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Health or Losdos . —The official report says—The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts have declined from 1 , 206 , the number returned in the preceding week , to 1 , 040 in the week which ended last Saturday . In the ten corresponding weeks of 18 il-50 the deaths ranged from 310 in tha year 1845 to 1 , 403 in the year 1848 , and the average was 1 , 137 . If this average be corrected ia proportion to the greater amount of population now existing , it becomes 1 , 251 , compared with which the mortality of last week shows a decrease of 211 . It appears from a comparison of the results obtained in the present return with those of the previous week , that the mortality from nearly allclagseaof disease iBdiminished . The mortality from phthisis , or consumption , has fallen from
150 in tho previous week to 98 in the last . This latter number ia lower than nsaal , for in corresponding weeks of 1841-50 it ranged from 103 to 160 " . A few special cases registered last week may be recorded here : Abird-stuffer , aged 48 years , was poisoned by arsenic { post . mort . ) . The deceased had placed some arsenic on bread and butter , to poison mice , and afterwards ate the bread himself , whether intentionally or by mistake is not known . On the 22 nd December the son of a cheesemonger , aged 18 years , died from " rapture of the appendix vermiformis cceci , from the lodgment of an orange pip ( o days ( , post mort ) . " In Bethnal-green , at 7 , 2 Tew . 8 treet , Turk-street , on 26 th September , tho son of a bricklayer's labourer , aged II weeks , died of " fits brought on by inflammation of the bowels and divers parts of the body , accelerated by want of
proper medical treatment ( inquest ) . " A commission agent , aged 26 years , died of " exhaustion from fasting ( inquest ) . ' He was a Jew , and was engaged in the observance of one of the fasts that belong to his religion . A chemist , aged 24 years , was accidentally suffocated by inhaling a large quantity of ether . Last week the births of 660 boys and 015 girls , in all , 1 , 275 children , were registered . In six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 the average number of 1 , 252 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean drily readingof the barometer in the week was 30 * 024 in . ; the meana ^ Uyreadiogwas 22 , 556 ; on 8 uuday , declinedto 22 490 in . on Monday , and on each of the remaining days of the week was above 30 in . The mean temperature of the week was 33-7 deg . On Sunday the mean daily temperature waa 46 * 5 deg ., or 7 degrees above the average of
corresponding days in ten years ; it fell continuously , tul on Saturday it was 32 * 1 deg ., or nearly 6 deg . below the average . The wind was in the south at the beginning of the week , but on Tuesday changed to the north . Discovert op a Bodt vt Vicronu-siBKBT . —An inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , on Monday , respecting the death of William Herbert , whose body was found on Saturday last in a vault ontheline of theintended new street ( Victoriastreet ) , Clerkenwell . It appeared that on the previous Friday evening the deceased left the company of a female , promising to return in a few minutes . The body was found the next morning in the vault , but life was extinct . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effusion and the fall . " The coroner , at the request of the jury , said he would make a representation to the Lord . Mayor npon the dangerous state ofthe locality . Fits Deaths of Chodbbs bt . Fibb . —On Monday Mr .
Bedford held an inquest on the body of Maria Schoonaert , daughter of a French bootmaker , living at No . 19 , Ryder ' s , court , Leicester-square . Deceased ' s father , who was a widower , and she his only child , left her alone in the room for a quarter of an hour on Wednesday afternoon last , there being at the time a small fire in the grate , and on his return he found her lying on the floor , her clothes nearly burnt from off her body . Having raised an alarm , deceased was immediately conveyed to the hospital , where she rapidly sank , and died at five o ' clock the same afternoon without having been able to give an account of the accident , although , no doubt , it occurred through her playing with the fire . The coroner said the conduct of parents leaving children alone where there was a fire was very reprehensible . At that time there were four children lying dead in St . George ' s Hospital who were burned to death under precisely similar circumstances . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
Supposed Robbebt xxn Mdbdsb at Cambebwell . — On Monday an adjourned inquest was resumed on view of the body of William Hotinor , aged fifty , late a traveller in the establishment of Messrs . Grey and Co ., No . 71 , King William-street , who is supposed to have been knocked down and robbed by some men at Camberwell , and who have died of the injuries inflicted on that occasion . —Mr . E . Wood , of the establishment of Messrs . Grey and Co ., stated thit deceased was at bis usual duties on Saturday week last , when he was in good health . On Monday following witness received a note from him , dated tbe Police Station , Camberwell , ia which he observed that he was in difficulty . Witness found him at the Police C nirt , and that he had been fined 10 i . G 1-, which he advanced for him . D .-ceased informed him that he bad been knoeksd down and robbed .
He had a woand at the back part of the head . —John Munden , porter at the Metropolitan Lodging House , Buston-stveet , said thai deceased was a lodger last Tuesday . Witness went to bis room and knocked at the door . Witness heard that he was iu the room . This was between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning . Witness went again at eleven o ' clock , but got no answer . The next morning he rapped at the door , after which he looked through the window , when he saw him in a chair . Witness burst the door open , and discovered that deceased was dead . — Mr . Champneys , who attended deceased at the police-station , stated that he hid made a post mortem examination of the
body . There was a diagonal wound at the back of the head , and in removing the bony covering , he fonnd , in a corresponding position with that injury , a quantity of blood effused . The brains adjoining were also in a state of inflammation . He attributed death to these causes . There was a mark uuder the breast as if deceased had received a blow , and his left eye was blackened . —The jury returned a verdict , " Thatdeath was caused by a wound on the back of the head , causing inflammation and eflusion of the brain , but by what means these were caused there was not sufficient evidence to the jury to . show . "—The coroner observed that he had no doubt that the police would make every inquiry into the ase .
XeBsrous Fires axd Probable Loss of Life . —Late on Siturday . night the inhabitants of Wntiing-strcet , City , were greatly alarmed in consequecce of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the extensive premises occupied conjointly by Messrs . Stracbanand Co ., the anti-corrosion painc manufacturers , and Messrs . Boatwright and Brown , sealing wax manufacturers . The flames were not extinguished until the side stores on the first floor were very seriously burned , and much of the contents consumed . —Another fire broke out in the private residence of Mr . J . Cage , 9 , Mason ' splace , York-street . Fortunately , the Sre was confined to that portion of the building in which it commenced , About the same time a fire originated in the premises of Mr . J . Herring , Xo . C , Duke ' s-court , a narrow alley running out of St . Saviour'a-court . It appears that the neighbours had
their attention attracted to the premises by loud cries of " help , " and npon entering thev perceived Mrs . Benin " completely envelopedm flames . By a desperate effort the fire wassubdued , butnotuntiltheunfortunate woman was frightfully burnt , so much that she was removed to the hospital , where she remains in a very precarious state . The disaster is supposed to have been caused from a spark flying out of the grate and coming in contact with some wearing apparel . About an hoar later a fire broke out at 32 , Cliftonstreet , Finsbury , on the premises of Mr . Wagstaff , floek , list , and rug merchant . Fortunately , it was extinguished before much damage was done . Between four and five a . m . the same day , a fire happened in the premises , of Mr . C * Hawkins , British wine manufacturer , i o . 2 , Bedford-street , Somers Town , which was caused from a defect in an
adjoining flue . The engines were quickly on the spot , but the fire was not extinguished until much damage was done to the premises . A few hours previous to the above outbreak another fire , and attended with a considerable loss of property , broke out in the wadding manufactory of Mr . J . Davies . Xo . 5 , John-street , Curtain-road , Shoreditch . The flamesoriginated in the carding rooms , and at one time threatened destruction to the whole factory . The engines promptly attended , but the flames were not extinguished until a serious amouut of property was destroyed . Suictbe ' feou Waterloo-Brioge . —On Saturday aninquest was taken on view ofthe body of Jas . Russell , a farrier , who resided in Bond-street , Waterloo-road , and who is supposed to have committed suicide from Waterloo-bridge —Verdict— "Found Drowned . "
Accident ox Boabd the Ddxdee Steamer . —On Saturday an inquest was held respecting the death of Mr . Thomas Burns , ag « d 38 , son of a respectable medical practitioner at Dundee . It appeared that the deceased bad entered on board the Dmaee steamer , from Dundee , being at the time inastateofrotoxication . After the vessel bad been about eight hours fromtbe porta noise was heard in the engineroom , when npon the engineer going there he discovered deceased among the machinery . The engine was stopped , npon which the deceased was taken out , being without any signs of life . His body was nearly cot in two . —Verdict" Found Dead . "
Masszatjghteb at Wbttechapkl . —Mr . W . Baker held an inquest on Tuesday respecting the death of George Hankin , who , ft was alleged , had died from violence received in a fight with a man named Peter Draper . Police constable Clarke proved that Draper struck the deceased with his fist with great violence , which knocked the deceased backwards on the pavement , the latter being intoxicated , and not able to save himself . Witness asked Draper why he had struck deceased , and he ( Draper ) replied * ' Because he struck my father-in-law . " Mr . J . G . Kent , the house-surgeon , said the deceased died from an extensive fracture of the skull , no doubt by a severe fall . Tho jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Peter Draper .
Fatal Acctokkt to a Dkathas . —Mr . Payne held an inquest ' on Monday , on the body of Samuel Wright Gall , a drayman in the service of Messrs . Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., being tho second case of a person belonging to that firm ooming to a premature death within the last four days . The deceased , with five other draymen , on Friday , had been with their drays to deliver beer in tho Harrow-road . Cn their return deceased and another man stopped in ^' ford-street , at a public-house , on leaving which deabef t % &* ^ hind . Deceased ' s companion had got « aw v yara * ™ advance , when on looking back he ™ lr ? wnpanion carried from the road ; tho dray had ahd wiA !^ 9004 * - deceased said he waa not hurt much , ' Southwart T ^ * conveyed home , to Brand ' s-buUdings , * 3 £ R ^* W « tto ! Wkirt * day . ThejoV time condemnSlh ? 1 *?* " & death » " »* 'he ¦ » vehicles . A PmiW ^^ f draymen riding on their A . Jd'fc ^ . Messrs . Barclay ; Perkins , should do so bnt in con ? ** to ordera that thiB mea regulations would be mJ ^ nce of tnese accidents fresh to put a stop to so dwSSS S .- ti 0 n witb tte P 0 li 08 ' Sscissro FHOJI THE r « m »„ il " naming theRev . Tenb ™ $ 3 ? m a n G i £ * r ° **** * vauB » - - > publicly announced
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from bis pulpit that ho bid ceased ^ a . jtaWJ »« « J * S Church of England , having been joinedL . ia that . step by his hadVftthe Church o ! England &^ . { KJEg 5 J baptismal regeneration was taught , in its formularies , anY held by the Prayer-book to be a fundamental prm-CI Death ot a Clwuithas ' s Daughter . » *^* £ , S soN .-On Tuesday Mr . Bedford held •" "T "' ™ ^!?? Prison , on the body of Elizabeth Ann Chambers , aged suttyfour , the daughter of a ' deceased clergyman , and a prisoner therein , under sentence of transportation for life . Ihe deceased , described as single , and whom the witnesses styled a lady by birth , was highly respectably connected , and formerlykept her carriage ; ^ . ^^ £ SiS ^ Si was received into the above prison from Newgate , under sentence of transportation for life , for forging and uttering , and for previous convictionShe was admitted as
fortya . five years of age , but she subsequently stated to some ladies who visited the prison that she was sixty-fqur . By her own desire she was kept apart from other prisoners ^ and would not see any relatives or acquaintances . She ™ no complaint , but enjoyed good health up to the 15 th ot Aug . last , when being ill she was removed into the infirmary , where she remained a fortnight . On the 28 th of Uct ., suffering from loss of appetite and great debility , she was re-admitted into the Infirmary , in which she remained , gradually sinking , till th © afternoon of Sunday , last , about five o ' clock , when she died . Mr . Helps , assistant surgeon of the prison , said that deceased while in the Infirmary , was supplied with everything she fancied , including wine , beer , and brandy . On making a post mortem examination of the body he found the cause of death to be extensive disease of the lungs . The jury returned a verdict of '' Natural death . " -. ' . '_
•' ¦ Mutest ahoxosi the Cosvicts at Wooiwich . —On Saturday the convicts who had been at work during the day in the dockyard , on their return to the Warrior convict ship , where they sleep during the night , showed symptoms of insubordination and defiance of their guards , by several ofthe gangs rushing into one of the compartmeats set apart for one gang , and refusing to separate and go to their proper places until their grievances were redressed . The mutinous convicts , about 130 in number , complain that the authorities have broke faith with them , as certain periods had been fixed when , if tbey conducted themselves well in the interval , they would be sent out of this country , and obtain tickets of leave on their arrival at their destination . The time at which several of the convicts expected they would have , been sent out of the
country having been exceeded , owing to the difficulty experienced by the authorities in finding localities where that class wonld be received , has been tbe cause ' of the present insubordination . The whole of the convict guards were kept on board the ship during the night , in case of any outbreak . On Monday , Captain Whitty and several of the authorities from London visited the Warrior ; and examined several of the ringleaders , but the result of what took place has not been made known . The mutiny among the convicts at Woolwich became quite intolerable betwixt twelve and one o ' clock on Tuesday , when they returned from then * work in the dockyard to take their dinner on board the Warrior convict ship . They no sooner entered the ship then they rushed down and took possession of two of the decks , defying the guards or any of the military to dome near them , at the same time singing , cheering , and swearing , and some who had got hold of pipes and tobacco
commenced smoking . The guards were threatened in such a manner that they represented to Mr . Masterman that it would be dangerous to go out with the convicts in the afternoon , if examples were not made of some of them . Captain the Hon . Montagu . Stopford , acting superintendent , was immediately communicated with , and the aid of the guards ofthe Royal Artillery and Royal Marines called on board , and the guards in charge of the convicts , with drawn cutlasses , went below and brought up and heavily ironed thirty-eight of the most outrageous , and disarmed them of the knives , forks , and sharpened files , of which they had by some means become possessed . Twenty of the convicts were , in the course of the afternoon , conveyed to London in the police vans sent down to Woolwich for the purpose , and safely secured in Millbank Penitentiary . The other eighteen were also heavily ironed and taken on board the Wye in tbe river .
Fusbral oe Mr . Torskr , R . A . —On Tuesday the mortal remains of the great artist who has just been removed from us , full of years and honours , were received within the walls of St . Paul ' s , and borne to their final resting-• jilace in the catacombs . Fins axd Loss op Life . —On Wednesday night one of the inmates of No . 10 , Great St . Andre w's-street , Seven Dials , perceived smoke issuing from a back- room in tbe house , and immediately raised an alarm , when Mr . Armfield , the landlord , on going up stairs , found Mary Manton , aged 50 , dressmaker , lying on the ground nearly burnt to a cinder . The engines were promptly on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water being obtained the fire was extinguished , whenthe unfortunate woman was removed in a shell to the workhouse . The house surgeon was promptly in attendance , but all human aid was in vain . It is supposed that the deceased woman accidentally set fire to herself , as the candlestick was lying by her side .
Fearful Railway Accidkst at the Cakdek Tows Railway Statios . —As Joseph Springate , a porter in the employ of the Birmingham lUilway Company , attempted on Tuesday to cross the line , some luggage trains were put in motion and knocked him down . The unfortunate man fell with a shriek to the ground , and npon his removal to University College Hospital it was found that his ribs had been frightfully injured , if not fractured . Little hopes aro entertained of the poor fellow ' s recovery . A short time since another porter lost his life on the same spot , under precisely similar circumstances
Fatal Railway Accidesi durixg the Fog . —On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of James Burnet , aged 24 , an engine-stoker . The deceased was iu the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company , and last week while in charge of a train heavily laden with coals , which were being conveyed from Blackwall Basin to the station at Barking , the deceased stepped off the engine on to the tender , when ho by some means fell over tbo side of tbe carriage across the rails . The morning was very foggy , and when the train was stopped deceased was discovered fearfully mutilated , the right leg being cut off near the knee and the right arm fractured . There were twenty-five waggons , the whole of which passed over him . Deceased was conveyed to the London Hospital , where he expired shortly after his admission . Verdict—Accidental Death .
Fatal Accident is the LosnoN Docks , —On Wednesday evening an inquest was held on the bpdy of Charles Austin , aged twenty . The deceased was a watchman employed in the London Docks , and on Tuesday night , November IS , he was directed to go on duty to protect some goods on board theEmeliana , of Spain . The night was very dark , owing to the dense fog ; and while he was in the act of stepping from the gunwale of a barge he fell overboard . On Monday one of the dock firemen was standing on the North Quay , Wapping , when the body suddenly came to the surface of the water , having been seven weeks missing , and being in an advanced state of decomposition . After some observations . from the coroner , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
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Mr . Ramshat and the Liverpool Coiistv Court . — The sitting of this court was resumed on Monday , before Mr . Joseph Pollock , the judge . There were nearly 1 , 200 cases entered for trial . Mr . Ramshay , the late judge , did not attend the court , but he sent a letter to the clerk , dated " Temple , Dec . 27 , 1851 , " adjourning the sittings in the following terms :- — "Sir , —You will please to adjourn the County Court , when it shall be holden on the 29 th inst ., to the 27 th of January , A . D ., 1852 ; and I do hereby order the same to be so adjourned accordingly . '' William Ramshay . "Judge of the County Court of Lancashire , holdeu at
Liverpool . " This communication was in Mr . Ranishay ' s own handwriting , bat no allusion was publicly made to the circumstance , and the business of the court proceeded as usual . It seems to be the opinion of the new judge , Mr . Pollock , that Mr . Ramshay will undoubtedly endeavour to reinstate himself in his office , for in the course of the day Mr . Wheeler , solicitor , applied to his Honour to have a case reheard which Mr . Ramshay had already decided against Mr . Wheeler ' s client . At the November sitting a similar appl ication was made to Mr . Pollock by Mr . Wheeler , but his Honour declined to interfere until the result of Mr . Ramshay ' s appeal was known . His Honour again postponed the rehearing of the case until after next terra , and , from tbis decision , it is obvious that he expects Mr . Ramshav ' s case to come before the judges this month .
Distbessing Death of a Liverpool Merchant . — An inquest was held on Saturday upon the body of a highly respectable merchant , named Mr . Duncan M'Lachlan , of the firm of Wilson and M'Lachlan , ship owners and ship chandlers , whose death was the result of a frightful accident whichhappsned to the deceased on the evening of Christmasday . It appears that Mr . M'Lachlan had a number of friends dining with him at his residence in Upper Parliamentstreet on Christmas-day , as we learn was usual with him at this season of the year . Somewhere near eleven o ' clock his guests , who were chiefly relatives and intimate friends of the family , took their departure , and in about an hour afterwards
the family retired to rest . The deceased had not been in bed more than an hour before he had occasion to get up and to go into an adjoining apartment , when , unfortunately , on passing the landing at the head of the stairs , he missed his footing and fell down from the top to the bo ; tom , a distance of several yards . On Dr . Bruce examining the deceased he said that the spine was severely fractured , and that the deceased had also received other internal injuries , which led him to believe that it was impossible he could recover . After lingering io great agony until the following morning the deceased breathed his last . The firm of which Mr . M Lachlan . was a member was hiirhlv resnentnhlR « nA
well known on Change , and Mr . M'Lachlan himself , who was in the prime of life , was universally esteemed . The Rawmarsh Colliery Explosion . —A subscription has been commenced by the Rev . Mr . Mahon , incumbent of Kawmttsb , in aid of the widows and orphans of the men who perished by the explosion on Saturday week , when fifty Uvea were lost . Messrs . Charleswortb , the lessees of the SSrTfc ?" - g , ven £ m > Mrt ' - Mf . J- C . D .. Charleswortb , * °° : ™ S ? lperhaps no district of similar extent in any portion of the kingdom which has been the scene of such frequent duasters , and involving so great a sacrifice of life , as the tract of country , comprised within a circuit of five f ™ Rawmarsh . To go back only ten years , we find that danng this comparativel y short period five accidents have occurred , by which an aggregate of 220 lives has been sacnfied . The adjourned inquiry into this case was resumed on Tuesday . Tho important feature in
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the proceedings was the examination of Jto ^ wmenU * specter , whose opinion appeared to bo tha , « aonw £ bort tikeheW the accident there had been a fall of coal in the mine , a quantity of gas had been liberated , and that coining ihoontaJt with one of thelightedcandles' ^ W ^ it had exploded . After the examination of other witnesses , the inquest was adjourned to Friday . ¦ < .. Another Railway Accident . - On Saturday , about midday ? at the mail train which leaves' Birmingham atsix a . m ,: arrived near Liver pool on flur ^»{ M "f »»' £ Western linewhen between Huyton and Roby stations , the .... ..
, express train , due about the same time , xme in contact with it , and several of the passengers . by the former train received severe injuries . In-. one carriage ^ . persons were very seriously , and three dangerously wounded . One of thenvMiss Rogers , of Buy tony was conveyed to the house of Dr . Bainbrigg , in Isling ton-square , where it was found that she had sustained great injury in the head , the sKull being in one place laid completely bare . The wounds were promptly dressed , but the young lady was too much injured to permit her return home , and she was conveyed to , the house of a friend in Liverpool , where she is progressing
favourably . _ , ' Tt * Wakbpibld . —Thb Cohvict Sarah Ann Hill , —A petition to the throne in favour of a commutation of the sentence of this wretched woman , left for execution at York , is in course of signature . It has been prepared by the town clerk , at the instance of the watch committee , and will be signed by the mayor and several other magistrates . The Rev . Mr . Jones , to whom she made a sort of confession , is taking an active part ; and doubtless the memorial will be numerously and respectably signed . -We hope it ^ mayifind favour in the breast of the Home Secretary . We understand the circumstances of the woman have from her youth been unfavourable to the pursuit of habits of virtue . She was an illegitimate child , and was , we believe , born in one of the streets of Wakefield . —Leeds Mercury . Cotton Mill Drstroybo bt Firb . —One of the mills belonging te Mr . Elkanah Cheetham , of Stockport , called the Lower Carr Mills , was discovered to he on fire on Decamber 26 th . The loss is estimated at about £ 4 , 060 , covered
by insurances . Horses Poisoneb . —Driffield . —Mr . Thomas Wilberfoss , ofWetwang , has lost three valuable draught horses , under circumstances at present . involved in mystery , though there is no doubt that their deaths have been caused by poison . A fourth horse is also in a very precarious state , and not likely to recover . It is not said that any one is suspected to have intentionally or otherwise administered the poison . There is , however , a very reprehensible practice amongst farmers' servants of drugging their masters' horses for the purpos of making their skins look sleek and smooth , and in good condition . Several old cads and castaway jockies are said to be going about the country selling farmers' servants' receipts for horse constitution balls , and other nostrums for drugging horses , and that the waggoners get these prescriptions made up at druggists , at their own
expense , the ingredients often being of a very dangerous nature , and highly injurious to the horses . It is not long since that a farmer in this neighbourhood detected one of his servants in this practice , and very properly summoned him before the magistrates for his conduct , and he was severely dealt with . — Hull Advertiser . Dariso HiauwAY Robberies . —Mr . King , lace manufacturer , Walker-street , Newton , accompanied by a young lady of the name ' of Smith , residing in Newcastle-street , Nottingham , was walking along the Trent-lane , a rather lonely road , a mile from the town , and had proceeded 300 yards past a railway gate , which crosses the road ,, when a man in a suspicious disguise passed them . He almost immediately gave a peculiar whistle , and in a moment three other men , armed with bludgeons and other weapons ,
rushed upon Mr . King and his companion from the hedges on each side of the road . Mr . King begged that they would not maltreat the lady . The villains , however , beat her with bludgeons until she became insensible , accompanying their violence with the most revolting brutality . Mr . King offered the robbers all his money and valuables , but implored of them to commit no more violence . In consequence , however , of his having no considerable sum on his person , the robbers proceeded to further brutality ; and a blow from one of the ruffians laid open his skull . The fellows then decamped over tho hedge of a field . The unfortunate gentleman and lady when discovered were in a pitable plight . Both the sufferers remain in a very critioal state . On Monday night , shortly after ten o ' clock , Mr . Samuel Latham , rent-collector was attacked by a
highwayman as he was on his way home to Darlton , about three miles from Nottingham . After walking half the distance in safety he overtook a man who appeared to be intoxicated , who , however , dealt him unseen a tremendous blow on the head with a life-preserver . Mr . Latham turned upon the fellow quickly , but received a second blow on the head before he was sufficiently on his guard to prevent it . The force of the second stroke , however , was not so severe as the first , inconsequence of his having weakened his assailant by dealing him a tremendous blow On the side of the head with a thick walking-stick he carried in his hand . The combatants then closed , Mr . Latham hugging his adversary and biting his face severely , making him cry for the assistance of three comrades who lay in a hedge bottom
close by . These fellows rushed to the rescue , and found Mr . Latham lying his fulllength upon the highwayman , and biting him savagely . He was throttled oft by the accomplices , who , having released their comrade , ran off together , without attempting either to rifle Mr . Latham ' s pockets or to retaliate the punishment he had inflicted upon his first assailant . Both were" covered with blood , which flowed freely from Mr . Latham's head and from the highwayman ' s face and nose . They no doubt thought he was loaded with a large sum of money he had been collecting during the day ; but they were mistaken , as he had left it behind him at Nottingham , About the same time Mr . Joshua Driver was attacked in North-street , Nottingham , by a powerful fellow , but a cry being ' raised the desperado decamped without effecting the robbery he intended .
Death of a Miser . —Perhaps an unparalleled instance of penuriousness and covetous disposition . has been brought to light at Wistow , about four miles from Cawood . A few days ago an old man , who had the reputation of being a miser , was found dead in his bed there . When a boy he had tho misfortune to lose one arm by the discharge of a gun , and as he had shortly afterwards a little money left him , he was enabled to subsist without working for a livelihood . Deceased lived by himself in a small house , which he allowed no one else to enter for the last twenty years and more . He appears to have indulged a monomania for the accumulation of all sorts of extraordinary articles , to an . extent scarcely credible . Although the house is small , it was found on examination to contain two waggon loads of property of . various descriptions . On the ground floor there was just a narrow road to the fire , and upstairs the deceased could barely have found room to get to the bed . The following is a list of the articles found in
the house , most of which have it is stated , been stolen at different times : —one and a half tons of coals ( although it is well ascertained he has only . bought one ton for twenty years ) , a cart load of sticks , a quantity of gateposts , a pair of harrows , several ploughshares , a cartwheel , sundry posts and rails , a guide post , a quantity of children ' s wearing apparel , a bushel and a half of partly burnt candles , fifty half worn brooms , a number of spades and shovels , a quantity of linen , principally belonging to children ; a large number of tops , balls , and marbles , which nearly filled a bushel measure ; many stones weight of staples , hasps , nails , crooks , & c . ; one sack full of . cow ties , and halters , eighteen farmers' whips , eighteen plough hames , a largo number of rakes and forks , & c . The amount of £ G 50 in sovereigns , spade guineas , together with 7 s . pieces , was found in different parts of the house ; and although this is not half the amount he was possessed of , yet he pinched himself so much of tho necessaries of life , that it is thought his sudden end was brought about principally by his
penuriousness . Suicide m Poison . —An inquest was held on Saturday last in Duke street , Chelmsford , on the body of John Clay , a young man in the service of Messrs . Cremer and Lovell , surgeons , who had terminated his existence by taking prussie acid . He had for some time been in a very nervous state of mind , brought on in a great measure , it is said , by habits of intemperance , to v / hieh , unhappily , he was much addicted . Being frequently employed in the surgery , it appears he too well knew the nature of the contents of some of the bottles ; and while the attention of Mr . Perry , the assistant , was taken off , the unfortunate man availed himself of the opportunity to swallow a quantity of the deadly acid , a bottle of which he took from tbe shelf . A verdict of " Temporary derangement" was returned . Deceased .
who bore the character of an honest and industrious man , has left a widow and four children , tho eldest of whom is about twelve years of age . The Collikuy Explosion near Wioan . —The inquest upon the bodies of the thirteen unfortunate persons killed in one of the coal mines belonging to Mr . Halibuvton , at Ince , near Wigan , on the 22 nd December , waa held at Hindley , before Mr . Driffield , coroner , on Tuesday . The inquiry had been previously opened to identify the bodies , but no evidence of importance had been gone into . From questions put by the coroner it appeared that all the persons working in the part of the mine where the explosion occurred had been killed , and no further evidence at all bearing upon the subject being obtainable from workmen on the premises , he proceeded to examine Mr . Dickinson , one of the government inspectors of coal mines , who gave his opinion as to
the state ot tbe pit . He traced the explosion to the accumulation of gas in the wide drift , and said : —I cannot reconcile this accumulation of gas in close proximity and open to the working places of tho men and boys with the proper examination by the fireman , such as appears to have been required by the rules of the pit . Had the fireman tried the place , be would , I think , have detected the gas , and have dislodged it ; or , failing to dislodge it , he would not have allowed tbe men and boys to work close to it with naked lights , or would at least have cautioned them of the danger . But no such intimation appears to have been given . The boy Banks , tbe only one from that part of the workings who escaped , says he heard nothing said about there being ? ange u' The conclusion , therefore , forces itself upon me that these old drifts bad not been examined that morning . —The jury found a verdict to the effect that death had resulted from accidental causes .
Murbbr at Belpkr , Derbyshire , —On Monday evening a man named'Antony Turner , who bad been dismissed fromtbe service of a lady named Barnes , residing with the Rev . J . Bannister , of Field House , Beiper , borrowed a carving knife , of Mr ; Hasland , who keeps a provision shop , and proceeded to the above residence . He knocked at the door , and stated that he wished to see Mrs . Barnes . That lady refusing'to see him , he rushed past the servant , and before the assistance ofcthe Rev . Mr . Bannister , who was at home , could be obtained , he severed Mrs . Barne ' s head from her body , and made bis escape . The marderer is a married man , a tailor by trade , about forty-five years of age , etanoY . about four feet eight inches high , rather dark , and of forbidding appearance , and had on at the time of the
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murder a . dprar Turner ,, was captured on Monday near to his own i £ n A young man namei . George Jackson met Turner » , he was coming in tho direction of Wirksworth , about half-nast seven in the evening .., He felt confident it was Turner , and he walked ; briskly up , to him . Upon seeing him do so Turner got on the shady side of the road , so as tn L out of the reflection of the moon , which was shining vervbSt at the time . . Jackson wishedTurner ^ 'good lielt" ashe suspected he was the man . Turner . madeno Slv but went on as fast as he could , and on arriving at Ihe end of the lane , he : jumped over a highball , and ran acVoss the fields ! Jackson then sought the Beiper constables and told them what he had seen , and the pursuit was nlanned . Wragg and S . Taylor , two of them , went up BelpeAne to wards Turner ' s house . When ; . they armed neu to Turner ' s house in Lane-end , they met a young man Samed Wa S , who told them that Turner had . taken refuge LTsMother ' sChouse close . by , and they ^ wen ^^ Xing him . The two constables went into the h ?" * : So her and on seeing them Turner retrea ed up stairs , and ¦
made an attempt on his life- by cutting nis roroas w « , u - Snot' table knife ; but the wound . was a very slight one , a Sable having struok . him a blow on the arm before he haitimeto do himself much injury . He was immediately Soured , and Mr . Pym , magistrates' clerk , just theri coming up in a light cart , he was put into it and conveyed to Reiner lock-up , where he . arrived at ten o ' clock , an immense mob being there to witness his arrival . The populace yelled and shouted until he had reached the interior of the building . Two of the Beiper constables remained with him about two hours , and a third one stopped with him all night . He was yery talkative .. On being conveyed . to the lock-up on Monday night , he met a man who has succeeded him as collector of rents , and he is stated to have said to him , "If I had met you , I should have murdered , you . I am an honesterman than you , though a murderer . " We understand he expresses himself pleased that he did not kill Mr . Bannister . He was very tired when captured , and had Mrirtentlv walked a number of miles ; he was perfectly calm
and collected after bis arrest .-The . inquest upon the body of Mrs , Barnes commenced on Tuesday , at the Newjnn , Beiper . The evidence given was substantially in accordance with the above facts . , . Attempteo . Mubbbr ' at Southampton . —A man named Harris , a gardener by trade , has been fully committed to take his trial at the Winchester assizes , for attempting to murder his wife . Some time since Harris suffered six months'imprisonment for ill-using his wife . They had been living separate lately , and the poor woman had maintained herself and child by stay making . On Saturday last Harris persuaded bis wife to be reconciled , and they both walked and made some purchases together . While crossing , in
the evening about nine o ' clock , a new made road , not much frequented , in order to get to their home , they , were , heard violently quarrelling by the wife of one of the Sappers and Miners stationed at the Ordnance Survey-office , whioh is close to this road ' . Presently the soldier ' s wife who had heard Harris and his wife quarrelling , as she passed them by was alarmed with the cry of murder , she hastily returned , and found the man and woman struggling on the ground . She heroically seized the fellow as he was in the actof attempting to out his wife's throat with a gardener's knife , and pinned him to the ground , but not before he . had cut two large gashes several inches in length in the lower part of his wife ' s cheek . The alarm given by the two women soon brought assistanceand Harris was secured .
, Yarmouth . —A Swindler . —During the last few days our town has been visited by perhaps one of the most impudent swindlers that -ever victimised our enlightened townsmen . A smart fellow , dressed in a naval frock coat and blue cap , with gold band , recently went to the East of England Bank , in this town , and representing himself as one " George W . Welch , lieutenant , commanding her Majesty's cutter Arrow , " tendered two bills of exchange , drawn by himself on the " Accountant General of the Navy , " and upon whioh he obtained cash to the amount of £ 75 , the bills being subsequently found to be utterly valueless , no such person as Lieutenant 6 . W . Welch being in existence . The fellow , with the most impudent effrontery
possible , volunteered a statement to the bank . manager to the effect that he was compelled to run into our roadstead from provisions being short . Having readily obtained the cash , he paid a similar complement to the Messrs , Gurneys and Co ., where equal good fortune attended him , and , with an addition of £ 30 in his pockets , he speedily disappeared , doubtless . upon an intended tour of the provinces , for the " Police Gazette" informs us that "his next appearance in public " was at Harwich , where he relieved the bank of Messrs , Cox and Co . Of the trifling sum of £ 29 , in exchange for some of his valuable paper securities . We hear that the Forresters have been set in motion , and are upon his scent , if indeed he is not already captured . —Bury Post .
Extbnsivb Fobobbies . —Leebs . —An extensive forgery on the above company has just been brought to light in this locality . From what has tranapired within the last few days it is evident that forged notes of the Yorkshire Banking Company ( which has branches in most of the large towns . of Yorkshire ) have been rather extensively circulated . Last Friday two men , named Jones and Jackson , were committed for trial from Bradford on five separate charges of having uttered these notes ; and in all , as far as can be ascertained , twenty £ 5 nntes have been passed in that town alone . On Saturday last Inspector Grahanj , apprehended three men , ' one of whom was identified by two Leeds tradesmen ( who accompanied him ) as the man who had paid them each a £ 5 forged note on Christmas-eve . On the same evening a great number of other forged notes were also paid in Leeds ,
The three men apprehended are named James Ellis , Edward Marshall , arid John Green . They were brought to Leeds on Monday , and underwent a long examination Mr . Inspector Graham produced a largft quantity of tea , some silk handkerchiefs , and other articles , which had been found on Sunday in a house in York-street , Leeds , and these articles are what appear to have been purchased by the parlies who paid the forged notes in Leeds on Christmas-eve . ; As far as can be ascertained , all the notes paid in Leeds were passed off on the same evening ( namely , on the 24 th ult . } , and almost at the same time . Not more than two hours seem to have elapsed between the first payment and the last , though they were made in different parts of the town . Ellis and Marshall were committed for trial at the next York assizes ; and Green was remanded .
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Another Sanguinary Outiugb . — The " Newry Telegraph" contains the following account of another atrocious attempt at agrarian murder which has been committed in the county Louth : ¦— " Although so short an interval has elapsed since the brutal murder perpetrated at Castleblaney , the painful task has again devolved upon us of recounting horrors which are enough to curdle the blood . The victim , in this instance , is Mr . James Eastwood , J . P ., D . L ., of Castletown House , in the county of Louth , situate within a mile of Dun dalk . Mr . Eastwood , while walking home from Dundalk to Castletown , about four o ' clock on Wednesday evening , had approached a quarry on the side of a by-way leading from
the Castleblauey-road , and facing his orchard , which is situated at the back of his dwelling house . He had crossed the stile , at the gate leading to the farm-yard , when he observed three men following ln ' m . They soon made up to him , and began to use abusive language , which was inimediately followed by an attack with , it is supposed , slicks and stones , he having no means of defence further than an umbrella , which he carried under his arm . Having beaten him , they flung him into the quarry , leaving him for dead . At hall-past four or five o ' clock , a young man , about sixteen or seventeen years of age , passed the spot , and saw Mr . Eastwood lying in the quarry , He was afraid to speak , and passed on . A few minutes afterwards , a woman coming for milk to
% the farm-yard discovered him , and , having procured assistance , he was removed to his own house . On examining his clothes , it was found that the gold watch worn by Mr . Eastwood was missing , and part of the chain remained round his neck . Some silver was found in his pocket , which it is supposed was all he had had in his possession , as although he had got the price of a cow that day in Dundalk , he had lodged the amount in bank . At the place where he was tound , a large patch of blood is to be seen in the quarry , also a stone having blood on it . The reputation borne by Mr . Eastwood is that of a kind and considerate landlord . According to the last accounts Mr . Eastwood has so far rallied that hopes are noiv entertained of his ultimate
recovery . In . consequence ofthe numerous sanguinary outrages perpetrated in the district above referred to , the government has decided upon sending a strong military force to aid the already augmented bedy of police acting there . Two companies of the 74 th Highlanders are ordered to the proclaimed district . The "DefundkB-S . "—It is said that matters have been au ) USted in the Catholic Defence Association by a verbal and " understood" retractation on the part of the remonstrating members , and that we are to hear no more of the opposition to Mr . Wilberforce , either on the ground of nationality or unfitness .
State of the Country . -An -extra " Ga « tte" was published on Saturday , containing the Lord Lieutenant ' s proclamations of the parishes of Clontibret and Mucknow , in the barony of Cremorne , county Q f Monaghan , Derry" f A h baronies of Tyranny and Armagh , county Fire at Spike Convict Depot . -A fire broke out last week in the convict prison at Spike Island , which for a time threatened the destruction of a great portion ofthe prison buildings . Four buildings out of eleven in the range , and everything contained in them-namely , provisions stores , clothing , bedding , die ., were entirely consumed . The other buildings were saved by pulling the roof off a fifth . The damage is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . Thr Assassination
_ of Mr . BAinsoN .-Sir Robert Bateson , Bart ., brother of Mr . Thomas Bateson , the victim It nf S ! bftCTni 7 ' h ? , ^ itten a lon S letter to the editor of the "Belfast Chronicle , " vindicating his relative from certain charges of oppression preferred against him by a northern paper . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 6 * State of LEiTRiM .-The "Boyle Gazette " says :- " We are concerned to find that the above county promises at 11 f * Z ¦ (\ - ^ . Sup P ^ o ^ css for the nex assizes . Within the last week several houses have been feloniously , entered-tbe inmates sworn against tffi ground or working for those who may obtaK ^ butwl on Winstmas . night , by ^ . parcel 0 f midni ght legisla thSvS g ^^ Z Sen ^ 4 ^ tr ^ ¥ oVffi eCon nas lauen off 13 , U 2 m the decade between 1841 and 1851
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, . latter 68 , 184—thus showing a decrease of 19 Pe « Th % population of Traleo in 1841 . was 13 , 120 , aJ \ t , \ 16 , 828—giving an increase of 3 , 708 , or 20 per cent $ is ihiefly attributable to the admission of pauper ' inf icl > auxiliary workhouses within the town . Now , there P ^ no doubt but that at least half of tbis increase musu ' been caused by an influx into Tralee of persons froni T * tricts outside of this union , so that we may fairly aeu * the loss of population by deaths and emigration at i *?^ or 21 per cent . —Killarney . —This union presents a s ' what more favourable picture , the decrease in ponui ^ being only 15 per cent . The numbers in the ceLi ! ^ turn ! are , in 1841 , . 60 , 808 ; in 1861 , 50 , 388-E > 10 , 420 . —Kenmare . —The falling off . in the populati 3 this union has been . greater on' the average than even ' Tralee , reaching to nearly . 24 per dent . The numbers a represented to have been , in 1841 , 28 , 026 ; in 1851 . 219 ! . ? decrease 6 , 744 . " ' »** *
Thb . Maynooth Gram . —Important Petition . —a nun , rously-signed address has been presented to her Mai est praying for the withdrawal of all state assistance from i ? College of Manooth . . This is likely to , be the precursor 5 hundreds of other , petitions on tha same subject , ^ jf secretary of Sir George Grey , barely announces that HT right honourable the Home Secretary had the honour t lay the address before the Qneen . . " General Meeting of Poor Law GuAnniAss . —A Q < . nw meeting of the poor law guardians of the county of Clare ? being organised for the purpose of representing to the i ? gislature the condition of that county , with a view to an equitable arrangement of the Treasury demands for the ll mine loans .
The Provostship of Trinity Coh . bgk . —The high 0 ffiM of provost has been conferred on Dr . M'Donnell , one of tha senior fellows , and one of the most popular men in ( j . Irish University . Pbavino for this Popb . —Archbishop Murray ha , through his Archdeacon , invited his clergy to say certaij public prayers ordered by the Pope , to avert threatened ca , lamities from the Church and State . Strike of Engineers . —The " Northern Whig" says "The mischief is not . confined to England ; it has madeitj appearance in Belfast , and in such a manner as proves that a skilfully arranged organisation exists between the engi neers and machinists of Great Britain and Ireland . In out leading establishment in this town , twenty-six of the wort men have * struck , ' after presenting their employer withj notice similar to that of the mea of Oldham . "
Another Cask ot Assassination . —On Monday evening , as a respectable man named John Overend was returni ng home to the village of Louth , from the market of Dundalk , he was met by two men , at a place called Knockbrid ge , Having passed him by , they suddenly turned round , wh en one of them discharged a pistol at him , lodging the content } ( slugs ) in the small of his back . Overend fell to the ground immediately , and the miscreants , believing they had taken his life , decamped . The slugs have since been extracted bj Dr . Brunker , and we are happy to state that Overend \ not yery dangerously wounded . Ho was employed as a bailiff on the estate of the Rev . Arthur Olive , in this count * . of whioh Mr . Graham Johnston , of Dundalk , is agent , Two persons have been arrested on suspicion by the Loutl police , and lodged in Dundalk gaol . "—Newry Examiner .
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Coiaision or Vessels . —In the new Steam Navi gation Act , which came into force on Thursday , there are several provisions with respect to lights to be carried for guarding against the collision of vessels . Tbe Admiralty is to make regulations as to the exhibition of lights by vessels , which regulations are to be made public , and all existing regula . tions on the subject are to continue until revoked , i penalty , not exceeding £ 20 , is to be imposed for a noaobservance of the regulations . Rules are made by section 27 to prevent collisions , which are to be observed under aS penalty of £ 20 . In case a collison occurs through non-observance of the rules , the owners are not to be entitled tn ^
compensation , except tbe circumstances justified a departure from the rule . " And in caso any damage to person or property be sustained in consequence ofthe non-obsery anoe of any of the said rules , the same shall in all courts of justice be deemed , in the absence of proof to the contrary , to have been occasioned by the wilful default of tha master or other person having the charge of such vessel and such master or other person shall , unless it appears to the Court before which the case is tried that the circumstances of the case were such as to justify a departure from the rule , be subject in all proceedings , whether civil or criminal , to the legal consequences of such detail . "
The Tweed Sauion Poachers . —Owing to the apparently approaching extirpation of the salmon , the proprie . tors of tho Tweed fisheries resolyed to make this year additional efforts to protect the breeding fish during close time . On the lower parts of the river these efforts have been very successful ; but much difficulty , and' we may say danger , are encountered in trying to prevent tho work of destruction in the upper Peebleshire districts . In tlie village of Innerleithen particularly the law is openly defied , and the poachers muster nightly at . the sound ofthe horn , in bunds of a hundred , and sally out resolved to over-power , if they can , any force brought against them ; and so formidable have they become that it is not thought safe to interfere
with them unless the bailiffs muster thirty strong . Sue ! also is the amount of terrorism exercised by the poachers , chiefly by nocturnal outrages on doors and windows , aod by threats of personal violence , that for seventeen mite along the banks it has been found impossible to obtain lodgings for the bailiffs . In consequence of some windowbreaking and threats , even a nobleman , formerly zealous on the side ofthe law , has been frightened into prohibiting the bailiffs from lodging on his estates . This is a but ! example ; and that set by some other magistrates and officials is so very little better , that there is about as much law in Tweeddale this winter as there was 800 years ago .-Scotsman .
Wages a Century Since . —The following is an extract from a letter dated Bedale , Yorkshire , 5 th September , 1766 : — " Harvest is now pretty busy with us in many parts of this neighbourhood . Is . 6 d . a day is given for labourers , which in this part is looked upon as extravagant wages . The wheat is in general very good , and prodigious crops , Turnips this year will also be very good and plentiful-in short , never was known , I believe , such plenty of all kinds of fodder ; but , on the other hand , so great a scarcity of cattle to eat it . Beef and mutton in our market still continue at 3 £ d . per lb ., and if ia confidently affirmed , by judges in the case , won ' t be much lower this year . Best wheat in our market last Tuesday , notwithstanding the goodness of the harvest , was near 6 s . a bushel . " Loss of the Dinoix , New York . Trader . —The total loss of this fine ship was announced on Saturday at Llnvd's . She left New York for Liverpool in the latter part of November
, and after she had been some distance on the voyage it was discovered that she had made a considerable leakage . The crew worked incessantly at the pumps-one poor fellow died of fatigue , and a lad was drowned . But for the circumstance of the Lady Bulwer , from Quebec to London , sighting the ship , and bearing down to their rescue , the probability is , that every soul" ; would have perished . Tbe ^ uu- 8 P ee , dilv afterwards went down in tbe Atlantic . The Dibbin had a valuable cargo of flour and wheat , besides other merchandise . Mr . Keen , the master of her , has publicly expressed bis thanks to the Lady Bulwer crew fot the humanity they displayed in preserving him and his men-1 utnky Bridge . —Among the improvements called forth by the increased locomotive propensities of the age , wc note one which is likely to be productive of much convenience and advantage to the public . The old , unsightlv , inconvenient , and dangerous bridges on tho Thames have one by one given way to more safe and elegant structures . The
onuge across tne river trom Fulham to Putney still remains a serious obstruction to the navigation . For the require ' ments of a century ago the existing bridge was doubtless sufficient ; but the enormous increase of the traffic , motf especially of steamers , calls for a bridge Jess dangerous U vessels and passengers . To effect this object a company has been formed , with the view of obtaining an act of parlinmerf conferring the necessary powers . The new company prowosf to construct a handsome iron bridge . —Globe . Presents to Earl Granville . —The French government have presented a chest of Sevres porcelain to Em 1 Granville , President of tbe Roval Commission , and a tea
service to Mr . Dilke , member of the Executive Committee as a testimonial of the sense it entertains of the part whic . they took m the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industr ; ? a l Nations > n Hyde Park in 1851 , and * Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Treasury desired tli ! proper authorities of the revenue to permit their free delivci * for that purpose on their arrival in tbis country . Tbe arti ; cles forming the presents alluded to have since arrived , anl been delivered to their destination . An Eccestric Suicide—The following paragraph appears in a French paper t-On a well-dressed bodv , it covered this morning hanging from a tree on the road I ' ro ? Versailles to hceaux , the following letter was found : ' lh
# psewho shall discover my body swaying itself at t & impulse of the winds , as did those formerly suspended : the gibbet at Montfancon , will , no doubt , feel either terrcr struck or moved with pity . ' Behold , ' they will esdaiU ' another victim of wretchedness or grief . ' They will : mistaken , I have always been perfectly happy . I feel ttf with old age will come infirmities , and it is to avoid tf slightest pain , the most petty annoyance , that I have det < f mined to put an end to my life . This may appear absurd but I am of opinion that when one has lived comfortable J more than sixty years one ought to have had enough of $ 1 am alone in the world . I was not an inhabitant of Par 1 therefore thmk it will be impossible to know who I a * Besides , I have taken every precaution for enonrinfr th *
t . » V - 'll ? W 1 S - h of - a dyinS commands any respetf i entreat that no inquiries may be made on the subject , left my home after selling everything , and giving out tint l !\ £ rt , n f ? f V / orei S" ^ y . My proiertv is ' realised , and tie bank-notes which it has produced will JiiJ yesterday reached the hands of an honest father ofafa »* should be ignorant of their source . Having no M business m this world , I am going . Good bye ! ( Sig ^' —An Original . " According to an annual statement issued by the W Chancellor , the expenses ofthe Oxford University P «'" amount to £ 1 , 400 . j Kossuth ' s mnthw in tioHouoii ' *« ¦ % « a ^ a Thn report ..
her arrest was only a few days old when it was foll ° f J that of her decease . It has since been contradicted , u "' ,, denial is received with suspicion . She was understood have been brought a prisoner to ' Vienna ' , ' but the Of % papers now say she died at Pesth . Whether she die ^ j the way or from long persecution after the liber ationi > f return , or whether death overtook her in the hands o > tormentors , remains a mystery . $ London is to be drained by a pint-stock eomp » u « intend to apply to Parliament in 1852 far an act w poration .
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