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THE NORTHERN STAR. Apbil 10, .847.
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The Northern Star. Apbil 10, .847.
THE NORTHERN STAR . Apbil 10 , . 847 .
M »Tnn)0litan Ftrteuftnur.
M » tnn ) 0 litan ftrteUftnur .
I Myiasis. R * Ov Fovnrtr.—By Ut W. Bake...
i Myiasis . r * ov FovnRTr . —By Ut W . Baker , at Rose and Crown , i . ^' . ta . ^' ..-treet , UpperEastSnuthfield , ooC M'Gcoy I ) . 16 ) . 1 * . ;? deceased was formerly in affluent circnmt cda cf-, nnd carried on business in Jersey a * a < vWc * v ^ ., iraper . liebecame reduced ia his affairs . < 1 and r-h ' -ni three months since le < t 3- rsey with bis ItsiU ;» * iij two children . On arriving in L iid < n ho t- ; iibt . ; ii : vii a lodginrj in Queen-street , for 2 6 d p r sekreefc . He was in great oistress , awl eouid scarcely wiwecuu- : oyfo ; d for his family . Ho sutecqnently « b ' &<• ' &? -1 a scanty 8 u ' i ?" * te . rtce bv aelliivi rasa t »» several isifrish i j : "i { crs . * He suffered from grea t , privation , and i K » Kfid :: < morning , afrcr eating sora- 'dry bread f '« r
» Uiis l > i \ .. 'kfist , he laid himself down up ^ ti a raise- tide !< i . !> e < i . the only article of furniture in the room , where * * Se * ' ' .. > r « . \< afterwards expired . Mr . I ' r « wn , a 8 i > --sontefis . m-i > ij & post mortem examination » 'f the hdv , i < : uid .. f- ribiited death fc < a diseased heart . Verdict , jV * iW .. *! death " Si Si pfo ^ uD Ismneine . —By Mr Cite . - , at KinuN e <; Be <; i . 'iuh-street , Lnmbetii , on a f male hfan \ bi ' jrtic ' i h .. d been picked up , on Thursday last , tied > : Bp : n r . ii g : > roa , in the Tharaes , H »> a ^ L / uub th pier , b : visit' a rirdiefcof' Fun . d drowned" wssr .-c 7 rd . 1 l . Jv J * ww v Death OP A PoilCE-SKnOEl . VI — -Hv Mr B > : Be >' io . "o .. tthe Red Lion . Princes-street , Wesu ' tuintvihv . on 1 bonus Powell a police-sergexnt ot" the A viHti-iou . > vhose death occurred while on dutv . Abuut
i > 'i »> ' i , a <; two o ' clock on Monday morning , deceased isms .: ; : ity apparently in his usual good h . Mlth , ; . 'fl . 'i ; ' c-ili drove awav from Wright ' s coffee h > n-e a i [ Jb iria >* •; ross , in which were four men and a woman * < x mh . ) t -.-Tf . » reatiag a great uproar . Deceased spoke to umu to be quiet , bnt they toik no need . ' ) f . ' ii !; .-.: id . continuing the disturbance . th « <• . b-Bina . ' ; drov . ! off towards Whitehall . Decease I ran after ulhu rn , . illicgto the : driver to stop , which he did I ' ipi'iA ' - fie Horse Guards , and the deceased then » i * pi v ... '!; . 1 the vehicle fur the purpose , as was mipcooiei , fluking the number , whwr ,- * ithout uttering w » w ? .. < i , i :- fell back on to the ground as if shot Evo * * A 4 fi >¦ •' - ••> hai followed , on corning up . found del aBea-vr-. ' in a state of total insensibility , and to < ik him
in tiw - ? . h to Westminster Ho pital , where he was '• pri -:... j ' v . 'd to be dead . Mr Tetay said that there e * e < -:- »«> external marks of injury on deceased ' s body , lOUf , i : ¦ i « ,. kings , post mortem examination , he found i * n : : \ l : iv saent and Iona-standing disease of the eiesr ; , ... i he had no doubt that the exertion of utODt .- : ¦ - ud , inconsequence of that disease , ¦ ocsao » oi . J = ^ h . Verdict , ' * Natural death . " . A re-l . y , r AT TOE CaMDBK-TOWS RaILWAT STATION . ¦ > -l ' v ¦ ' . "' *^ Ul 3 , at University College Hospital , l ) D '• * . }" ••' varus , who was one of the four worktfDc- ; -..-ii -vere buried beneath the ruins of Messrs ifiC ' . 'ii- 'V ranlls that recently fell in . Exigence 1
^ ivca . i the ^ former inqnest respecting tlie acciKi : ; and its supposed cause , having been reipea : ¦ ' . ¦ uc house surgeon stated that the dceea ? ed * 8 liefi - . < ibula and ankle , were fractured , that his figi-: u wasieruihed , that the upper portion ) f h .: ? . ^ -n ira ? bruised , and that he was doim ; well ant .. . ,.-miration and erysipelas set in , which re-Mtti : ii ^ d . > ath . The other two men were icmo . i-. c . Verdict , «' Accidental death . " At the Sl »? t i'i ' it-.- inquest , the jury contributed a handsome smr- ; ¦ -1 *;** the relief of the widow and three orphan Jni ; rf- " i" the deceased , who have been reduced to Jes ; :.- ;> p by his death .
A .. t-i :. =.: •> Death f-: om Iu .-TaEAtMEST By adion ; : • . - ; ::, tiefore Mr Baker , at the Rochester Castle , StoV \ -.-mirton , on view of the body of Mary Det > .. / . : vd 45 years , who died on Good Friday last . ;••; > > he alleged ill-treatment of her husband . It a . - ¦ .. r . ii that t ' us husband of the deceased was 22 rea * - -i , and they had only been married ihieu ttioi ' .. ¦ ¦* .. la Frid . » y last the deceased was heard se n ¦• - ¦ .- ¦ !'¦ . - in a most violent manner from her hou-e m h •¦ •* ¦¦ - - -: ourt , Stolte Newin « ton . Several of the nei ; : > - ;« wenticto the house andsawthedeceased jyii- ^ ' .-a ¦ ¦ ' ::. bed in a state of insensibility , and her bns ^ , ¦ M , indin £ by her side . Dr Kcnnfy , a surjeo-. - .-. t .. iiled in , but the deceased expired shortly iftt ,... i- . ' .,. Several witnesses were examined , who
tta t ; ; -, ii ! . the deceased had bees paralyved for t < xo rea -: was very weak and debilitated , and iiojut .-. \\ " » ::. plained of her side . The husband was m f ¦ ' . - ! rit ol qiai'relltng with , the deceased , but She ; : - !•¦! > aw him ill-treat her . Dr Kmney said le i-v' . y . i'i ^ iyost-morte ni examination of the boo ' y n . - ;• in'i .-rion with Mr Bend , a surge > n . The SXt ¦ ¦ > : ;<; : - pearances on the right side were dis-» l « -. ;; v .-. ' ! There was alargc quantity of extravasated do . ! > .-: ,.,. rightside , extending downwards to the lip . ••;! ;; iViisqnite sufficient to canse death , it air - " .... teen caused byvioler . ee . The jury then » n - ; f . > r a short time , and ultimately returned i T' - ' : " vr ** Natural death . "
I' ved Sotcide . —By 3 lr ir . Baker , at tbe Jh < . - Tr « . o , public-house , Bromley , on a male pi-ron j c ' . - M- 'i'ii . It appeared from the evidence of a ai ! : ; :- ! -d Fainfiold , that on Monday morning last le - . - . : i ; ing aknj the t « wine-path of the river 1 / B . iV-r . ;^ the East and West India Docks , when js * >• 'i ' a-, deceased ranning in a very excited state to-: l . ' ^< - Bromley . The deceased , on arriving at It S '¦ : ' .- ; Cut of the river Lea , suddenly plun » ed into "heri-. v :- . Tbe sailor immediately went tohisaslisf ; - « . uad offsrtd him his hand . The deceased lefu ¦ - •] in :: ; cept it , and instantly dived under the lat .. r . v' disappeared . The drags were procured , indu . -l >' y of the deceased was shortly afterwards « e « . - e-i ,. ifidconveyed to the above public-house . Hr <' - - " . fl 3 » , » surge-in , attended , and applied the Be- -nv-lieB , but without effect , life was quite exin ' . Ti ; -.- jury returned a verdict lhat " The de-* 6- .- r * ji : nitted uicide , bat in what state of mind ihe - -v iot sufficient evidence to show . "
f i'" -Hf . 37 as Aged Female from D » ead of a fFo ' ,, -. - ; - ^ s . —By Mr Mill * , at the Whi ' eSwaB , Pb •¦;"; ' ; " i-hridge , Caledonian-road , on Lacy Wi ' shire , igr ' TS . The deceased , who had been partly sup-» r ,.-.:- . ; -. » i ' : e weekly allowance of 2 s . 6 J . from the ro : . ::-. c and partly by private benevolence , beat . ,. lAy so enfeebled by a severe dropsical attack hf ¦ v : i- deemed necessary to remove her into the rou . ; . •! : -... in order tbat she might be better attended « . ' M-ii as she r , -as informed that it was conterada ' . - - ci -... aUeher au inmate of the workhouse she
wivra ii i spirited , and frequently declared that she j » , ; «• .-..-. log survive h < : r removal to the wovkhouse . Ls . ¦ M ¦ -,- - ' ay she was found strangled in her brd , at ier " i ' . . 9 , Thornhill-street , with a cord that she Hjti'V- - ' . '; i ' tened round her neck . The coroner ob-» jv . - : '; . -, ' the dread ol the workhouse frightfully Dpi : vJ upon the minds of the poor . ^ He lately held in ' : ¦ :. -t * m a man who drowned himself upon . the oat ' . . x / ief to him having been stopped , and his bei • -.: . : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . v ' uat he should enter the work ' aouie . Vcrdic .- - " l '" cea ^ ed destroyed herself , but there was no iv . i ;< - - -f her state of mind at the time . "
T . S . C . Oi DlfARY BlSCDVEBT OP A DeAD ChILO IS k ( j ^?? . r : iAs ' 6 iIoosE . ~ An inquiry was instituted by . . ; . ,, t .. ! ord , at the Rising Sun , Charles-street , G ;^ ¦ - ;'• . ' ! : ¦ . square , on a male child , found concealed in . - . : ¦ ¦ t . iuinteau , at the residence of Thomas Wilioi :, ' . ' .- » , ; . gentleman of fortune , 2 , Upper Ecclestou-: < t . " i . Bclgrave-sqaare . Elizabeth Tuberville , La-: . . ; r ,: > id in ( lieserrice of iiisi Wilson , stated on & rs . i ; - . v i tst she and tbe housemaid were in a lu-vv- -vm at the top of the house , searching some ol . ; l • j . t ab . thing cape balongingto hermistress , wl .-. v ::. - . ' , eaifi ^ a portaanteaa , which lay at one ex . it :. ! , she sm somethino in it , which , conje- - -. ''i ' -=:: ' : i . to bewbat they were looking for , she ex . ; .. «¦ s ... " Here it is . " On bringinz the
porimante . . : . iifiht , the housemaid put her hand in , ai j d : ;¦ rawing it again , laughingly siid " I think it . .. ¦ . ¦ ' : ¦ -. £ , '" and took ont what seemed apprcel . mi- . ¦ •';• : - :. the wrapper , whicii was a iarj ; e piece of to •' .- ' . re . witness saw theieetof the deceased protrj . ! n _ . : ha hurried down stairs and told Miss * ft ¦ :: v : tlie discovery , when on returnini ; 35 am tt- : ¦ ; ru with the cock , the housemaid had rein v • Tit .- wrapper , and the child Jay exposed to ti . ¦ -. \ i w .. s subseqnent ' 'y conveyed to the workti u . ... Moant-street . Witness had no suspicion ysh ¦ ; ¦ ¦ :- ;¦ . « . •! the child when * it was found , and the o ? :. \ - < - ; u . ) ., cwho had been ill during the last twelve njr . f ; ' ; ,, iv ,-. s Sarah Barker , the cook , who had kept 3 w . i U-. i twice . Mr E- S . Symes , surgeon , 77 ,
Gr . - > ' no ; street , stated he had seen the body of tiie dt ¦(;¦*¦ : • ii vhild , which had been full-born , but the «! . ' . ¦> : ioti c-ird was not tied . He had not opened the * b c-=: y , ^ ii -v asin such an advanced state of decom-C ; i ; i < i » a > to render it impossible to state if it was : < alive . He should judge it had teju born ab j . a u = i . nth or six weeks . Dr . J . C . Cltniming , 4 , I ) . i .-r-. i . rei't , deposed that he attended the cook in fe < t ' u act ilineaes , which were occasioned by -varicose , im il . itv was nothing to induce him to suspect pivu-. ^ n-. y . Caroline Wbyte , tbe honsemaid , fc . tj' - . g corroborated the first witness ' s evidence , Jtfr ' . t'iL-.: a said that he had the highest opinion of al ; r . ; . 4 > fj-vants . Uc was at a loss to account for the
| > o < ,- as described , aad the portmanteau , which was an ' -id ( ix- \ had not been used by him for two years . Tho cvKiier remarked that it was a most ruy « terious an > f \ tr : ioi * dinary affair , the finding of a dend child ic ^ jj < i . il ^ man ' s house without any ciue being eliUi ' ; nil - "*» to how it came there . Thrre was a dif : i- iliv in the case , not knowing whether the diii . Jjh ' J « r not been born alire ; tbe birth , notwith-Bti . a Ins . had been concealed , and the person who e . i . « i .-d it waa panishable lor so doing in another cub .- ' . He should advise that the police b « 1 ^ 8 tn .. ;» dtofolJow upthe inqniry . Mr Wilson said hf . nttw * should not let the afeir rest , and a Tcrxifei wa ' thea retaraetl of " Found deal .
ACcasKtaJaoomscsB . I ^ sjxmabui Awkmpi at Suicide . —On luesday fternoon » most lamentable attempt at suicide was »»» d « f by Mrs E . Rnsseil , ( 40 , ) a highly respectable jaarned f & male , Tesiding in Barbican , under the follewing areumstances : —It appears that the unfortunate tareatoca had Utterly been very much depressed *? " ^ h £ L 2 ttta $ » nctimes wander about the ^ ^ SSSSSS ?*? ncbo , , / manner . Her despond-• t ^ - ^ Srte * - * •*•» wceutlossofa beloved ^ SSiiS « ^ tTSf " T " * four o ' clock she ^ SH ob ^ til ^ '" he wad in the presence « fk * 6 oa . bao . ww wnteyod to Bartholomew ' s
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Hospital , where she was attended by Mr Wood , the hp * d apothecary , who succeeded in expelling the pois-n by means of the stomach-pump . Ao ., but she temains in a very weak condition . Sowing . — On Tuesday afternoon , Christopher Si blons . a shoemaker , committed suicide at bis residence , in Chapel-street , Westrainsler , by taking hifnn ounce of oxalic acid . Surgical aid was called in , and the man subsequently conveyed to the hospiia " . where he died almost immediately . Serious Acciobni is the St Katbabixe ' s D » ck— On Tuesday morning , an accident of a Very scrio'is nature occurred in the St Katharine ' s Dock f * V aD :, « "W , n « aeA U & yes and English , under the following circumstances : —Bofch the unfortunate m « n v ere engaged , with several others , on board the M iry Barington , from Chins , lying off A warehouse , m rti scliarsin-j her cargo , while a number of rie-eers
ww erw . ' ayed aloft in lowering the vard-arm , when M « tackle pave way and the yard-arm fell on to the <"'< w e of the deck and struck down the two wen , •"»•> wrre rendered insensible . They were >•>>• meliatel yconveyedonlitters tothe London Hospital , wnere they were placed under the care of Mr Nash h-use surgeon of the instit ition . Upon examination " « as fmtnd that Enshsh ' s right foot was crushed in * most fnghtfiil manner , lie remains in tbe hosptt . il m a very precarious state . Haves also « isfcuii « d seiinvw iniuries . anrl his left leg was fract » r . ^ ^ j , e is "ikely to recorer .
The M : sfortose or Richb * . —On Mondty a man wtTOd Parfleet . living at 74 , L'lcretiastreet , New cut . Laniheth . while in a state of intoxication , reeled down a cellar keep , in Kent-street , South wark , sustnnini : several severe injuries . On hearing he waj about to be conveyed to the hospital , he positively reinsed . wine be was a gentleman , and could aff . rd to pav for his own doctoring . He was nccordin" ! y carried on men ashoulders to hw own dwelling . On the 28 th hii . r £ e reCe ! . ,, a „ ? ? f'f ^ " 9 . since then Jf fcas been confinuMl y inebriated , and fined twice t the nmount of £ 6 for assaults , and £ 5 to pav for « h * mi ? C 3 committed whiht hi that State in a china
MguxcnoLT Evn of Two Citards : « n . —A melanch'iK accident occurred on . Monday evening to two privates belonging to the Coldstream guards . One "f / ' i < m had lieen married on the same forenoon at the militaiy chapel , and proceeded onbotrdone of the R-eenwich boats in company with his bride and equally unfortunate but . heroic comrade . Uanwarsthatthe first-mentioned , on the boat passins Ro'herhithe , by some nnlucky chance , stumbled backwards and fell into the river . He sank almost " mra ? dia < e * y and was seen no more . Toe second soldier , perceiving the accident , plunged into the water ; hut s <> far from siicjeedin ? in the noble effort to save his comrade ' s fife , fost his own .
R <> BBitnv —On Tftesn ' ay afternoon a young man , of rente «! ; tpp ? arance , apparently about twenty-sevenycirs of azr , succeeded in obta ' ning 15 s . for a counterfeit sovereign , under the pretence of hi'ing apartmats from Mr « Uni ' er cf 9 , Ernest-strvet , Kennins tnn and loavi-i : a deposit of Ss . During the mom ^ n ' ary ahsenco of ' . ' rs Haller . to procure the materials for him to write diwn the address of bis referenci * . be contrivd to abstract from a * table-drawer five silver teaspoons , a silver sugar tongs , and a gold watch getting clear « , ff with his booty . The same party has also succeeded in robbinjscer . il other people in the same way in that neighbourhood .
Extensive Roruery at thb Camoes Raii . wat Station . — On Mondav morning the employes of Messrs Crowley and Co ., the railway carriers , discovpri'd lint nn fewer than 26 balps of gosds . which bad been transmitted to the firm for conveyance by the Camden-town rail , had hen stolen . The robbery h suppose : * tohnv ^ been effe- ted bet wppn three and fourthis morning , by some = if thn rr . ost expert of their class from the graat bnlk and weight of th « property taken in the conveying away of which it appears they borrowed a horse and cart from soma adjacent stables , belonui " " to Messrs Sutton and C > .
EXTHAWDISAET NcSTOER OF AcCinESTS IX 0 N 3 Dat . —In the cT . iMe of Easter Tuesdav the followine . extraordinary and fearful accidents oecnrred in various parts of the mi'tropolis , and sevenl -. f which , it is ' cared , from th ? nature of the injuries , infticted , will be attended with fatal consequences The first happened to a yonn-j man i-amed Thomas Thomas , ( 23 . ) residineat 7 S . Castle-street , Lei ' « 'ste . r-square , who , about e ' even in the forenoon , in proceeding along Rnnerf-slreet , Havmark-t . in a tip > y state , slipped off the pavement and Ml into ' iie r < md with such force as to fracture his » vm , hc < id < " » siistainine asevrely lacerated s- 'mnd of rhe scalp ; be was taken by police constaW- 59 C , to the Charinu-cro ^ s Hospital , and plaecd nnt ' erthecare of the housp . sur ; : eon ,
who gives but little hopes of his reenvrv —The second ariident oecnwd to James Jone-, ( 19 ) Hvii g at a printer ' s in S' Martin ' s-lane , who got his hand si severely jammed in the machinery whilst in operation that tr . -o of his / injurs on his right hand are cwinletely cut off . and upon being removed to the abov-3 hospital it was considered that the process of amputation must be resorted to in onto to prevent gan-rrciee taking place . —A third a' -cide / . t was taken to the same , institution , and banpened to a lad ab-iut twelve years old , namei Orwood . living with his friends at 67 , liar . ' -street , Covcit-ca'den . It appears that the wifortwnatc youth was in the attic , making some squibs and other pyrotechnic articles , when a ciuantitv o f uunpowder sudden I v exploded
and in a moment his lace was completely disbVured , besides his bands Iieinc shattered in the most frightful manner ; in fact ho has received such i njuries as t- > leave no hopes of his recovery . —At" » ut three o ' clock a frightful occurrence t-: > ok place in » h « Goswell-road t > a < "male child , nb-n * tw . » vears old , named Fiell . living with its friends *< 7 Tyler ' srow , St John street-road . The little creature was withtw . i more children at play , on the s . ot where some new houses are in the course of ereetion , when a heavv piece <•( timber suddenly fal ' < npnn hor hft leg , and whicii presented a shocking spi'r . tselc , being literally smarted . She was removed »» once to St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , when Mr Lb . yd . one of the principal surgeons o f the institution , imm > 'diatrly
performed thepr-ces- ; ofampiifation . Bu : little or nn hopes arc entertained of her recovery—An accident of a distressing character was admitted into the University College Hospital , the . pati nt being a middle-aged man , named John Sew-ra w '> ' » , in endeawurins to cross Tottenham-cnurt-rnad , just by the New-rond , r-ame in contact wiih ; i'i < mnibii . s , and was thrown down with such violence as t <» iviuse a spinal fracture and other serious injuries , lie remains in a dangerous state — Between five and fix the s » me evening , an e'derly female , resi . cotably attired , was in the act of crowing thorns' ! , fit the bottom of Chancery-lane , when she wa- ; kno <*? j < -dd . « wn by a cab horse , driven at a furious pace . The unfnrtunatn creature was conveyed into ancighbounn-: < ii'ccon ' 8 , and it was found she had broken her arm , and received other injuries , 'ihe driver continue ! his pace , and e 9 oan = 4
Serious Affray is St Giles ' s . —On Wednesday morning , between the hours of four and five , 3 disturbance took phce in the nciahbonrho -A of St Giles ' s , which resulted in nn affray t '; at has been attended with the most serious , if not fa ta ! riinsP , quences to a man named James Burke , nsed 40 wlio was conveved in a cab by police-constable I ) 103 to the Middlesex Hospital , where it wa < Hs . ciMned by Mr Dickson , the house suTgecn . thai he hid sustained a fracture o f the sknll , a broken leg , and a dreadful wound in the right temple ^ with other " "ions injuries , SO as to render his ultinnte recovery extremely dnbk . us . Tbe unfortunate tian stales that . h « was k- ockud down and kicked by another person without tho slightest provocation . The surgeon eonsid-rs Burke to have been labouring under tiie pff-et" of intoxication when admitJed . It in undor . vei < , d thit the other has been secured by the police .
Sobpen BsAin ih TAvisTOCK- 'qi ^ ARK —On Weilncs . day aftern oon , shortly after three o ' clock , as a resnectiblem ^ n named Benjamin Stun-trs . re-iding at No . 9 , Sandwieh-strtet , Burton-crescenl . was passing along Tavistock square , he wasohsi'ivd bv the passengers suddenly to stagger and fall with great violence on tbe pavement , whilst at the same moment an immense stream of blood was observ > : « l to pour from his month , fie was conveyed with ell possible speed toa surgeon ' s in the neighbourhood , but death it appeared had been almost instantaneous , caused it was believed by the sudden breahing « f a bloodvessel of the heart . The deceased being at the time unknown , was conveyed to StPancras uoklio . ae , where he has been since identified by his friends .
MISCKIANKUS . MomaUTV IK ihe Meteopous . —The number oi deaths , from all causes , registered in Loudon , in the weekending Aprils , is 1 , 004 . Tbe average calculated on deaths in the spring quarter ( which , in the Registrar-General's distribution ol tbe seasons , commences in April ) is 914 . Th-.- average of the . winter months is 1 , 068 . The mortality of young persons is unusually small ; and that tho whole deaths from the epidemic class of diseases is not more than 107 , while the average is 166 . Deaths from bronchitis , which were 172 in a single week of January , have fallen to 73 , which is still 52 above the average . Among the notes of ca » es registered in the previous week wo find
the death of a man , aged 83 , _ from " inflammation of . the stomach , c used by a liniment composed of ammonia , camphor , and laudanum having been inadvertently administered to him . " Also , of a rnan , ared 50 , whose "illness was accelerated br the impure air of the room in which he Jod ^ ed . " Under deaths iu childbirth a formidable list ol' cases , which appear in the record of one week , demands the attention of those who are professionally qualified to investigate the cause of so great a mortality . Twentv women died of diseases incidental to tiio peurpera ' l state : and of these fourteen are affirmed by medical certificates to have died from peurperal fever or peritoiiitis , a malady which baa been demonstrated lo be of a contagious character .
Opening 01 ? toe New Steam mat Pier . —The new pier at ilun ' , 'eiford . brid * e , for the convenience of passengers by the steam-boats , has been opened by the directors toll-free . The only access to the boats is now by the pier from the tower on the Middle , sex side , anil Ilia fijatiug pier mil bj rem oved forth with ,
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n-ORTHTUDERl < AKO . Kewcastlb . —DETKitMiNKn Attempt at Suicide , — A young man , named W . Keen , booking clerk at the railway station , has attempted suicide , and is lying in a dangerous state . Keen is about 23 years of age . lie Had been for some time in the office of Mr Appleby , an extensive carrier at Longport , and was about S'X months ago appointed to the management of tbe railway business nt the Newcastle station . lie is a single man , and had lodgings at the house oi Mr Thursfield , in Red Lion-square . About eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning , one cf the men from the station made application for the key of an outhouse to get iome hay for the horses . Mrs Thursfield called to Keen , and some time having elapsed without his
making his appearance , Mrs Thurstield went up to his room . There she saw a chamber vessel half filled with blood . Kesn was in bed with his thro . it cut , in a state of insensibility . An alarm was immediately siren , and medical assistance sent for . On examination it was found that the upper part of the » -i » dpipe was cut completely through ; the rai . ir with whicii the injuiy was inflicted seemed to have been drawn twice across the throat * proilucins ; an excised wound of considerable size . Extensive bssmorrhage had taken place , and the act must have been committed two or three hours befori , the young man was discovered . On further examination the r « of of > d » mouth was found to be seriously injured , and his clothe * were roach soiled with dirt of a reddUh colour . It was some hours before he spoke , and then he informed his attendants < hat the injuries ha' ! been
inflicted by his own hand . He also said that he had disch . m'ed the contents of a piitol into his month but the bill not taking effect be spat it out . In the course of the morning there were found in St Georse'a churchyard , close to the grave of a young lady lately deceased , a pistol , not far distant a leaden ball , immersed in a pool of blood . This was the scene of bis first attempt at self-destruction , by shooting himself ' . A note , found in the bed room drawer , shows that the deed was premeditated . In that note he elearly states his intention to destroy himself—he savs that the money in the office desk , with the exception of a small balance due to himself , belonged te Mr Appleby ; adding that his accounts would be found to be perfectly correct . Keen was esteemed by his employers and much respected by the public . Keen's medical attendants state that there is a fair prospect ol bin ultimate recovery .
YORKSHIRE . IIolbkck . —Board of IIionwATS— -Wohkiko Men at their Post . —The working men 0 / ilofbeck have again manifested a determination to " amend their ways . " The Highways board was last year carried by the working men . It was not then much cm tested . It was thought tbe "w rkies" were incapable of managing the business , and tliey were , tberefore , allowed to try their hands , while the middle men looked on to see the mess they would make ol it . The middlemen are balked . Never bas t ' -. e
business been better done than in tbe past year Never were the roads in better order throughout the whole year , nor the books in so good a condition at the close of it . It is confidently expected that for the coming year the rates will bear a reduction , as a consequence of the excellent administration of tho late Board . This was perceived , and the respectables were very desirous to sweep off the credit of the reduction : and hence they have this time made a determined effort to carry their men . * The poll lias been rigorously contested . It was openly declared that they would spend £ 50 a man rather than lose tho poll . But , notwithstanding that some twenty of them gave their six votes each , and that placards were issued , signed by the whole of these same
millowners , commanding the ratepayers to vote for their men , as being the most eligible on aee-iunt of their respectability !—tbey lost tbe b ; ittle after all . The meeting was convened on Thursday week , at twelve ' clock at noon , in the vestry of St Matthew ' s , Iloibeck , and on a show of hands beins taken as to whoshould preside , there appeared a decided majority in favour of Mr Francis SutcYiffe , who accordingly took tbe ch . iir . After the chairman had read the notice calling the meeting , a motion for an immediate adjournment to the Town ' s school was made , but an amendment for adjourning the meeting until seven o ' clock in the evening was likewise carried . The
evening meeting was a crowdc ;! one ; the millocra : s were there , in full expectation of carrying their men , f t'i'l the working men nominated their * . Orr tlie votes being taken , the " intelligenls" were again defeated . A poll was demanded , which commenced on Monday and closed on Wednesday , when , in spito of the most desperate efforts on the part of the wealthy miliowners , the working men were triumphantly elected . The following : are the names of tho sue ' cessful candidates - . —Messrs Gr-orge Dovenor , Joshua Calvert , innkeepers ; Roger Preston . Benj . Ilnrgreaves , clothiers ; FrancisSutcHffe , painter ; Benj . Woolicy , builder ; and R . G . Uorton , surgeon .
Halifax . —RailwayQfpksce , —On Thursday last , Wi'liam liabington . a plate-layer on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , was brought up ai Halifax , tor having omitted to signal an engine on Snturday Irtsc . Captain Binstead laid the inloruiation . It appeared that there had been a rail broken , and that by the rules of tho company . Btbington ought to have sent a signal-flag 600 yards back in order to stop anyeneine or train . No train then appeared to bo due , but an engine came up and an accident ensued , liabington acknowledged tlie offence , but pleaded that he had done what he could under the civciwrttUucea . lie
received a sood character , and his employer came forward to be answerable for the payment of the fine . Tho magistrates inflicted a penalty of £ 315 s . with 5 i . expenses . They allowed him a month to pay it in . If not then paid , Babington tu be imprisoned one month . ( LaKCASHIuF . Extraoroinary Robbbbiks ny A SERVANT . —At the B-iron ^ h Court , Manchester , a youn ? woman named Mary Berry was charged with robbing her employer , Mr Deakin , at the George and Draaon , Water-street . It appeared that the prosecutor , who has a vsvtlvw extensive business , has been in the habit of depositing his cash in an iron safe , which was in his bed-room , and of which Mrs Deaking , and himself each kept tv key . About five weeks since , Mrs Deakin missed her key , and t '; ough particular inquiries were made it could not be found ; the prisoner , who was undernurse in the family , denying all knowledge of it , and
appearing as anxious as any one in making search for it . Since then the prosecutor has missed several sums of money from the sife , and amongst the rest one of £ 26 oh Tuesday the 30 * h alt . He took no proceedings , however , for the discovery of the thief until Monday Inst I £ 10 more having been stolen from the sale on the previous evening ) , when he gave information at the police station . Inspector Maybury proceeded to the house , and being convinced that the robberies were perpetrated by some individual on the premises , he searched tho boxes of all the domestics . In that of therrisoner he found a small bag , containing £ 77 10 s in pold , and £ 615 s in silver , a bottle of wine , and a pot of preserves , She had been in the servieo of the prosecutor ever since July last . On thed ' senvery bcins mule , she besrged to he forgiven , but whs nf cmirse taken into cu * t » dy . When a « ked by Mr Maude if she had anything to say , she made no answer , but cried very much , and was committed for trial at tho sessions .
Melancholy Accmesr o . t tne Mersey . —One of the most melancholy accidents which have taken place on our river for some time past , occurred a few days aao , bv the upsetting of a pleasure boat , containing four men and a boy , of Stodhill , between Brorobwoush Pool and Eastham Ferry . The parti-Cu \ nTs , so V ; iy as we have been able lo ascertain , are these : —On Friday morning , about half-past eleven , several boats started from the Potteries , with the flood tide . on a pleasure excursion to Eastham . After reaching tiie ferry , which they did in about an hour and a half , they adjourned to tho ferry hou o , where they had nomc refreshment . Alwut balf-paat one , the ' crews of threo of the boats embarked , and a trifling wager was mail © as to which boat would reach started with the
thVPnttery pier first . The boats ebbtide , and wi'h a strong breeze blowing from the northward . After sailing about for half an hour , one oftheboats , whi-. h was cutter-rigged , ran in shore opposite Stodhill , and wai quickly followed by the other two . When ou her Btarboard tack , and between two hundred and three hundred yardsfwm the shnra , a violent squall caught the first craft , and at the same moment a heavy sea struck her and passed over her stern , filling her , and sinking her almost insiantly , stem foremost . The other boats immediately lowered sail , and went to tho assistance of the poor fellows , who were struggling in tho water ; but a heavy sea running at the time , and the wind Wowing strongly , little aid could be given , and four ot the unfortunate persons on board were drowned .
WO & CESIEHttHIHB . Powick . —Narrow Escape from Suwocatiov in a Chukch . —On Sunday last , during the morning service ut I ' owick church , a young lady was observed to be in a fainting condition , and the same symptoms almost immediately afterwards affected others oftho congregation , to tho nuraberof about twenty . They were conveyed into the open air and to the adjoining houses , and after some time and trouble tbey all recovered , having apparently suffered severely from in . cipieutMiffwtum . It was found ou investigation f'at the alarming occurrence was caused by tho sulphureons vaponrcvolved in the process of osmbllBtion , from the coke used for the purpoie of warming the church .
BTAFFORnSUIRB . I . krk . —Superstitious Crbduuty . —Eatly in the week , a report was bretty widely circulated , in Lech , by a class of people calling themselves "Latter-day Saints , " that on Tlmwday roornii'g thv 2 nd m-t , an angel-herald would appear in tho heavens , and produce by a trumpet the most unearthly sounds , which would be si loud and deep as to waken the "lumbering ith . bitantsfrom their repose , and which was to furnish unwiHtakeabla indications that , on that day twelve months , the day of judgment would arrive ' . Many timid persons were found , who gave credence io the above absurd prediction , and allowed it to
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alarm them to such adegree that they dared not reiw n > rent until theeupposed eventful moment nao passed away .
SUFFOLK . Thk latb Porsomiva of a Hiwum-- " ho conviction and condemnation of Catherine Foster , who is only in her eighteenth year , at the recent assizes , for the minder of her husband , John Foster , three necks after marriage , by mixing arsenic in a dumpling , * hich ho ate for supper , has produced the most painful leeling throughout ihe county . The motive that could have induced the unfortunate woman to destroy her husband's life bo soon alter marriage is not as vctcorrectly traced out . Ho is deacribed to have been a well-disposed and intelligent young man exceeding ly attentive to his home , and devotedly attached to his guilty partner , who , by her preriossessin" abearance and engaging manners , had
obtained lor herself the somewhat flatten ^ title o ) the " belle " of tbe village ( Acton ) . A week before the marriage was arranged to take place she desired to pay a visit to Bury . Here it seems her admirer . UMced s ome fears lest he should l . * e his prize , being aware of her having many lovers , and ho earnestly urccd her to marriage at once , promising her that she nii : > ht make the proposed trip as soon as she nleased atter tho ceremony . Her mother consented tn her being immediately united , and the event accordingly took place at the village church . A week afte rwards ho allowed her to go to Bury , where it ha » been since traced that she lived partly with her aunt , but where else cannot be ascertained . It is rumoured she became acquainted with a man whose
name at present is unknown . This in some degree is confirmed by the observations she was beard to make after her relurn to her husband , to the effect , that had she gone to Bury before her marriaee she never would have had him . There was a remarkable piece of evidence excluded by the Chief Baron at the trial . Tho convict ' s mother was about detailing on interview she had with her in tbe gaol . Sho had the boy who was the principal witness against the convict with her , who offered his sister a piece t > f cake which he was eating . She took it from him , but returned it . at the same time asking bim why he bad t Id s-uch stories about her to the gentlemen al the coroner ' s inquest . Here the mother was stopped by tlie Baron , on the ground that it could not be
received as evidence . The convict ' s conduct since condemnation has been more becoming her awful filiation than that whicii she evinced before trial Cd . nfkssi > n oy tub Cuipmt . —The wretched woman has at length confessed her crime . She stated that she alone had committed the deed ; that the statement which she had previously made , of a person having tempted her to do away with him , wan utterb unfounded ; and the rumours of her having been f > r » F // kcd by ftrr husband giving her any cause ofjealousy were equally so ; on the contrary , he had lieen uniformly kind to her ; but that she had never had any love for him , and had only married him at the wish of her mother , whom Foster was ^ constantly urging to persuade her ; ar . d that after their marriage the feeling of dislike was stronger than ever . She
declared , however , that Ihe idea of destroying him did not enter her head until the day on which she committed the deed , when she purchased tlie poison ¦ i t a shop in Sudbury , without any difficulty . II wa > " wjjjte arsenic , "and nota dark ponder , as stated by the boy before the n . agistratcs , and it was not true that tiie boy ate any of that dumpling . Tbe execution will probably take place on Saturday , the lph iri « t ., a we understand the hi » h sheriff humanely desires to h ' ivc ii .-r the utmost time that the law will allow . We understand that there are three memorials—two totheSecretaryof State , one of which urges theyoutb am sex of the culprit , and tlie other the- general gioond t ' opposite 1 locipitalpunishments ^ and one from the females to her Majesty—in course of sigonture in this town , praying that tho extreme penalty of the low may nit be carried out in the caso of this
criminal . KRNT . Chatham—Darino BuROLAiir — Con iderable sensation exi : < ts in the garrison at Chatham on account ot an audacious burg ' ary having been perpetrated , during the night of Friday , tbe 3 .-d instant , by breaking into the Invalid Daoot Pay Office , at the Case mate Barracks , at , Gillinaham . The entrance was first discovered by the orderly on Saturday morning , on iiis going to prepare the office for the clerks , win-n he found it in tho utmost disorder . Papers and liook were strewed about the floor , as also-a quantity of inciter matches , some of which had been burnt ; . and •?
was evident , f . om tlie drops of tallow about ,, m . party ual had a candle . The cashier ' s desk was the only one broken open ' and , from tbe destruction >;! the lock , some strong instrument had been used . Pinwhole of it * contents were talcn out , including a number of Indian remittances , bills bahmging to invalid .- returning from India , amounting to about £ 12 0 U &; and a largo bowl , containing a quantity of cnppw ccn ' i ! , was none , as atsx several coats belonging to : It clerks taken away . The thieves , not content , to , k away the whole ot the k- < ys of the several d-- ; o > irtmen ' ts . No clue as yet has been obtained of the offenders , although a strict inquiry is 011 foot by the police and military authorities .
HANTS Attempikd Murdckamd Suicwk . — An attempt at murder bos been made at , the residence of Mr VV Thve * her , and the perpetrator attempted suicide . Elizabeth Ayling . the victim of this tragic event , is ;< native of Humble , a village near Southampton . > h is about 18 years of a « c , and was acting in the eapaeit-01 nurserymaid in the family oi ihe above-timiw gentleman . 'Ihe person charged with attempting the horrid act i « a native of llambledon , by name Ciiaric Wolfe , twenty ^ eavsof a-i e-, a « d > . < . &» livinu a * fontmain the same establishment . Ayling was alone in innursery up stairs , when Wolie entered with a mallt ' in his hand . She , surprised at his appearance , s > i < l to him " Charles , what are you doing here ? " M < replied * ' What , hare ? " aul thou left th- ro > tm m went into Mr James Thresher ' s bed-room ; iiu a •<» . ¦• returned to the nursery with a razor . He thet ^ 'rii , - Ayling tw » violent blows on th" head with the uial •; ,
and in doing s > broke tho h- < ndle ; and while i . i victim lay on the floor , stunned by the blows , lie in dieted several severe woumw on iior neck ami llm-a ' one of thorn being 5 inches in lengt ' j . Roiwui 10 consciousness , she struggled with -he ruffian , and 1 her doicnee . grasped the rnurde-mts weapon , ami eu > hoc hands and finders in a ti iihtful manner . S ¦»• - last succeeded in escaping , and van to the kit «; ieo . The cook alarmed , hastened and informed t . i > ci » nnlv Some of them rushed up stairs and seized Wolfe «»• was in the ace of cutting his thro it before a looking glass . A messenger was despatched to the o-ncc siatii . n for Superint . Gow , who secured Wolfe . On -lie following morning , the prisoner underwent an ex . ; .. i ; - natuni by Mr Join Beardiuore , and wa * reinaivl- ' to Gosport Bridewell . The poor girl is pronounced o .-of danger . Jealousy is said to be the causemf nis committing tho diabolical outrage . The prisoner iv ; . « been fully committed fir trial . He was handcuff-id and taken to Winchester iraol .
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SWANSEA B ' jilrh Explosion on Board a Steamiir —A iireaii ftti accident , afended with loss oflife , hasocorre " on board the Troubadour s ' . oamer , whicii trades between this port , Bristol , and Liverpool . Too v .-ss . ¦ ' ¦ had just arrived at the Mumbles , nnd turned nff he . steam , when one of the principal tubes of tho b'u erexploded , filling the engine room with scalding steam which rcso out of tho companion ladder in -. « . ¦ e s cloud , and was seen from the shore . Two noor f ¦ ihit * .. * were Ivjlow at tho moment , and their sufferinuv w . y > most frightful . One of them rushed out of the r \ o ><> - which communicated with the engine rwm wh re li > - fell exhausted . The other made for tho ) am ) v . wiiV a view of getting on de *; k , but the scalding HVain drove him backwards , nnd the poor f- ; llon Mink When extricated their appearance was truly app-tlling —more resembling subjects actually boiled . I ' le- . ' we ve immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , wiierc one shortly died . The other remains in a dan ^ ei oir condition .
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1 H 1 SH LlSTMOnDS . —SMITH o ' BBIDX AXD BIS TE ' NANTBY . The correspondent of tho Morning Advertiser writ . ¦ - from Ca 5 tlereagli as follows : — 1 'he conditiono ( this poor small town , standing \ a tin centre of a wide district of country , without any mill 1 towns , nuy be judged * of from a resolution or * t / ie Sojirn of guardians just now passed , anil which , so tar us 1 lsnow , has not jet found its way into any newspaper : " Resolved , that wo do not detm it necssary to ncoffins for the paupers who aro buried at the hick of ti ^ workhouse , as the expenses of them averages nearly £ 1 ? per week , which would support about 150 po-up rs . 'rfu we order twelve coffins to be always kept on band te give to those who conic to . claim their dead friends " decency forbids the carVylng away of dead bodies throug h the country without coffins . "
The price of the coffins Is about & if each . Trnm tin , peculiar veneration paid to the dea « l by the Irish , an- ' pMtteuUulS tlw Catholic * , tht & moluUow of tVie ev > avdians Is exciting the roost alarming discontent . It is well' to observe , however , that th < s guardians aro , in most part . Catholics thenuolves . To save their pocliet ^ and property from heavy wtcs , seems to be an instinct equally atvang with their Catholicism . The chairman of the Guardians is tho O'Connor Don . M T . and a Lord of th « Treasury ; the , vlop . ehmrmim is Nicholas Ualfe , Esq ., a gracing farmer of great extent , holding severa l thousands of Ihe be & t land of tho union in his bands for grazing , employing not more than one person to each 300 acres , at eight . pcnco per day , Tho rent of the Roscommon grazing farms runs from £ H « £ 2 per aero , occasionally to £ 8 ; but 80 s , may bo taken fli an average .
Mr Dominick , corn agent to Lord de Preync , is a goaruiau ; the agent of Lord Mountsundford is anothi-r , Tlvj O'Connor Don , it is believed , does not know ol' this resolution to bury the paupers without coffins , as ho is engaged in London in Parliamentary business . Hut all tho landlords fu the union are parties to it by tlnmselves or their ngoo's . They resisted tho introduction of the Poor Law for a period of i years , and were «\ \^\ % coin .
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pelled to introduce it by a mandamu . 1 from the Court of Queen ' s Bench ; their first rate was 5 d . in the pound ; their last and present rate 1 * . in the pound . On farm land which pays 30 g . per acre of rent , and only £ 10 8 s . of wages on 200 acres , or that amount of wajjes to £ MO ot rent , the mte is certainly not one to break a landlord ' s back , as he only pays one-half of it . The workhouse ma built to hold 1 , 000 persons ; it contains 1 , 100 , and last week 800 of that number wire reported sick . The Poor Law commissioners have cent a strong remonstrance to the guardians , giving tlicin ihe choice of providing medical uskKunco in their own
locality , or of paying two guineas per dsy , and travelling expenses , for a me licalgentleman tobestntfiom Dublin I hav « recently been on the estate of Wiiiiam SmUii O'Brien , Esq ., M . P ., and find the wages paid by himself in his own demesne to be 4 d . less per day than the wagtE hitherto paid in his neighbourhood , and ou his o « n property 1 )/ tho Board of Works , The average of trtiges paid on all his t .-tato is under 4115 per 100 acres , or £ 15 per £ 160 of rent received by him iu ordinary limes Heceatly the wages have not been half ns mu ; li , ' as tli . i grazing farmers have released their herdsmen ami some of thtir plough boys to go on the public works , ihcy choosing to have the mothers and sisters of those herds
men and boys to do part or tlioir work , nn . I to Uuik port of their work unp . rformcd , in order to be saved from continuing to di *; ibe herdsiren and boys in the farm , houses ; the moihurs and sisters submitting to do ihe work without pay , to allow tho father or brother , as tlie case might b-, to go on the public works to earn wages for food to them all , or ouch wretched allowanceofiood as such wa « a would procure . Smith , O'Brien ' s t statu is nearly all let out in large grazing farms ; the land is of excellent qnaliiy ; the population around it wretchedly poor ; this is in th < s county of Limerick , twenty miles west from Liineiiek 9 lVf
sunuN . Thb Famine cnKaTKDBv Wan . — The unexpected reappearance of largo auppliea of sound potatoes at all , or nearly all , the country markets , as well as in Dublin , has led to considerable speculation , and the general conclusion come to is simply tin ' s : —tiiat had these stores been thrown into tha market in the hard months of December and January , instead of being hoarded up for disposal for seed , when the scarcity , it was presumed , would treble their value , the numbers of victims of starvation would not have been near ' j so formidable as they have been .
Fever still continues to increase to an alarming extent throughout the country . In the union workhouses , especially , the malady prevails , and the mortality in some places is very considerable . Aa yet Dublin and the surrounding metropolitan districts have escaped , but there is reason to apprehend that with the approach of warm weather the capital will also suffer as well as the provinces . A Contrast . —On Monday last M . S oyer exhibited an experimental trial of his cooking apparatns , in the Esplanadeatthe Royal Barracks . The Lord Lieutenant came in state , and numbers of tbe aristocracy of both sexes came to " see the sight . " A contemporary eives us a list of the " Ladies Emily and Kathleen . "Ac , Ac , the earls and generals , the
"honourahles " and "respectables . "' Our contemporary noes into ecstasies at this beauty , and tlie tact of their having tasted the soup , and liked it much . No doubt . Then " the signal bc / J lo ' retire was tolled , and the sreat people gave way to an equal number of paupers , in order that they mi ? bt resale themselves upon M . So ; er ' s soup . The contrast was sudden and bolii . A mrmwnl before a great number of tovely faces sailed their approval on everything they saw , and a moment alter decrepid age , upon whose faces * it would bo hard to say whether time or hunger had made tlie msst havoc , were ranged nt tbe same tables , ' * taking their wretched pittance of ' Steam-engine Soup . " Well may the norelist have written of the " two nat one , rich and poor !"
suoo . Notwithstanding the reduction which has taken place in the price of Indian corn , our aurieultural labourers arestill enduring the most dreadful sufferings . Che deaths from starvation avo raultiplvhig every hour ; and notwithstanding all that has been done by the . government , and the generous people of the British nation , thousands upon thousands willbe swept away by absolute huntier during the present spring <> nd the ensninsr summer . The people hare given
themselves up- to despair . In the remote districts there is nothfrre : whatever doing ; : the only soil turned no by the spade is the rank earth of the (( rave yards . There , w not ai burial place intho county that is not 't present overstocked with dead ; . anc " . we do really ivlieve that the mortality is greater now than it was when the cholera raged , A't present—it is ri « ht the fac ; should be known—no inquests aro held upon the bodies of those who die of starvation . The grand jury , tt t ! ie . last assizes ,, desired the coroners not to bold inquests in s «< jh cases *
Fkveb . —Fever is rapidly on-the increase ,, and the disease , is now turning out to-be of a very malignant character . A new fever hospital was established in the above town within the last fortnight , capable of ' inkling ninety-six patients . It was filled in three days . In the ' country districts typhus fever is raging 1 0 a fearful extent . The following is an extract from a letter received from Ballinakill : — "Fever is greatly ¦ in tlm inor . 'ase here—average of deaths weekly , v . vent , v . " llKTRiBimeN —In Gurleen , AhamVish , and Tive-¦ aeh , the fever has spread to the higher ranks , and hose who- were secure from- death by famine now 'ind' that they are exposed to- it by pestilence . Mr ! ,: iwl'ir , tbe ar ; ent nf Mr Cooper , died a few davs ago f lever . > Fr William Orrnsby and Mr Luke Uester , Mb pay clerks , are ill « f the same disease .
lvnjrTiCT . —Nothing can bo more deplorable than 'h-condition of this parish ; on last Sunday there v ere elrven people lyinji dead . Of this number , . ) ' > lm Fahy , of Mulroe , Andrew Ferrall , of Brunbush-• nd , nnd John Grady , of Ama . 'hmore ( the father of » lv boy who . sometime since wascarried ia a basket ' ' mm the publio works , who died tho same night ) , ' ied of absolute starvation .
LOKSFOHD . Thr Woukuouse . —TIjo number of deaths in this w-irl ( i ioB » e , and the fever hospital attached , from the 1 " » to the 31 st of March inclusive , were 174 ; in r-Vbrvwrr - , 170 ; in January , 110—making a total of 4615 ' " ir the quarter , excusivo of the many deaths r nuiirut the union , and this town and neighbour-> loil , from fever and destitution .
LONDONDEVUW . Frvku in rnn Union . — During last week , 80 itii'tits are reported to bo ill in fever , and SO con-¦ M o-eent ; in hospital from other disease , 108 ; making in all 2 G 8 pauents under medical treatment . I'He clerk and four of the resident ofiaccra have been a ' t i' ked with fever , and are at present incapacitati di from pevfuTHHUsj tlieir duty . Thk Distress . —The following fa from the local papers;—"C ' a . mjsth . —Our prospects are becoming more r i'jU'ful ; some of the best of our tenants aro going ff with three years' rent . Our committee have 12 iioo every day , and a horse and eart occasionally , bun in <» ihe dead in this half pariah ; yet , they are or toffioient to perform this sail work . Murder is . ¦ n . ' . 'fliifor the benefit of Manchester and Liver-. 0 , 1 "
The same paper also contains , the following : — ' f / ie passengers by the mid day Bandon coach ' srcn |; iv were horrified by observing , as they passed , »> e > 'M > u * ure of a corpse at Priest's bridge , near Hal-¦ iit > : i s-ik ' . In reply to a hurried inquiry , they were told < the » 'l e « 'hat the disgraceful exhibition was part • ' a eries that had continued some days ; that they ind nn fund * to provide burial , and that a relative >¦ relatives of the deceased'had refused , when offered , r . m-oBission to tho workhouse " The Cork Constitution g . ' ws the aniiexcdtetter : — Ditoxui . KAouE , March 23 —At six o ' clock this im-niiii , ' 1 met a man sini wu'iinn on the road , each
> 'ith a small coilin in a bag . I then wcat to Skin-> -i-een . and on the way met a man with a coffin viapped in a cloth , and laid before him on his horse . Ii Skibbereen , of course , there were coffins in all ' ir -ettons , bnt so common are they now become that they am scarcely observid . On the road coming •> ' < me I met a car -with a body oa it , covered with a lii-pt , and no coffin . You might see pieces of coffins v ns in the churchyards here , th » bodies havim ; ¦¦ ¦ en torn up and devoured by dogs , Tho head-conf-nl . jetold me that on last Sunday , just before wo wn' to church , a body was founet half eaten , dragged eii . si the walk . Tho bodies are hardly buried . tvll .
' I beliova it was on last Sunday week , as we were nu ' ngout of church , that wo saw a woman with her on on her book ; she brought bim to be buried withnt a ci iUn , aud when that was done she wont home ' ir another . Last Sunday we saw her again there ; ] ''> e had ju > . t buried her seventh and last . •* A mother and two children were buried together he other day . The vest of the family a * a in fever , without any one to go near them . Tha police dug a itve nit in the churchyard—it will soon be full . They iv that at least twelve funerals pass tho barrack vert day—some days thirty—and there are three or v . nr ways leading to the churchyard without passing i In barrack . " Feeling seems to have left the people . A man died on one ftf the roads hero lately , and his wife 'Niiii'iged to procure a coffin ; but a relation of her own died in the meantime , and she lent it for his use , and her husband lay unhuiied for a fortnight .
" I might continue to relate such instances until t <> -morrow , but 1 mast now conclude . "
CLARK . The . Clare Journal says that "a tithe of tj § land in that county will not bo under tillage , and jet t ' -iere is sufficient reed corn in the country to till nil the land . The labourers have been discharged from the public works , but they hayo not found employment from the farmers ,. Such of them as have small pnrlions of land are without seed , aud therefore is tho ground , timing , as well as untillcd . "
Fihk At Maiukillks.—An Alarming Fire Bro...
FihK at Maiukillks . —An alarming fire broke out in this city , at about midnight , on the SOih to 31 st ult . Onc ' person was burnt to death , nn old lady , : i ; ed fifty-eight . Several persons were raorew less seriously injured in their endeavours to escape . The loss of ' proportv is . estimated at f ?<> Ul 250 , 000 f . to SOOjQOOf .
Alarming And Destructive Filtes. " On Mo...
ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIltES . " On Monday rooming , between the hours of five nnd six , considerable alarm was created in Welling , ton-street fl ortb . Strand , by the sudden outbrea k ft ( another fire , the third since November , 1845 , np 0 n the premises belonging to Mr J . Pitt , hatter and tobacconist , carrying on business at No . 10 in the above named tboronahfare . An instant alarm was raised , and p lenty of water being immediately precuw-d the police and the inhabitants got tho flames extinguished , not , however , until the whole ef the -took of hats was damaged by fire and smoke , and tho partition , the flooni . tr , nnd fixtures on one side of the slion nartially burned . —About half . past one
o ' clock the same morning , a fire , which , had it not been so opportunely discovered , would have buen attended with vry disastrous consequences , broke out upon the prem se-i known as the Temperance Ila . ll , in Milton street . Oripplegate . It was caused from the ovc-heat of the copper flu " , which set the bond timber in the hack kitchen in flames . The firemen fr"m W'hi ^ cros'j . street station succeeded in getting the fire exf / niru / shed , before any considerable damage wasd nc— Afcotit hnlfan hour later , a lire was discovered buniine on thepremi-es situate at 52 , Roso * mon-street Clerkenwell , in the occupation of Mr J . D . Co'e , butcher . The engines attended very early , but "wing to the exertions of the inmates and police , too fj < i mw were soon subdued , hut not before considerable d » m » ce was done . —Between twelve and one o' lock , a fire , nearly attended "nth fatal
consequences , broke out at 42 . Chapel-street , Islington , m he nceupnncv of Mr J . Crcsswell , general dealer . The flirnes originated . from some unknown cause in ( he rmeh pnrlmir , and were first discovered by the piv . pnetor , who hearing a strange noise in the lower part of tbe bouse at tho moment he was going to bed went to ascertain the cause , when to his astonishment he found flimes ascending the staircase with such violence that the inmates , in order to effects srtfc retreat , were obliged to get cut of the several widows . There being an abundant supply of water obtained from the mains of the New R ver Company , tbe firemen worked incessantly until a little after one o ' clock , when they got the flames extinguished . By that perforr the fire had either burnt or damaged the whole of the stock-in-trade , furniture , Ac , in the lower portion of the hou . e .
On Sundavtnorning , a very serious fire broke out in the extensive ; range of premises belonging to Mr Simpson , bread" and biscuit ? baker , situate at the enrnerof Old Bond-street and Piccadilly . The flames were first discovered by one of tbe nsssers-by at a few minutes before eierht o ' clock , at which time tbey had obtained a firm hold of tho lower portion of the house . The inmates , consisting of several persons , were immeo'iately apprised of the great danger to which they were exposed , but such a powerful ascendancy had the names then obtained that it was with tbe utmost difficulty the residents eould effect » safe retreat ; as it was , two of the Journeymen were obliged to make a precipitate retreat from their beds with nothing rm more than their night clothes . The fire , plugs m the district yielded an abumrimt supply of water , from which tlb engines were worked , and copious streams of the antagonistic efement were scattered over the flames , notwithstanding they
continued to progress mo « t fearfully , cnteringevery room in the capacious building , and eventually fchev penetrated the roof and communicated to theadjoinin ? house in the occupation of Mr Alabaster ,. No . 58 , i Picemlil ' y . To ibis properly the firemen- directed then- ex rtmns , and they happilv succeeded in stopping fhe further progress of the fire in that direction The damage done , however , to Mr Alabaster ' s premises by Cre s nd water is very extensive . Tho fire was safely extinguished by ten o'clock , but not until the whole of Mr Simpson ' s stock in trade was consumed , his furniture siid offier effects partially destroyed , and the building severely injured by fire . Unfortunately tbe occupier was uninsured ! The house numbered 45 . Old Bond-street , in the tenure of Messrs Judd and Son , is likewise damaged'by water , but , fortunately , tbe parties were insured ' . A few minutes before the discovery was made , whett one of the workmen passed thr «» ah the shopj the place appeared p . rfectly safe and free from- fire .
Shortly after three o ' clock on Monday morning , one of tha most extensive waterside fires , since the coriflagratnonatTopping ' s-wnarf , brokeontupon the premises known as the Kent and Sus ex-wharf , on fcheSonthwavksideof London-bridge , the property of Mr Aldemnn llumohery . The fire made its appearance ill the first ins'anee-in tiie front facing tbe water ' s edge , through the windows in whi ch thepoliceman on duty upon the bridge observed a strong g ' are of light . Ue had scarcely made ihis discovery bvforc a hu « e bod y of flamo burst from the lower part of the wharf , and in a few moments the fire rushed onward with fearful violence . Information was instantly despatch- d to tlie several engine stations ,, the police stationed irr Montague-place
exertmg themselves most judiciously in preventing any persons from- forcing in the . doors before the arrival of the engines . At the time of the arrival of the earliest engines , owing to tho-itiauspiciou-i state of the- weather , and the hour . it which the outbreak occurred , but twoor throe persons had 1 assembled and considerable difficulty was . experienced in obtaining assistance . And indeed this difficulty continned for some time , a sufficiency of hands not bringfound until the several policemen scoured the ncigllbourim ? beats , and knoeked : up parties Itnown by them t /> bclon ? to the labouring population . Upwards of half an hour elapsed , howevir , before asufficiency of men could be obtained , during whielv time the Saraes were progre « sin ? with a rapidity
truly frightful . As soon wvwas possible the engines on shore were g'it into full-plav , two-of them being stationed on London-bridge , the h se bring led over tho Ilibernia wharf while vast bodies of water werepoured upon the fire from engines stationed in-Hloatngne elose , and the floating engine moored in > mediatel y in front of the wharf : F > r soma time but little impress on was made upon the fire , but by a juvlicimis management the flames were confined tothe wharf , and the adjoining property nnd partv-wall * wore kep ^ as coul as possible . TJpon inspecting thewalls at this crisis itw .-w found that there is , between , the Kent and Sussex and- Hioenwa wharfs , a passageor waterway , about sbt . feet in width , and thai / tSeside walls are of great thickness , while the partywail on tho west side rs also an excellent one . The *
fire , consequently , w . is . kept within ( he area- of the wharf in which h originates ) , which , onacoonntof the great quantity of combustible materials with which it was stored , rwul the- timber used in ita censtrnction , it wos found almost impossible bo save ,. By six o ' clock , however ; the flames were got under , and by seven nothing could be seen of the fire exeept the smouldering embers , and the bodies of » benm which arose from them . The supposition is that the disaster arose from tha > spontaneous combustion of some of the t ^ oods contained in the warehouses . It is impossible to estimate the precise loss , as very , liitle of the property belonged- to Alderman FlUmnherv ; it was consigned to-various houses in town and country . The most valuable portion of th » 3 took consisted of grain and hops .
Subsequently , an inquiry was en tared into , before tbe city c > ronei \ ; vt tho Bridge House Hntei . Several witnesses were examined , whose opinion * were of a conflicting wvfcurtK and the jury rstumedi the following verdict : ;—11 That them is aot sufficient aWdenee to enable thcin ( the jiu « rs } to decide how- the five-originated , hut , in theii ' opinion , there is every probability that it aiu ' -o from tha spontaneous , comfwation of some b . \ lis of waste or . shoddy . "
Tub £Jifi!!,Kalei.Kctlos.—-V&E B&Keve. W...
Tub £ Jifi !! , KAlEi . KCTlos . — -V & e b & Keve . we may « $ » - lulf ntly annownce , that every tffork will be miide-by the g owriimoiitto bring the-business of the session . of Parliament to-a speedy teTrmiaation , with a view toa general election . We hear-that it is considered not unlikely " ihat tho prorogation will take place some time-in Juno , and tho dissolution will immediately follow . The legislature must , of course , assemble sooa after the election has . terminated , but ; i is . very doubtful whether any other than the necessary businsss , such as the oleetioa of a speaker , 4 c , will bo oatered upon . —Jfonctatn' Guardian , Wednesday , Dbatu op Lrmas Rs » B . —This gentlewim , so well known to the publio as the writer of many successful dramatic pieces , and equally admired i > 3 . a contributor to the weekly and monthly literature sS the day expired , after a brief illness , on Saturday , at his house , , 32 , Soulhmnpton-street , Strand . The immediate i
cause of death was an attack of » nnnl « . „ „ i .:,. v . cause of death was an attack of . apoplexv , which » struck him on his arrival « t homoe « ThuwdaV even- - us , and after SO hours' udEofeg he quitted this s mortal new . Unexpected as was the calamitous s event , his health had been seriousl y underminetl for a a considerable period Three savgical operations were e IT ^ tr T > I i ^ ** . wilh Attack k m ? p & - adcom P leteI ' » rok 8 ftv 1 paoncerohwtframe . b . fL , hii , v ' * l ]! th 6 5 rear 1803 '^ thecity of nf Uamhuvgh ihs atherwasThomns Uman Rode , e , H t *» pamstei-at-law , the author of various works ks
% wf" * - , ? scar ! P ° ' bIe t 0 ov * rrate the oxtent nt mev , fo !?* e k ' \ ** "" fcw-dwUh a prodigious us men wv a „ d extraordinary coDtereational powers , he ho was tho admired associate of a large circle of friends ; Is ; indeed it may be truly said of him , that ho rarely uly spoko but to uKLraet , and scarcely touched a subject rot he did not adorn . His dramatic compositions for his his yean an very numerous , wri the principal minor HOI levees , paiit a « d present , have greatl y benefited by I bj hm / oci ' o and racohil pen . As a writer of pikttdtt dt circonr frtn ** Up was most felicitous . Asa performer , ier , he was kiwwn to the public from his ardent friend- indship Iwprofei'soMof thosock and buskin , by playing ? im for e . veiy benefit that his name and exertionscould at d a ' all serve . How painful is it to state that , with tho thi < nmt commanding talent in various , departments of ts o literature , his « wn interest should have weiVhed as d a
dust in the oaUnce ; but such is tho truth In 1830183 ' ho was muted to Miss Sarah Cooke , daughter of Mrf M Cooke , bavs singer «| j ) rnrv . lane Theatre , nnd conunnisii ofMisW , y ] ettaud Mrs W . West . By his uniott . nio < with that hdy he has left a son ten years of aee Dr E Roberts and Dr Richards attended him most tedu-edt lousiy m his last illness , but h « never spoke durinEirln the thirty hours it lasted ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10041847/page/6/
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