CRIMES AND OFFENCES

... Murder.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday. John Hutching*, 43, a cooper, was found guilty the murder of his wife, Mary Hutchings, on the 27th of August, by administering to her a quantity of arsenic. When the verdict waa delivered, the prisoner burst into tears ; and on his being asked whether he had any thing to urge why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he replied ...

Published: Tuesday 28 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1228 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Harvest Moon. hisintcresti up phenomenon occurred at the last full, on Friday lait, the24th inst. Those who ..

... moon of last mouth comes under this designation labour under a very erroneous impression ; and those who maintain that it always appears in harvest, display profound ignorance of the fixed and unalterable laws upon which the phenomenon depends; for the time of harvest in Kent frequently commences before the corn is in the ear in Dumfriesshire, and, under such circumstances, we should have, at ...

Published: Tuesday 28 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

MULTUM IN PARVO

... Aocor.iing to the weekly returns of ths Bank of England published oil Friday, the amount of notes in actual circulation in the week ending Saturday Sept 4, including seven days' and Other hills, was, £19,049,726, increase during the week of £24,101 , the amount of gold and silver ooin and bullion in the the bank, £8,958,937, decrease of £180,645. A New York paper states that a man afflicted ...

Published: Friday 17 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1922 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

... The arrangements for the ensuing exhibition are fast drawing towards completion, and during this week the members of the press have had the privilege of inspecting the rooms, which present, even in their present confusion, most attractive and splendid appearance. We could do no more than obtain a general glance of the various room?, and the opinion we foruieel was, that the exhibition will be ...

Published: Friday 10 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

SELECT VESTRY

... The Mil fortnightly meeting this body was held on Tussday last, the Rev. Rector Campbell the chair. The following member* were present The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Mem. Fergusen, Riding, Whitby, Iwainwn, Johnson, Parkinson, Woodruff, Avison, Seward, CaffemU, Pool#-, Townsend, Homely, Roger*, Smith, Shaud, Mel lor, Bennett, and Earle. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The minutes of this committee contained ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4487 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

LAST MOMENTS OF THE DUKE DE PRASLIN

... I .S4T MOMENTB'OF-THE DuKE DE PRASLIK.,. ' -The P:arisijourtals continue Ahe extracts from the doean- 'mentsc connected wfth the murder of the DuChees de sn 'Prs1in, publishedby the Chamber of Peers. The Mossitr Ottonainaueewand most Important article on the subject F.'-hicb wil be found below), being the confeasicn of the e:. ws'etcbed. ?? to the Duke: Deosaes, Graad bd i Pfireadarl of the ...

Published: Monday 06 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1171 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

FRANCE

... ?? ?? ?? _. I We have recoived the Paris journals of Friday and Satar- day htioh are engrossed in lengthy articles on the Italian Nothing can exceed the coolness with which the journal of the court and cabinet site down and devours its words in reference to the state of Italy. it was only last week that it refused to believe the aggression of Austria in Ferrara- all reports from Italy were ...

Published: Wednesday 08 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1102 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

STATE OF ITALY

... The Noureleliset of Marseillies contains the following let- Th ler from Naplbs, dated the 19th instant:- firn 1The svocess of the insurgents in. Calabria is confirmed. the Every day fresh communes declare in favour of the move. offi ment, and reinforce the bands of 'the insurgents. The wb greater part of the coast connected with the principal towns stri which aSeI insurrection has also ...

Published: Thursday 30 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3557 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

NORTH DUBLIN UNION

... T jRTE DUBLIN UNION. I ?? A . .. . . _ The guardians of this union held their usual weeldy meeting on yesterday, at twelve o'clock, The Bight Hon. the LOUD MAYOR in the Chair. The following guardians were also ?? Huband, Inspector; Dr. Brady, V C; Captain Wisdom, D V C; Mr. Mullen, Dr. Willis. Mr. Thorp, Captain Lindsay, J P; Dr. Gray, Mr. Beilly, Mr. Mangan, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Arkins, Mr. ...

Published: Thursday 09 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 4153 | Page: Page 3, 4 | Tags: News 

THE IRISH COUNCIL

... - . . . . ?? Tb. following are the documents referred to In our report ebsewbere as having been read at the mseetlg of the Irish Council yesterday:_ &ctfn Report of the Sub comeiu;ee oei Irish Msansfactures. The physical and geographical advantages of this island ongh:t long since, In the ordinary course of events, to have madsed It to commercial and manufastudring prosperity. But while other ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3829 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE CROPS

... . - . _ .. . We regret to say that, in regard to weather we have not had a worse harvest than the present for the last ten years. The pleasure which the luxuriant appearance of the crops inspired some time ago has been succeeded by a feeling which approaches to despondenoy, arising from their present damaged aspect. For a fortnight pest, be. i sides the equinoxial gales, we hove bad, without ...

Published: Friday 24 September 1847
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1025 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News