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    fEBMcx or Mssshjhsoiheb AOAissT a Chemist . — , Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P-, held an inquest at e King ' s Anns , Rawstorne-street , ClerkenweU , on e body of William Watts , aged 24 , a cab-driver , itabeth "Watts , widow of the deceased , stated that r husband comp lained of a cold on the 7 th ult , and $ t he went to Mr . Peter Watkins ' s , druggist , vddlcton-street , io purchase two ounces of Epsom Its . After he nadpurchased the salts , be observed the shop circular that there were tasteless salts , id asked the shopman , Mr . Charles Watkins , the [ other and apprentice of Mr . Peter Watkins , to take i ckthe Epsom and give him one ounce ofthe taste-35 salts in lieu of it . The shopman complied , as he aasined , and her husband returning home , melted , e " supposed salts and drank them . His face inantlv became as red as fire , and having exclaimed

    Iiat he was poisoned , he became speechless . Her [ Usband never after left his bed , where he died on he 16 th ult . Mr . Broad , surgeon , stated that he ated the drains that remained in the cup , and found hat deceased had taken tartaric acid . Mr . Wat-; uis , jun .: I cannot deny having made the mistake . > Irs . Watts recalled : All she received from Mr . Vatkins was 2 s ., which he gave her mother when lie informed him of their poverty . She obtained iirthcr assistance from the parish . The jury retired , ud , after a short deliberation , returned averdict of -Manslaughter against Charles Watkins , jun ., who ponied little prepared for such a result . The Cornier wrote his committal , and he was conveyed to jiol in custody of . Mr . Money , the summoning officer , [ he jury raised a subscription in behalf ofthe poor idow .

    I The Late Bask Robbery . —The following mci-Bent connected with this extensive and mysterious tnbbery will show that it has created a greater degree of interest on the continent than in London . In pfe limes of Saturday , under the head of the city Article , appeared Hie substance of a communication from Messrs . Rogers relative to the course pursued j » y the firm to prevent any of the stolen notes being put into circulation ; this , coupled with the assistance rendered by the police of France , Belgium , Germany , and Holland , has been attended with the utmost success . The gentleman sent out by Mr . Ilobler was Mr . Justin , and while on the continent , in looking over the foreign journals , he read a paragraph in one of the Frankfort papers , stating that

    one ofthe stolen notes had been on ' creu for change at Hamburgh by an English navigator . The paragraph appearing \ rith something like authority , Mr . Justin jnstantly started for that city , when , upon his arrival , he found tho report to be in every person ' s m outh . Without losing a moment , Mr . Justin proceeded to make the necessary inquiries , on which he iras informed that the man who had attempted to negotiate the note was one of the navigators in the cnSp loy of Mr . Mundy , of Abeuurcu-lane , Cannonstreet , but who at the time was over at Hamburg h superintending the construction of the city sewers , which are nearly completed . The atfount was , that the note was offered to a Jew of tlie name of Goldsmid , who at once sent for

    Mr . Mundy . Upon the arrival of that gentleman he caused the house of the ' man to be searched , when between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 ofthe stolen notes were found secreted . The statement led Mr . Justin to inquire what had become of the man ; the reply wis that Mr . Munday had caused him to be secured until some person , empowered to take him into custody , should arrive from England . Hearing this account from different sources , Mr . Justin instantly proceeded to the residence of a Mr . Mevines , a magistrate , when that functionary rendered Mr . Justin the assistance of the police , who proceeded to that part ofthe city in which the alleged offender was said to be coniined in the sewer , and saw Mr . Munday , who uiimcdiately said there was nota word of truth in the

    rumour , although the tale of the bill being offered , the discovery of the £ 4 , 000 , and his confining the man in ihe sewer , was the subject of general conversation Knifing the whole to be a hoax , Mr . Justin instantly commenced retracing his steps , when Mr . Munday also being required at home , they both set out together . The Elbe being frozen over , it was necessary to travel in sledges . To the surprise of Mr . Justin , as well as Mr . Munday , those portions of the city through which they had to pass , as well ag that part ofthe Elbe where the sledge was , by which they were io travel , was discovered to be densely crowded by

    people of all ranks and grades . Finding they were ihe objects of the people ' s curiosity , they inquired into the cause , when they ascertained that a report had got into circulation that Mr . Justin was an English officer , and that he was returning with the person who had committed the great robbery at the rich English banker ' s , and it was to catch a glimpse of so renowned a thief that the public curiosity was excited . The explanation caused considerable merriment . It has been ascertained beyond a doubt that none of the stolen notes have even been offered for circulation in any of those places through which Mr .-Justin travelled .

    Belfast . —Alarmesg Fihe v > a Paws-office . — On Friday morning ; , about eleven o ' clock , a tire , which threatened destruction to a vast deal of property , broke out in the premises of Mr . Robert Gilmore , pawnbroker , corner of North-street and Carrick-hill . It is supposed that its origin arose from a jnctal stove in the office , which communicated with a funnel in one of the upper rooms . Nearly the entire property of pawned goods were consumed . Murder rs Cdmberlasd . —On Monday morning last the inhabitants of the town of Diversion were thrown into a state of the greatest consternation and alarm by a report that an itinerant razor grinder , who is an inhabitant of that town , had murdered his wife in the most brutal and barbarous manner . On

    inquiry , the melancholy rumour was found out to be too true . On Friday night the husband returned home in a state of intoxication , and a quarrel ensued between him and bis wife , which at length terminated with blows . The enraged man eventually seized the poker , and struck his wife a formidable blow with it on the head , which completely shattered her skull , and must , it is supposed , have produced instantaneous death . Not satisfied with what he had done , the enraged murderer commenced kicking the head of his victim , with such violence as to force one of her jaws entirely oat of its place ; he then brutally Tacked her on various parts of her body , which he dreadfully mutilated . He then stripped the dead body entirely naked , and threw it down stairs , after which he burnt the whole of her clothing . Waving done this , he left the house , and went io his wife ' s sister , and Coolly told her he was afraid his wife was dead . In the meantime two children ( a boy and a girl ) awoke , and

    the neighbours , who had heard the noise , were first alarmed by the screams of the boy that his father had murdered his mother . The wretched man was secured . —Carlisle Journal . —Tlie inquiry into this horrible affair was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , the 28 th ult ., before Mr . W . Blendal , when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against the prisoner , Thomas Donahoo , for murdering his wife , on Friday , the 20 th ult ., by striking her with aniron bar . In the course of the inquest the sbn of the prisoner was examined , and deposed that his father had kicked and struck his mother both up and down stairs , and dragged her by the hair of the head , and in various other ways abused her . The prisoner has had six children , all of whom are dead , with the exception of a boy about twelve years of age , and a girl about three . The evidence of the boy was of itself conclusive as regards the father ' s guilt , and will probably , when given elsewhere , consign tie guilty parent to an ignominious death .

    Dreadful Acctoest js Jebmtx-sibeet . —Monday morning , about- nine o ' clock , the inhabitants of Jermyn-stroet , St . James ' s , were alarmed by a tremendous report , accompanied with a rumbling noise which sounded like a discharge of ordnance . On proceeding to the spot it was ascertained to have been caused by the sudden falling of an exceedingly high scaffold , erected against the premises of Mr . Slater , butcher , now undergoing repair , and which involves in its consequences the sacrifice of no less than four human beings ( labourers employed by the contractor ) . One was taken out quite dead , and two are missing , who it is feared have been crushed by tie weight of the falling timber . Another was removed on a stretcher to the hospital in a very precarious state , small hopes being held out of his recovery . It appears the workmen proceeded as usual to the house

    ouMonday morning , no suspicion having been entertained tat the scaffold was at aU in a dangerous state , it beinj , composed of strong upright poles , which are renderd secure by long cross pieces of timber firmly wedgedto the brickwork ;& nd tied with thick cords . They wee in the act of running the scaffold up some ten or tv . elve feet higher , for the purpose of completing ti ; ornamental coping on the parapet of the house , wh-n they were alarmed by the boarding or flooring of the scaffold suddenly receding from the wall , and l « fore they could warn their fellow work men the wlole fell and occasioned the dreadful result An inquest was held the same evening upon the man * ho was kilted , and the jury , after considerable discussion , rctnmedaverdictof AceidentalDeath ; they , however , added their strong opinion , that the scaffolding had been made to bear a much greater weight than it ought to 1 we done .

    Hokhible Case . —Death fbom the IsciEMEXcr or ihe Weaxheb . —A sad instance of the vicissitudes to which the poor are exposed , and of their many rials , happened last week . A man named John ? latthews , belonging to the parish of Brinkworth , and who had been wmmitted to the Jvew Prison here for two months , for having left his wife and children chargeable to the parish , was discharged on Wednes day , the llth Dec ., his term of imprisonment having spired . The weather was then , as our readers no doubt recollect bitterly cold , and he was most

    miserabl y clad , having exchanged his warm woollen Prison dress for his own clothes—mere rags ; the B PPer garments consisting of an old waistcoat and a thin slop . He was also suffering from a diseased n , a complaint of long standing . On leaving the Prisonhehad a loaf of bread and fourpence given him for his sustenance on the road home—a distance of nearly twenty mik * He had proceeded only about three miles , when he was driven by the cold into a Public-house , the Bell , at St . Edith ' s Marsh , Avherc , m order to have the benefit of the fire , he purchased

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    a little beer and ate part of his loaf , Soon after leaving this house he found himself unable to proceed , and took shelter in a shilling near the road , in which there happened to be somestraw . Here , according to his own account , he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison . On the Monday morning he left his shelter , and crawled to the Shoulder of Mutton public-house , at Bromham , where he was taken care of by the landlord , who is overseer of the parish , and who , on the Wednesday afternoon , conveyed him in a comfortable covered cart to the union-house at Malmesburv , where he was immediately taken in ,

    placed in the sick ward , and where every attention was paid him . On reaching Malmesbury he appeared in pretty good spirits , but was unable to walk , his feet being so badly frost-bitten that Mr . Jeston , the medical attendant , declared he must lose them . On Saturday he expired , and an inquest was taken before Mr . Whitmarsh , on Tuesday last , at the Malmesbury Union Workhouse , on his body . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Musgrave , the master , that deceascQ was brought in a cart to that place from Bromham , on the 18 th Dec . The general health of deceased appeared as good as when before in the workhouse , and it seemed to him unnecessary to send for a doctor that day , but on the next Mr . Jeston was sent for , who attended the deceased and

    continued to do so untu his death , which took place on the Saturday following . This witness gave wine and brandy to the deceased according to the directions of Mr . Jeston , and every attention was afforded him until his death . On the day after he was brought into the union deceased told him that he left the New Prison , Devizes , on the Wednesday week , the llth December ; that upon exchanging the prison dress , which was warm , and putting on his own old waistcoat and slop , he felt the cold severely . On arriving at Rowde , he went to a public-house , and sat there some hours to warm himself , as it was very cold . He then went on a short distance and laid down on some straw in a shilling , where he staid until the following Monday morning . On that day

    he crawled out and proceeded a little farther on the road to another public-house . There he remained until Wednesday , when he was brought to the workhouse . Mr . Jeston stated that he attended the deceased , and found his feet to be frost-bitten , and , to all appearance , dead , which ultimately led to his death . He had attended deceased before when suffering froin palpitation of tho heart ; and he thought a person with such a complaint would be more likely to be affected by a sudden change of dress and temperature . Mr . Haywood , the governor of the prison , stated that deceased was committed there on the 12 th of October last , for two months , with hard labour . He weighed , on being admitted , 1271 b ., and upon leaving he had increased to 1351 b . He was not put

    to the labour , because the surgeon certified that he was afflicted with palpitation of the heart . He appeared in good health whilst there , and never complained . Tlie temperature of the prison was from 46 to 48 degrees . Deceased left the prison on Wednesday , the llth of December , about nine o ' clock in the morning , after breakfast , taking with him about a pound and a half of bread and fourpence . Alary Matthews , widowofthedeceascd , statedthather husband , self , and child , came into the Malmesbury Union workhouse in March last , and remained there until July following , when her husband was desirous of leaving to go into Wales to redeem some clothes which she had pawnod there . Upon their leaving the workhouse they received one shilling and three loaves , and a promise from the relieving officer to find her husband work . He was referred to a railway contractor , who refused to employ him , saying that

    " if Mr . Wightwick keeps the people in the union and half starves them , Tie must find them work . " Her husband then went into Wales , and she came back into the workhouse . In about eight weeks afterwards her husband returned , when he applied at the workhouse for admission . He was immediately taken into custody , and committed to prison the same day , for leaving her and the child chargeable to the parish ! The husband told her that whilst in Wales he was nearly half starved ; and that he had been cheated of some wages through the failure of another person . Her husband had always been kind towards her and the child , and was a sober man , and brought his earnings home when able to work . Verdict—That deceased died from the inclemency of the weather ; and the jury are of opinion that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects .

    Accnnrei on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway . —The course of this line has been suddenly interrupted by the falling in ofthe tunnel between the Biding Mill and Corbridge stations . It appears the company were engaged in widening the tunnels , in order to form a double line of railway , it having been originally made single in this part , and the props put in having been insufficient to support the superincumbent mass , it fell in suddenly on Saturday last , only a few minutes after the passage of a train . Fortunately no lives were lost , but the injury done to the works is so great as completely to interrupt the traffic on the line . In consequence , the trains from Newcastle to Carlisle now stop at the Riding Mill station , where the passengers are transferred to omnibuses , and luggage to waggons , in which they are conveyed by the turnpike to the Corbridge station , where they again get upon the line .

    DreauFCIi Affair at Derby . —On Monday last a coroner ' s jury was summoned to the Town-hail to investigate the cause of death of a young man , aged twenty-one , named Frank Dixon Manning , formerly footman in the family of a clergyman residing in a neighbouring county , but latterly a frame-work hosemaker , in the employ of Mr . Morley , of Nottingham . There is a family residing in Derby of the name of Allen ; the father is a copper-plate printer . He has six daughters and one son . Two years ago he resided at Leicester , and some time before then the deceased , Manning , became acquainted with his daughter Caroline , and madeproposals to her , which , however , were rejected until about a year ago . Caroline frequently went over to Nottingham to attend

    a saloon there , in the capacity , as she states , ot vocalist , and received certain wages for her services , whatever those might be . During her visits there she frequently supplied the deceased with money , and pressed for their union . He complained of his restricted means , and she gave him on one occasion two sovereigns to get the banns published , and to purchase the necessary articles for the wedding . The banns ran out about two months ago , and the deceased then wished her to wait a little , until his friends became more reconciled to the match . The match was broken off at the girl ' s request , but by desire of the deceased she subsequently wrote to him as a friend several times , and onj one occasion saw him at Nottingham . On Christmas-day hearrivedinDerby .

    atapublic-housekep t by a person named Glue , at which place Caroline met him in the evening by bis particular desire . He wished to know whether she still desired that the acquaintance should cease . Her reply was that she did , and she urged the propriety of this course . He said , "Kit must be so , it must , " and they parted in good feeling . Next day he spent several hours at the house of Caroline ' s father , and conducted himself much as usual . In the evening he went to a saloon , and took part in the singing or performance , and Caroline went there to see him , and after remaining a short time bade him good night , and then proceeded to another saloon , where she remained until four o'clock in the morning , and was taken home by a young man , who is supposed to be

    somewhat enamoured of her charms . On Friday morning the deceased again returned to Allen ' s house . At that time Caroline was in bed . Two other sisters , Eliza and Emma , were in the house . The deceased called to Caroline at the foot of the stairs , and she got up , dressed herself , and then descended to the house place . Meanwhile the deceased had sent her sister Emma for a pint of ale , and on Caroline descending the stairs he inquired kindly after her health , and then presented a glass of ale to her , saying , " Caroline , drink with me ; it's our parting glass . " She complied , and had no sooner got some ofthe contents into her stomach than she became ill , and began to vomit . The deceased told her that the reason he had done it was , because he could not bear

    to see the objeet of Ms affection in the arms of another ; adding , that his former wife ( the daughter of the clergyman with whom he lived as servant , and with whom he eloped , a divorce having since been obtained ) was about to be united to her cousin ; but that he " should not have minded , had she ( Allen ) been willing to many him ; and that , under these circumstances , he could not , and would not , bear with it . " The girl was got up stairs , where she vomited repeatedly ; and presently afterwards the deceased rushed into the bedroom , carrying a glass of ale in his hand , and seemingly very much agitated . Caroline called to her sister , as well as she was able , to save him , but it was too late ; he

    drank the contents of the glass , then walked up to the bed and kissed Caroline several times , using endearing terms , and expressing a hope that she would be saved . He then fell to the ground , foaming at the mouth , stretched out his legs and arms , and threw his head about continually , but there was no motion in his arms , or any other part of his body . He died almost immediately . Medical aid was procured , and all available means taken , but without effect , in so far as regards him . The girl continued in great danger for some time , and is still very ill , but in her case life is not despaired of . A razor , and a phial containing prussic acid , were found in the waistcoat pocket of deceased ' s clothes ; and after a long investigation on Monday afternoon the jury came to a verdict of Felo de se . The house where the body lay presented a sad scene of misery .

    The late Murder and Suicide at Ashford . — Inquest . —Saturday afternoon Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for the western division of Middlesex , impanelled a jury of fifteen of the principal inhabitants and farmers of the parish of Asbford , at the King ' s Head Inn , in the village of Ashford , near Staines , to investigate the circumstances attendant upon the deaths of William Oliver , aged 36 years , and Sarah Oliver , his wife , aged 27 years , who resided in a cot-

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    tage in that village . The jury having viewed the bodies , and examined two or three witnesses whose evidence was of minor importance , Mr . Wakley ordered the boy , one of the children of the 'deceased , to be brought into the room , which was done ; ahd he was placed standing on a chair at the foot of the table . He appealed to be an intelligent boy , and , m answer to questions put to him by the coroner , said : " My name is William Oliver . I was at home on Monday last all the evening . My mother was also at home all the evening . She appeared to be very well . I did not hear her complain ; she was quite sober . My father came home that evening between eight and nine o ' clock . He was also sober . When he came in he kicked up a row with my mother about some money . My father had some money , and she

    wanted him to give her some for the purpose of buying some coke . My father swore at her , but he did not strike her , neither did I hear him threaten to do anything to her . They both called each other names . On that night my sister had bread and butter for supper , and father and mother had bread and bacon . Mother had got the supper ready against father came home . They had tea to drink with it . I was the first to go to bed . It was soon after supper . Neither my mother nor father were ill when I went to bed . They were quarrelling when I went to bed . Did not hear them quarrelling afterwards in the night . Did not see father put anything like a powder , or anything out of a bottle , into the teapot . Saw him put the tea into the teapot . Father did not usually put the tea into the teapot . Never saw him do so before . Father brought the tea with him from

    Feltham . The tea was in a large piece of paper , and when father had put it into the pot he threw the paper into the fire . The tea found in the caddy was put there by my mother on the Monday afternoon . It was a pennyworth that she had bought . Father was sitting there when mother put the tea into tho caddy . When mother drank the tea that father made she said it was very nasty . I had a basin full . Father poured it out forme . He was not in the habit of doing so , but he did that night . When I went to bed I wished him ' good night , ' and he wished me so too . Father often beat mother because she would go to fairs . He did not threaten to beat her that night . Mother did not got tipsy , but father used to do so . Father used to beat me freauentJv . Sometimes I have had victuals , and

    sometimes not . Father used to have 2 s . and four loaves every week from the relieving officer . Heard father tell mother so . They paid the rent with the money . Father had not worked lately , as he could not get work . Father had been in the Brentford union workhouse at Isleworth . Have been out with father begging . Father beat me on the night before he died . Last week we had nothing to eat for two days . Heard a blowing noise on Monday ni g ht like wind . Did not hear father and mother talking during the night . Heard no blows in the course ot the night . Father spoke to me just as it was getting light , and told me there was a basin of tea and some bread and butter in the cupboard in the other room that I could have . There was a coke fire in the room on Monday evening , but it went out before I went to bed . "—The coroner

    asked if any basin of tea had been found in the cupboard?—Mr . Richardson said there was not . —Mi * . Christopher B . Emmott , examined : I am a surgeon , and live at Hounslow . 1 received an order from the coroner to make a post mortem examination of the bodies ofthe deceased . I went yesterday to the cot- ; tage , and found the two bodies in an inner room . The body ofthe woman appeared to have been compressed against the bed , particularly the upper part ; the lips were swollen and the face red , and bore marks of the clothes underneath . Examined her eyelids . They were not much reddened . The body of the woman was quite different in appearance to the pinched expression of the body of the man . On opening the body of the woman I found the lungs much congested , and the right cavity of the heart

    was full of liquid blood . It was in a liquid state generally . The vessels of the head were very much congested . The stomach contained food , apparently bread and egg ; the white of egg . The lining membranes of the stomach were not affected at all . There was a slight appearance of decomposition . The mucous membranes were perfectly healthy . Examined also the gums ; they were in a turgid state . I found no poison in the body of the woman . I believe that she died from suffocation , by respiration having been impeded by force . —The coroner said he was much struck on seeing the bodies by the great difference in their appearance . The skin of the man was pallid , while that of the woman presented the same appearance as bodies of persons who have died by drowning . The lips were swollenand the lining membrane cut , and the nose was flattened . —Mr . Emmott : The man ' s skin was pallid . On opening the body I found the chest healthy , the lungs healthy

    and very little blood in the heart . On examining the stomach I found the mucous membranes very much congested . I have analysed equal quantities of the contents of each stomach , and have tried the same tests with each , and the results are that there is no poison in the woman ' s , while there is arsenic in the man s . —The Coroner : Then what would you sajr was the cause of the man ' s death . —Mr . Emmott : Poison ; I should say arsenic . The result of all the tests was the same , and was so satisfactory that I Imve not the slightest doubt in the matter . —Several witnesses were then examined as to the state of the man's mind previous to his death . None of them considered him to have been at all inclined to insanity . ^ They described him as having been lazy and violent , and most brutal towards his wife and children . The coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder as to the death ofthe woman , and Felo de se in the case of the mm .

    The late Attempted Murder of a Child bv its Father , and subsequent Suicide . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was Held at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Noah Flood , aged 43 , who destroyed himself , and also attempted to take the life of his infant daughter . After a long inquiry ( the facts of which appeared in the town edition of last . Saturday ' s Star ) , the jury returned a verdict that—The deceased destroyed himself , being in an unsound state of mind . The child was ordered to be sent to the workhousei Execution at York . —The murderer , William Kendrew , underwent the extreme sentence ofthe law on Monday forenoon in front of the county gaol , for the murder of Mr . Inchbald , on the high road near

    Knaresborough . The scaffold was erected at an early hour in front of St . George ' s-fields ; and before twelve o ' clock drew near , several thousand persons had congregated together , including a large proportion of women . The unfortunate man mounted the scaffold with a very firm step . He was pretematurally pale , but , beyond that , betrayed no emotion or fear . It was observed , however , that as the executioner was adjusting- the rope , a shivering spasm crossed his frame , while his chest heaved convulsively . After being suspended the usual time , the body was cut down , and taken within the gaol , where it will be buried in accordance with his sent nee . A young man was detected , almost at the foot if the scaffold , in the act of picking pickets !

    Dense Fogs in Manchester . —Fatal Railwat Accident . —Manchester , Monday Night . — Tho weather in this town , which has been unusually bright for some time past , broke on Friday last . Since that period we have had occasional fogs and gentle showers . This morning the fogs became so dense that the whole of our manufactories and places of business were obliged to light their gas . About nine o ' clock in the morning the fog was so dense that it was quite impossible to distinguish any object from one side of the street to the other . At that hour several gentlemen , on passing St . Peter ' s church , which is one of the largest of our modern places of worship , say that at ten yards' distance from the steeple , it was impossible to see even any trace of the building . At the same hour every part of the town was in a similar

    condition . All , or nearly all , the trame through the streets was at a stand-still , and there were several instances of parties walking in different directions coming in collision with each other , in consequence of the extreme difficulty of seeing any object , however near to it . We regret to add that one fatal accident has occurred , and of a character moat distressing and deplorable . It appears that some days ago a young lady , the daughter of Mi * . Forsythe , one of the principal servants on the Liverpool and Manchester Railwav , died , and that her funeral was fixed for this morning . Mr . Thomas Forsythe , brother of the deceased young lady , is also a servant on the line , being superintendent of the locomotive department . About ten o ' clock be was going to his father ' s house to attend the funeral of his sister , and had ordered one of the engines to convey him along the line towards his father's house . The engine was going at a somewhat

    rapid . speed , occasionally blowing the whistle , when , within a short distance of his destination , he fancied that he felt the wheels of the engine passing over a soft substance , and immediately ordered it to be stopped , to see what was the matter ; and on retracing their route a short distance , he found that the engine had passed over the body of his father , who was also making his way to attend the funeral of his daughter , and had killed , him on the spot . Nothing can exceed the grief which this melancholy event has caused in the family . The son lost a leg some time ago , by being run over by an engine . Another daughter was burned to deatli about twelve months ago ; so that this may with truth be called an unfortunate family . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of the father , when the jury returned a " verdict of—Accidental Death . The same grave will receive the remains of both father and daughter .

    The iate Fatal Fire in Gdilfobd-stbeet . — Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , the adjourned inquest on the bodies ofthe sufferers in the late fire in Guilford-street , was resumed before Thomas Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., at the Angel Inn , High-street . Witnesses having been examined , who identified the bodies of the policemen Wright aiid Byrkmyre , the man Jenkins , and the boy Robinson , three of the servants , Mary nan , Sarah Wale , and the boy Hall were then sworn . Mary Hall ( mother of the boy Hall ) was then examined , and deposed : I am cook to Mr . Farey . I left my kitchen to go to bed at ten minutes before eleven o ' clock . Sarah Wale , the parlour-maid , and Maria Tanner were left up . I heard the clock strike two , audi was perfectly awake . Tlie first sign of the fire was about a quarter after two

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    o ' clock , the room filling with smoke , which , however , did not alarm me , as we were ' - frequently troubled by the smoke coming from the flue in the next house , and 1 thought it was owing to that . Our room was on the third floor , at the back of the house . About a quarter after three I was sensible that the house was on fire . I jumped out of bed and opened the door , and was nearly suffocated . I awoke my fellow-servants , and screamed out fire . I then went up to the boy ' s room to awaken him . The smoke was now ascending up the stairs in great quantities . I returned down stairs and met my master . I said , O , sir , the house is on fire , what shall I do ; must I open the windows ? My master said , No , no ! I went up stairs again to my son ' s room and caught hold of my boy and asked who it was ? He answered , It is me , mother , I thought as I had awakened him they would both

    be up . I left no fire in the kitchen—not a spark . There was no fire in any washhouse or stove to my knowledge . The last time we washed was on Wednesday , but I put out the fire with water at four o ' clock in the afternoon . There was no smell of fire , or anything unusual , and there has been no fire in the washhouse since then . The laundry is in the same' room as the washhouse , and a water closet is the only communication between it and the house . — Coroner : Mr . Braidwood has sent a ground plan of tho house , and has written at the Bottom of it that it is his opinion that the fire originated in the hot-air flue fl'Om the washhouse . Is that your opinion of it , Mr . Farey % Mr . Farey agreed with Mr . Braidwood's opinion to a certain extent , but not exactly . He thought that the fire origiuated from the hot-air pipe , but not in the flue spoken

    of by Mr . Braidwood . Mr . Farey then took the ground plan , and explained the position of tho chimney , showing the dangerous manner of construction , tho woodwork around having no protection from the heat . There were several flues all branching into one chimney , which was formed in such a peculiar way that it was impossible to be swept , and the soot might have accumulated there for twenty or thirty years . —Coroner : Then you think that the fire originated on the ground floor ?—Mr . Farey : No , sir ; I should think it began on the landing above . After the cook met me on the stairs I went down to look at it . If I had not been an expert diver in my youth I should not have been able to go down ; but as it was I did , and there I saw the fire amidst the smoke , just like a gas light in a London fog . —Sarah Wale was next examined , but her evidence was unimportant . The coroner questioned

    her as to whether there were any persons in the kitchen drinking on that night , or had you any company ; for it has been stated that such was the case , and that there were policemen in the house late at night ; and if it was not so , it is as weU to remove such an impression . —The witnesses indignantly denied it ; and all inspector Stepped forward and said that every inquiry had been made , and no such . thing had occurred . The men who were on duty also were perfectly sober . —Maria Tanner said : My fellow-servant , the cook , aroused me when the fire was fonnclout . I was not the last person up . Sarah Wale went to bed after me . There was no company in tho kitchen that night . —Mr . Farey observed , that there must have been some scandalous aud improper behaviour somewhere , for many bottles of thebestFrench brandy , gin , and wine had been drunk , and the bottles were lying

    about the kitchen and other places . —Mr . Wakley said that he hoped that an inquiry before the commissioners of the police would be made , if Mr . Farey had to complain of anything . —Mr . Farey did not implicate any of the police , but he did not know how to account for tho disorder in his wine-cellar . —Coroner : Was there any person at the top of your house to assist you in your escape ?—Mr . Farey : Ho ; we all got out by ourselves , and there was no person to help us . We got on to the roof of the next house , No . G 8 , and there remained some time shouting out to the crowd below , but we could not draw the attention of any person whatever , and I broke off one of my nails in endeavouring to puU up a piece of slate to throw at a policeman . However , after we had been standing out naked in the piercing cold for about a quarter of an hour , to the great danger of our lives , a policeman

    came aud assisted us to get into the next house . — -The Coroner observed that he would draw the attention of the police particularly to this . Nine fires out of ten originated underneath the bed-rooms , and the only escape for the inmates was through the roof of the house , and the police should always direct their attention to the top of the house . They should go through the adjoining house , and thus ascend to their assistance , and if anybody refused to open the door to them , he would without hesitation recommend them to break it open , for such a time of danger would perfectly justify them in doing so . —William Dilley , the coachman to Mr . Farey , was next examined ; in his evidence he stated that he saw the wine-cellar after the fire was out . The door was broken open , and a panel knocked in . The lock also , which was ono of Chubb ' s patent , was broken . —The coroner asked who could say

    the policemen were sober at the tune they were killed ?—The inspector said he could produce evidence to prove that they were . —The evidence of John Park , policeman , and Edward Quaill , carpenter , clearly exonerated the deceased men from the charge of drunkenness . The wine-cellar had been broken open by the police , under the impression that it was the plate-room , the contents of which they were anxious to protect . The contents of the wine-cellar were left untouched by the police . —Coroner : I think that the evidence proves quite clearly that the poor fellows were not drunk , and it is unncessary to go into further examination on that point , unless tlie jury wish to multiply evidence . I think it is very hard that tho poor fellows should be thought so insensible to humanity as to bo drinking at such a time . — The jury perfectly coincided with the coroner , and had no

    doubt ofthe sobriety ofthe policemen at the time of their death , —Maurice Williams , the man who was found drunk , was next examined . He said , I am a coachman to Mr . J . Hackingman , of Itussell-mews . I heard the alarm of fire , and went into the house by tho back passage . I went to the front-area door , and let in some policemen by taking out the bolts . Jenkins was looking out for a dog . I was pulled out by a policeman . I had been about half an hour in the house . I saw a policeman break open the wine-cellar with a poker . He looked into it by the light of his lamp , and said , "This is the wine-cellar ; I thought it was the plate-room . " The policeman then went away . I was nearly suffocated . I drank something out of a pot , but i could not tell whether it was brandy or wine , or what it was . It was too dark to see . I saw about two bottles used . There was no time for nothing . I don't think

    the liquor got the better of me . I was more frightened than anything else . There were two poUcemen in tlie kitchen . I wag perfectly sober when I went in . I don ' t know what I was taken into custody for . I was taken out of the back part of the house , and the policemen would not let me walk , but carried me on a stretcher . I was taken to the station-house and kept in the , cold lock-up for four hours and a half , and when I was brought out the water ran from me . I was taken before the magistrate , and was told to go about my business . —John Farey , Esq ., was ) examined . He said , I am an engineer , at present living at No . 26 , Regent-square . I was awoke between a quarter and half-past two o ' clock . Up to that time I had no knowledge of any fire in the house , but at that time my attention was occupied about fire , as I had told Bobinson to put the fire-guard on the

    fire-bars in my study . I have since seen it hanging on the bars . My first consciousness was that I was dreaming of the house being on fire , but I soon found it was no dream , but reality . I got out of bed and ran out of my room . I went up stairs to arouse the servants , and met the cook , who asked me if she should open the windows . I said " No , no I" I then returned , under the impression that I should find the papers in my study on fire . The -study is about twenty-one feet above where the fire originated . When I got as far as my study I found the fire was lower down , so I shut my eyes and went down , expecting to get below the smoke , bat I found it increased as I proceeded , and the smoke was so pungent that it nearly made me cough , and if I had opened my mouth I should have been suffocated . I had a great deal of difficulty in getting back again , I succeeded , however , in regaining my room , where my wife was , and said , " The house is on fire , I must make an alarm , " With that I opened the sash , and

    called out" fire , " as loud as I could . This took away the effects of the smoke upon me and renewed my strength . The draft occasioned by my opening the window brought the smoke into the room in such quantities that I was afraid my wife would be suffocated . I therefore requested her to do exactly as I told her . I told her not to try to save anything , or even to speak , except it was absolutely necessary . I then pushed her on up to the third landing , and at last succeeded in getting them all out on the leads inio tho fresh air . The smoke was not so thick as we ascended to the top of the house . —Coroner ' . How do youaccountfor the boy Robinson not being saved ?—Mr . Farey : He did not come to my recollection until we were all out . He had not been long with me , and I did not think of hhn so soon ; besides , there was a mistake , wliich made me think all was right . When I had collected them all together on the upper landing , as well as I could feel them , I knew that there was one boy there , but 1 could not tell which . At the same time I heard Mrs . Hall

    calling out for her son , and my son assured her that he bad seen him , so I concluded the one I felt was Robinson . It was only a few seconds after wo were outside that I discovered the poor boy Robinson was not with us . Shortly before I gathered them all together , I was much afraid for my son , but was soon assured of his safety by his calling out to the servants not to make so much noise . We all got on to the leads , and there was very little space to stand upon , and I cautioned them not to fall over , or let any person pull them over . On going back into the house , I found much more difficulty in facing the smoke , for there was a current established , and here I met my son . All this did not occupy more than four minutes . I was occupied that night in drawing out a report for the Vice Chancellor . I wrote the original , and the boys were copying it . I was sitting f n my study , with my door open , and they were in the next room , and continually coming backwards and forwards into my room and back Into their room . There was xn Arnott

    stove in the latter with a fire in it , as well as an ordinary fire in my study . There was also a fire in an Arnott stove in the washhouse , which heats the drawing-room conservatory . Ihaditlighted on thatnight as I had been out for a ride in the afternoon , and felt rather cold in the evening . I had also a long night of business before me , and I therefore thought it advisable to provide against the cold . The washhouse has in it a copper , and on the left side an Arnott stove , the flue of which passes vertically through the wall to the outside , aud straight up outside of the wall of the conservatory . The flue goes completely round the ¦ conservatory , which is of a semicircular shape . The stove had other branches ; one came into the drawing-room under the window , and another was near the stove . The floor of the pantry was the ceiling of the washhouse , and in this floor was an iron pipe about eleven feet above the stove . There is another flue

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    from an ironing stove in tlie laundry- ; which goes upwards to the pantry , and ends iu a chimney in tlie nest house . At least so it appears to me from the observations I have made ., It is almost impossible that this flue can be swept on account ofthe acute angle . it forms in its ascent , and I think it was at this angle where I observed the fire through the smoke . There is one part of the wall in wliich an arch is formed to admit the pipe , enclosed in a very compact piece of woodwork , but there is nothing between to protect the wood from the heated pipe . It is my opinion that the fire originated in a little closet where my servant kept her books , her Bible , Prayer-book , & c ,,

    and from thence it had reached the staircase window , tailing its origin in the arch to which I have already alluded . I have been in the house ever since 1833 , and never once suspected the danger I was in . If I had only known , the house should have been pulled down from top to bottom rather than risk anything , for my collection was too valuable to be iu such peril . It is the fruits of many years ' research and experiment , —William Robert Hall was next examined . He said , I went to bed about half-past two O ' clock ; I was employed in tho office writing- for Mr Farey up to that time . We had an Arnott stove in our room , which , however , is not in tlie least dangerous . 1 smelt no fire whatever . I and Robinson went off to bed

    together . I put the guard on to Mr . Farcy ' s fire myself . I merely put the guard up and turned back the heavtk-rug . 1 did not go into the conservatory as I went upstairs . The screams of uiy mother first awoke me . I got out of bed and shook Robinson , and told him to get up , for the house was on fire , but he did not answer me , nor did he move more than was occasioned by my shaking him . He was generaUy a very heavy sleeper . I had great difficulty in breathing myself when I awoke . Robinson showed no signs as if he either heard or felt me , nor did I hear hhn breathe . —Coroner : Then the poor boy must have been dead . He must have been suffocated by the smoke . When the frame is not healthy the smallest quantity of smoke will , in some passages of the luugs , sometimes cause death , which he thought must have been the case here . —Mr . Farey observed that Robinson had a difficulty in breathing , and always did so with his mouth open . Hall was very much

    alarmed at the time he was trying to awaken hhn . Mr . Farey , jun ., went back afterwards to try to get at him , but could not . Tho Coroner then addressed the jury , at the conclusion of which the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; at the same time expressing it as their opinion that tlie fire originated iu one of the two flues alluded to in the evidence . Before the jury separated Mr . Geary , architect , 10 , Hamiltonplace , New Road , placed on the table , for their inspection , the model of a house , in which the buUding was divided by party-walls , instead of lath and plaster partitions , so constructed as to be rendered almost fire-proof . The cost of the improvement is but a v . ery trifling amount . The doors are also constructed so as to let a current of air pass through , making them completely fire-proof . The Coroner said he really did think it was a capital improvement , and if followed out would be the means of saving many lives and much property .

    Discovert of another Bony in the Ruins . —Tho firemen ofthe London brigade , under the directions of Morris , the foreman of tho Holborn station , completed their task on Tuesday morning of turning over the immense mass of burnt ruins , and on examining a pUe of embers , in tlie north-western corner of the back parlour , they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot , and in the course of the morning they found the shin and part oi the thigh-bone , as well as what appears to be an armbone and part of a scalp . The finding of these remains has strengthened the rumours that there had been improper conduct on the part of some parties who had been plundering Mr . Farcy ' s wine-cellar . The discovery has also given rise to the supposition that a fifth party must have been in the house for some improper purpose , although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been .

    Poisoning in France . —A trial in a ease of poisoning occupied the Court of Assize of the Haut Pyrenees on the lfth , 18 th , and 19 th inst . The prisoner was a woman named Chambriet , the wife of an innkeeper at Bonnefont . It appeared from the evidence that the husband and wife had been living for a long time on very bad terms , in consequence of the vicious courses of the latter , and that she had repeatedly threatened to destroy him . One of her lovers declared that she had told him in plain terms that she intended to poison her husband , but , upon his expressing himself in terms of warm indignation against so horrible a project , she left him under the impression that she had abandoned it . Subsequently to this , however , she purchased some arsenic and administered it to her husband in his soup . Ho was taken very ill , but an o ^ fcter de sante was called in , and , by his treatment , although he waa ignorant that poison had been administered to the husband , the latter was so relieved as to be out of danger . On this

    occasion his wife coppcars to have had some remorse of conscience , for medical aid waa applied for by herself ; but the return to better feelings was of short duration , for before the husband was in a fit state to leave his bed she gave him another dose of arsenic , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the cure " of the commune , who called and saw the victim , could induce her to send for a physician . Before the physician could arrive , the husband was dead . Tlie wife being accused of the crime by public rumour , the authorities interfered , arrested the woman , and had the bod ofthe deceased examined . Large quantities of arsenic were found in it , and in his pocket was found a paper containing some of that poison . This , it was proved , had been placed there by the wife , in order to lead to a- belief that he had purchased the arsenic himself , and committed suicide . She was found guilty , but the jury , being opposed to capital punishment , returned their verdict with extenuating circumstances . She was , therefore , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour .

    Fatal Accident at the Royal Standard Theatre . —Coroner ' s Inquest . —On Friday week Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Henry Marsden Miller , aged 22 , who was killed by falling from the roof ofthe Standard Theatre , Shoreditch , under the following circumstances : —Mr . John Johnson , Victoria-place , Ilorsemonger-lane , Boz-ough said that he was the proprietor of the Standard Theatre , now rebuilding . Th deceased about a fortnight since , was assisting a Mr . Gibson , to get some spare up in order to form a stage with a canvass roof . All ot a , sudden the attention of witness was directed towards the deceased , by seeing him hang to a tagle inside the theatre . Before sufficient time had elapsed to take a ladder to deceased , he let go his hold , and fell into a pile of mortar , a distance of nearly forty feet : in his Fall lm

    struck a stove , used for warming the building , and fractured his left thigh . He was picked up , and without loss of time removed to the above hospital . Mr . John Gibson , of 15 , Stoney-lane , Tooley-street , said the deceased was his apprentice . On the 10 th inst ., whilst witness was engaged raising tho spar ( similar to a ship ' s mast ) , the deceased , although cautioned , insisted upon sliding down tho tagle for tho purpose of guiding the ropes round the block , fn so doing his fingers got crushed with the tackle , and he was obliged to relinquish his hold . Mr . James Read , house surgeon , said that deceased was admitted with a very severe compound fracture of the left thigh . Amputation was performed the same evening , but decease never rallied , and died on Wednesday last from the effects of the injuries received . Verdict—Accidental Death .

    Awfvl CoiiiBHT Accident . —Eionr Lives Losr . — . One of the most alarming accidents , and attended , we are sorry to say , with serious loss of life , occurred on Monday week , at the collieiy of Messrs . Mathews and Dudley , at Corbyn ' s Hall , near Dudley . The circumstances are briefly these : —About six o ' clock on Monday last , as six boys and two men were descending the shaft of the pit in a skip , when a few yards from the top , the chain to wliich the skip was attached broke , and precipitated them into the " sump , " and they were all killed . —Ten Towns' Mes senger .

    Fire at BANnrniYUNiONWomaiousE . —Sure enough , and the information contained in the letter which wo printed in the "Notices to Correspondents , " queer as wo at first deemed it , turns out to be " owertrue . " The Banbury Union-house has been on fire ; it was the oakum that took fire ; the people , who had assembled in thousands , refused to " bear-a-hand" towards extinguishing it ; indeed many even of the " respectable sort flatly refused , when appealed to by the mayor . When the cupola fell it was hailed by shouts of joy . All this is duly set forth in the Banbury Guardian , aa our correspondent said it would be , The cause of * the fire was thus : there were so many bundles of oakum on the premises , that the master was obliged to stow it aaray in all corners . He had some on the stairs of his own house , which were indeed so filled as scarcely to leave room to pass . A little ffirl

    had to go to a room at tho top of the house with a light to tho schoolmaster , who occupied the room there . In doing so she fell , and set fire to the oakum . She tried to extinguish the flames , but finding herself unable to do so , she gave tlie alarm . It was with great difficulty that the building was saved from utter destruction . As it is , damage was done to the extent of £ 500 . The number of inmates at the time was 275 ; and some idea may be formed of the screams , and cries , and confusion which prevailed for the first half hour after the discovery ofthe fire , the greaterpart , if not the whole ofthe number , being in their beds , with their room doors locked at thotime . The men , of course , very speedily broke theirs open . Then there was calling of men for wives —mothers for children—all in a state of perfect bewilderment .

    Foc at Liverpool , and Fatal Accident . —During the greater part of Monday forenoon we were visited with one ofthe densest fogs wc have seen for a long time in this part of the country . It enveloped all parts of the town , and prevented objects from being visible at the distance of only ii few yards . We have seldom witnessed a greater darkness than prevailed during its continuance , nor a more murky and unwholesome atmosphere . Most of the shopkeepers and occupants of counting-offices and public offices had to conduct their business by gas-light . All the chandeliers at the Exchange News-room were lighted . About half-past twelve o'clock the sun presented a dark crimson appearance , and about that time shone forth brilliantly , and dispelled the thick exhalations During the fog a steam-tug on the river was twice run into , and considerably damaged .

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    Dbatu op Major-Genhral Sir William Nott , G . C . B . —Carmarthen- , Jan . 1 st . —General Sir w ! Nott , one ofthe "heroes" of Afghanistan , died this day , at a quarter before two , a . m . The Condemned . Convicts at Liverpool . — -We understand that both Evans and Stew ; the . two ' nicu convicted of murder at the recent assizes , will undergo the extreme penalty ofthe law on the 4 th of January ( Saturday next ) , at Kirkdale . The former retains his wonted obduracy , whilst the latter is hi a most depressed state of mind . —Liverpool Chronicle ..

    Scicide . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Higgs , de puty coroner for Westminster , held an inquest at the Salisbury Arms , Durham-street , Strand , on tho body of Mrs . Fanny Rcnton , aged 45 , wife of Dr . Alexander Homo Rcnton , of the island of Madeira , who committed suicide under very painful circumstances . Mrs . Fanny Enoch said she had known the deceased for the last nine years , and attended on her . She arrived with her husband in England from Madeira on Christmas-day last , and took apartments at Osborne ' s Adelphi Hotel . Dr . Renton brought her from Madeira on account of insanity having manifested itself there . Whilst in Madeira she several times attempted her life by strangulation , and also

    did so on tho passage . About hall-past twelve o'clock that morning- ( Wednesday ) witness begged of deceased to go to bed , to which she answered she must wait a little while . She then went to the water-closet , and in less than a minute witness followed her , and found the door fastened . On looking through the hole of the door , witness observed by the light Mrs . Ronton had with her , that she was on her knees , and heard the blood running into the basin . She instantly gave an alarm , and the door was burst open . The deceased was then found leaning over the water-closet , and the blood pouring from her throat . After tlie examination of' other witnesses , the jury returned a verdict—That the [ deceased destroyed herself , by cutting her throat , whilst in a state ot insanity .

    Affhat with Gamekeepers . —Haverfordwest . Pembrokeshire ; Dec 31 . —One of those fearful affrays that are continuall talcing place in different parts ofthe kingdom—arising from the evil tendency of the Game Laws—occurred on Friday night last , at Ficton , on the estate of Sir It . B . T . Fliilinns , Ban ., M . P . for the borongh of Haverfordwest . It appears that on Friday night and on Saturday morning , the gamekeepers hoard the report of fire-amis in a plantation , and collecting assistance proceeded towards the place from whence the sound issued , and lay in wait for the poachers until they should retire . One of the poachers wounded , but did not bring down a bird , which he immediately pursued to the edge ot the plantation , and was laid hold of himself by one of the keepers or assistants . He gave the alarm to his

    comrades , and they quickly came to his support . The keepers endeavoured to secure their man , but failed to do so , and in the light the poachers inflicted an awful blow on one of their party , whicli he will not probably long survive . The poachers then made off , carrying with , them their wounded man ; however , one poacher covered the retreat in such an effectual manner , that on the keepers attempting to ascend a bank on which he stood , they were knocked down quickly one . after the other . At last he thought proper to decamp , taking away all the game , splinters of the butt ends of guns , die , and the whole party got safe off . Persons in the neighbourhood of this town arc suspected , but proof cannot be obtained on ac-. count ot tho unwillingness of the peasantry to givo information . They view poaching as a very venal offence against law if any at all . This is another consequence of class legislation .

    Suspected Murder at Salt-iiill . —An inquest was held on Thursday , at the Three Tuns , Salt-hill , before Mr . J ; Charsley , upon the hotly of a woman named Sarah Hart , suspected of having been murdered . From the evidence of the witnesses examined it appeared that the deceased , who lived by herself , passed for a married woman , her husband being abroad . Her husband was the son of a Quaker gentleman , named Tawcll , residing at Bcrkhampstead , in whose family the woman had lived as a servant . This Quaker gentleman paid regular visits to the deceased , and it was from him she received an allowance of eighteen shillings weekly . None of the witnesses thought that aiiy improper intimacy existed between the two . On the eveningof Wednesday , Mrs .

    Ashlec , who resided next door to tho deceased , heard a noise in the deceased ' s house resembling stifled screams , which continued for more than a minute . The witness took a candle in her hand to sec what was the matter . Before reaching tlie dooi * she met the Quaker leaving the house , in appearance much agitated . On entering the room the witness found deceased lying upon her back with her clothes nearly up to her knees . Her cap was off her head , and she appeared as if she had been struggling . She waa then mailing the same stifled noise the witness had before heard . She was then alive , but died almost immediately . In the meantime the alarm had spread , and notice was given at the Slough station to , look after the Quaker , should he make his appearance there . The notice was scarcely received when

    the suspected person did appear , and took out a first-class ticket for London . He was allowed to depart , but orders were despatched by means ofthe electric telegraph to the police at Padilinsiton , to watch him on his arrival . In a few minutes afterwards an answer was returned , stating that the suspected party had arrived , and that Sergeant Williams had left the terminus in the same omnibus for the city . The Sergeant followed him from the Bank into the Borough , aud from there , back to a lodginghouso , in Scott ' s-yavd , Cannon-street . There he was left for the night , and the next morning was arrested at the Jerusalem Coffee-house . lie was from there taken to Slough , and was present at the inquest . The coroner adjourned the jury till Saturday morning , ordering the prisoner to be kept in custody in the meantime .

    Mobe Stabbing . —Stockport . —A boy not more than from twelve to fourteen years old , is now in the lock-ups , charged with stabbing a companion and fellow-worker , about the same age . The parties work for Mr . Cephas Howard ; they had had some dispute , and it was arranged that after working hours , on Monday evening , they should retire and settle the business by a tight , in a field adjoining . They did so , when the prisoner took the opportunity of stabbing his opponent with a penknife in the neck . The injured lad , we arc informed , now lies in a dangerous state . It is not certain whether he will be sufficiently recovered to be ablo to give evidence at the sessions , held to-day '( Wednesday ) .

    Destructive Fire at Crotdon . —On Wednesday morning , between tlie hours of two and three , a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . R . S . M'Lcod , maltster , at Thornton ' s Heath , Croydon . When first discovered , tlie flames were raging in the kiln and stoveroom . From that portion of the premises the flames extended to two malt-floors , well stored with grain ; the length of one was 110 feet by about 30 wide , the other was upwards of 60 feet long by 32 wide . A spacious coach-house and a two-stall stable , belonging to Mr . Maud , next became ignited , and , in spite of every effort to save them , they were speedily burnt down . Tho damage done is as follows : —Malt-kiln and stove-room burned down ; the two malt-floors had their contents and roofs destroyed ; and about 300 quarters of barley are extensively damaged by five aud water . Coach-house and stable , belonging to Mr . Maud , consumed . The fire originated from the overheating of the kiln .

    Melancholy Case . —Three Youths Drowxeo . — On Christmas-day morning two young men of Banbury were walking on the banks ofthe Chei well , and just at the point where the mill-stream and the back brook join , below Grhnsbury mill , and where there is a . very deep hole , they saw a boy's cap floating on the water where the ice was broken . They gave an inline diate alarm , and after a search the bodies of two lads were found quite dead . On inquiry , they proved to be those of Jacob and George Eaglestone , of Wardington , sons of a tailor of that place , and about 13 and 15 years of age . They had been , in company with another boy named Green , also of Wardington , to see a brother who is living with Mr . Naseby , of Banbury , and were returning , having with them a bundle ntinin

    coag linen and a bottle of brandy . A little boy saw them get upon the ice from the foot bridge , near to the Grimsbury mill , and go sliding down the river ; he was about to get on with them , but they drove him back . The bodies were earned to the Boat public-house at Grimsbury Wharf . When it was ascertained that there had been three boys seen together , drags were procured and were in ' use until dark last night , but without finding the body of the other missing boy . The bundle was found in a thicket near the foot bridge . A boat has been got upon tho spot , and this morning , about half-past nine , the body of the third boy was found . At the first alarm , Mr Robert Field rode off to Banbury for surgical assistance , but that waa unfortunately useless . —Banbury Guardian .

    Fire and Loss of Life . —Shocking Depravity . — On Friday afternoon week Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s hospital , on tho body of Margaret Heath , aged 32 , of No . 5 , White Horsccourt , ClerkcnweJL who lost her life under the following circumstances : —From the evidonceitappeared that on Thursdayilast , between twelve and one o ' clock , an alarm of fire was raised in the above court , and upon one of the neighbours hastening out , he noticed smoke issuing out of the apartment occupied by deceased . The door being locked , he forced the same uul liui uuie uj

    , ucnig see anyuung tor the smoke he poured a quantity of water intothe place , and thennerceived the deceased standing b y the fire-placerdrlSrEiShSW ci Cled off ' anuhe » as forced to ifi ¥ **• , ? was bowever Promptlyre Zlli ? ? ° Ve hos P ital lt ™* ^ cd tuaifthe deceased had been seen a short time previous in a state ot intoxication , and to prevent her going into the street one of her children had locked her in , and it is supposed that she cither fell into the fire , or got wi ne ! U T gratc as to sct llcr clothes in a blaze . VN hen she reached tlie hospital she was found to'have expired . Verdict , Accidental Death .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04011845/page/5/