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The Week.
collor of Ireland . Tho bill was introduced by Sir Colman O'Loghlon . Lord Naas had no objoction to tho Lord Chancellorship boing thrown opon to Catholics , but ho ohjoctod to tho Lord Lioutenancy boing similarly oponod . Mr . Nowdogato movod tho rejection of tho bill . Tho dobato was long and intorosting . Evontually tho bill was road a second timo by 195 votes to 03 . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The return of the Registrar
General for 1 SGG was issued on the 26 th ult . Passing over some attempts at fine writing which , as usual , disfigure what is otherwise an interesting document , we find that during last year the births in London were 107 , 902 , while the deaths were only 80 , 129 , the annual rate of mortality being 2-G 4-7 per cent ., showing an average length of life of about thirty-eight years .
The usual weekly return shows 2 , 3-12 births , and 1 , 337 deaths . Whooping-cough appears to he prevalent . Once again the case of Madame "Valentin is mentioned in our law courts . On the 22 nd ult ., Mr . Hall , solicitor , who was engaged against Madame Valentin , brought an action in the Court of Exchequer against Mr . Leverson , her solicitor , for libel , malicious arrest
false imprisonment , and other things . While Madame Valentin ' s case was going on Mr . Leverson had Mr . Hall arrested and charged with forgery , perjury , and theft- After examination at the Guildhall Mr . Hall was discharged , and he now brought this action for damages . Leverson had put in pleas justifying what he had done , but he did not appear , and Mr . Hall said he
had seen an advertisement in the newspapers offering a reward of £ 100 for his apprehension . The jury gave Mr . Hall £ 521 damages . —¦—The examination of Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand was resumed at Bow-street on the 23 rd ult . Mr . Philippo was re-examined with reference to the laws of Jamaica , and other evidence taken . The case for the prosecution being closed , Mr . Ilannen and Mr . Bristowo addressed the magistrate ,
urging that no case had been made out for committing Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand for trial . Mr . Pitzjames Stephen replied , and Sir Thomas Henry decided that there were questions both of law and fact in the case which must be left for a higher court to deal with . He therefore committed the prisoners for trial at the April sessions .- A case of alleged ill-treatment to a boy eleven or twelve years of age formed the subject of a
coroner ' s inquiry at Bow on the 22 nd ult . It is stated that his death was either caused oi accelerated by neglect and want of food , and this impression is confirmed by the emaciated condition of the poor little fellow's body . The evidence given by the father , " a powerful-looking man , of a somewhat morose expression of countenance , " was of a very singular character .
He made the most conflicting statements concerning his child ' s age : and while in one breath he declared that the deceased was playing in the street shortly before his death , in the next he affirmed that he had never made such a statement . " His stepmother , " he said , "did not ill-use him ; she would onl y show him the cane , as was proper , and gave him a cut outside his clothes
when ho deserved it . " The wife at a neighbour gavo a painful account of the miserable existence which the boy lived . The inquiry , which promises to be a searching one , was adjourned for additional evidence . The father was received with groans when he made his appearance in the street . At tho Central Criminal Courton the 25 th ult . Henry Brown
, , , William Newman , and Thomas Charles Cuthhert surrendered to lake their trial for being concerned in rather an extensive robbery of silk from the promises of Messrs . Taylor and Stokes , of . Friday-street , Choapside . The circumstances iu connection with iho case ought to ho well known , as thoy havo boon frequontly pul .-lished . All tho accused wero found guilty , and Brown aud
Newman wore sentenced to five years , and C-uthbort ' to ten years , penal servitude A shocking case of murder and attempted
The Week.
suicido was reported on tho 2 Sth ult . A woman named Jano M'Carthy , whoso husband is undergoing imprisonment for a folony committed by him , has boon receiving relief from tho Shoroditch Union . Sho livod at 10 , Shaft-stroot , Kingslandroad . Sho had two children , a boy four years old and a girl two . On tlio 27 th ult . tho relioving officor wont to visit her , and found hor lying on tho bed with hor throat out , whilo tho littlo girl
was lying by her sido dead , hor throat boing cut from oar to oar . Tho woman was romovod to tho workhouso , aud is not oxpoctad to live At tho Contral Criminal Court , a person named John Hodgos Harris surrondorcd to tako his trial for having , contrary to tho provisions of tho Act of Parliamont relating to lunatics received a lady named Albina Mortina Dcndy , an allogod lunatic ,
into his cliargo for profit without having an ordor to do so from a relative or other 2 : > orson compotont to givo such ordor , and without tho cortificato of two independent rnodical practitioners , as is required by tho law in such cases . In the course of the evidence some rather strange disclosures were made respecting the connection of the accused with the Miss
Denby ' s family , and the causes which led to the prosecution . The jury , after about ten minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of not guilty . Mr . Richards , deputy coroner , resumed
the inquiry relative to the death from alleged parental neglect and ill-treatment of the poor child William Conde . Tho coroner , after hearing all the evidence that could be adduced , remarked that although there was no moral doubt of the cruel treatment which the deceased had received , there was no legal proof of the fact . Several of the jurors considered that the
case was one of slow murder , and at their request the inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of seeing whether any additional evidence could be procured . A mysterious robbery of silver bullion has been committed on the Thames . On the 26 th
several boxes of bullion belonging to Messrs . Rothschild were shipped on board the Waterloo steamer , lying in the river off the Tower . One of Messrs . Rothschild ' s clerks saw the boxes safely stowed , and took a receipt for them from the chief mate of the vessel . The hatches were put on , barred , and locked , and all was left safe . Besides the ordinary watchmen on board the ship , there were-two custom-house officers , whose business it was
to patrol the deck of the vessel , turn and turn throughout the night . This they declare they did . Yet when the mate went on board the vessel , and the hatches were opened , it was found that the cargo had been disturbed , and that two of the boxes of bullion had been stolen . The boxes weighed- 3001 bs . each therefore more than one person must have been engaged in the
robbery . The value of each hox is about £ 2 , 000 . Inquiries are being made . A frightful accident took place on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , about twenty miles from Carlisle , on the 2 Gth ult . Owing to the breaking of the axle-tree of a goods waggon several trucks were thrown upon the tip-line . One of these had on it about five tons of gunpowder . Almost immediately afterwards a goods train ran into the overturned waggons . The gunpowder became ignited , and a fearful explosion took place . The driver and stoker of the train were killed , and great injury was done to the line .
To Correspondents.
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, "An Apology for the Freemasons , " "Tho Spirit of Masonry " and "Tho Masonic Manual . " And your library would bo ' incomplete without a copy * of Bro . Dr . Bell ' s "Stroam of . Uisomy . " Upon our hearing from you wo will sond by post further aud moro exact particulars as to price , & c .
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The Week.
collor of Ireland . Tho bill was introduced by Sir Colman O'Loghlon . Lord Naas had no objoction to tho Lord Chancellorship boing thrown opon to Catholics , but ho ohjoctod to tho Lord Lioutenancy boing similarly oponod . Mr . Nowdogato movod tho rejection of tho bill . Tho dobato was long and intorosting . Evontually tho bill was road a second timo by 195 votes to 03 . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The return of the Registrar
General for 1 SGG was issued on the 26 th ult . Passing over some attempts at fine writing which , as usual , disfigure what is otherwise an interesting document , we find that during last year the births in London were 107 , 902 , while the deaths were only 80 , 129 , the annual rate of mortality being 2-G 4-7 per cent ., showing an average length of life of about thirty-eight years .
The usual weekly return shows 2 , 3-12 births , and 1 , 337 deaths . Whooping-cough appears to he prevalent . Once again the case of Madame "Valentin is mentioned in our law courts . On the 22 nd ult ., Mr . Hall , solicitor , who was engaged against Madame Valentin , brought an action in the Court of Exchequer against Mr . Leverson , her solicitor , for libel , malicious arrest
false imprisonment , and other things . While Madame Valentin ' s case was going on Mr . Leverson had Mr . Hall arrested and charged with forgery , perjury , and theft- After examination at the Guildhall Mr . Hall was discharged , and he now brought this action for damages . Leverson had put in pleas justifying what he had done , but he did not appear , and Mr . Hall said he
had seen an advertisement in the newspapers offering a reward of £ 100 for his apprehension . The jury gave Mr . Hall £ 521 damages . —¦—The examination of Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand was resumed at Bow-street on the 23 rd ult . Mr . Philippo was re-examined with reference to the laws of Jamaica , and other evidence taken . The case for the prosecution being closed , Mr . Ilannen and Mr . Bristowo addressed the magistrate ,
urging that no case had been made out for committing Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand for trial . Mr . Pitzjames Stephen replied , and Sir Thomas Henry decided that there were questions both of law and fact in the case which must be left for a higher court to deal with . He therefore committed the prisoners for trial at the April sessions .- A case of alleged ill-treatment to a boy eleven or twelve years of age formed the subject of a
coroner ' s inquiry at Bow on the 22 nd ult . It is stated that his death was either caused oi accelerated by neglect and want of food , and this impression is confirmed by the emaciated condition of the poor little fellow's body . The evidence given by the father , " a powerful-looking man , of a somewhat morose expression of countenance , " was of a very singular character .
He made the most conflicting statements concerning his child ' s age : and while in one breath he declared that the deceased was playing in the street shortly before his death , in the next he affirmed that he had never made such a statement . " His stepmother , " he said , "did not ill-use him ; she would onl y show him the cane , as was proper , and gave him a cut outside his clothes
when ho deserved it . " The wife at a neighbour gavo a painful account of the miserable existence which the boy lived . The inquiry , which promises to be a searching one , was adjourned for additional evidence . The father was received with groans when he made his appearance in the street . At tho Central Criminal Courton the 25 th ult . Henry Brown
, , , William Newman , and Thomas Charles Cuthhert surrendered to lake their trial for being concerned in rather an extensive robbery of silk from the promises of Messrs . Taylor and Stokes , of . Friday-street , Choapside . The circumstances iu connection with iho case ought to ho well known , as thoy havo boon frequontly pul .-lished . All tho accused wero found guilty , and Brown aud
Newman wore sentenced to five years , and C-uthbort ' to ten years , penal servitude A shocking case of murder and attempted
The Week.
suicido was reported on tho 2 Sth ult . A woman named Jano M'Carthy , whoso husband is undergoing imprisonment for a folony committed by him , has boon receiving relief from tho Shoroditch Union . Sho livod at 10 , Shaft-stroot , Kingslandroad . Sho had two children , a boy four years old and a girl two . On tlio 27 th ult . tho relioving officor wont to visit her , and found hor lying on tho bed with hor throat out , whilo tho littlo girl
was lying by her sido dead , hor throat boing cut from oar to oar . Tho woman was romovod to tho workhouso , aud is not oxpoctad to live At tho Contral Criminal Court , a person named John Hodgos Harris surrondorcd to tako his trial for having , contrary to tho provisions of tho Act of Parliamont relating to lunatics received a lady named Albina Mortina Dcndy , an allogod lunatic ,
into his cliargo for profit without having an ordor to do so from a relative or other 2 : > orson compotont to givo such ordor , and without tho cortificato of two independent rnodical practitioners , as is required by tho law in such cases . In the course of the evidence some rather strange disclosures were made respecting the connection of the accused with the Miss
Denby ' s family , and the causes which led to the prosecution . The jury , after about ten minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of not guilty . Mr . Richards , deputy coroner , resumed
the inquiry relative to the death from alleged parental neglect and ill-treatment of the poor child William Conde . Tho coroner , after hearing all the evidence that could be adduced , remarked that although there was no moral doubt of the cruel treatment which the deceased had received , there was no legal proof of the fact . Several of the jurors considered that the
case was one of slow murder , and at their request the inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of seeing whether any additional evidence could be procured . A mysterious robbery of silver bullion has been committed on the Thames . On the 26 th
several boxes of bullion belonging to Messrs . Rothschild were shipped on board the Waterloo steamer , lying in the river off the Tower . One of Messrs . Rothschild ' s clerks saw the boxes safely stowed , and took a receipt for them from the chief mate of the vessel . The hatches were put on , barred , and locked , and all was left safe . Besides the ordinary watchmen on board the ship , there were-two custom-house officers , whose business it was
to patrol the deck of the vessel , turn and turn throughout the night . This they declare they did . Yet when the mate went on board the vessel , and the hatches were opened , it was found that the cargo had been disturbed , and that two of the boxes of bullion had been stolen . The boxes weighed- 3001 bs . each therefore more than one person must have been engaged in the
robbery . The value of each hox is about £ 2 , 000 . Inquiries are being made . A frightful accident took place on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , about twenty miles from Carlisle , on the 2 Gth ult . Owing to the breaking of the axle-tree of a goods waggon several trucks were thrown upon the tip-line . One of these had on it about five tons of gunpowder . Almost immediately afterwards a goods train ran into the overturned waggons . The gunpowder became ignited , and a fearful explosion took place . The driver and stoker of the train were killed , and great injury was done to the line .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* V All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street Strand , London , W . C . ENQUIRE , ! . —For your lodgo library wo should rocommond tho following works , which can bo obtained for tho amount voted for the p-. u-pnse , viz .: —Tho following by Bro . Dr . Oliver" Tho Historical Landmarks and Outer Evidences of Freemasonry Explained" " Tho Antiquities of Frnomasonry . "
, "An Apology for the Freemasons , " "Tho Spirit of Masonry " and "Tho Masonic Manual . " And your library would bo ' incomplete without a copy * of Bro . Dr . Bell ' s "Stroam of . Uisomy . " Upon our hearing from you wo will sond by post further aud moro exact particulars as to price , & c .