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of the medical gentlemeu proved successful, and we are 
happy to hear that Mr. Woolton has quite recovered. We 
understand that the treatment in this case was sulphuric 
fumigation of the body when the disease was at the worst. 
The number of cases that proved fatal, as reported to us, 
amount to twenty-one. Although there are still many cases 
of cholera, yet the medical gentlemen think the worst has 
passed. The Board of Guardians are doing everything in 
their power to allay the contagion. A spacious marquee, and 
other buildings, have been erected on Pepper-hill, near Port 
Meadow, as a place of refuge for the wives and children of 
those who may be seized with cholera, where they are well 
fed ami properly attended to, while their places of abodo 
are undergoing a thorough purification. Since receiving the 
above, we have heard of the death of the wife of Mr. George 
Jacob, poor-rate collector, of Pembroke-strcet. Diarrhoea 
prevails throughout the city to an alarming extent, and the 
utmost measures have been taken to allay the early symptoms 
The of mc,lic > ne to the poorer classes, Ac. 
for their unre^ttLag7xert?^ r il e ” e , rv ® 1 kh ® K re * teHt P rai * e 
lmrdty any repose for nights in succession! 
demuud for their attendance. 
A Girl Killed by hub Father.— An inquest, held at 
1 reston, on Monday night, resulted in the committal of 
Gwen M’Culloch, tailor, for the manslaughter of his daughter, 
a child aged ten years. It appears that he went home about 
ten o’clock on Saturday night, when, provoked because a 
man had fetched away u ferret during his absence, M’Culloch 
rose, with a stick in his hand, to strike his daughter, who 
sat on a choir nursing an infant. The mother stepped 
them and received a blow on the eye. She 
THE FIELD. 
beasts is reduced. We find that, in Smithfield, butchers' 
meat has begun to fall as compared with prices a month ago. 
If we contrast the tariff at the beginning of August and Sep- 
tember, the reduction will be clearly perceived : 
Auffuat September. 
Beef 3s. 4d to 6s. 4& ... 8*. od. to 4s. lOd. 
Mutton 4s. 2d. — 6s. Yd. ... 4s. Od. — 6s. Od. 
Lamb 4». 6(L — 6a 8d. ... 4s. 4d. — 4s. 4d. 
It is high time the price of butchers' meat was giving way ; 
for, although the traffic in beasts now established between 
Scotland and London tends to withdraw the supplies, and 
the high wages enjoyed by bo many of our operatives lead 
to a greater consumption than usual, aud the two circum- 
stances united tend to raise the price of the commodity, it is 
still at a price unnaturally high . — Glasgow Commonwealth. 
IRELAND. 
betwc 
nays sho did not boo whether her husband struck deceased 
or not. In the affray, however, both the child aud the chair 
ahe sat on fell. When taken up, the child was found to be 
insensible, aud death ensued immediately. Mr. Hall, sur- 
geon, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, 
deposed to finding several bruises on the internal surface of 
the scalp. He was of opiuion the cause of death had been 
pressure upon the brain occasioned by an effusion of blood. 
The effusion might have been produced by a blow on the top 
of the head. Mr. Gibbons, superintendent of police, stated 
that when M'Culloch was taken before the magistrates, lie 
said, “I struck her and she fell over the stool.’’ Subsequently, 
ho said, “ I had my hand in my pocket and something 
pricked my fingers ; I plucked it out, and I dont know 
whether it hit her or not.” The jury returned a verdict of 
'• Manslaughter," aud the prisoner (who absconded early on 
Sunday morning, but surrendered himself ou Monday) was 
committed for trial. 
Cheap Bread. — On Tuesday last, Mr. Gardiner, one of the 
principal bakers of Banbury, brought 500 loaves of bread to 
the town of Buckingham, which were all sold in the Market- 
place within forty minutes, at (id. and fid. the 41b. loaf; ho 
promised to come again on Saturday with a larger supply 
but expressed himself ready to retire when bread was sold at 
a fair and reasonable price. A great competition lias been 
going on at Waddesdon among the bakers, and consequently 
bread is very much reduced in price. A good loaf is selling 
there at. 4Jd. The village has been all alive ou the question, 
and the blessings of n cheap loaf soein to be duly appreciated! 
On 1 hureday a band of music and procession were parading 
the village, which was in a state of excitement.— Bucks Ad- 
vertiser. 
Mysterious Death op the Governor op Coventry 
Prison.— On Monday last an inquest was held at the Leices- 
ter Tavern, Coventry, before W. II, Seymour, Esq., to in- 
quire into the cause of the death of James Stanley, uged 36, 
late Governor of Coventry prison. From the evidence, it 
appeared the deceased was in his usual robust health on the 
night of Sunday last at half-past eight o’clock, wlieu he 
entered the above tavern, drunk a glass of ale, and hurried 
out of the house ami proceeded towards the Stouey Stauton- 
road bridge, which crosses the Coventry Canal. A man 
named Thomas Smith said lie saw the body of Mr. Stanley in 
the Coventry Canal, about eight o'clock iu the morning, near 
the fourth bridge from Coventry. He sent for Coltumu, a 
sergeant of police, and ho assisted in taking the body from 
the water. The last-named person said he found a gold 
watch and chain on the deceased; the hands stood at a 
quarter to teu. There were also in his pockets an ivory 
tablet, with some building me;isuremeuts upon it, a pair of 
gloves, a kerchief, three shirt-studs, and sovenpence in 
copper. J. Overton, surgeon, said, lie examined the de- 
ceased between eight and nine o’clock this morning, and he 
found no marks of violence upon him. Witness was per- 
fectly satisfied that there was no appearance of straugliug. 
It might be suicide, or it might bo accident. The fact of 
the hat being found on the towing-path, ns proved by tlio 
witness Faucit, would infer the iuteutiou of liis couimittiug 
suicide. The Coroner said, there could bo no doubt but 
death wns caused from drowning, but there was no evidence 
to prove how it occurred. Verdict— “ Found drowned.” 
The deceased joined tho rural police in 1840, us a private. 
He afterwards rose to a sergeant, and received the appoint- 
ment of Inspector of Police for tho Rugby division of the 
hundred of Knightlow, iu which capacity lie distinguished 
himself by detecting several bands of horse-stealers, burglars, 
aud many other old offenders, iu 1840 lie was elected Go- 
vernor of Coventry prison, and succeeded Mr. Carter. His 
abilities were now turned towards a complete reformation iu 
the discipline of the prison. He classified the prisoners, and 
introduced the making of door-mats, rugs, and matting, 
whereby several hundred pounds have been saved by the 
county. His general management drew forth frequent, 
comments m Iilh praise from the visiting magistrates, aud 
his loss will be severely felt by a largo circle of acquain- 
tances. Nothing, as yet, lias been discovered to lead to the 
belief that he has betrayed any confidence reposed in him. 
Rumour, with her thousand tongues, is spreading all manner 
of conjectures as to the cause of his untimely eud; but those 
who knew him best affirm that his affairs were not embar- 
rassed, and are at a loss to account for his death. 
The Cork Examiner mentions an extensive failure con- 
nected with the corn and flour trade in the south of Ireland, 
namely, that of Mr. William Power, of the Woodvile Mills,' 
, .“;i" ’■""'L f’orlr Tho- liabilities were at first variously 
stated as being from £20,000 to £00,000 ; but it ia as present 
generally believed by those who are in a position to form an 
opinion on the subject, that the amount is about £14,500, 
and that the stock on hand, with the sale of the mill and 
other assets, will realise a dividend of about 15s. in the pound. 
There was a meeting of the creditors on Friday the 15th inst. 
Hospital Ship.— The receiving ship, which lias arrived in 
Cork Harbour, for the use of emigrants attacked by infec- 
tious diseases, is the old 36-gun frigate Inconstant. She is 
anchored off Haulbowline Island, and her arrival has ex- 
cited a great deal of interest in the locality. 
The following curious advertisement has just ap- 
peared iu the Limerick Chronicle : — “ An extensive landed 
proprietor on the bankH of the Shannon will make a wager of 
£500 that he has the handsomest wife, the handsomest 
nine children, and the handsomest estates, in Ireland. Appli- 
cation to be made to J. F. E. G., Eyre's Hotel, Glin, county 
Limerick. August 30.” 
^nlirp Siitrlligrurp. 
HOW-STREET. 
Allen's Casino. — Samuel Allen, a Jew, wns charged with obtain- 
ing goods, to the value of nearly £l,000, from various tradesmen, 
by false pretences. At least a score of prosecutors were in attendance 
to give evidence against the prisoner. It appeared that Allen, having 
become the tenant of a house in Bow-street, adjoining the police- 
station, represented that he was about to open it os a casino. Builders 
and decorators were employed to adapt the premises accordingly, and 
orders were given, chiefly to foreigners, to supply the rooms with 
mirrors, chandeliers, massive furniture, marble tablets, figures, sculp- 
ture, &c. By stating that he had obtained a license to open the pre- 
mises os n house of entertainment and dancing saloon, and by advancing 
a few pounds in ono or two coses, he succeeded in getting the goods 
into his possession ; but he had no sooner accomplished this object 
tlinn his efforts were directed to the disposal of the same goods in 
various quarters, for whntevcr amount he could obtain upon them. 
In ono or two instances his attempts to get an offer lmd not been suc- 
cessful. For example, when his house had been completely stocked 
with contributions from the warehouses of Messrs. Trisconia, 481, 
New Oxford-street (to tho extent of £'2S0); from Mr. Julian, carver 
and gilder, of Windmill-street ; from Messrs. Itippon and Burton. See., 
the prisoner waited upon Mr. Greer, upholsterer, 1 Ci). High Holbom, 
and invited him to make an offer lor the entire stock, which, however,' 
was declined. The property, however, was speedily disposed of to 
somebody, ulthougli the police had not been able to trace it at present, 
except that some of it had been seen in the neighbourhood of White- 
chapel, where it was transferred to another van. The apprehension of 
the prisoner was owing to o singular accident. Police-constable 27 N, 
who had been endeavouring to trace the property, was returning 
through the Lower-road, Islington, on Saturday afternoon, when his 
eye happened to alight upon the prisoner and his wife, who were taking 
refreshments outside of a tavern. Of course, he was taken into custody 
at once. Several witnesses having deposed to the above facts, applica- 
tion was made for a remand. — Mr. Lawrence Levy, the prisoner's 
solicitor, complained that his client had been locked up since Saturday 
upon no legal charge. It was a mere affair of debt nnd credit, and if 
people thought fit to trust his client with their eyes open, they must 
abide the consequences. — Mr, Jardine said the question was, whether 
the goods were supplied upon the faith of Allen's representation that 
lie had got a license to open the house, which was not the fact. It 
appeared that a great many tradesmen had attended, and wished to be 
heard, and, if a ease of this kind could be clearly shown, the prisoner 
must be committed for trial. At any rate, it was but just that there 
should lie further inquiry. His worship then remanded the prisoner 
till Saturday, tho 10th inst., intimating that he would accept bail, if 
proper sureties could be produced. — The prisoner was committed in 
default. 
toring to it a quantity of laudanum.-Some additional evidence was 
given, and the prisoner was committed for trial 
Betting-house C* a.— John Robins was summoned, as the alleged 
keeper and owner of a coffee-house, in Blackfriars-road, for unlawful 
keeping a betting-house, and John Palmer was summoned for assisting 
and conducting the same business, contrary to the statute It appeared 
from the evidence of Henry Rlcliarxls, an informer, that he went into 
the coffee-house, and purchased a ticket for the Brighton Stakes for 
which he paid Is. On the day of drawing he again went to the coffee- 
house, when Robins told him he had not members enough, and he gave 
him a ticket for the Ebor Handicap. On the 23rd of August the draw 
Ing took place. Robins placed the numbers in the box, and Palmer 
called out the names of the horses. A Mr. Nicholls, a baker, was 
there at the same time, and laid a bet about the racing with Palm'er — 
It was submitted, on behalf of Robins, that there was no proof of hi* 
lieing the keeper of the coffee-house, and therefore the summons, os 
against him, ought to be discharged. — Mr. Combe admitted the validity 
of the objection, and dismissed the summons against him— It was then 
submitted, on behalf of Palmer, by Mr. Clarkson, that Palmer knew 
nothing of Robins, but went accidentally into the house, and met Mr 
Nicholls, with whom he laid a bet in a friendly way.— After a good 
deal of evidence on both sides, Mr. Combe decided that there was no 
evidence to implicate Palmer under the Betting Act— Tho summons 
was, therefore, dismissed. 
HAMMERSMITH. 
Dabing Burclary and Robbeby. — A New Way or Breaking 
into Houses. — A short, thick-set young man, who gave the name of 
William Ward, and described himself us a bricklayer, living in Portland, 
town, was brought before Mr. Paynter, charged with burglariously 
entering the house of Mr. Richard Smith, a gentleman residing at 
No. 34, Hereford-squarc, Brompton-road, and4*eallng therefrom a £& 
Bank of England note, thirteen sovereigns, a gold watch, and several 
other articles.— Police-constable Daniel Larter, No. 214, T division, 
deposed that about twenty minutes to three o'clock that morning he 
was on duty in Hereford-squarc, when his attention was suddenly 
attracted to a rustling noise at the back of the houses. He listened for 
some time, but could not hear anything, and he remained watching 
the premises for upwards of half an hour, when his patience was 
rewarded by seeing the prisoner climb up the wall at the back of Mr. 
Smith's garden. The prisoner, upon seeing witness, who called to 
him to know what he was doing there, attempted to make off, without 
giving any answer to his question, and, after a short chase, witness 
succeeded in apprehending him in a hedge adjoininga market-gardener's 
grounds. He took the prisoner round, and handed him over to a con- 
stable of the B division, while he went and examined the prosecutor's 
premises, which he found had been entered by the closet window 
Witness discovered in the closet a pair of boots belonging to the pri- 
soner, who had left his own behind, nnd had put on a pair of Mr. 
Smith's. The prisoner handed to the B constable thirteen sovereigns! 
a £6 Bank of England note, some silver and coins, which he hud taken 
from a sideboard in the drawing-room. It was locked, and the pri- 
soner had broken it open, and also a tin box, in which the money had 
been placed, and which wns afterwards found in the passage, with some 
plate. Tho prisoner also gave him a gold watch, with some watch- 
keys anil seals, which he had taken from the premises. — The prose- 
cutor said the prisoner admitted to him that he got through the closet 
window, which had no fastening. It was a very small place, and wit- 
ness was quite sin-prised that he ever was able to get through the 
aperture, lie had always thought it too small for any person to pass 
through, and had, therefore, supposed that fastenings were not neces- 
sary. The prisoner also said to him that if he could not have entered 
by the closet window, he would have soon found other means to have 
got in. Mr. I’aynter inquired if any house-breaking implements had 
been found upon the prisoner ?— inspector Leigh said there had not, 
with the exception of a piece of rope, which the constable found upon 
the prisoner s person. They had latterly discovered that burglars had 
found a new way ol' breaking into houses that had iron bars to the 
windows, without making any noise, or disturbing the occupiers. It 
wns done simply with a piece of rope, similar to the piece found upon 
the prisoner, nnd a stout piece of wood. Tho rope was twisted round 
two of the burs, and the piece ol' wood was placed between. By con- 
stantly twisting the wood the rope became tight, and the operator was 
able to make the bars meet, and leave a sufficient aperture on botli 
sides for a person to get througli ; and, in some instances, they were 
able to shift the bars from their places without making any noise what- 
ever. He had no doubt it was the prisoncr'6 intention to adopt that 
plan, if he could not get in any other way, for the constable found in 
the back garden a short, thick piece of stick, which would have 
answered the purpose in every way. — Mr. Taynter then remanded the 
prisoner, as it was stated that there was a second case against him. 
/nrrijjit 3nfrlligiro. 
SCOTLAND. 
Forfar. — In consequence of tho death of Lieut-Col. 
Lauderdale Maule, M.P., a writ for tho electiou of a uew 
member for Forfar will be issued on tho 20th iust. 
Large Herring.— George S. Sutherland, fisherman, 
Lybstcr, on Saturday caught a very large herring, of the ox- 
traordiuary circumference of teu and a half inches at the 
thickest part . — John o' Groat Journal. 
A Word To the Butcher. — The baker is not the only 
man who is indisposed to follow the markets when there is 
ft fall. The butchers, we are afraid, forget when the price of 
CLERKENWELL. 
Eliia Wright, a portly, well-dressed woman, wife of Mr. Jesse Wright, 
master butcher, of 26, Yardley-strcet, Clerkenwell, was placed in tho 
dock, charged with having wilfully and maliciously set fire to his 
dwelling-house, &c. — Mr. Thomns Wakeling attended to conduct the 
case for the prosecution, in opening which he said that the prosecutor 
and the prisoner had disagreed for some time past, in consequence of 
her drunken anil profligate habits. On more than one occasion he 
had to prosecute her at this court, in consequence of her violent con- 
duct, and she was bound over to keep the peace towards him ; but he 
subsequently received her back again, under a premise of amendment. 
She became worse. On tho previous night, at half-past ten o'clock, 
ills client met the prisoner on the second-floor stairs, when she attacked 
him, nnd swore that she would set fire to the b house, and roast 
him and all those who were in it He took little or no notice of this, 
and the prisoner went down stairs to the kitchen. A strong smell of 
Are nnd smoke arose, and the prisoner, in a state of excitement and 
fright, called out *' Fire !'' and exclaimed, “ I have set (ire to the house/' 
His client proceeded to the kitchen, which he discovered to he all in a 
blaze. The prisoner lmd placed a sack of shavings near the wainscoting, 
which sho hud ignited. They had great difficulty iu extinguishing 
the flames. Tho prisoner ran out of tho house, but she was soon 
afterwards apprehended by Hodge, 197 G, who locked her up in the 
station-house. — Mr. Wright, having lieen sworn, confirmed the state- 
ment made by his advocate. — Mr. Tyrwliitt said that the prisoner 
could not be legally charged with felony in setting fire to the house of 
her husband, although morally she might be guilty of a grout offence. 
Mr. Wakeling was aware of the difficulty, and lie would leave the case 
entirely in the hands of tho Bench. His client, however, had just and 
reasonable grounds to entertain fear, in consequence of the prisoner's 
throats and violent conduct towards him, and he sought protection 
through the medium of responsible bail. — Mr. Tyrwhitt, addressing the 
prisoner, said sho might think herself very fortunate in not having 
destroyed the house ami lives of her husband and the whole of the 
[versons in the house by fire. He severely lectured hop on her wicked 
conduct, and ordered her to find hail — two sureties in £50 each, and 
herself in £ 100 — to keep the peace. — She was convevcd to prison, in 
default of ball 
SOUTHWARK. 
MmDEn . — Jane Harrington, the wife of a carpenter's labourer, residing 
ot No. 6, Harrow-street, Mint-street, near St. George's Church, was 
brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with wilfully 
causing the death of her wale infant, uged seventeen days, by nduhni}' 
FRANCE. 
{From our own Correspondent.) 
Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14. 
The late Royal Visit— The Emperor— Visit to Windsor— Ex- 
Royal Family and Napoleon— The Royal Expedition— 
Cholera— New Openings in the East— Madame Stoltz and 
the Minister — The New Books of the Day. 
Everything went off admirably at the late visit of Prince 
Albert to Boulogne, who must have returned highly gratified 
with his reception from all classes. From the monarch to 
the lowest of the populace, all seemed earnestly bent to do 
him honour ; and, if there be truth iu the countenance of 
princes, the honoured visitor appeared really to feel aud ap- 
preciate the demonstrations of regard and respect of which 
he was the object. There is now no doubt, I have reason to 
believe, of the fact meutioned last week, that his Majesty 
accompanied by the Empress, will, before long, pay a visit to 
Queen Victoria at Windsor. That their Majesties will bo 
received favourably by the public generally there can be 
no doubt, but the intimacy aud ties of blood which bind her 
Majesty to the ex-royal family of Frauce must reutlcr the 
duties of the royal hostess, though they will no doubt be 
gracefully nnd courteously paid, both a delicate and painful 
task. How much more at ease would the Emperor himself 
have felt just, now had ho avoided that one stain — that 
“ damned spot” on his escutcheon, the lawless seizure of the 
Orleans property ? “ Thus,” as the greatest of poets says — 
Even-handed justice 
Commands th’ ingredients of our poison'd chalice 
To our own lips. 
The interest of all other subjects just now is, hovfever, 
regarded as notliing iu comparison with that attached to tho 
great expedition against the Crimea. The feeling with which 
it is watched from hence is indescribable. No one is willing 
to think it possible that such preparations, and, above all, 
such soldiers, can be defeated. Still there are events which 
never can be contemplated without a certain degree of anx- 
iety aud doubt until the field is fought and won ; aud it can- 
not be concealed that, as yet, the Eastern expedition has 
resulted ouly iu disappointment, and its return without hav- 
ing made even an attempt against tho enemy, would have 
filled both Frauce aud England with disgust. The return of 
the French troops from the Baltic, having only achieved the 
brilliant, but really insignificant destruction of the fortress 
of Bomarsund, has already caused much discontent in France, 
aud is said greatly to have annoyed the Emperor, who at first 
looked upon that affair as only a prelude to far more glorious 
conquests in the same quarter. Hence the marshal’# baton 
to General St. Hilliers — a reward ridiculously dispropor- 
