, while the officer was perfectly sober, and appeared to be com pletely exhausted. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner positively denied having assaulted the constable, who, he stated, had interfered with him in the first instance without the slightest provocation, and subsequently subjected him to the most brutal violence ; and having intimated that he should be able to produce numerous witnesses in confirmation of this statement if time were given him, ;the magistrate adjourned the case for their attendance. A married woman named Sarah Ball, residing in the next house to the prisoner, now stated, that while seated at her window on the night in question, she saw the prisoner approach his own door, at which he knocked and commenced singing, but was imme diately checked by the constable, who came up at the moment, and ordered him in a peremptory manner to " hold his noise." The prisoner made some reply to this order the witness did not hear, upon which the policeman instantly seized him by the collar, forced him dovrn the steps, and began dragging him violently pr along the s t ree t. After proceeding a short distance a struggle /took (pl ace b e t w een them, in which they both fell, an d t h e o ffi cer, w h o was uppermost, with his knee s on theisoner's chest, held him down by the throat an d repeatedly dashed his head upon the stones. A l arge crow d o f persons had collected, at tracted by the contest, and loudly expressed their in dignation at the conduct of the constable, but he still retained his hold of the prisoner until the arrival of the private watchtnan and second officer, when the prisoner was removed. Two other married women, named Smith and Adams, corroborated the evidence of the last witness in its chief particulars, and described the conduct of the constable as having been, in their judgment, wan ton and unwarrantable throughout. ARNOLDMr. remarked upon the discrepancy in the testimony of the different witnesses, and said, that after the evidence he had now heard on behalf of the prisoner, he could come to no other conclusion than that the charge against him had not been sus tained, and he should therefore at once dismiss the complaint, and order the prisoner to be discharged. _ . THAMES. On Saturday, D av id Hill, a tall and powerful sea man, was brought b e fore Mr. Ballantine on remand, charged with committing a savage assault on John Hogan, who is al s o a mariner, and biting off the greater portion of his nose. Pickering, a police-constable, No. 87 K, put in a certificate from the house-surgeon of the London Hospital, stating, that the wounded man, Hogan, was admitted into that institution on Wednesday night with a lacerated nose, and that he was at pre sent in danger therefrom, and could not leave the ' hospital to give evidence. Pickering added, that he had just seen the patient, who was in a very bad state, inflammation took place on Friday, which had some what abated, but a blood-vessel had started afresh that morning, and the hemorrhage was excessive. It appeared from the evidence, which created the greatest horror and disgust, that on Wednesday night Hill and Hogan were in the long-room of a public house called the White Swan (better known as the " Paddy's Goose"), in High-street, Shadwell, where a quarrel took place, and some blows were exchanged. The parties were turned out into the street, where Hill immediately attacked Hogan, and began knock ing him about and suddenly seized him by the hair of his head and forced it back, while he snapped twice at his Nose with his teeth, and bit off the greater portion of it. A girl, named Williams, dis tinctly saw the prisoner fasten his teeth twice on llogan's nose. The first time he bit him he seized the bridge of his nose, and his teeth slipped, and he then fastened his teeth on the lower portion of the same organ, and bit off the greater part of it, which he spat out of his mouth on to the ground. The wounded man was immediately conveyed to the hos pital, and the agony he endured was excessive. Mr. BALLANTINE commented on the atrocious and cowardly act committed by the prisoner, and said that the victim of his brutality was not in a condition to leave the hospital, and that when he could do so he should commit the prisoner for trial for an aggravated assault ; but should the unfortunate man not recover the prisoner's situation would be a very serious one, and he would be sent before a jury on a charge affecting his life. He had never heard of anything more savage than one man biting off the nose of another. He remanded the prisoner for a week. The prisoner, who appeared quite unconcerned, asked if bail would be taken. Mr. BALLANTINE—No, I will not take bail. DEPUTATION of IRISH MEMBERS TO SIR GEORGE GREY. Several cif the Irish representatives having received from influential and leading Members of their re spective constituencies certain statements respecting the existence and increase of destitution in many of those districts even where the Poor-law Act is in full operation, two meetings were held last week, in Com mittee room No. 14 of the House of Commons, for the purpose of considering the melancholy informa tion communicated to them, and to adopt such mea sures, before the adjournment of Parliament for the Christmas recess, as would induce the Government to take steps for preventing the recurrence of those scenes which took place last year, especially in the southern and western provinces of Ireland. Both meetings were very numerously attended, there being present the following gentlemen :---Henry Grattan (Chairman), Sir Denham Norreys, William Keogh, George Alexander Hamilton, John Green, Edward King Tennison, Francis Scully, Major Blackell, Oliver Dowdale, John Grace, Colonel Dunne, John O'Brien, Chisolme Ansty, Robert Keatinge, Major Macnamara, John Reynolds, Fitzstephen French, Sir Lucius O'Brien, George Henry Moore, the Hon. Charles Skeffington Clements, William Monsell, Henry Arthur Herbert, John Thomas Devereux, the O'Gorman Mahon, Charles Carroll M'Tavish, Chris topher St. George, Daniel Callaghan, Colonel Raw don, Richard Southwell Bourke, Alderman Thomas Meagher, Willithn Smith O'Brien, Anthony O'Fla herty, William Fagan, Sir Percy Nugent, Grogan Morgan, John Sadlier, Richard Maxwell Fox, Mar tin Joseph Blake, William Fagan, James Molyneux Caulfield, and James Wilson Fitzpatrick. The various communications received from diffe rent districts of Ireland, each detailing severe and afflicting cases of destitution left unrelieved by the operation of the Poor-law Act, were read and con sidered. In the course of an animated discussion, a variety of suggestions, with the view of devising the most practical and efficacious means of preventing the spread of further distress and relieving that which has been ascertained to exist, were made, and it was finally arranged that the chairman and five other members should wait upon Sir George Grey, and, representing to the Right Hon. Baronet the condition towards which they believed the country was ap proaching, to assure him that they had the most con clusive evidence for considering that more than twenty-two unions, the number particularised by minutes during debates on motions for remedial mea sures, were and would be unable from their own resources to meet the existing and increasing distress, and respectfully to urge that sufficient resources should be placed in the hands of the Lord-Lieutenant, to enable him to meet promptly the emergency in any locality where the poor-law has been or might be found unavailing. Accordingly, pursuant to previous arrangement made with the Right Hon. Baronet, the deputation waited upon Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, on Friday last, and had with him and Sir eVilliarn Somerville, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, an inter view of considerable length, and one that they re garded as of a most satisfactory nature. The CHAIRMAN of the deputation briefly explained the object of their visit, informed the Right Hon. Ba ronet that they were unwilling to permit the adjourn ment of Parliament to take place without again bring ing under his notice the painful subject of existing and anticipated distress in Ireland, believing that the information received by Government had induced them to underrate its present extent aed the proba bility of its further spreading throughout the towns and agricultural districts, and he concluded by stating that the Irish Members, at their meetings held in the course of the vt eek, had agreed upon the following memorial, or memorandum, which he read for the Right Hen. Baronet : " We, the part of a large meeting of Irish Mem bers, beg to submit to the Secretary of State for the Home Department that we have heard with pleasure his statement of the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment with reference to such districts in Ireland as are unable, from their own resources, to meet the gr eat and increasing distress. We feel it to be, how ever, o z imperative duty ; before the recess, to ex press our &.l') conviction that the remainder of the districts in such distress will prevail has been underrated by the Government. " We fully admit that it is just and reasonable that, before any recourse is had either to the liberality of individuals, or any further appeal, or the aid of the State in the present emergency, the resources of the localities, which are now available by law for the maintenance of their own poor should be proved to be insufficient; and we are quite willing that it should be left to the Executive to determine when this state of things shall hap arrived in any locality. But we beg leave most respectfully and earnestly, in order to prevent the recurrence of those frightful scenes which took place last year in many parts of Ireland, to suggest that sufficient resources should be placed in the hands of the Lord-Lieutenant, to enable him to meet promptly the emergency in any locality where the poor-law has been proved unavailing, and we feel confident that any measure which may be proposed by the Government to secure the repayment of any money advanced for the purpose, will receive cordial support. In presenting this memorandum with reference to the pressing distress we feel bound to add, that a recurrence of those painful appeals can only be prevented by comprehensive and well-directed measures for the improvement of the social condition of Ireland." (Here follow the oisnatures.) Sir G. GREY entered very fu;2 . y and with much sympathy into the subject, and he assti: ed the deputa tion that, acquiescing in the principle set forth in the memorandum, he was enabled to state that s Q Go vernment had, as they believed, at their disp6.7a l Means sufficient for the present to meet a nylcase of destitution likely to occur at an early period, and which would not be provided for lay local resources, provided those means were used only in cases in which the local resources of the union had been exer cised to the fullest extent available, and had been found insufficient. The deputation considered the Right Hon. Gen tleman's explanation most satisfactory, and the deter mination of the Government calculated to prevent anything even approaching last year's distress. They expressed themselves in a great measure pleased with the arrangements which Sir George Grey assured them were perfected, in order to aid those districts where the poor-law would be found insufficient, and, having thanked the Right Hon. Gentleman for his courtesy, they withdrew. KILMARNOCK TRADE.—Several of the large print works, which have been for some time closed, have re sumed work on a limited scale ; and thus a few of those who were idle are again in work ; there are, however,:a large number still unemployed. The carpet and wool spinning factories are far from manifesting that activity which used to characterise them. Shoemaking and bonnetmaking are partaking of the general depression, the last especially. Trade, on the whole, is rather im proved. The printing-field of Mr. George Young and Co. has been re-opened, and will be comparatively brisk in a short period. The carpet factories are improved ; weavers of Brussels are extremely throng, being en gaged in the fulfilment of American orders. There has been a slight improvement, since our last, in some of the branches ut our manufacturing industry. Printers are receiving more regular, and more constant employment, although it is calculated that there are at present about six hundred of them deprived of their usual labour. Carpet-weavers are still but partially employed, and shoemakers are in receipt of average employment. Fever, we are glad to say, is rapidly decreasing, and the proclamation just issued by the authorities, regard ing the removing of stagnant water, &c., will materially tend to lessen it still more. In one district the number of cases for the month of October was 60, hut in No vember it had fallen to 37. Influenza is very prevalent among all classes.—Ayr Observer. 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I . 15 pr cen:. 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 95 0 0 14 0 0 2/. per cent. 50 A 0 pr cent. 100 0 0 II 31V. pr cent., 61. per cent. 25 0 0 1 25 100 0 0 23 25 0 0 5 O 0 O 0 O 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 TILE THREE CONJURORS.—At the bottom shaft of the Dolcoath mine (one of the deepest known), Pro fessors Airey, Whewell, and Sedgwick were d e . sirous to try some experiments where they could sw i t ig the pendulum at a great depth, and also at a c onsiderable elevation, and had their appa ratus lowered to the bottom of the shaft, and after spending a portion of two or three days there, it was packed up in an iron bucket or kibble, with shavings, into which a spark from a miner's candle must hare fallen; for, when midway up the shaft, the shavings took fire, the rope was burned, the bucket fell to the bottom, and the apparatus was destroyed. The miners declared that nothing could hare burned the rope but the devil, and that the three professors must be magicians. The day after there was a violent storm, and these miners were overheard saying they were quite sure it was owing to those men that had been underground; and one said it must be the little 'un (Professor Airey), because lie see'd him standing with his back against, the church yard!—Mining Journal. Viscount Sandon, who was severely burnt about the face and bands in endeavouring to extinguish the flames when the dress of his niece (Miss Ryder) caught fire, at Sandon Hall last week, is going on favourably. Viscountess Sandon, we regret to state, is confined to her bed from illness, arising from the shock caused by the untimely death of her ill-fated niece. The Barristers' annual ball will be held on Thurs day, the 30th instant, at the Hanover-square Rooms, in aid of the Distressed Needlewomen's Society. In addi tion to the patronage of royalty, several personages of distinction have signified their intention of patronizing the ball; amongst them are the Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Stradbroke, Lady Stanley, &c. •••••••••• CASE OF COUNT 11 1 EB A large crowd assembled on Thursday in ',the' dtie Court of the Civil Tribunal, to hear judgment del. iyer , e h h n this case. The following are the terms in in 'h i ' Court delivered itself:— " Considering that the Countess Mortier t. Irt„sn conforming with the especial dispositions of Ar and the following of the Code of Civil Procedure v, de mended the interdiction of her husband, and lozn' menced proceedings for that purpose :-1. By . pre_; senting a request in which she sets forth his met 2t" ,_ alienation. 2. By obtaining a judgment wh directed the convocation of the family council, inn • an interrogatory ; and 3. In executing that judgm en; t by the convocation of the family council : " Considering that by the neglect of the Countess Mortier, to have followed up the judgment Of the Chambre du Conseil, of the 10th November, 1847, Mortier has Ix en able to take advantage of these preparatory proceedings, and to present the demand for his interdiction to the tribunal, in order to cause it to be rejected: " Considering that the form indicated by the law' of the 30th ot June, 1838, applies to the most frequent' case, that in which the person detained for mental , alienation has no opponent, and may consequent l y' proceed by way of simple request, but that when el l opponent known or present exists, the demand mu S ' be expressed against him in the terms of the coma in law, and that the mise en cause might be ordered el''' rt ex officio—that thus the tribunal has regularly bef" rt ,! it :—First, a demand for the rejection of the requ , e'' for the interdiction, in which Mortier has Madam' Mortier for an opponent, who is supposed to oppo se by the mere fact of referring the case to justice; second, a demand for setting Mortier at liberty, which has for opponent Madame Mortier on the one part, and the public prosecutor, acting on 'behalf of the public, on the other : " Considering that in order to decide on either of these demands, it is indispensable to appreciate th e mental state of Mortier : " Considering that the facts which occurred at Poi" in the Hotel Chatham, on the 7th November las t ; and proved in the proces-verbal of the commissary police of the quarter of the Place Vendome, cause it to be presumed that on that day Mortier was a ttaelou during several consecutive hours with furious an d continued insanity; that these facts fully justify t he intervention of the public authorities, and the we ts• sures of safety prescribed by them : " Considering that the replies made by Mortier his interrogatory of 26th November last, to the goe s ' tions relative to the events ot the 7th Novembe r ' events which are avowed and admitted by himse l f corroborate the presumption of that attack of int ness ; that in effect he cannot explain reasonably he: he could have addressed to his wife the l e tter of W e 7th November with the object of bringing her to el l interview, how he could have consented to restore l l children to her at the moment at which he acctle' her of the most odious acts, and when he had the ide a of depriving them of life sooner than leave them wi th their mother ; how the simple threat, not thee realised, of.a demand for a separation could have ° lf ; ficed to incite him to the commissi on o f a su i c ide an a double murder; how he could have persisted in keeping himself barricaded and armed with 3 ra zor during several hours, in spite of the presence of pubic functionary; finally, with w h a t o bj ec t hero ni , have writen a letter, addressed to M a d ame Bnigne,,', and those addressed to Madame M or ti er anel Guelhem : " Considering that the state of calm which Mortier has recovered since his detention is not sufficient tc ; prove a complete and lasting cure ; th a t it i s inapor t t ri- 1 , to ascertain whether if the scene of the 7th Novemu e a, were not the result of a temporary disord e r Of Blind or of the idea of a crime for which M o rtier we have had to answer, if it had been manifested b ti . commencement of execution, it were not the re,P e i n tion of previous attacks, which may be renewed' . short, if the facts ascribed to Mortier must he r eno. ",, ta sidered as resulting from a criminal intention, from wickedness, or from insanity of mind : *use " Considering that from the documents in the cause and the oral defences, several conclusive facts result, of which it is of importance to appreciate the chers e .r, ter, in order to ascertain if th e y b e th e e ffects of chain or of mental alienation : "Orders that there shall be made, by letters or wit• nesses, proof of the facts hereafter set forth, co ntrary proof being reserved : " That, in 1843, at Berne, Mortier accused Madame Mortier of having been guilty of adultery with_ s domestic, and of having procured abortion, that h . e had threatened to strike her with a razor, and that he struck M. Cordier, who ran to the assistance of his daughter. acts " That, subsequently to these accusations an d of violence, he in the presence of the domestics , made apologies to his wife and to his father-in law, an d addressed to Madame Mortier, especially in Deeen" ber, 1845, letters in which he heaped praises and ex pressions upon her. " That during his stay at Berne and Lucerne he had hallucinations, ' and was, in particular, per' suaded at times that Dr. Sic hel had predicted his death at a determined period, and at other times that a monk was placed beside him in his carriage. " That at the same period, without any plausible motive, he leaped from his bed, and, with a we a pon in his hand, pursued a domestic. "That in the month of September, 1844, a t Turin, in consequence of these continued attacks of vio lence, M. Dandree, Secretary of the Embassy, believed right to provide himself with a defensive arm ever y time that he entered the study of Mortier. " That in July, 1846, at Dieppe, he struck an d ill treated his son, on account of the latter, in plaY in k having given himself a blow on the head. That Madame Mortier having been indisposed; Mortier took a razor, and threatened to cut his throw before his wife. "That in August, 1847, at Ostend, he gave bit f , self up to such acts of violence as to cause -1-/ Johnson to form an opinion of his insanity " That on 6th October, at Bruges, Articles of the ground, uttering cries, because some on. r clothing were not delivered at the hour agree d "That on the night of October 7 he seized a razor it is al le i g e h l and threatened Madame Monier, who, was obliged to take refuge with the governess 0: is children. razcir' " That on October 8 he again caught UP he also rolled ort . Madame Mortier and her femme de chambre being obliged to hide themselves, the former in 81) 0 1; and the latter in a heap of hay; in a granary; ° st p; jumped out of a window on seeing two wome n - n 4 by, whom he took for them; that M. de Tilgbern and the servants passed the night in managing the flight of the two women, who at last succeeded in eseg i at four in the morning. the' " That he flew into a passion with his m° this when she wanted to prevent hi m f rom striking -- children. " That on September 7,1847, at th e H o tel Clut,t A li fp ' , he placed a razor on the neck of on e o f his cht - el and kept this razor in his hand d u ri ng the Wil ° h" his conference with the prefect of police. eat " Orders that proofs shall be given with Ail SP e t • er relative to these matters, both by Madame M °rl s ; and the Procureur du Roi, :as much as in bin' , c entrusts to Al. Cazenove, judge, the task of pro se ing to the examination at P ar i s; an d or ders o' 4 case of his being prevented, ano th er o ffi ce r shall fl ll his place forthwith, on a simple demand; give 3 fa, commission to the judicial authorities of Berne' I ,:ch cerne, Turin, Ostend and Bruge s , t o i n t er rogate s- 01 ; witnesses as it may be necessary to call before Whin orders that the investigation be commenced ivi t t „ e a the 'fortnight after the present judgment has been delivered ; orders the doctor s Fabret, Leuret , , 6 Foville to visit Count Mortier ; orders that 10 111 411 fortnight at farthest from the present day they tier give in a first report on the question of Motu, b . being able with safety to be removed to an est °ss ment not consecrated to madmen and f oo l s ; , she the above-named physicians to give in a report ti er ed question as to whether Mortier o ug ht t o b e c OOl ca ge as affected with mental alienati on ; or d ers that f foal any of the said medical m en b e i ng prevente".,:pli acting, his place shall be su ppli e d on a s i m Pler,;,; of cation to the President ; a n d reserves th e queatiu costs." 81173. On the 11th inst., at Melton Woodbridge, the 11 1 -1 ° f Richard Wood, Esq., of a daughte. f i n e 01 On the 11th inst., at Blackadder, Berwickshire, t he Sir George oustoun inst., Boswall at Alt , ona, Mrs. Bart., of rs. T • a son. 1-1. .ciaienhor/11 On the 12th , . of a son. On the 14th inst. ' at Shinfield House, Berks , the /rife (If Lieutenant-Colonel Dunn, of a daughter. se vibe On the 15th inst., at Springfield -te rrace , Grove , well, Mrs. Thomas Weedon, of a daughter. Joseph of 50P. On the 16th inst., at Christ's Hospital, Mrs. Obbardf On the rith inst., at South Lambeth, Mrs. Josep, of twin sons. MARRIED. On the Ist ult., at Bombay, Captain W. J. Yonge, (King's) Royal Rifle Corps, to Martha An n, daughter 0 Major Deacon, of her Majesty's 28th Regiment. Edwin On the 15th inst., at the British Embassy', Paris, Wilson, Esq., of London, to Miss Eleanor Marchant, Pa."en" On the 16th inst., at St. Mary iebons Church, Otto secondWilot stein, Esq., of Aix-la - Chape lle, to Emily Sarah, -Psr. daughter of Captain Colley, Bentinck-terrace, Regent's_. DIED. On the 7th inst., Richard Aldred, Esq., of Upper Kenning' ton-green, Lambeth, t Ad aged 88. so o Esq.,ta t hg h ee e dl B 26 t t l , i h. inst., , h at House, Paisley-, Joseph Twigg' E On the 14th inst., t . D tin F . ot D i ufli o n i , argaerdva,69.perset, Lawrence Edward St. Lo., Esq., aged 89. On the 15th inst., at Leamington, Richard Jones, Esq.eet, On the 15th inst., John Wilson, Esq., a Hearietta-str Brunswick- square. On the 16th inst., in Gray's Inn-sq uar e, Charles Sa lle y Esq., aged 93. 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