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The Week.
The police has laid its hand upon the persons charged with defrauding foreigners by pretending to have received valuable parcels for them , and requesting remittances before the parcels should be forwarded . The persons arrested are a Frenchman calling himself Gordan , ancl a woman who passes for ancl may be his wife . Thoy were brought up at the Mansion House , and remanded for a week . Dalston was visited by a terrible
whirlwind on the night of last Thursday week , and a church sustained very serious damage . The circle of the storm appears to have been confined to that locality . Saturday last being the anniversary of the late Prince Consort ' s birthday , the beautiful gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society were thrown open to the public , ancl attracted
numerous visitors . To the Queen belongs the merit of this happy idea . It is said that 130 , 000 persons entered the gardens during the day . The inquest on tho body of a male child whose death , it appears , had been occasioned by suffocation , was resumed at Whitehapel on Saturday last . The mother , a young woman named Mary Palmer , was a barmaid at
a public-house in that district , and after her confinement she ivrapped the dead body of tlie infant in brown paper , and took it to a person of her acquaintance . Tlie story she told was that she had given birth to the child in the cab , and she wished the person on whom she called to find an undertaker . As there were circumstances in the case ivhich required
further investigation , another adjournment ivas ordered .- At Wolverhampton a young man named Robinson killed a girl named Seagar . They had been engaged to be married , but seem to have quarrelled . On Saturday last Robinson cut her throat , and afterwards attempted to kill himself . Ho cut his own throat seriously , but is expected to survive . -In Edinburgh , a man named Jaraed Kelly was killed on the morning of the 20 th
ult ., in a wretched ;>) ace called Hyudford ' s-elose . He and a man named Symo quarrelled , when Kelly was knocked downandkilled . Another most shocking tragedy has come to light at Higbgate . A Mr . Pringle picked up in Green Drugon-lano a parcel , which , on being opened , ivas found to contain the body of a child about ten days old and frightfully mutilated . The
head had been chopped oft ' , the bowels ivere removed , the ribs broken , the legs and arms cut off , and one leg was missing . An inquest was held on the remains on Saturday last , and adjourned in order that inquiries mi ght be made by the police . It is feared that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Corea is lost . She sailed from Hong Kong on the
evening of the 20 th June , and it is known that on the same evening she encountered a typhoon . In this , it is feared , she foundered , with all hands . A case of stabbing , which is likel y tj end fatally , occurred at Stratford on Sunday evening last . Some quarrel seems to have taken place between a German cabinet-maker named Joseph Kruchcn , residing there ,
and two other Germans , named Brenner ancl Heins . Kruchen's son says he saw Brenner stab his father several times . ICruchen himself was picked up wounded fearfully . He was carried to the London Hospital , and is not likely to recover Brenner and Heins were apprehended and brought before the magistrates at Stratford . Some evidence was given against
them , and they were remanded . Mr . Richard Noakes , a chemist and druggist of Bri ghton , was committed for trial for manslaughter recently . A Mr . Boys sent to Mr . Noiilces ' s shop for some tincture of henbane , ancl tincture of aconite was given instead . Mr . Boys took a dose of this and died . It is noticeable , however , that ono of the medical men examined before the magistrates yesterday expressed an opinion that Mr . Boys , who was a very old man , had died from disease of the heart . The magistrates , however , committed
Mi * . Noakes for trial , accepting bail . Tlie Soutli-Easterii Railway Company , in common , no doubt , with most other companies , has recently been the victim of a very mean fraud . Excursion trains run frequently to Ramsgate , and it seems it has become common for passengers by these trains to sell their return tickets to people who wish to come up to London . The loss sustained by the company from this cause is supposed to
amount ; to not less than £ 30 a day . An offender has been brought before the magistrates . Mr . William Wellings , of 35 , Hanway-street , London , was charged with having purchased a ticket from a man in Ramsgate on the 6 th of August . The case was fully proved , and the defendant was fined 5 s . and costs . An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in the Gaeafc Eastern
Railway Compimy ivas held on the 29 th ult . to hear the result ofthe polling ou tho amendment for appointing a committee of investigation . The report of the scrutineers showed that the amendment would have been defeated by an overwhelming vote of proxies , but for an informality which nullified the major portion of the proxies . Tho amendment was therefore declared to
be carried , and tho shareholders proceeded to appoint a committee of five , ivho in their turn ivould select an umpire , by ivhoin the books and accounts were to be inspected . We regret to announce the death of Judge Haliburtoii , better known as tho author of "Sam Slick . " The facetious judge Avas a native of British North America , and for many years a judge in
Nova Scotia . He sat in the last Parliament for Lnuneeston , and his last speech , which , although very indistinctly heard , was one of his raciest , was on the subject of the Canadian defenses . Mr . Haliburton was a Tory of the old school . On the 29 th ult ., the Crystal Palace was the gathering-place of an immense number of members of Temperance societies . The National Temperance League had organised the
demonstration , which was the most successful affair of the kind that has yet been held . There were , of course , various sports in the grounds , and a balloon ascent . In the afternoon there was a meeting , which was addressed by several of the most prominent advocates of the temperance cause . The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three children murdered in a
coffee-house in Red Lion-street , Holborn , was held on Wednesday last . Much dissatisfaction was expressed by the jury that Southey , the supposed murderer , was not brought before them . Dr . Lankester explained that , as Southey had been committed for trial by the Ramsgate coroner , he could not be brought up here . Mr . E . T . Smith , barrister , who
appeared on Soutliey ' s behalf , said that individual denied that he had murdered the children . The coroner , however , gave an explanation of his probable meaning in this assertion , namely , that lie did not consider the crime murder . The jury returned averdict of wilful murder against Southey . Mr . Ray , the secretary of the Hand-inlland Insurance
Company , met ivith a dreadful death on Tuesday morning . At an early hour he fell from tho third-floor window of the office in New Bridge-street , ancl sustained such frightful injuries that he almost immediately died . At au inquest held on thfi body later in the day a verdict of accidental death was returned . How railway accidents may be caused was shown by a case
which was heard before the Wokingham magistrates on Monday . Some platelayers were engaged on the Great Western Railway , between Twyford and Reading , and sent one of their number back to lay detonating signals . Three were laid , and of these two were taken up by a labourer named Whitfield . Fortunately , the fact of their removal was discovered in time to prevent any accident . Whitfield has been committed for trial . A few days ago a man named John Dean , employed as a watchman at some new buildings in Worship-street , ivas found ivith
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The Week.
The police has laid its hand upon the persons charged with defrauding foreigners by pretending to have received valuable parcels for them , and requesting remittances before the parcels should be forwarded . The persons arrested are a Frenchman calling himself Gordan , ancl a woman who passes for ancl may be his wife . Thoy were brought up at the Mansion House , and remanded for a week . Dalston was visited by a terrible
whirlwind on the night of last Thursday week , and a church sustained very serious damage . The circle of the storm appears to have been confined to that locality . Saturday last being the anniversary of the late Prince Consort ' s birthday , the beautiful gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society were thrown open to the public , ancl attracted
numerous visitors . To the Queen belongs the merit of this happy idea . It is said that 130 , 000 persons entered the gardens during the day . The inquest on tho body of a male child whose death , it appears , had been occasioned by suffocation , was resumed at Whitehapel on Saturday last . The mother , a young woman named Mary Palmer , was a barmaid at
a public-house in that district , and after her confinement she ivrapped the dead body of tlie infant in brown paper , and took it to a person of her acquaintance . Tlie story she told was that she had given birth to the child in the cab , and she wished the person on whom she called to find an undertaker . As there were circumstances in the case ivhich required
further investigation , another adjournment ivas ordered .- At Wolverhampton a young man named Robinson killed a girl named Seagar . They had been engaged to be married , but seem to have quarrelled . On Saturday last Robinson cut her throat , and afterwards attempted to kill himself . Ho cut his own throat seriously , but is expected to survive . -In Edinburgh , a man named Jaraed Kelly was killed on the morning of the 20 th
ult ., in a wretched ;>) ace called Hyudford ' s-elose . He and a man named Symo quarrelled , when Kelly was knocked downandkilled . Another most shocking tragedy has come to light at Higbgate . A Mr . Pringle picked up in Green Drugon-lano a parcel , which , on being opened , ivas found to contain the body of a child about ten days old and frightfully mutilated . The
head had been chopped oft ' , the bowels ivere removed , the ribs broken , the legs and arms cut off , and one leg was missing . An inquest was held on the remains on Saturday last , and adjourned in order that inquiries mi ght be made by the police . It is feared that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Corea is lost . She sailed from Hong Kong on the
evening of the 20 th June , and it is known that on the same evening she encountered a typhoon . In this , it is feared , she foundered , with all hands . A case of stabbing , which is likel y tj end fatally , occurred at Stratford on Sunday evening last . Some quarrel seems to have taken place between a German cabinet-maker named Joseph Kruchcn , residing there ,
and two other Germans , named Brenner ancl Heins . Kruchen's son says he saw Brenner stab his father several times . ICruchen himself was picked up wounded fearfully . He was carried to the London Hospital , and is not likely to recover Brenner and Heins were apprehended and brought before the magistrates at Stratford . Some evidence was given against
them , and they were remanded . Mr . Richard Noakes , a chemist and druggist of Bri ghton , was committed for trial for manslaughter recently . A Mr . Boys sent to Mr . Noiilces ' s shop for some tincture of henbane , ancl tincture of aconite was given instead . Mr . Boys took a dose of this and died . It is noticeable , however , that ono of the medical men examined before the magistrates yesterday expressed an opinion that Mr . Boys , who was a very old man , had died from disease of the heart . The magistrates , however , committed
Mi * . Noakes for trial , accepting bail . Tlie Soutli-Easterii Railway Company , in common , no doubt , with most other companies , has recently been the victim of a very mean fraud . Excursion trains run frequently to Ramsgate , and it seems it has become common for passengers by these trains to sell their return tickets to people who wish to come up to London . The loss sustained by the company from this cause is supposed to
amount ; to not less than £ 30 a day . An offender has been brought before the magistrates . Mr . William Wellings , of 35 , Hanway-street , London , was charged with having purchased a ticket from a man in Ramsgate on the 6 th of August . The case was fully proved , and the defendant was fined 5 s . and costs . An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in the Gaeafc Eastern
Railway Compimy ivas held on the 29 th ult . to hear the result ofthe polling ou tho amendment for appointing a committee of investigation . The report of the scrutineers showed that the amendment would have been defeated by an overwhelming vote of proxies , but for an informality which nullified the major portion of the proxies . Tho amendment was therefore declared to
be carried , and tho shareholders proceeded to appoint a committee of five , ivho in their turn ivould select an umpire , by ivhoin the books and accounts were to be inspected . We regret to announce the death of Judge Haliburtoii , better known as tho author of "Sam Slick . " The facetious judge Avas a native of British North America , and for many years a judge in
Nova Scotia . He sat in the last Parliament for Lnuneeston , and his last speech , which , although very indistinctly heard , was one of his raciest , was on the subject of the Canadian defenses . Mr . Haliburton was a Tory of the old school . On the 29 th ult ., the Crystal Palace was the gathering-place of an immense number of members of Temperance societies . The National Temperance League had organised the
demonstration , which was the most successful affair of the kind that has yet been held . There were , of course , various sports in the grounds , and a balloon ascent . In the afternoon there was a meeting , which was addressed by several of the most prominent advocates of the temperance cause . The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three children murdered in a
coffee-house in Red Lion-street , Holborn , was held on Wednesday last . Much dissatisfaction was expressed by the jury that Southey , the supposed murderer , was not brought before them . Dr . Lankester explained that , as Southey had been committed for trial by the Ramsgate coroner , he could not be brought up here . Mr . E . T . Smith , barrister , who
appeared on Soutliey ' s behalf , said that individual denied that he had murdered the children . The coroner , however , gave an explanation of his probable meaning in this assertion , namely , that lie did not consider the crime murder . The jury returned averdict of wilful murder against Southey . Mr . Ray , the secretary of the Hand-inlland Insurance
Company , met ivith a dreadful death on Tuesday morning . At an early hour he fell from tho third-floor window of the office in New Bridge-street , ancl sustained such frightful injuries that he almost immediately died . At au inquest held on thfi body later in the day a verdict of accidental death was returned . How railway accidents may be caused was shown by a case
which was heard before the Wokingham magistrates on Monday . Some platelayers were engaged on the Great Western Railway , between Twyford and Reading , and sent one of their number back to lay detonating signals . Three were laid , and of these two were taken up by a labourer named Whitfield . Fortunately , the fact of their removal was discovered in time to prevent any accident . Whitfield has been committed for trial . A few days ago a man named John Dean , employed as a watchman at some new buildings in Worship-street , ivas found ivith