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      " Health Of London During The Wjbsk.—In ...

      " Health of London During the Wjbsk . —In the weok ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 95 / , a number which exhibits a considerabledecre » se on the returns of the last two months , December and January , during which the deaths were usually above 1 , 050 , and in on ? , week were 1 , 156 . The result is also favourable as compared with the average , corrected for increase of population , of corresponding weeks in ten previoiis years , 1 S 10-9 , which ia 1 , 144 , showing a decrease of 87- The sudden decline in the mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs is remarkable ; oronchuis , pneumonia , and asthma have numbered in the last three weeks successively , 237 , 234 , and 105

      deattis ; the average fur last week , derived from returns of the same week in ten years , is 187 , or , if corrected for population , 204 . But the deaths from phthsis farensumption ) have scarcely varied ; they have brec in the last three weeks 128 , 137 , and 135 respectively ; the average of last wee ' i for tins disease isloo . The deaths enumerated in the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were 152 ; the corrected average is 245 . Small-pox was fatal last week to 8 children , scarlatina , to II , hooping-cough te 35 , measles to 18—all of there epidemics being under tke average , and the first two being much less fatal than usual . Diarrhoea was fatal in 20 cases : in the corresponding weeks of ten years the deafly from it have ranged from 3 to 32 , and show a decided tendency to increase in latter years . No deaths occurred in the week from cholera . From typhus there

      were 27 , a comparatively light mortality from this cause . From influenza there were 2 deaths ; from erysipelas , 10 ; from cancer 17 deaths , of which all except three occurred to women ; and 9 woman died after childbirth . In two persons fatal disease is stated to have been the result of intemperance . The death of a woman of 47 years , which occurred in January , was accelerated by "destitution and exposure to extreme cold . " She had been pnvious ' y removed to Beihnal-green workhouse . The mean height of the barometer in the week at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was 29 457 in . The mean temperature was 44 deg ., showing an excess of 10 7 deg ., on the average of the same week of s-. 'veis years . It was higher than the average throughout the week . On Sunday the mean temperature was 13 deg . above theaverage , and on Friday and Saturday 14 deg . above it .

      Singbxak and Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlsex Hospital , on Anne Smith , late in the employ of Messrs . Crosse aud Blackwell , extensive Italian warehousemen , Soho-square , ared twenty-nine . On the previous Wednesday deceased was bottling pickles in a part of the building under a loft where men were letting down by a rope and hook empty crates , when the handles of one of tlr-m having given wav , it fella height of twenty-four feet on deceased , knocking her down , and striking her head against a stone pickle jar , which deeply and severely cut her . She was conveyed to the hospital , where the wound healed and she was doing well , when erysipelas set in , an ^ wi thin a short time terminated fatally—Verdict . -i Accidental death . "

      Singular Accident . —On Saturday last Mr . W : Baker held an inquest at the Sir Walter Scott Pritchard's-road , Hackney , touching the death of Mrs . Maria Brabrook , aged seventy , the wife of a gentleman residing in Clarence-terrace , Haggerst n . It appeared from the evidence that on the previous Taesdo :- the deceased had been on a visit to a female friend , residing iu Eli-street , Kingsland-road , whose house the deceased left about eight o ' clock in the evenitt ? on her return home . She was observed by several persons to have great difficulty to get along on account of the very high wind which prevailed at the time , and she was last seen alive on the bridge over the Regenfs-canal . Her body was found next morning in the canal , into wluch it was supposed she was forced by the wind , there being no fences near the caaal to save her . The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . " and the coroner said he would write to the canal company as to the dangerous state of the fences .

      Melancholy Accident . —Mr . W . Payne held an inquest on the Sth iiist , at the Three-Colts , London wall , en the body of Mrs . Ann Taylor , aged fifty-one . The deceased was the widow of a builder , and reaided in Albion-buildings , London-wall . On the 7 th of January last she was out walking with her sister , and while looking in the shop window of Mr . Smart , a draper , in Crown-street . Finsbury . a van laden with timber was passing . The wheel of the vehicle having got fixed in the gutter an attempt was made to relieve it , and the van swinging round the timber struck the deceased on the side and broke several of her ribs . She died from the effects of the injury , on she 6 th inst . The jury returned a verdict of * ' Accidental death , " exonerating the driver fromhlame .

      SufePfcCTED Poisomkg at JIackxey . —On Saturday last Mr . Wm . Baker resumed tbe investigation at ths Old Mermaid , at Hackney , into the cause of death of Richard Merritt , aged sixty-one , whose body had been exhumed by order of the coroner , in consequence ofthe extraordinary disclosures made at the inquest on the body of James Merritt , a son of flie deceased , whose wife , Mary Merritt , has undergone several examinations at Worship-street Police office , on the charge of causing his death by arsenic . Several witnesses having been examined ; the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death from Asiatic cholera . " On Monday Mr . William Baker , the coroner , resumed for the fourth time , at the Founta i n Tavern , Upper Clapton , the investigation touching

      ihe death of James Merritt , which took place in the mormng of the 2 oth ult ., from the effects of arsenic , supposed to have been wilfully administered in gruel Dy his wife- The coroner having read over the evidene ¥ »* fhe jury , after half an hour ' s deliberation retuixieathe following verdict : — " That the deceased James Merritt . died from the deleterious effects of a mortal poison , called white arsenic , found in his stomach , bat when , by whom , or in what manner the same had been administered to and taken ard imbibed into the stomach , there is no satisfactory evidence to prove . " The foreman of the jury then handed in the following recommendation , signed by thirteen of the jury : — " The jury , before they separate , wish to record their opinion regarding burial clubs , as they are at present constituted : they view

      ' / with fear , inasmuch as they seem to hold out a premium for ths frightfal crime of secret murder , through the facility with which the funeral moheyiis obtained , several cases having recently come to light the facts of which are startling , and on which their fears are founded , besides the many they may presume to have escaped discovery . The jury , in noticing the evil tendency of these burial societies , from which is Obtainable a sum of money upon the death of a rueajber , are desirous that they should be differently constituted either by the act of their governors ^ or thatjiome legislative ^ measure be made to control bRguide them . " The coroner stated that he had just'Iffioeiyed information that the son ot the dexxasedjMf & Hr ? " eignt . years of age , had died that

      afteriiTOniatrcFhe should consider whether it would Wneeessaryvjo'hold an inquest on the body . Suicide bi a Compositor . —On Tuesday afternoon an ifciuest was taken before Mr . Bedford , at the St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde Park Corner , on view of th » body of John Walker , aged forty-four , a compositor , who committed self-destruction under the following very determined circumstances . The evidence proved that the deceased was employed for many years at the establishment ofthe , United Service Sxzelie . and he had also worked upon several of the- morning papers . lie had lately been employed Dy Mvs ^ rs . Schultz and Co ., the foreign printers , in Poland-street , Oxford-street , and on last Saturday reek he received notice of dismissal , in consequence

      « f intemperate habits . On the beginning of lagt week he purchased a shilling ' s worth of laudanpjji * » t the shop of Mr . Walker , a surgeon , in Silv jg > street , Golden-square , for the purpose of destroying ; fcmacif , but it was taken away , from him byMjv > Davis . rthe landlord of the Angel and Crown , 'Hed i den-street , Regent-street , at whose bouse he lodged ' . ' He wat to bed quite sober on Saturday-night fa ^ f ' , '* and about nine o ' clock on the following morning ho , wasS ? nndin bed bleeding profusely-from' ^ veral wounds in his throat , wMqtehe had inilicteaVwttbYJj razor discwered lying hy ' lBs aide . The deceased--was quite ' sensible , and said to Mr . Davis , that ' . 'ley was ashamed toJe ^ Lgn in the face , but he was -compelled to do it / aMl 6 had been in great aeonv

      = all the week . " v-The'deceased was speedily placed in a , cab , and \ pa '* peihg _ removed inside . the , - hospital , he was founA . tp . he Quito dead . Mr . Francis , the house surceon / sMd'thefwb ' Unds in" the dec ^ ed ' s- th * roat . wefe-hot s ' ufficient ^' v . fcause , death ,, arid ^ fxom ' the appearance J ) f the . suimach and intestine S / he ^ w ^ -of opinion that * the dssfgjjro'liiad , taken . sbnie " p ( ntrwya poison-wKch ^ d-Mffiedsleath . Thejuryr-tBea ^ ST ^ ur tj & tlie Mqih ^ fn ^ ha ^ flrpose ' ofVln \ vihgjtB & s ^ tfflt ^^ r ^ eiS & eM ^ SIanjach analysed . '¦ : £ •* $ ''^ VS ^ SH' ?** : fixwd ^ nwrer—About two tf cldc fe on- ^ J s € ay ^ lerno * M ^ e inhabitants of Camden * towri- . were' ^ t » n ^ ea ^^?<^' T iirihsnalsight ofa ' jfinje ' s ^" ^ |^ ^ d 8 er ; rnnainig' & TraU sheet ! in" tfeaire & tion w 2 g 5 S-i-town , with five hounds-infullcry ' at his heel ? ?| Bilowed by one . soUtary-fider arfd-th © iuuKinan . -on horses that had evidently done h ' hard

      toys work . The meet of Mr . Bean'is hounds ' had been at uendpn , from whence , 'in a circuitous route * 55 ! mi . w *? wayforFmchley . Common , skirting Cqldialls Wood , and passed Highjfate , on to the ^ rS andth Hee d Somers 3 own by Brewerstreet , and through SkinneMtreet , Pfaillip ' s-build-3 ' ShTft ^ reefc ' finally ^ iBg the Heww » hP ^ i 5 d /^ , ? und 8 cl 0 SB «* ' his ° hau » che 3 . He here ^ madea bolt at the iron gate , leading through Mabledon-place into Burton-lrescent ! but . Wbeaded by two of the hounds , and terrified at f ^ T ^ I rW de !^ ssin gmth ^ ew : road , he dasued " p ^ NJe-frt a >* front of ' the" housa of _ Messrs . Prior s ^ stove-grate manufactory , irom whence , seeingthe shop door open , he , darted into | fthe > house , and was there speedily secured . The 5 V unusual sight attracted some thousands of persons , ~ ii and it required the assistance of about a dozen ^ policemen to preserve Messrs . Prior ' s railings from ^ B ^ H ^^^^ h ^^^^^^ Bk

      " Health Of London During The Wjbsk.—In ...

      destruction . Such was the curiosity excited on the occasion that numbers of women and children paid a penny each for admission to the yard'to see so strange a vhitor . The run , fi ' om . flrst to last , was over not less than thirty-five miles of ground ; and although a strong field had mustered' in the morning , flogs and horses were all fairly beaten except the small remnant who came up at the take . The stag was carted off from his resting p lace about six o ' clock , amid the cheers of many , hundreds of spectators ; . ' . '¦'¦ ! Fire in SoumwAKK . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortlv before two o clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Wilcoxon , pappr-stamer , situate in Lant-strcet , Southwark . The flames

      commenced on the first floor workshop , a spacious building extending over three bouses , and were caused as follows : —The workmen having gone to dinner , they left a great quantity of paper on the frames to dry . The draught from one of the open windows caused one of the lengths to fall against a patent stove , and it instantly ignited . The flames then communicated with other pieces of paper , and the consequence was , that in less than five minutes the spacious floor presented one immense sheet of flame . The eng ines of the parish , London brigade , and West of England company quickly attended , and the firemen happily succeeded in getting the fire out , but not until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , and the premises very seriously

      burned . Bkhxiaxt Meieok . —On Monday night , about a quarter before eleven o ' clock , a brilliant meteoraccording to all accounts intense beyond any record in modern times—was seen throughout the metropolis . The direction in which it travelled appears to have been from W . to E ., and it is described by observers as having been remarkable for the beauty and variety of its colours , the intensity of the light proceeding from it , and the length of time during which it was visible . The body , when first seen , resembled a large ball of fire , of a deep red colour , and the course traversed by it seemed to be a

      curve , in its passage over which it gradually acquired the appearance of a broad stream of fire of various hues—green , crimson , purple , violet , < fcc . The light evolved was so vivid as to approach that of noonday , and cast very strong shadows on the ground . Immediately before it disappeared , in light seemed to be concentrated , when it burst like a rocket , producing an explosion the echoes of which resembled distant thunder . One of the most remarkable circumstances attending the phenomenon was its long continuance , which extended to five or six seconds . It was simultaneously observed iu various parts of the kingdom .

      Proceedings cf the Board of Health . —Among the parliamentary papers issued on Tuesday is an extract from the minutes of the proceedings of the General Board of Health . It consists of the following resolution : — " That it has been established by the commissioners for inquiring into the means of improving the health of towns , as a general principle of legislation which has been confirmed by subsequent inquiries made under the metropolitan sanatary commission , and adopted by the legislature as a fundamental provision of the Public Health Act , and which , so far as this Board has proceeded with its own investigations ,

      appears to be equally applicable to the metropolis , that the works for supplying the public with water should be under the same public jurisdiction or management with works of drainage , paving , and surface draining . That—apart from the merits of any particular scheme of new water-works , and pending further investigations as to the practical means of applying the foregoing principle to the metropolis—it is inexpedient to sanction the investment of fresh capital in the same field of supply , as it is probable that the new works will have to be re-purchased , and there can he no security that these will be applicable to the arrangements that may be hereafter recommended .

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      A Man Roasted.—The Sherborne Journal Say...

      A Man Roasted . —The Sherborne Journal says : — " We scarcely ever have had to chronicle a more revolting outrage than was perpetrated a few days ago in the parish of Corapton Dundon , near this " town . A sma'l farmer named Edward Allen was drinking in the house of his tenant , a man named Paul Hill . He had purchased a quantity of cider of Allen , who had given thorn a bucket full or two over , and a p ;» rty of seven or eight persons were meiry making over the apple juice . Some of the party proposed to send for tobacco , and asked Allen for money , which he refuse I . In o-der to compel him to pay his portion , they blocked up the chimney corner in which he was

      sitting , and heaped fresh fuel on the fire , keeping him there for a period of . it is said , two hours , and literary roasting him . When the poor fellow essayed to get off his small clothes , the skin of his legs came off with his garments , and he now lies in a very dangerous state . Silver Lode . — A very valuable silver lode has been discovered on Ell Bridge estate , the property of Mr . W . Wymond , in the parish of Landulph , abt ut four miles from Saltash , on the direct Callingtonroad . Applications have been repeatedly made for the past twenty years for a grant of the sett , which , however , could not be obtained until about a

      fortniiht since , the proprietor not believing his estate contained any mineral , and supposing that his land would be broken up to no purpose . Operations were commenced on Monday week last , and when only three feet from the surface , a valuable lode of suVr lead ore was opened on , showing that the opinions of the practical miners are correct . The ore taken from it , having been carefully essayed , produced ten in twenty for lead , and 200 ounces of silver in the ton ore . The shaft has since been sunk about four fathoms , where the lode is four feet big , and the ore found to be of much greater richness . This is one of the richest lodes ever seen in our locality so near the

      surface . The Oin Oak of Ross . — This gigantic tree , which has for centuries been an object of attraction to the town of Ross , -was destroyed by fire on the 6 th inst . The " old oak of Ross" is supposed to have been 1 , 500 years old . The circumference at the base was fifteen yards , and eleven yards at three feet from the ground . Its destruction was caused by some boys lighting a fire in its trunk ; and , notwithstanding the efforts ofthe people , assisted by the town engine , it was all but totally destroyed , nothing being left but a heap of blackened ruins .

      Extraordinary Attempt at Swindling at Birmingham —One of the most impudent and barefaced attempts at swindling which have ever occurred in this neighbourhood has just been exposed , by an investigation which took place before the local magistrates , at Bilston , on Saturday last . The party who felt moat interest in the result of this inquiry was a respeetably-dressed'foreigner , Count Von Wladdislaw by name , according to his address card , and belonging to Hungary , Poland , France , or Germany , as best suited his convenience . The " Connt" first comes under our notice , from the disclosure now made , as a guest of Mr . Clements , landlord of the Royal Exchange Inn , Dale-end , Birmingham , where he arrived on the evening of Saturday ,

      the Uih , ult , having come in a car from the railway station . During his stay there he lived in a style becoming an Hungarian noble , and on an early day he took ilr . C em ; nts into his confidence , and gave him a bit of information worth knowing , The " Count ' s" elder brother had been living witk a female at Glasgow , and had become so infatuated with her that he had given her the titles deeds of * valuable property in Hungary . She was ignorant of their value , and the " Count" being anxious to get possession of them , he proposed that Mr . Clements should go to Glasgow as his agent , and offer the wo man . £ 5 , 000 tor the documents ; if he was succesful he should have £ 500 for himself . The offer was . too tempting to be refused , and was at once accepted ,

      with a proviso ( at the suggestion of a friend of Mr . Clements ) that the Count should pay his expenses to . Glasgow , and give him £ 5 to bring him back . This Hsas joyfully accede d to , and the evening of the following Saturday was fixed for the start . Mr . Clements was duly apparelled for . the journey on the evening in question , when the Count left the house for a moment , as he said , but forgot to return . Thus to ts the landlord of the Royal Exchange "done " out ofa prospective £ 500 , as well as ihe amount of his guest ' s board and lodging for the week . While the Count was staying at Mr . Clements ' , he was introduced to a Mr . Alfred Somerville , partner in a Brussels firm engaged in the iron trade , to whom he stated that he was commissioned to purchase engines .

      : & C ; , for ' th ^ Graeow Railway Com pany , and asked his advice as to . ' the most proper parties in Birmin-Jisjn with whom > he could deal . Mr . Somerville rejctjnfmended him to Messrs Boulton and Watt ,. of the "S 5 hb 3 > works , and having gone there , the Count ordered two pairs of marine engines , of one hundred ;| f | i | jforty horse flower , and two pairs of eighty horse pii * er , with iron boats to suit the same , which he said-were to be used on the Danube in connexion w ! tb > ihe Cracow Railway . He : signed a contract io the amount of £ 27 , 000 , giving references in London as ' tb his responsibility , and agreeing to pay £ 10 , 000 io a < week . i » the course of conversation with Mr . Bla & j ' onejof the . ihanagers at the Soho , the Count mentioned , that there " were a number of Hungarian refugees ' infBirmingham ^ who were desirous of emithe off

      gratmg ^ but / had fibt meansi doing so , and Mr . Blake 6 ffei ^\ iim . ( avj | 5 , notel ' JB . a contribution for that object . * ' The ^ uht- T ^ ag ed % ; however , saying he could give more ' Bm & Ife ^ thinking that Mr . B akewould mcreSff ^^ mbunt . - ' . . We are not aware whether this was'dohe- ^ n ^ fSm the inquiries which he subsequently made , Mr . ^ BIake-was induced to suspect that his customer would notb Bi | nvery profitable one , and the contract was therefore immediately ; cancelled . After leaving Mr . . Clements ' house , we find the Count in a day or two distributing the'orders he had been . ' commissioned to execute for the Cracow Railway ; ih . tbe rieighbotirb . ood . jbf Wednesbury and Bilston , inrluding a 500-horse ' power stationary engine from Messrs Ferry , of th & High-I field Foundry ; five hundred railway atf |( r from I Messrs . Lloyd , Foster , and Company ; '* anTeighty-

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      horse power high-pressure engine from Mr . Joseph Spen er , of Bilston , and 350 tons of best steel from a m anufacturer atMoxley . Of course , the Count , in giving his orders , discussed the merits of a few bottles of wine , at thelexpense of those whom he was honouring with his commands , but this appears to have been tho extent of the immediate benefit he derived . He wanted to borrow £ 5 from the Moxley steel manufacturer , under the pretence that he had lost his purse in coming from the Willenhall Railway Station ; but this at once opened the eves of the other to the real character of his customer , and he tore up the contract . We next disover the Count in the custody of Inspector Thompson , at Bilston , by whom he was brought up at the public-office , as we have already stated , in Order that it might be

      ascertained whether his doings brought him within reach of the law . After due consideration , however , the magistrates , E . B . Dinimack and John Jones , Esqrs ., ' were of opinion that there was no evidence sufficient to warrant a conviction , and the Count was therefore discharged . The bench expressed a wish that publicity might be given to the circums ' ance , for the purpose of putting the public on thenguard . The Count has a Jewish appearance , is about thirty years of age , 5 feet 8 inches hi gh , of a dark complexion , has dark hair and whiskers , and wears a moustache and imperial . He speaks the English language imperfectly . Fearful Colliery Explosion at Stourbridge . — A shocking , colliery explosion , attended with the loss of four lives , has happened this week at ihe

      Dudley-wood coal-pit , at the Pive Ways , near this town , belonging to Messrs . Pargeter and Darby , in reference to which an inquiry was commenced on Friday before the coroner . The circumstances of the explosion are somewhat singular , and iriay be attributed to the effects of the hurricane of Tuesday night . The pit is 120 yards deep , and below the coal is an iron mine , one engine working both mines , there being a separate shaft for each , though they are connected with each other below the surface . A skip was descending the coal shaft at the time of the explosion , and was hurled out to an extraordinary height in the air by the * explosion , some portions of it falling at a distance of 100 yards from the mouth of the pit . In consequence of the rush of foul air from the pit it was some time before any

      person could descend into the mine . It should be explained that the two mines are ventilated in connexion , an opening being made between them by which the fresh air was passed from the coal mine into the iron mine , and then passed outward . The explosion had by some unaccountable process of nature reversed these currents of air , and this being discovered , an intrepid fellow , named John Webb , descended the iron shaft , and climbing into the coal mine , with a safety lamp in his hand , was the instrument of saving several unfortunate miners who were in a state of exhaustion in the p it . Others followed Webb , and the miners were got out before midnight , though four of them—named Joseph Warwick , a youth named Griffiths ( son of the superintendent , who was also in tho mine , and was blown

      some distance ) , and two brothers named Websterwere killed . Most ofthe men ( fourteen in number ) who survived were burnt ; Griffiths , the superintendent , has received some very serious injuries , and is in a precarious state . The cause of the accident can only be surmised , though it is pretty clearly traceable to the effect of the high south-west wind of Tuesday evening . The workings of the mine extend in a southerly direction from the shaft , and , it is thought that the fire commenced about midway between the shaft and the head of the workings , near a " bolt hole " leading to an old working now dammed off , where an inequality in tho roof of the mine would allow of some little accumulation ' of

      the vapour undetected . The pit is occasionally liable to be charged with sulphur ; some four or five years ago eleven men were killed in it by a similar explosion . It appears that when the wind- is in a southerly direction , or shortly before a fall of rain , sulphur accumulates in the pit , and then safety lamps are used , though at other times the miners work with naked lights , and this was the case when the explosion took place . It is supposed that the high wind disturbed the foul air from some branches of old workings , supposed to be securely dammed up , and thus escaping to the place where the men were at work with naked candles the explosion took place .

      Serious Accident to a Clergyman . —As tlie Rev . John Lowe , rector of Ardley , Oxon , was proceeding on horseback between that place and the neighbouring village of Middleton , the horse , a young spirited animal , became very restive , and commenced rearing and plunging furiously . Mr . Lowe , who is somewhat advanced in years , aware of the imminent danger he was placed in , endeavoured to retain his seat as much as possible , but at length the animal reared and fell back to tho ground . The rev . gentleman was thrown with considerable violence , and sustained internal injuries of a serious character from the animal falling upon him . When the occurrence took place , being some distance from any dwelling , some time elapsed before he could obtain the requisite assistance to convey him home . Not tbe slightest hopes were held out of his recovery . The sad event has cast a g loom over the whole parish , from the estimation in which the rev . gentleman is held .

      Ash-well . —The late Pike . —We are enabled to state that the exact number of cottages occupied by persons who have , by reason of their misfortunes , become for a time dependent upon the public bounty < vas 26 , and that of their occupants 125 ; most of these latter were labourers in the employ of persons in the neighbourhood . The church has been given up as a temporary asylum for these poor creatures , and a subscription has been started for their relief . In addition toother persons , Messrs , Moitlork , bankers , and we believe all the other bankers of Cambridge , have consented to become recipients of the bounty of the charitable . About six months ago an attempt was made to fire the same barn in which the fire originated . A piece of tarred rope , which had been

      ignited , was found thrurst into the thatch on the first attempt , but it is supposed that the dampness of the nigut then prevented the cosumraation of the project of the villanous incendiary . The Phosnix Fire-office will be sufferers to the extent of about £ 20 , 000 ; and the remainder of the insurances for the property destroyed had been effected principally in the Norwich Union and Suffolk officers . No lives were sacrificed . A poor half-witted fellow has been missing since the night of the fire , but it is presumed he has wandered away , as no sign of his having perished has been discovered . A wall fell upon three men who were working at the fire , and fractured the arm of one of them—the others escaped with some slight bruises .

      Fall of the Cliff near Doveu . —On the 6 th inst swing to the sudden thaw , a tremendous fall of the cliff occurred , between St . Margaret ' s acd Kingsdown . It is supposed that some thousand tons of chalk have fallen ; the road is entirely blocked up , being buried for a considerable distance from 20 to 30 feet , and the chalk extending from the bass of the cliff to many feet below high water mark . Kent . —Daring Burglary . —A few nights ago a gang of ruffians made an attack on the house of Mr . Ellis , a grocer , at Beltring , which is about a mile from the Yalding station , acd within a hundred yards of the Bell Inn . He also occupies a few acres of land . His man was instructed to call him at three o ' clock on the morning of the 28 th ult ., but about one o clock he heard a noise , and supposing it to he his man , he opened the window , and saw

      three men on the outside with a ladder . Mr . Ellis and his wife attempted to escape , when a man appeared at the window , who broke a pane of glass , threw up the sash window , and entered the room . It was a remarkably fine moonlight night , and the man ' s face was clearly recognised . Mr . and Mrs . Ellis ran down stairs , and Mrs . Ellis made an attempt to escape by the back door , but encountered a man with a stick in his hand , who aimed a blow at her , which fortunately missed her . Sho then ran into the house and concealed herself till the robbers had left , but the moon allowed her to have a full view of the ruffians ' features . Mr . Ellis in returning up stairs met the man who had got into the room at the top of them , in the act of lighting a lucifer match , which again gave him an excellent

      opportunity ot recognising him . The man immediately closed on Ellis , and called on his companions to bring a knife . Mr . Ellis , however , extricated himself from the ruffian ' s grasp , and in making his way to the road , met the man who had struck at Mrs . Ellis—who gave him a tremendous blow on the head and caught hold of him . He ultimately released himself , but was followed b y the fellow into the road , who hit him another blow on the shoulders . Ellis , then commenced running arid calling for assistance ; when the men made off without taking their booty , leaving two caps behind them . Four men were subsequently apprehended , and three of them were identified as having taken part in the outrage , and were fully committed for trial A search was made in the house in which they lived and , in a cave , a variety of articles were found concealed ; among others , a brine tub , with mutton fat in it , and a collection of housebreaking Imnlpmnnto

      a large pistol , and a most formidable dirk . Incendiary Pike . —Cookiiam , Berks . On Sunday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , a . fire broke out in the farm homestead belonging to Mr . Phillips , which there is no doubt was the act of an incendiary . The flames were first seen issuingfrom the barn at the south-western corner of the premises , and in the short space of two hours the whole of the farm buildings and implements , with three ricks of hay and ¦ an oat-rick , were entirely consumed . There was a largo stock of poultry , which with four fat hogs , was destroyed . The farmyard is situated in the centre of the village , close to the street , and had the wind continued as hi gh as it had been during , the day , most probably the whole of the houses on-that side of the , way would have been consumed . : The property . - is insured in the West of England and Phoenix fire-offices . This is the seventh fire that hashappened in this neighbourhood within the last six months . Defalcation of another Savings Bank Actuary . —In consequence of the late exposures ofthe Rock-

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      dale and other savings banks ; the managers of the Dartford bank adopted means of having the books and accounts examined by an examining committee of managers and ah accountant entirely unconnected with . the establishment . The first meeting of tho committee was held at the Bull Inn , on Saturday , the 2 nd instant , when about 200 books wore produced , and as far as they were examined no errors were detected . In the evening the secretary , Mr . Pain , calling on Jardine , the actuary , saw a depositor ' s book lying there , which he opened , and found ifc differed nearly £ 100 from the ledger . He charged himself with having made a mistake , when the actuary confessed that ho had committed fraud to the amount of about £ 1 , 000 . This becoming known to some of the managers , Jardine was allowed till Monday , the 4 th , to examine his books , on which

      day he said he was a defaulter to the amount of £ 2 , 000 . A meeting of the managers was held on Wednesday , at which the attendance of Mi :. Tidd Pratt was secured , and it was ascertained that £ 17 , 559 , Is , 5 d . was safely invested in government securities , and that Jardine had assigned all his property to the trustees , which will produce about £ 700 or £ 800 , and together with £ 1000 , the amount of his bond , will go towards the liabilities . A subcommittee was chosen , consisting of Messrs . Hugh Johnston and John Tasker , and the Rev . James King , to investigate the matter , and to report the result as soon as possible . The business of the bank is of course suspended . Jardine , with bis father ; have boon actuaries of this bank for upwards of forty years , and he has hitherto carried on the lirst drapery business in the town .

      Cuuncii Rates . —At the Town-hall , Colchester , on Monday , Mr . E . W . Watts was summoned to show cause why he refused to pay £ 2 18 s ., due as church rates in the parish or Iloly Trinity . Mr . Watt said , his reason for refusing to pay was his individual conviction of the inconsistency of contributing to a ministry supported by the state . He had been repeatedly put to considerable expense in distraints and sales of goods , and considered it very oppressive : he mig ht state as another of his reasons the command of our Saviour to his Apostes : .

      "Freely ye have received , freely give . _ . it was from no pertinacious obstinacy that he objected to pay ; nor from his acting on the conviction of others ; he was guided only by his own convictions . —Mr . Cooke said the magistrates respected every man ' s opinions , hut it was a question they could not enter into . —The Mayor also said the bench has no power , except to carry out the law . —Mr . Charles Marriage , of Abbcygatc-street , was also summoned on a like account , his rates amounted to 9 s . —Warrants of distress were issued in both cases .

      . Explosion on the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway . —On Tuesday an adjourned inquest on the bodies of John Tinkler and Thomas Wilson was held at Darlington . The unfortunate men wore killed by the bursting of the boiler of a steam engine on this line last week . After the examination of witnesses , the jury returned the following verdict , viz ., — " That John Tinkler and Thomas Wilson came to their death by the explosion of a locomotive engine , No . 35 , on the 2 nd Feb . inst ., but how , that explosion was caused we have no satisfactory evidence to show . We also recommend that the company provide vans to every train for the conveyance of the goods . " Francis Howe , the guard , who was blown a great distance , still lies in

      a very precarious state . SrAiTORDsniRE . —Death from Shameful Neglect . —On the Sth inst . an inquest was held at Bradley , on the body of Thomas Cox , a boy about nine yean of age , whose death resulted from the reprehensible though common practice of leaving old coal pits without any fence around or any . covering oyer them . The deceased , who lived at Bradley , left home on the previous Wednesday morning , with his father , for the purpose of going to work in a coal pit , near Darlaston . When they got into Mr . Loxdale ' s field , near Potter ' s Bridge , the deceased ' s hat was blown off , and they both ran after it a short distance . It began to rain , and deceased ' s father desired him to go into a hovel close by , whilst he ( the father ) looked for the hat . As the morning was dark and windy , ho could not find the hat ; and in going to tbe hovel to meet his son , he had , using his own words , " a very narrow escape of his life ,

      in r . ot falling into an old pit , which was exposed without any fence round or over it . " He could not find his son , and it then occurred to him that he had fallen down the pit . Some tackling was obtained , and the deceased brought up , with his head fractured , both his legs broken , and otherwise dreadfully crushed , quite dead . " The pit in question , " the hoy ' s father said , " is an old coal pit , situate in the Old Squirrel field , near Bilston , the property of Mr . Loxdale , and in the occupation of Mr . William Baldwin , of Bilston , coal and iron master . A public road passes within twenty yards of the pit in question , and there is no fence against either the road or the pit . The pit is about thirtyfive yards deep . There are two or three other pits near the one in question in an equally dangerous state . " The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death ; " expressing an opinion that '' there had been great want of proper attention and care on the part of the occupier of the pit in question in not having seen that it was properly protected . "

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      Dahiko Highway Robbery . —On the evening of the 7 th inst . as Mr . W . II . Apperley , land agent , was returning from Abergavenny towards Hereford in his gig alone , he was stopped by three men in the parish of Llangua , at a lonely part of the road near the river , but elevated some eight or ten feet above the stream . Upon Mr . Apperley perceiving the intention ofthe one man who was foremost , he began to flog his horse . The man having caught the reins , and Mr . Apperley continuing to use the whip , the horse and gig were brought almost from theopposite side against tho hedge upon the river side of the road . Mr . Apperlev now observed tho other

      two men coming to assist , and that resistance was useless ; and having a sum of money upon his person , he leaped from the gig over the fence down into a strip of land adjoining tho river , the field being here many feet below the road ; almost before ho regained his feet , he heard the horse and gig roll over the fence also . He ran for assistance , and found three men at home in a cottage not three hundred yards distant , who immediately returned with him ; they found the horse and gig ) the latter doubtless upset in its passage across the fence ) near the river . The highwaymen had evidently followed tho gig down to the place , and ransacked the contents where it thus stood ; the driving-box was

      broken open , but , only containing papers , they were thrown down , as was the lamp-box ; the only booty , therefore , they obtained , was a letter-case , in which were some tracings of maps , valuations of land , a rental book , and about five or six French coins , which from the rattle , they no doubt thought a prize . Fortunately , not the least damage was sustained by either horse , gig , or harness . Mr . Apperley having sent a communication to the police at Abergavenny , proceeded on his journey to Hereford . Mr . Apperley upon nearly all occasions travels with a six-barrel pistol , but unfortunately left it at home on this occasion , not expecting to be detained in Abergavenny so late .

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      flighted with a cargo of cotton from Savannah , from whence she made an excellent passage . Notwithstanding her great size , measuring , we believe , nearly 1 , 000 tons register , her draught of water was not so great as that of many vessels of inferior tonnage which have got alongside of our wharfs , being only 16 j feet . This is accounted for by the circumstance of her cargo being entirely cotton , of which she has no fewer than 3 , 500 bales on board , the largest cargo of this description which has ever been landed at Glasgow . Now that the capabilities of the river are becoming better known , we may calculate upon seeing more frequently as large , if not larger ships in our basin . —North British Mail . /<

      Glasgow Harbour . —We have much pleasure in noticing that the magnificant first-class steamer Asia , which was recently launched at Greenock , has arrived in our harbour , having been tusgedup from the former pirt . She has been placed alongside of the Simoom frigate , atLancefield quay , preparatory to getting in her engines . Ac , which have been constructed by the Messrs Napier . The same tide that brought up the Asia floated along with it the largest trading vessel which , we have authority for saying , has yet ; entered our harbour . This was the American-built ship , Huguenot , Captain W . Gardner ,

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      Tenant-Bight Movement.—The State Of The ...

      Tenant-bight Movement . —The state of the northern province is daily becoming more alarming . In all directions the tenant-farmers are meeting , to denounce the Protectionist movement , to complain ofthe " invasion of tenant-right , " and to demand reductions of rent suitable to the present prices of produce- In various counties the spirit of alienation between the owners and occupiers is extending . The meetings are generally held in the . Presbyterian meeting-houses , and several of the clergy of that

      denomination have taken a leading part in the proceedings for tbe " legalisation of tenant-right , the abatement of rents , and tho establishment of legal protection on-behalf of tenant property . " In some instances speechesof a violent and communist character have been delivered , but in general a tone at once firm and moderate has been adopted by the speakers . At Comber , on the estate of the Marquis , of Londonderry ,, a very numerous meeting was held on the ¦ 7 th inst ., hi the Presbyterian Meeting-house of the Rev . J . Killen . , The following were among the resolutions adopted : —

      . ' ¦ That we consider , the present agitation on behalf of the protection of agricultural produce an unwise and hopeless attempt to keep up landlord exaction * at the expense of the public interests j and , we believe , every tax ou the bread of tbe people , which

      Tenant-Bight Movement.—The State Of The ...

      renders the susterifatiori of human life-more difficult , to be a great public wrong . ; - - We therefore demand that fhe principles « f Free-trade ,: which , have ! been adopted by our legislators with regard , to ; food ; be also by them extended to land , which produces food . : "That compensation for what are called ' unexhausted improvements' is only one simple element in the ' tenant-right of Ulster , ' and that no , measure of tenant-right legalisation , which is based upon this element , alone , can be satisfactory to the tenantfarmers of . this country , or can be accepted by them as a remedy for the existing grievances of the agricultural population ; but , on tho contrary , every

      merely fragmentary measure of this nature shall receive our united and most determined opposition . " Some of the most extensive farmers in the county Down attended this meeting . The Banner of Ulster , remarking upon the proceedings , asserts that some of the tenant farmers in the district have committed suicide , in consequence of despair , arising from their embarrassments . Two more fires are mentioned in the last accounts —one near Donaghadee , on a farm from which the tenant has been recently ejected ; the other near Rathfriland , where the house of a flax-dre ? ser , named Doyle , was burned on Thursday night the 7 th inst .

      The Encumhered Estates Commission . —The landed property of Ireland is rapidly passing into the Encumbered Commission Court . The petitions for the sale of estates now amount to nearly four hundred and fifty . The last batch of thirty-one , filed between the 1 st and 6 th instant , contains the names of seve ' ral extensive proprietors , but the remarkable feature in this list is , that some ofthe landlords—for instance , Messrs . ( Gustavus W . Lambert , John Hyde , Oliver D . J . Grace , and others—are petitioners for tbe sale of their own estates . And this is by ho means surprising ; for they will thereby at once escape the meshes of Chancery , and obtain all the inexpensive facilities of the Encumbered Commission Court .

      Representation of Sligo . — -Sir Robert Gore Booth , Bart ., has addressed the electors of Sligo . tie says : — "My constant residence in this county has made many of you personally acquainted with me , and others most probably have a knowledge of my princip les . They are—national , as regards Ireland , and Conservative as regards the United Kingdom . I make no pretension to fluency of speech , but hope that you may agree with me in thinking that there are many members of parliament , whose constant attention to parliamentary business during the session would be more useful to their constituencies than their speeches . " The Sligo Champion says that Sir Robert s return " is beyond question , without his receiving the slightest opposition . "

      Irish Church Rkvenues and the Poor . —The Limerick Board of Guardians have adopted a resolution that" tithes should be appropriated to the support of the poor . ' ' The Cork Examiner remarks'' This is one of the first effective steps taken in the church direction since 1832 . " The Lord Mayor . —The Freeman ' s Journal says , "Two notices of actions for penalties under the act have already been served on the Lord Mayor , for having presided in his official capacity at the meetings of the corporation , held on the 1 st and 5 th inst . The person who has undertaken the office of informer is George Powell , who , we are told , is secretary to tbe Priests ' Protection Society . "

      The Late Storm . — Considerable damage was done by the late storm , in Belfast . The Northern Whig states that in the workhouse of that town three boys were killed by the stone and bricks of a flue , which fell into the room where they were sleeping . Upwards of a thousand pounds ' -worth of damage was done to the Queen ' s College . About two o ' clock , while the storm was raging with great fury , the chimney of the house of William Cowan , of White Abbey , was blown down ; it fell in through the roof to the bed where Mr . and Mrs . Cowan and a young child were lying . The child was killed ; but , fortunately , Mr . and Mrs . Cowan escaped with very slight injuries .

      The gales which have prevailed with little intermission for several days past have at length passed away , but have caused great irregularity in the arrival of the English mails . The accounts of los ti on the coast are numerous . The Diana , screwsteamer , of Waterford , wenton shore at the Great Burboonthe 6 th inst .: and on the following day the J . P . Whitney , American liner , from Philadelphia , struck on the rocks at the same place , and went to pieces , the crew having , however , been saved . On the western coast the effects ofthe tempest are described as haying been terrific , huge rocks on the shore having been moved by the waves to a considerable distance ; and numbers of houses having been levelled or unroofed along the coast . At Omagh the church spire was struck by lightning and much injured . Several cattle were killed in the same neighbourhood by the electric fluid , and trees unrooted by the force of the storm .

      The Cork Examiner states that Dr . Sleigh , of London , a member of tbe council of the National Reform Association , has arrived in Cork , on a tour through Ireland , for the purpose of organising in this country associations to co-operate with the body in England iu carrying out the reform policy of the present movement . The Commission Court . —The ceremony of opening the Commission of Oyer and Terminier on Monday was distinguished from ordinary occasions of the kind by the circumstance of Mr . Reynolds ' attending , with great civic pomp , to assist in openim : tlie court as Lord Mayor . The presiding judges were Baron Pennefather and Mr . Justice Torrens . The former learned judge warmly shook hands with Mr . Reynolds , and both judges subsequently entered into conversation with him , and rose and bowed him out when he was leaving court . They took pains , indeed , to show that they differed in

      opinion from Messrs . Walker aud Wauchob of the corporation , as to the degree of deference which was to be paid to the hon . gentleman while continuing to occupy the seat of Lord Mayor . Repeal Association . — Mr . John O'Connell informed his Burgh-quay friends on Monday that it was his intention to retain his seat for Limerick until some important question came before the house , and if unable then to attend , he would insist on his constituents' acceptance of his resignation , as his " circumstances "—the old story—would not permit him to lead a parliamentary life . The rent was but £ 9 some odd shillings and pence—Mr . O'Connell attributing this marked " want of confi * dence" to the fact of his having entered into any negotiation with the Young Ireland party . " So you see . " pathetically whined the hon . gentleman , "I am blamed by both parties , " and the result is an empty exchequer and as empty benches at Conciliation-hall .

      The Victims of Starvation . —The minutes of evidence taken at inquests on tbe victims of itaxation in some of the western and south-western unions of Ireland , still disclose scenes worthy of the worst period of the famine . At an inqnset held on the 30 th ult ., at Knockbreck , in the Kilrush Union , on the body of Michael Clancy , the daughter of the deceased , stated in her evidence : —That he had five in family , and himself and his wife ; they were getting two stone of meal a week ; they used not to get it regularly . they only got one stone for the whole family on Thursday week ; they had nothing else to subsist on since , except they got something from the neighbours . While the stone of meal held they eat two meals a day , but had not enough in each meal . All

      the meal was eaten on Saturday night ; they had nothing since but a teacup of meal and a few heads of cabbage which witness got from the neighbours : witness ' s deceased father partook of his portion of the teacup of meal and cabbage ; he had not tnoudi ; he would have eaten more if he had got it . Ho died on Monday , about 12 o clock . He drank the cabbage water on Sunday evening , as he had not enongh in the cabbage . Deceased had no complaint ; he was as well tlie day before he died as he was for some time . He was weak from hunger . If he had enough to eat he would not hare died so soon , The family have nothing to live on to-day . Looking for the meal is what caused her mother ' s absence that day . —And Bridget Eustace , sister-in-law to the deceased ,

      deposed that : —Michl . Clancy lived with witness , for about two months , until he left about seven or eight days ago . He was brought back to her house the day he died , as his own hut was too small , and it was almost impossible for any person to get into it , it was so low . He had to creep in and out of it himself . He was getting two stone of meal for himself and family weekly . He did not get his meal regularly since about ten days before Christmas , until the second last supply ; and the last supply was only half the complement . He and his family were for twelve days trusting to four pounds of meal . Deceased was delicate when he came to live with her

      but he told her it was want of food caused his ill health . They had not enough of meal at any time . They were days on one meal , and were frequently for three days without meal at all , having only a few turnips which merely kept the breath in them . — The verdict was of course " Died from starvation ;" but these things surely do not take place , in the midst of abundance , in any other part of the world . A correspondent of the Limerick and Clare Examiner writing from Newcastle West , mentions the following horrifying act ;—Tha body of unfortunate John Harnett , on whom the inquest was lately held , was on Monday dragged from his grave by dogs , and was devoured by them .

      The Lord Mayor ' s Cass . —A meeting of the coporation was held on Tuesday when it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . Hamilton , one ofthe conservative members , that no further discussion should take place there as to the validity , or otherwise , of the retention of office of Lord Mayor by Mr . Reynolds j but that that question should be left to the proper tribunal to decide , and the : ordinary business ofthe coporation be proceeded with ; This termination of the unseemly proceedings which have lately disgraced that : body giv es satisfaction to all-classes of the citizens . ' ,, ;! " " ''• ¦ i '" - - : - ¦¦ >'' - - ' . ' .

      Berks Assizes.—Tuesday's Night Gazette C...

      Berks Assizes . —Tuesday ' s night Gazette contains an Order in Council directing the ensuing Assiios to bo hold at Abingdon , and . not at Reading ,

      Gale On The Western Ooast Op ' Scotland,...

      GALE ON THE WESTERN OOAST OP ' SCOTLAND , AND LOSS OF LIFE-DESTRUCTION . BY TIRE , OF A STEAMER .. . .. The Ayr Advertiser says :-- " The western coast has : been visited-by a hurricane , such as has not been experienced for a lengthened period—no gale of equal severity , or of so lengthened duration had taken place since . Jan . 7 , 1839 . About mid-day of Tuesday , the Sth inst ., the wind rose to a considernble height . Gradually it increased till about twelve o ' clock at night , when it blcwa complete hurricane . It attained its height about four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , and continued for fully three hours with tremendous force . During the whole of Wednesday , it still blew with much violence , while at intervals heavy falls of rain and hail took place . Prom inland situations we learn that in the towns and vil .

      lages of tho county of Ayr , as well as in the more exposed landward districts , no small amount of damage has been done ; but that sinks into Insi gnificance when compared with the serious events which have occurred in the Firth of Clyde , and the disasters sustained by the shipping along tho coast . " At Ayr , the large number of vessels in the harhour , and the heavy fresh , in the river , combined to render the hurricane more serious in its results than it might otherwise have been . Many vessels broke from their moorings , and received considerable damage . The scene of confusion and disorder was heightened by other minor occurrences , which scarcely call , however , for spoei . il notice , although involving on the whole , serious loss to many of the craft lying in the harbour . "

      Vessels Ashore o . v the Carrick Coast . —Six Men Drowned , —The casualties on the wild rockbound coast of GWick are possessed of a deeper and more melancholy interest than any of tho others we have to record , inasmuch as they have been attended by the sacrifice of six human lives . ' At nine o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday , the barque Margaret , of Greenock ( Norries ) , bound with a cargo of cotton for Greenock , having left New Orleans on the 31 st of December , went ashore about a quarter of a mile to the north of Dunure . She went ashore stern on ; ropes were speedil y passed to the shore , and by the aid of a number of Dunure fishermen , whose zeal and activity merit due praise , tho crew were safely rescued from their perilous

      position . About two o'clock one of tlie crew , a young man , a native of Aberdeen , fancied that by swimming to the vessel he might be able to bring his chest ashore . Arriving at his destination after great exertion , he caught hold of a rope ' s end suspended from the side of the barque . He seemed to be much fatigued ; and , after holding on for about twenty minutes , he became so entirely overcome , that he sank exhausted into the sea , and waa drowned . In the circumstances it was utterly impossible that any aid could have been extended to th © misguided and ill-fated young man . On Wednesday morning , the sloop Clauchloudon ( Kevan ) , bound from Creetown , to which port she belongs , to Irvine , went ashore in Culzean Bay .

      The crew , consisting of three hands , all saved . The same morning the barque Jubilee , of Sunderland ( M'Gregor , ) bound from Troon to . Smyrna , with coals , went ashore on Brest Rock , four miles north of Girvan . Many attempts were made to reach the barque , but in vain . The crew , amounting to ten men , took to tbe small boat , which , however , shortly grounded upon a rock , and three ofthe men got out of the boat for the purpose of pushing it off , and were left on a rock . The boat had not got well off when a huge sea rolled over it ; it instantly filled , and went down like a stone , One of the men , by extraordinary exertion , managed to swim within reach ot an intrepid lad , who dashed through the

      serf and brought him ashore ; while tho captain , who bad attached a life-buoy to his person , was washed inshore , and by a desperate effort on the part of the same lad , brought from deeper water . The other five men who were in the boat perished , and were carried out by the strong current . In tho mean time , the three poor fellows left on the rock were rescued from their dangerous situation by two young fishermen , who deserve especial notice for their heroic exertion in venturing on their noble mission amid the terrrible breakers that raged with such unbridled fury . The first mate , who perished , was Mr . W . Anderson , son of the owner of the Jubilee . Tho vessel has become a total wrook .

      Ardrossax . —Isle of Arran Steamer Burned . — If there were no disasters here directly resulting from the gale , the blank was fully filled up by the almost total destruction , by fire , ofthe Isle of Arran steamer ( Captain Blackley , ) which plies between this port and tlie island whose name the vessel bear * . The steamer was to have sailed on Tuesday . But this not having- been carried into effect , and the boat being advertised to sail on the following ( Wednesday ) morning " , her fires were kept on , and she was ready to start , when , abouffour o ' clock , flames were perceived circling around the funnel , and over the top of the boilers . By the orders of Messrs . Barr and Shearer , the men engaged in their

      skipbuilding-yard was soon on the spot . From the control that the flames had acquired over , the vessel , as well as from the rough weather , the only alternative left by which they might save the remaining part of the steamer was adopted—viz ., the scuttling of the boat . This was immediately carried into effect , and the Isle of Arran sank about-five o ' clock . She was burned down to the water ' s edge from the funnel aft . Nothing whatever was rescued from the steamer , so that no inconsiderable anwunt of property has been sacrificed . She was the property , we believe , of a joint stock company , ^ and partially insured—to the extent of £ 1 , 500 , ifc was generally affirmed .

      Loss Or An Induman Near Maroate.—On Many...

      Loss or an Induman near Maroate . —On many parts of the coast the wind seems to have but slightly moderated since Wednesday the / 6 th inst ., ana many fatal wrecks have happened even in the vicinity of the entrance o'f the river , We have now to add a more calamitous event , viz ., the wreck of a West Indiaman . On the 5 th inst the Sarah , Mr . Bridges master , bound from Jamiaca for London , made the Margate roads , and , in the course of the forenoon , she was taken in tow hy tho Trinity steam tug for the purpose of being brought up the Thames . As the day advanced the gale sprung up with destructive fury . The ship and the tug laboured severely , and between three and four o ' clock in ' tlie afternoon , when running through the Prince ' s Channel , the towing hawser snapped asunder and the ship got adrift . The tug immediately brought up in the hope that the weather might moderate .

      The wind , however , continued to increase until it blew a perfect hurricane , and about midnight the steamer was driven from her anchorage . The Sarah was then lost sight of , and from the tempestuous weather that prevailed during the following twentyfour hours and the fact that nothing has been seen of her since , coupled with tho circumstance that a quantity of West India produce has been picked up in the vicinity of where she went adrift , as also pieces of wreck , apparently of the same class of vessel , there is little doubt that she went to pieces . The number of the crew has not been ascertained ! or whether there were any passengers on board . During the height of the gale a fine Dutch ship foundered about forty miles south east ot ihe Spurn , on the Lincolnshire coast . It was seen by the True Abstainer , fishing smack , belonging to tho Humber . The name of the ill-fated vessel could not be correctly ascertained .

      In the course of Saturday last a fatal loss was reported at Harwich . A loaded Scotch vessel , apparently , was seen on a shoal in the Swin . She was fast going to pieces , and from several circumstances it was believed that the crew perished . ¦ The ports in the neighbourhood of this channel are very busy in repairing vessels disabled in the storm . The IfeZsAjnan says : — " About ten on the morning of the Oth inst . a large-sized brig was driven via * lently into the bay , and in a few minutes was helplessly cast on the Cardigan bar , and so terrific was the sea that in a short time she went to pieces . It is not accurately known from whence she came : she is , however , reported to be the Thetis , of Limerick , bound from Newport to Limerick , with a

      general cargo . It is positively stated that eleven ofthe crew have met a watery grave , two only having been rescued , but at the time our account left nothing was known with certainty . " Wreck off Lowestoft . —The Hurlington , belonging to Mr . John Penman , of Sunderland , Daniel Cole , master , bound to Southampton with coals , sprung a leak during the late gale . The crew , seven in number , including the captain , worked thirty six hours at the pumps without being able to gain on the leak ; and at half-past two o ' clock a . m . she went down , after breaking in two . The masts came together like the blades of a pair of shears . The providential rescue of the crew from a watery grave cannot be better described than in the . words

      of ono of the survivors : — " We were about thirty miles off Lowestoft , and finding tho brig was fast sinking from under our feet , we had just time to jump into tho long boat with a compass and a bucket ; and as the brig went down ihe . water floated the long-boat from off her deck , and we had tho greatest difficulty to disentangle the boat from the ropes ofthe mast , which fell over us . However we got clear , in the dark , and , with % boisterous sea , we committed ourselves to the preservation of a merciful providence . At day light we saw a vessel at a distance , but could not make them perceive our handkerchief , attached . to the

      end of one of tho oars . We were benumbed with cold , exhausted by pumping without food , and had not been in bed for three nights , and we had great difficulty in bailing the water out of the long boat to keep her afloat , when , about six o ' clock in tha evening we discovered a fishing sloop a-hoad , being nearly two miles distant . We immediately plied our four . oars in the direction of the vessel , which we perceived was bearing down on us , and in half an hour , which appeared to us an age , the fishing smack No . 59 , of Ostend , came close enough to throw us a ropo , which we made fast , and drew our 1 frail barque alongside of the sloop ; the mate of 1 the fisherman , a fane stout young man , immediately \ jumped . inW our boat , ana assisted the boys aboard ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16021850/page/6/