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      RlQURtfS . Di Drbadfci . Desiuotion—By Mr Baker , at the SrVorfVorld ' s-end , Mile-end Old Town , on Mary Ann EEasEastham , aged 51 , wbo died for want ofthe common j'jecaecessaries ot life . James Eastham , a boy about 10 [ reatears of age , said he was the snn of the deceased . ItleUe could neither read nor w rite . His fa'her had bbcebcen dead some years . His mother had , ever since tthethe d-ath of his father , obtaineda scanty srb .-isteace bby by making up slop work ; during tbe last twelvcnmomonths bis mother ' s eyes bad faile ' , in consequence nnf rof her constant application to hrr needle , and she was inr-nr-aWe to work any lonier . She applied to the board cofjof guardians of thu Stepney union , who allowed her Itwrtwo shinies week She paid 9 J . per week for

      per . . tthethe sr-ai ! room which the jury had visited in Acbon-Htrttreet . Sienr . ev . During the late severe weather his unsmatber :. mi bfra ? e ! f were frequently without food or leoteoafe , and they suffered much from "told and want , JHiflisi- o'her wasadvind by the neig hbours to go into ttbitbe v . - . lkho-sse . but -efu sed ; and said if she was nsoieonvvn-d to enter the Union it would break her ] heheart . " the coroner asked the boy il he had sufficient foi food * ' £ Lc h ' v replied in the neeative—he never had i enenough- His ' motlirr often used to cry over him , and TKfregret that she could not obtain victuals . fli 8 unimother qaite starved herself , and pavehim the best ishishare of the food she obtained . During the long iwiwintcr , himself and molhcr slept « n the bare bnards , wiwith nothing but an old hearthrug to cover them .

      JHiHis mother frequently crouched up iu a corner of the iroitonm , in a shivering condition , because she cruld inonot obtain fuel . They had not eaten any sort of i mimeat for nine months . Thev considered themselves wewell provided for if they could obtain an ounce of ( ececcoa and one half pennyworth of bread per day . On 1 SiSunday last they bad one herring and a halfpennr-Wiworth of bread , which hia mother shared with him . SIShe always gave him more than she ate herself TThcir prnHpil fare was dry bread and cold water ! B Bis poor mother had frequently complained of ilir . es * di daring the cold weather , and expressed her fears that ilibe could not lire much longer . Ou Sundav last he Ol Observed au alteration in his mother , and thought Sitae was dying . He went out for assistarce , and is when he returned His mother was quite dead . Mr I Horton , surgeon , stated that he was called upon to a attend the deceased . He attributed death to natural

      c causes , accelerated by privations . The jury returned a a verdict accordingly . The coroner handed to the fi foreman of the jury half a sovereign , and desired 1 him to provide for the wants of the boy . The jurv s said it was a melancholy case , and followed up the g generosity ofthe coroner by a small subscription . Fatal Cab Acohest . —By Mr Bedford , on Mond day , at St , George ' s Hospital , on Hannah Mitchell , a aged 41 . The deceased was a fancy toy dealer , in IHieh-street , Kni » btsbridge , and between 9 and 10 -o-o ' clock on tbe night of Saturday week , the deceased ¦ w-w as crossing the Knightsbridge-road , when she was , nrnn over by one of Hansom ' s patent cabs , and the off wwhee ! passed over Kr chest . She was picked up in aa s < nseJess state and conveyed lo the above institutition , where she expired on Thursday last , fromsnffoccati n cau * ed by internal hemorrhage . Verdict . •¦•• Accidental death . "

      Fatal Accident . — By Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s IHcHpita ! , on Henry Bier * , engine- ; lrive , at Buddie ' * steteim saw mills , Ironsatc wharf , Haddington . On SSunday nisbt decea * ed bad don ^ what is called "" b : «« rin 2 tUe « H ) i ! er " -tbat i ? , burning the water coat by the steam into the «• > toko hole , " where a well receives it . Th * otter men had departed , and odecea * ed was ab nt to f .. ll .. wthent up a ladder , when Ihe fell back into tho boiling water . lie was dread ffoVy scalded . nj > d lingered in sreat aeooy until 6 coVlocS : the following morning . Verdict , " Accidental cde-ith . "

      Imtempekasce . —By Mr Waklev , at Bine Posts , xTottenhara-court-road . on Phcebe Douglas , Deceased , twho was excessively addiced to drinking , had had fCharge of the house 14 , Bedford-street , Bedfordlamarc , and on Wednesday evening her husband Sr !«! and tug the bell , but was unafde to make any cone hear , and concluded she was out . On the foiluwiim ; day the assistance of a policeman was obtained , and a pane of glass taken out to open the window , sand upon a search being made , deceased was lyins idead at the foot of tbe birchen stairs , ! he supposition Ibeing , that she had fallen there whilst cseessively ' in-Jbristed . Verdict , ' * Death from hard drinking . " Suicide of a Polish Nobuiux . —On Saturday thefrre C . C . Lewis , Esq , at the Crooked Billet

      WWford , on Mr H . Poznanski , a native of Poland , and * nchlcman o f that country ; who committed sttiseidfl by shooting himself through the head . From the evidence ofthe father of the deceased and other witnesses , f » r some time past the deceased bad been in a Dow and desponding state of mind , caused hy being red iced from affluence to dreadful distress . On Sun * ( day morning he left home , and between twelve and ( One o ' clock on that day the report of a ' -istol was heard i ? Roping Forest , between Chic well andWcodford- When some persons proceeded to the spot , thev found the deceased lying upon the ground with

      blood flowing from his mouth , and by his side a pistol , recently discharged . He was removed to the Crooked Billet , whore a surgeon attended , whofmicd that deceased bad put the pistol into his ni'iuth and fired , tbe bill passing through the larynx and lodging in tbe neck- Although so seriously injured , ttie-dcceased lingered until Wednesday , when he died . All tha- wasfound on bis person were two dupiicates , aha ! fpenny , a pair o f ( doves , and a letter , addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart , thanking the neb ' e lord for the part he had taken in trying to obtain the regeneration of Poland , which he ( the writer ) despaired of seeing ever carried into effect .

      Focsd Dbowseb . —On Tuesday before Mr . Carter , at tbe White Lion , Rotberhiiiie , on the body of a man , who was found off the Il'irseferry , in tbe river , and had apparently been a chip ' s carpenter , fle had not been owned . —Mr . Gardner , the constable , explained to the coroner the new syst * m adopted fey the Police Commissioners respecting dead todies . They had given orders to their men , that whenever a b . < dy was found , the earliest information should be aent to Scotland-yard . Printed notices were then to be forwarded to all the station-houses within tbe power of the commissioners , and the notice posted on tbe out-side , so that persons missing a relation would have only to go to the station-bouse , instead ot trarelliag miles abaut . —The * c onraer said there were two sussestions he would throw out , which would

      m ? ke this excellent plan complete . __ It was that the parish constable should afco sen i information , and that if parties left a description ot a person at the principal office , they wou'd send word back when such a body was found . Relatives would not theu die . as thev do now by hundreds yearly , without kn' - wing what had become of parents , sisters , or friend-i . After again recommending tbe new system , he h oped it would have the tatfet & nce < sf thepreis tt ? rive it publicity . „ ,, .-. Db » th bi Fatuso * bou a Trke . —By Mr Carter , on Tuesday , at Balaam hill , on a lad ten years of ase , the son of C . Searle , E > q ., who on the previous Thursday morning last fell from a tree in the scboolpl » v cround at Balbam , and received a concussion of the -r * in , of which he died the nextday . Verdict , — * Accidenial death . "

      The Latb Collision ox the Thames —On Tue sday the adjourned inquest cu the two men found in the scboojifr Rose , which was sunk by the Victoiia ¦ tcjtir-ship off Hole Haven , was resumed . The principal witness examined was John Church , a bargeman , of Sheerness , who saw the accident ; He said the scho-jner was moored in the usual place , and out of danger ; and that the steamer was out of her course , a ? ships of that size never went so near the land . He said that had a proper look-out been kept on b nrd cue Victoria tbe collision would be avoided , as be yaw no vessels in the way to prevent her going dear o- the schooner . The inquiry was again

      adjou-n ~ d . Fatai . FAU . ? a <« a Wixdow . —On Wednesday , by Mr Bedford , at St . George ' - ^ Hospital , « t « II . Manby , aged 18 , apprentice to Mr Bennett , Up-pcr Berkeleystreet , Portraan-squarc . On tbe afternoon of the 17 th ult ., deceased vas sent to clean tiie back attic window at 59 , Upper Berkeley-street , and whilst so employed , a small iron balcony , fixed t-n the outside , on which ho was standing , gave way from the brickwork , in consequence of the pasts having rotted , and he was precipitated on to a lead flat , a depth o nearly fifty feet . lie was conveyed to the above in stilutioii , where he died on Monday from injury to the brain . Verdict , ** Accidental death .

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      A Bci * n ? a Cms * Saor . —As a drover was driving a herd cf bulb-cks up the City-road , toward * Islington , the attention of one of the animals was attracted >< y the red shawl of a lady i short distance in advance of it , and to which it instantly gave chase . The lady fortunately perceived her danger before it became too imminent , and faVl precipitately into tbe shop of Air . Berry , a glass and chinaman , at the corner of Featherstone-street , through which she » n into the back parlour , and there sank down in a Bute of exhaustion . The door was instantly closed , ! but only ju « t in time to save tbe Ia ^ y , fur the bullock was so close in pursuit of her that it was through the shop and entering the parlour when the door was shut in ite face . Mr . Berry , who happened to be behind his counter at the time , in great consternation at the inevitable destruction of his fragile wares , seiied the first implement he could lay his hands ' on , and began to belabour the unwelcome intruder over the head and sides with great vigour ; but , us this course was certain to involve an extensive daroa-e to the crockery , which was strewn about the ' ^ flo or ; n profusion , he desisted , at the vehement intreaties of the drover , and tbe animal , glad to escape from such a hearty reception , turned itself round and , appirently picking its way amongst the -plates , pans , and dirhes , walked back ajain into the ttreet . without the fracture of anything . The lady shortly after recovered sufficiently * to proceed to her own rv = idence , but the singular intrusion of tho bullock created such excitement ia the neighfcunrhood , that the scene of it was surrounded for some tinio after ny a mob of persons , whom it was found uitimaK ly necessary to disperse with the assi .-ta & ce 01 the police from the staticn-house adjoin ;* . " .

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      LANCASHIRE . Reckless Cosdpct op an EKOixn-DRiVEn . —A fnw day since , an alarming and very tenons accident occurred on tho Leeds and Manchester line oi ra-lwuv from the recklessness of one of the engine drivers . Samuel Wragg . The Yorkshire express iwin which left Manchester at five o ' clock on Wednesday evening , was an unusually heavy train , the hair-yearly general meeting ofthe companv being hold that day at Manchester , and by that train a larao number of the proprie tors resident in the northc-n parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire were returnin-4 home . Wraga was stationed on the line in charge ofthe Mersey engine , to give assistance to iK-avy trams , and he followed this train , but his instiuctions from the management were ( thotesencraJly

      srivt n to all drivers so employed ) on no account to » f [ uracil a train so as to touch it , and not to render assHance tm ' ess signalled to do so by the gua < d « -f such train . In that case it « r « uW be his duty u > f ¦ - !• 1 > w until a siding presented the opportunity for his •• nsine to be coupled in front . But in this that was unnecessary , as the train wasjioingat 20 miles an h > ur , and would not require assistance . In del an : c ol the- > e instructions , however , this man drove his engine at an extraordinary speed after the express train , and though he was siuna'ised by Mr . Rces , the clerk ofthe Middleton station , as be passed it , that there was a train a-hcad , aud to use caution , which si ' -iial he acknowledged in the usual maimer , he never shut off his steam , butdashedon three miles and a half further , and ran into tho express train

      wiib such violence as to smash three carnages . The c illision is reported to have been fearful ; but tii-. Migir many passengers received bruises by being thrown from their seat * , there was no loss of life or limb , —a circumstance almost miraculous . The train is said to have contained nearly 300 passengers . TUeeni'ine-driver , on reaching Rochdale , absconded , but was taken afterwards by a Manchester policeman , and having been brought to Manchester , he was taken before the county magistrates , for examination on a charge of misconduct , under the 13 th section of Lord Seymour ' s Act . In this examination Mr , Rees stated that the prisoner ' s engine was going at the rate of 60 ' miles an hour when he passed the station , and the signal of caution was displayed , which the prisoner acknowledged by the usual

      return signal . —Thomas Carigan , stoKer on the prisoner s engine , was examined , and admitted that the signal referred to was seen and acknowledged by the prisoner , and he admitted that the speed tbey bad on at the time was not attempted to be diminished either by shutting off the steam or reversing the engine until they were witlisi A 0 O yards of the express train , though they had seen the train waon-itwas three-quarters of a mile a > -head of them- —Mr Hall , the company ' s superintendent conducted theprosecBtion . and urged that the utmcat pnnishmeirt should be inflicted in a case where She neglect and disobedience of orders were so gross » a iu this case ;; and the magistrates committed him to two months'' hard labour—that being the limit under the act which provides ftr the offence .

      CilHSPIKACt AUONGSt WcHHME . " ! . — McKDEROVS Assault—At the Borough Court , a * Manchester , last week , two sawyers ( brothers ); . James and Joseph Jones were charged by Superintendent ! Ltary , witli Committing a most brutal and murderous assault sit a man named Greenwood , also a sawyer , who at present lies so dangerously ill in cor . stquene » , that little or no hopes are entertained of his recovery . Tha whole sf the parties are in the service cf the Manchesteraad Leeds Railway Company :, assawytrs , tbe injured man Greenwood being their forstnan ; and from some cause or other not stated , Greenwood appeared tr > bave incurred the disukep-of the-whole « f the sawyers ai'tinc nnder him . Ou Thintday week , Mr . Ba ^ gs , the company ' s principal superintendent , received a ! ettcr or " round robin" from the whole

      I of the sawysrs in the company ' s service , complaining of the tyranaicai conduct of Greenwood . On Friday , before any notice had been taken of this-letter , Greenwood ,, whilst returning home at about half-pa-1 six o ' clock , was-felled to the eartlr by some person from i > ehind bim , by a terrific b > ow on the- head , which cimpletely knoeked bim senseless ,-and-Trill , it is feared , be the means of his death . Superintendent Leary taid that Greenwood , whoraiie had seen that morninev was in ahighly dangerous condition , and < t might be weeks- before he was able to appear in court . He stated , however , to bias ( . Leary ) . that he was attacked immadiately after passing the gable end o ? ahouse , wkenHiesaw the two Jones ' s standing ; that he was felled to the grot tnd , and rendetcd insensible by several blows on th << headland that some

      person came to his-as-usSaae e , and helped bim into hifrliouxe . Mr , Leary pro luced two surgeons ' eevtiacrues , which stated that che greatest danger was to ba apprehended , aud tbxA the tffects of the blows wire more ot an iaterna ! tic in an external character , and consequently more dang crwas-to be apprehended . Mr Maude asked if any mot ive could be assigned for the commission of such aa ; assault . Superintendent Leary said he had a Iette r in his possession which he had received from Mr . Bad ^ o- ( the round-rob ' ut above-mentioned ); who , uni . brtunately , was not able to be present ; and' that , although he believed it would explain the cwwbw * of the sawyers , yet could not be received as-evidenc e . Mr-Maude : Certainly not . A man who-went . to the assistance of Greenwood produced two-bate , which he found lying near the unfortunate man—oa e of them , it is presumed , belonging to ono of hia assailants , and the other , which was cut to pieces by the farce of the blows ;

      being his own . Mr . Lt jary bad hopes that Greenwood would be able to sj ; eak to having seen this hat before . The policeman also found in a garden close t >» tbe scene of assault , a largo beater made of African oak , and used by sawyers to drive wedges . It ciuld be showa to be the property of the prisoner , James Jmes . Mr Bent , for the prisoners , maintained that nothing had beea proved to implicate them , and they- ought not to be detained ; but Mr Maude said thare was the suspicious fact that thev were , the last persons Greenwood passed just before he was knocked down . Other suspicions attached to them , which Greenwo . otl ' a- evidence might clear up ; but on so serious a charge—a charge that might turn out to be murder ^—he felt he was bound-to detain them . The prisoners , were remanded , in the hope that Greenwood may be able to appear . Mr C . J . S . Walker afterwards accompanied Superintendent Leary to Greenwood ' s house , to take his deposition

      ia writing . ExiRipKDisfABT AFFi ^ ii—In Liverpool last week , a gcntlemau residing in the neighbourhood of Marybone , made an application to Mr ftusht & n . for assistance , under the following circumstances : —A few days ago , some tenants leit a house in Addison-street , Marjbone , and an Irish family took possession . There bad previously been , sx > me deaths by fever in the plaee , and now thsre were the bodies of two children wbo had dicdfroaifever in the house ,, and the mother j was also ill . Au , order had beea got for tho removal

      and interment of the bodies , but she positively refused to allow the bodies to be removed . The applicant wished to know what could be done-, and asked for tbe assistance of the police , as he was afraid the ccutaaioa might aps * ad . Mr Uushton sent for Superintendent Towersun , and stated the circumstances to him , giving him direction to go to the Roman Catholic priest of the district , and get him to u .-e his influence in reconciling the parents to the removal of the bodies . The bodies were to be ( laced in coffins in presence of the surgeon of the district and removed .

      Rc-itaxtic AnvKfTEBE or a Chiu ) . —John Duncan , the son of a respectable working man in Liverpool , having been in Scotland for a few weeks last summer , with his mother and . the rest of his family , contracted a strong attachment for the locality and the friends with whom be resided . Upon his return home he frequently requested his parents to consent to his return , and latterly became so importunate that he had to be cbasli > ed in order to drive the notion from his mind of going to Scotland . Within the last few weeks , unknown to his family , he had accumulated a small stock of breid and money , and on Monday last he might have been seen with two companions directing tbeir course towards the Clarence Dock , inquiring , in the language of our hero , for the "Slot-land boat . " On their arrival at the place of embarkation all the glowing pictures ofthe land of cakes failed to induce bis less courageous companions to so on board , but undaunted , went alone , without

      companion or guardian , a child seven years of age . with the Commodore , bound for Glasgow and Greenock . From the last-mentioned port lie had a further sea voyage to perform of twenty miles . In a lonely mountainous district in the island of Bute , ui > wards of 250 miles from the gas-lighted streets of his native Liverpool , our little voyager in the grey of evening approached the object of all bis longings , a small farmhouse , the inmates of which were gathering round the cheerful fireside , when a knock was beard at the door . When opened , they found to their astonishment their little Saxon favourite of the previous summer , cold , wearied , and hungry ; he received a trulv Hig hland welcome , and soon forgot tbe toils and dangers of his perilous journey . lie breakfasted on the banks of the Mersey en Monday morning , and on Tuesday night he slumbered in the land ofthe Celt . Such is the romance of steam .

      TOIlKSniRB . The LAMiNtABLE Explosioh at Babnsltjy . —The funeral procession of the unfortunate sufferers was nearly a mi ' . o in lenpth . Some were carried in the usual w ly , followed b y their relatives and members of the different lodges to which they belonged . Others wero conveyed oa a dray , to the burial grounds at St . Mary ' s . Barnsley . The number there interred was about forty-f ' jur . Two of the graves were made fo li « ld about eighteen bodies each . There were likewise twf , small graves , for tho remaining eight . The oi ' uor bodies were conveyed to the church yard at Xrdsley , Wortbro ' , Darton , and Tankirsley . Previously to the mournful procession setting out , ? ine whole of the shops in the town were closed , and thousands of people c ntimied to pour into tho town during the day , the majority of ^{ jom were miners

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      from tbe neighbouring collieries , and from Lanca " shiro and Derbyshire . The principal streets through which the funeral procession passed were literally wedged , so much so that many persons were much ii'jured by being trampled upon . Every windew was lijlcd by the respectable portion of the inhabitants , anil iieYer was such a tra « ic scene before exhibited n Barnsley . Tilt ? cheeks of many who were in no wav rdated to the unfortunate deceased * ere wet with tears . During the procession and burial a dumb peal was rung , and added to the solemnity of the scene . As a striking proof of the desolation

      which this fearful occurrence has occasioned , we may mention that in a row of eight houses , near the colliery , seven wives hare been made widows by the fatal event . The proprietors of the colliery have spared no exertion in giving every assistance which tho melancholy event rendered possible , and have done all they could to comfort and console tho widows and children of the deceased , and defrayed the expenses of the coffins and interments . Sermons in reference to the awful occasion were preached in Lcedson Sunday last to crowded congregations ; and , we believe , the subscriptions after the services were considerable . Subscriptions are also afloat in the ( own .

      STAFFORDSHIRE . Thk Lath Explosion at West Bbomwich—An inquest has been held on the bodies of the unfortunate persons who lost their lives by this accident . Snme witnesses inclined to tbe opinion that the mischief w . is caused by on inefficient supply of water to tbe boiler , whilst others intimated that it might have been the result of a defective working of the * ' buoy lever , " which wouM cause a fallacious indication of the quantity of liquid in the boiler , and thus deceive the engineer . A witness swore he had known the boiler left with a depth of water not ex « -eerling three feet six inches ; but sume of the jury expressed an opinion that such an amount of waterway sufficient . The jury returned a verdict of V Accidental Death . " Property to the amount of £ 1000 has been destroyed , and upwards of ninety individuals have been thrown out of employment .

      BKryonusriiRK . PojsoKi . vo . —An inquest was concluded last Satur day , at the General Infirmary , Hertford , on Sarah Ad arra , touching theeiuse of her death . It appeared nhe had been in the service of G . Sharp , Esq ,, of St . Peter ' s , but being taken alarmingly ill , was removed to- the institution above stated , when it was discovered that she was labonrrng nnder the effect * of an irritant poison . The poor girl died on Tuesd : vy morning- It was shown that the dccea > ed was five months none in tho family way , and that she

      had previous ^ borne a child , a yowng man named Howard , an innmon ? fr , of Bedford , bcinp tbe father f that the' deceased had appfied to one Newman , wah had , with the view of prueurimr abortion , rpuned ber < to take , fn "in , a large dose of eantharides ; ami that flowarrJ had reqnesSed Newman to set the e ?? l to rights , and be would be a frsend to him . Tha-jilry ' returnee ? a verdict of "Wilful Murder azaihst Charlea Newman , " andFKe wa ? fully committed ftr trial . The deceased watra flr » e y » ng Woman , onl * 22 years of ape .

      BSHKsnrrfK . Humous CrficuMSTAScB . —Oft Monday morninpy . a v « xen f"x wnsfiiund dead on the lino of tfarDidcat and Oxford branch of tbVGrwit Western i & ilway a

      A ' cmmnt at WiKBWm Castle ; - —A ; very serious accident occurred on Tuesday morning to a person named Rosamon , in ? the employ of ' Mr . Bate , carpenter aiwl joiner to her Majesty ? At seven o ' cloeki a private in the 1 st battalion ofthe Scots' Fusilier Guard ? , on sentry on the eastern terrace of the castle , overlooking the private gardens , heard the groats * of a person in a ?« tate of great paiii and dis * tress ; but fearing to leave his ijost ^ the articles of war . had he done so .-snHectiue him to a * severe

      ptinishtaent ) , hecalledOutmost lustify for assistance . It wan not , however , until nearly * two hours had elnpsod that any person came within h ^ il of the soldier ! He then saw one of Mr . Bate ' s workmen ( several hands being employed in the Red Drawingmom ) , and having inquired if any ofthe men were missine , the whole of the workme-a'were called over , when one , named Rosaaion ; was fmrEcVto beabsent . A search was then made ,. when th » -poor fellow was discovered under the walls of the caalle , apparently in the aconies of deaths . Medicil ' aid was

      immediately called in , his skull waidreadfully ^ fractured ; and lie bad received other injuries . The workmen engaged- in the Red Drawing-room bad to enter the apartment from the outside by meana- of a ladder ; and thence along a plank ^ communicating with the window : and it is supposed that the man , from the slippery state of the plaski , in consequence of the frost , fell on to tha terrace - bel » w > a distance-of between 20 and 30 feet .

      nEADISfl . ; MsUMOIIOLT RESt'LT O ? - EARLT MisC 0 HDL' 8 T :--A young man . son to Mr . Smith ; cleric to the magistrates at Bridgenorth , has been sentenced to ten years'trnnsporttition at Reading assizes , for bavins out the throat of a yoiinc woman with whom ho had cohabited . The prosecutrix , Jane Morris , is a handsome sirl , the daughter of a journeyman glazier of Bridgenorth . A connexion commenced between the parties about four years a-: o ,- in-consi-qUDnoe of which Miss Morris beea ; ie a mother . The prisoner left Brideenorth and went to residaotBury , whither the prosecutrix followed him . He took apartments- in Manchester ,, and the cohabitation was resumed . For some time-he supported her , but at

      lenutbr abandoned her entirely , . leaving her destitute . She endured many privations , and , it appears , had a miscarriage . Meanwhile the prisoner left Bury and went to Reading , where he- had received an appointment in the tax ^ ofnee . A gentleman wbo was acquainted with the prisoner , fcnH the unfortunate girl where he was , and furnished her with means to proceed to him . It- appears-that he had suffered hereto call herself Mrs-Sraitrh and in that name she now took lodgings in Reading . He visited ber as his wife , and again cohabited with ber for a few days , spending the night previous to th * day in question at her lodgings . On tho evening of the 2 Ptb of January she called at his lodgings . She was

      extremely weak , but \ nsvortheic- * B he was very anxious that she should . le * ve the house , and repentedly commanded her to do so . Sha was still suffering from the cansequences of ber recent mishap , and complained of faiutness . He gave her & glass of water . She saidi he oueht , itnowing her weak state , to have ordorad her a cup of coffee . Hotold her that water was-good enough for her , andnjinin commanded her to go . She said she would ' go shortly , ilo rested ; her hand on his arm for awhile , and at length got up , took a . razor , seized her wrist , threw , her back a » ain * t the table ,, and inflicted a daep . wound ovi her tim & , repeating % he blow when ha heard her scream . She fell to . the

      floor , he ranc the bell , and on the lod ^ ini' -itHiso keeper and his wife entering the room , told them that she aad : cut her throat . A surgeon was sent for , the blood was stanched , and the poor girl recovered her speech . On being interrogated she declared that the wound * had beea inflicted by Smith , and every circumstance tended to confirm this vi . w of the ease . The prisoner wa « taken before tbe magistrates , bat they chose to believe the representations of the prisoner , and he was diseliarced . A subscription wa « , however , entered into to eeaule the girl to prosecute , and the case came before a jury at Reading a « sizes , when the guilt of the prisoner was completely established , and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation .

      RSHI . Thb Gano op Cobs Sibalehs . —At the Rochester Quarter Sessions . Mathew Burgess and Charles . Smith , two of the men implicated in the extensive robberies which have been recently committeil in various parts of the Western division of this county , were brought to trial , together with Robert Jenkins , charged with beine an accessory after tho fact . The trial occupied th & greater part of tbe day . Barns and granaries arwnnd the neighbourhood of Rochester had recently been robbed to a considerable extent , access to whicb had been obtained by means of

      skeleton keys , twenty-four of which were foun d in the possession of one of the prisoners , and nn inquiry being set on foot it was found that small quantities of corn had at various times been sold to Cha v lton , a corn faetnr at Slrood , by Gilbert , who has absconded . The ease waa clearly proved against the prisoners Smith and Burgess , and they were sentenced to seven years' transportation . Jenkins , through whose instrumentality tbe principal offender , Gilbert , has for the present escaped , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      DOVKR . Shipwreck . — On Friday morning , about halfpast three the coast guardsman on duty in tho vicinity of Abbott ' s-cliff tunnel observed a vessel ashore on tho ruck * near Lydden Spout-station , lie instantly fired bis pistol , and the chief boatmen with four other preventive men , were soon on tho spot . Though a heavy sea was running at the time , and no part of the vessel ' s hull could be discerned , yet a galley was promptly Jaunchud , in which the fivo men entered , and at tbe most imminent lunavd tif tUeiv lives they pulled for the wreck , which was rcathed

      in safety , and proved to be the brig Henry and Sarah , of and from Swansea , \ ov Newcastle , laden with iion . The hull of the brig was entirely dndcr water , the sea breaking about hall-way up her masts , and the crew , c . nsistiiv ; of the . captain , fivo men , andab :. y , were in tha rigging to which one of th ^ seamen had most huwancly lashed the boy , toprer , ent his beii'g washed , from tho wreck . The tirave efforts ot the , Cor \ fct Guard were svcedily ilirrctod to the rescuing of the unfortun ^ g mariners from tlivir iui > 3 t uerilQUiS situation , ^ ji t , uCir n 0 Bic

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      exertions wore ultimately crowned with signal success—the whole of tbe crew being safely taken from the rigging , and placed in the galley , which effected a safe return to the beach , when no time was lost in removing the shipwrecked seamen to the Lydden Spout-station , where every care and attention that circumstances demanded were assiduously bestowed ; and as the crew were unable to rescue any of their effects , we understand that they will remain at the station until necessary provisions have been made for tlieir removal .

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      MEUTHTR . MunnRR On the night of Monday week a dreadful murder was perpetrated at Merthyr , on the body of a young man about eighteen or twenty years of age The person charged with the offence is a man well known in the Criminal Courts of this county ; he resides in the infamous locality called China or Pontstorehouse , and is well known by the cognomen of the " Emperor of China . " In fact , the fellow has long been the terror of the peaceably disposed inhabitants residing near that part of Merthyr , and is the greatest enemy of the police . Full particulars have not reached us , but we understand that tho inquest on tho body has been adjourned .

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      Riots In Ross-Shire. On Tuesday Week A N...

      RIOTS IN ROSS-SHIRE . On Tuesday week a number of gentlemen ofthe county , including the sheriff , fiscal , Ac ., were seen diving into Invergorden ; shortly after a strange steamer was seen sailing tip the Frith , when it turned ont that she had mi bo . ird 100 soldiers . The object of this was te effect a shipment of corn ; but the mob began to assemble as soon as it was understood what was to be done , and in a very short time thousands of people were parading the streets with large bludgeons . It being reported to the crowd that a neighbouring farmer was coming with corn , away they ran like lightning and turned ( he horses . The soldiers and authorities followed , and did not overtake the mob till they reached ftoskeen . There

      tbey captured some of the mob . They then took down the carts again , surrounded by the ' soldiers , and shipped the corn . The mob , however , watched the carts going hoam , and took the horses ontr brolie the carts , and sent them into the sea . By this time it was dark , and tire crowd was increasing every hour . The soldiers were quartered in a house about SO yards on- the east side of the Inn ; the authorities' were in thej Inn , and the mob were west about tae-hoase . deliberating what they were to do next , when one of the ringleaders got np and made a speech to the people proposing that tfc « y should ! go east to tb « Iim'in a body ' and demand the prisoners , and accordingly they went . When tbey resetied it , none of the eentfemen would- ' come out to speak to them . They then

      smashed in the windows with stones , and tooft a pule and'Battered in thff door' ; ' But the door opeaed so suddenly , that a numSer of the- mob rushed in with force , and they wercsurroundbd in an instant " and marde prisoners of . At the same time trie soldiers came rushing wesV with ancofficer at their head , crying "charge ! " and that dispersed the mob-. in an instant . Jit that time' some additional prisoners were-tak ' ert-. Thath ' nfehed the night ' s work . ! On Wednesday m rning the crowd ' was * greater than ever , and as- much bent on mischief . Tbey were here from all'the surrounding parishes . ? or a long time there seemed to be nothing doing among the authorities ; Wot' towards the' afternoon 1 word was sent to the mob ' that two of Mr- ' Sim's-carts were

      approaching ti ' er village with some empty bags to assist in » hipp ? n'g the- wheat wliicli was I ^ g in a large granary .. This was enough - for trie folk . Away they went ; , and before y « a' could ' say Jack Roboson the carts were omashed , and , together with tbe bags , were thrown into the sea . The soldiers , though a little tt » late , «* re soon iir pursuit .. The Riot Act was read , and Sheriff TaylSw said that they had borne with the-riotersSbr a whole-day in tbrrhope that they would bscome obedient , butthat nowrthey might prepare forthe worst . The red coats ihen marched east ( always accompanied by the crowd ) to

      escort all the CalroBsie oarts-to Ihver ^ orddn . They WQ ve ab «\ ut thirty carts itr alii with trace-howes . They ptrf the carts- 'two-abreast , and marched tilem west , lined ' with solJfers , having screwed bayoneta-nn each side . They were precededand followed by an immense mob , who werehowViwr , yelling , cVe . They marched west as far as the Post-office , and there iumed down to the pier ; When the cavalcade hid got about half way down , some one in the crowd throw a . stone . Immediately the soldiers wheeled round , levelled their haynrieta , andtsharawl , on which the mob dispersed . Tho troops then marched down the carts and shipped the grain ; - ¦

      According to the accounts ofthe Rtit & ihtve AW vcrtisemf Friday last-peace was-restored ' throug h * out the county . LANARKSHIRE ; Gtasoow . —The Dbat > Alive . —About eight or ten week ' s aso , a suicide was committed 'by & female in the water above Hutchesontown--bi'idge . The body was-reenvered a few days afterwards , near-Gdvan . The wifeofa dyer , residing in IIutcheso » town , but who was separated from her husband some years aeo , disappeared about the same time , and tho bodft when discovered , answered the description of tho

      dyers-wife so well , that he-immediately applied to a friendly society , of which ho is a member ^ and obtained-Wie society ' s allowance ( M ) to buryhissuppos & dwile . which he didVith every due solemnity . On MondayJast , while-sitting comfortably at his dinner , wbo bounced iii upon him . buthis own identical spouse whom he buried , as he-supposed , ' eieBt week * apo .. It appears , that instead of'throwing herself'into the Ci ydo * as was supposed , she repaired to aineighboiiring town , where she remained until the date of . her reappearance .. The unfortunat " husband sorely laments his lossy . as he-must now refund the £ i which < he obtained to bury her .

      AVBSHIBE . Ant . —A food riot took place on Thursdays but tho / iMwpnssedofrwith the burning of an . effigy ,, and tfco .-deaiolition of some shop windows .

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      Noanons- Of Thb Famine. The Following Le...

      noanons- of thb famine . The following letter , which has besn . puMl & Jled in 0 ork , gives , doubtless , a faithful picture of-tho progress of famine in the quarter whence itibeass date , The plague , it is-but too plain , has-not- yet been stayed . Bantry , March 2 . Sir , —Destitution , disease , and mortality , are progressing in a fearful ratio . In the weskbefora Jast there wrre seventy deaths in . tae wcrUbiuae , tbe number of inmates being : butC 03 ; This mortality is partly to he accounted fiir-by > tho owar . crewded state of the hospital wards , but principally by the fact tbat . no on * enters th «

      vrorhhouse until . he . is-aearly dead from starvation . In-. a Rrave-jarrl artjoining-the town wns-witnmerl this day . the appalling . speotaoU of 193 cofflns in one pit , nil ilc-. ytisiterl within a . few weeks . A » coffins sanncitho pur- , clmeil for all tho dead , the relief- comoatteu hnre provided thMo coffins , and hired ahorsa sad car with two . attendants to convsj the corpsv * of-thc poor to their reiU ing placet where they are laid shroudless aud coffinltUrno mourner follow ing their remains . I saw threo o £ those who were buried in this manner , in the missmhle hovel whore the ? died . On 009 litter of straw lay . t & e father on- the- other the son , the limhs not strutenod , their © yes unciofed , their hands clasped , and thain lifeless forms croachiug in the attitude in which thqy had 3 ictf three days before .

      Cur social condition is completely disorganised- ; every one ' s occupation is gone—wearers , tailorp , shoemakers , carpL-nters , masons , fishermen , dancing-masters and schoolmastexa , are all ekher employed , or looking for employment on the publte roads ; most of ' the dressmaker * upo reduced to the greatest poverty , and have dismissed their apprentisas . On Shrove Tuesday , formerly famed for the numher of weddings * * saw bat one couple coming to town , while I , as secretary ofthe relit f committee , wis beget with hundreds of women young and old , all looking for employment on the roads , ' Do Sir , put mo down on the lists , all my goorsons are too jonns to work ;'' I ' m a poor widow , *« himed In another ,, ' anfll have neither srai nor boy to . work for mo , noiv » but little girls . ' A crowd of importunate petitions * for relief throng tho doors of my lodging from raornwg tillWtoatnirht , * cannot pay n dek vi » it without Veiag

      followed to the door and frequently into the liou ^ j b ' y poor wretches , aB clnmeurins together . I am , Sir , your faithful servant AiBXASDSB lUiAowiti , Curate of Baur .-y . In passing through the country from Co » k to Dublin , the prospect is melancholy and depreasrng . In the counties of Corh , Tippcrary , and Kilkenny , the fields are desolate , with little of farnungor agriculture . The only appearance * of activity or employment is where the labourers are tr . gaged in large numbers on the roads , which are in many cases in a dangerous state . The dead carcases of donkeys and horses met at intervals along the , road , and tlio wan and sickly appearance of tjie ili-clad and wretched muUitudea who . throng tho towns and villages , and congregate about the coach to shriek tlieir miseries into the cars of the passengers , toe plainly testify of extreme want and suffering .

      POOH BEUEP BILt . —SHOCKING CCHDUCX 0 ? I . ANDLOBUS . Tho grand juries continue to )« Bm ' i'ato anil pc tition auainst out-door relief . In , reference totlu Kcw IV r Relief Bill , the grand jury ofthe Quee . i ' s County have passed ( amongst others- ) the following res olutions : — WccosssWee ( the valuation of Ireland being £ 18 , 000 , 001 per annum , and its paupers £ 2 , 500 , 000 ) -that the whol < Inn & eil vr ° Pev ty of tllc countvy " inadequate to sustfeii ' . ts poverty to the proposed extent . That the demoralization and degradation of the work ir . R-chiss , under the system of out-door relief in thi country , would be as certain aa Iho confiscation of pro perty wouW bo intvit Ale . That the proposed measure would not correct the pro set ' * want of c 9 . rn . nQu , interest end consequent . eo-om . jc

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      tion in all classes of land occupiers la Ireland , io essential to the well working « f a poor-law . That the extension of tbe ar ea of taxation from electoral to union limits would tend to make both landlord and tenant reckless of Improvement , hy imposing on the wellmanasred estate or form the burden of supporting tha general pauperism of a wide district . A meet ing ofthe merchants , chtey , and mnpi « . tratcs of vvaterh . rd was held on Thursday , lo adopt measures for checkiu- fever , and other diseases , caused bv the ereat ir crease of poor from the country , when Mr J . W . Strangman ( a member of the society ) was of opinion that the increase wasalfo * got her from the country districts , m which famine and as a matter of natural consequence , fever was increasing with awful rapidity IJe had a . VtfPr

      from the secretary of Ihe relief committee of 0 ungarvan , and he says that the country people ' are swarming in there in Wise numbers . Tim wau the caa » with regard to VVaterford ; 'hey were crowding into it from all Wnlilies , Irom _ » hiVli th / - W ( ire driven byhnnacr , and what wasstili w . i-se « as , that on som" estates tho agctitiWi-re m'tuallr civing ( ho pior mlserablscreatures five i « oniid « - rai-li f rtearii g down burning , or otherwise destroying 'iu-ir cabins , and thus sending them in droves into the towns and cities , and with them came f ever and vrstilence also . It therefore was their bounden duty to take soiro precautionary steps to preveir the ci'y from beui 2 inundated with those peasant paupers . A resolution was adopted to the effect , that they apply to the Lord Lieutenant to have aboard ol health established in the city .

      EsironATioN . —From every county in Ireland there is a perfect stream of emigrants to the shipping ports , tor America . A journal published in MulUngar—< m the great hL'hway'from thetrans-Shannonite counties , Leitiim an'l Roscommon , and alio fW . m Longford and portions of Cnvan , 38 Bellas vWsimeathstates , that the progress of emigration is perpetual ; and adds , what is lamentable for this eoimfry , thoiiuh it must prove advantageous to the colonists , as well as to the colonies .

      cotTimiotf or thy us . Tlje intelligence received with •••• sper-t to tho continued neglect of tillage , and the awithfand despair which appear to have cramped all the c Mordts ofthe peasantry , shows no-symptoms ot amendment . The Tippcrary Vindicator thus gloomily refers to the subject \—We-ftare . seen stattmervfs relative to the distant parts of the country , particnlatly Cormetn . ira , Curriclt-on-Shannon-, Longford , and other places , of Jhcmosf frijjht . ful charwter . Those phvens are nit o » ly , in sr great msasure , wholly nt-glected with respect tc tillage ; but all who possess the means atfe d « ify abandoning tnem , and fljin-j to other countries O ' ifr own feitils county

      Is not without Us grievous aftltctUms ; in several d « - - tricts the smaller farmers are offering" their little holdings for « ale , endeavouring to rtsiw s ssnVieney to eniiWi them to emigrate . The ' Impel s > ntog ra many pnn ' shefr are posted ench'Stmday with ncSisfcs from per 8 ori : r"desirous of disposing of their small fstti : » , and of quitting them on any terras , that m ? y be ofllred . Whilst tSis is the case the land is-idle ; n <\ efforr is mnd > to prepare it ftr the spring crojfc—the landlords ; in tRr mnjf . rlry of ease » , either will not or cannot interfere- Uivdonhtedly doubt and confusion prevail , gicSne « s j > d . ' .-str « yirtg > thnvwands , whilst t ^ 6 survivors am rcdiici-d * to n cort " . dltion which those who do n « . t sec them enn s-carc < 'ty credit .

      ; The Waterford Chronicle spcaks < itr « 'sifm ' iarfy dcjspoitding strain : — ( There is a uiilversai'hreak up in fr ? iAni 1 < tld » « tason . All rural persons who-hVe no great pros-prvt h ^ n- are selftng their small places and farms , aurl qtiiSinv the countryi These small possessions me r . t f otic « vmpdphed iatolirgtrfarms . Never' wa « there nwVa nuwher of shark ' s erf Jheknd-huyinyriass as atpre ^ ent ; It ' . ¦» a sad tHrrg-th '* t' it is the poor'mnn n'lio was ¦ comparativel j eomfoftarjle that is forced TO ( -migrate . TSii field rentaina unsown , ' and he has no hope from goverr . snmt ; We must R 0 3 n-t ; fo ' ri-he can pay no rent . The famine'give * him an utimistftkahle notice to" quit ; he sella-hls tit of ground , and" , with the money received for it , - intei * £ to emigrate ; - When this class-is totally reduced ; ' and Irelaud'UK ' to the ¦ quive , the obsequious largs » -farmer ; - » nd the . % gltive" labourer wbo has no home , will ¦ she ba better' ?* No ; indeed , hut t-cito the contrary .-: she will bo " a-prey to hastening :-ills , ' * and ty a dreadful dnwnfiU

      The { 7 orifc- ' . 3 iranu ' ner drr > v ? s a still moTfalborfty pieture—ifthat-were ppssiU 3 u » of the prospects of ( lie future :-u .-Fronr the melancholy accounts which we-receivc , day after d ; ry , from gentlemen ofuneloubted accjwacy and iit ^ telligencej-of the general neglect of this propitious se . isoir for the euHiva » ion of tho land—ofthe extensive tracts of country that * are still untouched by plough ; spade , or harrow—ofthe stupid ap'iHij- onrl sullen ( frspair that Weill 'C > bttt 42 iliki > a dark eltuA , ovur the nwnris of all cln'ses—liir » dl » rd 8 , middle-men-i and farmers—we » re reluctantly-compelled to believe » th : it th e present senson of calamity > is but the precursor of-one . more terrible , rnore nppallinjr , 'more des'ructive to-human life . K 6 later than yestsrday-. we were Informed by two gentlemen—one from the east , the-other from ths-west , o ) f this county—that

      throughout-extensive districts throng h whieh they have jast passed there was scare ! a trace-of cultivation observable ; -and that where a plough was , ro-nny other jear ; to bo-seen on every f ; i ?»>; there Is not-more than oie now irra whole district . There is , to ba sure , a kind of ditmbVmrhous activity : n- road-making ,. but on the land , in ulileh lies the hops or the despair of- Ireland , th" -re are utter idleness and inactivity . It is readily adrnitted that in the imrnvdiatasaeighbourhood rfihe towns there is something like the activity and preparations of former year *; that wlent has been sown , and-thnt potatoes , oats , and barley are now being plnn «« land sown . Tt is also certain th'it on s . o : ne estates the utmost energy is obsetvaW * but it is unfortunately true that the small farmers , with very few exceptions , are neglecting iheir usual ozeupatlons :, and that the same aptthy and apparently I ' rckless ii idiffurenco to the future characterise

      the once " strong f firmer , " -and in too many instances the i roprietor .- So tl mt , tafciwj all tho accounts that have reached us into ct ilcula-ion ,- and limiting pur . ttiitemcnt for the present to thiseountvof Cork , our opinion is , that not more than on e-half—if * o great a proportion—ofthe land Riiwlly laid down in tillage , Is in progress of cultivation for-tho eomr ng harvest . And if our calculation be unfortunotcly tn jc , as HS-sincerely hope it may n <« t be ,, thi-re could set rcely be-any announcement so full of horros—nay , of despata :. Falmn » ofi- of thc . Expert TRADB . r-There is a great-miliars : < off in tha export ot cattle and pigs from Corfci During the lasfetwo months the pigs exported . ! weyclO ^ OeO f . n numberless than tin se exported in the covresponding period ! oF last year . The export de & - leraaveervirig up the trade altogether , or at leastsome of therj . i . One 3 rm has sent out a partner to Nfcwv - 'Soark to engage the import trade from that country .

      TUB 3 K ? KAt JCOOI . K . OaMon'iayConsiliation Hall pro > ented itn ( now ) asualsforlf rn and deserted aspect ; the galleries without an oc « : upant , tire pit department -with abundance oft standing room for additional visitors , the commiiteo-D-. en ' s bi nt > h vacant , nnd only a very few reporters to describe the sad and ruinous etmditiorniito -jvbioh the once irapoMngand busy repeal parliament of " oVl" Ireland has fallen . Mr .- Dunn then read- a letter from the honourable member for Kilkenny , is which he statesd ^ athwfather ^ incdical advi < e ; w-iia ' l dosinrd } iim ! ifc .: firK ctoproceed >{ oth' ? sonfli of Einwpe . The rent for the week amounted 1 to £ 21 4 s . Odv ¦ II II F ¦ ll—IIMM—iiMMIIIIIH

      Destr^Wivts And Extensive Son-1 Flag1s&T...

      DESTR ^ WIVTS AND EXTENSIVE SON-1 FLAG 1 S & TK ) NS . BattersE-Si— O . ieot ' isho meat extensive- fires that has occurred in the co- » nty of Surrey for a . considerable perjail- ,. broke ou ^ on Sunday niorning ^ between tho hows of one and two ,, up . ui the range of premises belongiiit' to M '; . Jnhn HuUiell . patent naphtha distiller , situate in Baittersea-fields , about midway of the Had lionise Tavern and Nine Elms . The property d \! s > tvey cd f & rnicA & continuous line of buildings , extending fr om tho waterside nearly 100 yards back , and were 7 , djoired by tho timber-yard and stores belonging tf . Mr . \ V . Rohir . s . The Battersea dock separated the buildings from those in the tenure ot Messrs . Pass and Sons , limeburm rs ; but , nnfortuaatvd y , even that largo space proved of no service in atopy ' ing- tho wo'k of destruction . Tho outbreak

      took place iu a small building used for manufacturing tar , One of the workmen who had been left in care of the premises , was drawing off a quantity of that J ' nflammahle juice , when , from some unexplained cause , the same became ignited . The man instantly made an attempt to smother the flames ; but . owing to the immense quantity of tar in the buildins , he was unabled , ami the fire travelled in three directions at once , extending alma the ground , and setting in flames numerous barrels filled with naphtha and other equally inflammable articles , whence the conflagratinn entered the engine-house , saw mills , and rectifying department . It is computed that in the brief space of ' ten minutes or a quarter of an hour there were at least 10 , 000 gallons of naphtha , pitch ,

      and tar burning with the greatest vehemence . With all expedition tour , of the London esfiWishraent engines arrived . By that period , the whole of the buildings before spoken of were completely enveloped in flames , and as the casks and cisterns cotitainiug the spirits burst , the Ore ran in immense sheets along the ground , and ignited everything that stopped its progress . Two barc . es lying at tho waterside and three vessels in tho dock , as well as a pile of H . 000 railway sleepers , standing in Bethell ' s yard , were fired at the same moment , and shortly aftcwards * large store , the property of Messrs . Pass , on the opposite side of the dock , ar-d . tho timber in Mr ,

      Hobins ' s yard , also fell a prey to the fury of the fiv 6 i Tim engines croaH got ready for work ' , but unfb-vtunately a deal of time was lost in getting a enr . ply of water to attack the flamon , and it was not until roadways were , formed , and the engines draughted down the hsp . ka , and taken to low water n \ arkrthat a drop of vater could be obtained . By t ' . irce o ' clock there could not have twn less than tkvec or four hundred yards ot property blaRinj ; nway , : \ nd as tho water was thrown from tho ensbes the fl-oncs rosins high ami were drilled by the , ffiml half way over the rim * Thames . The seor . c as viewed fromjhe opposUtt fchovo w . v > ? , Vs : U , lr $ grand ; the roar -t > i' th «

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      fire was like numerous furnaces in fDll ^ kTihT ^^ S 3 , S : ^ rs ± i 5 'B ; , s heat . The eniiue . wertt W f „ ?„ n I > ¦ mtem pa-t 0 o ' clock , " »! in £ Si 0 mStZ" ?? firemen had obtained the mastery X " he m « but tney were far from hsin' entire v . r in ? ?• At tlmt time AI , Betl ^ SnlSe ^' al etni . ved . the « ten « vo building t-rmod thcs ^ l and . I , valuable machinery were consumed , the rectilyni » house and all it contained were burned «! S the whole of the 14 000 sleepers reduced to Shi the latter property was of great value , each s ' een ^ it is stated was worth 5 s . 8 d . Mr . Robins , the tim ber merchant , and Messrs . fan , together with s ' . n dry other persons in the neishbmirhood will " ha serious losers by the calamity . Mr . BcthelVs mana .

      i ; er iiuormcd our reporter that his emrdoyVs losi alono would be iKstwccn £ 10 , 000 and £ 12 000 ' Mr Bi'tliell was uninsured . Throughout the wli ' ole « f Ssundav immense volumes of smoke kept ascendine trom thi smouldering mins , and at noon the eneines were still engaged discharging water upon the . same An cmime will be Kept on the spot for some time vet in case .. f another outbreak . Mr . Superintendent HickticJI , Inspector Cr . cd . and Serjeant Kmrner ^ on were alternately enaa-ied the whole of the niaht and o . iy m keeping , with the aid of a stroni : muster of p olice constables , the immense cr . wd out of dan » er . Wunn ^ the ra » ini t of the fire the several bridges were cr « wdcd , and nunwrovis boats were engaged conveying people on the water to obtain a view of tha conflagration . The metropolitan churches and the abbey were completely illumined , and the streets for miles round , were rendered as light as a * noon-day .

      i An invostyfAtion was gone into on Mondav , to as > certain , it possible , b y what means tiw fire occurred , fiie inquiry fef / ed to threw any additional lUht as to How tho calamity originated . The watchman in who ™ charge tbe premises were left of » niaht , and whoso duty it was to look after the furnaces on the worttsv , stated , that whilst the tar was running out of one of the boilers w the tar-house , he Jeff , tin ; place for a few seconds , and on his return foun * that a considerable quantity & ad become ignited . IJe positively affirmed that neirherJamp nor candle had beentalien near the utensil hto which the tar vf . nr n-

      mng . Whvnthe outbreak commenced he tried all he possibly could to prevent the flames from e . ttertd iin > , and kept at his post atifcil he liecarae almost ! encircled in flsme , when , ii ? order Jo save his life , , he was compelled 1 to rush ouS ofthe place , and run to a distant part oi- ' the premises ; for tbe fire extendectsovapidly , tha iwa few seco » dii several square yan-d » of ground in th ? vicinity of &! ie' still-house were covered with burn ;*!? tar and pitch , ^ withstanding ; that tbe firemen exerted thcHiselvesito the very ut » most , the fire was'aot wholly rxtinhuisbed until

      Monday afternoon , when the engiac hot hod been kepton- the-i-pot during Ae niuht was at length sent hame .. Ihe exact amount of property consumed camot yefc beasoertained but Iir . B * tbair » loss-aictre , it issta--ted will fc « several thousand powads- Ilia saw-mills werofitted-up with exivensive maehineryand fixtures ,, all of which are destroyed . The only braiding on the premises not destroyed wai the atUlUuwe , tb » esewje-of which was an exceedin . ^ y fortunate circumstatice , for ( here were several thousand gallons of naphtha iii' the place , at < d had the stills hawbecome iguited ' A'mostawfuloxaldsion wouid'haveeasutd .

      Swne ofthe inhabitants have expressed an opinion [ that mcoh of he property might have been saved , if tliu firemen had acted accordins ; to iratructionsv and htve taken- tbeir engine iatd the creek . Ten Cow ^ setkrki , y Uurskd . —On Sunday morning , between one nnd two u ' cloek , a very serious fire ww discovered ' npoii the premises beloigifis to Mr . n liliani W «» rAon , cowkeeper , 17 , Newirond ^ . St . Gtorge ' a-in-tlioiEast . The flames , when first disciivsred , were racing in the cow-shed , at- ; whitih'timd tlicjc were tea cows in tiie place . An instant attempt ' was made to get the-animals out' ,. but owingv to tltefirnvhoWthe hrr had sbtained , ai ^

      abo-suffocaiiirg-jiature of th- smoke , considerable time elapsed brfor & that couldbo accomplished . Meaawhile the fire ctwtlnued to fall upon thc-cows . buraisg . theraini a mest dreadfuP manner . An abundant supply of ' watev was obtained , from wbioli the engines > wcroworked with full vi » our , and with the help of twenty , seven hired auxiliaries , the firemen succeeded in gettiny . the flames-extinyuishsd , but not until the roof ofthe premises was burned through , a quantity ot hay and straw consumed , and the ten cows so seriiiualy burned that the flesh en some was dropping from tha legs and backs . Each cow was wortb £ 20 , and it is- believed th . it they wid all have to be slaughtered .

      Wapfsjo v— On Monday morning , a few minutes after one o clock , a Sre broke outat No . giving Edward-street , in the occupation ^ ' Mr . James Miller , habcidasher . The flames originated from some unknown , cause in the shop , and had obta . ned such a strong hold before they were discovered , that the inmates werecbligcd to get out of one- of the windows to effect tlieir escape . The engines promptly attended , but the firemen were unable to get the flaR . es ^ jriinguislied until the whole of Mr . Miller ' s stock in trade was consumed , the lower part of the premises burnt out ,. and the upper- portion'severely injured . The .-property was insured .

      NuM-BROua-. FittEs . —On Tuesday morning ,, at- a quarter before one o ' clock , a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr J \ Paxuian , 5 ?; Elizabeth-street ,. Hackney-road . It originated in the lower ftoOF > the inmates-at the time bel c asleep . After considerable trouble they were made sensible of the great danger to which the > were exposed ,. but none of the par lies , wer & thenable to descend the staircase . Mrs Pax . roan made an escape in her night clothes over the roof ofthe premises , and the remainder of the occu ^ pants got out of the bads-, windows . The house wa * asyerely damaged before tho flames were extinguialied A bout the sanio hour a fire broke out . in the wine ee lar under No 9 / Kew Broad-strect , City \ the

      property of Messrs Butler andt James , wine merchants , but it was soou extinguished . About-halfpaat-fovar o ' clock on the same morning a fire buret out in tho premises belonging to Mr Alexander Yflong ,. maltster , Churclilaiie ,. Kulham . lt originated in the malt-house , from a spark flying out of the kiln . The Haines were " hot extinguished until the windows and doors on the ground floor , together with the jois > tine , s and floorings , were severely burned , and the stock damaged . A ; fourth Sre broke out a ± 2 i , William-street , Lant-street ,. Borough , belonging to Mr Kluer , chandler . The damage was confined to the destruction of a numbeu-af books , and safioua inj . iu'y to the stoek in trade aud fixtures .

      Giuvksend . —On Saturday morning last this town was attain aroused to a & Ute of alarm , by the outbreak of a fire in . Harmcr-street , in a line with the Terrace-pier , originating on the premises , No , 13 , situate on the-east side ,, occupied by Mr Powis ' a fancy toy vai-ehouso . It was discovered , by a person who observed a great light in the front shop . Ho lost no time inquiring an alarm , andiarousing the inmates , wkav effectc-d . their escape by . jumping out of the windows at the back . On the arrival ofthe Town Corporation , engines * io one saomed to hove any knowledge of their proper management , and the > greatest ce-nien' . it . n- ' prevailed among ; the firemen as to who should have the priority . M ono period there was a fi- ^ bt to obtain possession of tho-branch pipes ; . to render the confusion worse , no water was procure able until th . i preniiies were in flania & from the base ^ mont to the root . The custoi 3 th . ou . se engine was . brought to . thespot with equal alacrity , escorted by

      a 8 W >» £ detachment of soluiers from the Gravcsend . barracks , wuo thruughout exeutedthemselves most energetically . The inhabitants fearing thoconflagra- * ti ' . <» wonld extend to the adjaacnt houses , which ^ at the height of the fire seemed very probable , dispatched messengers to Chatham and Dartford ,, tor the assistance of the brigade forces and engines , which succeeded in reaching Gravesend in about an hour . In the meantime , water was obtained , when the custom-house engine was brought to play on the adjoining houses , by which they were praservjidfrora . injury . The fate of Mr . Powis ' spi . m cs . was very different ; the whole were destroyed , and the contents consumed . The fyo was not finally got under till near four o ' clock . As to tho caase , not tho slightest infnrmati-n could be gleaned , ^ It ia mueli to bo regretted an efficient fire brigade t & riot provided by tbe corporation of this town . At the recent extensive fires , the lo » of valuable pwoertr was very fireat . l

      Tiiklaiij Disafbr At Carlaxifhs.—The Gai...

      TiiKLAiij DisafBR at CARLaxifHS . —The Gaiette de Carlmthc gives nn account oi the interment of tho unhappy victims of the late awful fire . Tho wholo cty wore an air of deep raoMrning , Tiro shops and warehouses were closed . Tha funeral coritgo , accompanied by a crowd of the relatives and friends ot tho deceased , followed by the greater part of tha inhabitants , of tha tity , left tho Hotel do Villo for the country , wbiob . is beyond the city . The procession , presents !' . * a , > ^ heart-rending spectacle , almost ; cvciy ladivir ' . ual w : ls j n tears , and tho death-like I mlciico wkic ' u prevailed was only interrupted b ^ the l sifc h . 8 . » f Vae mourneis . Eight coffins enclosed the 9 remains , > ind the IVauments dug out of the ruins . . "lie mu ' . ilated remains of those who were involved in x one- « : 0 ' . nmnn catastrophe are now hid in one grave . The Catholic priest who accompanied the procession , i , with a Protestant clergyman and a Jewish rabbi , i , btest the ground is which they were about to bo a deposited . The three ministers of tho , three difforcnt it friths , each in his turn , said a last prayer over the ie Svoto , which was frequently interrupted by tho great » t jjri-ei' of the attendants . Out of sixty-two names es which arc known , twenty-nino young persons from m tho age of ten .. to twenty years ; twenty-two from m twenty to thirty years ; tour persons only from forty ty to fifty years have perished . The dreadful catas- » - troptie arose from the ignorance ofthe man who had ad been newly nppoinud to attend to , tlio gis lights . 19 . Finding the burner in ono oi * tho boxes was out of off order , lw \ u \ svrewed it , wheiUho ^ a burst forth andindl caught fi .-c . Losing all picse \ : ce of mind , he madoadoi use ol no means to stop tho escape of the . gas . but . bud J I yaw away iw UlVW ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031847/page/6/