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The Week.
on the Leeds Northern Railway , was the scene of fearful excitement on Monday , from the discovery of the murder of a young lady named Scaife , by James Atkinson , the son of a flax-spinner . The parties had been acquainted from infancy . They Avere lovers , and it appears that jealousy was the cause of the dreadful act Avhich Avas committed by Atkinson , as he Avas walking home Avith his sweetheart from chapel on Sunday evening . There appears to have been a dreadful struggle , and Atkinson having overpowered her , nearly cut her head off . The prisoner has
admitted his guilt .- —An adjourned investigation into the cause of death of William Pine , the engine-driver , Avho perished in the railway collision at the Willesdeu junction of the London and North Western Raihvay , has been held at the Sussex Arms , Shepherd ' s Bush . After a great deal of evidence had been given , the coroner said there could be no doubt that the deceased came by his death through the culpable conduct of Henry Lamb , the pointsman , and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against him . Clevedon , a pretty watering-place near Bristol , has been the scene of a distressing occurrence . A woman of intemperate habits took her two children , a girl two years and a half old , and a boy only twelve mouths , to the beach , and , awaiting the rising of the tide , deliberately drowned them . ——At the Mansion House , Otto Frederick Homeyer , a merchant of Wolgast , in Prussia , has been committed on a charge of forging and uttering two bills of lading , purporting to be for 1750 quarters of Avheat , with intent to defraud Messrs . Tiedemann and Co ., merchants , of Newcastle-on-Tyne . Henry Bunbury , son of the late Major General Bunbury , has been committed for trial on the charge of forging and uttering three bills of exchange for £ 100 , £ 50 , and £ 40 , respectively , ——The Edwin Fox , convict ship , Avhich is now lying at
Deptford , has nearly completed her fittings previously to her voyage to Freemantle , Western Australia . Among the body of prisoners to be conveyed by this vessel will , it is understood , be Leopold Redpath , sentenced to transportation for the Great Northern Railway frauds ; William James Robson , Avho avas engaged in similar transactions in the Crystal Palace Company ; and Testar , who was connected with the bullion robbery on the South Eastern Railway .-- —Tlie Aveekly return of the Registrar General shows a slight increase in the deaths last week on those of the previous week , but the mortality did not exceed the average of non-epidemic seasons . There Avas an increase in the deaths from diarrhoea , and fifteen fatal cases of cholera , twelve of Avhich occurred to children . The total of deaths for the week Avas 1161 , and of births 1657 .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
Her Majesty ' s Theatre closed its season on Saturday with the opera of " La Traviata , " which has throughout been one of the most attractive performances , and the reduced rate of admission at which it was given upon the last night , without any reduction of the emboliishments of the opera , seemed to be fully appreciated by the numbers that flocked to take fare / well for a time of their favourite , Pieeolomini , Avho has so thoroughly identified herself with the musical honours of the heroine , and who is uoav about to leave us for America . We congratulate the management on so favourable a close of the season which has we trust been remunerative . At the tloyal Italian Opera Martha" has been performed for the last time . The season will terminate on Saturday next , the week being devoted to final
performances of each favourite opera in the repertoire . At the Lyceum Mr . Leigh Murray and Mi * . Widdiconibe have been added to the company , bub the weather is against indoor amusements . There has been an excellent poultry show at the Crystal Palace , and this kind of exhibition is evidently growing into favour . ——On Thursday evening Cremorne was crowded beyond all precedent ; not much less than 10 , 000 persons visited the gardens . The occasion of that immense gathering was the benefit of Bro . Simpson , the proprietor , whose popularity appears to be continually on the increase ; The Surrey Gardens have been opened with a representation of a lYeneh fair , which from its novelty is likely to prove attractive during the present sultry weather .
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The Week.
on the Leeds Northern Railway , was the scene of fearful excitement on Monday , from the discovery of the murder of a young lady named Scaife , by James Atkinson , the son of a flax-spinner . The parties had been acquainted from infancy . They Avere lovers , and it appears that jealousy was the cause of the dreadful act Avhich Avas committed by Atkinson , as he Avas walking home Avith his sweetheart from chapel on Sunday evening . There appears to have been a dreadful struggle , and Atkinson having overpowered her , nearly cut her head off . The prisoner has
admitted his guilt .- —An adjourned investigation into the cause of death of William Pine , the engine-driver , Avho perished in the railway collision at the Willesdeu junction of the London and North Western Raihvay , has been held at the Sussex Arms , Shepherd ' s Bush . After a great deal of evidence had been given , the coroner said there could be no doubt that the deceased came by his death through the culpable conduct of Henry Lamb , the pointsman , and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against him . Clevedon , a pretty watering-place near Bristol , has been the scene of a distressing occurrence . A woman of intemperate habits took her two children , a girl two years and a half old , and a boy only twelve mouths , to the beach , and , awaiting the rising of the tide , deliberately drowned them . ——At the Mansion House , Otto Frederick Homeyer , a merchant of Wolgast , in Prussia , has been committed on a charge of forging and uttering two bills of lading , purporting to be for 1750 quarters of Avheat , with intent to defraud Messrs . Tiedemann and Co ., merchants , of Newcastle-on-Tyne . Henry Bunbury , son of the late Major General Bunbury , has been committed for trial on the charge of forging and uttering three bills of exchange for £ 100 , £ 50 , and £ 40 , respectively , ——The Edwin Fox , convict ship , Avhich is now lying at
Deptford , has nearly completed her fittings previously to her voyage to Freemantle , Western Australia . Among the body of prisoners to be conveyed by this vessel will , it is understood , be Leopold Redpath , sentenced to transportation for the Great Northern Railway frauds ; William James Robson , Avho avas engaged in similar transactions in the Crystal Palace Company ; and Testar , who was connected with the bullion robbery on the South Eastern Railway .-- —Tlie Aveekly return of the Registrar General shows a slight increase in the deaths last week on those of the previous week , but the mortality did not exceed the average of non-epidemic seasons . There Avas an increase in the deaths from diarrhoea , and fifteen fatal cases of cholera , twelve of Avhich occurred to children . The total of deaths for the week Avas 1161 , and of births 1657 .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
Her Majesty ' s Theatre closed its season on Saturday with the opera of " La Traviata , " which has throughout been one of the most attractive performances , and the reduced rate of admission at which it was given upon the last night , without any reduction of the emboliishments of the opera , seemed to be fully appreciated by the numbers that flocked to take fare / well for a time of their favourite , Pieeolomini , Avho has so thoroughly identified herself with the musical honours of the heroine , and who is uoav about to leave us for America . We congratulate the management on so favourable a close of the season which has we trust been remunerative . At the tloyal Italian Opera Martha" has been performed for the last time . The season will terminate on Saturday next , the week being devoted to final
performances of each favourite opera in the repertoire . At the Lyceum Mr . Leigh Murray and Mi * . Widdiconibe have been added to the company , bub the weather is against indoor amusements . There has been an excellent poultry show at the Crystal Palace , and this kind of exhibition is evidently growing into favour . ——On Thursday evening Cremorne was crowded beyond all precedent ; not much less than 10 , 000 persons visited the gardens . The occasion of that immense gathering was the benefit of Bro . Simpson , the proprietor , whose popularity appears to be continually on the increase ; The Surrey Gardens have been opened with a representation of a lYeneh fair , which from its novelty is likely to prove attractive during the present sultry weather .