... MANSION HOUSE. A BUSIiANLY saxj5BoA . - Francis eayberg, a respect- ...

... THE DANWGER OF CONVIOUNG PRiSONERS - . ON CIROUMSTANTIAL EVIDENOaE. As the conviction of Kirwan for the murder of his wife' has excited much attention on account of the nature of the evidence which led to 'his 'cndemnation, we g~ive the follow- ing extraordinnry narratve,'ihowing the 'danger of relying entlrely :on circumastanltial eviidence:-IL 'the year 1721, a young m'an,' who wata eervieg ...

... h, w 3 v O, ,, THE FATAL ACCZIDETo-O X H : AND NORTw'ESTEfN Rak W ?? .1 - _I , - - _- _ _ ?? _. On Wednesdayelmorningt.at ten ololocik Mr. Wakliy, oorneir for tha western ?? of 3lliddlesee. and the jury empiueled on' the body of John Barthalomew, the guard, killed bjy the late accident to the Liverpool and Manchester exprese train. re aaembled at the Qeens ArInm Ina, Harrow, Station, firther ...

... MORTALITY PROM' DEFECTZVM DRAINAGE. On Thursday, an investigation took place before Mr. Wil- liai Baker, thas corener for East Middlesex, at the Fountain public-house. Virginia-row, Bethnal-green, respecting the death of ~atilda ' hurcl aged two months, the daughter of a soeimaker,'who, with two ether children, have perished during the last three weeks in one ihoume from malignant fever, ...

... POLIC- INTELLIGNNOE, -I I . a: F - . _ i, . lU' AX SIOM RXSR ?? ?? | ASSAULT BT A PEIZE 015iE.-..Ora Tuesday .oha. Srowsn, described'as a prize-fighter; was charg'ed with having violently assaulted a poor fellow who works abaut the neigh- bouibood of Blshqpegate-strees! The defendagt, who was driving a horse and' gig, struck with his whip the cone- plainant, who was quietly standing on the ...

... 85@ArZEb- RDWER. 0 TIZE POOR. A, mnelancholy but striking instance of the charitable and Christian spirit' which governs the institutions of this country has lately been offered by the conduct of ceitain parochialofficials of Stony Stratford. It appears that in the workhonse of that place, as well as in most others, we regret to say, casual applicants for relief are put to a test,' or ...

... '1 .-TXLJGZXSA:I- sCCURRENCE. ;. OWn a, 4r. W. Whbton held an inquiry at Aehbohle ~Derslysmre, into tbes deats o John Edwrin- Pldc0ckr,'bged '26, ho' 'was fitabbed it ~the; Britan'ia piiblic-'n'ee,' in. that to(;ov on Cbristmas eve' last,iby one (as 'it ia alleged) of his The ease excited intense 'interest, owing to the ,persons cbarged, being well known- In Ashborne, and being ?? of theui ...

... -ACIDRNTS, OFFENOESi ETC. ffPDDDEN^DnAT.IV-Au' avwa i ns8tande-of seaden death cc- arried (I'rireday morning ?? i the bookngoffice of the South WaeseRailway. The- deceased', whose name was Harry usselL, a horse-dealer; ef Bristol, having arrived ia Chepstow, artd intending to go Onuto Newport, where a sal) was to take place, 'findilg himself rather behind time, ran td the station,so as to be ...

... ,ixai L 'Pon Xtlltt?ldn. .I. I., The trial of Mr. Bower, the Paris correspondent of the IMorning :4dvsrtises, for the mnurder of 3tr..Saville Morton, 't ook place on $uesday,. snd.,ec4upiedsthe: Court of; Arsixe .ef the' Sbine the wh~ole of the day. The court was ;crowded during the investigat~on. The Actof Accusation was as follows:- - : . :r Elliot Bower, an Englishman. aged. a8 years ...

... |El ATEORIU , OCCUR EfCE pAR, I ~ ! THE WAR OFFICE. At the Bow-street -polceoffiee,; onl Friday, Inspectsr Shepp', 'f the -A division, accompanied by the mether ef a little child who was Cruelly a stabbed 'by an unknown band, and Is now lying at Charlug-cross Eospital, attended before Mr. Jardine to state the particulars of . the horrible 'ocarrenee, and ef the inquiry which,-had been since ...

... -4_- TUESDAY. THe SWELL-MOB.- William Davg,, alias Willwins Walker, 19, Renry Jackson, 27, Samuel White, 25, and James Su,6 ?? i 20, were indicted for stealing a shawl and other articles, value 1l. 58., the property of. Mary Knott. Mr. Biraie ap- peared for Davis; Ur. Thomson for Jackson; and Mr. Sleigh for Sullivarn. It appeared that from informnation furnished to S&rgeant Smith, of the E ...

... WZTCRCRAPT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A very singular ease, Says Galign;ni's Messenger, was a short time ago submitted to the Court of Jnstice of Rovigo, in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. Several of the inhabi- tents of the island of Cherso had constructed a lime-kiln, but the ire, after burning Constantly for twelve days, and thereby giving a promise that the operation would be a successful ...