May n.l 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



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fae butter 



5" «f^h r wa?« ■ wm applied, and the other 

 l»^ 0f -.de the recipient for the smoke The 



broken up, and taken possession of by the 

 ; were three men, a female, and a boy, on 



- L t they were not taken into custody, as 

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*fZZm has been going on for a period ot aoove 

 , ° f Tn hs Thenefghbours considered for months 

 e*hteen » "*!' t f the cottage was in the butter trade, 

 J^JS X^^to «. nim>aving and returning 



^S*^On Saturday morning, a few 

 The Batters Augustu s Dalmas, the person 



" inal * ^ ba"L mu dered Mrs. Macfarlane, on the 

 **T f Monday wlek, on Battersea-bridge, surrendered 

 ^iHo poHce on duty at the Marylebone Station. 

 A^r be had been identified, he was removed to the 

 ^.worth Police Court, when he was examined before 

 Je otStr-te. The prisoner, who is a rather stout and 

 ^od-lookiog man, appeared very composed. His face 

 Sweter, was swollen, and his eyes bloodshot as if he had 

 let* shedding tears copiously. He stood to all appear- 

 Hce perfectly unmoved, except when his daughters were 

 Ug jammed, and then he appeared uneasy at rather 

 than affected by, their presence. The evidence adduced 

 - M riven at great length, and was merely a recapitulation 

 of what had passed last week before the Coroner s jury, 

 when the facts stated in our last were given in detail by 

 the numerous witnesses examined. It is unnecessary to 

 repeat what is already known to our readers, and few new 

 facts were stated. The prisoner, on surrendering him- 

 self, denied that he had been on the bridge at all, stating 

 that he had left deceased at the Middlesex side, and that 

 be was entirely innocent of the murder. He said that 

 the newspaper accounts were full of inaccuracies, and 

 that he gave himself into custody because he was hunted 

 to death. Among the witnesses called was his daughter, 

 Charlotte Georgiana Dalmas. The instant she en- 

 tered the Court and beheld her father at the bar, 

 the fell back fainting into the chair. Some water 

 was given her, and she partially recovered ; but when 

 ibe again beheld her father she went into hysterics, 

 ind screamed in the most heart-rending manner. 

 It was found necessary to remove her from the Court, 

 •ad proceed with the evidence of another witness. 

 She was not recalled. The prisoner, on seeing the 

 sufferings of his daughter, shed tears ; but immediately 

 afterwards became perfectly composed. At the termina- 

 tion of the evidence of each witness the prisoner was 

 aiked by the magistrate if he wished to say anything, 

 bat etch time replied, "Nothing," until Mr. Connor, 

 •argeon, had given his testimony, when the prisoner 

 asked him if it was possible that a woman could have 

 walked so far as had been represented after having her 

 throat cut Mr. Connor replied that it was. The 

 police constable and the landlord of the Swan, having 

 been examined, Inspector Busain applied for a remand. 

 After some consultation, the magistrate, addressing the 

 prisoner, said — I am disposed to remand you until 

 Friday ; do you wish to to say anything ? Prisoner— 

 >o, not at present. The witnesses were then taken into 

 aDOther room to give their depositions, and the prisoner 



The Case of Mary Furley.— The sentence of death 

 ap n Mary Furley has been commuted to imprisonment 

 in {he Penitentiary at Millbank. 



^W A t nti -Stale Church Conference.— -Last week 

 Und aU Part8 0f En S l *nd, Ireland, and Scot- 



rt»nsiiT et ?' the Crown ana Anchor as a convention, to 

 Chu T "J e c best means of obtaining the severance of 

 of tU°t 3 h' ate » and ado P fc measures for the furtherance 



Pfe * I* n™ 111 *' ALl • 5 Mr. Jos. Sturge, Rev. Dr. 

 ladi*. J! ' Rev ' P r ' M'Farlane, &c. A large number of 

 Catnberwln ? U , , c P latform - The Rev. J. Burnet, of 

 of the oria r v the Chair ' and Dr - Cox read a h^tory 

 Cra*f H n d Confer ence and its object. Mr. S. 

 pan*. ' , r ". Bo *ring, and others addressed the com- 



<"> 4e recoH 10 ? 8 I™ Carried t0 enter Dr * Cox ' 8 P a P er 

 CoQ ference Conference, and to affirm that the 



strength <T ES D ? t a dem o"stration of Nonconformist 



tje *oluntar • papers were read ou the efficacy of 



" W M resolvL P f r l ,nClple » and after 8ittin ? for three davs 

 " Th e Britilh a a societ y be formed to be entitled— 



1 COl »ference ah i"j . Church Association," and that 



* a e *ectitive take P lace once every three vears. 



10(1 ^e mode ^/^t^ and a council were appointed, 

 were also settled aCtl ° a l ° be ado P ted by the Association 



in S ^ S thrL^t Si ° nariJ Soc tey.— The anniversary meet- 



Exet *r Hall Th 8 0t "^ b ° Uy was held on Monday a* 

 a,cnc « at 11 nVi pro L ceedin 6s were advertised to com- 

 tnU *ble pl ac . J;. ' Ut lon 5 before that hour every 



L hcm8 eUesof ?ir* f ° CCUpie f ' and """J wh ° had possessed 

 Tbe Hight H 0n ke o We 5f 0bli ged to go away disappointed. 



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wart, M.P., and a 

 The chairman 



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*■*» the meer lSSeming **■"■*«■. 

 T?' as being hir^f/V^ 6 ,en 8 tb ' ] *J^ Particular 

 r[ ^"ginlthaT^ f Ch J U , rchman ' y P° Q the necessity 

 Charc a of ESiund "1 a ? d ^ indred feelin ? between the 

 S" ««d to see to « thC Wwle y«» »ody, which he 

 Ur ' hunting and a/^u cons ' ;derab le extent did exist. 



lr * B e«ham then read the annual 



reports, which stated that in Ireland, as well as in 

 Germany, France, Switzerland, Gibraltar, the south 

 of India, Ceylon, New South Wales, Australia Felix, 

 South and Western Australia, Van Diemen's Land, the 

 Friendly Islands, the Teeje Islands, the Albany, Kaffra- 

 ria, and Bechuana districts, Sierra Leone, the West In- 

 dia Islands, and British North America, the Society's mis- 

 sions were generally in a highly satisfactory state. At 

 Wairau, in New Zealand, however, the mission, in conse- 

 quence of the melancholy collision between the authorities 

 and the natives, has been suspended ; and in the Cape of 

 Good Hope sickness had created great ravages amongst 

 the missionaries. Tbe Society has at present 274 stations 

 in various parts of the world, 387 missionaries, 1640 other 

 paid agents, 4884 unpaid agents, 101,137 full and accre- 

 dited church members, 5066 persons on trial for member- 

 ships, 64,307 scholars, and seven printing presses. The 

 gross receipts during the year 1843, including a previous 

 balance of 523/. 13s. 6rf., amounted to 110,620/. 0*. 3d. ; 

 and the expenditure to 112,908/. 5s. 2d. ; being an increase 

 over income of 2288/. 4s. lid.— the old debt of 30,000/. 

 being, however, now completely paid off. On the motion 

 of Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., seconded by the Rev. Mr. 

 Reece and Dr. Wilson, of Bombay, the report was unani- 

 mously adopted. A resolution, expressive of gratitude 

 for the beneficial results which had attended the operations 

 of the Society, and several other resolutions were adopted. 



Metropolitan Improvements. — The Commissioners of 

 Woods and Forests have decided upon the plans to be 

 carried into effect for the formation of a new avenue, to 

 be called the Queen's Road, extending the whole length 

 between the Uxbridge-road and the High-street, Ken- 

 sington. Various plans have been submitted to the com- 

 missioners, and those of Mr. Owen Jones, Messrs. Wyatt 

 and Brandon, and Mr. Kendall, have been accepted, and 

 operations have already commenced. The plans selected, 

 which are all in the pure Italian style, are designs for 

 mansions of a grandeur seldom seen in a private 

 thoroughfare. Some of the houses will contain upwards 

 of 40 rooms, and in most are apartments, en suite, 

 upwards of 150 feet in length. The greater portion of 

 these buildings are secured by aristocratic and wealthy 

 families ; and a lessee under the Crown has undertaken 

 to have them ready during the forthcoming summer. 

 The villas on each side will command a view of Kensing- 

 ton Gardens. The road will be upwards of a mile in 

 length, and 70 feet wide, except at the south side — thus 

 connecting both the great western roads. It is the in- 

 tention of the commissioners to erect gates at each end, 

 and double sets of lodges, to be inhabited by liveried 

 gatekeepers, assisted by supernumeraries, in keeping up 



an efficient police. 



Wood Pavement.— Last week Mr. Keisey the engi- 

 neer, presented his official report on the wood pavement 

 in Leadenhall-street, St. Paul's Churchyard, and the Old 

 Bailey, to the Commissioners of Sewers. The reports 

 stated that all these specimens of wood-paving had been 

 constantly under repair since they were laid three years 

 ago, and that in some instances the wood was worn down 

 to the pins. Mr. Keisey concluded by saying, " Upon a 

 careful consideration of the present state of all these spe- 

 cimens, and of the effect which the constant transit of car- 

 riages has had, and may have upon them, I cannot but 

 feel that the result of the trial of wood pavement, as to 

 this particular kind, is far from satisfactory in point of du- 

 rability ; and although, with the chance of summer 

 weather before us, it must reasonably be supposed that they 

 will wear yet a little longer, I quite expect that before 

 winter they will be dangerous to pass over ; that they 

 must then be taken up and wholly relaid, and a very large 

 portion be replaced by new material." Sir P. Laurie, 

 after the Court broke up, sent a copy of Mr. Kelsey's 

 report to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who 

 directed their secretary to write an official letter to Sir 

 Peter, t > inform him that they had come to the resolution 

 to lay down no more wooden pavement in the metropolis. 

 At a subsequent meeting of the Commissioners, several 

 deputations of inhabitants resident in different parts of 

 the City, attended for the purpose of pressing the neces- 

 sity of paving the principal thoroughfares of the City with 

 wood in preference to stone. Among them was one from 

 Leadenhall-street, consisting of thirty of the principal in- 

 habitants of that street ; and another of gentlemen residing 

 on the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, almost as 

 numerous, the memorial of the latter being presented by 

 Mr. Alderman Wilson. After the deputation had retired, 

 the Commissioners decided that the memorials be referred 

 to the paving committee for consideration. It was stated 

 that this committee have now nearly thirty memorials in 

 favour of wood paving before them, and it is expected that 

 Cornhill, Leadenhall-street, and Aldgate, will shortly be 

 paved with wood, although a strong feeling exists that 

 Finsbury-place, the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, 

 and Paternoster-row, should be paved first. 



Anti-Com-law League. — The usual weekly meeting 

 of the League took place on Wednesday at Co vent- 

 Garden Theatre. Mr. Warburton, M.P., presided, and 

 the meeting was addressed by the chairman, the Hon.C. 

 P. Villiers, Mr. Gibbs, a tenant-farmer from Bucking- 

 hamshire, and Mr. W. J. Fox. 



Gambling-houses. — On Tuesday morning, shortly 

 before one o'clock, a determined attack was made by the 

 police upon a number of gambling-houses at the west end 

 of town, situate in Bury-street, Albemarle-street, St. 

 James's-street, and other neighbourhoods. Upon the 

 several divisions reaching the respective houses that were 

 to be entered, an attack was at once made upon the doors, 

 when admission was soon obtained. The police then 

 rushed up the stairs into the different rooms. ^ In some 

 of the houses the gambling was going on, when, upon 



the noise of the police being heard, a general attempt 

 was made to escape. The police, however, succeeded in 

 capturing several persons, and getting possession of the 

 tables, cues. &c. The prisoners, many of whom were of 

 a superior station, were brought before the magistrates 

 on Wednesday, and sentenced to various fines or im- 

 prisonment. 



Hampton-court.— An inquest has been held on the 

 mutilated remains of the child found last week in the 

 sewer of the palace. Mr. Wakley, the coroner, stated 

 his opinion that the child had not come from the palace 

 at all — that it had been thrown into the barrel-drain at 

 or near one of the public privies, and very likely by some 

 person coming from a distance. He thought it necessary 

 to state this, as it was sworn that the private water 

 closets of the palace had no connexion with the barf*".; 

 arch in and near which some portions of the body were 

 found ; and it would be likely to free all persons in the 

 palace upon whom suspicion had been cast. The jury 

 returned a verdkt of " Wilful murder against some 

 person or persons unknown." 



Mortality of the Metropolis. — The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending Saturday, 

 April 27.— Wot Districts, 134 ; Northern, 149 ; Central, 



178 ; Eastern, 172 ; Southern, 247 ; Total, 880. fc Weekly- 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



33robfnctal Netos. 



Bagshot. — We gave an account in our last of the fir- 

 ing of upwards of 700 acres of the plantations belonging 

 to Prince Albert at Bagshot. It appears that the fire 

 was first discovered between the College, at Sandhurst, 

 and Caesar's Camp ; and while persons were employed, 

 although ineffectually, to subdue the flames, a second fire 

 was discovered, of equal extent, at about a mile distant^ 

 between Winchmore-cross and New England. Such was 

 the rapidity with which the flames extended, that before 

 noon these two conflagrations had become united, the 

 wind blowing strong from the north-east, and the flames 

 at one time extended two miles in length, and upwards 

 of a mile in breadth. A considerable number of Sappers 

 and Miners, under the command of Sir George Scovell, 

 Governor of the Military College, immediately proceeded 

 to the spot, and rendered effectual aid in checking the 

 progress of the flames, and preventing their communicat- 

 ing with other valuable property belonging to Prince 

 Albert and the Marquess of Downshire. The quantities 

 of game, especially hares and pheasant?, which have been 

 destroyed, are immense. Hundreds of eggs of the latter 

 have been consumed. A third fire broke out in another 

 part of the same plantation on Friday last ; but, timely 

 assistance being at hand, it was fortunately subdued, but 

 not before it had entirely destroyed all the firs and 

 young oaks extending over more than five acres. Not- 

 withstanding every effort has been made to discover the 

 incendiaries, not the least traces of the guilty parties 

 have been obtained. 



Bristol. — We learn by the Bristol Mirror that it was 

 intended last week to haul the Great Britain into the 

 floating harbour, and to moor her there while the tanks 

 upon which she is to be floated through the locks into- 

 the river are being constructed. A slight impediment, 

 however, for some time prevented her removal. It ap- 

 peared that a portion of the timber upon which she 

 rested had, from her great weight, become firmly fixed to 

 her keel, and, from want of sufficient depth of water, she 

 was unable, with this obstacle adhering to her, to clear 

 the sill of the caisson, notwithstanding that her draught 

 is only 12 feet. On Thursday, and again on Friday week, 

 the water in the float was raised about 18 inches ; but 

 this was not sufficient to enable the vessel, with her en- 

 cumbrance, to pass clear. On both occasions she was 

 hauled one-third out, but had to be hauled back again. 

 Various expedients were resorted to, in order to detach 

 the pieces of timber in question, but without success. 

 Mr. J. M. Hyde, mathematical instrument maker, sub- 

 sequently undertook, by means of his diving apparatus, 

 to descend to the bottom of the dock, for the purpose of 

 ascertaining the exact position and nature of the impedi- 

 ment, and this hazardous work he performed on Friday 

 afternoon in the most intrepid manner. He made his 

 first descent about 20 minutes to 5 o'clock, and remained 

 under water a quarter of an hour. After a short interval 

 he again descended, and succeeded in fastening a rope to 

 a large plank, which was hauled from the ship's bottom 

 to the surface of the water. Mr. Hyde subsequently took 

 with him a chain, which he affixed to the main obstacle- 

 to the vessel's egress, and on Monday forenoon he suc- 

 ceeded in detaching from the vessel several pieces of 

 timber, which floated upwards to the surface, and the 

 vessel was liberated. She was then hauled out of dock, 

 and now lies moored in the floating harbour, near the 



Clifton Gas Works. 



Carmarthen. — We extract the following from the 



Carmarthen Journal: — "On Friday last, a very unusual 

 occurrence took place in the river Towy, which caused 

 some consternation in the minds of the superstitious, 

 who happened to be eye-witnesses of it. As some work- 

 men were standing on the banks of the river near the 

 Tin Mills, contiguous to this town, they suddenly ob- 

 served the surface of the water completely covered with 

 myriads of live insects, which, on closer inspection, they 

 found to be large black flies. They were in a dense 

 mass, covering the entire breadth of the river ; and it was 

 calculated that they must have been about a mile m 

 length, as they were full twenty minutes passing the 

 works, before the river got clear of them. It is asserted 

 that the same phenomenon occurred last year, a e 

 weeks before the celebrated Rebecca demonstration too 



