The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-10-24 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

TAB CHIEF RABBI OF LEMBEFIG.—A report, spread in Germany, that the chief rabbi of Lemberg and his family had been poisoned by the orthodox 'Jews, his antagonists. r_found its way into most of our daily anti weekly journals a Lew weeks ago. The report truly stated that the Jews suspected of the foul murder were• taken, but the accusation could not be brought home to them, as the rabbi's cook could not identify them. When we inserted the report in question in our journal we suspended our judgment as to its truth or falsehood. We are rejoiced to state that we have since received letters from a correspondent at Lemberg, and also the Oberpostamts Zeitung (a Christian journal) of the 26th ult. from which it appears that there is not a particle of truth in the calumnious charge, and that the accused were honourably acquitted; it having been ascertained, on the authority of the medical men in the office of government, that the rabbi and his child shed from the eflects of malignant cholera, which is fearfully raging in that town, and that the other children of the rabbi who were seized with vomiting laboured also under an attack of the same malady. Relying on the spirit of justice and liberality which .pervades the greater part of the English press, we doubt not, that all those English journals which gave publicity to the malicious report taken from the German papers, will, on perusing this refutation, lose no time in giving equal publicity and prominence to the acquittal as to the accusation.—Jewish Chronicle.  ALLEGED MURDER BY Poisox.—Rumours have been circulated relative to the death of one Mr. J. Smith, i a wealthy farmer resident near Huntingdon. Mr. Smith, t appears, died in the month of June, 1847, after an illness of only a few hours' duration, having up to that time been a illness was of robust health and of temperate habits. His was as violent as it was sudden. He was seized with violent retching and purging, and, from the beginning of the attack, suffered the most frightful agony. Twelve months passed over, and Mrs. Smith formed a matrimonial connection with a gentleman named Parsons; shortly after which site discharged her servant, who was in her employment at the time of Mr. Smith's death, and who had been for many years before cont.ected with the family. From this servant the serious charges against Mrs. Smith (or Parsons), have arisen. Site states that Mr. Smith was taken suddenly ill, having previously exhibited no symptoms of indisposition, and that his wife administered to him a mixture which produced the consequences already described, and which speedily resulted in his death. Mr. Beedham, the coroner, 9n having the statement brought under his consideration, immediately ordered the exhumation of the body, and committed it to Messrs. Peck awl Fernie, surgeons, of Kimbolton, and Mr. Foster, of Huntingdon, for the purpose of post mortem examination. The result of their investigation was a determination on the part of the coroner to send the contents of the stomach to Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, London, for a complete analysation, and the inquest on the body was to be held on Monday (yesterday).