The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

ph Las 1 hat they w ers wit ion of the vari, to be ti re, and cane ; on the r Indines led f ex ter 1 hints to parents .nagement of tb .n in the p: Some curious informa- conditions of the somnambulism, and ia induced by the ap- ethei, chlor-o- exciting pc , sponding nlnifesta The Si important )ject of the It will de ;e of the physic ion of the intellectua nd exercises of the body to the condition of the ysical orga THE CHIN lection is now at Manchester. It has hitherto been exhibited in London, Birmingham, and Liverpool only, and the route of tho proprietor will be through Manchester, taking all the large towns in the way, to Edinburgh and Glasgow. From Glasgow it is to go by sea to Belfast, and to proceed down the east coast of Ireland to Dublin, and perhaps to Cork, where it will be transhipped to Bristol, and travel ever the south of England to London, or some of the eastern ports, where it will again be taken by steamers, and proceed through France, Belgium, and Germany. it final resting place will probably be England ; but the collection is of such general interest that it will be sure to meet equal success in the great fairs of Frankfort and other contmental cities, where it is destined to poceed, as it has done in this country. The collection required eight days t o j ourn ey from London to Li verpoo l ; it requ i re d seven ty horses for its transit; and the fifteen waggons in which it travels weigh from four to five tons each. Louis Philippe offered sixty thousand pounds to become its possessor, a kw years since. The expense of removal from London to ?Loral Lm-frimat, The Affo.lzo Sti THE WATER INQUIT Rio on Thursday. The cases of Mr. M`Donald, ,tt will not be ready to enter on his is the short-hand writer's notes. Rev. David Brown, late of Dumfries, he pastoral charge of the Scotch urs contemplate a benefit for Mrs low of the late lamented comedian The Liverpool subscription last, Francis White, child of treet, fell into a basin of boil and was so severely , d fatally on Monday. tries terruir `Liverpool Church 'ray in the (hair, it was it any alteration in y a young man, named Andrew it a house where he lodged in the necl '., Inn who had formerly good authority, th n of respectable con- been in very low spirits, the On Saturn leld at the Angel Inn, Mary Ann Campbell, a child two I tohave through tl be inquiry, h9w- s, resulted in proof that SUDDE, esday last, a boy named ad in a privy at Me fuel work, Carruti No ago, in eonsequ piece of iron, but Las not yet I s - certained whett er this caused his a deputation from the teachers and s of the tiverpool Mechanics' Institution waited late secretary of the institution, at presenting a gold watch, as a mark of their esteem, on his resigning the office he has held with so much honour to himself during the last five Tears. scription gil exhibited b upon Mr. Ho, tients had died lilackburne H The favotirabl e impressior vhich the unprecedented , in eat e most trouble Mme exc upon tt lg to make a longer lly intends et, we un- d that I The proceeds of the three Lech lem, iust the Desert, andJerusa- livered Institution, amount ts, which somewhat exceed £BO, wil rpool Church of England School Soc f the lecture-room. West Derby Ward, Mr. Ileckwitb, a In the course o Gardens open to ti "elected Dr. Hu - me on ti connexion with some of t been convicted The minute murder or Q that wer whole subject, in were repre N orman times was French exertio of Tort for ever Rxiuntliwaife each, the Chairman ceived for of the p ion to our recommend addresse Th P rprtm Liverpool amounted to £BOO. The success of the collec tion in Liverpool has been most decided. The attendance on the last week exceeded a thousand persons nightly, ex clusive of the day exhibition. On Tuesday fortnight up wards of thirteen hundred persons visited it in the evening. This amount of success could only compensate the pro prietor, considering his heavy expenses, which would as tonish by their magnitude, were it prudent to name the sum. The band, which may truthfully be said to be un rivalled, costs many hundreds per annum. LOCAL MEETINGS THE SEA SERPENT.-At the Polytechnic Society's meeting last week, Mr. Cunningham made some remarks upon the sea serpent, and stated that a friend of his had a stuffed snake in his possession about. 15 feet long, which had been captured by some seamen belonging to the ship Bencoolen, about three miles from the coast of Java. The animal had raised its head two feet from the water as and was secured bl '-vs if to attack the persons in the boat, means of a boat-hook. It was kept alive for three and subsequently stuffed. Its diameter was about six and ten at the thickest part of the ,n stated that he had been told, on very at snakes had been known to attain the length of twenty feet in the fresh water tanks of India. POISONOUS NUTS.—At the meeting last week of the Polytechnic Society, Mr. Archer exhibited some nuts, many of which had been eaten by various individuals, producing in all symptoms of cholera. The seeds bad been imported from Lisbon, and were supposed to be those of the castor oil plant ; some diff erence cou ld b e detected, though of an unimportant nature. Mr. Hodg son stated, that on one day last week there had been no less than forty cases of poisoning reported at the South ~. Dispensary. The symptoms in each were violent vomit .ers- ing, purging, and extreme debility.,. so as to give rise to )loyed at the works the b e lief t} cholera of a formidable nature had made its appearance. On examination, it appeared that every person affected had been eating some nuts (so called) which had been procured from a bag that had burst in its transit from the ship to the warehouse. From the de m of the seeds, they were similar to those Mr. Archer. Fortunately none of the pa- Many members bore testimony to the acrid qualities of the castor oil seed,one gentleman stating that he had suffered most severely for two days from eat ing one only. It appeared that the comparatively mild castor oil was procured from the Cotyledons only, and that the substance which acted so powerfully upon the system resided in the albremen of the seed. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the IT' day (Mr. Tinne in the chair), the building surveyor sub mited plans, and the inspector of nuisances the number of cesspools that had been emptied during the week. The police, it was stated, were co-operating with the health officers in the suppression of nuisances. Dr. Duncan, in reply to Mr. Parker, said that the repair of the middens, the court flagging, and the channelling, had done more than anything else to improve the sanatory condition of the town. A case of cholera was alluded to by Mr. Walthew. Dr. Duncan said it was only an ag gravated case of English cholera. Deceased was an artil leryman from Scotland, who had got drunk on Friday, and was attacked and died on Sunday. This had been the only case in the town for three weeks. The attendance at the bath-houses had amounted to 9553 persons, and the receipts to £llB 18s. At the wash-houses, 21,400 dozens of clothes had been washed during the week, and the re ceipts had been £45 17s. In addition to the above, 206 persons bad bathed gratuitously. It was agreed that the Sub-committee should be open to all the members of the Health :Committee who chose to attend, the committee to meet at Cornwallis-street every Tuesday at 12 o'clock reefing on Thurs- The Sub-committee appointed were—the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman, cx officio, and Messrs. J. Holme, Bennett, Walthew ' and Hodson. Sift HUGH OF LINCOLN.—At the third meeting of the -ry and Philosophical Society, a paper was read by curious tradition and the popular poe try connected with this person. It appears that for se veral centuries there has been a tradition among the peo ple of Christian nations to the effect that the Jews sacri ficed a Christian child once a year, to use his blood in mysterious rites. Many in ons have taken place, criminals have confessed or , and executions have consequently taken _:..count given by Matthew Paris of on- Hugh, a child eight years old, at Lin was compared with the facts partially confirming it, I, rov .ht to light by some repairs of the cathe ‘ then entered on an investigation of the which he acknowledged the kindness of of this town, in furnishing him with certain el by facts, and that it bad originated in the vestigation was thrown into a ju- of interest ; but some of the gentlemen present thought that the charge was slightly against the accused while the verdict was strongly in their favour. Four copies of the popular ballad were then produced, and two of them read The first was that published by Peter, nearly a century ago; then Jamieson's, Motherwells, and a version reco vered by Dr. Hume in the north ot ! Ireland. The four rented in print, side by side. like a harmony ; is other copies were noticed, including one in The origin of the tradition in modern noticed, at Damascus and Rhodes ; but, by the of Sit Moses Montefiore, and the liberality both ' ohristians, the question was closed in 1841, At the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided, and read a letter gent to the City• of Dublin ' - man said that the steam- aking paupers at only 2s. 61:1 and moreover that they in the screw steamers at me price at which they were brought over. .ence to Mr. Briscoe's election for St. Paul's Mr. Shimmin's alleged interference therein, mmittee of Finance having reported that they ned several witnesses as to the allegations made Immond against Mr. Shimmin, and expressed trong condemnation of his conduct, a long discus- place as to his being reprimanded or dismissed, hich ended in the whole subject being referred back to and not accounting for it in die and altering the dates, with instructions to lay the evidence before the next Vestry. The following gen tlemen voted in the division on Mr. Earle's amendment for Shimmin's dismissal:—For it—Messrs. Abraham, rd, Gardner,_ Urquhar Earle, and the it it- Molyneux, Hodson, Riding, Cafferata, Clarke, Hand, Mactaggart, Bennett, Avison, Whitby, Shakeshaft, Poole, Woodruff, Wylie, Hindley, Mellor, and Ferguson.--Mr. Atherton was elected pay-clerk.---Mr. Charles Pim and Mr. Adam Pringle were elected members of the Select Vestry.—The ;e Committee reported that there were 2,008 nd 112 fever cases in the house.—Mr. Riding e of motion, for the next day, to appoint Miss schoolmistress at the Workhouse, at £25 per Dard, washing, and lodging : and also to raise iss Lightburn's salary to the same rate.—The Indus al School Committee reported that there were only 43 k at the school —The Medical Relief Committee re ported that there were 1295 cases of sickness in the seve ral districts of the town. Mr. George Luney and Mr. George Howell were appointed out-door dispensers of medicines, at a salary of £6O per annum each.—The Building Committee requested that reports and estimates ising the fever-sheds at Brown low-hill one story higher, in order that these sheds might be rendered available in the event of cholera breaking out in Liverpool.—Letters were read from Mr. Taylor complaining of the late decision of the Vestry to dismiss them at the expiration of three months ; but it appeared to be the general opinion that the decision was final, and could not now be reversed.—The Chairman said he had received a letter relative to vagrancy in the streets. It may be in Mr. Wylie's recollection, said he, that when we issued our first proclamation, requesting the parishioners to give no money to unknown beggars in the streets, he raised an objection to the word " unknown," and wished it to be left out, and the proclamation to have reference to all beggars in the streets. My answer to that was, that some hioners were ioo pay a ons, and that if we asked t to do too much, they would do nothing at all. I er upon this subject, written in a very d bearine a handsome seal. The Chairman the letter, which was signed "A Ratepayer," in their official or the poor of the parish," and added of the charitable societies were not [This ion at t) to the rail ter of Itated that as a ded to try to he Botanic a week, instead of A. very hand , uth aisles, chan- ly erected in S The tenders of Mr Holt have been :hitect, mer production of this good work tnissioners of the 1-}t a gold chrono- n Joaquim kflonso defence until I • On was inducted int Church, Rodney-street company c W. J. Yarn and big sei amounts to On the 2 •esident in On Tuesday Union resolved to petiti the law which Dr, hung h been ME anion rutin i but for p, was a , cn vic )fl, NS' he COII, the frc speeCh, I the c i he inter in the in the in Ocean 3 I escape from drowning. In A Liverpool he fell from the bly have been ued him from of rest Dublin pant the necessity of some 1, which ok place well at- Inc of I .nd the militai heir aid. Ti. sung by Mi! mountain echo. TL 1, rumiinp y of the I master, fr Captain Pile instantl 1 in saf a card of prevente of man have been cor f the r g, though In her next cceeded much bet )l* voice, though it rant sang her other ior of which is also The driftwav of a Tunne Mersey, fifty feet D run, which [i Pile, belong- nth hay.: :ed, but n Claxton, of which ay that as my memory serves Tisated at Liverpool, , ctual nature c .cturer was led, in he brain and ner- The nervous of the :kly d( n Pile t that t letter, and proved that the indiscriminate gift of alms to unknown beggars was the cause of great immorality and ncy in the town, and was calculated to aggravate V the evils c h it must be the object of every Christian to cure. The rector a g ain took occasion to recommend the charitable societies to the support of the public.—Mr. o uncommon thing to find that per and noun and money at the Parish- offices will sell their eighteen-pennyworth of tickets for a few pence, plainly showing that it is money they want, and not the staff of life.—The Chairman said they had an instance at the District Provident Society of a person who sold his loaf for gin DOCK COMMITTEE. eeting was held on Thursday. a sub-committee was submitted as to the working, maintaining, and management of the new land ing-stage. It appeared that some doubts had been started as to whether the management should be in the The weekly n The report of hands of the Dock Trust or the - Corporation : but it was the opinion of the solicitor that, in accordance with the act of 7th and Bth Victorit., the Dock Trust was the proper body to have the control. The report was referred back, with powers for the sub-committee to frame the necessary regulations for the general and efficient manage ment of the stage. A statement of the annual accounts was laid on the table, and it was directed that copies should be sent to each member, preparatory to its consideration at the next meeting. Kirkdale Gaol for trial at the proximate assizes. A letter was received from the General Telegraph Com- ILLICIT DISTILLATION. — On Wednesday, an old Irish pany to the effect that they had effected an improvement woman, named Biddy Conolly, was sent to gaol for three in the electric telegraph, by which they could give facilities months, for having a whisky-still at her house, and the in the working of the dock arrangements. The Company materials for making the spirit. The prisoner lived in a proposed to erect a complete and perfectly insulated two- street near St. Martin's Church, and an officer of police wire telegraph, at £65 per mile, and if the proposal were detected her, and took her into custody. She was fined approved, they, would undertake the work immediately. £3O, and committed in default of payment. It was considered that the Dock Trust were not yet CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—On Tuesday, an Irish ready to entertain the proposal, and after some convey- beggar, named Cunningham, was apprehended at the sation on the subject, the l e tter was referred to the back of the house of Mr. Morrish, Hayman's-green, West Marine Surveyor. Derby, with a quantity of silver plate, which he had con- The receipts at the port of Runcorn were stated to be trived to reach through a window which he had opened. £46 ls. for the last month, being less by £3 18s. Id. He was observed by the cook at Mr. Edwards s, next than the receipts for the corresponding month of last : door, and the alarm being given he was secured, and next year. day committed to the sessions. SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. — On Wednes day, the warehouseman who has been in the service of Messrs. Rathbone Brothers and Co., of South Castle street, for the last twenty years, was apprehended on a charge of having embezzled various sums of money, the property of his employers. It appeared he had only 30s. a-week, but that he had contrived to possess himself of and invest the large sum of £l,BOO in railways. He was brought up at the Police-court on Thursday, when evi dence was given that it was his duty to employ the por ters required in the various departments of the establish ment, and pay them their weekly wages. For that pur pose he kept a book, in which he entered the men's time, and received the amount necessary for the payment of the wages from the cashkeeper. Two instances were ad duced in which the prisoner had charged time as having been worked by a porter ; in one case more money was put down in the book than the man had received, and in the other a week was charged as having been worked by the same individual, when it was shown he had not been employed a single day. Mr. Grocott, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner, and contended that he had been guilty of an act of imprudence in raising the wages of one of the men 3s. per week, but nothing further could be alleged against him. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. On that day Kehoe, a detective officer, who had charge of the case, said he had no doubt that if it were postponed for a week or so, he could adduce several still more serious instances. He had searched the house of the prisoner, and althoggh he had never been in the receipt of more than thirty shillings a week, he found in scrip and money not less than £3,700. He had shares in the Apothecaries'- hall, and also money to a large amount invested in various railways. Mr. Rushton said he would commit the pri soner for trial to the sessions on the evidence so far as it had gone. It was clear that, for a lengthened period, he had been practising a systematic robbery on one of the most benevolent men living. In answer to an application from Mr. Grocott, Mr. Rushton positively refused to admit the prisoner to bail. He granted, however, an order of admission to his only daughter, who desired to see him. CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRE TENCES.—On Friday, Maria Sutton, a young woman of lody-like appearance, was brought before the magistrates under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that on Wednesday last the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Briscoe, Oldhall-street, and ordered a quantity of expen sive goods, consisting of silk dresses, cambric handker chiefs, &c., which she desired to be sent to the Coburg Hotel, where she alleged her sister resided. The goods came to £lB 175., and the prisoner said they wo u ld b e paid for on delivery. They were sent in accordance with her instructions, and the prisoner received them ; but, on inquiry being made as to the payment, the prisoner placed the bill in an envelope, and directed that it should be sent to Mr. Ashton Sutton, jun., of Bootle. Subsequent in quiries led to the conclusion that a fraud had been at tempted, and the prisoner was taken into custody. It transpired during the investigation that the prisoner was the wife of Mr. Ashton Sutton, jun.,—that she had been separated from her husband, and that he allowed her 3s. weekly. The prisoner, it was alleged, had obtained goods in a similar manner to that charged against her from Mt. Wooliright's, Messrs. Rogerson and Co.'s, and Messrs. Richardson and Cowburn's, and had been brought before the court in November, 1843, and acquitted. It appeared that, on application at the Coburg Hotel, the prisoner's sister refused to give up the goods, but an order was made by Mr. Rushton that they should be returned to Mr. Briscoe or his assistants, otherwise a warrant would be issued. Mr. Rushton said the case was a most serious one as affecting the tradesmen and shopkeepers of the town, and he would remand the prisoner in order that further inquiry might be made. On Saturday Mr. Wood burn pleaded that the prisoner had not obtained the goods from Mr. Briscoe with a fraudulent intention, but simply with the view of inducing him to sue her husband for the amount. Mr. Rushton said that he could not, consistently with his duty, look upon the transaction as otherwise than a fraud, for which she was amenable to the criminal law. She had had two warnings, having been brought before himself five years ago, and before Mr. Percival on a sub sequent occasion. A mild view having been taken of the matter, she had then been allowed to depart the court'; and the consequence was, that a third fraud of like cha racter had been committed. The line of distinction drawn by the law in reference to such cases was very nice ; he himself believed that the larceny was complete ; she had never meant to pay for the goods. He should commit her for trial. A charge by Messrs. Woollright and Chidson against the prisoner was about to be proceeded with, but as it appeared that the alleged fraudulent transaction in that case had taken place five years ago, Mr. Rushton refused to entertain it. He intimated, in answer to an application, that he would take bail for the prisoner's appearance, two sureties in £lOO each. APPREHENSION OF SWINDLERS AT BIRKENHEAD.— On Wednesday, a female and her son and daughter were brought before W. Jackson, Esq., at the Birkenhead police-court, on a number of charges of having obtained goods on false pretences from a number of tradesmen in that town. They gave their names as Mary Green and Jane Green, and the male as the son of the former. They are well known to the Liverpool Guardian Society and in other towns, having passed under various na m e s ; an d it was throu g h Mr. Reay, secretary of the society named, that they were apprehended. About a fortnight ago they took lodgings at Mr. Davidson's, No. 6, Lord-street, Birkenhead, and giving directions that they would answer the door themselves when any one called, Mr. Davidson suspected them, but did not eject them. They had no luggage, but said it would be sent in ten days. Before it arrived they all decamped, without paying. During the time they stayed they obtained goods from various trades- . . er, a publican, &c., all of who n the house in Lori HORRIBLE MURDERS IN NORFOLK On Tuesday evening last, Stanfield, near Wymondham, was the scene of the most atrocious murders perhaps ever committed in this country. Soon after 8 o'clock, the town of Wymondbam was alarmed by the intelligence that Mr. Jermy, the Recorder of Norwich, and his son had been shot dead at their hall. A telegraphic message to that effect was sent to Norwich Police-station. with a request that a Mr. Rush should be apprehended. Several police officers accordingly set off, some in quest of Rush, and others to the hall, where they arrived about one in the morning. They saw the bodies of Mr. Jermy and his son, and ascertained that Mrs. Jermy and her maid had been shot at and severely wounded. It is necessary first to describe Stanfield-hall. It is a large building in the Norman style of architecture, with a moat before it, and an extensive park around it. Of late onger, a years a wing has been added, comprising the servants' people, butcher, a smallviare-deal appeared. They said they had tal street, and were about to occupy large premises in Price street. It appeared that about three months ago Miss Green visited Mr. Heathcock, butcher, and stated that her father was a Liverpool merchant, recently come to reside at Clifton-terrace, with a large family, and that he always paid on Saturdays. They thus obtained 50s. worth of meat, but had left the house on the Saturday. They then passed by the name of Wilson. They were remanded till Thursday, when Mr. Reay produced a witness from Manchester, with whom they had lodged. They remained three weeks, and decamped without paying. Some arti cles were missed from the house, and a towel found on one of them was identified as part of the property. The son of the elder female was identified, and placed in cus tody. Witness said that at least 30 persons had applied for accounts since the prisoners decamped.—They were then sent off to Manchester, and the motlr, with her daughter and son, whose real names are Whitehouse, were recognised by the police. Mr. Reay attended, and a variety of cases were brought against them, in addition to the towel. Amongst the articles they had obtained from different parties were three velvet bonnets, furs to the value of £l4 155., &c. They were remanded, as many more cases have to be brought against them, and will no doubt be committed for trial. District Retus. The Chester Courant says that the number of magis trates for Stockport is seventeen, and the number of policemen eleven. _ _ 'reston, the Right ~.,,:u5 persons within the At the Roman Catholic Chapel in Rev. Dr. Brown has confirmed 9 last fortnight. The cotton mills in Bolton have, during last IN in the previous one, increased in the number of hours, and appearances, therefore, continue encouragin g On Wednesday, the usual proclamation of the fair at Warrington was celebrated with unusual ceremony ant festivity by Mr. J. B. Edelsten, the boroughreeve Afterwards about 170 gen collation porch entrance kto the ball, from which t a passage to the dining - and drawing-rooms on the left. There are several passages running along and across the building. The murderers must have been well acquainted with the premises. Stanfield-hall is said to have been the birthplace of Amy Robsart, the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's " Kenilworth." It appears that Mr. Jermy, Mr. Jermy, jun., and Mra. Jermy dined together on Tuesday evening, little expect ing any murderous intentions towards them. The butler, two female servants, and a man servant were on the pre mises. Two female servants bad gone to Wymondham, and had not returned by 8 o'cloc At about half-past eight r. Jermy, sen., left the din- JOVERNOR OF THE SALFORD NEW BAILEY PRISON esterday week this appointment, at £350 xas given by the magistrates to Captain T. H. Mitchell, of the 60th Rifles, unattached. There were 78 candidates, but Captain Mitchell was suppo:ted by 50 magistrates out 58 present. per annum, ing-room, and walked through the hall to the front of t building. On returning, just as he entered the porch, a man wrapped in a cloak, and wearing a mask, fired a pistol at him, and the shot lodged in his left breast, and he fell down and instantly expired, but owing to what followed, was not removed for nearly an hour. The assassin then went to the servants' entrance to the right, passed through the passage from the front, turned to the left into the pas sage across the building, and met the butler. With a pistol in each hand he beckoned the butler to go" back. Being greatly alarmed at the apparition of a man in a mask presenting two pistols, the butler retired into his pantry. The assassin proceeded onwards to the turn of the passage, where there was a dark recess and a door opening into another passage, leading to the back of the premises. He appears to have arrived in the recess just as Mr. Jenny, jun., alarmed at the report of a pistol, left the _ dining-room. The young gentleman went to the door and shot him though the rig - ht breast instantly. Mrs. Jermy, hearing a noise, went to the same place, and while standing over the lifeless body of her son, the same diabolical assassin fired a pistol at her. The shot shivered one of her arms, and wounded her in the breast. Her maid, more courageous than the other servants, went to the same spot to see what was the mat- He fel ter, and while supporting her mistress, tl charged a pistol at her, and seriously wot male s hid themselves The man-servant, who was is, swam ESTER WINTER ASSIZES.—The Special Commission will be opened at Chester Castle to-day. There are 74 prisoners for trial, of whom upwards of one half have been ornmittk will conduct these cases personally, on behalf of the Crown At Tarporley, on Wednesday, the friends of Riot Done, Esq., of Salterswell, dined together at the Inn, Tarporley, to celebrate his marriage with MiQ Domville. one of the daughters of Sir Will; dency of the Rev. R. J. Statham, the Rector of Tart:oH Mr. Davies of the Hill being his vice-president. - - CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—The November cheese fair was held on Wednesday. There was rather more than the usual quantity pitched, and much of an inferior make. The demand was slack, and prices were fully ss. per cwt. worse than in the corresponding week last year. The infe rior qualities were done in as low as 455. and up to 505., and better qualities ranged as high as 60s. A considerable quantity was unsold. A sure criterion may be gathered of the prosperity or otherwise of the working claases in this town, from the circumstance that, twenty years ago, the custom o - wear ing clogs but partially prevailed ; whilst now, when wages are very low, the adoption of them seems to be almost general, on account of their cheapness. Clog-shops have, therefore, greatly accumulated in number throughout the borough, whilst shoe-shops have as gradually decreased with the downward rate of wages.--Stockport Advertiser. THE RULING PASSION.—A youngfemtile, named Ma r y , Clifford, (of the class denominated unfortunates,") was brought up at the Borough Court, Manchester, yesterday week, before Mr. Hodgson, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the streets ; and when the ma gistrate asked if she had ever been in custody on a similar charge before, the answer of Inspector Livingston was— " Yes, sir, she has been here 140 times !" She was fined 2s. 6d., or three days imprisonment, with a promise of three months on her next visit. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday. the hounds of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., turned out at 'Carden, when, after the hunt was over, Mr. Birch, son of Mr, Birch of Cotton Hall. owner of the horse " Dr. Hooks," (which run the hurdle race at Wrexham,) and a Mr. Campbell, of Ban gor, upon another valuable horse, comm enced running a race, and upon coming to a sunk fence, both horses fell with their riders, the former, whose head came in contact with a stone, knocked his brains out, the latter breaking his leg. Both horses were shot on the spot, and one of the riders (Mr. Birch) was seriously injured. THE MANCHESTER CHARTIST TRIALS. — The counsel retained by the Crown, for the prosecutbn of the Char tists now awaiting their trial at Liverpool, are the Attor ney-general, (Sir J. Jervis,) the Attorney-general for the County Palatine, (Mr. Knowles, Q. C.,) Mr. Crompton, Mr. Monk, and Mr. Joseph Pollock. The trials of the Manchester Chartists are appointed for the 11th of Dec. The indictment contains the names of 46 prisoners, amongst whom are John West, Macclesfield; George White, Bradford ; James Leech, George Webber, Rev. Dec. 5, ISA Joseph Barker, Leeds; Ernest Jones, London. These had seen the whole of the family, with the exception of have all been in the hands of the police, and are either in Mr. Jenny sen., in the drawing-room, the windows of prison or held to bail to appear at the assizes. which fronted and were almost on a level with the lawn. SHAKESPERIAN READINGS.—The inhabitants of Pres- Mr. Jermy, jun., was met by the assassin at the porch of cot and its vicinity have on two recent occasions, (the the principal entrance, and ran round to another entrance lost on Wednesday,) had the pleasure of "An Evening of adjacent to the servants' office, which was generally open, Shakespeare," through the readings of Mr. Read, of Li- and by which he entered into the body of the house,wben, verpool, professor of elocution. The scenes selected were meeting with the villain again, he was shot dead. The . from Julius Ccesar, Macbeth, King Henry IV, King murderer then proceeded into the drawing room, expect Henry VIII, The Merchant of Venice, and Taming the ing to meet with Mrs. Jermy and her daughter, but they Shrew. The first evening closed with the dying scene of had, for some minutes previously, retired into the dining Katherine of Arragon, so well calculated, as the lecturer room. Hearing the second report of .fire arms, Mrs. expressed, "to leave on the mind a virtuous impression Jermy ran ou t an d saw h er h us b an d l y i ng on the floor. favourable to higher instructions." In addition to the The assassin fired at both mother and child, but providen nice taste, discrimination, and general ability which dis- tially with little effect. The terrified lady ran to the tinguish Mr. Read's performences, he has, to use the corpse of her husband, and was in the act of kneeling to language of a French critic, " the good taste to read ascertain his real condition, when the wretch fired another nothing which could in any way offend the car or pro- pistol or gun, which wounded the lady's maid. Mrs. priety." Jermy was then hastening to take refuge up stairs, when DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN COMMERCE BY MEANS OF she was shot at and wounded. The ruffian then left the RAILWAYS.—On Tuesday, a meeting of merchants and house, ffrst throwing down a paper, on which was written manufacturers, and others favourable' to the prosperity of —" There are seven of us, all armed, two inside and five India, took place in the Town-hall, Manchester, the mayor out. You servants keep in the servants' hall. If any of in the chair. Several resolutions were passed in favour of you attempt to follow you will be shot dead. We are the growth of cotton in India, and especially of proper come to take possession of the estate.—Signed, Thomas means being provided for its conveyance to the ports. Preston, the rightful owner." It may be remembered The chairman having said a few words in support of the that Mr. Jermy changed his name from Preston, on the objects of the meeting, Mr. Thomas Bazley, president of accession of a large fortune. the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, moved the first A number of labourers were employed in emptying the resolution. He said India was much behind the intelli- moat which surrounds fhe mansion, in the hope of find gence of the age in having no railway or other efficient ing the fire-arms used by the murderer. means of internal communication. He might take a rapid FURTHER PARTICULARS. survey of the trade between this country and India. Hay- The simultaneous impression produced among the sur ing a population of 113,000,000, though our exports bad vivors of this fearful tragedy is, that the man whom they increased within the last few years, they only amounted to saw masked is Mr. Rush. It is said that a mask has. 15d. per head per annum ; turning to Brazil, however, been found concealed in the prisoner's room. A female they amounted to 6s. per head. India was, therefore, far who lived with Rush at first stated that he was only ab below the standard it should occupy in the scale of con- sent from home for about ten minutes on the night of the suming powers, an evil increased by want of efficient murder, but being taken into custody she confessed that means of bringing cotton from the interior to the coast. he was absent the whole of the night, and when be The remedy to be proposed was a railway to communicate reached home he was very agitated and rushed into his with Bombay and the other ports, from the interior, and own room. Through the keyhole she saw him take a especially from the cotton districts. covering from his face. On being asked whether he had ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—An elopement of an any question to put to this witness, the prisoner said,-- extraordinary character has taken place in this neighbour- " No, she has said enough already to hang me." The hood, which has afforded abundant food for Chorley gossip. prisoner took an affectionate leave of two of his children It is well known that about two years ago, Burgh Hall, on Friday. which is about a mile from the town of Choyley, became Mr. Rush has been long known as an extensive farmer, licensed as a private asylum, under the superintendence of to which he added formerly that of auctioneer. He had a Mr. Seed, surgeon, formerly of Lancaster. Soon after its farm at Felmingham under Mr. Jermy, and another which establishment, a Miss Durie, from Astley, near Manches- was his own property, but mortgaged to Mr. Jermy. ter, was placed there as an inmate, where she has continued After many disputes between the parties on account of --•_IC1 • • • • • • to reside ever since up to tne period of baturday last. On unpaid rent, and all the property being taken from the that day, however, at an early hour in the morning, she premises, di s t resses were pu t on th e f arms ; an d u l t i mately made her escape by the window of her bedroom, by means Mr. Jermy obtained possession of the Stanfield-hall Farm ; of a ladder which had been placed against it. For some and also in an action against Rush for breach of covenant, time after the lady's disappearance all inquiries on the obtained a verdict,—the damages and costs amounting to part of Mr. Seed as to the direction she had taken were £477 10s. 10d. Rush's lease of the farm at Felmingham fruitless ; but on a rumour reaching him that a person expired at Michaelmas, 1848, and he ought to have given named Ellis Norris, servant to Mr. S. Potter, of Bickacre, it up •, but he refused, and a distress was issued. He re had also disappeared, a hue and cry was raised, and the sisted it ; but ultimately paid the money. Of that farm he police put on the qui vire. The consternation at Burgh still retained the possession, and latterly has chiefly re- Hall, and the excitement caused by the event, cannot be sided there. described. There were no tidings of the fugitives until Rush, a few days after the distress was put in at Stan- Monday morning, when they received a most untimely field, called his creditors together, and offered them 125. visit at the breakfast table in the good old city of Chester. 6d. in the pound. One creditor stood out, and refused The parties had been married on the Sunday morning in the composition, and he (Rush) was made a bankrupt, we the parish church of St. Peter, in Chester, by license ob- believe on his own petition. The bankrupt appeared for tained in the Registry Court. Mr. King, the superinten- his final examination in August last. dent of police, conveyed the parties by railway to Euston- It is stated that a mortgage for £5,000, clue to the de station, and thence in a chaise to Chorley. On their arrival ceased gentleman, ought to have been paid off on Thursday, at the police station several hundred persons speedily as- the 30th of November ult., on the second day after these sembled, all anxious to get a glimpse at the lady, especially atrocities took place. We learn that on Sunday week, in as she possesses considerable personal attractions. In the the afternoon, the prisoner went to Stanfield-hall and saW course of the same evening she was delivered up to Mr. the late Mr. Jermy—and that his object was to induce Seed, who re-conveyed her to Burgh Hall. Norris was that ill-fated gentleman to allow the mortgage to remain detained in custody until Tuesday. when the case was for three years more. This request was, we believe, re entered into by the bench of magistrates. On hearing the fused, and very high words ensued. statement of facts the bench did not consider there was The prisoner, James Blomfield Rush, is a natural son, any charge established against Norris, and he was instantly his reputed father being a gentleman near Wymondham. discharged. The exultation of the crowd on hearing this His mother subsequently married Mr. Rush, of Felming announcement, and the deafening cheers which followed, ham, who died only a few years ago, under circumstances are beyond description. Whatever may be the issue of of an unfortunate, if not suspicious, character. He was the adventure the lady entertains a confident expectation found dead in his kitchen, and was supposed to have been that it will ultimately lead to her release, for which she killed by the discharge of his own gun, which was lying has always expressed herself willing to undergo any sacri- near him. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Acci fice. Colonel Ross, of. Astley, near Manchester, is step- dental death," but popular rumour, not unfrequently father to the lady, and she is said to be possessed of very unjust to men in the situation of the prisoner, hints at considerable property.—Preston Chronicle.—The Man- the foulest play towards the deceased Mr. Rush. On the chester Guardian of Wednesday thus contradicts the marriage of his mother with this gentleman, the accused, rumour ;—" We can state on unquestionable authority who had until then gone by his mother's name of Blom that, instead of any £3,000 a year, Miss Durk has no field, assumed the name of James Blomfield Rush, which fortune whatever of her own. With regard to her not he has ever since borne. He married, early in life, a lady being insane, we have the same authority for stating that of Aylsham, and occupied a farm in that parish under she was confined on the certificate of two of the leading Mr. Pitman. He removed thence to Wood Dalling, physicians of this county. where he rented a farm belonging, we believe, to Sir R. P. Joddrell. A fire took place on this farm during his occupation, which he was suspected of having caused. He was tried for arson, and acquitted. From Wood Dalling he removed to Wymondham, where he was be friended by Mr. Jermy, who took him into his confidence- Mrs. Rusb, the mother, died early in the present year. Rush has been twice married ;. both his wives are dead, but he has a large family, we believe of nine children. The son of the accused has been of late occupying the farm called the Potash Farm, a red house about a mile or less to the left of the front of the Hall, to which it is supposed immediately after the murder the assassin pro ceeded, taking the direct course across the fields. At this place part of the family of the accused have been residing for a few days, but thence they have been removed to Feimingham, near Aylsham, a farm which formerly belonged to his father-in-law. 'WRIGHT'S PAT CAN SWEEPING TO THE EDITOR 01 MB LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Permit me to make a few observations, through the medium of your journal. Information has reached me from several quarters, respecting the conduct of a number of individuals, who are making it a matter of bu siness to condemn Wright's Patent Vulcan Machines as inefficient for the purpose of cleansing chimnies, and at the same time pretending that the common round brush can effectually cleanse any chimney or flue, how ever angular its construction. In the first place, I would state that, in introducing Wright's machine, the Company have proposed to employ such of the pre sent sweeps as could produce good characters, feeling it right to give them the first chance of occupation, under a new and improved system. Instead, however, of meet ing the Company fairly, numbers of the present sweeps go about stating all manner of evil against the new machines; and, as I am informed, " if one half were true, it would be enough to prevent the public from employing them;" although they have convicted themselves of an untruth in this respect, as several have gone into houses representing themselves as employed by the Patent Comp an y. The same conduct is pursued at Plymouth, where the most barefaced statements are put forth against the ma chines. Under these circumstances, it is no less a matter of duty to the public than to myself, as part proprietor in Wright's Patent Vulcan Sweeping Machines, to investi gate thoroughly how far the dill rent inventions are cal- Culated to effect the object f The round brush has been i places it has been found •hich th apace tl .. 4- 4 are intended ;o utterly inefficient a measure, an THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAND FOR THE NORTH DOCKS The CHAIRMAN observed, that by a resolution of the Council, the agreement between Lord Derby and the Dock Trustees, relative to the land at the north end of the town, had been sent back, in order that it might come before them again in a regular form. They were now obliged to find a place for the deposits arising from the construction of the new docks, and it was desirable the question of agreement should be settled. He submitted the heads of an agreement which had been drawn up between the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, and the Dock Trustees, which agreement was to be presented to the Council at the next meeting. The agreement, which could only be rendered properly intelligible by a map accompanying it, was to the effect that his Lordship would sell to the Dock Trust the strand of the Mersey, lying in the townships of Kirkdale, Bootle, and Linacre. That the trustees are to lay out the land, and make certain streets, which they are to pave and sewer in a proper and efficient manner. The land to be divided into four blocks. The first block to be com pleted in six years, the second in fourteen years, the third in sixteen years, and the last in eighteen years. The streets to be devoted to the public in perpetuity ; in cas of dispute, the matter to be settled by arbitration By the agreement, the Dock Committee will pay all expenses, and will get to themselves about a million square yards of land, while Lord Derby would receive 240,000 square yards. Mr. ATKIN said he understood that when the matter was before them in Council, it was referred back in order that the portion of the strand might be purchased on the terms previously proposed. He was not aware that any report had been prepared, any negotiations entered into, or any strenuous exertions made to carry out the wishes of the Council. The CHAIRMAN said the present Mayor had exerted himself to induce Lord Derby to accept a payment in money, but his Lordship refused to do so,—he was satis in the speculation. He would ied to become a proprietor not accept of money Mr. AIKIN expressed his regret that they were only told now that land could not be got on other terms than those proposed in the agreement. If that had been known some months ago, they might have found an alternative. They were getting a million square yards, and giving his Lordship 250,000 ; but then, when the docks were made, (if they should be made), he question was, what would the 250,000 yards be worth? He thought the scheme not a very wise one. In answer to a question, the Chairman said, that should any dispute arise, as to the expense for laying out the plots of land, it would be settled by arbitration. The ex pense of sewering and preparing the first plot would be only £1000; the second lot—to be finished in 14 years— £223o, and for sewers £700; the last lot, in all, £2050. The total cost of the river wall, at £4B a yard, would he £95,000, and for that the trust would receive a million square yards. 'Mr. AIKIN complained that when they could have bought the ground they wanted for a small sum per lienal yard they had not done so. The CHAIRMAN said that to finish the North Docks, and !Lake the new graving docks, they would have 406,000 cubic yards of soil to deposit, which would do more than fill up the portion of the first block, to be prepared in six years. Mr. MANN said the Committee were in reality getting two hundred acres of land without paying a fraction for it. The Surveyor said, that in addition to five new docks recently opened in the north, others, comprising an aggre gaty a ea of 33 acres, were near completion, exclusive of graving docks It was agreed that the terms of agreement, as read, should be entered on the books, and thus come under the notice of the Council in the usual official form. INVITATION TO UNITED PRAYER The Rev. J. H. Stewart has issued his annual invitation to united prayer, on the first day of the year, for the out pouring of the Holy Spirit. The reverend gentleman, after alluding to Monday as a day peculiarly suitable for such a purpose, proceeds as follows : " First. We enter upon the year 1849, when a revolu tion has taken place, or rather a great moral earthquake, which for its extent, as well as for its suddenness, appears to surpass all former ones. For it is not merely a solitary tumultuous outbreak in a particular State, or the forcible removal of a single dynasty ; but it is a general convulsion throughout Christendom. Reminding us, at least, of the awful season spoken of by our Lord : ' when there shall be upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth.' - (Luke xxi.) Surely at such a season we specially need the enlightening, strengthening, comforting, and sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit, to meet whafunexpected events - God in his providencemay permit to fall upon us. Who can say what is before him ? Whether He may not be at the very verge of that period spoken of by St. Paul, when he exhorts his brethren ' to take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand IN Tim EVIL DAY, AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND '—referring, it may be, to the same period as is entioned in the Epistle to the Church of Philadelphia, in these words : Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of tempta tion, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.' (Rev. iii.) That hour which, our Lord in another place declares, `shall come on all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.' (Luke xxi.) Surely, in times like the present, to be prepared for that day, is true wisdom. And how can we be prepared ex cept by thatinward strength and fortitude which comes from the Holy Ghost ? Oh ! that each of us may receive a double oortion of this heavenly grace —or rather that the Holy Spirit would come and fill our souls—so that should the coming year `prove a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds, and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains,' instead of being filled with dismay, we may ' lock up and lift up our beads ' in the blessed hope that our Redemption draweth nigh.' " A second reason for uniting in this concert for prayer, is the animating position of two of our leading religious societies—namely, the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, and the Church Missionary Society. The former cf these institutions has completed its 40th year since its frst formation ; while the latter has entered upon its 50th year. hese different periods re mind us of different events in the History of the Israelites. The first, of that period, when the twelve tribes having nassed the time of their sojourning in the wilderness, were to enter upon those successful contests which pre ceded their taking possession of the promised land. The latter, of the jubilee feast—or of that happy season which was to take place every 50th year—when on the day of Atonement the jubilee trumpet was to sound throughout the land, proclaiming liberty to the captive, to the debtor the discharge of all debts, and the restoration of their lost inheritances to those who had sold or were otherwise de prived of their possessions. Both of these periods were joyful seasons to the children of Israel : but joyful as they were, the remembrance of them may lead us to anticipate a period of far, far higher bliss. For cheering as was the sound of the jubilee trumpet, and blessed as they were who knew th 3 joyful sound,' we are looking for that glorious morning, ' when the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Arch angel, and with the trump of God ; " and death shall be swallowed up in victory.' Then, also, fruitful as the land of Canaan was, ' the glory of all lands,' the true Israel of God, will enter upon a far more glorious inheritance— 'an inheritance pure and undefiled, that fadeth not away ; ' namely, .` the new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.' " Whilst the present position of these two great Socie !sbrings before us those parts of the history of God's B our s the more so as the Church Missionary Society is now ce lebrating its Jubilee, they at the same time afford us most instructive practical lessons. For the records of both these Institutions manifest the ineffable goodness of God in raising them from that ' day of small things' in which both these Societies commenced their undertakings, to the high and honourable position in which, by the overruling providence of God, and the rich grace and powerful energy of the Holy Spirit, they now stand, and the consequent duty or rather privilege of abounding in praise and thanksgiving to His name. Their records also afford most Gentile, compared with that which might have been done had we individually, or bad our Church or our rulers, rightly employed the talents God had entrusted to us. Oh, who does not feel this ? what Christian does not look ittle be or 13 COUP have rendered to has chine unto A fur- ther lesson which these Institutions teach us, is the ne cessity of taking a higher standard of active faith, and lively zeal, and self-denying_ exertions, and greatly_en- larged liberality, in fulfilling the command of our Lord, to preach the Gospel to every creature, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.' " But from whence is this spirit of praise and zeal for God to come ? or from what source shall these humble and contrite hearts spring ? or from what stream shall this self-denial, this love to souls, this willingness to spend or be spent in the cause of Christ ? aye, from whence shall all these graces flow ? Assuredly from the powerful energy of the Holy Ghost. For they are all ' the fruit of the spirit.' And as these blessings cannot be expected without earnest prayer. the position of these Religious Societies, at the entrance of the New Year, and the reports of their past proceedings, form a most pressing reason for uniting in this devotional concert for the general outpouring of the Spirit!' The reverend gentleman then refers to the visitation of the cholera, as a third reason for this concert for prayer, and concludes with the suggestious offered to assist those who are desirous of this union, which we have already given more than once. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Saturday, Forster, a young man, was brought be fore the county magistrates, at the office in Clayton square, charged with a burglary in the house of Mr. Ralph Forshaw, of Burscough, in this county. He had stolen, it appeared, a watch, £l5 in gold, £2 in silver, and some other articles. The prisoner was committed to nd in many that the standing the act of Parliament for its entire suppression. The authorities, although aware of the failure of the old plans deem it better not to enforce th e l aw aga inst climbing boys, till more perfect ones are introduced, capa ble of cleansing the great proportion of angular chimnies, which are so ineffectually done by any brush that great danger exists from the effects of fire. The inhuman 'iml • has the--€- meg system dered merely as 1 tolerated, and consi -1 it is shown that anieS eanse such c as would have three inches depth Of soot ft in the slopes by the brushes, there cannot be a doubt but that the public will give their support, and the magistrates en- force t. .. against the use of climbing boys. T h a h b a i t t n o o i f usingnac g cu e r x a p c o y rim might eota e ll s y ca b p o e m th e I sorts, o h f a v m e a b ch e en in h i oe sin t an e angular wooden chimney with lattice front, and taking thP measurement of such spaces as were left unswept by them) at the same time making accurate drawings of the position assumed by each. After • he law rl. and ft inch in diatneter, t lave only varied one g 16 and the Vulcan himney 14 by The re- suit of these ( me. I take the has been most satisfactory to , with light pliable canes. It one foot in three, being pressed ill the way. In pulling it down the backwards, and it came, as before, turned an ar along the top 'ash first ssed along the t . . When 3 feet 6 inches from the the brush reached . within 2 inches of the bottom, sides a space of 3 inches remained unwept. machine again until within 2 feet 6 inches of _ _ brush was c t more bac wards: leaving 3 inches I sides, unwept the centre, and four at the pulling it till within 1 foot 6 ser7ants7tll ` 74o Y n Au e 6 r . being iu fh - e - centre, and 5 inch(); t - thesidis - ,;n - wept : - fn ` o7ll - e;;;Orlis, statements of the wounded women were taken, as they all the soot brought from the top of the flue, or any per were in a dangerous state. Mr. Jermy, beside being a Pendicular portion after a second angle, would be left county magistrate, was chairman and director of the along the bottom of the slope, to a depth varying from 2 Norwich Union Fire and Life Office. His son was a to 34 inches, measuring in the centre or shallowest part. county magistrate. At present suspicion rests only on This fully accounts for the falls of soot which so often take the party now in Custody, in consequence of Mr. Jermy place, to the annoyance of housekeepers, after the use of and Mr. Rush having had legal disputes. the best brushes. It is true, after the position last The suspected person, James Bloomfield Rush, who is named,viz.l foot 6 inches of the angle, the brush descends a farmer and auctioneer, was examined on Thursday till it reaches the bottom of the slope, when about 9 inches morning at the place of his confinement, before the county from the perpendicular part of the flue. magistrates. Reporters were admitted, but, for obvious With the same canes, and all other things as before, the reasons, were not allowed to take notes. It may be sta- Vulcan Machine was tried. In ascending, it did not ted, however, that Rush was taken to the bedside of Mrs. touch the bottom, being held up to the top. The brushes Jermy's maid (who was wounded), and she identified being fixed separately, in connexion with the elastic band him. From 15 to 16 witnesses were examined and a of vulcanised india rubber, yielded easily to the pressure. strong case of circumstantial evidence made out. It was On returning, the action of the brushes forced the head to shown that he was absent from his farm when the mur- take a lower and more horizontal position, and there was ders were committed. He endeavoured 7to rebut the no point at which the brush did not scrape the bottom of statement, but failed in his appeal to two witnesses. He the flue. was quite cool at the commencement, but toward the end In conclusion, it may be remarked that the principle of the enquiry appeared to undergo much mental suffer.. upon which these machines are constructed, is one capa ing. The case was of course adjourned. The prisoner ble of being varied to meet almost every imaginable pecu requested to be liberated on bail ! but this, as might be liarity of chimney; and it is the object of the patentees supposed, was refused. On being removed he warmly to investigate every minutiae connected with the subject protested his innnocence. so completely, that they feel assured the public will give On Thursday the inquest was held. The jury visited them a corresponding support, it being manifestly their the hall, viewed the bodies, and were shown by the do- object to have the whole of the chimney swept, and not a mestics the mode in which the murders were committed. portion left untouched, with an accumulation of soot The only evidence gone into, related to the identity of along the bottom. The public can have no better proof the deceased.. The elder Mr. Jermy was stated to be of the efficiency of the Vulcan Machines, than is derived 69, and his son 30 years of age. The condition of Mrs. from the fact, which numerous housekeepers in your Jermy created much apprehension ; amputation of the town can attest, viz. that where the Patent Machines have arm having been performed. The lady's maid was not been introduced in chimneys, swept three weeks pre ex pected to survive. viously by the old machine, from half a bushel to a mea- The murderer, there is no doubt, intended to assassinate • sure of soot, and in one case a bushel and a half, has been the whole family, and he succeeded in shooting at them extracted. But the very circumstance of the horrid all, except a daughter of the younger Mr. Jermy. a beau- climbing system being still adopted, gives additional de tiful child three years of age, who escaped. It is supposed moustraltiazosfirt,hyeoi faithfully,cienof the or s d . in F a . ry E m v ac .s h a i y ne i . the murderer had been for some time past watching an opportunity to effect his murderous design, and that Ito Elm Bank, near Derby, Nov. 20th, 1848. murdered then in the stables, hearing all this firing, and that the house was attacked by a number of rufl across the moat and set off . to Wymondham, where he gave the alarm which caused the telegraphic message to be sent to Norwich police-station. The murderer had, therefore, no difficulty in making his escape. The two women servants who had gone to Wymondham returned with two young men, and while they stood outside of the moat talking, they heard the report of a pistol flash. They thought Mr. Jermy. jun., WE who remain the ramrod of a pistol. About two o'clock in the morn ing all of them went to the house of Mr. Rush, at Hethel. At five o'clock they saw him strike a light in his bed- a entered the into custody :ound a nd his boots they found were o quite wet 1 fowling pieces, and two powder-flasks. Mr. Rush was examined by a magistrate, and sent to Wymondham Bridewell. On Wednesday great excitement prevailed in the vici- nity of the hall, and many gentlemen visited the scene of the murder. The hndiec nregented n ahacthr nnnenrance. There was a trail_of blood from the porch to the room I Aai surad Ocean from rina ' from and ( Bonn , Bayoi Pan instal art, o: der, s With : Rio d Gec Royal Bir WE Mavar but tl poli— BaWe Rhon sing, Cobd , lernx for tt 18th GL. Pool Crew Octo Co 3rd; 'sake vex lilacl New hat•in ROwe Yestei wi:l she is Par Narr ,V iong. "—Der Alexi( Oct., letta, !orig. this * I; 2 2 W. 2N., . 2 4 W. 2 lat. b 7, lot lat. ti Wes ' ~this bejlqui nutt:i 25th A arm fo trurd