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. Health of Losoos IIubkg ™ e . WEEK .--The total number of deaths roistered in the mctrppolilan districts , in the wck ending last Saturday , n ™ - < M 5 This number is lower than in any of the co ^ respondins «*** of ten years ( 1840-9 ) , - except : £ ose oflSltandl &! 5 , when the deaths were less than 800 ; and it is much lower than in the same ¦ week of 1 $ 43 and 1848 , when they roseabove 1 , 100 . The present return shows a decrease on the average ( corrected for increase of population ) of 171 deaths . Taking the three classes of maladies , which together destroyed more than half of the 845 persons who died last week , namely , the epidemic , tho tubercular , and those which affect the . respiratory organs , it appears that though there is a decrease in each of them , it is still most remarkable in the epidemic . In this class ' the deaths enumerated are 183
( of which 137 occurred amongst children ) , whust the corrected average is 25 G . - Four children and an adult died of small-pox , 24 ' children of measles , 24 of hooping-cough . 5 of croup , 4 of thrash , 32 persons Ofscarfatina , 30 of diarrhoea-and dysentery , and 49 Of typhus . Small-pox continues to exhibit much less than the usual amount of . fatality ; most of the other complaints mentioned are near the average ; typhus a little exceeds it . In St . Mary , Paddington , at S 3 , Harrow-road , the wife and daughter of an eatin ' " -hoase keeper , aged respectively 50 and 19 years ? died , the former on the 22 nd , the latter on the 21 st of October , of "bilious fever ( 3 weeks ) , peritonitis ( in one case 4 days , in the other ' i- or 5 days ) . " The continued decline of diarrhoea and dysentery is shown by the returns of three weeks , in which were successively registered 57 , 37 , and SO deaths . Last week three deaths were recorded
from cholera . Intemperance was fatal to two men ; la one case , by means of injury received in a state of intoxication ; in the other , by generating disease . A wine-broker's clerk , who lived at 1 , Marshall ' sbuildinjr , Shoreditch , and died on the 12 th of Oct ., at the age of 40 years , sunk nnder starvation , as appears from the coroner ' s return : " natural death , accelerated by privations from want and destitution . " It deserves to be noticed that on ^ the 13 th . 18 th , and 23 rd , of October , three infants ,. in different houses , were found dead in bed , or died suddenly in bed , all of them the children of single
women . The births of 693 boys and G 69 girls , in all 1 , 362 children , were registered in the week . The average derived from the returns of corresponding weeks in five years ( 1845-9 ) is 1 , 320 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading ofthe barometer in the week was 29519 in . The mean temperature was 433 deg ., heing lower by 3 deg . than that of the same week on an average of 7 years . Since Saturday it has been lower than the average on every day ofthe week ; and on Thursday , when it was lowest , was 6 * 5 de « r . below the average ofthe same dav . The wind blew generally from
northpqaf A " Pleasure Van on Fire . — On Sunday afternoon a pleasure van , returning from Hampton Court with a party of men and women , eighteen in number , in passing through Turnham-green , was discovered to be on fire ; the loose straw at the bottom of the vehicle blazed up so fiercely that the women ' s dresses were ignited , and some of them were severely burnt . The flames spread to the awning , and before the fire could be put out , the van was a complete wreck . Mrs . Short , of ^ lui-lnn t-i ^ tnnt- Tl mi .. IT— lwTia 4 tlA 1 V 1 fa A ^ + hll TOWnWta . \ uaiit 3 iLvrci & iaiiilud wi £ »& £ i
j . ; a-. -, xjiu ^ - ., ., no * .. « u » . vtor of the van , was so severely injured that she had to be taken to the hospital . The disaster was occasioned by some one ofthe party smoking and dropping his light . A Mas Fouxd Dead is a Railway Station . — On Sunday night , about nine o'clock , the officials at the Eastern Counties Railway Station at Stratford found lying in the station the dead body of a man , aged about sixty-five , dressed in black , and having on his person a silver watch and . 3 s . in silver . The body was removed to the Blue Boar public-house , Stratford , for a coroner ' s inquest , and to be identified . -
Dakisg Burglary axd Attempt to Murder a Policeman . —Oa Monday morning , about half-past three o'clock , as police-constable Goodwin , S 58 , ¦ w as on duty , in the Challcott-road , Primrose-hill , he observed a man , who on coming np to him ( the constable ) asked the way to Gloucester-road . Goodynn told him that he was walking away from it . He then asked the man what he had in his hand , seeing that he was carrying a bag which appeared to contain a heavy bulk . He replied that it was his own property and that he had worked for it . Goodwin remarked that he did not believe him , and that he must go to the station-house . The man walked a short distance , when ho suddenly inflicted a wound with a knife npon the policeman ' s face , which caused the Mood to flow . Goodwin grasped hold of the fellow , who attempted to stab him in the abdomen , but was prevented . They struggled and fell , and while down he stabbed the policeman
twice in the face . They got np , and a desperate struggle again ensued , the policeman being nearly exhausted from loss of blood and overexertion . He called out loudly for assistance , npon which two of the policemen on the North Western line went to him , when , hy their united assistance , the man was taken to the station-house in Albanystreet , where he gave the name of Williams . In semiring him was found £ 25 in silver and copper , consisting of crowns , half-crowns , shill-ngs , < fce . Inquiries were instituted , when it . was discovered that the money was the property of Mr . G . Seeton , landlord ofthe Dublin Castle , Park-street , Camden Town , who had deposited the money in a cupboard in the bar parlour and in the till . It is supposed that the thief must have concealed himself in the taproom . The knife ( a table knife ) with wbich he stabbed Goodwin was Mr . Seeton ' s . Goodwin is nnder the doctor ' s hands .
Frightful Accident and Loss of Life at Griffin ' s ( the Lord Mayor ' s ) Wharf . —On Tuesday afternoon a very melancholy occurrence took place at Griffin ' s wharf , inTooley-street , the property and place of business ofthe present Lord Mayor , by which one man lost his life , and another is so seriously injured that it cannot be said heis out of danger . It is usual at this and other wharfs to hare a large dram wheel for the purpose of raising or lowering heavy weights from the wharf to the barges below it ; and this is worked by men in the inside of it , especially considering the weight that is to be raised , and by their treading the weight can either be hoisted npor lowered down . On Tuesday some casks of cocoa nut oil were being lifted from a barge to the
wharf , which at the state of the tide was a height of about sixteen feet . The casks , or " legers , " as they are technically called , weighed upwards of a ton each , and six men , of the names of Hurley , Caliaghan , Hayes , Looney , Crawley , and Neeve , who were occasional labourers at the wharf , were engaged on the workVwhich they had been at some little time , who , On hoisting one of the legers to within a foot of * the top of the wharf , one of the men , and it cannot be . asoertained which , called out , "high enough , " which was a signal for them to stop . Hayes , Looney , " Crawley , and Neeve , then jumped out , and the consequence was frightful . The weight of the other two , Hurley and Callagban , of course , not being able to
support the leger , it descended back to the barge with great velocity , while the two poor men within the wheel were thrown about in every direction in the " dram , " until it stopped , and the two unfortunate persons were taken out Hurley , on being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , was found to be quite dead from injuries to the head and ribs ; and Calaghan has many severe scalp wounds , besides internal injuries , the result of which may be fataL It is a singular fact that Hurley was first engaged to load some sacks of tares , but not liking the work , he had exchanged with a man at the wheel ; and it may be ' mentioned that snch an accident has never taken place at the wJiarfbefore .
Danger of Naptha Lamps . —On Tuesday evening Mrs . Lambert , coal dealer , 3 , Parker-street , Drurylane , " was in the act of trimming a naptha lamp , when the spirit ignited .- Mrs . Lambert in her alarm dropped the lamp , and her clothes were saturated with the naptha , and instantly she was in a blaze from head to foot . The unfortunate woman rushed into the street , the flames rising high above her head , and made her way into a butcher ' s shop in Drury-lane , the flames igniting a quantity of loose paper that was lying about , and nearly set the shop on fire . Some persons at length extinguished the flames by rolling her on the ground . Mrs . Lambert was so dreadfully burnt that the flesh came off . her hands and body . She was taken to King ' s
College Hospital . She is not expected to survive . A-little girl , aged ten years , daughter of Mrs . Lambert , was also seriously burnt . TheReceni Steamboat Accident os the River . —On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . W . Carter opened an inquiry at the Angel , Rotherhithe , respecting the death of Charles Cook , aged 2 G , a labourer employed at the Wylam Fuel Works , Greenwich , wno With three others was drowned in the river , by a boat which they were in being upset by the nnprudent navigation , as it was alleged , of the Duke of Cambridge ( Dublin ) steamer . Mr . Pelham , jun ., the solicitor a ttended / tO watch the SSS ^ " A " *?? " ^ deceased . It may be briefly stated , that on the morning of Thursday the 17 th instant , between nine and ten o ' clock a boat containing the deceased
persons and a lad Darned Reid was beingrowedup the river about midchannel , nearly opposite the City Canal , when the Prussia Eagle ( Cork ) steamer passed , and the boat was rollingin the swell left by that vessel , when the Duke of Cambridge was seen coming down , and the party on the paddle-box beckoned to them to got out of tha way . They endeavoured to do so , as the survivor alleges , but the steamer continued her course , and did not stop until within six or seven yards of the boat . The result was , that the latter was turned over in the surf , and the lad escaped by dinging to ihe bottom , and eventually to the paddle-wheel of the Duke of Cambridge , when he was taken onboard and put ashore . The body of j ^ tte ' deceased , the first recovered , was dragged up ? «^ rriday t ) ff Cupiold ' B Point , not far from tie
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scene of the accident ; - ThecdronerJiaving-alluded to the importance of tho . inqmry , adjourned the proceedings , in order that the pilot who had charge of the steamer , the captain and others ,, might attend . ' Fire in the . Citi-hoad . —On' Monday morning at an early hour a fire was' discovered : oh tho pre ^ raises belonging , to Mr . Frederick Field , a grocer and cheesemonger , 15 , Brittania-stfeet , City-road . Tho firemen , in spito of their exertions , were unable to subdue the conflagration until the upper part of the premises was destroyed , arid . the remainder seriously damaged . The fire was caused from a spark of a lighted cahdio falling upon * sonie wearing apparel . Mrr : Field was : insured in the ¦¦
Legal and Commercial Fire-office . ' - " A Child Burnt to Death . —On Wednesday evening Mr . fl . M . Wakley held an inquest , in ; the University College Hospital ,, on Cornelius Marlow , aged four years . Deceased , during his mother's temporary absence , attempted to get tho Ia-ier matches from the mantel piece , and in the attempt fell into the fire , on which it lay until its screams alarmed the inmates , who forced open tho door and found the little sufferer lying across the fire half roasted . He was instantly conveyed to this hospital , where he died in the greatest agony . The jury , who severely censured the mother for having left the deceased by himself in the room , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Roman Catholic Preaching in the open Air . — For the last few evenings the neighbourhoods of High-street and Union-street , in the Borough , have been kept in continual excitement , owing to the extraordinary conduct of some Roman catholic priests and tHeir ' assistants , who have been performing religious services and preaching sermons in the open air ; conduct which , has naturally caused the gathering together of all the refuse ofthe low courts and alleys' with which this neighbourhood abounds , thereby causing a serious obstruction to the thoroughfares , and the business of the respectable inhabitants of the district . The present theatre of these extraordinary exhibitions is Maypole-alley , situated near the Borough Town-hall , and running in a somewhat oblique direction from High-street to Union-street , which is almost entirely inhabited by tho lower orders of the Irish .
On each evening during the week , the windows of the respective occupants of the differentrooms have been illuminated with candles , and a priest standing on a chair , dressed in canonicals , and having a somewhat rudely executed crucifix held behind him , so as to give the interior of the court as : nearly as possible the appearance of a Roman Catholic Chapel during mass , has held forth to the surrounding multitudes , on the doctrines and progress sow said to be making in England ofthe Roman Catholic Religion . The discourse , which has been couched in the most intemperate language , has principally referred to the late assumption of spiritual power in this country by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church ,. deductions being drawn therefrom , that the Established Religion of this realm will be shortly overthrown , and the Roman Catholic Religion assume its place ;—Daily News .
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WH 01 . ESA 1 . fi SwiXDuse at Bath . — George Rowland Hill i who had succeeded , by false pretences , in obtaining goods to a very large amount from several ofthe most respectable tradesmen in Bath , was , on Saturday last placed upon his trial at the quarter sessions , held at the Guildhall , before David Jardine , Esq . ' , the Recorder . The first case proceeded with was that of Messrs . Reynolds and Holman , linendrapers , from whom the prisoner was charged with obtaining , by fraudulent pretences , carpeting , & c , to the value of hetween £ 10 and £ 80 . The evidence was very voluminous , but the following are the particulars of the case . The prisoner , in the latter part of 1819 , came to Bath , and opened shops in
Ballamestreet , as a cabinetmaker , where he employed several workmen , and appeared to be carrying on a flourishing business . Having thus succeeded in making himsejf knownjin the early part of June , in ' the present year , he went to the shopof Messrs . Reynolds and Holman , and represented that he had been employed to furnish a house for the Rev . "William Dangerfield , at Stroud , in Gloucestershire . He said the job would amount to between- £ 500 and £ 600 , and that he was . to be paid as soon as the work was finished , which would be in five or six weeks * time . He then told the prosecutors that he should require carpets and druggets , window curtains , ibc , to the amount of £ 60 . or £ 16 , and asked to be allowed to have such goods as he might require , to be paid for
as soon as the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield . discharged his account . Upon the representations made by the prisoner Messrs . Reynolds and Holman allowed him to select at that time carpeting to the amount of £ 22 . In two or three days afterwards a letter bearing tbe Stroud postmark was received from Hill by the prosecutors , in wh ch he stated that the carpeting was not sufficient for his purpose , and he must have some more of the same pattern , or , if they had not more of that , he must have the required quantity in a new pattern , and hie would send back that first had . Having no more carpet 0 ! the first pattern , Messrs . Reynolds . and Holman sent a whole bale of carpeting of another pattern , . but that first sent was never returned , and subsequently other goods were
obtained by the prisoner upon similar pretences , amounting altogether to between £ 70 and £ 80 . From Messrs . Gully , Hayden , Clement , and other tradesmen , the prisoner succeeded in obtaining goods to s very large amount upon the same representation of having to furnish a house for the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield , and very ingeniously contrived to make his victims references , by which he became enabled to obtain tbe property of others . ' Suspicion was at length excited , and in July Inspector Dunne , of the Bath police force , went to Stroud to make inquiries , and the nature and extent of the fraud became at once apparent . No such person as the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield existed , and'the prisoner himself occasionally went by tbe name of Dangerfield in order to carry out the cheat . It was also discovered that he had sales at Tetbury and other places for the disposal of furniture . On proceeding ; to Cheltenham the
officer discovered . a . large quantit y ^ of furniture of every description , including a great portion of that obtained from the tradesmen of Bath , and between £ 100 and £ 200 worth besides . not identified . At the railway station were several articles directed in the prisoner ' s handwriting to persons of different names , and to be left there till called for . The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; whereupon an arrangement was entered into between the counsel on each side that heshould plead guilty to the other charges , so that restitution of the property fraudulently obtained might be made to the owners , without entering upon the charges , the prosecuting counsel thereupon engaging not to press for judgment in respect to them . The prisoner was sentenced to be transported beyond theseas for the term of seven years . A true bill has been returned by the grand jury against the prisoner , his wife , and brother-in-law , Windon , for
conspiracy . - . Thb FflnasT -Mubdek . —On Saturday last , at eleven o ' clock , the examination of the prisoners in custody charged with" the double crime of murder and burglary at Frimley was again resumed before the magistrates at Guildford ; ' The' evidence adduced possessed no great novelty or interest , being to some extent a repetition of details which have already been made public , and where fresh facts were adduced , they were merely such as supplied blanks in the indirect proof of guilt . When the prisoners were one by one brought into the court-room , their appearance was narrowly watched , but indicated no material change . Samuel Harwood ' s face looked paler on entering , and became flushed , as if with
strong excitement , as the inquiry proceeded . Levi Harwood also , ' though the confident daring reckless ness of his manner and expression had suffered no visible abatement , seemed to be more thoughtful and concerned about himself . His complexion had acquired a less healthy hue , and the muscles of his face and throat were in constant motion . Jones looked quite as well , if not better than at the previous examination ; and Smith , the approver , appeared to be more at his ease , though his eyes were still for the most part bent timidly on the ground , and he never once directed them to where his companions in guilt were standing . This man has quite the slim active figure of a burgler , while all tbe rest in build and expression look like footpads . A curious piece of
pantomime occurred during the proceedings on the part of the prisoner Jones , -which , singular to say , was only observed by one or two people in the crowded robin . The accused were drawn up in a semicircular form at the entrance end of the courtroom , a turnkey being placed between each of them to prevent communication . During ' a pause in the proceedings , Jones , who had managed to fall behind a little , caught Levi Harwood ' s eye unobserved , and clenching his fist at the same time , and slightly raising it , with , a motion ofhis lips , and a glance , at Smith , he very significantly conveyed the kind of treatment the approver would receive if an opportunity ever offered . The ' only other point worth noticing in-the conduct , of- the prisoners was the manifest delight with which they heard some of Mrs . Seabrook ' a replies to the interrogatories of the chairman , Mr .- 'Best . The prisoners were
remanded . —Close of the Coroner ' s inquiry . — VtRDicrop WiLFuii Murdbr ;—The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death ofthe late Rev . G . E . Holiest , was on Tuesday resumed and concluded at the White Hart , Inn , Frimley . Several witnesses not previously examined before the coroner were called . AH of them repeated the evidence they had given before the magistrates at Guildford , which having been published , it is wholly unnecessary to repeat . —Before closing the inquiry , the coroner and jury proceeded to the vicarage for the nurposeof re-examining Mrs . Holiest , the widow r ^ l ? ecea fed , on the subject of the penny token M ^ Dthepnsoner Jone ,, and also as to her 3 f « ° * ofLevi H « wood ' voice / neither of which points were . touched upon in this Iadv ' s previous examination before thrcoroner Mm H & lestj evidence on each was of : the morf safectot Character , and upon theretum 0 f the jury to S » S
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quest-roonii- the Coroner summed up ; —The -room was then cleared of"Strangersj and the jury remaihedih consultation for a few minutes . , 0 n , tbe doors ' being re-6 ' pened , the Coroner announced that the jury-had agreed to an' unanimous verdict 'of " WilfulV ' murderagainst Hiram ^ mith , ' Levi Harwood . and James Jones . " And in returning their verdict , the jury desired to express theiropinionthat the evidence laid before them was'hot sufficient to justify a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Samuel Harwobd ; . The jury also *¦ drclaved ¦ that there had been . no evidence adduced bef re them tosshowby which of the three other prisoners , the fatal shot had been fired . —Warrants of committal were ' placed in the hands of superintendent Biddlecbmbe by the coroner , with instructions to lodge them with the governor of the Guildford House of Correction ; where the prisoners are confined ; - •' , ,- ; ..- 11 >
Collision on the South Western Railway . * - On Sunday night an accident of-an alarming character occurred on the South Western Railway , near the Richmond station . : The 6 . 30 train from Waterloo to Windsor having left at the usual time ' , proceeded as far as Richmond : without interruption , and shortly afterwards a train of - empty carriages from Twickenham came along the same line of metals . Owing to the damp . state of the weather , and'the great quantity of leaves which had fallen from the trees and settled upon the rails , made the latter extremely slippery , so that the Windsor train
found some difficulty in getting up the incline over the river , and the consequence was that , the Twickenham train overtook the preceding one on the in « cline . The force of the two trains meetirig ! caused great alarm amongst the passengers in the Windsor carriages , and in an instant a horsebox and carriage truck were completely : thrown over the wall , and they fell into the park below . ; . At the- same time a break van was shattered to pieces , which , of course , interrupted the due course of the traffic on the line for some time . Although the passengers of the Windsor train were greatly terrified , no one sustained personal injury .
Incendiary Fire in Essex and- Apprehension op the Incendiary . ;—On the 25 th ult ., a stack of barley , containing about thirty quarters , standing on an eminence near the mansion of George Collyer , Esq ., army agent , of Craig ' s-court , London , '• but whose country residence is at Masoall ' sVSouth Weald , near Brentwood , was discovered tobeon fire ; An Irish lad , who had just been discharged from Ilfbrd . gaol , overtook a carter coming from London to Brentwood , arid told him he was going up to Collyer ' s to endeavour to get ;¦ sonde '' grub ;" it appears he did not go , but ; went arid wilfully set the stack on . fire , wbich was in-the course of a few hours entirely consumed . { From the description , of himhy the carter , he was immediately taken into custody by the police . He was very saucy , and said he did it expressly for the purpose of being transported out of this country , as he was heartily tired of it .
The Plate Robberies at Liverpool . — Last week , Joseph Wolfe , a watch jobber , was placed in custody before Mr . Rushton , at the Police-court , Liverpool , on suspicion of receiving watches , knowing them to have been stolen ; ' The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next . The watches were subsequently identified as having been stolen recently from the following persons : Mr . Eeightley , Mr . Leadley , Mr . Jackson , and Mr . Corlett . . Alarm op Cholera . —Ah alarm exists at the present time lest there should be - an epidemic outbreak of Asiatic cholera in the town of Hull : The disease first appeared among the . shipping , and has
since attacked a number of localities in Sculcoates , Witham , and Drypool . From the end of August up to the present time upwards of thirty deaths from Asiatic cholera and about twenty-five from diarrhoea have occurred—about sixty in all ) and this only in one portion of the borough . ; It is stated that since the disease made its appearance during the present outbreak ^ thereha ' ve nearly 100 deaths taken place from all gradations of the disease . The . 'deaths from cholera have lately been seven or eight ' s , week , but in one day . no fewer than fourteen persons died of cholera and diarrhoea . Fatal cases have , also occurred in other towns .
Burglary" at Bristol . —On Sunday evening last during the temporary absence of the family , the house of Mr ; W . " Turtle , Old Park , Bristol , was burglariously entered , and a large quantity of wearing apparel and other property was taken off . The police suspected a . man named . Haynec , whom they captured , and ' 'in . '' whose room they found all the property , with other stolen articles , and a complete set of burglars' implements . He was brought before the magistrates at Bristol on Monday , and remanded . , ¦ : ' ; ii •¦¦•' ¦
' ; Highway Robbery near Maidstone . —On Sunday last . as Mr . Hooker , of the firm of Syckelmoro and Hooker , curriers ,, Gabriel ' s-hill , Maidstone , was proceeding on foot towards Maidstone , at the distance of two miles from Chatham , he was suddenly attacked , from behind with : the stroke of a large stick , which almost felled him to the ground . Recovering in . some degree . from the stunning effects of the blow , he grappled yvith the villain ,, ' and after a severe struggle both came to the ground . The robber eventually succeeded in snatching his watch , which had been secured by a strong guard whicl } he broke , and also in abstracting the contents ' ofjpne pocket—some loose cash , a latch-key , and , « attfall
box-Key ., Mr , Hookers cnesTpr hejR . fttkKteda man to the spot , whereupon' the Bcoufldrelo ^ amped into the wood . Mr . Hooker was very ( roughly ' handled ; and-. from his- hat and clothes'being- very much ( spotted with blood'in some places ,. which could not have come from his own person , it is pretty certain the fellow must have bled freely . He appeared ' about thirty years of age , about five feet five inches in height , and rather stout ; wore a dark round frock and dark cap . The watch was a silver one , stop and second ; maker ' s name Solomon . Canterbury . On the case thereof was engraved "T . Jones , 1814 , " and its number was either 1 , 709 or 1 , 907 , he is not certain which .
Robbery or Jewellery at HuLL . —Mr . Richard Beswiclc , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , received information on Monday afternoon , of a serious robbery of je . wellery . jat . Hull , and having sent Mr . MacMulleri , one of his active detective officers , ' - ' upon what he considered to be alikely track , the thief was actually discovered , upwards , of 100 mUes from the place where the robbery was committed , in hot more than two or three hours . MacMullen visited the house of a Mrs . MaeLean , in Silk-street , Oldam-road , where he found an almost interminable stock of jewellery , consisting of brooches , breast-pins , ' hair-pins , ' gold and silver pencil cases , gold snaps , silver knives , gold chains , seals , keys , die They are'in the possession ' of a man named James Campbell , who at once confessed having committed the robbery . ' . ; He , together with a woman' named Buckley , upon whom property of similar description was found , were sent , m custody to Hull . . " ' '
Death from a Boiler Burstino . —Vrrdict o * Manslaughter ;— . An inquest 'was held on Monday , at Manchester , before Mr Edward Hertford ; the coroner , on the body of an engine-driver , named Charles Carlisle ( in the employ of Mr . Charles Porleyj Bradford-road ); who'had been killed by the bursting of a steam-boiler . The explosion took place about a fortnight ago , and the poor fellow was so shockingly scalded that he died on Saturday last . It appeared that the boiler was cracked for the length of three or four inches , and the deceased had frequently told Mr . Smith , the overlooker , that it was unsafe . Smith , however , persisted in having it patched up with a screw patch and some cement , although he knew that not three months previous one of the adjoining , boilers , which was in a similarly dangerous state , bad burst , and killed one person besides wounding others . Indeed , ten days before the accident , a boiler-maker , who was sent to
examine it , told Smith that it was unsafe , and left him with the distinct understanding that it should not be worked again until it had undergone proper repairs . He was committed to the assizes , to answer for his gross and culpable negligence . ' Incendiarism b <' Children . —At the Liverpool Police Court on Monday two children , named Charles Bell and Thomas Makin , were brought up on a charge of applying a lucifer match to a haystack belonging to a Mr . Johnston , lime burner , of Hatton-garden , Liverpool . It appeared that the flames raged with considerable fury , and had hot the fire brigade arrived the entire stack , valued at £ 40 , would have been enth'ely . consumed . Mr . Johnston , very , considerately refrained from bringing forward any specific charge , and thus procured the dismissal of the children upon payment of less than one-third ; of tho actual damage , for the ; payment of which'he aUowed the ; parents a considerable time . '
A Wedding . Tragedy . —John Ranson , blacksmith and William Mason , pitman , both of Willington ' were , at a wedding in Newcastle , on Saturday last ' . In the evening , they left that town by train , to go to the wedding supper at Earsdon . Ranson , who was not sober , got out of the carriage , near to tho Percy Main station , where they were to leave the North Shields lino , and stood upon the step . A gate-post caught him while tho train was in motion , and he was thrown under the wheel , which passed over his" legs . Mason wont back from the station and found his comrade sitting upon the line , with his legs fractured "; the left'leg ; indeed ;" wa ¥ " crushed to pieces . He had him taken' back to Newcastle by the next train going east , and placed in the infir .
mary , where he received every attention ; but at one o ' clock on Sunday morning he died . An in . Juost was held on Monday ; verdict , "Accidental eath . " Deceased was twenty-eight years of age . Alarming and Destructive Fire m York " .- —On the night of Tuesday last , the ancient city of ' York was visited by a dreadful conflagration : at the extensive premises of Miv Cattley , raff-merchant in Skeldergate , and it is estimated that ; £ 3 , 000 will ' not cover the loss sustained . Shortly , after eleven o'clock flames were seen issuing from the roof and windows of the . saw-mill , a ilarge' buildinj ? on tha right hand side of the raff-yard . An alarm was . as a matter of course , instantl y raised , and in a few minutes multit ^ B of persons , wore on the spot
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rTady to render-assistance in counteracting the _ destructive element . ¦ After ^ . littledelaj ' twe engines arriS , aMa plentiful Isupply of water being , at hand , vast ^ Soughtlntb'requisition ; ' * uf'all effortson the part of . the firemen ^ emed / aboni ?^^ several hours , as the fire-raged with , as much fury \ as ever . Wtween fou ' r . and five o ' clock . next morning , howeyer , the flames became so far / subdued , as to dissipate au fears bf their spreading any further . The saw ; mill , which is entirely gutted , the 'burnt walls only remaining- standing , was a valuable < building , containin g a large quantity of machinery , worked by steam finwnr . for sawing timberof , all , kinds , cutting
veneers , and wood turning generally ., The machinery is rendered useless , and now lies' scatteredI about amon g huge masses of charred beams and ashes , -it may be observed that the raff-yard belonging to . Mr . Cattley covers a considerable area , and ; was surrounded by sheds , and dwellings . ;; One shed , ; which contained a quantity of mahogany , ; is entirely destrbyed along with its ' contents ; another shed is half burnt ; and two ' houses ' , " where some of Mr . Cattley ' s workmen resided ^! have been gutted by the names . , Itiis satisfactory ito state that no life has been sacrificed , neither has ? there : been any accident to a single individual engaged at the fire . .- Nothing definite is known respecting the . origin of the con- flotation , hiit it is BuuDosed that somo ; saw-dust .
had ignited in the ' saw-mill , and hencethe great destruction of property which ¦ we . 'tove . i related . ¦ In the raff-yard and the buildings , adjoining , ; it is estir mated that there was wood and other property wor th not . far . short Of £ 10 , 000 , consequently / considering the combustible nature of the materials which the fire had to play upon , it is fortunate that- 'the damage is t less than rthevalue . of one-third of the timber destroyed . ; Mr . ' Cattley is ipsured . in the Yorkshire Insurance Company to the extent of £ 1 , 000 only , and if he should notbe insured in some other office , his loss will bo a serious one . During the greater . part of Wednesday the fire engines were ,
at intervals ' , in-operation , as the conflagration was not totally extinguished . . m ;¦ The Rum-cask . Broachino at Wallaset ;—On the 25 th ult . another ' maii , living in the neighbourhood of Wallasey , died from the effects' of drinking too large a quantity-of the contents "of the puncheon which ; was washed up to the head of theiWallasey embankment on the previous Wednesday afternoon . This makes the third victim whose . Ufe has been sacrificed throughthisf unfortunate affair . The lives of-many were almost despaired of , some having remained in an unconscious state for fifteen or twenty hours . One man had pumped from : his stomach nearly a quart of raw spirits . —Liverpool . Mercury .
Another 'Case of Stabbing at Manchester . — A man named John Bott was on Monday taken before the magistrates at Manchester , charged with stabbing . It was stated that , the prisoner was fighting with another man , named . Thomas Fergan , in Great ' Bridgewator-street , " . on "; Saturday evening , when Fergan suddenly called out that he was stab * bed . A policeman . was then called and seized Bott , asking him where the knife was that he had used . The reply was , " Ob , it ' s inmy pocket—all blood . " Fergan is in the Infirmary , too badly wounded to give evidence at present , and the prisoner stands remanded for a week . Fergan is wounded in three places , ' having two stabs in the left side and one in the left wrist . One of the wouhds . in the side was so large that the bowels protruded , and some fears are entertained for his life . The prisoner Richards , who . stabbed a man named » Bradburh in Salford last week , and also brutally beat Bradburn ' s wife , has been committed for trial at ' the next Liverpool
assizes . . , ; .,.. ., ., Fatal Accident in Harwick HARBOUR . ~ On Monday some workmen were employed in lifting an anchor from a boat to the deck of a dredging machine in the harbour , at Hawick , when the anchor became so entangled with the , boat , as to upset it , plunging three , men '' . into' the , water , one of whom was rescued in ' time . to save his life ; . but before assistance could be rendered , the other ; tw 6 , Tnamed Wells and Warwick , had sunk to rise no more . Their bodies have not yet been recovered . , ' ,.
Loss of tub Tug '' Steamer PowERFUL . —This steamer . which has been for a long period engaged in towing lighters , & c \ , about . Harwich Harbour , being required at ' Dover , was steaming her way thither under . 'the . ' charge of a . Dover pilot , when , under circumstances not yet , elicited , she struck upon the Long Sand ; and ultimately sunk in deep water , at about nine p . m . on Saturday last . The crew were picked up on Sunday morning and taken into Shorenain , Kent . ' Bequest of the late Mr . Hartley , to the town of Southampton , ' for scientific , purposes , has now been converted into English securities , and has realised £ 82 , 500 . This bequesti the amount of which has been thrown into Chancery , will , in a few weeks , be the subject of investigation before that court .
The Case of Cruelty to Lascars at South-AurroN . — -The ' coroner of Southampton has received irist ' ructions from the SeOretary , of State for the Home Department , to furnish him with the evidence adduced at ; . the . inquest on the bodies . of the ! two Lascar seamen who died onboard the ship , Hew Liverpool , in Southampton Docks , and ; for whose deaths a verdict of manslaughter . was returned last week against the captain of the ship .
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' Robbery at - the South Wales Ratlwat Station , Newport . —Newport , Monday .. —Last night , or early this morning , the South Western ¦ Railway station was broken into , and a considerable robbery effected , evidently by some one whd had a thorough acquaintance with the private "business of the officer Thelate ' st train up from Swansea through Newport comes in at about half-past nine at night ; and the earliest , or mail train , down from Gloucester in the morning , comes into Newport at half-past five , so that the robbery must have been effected in tho interval ; ; :, When' the clerk and portors 'came
into the office to . receive tho mail tram this morn ; ing they found that one of the octagonal windows , looking out on the platforh , had the top and bottom squares of glass broken' in the ' corners next to the slides ( which were let into the sash , and were not easily discernible . ) The ' . slides , were open , and the windows slightly ajar ; This of course awakened instant suspicion , and on looking round it was discovered that a drawer , in whichtheclerks keptth ' e keys of the iron safe ; had been forced open , and the keys were gone . This led the way to the room in which the safe was deposited—a small private room on the platform side of the . station .. Here they found the office door , unlocked and open , and within the safe was discovered to have been opened in ' the ordinary
way by keys , and rifled ofiits contents / which amounted to about £ 45 .- The usual practice was to make up the ; receipts of each day , and send them to the terminus at Chepstow ¦ every succeeding morning ; but this was never done on Sunday mornings ; and this the men , therefore , who effected the robbery -must have been perfectly cognizant of . There are other circumstances which sanction suspicion j I among which is the' fact that the thief , or an assistant , ? placed a detonating signal , on the line some miles up towards Chepstow , bo that any special train which might by some possibility be coming down at the time the robbery was being effected might thereby be stopped . The
guard of the mail tram hearing this signal explode immediately caused the mail train to be stopped and had to walk down to the Newport station to ascertain the cause . There , of course , he was speedily acquainted with the reason of the delay . All the facts ofthe case point to some one who had a thorough knowledge of the premises and the routine of business at the station ; and the active police force of the borough are on a train of suspicion which will probably lead to tho capture of the robbers . The superintendent of the borough force , in the course of his investigation , found the leathern bag , marked in brass " S . W . R ., " ripped open and the contents gone , in a field called Baneswell-field , through which a pathway leads through the station as a public road .
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County Tyrone Tenant-Right Meeting .: —The tenant-right meeting of the county Tyrone was held in a park adjoining the town of Armagh , on the 24 th ult . Mr . Thomas Montgomery presided . Several Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergymen attended . The resolutions were the same as those adopted at the other county meetings , and the sum agreed on as the contribution of Tyrone to the League Fund was £ 610 . Actions agaixst the Lord Mayor of Dublin . —Two notices were served on the Lord Mayor , on the part of a person named George Powell , intimating the intention of the latter to bring actions aeainst
his lordship tp > recover two sums of £ 50 , as a penalty for acting inr" the capacity of-Lord Mayor , after his name hatFbeen erased from the burgess roll . , Irf the Court of Common Pleas , on the application ofl-Mr . M'Kenna , Judge Jackson granted a conditional order to stay the proceedings in a former action j brought by Powell , against the Lord Mayor ; until the plaintiff gave security for costs . - Sale op . Encumbered EsTATES .-Seven estates were submitted tor sale on Friday , comprising feesimple and leasehold interests in the counties of Dublin , Kildare , Limerick , Clare . Galwav . Waterford
Tipperary , Antrim , and Queen ' s County . The court was full , but there / was a lack of animation among the bidders , and the prices obtained were far from encouraging , with the exception of a small property m Ulster . , >•[ :., . . r ,: Cultivation or , FLAX . -Tlie provincial journals contain most gratifying reportsof the efforts of the t ^ Ak & wWi Wate ' ford , Limerick , ' and Louth , where wheat failed to some extent , this year a very fair profit has been realised by those who ^ ad given their attention to flax . - w The # Lonp . Mayor's , ' Mpnicjfal . Franchise ; - The 9 laim fif the Lord Mayor ta r « iaain upon the
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mmiciparrblFonhTci ^ of Dublm 7 « hic ¥ -h ¥ d'le "dt « isuch protracted ; discussions , in . the , Court ; pf ^ Queen ' s iBench , " was decided ? in his / favour in -the Kevision Court , on Saturday last . ' 'At'the close of the arguments , " which occupied twodaysf-Mr . BIakei the Re-: vising Barrister , before whom the'easo of the Lord IMayor was argued , in giving judgment , reviewed the evidence pro and con , and referred to the clauses in the Municipal Act at great , length , and with considerable perspicuity , and haying summed up , he . dedared the / name of the Right Hon . John , ReytiOldSj Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin . should ' remain , on the . sburgess roll . '( Loud cheers . ) : He further said that , if any objection would be raised to his decision ,
he would ^ ive , the parties an opportunity for , ' further arguments on the subject , by bringing the base before the fifteen Revising Barristers ' sitting in court . ,: Mr . Lynch said , that after the decision'just pronounced , he , on-the part of those for ' whbm he acted ) wo » la hot pursue the subject'further . ' * The Lord Mayor said , that such . was the high opinion he entertained of thelegalability of : the learned gentleman who had pronounced . his decision , and such was the . high respect in which he regarded him , ' that had the decision been adverse , and had ' . 'Mr . Blake ' decided that his ( the Iiord Mayor ' s ) name should be struck off the burgess roll , he would ; hot appeal against his decision . ¦ -.-c ^; . - ¦ :... ;!' , = . ; <• . ¦ ... ¦ ¦ ¦ ••
' , 'Murder of A BAiurF .--The Limerick Chronicle contains the following , account of a most shocking murder : — " Last week a bailiff ' named Ande ' y , was shot dead at ' Newtown / hear'Pallasgreeh . He went to serve an order from the Tipperary Bank on Luby ; a farmer , who , on seeing the bailiff enter , deliberately laidhojid ofhis gun , ' and advancing to within , two or thrieejards of him , fired , and literally tore open the bellyWdj' side of the unfortunate man . ' It is needless'jip say he died instantaneously . " ! : ' : ! Assault and- Violation . — -At ^ College-street police'onice ,. 0 n Saturday , 'William Dunne and : Patrick Dolan , described as hackney . cab drivers , were
brought up in custody , charged with being . accomplices in a gross and felonious * outrage on' two young arid respectable females : ' The . prisoners were given in . charge at' the prosecution of Eliza Purser and Mary Purser / both young and respectably-dressed young females , who were represented to be . proper and well-conducted young persons , following the business of dress makerB , and residihg at 37 , Exchequerstreet . ' The circumstances of the case , as reported in evidence before the magistrates , involved details of daring and aggravated outrage : The prisoner Dunne was stated to be the son of a car owner , of which he was the licensed driver . The other prisoner , Dolan , had been a car' driver , but has not' been licensed lately . --The magistrates directed informations to be taken , and both prisoners , were fully committed for
trial at the next commission . Tbnani Leaoub . —Mr . Underwood , the secretary to the recent tenant-right meeting in Tyrone j is reported to have used the following rather strong language , his speech appearing for the first time in a supplemental account of the proceedings in the Freeman , ofthe 26 th ! ult ., Speaking of the titles by which the present race of landlords hold their properties , he said : —'; « But your landlords are not : even Saxoriised chieftians , They were marauders froin the first—they had a people ' s curses in the beginning—let them win blessings in the end . Less than the total prostration of the Moloch of tyranny will hot content us , being at length one people . There is not a ^ tenant in Ireland who has not a better title than his
landlordwere that title the invention of 130 years ago , or of yesterday ,- a manacle forged by a De . Lacey ' s sword , Ollam Fodla , or Baron Richards . ; Cromwell made titles , William made titles , and so did Charles the Second ; and the justice of making such ia as good this day as it was in their day , or as it . was two thousand years ago . "( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Sir , this is something . worse than compulsory ; valuation ; by this might the pestilent oppressor and-his assassins hare degraded our countrymen to the last stage at which human nature can arrive , before the individual is lost in the terror of his affliction . Therigbt they ekercise is the robber ' s right—their strength is their justice , their will , their honour . Let us reconcile this with natural liberty , with the original right of the individual , with his duties to the . state : and ask
ourselves what , has the state done to defend the weak , and crumble the might of the oppressor ? \ * . - * Weare not of the tyrant class , but of-the , -merciful ( Loud . cheers . ) Reason is our guide ; justice , tempered by mercy , our sword ; and union our banner ; ( Cheers . ) Every nation in Europe has found that forced titles are bad titles . France learned , it under the virtuous iNeckar , and the wretched Louis ; Prussia , when the eagles of the republican floated over the imperial throne of Frederick William . All that we wish is j' that the government should , as it has done in some degree , at several times suit itself to the altered circumstances of the age . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) \ For , be it remembered that the Flemish provinces acted on this principle when they shattered the Spanish yoke . So did the American colonies when they achieved their independence . "
The emigration mania continues as brisk as ever . Each paper from the ports in the south and west reports its progress , and those from the interior bring ; similar details ;" .. The Westmcath Independent says •— 'Although the favourite time for travelling the "broad Atlantic" has passed for this year , still the current of emigration flows on increasingly . ; Speak to whom you will of the mechanic or neasaut class , the . deswa ia taGavigratfe . Nothing seems to stop them but the want of moneyif they have the passage money , which they struggle to'obtain , they are content . 'And the desire to emigrate from this unfortunate country abates notnay , it increases , ' and we-wonder ; where comes the means . ' But this wonderment ceases- when we
recollect that not an American mail arrives without bringing witli it money letters to the friends of those who have long since sought a home in the far-off : West . We see nothing to arrest the progress of this self-expatriation—it increases and will increase , in' spite ;© f everything . ; IIere . therei isno employment—there , there is , for those who : will work . " ,..: s Roscommon . — -A . gentleman who has , travelled through a considerable portion of this " co uhty , tells us of the lamentable condition to which it is being reduced , and of the unceasing stream of emigration going on from this part / of the'country . :. M I have witnessed , " says our informant , 3 " the greater portion of the inhabitants , of . what . were' once' thriving villages preparing to leavetneirnativelarid . themeans
of accomplishing which has . in many instances been sent from relatives already adjourning -in the great republic of the west : It is a race with the'peasantry wlurwillbe the first to reach the emigrant ship . I am ' convinced , if the tide of self-expatriation proceeds " as it is doing at present , the rural population ' will be extinguished , and of the 'bold peaBantry ; their country ' s pride , ' hot ' a wreck will be left behind . Four miles as Iwent along thedand was almost waste and uncultivated ,- "presenting a wild and desqlute appearance . !?—Athlone Sentinel , , The Queen's College , ' Cork . —iNAUGURAiieN OF ( THE SECOND SESSION . —COEK , Oct . 25 . i--Nbtwithstandirig the fulmiriations of his Grace of Tuaih , aided by the modern Ptolemy , * Primate Cullen , the second sessional course for 1850—51 was inaugurated to-day , , under auspices the most ! favourable . . The ceremonial was opened with much , pomp and circumstance , " the students , professors , and alumni in
general , appearing in . their collegiate costdme ^ A still more convincing proof of Catholic sympathy than the mere thronging of the curious to ' witness a ceremonial of an imposing and attractive nature , is adduced by the important ; fact , that some thirty out of fifty , additional students matriculated for the present session are of the Roman Catholic persuasion . : The Land Question . —The Newry Telegraph ( Protectionist ) , referring to the rumoured conference of certain of the Ulster landlords , with a view of submitting an equitable basis for the settlement of the land question , speaks in favour ofthe movement , and thinks , that if , in the deliberations , practical men of broad and comprehensive views took part . it is possible that good might come of such a conference as is thus spoken of . The- Telegraph fairly admits the necessity for legislative action towards the ! final adjustment of . the unhappy relations at present existing between the owner and cultivator ofthe sod ; and it is further announced that to the
devising of such a . beneficial measure . an accomplished and influential member of the Legislature gorou ghly ^^ conversant with the subject , haf applied , REPEAii AssooiAiioN .-There was a dGcre & sa in in ? n ^ n- at m 3 WW on Monday , and acorres-? b ° » ft S 0 ff i V J number of idlers resent at tho hall . The rent stood at £ 5 Ha The Clearance STSTBxr . -Tho provincial journals contain some further accounts of evictions and SnT 1111 ^ ; the '? alway Q ^ rter Sessions ? w „ V , ^ S under ^ e Hth and 12 th Tic , l ^ f'LrV ' * l * « ? uardlan s ofthe Tuam Union ,, g ° « | t . George ,. Esq ., M ; P ., to recover a penalty of £ 20 , for the eviction of a tenant ofhis , named John Mullens , from his holding , without serving the notice required hy the act on the relieving officer of the electoral division wherein the premises were situated . A decree for £ 20 was pronounced against the defendant . ; ' » : i
Condition of the Country . —In the addresses . of several of . the . assistant barristers to ., the grand juries at the quarter sessions now in progress , there are expressions of congratulation on account of the decided decrease of those crimes that had prevailed during the famine .. i - . - ; : Aitempt to Murder in Westmeath . —On the night of the 25 th ult ., an attempt was made to murder two men in the village of Ballinahown . The facts are as follow : —Between the hours of seven in the
and eight , two men employment of the persons executing the drainage works in . this < ne i * h bourhood , were seated , in the house of a mannanfpd Laurence Killeen , when a pistol shot was fired hv which ; one of the men , Thomas Dal J for e e d « ian mason , was severely wounded in the head- and the other person escaped by receiving a ftw n » S in the hat . Ballinahown is four rriiion \ a ; t *„„? * meatb , the near proximity of the King ' s cSiyht rendered it . famousfor . «« dark deeds '' foS Theoniy fault to he found wifct 8 # KjHfffi
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^ le ^ dto ^ thraBSMsitfs that , they discharged . some , idlers , from the driin ' > work . - Thewounde'dinan'is - gettirigon faVour-h , ^' and one person has been arrested ' on Suspicion ' y » i ' ' : THB MraIClPAI , CbNSTIIoiNCY ' OI , - Duniijf ¦ vt , ' ' Municipal ' irevisionfor ' this city has terminal - accordance with the new- Oorporation ^ Act X ^ humherof qualified burgesses on the role . " ah tween six and . seven thousand—above > doublb tif "• number of the old constituency . ' ' It appears t 0 S the general impression , that the new Town Coun r will bo very . differently constituted from that n in . existence ; ; Several > of . the merchantsl andotT ' leadingcitizensare . candidatea , i The . elections a to take ! place ori the 25 th of November next . Th , new ' corporation will commence its functiona- ? - New-Year ' s day . /' ' iL : " - 3 . Ennistymos " . Union—Dismissal -of thb Mastei ?' —At a meeting / of the guardians of this Union n Friday , a sealed order was received from the Com missioners , directing the dismissal , of the master Af ' the workhouse , in consequence ' of , tho late invest ! gation' held before Mr ; Lynch ¦ into the cause of Vhl death of the pauper boy Kerih ; tU 8
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Strike of Tobacco-pipkMakebs at Glasgow —The strangest strike that we have had formanv years ( says the , Glasgow Daily Mail ) has existed for three weeks or mbre in this city . The affair will im mediately become serious to the tobacconists Bi £ tweenthe dearth of the leaf in Virginia and the stobpage in the supply of pipes in . Glasgow , smoking must come to a conclusion . . The parties at present out on strike are' tobacco-pipe makers , ' who say that thev number 150 persons , who , with their families , are deprived of . bread by , in the . first place , their own voluntary act ; but this act , they say , is caused by the determination of the employers to take twenty per cent , from their wages , on the ground that provisions are now cheapened by . free trade , and wages therefore should be reduced . ' .
i Forgery Case at GLASGW . ~ On the 25 th ult . Murdoch Eraser , who was so cleverly apprehendedat Liverpool on the previous day on suspicion of forgery , was examined , at the Central Police Court on the charge , and remanded till further inquiry be made into the case . It . seems that about three months since Fraser negotiated a bill for £ 100 in the Union Bank here , the document bearing a signature as that of indorser , which was pretended to be , and passed for , the name of Mr . Readm ' au , the treasurer ! of the River Trust , The only connection , we believe , which Fraser had with the trust . existed ' some two or three years ago , when her contracted , for a Email portion of the earthwork connected with ' one of the hew quays . As the bill was approaching ' maturity , he called at
the . bank on Tuesday week , and . desired cash for a new bill of £ 100 , with which to retire thf old .. This bill also purported to be indorsed by Mtv Readman , but when the two were compared , the signatures were so dissimilar that it-was quite appareht ' oiie or both had been forged ; Instead of retaining hiiaj ; however , Fraser was . told by the cashier to retffe ^ andVJcome back in an hour ; and 'meanwhile * it' wSaS'fiefihifejy , ascertained from . Mr , Readman that a . forgery had been committed in both . cases . - After some , delay , the police were made acquainted ' with the ' , circumstances ; but the roan was now , " out of . the way , and no trace could be got of his house or whereabouts . At length , in the course of Wednesday , some clue was found to a black box , said to belone to him , which had been sent to the Broomielaw for shipment by the Commodore steamer for Liverpool .- Acting on the reasonable presumption that the man himself would
be near his property ,. the telegraph was had recourse to . A description of his person was transmitted , with instructions to apprehend him . Immediately upon the receipt of the message at the Liverpool police-office , an active and intelligent officer had the case entrusted to him . He forthwith hied to the quay , where the accuracy of the conjecture that had been formed was at once verified . The Commcdore , with ^ Fraser <; on board , was just gliding up to her berth when he reached it . Among tbe throng that crowded the deck eaa ; er to , step on shore , he was at once recognised , and separating him from his neighbours , he had , to his infinite bewilderment , the intimation communicated to him that he was a prisoner . He was forthwith brought back in custody of the officer by whom his arrest . was effected . He stoutly avers that he is unable to write ,. and that he must , therefore , be innocent of the crime of which he is accused . —Glasgow Daily Mail .
Stbam Boat Collision on the Clyde . —On Saturday last a steam boat collision occurred on the Clyde , nearly opposite the Cloch Lighthouse , which occasioned the most lively apprehension among the parties who were exposed to danger , though fortunately no personal injury was sustained . It appears that about twelve o ' clock on the Saturdav , while the Duntroon Castle , from Skye , was steaming up the Clyde , she was met by the Duke of Cornwall , on its way to Campbelton . ; From the course the latter was shaping , the fears of the passengers on board the Duntroon Castle were instantly excited , but they had hardly time to express their ; alarm when the . vessels ran into each other with a fearful crash , the Duntroon Castle striking the Duke on the starboard paddle box
The consternation among the passengers , on board both vessels may be conceived , every , one expecting , from the violence of the ahoak , that the aides of the steamers had been stove in . This , happily , was not the case ; but such had been the momentum with which they came in contactj . that they remained firmly wedged together for nearly two hours , and might have continued much longer in the . same unpleasant and dangerous situation had not the steamers Celt aud Lady Kelburne come to their aid . By their assistance the vessels were , with some difficulty , disentangled from each other , though the damaee
received by the ; Duke : of Cornwall in particular , was such that she had to put back to Greenock , in a very leaky state . The Duntroon Castle was also considerably damaged about the bows ,, but was able—though she , too , put back into Greenock- —to proceed np the river in the course of the afternoon , Of course an accident of this nature could not have occurred without gross negligence . on the part of those in command of one or other of the vessels . ' ¦ .: The weather was ' fine , though slightly hazy , while ; the . water was perfectly Smooth . In these circumstances , and withachannel so wide as it is at the Cloch , how a collision should have occurred is quite unaccountable .
; Penalties for Overcharges by Railway COMPANIES . —The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have fined the Dundee and Abroath Railway Company in £ 100 , for overcharges on Parliamentary , or third-class passengers , besides taxingthe whole of the money paid by the passengers at the rate of five per cent ., ' as if it had been-paid . by first and second class _ passengers . Similar overcharges made hy the Stirlingshire Midland-Junction are to be dealt with in theisame way , under the GeneralRailway Act . : WATSB-BATE RlOT- AT GLASGOW . —Oil Monday fiVO persons were summaril y tried at Glasgow , on a charge of mobbing , rioting , assault , and deforcement of sheriff ' s officers in the execution-of their duty . The case arose out Of an occurrence'which
took place ,, on the 8 th of October : last , in Demnster-Btreet , when several of the Water Company 3 officers were executing a . warrant of distraint on a defaulter to the rates of the Water Com « pany . . The names of the parties charged were—William . M'Lachlan , Robert Bannerman , tobaccopipe makers ; Katherine Fullerton or Wilson , Elizabeth Conway or Osborne , and — Lyle or Williamson . Fronv the evidence given , it appeared that several sheriff ' s officers and their concurrents had , on the 8 th ult ; , proceeded to a house in Dempsterstreet to distrainer tho water rate , and that , finding the premises locked up , in virtue ofthe powers of the warrant under which they acted , they forced the door , aud , in the absence of the occupants , carried off a . chest , 'a table , two chairs , and a bird and cage . On-brincinc the articles into the street .
the officers were mobbed and assaulted by a crowd of the inhabitants , among whom a number of women took a very active part . The proceedings of the moll seem to have been very disorderly and ludicrous . The officers wero pelted by them with potatoes ' , turnips , mud , and other missiles , their hats were knocked oyer their eyes , and other indignities pufi upon them , and the chest in their charge carried off in the melee . The females were charged with having been more particularly concerned' in the riot , while the male prisoners were spoken to as having encouraged theprooeediags / and assisted in the rescue of a prisoner . At the conclusion of tha evidence for the prosecution , the charge was withdrawn in the case ot the female prisoner Lyle . Each of the parties was fined in £ 3 , and failing payment , to eight days' imprisonment .
Zoological Coriosities. —Gawonam's Paris...
Zoological CoRiosiTiES . —GaWonam ' s Paris Messenger says : —The Jardin des Plantes atprosent possesses two animals which aro altogether out of tho common pale of zoological classification . One is an hermaphrodite ass , and the other a calf with two beads . The former is a native of Africa , of small stature , grey in colour , and timid of character j the latter is a stout healthy animal of a black colour , having affixed to his regular neck a long , thin , cordlike appendage , in which an artery is felt to beat , and which terminates in a sort " of fleshy ball , divided at the end , and having two jaws and a sort of tongue , the latter always in motion . Both of these animals may be seen in the large rotunda in which the zebras are placed .
Extinct Sp ecies op Ox . —A fine specimen of tha head and horns of a gigantic , species of ox , which formerly inhabited the Scotch forests , was found in the tile or marine clay near Rothesay ,, by , Dr . hor " rain . This animal , ' , which in size exceeded t " greatest of existing races , was formerlyia native ° * Europe , but like that curious > bjrd , the Dodoi has become extinct . It was , known- to jCaesar , w < found it in the forests of Germany , and described ic under the name of Bovus . lb became extinct during the sixteenth century ,, when it was mentioned ny Bnbersteen , who saw it alive . in . Russia . Dr . wr * rain's specimen , along with , another- 'found by air Smith , of Jordanhill , are deposited in the AndersO " . aian Museum ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02111850/page/6/
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