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    Health op Loxdos . —The effect of increased cold in the weather is now perceptible in the weekly returns of mortality . In October the number of deaths resjUtered in London did not in any week exceed 031 , and in the fourth it Ml to 801 ; while the weekly mean temperature during tbe greater part of the month was more than S 2 deg . In the ¦ week ending November Sih , tho mean temperature was only 40 deg . ; last week it was -10 . 2 deg . ; and contemporaneously with this fall tbe deaths rose in tbe former week to 9 S 9 , and in the last to 1 . 022 . In corresponding weeks of the ten years ( 1841-50 ) the average number of deaths was 992 , which , with a correction for increase of populationbecomes

    , 1 , 091 . The 1 , 022 deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday shows a decrease of 63 on tlie estimated amount . List week the number ol deaths ascribed to disea > es of the zymotic or epidemic class was 230 , showing no important difference from the usual amount at tins season . Eighties vouii" persons , and five adults of fifteen years and ' upward ? , were carried off by small-pox . In 4 of tl ; e 23 cases it w stated that the patients bad received vaccination . Ou the 14 th of November , at S , Cioree-street , Grosvernor-fquare , the daughter of a stableman , aged 3 years , died of *• variola conflucna ( six weeks ) , ulcers in Tax-ions

    parts , irritative fever , asthenia . " On the medical certificate it is stated that " the deceased hud not been vaccinated , and assistance was not sought till the pustules bad desquamated universally . Mr . Jay , the registrar , adds that" this is an instance of the prejudice against vaccination wbich prevails in too many instances among the poorer classes . ' ' last week the births of 814 boys and 712 girls—in all 1 ,-526 children , were registered . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1845—50 was 1 , 333 . At the Itryal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily readinir of the b-iromtter was above 30 in . on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday . The mean of the week was 29 . 969 in . The mean

    temperature wa-j below the average of corresponding days in ten years on every day of the week . The mean temperature of the weak was 40 . 2 deg ., which is 3 . 4 deg . b ? lo \ v the average . The daily mean fell from about 40 deg . on Thursday and Friday to 31 . 3 on Saturday . The wind blew generally from tbe north . Frightful asd Fatal Accioexts by Fire . — On Saturday last two frightful accidents happened to children , one of which terminated fatally . The first case was that of Mary Anne Roper , aged five

    years , whose friends reside at Chatham-place , Lock ' s-fields , Walworth . The deceased was playing with a piece of lighted paper , when her clothing became ignited , and she was most frightfully burned , and died from the injuries received . The second accident occurred to Samuel Watts , aged two years , of No . 15 , Staple-street , Long-lane , Bermondsey . The unfortunate child was teaching something from the mantelshelf , when be set fire to bis pinafore , and was dreadfully burned . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he remains in a hopeless state of suffering .

    The Gold Dust Robbery . —On Saturday afternoon last Air . J VV . Payne held an inquest in Newgate , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of George Senior , lately carrying i n business at tbe Three Crowns Tavern , Oown-street , Uoxtou , and one of the prisoners in the late gold dust robbery on tbe Sooth Western Railway . The deputygovernor stated that the deceased bad surrendered on Saturday , the 1 st inst , at tbe sessions of the Central Criminal Coart , charged with being concerned in the late robberies of gold dust on the South "Western Railway . He was convicted of receiving and concealing the stolen property , for which he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . After the trial the deceased seemed very ill , and , as a convict , was placed in the infirmary , where he was seen by the two medical officers of the prison , but be died on Friday afternoon , at one o ' clock . The

    deceased never made any complaint , but seemed to be suffering from difficult breathing ; and Mr . M'Murdo , the surgeon , said he had his attention drawato the deceased on the 2 nd of November , as he then laboured under bronchitis , or inflammation of the lower part of tbe windpipe . The deceased appeared very much depressed , and was low in spirits , and would occasionally exclaim in an excited stale of miud , "Has ruined man J" Various remedies were adopted , but the deceased refused some of them , and was evidently careless as to the application of several things ordered to give him relief . The deceased died from bronchitis . He bad been a hard drinker . He certainly suffered from excitement arising from bis degraded position , which it was evident prey « 'd oa his mind from the time he was convicted , and would probably hasten his death . Tbe jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

    MUBOEK AND SuICIDR IS THE ToTTKSHMi Codr-t-koad- —On Saturday last a murder was discovered fr » have been committed ia White Hartcourt , Windmill-street , Tottenham-court-road . On the 5 th of this month , Sarah Turpin , a respectable Toung woman , about twenty-five years of age , took lodgings at Mrs . M'Carthy's , at the above address , bringing with her a baby about six or seven weeks old , stating that she was a lady ' s maid out of place , She had a box of gnos clothes for the child , as well as plenty for herself . She appeared rather reserved and not communicative , aud went in and out without exciting any suspicions . On Saturday she was observed by the neighbours to come in about half-past three in the afternoon , and to go out about

    five . Shortly afterwards Mrs . M'Carthy came home , and found the child lying on the hearth-rug , with its head nearly severed from its body , and a razor lying beside it in a pool of blood . The mother was sought for some time in vain ; it was found that sire had left behind ber all the clothes , £ 1 lis- 01 . ia money , and also a book of the Greenwich , LewUharo , and Lee Savings Bank , showing a deposit of 20 s . In the course of the evening two policemen on duty in Hvdo-park discovered a body in the water , and on drawing it ashore a gash was discovered iuthe throat . The body was removed to the workhouse , Mount-street , Grovesn . ir square , and there recognised by Mrs . McCarthy as that of the child ' s me ' -her . —On

    Tuesday evening Mr . ffakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the White llart Tavern , Windmill-street , Tottenham-court-road , on the body of Mary Turpin , aged two months . The evidence given accorded with the above statement , and the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased , Mary Turpin , was wilfully murdered by Sarah Turpin , her mother . "On Wednesday morning Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Malpas Arms , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Sarah Turpin . The jury having heard the evidence , returned the following verdict : — "That the deceased , Sarah Turpin , had drowned herself while in a state of temporary insanity ; and that she had previously inflicted tho wounds which had been found in her

    throat . Tub New Hopse of Commons . —Considerable alterations are being made in the body of the House preparatory to the meeting of parliament in the ensuing session , The seats are to be altered and improved not only in appearance , but with reference t" the comfort and convenience of the membe s « The panelling is also to be improved and altered in order to make it correspond witb the actatl state of the roof of the chamber . The ro '« f is , however , to remain in its present form . Death Op Mr . MaOle . —We regret to announce the demise of Mr . George Maule , the Solicitor to the Treasury , wh'ch to » k place on Friday evening , at his residence in Wilton-crescent , after a short illness . Mr . Mau ' s «« 4 for many ' years filled the above responsible situation , wbich is rendered -vacant by his decease .

    THB SoiJCITOBsUlP OF THE TREASURy . —It IS stated tbat Mr . Reynolds , who has been for a con * eiderable time Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury , will be promoted to be the Solicitor , and that Mr . Robert Hitchcock , the Master ef the Irish Exchequer , who has prepared several of the measures of law reform propounded or carried by the present and past governments , will succeed Mr . Reynolds . Railway to tub Strand . —The directors of the Hungerford Market Company , in conjunction with the directors of the South Western Railway , intend to build a railway bridge from the Waterloo-station , across tbe river , to near Charing-cross and the Strand . There will be foor lines of rails , besides a roadway for carriages and foot passengers .

    Fata & Accident ox Show-iuli . —On Monday evening Mr . J . P 7 . Payne , deputy coroner , held an inquiry at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , touching the death of Alexander Robert Ebart , aged ten . The evidence of various witnesses showed that about half-past twelve o ' clock on Saturday last a cart laden with manure was slowly proceeding up Snowhill when one of the wheels suddenly jerked upon the sewer grating , which was considerably below the level of the pavement . By the violence of the concussion the iron axle-tree broke short off , and the wheel being thus snddeDly thrown upon the foot pavement struck the deceased a violent blow as he « ate P nf ^!; n " u-.-r immed , " a ! = ' y taken up in a ^ gF & tZSSZVSi enwlb , ik . drf «„ ., «„ otttaimm £ t j ,, l

    « . * . * » f Lard rata &» JSE & titE & iffS & r 'SSS E-: q ., coroner for West Surrey , and fourteen highly respictablejurors . —From the evidence of Caroline Brawn , Mary Ann Shaw , Mr . Street ( surgeon ) , alla other witnesses , itappearel tbat the deceased nobleman had taken up his residence ia the locality of JSorwood for about ten months p > s't . During this £ 5 " ° ? ^ charities ^ d ^ ood offices to ihe poor of tne utstnethad been in accordance wilh the course

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    he has invariably pursued . His health had for some time been very indifferent , arising from a Hthotriptic disease , but latterly lie had been seized with an attack of small pox—which had evidently a & ected his lordship ' s intellects ; but this did not appear to be of a suiaidal character , and consequently he was not watched so strictly as might have been deemed necessary . Ou the previous Tuesday night his lordship retired to rest at an early hour ; he awoke at about four o ' clock on the following morning , and asked one of his female servants to bring him one of his pistols , wbich was accordingly done . It was then not chamed , but his lordship desired that his valet , Francis Johnson , should be called , and during tbe absence of the female servant it would seem that

    his lordship loaded the pistol with a heavy charge of powder a- 'd a large quantity of swan shot , and before the valet could be aroused the report of fire arms created the utmost alarm in the mansion , and on several of the domestics rushing to his lordship ' s chamber they found him lying on the ground weltering ill his blood-. Immediately the services of Mr . Street / of Norwood , surgeon , were called into requisition , but before the arrival of that gentleman his lordship had ceased to exist . From a post mortem examination the noble lord , it would seem , had discharged the pistol into bis mouth , through the rt » of of which the charge had passed , and several of the shots were found lodged in various cavities of the brain , quite sufficient to cause death . His lordship

    mu < t have been a great sufferer from disease , for a eafcuto of unusually large dimensions was discovered in the bladder ; and this circumstance , combined witb the effects of the disease of small pox , had doubtless produced that nervous debility which had so impaired his lordship ' s mind as to urge him to cimmit self-destruction . The noble lord was a peer of Ireland , and entered tbe army in 1791 , in which lie was actively engaged for several years , attaining the rank of full general in 1841 . His son and successor , Lord John , a captain of the 3 rd West India Regiment , is the possessor of the celebrated yv . cht America . —On tbe conclusion of the evidence , the Coroner summed up . and the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "

    Caution to Unqualified Pkactitiosers . — On Saturday last , an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Victory , Friar ' s-mount , Bethnal-green , relative to the death of Elizabeth Wood , aged thirty-nine , the wife of a shoemaker , living in Mount School , who was alleged to have died from the improper administration of medicine by a female herbalist practitioner named Scott . Mr . West , ( he surgeon who was called in , said that the medicine , on analysis , had been found to be composed of a mixture of herbs . He could not say that it had caused death , but bad he been applied to earlier she might have recovered . Verdict . " Visitation of God . "

    Suicide op a Shopman . — On Monday , Mr . Baker , held an inquest at the Green Gate , Cityroad , on view of the body of W . Nettlefield , a ? ed twenty . one . Deceased was shopman to Mr . Partridge , cheesemonger , Featherstone-streer , St . Luke ' s . He hsd been in that situation about a month , and was to have left on Saturday night . For some time he had been in a very depressed state of mind , and had been beard to say that he was tired of his life , as he was pushed about from place to place . Last Friday morning he was found suspended by ft skipping rope attached to a staple in the ceiling " of the cellar , and life was extinct . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

    The Zoological Problem Solved . —The blanket or wrapper swallowed by the boa constrictor at the Zoological Gardens , in the Regent's-park , was disgorged by the reptile on the night of Saturday , the 8 ih inst ., after having been five weeks and one day in the animal ' s body . The watchman , on going his rounds that night , saw the animal labouring to get rid of the blanket , a part of which protruded from its mouth , and he assisted in doing so by taking hold of and pulling the blanket gently , for which act of kindness it was thought tbat the boa seemed grateful , inasmuch as it afforded no

    opposition , and did not strive to injure him . On examination the blanket was found to be much shrunken in size , and it was divested of the greater portion of the loose wool or hairy filaments composing its surface ; it was saturated with moisture , and in many parts covered by a slimy saliva . Originally the blanket measured about five feet by four feet , but like all those used in the reptile house , it had been folded in half and sewn together . To guard against a similar occurrence , it has been determined to take away the blankets at the time the reptiles of this class have their food left in the

    ca < e . *¦ Suicide . —On Saturday afternoon a respectablyattired young man , apparently between twenty and twenty-five years of age / committed self-destruction by precipitating himself from Hungerford Bridge . He was observed by the officer on the bridge to walk rapidly towards the Middlesex side , but there was nothing in his manner to indicate his fatal intention . A boy who was within a few yards saw Uiu \ on the ledge at the other side of the railings stooping down , but thinking that he was pulling at a rope the circumstance did notexcite his suspicion . In a few seconds afterwards he threw himself into the water , and the parties in a steamboat which had just passed threw out a rope , hoping that he would catch it . Several small beats also towed out from tlie shore , but ere they reached the spot he had disappeared . Men have been since engaged dragging the river , but the efforts to recover the body have been unsuccessful .

    Tub Funesaz , of tub Lars Matthias Attwood , Esq —The remains of the above lamented gentleman were interred on Tuesday in the family vault at the Norwood Cemetery . In accordance with the wish of the deceased the proceedings were strictly private , the attendance being confined to the immediate relatives and most intimate connexions , and the only carnages were those of the Earl of Lonsdale , Mr . Wilkin , and Mr . Pearce . A Female Accidentally . Shot at Ilford . —On Tuesday an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on view of the body of Mm . Elizabeth Brighden , aged thirty-six , a widow , late the owner of Castle Farm , Highlands-hill , near liford , and the proprietress of a dairy in

    Gulstonstreet . Wtfttechapel . It appeared from the evidence that on Friday last tbe deceased was at tbe Wheatsheaf Inn , Smithfield , where , on receiving orders from some dairymen for several tons of swedes , mangel-wurfzel , « fcc , she invited them to dine with her at Castle Farm on Monday . They arrived there about two o ' clock . After dinner , they were about leaving the house to go round the farm , when one of tbe party , observing a gun , proposed to take it with them to shoot at rabbits . The deceased remarked that it was not sound , and said that she had one in her bedroom which she always kept loaded , in case the house should bo attacked by robbers during the night . She brought it down and gave it to Mr . London , one of her friends . He tried to put the ramrod into the barrel , which would not fit , and he let it drop , after taking it out . While in the act of picking up the ramrod the guu was discharged , it is supposed in consequence of the lock

    coming in contact with his pocket . Deceased exclaimed , " You have shot me , Jem . " The blood immediately flowed down her left leg . She was removed in her chaise cart to a surgeon ' s at Ilford , who dressed the wound , and she was afterwards conveyed to the London Hospital , where she was seen by Mr . Kent , the house surgeon . Amputation was thought necessary , as the bone was much splintered , to which she gave her consent , She died at ten o ' clock the same night . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " The Coroner , at the close of the inquiry , had Mr . London called in ; he observed to him that he ought to be thankful tbat the jury bad taken a merciful consideration of the case , and that they bad not re turned a verdict of manslaugh ter . He should have exercised more caution , and when he was holding the gun not havo had tbe nozzle directed towards any one . Mr . London stated that ho would never handle a gun again .

    Suicide of a Female at Dnxwicn . —On Tuesday Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Crown Tavern , Dulwich , on the body of a female unknown , who was found dead on Saturday last , under the following circumstances-. —Joseph Watson , a labourer , deposed that , on the day named , he was engaged gathering acorns in the "Five fields , " when his attention was drawn towards some articles of female attire , which was floating-on the surface of a pond . On moving these with a stick , he discovered the body of the deceased woman ; but the bank being about four feet high , he was unable to bring it ashore until he had obtained further assig . fcance . On this being accomplished , there appeared to be some warmth ; so that the presumption is , the female had not long been in the water . On a

    subsequent examination by Mr . Ray , surgeon , it was ascertained that the deceased had been pregnant , and was within a s hort period of her confinement when her death took place . A small sum of money , a knife and a key were found in her pocket ; hut there waa no identification of the body till near tbe close of the inquiry , when it was stated to the coroner that a female bad been down and recognised deceased as Mary ( jfoff , lately in the service of a gentleman residing at 19 , Ilenley-road , Islington . Mr . Carter then suggested that , as important evidence might now be procured , it would be better to adjourn the inquest for that purpose . Thejury took the same view , and the further inquiry was adjourned . The Soup Kitchen a Distress Barometer . —The

    pressure on the mercury of the barometer seems no less an indication of the weather than the pressure of applicants for relief at the soupkitchen is a sign of existing want and destitution . On Tuesday no less than 1 , 017 persons were relieved with soup , broth and bread , and twenty-six persons were provided witb supper , bed and breakfast , at the Leicester-fquaro Soup-kitchen . Ds miFitoM the Improper Use op Etuek . —On Monday , Mr . J . W . Payne held an inquest at the A , r P ^ j Houndsditch , on view of tho body of Mr . W . M ^ T" T Griffin » chemi 8 t and ^ nggist , 38 , xlouddsditch .-j . Line , errand bovto the deceased

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    s tated that on Friday last his master went out at * our o ' clock in the afternoon and returned at about one tbe next morning . He let him in and saw him go behind the counter and take the ether bottle from the shelf and carry it into the parlour . Witness then went to bed . The next morning he went to call his master , and on opening hvs bedroom door found him lying in bed on his right side , with hia legs drawn up and his hands under his chin . He also had a towel under his chin . Witness spoke to him , and shook him , but could get no answer . He then called in a policeman . Deceased was in the habit cf taking ether into his bedroom . He seemed in very good health and spirits . —John DixonCity policeman , was called and spoke to the

    , same facts . —Mr . Nathan Jacob Carstatt , Bevis Marks , surgeon , knew the deceased . Was called in on Saturday by tho policeman . Saw the deceased lying in bed on his right side , with bis knees drawn up and his hands before his mouth , and a towel immediately under his chin . He also found a bottle by the side of his bed on a chair . Had no doubt that , from want of sleep , deceased saturated tbetowel with ether , and taken it to bed to induce sleep , and having pulled the bed-clothes ove * hia head , the vapour of ether hnd overpowered him , and rendered him unable to throw off the bed-clothes , and he had thus been suffocated in tho atmosphere of ether which he had created . Ho should say deceased died of

    suffocation from the improper use of ether . —Mr . Whitehall , stationer , 8 , Bond-court , Walbrook , was with the deceased on Friday evening las :. They were at the Surrey Music Hall , Suffolk street , till about twelve o'clock , and witness came part of the way home with him . Deceased said he was very cold ; but he bad some ether at home—thank God , He said this rather jocularly . He seemed in excellent spirits . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , from the improper use of ether . " Fire and Loss op Life . —At eight o ' clock on Monday evening the inhabitants of Middlesexstreet , Somers Town , were alarmed by flames darting from the second floor window of a house , No . 30 , in that street . Mr . Moore and several other neighbours rushed into tho house , and forced open the door of the room which was on fire , from whence rushed a boy , frightfully scorched , exclaiming "My mother and grandmother are burned . "

    As soon as the parish engine , which was m instant attendance , had extinguished the flames , search was made for the inmates , when Isabella Ford , a married woman , aged thirty , was found under the bed frightfully burned and insensible , and her mother , Mary Stephens , aged seventy-two , was discovered in a similar state , crouched in a corner . The unfortunate sufferers were immediately con * veyed to the hospital , where they were attended hy Mr . Eccleston , the house surgeon ; but Mrs . Ford died soon after her admission , and her mother now lies" in a hopeless condition . According to the boy ' s statement , a coal from the fireplace came into ^ contaet with his mother ' s dress , when she was instantly enveloped in flames . His grandmother , who was in bed , jumped out to save his mother , when her dress also caught fire , and they both rushed towards the bed , where they were found in the manner described .

    Lamentable Occurrence at Camberwem ,, —On Tuesday an inquest was held at tho Frince Albert public house , Clarendon-street , Camberwell Newroad , before Mr . Carter , one of the coroners for Surrey , on view of the body of Mrs , Harriet lirowne , aged fifty-one , whose death was attributed to the violence of her own son , George Talbot Browne , and who is at present an inmate of the County Lunatic Asylum , —From the evidence given by Harriet Browne , sister of the prisoner , it appears that for some time past her brother had laboured under a severe cold , and that from the effects of it , and being somewhat given to intemperance , his mind became affected . The first symptom of the disease exhibited itself on Saturday

    week , and it had been gradually increasing from that time . In consequence of his illness , her father sent for her mother to Towcester , Northamptonshire , where she was staying with some friends , and sho arrived about four o ' clock on Friday evening at their residence , No . 4 , Clarendon-street , Camberwell New-road , in perfect health . Between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock her brother George insisted upon going out , but his father said he could not permit him in the state he then was in . Her brother , however , persisted , and got as far as the yard , when he had a struggle with his father and his brother Alfred , and he was thrown on his hack . While lying on the ground witness observed her mother close to his feet , and observed her fall , but did not see her brother kick her . Her impression , however , was tbat her mother had fallen from a kick given to her by her brother . Her mother immediately got up , and her brother

    was taken into the house , his feet bathed in hot water , and his head in vinegar , and he was put to bed . Witness also went to her own room , for the purpose of going to sleep , but had not been there many minutes when she hoard her mother groan heavily , and she was called by her father . She went into her mother ' s room , and found her in a state of insensibility , and still groaning . Finding no change for the better , her father went to Mr . Morris , a medical man , but , before he returned or the doctor arrived , her mother had ceased to live , Her mother had not spoken from the time she fell until the time of her death , and not more than one hour intervened between . —It appearing from the testimony of Mr . Flower , the medical gentleman , who made the post mortem examination of the body , that death was caused by tho rupture of one of the principal blood-vessels in tho head , the Jury re « turned a verdict to tbat effect .

    The Weathrr . —During the past three days the weather has been intensely cold . The ornamental ¦ wat ers in the royal parka have become covered with a surface of ice . On Monday afternoon the thermometer stood at 30 degrees whilst the sun was shining brightly , but during the night the mercury w .-is as low as 2 i degrees in confined situations , and ' 22 degrees in the open thoroughfares , being several degrees below freezing point . In Suffolk , the " Ipswich Express" of Tuesday says , that a gale of wind has been blowing from the north-west for many hours , and the fails of snow have been so heavy t » at the earth has been covered with it to the depth of four to six inches . A large number ot vessels havo sought shelter in Harwich harbour , amongst which are many colliers that are unable to make their passage to the north . In Scotland rains and Scotch mists , which were very prevalent , have given way to a biting black trost .

    Kensington Common . —An act of parliament is to be applied for to improve this common aud to divert the highway . Metropolitan Sewers Commission . —On Wednesday a special court was held at the principal office in Greek-street—present , the Chairman , Captain Vetch , Captain Dawson , and Mr . Thomas Allason . The tender of Mr . William . Kill , avftountrng to £ o & 2 , for works in Shrubland-road , Dalston , was accepted , Before considering the tenders for works in Londonstreet , Greenwich , the engineer was directed to report as to whether the outlet provided by the

    hospital authorities would bo sufficient to carry off the additional sewerage . The accountant , Mr . Hatton , read the usual financial statement , from which it appeared that the balance in hand on the 15 th instant was £ 8 , 180 ; payments to the extent of £ 5 , 2 S 0 ISs . 9 d . received the sanction of the court , leaving a present balance of £ 2 , 899 Is . 3 d . A number of summonses were next disposed of , and works to the extent of £ 2 , 83 G Ss . ordered to be executed , the principal items being £ 997 for the Finsbury division , £ 415 for the eastern division of Westminster Sewera , and £ 532 for tho Spltalfielda , die , district . —Adjourned .

    Death op Maria Clarke , the Infanticide . — On Wednesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at Millbank Prison , on the body of Maria Clarke , the young woman who , having been found guilty at Ipswich of the murder of her child , by burving it alive , was sentenced to death , but afterwards re « spited , and transferred to Millbank Penitentiary . The deceased arrived at the prison , September 18 th , in good health , and was sent to work in the laundry , described by tho surgeon of the prison as a lofty and airy room , where the women work at a table from six in morning till seven at night , without taking open-air exercise , except on Sundays , The surgeon said the women generall y prefer workin

    ing the laundry , because they are allowed to talk and have beer . She was removed from the laundry on October 22 nd , and her diet was changed . She seemed much depressed in mind , and on the 5 th November entered the infirmary , and went to her bed , from wbich she never again rose . During her illness she had regular medical attention and suitable diet , but gradually sank . Sho had no wish to live , and did not want to see her relations . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death from dysentery , " and , at their request , the medical gentleman pledged himself to represent to the governor their opinion that tho women in the laundry ought to be allowed an airing at least once a day .

    An Agbd FemaijE Burnt to Death . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , touching the death of Catherine Peck , aged sixty-two , a pensioner of the Brazier ' s Company . Mrs . Morse , of 4 , Kempstonplacc , Now North-road , deposed that the deceased was a widow , and lived in the first floor front room of her house , Between three and four o'clock last Monday , witness heard an alarm and found the deceased at the head of the stairs' envein

    loped a sheet of flame . Witness threw a rue over her , and a gentleman next door hearing the alarm , came to her assistance , and they succeeded in extinguishing the flames . The po 0 r woman was dreadfully burnt , and was removed to the above hospital , where she expired on Tuesday morning Nono of the furniture in her room was burnt . The deceased could not tell how her clothes caught fire . She « vas in the room alone at the fmQ 0 f t | ic aecj '_ dent . Jt was her habit to sit alone with her door locked . Tbe house surgeon of the hospital proved

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    that her death was the result of burns , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Concertof Blind Children . —On Wednesday tlie children of the School for the Indigent Blind enter tained a large assembly of ladies and gentlemen , by performing a selection of sacred music from Handel , Ifoiwt , MwntelwAtv , & . e „ niUia , wev ? to aid tho funds of the institution . Tho pieces were given with remarkable taste and precision , and it was stated that many of the pupils arc qualifying themselves to become organists of chapels and churches . , _ , ,... . The Parishioners of St . Michael , Curnhill , have presented the Rev . Thomas Bennett , M . A ., a purse of seventy guineas , as a token of their esteem for t ! , e great increase which has taken place in the congregation at St . Michael , on a Sunday evening , since his appointment to the lectureship of the place . .. — » * . * *

    Accident at a Shooting Match . — On Monday at a shooting match on tho Hackney marshes , when tho last rabbit was about to be released from the trap , Mr . Wells , a pocket-book maker , reloaded his piece , the butt end of which was resting upon his foot , with the barreltna slanting direction , when it accidently went off , and the entire charge entered the neck of Mr . Parry , a coal merchant , and lodged in his head . Tho deceased instantly dropped silently to the ground , but was immediately raised up in a lifeless state by the bystanders , who conveyed him to an adjoining tavern , but he never afterwards either moved or spoke , and , upon a surgeon being sent for , he at once pronounced that life was extinct .

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    Mail-Bag Robber* At Bridqewateb.—Henry N...

    Mail-bag Robber * at Bridqewateb . —Henry Norris , a respectably-attired young man , who stated that he resided at John-street , Bridgewater , and at Newnhara-streeG , Edgware-road , London , was charged at Bristol on Friday , the 14 th mst ., with having several £ 5 notes in his possession , supposed to havo been stolen . —Mr . Paul stated that on the previous Wednesday a mail-bag from Bridgewater to London was stolen from the platform of the Bridgewater station of the Bristol and Exeter Riilway . He had received information that one letter in the bag contained notes amounting to £ 215 , the numbers and dates of which had been the

    forwarded to him . On Friday morning prisoner brought one of the stolen notes of the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company , No . 15 , 712 , to witness ' s bank , to be cashed . A clerk in the office observing it was one of the missing notes , mentioned the circumstance to Mr . Paul , which was observed by the prisoner , who immediately left the bank . He was followed and captured in a stable belonging to the White Hart , Broad-street . —Police-sergeant 21 said he had searcned tho prisoner , and found on him several notes of the New Sarum Bank , the Warminster and Wiltshire Bank , and others , the numbers of which corresponded with the list forwarded to Mr . Paul . The prisoner was remanded . On Saturday night

    Superintendent Burton , of the Great Western Railway Company's police , ascertained that a young man , who gave hia name Moore , and who had come up to Bristol by one of the Exoter trains , had left a carpet bag in the care of one of the company's porters . The superintendent suspecting that this circumstance might have some connexion with the robbery , desired that the carpet bag might be brought to him , and upon examining it he found it was not locked ,- the key had been turned , and the bolt thrown , but the hasp not having been forced sufficiently down at the time of locking it , it had not passed through the eye . Mr . Burton upon this opened the bag , which he found to contain , as far as can be ascertained , the

    entire contents of the mail bag . There were many hundred letters , a number of bank-notes and cheques , Post-office orders , < fcc . The superintendent lost no time in communicating with the clerks to the Bristol justices . By their advice he started by the first train to convey the carpet bag and its contents to Colonel Maberly , at the General Post Office . —On Monday the young man , Henry Norris , detained on suspicion of robbing the mail , was again taken before the Brstol magistrates for further examination . Mr . Peacock , the solicitor to the postoffice , attended , and stated that the prisoner had formerly been employed at the Post-office at Bridgewater as a clerk . He was taken on in 1847 , and discharged in 2849 . lie was seen to post a letter at Bridgewater on the night of Tuesday by the postmaster , and he was also seen in the neighbourhood

    on the following Wednesday morning ; it was , therefore , he thought , advisable that the prisoner should be removed for the furtherance of justice to Bridgewater , for examination before the county magistrates . This course was acceded to by the bench . Conclusion of the Ramsiiav Inquiry . —Preston . —At the opening of the court on Saturday the first witness called was Mr . George Stone , who said he was high bailiff of the Liverpool County Court , and had been appointed by the late Mr . Lowndes . He considered the demeanour of Mr . Ramshay as calm , collected , and dignified . He had improved the mode of conducting business , He had a peculiar mode of shutting his teeth , and people who did not know him thought it was from bad temper . —Mr . Ramshay hero rose and said , that although he did not wish to volunteer as a witness in his

    own cause , he was ready to answer any question put to him . —This closed the case for the defence . —Mr . Monk then replied on the part of the memorialists . He commenced by deprecating the violent attacks which had been made by Sergeant Wilkins on everybody , high and low . He was certainly surprised that the learned sergeant had so virulently attacked tho reporters , who were performing a peaceful and useful duty , and who could not make any answer . He had , however , made use of their testimony when it suited his purpose . Uo denied that the press of Liverpool bad prevented Mr . Ramshay from performing his duties . The learned counsel then censured the selection of the county court for the dinner , and said ho did not think Sergeant Wilkins had justified tho introduction by Mr . Ramshay of the biographical account of his family . After describing at some length the scene in court when Mr . Whitty was

    present , he contended that there ought to have been some warrant , writing , or authority for his arrest . The attempt to arrest Mr . Whitty , under the circumstances , was utterly unauthorised ; and the bailiffs might have been treated aa trespassers , or even as Sir George Stephen had advised . —The court here adjourned for a short time , after which Mr . Maule proceeded to defend the witnesses on the part of the memorial from the observations and attacks of Mr . Sergeant Wilkins . On the conclusion of the learned gentleman ' s address , Mr . Fowler expressed his thanks , and that of Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , to his lordship . —The Earl of Carlisle said he should give his decision with as little delay as the importance of the subject warranted . The inquiry then terminated a little Before four o ' clock . — Mr . Ramshay resumed his sittings in the county court on Monday morning , and proceeded with the cases in the order in which they stood upon the list . There was no case of public interest .

    Tue Oldburv Burglars . —The two prisoners were on Friday , the 14 th inst ., brought before the Leominster magistrates for examination , and the inquiry caused the greatest excitement in the town . The prisoners are charged with no less than four offences , committed in as many different counties , viz ., a burglary in Oxfordshire ; the Oldbury burglary ( Worcestershire ) ; a burglary at Burt ' ord ( Shropshire ); and firing at tho police near Lgominster ( Herefordshire ) . Some evidence respecting the Burford burglary having been taken , the prisoners were remanded for a week . Expiosio . v akd Loss of Life . —A terrible explosion of gas has occurred in the White Stone Pit , High-lanes , Birmingham , which has resulted in the death of one man , and severe injuries to two or three others . The pit belongs to Messrs .

    Blackwell , and on Friday , the 14 th inst ., six men descended the shaft by the skiff . Having reached the bottom , they were preparing to alight on the scaffold which covers the " pump , " when one of the men having snuffed a lighted candle , ho incautiously threw the snuff upon the planking . It unfortunately dropped through a small aperture into the tank beneath , and in an instant a fearful explosion took place , for the scaffolding , which was of immense thickness and weight , was rent asunder , and two of tho men were thrown into the roadway of tbe workings , but the other four were driven up the shaft a considerable distance , then fell into the tank , in which some seven or eight feet of water , strongly impregnated with gas , had collected . Mr . T . Fcrday , the colliery surgeon , was soon in attendance , and did all he possibly could for the poor sufferers .

    Suicide on a Railway . —Last week , a man late in the employ of the London and Sorth Western Railway Company , at the Rockingham station , was found on the lino near to that place , dead and horribly mutilated . A few weeks since a porter at this station , named Viggers , a native of Banbury , met with his death from , being crushed between two carriages , and a degree of blame was , it is said , attributable to the deceased , who wa , s then a policeman at this station . In consequence of this he left the company ' s service , and it is supposed that it so preyed upon Ins mind as to cause him to commit suicide . Thia he appeared to have done by laying down on the raitas the train was approaching by which be was instantaneousl y cut to pieces Itwas quite dark when it occurred , and nothing was perceived by the driver ,

    Post-office Robbery at Leeds . —on Saturday afternoon last a clerk in the Leeds post-office was taken into custody , on the charge of having stolen a letter containing nearly £ 400 , in notes of the Yorkshire District Banking Company .: This company have . branches m other towns beside * Z-eeds , and , amongst others , one at K „ aresboro h _ 0 n the 3 rd intt ., tha agent at hnaresborough posted ' a letter containing the above amount to the addrcs v' » f the

    Mail-Bag Robber* At Bridqewateb.—Henry N...

    manager at Leeds , and transmitted by the same post a letter to apprise him of the remittance . The latter letter had reached its destination , but the former , containing the money , did not come to hand . An inquiry was made , and placards announcing the missing letter posted , but no trace of the stolen money could be found till Saturday , when some of the missing £ 5 notes were presented at the counter of the Bank in Leeds , and were impounded . It was found that these notes had been paid to a sharebroker in Leeds by John Gsinforth , a clerk in the post-office , and he was consequently taken into custody . The prisoner has been thirteen or fourteen years in the post-office at Leeds , and has hitheto borne a good character . He was taken before a macistrate , and remanded . ^ AurttlAswl .- ^ ( IhW funn n * M ittnJ ! , __ A . 1 . A __ ua a

    Thh Case of Child Murder a * Wakefielp . — Sarah Ann Dill , a servant girl , has been committed for trial for the murder of an illegitimate child to which she had given birth . The body of a child was some weeks ago found in a parcel left at the railway station at Wakefield , and since several persons have been in custody on suspicion of being its murderers . All of them have , however , now been liberated , except Sarah Ann Hill , who was committed en Friday week to York Castle for trial . She had , while in custody , confessed to being the mother of the child , but had in different stories , little consi--tent with each other , charged a man , named Gill , and his wife , of Wakefield , with murdering the child . Her testimony being unsupported as regarded Gill and his wife , they were set at liberty .

    The Tyne Pilots . —It will be recollected that two Tyne Pilots , brothers , of the nime of Freeman , during the gale of September the 20 th , while exposed in an open boat in the Is orth Sea , were rescued from death as a miracle , by the intrepidity and courage of the crew of a French fishing lugger , and that , after the p ilots were given up by their friends and companions for lost , they cast up at Dunkirk , in France , some hundreds of miles from their homes . The Tyne pilots , to acknowledge the bravery and humanity of the French master and his crew , have purchased a massive silver snuff-box , which will be presented to him by Mr . Ingram , Q . C . It bears the followinginscription : — ' * Presented by the pilots of South Shields to Captain BJanquid , of the St . Jaques , of Dunkirk , in gratitude for the humane and courageous conduct of him and his crew , in saving , at their own risk , Robert and Francis Freeman , two river pilots , in a storm off the N . E . coast , on the 26 th of September 1851 . "

    , Tub cab drivers' strike at Liverpool has terminated . Above one-halt ' of the employers have consented to the terms proposed by the men , whilst , in one or two instances , 3 s . a day has been EWeo-Some of the large cab owners , however , firmly refused any alteration , and the men , finding there was no probability of obtaining the advance of wages and the rest from Sabbath labour , have returned lo their work . Singular CAriuRE or a Burglar . —For some months the residents of the village of Bradfield , Yorkshire , and the surrounding neighbourhood , have been subject to constant apprehension and alarm , in consequence of numerous burglaries which have occurred in that district ; and notwithstanding that

    the utmost efforts were made to detect the thieves , no clue could be obtained of them until Thursday , the 13 th instant . On the morning of that day , the farmhouse of Mr . Stead was entered , and robbed of a quantity of wearing apparel and provisions . A few hours afterwards information was received that a man , suspiciously laden , had been seen to enter a wood in the neighbourhood , and rumour immediately pointed him out as the probable thief . The villagers hastily assembled , and determined on pursuit . Foot prints were discovered near the spot where the man had been seen to enter the wood , and by carefully following the trail for some distance , the pursuing party arrived at the entrance of a cave leading to the workings of an exhausted coal mine . Satisfied

    that the object of their pursuit was " at home , they invested the place , and a number of the bravest of the party entered it in search of the robber . Before , however , they had proceeded far a most extraordinary scene presented itself . A cavity or chamber formed by the miners for theirjuse on the sideof the tramway leading into the workings had evidently been converted into a store , and was abundantly supplied with provisions and clothing for ihe especial comfort and accommodation of the then occupant , Who , however , was non est inventus . Among the stores were found several loaves of bread , two or three pounds of butter , a beehive , robbed Of its contents , several lots of oandles , and a miscellaneous description of property . Not lees than a dozen persons who had been robbed found

    among the articles some remnant of the goods stolen from them . The search was continued , and at length a man was discovered in the interior of the workings . The culprit was dragged forth to the mouth of the cave , and handed over to the tender mercies of the persons outside , who could scarcely be restrained from Lynching him on the spot . As it was , he met with a warm reception from them before he waa handed over to the custody of the official Dogberry . The prisoner , whose name was ascertained to be John Gillott , was taken before tho magistrates at Sheffield on Saturday last , when f t great number of parties attended to give evidence against him . He admitted his guilt , pleading in extenuation that he had been driven by hunger to adopt tbe lawless course he had so successfully pursued . He was committed for trial .

    Parental Inhumanity . —At the late Steeple Ashton petty sessions a man , ; named Bigwood , of Coulston , was summoned for refusing to maintain his child . It appeared that the defendant had been thrice married , and the child ( apparently not more than six years old ) was by a former wife , and the present wife having taken a total dislike to the child , practised all sorts of cruelty upon him , on ono occasion having even tied the poor little fellow up by the thumbs , and then let him swing . The parish officers took the matter up , and about two months since the case was investigated before the magistrates , when a horrible talc was unfolded . About a fortnight since Mr . Applegate , ono of the relieving officers , having been apprised of the

    continued cruelty which waa being practised towards the unfortunate child , went in search of him , and long after night-fall found tho little fellow sitting by the side of a stream of water in a moat twsstfthlfc state . Mr . Applegate said that the child ' s linen had not been attended to or changed for three weeks ; and upon finding bim he took him to the mother-in-law , who , with language not fit to be named , vowed that she would never attend to him or do anything more for him as long as she lived . The poor child was therefore taken to the union workhouse , and it was the charge for his keep which was the subject of the present proceedings . The bench made an order for payment of the expenses already incurred , and for Is . Cd . a week for the future maintenance of the child .

    Cessation op Marriages At thk Parish Church of Leigh . —Most of our readers are aware that some time ago the Vicar of Leigh instituted a number of obstacles in the hitherto ' smooth course of matrimony at Leigh . He will not- marry any one who cannot say the catechism off very well , or who has not been confirmed , or become a regular communicant . The result is , that marriages have ceased to be solemnised at the ancient parisli church . These difficulties in the road to matrimony have turned the stream toother channels . At the last meeting of the board of guardians the usual returns were read over , from which it appeared that not a single marriage had taken place at Leigh church during the quarter ( June to September)—an

    unparalleled eircurosUH ce In the history of Le <" gh . It appears that the marriages formerly solemnised at church are now taking place before ' the registrars , and at the various dissenting chapels licensed for the purpose . Before the vicar ' s new arrangement nearly 200 marriages were solemnised at the parish church . All these are now driven away to other places . Before the new Registration Act a itill greater number were soleinai-ed at tlie parish church . At the last meeting of guardian * , no less than eighteen " askings" were read before the meeting by the superintendent registrar . So much for tho successful workings of high church principles and the renewing of church discipline . —Manchester Guardian .

    Enthronement of a Roman Catholic Bishop . —The ceremony of the enthronement of the Roman Catholic "Bishop of Nottingham" is fixed to take place on Tuesday , the 2 nd of December . All the priests of the so-called diocese are invited to take part in the proceedings . Cardinal Wiseman , it is understood , will not be present . Dr . Ullerthorne , " Bishop of Birmingham , " will , however , take a conspicuous part in the proceedings . Dr . Hendron , w & oso imafc became rather notorious a short time ago in reference to the affair of Miss lalbot , is the new * ' bishop . " SumoATHw nr Charcoal . - The " Essex Standard' states that on Sundav , a gardener named Decks , living at Hawkwell , near Rochford , and his wife , met their deaths under melancholy circumstances . Tbey had recently added a bed-room to their dwelling , and the new wall not being dry , on Saturday night , induced bv the coldness nf tha

    weather , they incautiously made a fire with charcoal n the apartment in which they slept . On the following morning they were found by their only child , a daughter ten years of ago , in their bed lifeless . Deceased were 3 bout thirty years of age . lu » Bw » rrATmx op Norwich . — The rumour runs here that John Henry Gurney , Esq ., of Easton ttau , near . Norwich , will become a candidate for the representation of that city at the ensuing general election . Mr . Gurney ' s opinions are

    The Common Council Of The City Of London...

    The Common Council of the city of London have resolved , by a very large majoritv , to give the necessary notices for obtaining parliamentary authority ( or Mr . Pcarson ' 3 magnificent scheme of city improvement . Tub " Hull Packet" notices the committal of a woman for bigamy .. Both marriages wore celebrated within a fortnight ; . c

    5rei;Uib. ^ ^^ The Statbtks Op Thumbs. —...

    5 rei ; uiB . ^ ^^ The Statbtks op Thumbs . —There ia nf i immediate prospect of tho thunders of tlinV an against the system of mixed education in \ , " 1 being resounded from every altar in thnt- ; a " 4 Tho " Tablet" of Saturday last bS j ?^ statutes of Tburlcs are in the course of nnhi ¦ j 1 " * among the clergy and for official mi > Z !• ° i that tho portion of them which most directk i !> i cerns the public will he ere long accessible , „ ? , world at laix'O . The organ rather mv ^ . Y fh < 5 adds , that it shall be " curious to « £ t £ Jly text of this famous document . " Cxac t The Rests . —Letters from the west of Wi are of a decidedly favourable tendency as , i « , ¦ " * that in that quarter of the country , ' at W ? "l" 8 people aro recovering from the fearful e « > l \ the three years' successive failure of the T ° crop of food and the crushing poor rates tw pl ° t t — ^^^^^ fc .

    conseaueno . fi involved nil nlncoo ,. r » i ' " asa consequence involved all classes of the con ,. •• in one general ruin . The abundance of this l »? harvest has already effected much towards tL .. jUStment of the relations which badI I m !?^ subsisted between the owner and occur ,. ! , * the soil Rents , according to the author 5 these letters , were never more punctually orolLu fully paid than they havo been within the U X in the counties of Sligo and Boseommon Th prices of cattle and live stock of all kinds hi ' vn „ . ? ruled so high for the last twenty years , i h °£ result is that the farmer is enabled to meet all hi ! engagements without trenching on his grain cro ™ wnicn

    , can tuus oe held back from market witho , it any inconvenience , until a later period mav brE with it the chance of a rise in tho prices of corn Judging from the tone of the continental advic e s it appears more than probable that these specula ' tions will be fully realised . Tub Action AGAlffST THE CHIEF Beobemt . - The ' Freeman s Journal " states that notice of trial in the case of " Birch against Somerv / 1 / e " has been served , and that it will be submitted to a jury during the after sittings of the present term , ihe caso will be tried in the Queen ' s Bench , and before a common jury . All Dublin is on the ™ , vtve for the promised " bill of particulars . " A project is on foot in Cork , to get up an exbibj . tion of art , industry , and national productions there , in the early part of next year .

    Another Source op Emigration . —The"Mail » of Friday night makes tho following statement :-. " The Spanish government have , wo are informed conceded a grant of two hundred and fifty « ciuwt miles of country on the banks of tho Guad ^ quivor in the province of Andalucia and Estremudun * » containing more than 100 , 000 acres of land of the richest quality , ' to bo colonised by Irhh settlers , under the following conditions : ETOm „ . tion from taxation for twenty-live years . Admission , of their furniture , clothing , and agricultural implements free of duty . Privilege of felling timber ior building in the royal forests . Power to appoint their own municipal authorities . The district in been

    question having depopulated by the expulsion of the Moors has never since been fully occupied >" > Emigration on a Lauce Scale . —The "Gotk Examiner" contains the following remarkable statement : — " We were informed , no later than Friday , even on the authority fjof the cler » ym an himself , that several thousands of the people " of an extensive district within ten or twelve miles of this city have expressed their determination to quit the country , and have earnestly implored their parish priest to lead tbcm to a new habitation If ho will consent to go with them , they \ nli nmeh in a body , with all the property which they possess —money , or stock , or labour as tho caso may be-. and build for themselves a town in somecountrv

    where the rights of industry are held as sacred as the rights of property are in this . The parish is that known as Trjcton , which is composed of as many as seven small parishes , and the clergyman is the Rev . Mr . Gorkran , a distinguished member of the Tenant league . " Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., proceeded on Monday to the Lord Mayor ' s Court for the purpose of disputing the claims of persons to be admitted as freemen of the city by right of marriage with the daughters or grand-daughters of freemen . The practice of admitting such claimants had fallen into disuse , but having been revived by the present Lord Mayor , has given rise to much discussionas by

    , the multiplication of the class of freemen , mnnv of whom are paupers and non-residents , the property franchise of the city may be altogether swamped . The Lord Mayor having procured from Mr , Serjeant Greene an opinion in favour of the course which he has pursued , decided that he should continue to act upon it until further advised , so far as the admission of persons married to the daughters Of freemen , but he would give no decision with reference to claimants by right of marriage witb grand-daughters . BAnnARous Mvrder , —On Sunday mowing tho

    bodyofa man , named M'Donnell , was found in the canal , near Sewry , bearing marks of violence sufficient to cause death . A Jong sledge , supposed to be the instrument employed by the murderer , was found near the scene of this dreadful deed . Tbo deceased was a workman on the Belfast Junction Railway , in the employment of the contractor , Mr . Dargan . He was reported by his fellow workmen to be in tho possession of money which he had saved . Certain parties are suspected as implicated in the murder ; but nothing warranting their arrest had been elicited .

    Mn . O'Ferrali . a . vd the Orbkr or the Bath . — So the late governor of Malta—the liberal , the hospitable , the noble Roman , who would wot permit his island government to be endangered or embroiled by a parcel of fugitives flying from the paternal / attentions of tho pope or ' tho King of Naples , no matter which—this creditable specimen of a British ruler , Mr . O'Perrall , has been offered the order and ribbon of a knight commander of the Bath by Lord John Russell ' . Good . But something better still remainsto be told . Mr . O'Fcrrall delicately declined the honour . We hare tho fact direct from the right honourable gentleman himself , who adds , " privately and confidentially , " that ha refused the valueless bauble , with an intimation that , he COuM not , as an Irishman and a CalWie , accept any favour from such a government , — Morning Herald ,

    Attempt to Burn a WORKHOUSE , —The " Cors Examiner " states that a few evenings past a most diabolical attempt was made to set fire to the Jullarney Workhouse . It appears that the master and assistant master went the round at the hour Ol eight o ' clock in the evening , and found in the industrial concerns a quantity of damp yarn , which was being prepared for the " loom , in a state of iff ; nition , over which the incendiary , with a view of concealment , placed some boards . At eleven o ' clock on the same night the masters and officers again went round , and found the main stairs so fired that in three or four minutes tho communication with the dormitories would have boen cut off , and but for the timely appearance of the officers the sleeping inmates would have leaped throug h

    the windows , five of whom actually did , and were more or less injured . In another department & turf lux was found lighted , thus proving beyond J doubt the intention of the parties concerned . A Shave Bkfohe Death . — A miller naniM Launcelot Lynch , employed in the Ball jmiillcB Mills , near this town , died rather suddenly o » Sunday evening , having , though delicate , been »* work on the previous day . A curious incideuUonnected with this event was , that just after ixtxf Lynch said he was about to die , and that he * w >» shave himself then to save his family the trout * of doing so after his death . Accordingly he £ « hia razor at that unusual hour , and proccedeu rshave himself with steadiness ; however , snow after he had done , his presentiment was veris ^ and he died with clean face—A ' Post . ii uicaii imc Jiti i i

    a . crry . „ ...... „ v mm , , u a — > y u « . _ The ceremonial of the investiture of his « ° J ' Highness the Duke of Cambridge , E . G ., and" * Right Hon . Robert Shapland Daron Carew , *'" the ribbon and badge of the most illustrious or "' of Saint Patrick , took place or . Tuesday , in lu ' Presence-chamber , at the Castle .

    Cossumrtios Of \Fisb.— The Quantities Of...

    CossUMrTios of \ fisB . — The quantities of * j entered ^ for home consumption in the nine mor- ' ending the 10 th ult . was less by 52 , 101 gallons , " appears hy the tr & du and navigation account ' than tbe quantities entered in the corn ponding period of the preceding year . In ^ the quantity was in the nine months , Jfl ™ £ ' gallons * and in the present year , 5 , 011 , 117 galley The decrease in wine and spirits in the nme ino » of the present vcur , compared with last year , k 125 , 550 gallons . ' The principal article tbntincrcain consumption during the Exhibition was tow Dkjanmra and hbr Hebci 7 i . es is SwiTZsnti ^ Adelaide Swerte has just created a tern We action in the quiet valley of Ciiamouni . Iler lo an apothecary , of the name of Carih , had a' ^ her access to his druir closet . In consequer'f .

    some deep resentment , treacherously disscm » however , tho damsel having possessed herff ' a quantity of fulminating cotton , introduced « the lining of a m ckcloth , with large folds falling ' the breast , and presented it to Carlh on bisg ' out shooting . She had remarked that when' * enjoyment of his pipe , sparks had often fi » lCI ' bis shirt front . Sot returning to the villag " , 5 j !' was- made in the mountains , where he was K" " with his neck and skull horribly shattered . , Allegko Discovery of tub rKnrKTi'Ai "" , ' , ; —The " Courier de In . Gironde " states tlmt a ^; . p ntrincer < vf Unviioi .-.. « ... n . i Via Vimiei'i ' . onr" ,

    , „ discovered the perpetual motion . His tiic . ii said to bo to find in a mass of water , at J ' - ' . ' ' . " ' ,. contained within a certain space , a continua l i ^ ,. able to replace all other moving powers . ^ above journal declares that this has been <;! in'J ( i and that the machine inveuted by ill . de W' works admirably . A model of the machine ff . i- ^ he exposed ; it Bovdeaux for three days , pveviow the inventor ' s departure with it for London .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22111851/page/6/