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      Health of Loxdos Dorisg the Week .-The deithsfromtail causes registered in the metropolitan districts ™ the week ending Saturday were 878 . This number exhibits a decrease of 284 deaths on the xi Bikly average of five previous autumns , corrected fonncresse of papulation ; a „ d the returns of the last ten yews sl , ! lW that the present low rate of mortality l * without . ex ample ( within tbe period of oh semtion ) atthisadvan cedseasinoftlie year , unless the year l & ll be excepted , when the deaths returned in the corresponding week were 827 . but out of a population undoubtedly less than at the present time . The mortality in the early part of November has usuillv ranged from 900 to upwards

      of 1 , 200 deaths The deaths registered last week from Hie zynmtie or epidemic class of diseases were only 20 £ , while the average is 307 ; those from diseases of the respiratory organs { exclusive of phthisis ) were 134 , while the average is 214- Bit the mortality from pithMs ( or consumption ) and bronchitis seems to increase , and is now about the average ; and infiVnzi was fa ' al to four young persons and an adult . The death * frr-xa diarrhoea and dysentry in the week were 22 . which i- < about the same as in former years at this s ? a ; on ; those in ihe last four weeks have been successivel y 51 , 40 , 29 , 22 . From cholera , S deaths were registered , or two more than in the preceding : week ; hat in two rases ( he persons died of d sease consequent on cholera , from which they had previously suffered . One of the 8 deaths occurred in

      Holland Cntiges , St . John ' s , WesSminstrr ; one in J & nrl-street , Lisson-grove . Ma « ylcbone ; one in King ' s Loilese Hospital ( tho patient having been brought from Drury-hne ) ; one in Green-walk , Bermondsey : one in Lambeth ; one in York-place , South Lambeth ; and one in Nightingale-vale , Woolwich . A boy of 6 years died of dhrrhcea , after 52 hours 3 'ness , ia Frederick-street , Bromley , an overcrowded and dirty neighbourhood , where cholera lately was ri e . —The mean height of the barometer in the week W 8 s 29 853 . The mean daily height was above 30 inches on Sunday , Mondav , and Saturday . The mean temperature of the week was 45 deg . 2 min . ; on Saturday it was 39 de ? . 3 min . It was above the average of the same days of seven vearson the first four Jays , and below it during the rest of the week .

      The Last of the SESSixos . —The bodies of the two convicts were placed in shells , after casts of the haid and synopsis of the brain of each had been taken , and in the evening both were deposited in a grave prepared for them in the corridor leading from the yard to the chapel . The coffins were partially filled with lime in order to insure an early decay of the remains , this plan being invariably adopted within the walls of a prison . The phrenological developement of the heads is said to agree ina very remarkable manner -with the character of the convicts as at present known ; aud Mr . Donovan , who has prepared the synopsis , will shortly publish the result of his examination for the information of the more curious in these matters . It will have

      been remarked that Manning stated that his wife was an atheist , and that her belief was , that after death tbe living ' individual became a Jump of clay , now far this may he true it IS perhaps difficult to say ; hot one thing is certain . vi «„ that the wretched woman exhibited no atheistical feelings during her confinement in TJorsemonger-lane Gaol . She wasalways punctual in ber attendance at chapel , and , as far as outward form could indicate the fact , she was imbued with religions feelings . In her letter addressed to her guardian , and written only a few hours before her execution , she expresses very confidently her hope of obtaining in another world that mercy which had been refused to her in this . It is worthy of remark that she thus commenced

      it : — "The Queen , like all judges , has a heart of rock , and it is determined that I shall die . " She then goes on to state that she has been murdered by her hnshand . and that lie would have to answer to God for her blood . This statement is not very consistent with her apparently affectionate conduct to Manning in the chapel and on the scaffold ; but this again may be only another phase in the scheme of hypocrisy , induced by a desire to create an impression of her innocence . The whole of the property found in the possession of Maria Manning , " and that discovered at the South-Eastern Railway station , still remain in the hands of Inspector Fates , and Burton , the police-constable . The latter only holds a few trifling articles ; but the former has

      property in the police-station said to be worth nearly £ 200 . Mr . Binns , Manning's solicitor , has laid an embargo on the whole of it , hy a suit against Manning , for money lent in defending him ; and the Secretary of State has directed it to be detained until the bill of costs be sent in . The property will be sold in the course of a few days , and , after paying the legal gentlemen who defended the conTJcts , the surplus will be handed over to Mr . Edmund Manning , the brother . Among the property are several valuable satin dresses , a number of lace veils , ruffles , two gold watches , some French Bcnies worth £ 7 i > , and a large assortment of female wearing apparel . "The property which belonged to O'Connor is being administered toby his brother , and will shortly be given up .

      Mysterious Death OF a Stockbrokkh . —At nine o ' clock on Monday morning , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-innfields , on John Thomas Wildman , a stockbroker , late of 40 , Shaftesbury-street New Xorth-road , Boxton , aged forty-eight Mr . Benjamin Wildman , deceased ' s { brother , deposed the deceased had been a stockbroker . On Friday he saw deceased in King ' s College Hospital , suffering from the injuries of which he died . Mr . George Elsom , house surgeon , stated that deceased was " brought to the hospital between 2 and 3 o ' clock on Friday morning . Bis thigh-bone was fractured , the scalp on the left side was lacerated , and he was the worse for liquor . The police said that he had fallen from the

      secondfloor window of Colliver ' s coffee-house , Holy wellstreet Deceased stated that he lived in the Sew 2 forth-road ; but , when interrogated as to the manner in which he met with the injuries , he became morose and silent . He lingered w » tU Saturday morning , when he died from exhaustion , the result of the shock and fracture . —Mrs . Sarah Collirer , landlady , of the coffee-house , said the deceased , accompanied by a young man , came to her house shortly after ten on Thursday night . He was quite sober , and had some coffee and toast . After reading , he and his friend retired to bed on the second-floor . About two o ' clock the following morninsr , she was awoke by a crash , and found the deceased had fallen from the window into the street

      where he lay dressed , bleeding and insensible . Deceased ' s friend rushed out of the house in his shirt , exclaiming ; "Oh J my God , my friend has thrown himself out of the window ; Til go and tell his friends . " He soon afterwards ^ dressed himself , started off again , and was not since heard of . Neither witness nor deceased ' s friends knew the young man . nor anything about him . Deceased frequented her house . —Mr . M . F . Kinsr , residing in the coffee-house , corroborated the last witness . — Police-constable Cribb , 132 F . raised deceased from the ground , and with assistance carried him to the hospital . While doing so deceased frequently

      exclaimed " My God , what mystery is this V "What nave I done ? He was quite stupid from the foil , and had been drinking . —Miss Wildman , deceased ' s sister , entered the inquest-room at this stage of the proceedings , in a wild distracted state , and was with the greatest difficulty calmed and induced to retire . Ber appearance affected to tears every one present . —The Coroner summed up , and concluded hy expressing his unwillingness to close the inquiry until the young man who was last in company with deceased was produced . —The jury fully agreed with the coroner , who ordered the police to search for the young man . He then adjourned the inquiry .

      Tue Murder is Millbaxk Pexitexiiaby . —On Saturday morning last Mr . Burrell , the magistrate at the Westminster police-court , accompanied b y the chief clerk and other officials attached to the court , proceeded to the board-room in Millbank Penitentiary , for the purpose of taking the depositions of the several witnesses against the Jew convict , John Francis , for the murder of Mr . Thomas Ball , the warder , who died on the 8 th inst . A full report of the Coroner ' s inqusst has already appeared in our columns . Tho same evidence was adduced before the magistrate , and it is , -therefore , -unnecessary to repeat it . The prisoner was placed before the magistrate , and during the examination of the witnesses he was strictly guarded . After the depositions had been completed , and signed by all

      the witnesses , Mr . Burrell read to the prisoner the usual caution , that if he said anything in his defence it would be written down and used against him hereafter . The prisoner declined saying anything , and the magistrate ia the usual manner , committed lim to ifewgate , to take his trial for murder at the approaching sessions . The witnesses were all bound over to prosecute , and the prisoner was placed in a cab , in the custody of two warders , and lodged in Newgate . It was stated before the magistrate that the prisoner has been very reserved since he committed the murder , and constantly leading the Hebrew Bible , which had been given Km by the chaplain , tho Rev . Mr . Penny . One of the readers of tbe Synagogue attended Mm during the week , and told him that counsel would be employed for him .

      Fall of "Railway Ancnxs at Cambex-tows . —On Sunday morning , shortly before eight o clock , seven of the newly erected arches on the line of railway which is intended to connect the Camdentown Station of the North Western with the East India Docks , fell with a tremendous Crash . The fallen arches were part of a viaduct on the Kentishtown and Holloway-roads . The watchman on duty stated that early in the morning " warning" was g iven that the arches were insecure from repeated creakings , and the gradual enlargement of an irregular fissure in the buttressat the north end cf the arch over the Kentish-town road . Practical men suppose that the accident arose from tj , 8 ^ . ing of the foundation of the buttresses . Jfc fi most prorideHtial that this occurrence took place on ' the

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      Sunday . On other days upwards of 200 men are employed upon the works at the time ; as it is , happily no one is injured . Fire asd Discovert op an Illicit Still . — On Sunday morning , about three o ' clock , the premises of Mr . Austin , No . 6 , King ' s-place , Camden-to wn , were discovered to be on fire . The flames having beco extinguished it was ascertained that part of the premises was used as a private still , the owners of which , upon hearing the alarm of fire given , succeeded iu making their escape before the police came up . The whole plant was immediately seized by the authorities . The building was insured in the Phccnix Fire-office .

      Fire i . v the Dover-road . — Early on Saturday morning last , a fire broke out on the premises Of Mr . Thiselton , a dealer in Berlin wool , at No . 119 , Dover-road , Newington . The flames were first discovered in the shop by the police , and on the alarm being given , the inmates had great difficulty in effecting their escape by tho roof on to the contiguous bouses . The escape of tbe Royal Society was quickly on the spot , aud the engines of the brigade and West of England were in prompt attendi-jjee , and tbe firemen were prepared to act , but the mains of the Southwark Company afforded no water . After a delay of a quarter of an hour , a supply of Water came , and the engines were instantly set in motion , until Mr . Thiselton ' s premises were totally destroyed , and several of the adjacent houses seriously damaged . Mr . Braidwood , in his official " report , stated that the house was burned down for want of water .

      Firb asd Dreadful Accidest . —On Monday night , between nine aud ten o ' clock , a fire broke out iu one of the upper rooms at Mr . Kups , No . 2 , Weststreet , Ssbo . The engines from the Crown-street station were quickly on the spot , and on the firemen making their way into the premises they extricated a young man , named James Parsons , who was burned severely , in consequence of a quantity of turpentine that he ' had been using having been upset over Jus clothes and on the fire . He was removed without loss of time to Charinz-cross Hospital , and is not expected to survive . The fire was confined to the apartment , which was completely burned out and the furniture destroyed .

      Suicide at the South Western * Railway Station . —About four o ' clock on Monday evenins , Dr . J . Allen , R . N ., entered the railway station , Waterloo road , and for some time stood on the platform , when , as the half-past four o ' clock train was starting , he flung himself under the engine , and was instantly crushed to death . His brother ' s death , which lately occurred , greatly affected him , and since then he had been moody and desponding . He had been recently appointed to the Bangalore transport ship . He had served in China and on the South American station , and was beloved by his brother officers aud all who knew him . Deceased was a Scotch gentleman , his native place being Inverness , and he was only thirtyfour years of age . Fatal Occurrence on the Soutk-Western

      Railway . —On Tuesday morning Mr . D . M'Arthur , aged about forty-five , a baker at Wimbledon , died at that place from the effect of injuries received from being run over by a train at the Wandsworthcommon station of the South-Western Railway on the day of the Thanksgiving . It appear that on that evening the deceased left Waterloo station by ihe seven o ' clock down train for Wimbledon . On the train reaching Wandsworth-common station , which is in a deep cutting , the deceased , and a gentleman named Buckley , who resides at New Kingston , took advantage of the temporary stoppage of the train to alight . Mr . Buckley first returned to the carriage , and the train had been set in motion , when he observed tho deceased , who was a very

      portly man , endeavouring to step on the foot board . To enable him to do so , Mr . Buckley held out his hand , which the deceased grasped and held so firmly that , not having effected his footing on tbe board or step , he dragged Mr . Buckley out of the carriage , and that gentleman literally rolled over the deceased on to the platform , at the same time releasing himself from the deceased , who fell between the carriage and platform ; a portion of the carriage passed over his body , and so injured the spine as to produce instant paralysis , which continued until death . Some other portion of the carriage , probably the step , caught the unfortunate man ' s head ,

      both sides of which were all but scalped , the skin and hair barely being retained on the skull . Mr . Buefeley , as SOOn as be could recover himself , set about removing the deceased from the line , and with further assistance he was carried into the station . Mr . Howell , sen ., a surgeon at Wandsworth , attended , and Mr . Buckley , who acted throughout the matter with the greatest humanity , proceeded as quickly as possible with the deceased in a fly to Wimbledon , he being propped up by pillows , and perfectly incapable of any action except that of speaking . He was seen the same night by Mr . Fenncll . who continued to attend him until his death .

      Escape and He-capture of a Convict . —Between two and three o ' clock on Monday afternoon , the guard of a gang of convicts employed under the slip where the Brisk steam-vessel is building , at Woolwich Dockyard , discovered that one of the convicts , named Thomas Johnson , was absent without leave from his gang , and the intelligence was immediately communicated to the police . One of the police , on going to the east end of the yard , was informed that a' strange-looking man had just been seen to enter the empty house recently occupied by Dr . Suthcr , opposite the sawmills , and on the constable following , he heard the party at the top ot the stairs , who proved tO be the convict . The latter , rather than be taken , forced an iron bar from the window ,

      and dropped from the parapet , a distance of eighteen feet , into Church-street , and got clear off into the town , no person ever imagining that he was a convict , as he had on a pair of excellent canvass trousers , one of the shipwright ' s jackets , which he bad taken from the shipwright ' s chest , where it had been locked up for safety , and a straw hat . The constable could not peril his life in following through the window , but a strong party of constables being sent into the town with the greatest despatch , police constable 306 R , succeeded in recapturing the convict under a ted in a house , No . 34 , Montgramit-square , and in less than an hour from the time he was missing the prisoner was safe onboard tbe Warrior , convict-ship , opposite Woolwich Dockyard .

      Daring Highway Robbery . —On Tuesday evening , about six o ' clock , as a young gentleman , named Conder , was returning from town to his residence at Brixton , he was attacked by three men iu an unfrcquen ' ed path leading from the vitriol manufactory , on Kennington-common , towards Camberwell-green . lie was first seized round tbe throat by one of the villains , and then struck on the head with some heavy instrument ; after which they robbed him of a silver double-bottomed watch , maker ' s name , "J . Cot Geneva , " a gold breqnet-chain and key , and rifled his pockets of thetr ' contents , which fortunately amounted to a few fhillini's only . The cowardly ruffians then struck him again , and made off ; though severely cut , it is bored the injuries sustained are not of a serious nature . No clue has as yet been obtained to the perpetrators of this outrage ; the

      night being dark and the assault ^ so sudden , Mr . Conder was unable to distinguish his assailants or to c « ll for help . The pathway in question is favourable for such an attack , and ought not to be travelled after nigbtfali , unless the police keep watch over it . Suociuse OceimnENCE . —On Sunday morning a hog pig , the property of Mr . John Boardman , gardener . Lower-road , Deptford , rubbed open tho stye door and made its way into the parlour , when the animal attacked a male infant , about five months old , lying asleep in the cradle . The cries of the child alarmed Mrs . Boardman , who was in the kitchen adjoining , and with much difficulty she beat off the beast , which also hit her severely in the leg . The child was shockingly lacerated , ihe left foot being entirely gnawed off . It is not expected to survive . The animal was at once destroyed .

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      A TnAXKSOiviXG-DAY RoBBEUY . —Information was received on Fridav week of a robbery , at the house of Mrs . Kay . Xo . 20 , Mill-street , Bank , Leeds . It appeared that Mrs . Kay , accompanied by her daughter , went to chapel on Thursday evening , there being a special service , on account of that day being fixed as one of general humiliation . The house was left untenanted during the time of their absence , and was entered by some vagabond or vagabonds , and thoroughly plundered of everything of value . Mrs . Kay is a widow , having only lost

      her husband a few weeks ago , and the heartless villains who robbed her house have deprived herself , ber daughter , and son of nearly all their clothing worth from £ 14 to £ 15 . As Historical Dbama . —It is said to be the intention of the authorities to proceed against Mr . Campbell for performing at Stockton-upon-Tees a theatrical piece , entitled "Hush , or the Stanfield Hall Murder , " wherein all the shocking incidents of that horrible affair are represented , not omitting the disgusting exhibition of the execution . Mr Campbell had given his word to the magistrates that this piece should not be given , but it was nevertheless performed .

      DE . VIAL BY A PnOTESTAXT CLERGYMAN OF CuRIStiax Burial to a Romas Catholic-TIic family Of John Gully , Esq ., of Ackworth Pari , having recently been visited by a painful boreavemenfc , application was made to Mr . Kenworthy , the clergyman , to have the deceased interred in the churchyard of Ackworth , where a former branch of Mr . Gully ' s had already been buried . Permission was given for the interment ( which the rev . gentleman knew he durst not refuse , ) but the deceased young lady having been a Human Catholic , he would not allow the corpse to ho taken within the precincts of the church . It was not likely that a high-minded and honourable man like Mr . Gully would submit to such an insult . TThafc parent , with a heart bleeding

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      under the loss of an amiable child , could endure to have the mark of degradation stamped upon theremains of that child , by being denied the right of Christian burial ? And yet this most undoubtedly would have been the case had the parties been without the means of providing another place of S £ re , Happily this was not Mr . Ws position and a remedy in his case was at hand , thoug h the circumstances must have cost the mourning family much additional sorrow . Ackworth-park beine conti guous to the churchyard , a spot was selected as near as possible to the place where the other members of the family had boon buried ; and this being by a Catholic cle « ryman set apart as a nlace of sepulture , the remains of Miss Gully were deposited there according to the rites of that church in whose faith she died . The conduct of Mr . Kenwnrihv needs no comment . Surely such a system

      wilt soon lack defenders , and will give place to one whose princip les are more equitable and just . We have no quarrel with Episcopalianism as such , but we do object to a church being called national , and being supported by national funds , denying its citizcns a right to its privileges . —Leeds Mercury . Introduction of Convicts in the Isle of P 0 BTlAj » Df—A portion of the 4 th regiment of foot hurriedly passed through Southampton on their way to tho convict station at the isle of Portland . The insubordinate conduct of jthe convicts there creates great alarm , and renders a strong military fuard necessary . A stronger military guard as been found necessary at Parkhurst , in the Isle of Wight , in consequence of the numerous convicts that escape , and the excitement and alarm they cause amongst the inhabitants of the Islo of Wight .

      Narrow Escape of Blenheim Palace from Fire . —His Grace the Duke of Marlborough and domestics were aroused Irom their beds early on the morniug of Friday , the llth inst ., by a female servant of that establishment , who , fancying that she smelt something burning , very providentially gave an alarm , when the muck bin at the back of the stables was discovered in flames . The fire engine was quickly brought to bear , and with a good supply of water the fire was soon extinguished . Upon an examination of the muck bin the fire was discovered to have commenced nearly at the bottom , and it was found to have been occasioned by spontaneous combustion , caused by the Gardener , who had very inconsiderately placed

      the green grass , the produce of one of the lawns , which had just been mown , and which amounted to nearly cart-load full , into the bin , when the new dung from the stables , being placed there daily , caused it to ignite . Enforcing a Poor ' s Rate . —At the Brockley Petty Sessions last week , Thomas Monday , labourer , of Whitfield , was summoned for a poor ' s rate , amounting to ninepcncc-halfponny , made in June last . He said he could not pay . , lie was informed thatlthe magistrates could not of themselves excuse , and that as the rate was pressed for they were obliged to issue a distress , but that the defendant had better save the expenses hy paying . He still

      said he could not pay . Under these circumstances a distress warrant was issued , and Monday was given to understand that if his goods did not pay the expenses , he would be liable to be sent to prison . Death of Mr . Bbroe , late Bankruptcy Commissioner . —We have received intelligence of tbe death of Mr . Burge , late a commissioner in the Leeds Bankruptcy Court . It will bo remembered that two or three years ago Mr . Burge was placed in York Castle at the suit of some of his creditors . He was at the time largely involved in debt , and we believe , though he made several applications for release as an insolvent debtor , he reniaided a prisoner in the-castle until his death . —Daily Paper .

      The Ocean Mail Steamer Hermann arrived at Southampton from Bremen on Sunday . . Among her passengers were several Hungarian refugees . An Undergraduate Accidentai . lv Drowned at Cambridge , —On Saturday last an inquest was hold at Kewnham , before Ml ' . D . King , coroner for the borough of Cambridge , on the body of Mr . William Gunning , son of the Rev . William Gunning , Prebendary of Wells and Vicar of Stowey , who was accidentally drowned the same afternoon , in the Cam . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased engaged " a funny" in the afternoon , and was rowinsr short distances u p the stream , between a

      place known as Hawes ' s Island and to a point where there is a chain passed across the river , to prevent persons trespassing on the water the property of the late Colonel Pemberton . On the last of these courses it is presumed the boat came athwart the chain and capsised , when the deceased was immersed in ten feet water . An immediate alarm having been given , consequent upon his cries for assistance , his body was shortly recovered , but on being conveyed to the shore , where the usual means of resuscitation were employed , lite was found to be extinct . Verdict—" Drowned by the upsetting of a boat . "

      Alleged Embezzlement at tue Diss Bank . — Last week B . T . Rix , and IT . Senior were fully committed for trial , the former individual on the charge of having stolen £ 800 alleged to have been remitted by him to the Botesdale branch , but at which establishment its receipt was repudiated , and the latter for general misappropriation of the funds of the bank , the actual amount as yet unascertained , but already proved to be sufficiently large and conclusive as against the accused to warrant his committal . It was stated to the magistrates that the books of the bank were undergoing a thorough investigation by an accountant , and that daily falsifications of the accounts to a large amount were being revealed .

      Incendiary Fire at Long Ashton , Somerset . — Considerable excitement and alarm was produced in the village of Long Ashton , in consequence of a daring act of incendiarism committed during the night of Saturday last on tbe premises of Mr . Thomas JoliifiV , an extensive farmer and grazier . At about eleven o clock that night tbe fire was first discovered in a cirn rick , and , an immediate alarm being given , the farm servants aud a number of the inhabitants oi the village crowded to the spot , and used all the exertions in their power to arrest the progress of the

      fire . Some fire engines were also brought out from the neighbouring city , Bristol , but the combined efforts proved unable to subdue the fire until two grain ricks , estimated at the value of about £ 400 were completely destroyed . The farm buildings were saved with difficulty . The police are exerting themselves in order if possible to discover the parties by whom the outrage was perpetrated , and the occurrence has given rise to a good deal of consternation and alarm , as some few days before Mr . Jolliffe had an outhouse destroyed in a similar way .

      Mysterious Disappearance . — A gentleman named Quick arrived at Plymouth about the 20 th of October last , and took lodgings at Harvie ' s Naval Hotel , Barbican , Plymouth , intending to await the arrival of the emigrant ship Stratheden , Mr F . Farmer , commander , on t-oard of which ship he was engaged as surgeon . On the 5 tb instant , it appears , he quitted the lodg ing house without leaving word where he was going , and has not been since heard of . The fact of the whole of his luggage having been left at the Inn shows that he did not intend to leave the neighbourhoodand great fears are entertained that

      , some ill fate which time' may possibly disclose has befallen him . Search has been made in this locality , but no tidings has yet been gained of him . The ship Stratheden arrived at this port in due course , and after waiting some time for the missing gentleman , procured another surgeon , and sailed for her destination on the 12 th instant . Mr . Quick is described as beiiig about forty-four years of age ; his appearance , however , indicated his being beyond fifty , of middle itatuve , dark complexion , rather sallow , and grey hair . He had resided some years since in London , but was not a native of that city .

      Liverpool , Saturday , Nov . 17 th . —Robbery ANn presumed Murder . —At the police office a case was inquired into before the magistrates which excited considerable interest , on account of its supposed connexion with the death of an unfortunate man who a-few-days ago was found drowned in the Mersey , near New Brighton . Mary Ball was charged with being concerned in a robbery of £ 85 _ from the deceased . Susp icion of tbe robbery was first awakened in the following singular manner : —From the statements of the witnesses it appeared that , oil Friday night week , Police-officer Tuck was in Castle-street , when he met the prisoner , who beckoned him up Sweeting-street and asked him if she might trust him , as she had something to say . lie replied that she

      might , and she then related a story as to her husband having left her for three months and returned , but that he had again gone away , and she would communicate all she knew . She then proceeded to say that herseli and her husband lived iu Redcross-street , and on TuCiday night a gentleman came there whom he robbed of * 85 in notes . Her husband had taken £ 80 and given her £ . " > . She requested Tuck to get the £ 5 note , a note of the Leeds bank , changed for her , and he was to say nothing about it . Under these circumstances she was brought to the police office , and , as no report of robbery « as to be found in the police books , her story was at the time disbelieved . On farther inquiry by the superintendent of police it was ascertained that , on Tuesday night , a man had been booked for safety who gave the name of John Richardson , and who made a complaint of having

      been robbed . The man was found hy Inspector Bibby , on Tuesday ni « ht , in the tap-room of a house in Redcross-strect where the prisoners lived . He was quite drunk . The inspector was unable to elicit anything satisfactory frora him at that time as to the robbery ; and though he made inquiries at several places , he was unsuccessful in obtaining the slightest information connected with the circumstances . The man was subsequently discharged from custody on the Wednesday , and it was not afterwards known what became of him . Mr . Superintendent Clough , having obtained a clue that the man ' s friends lived lit a place near Leeds , wrote to ascertain whether he had returned and received an answer to the effect that he left home on the 30 th of October last , after drawing from £ 130 to £ 150 from the Leeds bank , since which time they had heard nothing of h ' ni ,

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      nfflrpr Tuck was then directed to make farther m-° K the result of which was , that the man found f „ Aw davs aS at New Brighton answered Kli ^ escKon exactly . A brother-in-law "Vgj ^ filiSrSSStd tba d 0 llu » which were 0 f the «?™ , v ' l fficw Tuck as those which the S ^^ lm toft tan * and he had no £ ht from the description g iven to him p fh . sperdouM , ironi u » « v & j Richardson . SftKW ^ £ 3 local notes when he left Pm p hut he ( the witness ) could not identity any of h ° % !« TtKeawd that the note found on the J £ S ^ was ' nffe ofIfteLori . Bank . Mr Clough EosedI that at the inquest the foreman of the jwj Ssed an opinion that there had been some foul SHS Xrence to the death of the deceased , hut , as £ wa / nXet evidence , a verdict of « Found drowned " v / as returned . The body was interred n £ burial ground of Wallasey Church . The only , rfirfe found on the deceased was a key . He had no SSSSSta . Mr . Olough statedthattheplace Kdwoss-stteet , which was a tap-room , had been )\ l ! * L „ ,: ™ ,. ' c Kn . band . who encaged it on the

      div before the alleged robbery . On Wednesday the day after the robbery , the prisoner ' s husband left her 3 went to the neig hbourhood of Wallasey , near where the body of the deceased was found . The prisoner afterwards sent her brother to look after him , but he returned without being able to ( race him . Mr . Rushton ordered the prisoner to be remanded .-J he second inouest was held on Wednesday last , about noon , at the Cheshire Cheese , Wallasey , before Mr . Churton , the county , coroner . A eister of the deceased , from Leeds , who had seen the body when it was exhumed on the previous day , gave distinct evidence as to identity . The body presented no appearance of decomposition , and omitted no offensive effluvium , verifying the fact that the deceased had been only a very short time iu the water . Witness said that she knew that the deceased ( George Itich-. irdsonHiad drawn from the Leeds Bank £ 150 ,

      before he left that locality ; and that , m addition to this sum , he had taken with him about £ 15 to £ 18 , which he had before in hand . She added , that he was by trade a " cloth-drawer , " and that he was only 29 years of age ; and further , that his object in going to Liverpool was to endeavour to possess himself of a public-house on his own account . Witness also stated that he had ever at home been a very steady and sober man . One of the witnesses , a lad , said that on the day . previous to the body being found ( Saturday ) he saw deceased at New Brighton endeavouring to jump upon Wilkinson ' s omnibus , then proceeding towards Seacombe . He appeared then to be much excited and the lad remarked to

      , the driver ( Us father ! that " the man must be crazy . " The only medical gentleman examined at this second inquest was Mr . Hodson , surgeon , Egiemont , and his evidence went to the effect that there was great congestion of the brain , and that the lungs were much suffused with blood—a condition alwavs consequent upon persons in previous health sinking and being suffocated in water . The coroner inquired whether the administration of any poisonous matter , or narcotic , such as opium , would not produce congestion of the brain ? Tbe surgeon's reply was , that it would , but it would not have the same effect unon the lungs as that shown in the

      deceased . He added , that the wounds on the skm of the head were probably caused merely by the skull striking , while floating on the shore , against the rocks or stones . Nothing had been elicited from an examination of thecontents of the stomach . The jury came to a decision by bringing in a verdict ( as in the previous inquest ) of "Found drowned . ' Ball having absconded , thee natural inference is , that he has made his escap e from the country with the money ; and that deceased ' s mind was wandering , from the loss of his money and the effect of unaccustomed drink , aud that he finally put a period to his existence by drowning himself . —Liverpool Courier .

      Further Insubordination in ins Third Dragoon Guards . — The insubordination which has lately manifested itself at Nottingham Barracks amongst the privates of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards , has infected the troop of the same regiment quartered at Loughborough , a town containing about eleven thousand inhabitants , fourteen miles from Nottingham . The troop which is at the present time stationed there is under the command of Captain Broughton , and wasremoved from Nottingham to Loughborough about two months ago . The facts connected with tliis last outbreak are as follows : —On Wednesday the 15 th instant , an order was received from the colonel of the regiment ( General Catbcatt ) to ihe

      effect that the men in future should be commanded to return to barracks at twenty minutes past eight , instead of at nine o ' clock , being in fact the same time that the infantry return , except on pass , the cavalry regiments being allowed the extra time in consequence of their having to attend the evening stable duty . On the first night after the order , the whole of the troop , with , the exception of about a dozen , disobeyed the injunction , and did not return to barracks until nine o ' clock . Three of the more refractory absented themselves until later , and were made prisoners and confined in the guard-room . Early on the following morning in consequence , it is said , of the prisoners fearing their crime would

      warrant their trial b y a court-martial , the-whole three determined to make their escape , which they did by knocking down tbe corporal on guard at the time , and also the sentry , who disputed their passage . As soon as this was reported to the officer in command , he immediately sent after them a piquet , who for several hours scoured the neighbouring villages . In the afternoon the insubnrdinates were discovered at the village of Sheepshed , a densely-populated district three miles from Loughborough , where they surrendered at discretion . They were instanty conveyed back to their quarters . The men were without their caps and jackets . This occurred on Friday , on which day Colonel Arthur » as at Loughborough .

      On Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , the three pvisoners , Privates Vincent , Wcsthall , and Gammon , were taken by Sergeant Carey , and a party of the 3 rd to Nottingham barracks , where they now remain confined . The sentences of William Butterworth , Edward Ball , and Robert Knox have not yet been affirmed at the Horse Guards . The other offenders connected wiih the late insubordination , John Turner , John Holmes , Alfred John Ellis , Edward Smithson , Robert Reuben Pearce , Charles Peters , and John Wall , who were sentenced to hard labour , were conveyed a few days ago to Weedon barracks , there to undergo their various terms of imprisonment .

      Exculpation op a Railway Clerk froh a Charge of Fraud . —A young man of highly respectable appearance , named Broadbent , a clerk of the Salford station of the East Lancashire Railway Company , was charged before the Salford magistrates on Monday , with attempting to defraud the company of a small amount of money , the substance of the charge being that the defendant had retained in his hands ( an excess of fare paid to another clerk by a passenger ) , without entering it in the company ' s

      hooks or otherwise accounting for it . The charge was supported by Mr . Hocking , the general manager for the company , and was pressed with somewhat of severity , since the case could , not be called one of embezzlement or of absolute fraud , as in cases of this kind where an amount of money over the checks is observable , a memorandum is generally made , though it is not entered in the company ' s books , and the money is generally voted to a benevolent fund ; but in all cases where money is deficient , the clerk is held responsible for such deficiency . MrTrafford , the stipendiary magistrate , displayed a good deal of

      generous warmth on the occasion . He said there was not the least evidence to prove that the money ever found its way into tho defendant ' s pocket ; that lie was not near at- the moment it was paid , and that there was no evidence to show that he did not intend to return it to the passenger before mentioned on the first occasion ho might meet with him . The Mayor of Salford , who , with Mr . Trahord , was on the bench , expressed , as his opinion , that it was unnecessatily severe on the part of the company thus to bring forwa > d such a case with such evidence , and to attempt to ruin a man for life by fixing the stigma of crime upon him when the charge was so totally unsupported . Mr . Broadbent , the defendant , was most honourably acquitted , and retired from tho court amidst the congratulations of his friends .

      The Appearakce of a Mshmaid IN DURHAM . —At the Bishop Auckland Police Court recently , John Davis , stating himself to have been up to a short period attached to Batty ' s Equestrian Company , hut now out of employment , was charged by P . C . Craggs with imposing upon her Majesty ' s liege subjects , " at Willington on the previous day , by exhibiting a figure termed a " Mermaid" for the '' small charge of one penny . " On examination the head consisted of a turnip , apparently fresh pulled , and the body stuffed with cotton ra ? s , and the whole covered with a skin , with a most hideous looking face . The bench proposed that the " curiosity " should be burnt , to which John very coolly consented , in case they were convinced on dissection that it really was not amermaid ! The bench ordered him to be committed to the House of Correction for

      fourteen days . The Wkkckers oh the Esskx Coast . —Conviction OF TWENTY-SKVKN SMACKSMEN .-6 n Monday the magistrates for the Teudring Hundred of l-. ssex were engaged during the greater part of the day m the hearing of a case against no less than twenty-seven smacksmen and stone-dredgers , belonging to the ports of Colchester and llawick , for uuawfully boarding the brig Fleece , of Arbroath . Scotland , lately wrecked on ' tho Essex coast , when in the

      chargeof parties employed hy Uio master , and forcibly taking possession of tho cargo , with tho view ofobaming salvage upon the name . -Mr . Clarkson , the bamster , conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Alliance Mamie Insurance Cou ! iHinr ; and Mr . Rodwell , barrister , awcweil for ihe defendanta—Mr Clarkson having stated the CllSC , a number of witnme * wereeXamimi t by wiH , se . ' J * , J J nJ . el l ? ' lIlc b "B Mwoe * while on her voyage fl t Sun ' K « . ; "f ? Z StHki "S " Gl » - flo .. t J > und , but was il 3 Slg tcd 0 ff , and in endeavouring

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      to make Harwick she filled , and sunk on the flat of the Naze , off Walton , but in such a position ns only to be covered at high water . After the cap tain had engaged the hands of three or four crews to assist in working out the carRo , a number of others applied for , but were refused , employment ; and some of the defendeuts were pointed out as arn & ng the iwwftber . In consequence of the continued violence of the weather very little could be done on the Monday , but in the evening the wind moderated , and during the night the wreck was completely surrounded by fishing smacks and store-boats , the crews of which , in spite of the warnings of the men in charge , and the subsequent order of the master to desist , crowded on board .- _ -... ... « « _ % . __ iv . n ^ .

      to the number of nearly 150 , and in tbe most lawless manner cut away the rigging , broke up the decks , and literally scrambled for the cargo , so as completely to put a stop to the measures which had been commenced for lightening the vessel aud getting her afloat ; and which , it was the opinion of the most experienced witnesses , would otherwise have been successful , instead of her becoming a complete wreck , as was eventually the case . —After hearing Mr . Rodwell in defence , the Bench decided to convict all the partie <—four who were proved to have been previously c autioned , in penalties of £ 4 and the remainder 40 s . each , or in default imprisonment for one or two months respectively , the chairman remarking that

      but for an impression which appeared to prevail that they had a right to act as they did , much heavier punishment would have been inflicted . —Mr . Clarkson remarked that the parties for ^ hom he appeared had no vindictive object , but merely desired to put down a system of lawless violence which had for some time prevailed , and he was sure the decision of the Bench would be of considerable benefit to all those who might in future meet with disasters on this coast . Murder op a Game Watchm . —A melancholy tragedy has been committed iu the remote and wild district of Bcwcastle , on the borders between Scotland and Bast Cumberland . Thomas Davidson , tho victimhad boon for many years a gmo watcher

      , for Sir James Graham . On the 8 th inst ., the deceased went his usual beat upon the hills , but not returning , considerable alarm was felt , and an active search made , the body , however , was not discovered until tho llth inst ., when it presented the appearance of strangulation . Suspicion immediately fixed upon Joseph Hogg , one of the prisoners , a notorious poacher in the district , who had , about a fortnight ago , been fined on tho evidence of the deceased . On that occasion he threatened deceased . The father of the accused is now in gaol , undergoing imprisonment for poaching , also upon the evidence of the deceased . On Monday at the investigation before Mr . Carvick , the coroner , it was shown that the

      prisoners , Joseph Hogg , Nichol Hogg , alias John Nichol , and Andrew Turnbull , had been seen together several times during the week , and had been out poaching in the neighbourhood where deceased was found on the day he was murdered . After the investigation had proceeded several hours on the second day , Andrew Turnbull expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr . Sabbage , thesuperintendant of police , and which was to tho following effect He and the prisoners , Joseph Hogg , Kichol Hogg , alias John Nichol , had gone out together poaching on tho morning of the day of the murder , and they then agreed that if they met the deceased they would Kill him . After shooting the wholo day ,

      they were on their return home at night , when the deceased saw and chased them about 100 yards . Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then turned round upon and seized the deceased , and strangled him , but he , Turnbull , ran away , and left the other two prisoners , and was thus unable to give further particulars . The last that he saw was Hogg and the deceased falling down together . The prisoner , Joseph Hogg , had a scratch over his upper lip , and a pair of breeches . of his were produced bearing a mark of blood upon the knee . The inquest was then adjourned for further evidence until the 20 th inst ., and the three pr isoners committed to Carlisle gaol duvini ! the interval .

      Melascholy Catastrophe at Louth . — Fivk Lives Lost . —About three o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last the inhabitants of this borough were thrown into a state of considerable alarm and consternation by a terrific explosion of combustibles , on the premises of Mr . W . Araitage , chsmist and druggist , of the Fish Shambles . About two years ago , that gentleman , who was a member of the town council , highl y respected by his fellow townsmen , and possessed of high scientific attainments as a practical chemist and pyrotechnist , invented a valuable explosive railway signal , for the purpose of indicating any danger that might arise on a railway line , and having received orders of late from several companies

      for a considerable number , was engaged on the afternoon above-mentiored in the manufacture of them . The place in which this was carried on was a warehouse immediately over the kitchen , which stood detached a few feet from the dwelling-house , and Mr . Arraitage , his father , Mr . Thomas D . Armitage , a youth named Stephen Evans ( the son of a neighbour , ) and Mary Jane Evans , his sister , were employed . In the kitchen below were Eliza Wilson , Mr . Armitage ' s housekeeper , and a servant . When Mr . W . Armitage entered , and opened the door of an iron oven to take out some paste of a combustible nature , of which the signals are made , and which had been placed there to bake or dry , from some cause

      or other it exploded with a terrific report , igniting the combustibles in the warehouse above , reducing the whole building to a heap of ruins , and burying the above named persons under the burning mass , with theexception of the servant maid , Roberts , who mi " raculoosly escaped through a window , who , with a little boy of Mr . Armitage ' s in her arms , sustained little injury except from fri ght . The asssistance of the police , with their superintendent , Mr . Tacey , and one of the fire engines attached to the force , were promptly procured ; the fire being extinguished , operations commenced , with the assistance of a great number of the inhabitants , for the removal of the ruins and extrication of the sufferers . The first who was got out was Eliza Wilson , the housekeeper , alive , but her legs being so crushed and her body having sustained so much

      injury from burns and bruises , that she gradually sunk and died about three hours afterwards . The youth Evans , was then taken out , and survived but a very short time . The other three , Mr . Armitage , his father , and the girl Evans , were quickly and successively extricated , but were quite dead . All the poor sufferers presented a most horrible spectacle , being charred by the fire and mutilated by the fall of the building , almost beyond possibility of recognition , except from their dress , or that portion of it which remained unburned . Too much praise cannot be awarded to the inhabitants , of all classes , who assisted in extinguishing the fire and removing the ruins , reckless of the danger around them arising from the explosion , at intervals , 'of rockets , signals , and combustibles , by which they were surrounded . — Lincolnshire Times .

      HiGawAi-Robbery . —On the 16 th inst , as John Aldridge , who is a watcher for George Lister , Esq ., of Ousefleet Grange , was returning from Goole to Adlingfleet , about six o ' clock in the evening , he was met by a man , who inquired the road to Goole . Aldridge gave him the necessary information , aud was turning to pursue his journey , when the fellow who had accosted him dealt him a blow on the head , which almost staggered him . but bein „ ' a powerful man he immediately returned the compliment and knocked the rascal down . A Struggle then ensued but Aldri

      , dge proved too many for his man , and would have succeeded in taking him had not some accomplices , who were concealed behind a hed » e come to his assistance . The ruffians fell upon poor Aldridge with slaves , and beat him most unmercifully , in lact , to such an extent did they carry their brutality , as to render him almost insensible . They then rifled h : s pockets , and took therefrom the sum of M 16 S ., with which they decamped , and we are sorry to y that the villains have hitherto escaped detection .

      # Juvenile Delinquency . —A female child of only nine years of age was charged at tho Liverpool Police-court , on Saturday last with having dexterously picked the pocket of a lad y in St . John ' s Market , a second offence of the same kind ! Tho mother was in court , and seemed distressed at such conduct in her child , whom ( she said ) she sent to school daily and to a place of worshi p on Sunday , so that she could onl y account for such crime by her contact with bad company . Mr . Rushton could not help thinking that the offender was not strictly looked after ; but after strongly admonishing the mother ordered the child to be given up to her , so that she might yet endeavour to reclaim her . Patal Railway Accident . —Ou Saturday last a fatal accident occurred ou the Manchester and MS ]'" of ra i . ay- Sh 01 , tI y after twelve o clock a train , consisting of seven hi ™ . ™« ** .

      , „ gons , stopped at Guide brTdgo station , on Its way from Ashton to Manchester ? After waiting a few S ?! lSrf b 0 ta ,, n W 3 S a ^" Put »» motion , when the guard , a young man named Jackson , aged nineteen years perceived that a box , which should have omoflhT . tUc . statlon ' \ l ^ been removed from ono ot the carnages , and tho signal was made for asTifSrti ^ rofft , "" ^ «™ S 5 mS was luting the box off the enmngc . and liad no . irlv juootiIcJ-,,, la ,,, i „ it Kt 0 m tWpUtfotm 3 tl , oooginm ta „ tQ 3 , te toi „ , a » n ill"StZi o i » ii « Uiiwn olf l , i » fect a , , l 7 „„ ™™ X ' l f fe . irb 7 rt , n » t , ^ r ^

      sssessm sssassSSa ? a verv Hhn ^ fim « 7 i T , ' » n the course of mW „ f \ me Uw ( lrank amongst them three B & F & x ^&& . naeousted to ««* . * ta , m , 3 Tfi

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      on reaching the open air he fell down as though corn pletely deprived of life . He was taken in a cab and lodged in the guard-room , where he soon afterwards began to rave like a madman . He was afterwards taken to the hospital of the regiment , but he died from the effects of the li quor on Sunday afternoon At au Inquest held on Tuesday by Mr . flerford , the jury returned a verdict of "Died from excessi Te drinking . " Brutal Murder of a Femaix—On Tuesday 3 ir Weatherhead , the coroner , resumed for the fourth * time an inquest at Tweedmouth , concerning tho death of a female named Elizabeth Anderson , who is supposed to have been brutally murdered by beinr thrown into a deep quarry opposite the Tweede % w % » ann \* intT fln » rtn & n nit * hf * ft *)} A /\ nm oo fTisitt * . U -.

      mouth station 01 tne rork , iVewcastle , and Berwick Railway . The deceased was a married woman and up to last Monday fortni ght had been residinrr at her son ' s house at Coldstream . On that dav it appears , she left for the puroose of proceeding to Belford in quest of her husband , who had formeS an acquaintance with a female with whom site suspected he was living . Nothing was heard of her till the following Saturday morning , when her manned remains were discovered b y some boys lyinir nttho bottom of the quarry above alluded to . Mr Reid the officer who was called by tho inhabitants to tak * chargu of the body of the deceased when found said her head was covered up in a shawl , which was pinned closely under her chin . On removing it , and seeing the blood and wounds on hor head , ho was particular m examining the shawl , to discover the cuts

      corresponding , but could not detect anv No money whatever was found in } , er mkcts or W her person . It further appeared ffiKt toS past seven o ' clock the previous ni ght ( FrSy she ZZSrtStWw Ittn > a M arently ™ « 8 i % the arrival of the train south , where she met with two men , whom she drank with . One of them , hearing she was going by the train offered to see her tO tho Station , which she declined ; however , on her quitting the inn they left , and shortly afterwards cries for assistance were heard by several witnesses near the quarry . These men we ' re called by the coroner , but they denied all knowled ge of the woman after quitting the Railway Inn . The coro . ner again adjourned the inquiry for further evidence , in order that the police might collect every fact connected with this mysterious case .

      Important to Members of the Yeomanry Cayairy . —The Wolverhampton Chronicle reports that at the petty sessions last week , Mr . Robert Seal , of the Dubley troop of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry , attended in support of a charge against Mr . Henrj Knight , of refusing to deliver up certain accoutrements belonging to . that troop , of which Mr . Knight had been a member , The articles were valued at JLi 10 s . lud . in double which sum , together with a fine of £ 10 , the defendant was convicted . A similar charge was also made against Mr . Joseph Parish , the accoutrements in which ease were valued at £ l 15 s . 8 d . Mr . Parish was likewise convicted in double the value , with £ 10 fine . The amounts were ordered to be levied by distress .

      Burial op Dissenters in Consecrated Ground . —The Archbishop of Canterbury has recently been applied to by a dissenter , who complained of the conduct of a clergyman , the Rev . J . M . Randall , curate of Rowestoft , for refusing to bury the children of dissenters , on the ground of their being unbaptised . The following is his Grace ' s answer : — " In reply to your letter , I write to say , that the curate of your parish is obliged to bury with the usual forms the corpse of a dissenter , provided the church service be not objected to . The onlr exception it in the case of persons dying unbaptized . These the Rubric expressly excludes ; and the Rubric differs from the canons in being established by act of parliament , so that a clergyman is under the necessity

      of conforming to it . I agree with you in the opinion that when the non-baptism is not notorious and patent , as it is in the case of baptist children , no curious inquiry should be made , A clergyman maybe indicted for violation of the canons ; hut the earlier ones to which you allude are superseded by the Toleration Act . "—Cambridge Independent Press . Sebious Occurrence at Britaknia Bridge . — A mishap of a very serious kind has occurred this week connected with the operation of lowering the great hydraulic machine from the summit of the pier , The capstan gang , nino or ten in number , seized with a panic , suffered themselves to he overpowered ; and the consequence was most serious injury to two of the men—one being dreadfully bruised

      about the head , the other having sustained compound fracture of the thigh . The tide being favourable , the poor fellows were taken in a boat to Carnarvon hospital . The press went to the bottom , and will have to be fished up again . Manslaughter by a Pauper . —A disturbance , which was attended with serious results , occurred on Monday at Clifton Workhouse , near Bristol . As tho paupers were partaking of their meals a dispute arose between two of them named Samuel Roach and James Jones , owing to Jones snatching Roach ' s can of tea out of his hands ; upon which Roach started up , and forcibly regaining possession of the can threw

      the contents ofit in Jones ' s face . This so aggravated Jones , who has always home the characti r of being a very ill-tempered man , that , espying a long-handled brush at the other And of the room , he ran and caught hold of it , and with the butt-end dealt Roach a violent bio won the back of the head , fracturing the skull in a most frightful manner . The poor fellow lingered till the next morning , when he died . An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday , afternoon at the workhouse , before Mr . W . Joyner Ellis , coroner , when evidence of the above / acts having beenadduced , the jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter , " and Junes accordingly was committed for trial on the coroner ' s warrant ,

      Steam Tog Bursed , it Marypoht . — About half , past two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon , a volume of dense smoke was observed to burst out from the decks of the steam-tug Rambler , then lying in the harbour . The tide was out at the time , the master and the engineers having completed their morning ' s work had gone to dinner . In a few minutes , several parties interested in the vessel were assembled , and soon ascertained that she was on fire ; no time was lost in getting the town ' s engine down into the bed of the river , worked bv an efRcienfc . body of carpenters ; and , by the aid of shipmasters and other volunteers , in an hour the fire was entirely subdued . The damage done was not so great as might have been anticipated , being eonfined to the cabin and after-part of tho vessel , and differing from the case at Workingtonin being

      , beyond any doubt entirel y accidental , having arisen from a spark communicating to the patent felt surrounding the boiler . Death of Charles Goring , Eso . ., M . P . —The mournful intelligence reached us on Monday that at half-past nine o ' chek on the preceding evening this gentleman breathed his last , at Wiston House . Mr . Goring , who had married so recently as September last , had been more or less indisposed for some months , which caused the postponement of the nuptials . A fo : tnight ago his illness assumed a more serious sspect , ultimately taking the character of typhus fever , under which he sank on Sunday evenmi , as already stated . Mr . Gorins ; sat for the borough of Shwehain and rape of Bramber ever since 1811 , and his death causes a vacancy iu the representation . —Brighton Guardian .

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      Fire at Dalkeith Palace . —On Friday , the 16 th inst ., a bedroom in one of the attics of Dalkeith . Palace , the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch , was s discovered to be on fire . A iirc-engiue belonging to tho palace , and one from Dalkeith , were promptly , ' brought into requisition ; and as thoy wore most t efficiently worked , and well supplied with water , the e flames were extinguished before thev had time to o extend beyond the apartment in which the firoori- iginated . The damage done is consequently n > t very y great . The casualty is said to have arisen from m some plumbers , who were employed in repairing the le palace , inadvertently leaving a portable stove on the le roof when they went to dinner , tbe heat from which : h is supposed to have melted the leaden roof , and sot ot fire to the woodwork above the bedroom which was as burned . —/ Scotsman .

      An Attempt to defeat the Electric Tele-le-GRAPii .-Oiie day last week Mr . Moxev , tho super-erintendent of the Edinburgh police , received infor- ' or-S n ! ' Ml ^ u le W means of th eiectricxic telegraph , of the flight of a man from that place by by the seven o ' clock train for Edinburgh , carrvinginc ; with him the sum of £ 64 tho property of his enwm-J ployer . Measures were adopted for his apprchen-iensionontheairivalof the train , but it was foumhuwH that the party had left the train at a station sommmc j

      miles eastward of Edinburgh , upon the shrewd coneon--jecture , no doubt , that the telegraph would he pu < puff in requisition to announce his delinquency - ant ana ntglit . Mr . Moxoy immediatel y put himself incorason H ' munusation with the authorities of such towns ais ait he considered it likel y that the man would visit , am , ami . on baturday last he received information from Mn Mn Barclay , superintendent of the Aberdeen policolicec to whom notice had been sent , that tho patty ity i i question had been apprehended in that town thi thn preceding day , with £ ( 50 of the money in his pos post : session

      & Fire in Glasgo % v . —Shortly before nine o ' cloc ' clocc on Monday night , a fire broke out in the shop ot * Mat * M 1 Rutherglen , bookbinder and stationer , situalec at tint til back buddings of 25 , Queen-street . The "West est hngland and City fire bri gades were soon on t ) n t'f ground , and , hy their efficient operations , succeedceedi m checking the flames before they had time to spre ; sprea : a l'rom the combustible nature of the materials cMs cw uineu in the shop , however , a very large cjwwlWUyy them has been destroyed , aud the damage in this this » spect must be considerable . Jt is understood the Ithe 11 is only partiall y recovered by insurance . Explosion of GAs . -On the same evening , abg , abb seven o clock , an exp losion of gas took place iu ic iu t hem ^ ennel , which , at first , occasioned considersidew ; alarm . It is not knswn how the gas ignited ; ted ; 11 on a sudden , the noise of the explosion was heis keci - « d about twenty-five yards of foot pavement , int , i : i :

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24111849/page/6/