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while she ran out, not suspecting she had :committed a
rubbery.

Wa&inshaw was committed for trial, and the other
prisoners as necessaries after the fact.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Thomas Carter, an assistant grave-digger at St. Luke's
church, Chelsea, was again placed at the bar for exami-
nation upon a charge of having despoiled nearly the
whole of the coffins deposited in the catacombs of the
above church of their brass ornaments, handles, and -in-
scription-plates. The charge originated through the
sexton going down into the vaults and accidentally dis-
covering the depr•lation that had been committed, and,
as Carter had often been seen in them when he had no
business, he was given into custody on suspicion, as was
also Hillier, because it was thought he could not be en-
tirely unacquainted with the other's movements. The
evidence, which was exceedingly lengthy, was taken
down in the clerk's office.

The Solicitor, who attended on behalf of the parish,
said there was sufficient evidence, in his opinion, to
warrant the commital of the prisoner at once to New-
gate, but a point had arisen to which he wished to call
the magistrate's attention. The churchwardens were
doubtful whether they alone would be sufficient as pro-
secutors, and thought that the relatives or executors of
those deceased persons whose coffin* had been despoiled,
should also prosecute ; he was borne out in that opinion
by the decision of Judge Hale, in a case where lead
coffins were stolen from St. Andrew's Church, Holborn.
Mr. GREGORIN referred to the case, and though he
was of opinion that the churchwardens would be quite
sufficient as prosecutors, still he was willing to meet the
solicitor's views, and allow time for the opinion of Mr.
Bodkin, the counsel they intended to engage, to be
taken.

The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, but
the prisoner will be brought up again on Thursday next.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 2.
(Before Baron ALDERSON and Special Juries.)
THE QUEEN V. REDDIN AND co.
This was an indictment against the defendants, who
carry on business as wharfingers at Bankside, for a
nuisance, by reason of their having public shoots upon
one of their wharves from whence all kinds of vegetable
and other refuse were cast into barges, and therby, as
was alleged, the defendants annoyed and incommoded
the public.
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Platt and Mr. Chambers conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Messrs. Thesiger and Chadwick Jones were for
the defendants.

The character of the evidence may be inferred from
the nature of the charge, and some witnesses were exa-
mined, for the purpose of proving that their noses had
been offended by the smells which issued from the
premises of the defendant. It was admitted, however,
by them, on cross-examination, that the neighbourhood
altogether was not the most delectable ; that there were
gas works, iron foundries, and scavengers' yards in the
immediate neighbourhood ; and, as Mr. Thesiger ob-
served, that the place being apparently dedicated to
smells of all kinds, the defendant had only added one
flower to the nosegay.
Baron ALDERSON, in the course of the case, took occa-
sion to observe, that there must, of necessity, be such
places as the defendant's ; and the only questions were,
the locality and the excess.

A number of other witnesses were subsequently exa-
mined, and at the close of the plaintiff's' case, Mr.
Thesiger was about to address the Jury, when they
ntimated that they had already formed the opinion that
he evidence did not support the indictment, and they
accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

THE QUEEN V. THE LONDON AND GREENWICH RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.

This was an indictment preferred on Friday against
the defendants, for having encroached upon the public
highways. There were two other indictments preferred
by the several parishes in Southwark, in which the al-
leged encroachments had been made.

The Solicitor-General, who was specially retained,
with Sergeant Channel! and another Learned Gentle-
man, appeared fur the defendants.

_
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Petersdorff supported the in-
dictment.

Before the evidence was gone into the Court expressed
an opinion, that from the circumstances connected with
it, it was not a case in which a Jury could come to a
satisfactory conclusion without knowing or viewing the
different localities. He therefore suggested that it would
be advisable for the parties to come to some arrange-
ment ; and Mr. Baron Alderson expressed his opinion
that by this course the interests of the public, and of all
concerned, would be much better consulted than by go-
ing to the Jury on the present occasion.
The Learned Counsel then conferred together for
some time, and it was at length understood, that an
understanding had been come to between them.
Baron ALDERSON then addressed the Jury, and said,
he thought the parties had very properly come to an
arrangement, that would secure the rights of the public.
They would, therefore, have to return a verdict of not
guilty, and the defendants would undertake to enter into
a rule to make any alterations in the works, which, by
the opinion of a competent person, might be considered
necessary to be made for the convenience and safety of
he public, and to secure the rights of the parties
nterested.

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The_ Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not
Guilty.

The two other indictments were then disposed of in
the same manner.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLI S

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending March 26, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—
Weekly
Average
1638-9-40-1
CAUSES OF DEATH% Total.
Four I Four
Winters Years
Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 111 199 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 139 160 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
.I.);seases of the Heat and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c
Cbildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c ' 4 l 1 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 2 7 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat llO 115 104
014 Ago' or Natural Decay 52 90 69
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-

perance
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes . 770 —-
Average Weekly Deaths lOl7 912
Population Average Deaths
renu. Weekly in
DISTRICTS. merated Deaths the
Ib4l. 18.3-9-40-1. Week.
West—Kensington, St. George 1------A----1
( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four 1 Four
ster,St. Martin in the Fields, Ye-rs.j Winters.

St. James 300,705 135 151 130
N orth-- St. M ary -le •bone , St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 182 146
Central—Saint Giles and Saint

George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-

don, West London, City of
London
East—Shoreditch,Whiteehapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George

in the East, Stepney, Popla7r 392;49:4* 206 228 152
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ), Ber-
mondiey, Newington, Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Bother-
hitlie, Greenwich .............138,060 221 243 221

Total 1,870,727 912 1017 770
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality--
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmitl. Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard ( Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1888, 1839,- 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
March 19. March '26.
Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean ......... 49 42
General Register Office, Marc 31, 1842.