Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN 'TIMES. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1857, CAUSE LIST ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. 80IITH LANCASHIRE—LIVERPOOL, Auousr 21. CROWN COUR r. Mr. BARON WATSON entered the Court at nine o'clock yesterday, and proceeded with the hearing of the criminal business. CHANGE AGAINST A MOTHER Off' POISONING HER Cetienase.—Bridget Cochrane, aged 30, was charged, on a coroner's warrant, with having, at Liverpool, feonioulty killed and murdered Catherine Cochrane and Margaret Cochrane, her children. The prisoner was accommod-ited with a scat in the dock, as she had given birth to a child -only a few days before in the gaol. She held the newly born infant in her arms. Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Fenwick conducted the pees ention. Mr. Davison, at the request of his Lordship, defended the prisoner. Hr. Aspinall stated the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was the Rife of Michael Cochrane, a lab. wring men. She and ter husband were extremely poor, and in December last they were living in the house of a person named Roland, in St. Martin's-street, Scotland-road, Liverpool. The family cansisted of herself, her husband, and two children. _the eldest child aged six, and the younger four years. There had-never been any apparent want of kindness to the children, on the part of the prisoner, previous to the circumstances on which the prosecution was founded. On the 2eth of December the prisoner returned home from selling herrings, about six o'clock in the evening, and began to prepare supper. She sent the little girl, Margaret Cochrane, for a farthinfee worth of buttermilk, and a farthing candle. The person who sold the buttermilk would prove that it was in goad eonditi o e, and that she herself and her family had partaken of the same butter milk of which she sold a part, to the prisoner's daughter. The prisoner prepared the supper in the presence of the landlady of the house. The children only drank the buttermilk. The prisoner poured it out for them, but took no part of it hereele Tne landlady then left the room to attend to her own business, and saw no mere of the children until after their death. As soon as supper had been finished, the mother took the children up-stairs into the bed-room, and remained about twenty minutes. She then came down and remained in the room below for about an hour said a half. A woman who lived in the house, uncapping a room immediately underneath the children's bed-room, perceived a quantity of smoke issuing through the floor of that bed-room. She itnneediately raised an alarm. The prisoner jumped up and cries uur , •• My ..children are =dead." They at! vent upstairs. The bed-room door wes opened, and the room was found to be End with smoke. Both the children were dead. Suspicron having been aroused, a pool moreem examination washeld, and the stomach of the girl, Margaret Cochrane, was - handed to Dr. Edwards for analyst.. Da Edwards found in the stomach oxalic acid in quantities sufficient to cause death. The conjecture was, that the prisoner bad adani -.niste:el the poison, and then set the room on fire, in -.garner that it might be seppesed that the death of the children had arisen from suffecation. De. Edwards would prove that the symptoms of death liana suffocation by smoke, and those whioh would be caused by oxalic acid in small quantities, were very similar, so mach so, that it was difficult sometimes to decide whether death had resulted from suffocation by smoke, or from the administratien of oxalic acid; or whether the smoke had assisted the effscts of the acid. The learned counsel stated that the ~nly motive which could beeonjectured as baring impelled the prisoner to the crime wa., that she and her husband had trevsntly expressed a desire to go to America as soon as possible, and the existence of the children probibly obstructed their carrying oat that object. His Lordship said he bad read over the depositions, and he did pot see the slightest trace of evidence to show that the prisoner had had. oxalic acid in her possession either befee or at the time of the deaths. In ordinary cases of poisening, the prisoner hail bean in possession of poison either at or before the time it.was administered. The jury must be satisEcd that not only was the poison administered by the prisoner, but that it was administered with a guilty knowledge. The -difficulty would ba to prove the: the prisoner knew ef the poison being.in the buttermilk, or that she herself put it there. 'rhe jury, however, would hear the evidence. Mary Roland deposed that she was the wife of Richard Roland, and had a house iw St. Martin-street, in wkich she let rooms to lodgers. She had twenty-three lodgers. The prisoner lodged there with h€r husband and ter) -children. The prisoner and the cA•laren took their meals in the kitcbeu. There were two beds in the prisoner's -room made of .shavings. The prisoner's hcsband was a labourer at the docks, and the prisoner used to go out with a basket, selling small articles. Nchody took -care of the children. They ran in and out. The prisoner seemed to be a kind mother. On Saturday, the 20th Dicember, the prisoner came home at three o'clock in the afternoon. She sent one of the) chileren out for a farthing's worth of buttermilk. She then took two cup., and gave the children a portion of the buttermilk each. Witness went out to market, and on coming back found that sin , ke was issuing from the top bedroom, that where the prisoner and the .children slept. One of the women lodging in the house rushed to go np, when the prisoner said she was going up hereelf. Tae room was fall of smoke. The prisoner went in and came ant with one of the children in her arms, crying out that it was dead. Witness took the child into the kitehen. It was dead. The prisoner brought out the other child, weich was also dead. Tile childrens' night dressier were not b ant. An alarm was made and the police cum in. The prisoner .did not stay in the house white the bodies of the children were being examined by the doctors. She suddenly left the house and di I not retain). Cross-examined by Mr. Davison : The prisoner herself took the elder chill to the doctor after the fire. Emma Kelly, a lodger in the house, corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. The children appeared in good health on the day in q les!ion. Hes heard the prisoner say several times th.t she was going to America with her husband. It'. ary Butler and Patrick D ewd gave evidence of a geeerallv similar nature, The latter wi tness seated in reply' to kr. Davison that oxalic acid was used by shoemakers to cit-an leather. Johanna Roach deposed that she kept a s m a ll p ro vision strop in St. Martin':-street, and on the night in question sold some buttermilk to the prisoner's eldest child. 'lke vessel into which the buttermilk Was poured appeared to be quite clean. Never heard any complaint ..boat buttermilk from any person. Mr. Arnold, surgeon, deposed that be examin e d t k e b o dy o f M argare t C .chrane, and his suspicions were aroused be the apeardnees he sa w . therefore sent th stomach for analysis to Edwards. Mr. Kemp, surgeon, deposed that he made a pot mortens examination of the body of the younger child, and. judgin g from the appearances, bethought suffocation wes the cies° of death. He made a arcand examination in the presence of Dr. Arnold, and detached pinions of the body, which be sent to Dr. Edwards. Dr. Edwards deposed that oxalic acid was very commonly sold to straw bonnet mak ete and shoemakers. It is very soluble in liqied. The acidity of buttermilk would probably prevent any alarm from being felt by c hil dren if oxalic acid were in it, Although an adult mi g h t detect its presence. Made su analysis of the contents of the stomach of the deceased Margaret Coubrane, sad detected the presence of oxalic LIST.-SALFORD 13 UNDRED. Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Plaintiffs, Defendants. 2 QB..Slater and C 3 Tampion and ano (sJ) v Hartpson.. g Ex ..Sam e ..Moorhonse.. (SJ) V AletiCk Sian 10 QB...Same ..The Queen (sJ , v Spence • . .. Cooper and Sons 25 Ex,. Hold en and __Hamer .. (5.,) v IfLowles and ors .. QB .. F A n d rew .. Mackay and ore.. ... (e. 7) v Stephenson . an! J 31 QB.. Worthington and E Nowell.. .. (es) v -The Mayor, Src of Wigan .. Lori and A SECOND LIST.—WEST DERBY HUNDRED. 3 QB..L^wndea and Co —Smith (NJ) v Pile Young and CO 4 QB .. Rade t1e........8r0wn and ano (u) v Leicester . „sto n e 15 Ex... P o'y . • • • • • .. ..Peet ..v Ha' lam .. Henry 6 QB..Binney.. • • • . Yeomans v Gray and ors.. .. Chambers and NV/ 10 Ex... It Wells ..L B of Health King upon Hull (sz) v T. inity Ho :se of Hall.. E S Wilson 11 Ex.— Powson and Co .. ..11,arhtun . (a) v Beattie 15 CP .. immer • .. —Same „ v Brown Francis and R 16 CPL.J Y des jun.. .. McManus v Lan. and York. Railway Co „Higham an-I C 12 CP.. Same _ Ellis (sr) v Barber .. • ..Fletcher and H IS Ex... Stamp and J Rarkstr,rth ard ano (as) v Mason .. ,„ • 19 Ex.— Pell and S Holmes .. v Kidd and ano .. Evans and Son 20 QB.. Statham and Co .. ..malomon .. • • ..v Rawns ey Brierley 22 Ex... Barrow .. 3? ',ley admix .. ...v St Helens Canal and Rail Co .. Whi:ley SI Ex... same Hawksey v Carter „, „. .. ..„ 24 QR.. Holden and Son Wooliscroft v Watson —Bell and S 25 Ex... T Easrham ...Eastham . v Whsrey Coltan and B 26 EX...Fletcher and H .. Taylor .. (u) v McCalman .. Neal and 11 2S CF ..J P Marrtnigh —Hargreaves . ..v Thomas _ Chester and Ce Ex,..Thackerah Fitzpatrick.. v Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Lewis an iCo 31 CP.. J Yates jan .. Raven .. ..v Bell Pemberton 32 CP ..Same ..Callan .• v Jameson .. .. Ward 23 QB- • R Stevenson • • .. ..Ye.d .. (as) v Lon. and N. West Rail. Co.. ..Swift and Co 34 Fr.. Rowe —Warier, Jun.. v Everth..Woodcock andCO 36 Ex...He:ld !' Nail ..v Acton Leigh 361 CPL.Blackhurst Wright ..v C owes .. 3 7 QB .. Carson and E Brooks and ors exors ..v Bainbrldce Gregory and Co 39 QB.. Moss and L.. .. . • .. Samuelson and ors ~ (as) v H ins ar d ors.. .. Preston 36 CP.-Goodwin and A .. —Cooke • (u) v Wilson and ano owndes and Co 41 CPL.Fenwick ..Vose admix ••. ..v Lan. and York. Railway CO.. T A and J Grundy 66 CP.. J Yates, jun.. .. .. Wright and ano ..v Kirby.. .. • • .. • • ..Hinda 42 Ex.. R Wore .. ..S..ott and ano ..v Hernaman 44 ('P.. Evans and Son Stevens and ano v Clementson •• 45 Q8..0 and 11 Frost .. Wadsworth .. v .. • • .. ...wells and S 47 Ex ...Fl. tcher and IL Higgin •• ..v Robins .. •• .. •, .• ~Chilcott 4S Ex... Broker.. .. Hatton and ano ..v Boyle . Ss a. kin on and Co. • Ex...Co3way.. ..Nelson (e.l) v Seddon .. Holden and Son ae CFL.Turner and Son.. .. Waddington admor ..v Lan. and York. Hallway Co. ..R and W Ascroft si CP L..larne . same ..v Same.. .. .. (demurrer) Same 12 Q. Littledale and B. .. Pemberton ..v Arkle and ano.. i s CP.. Bog ie Buxton . v Venn and ano Fra- els and A u Ex...T s Smith .. .-Collins v Murphie ..Sw.ft and Co Sit CPL.Faekhou•e gagar and ano ..v Brannand and ano Sale and Co raj CPL Same ..Same v same.. (demurrer) Same S 7 CFL.same ..Sagar v S Lme , sa-re se CP L.Saowbsli .. • • .. Woodhead v Hackharst W Black burst • C PL.llrethetton .. •. .. ..Assop ..v Yates. ..Ward 61 Ex. .Cobb .. —Grant .. •• ..v Denham .. QB.. Littledale and Co .. Day es .• ..v Critehley _ Holden end Son 6 4 Ex —.Barber _Weisman ..v 'l'aylor Higham and C 64 Ex... Conway.. —Nelson ..• v Brownel and ano _Miller and P 65 Ex... T S Smith .. Mnirbead v Moore and ano. J B ..loyd • CPL.R and W A scroft ..Blackburn and ano ..v Adams Defendants' Attorneys. T.'HE QuacN V. SPINCO.—Tbii case was heard b store a 'special jury. It was an indictment, -charging the thefendants with a public nuisance. Counsel for the Torosecutien —Mr. Wilde, Q C.; Mr. Monck, Q.C. ; Mr. Ovens, and Mr. Aspland. For the defence. Sir F. Th,esiger, Q.C.; Mr. Atherton, Q.C.; Mr. Hill, Q C., arid Mr. Manesty. Me Ovens opened the pleadings by saying, that the defendants in this action ware Messrs., Reuben Sperm-, and the indictment charged them with, baying erected a manufactory which was used for the manufac turing of chemical substances, the smoke from 'which was foul and obnoxious, and injurious to the hemith of the inhabitants, There were several other com i ets n the indictment which was to the same effect, but differing in form. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., then stated the case. - to the jury, and in doing so said the case, as they had heard, bad a-ssnmel the form of an indictment against the defendants, who are the proprietors of extensive &tem works, near Manchester, for having conducted their business so as to be injurious to the health and tin happiness of the neigh bonrhoed, from the stench, smoke, and stinks which arose from it so as seriously to incommode the persons living near them. There was no doubt hut that the case was one of considerab e importance, and would require n great amount of attention at the hands of the jury. Ilelelt no apprehension as to the result, fur after the defendants had had the usual - fight, the result would be the same as in other similar -cases— that they would - be obliged to remove from that neighbour. hood. Ilv next - pointed out how relue'ant persons were to move in such matters, 'and scarcely ever did se, the matter being tolerated anti! long after it became intolera ble. All people were slow to move. It was a long time before they cou!d be got to stir, but having taken the steps at the eleventh -hour, he dish not fear as to the result, but sti'l it would be necessary to 'fully explain the matter to the jury. He would let them know what it was that -was pro duced at their chemical work!, how noxious it was, and how necessary it was that it should be stopped. He did not wish to -say anything against tall persons; but be would point out to them the tall chimney in the model, towering over the heals of all the others, and then how it distributed its perfumes all over the neighbourhood, and around the beautiful green sward in the district. The history of the matter was very brief. About the year 1848 the defendants went to' that district, (here be ex plained the exact locality of the works, and also the surrounding district from an immense model which had been prepared,) where for a number of years the manu facturers of Manchester had made their residences after the toils of the day. In 1848 the deendants, who are the manufacturers of alum, entered upon the premises, and since that time have continued he m .nufaeture what is called ammonical,alum, in which they have to use a great portion of ammonical gas, which has to be procured from the gas-works in the neighbourhood; and from that year, when the works were but small, they have so increased their sale, that it is said that they manufactured at least eighty tons per week. The learned counsel then minutely detailed the chemical process employed in manufacturing the alum, and the various .gal=s that of necessity escaped, one of which was sulphurious acid, which ascended np the chimney, and was distributed over the neighbourhood, aed sulphurious hydrogen - , which he could only describe as the smell from a rotten egg, and he contended that that was exceedingly noxious to the health of the people in the neighbourhood. He next described the process through which the ammoniacal rquor had to pass in its distillation, from which it appeared that there was a very large escape of a variety of matters, which he ceeld only call hydrogen carbons, which were excreuingly volatile, and after their escape from the chimney, infused themselves into the air. Of these particles, chemists dist not pay much attention, because they said they were not injurions to health ; b it he should prove that they were exceedingly annoying, and caused a peculiar sensation in the theme But he believed that it would net be necessary for him to show that such were injurious, but that they were inconvenient. He believed that would be sufficient, and if not it ought to be. He then quoted from Cunningham's Law Reports, in the case of the King v. Neal, in which the defendant was a varnish maker, and he was indicted for a similar offence. In that case, the judge—perhaps one of the most careful ones that had ever presided—Lord Teaterden, said it was not necessary that the nuisance should be injurious to health, but that it was an annoyance to the people in the district, and to the passers on the highway. He eon t-nded that such would be the evidence on which be should ask for a verdict. He then traced the progress of the extension of the buildings from 1848, when there was only a short chimney. In the fir- t place, formerly the ammoniacal fig ior used to be carried through the streets of the town to the fact ry, but in 1850 proceedings were ta;:en against ' them, the s each being so dreadful and abominable, and they were obliged to alter the plan. They were obliged to put down pipts from the gas works to the canal, and then it was delivered into an air-tight boat, from wheace it was pumped out and took to the works, where the monster was costly confined. That was in 1856. In 1854, Mr. Fitzgerald, the owner of the land was applied to, and he thought it was quite time that some steps should be taker, in the matter, and after that, a report of the works was made, in which it Was stated that the noxious gases should not be allowed to escape, because if those gases were once at large it would be very difficult to control them. In 1856 the d feadants employed Dr Franklin to make a full inspection of the works, and to report thereon. That was done, and Dr. Franklin would be called as a witness; and he would tell them thst the gases to which he bad alluded were made, and that without the greatest care they would vac ipe ; but, as they were borne along in the air as one body, it entirely depended upon the way the wind was, as to , Vie direction they took ; but there they were in one gre-it mass, sailing along until they were stopped or des can ed, and then their ell eta were experienced on the parties there, or on the vegetation. In Jane, 1856, the deceodant commenced erecting the new tall chimney. Up to that time they had only had a very short (see —but this it would he found was nearly twice the height. of any other in the neighbourhood. But so it was, sal it was only at that time that they erected that monster chimney. Wny did they do that ? The old short one had done its work. It is difficult to answer it, unless th y thought to carry the contents away high above all others. 13 it they did do so, and yet the evil has not been remedied ; for, as they in the law said, it was only the venue had be. n .shifted, and instead of its being annoying t, the Berne pert es who lived near the worlts, it had gone to those who lived at a greater distance, and then it was that they exeleirned—" 011, now it has come to us." That 11 was th ' simple history of the ea e. What was t o b e the 1 answer to it ? They might fancy that they would say— we have done all in our power to present the nuisance, .end have gone to a great expense to do a e But would they say that the gases were destroyed I If they were not, then the plaintiffs had a right to comelain. It was uo answer for them to say they had done all they could, for al they had done to abolish it depen led en the workmen ; and if they were negleetfal, and it could scarcely be allowed to depend oe workmen when the works were going day and night, and ads) on a Sunday. Then it might be said that some persons did not smell it, Vireu:d that be an a- severe Would they put the evide ce ufone man who sai l he did not s - nell it against the evidence of the man who sai ihe ei'l. He then cent on to argue that, supp,se the decedents should ask where they were to go to carry on their werks, and to th at tae would only rep'y, that is no business of ours, but this is the very last place on earth where you shou'd come, and if y in d o not prevent the nuisance you mess go away. But they did not ask them to go,; all they required was for them to remedy the evil, which coald be dune at sena: expense and trouele. He concluded by saying that he sh 'till not refer to any further point that might be raised by the defendants, for it was their duly to answer the case he shoutd submi to the jury, and if they did not do so, he should ask for a verdict. [4s the witnesses in the case had net arrived, some considerable delay in the preceedings took place, in the course OF sehich Sir F. Tnesieer, oc the part of the defendants, hamled in a proposition to, as we understood, the efioct that the deendants were wiling to have the wnole matter referred t, a committee, of six gentlemen, consisting of a march an; and them at, chosen by each aide, a id two others ch.:sea b 1 ths se four geet'emen, and, aster .a careful examination, to abide the dscisiou of a ea j eety of th.t committee, and to mike any improeereent teat might be suggested at their own expense. The counsel for the plaint ff re,irod, and, or, their r.thra into court, his Lordship observed that he had caiefully read over the report, and he real'y did think that it wag a e ice in which some agreement should be made. Mr. Wilde objected to the adoption of the suggestions, unless the defendants pleaded guily, and thus establish a case. Sir F. Tnesiger would not comply with that, as he had a great am Ault of rebustine evidence to call, end, after some di.cu , sion, the hearing of the case was proceeded with. Several witnesses were ixernined to preve the nuisance. They all d,-;,c ib,Nl it :.:a almost intolerable, causing serene,s of the eyes, coign and a ire throat, and as prejudicial to .some d serioliees of mega far urea, and al. keels ef veget itioi. Mr. Benjarn'n heoth, s irgeon, of Swint ri, rENcrihi•l the nuisance es ems 'ed:celly disagreeable and injurious t i health. It was rust observable p .r icelarly a. early mornieg, and late at night. Toe phoutiff'd case had Rot cent; u :e4 at the rising of tae Sour' THE DEWS OF PALR3TINII —ln th-- Serlpturrs, frrvent allision it filmic to Lie de *8 of lesque. Luring the months of June, Jury. an i August. the atmosphere is mild aad Bean! ; a c'o , id is seldom ~e en, and scarcely a drop of rain descend=; but, to 81171)1 in some measure this daciency t the earth is moiste.led by nocturnal dews, which ire so copious as to r- , semble small, thick, penetrating rain, and u per exposed to them would woo be wet to his skin. POLIOE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTIRDAY. LIVERPOOL. BIFORR MR MANSFIRLD. How IT Din HAPPIIN.—Iire. Alice Aspinall, (a very handsome lady) the proprietress of a grocery and provision store at 74 Warwick-street, charged a person named Andrew Gibbon (apparently a respectable mechanic) for threatening and annoying her. It appeared that the pri soner was drunk, and whilst in that state he went to the shop and created a disturbance and called the complainant a variety of nasty names, and otherwise mis-conducted hitaielf. The officer who had charge of the case witnessed part of the prisoners conduct. Prisoner (to Mrs. Aspinall) " had we not half-a-pint of whiskey together, and in a back-house? " Not at all, its false; every tine he gets drunk he comes and annoys me." Prisoner—" No its all spite on account of my keeping company with your sister." Mrs Aspinall—" I have nothing to do with that, I want to be protected from your annoyance." Prisoner—" Oh, its all very well, but you know the officer there can go into the bask-house and sm - ke his pipe comfortably with you." Mrs. Aspinall—"That's a daring falsehood. The prisoner was Ined 5s and costs. Tan An - a - ENmugs or Mae. GAYMOND —A. superiorly dressed female, who gave the name of Mary Gaymond, and said she WAS a boarding-house keeper, living at No 12, Winlniill-street, Manchester, was brought up under the following circumstances :—Mr. Legg, the keeper of Rose-hill Beidewell, sad the prisoner came to the station with another female, whom she charged with having stolen her g )13 watch and chain, and a brooch containing the portrait of a gentleman. She was very drunk at the time, and on investigating the case, he had reason to think there was no foundation for the charge. Seeing she was very drunk, and not able to take care of herself, he deemed it right to lock her up for safety, and on searching her, the watch and chain were found in her pocket, and also .C 4 153 in cash. The brooch was picked up in the street by a boy. The prisoner said she came from Manchester with a gentleman, and unfortunately she got too much beer. The woman whom she charged she met in a public-house, and finding her fumbling at her pocket, and missing the watch and chain, she imagined the woman had taken them. His Worship fined the prisoner 53 fir being drunk, which she paid, and then George Thompson, " her companion," was charged with having assaulted a railway official at Tithebarn street. He was drunk, and when the officer wanted him to leave, he as=aulted him. The portrait found with Mrs Gaymond was a fine likeness of this gent'eman," who appeared respectable. He was fined £1 for the assault, which he paid, and left in company of Mrs. Gaymond. PUBLICANS AND BC?ItSELLECi. —Edward Roberts, of William-street, off Great Howard-street, was summoned by the police, for having refused them admission to his house on Sunday last. Mr. Rymer appeared for the defen dant. ald by the evidence of the bar-maid, clearly showed that the parties in the house were not aware that it was the police who were present. The case was dismissed Henry Easthetn, of Pownell-square, was summoned for keeping his house open beyond the prescribed hour on Saturday n gh*. Mr. Snowball, admitted the fact, and alleged as an eactne 'that the manager, (the house belong:ng to Mr Walter,) had made a mistake, as the clock was not right at the time. Fined ten shillings and costs. Several beerhouse keepers were fined for Sunday trading, but none of the cases were of any public interest. Tna LATr STORM IN WALES.—Previously to the violent storm on Thursday week, all the growing crops were in a highly srisfactory condition, but the injury done war, in many places, of a very serious character. The wheat was beaten down considerably, and several 6 Ids which had been cut, but not hauled, have received con• siderable damage. A farm, with the outbuildings, near Caerphilly, in Monmouthshire, was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. B,?veral cattle were killed in other parts, end much loss of property has ensued. A few days of fine sy , ather since have repaired the mischief done to the crops in a great measure. THR DICER FORESTS.—If the moors awe not whet they have been, the forests are full of deer, fatter and carrying larger antlers than for many years past. Some stags have been seen with their heads clear of velvet, which seldom takes place till abut the let of September. About a fortnight ego three splendid stags we'e shot at G'en Dibidale Forest, by Mr. E 'ward Rose, two of them right and left shots, one royal, the other with ten tines. The roysi stag weighed, when perfectly clean, 20st. 4'b. ; the other, 15st. 911). The top' , on ore set of antlers were 1 lin., 9in , and hie.; on the other 10110., Bin., and Bin. The first was shot at 110 yards, the other galloping at 130 yards distance. Two each shots ace seldom made by the most experienced deerstalker, and in this c ise it is the more remarkable as the gentlemen who handed the ri tie so well is only 16 years of age We have seen two beautiful photo graphs of the two stags as they fell, tak -n by his father, Mr. Horatio ROB 3. Oihar two stags have since been shot in the same forest by Mr. Horatio R. )ss, one weighing 15st. 91b , the other 12st. 101 b. Colonel Inv had a deer stalking party at Glencinicett last week, when several fine stags were shot ; one of their heads sent for p eservation has royal antlers. Some large saga have been sent down from Glen Strathfarar, which were shot by Lord Lovat ; and a very good head has been sent down from Glenma.eran —the stag shot by Mr. John Fowler, being amongst the first shots fi - ei since ho purchased the property.—lnver ness Courier. • A MILITARY ESCAPADE —When a single man (M. le Victe. de —), being an officer in the Garde Royale, be was always aux, arrets for some freak or act of insubordi nation. He was extremely quarrelsome, and fouglet innumerable duels, and frequently killed his antagonist. At one period, during the Restoration, he was quartered with his regiment, the Gerdes du Corps, at the barracks at Versailles, and b-ing refused leave of absence by his Colonel to pass the night in Paris, be dressed hi mse lf i n woman's clothes, mounted his horse, and in that disguise escaped observation. On the following morning he returned in the same dress, anxious to be ready in good time for the field day of his regiment already draen up and executing their inarmuvres, as the orders' had, in the interim, been given to asszmble an hour earlier than usual. He immediately put spurs to his horse, and, arrivin g on the ground, borrowed a a tore from the lierechal des logic, and placed himself, in this whimsical attire, at the head of his peloton. Ha was obliged to leave the regiment, and afterwards marriel, when he became a steady char acter.—A Portion of the Journal of T. Raikes, Esq. CHARGE OP LIB,LLING THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OP THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—At Marlborough street Police-court, London, on Thursday, Mr. Wm. Diamond Evans, of Beech-lane, City, and Captain Thorp, N e 11, Pall M a all, appeared b e f ore M r . B ea d on to s e m m e es in which they were charged that they, on the Bth of August, did unlawfully publish a certain libel that, as he saw a letter ad tressed to the editor of the Times, contain ing libellous and defemetot y words and sentences relating to the Honourable F. W. Cedog.n, Deputy Caairmen, and one of the managers of the Submarine Telegraph Company, Nn. 30, Cornhill, and also that on the said day thee did threaten to publish the said libel, and that on the said day they did off-T to prevent the publication of the said letter castaining matters touching he said Honourable F. W. Cadogan, with intent to extor: money from him, and that they did there combine, conspire, co-operate and at to injure the said Hon. F. W. Cadogan. After h arias the evidence of the Hon. F. W. Cadogan and otters, Beadon decided that it was a case to go before a jury, and the defendants were held to hail, th , mselves severally in £3OO, and two s !reties, each in £l3O, to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Ceurt. Tue HOP SE/LiON.—F orn Canterbury, wa learn that the imp - ovemeet in the hops during the last week has been all that could possibly be exp-aeted, considering :h= blighted state many of the grounds were in. The produce per acre, winch did net at one time look more than two cwt., bids fair to exceed on an average thtee cwt There is no doubt that ficeing will be fully a week earlier than last year ; in fact there are portions of some of the grounds in this ne , ghbourh , oul, which will be ready in another week or ten days. In It Ist Relo,d the hop crop promises to be large and excellent in this district. It Nritto!) it is competed th they are like!) , to yield a ten per ,cce. F orn Worcester, we hear that tne late growing weather has peened forward the burr, and the hops are now stowing very large, so that picking will sort he thought of, probably earlier than usual. In another for - - n;ght or three weeks, with fine weather, lie p'en'atioes will present a g'ori els sight of ahwelance. 'Ph Woreee ter duty is new estimated at ir rn £2B 001 to £3O 000. A Ni'rEt!,i; Sattnit.—At Bide (a)rtiwal!)4 few days ago, 3'.a n'tmed C ,x. a v.si•or et th's place, was bithing ftr low wit r, at the entraret the liar')our, but being a good swimar she ventured too far, and was drawn by he rile h yowl the breakey, which wtr, u ruing very heavy, ELT friends on the shore we -P, as inizhr be imajned, in greit agmy i f mind, G org- Bite, a siilor, seeing the irid)'s situ:lrvin, with the greatest promo itu'lle un iresse Maui() f, and s.vatil to hair rescue. At this tinus she was e than lilt a mile trim the shore. On Ba.es reaching he she was fl iating oil her bark, her battling dress. p-ob beioz the means of her keeping herself so long afloat. B.te app ached her ciutiously end spoke. She replied, C you save tn.. 1" Bate s.id, " Yes, if you ty. steady." She then said, " Where shall I take h .1d of you ?" Bate, seeing that she appeared collected, swam directly to her, and sho placed her hands on his shoulders, and with this heavy btu-then on his back, h. commenced an arduous strurle towards the shore. When brought on shore Mrs. Cox was so completely txhaosted as to be apparently litelese, but with proper assistanoe abs was restored. AN ELOPEMENT FROM DUBLIN. ARREST or TIIR LOVING PAIR IN LIVERPOOL. That most unfortunate hacknied of all unfortunate hacknied phrases—and, by the way, with all respect for our very valuable friend, .131 r William Shakipeare, we must dis agree with him when he says " The curse of true love never yet ran smoodi," we could—that is, if we liked— inform the " Bard of Avon " that there are many who "Lived and loved together In many a changeful scene," But about the " course" the waters of such " love" may have taken we can't s4y very much; and without being at all particular in this regard, we are something like the "Bould Soger Boy,' when he exultingly cried out, " Oh, the devil a hair I care." But it is said the " course" don't present a mirror•faced surface —so it would appear to a certain young lady who conies from a certain place in the metropolis of the right arm of England, called Ireland—said metropolis being called Dublin, and in order that there may be no mistake about the locality, we beg to inform our readers, gentle and simple," that the said young lady, and also a "said young gentleman," resided in the immediate vicinity of Dolphin's Barn, a place known as well, or perhaps better, than Nelson's pillar in Sackville-street. Young ladies and young gen tlemen are prone to do like the dreams—that is, go by contraries to their parent's wishes—God help the poor parents. Now, the young lady and the young gentleman who resided about Dolphin's Barn, did not happen to be free from this sort of general feeling. The young lady, (as all young ladies are supposed nay, improperly of course) —was extremely handsome, and very extraordinary—that is far an Irish girl—she had not a penny—not as much as would jingle on a tombstone—for a fortune. She was, hwever, connected with the first famiies of the United Kingdom—and, literally, "her face was her fortune ;" but her friends refused, in consequence of her high aristocratic blood and connections, to match her wi.h anything uader a ducal coronet. Another very extraordinary thing happened in the locality of Dolphin's Barn, and that was the fact that there resided a young gentlemen there, who really bad a very large fortune in his own right; but—oh, horrible ! it was the result of his father's honest industry in trade. The young lady's family might, now and then, po'.sibly admit a mere tradesman to pass between the wind and their nobility, but the idea of matching their fair relation to a spalpeen of a tradesman was worse than following her coffin to Glasnevin or Harold's Cross—two rather cele brated places at the north and sou h east of Dublin, where inanimate bodies are deposited. The young lady having no notion of visiting either of these place., an,t r;ghtly calculating that no one —not even a retailer of silk— would ask her whether the cash she produced was d-rived from the ir• dustry of a brogue makers shop, or out of the half-pay officers list, resolved to marry the young gentle man who had the money. The young gentleman resolvPd to marry the young lady, in order to get into e " dacent family," and so—they ran away w,th e*ch othAr, and of course, from Dublin. There was racing and chasing, about Dolphin's Barn, very like the affair that took place at Cannobee Lee, when Lochinvar abducted the fair girl (see "Marmion") but very unlike the lost bride of Netherby, who was never seen after—that is, if Waler Scott tells th, truth—the lost bride of Dolphin's Barn was found. Where? At the poet-office of Liverpool. When ? Yesterday. By wham ? Why, by one Mr. Allen, belonging to the private inquiry office of Mr. Joseph Bat's of 8 veeting-street Horrible Mr. Allen ; and cruel Mr. Bates ! And what be carne of the "loving pair?'' Why, they were sent back to Dolphin's Barn—and if they don't live happy that we may. A WATERPROOF MONARCH.—The King of Ave, amon, many other lofty and high-sounding titles has that of " Lord of twenty-four umbrellas." This look ti looks as if he had prepared himself for a long and stormy reign. FETE CH tMPETRE AT SHEFFIELD.—On Wedneadse, a splendid entertainment was given at the Sheffield Breani eel Gerdens, to welcome to the town the Deice and Duchess o f Norfolk, on the occasion of their visit to take up their first autumnal residence in the neighbourhood. About 50 ladies and gentlemen sat down to an elegant dejeuner in a marquee erected for the occasion. The Mayor presided, anl was supported by the Duke and Duchess, Lord Arlen del and Surrey, Lord George Manners, Lady Aleliz Manners, Lady Newport, Sir Arnold Knight, Col. Hodge, Lady Minna Howard, Lady Ellen Howard, Lady Mary Howard, the Master Cutler, &c. After the usual to; al toasts, the healths of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and th it youthful family were proposed by the Mayor, to which the Dake responded amidst reiterated burs's of cheering. The health of the Master Cutler having been teasteil, Ur. Overend alluded to the happy connection of the noble house of Retlend wi'h Sheffield, and gave as a toast " the heatlh of Lord George and Lady Adeline itlannere," which was received with load etudes. The proceedings concluded with a ball. MADELEINE SMITH.—On Monday we published a tele griplue despatch to the New York Commercial, from Newfoundland, intimating that Miss Smie h, lately acquitted of peisonieg her lover in Glasgow, had taken pissege for New York in the Asi We now learn from the Albany Statesman, of Saturday, that when the Asia arrived on Frelay, a large number of New Yorkers, bent upon giving Miss Mad&eine a pubic reception, serenade, &c., after the most approved Gorham fashion, proceeded to the Cunard dick t) receive her. Bat, alas, it was found that the heroine was not on board, but that the error had arisen from the fact that a Ditch lady named Mathilde Schmidt was aiming the passengers. The committee of reception, rushing on board, inquired for " Miss Smith." They were shown to the cabin of the "fat, fair, and forty" Mathilde Smith. Their chairman and spokesman had hardly com menced his prepared speech, when he was interrupted by something which somided very much like "Nix turstaug spreich Angtish." The committee were thueder struck. They very well knew that the dialect was not Scottish, and conel 'ding that there must be some mistake, gathered up their hats and left in disgust. It strikes us that the said telegraphic notice, being supplementary to the first one announcing the general news received on Thursday from the same point, mast have been intended by some wag to impose upon the credulity of the excitable fast ones in the model city. The jcire was a goad one, and must have amused the Dutch Miss Schmidt amazingly. —Boston Paper. THE MIN cons TESTIMONIAL.—MEETING AT BIRMIRO HAM.—AH influential meeting of gentlemen from the various towns in the kingdom was held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, yesterday, for the purpose of promoting the fund for erecting a testimonial building to Herbert Min ton, Esq , and to give a more national character to the project. John Ratcliff, Esq., the mayor, presided. Letters of apology for absence were read from the Earl of Harro. be, Lord Hethertin, the Bishop of Litchfield Viscount Ingeatre, M.P., C.B. Adderly, Esq., M.P., Henry Cole, E Q., R. P. Daniel, Esq , and J. W. Goode, Esq. ) London, &c. After the report of the local committee had ben read. J. F. Winfield, Eeq., ino7ed the first resolution, which was seconded by F. Elkington e Esq. The reselution approved and adulated the report, and pledged the meeting to use its best endeavour, to raise the sum req aired to carry out the prejeet to a successful issue. The second resolution was moved byJ. iMillar, Esq., Edinburgh; seconded by Charles Keeling, Esq., White House, Newcastle: " That Earl Granville be requested to lay the foundation stone of the testimonial building." A vote of thanks was given to the mayor. New MOTIVE Po ;Vila Fix SHIPS —The Portsmouth correspondent of a London paper, writing on Sa urday, says of the hydrostatic propeller ."—" This uoyiltv, in the shape of a common-sized wherry, came into Ports mouth yesterday, and attracted au immense amount of public interest. It is proeelled by o.e of the common screws, but by the power of water instead of steam The inventor and patentee, who is Mr. S ephenn ot Southamp ton, has thus brought into use as a motive power that cheap element—water. In addition to this, Mr. Stephens has succeeded in bringing the controlling power of the engine directly under the management of the man at the helm, and then no engineer is required. Ia a second, at will, the man at the helm can go ahead, back her, or stop the engine. A boy o n ly i s requ i re d t o wor k t h e eng i ne, which may bi termed a donkey engine, hitherto employed to p imp out water, but now to pump in a supply to propel the vessel iestearl of steam." ATTEMPT TO MT/EDEE A POLICE CONSTABLE.—On Wed nesday afternoon great excitement, was created in the im mediate neighbourhood of Drury Lane, London, in con sequence of en attempt having bean made by an abandoned woman to murder a police-officer, while in the execution of his duty, by stabbing him in sundry parts of the body. From the particulars obtained it appears that a boy had n een givers into the custody of police-eensteble Gyiner, No. 54 of tee F dia sion, 1 , 4 some offence, and when he had succeeded in getting the biy near Endell-street, a woman named Sullivan, who has frequently been in custody for assaulting the police, came up to the officer and tried to rescue his prisoner. The constable finding that remon s'rance with the woman was useless, and that she was corec , ing a crowd around him, made an attempt to take tier i.itu custody, and as he was so trying the infuriated woman turned round upon him anu drew a sharp pointed knit: from some part of her dress and plunged the weapon into his head three or four times, and also into his throat once er twice. Rood in copious streams flawed from each wound, and the injured officer was placed in a cab and forthwith removed to Charing Cross hospital, where he at present remains in a somewhat plelicarious condition. The woman has been taken into custody, but owing to the serious nature of the injuries the officer has received he i s "Oh AI Present to appear and give evidence against her, A YOUNG MAN BEATEN TO DEATH 01 HOUSE OF ILL-FAME. • The New York Times says that another ghe e l b, murder had been perpetrated in th a t c ity, and gives j following ais the particulars :—A young man oef o f Theodort L. Tompkins, was beat en t o d ea th in the w ", house of prostitution, No. 3, Mulber r y- s t ree t, by the ' i d keeper and others of the place. T om pki ns , acconWe ll ; o ig by two other young men from Hoboken, named V e ld Webb, and Jesse Frazer, had been sp en di ng the eve ll ' at the National Theatre. Sho r tly after 12 o'clock dioi went into the house in Mulberry-street, which is kept of a German named Louis Mitschel. T oe l an dl or d wai „ot L i f present, and the place was in charge o f Mr s . Mitsche" , " o Ferdinand Simon, a young man who acted as barkeeP to The young men from Hoboken went up to the b ar g e drink, when some of the females appr oac h e d as OW o f accustomed to do) and asked to be " treatej." ° l3 „ e o it the young men remarked aloud that h e wou ld not " 0 - 1 any " d—d Dutch b—e." This led to an altercation , blows soon followed. Simon, th e b ar k eeper , rus hed fr i ° , l his place and kno c k e d W e bb d own w i t h a power ful 1) 4 on the head with a bl u d geon . F razer se i ze d a s t o ol /n ot which to defend himself, as he too was attacked•„„ e d succeeded in warding off s evera l bl ows t h at we re oPti i , at him, but was at length struck and knocked down o tsi s, Tompkins, who up to this tir e h a d rema i ne d oll h u - ho s went to the barkeeper and attempted t o a pp ease biro, w 'r he, also, was assailed most violently, and struck roe e :# edly on the head with the bludgeon. He was aftersilot .hustled down a flight of stairs, where he remaine u be some time unable to rise. Recovering sufficienl l l4 ol l made his way, cov ere d w ith bl oo d, t o t h e B arc l a y-B' l ,i. Ferry, where he met so me f r i en d s , t o w h om h e told ' o , misfortunes, after which he relapsed into a senseless e ° l , dition. He was conveyed to hi s h om e, a t No. 17, W al f r ington-terrace, where phy s i c i ans were ca ll e d , w ho ro flounced his injuries fatal. The unfortunate young P t y d'ed in a few hours afterwards. A Coronei'sjoria immediately summoned, and a f ter severa l adjournoie" to a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned, and watt° 4 issued for the apprehension of a number of parties. acid. Found 51 grains of oxalic acid in half the contents of the stsma• h. His Lordship said there was an utter blank in the evidence, as to how, wle n, and wh , re the poison was adminiitered. No p ,n was proved to have been in porseFsion of the prisoner. He had allossved the evidence to go so far in order to-see what could be proved, and so far as he cenld see, there was no evidence to nff:--et the prisoner. Mr. Asphaell said, if that was his Is trd ship's opinion be had no wish to preei further on the part of the prosecutiee. The jury returned a rerdict of not guilty, and the prisoner tees dischireed. ANTHER CHARGE 7 CHILI) POlaoNtPlO.--giiribeth Kelty, aged . 2s, factory hand, was pieced in the dock claarg-ed with having at Ashton-under-Lyne, wilfully murdered her child, Peter:Keity Mr. S,wler and Mr. Cro's conduotted'the proeecuti in ; Mr. Tit• ler and Mr. Tin dal Atkinson., delereled the pri-oner. Mr. Sowler stated the case at considerable leeg h. It apeeered that the prisoner lodged in the house, of a woman named E lithe h Gorman, in Ashton einner-Lyne, She was a widow, •her husbind, Peter Kelty, hating died in 1856. Her chtl!!, Peter K-lty, a boy aged tutu year', lived with-her, and ultvets appeared a heaLhy child and foil of spir to lien, the time when the occurrence took place which led to the prosecution. About the Bth of -June, the prisen r e , me home suddenly one morning from her work, and stated to Mrs. Gorman that the boy Peter was very ill, and likely to die of the some complaint which killed his father, namely, asthma. M rs Gorman was very much surorieeil at ties, rev.r having observed any symptoms of-illness in the child. bat the prisoner told her she had been with Dr. Masten, and that he told her the child would p - nhibly not live a reek. The prisoner wished to keen the snil.l in had from -that time. but it would not stay. On the 16 hof "Jane the pris eser to , k thecbild to Mr. Robert W od, sure to, of Ashur]. - under-Lyme, •rrho told her he could not sea anything the matter with it, but at her requ st,psescrihed some powder 'for it. A day or two after she took the child tn Mr. Thomas Wood, surgeon, brother of Mr. R 'ben 1.1r0,d, cud told him it was subject to II s and internal eon_ stillsions, Mr. Thomas Wood said be could not perceive anything wrong wide the child, but he also presclbed same medicine fire it. Some-days after, the prisoner went to a woman named Mary James, and asked her to procure her a pennyworth of late lanum Mrs. James asked why she would not go-herself, and the •prisoner sa . d she was at Afr. Mostyn's shop the other day, that he gave her some staff which she did net like, and left behind her. and the', therefore, she did not wish to go there again. Mr. hireeve wasp druggist in Ashton-undereleyne. --She also said she hae been at Mr. Woods the prevents night to get some lautilaun, which he refused to give her. -It sahsequentl Y 'lP:leafed that neither of these stories were true. A ter Some pPrsnasion, Mrs. James went to Mestyn's and got a pennyworth of lairlanem, which she give to the prisoner in the presence of a Mrs. Kenyon. While Mrs. James was away, Mrs. Kenyon said to the prisoner it vroull be a great trial to use n chili of the age of her boy, and the prisoner replied that it would sot, and that she would not shed a tear-if ha died before morning. To another witness she made a similar remark, saline she would not drop a tear if the child died, fer she had had eiough both of his fatter and of him. On the morning of Saturday, the 20th, the prisoner went out. leaving the child in bed. Tne child asked Mrs. Gorman to dress him, which she did. He comp' tined ve'y mach or head-ache and sickness, but nevertheless went out to play in the streets as .useal. He bad been cnnpleiaing very much on the morning previous of head-ache, and Mr. Wood had been ceded in. The child seemed to grose better diving the day, tat at nighr, after his mother cams home, he became bad again. On the night of Saturday the -chili became very sick. The prisoner and the child slept in the same room with Mrs. Gorman, and the latter was awakened by heari , g the child vomiting. It vomited a brown lie lid, which ths prisnner wiped up. At half-past seven o'clock on Sited ty -znorning the cbill died. Thcprisoner went to Mr. Wood,surgeon, and endeavoured to induce him to give her a certificate that the child had died of convulsions. Ile decline] to do so, ,coocei ring it strange that the.child, who was much better when he saw it an Saturday, should have died se soon after. He asked her it the child was enrolled in a burial society, to which she replied in the negative, saying that he was " out of beaet." Nevertheless, it appeared that the child was then enrolled in a burial society at Seeley-hridgs, and that only the day before she had celled upon the secretary to ascertain who the collector of her district was. She endeavoured to -induce sir. Weeds' diughter to write, the word "fits" across the bill which she received from Mr. Wood. but Miss Wood declined doing se. Finally, Mr. Thos. Wood wi . ot , t h e w or d .4 convulsions" acres: the bill, and it appeared that the prisoner receive I £4 horn _the B irial Society. Several me/3:W geneemen were called to speak as to the symptoms of poisoning by I avian= and opium. It did not appear that lau:anum was found in the body, but muriatic acid was detected, which was stated to be usually evolved by it. Some of the witnesses called for the prosecution sp)ke of the prisoner as having always appeared a kind and loving mother. E witnes•es also stated that the child appeared to them to be -ickly, and suffering from asthma. Mr. Tinial Atkinson addressed the jury no the part of the pris•ner,dwel/ingscrungly up , oi the fits that the presence of landununi was not detected in the body,contending teat none of the symptoms .4escribed were inconsistent w:th d-atn fr im natural c lases. The purch Ise of the laudanum by the prisoner, as described, he ureed was merely to be exp!ained by the prae:ice unhappily s f fre quent among women of the poorer classes, of adiniriiiterine small doses of la uda'iun as a s 'dative, to induce sleep and quiet with Fickly and re , tless children. His 14,rdship summed up the evidence. The jury found a verdict of nut guilty. The curt rase shortly after sev3n BEI , OZE M BL SS Q. C. Cow &BALING —William Waters, aged 37, butcher, snd Job Moly nen!, age 40, butcher, sere charged with haviokt at Walton-on-the-Hill, on the 25th of July last, stole two cows belonging to John .M.L.tivery. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. BUZGLARY.— James Fitton, aged .. 5, weaver, was charged with having on the 13th July last, bur,4laroasly entered the house of Patrick Stanton for the purpose of stealing. The jury acquitted the prisoner. ROBBERY —Richard Ratcliffe, aged SI, cillier, was charged with having at Upholland, on the 29 hof July last, stole a coat, a pair of trousers, a jacket, and several other articles from John Barton ; and also with having upon the 28th of July stolen a quantity of °oilier.' picks at Rainford the property of Mr. John Cowley. The prisoner was found not pill. Foamy BY A LIVIWOOL ATTIANEY —Jahn Mattock, solicitor, of Liverpool, who was committed of forgery, was sentenced to three b ears p.nal servitude. NISI PRIU COURT. BRFORE MR. BLROR MANN ELL. His Lordslip took his seat on the bench this morning at nine o'clock. Y"WARD Ij. SCRAPPER.—In this cur., which had been heard without a jury, his lordship gave a vcrlict fur the defendant, but in doing so he begged it to be understooi that he did not wish to east any r e fl ec ti on ou the con d uct of thriPlailatifft or o f his will 4", WI Walker. GAMBLING AND MURDER. A MAN KILLED IN HIS BSP' pro, Ou Saturday, the Ist instant, at the S ea View '-- the Hotel, Navesink, N.J., shortly before five o'clock, 4, bar-keeper of that establi s h men t, Alb ert S . M ose s, 'it, stabbed in the throat by the book-keeper, James e i Donnelly. A female, employed in the house, 111 7, 6 il Ellen Hurl'', met Moses in the b a ll, i n a w ildly e%c" bi state, with the blood streaming from his throat, 11,60 to was trying to staunch with his hands. She ran aw a l l ip fear, and gave the ala rm . Wh en ass i stance was prog—„gos and the injured man was taken back to his bed, he 4 0 0 the following stat e ment : —II e h a d sa t up the previhsti night, he said, gambling w ith D onne ll y, o f w h om be ~"ti won nearly silty d o llars. Thi s money h e ha d tain t' , his room and deposited, tog e th er w i t h ot h er moneYs,o longing to the house, w hi c h h e h a d rece i ved at t he u. a , between the mattresses of an unoccupied bed in au is joining room, having a d oor commun i cat i ng w i th his °0 chamber. Just about d a yli g h t h e was awakened,; h', noise, but b-fire he was thoroughly c onsc i ou s, I ° 6 o c ived a blow iu the throat from a sharp instrument. go started up and saw Donnelly rushing for the door. fe l jumped from his b e d, ran a l ong t h e passage, as 1140 stated, and gave the al arm , w i t h t h e bl oo d pour i n g yy the gash in his throat. It would appear, from what bd since come to light, that the money lost by Dannelly , 11 0 won by :Iloses, was not the property of Donnelly, but apf abstracted by him on th e prev i ous n i g h t f rom the salto the hotel, and th a t thi s sum , w h en m i ssed, wou ld te s tis p-OvPd his dishonesty. He therefore was driven to !„( desperate resource of recovering it from Moses by robtn; the later while he was as l ee p. M oses h appen i ng to s t !, as though aroused by the movemen t o f anot h er pa rtfi r his room, the thief, w h o h a d come armed for an efil,o, gency, plunged the weapon int) his throat. A dirk kil l ', which was known to have been in Donnelly's possessit/ n .g few days sinc e , cannot b e f oun d , an d he says he does 0 ;, know where it is. A coroner's jury was immedia'illV i n 4 vened, who returned the following verdict :—" We from the testimony given to us, both by the dying Ina a l who was in his perfect senses, and other witnesses, I" Albert S. Moses received th e woun d i n hi s t h roa t, fro g which he now lies d ea d, a t th e h an d s o f J ames P. .I)°".' neily, on Saturday morning, August 1, 1857. A. DOCTOR AND A SCHOOLMASTER IN TROUI3I,I. Considerable excitement has lately existed in referen c e to one of our physicians, Dr. W oo d s , w h o has be; escorted out of town by a company of gentlemen, vi notified him that his return would secure a coat of tar 2 13 4 feathers. I know nothi ng o f th e f acts, an d mere ly gIL you the street talk in ref ere n ce t o th e matter . D r . Wood , resided here some twelve months ago, and was hospitab'l receited and boarded by a priv a t e f am ily . There Ore. e several interesting daughters in th' s family, including little creature about 15 years of age. The D3c!or seesoe to become enamoured of thi s g i r l, an d was very atten tive ,*, . her. One day, howev er , th e D octor h appene d to l et ae: . private letter expo se d, so t h at i t reac h ed the eyes of tP„, father, and this letter contained the most vulgar chart(7, against the girl. The father immediately sought satisfeg, tion by personal chatisement. He sought the Doctor Olt; fired at, bat missed him. The matter was then taken 2 4 hand by others, and the Doctor escaped punishment ei s leaving the city p omptly in twenty•four hours. Ile f ell o to St. Louis, and, as the story goes, there in solemn O r es reiterated the charges against the girl, declaring that h ," had had illicit dealings with her. This feet came to t ,.,"; knowledge of some friends of the family, wbo, knoww,,; their entire falsity, exerted themselves to keep t :g matter from them, and spare the feelings of the inane"' young lady. About six months ago, the Doctor reture7 to Cairo, seemingly repentant of what he had done,- as o the E eject was not re v i ve d. M ore recently, however , renewed his accusations in private conversation, and a daf or two since this fact came to the knowledge of some 12 0 the friends of the family. He was then waited upon bf delegation of our best ci;izens, and invited to walk over' Mayor Taylor's office. 11e accompanied them because h . e could net do wherwie. He was the re ma d e t o retr act , writing everything he had said against the young leg; and to apologiz e t o he r b y t h e same instrumentality. P was then allowed t wo h ours to prepare himself to leav e the city. The self constituted cnmmittee did not leave bit but remained with him daring the two hours, a nd the" e carted him to the depot. Aboard the cars, the D 'et!! thanked them for th e i r at t ent i on, and reg. eLted his inabib`/ to in Ike a speech ! Hid he remained her e over n i g ht, t h e excitement against him, I am sure, would have resulte d in his receiving a coat of tar and feathers. We have another Excitement. An Irish Catholic name d Mahoney, has been teaching school in Ohio City, g" °posit° this place, for a year past. During that time 13 : made the acquaintance of a young Am- r i can l a d y , o f E ves personal beauty and bau:some accompltshmeets. made love to her, and as rumour has it, succeeded 0 winning the heart of the fair one, or et least securing h 6f , consent to a marriag e engagement, if it met with th e approbation of her pa-ents. In the meantime, the IRO' gogue has remove I here, and opened a school, and mite recently addressed a note to the father of the young lad/. asking her hand in m arr i age . T he parent i ndignan tll refused his assent. This called forth a long letter from' the school-teacher, who told the f a th er h e m i g h t as We ll consent, as the intimacy b e t ween t h e d aug h ter and bin:lse"' had destroyed her maidenhoo I ! The con ents o f the letter became known in Ohio City, and caused the greatest exci ement. Mahoney has been ordered to leave Cairo, 10 double quick time, and a number of young Missomioe are on his sc e nt, d e t erm i ne d yet to treat him with a suit o f clothing, which will stick closer to him than a brother. - ' New York Daily Times. THE DOCTOR AND vua CANTATRI:R.—Dr. Mug° Yor! Awherg, hornayathic dmtor, broug'l an action against Mine. Barghi-Mamo, n entatrice of the Paris Opera, to °build from h r vyrnent of I,ooofr. for medical advice. Se stated that on , he 18th of March last, the la ly was sud denly seizsd with an extinction of her voice, and that he was called in to attend her. He p - escribed, and the con sequence was that she was able to sing in the evening. He visited and prescribed far her on subsceytem days, and her voice re.;ained all its power and treihn?ss. 8 130 however subsequently refused to remunerate him properly, for his s•rvice-, arid he was obliged to bring this cmtiorie Mme. foretii-Memo repremated that she had o nly been attacked with a sli;lat irritation of the thrait, and that having called in the plaintiff, he had prescribed for het some aconite pills. He had called upon her five times afterwards, and had ordered marl pills, but MS she had quite recovered she did not take them, He e tined dis posed to continue bis visit, but she told him that she was not in further want of his s erv i ces, an d asked him w h a t she was to pay for the prescriptions he had given The next day, to her astonishment, he claimed 1 000 tr. She thought 10fr, a visit would have been amply sufficient► and as he hal paid six visits, that would make 80fr. ; bet she wee willing to pay 100 f. She added that the doe o r was . a Hungarian r e f ugee , an d t h at k now i ng s •mething o f C MUC he had obtained permission to g. beihtud the scenes of the Opera, but that he had so annoyed the performers 131 thrusting his services on them, that the permission had been retracted. She further said that, some time are he made a dem a nd o f I , ooof r. on M. Gueymard, the singer, for prescriptions not worth a tenth of the money. The tribunal declared that the doctor's bill was eX" aggerated, and that be must content himself with the 100(r. offered.