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The Northern Star. ^ : November• Lj^Jga
THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ : November lj ^ Jga
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He * t . tk v ? Loxnos . —It was shown m the report for the last week of October that the mortality was Considerably diminished ; it now appears that concurrent ! v with a great fall in the temperature it ! . »< again risen touewrta the same amount as pY ' < s--rail ' - 'd during the earlier part of last month . The deaths registered in London in the week ending last S . rurday were 959 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1 S 41-50 the average was 907 ; bat ihe population has increased since that period , and Ihe average , if corrected in proportion to the increase , 1 , 064 , compared with which last week ' s "mortality show * a decrease ol 75 . ' Ehe increase on the previous week is visible amongst the young . i 0
the middle-aged , and per .-ons of advanced **" - . * is also observed in all those classes of disease wfiien make the largest contribution , to the mcrWl . ty , for last week the deaths enumerated « < Je epijmj class rose from 223 to 242 , those , ™ ^^ mS ch > s from 156 to 171 . tin se caused by di * ea > es of The brain , spinal marrow » Ac ., from £ * " * those bv « J disea-cs of the heart , ic , fiom 65 to S SSby « d iMa *> of flu n » ng « and other organ , of resStion , " froai 105 to US , by "disea . es of the 3 " ^ , ana t , i / H-ro . gans o d . gest . on , ; from 54 to 63 , by " diseases oflllQ Ridnuys , iLC , from G to 11 . bv ' " rheumatism arid diseases of the joints , & c , " from 3 toS , by " atrophy , " from 1 G to 2-3 . A 3 in former weeks , scarlatina and typhus predominate atuongst epidemics , the former having
iner * ised in fatal ease- fiom 50 in the previous weelttooSHu the Nt . Ty , hus : nmbera 5 S , besides 2 from ague , 1 from remittent fever , 1 fr < . m infantile fever , and 3 from rneunjat c fever , but a » j present it docs not show a disposition to become more fatil . The mortality from small-pox rose from 17 deaths in the previous week to 24 ( 21 children having died of it last week , and 3 adults ubave 15 years of ag ^ -J . Iv , is stited in only one ease ihat vaccination had been previously performed . Besides the above , the death of a chfcd of 1 year occurred from , chicken-pox . last w < ek the births of 770 boys and 7 J 0 girls , in all 1 , 480 childien , were registered . In the six cm expending weeks of 1845-50 the siveraiO number was 1 . 3 S 3 At the JRoyal Observatory , Greenvri-. h , the in an raiding Of the barometer in tbe w ek w ; . s 20 < S 4 ia .
CDHOXrns Iao . isbk . — On Satur . sy last an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker at the Cat and button , Cat-and MUto i-fielus , Hackney , on view Of the body of Ilaiimh Towns nd , aged twentyseven , a woman of coin r , wh < tt-h an inmate of the Female llefoge for the Destitute , Hackney , deceased had been an inmate abaut a week . Ou the previous Wednesday ste wm suddenly taken ill . Mr . Bacon , surgeon , w-. s Called in , who pre . scribed for her . She died at twelve o ' clock the same day , from an effusion of serum in the brain and ventricles . Verdict— " Visitation Of God . " On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Cat and Mutton , Cat-and-Mn « ion-fields , relative to the death of Sarah Jane Reynold ? , four months old , who was suffocated in bed . Deceased ' s father was a taker , living at Ko . 3 , Devonshirestreet . It was supposed that the deceased had been accidentally suffocated by one of tbe children With "whom it slept . Verdict— ' ' Pound Dead . "
Death cf a Cniu > . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . J . W . P .. yne on the body of tfeorge Qainless , aged two years . It appeared that a plank fell from the premises of Messrs , IleatbfieldandBadger , experimental chemists . Princessquare , Finsbury , which struck the head of the child and fractured his skull . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Os SaxgRDAV forenoon Mr . W . Garter held an inquest at the King William Tavern , Dorset-street .
Clapham-road , on view of the body of Mary "ffiisden . aged serenty-fo ' ur , who died under very extraordinary circumstances . On the previous "Wednesday the landlady where the deceased lodged found her in bed insensible , and Subsequently it was ascertained she was dead , as she had not been able to leave her room from the previous Sunday , by reason of drinking spirits aud other liquors to an alarming extent . Verdict— " That the deceased died from delirium , arising from excessive drinking of ardent spirits . "
Ox Saturday afternoon Mr . J . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital on the body of Joseph Fell , aged thirty-seven years . The deceased had been subjected to delirium tremens . On the Sunday morning previous he was discovered quite naked , and in the act of getting out of the window . He was pulled back , but be had received a frightful lacerated wound of the leg and various lacerations on the face and hands , of which he died . Verdict—' That the deceased died from certain mortal injuries received accidentally during aa attack of delirium . " Athociocs MtnDF . R op a Woman bv Her Husband , is Mauvlkboxe . —On Sun-Jay considerable « xcvtenveat . prevailed in the neighbourhood of
Xotthstreet , Manchester-square , in consequence of a report that a female of tbe name of Bare , who occupied a back room on the first floor at the bouse No . 33 , in that street , had been brutally murdered by ler husoand , and that he bad , soon after the perpetration of the horrid rieed , given himself into custody . It appears that the unfortunate woman had been living separate from her husband about three weeks , that being the period of time that she las had apartments in Korth-itreet . She took a room there in her maiden uau . e , her object being to avoid discovery by her husband ; and she was also employed at a feather manufacturer ' s , in Wigmorestreet , Cavendish-square . On Saturday night last 2 ier husband was at the Bedford Aruis , the corner
of A ' oitfi-streetand South-street . He had a little boy with him , who is supposed to he his son . lie had a pint of porter , and while lie was drinking it the boy went out . Having traced out her residence , and having ascertained that his wife was not at home , he remained in the street until her arrival . Upon seeing her he spoke to her , and followed her into the house , and then into her room , soon after ^ hich the landlady , Mrs . Lmning , who was in the front parlour , was alarmed by " hearing them in angry conversation with vach other . He then called the boy , who was with him , who ia supposed to be his son , and directed him to take some of the boxes out of the room . Uis wife resisted , when a scuffle between them ensued , in the course of which his
wifs was heard to utter a faint moan . He subsequently left the room and went away , letting himself out at tbe street door . Mrs . Lanning , suspecting from tbe disturbance that tho unfortunate ¦ woman might have received some injury , proceeded to her room , when she fouud her lying upon the floor in a stato of insensibility , and was bleeding from several stabs iu her face aud neck . She rushed out of the house and gave the alarm . She at the same time sent to Mr . Davidson , surgeon , South-street . He promptly attended , but the ¦ woman was then dead . She had a punctured wound in her left eye , which is supposed to have penetrated the brain , and to have caused death . Her husband went to the Bedford Arms , where he had
previously been , and where he ordered a glass of gin He was in great agitation while he drank it , and his hand was observed to be smeared with blood . A policeman came to the door , when on the murderer seeing him , he gave himself into his custody , observing , "I have stabbed my wife . " Upon a policeman searching the room of the murdered woman , it was found in great disorder , and a file , upon which there was blood , and with which the injuries were inflicted , was observed on the ground . This was taken possession of by the police The husband , who gave the name of Wm . Bare , and is a labourer , was taken to the station house hi Marylebone-lane . The parties have been married many years , as they have a son about ten , and a
daughter about twenty years of age . —On Monday the prisoner , Wm . Bare , was brought before Mr . Broughttro , the sitting magistrate at the Marylebone police-office , charged with the wilful murder of his wife Louisa Bare . —Evidence , confirmatory of the above account having been given , the prisoner , after being cautioned by tbe magistrate in the usual ¦ w ay , was asked it he wished to say anything in tbe present state of the proceedings , and * he answered " Nothing . "—Mr . Brougbton : I shall commit you for the wilful murder of your wife , but you will be brought np here again this day week , when you will be sent for trial . —The prisoner was then removed from the bar , and a vast concourse of persons witnessed h » departure from the court to the House of Detention .
Suicide in thb Sobbet Luxattc AstXOM . —On Monday Mr . W . Carter instituted an inquiry at the Surrey Lunatic Asylum , Garrett-lane , "Wandsworth , concerning the death of Jane Holland , an inmate of that establishment . Deceased has been a pauper inmate of tho Kingston union , from which place she had beea removed by order of a magistrate , who had been satisfied by medical testi . money as to the diseasedjioudition of her mind . On the previous Wednesday while ia the above asynre ^ en ^ rf ^ T ** left b * Burs e " » the SmK * t * "" "nates , apparently auite calm ; but SraS ^ hf l g 0 ne t 0 close a window the ? J ™ f' ^ TJ olled B P a P ' "aching over an "Zed « lt ^„ ! , - rcl 0 the 8 Orifi " - Thelnrse " - £ Tt 3 ? 5 fl ± 8 C 0 T < 3 ? ** ? decea 8 e « enveloped ment / An St ^ nTl ' ™* . ™^ »*» t *» M »&
tention , bat sWtly 4 iredl The iit 7 V * ^ a verdict .-Thactne i-- * 5 & BEg stSf feSf ? ""• " *• ' «» SSK GaEAr Fibk is HO 130 BH—On Monday niffht shortly after 10 o ' clock a fire , involving asS , loss of property , broke out on the premises of Messrs . Matnonand Sons , French basket importere . Mr i t i ^? ? " i at the corner of Castle-street mlJSnf ^* foBr Etories hi £ b , and between 60 and . < 0 feet deep . The fire commenced , from some cause not clearly ascertained , in ih » » ack part Of the premises , and owing to the iatammable
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nature of the contents , the work of destruction progressed with such rapidity that before .-m engine had time to reach tho spot , the whole of the oacK buildings were in a blaze . The engines having ' arrived ; the most strenuous exertions were made to subdue the fire , but it was nearly midnight ere this could be accomp lished , and not until : a g , eat portion of the extensive property had been educed to ashes and considerable damage done to the pre-S' ^ r-Joiotain-. The total loss must , at a moderafe cSatfon , amount to several hundred the " street tumblikg JfctsAscE . — On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Kent , Cross-street , St . Georges-in-the-East , on the body
of Bobert Stevens , aged seven years , who resided in Church-road , adjoining . Deceased was in the habit of tumbling along by the side of omnibuses , Ac , in the Commerial-road , for the purpose of obtaining money from the passengers . A few days ago he complained of a pain in his neck , and on the previous Thuvsday'he was taken ill , and died suddenly . He was previously attended by a medical gentleman , who was of opinion that the practice of resting on his head and turning his body over so repeatedly had produced an effusion on the brain . —The coroner remarked that this practice of tumbling was most dangerous , and that the police ought to interfere to stop it . Verdict . " Visitation of Gol . "
Manslaughter . —On Monday afternoon , the inquiry , adjourned from tho previous Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , at the Linden Hospital , relative to the death of Janres Brabbas , aged twenty-one , a seaman , who was stabbed by a seaman named Joseph Clinton , bflonging to the collier brig Clayton , of South Shie ds , lately laying in the Regent's Canal Dock , aud who died in the above institution from the feefci of the urjury . Several witnesses were ex-mine 1 , and a verdict of " Manslaughter" was reinrne 1 against Joseph Clintf n . The coroner issued his warrant for his committal to Newgate , and the witnesses were hciMid over to prosecute .
Tub Urn " LORD MaVOR ' S DAT . "—Perhaps the most pleasing feature connected with the recent celetiration of the election of Lord Mayor for the City of LtHidon for the ensuing year was the entertainment , by order of his lordship , of the children belonging to the ward school of Colemanstreet , of which his lordship has lon ^ r been president and a most liberal patron . The best old English fare was given to the children , eighty-nine in number—one being ill through sickness . Having enjoyed their plum-pudding and roast beef , every ono of the children was presented by Mr . Perkins , o-ie of the leading common council of the ward , by order of the Lord Mayor , with a new shilling , after which the boys and girls present sang the National
Anthem , and the interesting proceedings closed . We understand that this excellent example has been followed by several of the most influential inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Within , and of other wards within the city of London . The Invention and Progress op Printikg . — On Tuesday night the Rev . C . M . Robins , W . A ., commenced the first of a series of lectures on tbe invention and progress ofthe art of printing , at the Literary Institution , Sew Union-street , Moorfields , which was very numerously attended . The rev . gentleman began by stating that he did not only consider that printing was a wonderful art . but a greater wonder existed that it had not been discovered three centuries at least before it was actually
brought to light , and he contended that the gertna of it must bave been known even , at the remote period of the building of the city of Babylon . In support of th's view , he stated that many of the bricks that recent discoveries had brought to light , and which had been used in its structure , were impressed with certain inscriptions , which modern science had enabled the learned to decipher , plainly proving that » U of them had received the impression from the same stamp . Another proof in support ot this position was to be found ia the fact that the Romans of old stamped their cattle , in the same manner as in the present day , and various articles of Roman pottery also bore their names . T he lecturer then dwelt at some length on the great aid literature
had received in its infancy from the Egyptian papyrus , ou which the ancients inscribed their books , followed as that was by the use of parchment , and finally , to the interwoven fabric produced from silk and linen , and which formed the basis of the design of paper of the present day . He then went into detail of the great labour employed in producing books by devoted monks and others , with their frequent destruction by fire , both accidental and wilful , all tending to place books of any kind alone within the reach of the wealthy . He then traced the progress of the art , from the first printing by blocks by Lonja Costa , of Haarlem , to the great and final
settlement of the art by the use of metal moveable types , as brought successfully to bear by Guttenbursdt and his companions iu the fifteenth century at Mentz . Having dwelt upon the great advantages thus obtained he proceeded to notice the introduction of this great art into England by William Oaxton in 1470 , to whom the present generation were indebted for the inestimable blessings of knowledge that they now enjoyed . The further progress of the art of printing , arising from the foundation so laid by William Caxton , he said be should reserve for a future lecture . The rev . gentleman concluded his discourse amidst the general . cheering if a crowded assembly .
A New westmisstbb . Bridge . —We understand from positive authority , that a new Westminster Bridge is to be erected . It 18 to be built as near as possible to the present structure . Notices were , on Tuesday last , given to the inhabitants of the north end of Bridge-street , Westminster ; of Manchesterbuildings , of Cannon-street , up to the Board of Control , and of other portions of the east end of Parliament-street , that government were prepared to bring in a bill this session to pull down their houses to make room for a new bridge . —Mondng Herald .
ExTEKsrvE Robbekv . —On Tuesday the commissioners of police received information thati on the 7 th inst ., there was stolen from No . 7 , Norfolkstreet , Park-lane , the property of Edward Hughes Chamberlain , Esq ., barrister , of Xo . 4 , Elm-court , Temple , jewellery to a considerable amount , consisting ef rings set with diamonds , rubies , pearls , turquoise , amethysts , and other precious stones ; gold chains , gold bracelets , ear drops , emerald , turquoise , ruby , amethyst , jet , and pebble brooches , sold seals , a variety of other valuable articles , and £ 0 lis . Gi . in money . Death fhom Suffqcatiok on Loan Mmok ' s Dai . —On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . J . W . Payne , at tho Three Tuns , Smithfield-markct , on the body of Anna Maria Grant , aged four months . The mother of the deceased , who lived | iu Sackville-street , Portraan-square , went with the child
ou Monday to see the Lord Mayor ' s Show , when at the end of Farringdon-street some boys surrounded her and the child was suffocated . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Lord Mavor's Dat is 1851 . —The new Lord Mayor , unwilling that the pageant of his inauguration should return to the dead level of the immemorial Exhibition , after the splendid symbolic display of last year , devised a new attraction , in the shape of knights , esquires , clowns , & c , of the ago of llenry the Seventh . The concourse of spectators was extraordinary , but the show was a disap . pointment . At the banquet in the evening , the foreign ambassadors were not present , nor was Lord Palmerston . The Premier ' s short speech abounded in compliments to the city which had beheld the founding of . Westminster Hall and the completion of the Crystai-Palace .
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EXTBAORDINABV CaPIORB OP BOROtARS . —The men who lately broke into tbe house of Miss Jficfelin , Newbury-lane , and perpetrated so murderous an outrage ou one of tbe inmates , are now in the hands of the officers of justice . The capture was a gallant though unexpected one . It seems two men had been observed to purchase some gunpowder at the shop of Mr . Daws , druggist , of Leominster ; and their movements having created suspicion , they were followed out of town by Superintendent M'Rohan and another police-officer named Parker . "When about half a mile out of the town , M'Rohan went up to them and demanded to know what they bad got in tbeirpockeia . At
the same moment he observed one of them draw a pistol furtively from his pocket , whereupon he made an excuse , and said he wanted tas vjuttKVQ they had with them . De then went back to Leominster with Parker , and procured further assistance ; and having armed themselves with a doublebarrelled gun , and revolver pistol , a party of four police—viz ., M'llohan , Jackson , Paries , and Smith —proceeded again in quest of the men . M'Rohan and Jackson proceeded up the Bargate-road , where they had seen the men before hand Davies and Smith went up a lane called the Green-lane , which was parallel with it . The latter two had not proceeded far before they discovered the two men crouched under a wall . Paries immediately seized one of them , and the other ran awav followed by Smith .
Davies and his prisoner had a desperate struggle , in the course of which the man drew a revolver pistol and fired twice at Davies . He succeeded in avoiding tbe first charge , bat tbe second grazed the side of his head , slightly fractured his skull , and the ball passed through his hat . Smith now returned , with another man , to the assistance of Danes , whom they found with the blood streaming down bin face , and almost exhausted . They secured ni « £ i ? n 80 ne , V found » oes des the discharged ffi & 2 / f ^ 7 ™^ PWol » Pf t &' Wm . He was WaWnH ? was , grayed to Leominster , where otier man l ^ ' In tne meantime -the J mL , S *? 8 b ? S Pursued by Smith : and J cksor , hearing the outcry , joia / ia ^ « h £ .
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The fellow rau up the lane , but Stopped , and turning round presented two pistols at Jackson , threatening to blow his brains out if he followed him ; Jackson , however , followed at a dhtanoe , but at tbe top of tho lane Superintendent M'Rohan was waiting for the fugitive , and on feiing him the man immediately fived his pistol at him , but happily without effect , lie was about t » fire a sneond time when M'llohan raised his gun and shot him in the thigh . Bleeding , and unable to stand the desperado kept them at bay for somr- tjune longer , but at last was captured , lie now- lies at Leominster seriously wounded . - The magwtoat'SJ have beld a preliminary examination of tho othe .- man , but have remanded him for tho present . Oi searching the I prisoners articles were found noon them which
completely identified them as havv-vg been concerned in tho Oldbury burglary , and ;> lso in a burglary committed at Burfordi nenr Tenbury , last week . The articles found ou thdn were four revolving pistob , two with six and tv ? o with five barrels each , a box of percussion car s » some bullet moulds , 150 ball cartridges , a 'life-preserver , an auger , two Dttdley and West Uromwich bank-notes for £ 5 , two Bank of Encland £ 5 notes , a purse , some silver , and some hats and clothes . Some of the clothes and the purse were identified as belonging to Miss Kicklin , and a portion as having been stolen at Burford ; and the bank-notes aro of the same description as those stolen at Oldbury . The prsoners refuse to give their names or any account of themselves ,
MURDER AT Wioses , near St . Helen ' s . —A crime of an unusual and most atrocious nature was perpetrated near Widnea Docks , on Wednesday evening , the 5 th inst . A person named James Anderson , who was foreman at the extensive alkali works of Mr . John Hutchinson , was barbarously murdered 00 tho highway , near his own house , at about a quarter-past six o ' clock . At an inquest held the following day before Charles E . Driffield , Esq ., coroner , Thomas Nolan , a lad of about sixteen years of age , stated that he , in company with his uncle , Darby Nolan , and tho deceased , left tho works a few minutes before six o ' clock on Wednesday evening , to walk to Dog-lane , Widnes ( about three quarters of a mile distant ) , where they
resided . Thefr road lay for a short distance along the St . Helen ' s and Runcorn Gap Railway , and then across some fields to the high road . When coming off the railway he saw two men following them ; they kept a short way behind them all through the fields and through an occupation road called Sutton ' s lane until they reached the highway ,, along which they had not gone very far when at a turn in the road the men came close to them . Anderson turned to look round , when one of tho men struck him a severe blow on the top of the head with a heavy stick . The unfortunate man Humbled on some timber which lay beside the road .
The other man then struck him several times , and he fell into the ditch . The men who struck him first knocked down the lad and his uncle , who is an infirm old man . Both men then ran away , and the lad immediately got up and went to the spot where Anderson lay . He found him with his head under the water , and on his raising it up ho breathed a few times . With tbe assistance of the old man he pulled him on to the bank , and they then found that he was quite dead . Some men then came up , and assisted in carrying the body home . The perpetrators havo not yet been discovered .
Prison Discipline at Dbvonport . —At the recent quarterly sessions the magistrates ofthe borough of Devon port , after mature consideration , resolved that they were satisfied that " the separate system should be forthwith adopted in tho Devonport gaol , and that without it no substantial reformation of the prisoner can be reasonably expected . " RoTAt Privheob . —Tho Mayor of Manchester has applied to her Majesty , on behalf of the proprietors of the Manchester Exchange , to have the title and designation of " Royal" affixed to the Exchange , which request her Majesty has graciously complied with . DEAii . —On the ni g ht of the Cth inst . great excitement was created in the vicinity of Walmer by the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire at tho barracks at that place . The flames when discovered , were found raging in the north central
building , which , at present , is occupied by tbe staff of tho 30 th Regiment . Speedily tho troops belonging to tho llth and 30 th depots were on tho spot , rendering the most valuable assistance . The engines from tho naval yards and barracks were got to the scene with all expedition , but , owing to their state , they were of little use in subduing the conflagration , which , by this time , had reached an alarming ascendancy , and threatened the destruction of the entire property . However , the soldiers and civilians worked with much energy , and , after several hours exertion , the progress of the fire was stayed . Of the central building nothing remains but the blackened walls , the whole of the interior having been consumed . The loss will prove considerable . Capt , Pakenham and Lieut . Green are severe sufferers .
The Colukry Explosion at West-Moor . — On Friday afternoon , Nov . 7 th , Mr . Stephen Reed , coroner for South Northumberland , opened an inquiry at the village of Killingworth , about six miles from Newcastle-on-Tyne , concerning the death of six men and three boys , who were burnt to death in Killingworth " A . B . " pit on the previous Friday . He having he'd an inquest previously on another miner who was killed in the same pit . From the evidence adduced during the last inquiry , it appears the "A . B . "is an old pit , having been wrought forty-six years , and has extensive workings . The working shaft is 170 fathoms deep , and fourteen feet in diameter , and is "bratticed"' 115 fathoms from the surface ; the up-caee shaft being about a mile from
the working shaft , and having two furnaces , which send 33 , 000 feet of air into the workings . The column of air is split into four divisions , and 7 , ° 00 cubic feet per minute enter the north-east workings , where the explosion took p lace . It is about 1 , 214 yards from the down-cast shaft to the face of these workings . The division where the explosion took place is apart from the main workings , and is superintended by three overmen , who relieve each other every eight hours . The coals which are hewn from the " whole , " is drawn up an engine plane in tubs upon rollies , the engine that works them being placed at bank . The division mentioned had been examined on Friday morning by an overman , who reported that all was right , and the first gang of men
went down between two and three o ' clock in the morning , and laboured in their boards until between eleven and twelve o ' clock in tbe forenoon , when the rollies and tubs got of ? the way , and the men , being unable to get their coals up , put on their clothes and went up home . Tbe area of the drift where the rollies got off is sixty-four feet , and , in the opinion of the viewer , Mr . Johnson , the circumstance of the rollies being off the way would not impede the free ingress of the air into the workings . The marrows" of the men that had left went down the pit between twelve and one o ' clock , and proceeded to their boards , but had not got to work when a fearful explosion of gas took place , which blew up the engine bank , and , after burning the
workmen that were employed getting tbe rollies on the ways , expended its fury among the tubs without doing further mischief . The whole of the six men were killed , having been burnt in a dreadful manner , and three boys , trappers , have since died ol the wounds they received . The men engaged at the rollies are recovering . There were above 100 men and lads in the other parts of the pit , but they were not affected by the explosion . The men were when the explosion took place , working with Davy and Stephenson ' s safety lamps , but the cause of the accident is enveloped in mystery . There was no evidence to show , as had been surmised , that one of the men had lit his pipe by raking the flame towards the gauze of bis lamp . The inquest was adjourned . Mr . Matthias Dunn , the government inspector , was present during the inquiry , and has
examined the workings in company with some of the pitmen and viewers . The accident to the m : < n who wag billed a week previous to the last explosion , was caused by his putting aboard up to shield his back from the current of air that was coming in , the result of which was that the gas generated by the coal accumulated , and the usual current of Atmospheric air not being present to neutralise its inflammable properties , it took fire at his candle and burnt him most severely . A slight explosion took , phtce four days after the accident to this man , by which tivo men were slightly scorched . That division of the pit was then put under lamps . The men bave refused to go to work since the explostouy—Toa iuOjUest was concluded on Tuesday , tho jury returning a verdict of " Accidental Death . " The inquest lasted altogether fourteen
hours . ACCIOTHT TO TH * r >* MERARA 5 TKAM SHIP . — BmsTot , Nov . 10 . —This morning at seven o ' clock the Deroerara left our floating harbour for the purpose of proceeding to Scotland to have her boilers arid machinery put aboard . She was proceeding down the river Area , towed by three steam tugs , when , owing to gome cause or another , she ran on shore at a part of the river near the round or Devil ' s Point , where she now lies completely athwart the river , and with her cutwater deeply embedded in one of the banks , and her keel suspended by the other . She was , in ballast , and the weight in her hold and upon her decks have strained her—some
fear so much that instead of righting with the night tide she will be found to fill . Every possible effort is being used to prevent such a calamitous consequence , lumbers of men are employed in getting out her ballast and stores te lighten her and in perfecting her caulking to the utmost possible extent . It Trill be high water at somewhere about eight o ' clock , and that time is looked forward to with the utmost possible anxiety . Large numbers of persons are assembled on the river ' s banks , and the feeling of regret is general that so magnificent a specimen of marine architecture should have met with an accident . During the whale of Monday every exertion was used to get her off , all classes of the citizens
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volunteering their assistance in person or materials . At length as the tide rose the vessel floated , and at about seven o ' clock she was taken to a soft bank of mud in the river facing the Eaglestaff Quarry , where she was , as it was hoped , safe from further injury , and where it was intended to make further efforts to stop her leaks ' , however , at ten o ' clock , the force of the ebb tide was so grrntas to drag her from her anchors and break her from her moorings , when she again swung round and crossed the river , settling into a most dangerous position , where she remained until Tuesday morning , when by renewed exertions she was again got off , and floated to
the entrance of Cumberland Basin , where she now lies with her back broken , her decks sunk , hercabins destroyed , and dreadfully twisted out of shape , and the water pouring from her sides through many started butts . It is not exactly ascertained if her keel is broken , hut such is conjectured to be the fact from one of her pumps having been broken off close to thebottom . It is agreed upon all hands that if susceptible of repair her bolts and trenails must be drawn , and all that will be good in her are the materials ; but many are of opinion that she must be broken up . - . , coach
Cab Dbivehs' Striki ; is LivebfooIj . —The and cab drivers of this town struck , on Saturday night last , for an advance of wages , and for the privilege of having leisure on every alternate Sabbath . The Liverpool Freehold Land Society has purchased a valuable estate on the London-road , called the Trescot-lane Estate , containing about twenty-rive acres , A Youso Crimisal . —On Monday morning , a girl about fourteen years of age , named Harriet Cowburu , was brought up charged with stealing a bundle containing a shirt and other articles , from the shop of Mr . Joseph . Davis , pawnbroker , Sidneystreet , Salford . It appears that for several weeks
past most of the pawnbrokers of Salforu have missed bundles from their shops , Mr . Davis among the r- 'st . Prom the fact that the prisoner came to his shop almost every day under some pretext or other he suspected her , and on Saturday morning set his servant to watch her movements while ho was engaged searching for an article which the prisoner said her mother had sent her for . The ser « vant observed the prisoner oaake three several attempts , by cautiously stepping within the counter , to carry off something . In the last instance she succeeded , and mado off with the bundle in question . Inspector Brown . being informed of the circumstance went to the house of tho prisoner's mother , where lie found her . On seeing him the
girl attempted to conceal something in her breast , which , on getting hold of , he found to be a pawnticket for the stolen bundle . In tho house no fewer than forty-nine pawntickets were found , and there is every reason to believe that the prisoner , encouraged by her mother , has been disposing of the several articles to which the tickets refer , many of them being known to have been stolen within a recent period . The prisoner admitted the theft from Mr . Davis ' s shop , and said she was instigated to it by another girl . Mr , Trafford remanded the prisoner , to enable the tickets to bo traced . Richard Andrews , the bold and generous Mayor
of Southampton , will receive the rare and distinguished honour of being a third time elected to that office . His history is one of the most encouraging in the annals of self made men . The son oi a village artisan in Hampshire , he received no education but at tho dame school . Taken by his grandfather to work in tho fields , ho forsook the furrow for the ) saw pit and that again for the forge . Ultimately , he got apprenticed as a coach maker's smith—married assoon as out of his time—walking from Hampshire to Hounslow ( forty-seven miles ) to see his future wife—worked at Chichester , setup for himself at Southampton , and now employs 200 men on his own premises .
Di . twER io tbe Hon . B . J . Walker . —It is stated that it ia proposed to invite the hon . It . J . Walker , late Secretary to the United States Treasury , and now in England , to a public dinner on the 24 th inst . The Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce have taken the initiative ia making the necessary arrangements . RoCHDiws . —f . mi , Gunpowder Accident . —At halfrpast three o'clock on Saturday morning last five coal-miners , who had been engaged in sinking a new pit at the Hopwood Colliery , near Middleton , belonging to Mr . ^ Robert Gregg Hopwood , of Hopwood Hall , retired into an empty cottage , near the coal pit , in order to take some refreshments . Whilst they were there , one of them , a young man named James Lord , took a candle into the cellar
underneath the dwelling . Whilst he was trying some powder which had been damp it ignited , and set fire to a barrel containing from seven to tea pounds of dry powder , which also exploded , Wowing the floors , roofs , and walls completely down , as well as a portion of the wall of the next dwelling . One of the firemen , named William Greenbaigh , aged fifty-two years , was killed on the spot . The other men , James Lord , jun ., James Lord , sen ., William Hilton , and Robert Turner , were buried amongst the ruins , and were seriously , hut not dangerously injured . James Porter , engineer , his wife , and two children , were in bed in the adjoining house at the time , but were not injured in the least , though the outside wall , close to the bed , was blown down . The men were perfectly sober atthitivat . Greenbaigh has left a widow and ten children .
Patrick O Toole , a provision dealer in Liverpool , who absconded nearly twelve months ago , and was outlawed Jn the Court of Bankruptcy , having returned to that town , was apprehended on Monday , and committed to prison on the ground of felony . Sopposed Incendiary Fire at IWWORTH . — . On Sunday afternoon , an alarm was given in the parish church of Inworth , in which most of the inhabitants were attending Divine service , a domestic at the vicarage having observed flames issuing from a shed on the farming premises belonging to and adjoining tbe rectory , in the occupation of Mr . James Dennis . On repairing to the spot , it was fouud that a waggon and a tumbrel standing in a shed , loaded with straw were on fire , and the greatest exertions were
made to stay its progress . Mr . J . Surridge , jun ., with much promptitude , immediately rode off to WUham for the engine , w hich was hurried to the spot , and under the superintendeuee of Mi . Johnson was brought into play ; but the shortness of the supply of water materially increased the labours of the brigade , They were , however , most readily assisted by the labourers aud others present , but be fore any effectual check could be given to the ravages of the flames , the shed in which they originated and its contents , a large barn containing about ten loads of wheat , some dressed , and the rest uuthresbed , stables , cow-house , and other out-buildings , several waggons , and other implements , a sack of oats
another of beans , and a large quantity of straw , were entirely consumed . Several other stacks atood near and were in great danger , but by the judicious directions of Mr . Surridge of Inworth Hall , a large one was removed , and stacked at a distance , which was the means of saving much property , the destruction of which at first appeared to be inevitable . A valuable mare , the property of Mrs . Cooke , residing at the White Hart Inn , Witham , on reaching Gore Pit , on its way to the fire with the engine , fell and instantly expired . That all these lamentable consequences were the result of the fiendish act of an . vacendiajy , there appears to be no doubt , and the police are engaged in endeavouring to trace the offender .
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Melakchoiy Loss of Lifb at Abkrdmn . —A most distressing and melancholy accident occurred at the harbour of Aberdeen on the 7 th inst .. by which fivo individuals , all hardy , able-bodied men , were suddenly and unexpectedly launched into eternity , within cry of their own homes , and but a minute or two after having left them , hearty and vigorous , to prosecute their arduous calling . Along with five or six others , the boat to which the accident happened , left the harbour about six o ' clock in the morning , to proceed to the white-fishing . The tide was nearly at its lowest , and the swell was , of course , greater than at high water . The boat in which the deceased were palled six oars , and in approaching the
bar it was preceded by another boat , a short distance ahead , a third following pretty close astern . The boat in advance crossed the bar quite safely , and thiscircumstance seems to have thrown the deceased off their guard , for they pulled on to the bar where a strong , though temporary , swell was running . Tho consequence was that a eea struck and partly filled their boat , driving them back on the other boat , which was slightly stove , and lost three oars , and before her head could bo got round to Ihe sea a second wave struck sod capsized her . She soon righted , but all the men had been thrown out of her into the tide , except the oldest , William Smith , who is sixty-eight years of age . The strong sturdy
fellows struggled convulsively in the water , and uttered the most piteous exclamations , crying so loud that some oftheir voices were even recognised at Tom *» Hage ; one of them , Alexander Baxter , whose father was also in the boat , and drowned with him . was heard to exclaim in a doleful tone , Oh ' father . ' One by one however , their voices ceased as their clothes became saturated , and thev sunk into their untimely grave . The second boat being disabled , chiefly by loss of oars , could render no askance , and made the be 8 t of its way bat * , but the boat \? hichhad been in . advance returned and picked the survivor , Smith , off the boat , which was drifting rapidly to seaward . Most of the men were m the prime of life , and two : of them unmarried
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of S , » mS ? / , 4 dnu » t « by order dated 3 rd of Aovember , havo given directions that the new S accoutrements recently adopted for the In * K £ ? n ^ i be ln ^ ° d « oed into the Royal £ ? L ? f ^ an d mmures h *™ I »* a taken for m £$ L ^^ ItUtwn ofawai 8 tbel ^^ eadof the present
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State op thb CouSTRY .--The ministerial concession in tho shape of the recent " Treasury minute" has elicited the warmest praise from more than one journal hostile , not merely to the present government , bntthe Whiggery in the abstract . The " Dublin Herald" praises it as a " statesmanlike " document , and moreover , it is described , not improperly , as "involving ah emphatic abnegation uf the principle of the " Poor Law , " The Ballina namesake of the metropolitan journal goes even further , and predicts , what all will heartily rr-joico to learn , tho speedy and complete return of Irish prosperity . The "Freeman" thinks that nothing short of a clean cancelling of tho whole debt ought
to satisfy the people of Ireland—a bold and comprehensive view of the question which finds plenty of supporters beyond the pale of tho Dublin press . Galwav a Packet Station . —The following very important piece of intelligence was published in tho "Evening Freeman" of Saturday evening ; : — "We have been , informed on authority that a steamer of first-class character and power will leave New York on the 15 th of this month for Galway . and that the line of packet ships thus opened will for the future continue to ply between these ports . This intelligence has reached us on the eve of the post going out ; we arc not in a position to Speak , inoro of the matter at present . " Thus it would appear that Galway is sure to have a fair trial at last .
Thb Potato Crop . —The " Cork Examiner says : — "We continue to receive very satisfactory accounts of the potato crop , not alone as regard * its condition , but also as to the keeping qualities of the tuber , a matter of no small consideration both for the groiver and consumer . The fact , too , that they are being dug up under such favourable circumstances is calculated to strengthen us in the opinions we expressed in our last , that a far larger portion of the crop than was at one time anticipated , would be found sound and fit for use . We rejoice to find that
the reports received from most other parts of the kingdom speak in similarly cheering terms of the I rospects of the crop , " From the " Westraeath Guardian : " —This crop is now nearly dug in every part of the country , anil we are reioiced to learn that its failure is not at all as extensive as was apprehended by some . A fourth of the entire crop ha * not been destroyed , and from the large quantity planted the loss will be unfelt , and the supply of sound potatoes more abundant than for ; ears past . "
Emigration . — Athlone . — Great numbers of people still continue to pass through town on their way to America and Australia . The attractions of the gold mines is inducing many to choose the latter place . MuXUNGAR . —Even at this late period of the season there appears little diminution in the number of emigrants from this part of the country . The midday trains still continue to convey hundreds of emigrants from Galway and the intermediate towns . The "World" against the Castlb . —The proceedings have been stayed in tho ease of the pro prietor of the "World" newspaper against the Chief Secretary at Dublin Castle by the Court of
Queen's Bench , the amended bill of particulars being considered by the Court just as unsatisfactory as the original . Pauper Emigration . —At the meeting of the guardians of the Nenagh union on Thursday , Lord Dunalley sail that "he entirely approved of the motion made at the previous meeting by Mr . Minnett , that the board should endeavour to make arrangements for relieving the union of 1 , 000 youthful paupers , by sending them away as emigrants . " He concluded by expressing a hope that the government would aid the guardians in their plan . —After some conversation on the subject the notion was held over for further consideration .
The tide of emigration , which has been so long flowing out of this country , appears to have received a slight check—not from any change in the determination of the people to get away as quick as they possibly can , but from the severity of the weather , and the consequent difficulty of obtaining shipping . Still there is a formidable movement of small farmers and agricultural labourers towards all the leading seaports , on their way to foreign lands . ^ D estruction of Spwkofield Mills bt Fire . — The extensive corn mills at Springfield , near Pareonatown , were destroyed by fire on Monday morning . . The fire was first observed about two o ' clock , and within aa hour afterwards the despots of the 49 th and 68 th "Regiments were with the barrack
engines in . attendance , but their exertions proved of little value , as the whole building and its contents were destroyed . The origin of the fire up to the present is almost inexplicable . The stock of wheat was very large , amounting to upwards of a thousand barrels , together with a very large quantity of flour and oatmeal , nearly all of which have been destroyed . The firm are partially insured in tho National Assurance Company . The loss sustained in premises and stock is computed at over £ 3 , 000 . Large numbers of the inhabitants have visited the premises , and expressed their deepest sympathy for the firm , who are greatly respected by all classes . Many families have been thrown out of employment .
Father Cahill . to Lord John Russell . —Father Cabill having rested from his labours of assaulting Lord Palmerston for his anti-Popish policy abroad , has turned upon Lord John Russell for the same offence at home . The reverend gentleman has addressed a billet to his lordship which extends over three mortal columns of the " Freeman's Journal . " Dis reverence is strongly of opinion that if the government of Lord John Russell proceed much further iu its anti-Popish policy a confederation , consisting of all the Roman Catholics of the civilised world , and the Isle of man to boot , will be formed to force England to behave herself .
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GENERAL 0 HANGARNIER . The author of" Revelations of Russia" has addressed a letter to the " Dail y News" for the purpose of showing that the sympathies of Englishmen have been enlisted by the so-called party of order undeservedly , and gives the following story , bearing out his statement , the particulars of which he defies either Gad ChangHnier or Ledru Eollin to
gainsay"Ledru Rollin , when a member of the provisional government , was one evening much occupied , when an African general , who refused to give his name , was announced as desiring a private interview . Ledru Rolliu replied that he was engaged till two in the morning , to which , the stranger rejoined , that « he would wait . ' When at length the general ( whom Ledru Rollin did not know personally ) was admitted , he introduced himself as Gen , Changarnier . ' How is it , gentral , ' inquired the minister , ' that you have left your African government ? * 'I know , ' replied the general , 'that I ought to be there . I
have come under the pretext of visiting tbe death - bed of a near relative , but really for the sole purpose of seeing you . " Here the general proceeded to ex plain that , for several years past , the dream of his life had been the invasion of England ; that he had sent agents to levy plana , survey harbours , and obtain information on the minutest points , connected with the topography and defences of the country . Basing bis calculations on these data , he judged the capture and destruction of the British metropolis feasible , was anxious to attempt it , and came to entreat of Ledru Rollin the meana of putting his project into execution .
' Ledru Rollin remarked that such matters were not wi » hin his province J but Cbangarnier answered him , that nevertheless , he could collect 12 , 000 men belonging to regiments which had served under his erdern in Africa , and obtain for them means of transport on bis ( Ledru Rollin ' s ) sole order . The general expressed himself further satisfied that with this force he would be able to make a swoop on Woolwich , burn the shipping in the docks , and destroy or capture astonished London . He added , that , in case of failure , he permitted Ledru Rollin and his colleague to disavow him , and pledged his word of hon our as a soldier , that if he were tried , hanged , or shot , he would die without criminating his employers .
•• Ledru Rollin replied that he had also formerly entertained the notion that Trance must some day avenge the disasters at Waterloo , but that at present peace with Greet Britain was the wUl , „ d policy of tbe French people , and that in any case it appeared to him that it was only on a fair field , with an armed enemy that France could vindicate b * r honour , not by « , act of piracy , or by barbarously MHoriitg the lives and property of peaceful citizens *
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-hSjS p lated that half a million sterling This !? IS lV ?¦? mm cattIe ^ rSrJIrTi ^ , " < l hole amount' d . awn at the Hi » ^ f- 'Wluduig subscriptions , season-S % , al ! v L » ge , therefore , as was the sum which flowed into the hands of the Royal Com ' SSf ' ^ h 0 NTt " fiiT , « * « frb ° . aft « a " , compared with the amounts turned over in the ordinary transactions of trade ? " { fejwro Postaqb Stamps . - A correspondence has taken place between the keeper of a coffeehouse m the City and the Inland Revenue authorities as to tho legality of the former Selling postage stamps , without a license , to tbe individuals taking refreshment at hisestablisbmeiit ; by which it appears that no postage ^ tamps can be legally gold by any person whatever ; without having previously obtained a license for so doinir . ° . '
The Morning Herald" defends Kossuth from the attacks ofthe " Times , " and aaystbe Conservatives have no sympath / with them .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ~~ " ^ The yovember General Sessions were m . on Monday by adjournment at the Guildhill u ^ minster . The calendar contains a list J ' ' " > prisoners for trial , of whom forty-two are \ 3 ' ^ for the commission of felony . m ^ H Ixciti . vo to Kob . —Henry M-irtin , 21 dieted for havin ? feloniously incited n youni ? i A the name of Cta ' . es While to steal a pistol , p ° a sovereign , and a watch and chain tlm , ! ,. „ K of Algernon Edward West , his property i ** * pearcd that the prosecutor resides « V v" *!>• Curzon-strcet , Mayfaiv , and the boy White » ' his employ as an errand-boy . The prisoner ' 'tt trived to form an acquaintance with thi * i * .. ^ triveu to lorm an acquaintance with this hov
, uho was walking in tho streets « nuc Wtoks * ' aud subsequently ho suggested to him thau ? " *' n-ere means by which ho could be ; : e ! it bot ' i ' of i by taking different things from his ' mJ I ? ? house . The boy unfortunately permitted him ? to be seduced from the path of honesty bv the suasions of the prisoner , and j n due time k > ^' a pistol for him . This act having placed tho i ? ° within his power , the prisoner then by a thro Jo airing him into custody for the theft com ,,, !)! ; him to continue a system of robbery upon master . The prisoner also induced him In 0 >\ •' half-. 1-S 0 Vereign from his mother The le juOgo having summed up the evidence , tho iu ^ returned a verdict of Guilty . The learned iud > a sentenced the prisoner to be transported Wm ' i . ? seas for tho term of fourteen rears . J 0 M lh «
HouseBreakiko . —George Clark , 31 , and Geo » 8 Johnson , 36 , were indicted charged with havin ™ stolen in the dwelling-house of Robert Rymii ? twelve silver-handled linives and forks twa watches , and various other articles , of the valUeo f £ 50 and upwards , his property . It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor , who isacoll ^ of Queen's taxes , resides at iVo . 21 , Bromp t 0 tt crescent , and that just after he had sat down to his dinner-table , at a quarter-past seven o ' clock on the evening of Thursday , the 2 frj ult ., ItO received i „ . formation from ono of his servants to tho effect that some thieves were moving about in the upper part Of his house . lie thereupon went out ior a policeman , desiring that they would remain quiet audnotdisturb the uninvited ' visitors upstairs . On
his return , in about four minutes , he heardsomo person call out— " There they go . " Ho presentl y ea ^ the prisoner Clark in the custody Ofthe police . Tk prosecutor , upon subsequently going up to hi , room , found everything iu a state of great conni bioh ; the jerfel-cases had been broken open anrt their contents carried away ; a desk Lad bem rifled , two watches had also been stolen , and « case , containing a dozen silver-handled knives and forks , had likewise been opened and the contents removed . Other articles too wore mining ThmS were two attic windows to which a comnmnicaffoo was afforded by means of the gutter from the other houses , and the thieves must havo obtained their entrance by that course , from an empty house , jr „ 19 . The prisoners were seen by the DohWmin ? , !
come out of No . 19 , shortly after the prosecutor had given tho alarm , and Clark was taken by him as he was in the act of getting over the garden . wall of No . IT . When the officer had got hold of him he said— "Don't hold me ; the thieves are gone this way , and I'll go after them and nssiat von in catching them , " but tho officer , not being disposed to place reliance in his promise , and h ^ W moreover seen him emerge from the empty house he deemed it the better course to decline the prof . fered aid and at onco to secure him . As Wy were going towards the station he observed tha prisoner put his hand into one ofhis pockets , and suspecting that he might have something jn . thn
nana waica no lutenaea to throwaway , he laid hold of it , whon he found he had an iron wrench , sharp at one end , like a chisel , and constructed at the other in the most approved manner for forcing iron bars . Johnson made his escape , but , the officer having given a description of him to another officer , he was apprehended somo days afterwards at a skittle-ground in "Westminster . Tho officer stated that he had noticed the prisoners talking together in Brompton-crescent about half an hour before the robbery . Ee was quite sure as to both prisoners . A gentleman of the name of Taylor . who lives at No . 16 , proved having seen Clark getting over the garden walls . Uton searchine tha
premises , a largo bundle , containing the stolen property , was found in tho garden , left in such a manner ; as to show that the thieves had been disturbed . —Tho Jury , found both prisoners Guilty . —Johnson then pleaded " Guilty" to a charge that he had been previously convicted of felony , while evidence was given that Clark had not only been notoriously known as a thief since tbe year 1 SH , but that , having been many times in custody upon different charges , he had been con . vicied thrice , —Mr . Witham thereupon sentenced the prisoners to transportation for fourteen years . Fjsmale Tdievbs . —Maria Manning-, 27 , was in . dieted for having stolen three waistcoats and other
articles , the property of Dr . Joshua Burgess . —IJ appeared from the evidence of the reverend prosecutor , that he resided at No . 78 , Tachbrooke-strecfc , Vauxhall-bridge-road , and on the Thursday afternoon previous to tho 22 nd of October he returned home from his service , and on entering the library he found a pocket-book lying on the table that he had never seen before i Ho -was about throwing It into the hall , but having some curiosity to know how it had come there , he opened a flap and looked over it , and was much surprised to find there a paper for money paid for rates for his horse , and on looking further he saw several pieces of card which he did not understand , but had since
ascertained that they were pawnbroker ' s duplicates . He placed the book and its contents in his desk , and in the course of two or three days tho prisoner inquired of him whether he had found such a book as she described ? He questioned her as to hee reason for making the inquiry , and baring soma suspicion of her , he only returned evasive answers . He then went to the police office and longed tha book and papera with the police-inspector on duty , md aubsea ueu . Uy had gone with a constable to a pawnbroker ' s , who admitted that tho tickets had been issued from his shop . Afterwards several bundles of goods corresponding with the description on tho duplicates were produced , nearly tho
whole of which ha identified as his property . Tho prisoner was his servant , and had been with him , with the exception of about two months , since December last . Ouo of the prisoner ' s sisters had come to the house to see her , but in consequence of her repeated visits he had lately given inatruotions that she should not receive her so frequently . —The prisoner was found Guilty . —Tho learned Chairman sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months . Alica Manning , 10 , sister of the prisoner in the preceding case , was indicted , charged with having stolen a counterpane and a piece of chintz , the property of tho Kev . Joshua Burgess . —A
policeconstable proved that when he went to Dr . Bur gess ' s to apprehend the sister of the prisoner , ho saw her strike the sergeant , and the prisoner was about assaulting him also with a poker , but ho prevented her from doing so . She then went to a sofa , and pretended to be in a fainting state , when the elder prisoner went up to the sofa and leant over her . Witness , suspecting that something was going on between them , went towards tho sots , and there saw tho prisoner take the chintz Mid counterpane from under her dress , and put it under the cushion of the sofa . He then took her into custody . —The Jury found the prisons Guilty , and she was sentenced to three months ' hard labour .
Mary Gorman , 2 G , pleaded guiltv to an indictment charging her with stealing " the sum of lis . 11 Jd ., the monies of Robert Pike , from h is person . Two or three previous convictions were put in against her , and she was sentenced to be transported for ton years . ' Robbing a Lauxdress ' s Cabt . —A lfred YTaIter > 21 , was indicted for having stolen a box , containing eight petticosts , and other articles , value ** . 4 dM the property of William Bentler . - ^ robbery iu question was one of very common occurrence , a box of clothes being abstracted from a laundress ' s cart whilst standing at the door of another employer , at which a parcel of clothes « f ab
being delivered , and during the temporary ' sence of tho driver . —The learned Chairman sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' hard labour . Ellen Cook , 20 , was charged with having stolen 3 s ., the monies and property of Samuel Deudney . - ^ The prosecutor was the master of St . XuncsS workhouse , and having suspicions that he was at various times rubbed , he marked some silver ana placed it in his desk . The next day he found that the desk had been opened and the money w »* go" ? - In consequence of information he received from his wife , he challenged the prisoner with tbe robbery , which she stoutly denied ; but , being diaaatiPu 6 " with her conduct , he ordered her to be searched , and the money marked was found in her possession . She accounted for it bv savin ? that hbw
been given to her by some members of her family * but he expressed his disbelief of this story , i » fc 1 " ? were not iu a condition in life to give her such a sum . She was then given into custody ; but sine * that time he had ascertained that fthe vsas <& ffeil intellect , and produced a certificate to that effect from the surgeon of the workhouse—Mr . 0 'U " ' who appeared for the prisoner , urged upon * jury that the poor girl before them was not account * able for her actions , and called two or three witnesses , who . proved that she had been an inmate ° J a lunatic asylum a t Bow , and bad for years pas * been ofweak intellect , and laboured under imbecility . —The learned Chairman said he would learo the matter entirely in-the hands of ' the jury .- " Jury , acquitted , the prisoner oa the ground of imbecility .:
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Three Christians have recently professed Judaisffi at Hanover , and two of them wre said to have d ^ e so in order that they might marry Jewesses .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15111851/page/6/
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