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      _ A , , _^ ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . _ November 8 , i § 5 L

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      Health o ? London . —The week ending last Saturday cxhu < its a considerable decrease in tht » mortality , compared with the amount , in ' any of the three previous weeks ot October . Lately the deaths ie Loudon have never been less tlian 950 , and they h ; ive generally risen u > uch above thai sum , but last week th ' i-y declined to 8 C 1 . Iu tho ten correspondind weeks of the years 1841-50 the average was 956 ; and if this average be " raised ia proportion to the grmter amount of population at the preterit time it trill beco -.- ie 1 , 052 , compared with which the last fceturn shows a decrease of 191 . The zymotic or epidemic class of diseases , though it produces more than a fourth part of the total mortality , exhibita

      a decline « n . the preceding week , the number having fallen from 268 to 222 . The corrected average is 24 » . Typhus and scarlatina indicate a . alight reduction on the previous week ; but they still number consbierabiy more than anv other disease inine same cla 8 < -to the former 60 fatal cases are »•««*« . to the latter 50 . SM- -. J 1 P »* f , ^ Hrln h ,. onno ren and 5 adults , measles to 13 «* " »» •'"" j " * COUgh to 19 , croap to 5 , thrash to 2 . cholera to 1 , a , v ¦ „ hl ^ iea . to 2 . intermittent fever to 1 , fSTnt Tver Kluf-t'te fever to 1 . -ypkil . is to 2 and nS or cancruia oris , to 1 . One person died of iufluenn , and 1 of erysipelas . Diarrhoea wis fatal last week to 26 children , and to 8 persons of mature age . It seems to prevail at present to nearly the same extent as has been usual in corresp onding weeks of the last five tears . One person died of intemperance , one of destitution , and 5 infants from Wit of breast milk . On the 21 th

      October , a surgery attendant , aged 50 yearn , died m "Westminster Hospital from " a dissection wound , " after 10 days" illness . Erysipelas occurred three days before death . List week the births of 759 boys and 721 girls , in all 1 , 480 children were registered . The average number in gix corresponding weeks of 1815-50 was 1 , 387 . At tbe Royal Obter vatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was 30 OiSin . ou Sunday ; the mean of tbe week was 29 * 623 in . Tho mean daily temperature waa 49 9 deg . on Sunday , 51 ' 3 deg . on Monday , 48 'i deg . on Tuesday , and on these three days it was above the average oi corre * ponding day * in ten years . On Wednesday it fell to 42 'S deg ., and in below the average on that and the following three days . The mean temperature of the week nag 40-3 deg ., showing a considerable decrease on that of tbe preceding week , when it was S 4 5 deg . The Wind blew generally from the nort'i-west .

      Dreadful Murder and Suicids of the Murderess , in Greek stbset , Sobo . —l > urin £ the whole of Sunday and Monday a very sad feeling was excited in tbe immediate neighbourhood of Greekstreet , Sobo , arising from the commission of another murder , very similar in its character to those recently perpetrated in Camberweil aud Bermondaey . The following particulars of the dreadful occurrence have been obtained from parties iu the house and of Mr . Marshal ) , the surgeon , who was called in : —The murderess waa the wile of a young man of the name of Blakemore , who has for many years been in the service of Mr . Level , copperplate printer , of 45 , Greek-street , Soho . For the bat few days some difference appears to have existed

      between Mary Ann Blakemore and her husband , and it is said that she had even gone so far as to forbid him to enter her room . As she was a young woman ( twenty-six ) of very delicate health , and the child a fine strong infant , Mr . Blakemore had provided for her a nurse ; and Mr . Marshall , of Greek-street , surgeon , who was attending her , adv « ed that she should no longer suckle tbe child , as her state of health was too weak , but the caution she seems to lwve wholly disregarded , for just before she committed the frightful murder and destruction of herself , she had done that which she was strictly ordered not to do . —The nurse , who had been attending ou her went out , about half-past eight on Saturday night , to purchase what was

      wanting for the ensuing day , and left the mother and child in the bed-room , Mr . Blakemore being in Mr . Leach ' e counting-house , where the wages were being paid . During the absence of the nurse , which was not lor more that a quarter of an hour , Mrs . Blakemore ' s mother called , and immediately went up stairs ; but , to her surprise , the door was fastened , and she could get no answer to her calls , although a candle was burning in the room . As she was about to seek for Mr . Blakemore , she met him on the stairs , and expressed her belief that something must be wrong . The husband without hesitation forced opeu the door , and then an awful scene presented itself . The mother was lying at tho footi of the heii oa the floor , and a large carving

      knife resting on her shoulder , as if she had dropped it in the last struggle of death . She was in a pool of blood , and there was a frightful gash 011 the seek , extending from the left ear nearly to tbe other . The poorchiM was then sought for , and she was found in the bed with her throat cut nearly to an equal extent . Mr . Marshall was instantly sent for by the mother , for Blakemore was so excited at the discovery that his reason seemed to Lave deserted him , and upon that gentleman ' s arrival he pronounced mother aud child to he quite dead . Mrs . Blakemore , he considered , must first have placed the child in bed and then inflicted tbe -wound ; but he thought the mind of the mother bad been wavering , for the child had probably lived

      a short time , as a great deal of mucus was issuing from the trachea , as if it had been struggling after the wound had been inflicted . Not to with the mother . Mr . Marshall thought she must have died instantly , as she had uiade a stab iu her neck which bad , no doubt , penetrated the spine , and she had then drawn the knife round until she had separated the carotid artery . Her death must have been instantaneous . —On Tuesday a highly-respectable jury was empannelled at the 'vestry-rooin , ' Soho , before Mr . Bedford , to inquire into tbe circumstances connected with the death of Mary Ann Blakemore , aged twenty-sis , and James Blakemore , aged four months . —Harriet Housego stated she was a nurse , and had attended on Mrs . Blakemore and

      the child for four days . At half-past seven on Saturday night she went out to purchase some things , and was absent about a quarter of an hour . She left the mother in tbe room , and the child in bed . On her return she found the door fastened , and at first supposed Mrs . Blakemore ' s mother and father were with her , l-nt on going down stairs she met her mother coming up , and she then exclaimed something was wrong . She ran for Mr . Blakemore , and persuaded him to break open the door . Tho witness here described the state iu which the bodies were found . Mr . Marshall , of Greek-street , surgeon , said that if he had been on the spot directly the deed had been done , he could not have saved them . The door had been locked inside .

      Mr . Jackson , assistant to Mr . Marshall , was next called , and said he was sent for on Saturday evening . He saw the mother lying on the floor , with the handle of a large carving knife resting on the left shoulder , and tbe blade on the ground . She bad a most extensive wound on her throat and was quite dead . He next inquired for the child , and waa told he waa in bed , where he found him with his throat cut also , and quite dead . The mother had divided tbe left carotid artery in her throat , which was gaping ; there was also a large incision in the trachea . The child ' s throat was cut bit the right side , and from the mucous issuing from the trachea lie thought death had not immediately followed the wound . The injuries had caused the death in both .

      —The Coroner then summed up m tbe case of the child , and observed that tbe jury had nothing to do with the state of the mother ' s mind , which would be gone into ' when they proceeded with her case . — The'jury then returned a verdict of Vf ilful Murder against Mary Ann Blakemore ' . —Mr . Marshall was examined , and said he had attended the mother lor four daya before the occurrence . She was very weak from a bowel complaint . An opiate was given , and the nurse told him she said she bad seen spirits in the night . If he had been asked the day before if she was insane he should have said she was not . She waa very fond of . the child , and he considered there must have been temporary insanity to induce her to destroy it . —Mr . Jackson gave similar testimony ;—The Jury hajJaediatel y returned a verdict—*• That Mary Ann Blakemore destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity . " Fibb at BiACKw . ua , Railway . —On Saturday

      afternoon last , shortl y before four o ' clock , the pas * gangers on the Blackwall Bailway were moat painfully excited , for just after a train had started from Feuchurch-street terminus a huge sheet of flame arose from one of tbe arches in Frederick-street , Back ; Churoh-lane , St . George ' s-in-the-East , and for an instant nearly encircled the carriages . It was soon ascertained-that the fire bad happened in an arch about thirty feet wide , used as a depository for bay and straw , in the occupancy of Mr . Cochrane , a corn chandler . Tbe arch extended * the entire depth of the railway , and owing to the Urge quantity of combustible material therein the flames travelled withsuchfearful rapidity that the fiouses on the opposite side of the carriage road in iredenck-street were expected at one time to au a prey to their fury . -The firemeo set to work m - P WWMHtby manner , and soon succeeded m allaying all apprehensions of any further extension of mischief . '

      Two Frightfcl Stbak Boat Accidbnis . —On U & £ appd'fag accident occurred on board The Sons of the Thames , " a GraTesend steam fcoat . whiUt on its passage to Long Reach near Gravesend . It appeared that a prize 6 „ bad ' ^ appmniedtotake place m the afternoon between Hayes and Jones , and "The Sons of the Thames " bad been specially engaged to convev thn mfnut « ad their friends to 1 * 1 % lU-ch , Sa tK ffi ? to take place . -When ithad n £ » , , Sffi ft 1 ? nation / , man who had . beeu SiSS ^ Jg vas observed , whilst u the act of raising a hf « i ! * ontmwg some spirits to his li „ to ShiS tog , and befell backwards through the aperture t the deck upon the machmery : below . ¦ --IfarSLS » . s immediately , turned-off aid the boat rtoppe ™ *•» * WfeUd ' tfifetb unfortuna * « Kd

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      been literally cut to pieces . Tr „< . rema ' . ' iis of the deceased were collected , and t ' 009 ^ pu ' to shore , to await the coroner ' s inquest . On inquiry i t ^ 83 found" that the name of ' the sufferer was George Owen , the proprietor of tt , e ' D evonshire Coffee and Chop-house , in Bear-street , Leicester-square . His ag « was about thirty-six , and he has left a wife and three children to lament his melancholy and untimely death . The awful occurrence of course pre-, ented tbe fight taking p lace , and the boat conveyed its naEBeneera as soon as possible to London .- —— - Shor tly Ke one o ' clock ano ther accident took hce on the river whereby a man named Edward

      „ , P ,,, w > " ...-. ! a 1 . t : « i ;* v > . nil two others «„ re a-ed thirty-five , lost his life , and two others sere very seriously injured . It appears that the Ciiy of Boulogne steam boat arrived oft Nicholson s Wharf , London-bridge , with some portion of the machinery out of order , when arrangements were made by the engineer to have the defective parts rectified . Several men were according ly ordered to repair the paddle wheel , among whom was the deceased , who acted as second mate . ' The man had been engaged for some considerable time wheii a sudden motion of the machinery , caused the paddle to turn round . Loud screams . were immediately heard , and it was soon ascertained that a frightful

      accident bad taken place . Assistance was instantly rendered by the persons on board , and two of the men were taken out of the water and directly afterwards the unfortunate man Gore was discovered most fearfully mutilated about the head and Various parts of the body . Nearly the whole of the scalp wag torn off , and the skull had sustained an extensive injury , and he was suffering from concussion of the brain . The two men were conveyed on board the steamer , where they received every attention , but the poor fellow Gore was placed in a boat and taken across tbe river to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he was at once seen by the senior surgeon , but the injuries be had sustained were of such a complicated nature , that he expired soon after his admission .

      Cab Reform akd KEnucnos op Pares . —A new company is in the field , who promises to put an uiid to the crying evils of the present cab system . The tare'is to be 4 d . per mile , and it appears that at that great reduction from existing charges , a handsome profit may be realised to the shareholders . Looking at the reduction from 3 d . ( and that 8 d . generally Is . per mile , often with extortion and insult ) to 4 d . with civility and proper decorum , the company cannot fail to meet with general support from the public . It is intended to affix an " indicator " to every cab , go that the person or persons engaging have only to see how it stands , and , on arriving at his destination , to see the distance travelled ( the miles being marked on the face of the

      indicator ) . This will be keeping faith with the public and making cabs what they ought to be , public conveniences , instead of being ( as too often at present ) public nuisances . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has forwarded from Dublin a deflation of £ 10 to the Leicester-square Soup-kitchen , the annual report of which has just appeared in the public papers , aud contains au account of benefits conferred on the poorer classes peculiarly gratifying to hear of . fhe sudden excessive cold weather augurs a severe winter when the poor sensibly feel want of food and shelter - , which , however , with timely aid , this Samaritan establishment will be enabled to afford

      them . Tub Status of the latk Lord George Bentisck . — The statue of tbe late lamented Lord George Bentinck , was , on TuOiday placed upon the pedestal in Cavendish-square . This testimonial of respect will not , however , be open to public view for a short time , as some slight alterations iu the work have been deemed desirable , and until they are completed a temporary covering will surround the statue , which is a fine work of art .

      Dkath Tttoit ExpoBvae . —An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr . Carter , at the Crown Inn , Nuffield , Surrey , on the body of a child , supposed to hare died from exposure to the weather . The father , mother , and five children were without a home , and were refused assistance at the Bletchingley workhouse on the plea of the man not belonging to that parish , No one would take them in , and while the mother was nursing tbe deceased it suddenly expired . Tbe jury animadverted in strong terms on the conduct of the officers of the

      Bletchl mgley union , and ultimatel y returned a verdict of ' Natural Death , " which they considered had been accelerated by exposure to the weather . Loan Mayor ' s Dat . —The most extensive preparations are making for tbe ensuing civic pageant , which will take place on Monday , the 10 th inst ., the 9 th falling on Sunday . Tbe procession will be arranged by Mr . Penton , the scenic artist , in a style similnr to what took place last year . Tbe whole of Mr . Batty ' s stud of horses , « fcc , will again be employed , as well as the equestrian corps attached to tbe amphitheatre , all of whom will appear in splendid costumes and suits of armour of the period of Francis I . and Henry Till ., which are being made expressly , after designs sketched from the best authorities . It is said there will be the unusual number of ei ghteen knights , armed " cap a pie , " with tbeir attendants , esquires , banner bearers , « tc .

      Os Satdbdav last Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Bine ' s Arms , Woodstock-street , Marylebone , on the newly-born infant of Mary Frutev " , an unmarried woman . —Elizabeth Costen stated that on Friday week deceased ' s mother , a servant , called upon her , and begged she would allow bet" to lodge with witness , as illcess compelled her to give up her situation . The next day , perceiving that she was enciente , she accused her of it , but she stoutly denied the accusation . At five o ' clock on Sunday morning witness was awoke by her groans ,

      when she found that she had given birth to an infant , which was dead at the foot of the bed where the parent was sitting . No preparation had apparently been made for the child ' s birth . —Dr . Joseph performed a post mortem examination . The child was full grown , its organs were perfectly healthy , and if it had had proper attention it would have lived . —After some further evidence , ami » lucid charge from the learned coroner , the jury returned the following verdict : — "Found dead , but the cause of deatn is unknown . "

      Oh 8 ATDRDAT last Mr . Wakley , M . P ., beld an inquest at the Wallace ' s Head , Blandford-street . Manchester-square , on Charlotte Mawbey , tbe widow of a coachman , aged sixty-nine . Deceased went to visit her daughter , and as she ascended the stairs she complained to her son-in-law , saying " I am so sick , " when she dropped dead from congestion of the brain . "Verdict— " Natural Death . " Ox Saturday afternoon last Mr , W . Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at No . 40 , L me-8 treet , on the body of John Anton , late in the service of Mr . Barber , the East India broker , of No . 36 , Fenchurch-street . The deceased for some time past had suffered from nervous excitement , and on Friday morning he succeeded in hanging himself in his

      master ' s sale-room . Tbe jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " AtARMiNd Fwb ax M . Roma ' s . —This popular place ol public amusement had a narrow escape of being totally destroyed by fire on Sunday evening . Shortly after seven o ' clock BOme persons at work in the stables in tho " rear of . the premises in Tiehborne-street , Piccadilly , had their attention directed to the third floor of the establishment , which extends into Windmill-street , by perceiving an immense sheet of flame curling round tho kitchen windows . Not a moment was therefore lost in sounding tbe necessary alarm and sending for proper assistance . Before however many minutes had elapsed the fire ran like lightning over that portion

      of the building , causing every room on the floor to become ignited . ' Several engines arrived in rapid succession , when the firemen found tbe flames issuing through the roof , and threatening the most disastrous results to this closely-packed neighbourhood . Fortunately an abundant supply of water was immediately obtained , and the engines were set to work , when tbe firemen , by conveying tbe hose up the staircase , were enabled to pour torrents of water upon the flames by which means they were enabled"to prevent their further extension , but they were unable to get them extinguished until the various rooms on the third floor were burnt out , the contents consumed , and part of the roof destroyed . The establishment was undergoing a perfect ; cleaning preparatory to its re-opening .

      Firs in the West End . —About three o ' clock on Monday morning the residence of Colonel Mitchell , No . 5 , tangham-piaco , Portland-place , was discovered to be on fire . An alarm was immediately given , and the engines of the Londbn Fire Brigade , West of England Company , and parish , were soon in play . The fire broke out iu the first floor , the rooms of which were completely burned out , and the upptr part of the house considerably damaged . The houses adjoining ( No . 4 , in the occupation of Mrs . H . Itatnsden , and No . 6 , the residence of Mr . Percival Robins ) also received considerable injury from fire and water .

      .. A fibk . attended with a serious destruction of valuable pwperty broke out shortly after twelve o ' clock , on Saturday morning last in . the immense range of premises , formerly Aldgate Workhouse , but at the present time in the tenure of Messrs . Ritcbie . Mid" M > Call , household provision manufacturers , situate in Cook and Hoop-yard , Houndsditch . The flames originated from some unknown cause in the staircase of the north wing , and very speedily three ' of the floors became' fired almost simultaneousl y , and for some time nothing short of the

      ^ complete destruction of the premises could be apprehended . Numerous engines of the London Brigade and West of England Office , with the Boyal Society a fire ' escapes ,--were remarkably early in arriving , and no time was lost in setting the machines at work , but til spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen , it was nearly three o ' clock before the fire could be MtinguUhed . The damage is thus officially reported-: — " Three floors of warehouse ^ used ^ sBtore-roomB , burned out ; greater Sfl £ « ° ^ ? m one tad * " of north wing . , m fl 0 MB *> J ° m » s , - together with their coatentl

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      considerably damaged ny water , and furniture , in dwelling-bouse by water and removal . ' The building was insured in the ' Sun , and tlie contents in the FMBuix offices . " ¦'¦ ¦¦¦¦ • ¦ . ' ! Explosion of Firbwobks . —On Sunday afternoon , the inhabitants of Northampton-square , Clerkeriwell , were thrown into a state of the greatest excitement , in consequence of a fearful explosion , by which three persons were so seriously injured as to be obliged to bo conveyed to tlie hospital , and which occurred on the pr emises belonging to Mr . F . Bull , a grocer and oilman , carrying on business at No . 7 , Lower Smith-street . Air ; Bull waa in the habit of preparing a . quantity o ( fireworks for the 5 th of November , principally for

      the amusement of his immediate friends . On Sunday he procured the aid of two men , named respectively Philips and Prickett , who had been engaged for some time filling cases for squibs , Catharine , wheels , serpents , & c . Mr . Bull , who had been superintending the manufacture Of the various pyrotechnics , was standing at tbe side of the other men , when some one proposed that a squib which bad ju » t been refilled with composition , should be ignited for the purpose of trying the effect of the charge . This was accordingly done , but almost immediately after doing to the sparks came in contact with a tub of gunpowder , and prepared comp ' ostiion , when an explosion followed , which shook the houses in the immediate locality to thets very

      foundations , and at the same time hurled every article in the various premises contagious to the ground , and prostrated Mr . Bull and his two assistants . They were immediately encircled with flame , and atone time their destruction seemed inevitable . The neig hbours rushed into tbe building , and , with the aid of the police , succeeded in rescuing Mr . Bull and the other two men . A child , about two years of age , who was stnnding at the side of its father , although knocked down , strange as it may seem , escaped without the least injury , The three men viz ., Mr . Bull , and Messrs . Philips and Prickett , upon being rescued from the burning property , were found to be most terribly injured . A medical gentleman having been sent for . he ai

      once recommended 1 hat the three sufferers should be removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , which was accordingly done . Mr . Philips waa not expected to survive the night out . The various engines of the London Brigade and West of England office were soon on the spot , but by tbe time they arrived all danger of any further extension , of mischief was at an end . Unfortunately , Mr . Bull was not insured . Oil Wednesday , Mr . Payne held an inquest on the bodies of Thos ^ Philips and Jas . Prickett . The Coroner observed that the manufacture of fireworks was prohibited by law , and that , being an illegal act , any one who should be accessory to the death of another , by an explosion of the composition for making them , would be

      , guilty of maunlaushter . gome time ago , on the , occasion of adeath from the explosion of gunpowder , wbich occurred in Southwark , he felt it his duty to state to the jury that it was a case of manslaughter , and when the indictment came before the Recorder at the Central Criminal Court the learned judge supported his view of the law . In this case it has unfortunately happened that all the parties concerned were the sufferers , and inallprobability Mr . Bull would not live loag . Had another party been the cause of this melancholy event he would have been answerable for the violation of the law . The jury , perhaps , under the present circumstances , would not press the law to its extremity . Verdict , " That the decayed men came to their deaths by an

      explosion of fireworks , which they were making . " Fatal Accident at the Westminster Ho use 01 CORRECTION . —On Wednesday au inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , the coroner , in the House of Correction , Westminster , on the body of Mary Brown , aged 3 C , whose death took place under the following circumstances - —She had not long been in confinement in the prison , and on Friday night gave the usual signal to the female warder in attendance that she wished to go into the yard , and that officer let her out of the cell and accompanied her . To get into the yard there is a sort of ladder about seven feet high , similar to those seen at stable lofts , and without any sort of railing ; while descending the place the prisoner slipped , fractured one of the

      bones of the arm , and was injured over the eye . The warder went quickly to her assistance , and she was taken to tho infirmary , where Mr . Lavies , the surgeon , was promptly in attendance and . set the fracture . The woman went on well until erysipelas set in , of which she died on Tuesday . The coroner and jury remarked in strong terms upon such a system existing in a metropolitan prison , The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " at tho same time expressing their opinion that the ladder should no longer be used . Mr . Crae , the deputy governor of the prison , said he would take care their recommendation should be attended to . CiuiD MoRDER . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at the Fountain Tavern , Red-cross-Btreet , upon the body of a new bom infant , proved to have been the offspring of Mary Ann Thompson , an unmarried young woman , aged 19 , aud resident at S , Butler ' s-alley ,

      Miltonsireet . The body of tbe child was found cold at the feet of the mother , who had retired , to a closet to give it birth , and the medical evidence showed that having been born healthy , it had died from pressure oa the windpipe . A verdict of wilful murder against the young woman was found ; she lies , however in' a condition too dangerous to be removed , but is in charge of the police . The Fifth of November . —The time-worn custom of chairing Guy Fawkes on this memorable anniversary was better observed on Wednesday than it has been for many years past , and those who have long sighed at the decay of our old customs had some cause to congratulate themselves on the revivification of this . The gunpowder plot appeared to have been well remembered in all parts of London , and there was no lack of Guys to divert the young by day and feed the evening fire . The artists entrusted with the construction of the

      effigies appeared to have revelled in the wildest imaginative freedom in choosing their originals . While many had wrought out rudely the semblance of a pope , others took Cardinal Wiseman as a model . Some , carried away by the enthusiasm of the hour , dressed up the young Emperor of Austria , who was chaired with a copy of a celebrated morning journal attached to his coat . Marshal Haynau , with his lash , as if seeking an « other Madame Madersbach , and Nicholas the Ctar , with his knout , were also seen among these specimens of our rising art . To complete the confusion of all characters , a monster Bloomer paraded , doubtless in the belief that a greater guy could not be found than this strange creater . As an appropriate termination to the eventful day , a grand display of fireworks took place on the ground * ot

      the Merchant Seamen ' s Orphan Asylum , Bowroad , in aid of the funds of the institution . The grounds were illuminated somewhat after the fashion adopted at Vauxhall ; and , in order to give full effect to the entertainment , a band of music was engaged . The fireworks were upon the most " liberal scale , " consisting of every variety of the pyrotechnic art , the rockets being decidedly in the ascendant . In the rear of the premises was a gibbet , to which was suspended an effigy of the Pope , and around it were several barrels ^ of tar , which at the proper time were consumed in a most formidable blase , and his Holiness was soon duly reduced to tinder , much to the amusement of the spectators . The grounds were attended by a larjre concourse of people , and the result of the exhibition promised to be of considerable benefit to the charity .

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      Benr Found—Wakkworih Habbocr . —On the 30 th , of October at Amble , near Acklington , a man ; apparently from , five feet nine to five feet ten inches in height , stout made , was picked up north of this harbour . Had on dark trousers and waistcoat , striped shirt , and a pair of new sea boots ; and on him was found a bunch of keys , knife , and watch , maker ' s name' * Wm . Waid , Brampton , No . 600 , " small curb-chain ( Germansilver , ) two papers . Inside of oue is written " Feb . 6 th , it , \ " on the other on one side a flower ib worked on muslin with silk ; and on the other tbe following lines : — "When far from home we be removed , and distant far from thee . "

      Receive this token in remembrance of \ ne ;" and on- the other side is a picture , representing an angel holding a serpent up , the tail of which is coiled round his leg , and a globe is near him ; an inscription above allof •* Temposimper ' ator rerum . " Au inquest was held on the bodyontbeSlstult ., when a verdict of . " Found drowned" was returned , The body wasinterred in Warkworth church-yard . Thb Bishop of Exbter ' s Sentence ON the Rbt . R- AsxBiM . —The Right Rev . the Lord Bishop of Exeter , by consent of the defendant , pronounced sentence on the Rev . Richard Antram , incumbent of the parish of Slapion , Devon , on Monday ' at the Chapter House . There had been a previous inquiry under the Church Discipline Act , and the commissioners reported there wereprimafdcie ground for further proceedings . The offences charged were

      that he had not performed Divine Service on the morning and evening of Good Friday , nor on the tbe evening of Easter-day ; that he had not resorted , upon notice , to the house of a parishioner on 31 st ' of January last to baptise an infant , then dangerously ill , by which neglect the child died unbaptised ; and that on the 3 rd of March he had refused or delayed to bury a corpse of a child , brought to the churchyard after due notice given . His Lordship , in pronouncing judgment , said , in reference to the refusal of baptism , he waa bound to pronounce the full sentence proscribed by the 69 th Canon , that the defendant be , and was thereby by him ( the bishop ) suspended for three months , and further that before bis restitution he should acknowledge his fault , and promise before him , his ordinary , that he would not wilfully incur the like again .

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      jJBSTRtfcflbN of AGRicui / rtliiAL PnonucB by Ikokndiabism . —Bingham , Oct . 31 . —One ot the taost destructive conflagrations pf agricultural produce that ever occurred in South Nottinghamshire has this day occupied the attention of the Bingham bench of magistrates , there being every reason to believe that it has been occasioned by an incendiary . The particulars of this calamity are as follow : — Peter Kirkham states that he has charge of and resides upon a farm of 300 acres , in the parish of Katcliff on-Trciit , the property of Earl Manv rs , and m the occupation of Mr . Thomas Butler . He retired to rest last evening at nine o ' clock , and his wife followed him in about thvee . quarters of an hour . At about ten o'clock'he awoke , thinking there was a

      light in the room , and exclaimed , "You have not put out the candle . " She replied that she was sure she bad , when he jumped out of bed , and said "The curtains must be on fire , then . '' Upon examination , however , he soon discovered that the unusual light proceeded from the stack yard , which closely adjoined tbe house , and that the stacks were on fire , which had attained so firm a hold as to threaten the total destruction of the house and farm buildings . Having hastily dressed himself , he gallopped off to Rateliff , a distance of a mile and a half , where bis employer , Mr . Butler , and others , bad already been alarmed , and were about setting out to the scene of the conflagration . A man on a swift horse waa sent oS to Nottingham for tbe fire brigade , Which is distant about six mites . Mr . Butler ' s

      farm isabout half way between Ratcliffeand Bingham , on the right hand side of the road lea-ling from Ratcliffe , being about a mile and a half from either place . Nothing could be done with any effect until the engines arrived , at five minutes past twelve . The stacks destroyed were nine in number , five of wheat , each the produce : of six and a half acres ; three of barley , severally the produce of thirfceen , eleven , and five acres , aud one of clover , the growth of fourteen acres . The only uther thing of value burnt was a drilling machine , left standing in the stack yard oa tlu & evening of the fire , the property of Mr . William Parr , of Ratcliffe , which had been hired for use on the farm . Mr . Butler was insured to the extent of £ 700 in the Royal Farmer ' s Office ; but this , it is said , nill not cover anything like the whole of the loss .

      Thb Burglary at Ravkiey . —At the bench of magistrates at St . Ives , on Monday , John Titman , of Yoxley , and James Stokes , of Ramsey , were brought up charged with participation in the late burglary on the premises of Mr . Fairley , with sho ting at the said Mr . Fairley with intent , & c , and carrying off a quantity of plate , two waichi'S , sundry wearing apparel , and other articles , his property . Evidence having been adduced , P . C . Benson produced a confess on made by Stokes on Sunday , October 26 tu , and written down by himself . Stokes said , " Th > £ is a rum mess to get into , " and witness then told him that if be had anything to say , he should take it down in writing , and produce it to the magistrates . The statement to

      which Stokes had attached his mark was read . It was to the effect that he and Titman went together to Peterborough to louk for work , but could get none , and left to go to Yoxley and Wood Walton . A man named Hall & ud another joined them at Peterborough , and accompanied them to Ramsey . When they were near Mr . Fairley ' s , Hall proposed to go and rob it , but he ( Stokes ) refused , saying be should go home ; upon that ; Hall and the other seized him and presenting pistols at his head swore they would shoot him if he did not go , for he meant telling . When at Fairley ' s they made him hold a pistol as though he would shoot Fairley , but it was not loaded . They took his gun and fired it off iu the house . The reason he had his gun with him W 8 S , that he expected to go to a p igeon match . They made him hold up the latch while Hall and his

      companion burst opeu the door . He did not think they meant to shoot Fairley , but only to frighten him and make him come down so that they might go up in search of some money . The prisoners \ aid nothing in their defence , and were fully committed f r trial at the assizes . Incendiarism in Essbx . —Brentwood , Not . 1 . —Several fires have taken place in this county within the last five or six days . A labourer named Austia has been taken into custody . He had been di .-cliarged from the union house , and on being chained with causing one of the . fuoa iftUoTifmfcu that he did so ; be was sick he said of tbe union house , and liked the gaol better , and should be glad to be transported . He was examined on Monday by the magistrates of the hundred , and was fully committed for trial .

      Accident at the Holyhead Harbour Works . —A shucking accident occurred on Saturday afternoon last a < the Holyhead Barbour works , by which two men lost their lives . It appears that a train of four waggons ,, filled with stone from the mountain , got off the rails , and they were precipitated beneath the wp dwork of the temporary pier . One man was crushed to death , and the other was drowned . Strike of Coluebs . —The miners employed at the Marquis of Londonderry ' a collieries , at Old Durham , Pittington , Broomside , aud Pensher , have been " on strike" since Monday week last , and from present appearances there does not seem much probability of their early resuming work . The Cause of the strike , we understand , arouc from the

      introduction of a new mode of working the coal , which has recentl y been brought forward in Lord Londonderry ' s collieries . Hitherto , it seems tbe men , after partly undermining thecou ) , hare been in tbe habit of blasting it with gunpowder , but this system having been found to break the coal too much , and thus deteriorate its quality , it has been superseded by a new system , technically termed by the miners working by " plug and feather . " The coal is undermined in the same manner as before , but instead of blasting , a wedge is driven in at the top of the seam , and a " fall" is thus occasioned . The time occupied in tbe new mode of working is much longer than that under the old system , and

      the hewers consequently ohject to its introduction , a * it will effect a considerable diminution in their earnings . The men have held meetings at Pensher , Pittington , an « i Broomside , to discuss their grievances , but we have not heard of any violence being used , and so far we believe they have conducted themselves peaceably enough . It is not expected that any satisfactory adjustment of differences will be effected until the return of Lord Londonderry , who is at present in Ireland , but whose arrival at W ynyard ia expected to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening . The men , we understand , have appointed a deputation to wait on his lordship , and in the meantime we believe , the determination amon g tbem ia universal not to return to work . —Durham Advertiser .

      Assault avo Robbery by Soldiers at Chatham . —At the county magistrates' office at Rochester , on Friday , the 31 st Oct . , Stephen Wheatley , Dwialu Livingstone , and John Dover , privates in the Chatham division of Royal Marines , were brought up in custody , severally charged with a brutal assault <> n the person of George Brown , and r obbing him of three , half-MOWns , two shillings , a knife , and tobacco-box . The prisoners , who have only been in the corps for a few mouths , being recruits from ihe mining districts , were committed to the county gaol fur trial at tbe next assizes . This Lath Poisoning at Bath . — Mr . Crosbv .

      solicitor , of Bristol , one of the parties committed for trial on the serious charge of wilful murder at-the recent coroner ' s inquisition held at Bath , the particulars of which have been fully detailed in the " Northern Star , " has been admitted to bail , he himself being bound over in the Mica cf £ 500 , and two sureties o £ 250 each . Mr . Baron Martin , in granting the application for bail , said he had carefully read over tbe depositions , and could not see anything which affected Mr . Crosby . The sureties for Mr . Crosby ' s appearance to take his trial were Mr- R . U . Uellings , solicitor , of Bath , and Mr . II . Miller , of Frome .

      TttK FR 0 MK Muum » . —At tbe opening of the police court on Tuesday morning , Maggs , Kurd , Sargeant , and Sparrow , tho four prisoners charged with the violation and murder of Sarah Watts , at West Woodlands , on the 24 th September last , were placed at the bar . The magistrates at once proceeded with the examination of witnesses in addition to those who have been already produced . The principal witness waa Sergeant Smith , of the London detective force , who added much to the evidence hitherto obtained against Hurd , Sparrow and Maggs . The former evidence having been read and confirmed , tho prisoners were brought in and duly cautioned , but as neither of them said anything of importance , tbe magistrates after a short consultation , said they fully committed the prisoners Ilurd , Sparrow , and Maggs , to take their trial at the next assizes for the wilful murder of Sarah Watts , - and that they discharged Sargeant .

      Capturb op Pickpockets at Basking Fair . —The detective police succeeded in apprehending not fever than seven of the above cjass of offenders , for attempting to pick pockets at the" aboye fairthey gave their names James Nowland , Charles White , George Smith , Daniel Blake , Henry Wiseman , William Smith , and- William Jones . They were examined at llford gaol before John Francis Esq ,, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ' varying from six weeks to fourteen days , with bard labour . ; Tbey came from Loudon , and some were recognised by Mr . Anderson , the governor of the gaol , as old offenders .

      Rbpbbsbstatioi * of Lrwks . —It was announced at the constables dinner on Monday last , by the egal agent oi'B , Perfect , E q „ that it was not the intention of that gentleman to offer himself at the next election « s a candidate for the representation of this town . Jfo reason whatever was-given for this determination . 6 Discover of aMurdeb .-A case of child muri ^ fn ^ i ^ all * broug > to light at Sheffield W Kit S « keeper in the service ol W . F . Dixon , Esq waa ranging about in the old Park wood , when h « attention was ^ draWn to what SrS . ftS ° » . » nd of < "o'hlng ; secreted under the spreading bran ches of a large hazel bush . Prompted by a feeling 9 ( miosit * m m ™ ^

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      tempted to make an examination into nl 0 contents of the mysterious bundle , when he discovered that it contained the dead , body of an infant , in an advanced stage of decomposition . Tbe keeper immediately gave- information to the police , by whom the body was conveyed from its hiding-place to the Sheffield workhouse . It there underwent a more minute examination by a medical man , the result of which established beyond all doubt tho fact , that the death of tho child had been caused by strangulation . Singular Charge op Bigams . —The magistrates at the police court , Bristol , were engaged for some hours on Tuesday in hearing a charge of bi gamy preferred against a man of the name of John Dorey ,

      a sergeant Hi the police force of that city , for intermarrying with Mary"Ann Pallin , his first wife being still alive . The case excited a uood deal of interest , partly from the circumstance of the prisoner being a police officer , but more particularly from the novel character of the defence which it was understood would be set up on his behalf by his solicitor , Mr . John A yre . . Mr Ayre , as soon as the case was called on admitted both marriages , and that the first wife of the prisoner was alive at the time when the second marriage took place ; but he contended that by the provisions of the 4 th Geo . IV ., cap 76 , sect . 22 , the second marriage was to all intents and purples null and void . The 22 ud section provides , " That if any person shall knowingly and wilfully

      intermarry m any other place than a church , or such public chapel wherein banns may be lawtully published Ac ., or shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry without due publication of the banns or without a licence from some person legally authorised to grant the same , the marriage of such persons shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever . " Now as to the facts of the present case , Dorey , who had before refused marriage in the parish church of Tiverton , near Bath , on account of hisnotbeinga parishioner , being desirous that the ceremony should be performed in Bath , took apartments in that city in order to qualify himself as a resident in a parish there . He wrote a letter to a Mr . Hall , in whose house he took the apartments , desiring him to publish the banns . That person copied the names , and in so doing he ,

      not being acquainted with the prisoner ' s handwriting , made a mistake , and , instead of writing " Dorey , " he mistook tbe " 0 " for an " a" and the " r"fora " v , " and wrote "Davey . " The paper m thisstate was handed to the parish clerk , aud for three successive Sundays the name of Davey was called over in church . No suspicion of the mistake arose until the parties presented themselves to be married , when , upon the clerk asking their names , and the prisoner giving his as Dorey , the clerk said it was wrong , as the publication bad been in the name of " Davey . " This was said in the presence Of the female , and the prisoner alluding to his former disappointment , said , " I suppose we shall be < loneagain now . '' A conversation ensued , and the minister was sent for , who said as it was Mr . Hall ' s mistake he would alter the name in the

      banns book , which he did by altering the a and v into o and r . Tho marriage then took place , but he ( Mr . Ayre ) contended that it was invalid , inasmuch as there had been no oropac publication of the banns which the Act of Parliament required . Mr . Ayre called witnesses to prove the accident in coppying the name , and the subsequent alteration at the Church . —The mgistrates adjourned their decision , to give time to procure the attendance of the clerk and minister of the church , but in the meantime they discharged the accused upon recognisances .

      Extbhsivb Forgeries on the Ou > Bank , AriEsbury . —Considerable excitement has been occasioned in this town , owing to the discovery of an extensive system Of forgery having been committed on the bank of Z . D . Hunt , . known as the Old Bank , Aylesbury . From what has already tran ^ spired , it appears that on Saturday last a young man , of very respectable appearance , ' arrived in the town , and engaged apartments at the house of Mr . Blood , and in'the course of the evening , after the bank was closed , he made a visit to the shops of the various tradesmen in the town , and making small purchases of articles , and paying for the same either with a £ 5 or £ 10 note drawn on the

      above bank , received the change and took his depMVwe , Wsing the articles to be sent to his lodgings . This was successfully practised at the shops of no less than thirteen tradesmen , none of whom had the least ! Suspicion as to the genuineness of che notes , bo exceeding ) ? well were they executed , and it was not until Monday , when Mr . Quelch , a draper of this town , who always pays his money into the bank on the Monday , went there for that purpose , that the forgery was detected . The news

      spread like wildfire immediately afterwards , when it was discovered that a regular system of plunder had been carried on . The police were soon on tho alert , and on Tuesday evening a telegraphic message was received that a man answering the description of the person alluded to , and who had been attempting to pass one of the forged notes , had been slopped by a tradesmen at Oxford , who formerly carried on business at Aylesbury , whither the police and Mr . Blood , of whom the apartments were taken , have gone to identity bim .

      Accident on tub Lancashire and Yorkshire Rah / way , —The express train which left Preston for Manchester by this line on Tuesday morning , at nine o ' clock , met With a serious accident near Bolton , A coal train had come to a stand , owing to the rails being slippery after a fall of snow succeeded by frost , and the driver of the express , owing to a cutve in the line , did not see a signal hoisted to warn him till within about 400 yards of the spot . He took tho proper steps to prevent a collision by reversing the engine and putting on the breaks , but the slipperiness of tho rails caused the train to glide onwards notwithstanding all his efforts , and a rather severe shock resulted on the trains coining together . The express was a heavy train , of which merchants and manufacturers

      attending the Manchester Tuesday ' s market largely avail themselves , and there were in it a large proportion of first-class carriages and highly respectable people , who were thrown against each other violentl y . The women screamed loudly , and great alarm and confusion succeeded , but it wag ultimately found that no lives were lost . A lad y had one thigh broken , and a gentleman one knee dislocated the rest q | tbe injuries were limited to cuts and bruises not or a serious nature . The engine and several of the carriages were a good deal shattered and broken . ¦ Surgical aid was procured for the severely injured passengers , but most of the others were unwilling to stay for it , aud several of them were afterwards seen on the Manchester Exchange , limping from sprains of the limbs , and bearing marks on their faces and foreheads from tho

      collision . Portsmouth . —Corporal punishment was inflicted on board the iron steam troop-ship Birkenhead , Master-Commander Salraond , on Tuesday morning ' in harbour , ou one of her seamen , for attempting to stab tbe sergeant of marines , and others of the same ship , who were ordered to place him in irons for breaking his leave , and drunkenness . Me was sentenced to receive "four dozen , " and then be turned out of the service with a blank discharge . Parricide . —At an inquest held ou Tuesday , before Mr . Green , coroner for the upper division of Woucestershire , upon the body of Mr . George Hambridge , farmer , of Stow-on-the-Wold , a verdict of Wilful Murder was found by the jury against John tlamondge , alias Freeman ( an illegitimate son of the deceased ) , who , on Saturday last , shot his father dead in his own kitchen . He was lodged in Gloucester county prison , to take biatrial at the next March assizes .

      Dbath on Boaru a Dublin Sthamkr . —Liverpool . — -The coroner for the borough and a jury were engaged in an inquiry touching the death ol a child on board the Dublin and Liverpool screw-stesmer Times , on the passage between Dublin and this port , on Thursday last . The mother-stated that she was a deck passenger , of whom there were a Kreat many ; that the bold was fall of cattle ,, and that there was no place whatever to shelter the passengers . - The wind blew hard , the rain fell heavily , and all on deck were saturated' with wet trom the aea and the rain . Her child got very ill and cold from such exposure , and she asked one of the engine men to let her take the infant to the fire , but she

      was refused , because she could not satisfy the man ' s demand of a 6 d . She was therefore compelled to remain on deck all night , with the sea continually washing over the vessel . She wrapped her infant in her closk as well as she could , and on arrivingin the T S ^ "P ock oeB Sed one of the crew to warm the child . The man took it to the fire , but found it dead . It had been , m fact , smothered ou its mother abreast . The jury , in returning theirverdiet , made a presentiment that it was a most abo mtnable thing that there was no shelter in these boats for passen | ers , particularly for those whohad nfants and children ; and that the loss of the child ' s hfe was , „ great measure owing to the want of a place where she could have tafen the child to warm iw

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      The Esonus The " SliPti i ^ r ^^ ^ S following euri . ^ stateu ^ ^ ZTK graiion dram : _ " Although for this v , ° V frnmthis locality i 8 substantial ! ? QVe ?> J wry day reminded of it by the eS £ ^ ! labourers j and it is literally a fecHh >' - / not asmgle domestic servant to be had 't cS his m-ment acquainted with the i 2 % » householdI dutirs . I „ year or two ? teS Ulle doubt ihe wages of the country "S lY * ^ siderablv incre .-. sed . " ^"" '' K ^ : Catholic Univ krsitv . -U wa „ „„ * on Saturday evening that tlie Rev Dr o m \ n received a letter from the Earl of & L , S ^ lu closing the munificent subscription of £ lfin Ur - to the funds of the Catholic UniveSy X > amount being in the name of L $ l * h Shrewsbury , and the remainin g £ mN BT > 5 lordship himself . It is rumoured that T ° S Earl has also forwarded a wbierSl « 4 towards the funds of the D ^ Sfi of 5 ! ij aciiu

      ... » w * .- »» . , ana tnus early ther * ;¦ " * peetof iu being a severe season , the flio > h » * , * people proceeds almost as genera l , „ Sft *» 4 t the months of spring and summer rl - duri »' emigrants in Dublin do n- » t apnear in h „ arrj . tf numerous , yet the leading » lrip . oroke « * $ *• cult enough to provide aceomtnodS fori ? " ' ' cants for passage who swarm the ««!« ., ea quays and docks here . A respectahE ZJ on ' ° ^ titioner in the metropolis and ' . ^ S ? P « C Were among last week ' s de PWSmfn m ^ M , and , if report speaks truly , Bext , JJ _ ., f ^ 1 the exodus of no inconsiderable body of , K WltDe " bers of another profession , that oi the law a T 51 ' MSB of which has declined , and mu « stil & ' * decline to a point at which it would be Wi het expect that provision could be made for oKl & of the persons who . had heretofore derived 17 ^ petence from this fast fading branch of Iri , ?" ' sources . Speaking of the flight from the south Sf " 1 ' ipperary Free Press" says :- ¦« Theemwl , ° of the people has progressed , " and is pro ^ ressino ¦ i an awful exient . On Thursday over sixty car . n'j of peasants from the counties ofTipperary anaV \ kenny arrived in IVaterford , to take shipping * Liverpool en route to America . In most initnJ !

      they appeared of the better class , and were wdi 2 comfortably clothed . A' singular fact among them were several old men and women , who were goiS doubtless to join their children in the lanrt . f freedom . " im * From the north riding of the same coumr ;< appears by a local paper , that the gu ardiant 0 f th . Nenagh Union have come to ' a unanimous tletw niination to further thin the population by t > nZ ting the emigration of paupers to the AnsM ™ colonies . It is in ^ contemplation to send l . OflH least of the able-bodied and youthful paUuer , the majority of wh- ' -m are to be females ' The LoNnoNDKBUi MAHria -sic-At amwtin . « the Committee of the Bvrb y Tenan tUhTii ! owln

      7 , 7 , « ' f ^ ™ S resolutions W * of the Marquis of Londonderry , m tbreatei , j , T deprive his tenantry of their property f ., r the LZ cise of their civil rights , as a violation of the ron stitution , aggravated by his position as a peer of Z realm ; and that , i 0 our judgment , such a ern , abuse of landlord power should excite uniw indignation against the system that generates it an * the laws by which it is maintained . " « That l ] tender the tribute of our admiration and our cordial thanks to the people of Newtowuards and tho W donderry tenantry for repelling , with so nook a feeling of independence and such manly detensW tion , this insolent aggression on their rights , intends and liberties ; and we trust tbey will continue h .

      ail legal means and by the moral power of a firm union and co-operation , the tenant-ri ght which thev inherit by virtue of an unwritten taw that should be as binding upon landlords as any statute . " BhniW resolutions have been adopted by the Strabana Association . Rkdcctiok of Bbst . —Mrs . Smith visited her estate at Ardcroney , in the county Tjpperary , a few days ago . * She visited the houses of her tenantry and announced her intention Of reducing their rent , 20 per cent ., together with , foraivine all &«<¦«» .

      amounting to £ 800 , due at last May . Election Imports . —A Wexford paper announces on authority , that the only son of the Hon . ilr . Pellowes , the agent of the Portsmouth estates in that county , will contest Wexford against all comers at the next election . The former representative , John James Bodkin , Esq ., Kilcioney , has determined to offer himself as a candidate for tbe county of Galwsy . Lord M'Hale has decided that Mr . St . George must reiire .

      £ t ? . R EM 1 < 3 RiTI 0 N - —The guardians of the Nenagh Union have resolved to promote patioer emigra » don to the utmost of their means . They prouoee , if they can succeed in obtaining a loan trom the Exchequer , to send 1 , 000 youthful paupers , chiefly females , to Australia . Thfe could be done for £ 6 , 000 . The support of tbe same number of paupers iu the workhouse for a year is £ 4 , 000 , so that for eighteen months ' maintenance the b ' enagh hoard would get wd oi this heavy aanital charge .

      Distrkss among tub Fabmbhs . —Fourteen farmer * of the county of Tipperary applied for the benefit of the ^ Insolvent A ^ ct on Monday last . ' The giea ( majority of them , easily sHtiafied Mr . CommiBsioner Baldwin that it was utterly impossible for them to keep out of debt , considering the high rates , reals , and charges , to which they had been for some time subjected , and the nnremunerating prices of agricultural produce . They were accordingly discharged .

      At Tullamore Quarter Session , last week , Thomas Maughban , sentenced to ten years' transportation for having stolen property , dashed his cap at tbe assistant barrister , Mr . Barron , with an exclamation of contempt and defiance . He was brought up , and sentenced to 15 year' transportation , at the request of the magistrates in court . The barrister from Dublin , who came to aUtsiiii the quarter sessions at Limerick , returned withoat receiving a brief .

      S . 4 i , b of ekccmberkd Estates . —The extensive estates of Hercules Robinson , Esq ., situate in the counties of Mcath and Westmeath , were offered for sale on Tuesday in the court at Henrietta-street . They were subdivided into eight lots , but owing to the utter inadequacy of the offers made , only una trifling lot was sold , to an English gentleman , for £ 800 . It is clear the land market is even lower now than it was at any time since this court camo into operation ;

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      occurred iu the metal coal drift in the south district of the pit . Fourteen men were working in that part of the pit where the explosion took p lace . Mr . W . Hunter , the underviewer ; Mr . Robert Thew , the overman ; and Mr . Robert Armstrong ) the wasteman , immediately descended the p it , ana found that in consequence of a breakage in tho bank , the fire had been completely put oat . Attempts were immediately made to rescue the mes , and in a short time ei ght , who were very seTW ? burnt , were brought to bank , alive , W MUQUvej «« to their homes . Six others were still missing ; » (» at half past two o ' clock the first dead body wa « brought up , and subsequently five Others , »» *

      COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR NEWCASTLE , SEYES . LIVES LOST . NswCASTLB , Nov . 1 . —On Friday morning another of thOBC disastrous accidents which , vnforiw aleir , are of BUch frequent occurrence in the coal-mining districts , took place at West Moor Pit , ni-ar Killingworth , a colliery village on the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway , and about sis milcB / r « m Newcastle-upon-Tyne . The colliery formerly belonged to Lord Ravensworth , but is now the property of Messrx . John Bowes and Co . About one O ' clock in the afternoon , the p it being in full operation , and upwards of 100 men at work , ah exp losion

      which were very much blackened and disfigured . B was ten o ' clock in the evening before the last body was brought to bank . At seven o ' clock in the even * nig a boy of the name of Mason died from the mpiriog he had received , ' making a total of ««}<» deaths . All the men , we regret to eay , have lew widows , ami many ol ihem children . Tho following are the names of the sufferers who still survive , o « most of them lie in a dangerous state : —Joseph . Ellison , Robert Nicholson , Musgrove Clark , » no Christopher Young—alt of whom are married meo —and George Ellison , Robert Hardin ? , » nd v " ; ham Jordotf , unmarried . The following are w » names of the deceased : —George Gray , wife , pu t w family ; William Hay , wife , and two clul «™ « ' - ¦ " ¦ 7 t , """"' ii J" *? , "lie , aim » " - - Tn / inn

      George Campbell , wif . > , and two children ; - >»««" Hedley , wife , and three children ; William uew ™> wife , but no famil y dependent upon him ; W » * Carr , wife , and three children ; William MtfMb * boy . Since the explosion , Mr . Dunn , the Oow » ment inspector , hao . been down the pic , aooompa ^ by three of the workmen , and inspected the * w * and mode of ventilation . He , of course , win »« report until the adjourned inquest . With tuti « ception of a little boy , of the name of Georg e ^" son , who is sadly burnt , there is a strong p" »> bilitythat the other persons who were injure o" ^ the lire will recover . Mr . Dunn again iepea j « what he said at Washington , that if he p > flg «» from appearances , there was not a <; o"l ® r / , -as bad condition in the district , for , though ne" » appointed for the © special purpose of aUe T Ln . the complaints of the . workmen regarding the * tilation of the mines in which they laDOUr Vmen , instance had he been requested by any body O ' J "' or by one individual , to ' make an inspection ota of those mines . . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 8, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08111851/page/6/