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      .-.- . EsiLTH . OFrLosDosDDHiJfo ihe "Vyeek >—In the tre ? k ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in tht Metropolitan districts were 1 , 053 ; the weekly average Of this season , corrected for- increase ; of posulation , is 1 , 162 .: The mortality of last week is , ^ thtrifore , less than , the estiiioated amount by 109 dei : } is ,. and is nearly tho same as that of the previous week ; Of the 1 ; 053 persons whose deaths are included in this return / 841 had medical attendance , and written statements of the diseases which proved iakii , distinguishing in many cases the primary and secondary forms , are entered in the register books ; 15 had no medical attendance ; in 15 cases the cause of death was not certified , and in these it does not appear whether or not the patients had

      professional aid . At the end of the quarter an infias of cases returned by coroners swells the numbeis of deaths registered in the week ; but many of the :- * occurred at earlier dates . Inquests were held -on If *; deaths , in the present return , considerably more than the due proportion ; they fall mostly "under fractures , wounds , drowning , hanging , ' and suffotation , burns , scalds , and poison , making altogether Go , whilst the weekly average is 30 ; and under apoplexy , from which there were 44 deaths , whilst the average is 26 ; besides 45 in which the « ause of . death could not be ascertained , or was defectively returned , the average of such being only 12 . 7 children are returned as having died of suffocation in bed ; 5 deaths are ascribed to

      intemperance . of which one was the case of a girl of 14 years , who died after 38 hours' illness , of congestion -of fee brain and other organs , from drinking gin ; a child died of want ; a man of 40 years , in the subdistrict-of St . Andrew , East , of " exposure to cold and destitution , " and a pork-bnteher of 27 years , . en ths third dav after admission into the workhouse of St . Martm-in-the-FieWs , from the effects of . " starration and neglect . " A woman who had no mediesl attendance died in Somer ' s-town . of " inflair . L . -. -stion of the lungs ; " she is stated to have arri . e-ti at the advanced age of 100 years . In the last week 42 children died of measles , which is about the ; . ? erage , 24 of scarlatina , arid 24 of hooping courli ( both diseases now under the average ) .

      Sma ^ pox , which was fatal in 7 cases , and typhus in 31 , za-a also less prevalent than uauaL There is a decrease of deaths on the previous week both from hroiichitis and pneumonia ; S persons died of influenza . Only 9 deaths occurred from diarrhoea ; none jrom cholera . ' -. Tables accompany this return which show the deaths from cholera in each ofthe 135 SEb-districts of London in each week since Octcfer , 1848 . The mean daily reading of the oaroiaeterat Greenwich Observatory ranged from 30 - 443 in . to 30 * 304 in . on Sunday and Monday ; on Tuesday it was 30-373 in . The mean of the week Was 59-377 in . The meaif teinperature of the week was 33-Idegl lessDy 9 deg . than that ofthe pre-Tiou ; week , and lesa than the average of the same

      week :: ¦ seven years by . 5 deg . The daily mean was throughout less than the average , except on Wednesday . Ori Friday , when the mean temperature was only 25 deg ., it was less than the average ofthe same day by 13 deg . - Suicide of a Taimb . —On Saturday evening last Mr . Payne , the City coroner , held an inquest at the Usil tavern , Xobla-street , St . Martin's-le-Grand , on the body of Richard Henry Bolton , a master tailor , aged 35 , who committed suicide on the night preccdiasr the inquiry , at his residence , Uo . 32 , xToble-ctfeet . It appeared from the evidence of E . Cjrowder , that he called , at eleven o ' clock , on the night in question , for his wife , at the residence of the deceased , and was asked bv Mrs . Bolton to go

      to her husband ' bedroom , as she dared not . go near him in consequence of his Laving threatened to inj-z-e her just before he left the sitting-room about-sn hour prior to witness ' s arrival . Upon entering the bedroom he found deceased hanging by a rope twisted round the neck and suspended from the b :-icost . He" cat him down , but found no signs of life . ' lira . Crowder , wife of the last witness , deposed that she had worked for the deceased for some months past , and nntil very recently he was most temperate in his habits ; pecuniary embarrassments , however , occasioned by his customers not being regular in their payments , greatly affected Mm ; he for some weeks being unable to pay his workpeople more than a small portion of their

      weekly -:-arnings . He became gloomy in his manner , and , from beinga teetotaler , indulged now and then in drink ,. ai . which periods he would threaten his wife , for whom it was well-known he entertained-the warmest affection , and she , in conseguence , applied twice within the last two months to the Lord Mayor for protection . On the Friday evening he left home at four o ' clock and returned about nine at night . He then asked Mrs . Bolton why she , Lad not gone name to her father , as he had directed . Upon his wife attempting to reason with him he raised his iiand end threatened that if she spoke one word it would he her hist . He was then partly intoxicated , lint appeared to witness more like a person delirious , as his gestures were strange and his conversation Incoherent . After some persuasion on the part of witness , the deceased went to his bedroom .

      —Mr . Western deposed that the deceased had been a tenant of his , and he always found him most punctual in his payments till within a few _ weeks of Iris death ; hut , knowing the causes of his embarrassments , he had never pressed him . Having had a conversation with the deceased a few days before Ms death , lie informed witness that , in order to pay his workpeople a little of what was due to them , he was forced to pledge some cloth belonging to Bome of the warehouses for which he worked , and he knew not how to redeem it , and that he feared is would be driven to make away with himself , to avoid-Dxposure ; the fact of his having been before the lord Mayor for his violence towards his wife , Beemed to weigh much on his mind . From further evidence it appeared that before the surgeon was sent £ or , life had for some time been extinct . Ver dict— " Temporary Infinity . "

      Op £ SB » G OF THE BeFDGE FOB THE HOUSELESS . — . On Monday the committee of the houseless poor assembled at their chambers , So . 75 , Broad street , Mr . Charles Hick in the chair , and unanimously agreed to ihe resolution to throw open the doors of the central asylum in Playhouse-yard , Whitecrosastreei , for the reception of the houseless immediately , : a consequence of the severity of the weather . DllASH FEOil WAS ! AXD EXPOSURE TO IHE Gold . —On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was taken Before Mr . M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , in the Board-room of Holborn-workhouse , respecting the

      death of a male person , apparently about forty years of age , at present unknown , who died from want and exposure to the cold , under the following very shocking circumstances : —The body of the deceased presented a most frightful appearance , and was entirely covered with Mb . and dirt . It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses , that shortly af ter nine o'clock on Friday morning last , Mrs . Martha Gibbs , a married woman , residing at 3 d . 11 , Tyndall-bnildings , Gray ' s-inn-lane , was suddenly alarmed by hearing some person moaning in the cellar at the basement of the house . She

      instantly went to the spot , and found the deceased lying in one corner of the cellar , huddled up in a quantity of filth and dirt . The deceased appeared perfectly insensible , and Mrs . Gibbs immediately obtained the assistance of several police constables , who had the deceased removed to Holborn workhou-re . He was literally black from the dirt in which he had been lying , and his body was extremely emaciated . He was instantly stripped and placcd ' iu hot blankets , and the usual remedies were applied , "which consisted of ammonia and brandy ;

      nut tne deceased never rallied , and men shortly afterwards . Two penny pieces were found placed npon two ulcers on ihe deceased's legs , and a few pieces of stale bread were . also discovered in his pockets . The deceased obtained admission to the cells ? by means of tne -window which , looked into the street . The coroner remarked that the : cellar appeared to he in the same had condition as before ' ihe -.-holera broke out . The parochial authorities pug ' iit to have the place thoroughly cleansed every Iweek . The jury returned a verdict of " Death from . exhaustion , caused by-exposure to the cold , and th . want of the common necessaries of life . '

      - . Dssibtjciivb Fibb . —Shortly before one o clock On Thursday morning a fire broke out in the Ship in Distress . Tavern , JS o . 36 , Wardour-street , Soho . It appears that after the house was closed for the night the landlord was in the act of filling one of the vats In the bar with gin . . In so attempting the ladder upon which he was standing suddenly snapped asunder , which caused him to fall , and the gin he was pouring into the vat fell upon the floor , and the vapour coming in contact with the lighted candle the spirit became ignited , and ran round the "bar -with . Hie rapidity of lightning , firing sinrultanepasly the other vats filled with brandies and other spirits . Mr . Fearce ( the landlord ) made an attempt to conquer the flames , but findinghe was unable to do so , he was about to make his escape , when recollecting that the barmaid was in the upper floor asleep , he made to that part ofthe premises aid

      vurauerauoroneq , out could not make her sensible ot the great danger to which she was exposed xmtu he had pulled her out of bed . The flames hy that period were rushing in huge volumes up the staircase , and ui attempting to drag the . female down the stairs Mr . _ Fearce had his whiskers set on fire . By dint of great exertion he fortunately succeeded m forcuig > s barmaid out oi one of the wL > dows , and by dragging ber over the parapet , both parties were enabled to effect a safe retreat . The flames atihat time had obtained possession of-the 6 ar , parlours , and staircase , threatening destruction to . everything around- There "being ^ n abundant Bnpply of water the engines were set to work , bit the flames-were not extinguished nritfl . therwhole of t h 87 ai ^ le s ^ % -tij ^ & o were totally confS ^^^ l ^ P ^^^^ Jf' ^^ omsured iri . ftoJh ^ Ene-Offleeihr ' JEllOOO . : ^ ^ ^ -- '» - . w-s ^^^ aawUissa'SSt-.- ' - ^ -rs ' rf'W ?** -:- - ' .-

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      . Thk Railwat ' - Pohtebs' SraiKK . ^ The ; strike of the porters on the Midland ' Railway has ' nbi been confined to the trunk' line , but has * extended * tb ' the branches at Glocestef , ori the 'Bristor arid" Birmingham ( Midland ) line , the " meir struck ; alsbrbut ' awu t nineteen have resumed work ^ arid ' sbma thirteen new men have been taken onto replace ! . ! ' similar ' rinmber , who stand out / 'There were no less'than 150 aPpli r cants for the vacancies at , ; Gloces ' ter , J so that ; the j re was" no difficulty in replacing the " men ^ althoiigh , '' of coarse , the new men ^ are at present riot so competent as those who have turned outi ' It should be bbrnein mind that the present is the second reduction ' which has been made by the-Midland Company , ^ a' ' s | miIar

      reduction of la . per week having been made early in the last year ; There are thirty-two i'bods porters and train setters at the' Glocester Midland station . The Midland porters affirm , in a printed statement ) that other railway companies iri the north , pay . their porters 20 s . per week ; At Leeds , the traffic is said to be quite interrupted , for the porters have struck in masse , and have resorted to threats and violence against new hands called-in : ^ The detention ^ of parcels has been considerable , and it is anirmed that many claims for compensation have already beeri sent in . The Great Western Company pays ' its' porters from 16 s . to 20 s . per week according to length of servitude and good conduct ; Messrs . Fiokford . and Co ., the carriers ; give their delivering porters , at Birmingbam , 20 s . per week—4 s . more than the Midland tariff . " :

      Superstition and Quackery . —An extVaerdinary developsment of the existence of superstition and quackery has just taken place in the course of the proceedings of an inquest held on the body of a child at East Dean , Glocestershire . It seems . tbat the children of a shoemaker , named Hayries , were playing together ; when one of them , aged . four years , named Louisa , put the tongs into the firey heated them , and then wantonly seized her younger sister ,, Emma , with them by the neck , thereb y wflictiug ; two very severe burns . The children were left Jo ; the care of an elder brother , who did not perceive tha intentions of his mischievous sister until too late !

      topreventthem . Flour , linseed oil , -andbmewater were applied to the burns , and for four days the child ' s wounds were healir . g in a satisfactory mariner , when , by the advice of some old women in the neighbourhood , the parents of the child suffered a Mrs . Milling , living near , to apply ; " ' an , r iintment spread upon cabbage-leaves to the wounds , ' in lieu of the previous application of linseed oil , ' & e . This had the effect of creating considerable local iriflamiriation ; and , after two days , the cabbage leaves were removed and ariother quack dootress was allowed ; to practise , npon the little sufferer . This second woroao , whose ; name is Ann Teman , and who lives at Cioderford ,, in the Dean Forest , and who professed to have cured many people by the application of ah ointment , and ;

      pronouncing a " mysterious charm , " got her ' shter , Ann Bradley , to prepare the salve , \ which , ahe ( Teman ) applied , at the same time muttering the following charm , as she called it , in ^ ' a ; peculiar dialect : — , " .. ' ¦ ' :- •¦ - ¦¦¦ ' Three angels come out of the "host ; ., " Onecries 'Fire ; ' another , 'Frost ; ' " "To Father , Son , and Holy Ghost /' The poor child gradually got worse . The inflammation and sloughing of the wounds increased , but the infatuated parents , believing in the supernatural powers of the woman ( Yemari ) , and putting implicit faith in the pronounced chirm , suffered" their . offspring to linger in torture for five days longer , when death came to her release . Medical assistance was

      at hand , and might readily have been obtained at any time , but the ignorant parents refused ; to call for it . and the child died in consequence .: Of course , when the facts came to the knowledge of the author rities , a coroner's inquest was held , and , " after br ie adjournment of the jury , who hesitated " whether it was not their duty to find a verdict of manslaughter against Teman , Bradley , and . Milling , returhed ^ a special and lengthy verdict , finding , '' That Ann Milling had prescribed a dangerous and rash remedy , and was otherwise guilty of neuligence . " . They also found "that Yeman was rash in relying ori : the ointment applied by her , and in her impious aiid presumptuous charm , " and also _ in prohibiting the parents calling in medical advice at , a ; time . , when

      the deceased was in danger , and gradually sinking . Lastly , they found that , " Although the conduct of Jane Milling and Ann Yeman amounted to great and serious culpability , rashness , and negligence , / yet the same does not , in our opinion , amount to a legally criminal and felonious culpability ' , ' ¦ ' rashness ^/ and negligence . " The jury also , expressed theirOpinion that it was the duty of the parents to have had Recourse to better assistance , and to the / easily available medical assistance in their immediateneighbourhood , and they expressed a hope that the result of the investigation would lead to a discontinuance ofthe system of quackery , which prevailed'to a considerable extent in the neighbourhood of the Forest of Dean . -: l

      Incendiary Destruction op Fabm Property ; —Caubmuqesbire . — The inhabitants , of Girton were , on the 27 th ult ., shortly after eleven o ' clock , aroused from their beds by the cry' of " fire . ' / It was soon discovered that-a fearful conflagration was raging in a barn on the premises- of . Mr . Elliot Smith , of Cambridge . The fire was first discovered by Mrs . Thompson , the wife of Mr . Smith's : bailiff , who perceived the light through the bed eurtains , and immediately awoke her husband ; and so rapid was the extension ofthe flames that they had' barely time to escape in a state of semi-nudity-before the house in which they resided was- on-fire , . and , this , it may be stated , with , every article of furniturei . beloneine to the oe ' eunants . their clothes , arid a watch

      were consumed . The barn in which the fire commenced stood at the extreme end of the yard . ' 'It contained a quantity of barley ready for / dressing , and was immediately in the eye ' of ihe wind , then blowing a hurricane towards the north . / The lire extended to the house ofthe bailiff ,: and to / the other farm buildings , consisting of two large hams , a fine range of new stables , bullock sheds , piggeries , cart lodges , cow lodges , and machine house . Six new carts , drill , chaff cutting machine ; weighing machine , rollers , and other implements , together with a quantity of harness , were consumed . The worst part of the affair has yet to be recited—eight fine horses ( for one of which £ 45 was refused a few . days back ) , three bullocks , two calves , twelve cows and heifers ,

      twenty-seven pigs , and a large quantity or poultry were consumed . - The cries and moaris of ; the poor animals , which were beyond the reach of human aid , were f rightful ; and if the villain who was the cause of this frightful destruction were on the spot , must have excited a feeling of something like . compunction even in his bosom . The yard-dog succeeded m ' saving himself hy an almost supernatural effort , for "he made off with his kennel ( a very heavy one ) at his heels , and was afterwards found at a distance . . The valuable stacks on the east side of the yard were fortunately ( for the greater : part ) saved ; but a large stack of clover , a stack of hay , arid a stack of tares were consumed . From the dwelling-house of the bailiff the flames spread to a cottage on the opposite

      side ofthe road , and this was quickly destroyed . Its inmate , an aged woman , named Garter , was with difficulty saved . She was rescued by the intrepidity of Mr . Cranfield , who carried her in her night dress to a neighbour ' s house . The whole of this poor old lady ' s clothes , and die whole of her furniture were destroyed . Her loss has . been temporarily supplied by her neighbours . Mr . Elliot Smith ' s loss may be estimated at £ 2 , 000 , and there is no doubt that it is to be attributed to the vile hand of an incendiary , whose meaning is rendered doubly inscrutable from the fact that Mr . Elliot Smith bears a high character in the neighbourhood , being regarded by all classes as a liberal , kind , and indulgent master . The feeling entertained by the labouring classes on this

      question was well exemplified at the fire , in their conduct and expressions : they worked most indefatigably . It is therefore to be presumed that the incendiary was instigated by a spirit of wanton mischief , arid that alone ; and it is gratifying to know that even if this were not the cause , he had fallen short of his aim , as Mr . Smith's loss is fully covered by insurance in the Norwich Union ,- for . which' he is agent for the district . Messengers were despatched to Cambridge for the engines as soon as possible , and the Norwich "Union , and Royal Farmers' successively arrived ; but from the strength of the wind they were of comparatively little use beyond : preventing the flames from spreading to the stacks . There , was also a few gownsmen present , some of whom pror

      ceededtothefire " as the crow flies . " These , as usual , rendered efficacious service . A reward has been offered for the discovery of the incendiary . Essex . —A Gang of Burglars . —Soon after 12 o'clock on Friday night the 28 th nit . four : men went to the farm-house of Mr . Taverner , who resides between Moreton andFyfield , and hayin ? ' awoke the occupants of the house , requested an audience with Mr . Taverner , stating that they were members of the constabulary and wanted te speak to ? him ; Mr , Taverner , however , suspecting them to be in pursuit of a very different object to that represented , fetched his gun and advised them to , retire . peaceably , or threatened to fire upon them . Atfirst they only ridiculed him , and seemed bent upon effecting an entrance : but at the first discharge thought it best

      to decamp . The same party then proceeded to , the house of Mr . Smyth , Moreton , and . three of them , having laid an ambush , one aroused the inmates ' imploring their assistance , and stating that his horse had fallen down in the road ; the son of Mr . Smyth having opened the door , four men , with their faces covered with black crape , ^ ru ^ hed in , demanding money . Seeing that he must , be ? overpowered by numbers , Mr . Smyth who is an aged . man , offered no resistance , and the burglars . ransacked ; the room , taking from the hutch a £ 5 . note of the Essex bank , with , about £ 3 in gold and silver ; : they , also .. . took sway a silver watch , a hat , and some bread and meat , and effected their , escape . There is . no [ doubt these men form members of a gang of desperadoes who have been the terror of the neighbourhood for a long time , and who a short time since attempted a highway robbery upon Mr . Taverner , but which the y

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      failed to accomplish ifccons . equen . ee .-of ; the lusty cries of that geritiemsra "for assistance . " '" ' > Laxca shire . —SflooTiNQ , —On Christmas-day last ;! a -party -of young -trierij from JAsKtbn-upori-. Mersey , went out with a'gun . whieh . was carried By a young man , named' . Jihri Bostock .: ? Afterithey had ^ ^ oat . ' BO ™ . " ^?^ - ?^* ..-W ¦^¦ «?! rt . ^¦ ft ¦ i ' if heforind . nothing toshootat / very ^ scojjj he would have a : shotat oneof thenj ; arid some . fcWbo were alarmed -at this remark , left his company . ¦ In . a few minu tesafterwards ; - Bostbck pointed the gun ' at and shot a ' young man ; named John Dudley , in the thigh and hand . ' ' ; A nledical man / was'immediatvly flummbn dj and he dressed ithe ' wouridsi but the shot badenteredtbo far into the soft part of tbethighto ¦

      be extracted . ' : The young , man' i is ; going on very well , and there is no doubt of his recovery . - ' , ? : i 1 CONVICTIONS FOB CONCEALING ; GooBsV FROM ; A Wreck . —At tbe . Cnps'Hotel . Colchesteiv last week , WilUairi ^ Barries , a manner , fr ^^ charged before the magistrate , under an information at the instance of Robert RaggettiEsq .,: comptrolfer of customs for . the port of -Colchester , with ; jhaving in his possessibn on the 15 th of October last ; ono bottle called a " demi-john , " containing two gallons ' of foreign spirits , called gin , of ; the value of 30 s . t and neVdnly reporting . the same ; to tbe proper rer ceivin » oflicer of customs , whereby , defendant had rendered himself liable to a penalty , not . exceeding £ 100 arid double the value of the spirits . ~ : Mr ;

      Neck , instating the case for' the prosecution , observed that about the 14 th October last a vessel called the Conqueror , bound from Bremen to Rioi Janeiro , laden with a valuable general cargo , ; was unfortunately wrecked upon . obe , of the sands on .-, the Essex coast ,. by which the captain and the whole of the crew perished , so that no one was left : to . tell the ] melancholy tilW ^' consequently ho was left without evidence of that descriptioni ; > Fart of the cargo of , the unfortunate vessel consisted of a great number , —he was told about nine hundre'd- ^ of , bottles , called , " demijoliris , " . containing- two ; gallons ; each -pi foreigri spirits , riearly allof which were . saved from tbe wreck by the different -smacks which went ; to j herbut no more than 300 of the bottles had been .

      , taken to the Cinque . Ports warehouses , and duly reported by the salvors to the proper , officers of customs . In the present' case , the '' 'defendant was discovered in his boat , with one of these bottles of spirits in his possession , and was ; rowing his boat along the creek , in the direction of Brigbtlirigsea , instead of going to the coast-guard boat ; which was lying about a mile cft'to'which the duty of ; defendant was to take the spirits , and report thesame to the officer of custoriison'bbardi which he had failed : todo . It might-be > -1 irged on the part of'tho defendant that he intended to report tlie goods , but he had not sufiScient time allowed him to do so : feut it was clear he might have done so if he bad thought nroner tohave taksri the goods to the guard-boat ;

      the duty of the officers of which was to receive it . —The chairman said , the bench would inflict a very moderate penalty—viz ., ; 40 s ... and double the value of the spirits ( £ 3 , ) making in all £ 5 .., , ;^ default of a distress warrant realising sufficient , defendant would be committed to the ' . house of correction for one month , and to be ~ kept to hard labour s —The second case was against Daniel Pittick j a mariner , from Brightlin- ^ sea , for having in his possession one deni-john of the same kind , arid a quantity ^ p f spirits—viz ., two gallons . The bench inflicted the same fine in this case . —William Richardson , ' a mariner , was convicted of havirig two iemi-johns in his possession , containing' four gallons of foreign gin , of the value of £ 3 , on the 15 th of October last .

      Defendant was fined 40 s , and £ 6 . ' , double value , or six weeks iriiprisnnment .-- Samual Barber , mariner , was charged with having in his possession eight demi-johns of foreign gin , containing sixteen gallons , of the value of . £ 12 , on the 15 th day of October last ; Defendant was fined 4 . 0 s . and double the value , £ 24 . In default of a warrant of distress , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two months . None of the defendants paid the penalties . Putty Persecution of Poor Children : — The Rev . Joseph Theophilus Toye , is rector of St . Stephens , Exeter , and hon . secretary of the . Exeter Episcopal Charity Schools . Lay churchmen chiefly support the schoels , which , however , have been subjected nrettv much to Tractarian control . A month ' y

      court of the trustees , andtwelve elected subscribers , is held , at which children are admitted on the reebmtnendation of subscribers . Among the boys iri this school was one , the son of extremely poor parents ; who yet have not only some blood of an ancient patrician family in their veins , but the higher honour of unblemished character arid ^ honest'industry . The boy , who , according to the testimony of the schoolriiaster , has always behaved verywell , was engaged by Mr . Pike , newsman of South-street , to . carrya bag of papers round the . streets for : sale . . Mr . Pike deals in such periodical literatrireas he finds most acceptable to the public ; and thus it happened that when the Rev Mr . Toye met the boy in the street , and asked what he had got there , the little fellow

      very / artlessly replied , '' the Western Times , sir . 1 - ^ naming also a popular London journal , ; bf Radical opinions : The reverend gentleman who might have reflected that the poor boy . was no riioreblameable for any demerits of The Western Times , than : the . sack he carried , was hotly indignant , arid frowned darkly . When the court of committee men assembltd , arid the boy's name wa 3 proposed , Mr . Toye . rose and said : •• Oh , ah , this is the boy who ' carries about the detestable Western Times , and Weekly : Dispatch ' . '' The obsequious committee , of whom Dr . Pennell was chairman , echoed , " indeed 1—Shocking ! --Aboinirif able!—How very sad ! "f-all round the table , ; , and they told the : boy's . mother , who : ' was ; waiting , their decisiori ' . that she was " brineine her child . to turn . '•'

      She replied , that as her husband had but half work , arid she had seven children to feed , she was glad to find any employment for her boy ; but if he might not serve Mr . Pike , would any of the gentlemen find him a better place ? Mr . Toye , she says ,, " was in disdain , and threw himself about every way ; and so they discharged the poor boy . Mr . Toye also kept back the two shillings which it is Qiistpmary for a boy to receive , when discharged with a good character . But the vengeance of the reverend gentleman ended not here ; two sisters of this boy , girls aged eleven and nine , were immediately turned out ofthe school , and compelled to restore the school clothes they had worn ; no fault being ever found with them , as far as we knowbut that the younger of the girls once came

      , too late for prayers , and we are ^ not inforriied that this was even made the pretext for expelling , her . All this does seem very mean and unworthy . The poor mother , who is willing not orily , to have her own but other children share the blessings of education , has opened a little school for infants , in order totducate her own children . thus deprived , and eke out her scanty subsisterice .- —Wwfern Times . ¦ Representation of .. South . Nottinghamshire . —Another vacancy is likely to oceurin the repre * sentation of the southern division of tlie ,: county . of Nottingham , 'in consequence , it is said , of the in-r tended resignation of Mr . Bromley , the . recentlyelected ' snccesspf to Colonel Rolleston . . Mr . Brom : lev is suffering from confirmed bad health , which is

      the reason of his contemplated j retirement . The electors are already en the alert , and Mr .. $ T .--. II , Barrow , of Southwell ; Mr . E . V . P . Bromell , of Winkbourne ; and Lord John ; Manners , have been severally mentioned as likely to be nominated ' to succeed Mr . "Bromleyi ; Mr . Barrow , however , is the leading favourite , especially among the ( i tenant . farmers , ' because , in addition to being a Protectionist , he has declared himself in favour of a material reduction of the national expenditure . , With' the view of aiding this election , and furthering the , re-actionary movement , two county meetings : have been called , to ; be he'd towards the latter ; end of the ensuing month—one at Bingham , and the other at EastRetford . ^

      Death from Destitution through Neglect of the Parish OrriCBBs ' Manchester . —Last week a . poor woman named Mary Hunter , died through great privation , and apparent neglect by the parish authorities . An inquest has"been . held by ' . MivE . Herford , the coroner for the borough , and the jury threw ; , blame for neglect both upon the relievingofficer and the medical man . The following are the depositions made by the witnesses in this painful case : —Catherine M'Donough , of 8 , Ludgate--sl ; reet , Manchester , saidt Igo but selling herrings ,: and keep lodgers . I have only twp ; rooms , ; a kitchen anda sleeping room . I have known deceased about twelve months .: She has lodged with me fourteen weeks last Saturday . , She paid . me eight-pence ; a

      week , and found . hertown , food .. . I . usually-charge one shilling and sixpence , but I topfc hei ^ for thh ) for the sake of her company , because she , was religious , audi liked her for what sho ' said , to-me . She went , out every day selling apples ; arid oranges , and seemed in very good . health . She was a-very easy woman , and when she was hurried-: at , all she became very nervous . Oh FridayJast she complained of ear-ache before she went s Out ,.. She applied an onion , but , had the pain , still when ; she came home , and also the next morning . In other respects she seemed as well as usual when she went out on Saturday morning . On Saturday night she said the . ear-acne was well when she . came home about five . She had tea , but jsoon afterwards vomited it . Then she complained of a pain in the left shoulder , down to the left breast .- Before , she went to bedl riiade her two meal' poultices , and

      put , the second on when the first -was . cold . She did not find any relief , but was still in agony . I sat up with her during the night in the Kitchen , where she . slept . She was very restless ,. moaned frequently , and drank a good deal of tea . ; Next morning , she said , I must , get her , a doctor , ' and I ; went to Mr . M'Gill ' s ; but the young man in the shop said he was not the town ' s doctor . : ; j then went , to another doctor in 01 ahamrroad . but no one came to the door when ! knocked . There was a plate on the door which said it would , not open till two o ' clock . I then went to the Tib-street workhouse , and asked if there was any doctorthere that attended to the town . The person I saw said "No , " and that I must get an order * from the overseer , who he thought was M * . Pierce . He said he lived m Red-bank , and I went there immediatelv , but he had removed , they could not tell me where to . I

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      I then pariia back' arid f » ld " decea 8 ed '| , couid not find ariy'doctor . " , ; Ithbri ? got 'her ' sbm ^ tcai' and shelwent ? tb 58 teep > ' I wentHoWr . ; M'GilFagairi ,. arid ho gave me fadraughti'ftforwhiehlpaidhimjand ^ he ' said I must > apply a ^ poult jce ; - Of mustard- ; and ¦ meal ;; - She found no relief . frpm-these , and . at . nine , o ' clock . at higfit I ' weht toll ' r . N 61 ile ! s arid saw ' Mr . Brown . ; I loldlirm'that de ' c' ^ ed ^ vas'ld ' arigerously ' iU / 1 ^ 'lying . 'ibri theflags of 'my'kitchen' floor , ' arid'th'at I uriderstoodSthat heiwas a < tbwri ' s ' doctor ;^ He'said , f . Mou ; mus t take , her , to . thejinfirmary ; '¦< n I . saidi ' . " I cannot-. remove ; her , to . tho infirmary , she is ; , so Keayy . ' " 77 Ho ^ then ' said ^ he . cojilddo nothing for . me . I theri-came hbme ' Deceased ' had not neon . lip

      since Saturday-night ;' She-wag ho better when I gotbaek ' .-i"Mr . 'i'Brown ; atterids-the ; poor for- Mr , Noble . ¦ She was still very' illon Monday morning , and I said I would apply to . have her takenmto the workhouse : Sh e said she ' did riot like it . I said I could do nothing for her , arid rio doctor 'could as long as Ishe lay , on the cold flags . '' She consented that I should apply to geliherjinto the workhouse , arid I went there . between . twelve and one o'clock . I saw'Sir . ' Pierce , and . tbld hiriil , wanted a note to reriioveMaryHuriter iritothe . worklibiise . ' I ' said shehad -been ' dangerously'ill , arid wantod nourishment ; and ' i that she was lying onJ the flags . He gave me a note ,. 'and said , " Take this to Dr . Jfoble ; and if he says she ought to . be removed ,, she should

      be removed . '' I took this note to Mr . Noble ' s , and gave it to his servant : This was : before one o ' clock . No one cariib that day ; ' she lay iri the ; sairie place Still very ill . She didnot ; say that she was worse . ' I gave her ; . oranges and a . little . bitfof dryitoast , ; which was all she eat . On Tuesday mprningijat nine o'clock Mr . Browri cairie , and after asking her questions told me to apply a mustard poultice , arid , conio to him at two for some medicine ; He did hot mention anything about a bottle , and I took none , but when I called he said ; I ; must get ; one . ; I said I had none , and could ; ndt aflbifd to buy one . He said I must " borrow orie , arid , come to himat nine ' o'clock in the riaorriiug , he could not give ine ariyj medicirie beforo . ' I got the'bottla and went to' him ,

      at nine o ' clock ; and he said : ! must' apply a mustard poultice .:. ; I did what he directed , and when she took the medicine she said the . painwas removed to her hips , arid ' that she , had no use of her right arm . 1 , was up with her : all ; night : Next morning she still hadthe ^ pain in her hack and Kips . Her breath was better . I ' went in : the forenoon to Mr . Pierce , but could not see him . ; I remained till fbur o ' clock , arid . then saw him . I told him in what state : she then ; was ,-and that I wanted ,. her ; removal to , the workhouse . Ho said , " I must go'to Dr . "Noble , and tell him to alter the medicine . " Ho said he wouldcome the first thing in 'the morriing to visit her . I said ; sho might , be . dead by then . I , went to-Mr . Brown , and he called to see deceased again .

      Mr . Pierce came previously , between five and six o ' clock in "the evening . '' ' Deceased told hiriisho had been relieved going on six years ago ,, I called , by his direction , at his office in- halfan hour , and'he gave me 2 s . ; Mr . Brown came in iny absence . On Wednesday night her breath began to ; be short .-and she died about five o ' clock' on Thursday morning . As Mr . Brown had left word he would come in the morning , ' I did hot go for another doctor . She had no bed , but some flocks and a piece of . carpet over them .. ' .. She had no ; blankets -or sheets . . She said she never had any more bed since she began to be f . Jiisty . '' , She diifn . ot ; apply for . any relief . She told me that sonie years' ago the overseers had- given her a trifle and a basket tosell fruit . Sho had a

      bit of carpet over her at nights She seemed sensible to the last moment . On Thursday morning I toldMr . Pierce , she was dead ,, and he . said , it , was Mr / Rowe ' s case . On Saturday night she had no moneybutSd . She had rio clothes . except those upon her . I paid for- what she ' required out of iriy own ' pocket . She had bnjoyed good health generally , andidid not complain . All that I ever saw her eat was a little brown bread , and sometimes butter , and a little tea . She , had no meat . — George Morley Harrison , of Oldham-street , Mancheater , surgeon , said i 1 made a post mortem examination . of deceased this afternoon . I found her lying on the floor , which is flagged , near the fireplace , with soirie clothes between her arid the

      § round . They seemed to be some old quiltsand ocks . The body : was extremely corpulent , and the face was discoloured . On opening the cavity of the chest , I found marks of recent inflammation of the ' lining membrane < of the . chest , as well as a large quantity of fluid iri the cavity , " which had coriipressed the lung on that side , ' > This was the * evidence ot acute inflammation . : There were " ¦ > also marks of similar previous disease from which she had recovered . The stomach . was nearl y empty , containing a small quantity of fluid , probably tea , with some orange pulp and orange pips . The cause of death was acute inflammation- ofthe lungs , and its investing membrane on the left side . The complaint described by the last witness , of paia in the

      deceased s leit side , would be the first prominent symptom ; of such a : coriiplaint .. Such an attack would in the first instance , be produced by exposure to cold , and would subsequently be aggravated by the want of proper nourishment and other comforts .- Much food since the attack , would not have been desirable . Such an attack is not generally fatal , if properly attended to ; but is more likely to be so in a person of her years . There was no evidence of previous deficiency of food , With great care and attention she might have struggled through , but I should say the probabilities were against her recovery . I , think the disease commenced before Saturday night , when the pain was felt , and was

      aggravated by exposure to cold iri her < occupation , andf-bjMying in . ^ such a . place as above -stated . ¦ , A should think it was of great importance to have such a patientlremoved to a proper place . It would have ; been still better to have have had arrangements made for her comfort ; in the place where she was . —James Greaves , ' of 128 , Oldham-road , butcher : He said I have known deceased six years . I saw her on Sunday week . I heard she was dead yesterday , and went over to see her .. < She was lying on a sort of bed on the flagged floor . An officer came in whilst ! was there , and I told him the case ought to be investigated . ' - ¦ She was extremely poor ; but for integrity and honesty , I never heard anything against her , She had done her best to earn a livelihood . She had no relations that I am aware

      of . I was not aware that she absolutely wanted food . She attended the same place of worship as I did . I did not know where sho lived . She never asked for anything ; but-I sometimes , gave her a trifle , sueh as flannels , for which she seemed very grateful ;—The jury returned a verdict of " Died from inflammation ofthe lungs , aggravated by exposure and lying in the place deserted ; " and expressed their unanimous opinion that there had been neglect on the part oi the overseers and the medical man who visited the deceased ; recommending that a copy of the depositions be forwarded to the poor law board . r , Desperate Affray with Poachers . —On Christmas-day three poachers named John Jones , John Price , and John Morris , colliers . ' - all resident

      atMaesteg , were brought to the ' police-station , at Bridend , having beeri found on the night of the 24 th ult . in the Margatn preserves ; armed with loaded guns for the purpose-of killing game . ' It appears thaton the above night the gatnekeepefs were watching the game , when they heard the report of guns ; they went in the direction of the sound , and saw the three above named persons , ' eitch carrying a gun . The poachers then attempted to run , when the keepers Mowed . John Jones turned round , and said to the keeper William Stubbs , " Stand , back , or I will shoot you . " The keeper still pressed towards him arid he then turned round and ran away : finding the keeper was gaining upon him he turned round —placed , his gun to his shoulder and fired , being

      within five yards of his pursuer—the- charge lodged in a stick which the keeper held in his hand—grazed his fingers , and some of the powder and ' shot struck him in his face , causing blood to flow freelv'frorii his mouth . The keeper then knocked the fellow down with a stick , took his , gun from him , and took' him into custody , ! Upon examining . him he ¦ found the poacher ' s arm had been broken in the affray . , At the same time one of the watchers advanced towards John Morris , who finding himself about to be taken , nose Ida gun . 6 ver his head for . the pwvpoae t > f stviking the watcher , who thereupon iinmediately struck him to the ground . They closed and foright desperately up arid down for some time ; at last the keeper overnowered his man - and took him' into amtoAv : : ¦ : On

      examining his gun the ; 16 ek was found to' have been recently blown off ; and on searching the prisoner it was found in his pocket . The other man , PriceVwas taken without any resistarice , and his giiri got' from him , They were all plentiful furnished with powder , shot , caps , . and Jones had in his possession a albrie marble land a leaden bullet . .. On the 26 th ult . ; they were brought before'the Rev . R . Knight , Rev . H . L . Blosse , and Richard Franklen , Esq ., at Bridgend . Jones arid-Morris were committed to the Swansea Douse of ? Correction for three months , with hard labour .- Price was committed for six weeks , with hard labour—the whole , of them to find sureties , at the expiration of their , imprisonment , not to be guilty of the same offence for twelvemonths ; in default to be imprisoned for six , months ; John Jones j was again . charged with feloniously shoothur at . Wiliiam

      Stubbs with intent to do him a grievous bodily harm , and'fully committed to take his trial at the neat : assizes to be holden at Swansea . A pheasant was found dead the following morning near the spot on . which the affray had taken place .-- Cardiff Guardian . . Attempted Murder at Dudlky . ~ On-Friday evening , Sarah Eyaris , who stands charged with attempting to murder two of her children by cutting their-throats , underwent a final examinatiori be- ' foi-e the magistrates atthisplace . ; : Tho particulars published previousl y in , some of the papers - are incorrect . The evidence of Sarah Evans , one ofthe ' prisoner sdaughters / a girl of thirteen , who wris examined yesterday , went to prove that , hearing her younger sister , Rosannah , oryiri g / shelwent up stairs to her , and found her lying on a hed with nor mother standing by the bedside . Rosannah ' s throat was out and bleeding fast , and a bloody I knife was lying by her , Her wofter ' B right hand

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      also was bloody . When , her . mother saw her ( witness ) , she ^ said ,: ? , ' Sarah , ( . itlis , your , turn . nexb / f and approached horj p ^' w Kich followed ^ ^ iirt "' of . the way : byrheririotheri " iVHowever , she escaped from her , and ran to ' her father , who was at work near , and told him what sho had seeni on which-hej rushedjintothevhouseiand wrested thorknife . ( which she . halll . Meri rip again ) , from hen When the prisoner was ; taken" into , custody by con stable Shore , - she ^ bri being told the charge against her . said . " 1 am sorry-I did not do for 'em all . and

      myself too . " On the husband . . handing , the -knife to the constable he pointed out that . it had beeri sharpened ; 'on whicn the prisonervexclajmed , "I did keen it ; Tho devil told mq'tb ciit the child ' s throat ;"; and ^ turning- to her husban d , she added , , ' VIt . ' 11 .. be , your turn next / ' . Two surgeons dor posed as to ' the nature of the wound , which was an irich' deep and three i ^ ies lorig . - At . first , it was feared it would bo fatal ^ but the child is now progressing'favourably . At ' the close- of theinquiry the prisoner wasfully : committed for trial at the assizes . She is said to be of a . disturbed state of

      mmd / .., ; - ., -, " ,- ' -.. ! / -,. ¦ :: :: ¦ . ; ,: - !< : * , - . -il - ii , [ - - ¦ ' 'AkegeV'Death from TyANT , OF % NotrriftsiiMENT .-r-At the ' weekly meeting 'of the Hereford' Board of Guardians , held on Saturday last , J . G ; Freeriiito , Esq ., in the chair , an inquiry sook place respecting the death of Thomas : 'Whitney , a ' pauper , on whose body ' an inquest was held on the 13 th ult ., ; and a verdict "" returned of " Died from exhaustion , from insufficienti ^ nbririsbmerit . " ' Evidence was given that deceased had received from the relieving officer , anallowance . of Is ; 6 d . in money , and ; six pounds of bread each week ; but . it further , appeared that he had paid . the . whole ofthe money as rent for hi * lodging , ieavirig the bread as his sole means of sustenance ' whilst labouring under' diarrhoea . ' . -The

      board came to a resolution that no blame is attriibutableto the relieving officer , Charles Lucy , but that the pauper had been for some weeks labouring under diarrhroa , and was under the care of Mr . Barnard , surgeon to the union , who omitted . ascertaining the fact , of the deceased disposing of the allowance ordered him' by the board for his lodgings , arid , consequently ,-did riot give any order upon , the relieving officer , for " nourishing diet , " arid also that Mr ., Barnard , under , the circumstances of riot' having seen the deceased for , a fortnight , beforehis death , was riot justified in giving his opinion atthe inquest to the effect ofthe verdict , without requiring a post mortem examination . " The board was also of opinion that great blame is attributable

      to Mrs . Cheese , who kept the ; house in which the pauper , lodged , in app ' ropriatirig- the whole of the money- allowed the pauper by the beard , without informingthemedical attendant or relieving officer . The , surgeon ,, Mr . ' Barnard , said he believed lie could cure . the complaint by , medicine , and he succeeded . He wrote a certificate representing the deceased to be ill and perfectly unable ; to work , and it was discretionary on ; the guardians to allow him more if they thought proper ; He had frequently ' been complamed of . because he gave too many certificates , andthe relieving officer had invariably refused to give the , orders unless . the word . " urgent" was

      written upon them . He did not consider this an urgent case , ' and consequently left it to the board to grant more if-they thought proper . The chairman said the duty of the surgeon had been explained to him over and over again . If a person was taken sick , and required extras immediately , the surgeon was empowered to order anything ; ho might deem necessary ; but where the casoSvas not urgent it was the duty of the surgeon to send a certificate to the board recommending what he considered requisite , and it was then for thetboard to exercisetheir discretion . In the present instance this had not been : done the certincate merely stating that deceased was ill and unable to work .

      Accident from-breaking a BorrtE . —On Christ , mas-day , as' S . Tillet , Esq ., of Hill House ; Lexden , Colchester , was in the act cf drawing a cork from a bottle , the neck broke , and . his left hand was so much lacerated , that he , became quite exhausted from loss of blood . Mri Morris , surgeon , succeeded in stopping the blood , but Mr . Tillett has been since confined to his bed . The wound is going on favourably , although the complete restoration of his-hand ; cannot bo expected for a considerable time . ' . .

      A Stone-barge , name not known , sunk in the river at Bristol , on Tuesday . She was very deeply laden , and went , down in the swell caused by the Osprey steam-packet . ,. Fatai . Visit to the . Ice . — Two Brothers Drowned . —An accident on the ice occurred near Cirencester on Saturday last , ; by which two of the sons , of Mr . Thomas Bowly , draper , lost their lives . On the sheet of water in the park belonging to Earl Bathurst , the younger portion of the inhabitants of the town are in the habit of skating and sliding , after sufficient frost to make the ice bear . On Saturday last there had been two days' severe frost , and it was thought that , the ice was of sufficient consistency to bear the weight of skaters . Accord .

      ingly many people repaired thither" to recreate themselves . All went on well till about four o ' clock in the afternoon , when Daniel Bowly , aged about twelve , years , was passing the middle of the pond , where the ice , it is presumed from the high wind , had riot been so frozen as elswhere , as it broke , and the youth sank into the water . An elder brother , named Thomas , aged fourteen , who had a few days previously returned home from school at Westori , near , Bath , seeing his brother fall into the water , courageously rushed in after him , ' arid in a fruitless effort to save his brother he also sunk . Perceiving his danger , he erideavoured to catch at the edge ofthe ice nearest him ; but it broke in his grasp . A ladder and some ropes were speedily , procured , but

      the spar ofthe ladder to which the rope was fastened broke , and after several ineffectual efforts to seize the rope , which he could not hold , it is conjectured from the benumbed state of his hands , tlie poor youth : uttered a cry of agony and sank to a watery grave . .. It- is . supposed that the cry was occasioned by the seizure of cramp . Drags were speedily procured ,, but . soirie time elapsed before . the bodies could be secured . In tho meantime Messrs . Thos . Warner arid Cripps , surgeons , ' had arrivedi and had caused the necessary appliances—hot water and a fire + to be provided at the nearest house , that of Mr . Bolton , at the Lodge gates . In about three quarters of an hour the bodies were recovered , and imiriediately taken to the house above named , where

      they were rubbed , and every means which human art could suggest was used , but all was of no avail . Afly / wasthen obtained , and the . bodies were taken to the residence of the grandfather , Mr . Richard Bowly , draper , in the Market Place , there to await the coroner s inquest . The inhabitants of the town expressed deep and heartfelt sympathy for the grief necessarily felt by the numerous members of a highly . respected family . Mr Thomas Bowly , the father of the deceased , was at the time in London , but was expected to return that night . We hear that the eldest brother , Richard , who had also returned from- school for the Christinas holidays , was kept ( back by force , or ho would have rushed into the water , in an attempt : to save his brothers , and

      probably have shared their fate . APbisojt Breaker . —Frederick Grimwood , some time since , when under sentence of firansportation fur seven years , quietly walked off from Ipswich gaol , to the utter consternation of \ the authorities . He then indulged in a . plundering expedition throughout Norfolk , Huntingdon , and Cambridge , and ultimately found his way into the Bury-Assize Court for robbery . Here he was convicted , and was also recognised by Superintendent Mason , who happened : to he in court at the time . Grimwood , who had adopted the name of Smith , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the offence of which he stood convicted , and it was arranged that , at the expiry of that term , he should be transferred to the Ipswich gaol j preliminary to undergoing his former sentence . '' On "Wednesday afternoonTiowever , he took a distaste to her Majesty ' s gaol at Bury , and . accordingly marched off on , his own

      account , without -in any measure studying the feelings ofthe governor , who had been quite unaccustomed to lose nis prisoners . We learn that his escape was effected by the negligence of the plumber , in leaving a ladder which he had been using in the well ; The prisoner could see the ladder from his yard , arid he immediately climbed over the iron railings , seized the ladder , mounted the , wall , and dragged the ladder over the wall to descend by ; But it appears the ladder slipped sideways out of his reach ; and he had to drop from the'top of the ' wall , a distance of twentyifeet , as a deep indenture was made in the sod by his feet in the fall . The officer haying had occasion to leave theyard for about a minute , it appears that he took immediate advantage of his absence . Officers are scouring the country , but nothing has been heard of the prisoner since .

      • Accident on the ^ Komh Kent RAii . wAT .- ~ An occurrence , occasioned : b y the densefog of Tuesday on . parts of this line , and which might have been attended -with fatal consequences , fortunately passed off without any injury to life or limb . A special engine and carriage were in the act of crossing ; from tho down to the up line , at the junction ofthe two lines , near , the , old Gravesend station , £ fe . "'» into by a ballast train , the driver of which , m consequence of , the density ofthe fog , did not perceive any object iri , advance of him . ihe carriage ( which fortunately was empty )' was smashed by the ballast trucks , and the-driver of the engine , dreading the eSecfc of the collision ,

      unfortunatew . sprang from his engine to the- groond , whea it , aneoted by the aeceleriited impetus receivedfrom tlie concussion with the othertrab , sot . off at full speed in the direction of tho Gravesend ' station , where the- np-train ' tft London , . just about to start , was standing at 'the ; platform siding , < The switchman , unable to account for , the , approach of atv . erigine at this speed ,: turned the points to send it forward on the , " main ' line ,, and' it proooededat a rapid place through the'station . ;; The ' - ' moment it had passed , . the inforinatiori-. was'telegi'aphed up the line and to the London-bridge station , whore the information was immediately communicated te the ehairman and superintendent of the railwav . The lattev instantly proceeded w an express , ' engine

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      1 down the line ,. arid soon * after , his departure . the telegraph brought the account of its having passea tho Woolwich station . ' s Under the pemnaidirec ? tions of the chairman aridr ' other official 3 at . | he London-bridge station ; preparations' Were / iMranUy made for its reception at" the station , if , it should , arrive there at speed , so as to prevent any lll-COn * dcpTnces ensuing , beyond ; . injury to the engine itself . Sleepers ^' were ..-, placed upon ; the , ; rpad ; s and an erigine was fixed' there as a buttress to receive it . " "The special engine carrying the superintendent met ^ the runaway engine between the Bricklayera * Arms junction station and'the ' " New-cross-bridge , then backed to follow it , crossing « it the junctiqa on ; to ; the same line as the runaway , - which it ' . 'pur * sued and overtook ) -running into it at speed : -The driver of his engine gallantly sprung from the pursuing engine on to the runaway , and immediately obtained control over it . and tho two engines thus

      arrived in perfect control at the London-bridge terminus . We cannot record this , transaction without remarking on the providential circumstance of the up-train at Gravesend station-having been on the siding at the platform at the time the engine passed , for which many have abundant , cause to be , thankful ; and , . there , perhaps , % never was an occasion , when the . use . of the ; electric telegraph was' more signally beneficial in enabling measures to betaken to prevent a catastrophe , or to concert measrirea to meet the difficulty in the inost judicious manner . The telegraphic news from station to station enabled every station to be kept clear , and the information received at London-bridge caused every energy there- to be at once brought into play to meet the riecessities of the case . The gallantry of theerigiriedriver who was ready to spring from engine to eri g ine at the moment of contact , and at the risk of being shaken from his ; hold to the ground , cannot be . passed unnoticed . " : . '

      Accidents from Fire-arms . —An accident from the incautious ; placirig and plajring with fire-arins , by which Mary ; Ann Dines , a girl about 12 yearsof age , lost her life , occurred at Hatfield Peverel , ; on the 27 th ult . The cun had been left at the corner of a room , and was . taken up by a youth , the cousin ofthe deceased , who amused himself by exploding caps on the nipple , and had done so more than once before it went off . On the 29 th ult . an inquest was held on the body before W . Codd , Esq ., and to the surprise of tho coroner and jury , on going to view the body they , found a gun in the same corner of the room , ' : ¦ which on an examination proved to be loaded , ; the , coroner ordered the charge to be drawn . The following evidence was adduced : —

      VV . Dines , the father of the deceased , said about three o ' clock . juYthe afternoon , while in the barn nOiir the hoiise , he was informed of the . accident , and on going into the sitting-room he found the deceased in the chair with her head on the table - there was a large wound on the right side of the mouth , her face was blackened , and she was apparently dead ; when he left , the room about ten minutes before a long gun was standiig up in a corner near the clock , but he had not the slightest idea it was loaded , as he had not used it for eighteen months ; he left in the room his three little boys , the deceased , and their cousin , John Jelfs , but they were not meddling with the gun ; he was not aware that there was a cap on the nipple

      of this gun , but before he left he took . the cap off another gun to' see if it was a good one , ' arid there appearing to be rip composition iri it he ; laid it on the table , as also another taken from a box , which appeared to be defective ; his little boy Charles asked if he might have the caps , arid- he told him yes , and he left the house' with the other gun ; he never allowed his children to touch the gun , and had no idea that the caps would be used upon it . The coroner , after noticing the reprehensible practice of taking fire-arms loaded into a house , told Mr . Dines that both the jury and himself were reluctarit to aggravate his feelings upon such an occasion , as they must necessarily be very acute , but he could not but express their surprise at finding another gun standing loaded in the same place—a fact which he presumed had , from his distress of mind , escaped his recollection . Mr .

      Dines assured the coroner and jury he would never take a loaded gun into the house again . —John Jelfs , aged 14 , who had been living with Mr . Dines , said , as soon as his uncle had gone out of the room , he took the long gun from near the clock , put one ofthe caps on , and pulled the trigger ; the cap snapped , but he did not smell anything , nor did he see any smoke . His cousin Charles then put the other cap on , and held it about a foot from the floor , and pulled the trigger , and the cap snapped . Witness immediately took the broken cap off , and threw it upon the floor , and as he was in the act of taking the gun to put it back in the corner of the room , it went off and shot the deceased , who was sitting on a chair by the window , the charge

      entering the right side of the mouth and cheek , and making a hole about the size of half-a-orown ; her head immediately fell upon the table , and she fetched her breath only two or three times . ' The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "—? On the same day another accident from firearms occurred in the . neighbourhood . A boy named Pritchard Langley was standing by looking at some parties firing at a mark , when some shot lodged in one of his eyes . The boy has suffered great pain , and it . is doubtful whether the sight is not destroyed ? . " ' , , .. ' . ' . Midlanu Railway . —Some of the men who had

      been employed on the Midland Railway , and who recently " struck , " returned on Tuesday to their wbrk ' at the reduced rate of wages ; the great bulk of the porters continue to insist on the higher rates of payment . There have been some accidents among the new men ; one of their number at Huuslet suffered injuries from the fall of two heavy doors } another man from the removal of . trucks ; arid it is said that on the whole the carrying trade has been much impeded , and considerable losses sustained by the damage which delay . has occasioned to perishable goods , hence , many and loud complaints prevail against the course pursued by the directors .

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      Accioent " At Britastnia-Bringe.—Cariian...

      Accioent " at BRiTASTNiA-BRinGE . —CARiiAnvoy , ' Mokday . —Owing to some inadvertence correct information had not been conveyed to Liverpool , on Saturday , as to the postponement of a " six foot lifting" of the second tube , now daily progressing towards its final resting place , the . consequence : of which was that the smack , Robust , Captain Edwards , of Aberystwyth ; on returning from Liverpool , with a general cargo , whilst passing the Swilliea under canvass , as was necessary at the time , struck her masts against the tube , and received serious damage . She succeeded , however , in reaching this town , where a great number 6 f hands were employed during the whole of Sunday night repairing , as far as possible , the effects ofthe casualty , that the vessel might proceed on her voyage without delay .

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      Madame Sontao In A Snowdrift.—On The Mor...

      Madame Sontao in a SnowDrift . —On the morning of Friday , the i 28 th ult ., Madame Sontag and party left Glasgow for Aberdeen , to attend the morning concert on the following day . All went well till the train reached Glammis , when a greater depth of snow was experienced , and from thence to Laurencekirk , the speed was materially retarded . At Middleton Bridge , about a mile or a mile and a half farther on , the engine ran into a cutting filled wth snow to the depth of six feet , and then became completely immovable ' . At this time , ' five in the afternoon ; the blast was most fierce and cutting , carrying the drift from the fields into the hollow of the railway , and rapidly burying the carriages . The situation , as may be imasined . was arivthine but

      agreeable for the passengers . A consultation having been held with the guard and driver , Mr . Wood determined to leave the train , and endeavour to reach Laurencekirk on foot . This , with the assistance of two guides , he happily accomplished , although the strength of the wind and depth ofthe snow brought them several-times to a standstill . Aid having been procured , and a basket of provisions got ready , the party again started for the embedded train . ' The wind being now in their faces , the task' became more difficult , as well as dangerous , but by avoiding the road and taking through the fields ; from which the snow had been partially . dislodged , jthe train waa once more reached at hall-past seven . The question was now whether-it was possible to remove the

      ladies from the carriages , and gain the summit of the cutting . - ^ Madame Sontag , with undannted energy , vat once determined to attempt it , and descended from the carriage : The men were sent -oh before to make a track , when Madam Sontag , after great exertion , and several falls , reached the level ground . There the blast became quite blinding ; but Madame Sontag having covered her head with a cloak ; was soon supported through the fields and over the fences , to the house of Mr . Wilson , a most hospitable farmer , where along -with Count Ross ' e , Mr . P . Labkeke , Signer : Calzolari , arid Signer ? Piatti , she remained ! all night . Mr . Wood , with some others of the party ; again faced the blast , and reached Laurencekirk in safety , although much Worn out . Between Dcumlithie and Middleton Bridget

      there were five engines and few trains all ' fast . Next morning tlfce snow had so completely filled the catting as to rowy the carriages . Explosion At Glasgow . —A few minutes after seven o ' clock on Monday morning , the inhabitants residingat Bath-street , and the streets in the vicinity , wore- thrown into a state of the utmost consternation . by a tremendous explosion , followed by » rumbling noise as of an earthquake . ; In many of the . houses the glass in every apartment ww smashed , arid in some instances the window-frames forced out . - This / it appeared ^ < had been occasioned from anaccidental explosion * of gas , whioh is sub-Sosed to . have been . accumulating for the -last few aya , and bad latterly become ao offensive as to excite the serious apprehensions of many of the resi « dents . To give our readers an idea of the nature and magnitude of the explosion , we may state that

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05011850/page/6/