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      VIEWS . . * 6 P" MAKCES -WHIG-IT D'AKUSMONT ^ j ^& Titei "' - ** h ^ . ?^ - " ' ^**^/ ThVltadaiaving flic other day , with a flippancy B J ^ Jtolhe-. aH ud cd to tfaeladj ab ov enawe-, who bjSd to fte iuffie vicinity , sbe promptly addressed the SS- Itmaytenatosetrightmepablicnund ^ so ^^ te i » reg _ rdto wMen ihe nio £ t al . sttrdreports ^ e gomewhit industriously circulated : — ^ '"' « i ;• :-' JbfteiMitoro / ttefienfld . Sir , —My- attentiou has been called to an editorial article in" : your Bendi of the 17 th , in which you are pleased to make free with my name in a manner—I will not say nnbeconilns a gentleman , that character being rare at the present , «> t ' t unbecoming' even to the conductor ofapnMicpress , sncn as a public press is wont in these days io be ; ' ¦

      ...... In reference to a work , of which I know the name only from your advertisement of it , ia connection with which , from the context , I suppose to be meant for mine , appears the following ; - ~" " Itis called'"Woman in tie nineteenth Century , and ton' extracts we have seen in some of the papers on the subject of marriage , and other matters of social intercourse , it would seem to be merely a renewal of some of the upinions , rather « free and easy * than otherwise , wnich were formerly promulgated and taught by Fanny Wright ,

      in the Park Theatre , in this city , and in the HaU of Selene--. The author of * Woman in the Nineteenth Century' _ j > i * ars to think the present system of marrying and giving hx marr iage as very exclusive—very narrow—very contracted—and very unphilosopaical . She alludes with * great deal of feeling to the seraglios of the East but , as those establishments are filled with females , whether she means that the new Western system should recognise seraglios of men , we cannot clearly see , amid the wildness and enthusiasm of her sentiments . So goes tiie new philosophy . "

      Now , air , I have never , in the course of my public life , condescended to comment upon one « f the gross and general misrepresentations and misstatements of which I have been made the subject . But here is a statement not general , feut formal and precise , as if made in accordance with your own knowledge . I feel myself called npon , therefore , flatly to contradict it . I never , " either in the KaU of Science , " nor " in the Park theatre , " nor anywhere else "in this city , " have expressed any opinions at all , either . " free and easy" or otherwise , " on the system of marrying or giving in marriage . " But more than this . 3 nave never advocated anywhere , nor in any manner , the alteration , amendment , or abrogation of any hms 4- < p _ ectcd with marriage , nor , indeed , of any particular laws whatsoever . So far from this , the only sentitnent I fver expressed in pnhlic on the subject of marriage—sad which was made an answer to a question put to me in Cincinnati , at the close of one of my discourses , by a ISoiion clergyman—was to this effect : —

      Alamsreisnotin itself a subject of inquiry . It can but be considered under the head of law , or under the head of jaorals . If under the first , I hesitate not to say ttert I regard it as erroneous , and as utterly worthless as all ibx rest of our legal system . If under the second , that I regard it as equally inefficient with aU the dogmas of our Sis Christian Bible , and our Sunday preaching . Havhi :: motived my opinion in both cases more than I can now du sere ; I observed pointedly , distinctly , and more than onea , that I as little advocated the annulment of our marriage law as I did our laws for the recovery of debt or for the' repression of thieves . That the whole made jail of oar existing scheme of servile civilisation ; and that the whole , in my opinion , had better stand and fall together . That 3 £ _ ould do my utmost to prepare for its fell , not by

      aiding ins disorganisation and demoralisation of society , bat by eadeavonringto inspire woman with dignity and selfrespect , and men—a thing yet more difficult—withhonour . That with regard to my ultimate views respecting the sexe $ , I conceived that the doors must be thrown wide « pen to both , and to each individual among both , to earn Mi and her own ; and to hold his and her own . And farther , mat with respect to children , the State should institute a contract with the parents for their suupoit , which would be something more to the purpose than instituting a contract between the parents for holding them coupled in chains like dogs , as if for no other purpose than to constrain theic hating , loathing , tormenting , or , it maybe , absolute eating of each other an—dii = zt least , metaphoricaHy , in their worldly substance .

      Such was the substance , sir , of my observations made In Gindirjafi in the summer of 1838 . "With these , both ihe cierif / man and the audience expressed themselves satisfied and tdified . This did not prevent , however , the same clergyman from publishing , some time afterward , « vcrhis OttTi signature in Boston , the most scandalous and outrageous falsehoods respecting the whole occurrence , dud the tone and tenor of my observations ; and which bare naea made the text of never ending misstatements and falsehoods in the columns of a hireling press , from that'time to this .

      I desire , therefore , to be understood , since you , sir , have chosen to force me oat upon a subject which appears , indeed , to be no longer premature to handle . I desire tc be understood , as in no way ambitious to enlighten zha public on the subject of any mode or modes of marriage , nor on that , more general , of the intercourse of thesex-es . What the one does for the regulation and elevation of the other , maybe seen in our streets , our brothels , our houses of private assignation , our judicial courts , and even legislative rccor ds ; in the habits of the € & risti __ clergy—whether presbyterian , methodist , episcopal , or whatever else as rendered by all the presses of all our stales—and equally in the habits of our legislators , a-jd other officials , as rendered by the HeraUPs own columns ; and universaUyin the habits of existing

      civilised society , all over the world . "What I would see the public enlightened upon , is the necessity of seeing erei y one secured in the free exercise of his and her own faculties ; and in the due reward of his -and her awn exertions ; and in the rightful possession of ' lis and her own distinct property . Let ns make honest men and honest women , by which , in both cases , 1 sjean those who know how to earn , and who do . earn , ta-yr living , or who will lire within the strict limits of their " o-vu possessions ; and we shall have no difficulty al *> ut the sexes or about anything else . But just and proper It is , that until women are rendered fit for something more in mind and body than kept mistresses , that

      men should be forced to keep them . Under male go-¦ venuEest such they have been made ; and , under male goversmnaz , such they ought to be fed , clothed , and protected , a ? weU as under given circumstances , may be possiulf : and this , however extravagant , silly , or titesome they may be . I see no other way of making men drink to the dregs ihe cup of their own misery , or to make the iron of their own injustice cat into the soul . To judge by the stats oi society , it is eating in at the present pretty fast ; and wht-3 men shall find that slavery is a losing game between the sexes , as between the colours , we may begin to look OE—not for abolition , hut for reformation , justice , and universal emancipation .

      I feel myself entitled , sir , to demand the insertion in felt , of this letter in the Herald . It will not fill as many oolmm *? . and maybe somewhat more instructive than some clerical documents with which yon have favoured us . At any rate , I demand it as my right t shall sign my own name without any addition . Seeing- the icarrflity and brutality from which neither 56- Of character afford protection , I am desirous of shielding the foreign same borne by my family from their effects . For myselSIiaow weU , as I have ever known , how to hear these and worse for the cause which I have espoused . Fsances Wbight .

      TO _ rHE _ 3 > ITO _ . OF THE " MANX — . EFOB-DSB .. " Sir , —1 have this day received a letter from a friend in & asso- « , containing part of a column cut from your journal . I cannot say of what date , but the subject is a meeting ieldin Glasgow , on the 17 th of -larch , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , of London , on Trades' Unions . The article is headed "A Sample of O'Comiorite Chartism : " 3 Bd wiD , I have no doubt , be fresh in the memory of many of your readers . Now , as yon have given your columns to a writer who nnscrnpulousljr affirms that I am a trickster , hypocrite , and knave , and who has not the honour or manliness to publish his name to a communication containing his serious charges , I think that I am justly entitled to be beard ia reply ; the more so , as yon , ia your official capacity , have appended a note , charging me and others with w wilfully deceiving the public with a desire to destroy yon . "

      These are serious charges , and it behoves the public to inquire into their truth , as veil as info the kind of evidence on which they are based ; for , if true , the man gwlty of them is ^ a worthless wretch : if false , the man affirming them is nothing less . "With these impressions , I sit down to review the communication of him whom you style " w _ rt _ y correspondent . " His first sentence is"M'Grath did not appear ; the alleged cause was illness , which , I suppose , was true . " It is a mis-statement : Mr . M'Grath did appear . He entered the hall at the hour of meeting , along with me and Mr . Duncan Sherrington , who was nominated to . the chair , and opened , the business of fite meeting by stating that Mr . M'Grath was on the platform , hut was unable to lecture from illness . Mr . M'Grath remained during : the whole of the proceedings , spoke on

      -he motion of a vote of thanks to the chairman , and was among the last to leave the haU . This fact can be proved iy the testimony of every man at the meeting' , your " nwthy correspondent ? ' excepted . After this gross and wilful tois-stateiaent of yonr " worthy correspondent , " I should be justified in declaring him unworthy of further notice , and at once dismiss his list of accusations ' , hut Ids leair affords' food for thought unconnected with crc personatty . The phrases — " they , the fYConaorltes , & c . " -4 fonn an important item of the wholu . An allusion is made to a series of lectures delirer . xi by you last summer . I was not in Glasgow when tUo-e lectures were delivered : hut I am credibly infbrmeu - „_ t in point of numbers they were failures—your

      andieacss averaging from thirty . to fifty . And why were they failures t Iwffltellyoul Men like your " worthy fiOHJesnoadenf'have , on almost all occasions , thrust your Same uxaecesstrily and unseenringly upon public meet-SJ 85- 3 _( gy Iaave . ; hawked ' your denunciations of Mr . vGonaor from corner to corner ; from shop to shop . Yonr OTOrtmmte £ ukwe _ j _^ ^ stock a trade , tfll wqhaveinaaethemselvesnroverhialfor slander—and the « sme _ of WBSeni instead of ___ % recognised as that of SLtS _ f !? feof ff ^ tprinciples / has necometKe rett __ rf ^_! l caIuiIia y * alrase - -It Btiois in the no s . 3 ^ T * £ ^» d acuiTffity . ItisyourseUVrtyled B ^^ l ^ fe ** ^ ' a *** ae same 4 ne ^ ol ' b ^ t * ^*^^™^™ - » o working SnL ^ our \ jE _ 5 ? " ^ " *** ** Merest * ™ "Sm ~ = your character . He or they can have no ob-

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      ject to serve in your destruction , or the destruction of any man who avows ah attachment to the principles of freedom . The notions of your correspondent on this point are weak and futile , aud carry with them their condemnation . IEs account of the meeting is partial and unfair . I delivered a lecture , not a speech , as stated by your correspondent ; and I have been requested to redeliver the same in Bridgetbn and other localities , and shall in all probability do so on my return in Glasgow . At the conclusion of my lecture I asked if any gentleman present had any remarks to make , expressing my wiUingness to hear and reason on the same . The chairman immediately rose , repeated my desire for discussion , at the same time remarking that the Northern Star was the only paper that

      had given wide-spread publicity to the Trades' Movement . Mr . Adems then rose , and said he had nothing to urge on anything I had said , but proceeded to descant on the statement of the chairman . He was patiently heard . Mr . Sherrington still adhered to his statement , and said he ( the chairman ) was a regular reader of the Reformer . A man sitting in the back part of the hall remarked on your past denunciations of paper-money . Mr . Walker , Mr . Adams , and others rose amidst cries of "Chair , chair , " "Question , question , " "Order , order , " tc . The meeting got confused , and , with a view of ending the confusion , and proceeding with the legitimate business for which the meeting was called . I moved the foUowing resolution : —•

      "That , as this meeting was called with a view of discussing the question of Trades' Unions , we entertain no other question , and have no more discussion on the relative merits of the Northern Star , Manx Reformer , or their proprietors , until the subject of Trades' Unions is first discussed . " This resolution had the desired effect ; it restored order and harmony , and the meeting again proceeded quietly and rationally to discuss the main question . This proves how far it was appropriate . But your correspondent , by a process of logic peculiarly his own , discovers my resolution to be hypocritical , because' inappropriate . Now ,

      supposing the latter part of his statement to be correct , does it warrant the deduction inferred ' . —does an action being inappropriate prove it to be hypocritical ? I very often find the reverse true . I generally find men possessing a deep sense of wrong , void of prudence , honest men . These men , conscious of their honesty , push their opinions inappropriately ; and what can be our impressions of a writer for the press , who , on such hoUo w data and foolish declaration , presumes to calmly write down a fellow-man under the criminal names of hypocrite and knave ? Really , Sir , if common sense and justice are fair tribunals in the present state of society , your correspondent is at a miserable discount .

      The conluding remarks of his letter deserve special attention . He calls on you to give rae such a dose as you gave Wallace . "Don't forget Kydd ' s knavery . " A man possessing such splenetic feeling is unfit to fairly state the facts of any case in which he is personally concerned , or calmly reason on any question . Why has he forgot to tell you that Kydd expressed his willingness to discuss the application of Taylor ' s views to the currency , with Mr . Adams , Mr . Walker , or any other man present ? No man living ever knew me refuse to discuss any question when I held a conscientious difference of opinion , and circumstances could admit of such discussion . Why does he not in his own proper person administer the fearful dose he is so wishful I should get ? Poor fellow ! I pity him .

      Was I not aware of your infirmity of temper on the question of self and persecution , I should certainly have been at a loss to discover how you allowed yourself to pen the remarks following those of your correspondent ; for before you could judge fairly of the case it was necessary that you understood something of the rank of the men , in point of intelligence , who composed the meeting in question . It consisted chiefly of men who have been long accustomed to attend public meetings , together with the leading members of the principal trades . It was an assembly of shrewd , thinking men , who would not be led either by Samuel Kydd , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . O'Brien , or any other man ; and your correspondent insults their judgment when he affirms they were tricked ; and you reckon without your host when you believe such to have

      been the case . I assure you I am neither O'Connorite , O'Bricnite , or any other ite . The days of itism are past . In common with my fellow working men I admire all that is intellectual and good in all men ; and pity what is erroneous and bad . You remind me of the cobbler in Eugene Sue's Mysteries of Paris , who had been unmercifully caricatured by a wag of a painter . The poor snob used to take starts and fits at the bare recollection of his tormentor ; these thoughts gave him the nightmare when asleep , and rendered his otherwise useful life miserable . You too have a similar feeling ; you have got it into your head that Mr . O'Connor and a legion of others arc

      persecuting you , and you are miserable and fidgetty through this crazy idea . I know nothing of the conspiracy you are everlasting writing about ; and I do not believe it exists . You have made serious charges against me and others on the most worthless of evidence . On the whole affair' I have written what I think , and shall be glad to hear how you can better substantiate your charge of deceit , inveterate hostility , unquenchable thirst for your destruction , & c , as contained in your editorial note—or retract the same . I am , sir , a man , and a Chartist . Samuel Kxod , Kirkaldy , April 13 , 1845 .

      The Oregon.—Under This Name Is Comprehen...

      The Oregon . —Under this name is comprehended the whole region westward of the Chippewayan range of mountains . The waters that rise on the western declivities of these mountains flow into the Columbia , the Multnomah , and the lake Eneneventura . Moat of the elevated summits of the mountains arc above the limits of perpetual snow . Beyond the mountains the country descends by regular belts in the form of immense terraces or descending plains , disposed regularly , the one below the other . Beyond the first plain , and between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific , is another extensive and high chain of mountains , in which are the great fall of the Columbia . Still west of these , and running gparallel with the coast , and at the distance of ISO miles , is the third

      and last chain . The peaks of all these chains are covered with perpetual snow . The highest peaks have been named Mount Baker , Mount Begnier , Mount St . Helens , Mount Hood , and Mount Jefferson . The only rivers explored in this region are the Columbia and its branches . Being sheltered on the north by protecting ridges of mountains , and the breezes from the west being softened by coming over an immense extent of sea , the climate is as mild as it is in the country east of these mountains four or five degrees to the southward . Langsdorf describes the country on the southern limit as the country of oranges and figs , of Tcrdure , health , and fertility . ~ We scarcely remember to have seen more sober pictures of a desirable country than those drawn by him of that region ; they correspond with the accounts of Lewis and Clark , as well as those of other travellers who have explored it . When the intelligent and intrepid adventurers just named left the country , in

      March , and in the latitude of Montreal , thepraaaes were in blossom , and the forwardness of the season seems to have corresponded with that ot North Carolina at the same time . The winters are rainy , and some parts of them severe . In 1805 Lewis and Clark descended theColumbla river from tbe mountains to the Pacific , and spent the winter on its shore . They returned by the same river to the mountains , and most of the exact Information that we have respecting the country is derived from them . A settlement of fur-traders , called Astoria , was established here , together with a military post called Port Glassop , or Fort George . As may be supposed , the scattered inhabitants of the waste are comparatively few , and of a daring and lawless character . Some are allured by the profits to be derived from the pursuit of the chase ; and others by the congeniality of such a life with a reckless and adventurous spirit . The number of Indians of the different tribes is estimated at 140 , 000 . —< 7 fooe .

      A Pamect of Dwarfs . —Judging from the success of General Tom Thumb ' s visit to our shores , one may reasonably conclude that dwarfs are not quite so plentiful as blackberries , and yet , at Kisnorn of Applecross , there is a family of that genus , each of them being of less dimensions than , and as proportionate as Tom . Thefather of these pigmies ( John Finlay ) is a poor cottar of the ordinary or middle size , and the mother is rather beyond it . The eldest son , Master Finlay , is upwards of twenty years of age , and stands two feet ten inches in height . The next is a girl , somewhat the junior of Finlay in years , and

      considerably less in stature , and the third , and last , is ahoy , aged fifteen , a , mere pigmy . It is ludicrous to see these little creatures sit around their little dinner table ; but te observe them dance together , reminds one forcibly of the Celtic accounts of dancing elves ( the fairies of the Highlands ) , whose fantastic measures so oft beguiled the wayworn Highlander , as he saw , or dreamed he saw them trip it lightly on the mountain side . Honest John should try his fortune in the south , where wonders always attract , one of the large gentlemen playing the pipe would complete the matter . —Rosshire Advertiser ,

      A Giant Turtle . —Among the most remarkable additions to the fauna of the ancient world , is the colossochelys , whose remains were discovered in the Sub-Himaiayan Hills , by Captains Cautley and Falconer . It is a gigantic fossil turtle , whose length was about eighteen feet , and its . height at least seven . Here was a monster creeping on feet , whose carapace or shell would have formed a respectable dining-room , and whose weight and bulk would have freighted a moderate steamer . Ldvb and SBicira .- ~ An inquest was held on Friday , April 11 , touching the death of a young woman named Ellen Coine , who resided w

      Thomasstreet , Liverpool . She had been keeping company with a labouring man named-Thomas Timlin , and expected that he would marry her ; but having been ioformedthat he had no intention of fulfilling his promise , and was about to xaake off for America , she purchased two ^ pennyworth of arsenic , under the pretence that she wanted it to kill rats , swallowed the poison on Tuesday , when in the company of her faithless lover , and died in the course of the nignt , having previously told him that he . waa to blame for what she haddonei-, Itw 8 a _ tAt ^ thathelmdsedu (! her . ; Thej _ ry : ret _ rneda verdict . of felode se , and the body was interred in the parish burial ground , without the fimeral service .

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      More Horrible Murders. Murder Of A. Chil...

      MORE HORRIBLE MURDERS . Murder of a . Child ai HAiipsi _ AD .--Oh Saturday afternoon , at two o clock , a jury w'as impanelled belore Mr . "Wakley , 'MiP ., at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern , Hainpstead , in the game room in which the inquest was held on the late Mr , Delarue , to inquire into the death of a male child unknown , found murdered , under the circumstances subjoined . —Policeconstable Alexander Mackay , 197 S , stated that , about half-past five o ' clock in the morning of the . 7 th inst . he was on duty in the Hampstead-road , near Shinton ' s Nursery , between Haverstock : terrace and the Load of Hay / and in a ditch passing along the edge of the nursery and the main road he discovered the body of the deceased . It was perfectly dressed in the clothes produced to the jury ; They consisted of

      the usual children ' s clothing , of the finest texture . The flannel was quite new and edged with silk . The under clothing was of fine cambric , audthe cap had a rich lace border . The body was wrapped in two diaper towels , and sewn up in an old dark green child ' s cloak . He conveyed the body to the stationhouse , where it was seen by the surgeon . —Mr . Daniel Gower , surgeon , Hampstead , deposed that when he first saw the deceased its nose was much flattened , and there was mucus issuing from the mouth and nostrils . He had since made a postmortem examination . The umbilical cord had been properly tied , and its appearance , together with other circumstances , indicated that it had lived several days ; the lungs floated , and there was every other symptom to

      prove this . There was no mark of violence on the person or any poison in the stomach . The brain presented a very vascular appearance , and there was a good deal of fluid blood oh , its surface . He . was decidedly of opinion that the deceased had died from some kind ot suffocation , and , from the mucus issuing from the mouth and nostrils , it was his opinion that the suffocation was by drowning . —The Coroner said , after tins evidence , tie thought there could not be a doubt upon the minds of any one that the case was one of wilful murder , although they had no proof whatever of who the parties were that committed it . —The jury acquiesced , and at once returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . —Mr . Wakley then remarked that it was

      a very singular circumstance that they should have a verdict of wilful ' murder again returned by a jury in that room the very day after Hocker had been tried and found guilty of murder , which verdict was also recorded against him in that place . He was in the court of the Old Bailey last night , and heard Hooker ' s statement and the sentence passed upon him , and he could assure the jury that Hocker exhibited all the coolness he displayed when in that room at the inquest ; indeed , he was as unmoved as the table before him . The judge was ten thousand times more moved than Hocker was . He seemed completely bound up in vanity , but he hoped the sense of his awful situation would soon have the effect o £ removing the film from his eyes , and enable him to see his position

      more clearly than he at present appeared to do . COMMIIIAL OF A WlFE FOB POISONIMO HEU HlJSDASio . —Lnfco _ N , Friday . —Another of those shocking acts of poisoning which of late have been of too frequent occurrence in different parts of the country , has recently been brought to light at a small village called Laceby , near Grimsby , in this county , concerning which Jane Bell was yesterday committed to ' Lincoln Castle for trial at the next assizes , charged with the wilful murder of her husband , Edward Bell , by administering to him a certain quantity of deadly poison , called arsenic . The unfortunate ' deceased was a respectable master carter in the village , and the sudden character of Ins death , which took place on the 26 th ult ., he generally being considered

      as having a good state of health , naturally rendered a coroner ' s inquiry necessary . ' Mr . W . Morris , one of the county coroners , opened the inquest on the body , at the Waterloo Inn , in the village , and Messrs . Lappington and Keethly , two surgeons of Laceby , having discovered , after a post mortem examination , and a careful analysis of the contents of the stomach , that the deceased had died from the powerful effects of arsenic , coupled with other very suspicious facts , tending to fix upon the unhappy woman the commission of the shocking act , she was promptly ordered into the custody of the proper authorities . The investigation was then adjourned in order to afford time for the collection of further evidence respecting the tragical event , and on its beine

      resumed it was satisfactorily ascertained that the poison had been administered in arrow-root . Additional evidence was also produced of the accused ' s guilt ; still the jury entertained a doubt , and . even * tually recorded a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . " She was accordingly liberated ; but , from her previous conduct to her deceased partner , which had been spoken to at the coroner s inquest , the authorities were induced to institute further inquiries as to the mysterious affair ; the result of which was the re-apprehension of the woman , and on Wednesday she was brought before the magistrates from Grimsby gaol for examination , charged with having feloniously administered to her husband , Edward Bell , a certain quantity of white

      arsenic . The wretched creature , who is far advanced in pregnancy ( about five months ) , and who : wept bitterly during the proceedings , declared at the outset of the examination , her complete innocence of the awful crime imputed to her , ejaculating frequently" I am clear of my husband' s death . I did not cause it . The witnesses' statements were very lengthened , and were of the same nature as those sworn to before the coroner . Mr . Horace Watson , a druggist , living in the same village in which the shocking affair happened , deposed , however , to some very important facts respecting the occurrence , and which will go far to strengthen the suspicion entertained of li ^ r guilt He stated that the prisoner , a short time previous to her hiisband's ^ the deceased ' s ) death , purchased a quantity of arsenic at his shop , for the purpose , as she stated , of killing vermin ; but which , for reasons alleged by her , was not used , but thrown

      away . Mr . W . Pearsall , a consulting chemist , of much experience at Hull , clearly proved the deceased ' s death to have resulted from arsenic . Altogether the witnesses strongly attached guilt to the accused . On being called upon for her defence , she replied that she had nothing to say . She was as free from causing her husband's death as the unborn infant which she bore . Respecting the poison , she said that she procured it solely to destroy . vermin , and not for any other purpose . The Bench informed her that so conclusive were the facts , elicited from the several witnesses ) that they ( the magistrates ) were in duty bound . to commit her for trial , on the charge of having caused her husband ' s death . She wept bitterly , and again declared her entire innocence . She was then conveyed to , Grimsby gaol , and on the following day was conveyed to the Castle prison of the city , to await her tl'iali

      Supposed Murder at Laversiock ,. near Saushubt . —On Wednesday evening last as a man named Thomas , of Culver-street , Salisbury , a drainer , was at work in a meadow close to the river Bourne , and also to the new . bridge at Laverstock , he discovered the body of a female lying in a water-course , in which the water was not more than six inches deep ; but the mud was two feet deep . The body presented a sad spectacle , and was much swollen . The head had neither cap nor bonnet on it , and her long black hair was in a state of great disorder . On one of her cheeks there was a mark like a tumour , while the other presented something like a sear . The right shoulder exhibited marks of considerable violence , as though she had been beaten with a stick or club ; the thighs also presented marks of violence . The

      deceased had on a very dark printed gown , black stockings with white tops , and leather boots . The discoverer , Thomas , having procured assistance , conveyed the body to a neighbouring- bam , which was soon surrounded b y a vast number of persons . The parochial authorities immediately communicated with the coroner , R . M . Wilson , Esq ., who having satisfied himself that deceased was a stranger , and a travelling woman , dispatched the police and city beadles to the Mendicity House , and other lodginghouses at Salisbury , to procure evidence of her identity , which being done , the coroner held an inquest at a blacksmith ' s house named Munday , a constable of the place . The first witness who was examined was the man Thomas , who found the body . The

      other witnesses were the landlord of the White Lion , Ivy-street , Salisbury ; a Mr . Newman , and Sarah Rose , his late servant , from whose evidence it appeared that deceased was the same person who was the wife of , or who cohabited with an old man named Woolford , who travelled the country with a learned pig , and a donkey ;• that Woolford , some few weeks since , called at the White Lion , and took lodgings for lnmself , saying he was a single man . When , however , he came a second time , he brought with him a young woman about 18 years old , and a girl about 14 years , whom , strange to say , he slept with at the White Lion . The same evening , the deceasedand her "lost boy , " arrived , who slept together , and in the same room ( on the floor ) as did the man and two females ! That Woolford and the deceased were not on good terms ; but although they had frequent bickerings , they were chiefly in a subdued tone . That the witness Rose had been told by the deceased

      what an unhappy life she lived ; and this witness had heard Woolford say— "It was high time such an old was put out of the way . " It further appeared , that on Sunday , the 16 th of March , Woolford left the White Lion about seven o ' clock in the evening , and shortly afterwards the deceased left witheutsher cap or bonnet , and never afterwards returned . Woolford , however , after the White Lion was closed that night , came back , when the landlord said , '' -Where is your wife ? " and he replied , "She had , either drowned or hung herself , he supposed . " Fronvthat period no one seemed to inquire where deceaaed . was , not even Woolford himself , with the-exception of once , when he remarked to _ the ^ landlord ' s S ervant , ' that he had been looking for -his wife at all the lodging-houses , but could not find her ;• and also the fact , that the witness Rose had , on more than one occasion , inquired of ^ Woolford and the . eldest daughter where the deceased could be , but got no reply . In consequence of these and other suspicious facte the coroner adjourned the inquest till Monday next , at

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      three o clock . / The body of the unfortunate woman presents a ghastly spectacle . ! . ' - •¦ '¦ ; > : Saiisburt ,: Four o ' C-OCK Apprehension of Woo Li'onn . —Woolford was brought through this city , in the custodyof ^ police-constable No . 28 , who apprehended him at . Martini -Woolford . appeared much concerned , - and remarked to another constable , who met him at Salisbury , that "this was a pretty kettle of fish . " He was conveyed to the police station at Wilton , to await the adjourned inquest on Monday next .

      COJOIIITAl OF WOOIFORD OK A CnAROEOF MuKDEB . —Salisbury , Tuesday . —An extraordinary inquiry into the above case was held on Monday and Tuesday . It appeared from the evidence that on Palm Sunday the woman left Newman's house abrup tly , the man being then absent . Ah hour after this time two or three witnesses met a man and a woman , the latter being a few yards in advance , going at a quick pace down the road towards Laverstock Bridge . One of them stated that , as she passed , she heard the man say , " I'llbe if Idoht . " They believed Woolford to be the man . Another witness deposed that he , twenty minutes afterwards , saw Woo lford standmg on the bridge alone , looking into the water . Woolford , it appeared , returned to the inn at ten o ' clock , and then several times afterwards he said he believed the old woman had drowned or hune herself . Hcand

      his family remained in the city for some days afterwards , and it appeared that he had made several inquiries about his wife , stating always that he believed she had committed suicide . The medical evidence went to prove distinctly that there were no external marks of violence on the body , and that . 'the death was occasioned by drowning . The prisoner stated that he was not near the spot on the night in question , and that his wife was out of her mind , and had several times attempted suicide . ' This latter assertion his daughter , on being examined , denied . The inquiry terminated at midnight on Tuesday in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Woolford , who was thereupon committed to the county gaol for trial : He is rather a fine man , and is 67 years of age , but looks much younger . It is believed that he and his wife were formerly members of an equestrian company .

      Another Child Murder . —On Wednesday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , as the' gravedigger connected with the burial-ground of the chapel-of-easo to the parish of St . Mary , Islington , In the Holloway-road , was going into the ground to pursue his employment , his attention was attracted to a large-sized garden-pot near the railing adjoining the road . On going up to it he found the top covered over with a piece of rag , and on its removal , crammed into the garden-pot , he discovered the body of a remarkably fine newly born male infant , wrapped up in some old pieces of calico and linen . From the appearance of the body there is but little doubt the child had been subjected to violence , producing its death . The body was placed in one of the vaults of the chapel , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest .

      Murder in the Corair Waterford . — On Monday Thomas Denehy , Esq ., county coroner , held an inquest on view of the body of a man named James Mullany , who was found murdered on the public road at Templemichael , in this county , within two miles of Toughal . From the evidence produced , a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the jury against a person named William Trihy , who was arrested on Monday night , and fully committed to the county gaol to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes . —Waterford Mail .

      Colliery Accident . —A fatal accident occurred on Thursday last , at Thornley Colliery , in the county of Durham , through the inattention of the man whose duty it is to stop the engine when the cage or corf , in its ascent , shall liave reached the top of the shaft ., A cage , containing nine men , was ascending the pit , when instead of being stopped as soon as it had reached the bank , it was raised to the top of the crane or beam , with which it came forcibly in contact , and two men were thrown out and precipitated down the shaft ; the other seven clung to the cage , and were preserved from impending danger . The two who were thrown out were of course dashed to pieces . —Newcastle Journal

      . Sudden Death of the Marquis of Downshire . — Dublin , Apbil 13 . —Yesterday morning the Marquis left Gresham ' s Hotel , where he had been stopping a few days , previous to joining the Marchioness in England , and proceeded to inspect his estate at Blesington , on the border of the county of Wicklow , according to his annual custom . The noble Marquis appeared in the enjoyment of the best health and spirits . He was accompanied by his agent , Mr . Oweh , with whom he paid a visit to Mr . " Armstrong , of Kippure , one of his lordship ' s tenants , with whom he lunched . The interview was of the most cheerful character , and when his lordship was leaving , he ex-Eressed his delight at the improvements which he ad observed around him , and his hope that , when

      he should call again , he would be able to congratulate the ' surrounding gentry on the result of their exertions to improve their property and under-tenants , as he then did Mr . Armstrong . His lordship then left , on his return to Blesington , ' and desired Mr . Owen to ride on before him , and collect the Brocken tenantry together , that he might address them , according to his habit . That gentleman started forward , and had not proceeded more than a few hundred yards , when he turned round , and was shocked to observe his lordship lying oh the ground , and the mare which he rode trampling upon him , He returned to the scene of this calamity , and raising the

      noble Marquis , inquired if he' was hurt , but his lordshi p was quite insensible ; he groaned slightly and expired . Mr , Owen returned to Mr . Armstrong ' s , procured assistance , and had the remains'of the lamented nobleman brought to that gentleman ' s house , where they remain awaiting the coroner ' s inquest , which will be held to-morrow . The noble Marquis was in tke'dfth ' - year of his age , being born in 1 Y 88 ; but he didnot look near so old . His habits were conducive to health . His lordship ' s eldest son , the Earl of Hillsborough , succeeds to the title ; He is oneof the representatives for the county of Down , in which there will be a vacancy by his elevation to the House of Peers . ¦ ¦ ¦;• ' . .

      The Shapwick Murders . —Sarah Freeman , the perpetrator of the hideous murders at Shapwick , will be executed on the 23 rd . On being removed . from the dock , theprisoner broke but into furious invectives against the witnesses , the Jury , and the Judge , deprecating , in coarse terms , the sentence pronounced upon her . Since her trial , under the solemn counsel and due admonition of the chaplain of the gaol , she has better adapted her conduct to the fate which inevitably awaits her . —Bristol Journal . C 0 XMK 6 In Gaoi ,. — During the last few days an extraordinary eclaircisiemeni has taken place , from which it has , been discovered , that an illegal mint was for some time' actually established and regularly worked within the heart of ' our city prison ! It will be in the recollection of most of our readers that at

      the January quarter sessions a man named Patrick Ronan was tried for having base coin in his possession , and ' sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in our city gaol . A prisoner gave information that he had seen Ronan , with another prisoner named Russell , a private of the 4 th Dragoons , undergoing sentence of confinement for a robbery , engaged in coining . On Thursday an examination was made ol the prison , and in the apartment termed the men ' s dayTroom the entire coming apparatus was discovered concealed , apparently in so hurried a manner , that it was evident it had been in use but a few moments before the appearance of the constabulary up » n the scene of action . A quantity of counterfeit silver coin was also found upon the person of the prisoner Ronan . —Kilkenny Moderator .

      Hocker s Conduct since his Condemnation . — After the conviction of Hocker he was removed in an exhausted state to the cell in the prison yard . He was received by the deputy governor , Mr . Wright , who had humanely directed some tea and toast to be in readiness for him . These he partook of with much avidity , and gsateMly & tlsaovAedge _ fcW attention of the deputy governor . In the course of the evening he was visited by M . Davis , the ordinary , and exhorted to . penitence and prayer . Kitman , one of the officers , sat ' up with Hocker during the night , which was passed by the wretched man in sound sleep . On Saturday morning he awoke about seven o ' clock , and ate a hearty breakfast "; but , although he manifested . much hnuness , his . spirits were evidently subdued by the solemn warning of the judge to prepare to meet his Maker . In the earlypart of the morning he was visited by Mr . Sheriff Sidney , who had a lengthened interview with him in

      the presence ot the deputy governor . At this meeting Hocker for the first time betrayed emotion , and he wept loud and bitterly . It . is stated that his feelings were , overcome on reference being made to bis family , ami that he made no allusion to the murder of the unfortunate man Delarue . , The details of the interview are , however , for obvious reasons , withheld . During the day he was repeatedly visited by the rev . chaplain , who has supplied him , with several religious books . Mo ' is represented to "be quiet and respectable to tho ofliccrs , and a young man of more than ordinary Intelligence in conversation . The Biugulai'ly-wriUou ntatoment which he read on his trial hae Weil hl ^ ju-huiipal occupation . since his confinement in NVtf «» u > . ' He has devoted several hours daily to ivamiug his defence , which he invariably drW out' in shorthand characters , which were traiis oribedahd reduced into the form in which it has been presented to the pubkV

      .-Hobbibls Rksults . from ; Liqooa . — , On St . Patrick ' s eve at Quincey , Massachussets , three men ; Irish labourers on therailroad , visited the rum shop of a Mr . Perry of that : town , and a quarrel . arose between Perry and : the men ; Perry ! followed them some distance and . ^ shot two of . them dead uv the road with a double-barrelled gun .. ; Another gun . was procured , and the third man wounded in the cheek . A coroner / a jpry returned ; a verdict of wilful murder . Perry ^ has been arrested , . ; The : , third nwri ^ hot ' . died ofhis . wound ^ on ihies day . / Tho murderedmenwere ^ amwStepleton , Patrick Stapleton ( brothers ) , and Mr . Dowlan , all natives of Ireland . The ' rum-seller and murderer is a native of New England . - ^ York Sun . . <

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      A Family of Felons . — ''Ah old inhabitant' of Presteign , in Radnorshire ) has sent to the Hereford Journal a statement that a family of the name of Bowenj ' of the parish , of Berguildy , in ; the county' of Radnor , have been a family long known as living chiefly by plunder , and were always a terror to the neighbourhood . ' There areatpresent ; in Presteign gaol five of this family , namely , Francis Bpwen , sen . j under sentence of twelve months'imprisonment for stealing a ' quantity of oats ; his'wife and son are under sentence of transportation for ten years each , for oheepstcalirig ; William Bowen , brother . of the first named Francis Bowen ; and his son , William Bqwen Jones , are undergoing four months' imprisonment each ; and a son ^ and nephew of the same Francis

      Bowen , namely , Morgan Bqwen arid . Richard Chandler , were severally transported , within the last twelve months , from Presteign . : The sister of this Francis Bowen , a remarkably fine woman , was after three days ' trial before Mr . Justice Harding found guiltv of forgery , and sentence of death passed upon her , the offence being at that period ( thirty years ago ) capital , and the law being almost invariably allowed to take its full effect . She was a respectable farmer ' s wife , living in the parish of Presteign , and great excitement was manifested in the town and neighbourhood . at the occurrence . Everything was done in her favour by petition to the Crown for a commutation of the sentence . In tho mean time , and before the warrant for the execution came down , the

      friends of the condemned woman assembled one very windy night , and placing a long ladder at the back of the gaol wall , let down some of the party by a rope into the court . These silently removed the large stone steps which led down to the condemned cell where she was confined , and drawing her to the top of tho wall , she descended the ladder and got clear off . The rescue occasioned a great sensation , and the governor was dismissed from his situation . Time passed on for three years , and nothing was heard of the woman thus rescued from the gallows . In the interim the punishment of death for the crime of forgery was in some cases abolished , and about the expiration of the period just mentioned , the convict was again taken at Birmingham , and brought back to Presteign . Sentence of death was then commuted into transportation for life , and she was removed to

      Woolwich and sent out of the kingdom . Peter , brother to Richard Chandler , both being sons of the above woman , was transported for life from Presteign seventeen years ago . — Cambrian . Pocket Picking . —On Saturday last , a gentleman who was proceeding by the half-past four o ' clock afternoon train from Glasgow to Ayr , had his pocket picked of £ 410 in bank notes , andaletterof credit for £ 9 . The gentleman , who is traveller for a manufacturing house in Ayr , had collected the sum , or the greater part of it , in Glasgow during the day , and he is sensible of having his pocket-book , containing the monov , in his possession immediately before taking out his ticket at the Glasgow station . The traveller , we understand , carried the money in his coatpocket , and it is surmised that he was deprived of it in the crowd while obtaining his ticket . —Glasgow Herald .

      Cruelty to a Child . —At the Surrey Sessions , on Monday , Elizabeth Ross , a woman of respectability , and widow of a major in the army , was indicted for cruelty to a female child of six years of age . The evidence went to show that the prisoner had taken the child under . her care with the view of adopting it as her own . She , however , nearly starved the child ; and on witnesses being examined , she was found " Guilty , " and sentenced to imprisonment for six months . ¦ Dublik , April 14 . — Attempted Murder . —A correspondent , writing yesterday from the neighbourhood of Borrisokane , county of Tipperary , says , "With feelings of no ordinary description I have to inform vol ofa miirnorous attonmt at assassination .

      which took place in this ill-fated locality on yesterday evening , at about eight o ' clock , on the person of Dr , Hobbs , a most unoffending individual , who was waylaid by three ruffians , on his return from a professional call at Mr . Talbot's , of Brookfield , accompanied by Mi-s . Hobbs , whose heroic conduct , under God , saved the life of her husband , who received four dangerous wounds , and was thrown into a bog-hole . Mrs . Hobbs also received a severe blow on the head , and several others ofa less dangerous character ; but having grappled with the bludgeon with which the ruffians attacked her , in the effort to extricate it the

      horse dashed forward , by which he lost his hold of her . M ^ . Hobbs then set off towards Borris at full gallop , alarj ;\' ng the people as she passed by her cries for assistance , which . conclude caused the assassins to decamp before they their carried purpose into full effect . On the arrival of Mrs . Hobbs here Mr . Falconer , of Rodeen , andhis ' sons , went to the place of attack , where they found the poor victim alive , but nearly senseless , after having just crawled out of the bog-hole . The scene of this outrage was the very spot on which Dudley , the bailiff , was shot about 16 months back , and is about half a mile from Rodeen .

      Robbery at tbe Briobiok Union Bank . —A daring robbery was effected on Saturdary morning at this Bank . Two ladies went into the bank for money , about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , and one of them drew £ 200 , and the other about £ 30 . Both left together ; in a few minutes they returned , and stated that their purses were not in their pockets . Accompanied by Mr . Eardley Hall ( one of the partners in the bank ) the parties immediately repaired to . the town-hall , and laid the facts before the police . Suspecting the thieves to be from the metropolis , Mr . Chase , the chief officer , started for London by the next train . It appears that a man , whose appearance had excited the suspicion of the stationclerk , had driven ud in a Brighton fly , and had taken

      his seat the moment before Mr . Chase made his appearance . A few minutes after the departure of the train a second fly drove up to Hassocks-gate station , and the occupant appeared much chagrined at missing the train . Both these parties paid the drivel's some shillings more than their fare , which circumstance , combined with that of the men driving from Brighton to the first station on the Hue , instead of coming the whole distance by the rail , produced a belief that they were the thieves . It is supposed that the pickpockets either took advantage of the crowd to commit the robberies in the bank itself , or that they noticed where the money was placed , and then following the ladies into the street , took an early opportunity of making themselves masters of their purses .

      Suicide at . Devonport . —On Thursday , the 10 th inst ; , Mr . John Bowhay , of , Brunswick-terrace , Stoke , committed suicide by hanging himself in a washhouseat . thefoot of his garden , where he went about eight o ' clock in the evening , as was supposed , to feed . Tub rabbits . Mrs . Bowhay . was attending divine worship at the time . ; The deceased , who had no children , for many years carried on an extensive ironmongery trade in Devonport , and having realized a moderate property , retired , to Stoke . His mind had been of late in a state of ^ despondency , greatly increased a month since by the accidental loss of several lives alongside a Colstock steam-boat , in which he held shares . The inquest on Saturday returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      " The Sack . " rs Realwy . —The town of Stratfordon-Avon was disturbed on Saturday last by a procession of a grotesque character . Two men , almost in a state of nudity , each being covered onl y byabag , with holes for the head and arms , and escorted by a policeman , went through the chief streets , and were finally deposited in the station-house . The two fellows had been lodged the previous night at the receiving-house of the Mendicity Society , and in order to obtain fresh clothes had torn their old ones entirely to shreds ; but they were doomed to disappointment , merely having " the sack" given them as a substitute . On their being brought before the magistrates on Monday , they were sentenced to two months' imprisonment . —Worcester Journal .

      L SAUiNQ-noiT Cab 9 Vj _ d«—Fatal Accident . —On Monday , afternoon , about half-past four o ' clock , a small sailing-boat , containing six persons , was proceeding up the river off Lambeth Palace , with the wind blowing almost a hurricane at the time , when a sudden squall blew her right over and immersed the whole of the party in the stream . Two watermen , named Shelton and Kitley , - belonging to Lambeth-stairs ( with the usual promptitude of their fraternity whenever accidents occur ) , ' immediately put off in their boat , and , with the assistance of others , rescued five of the sufferers and iromedifttely conveyed them ashore ; but one'man , who , it is believed , was entangled in- the mam-sheet , was drowned . His body was p icked up about an hour afterwards by a Lambeth dredgerman . The deceased was Mr . Golding , jun ., polisher , of No . 36 . Kingsgate-strect , Holborn . ' -

      . lNQUEST . —On Wednesday Mr . Carter held an inquest on the bod y of Mr . John Henderson Grieve , of Maizmore-squarc , Peckham , artist , father of Messrs . Grieve , the scene-painters , who was found lying in the street , and taken to the Lambeth policestation , who , it was supposed , had been intoxicated , but it turned out that he was in an apoplectic fit , and he died in a short time . It was shown that the deceased was a remarkably abstemious man , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . Melancholy and Fatal Accident . —Early on Saturday morning , Mr . Adam Johnston , wine-merchant . St . Andrew ' s-sauare . left Edinburgh to moot

      a friend near Sonth Queensferry , and to have a day ' s fishing in that neighbourhood . He was returning home on foot in the evening , and -had got so near home as opposite Barnton Quarry , whenhe was over ^ taken b three gentlemen in a double-seated gig ,- who invited him to take a drive into the city . ' This invitation ho unhappily accepted , for he-had not been longseated when the horse rah off . Mr . Johnston seems to have determined on detaching himself from the carriage , and in doing so leapt out ; but ; in faUing ,. the back of his head came with ! great violence againat the ground , and caused instant death . •' . The other persons -were soon after ,. thrown out ; one of them was severely injured in the head , but the other two escaped with only sli g ht bruises , —jEdinburgh Advertiser .

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      Dreadful Accident from xua Bursti . vo 0 . Bomb-shell . —Mr . Edward Duval , iron rail , U'V facturer , No . 102 , Charlton-street , purchased , yeT day , in connection with Mv . Luke Tovboss , j »„ about nine tons of bomb-shells , balls , and old iron that had arrived in a sloop from Staten Island . TW were ; taken to the establishment in Charltou-str e' / and one of the shells was suspected of being WJ Mr . D .. took off the cap , and was in the act of dra * ing the powder , when the shell exploded , instanu " killing Mr . Duval and two other persons , and hw ing two or three others , and also killinga horse . Tb » other persons killed were Mr . AaronPierce , a j „ Z mason , and Mr . Richard Broderick , brother of JfJ ? B ., corner of King-street . Mr . Picrcehad gonetoti ,

      establishment ot Mr . Duval on business , and i » , sitting in lus waggon talking with him when the ev plosion took place , killing both the parties , jl ; Broderick was passing down on the other side of tho street at the tune . when he was struck by pieces 6 f the shell and literally torn to pieces . Mr . Torbw , occupied a foundry in the rear of the rail factor / and was standing on the side walk at the time of flip explosion . - He received a severe wound on his r ' mu leg , and his head , was somewhat injured . HeS taken , in a carriage , to the house of his father S Liberty-street , and medical aid immediately rendered His wounds are not considered dangerous . Two oithree other persons were more or less injured , —&> Y . Express .

      Dreadful and Fatal Accident at Derb y , «* Nearly six months ago it was our painful duty to record the falling in of a portion of the arch which was then in - progress of erection covering the Any Fleam , in the Morledgc , in this town , and which caused the death of six individuals who were at tins time under it ; arid we have again the mournful task of narrating another fatal calamity which occurred on Tuesday afternoon , and which resulted in the de struction of two persons , and the injury , to a consid er . able extent , of two others ; making a fearful loss of lives oi' eight persons since the commencement of the work . It appears that about three o ' clock Mr . James Sims , the contractor , Edward Sims , his son , and two . persons named Harlow , one an apprentice to Sims ,

      were under the arch , about the middle part , for the purpose of striking the centres . They had been en . gaged in this occupation nearly an hour , when instantly a mass of tho arch , somewhere about ten yards in extent , gave way , and buried these persons amongst the ruins . The dreadful disaster immediately collected a large number of persons to the spot , and measures were without loss of time , taken to remove the pile of rubbish . Several of the borough magistrates and a number of the police were in attendance . After the lapse of an hour the dead bodv of Sims , dreadfully mutilated , was dragged out , and also the body of his apprentice , Harlow , quite de . ld . The other two persons mentioned as luwuw been in ' .

      jured , and who saved their lives by being enabled to get , though with much difficulty , under the sound part of the arch remaining , were extricated . One of them , —Edward Sims , was slightly hurt about the head ; and tho other , Harlow—we presume arclative of the poor boy who was killed—was a good deal bruised about the head and face , though not suffi .. eieiently so to endanger life . There were , we understand , three other persons under the arch , though not where it fell in , and who were consequently saved . This lamentable affair has caused great consternation in the town . This dreadful calamity , as may well be supposed , has reduced the unfortunate widow of Mr . Sims to a state of the deepest distress , and we fear also to one of comparative destitution .

      Extraordinary Case . —A case of a most extraordinary nature has this week been brought to light ia the west-end of the town , which almost exceeds belief . . It appears that on Friday , the 21 st of last month , a woman belonging to Broomlands , who had been indulging in drink , went amissing . After every search had been made , her relatives despaired of ever again , seeing her alive , and the canal was searched on two occasions for the purpose of finding her body . On Monday last , being no less than twenty-four days from her disappearance , some joiners , who were employed in repairins ; a house at the foot of Maxweltonstreet , in Cowieston , were surprised to discover her in an untenanted closet in a most appalling state . Dr . Wilson was immediately sent for , when he found the patient in the last stage of exhaustion , her pulse being almost entirely gone , and her breathing irregular . By cautiously administering restoratives ,

      which she . at first had not the power to swallow , she slowly revived sufficiently to be removed to the house of a relative , where , wc believe , she is now recovering . How she has subsisted for the twenty-four days she has been missing , and howshe was not discovered by those living in the same land , is a mystery . Her own account is that she was unconscious of where she was , but on two occasions she recollects being driven by thirst to go to Cowieston well for a drink of water , but she knew nothing of the time she had been in the closet . The opinion of Dr . Wilson , her medical attendant , is , that she must have gone through a regular course of fever , as he could not account for a person in ordinary circumstances remaining so long without nourishment as she must have done . IBs opinion also is , from the low state in which he found her , that had she been a day laterof being discovered she would have been a corpse . —Renfrewshire Mxtrtiser ,-

      A Wood on Fire . —On Sunday , about ten o clock in the . forenoon , the inhabitants of Kiilaniarsh and . its vicinity were thrown into a state of great excitement , by a report being circulated that a wood called Norwood was enveloped in flames . It appears that one of the servants of J . Alderson , Esq ., of Gannow House , was on his way to Harthill church , when he observed smoke ascending from betwixt the branches of some oaks . On approaching the spot , he discovered that the underwood was in . flames , which were spreading on every hand . An alarm was immediately given to Mr . H . Hoult , of Norwood Locks , on the Chesterfield canal , and by him , with the assistance of a number of boatmen , and the inhabitants who flocked to the spot , the fire was got under , by clearling off a considerable tract of underwood . Upwards of ten acres of splendid oak trees suffered materially from the fury of the flames . How the mischief originated ia , at present , a mystery . —Derby Mercury .

      Agrarian Disturbances in Ireland . —The Longford Journal of Saturday says : — " We regret to state " that a spirit of insubordination is displaying itself along the Shannon , between this county and Roscommon , as the season approaches for employing a large number of hands , on the several works of excavation and clearance of the river from obstructions at Rnskey , Clooneen Cox , Tarmon , Ac . The chief way ia which it has as yet manifested itself is posting a series of threatening notices , to deter the men from working at less than 10 s . a week , whilst the rate of the country ianot over fe ., and the contractors are giving 0 s „ and payment for over hours . " The closing portion of the paragraph , which states that the country rate ofwagesisbut 4 s . aweek , is certainly calculated to enlist sympathy for the labouring classes , who ana subjected to it . Here is one of the notices : — " Notice . —Navies , or tramps , as ye are denominated , and

      country people also , that is working- in the Shannon , or bordering in the vicinity of Ruskey , Notice ye and each of you , that ' s in the work to continue no longer than next Saturday for one shilling per day , as I am commanded by Miss Molly Maguire to forewarn ye of the under-written danger that will befall any person , or persons , that will go contrary to my wages , that I herewith strike out for ye , that ia 9 s . per week , as it is her pleasure , to adhere to your grievances , and grant the above sum to ye . Anv person that works under 9 s ., I will visit him in the course of next week and lodge a brace of balls in his heart , and dislocate him limb from limb without any pitty , or mercy shown to that individual , and pledge ye my word and oath I will fulfil the same with the most rigorous severity , and most courteous reader , believe me I never told alie . Miss Molly Maopire . N . B . —Your end is Death . "

      DesiruciiVe Fra _ in Macclesfield . —On Tuesday morning a most disastrous fire broke out in this town ,, in a large cotton mill , known by the name of the " Bollin Mills , in Brook-street , Sunderland-strect . ihe mill , which was one of the largest in the town , and built entirely of stone , was in an hour and a half from the commencement of the fire levelled to the ground . It seems that the fire originated in the blowing room , on the ground floor , on the north side ; and was caused by the shaft which passes through the room being screwed down too tight , and not being properly oiled . From that cause the wood-bearing that supported the shaft caught fire , and communicated with some cotton wool in the room . In a short time after the alarm had been given the firemen arrived with the engines , and commenced playing on

      the north aide : they began by battering in the window , while the hands in the upper rooms were battering out the windows on the south side to escape from the fire ; thus , the north wind , which was blowing violentl y , quickly spread the fire throughout the whole extent of the lower room and from thence to the upper rooms , and in half an hour the fire was at Its greatest height . The effect was indeed awfully grand .. There was scarcely any smoke j but all was one mass of roaring flame , so bright that the eye could hardly bear it . The heat was so intense as to break the windows of the houses in the nei ghbourhood . . Very fortunately , considerinff the raoid

      progress of the fire , all the hands escaped without injury , except a few that were slightly bruised and cut by breaking and jumping through the windows . Had the wind been blowing either from the east , west , or south , the consequences would have been a trial indeed , j It appeared strange , however , that exactly opposite the factory on the south aide there was an open space , and the north wind blew , the flames into the open space . On every , other side the burning building was-surrounded with factories and houses . The firemen directed their efforts to stop the fire from extending to the surrounding premises which they succeeded in doing . The building and machinery is all insured . :

      Committed to York ^ ., Castle . — -George Naylor , charged : oh the coroner ' s inquisition , held befbue Thos . Lee , Esq ., on the 15 th inst ., with the manslaughter of Samuel Parkinson , at West Arpsley .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19041845/page/6/