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      Heiltu of Loxdox dcrixg the Week . —The aggravated rate of mortality in London , which marked the first two weeks ofthe current month , Las prevailed without abatement in the period embraced hy the present returns . The deaths , which increased to 1 , 247 in the hegiuning of March , and subsequently rose to 1 , 401 , amounted , in the week ending last Saturday , to 1 , 412 . Taking for comparison the tea corresponding -weeks ot 1841—50 , it appears thai the hi g hest number was 1 , 197 , and occurred in 1845 ( in a week when the mean temperattrc had fallen about ten degrees lower than usual ) , and that the average mortality was 997 . The averarjc , if corrected according to the supposed

      rate of increase in the population , amounts to 1 . 0 S 3 ; and the increase above it exhibited in last week ' s return is 324 . The sickness which now prevails in common , as already shown to all Pf « ° dsof lite ; but it deserves notice , that whereas . J »?* g mortnlitv returned in either of the last two weeks 5 m * lv tbe same , the deaths of J ^ J *™ under 15 rears shows a decrease from o 93 ( m the Sending 15 th March ) to «» tot week J fa ; e tbo * ^ . ich occurred in the middle period of life rose from 422 to 450 . and those in the still more advanced stage ( or above 60 years ) rose from oho to 590 . In last week the deaths attributed to

      111-flm-nza-siraply , or in conjunction with bronchitis , inflammation of the luncs , disease of the heart , or -otherra- » ladv-are 65 ; in the previous week they were 39 ; whilst the average of corres [ : oudin < r weeks does not exceed S . The cases classed under bronchitis have decreased from HI to 150 , and are still at least double the average ; those from pneumonia or inflammation of the inngs remain about 125 , whilst the average does not exceed 87 . The cases ascribed in the table to asthma are 39 , which is also more than usual ; phthisis or consumption sumbers 16 G'in both weeks , -while the average , t' -. ough corrected for increased nnniilation . is less than 150 . Hooping-cough

      carina off 81 children , while the average number in corresponding weeks is 43 ; and croup 12 . Amongst the epidemics , besides hooping-cough that arc incident to childhood , measles shows some disposition to prevail ; but it is satisfactory to observe that small-pox is less fatal than it was a few weeks ago , and has declined to 1 C deaths . It will be seen m the notes , however , that instances of the neglect of raccuiatioD , or of determined opposition to it , are -still snbjecfc of complaint on the part of those whose professional aid is required in the treatment of the disease . On tho 2 < 5 th February , at 14 Speedv-place , Gray ' s-inn-lane , a pnntcutter , aged 73 rear * , died of " want of the common necessaries who bad

      of life ;"—no medical attendant . A man , Leen a oencral dealer , died on the 17 th March , of " Ecnilitv . " at 2 , Thomas-street , Whitecbapel , at tho n"c of 100 years . Litt week the births of 824 bovs and 75 G cirfe , in ail 1 , 380 children , were recistered . The average of six corresponding weeks fn 1845-50 , was 1431 . At the Eoyal Observatory , Creeewich , the mean daily reading ofthe barometer decreased to 2 S-S 42 in . on Saturday . The mean of the week was 29 * 351 . The mean daily temperature was generally above tbe aver age , and on Thursday and Friday exceeded it brabout 6 degrees . The mean of tbe week was 44 dcg . 9 min . Tho wind was generally in the south-west . Bain fell in the week to the depth of

      1-13 inches . Fall of a Horsu is Mile-eid "Sew Towx . Oa Monday morning , at seven o clock , tbe inhabitants of Mile-end Xew Town , were much alarmed , in consequence of a lond report , which , on inquiry , ¦ was found to have proceeded from Uigh * street , by the sadden fall of a bouse , which was in the occupation of a female of the name of Mills . Several persons ran to tbe spot , when the premises were discovered to be a complete mass of ruins . At the

      time , the voices were heard of some females . A body of men promptly set to work to extricate the sufferers . In a few minutes Mrs . Mills was extricated , upon which it was ascertained that there -were two more females iu the ruins , a Mrs . Michael and her daughter , who were got out unhurt . Mrs . Mills was found to have received a fracture of the right thigh , and other severe injuries . She was immediately taken to the Loudon Hospital . The other females were ascertained to be but slightly hurt . Tbe house is supposed to have been built about 100

      years- ' Alleged Mbrdrr isd Exhumation op the Body . ' —Last August , Elizabeth Catherine Richards , aged fifteen , living as nursemaid with a private family at Swan-walk , Pimlico , after partaking of some beer was suddenly seized with violent painsin her . stomach , vomiting , and other symptoms of poisoning . Her illness increasing , she was removed to her father ' s house , Battersea , where she died a few hours after her arrival . Before her death she told her father that a certain party had put a white powder into the beer that she drank . Whereupon the father went to that party and inquired concerning the white powder , about which the acensed gave different versions . The deceased ' s statement gave rise to the most unfavourable rumours , which were greatly

      increased by the fact that deceased and her fellow-servants were not on good terms- Her father , after various strong representations to Mr . Wakley , M . P ., the coroner for the western district of Middlesex , induced that gentleman to issue his warrant for the exhumation of the body , in order that it should be subjected to an autopsy and an inquest . The body was accordingly disinterred last week in St . Luke ' s chnrchvard , Chelsea , in the presence of Mr . D . M . TFakley . the deputy coroner , Drs , Rogers and Waldnw , the rather , and several other relatives of deceased . The lid of the coffin having been removed and the body identified , it was conveyed to the workhouse , where a post mortem examination will be performed , and an analysis of the stomach made , preparatory to tbe holding of the inquest .

      Tremendous Fires . —A Max axd his Wife Burked to Death . —The metropolis was on Wednesday morning visited by the outbreak of two fires , which unfortunately destroyed the lives of two human beings , a man and his -wife . —One fire broke out at a few minutes before four o ' clock , in 31 , John-street , Harper-street , Sew Kent-road , in the joint occupation of Mr . Ti . Richardson , a typefounder , and Mr . Samuel Potts . The former party , with Ids wife , slept in the front parlour , whilst Mr . and Mrs . Potts occupied the first-floor . A police constable kept the door of the premises closed , \ mtil assistance came up , when he started for the fireengines . Tbe engines and firemen of the Southwiui-liridge-road and Waterloo-road stations , with

      those of the West of England office were soon on the spot , and plenty of water being procured , the engines were set to work , but tbe flames had previously penetrated the roof , and were rising so high as to illuminate the whole neighbourhood . The firemen , however , soon got the flames extinguished , when they entered the premises for the purpose of looking after the two persons who were known to he in the building . On approaching the front-room window a shocking spectacle presented itself , for lying on the floor , were the lifeless bodies of Mr . aud Mrs . Potts , burned almost as black as a coal , every article of furniture in the place being

      consumed , and not so much as even the trace of a bedstead being left . The other fire broke out in the Grand Junction Canal Company ' s dockyard , 3 fo . 18 , Wharf-road , City-road , and although the firemen had been actively engaged for six hours , the fames were not entirely extinguished at seven on Wednesday morning . The misfortune happened iu the upper floor of a spacious building , used as the stores , in which considerable property was deposited . Tbe stores were" harried out , and the adjoining buildings arc also much injured by fire , and water , and breakage . The heat from the furnace floe was the cause of the outbreak .

      JJavigation of tbe Thames . —The opinion is very prevalent that the intricacy of the navigation at the mouth of the Thames renders it perfectly secure against the approach of any foreign ships unprovided with pilots . For the purpose of undeceiving those persons who entertain this opinion , it may be mentioned that the Governolo ( Sardinian man-of-war steamer of 1 , 400 tons , and mounting twelve long sixty-eight-pounders , lately arrived at Woolwich ) found her way from Spithead , through the Downs , and up the river to Woolwich without a pilot , though not a man or officer on board had ever been up tbo river before . St . Barsabas , Pimuco . —On Sunday Mr . Bennett took his farewell of the congregation of this church in two discourses , delivered in the morning and evening of tbe day . A- crowded audience assembled in the expectation of hearing some statement indicative of Mr . Bennett ' s intentions , but no

      such declaration was made . The preacher said it seemed as if they ( he and the congregation ) had bad their day ; their night was now commencing . Mr . Bennett ' s text contained the key-note of his discourse : that in the morning was , "And every nan went onto hfe own house ; " that in the evening . The night cometh when no man can work . " _ Abolition of Street Organs . —On Saturday , m consequence of the recent serious accident which K , a „ Vi ^ . * ha ? of a medical gentleman in I h ti wie- !* I tr £ et '*? ° - f the "P " ^ complaints which have been madevrith respect to fri ^ htpnin-,

      norses ana endangering the lives of the public by the street organ nuisance , the Commissioners of Police issued from Scotland-yard a general Sr for the suppression of street organs playing jnTanvnf \ ht public thoroughfares of the metrnpolif aDF ° the Stoppage of London Bridge . —on Mondav , notice was issued by the City ConmisSoS ' rf Sewers , that on and after Monday nest , till further « nT ; T ? I ^ ° = « f « s bring tbe intention to wnave LoaJon Brid ge , u- > vehicles of any description will be allowed to passbj- this brid ge . The cost 0 f repann £ is estimated at about £ 2 C 00 .

      More Pervert 3 .-A correspondent of the Church and State Gazette says that the Rev . A . Chirol , curate to Mr . Bjnnett , wi : hbis wifei-and family ; sko his mother , and several other' person s ; and W tm . asaa , E-q , author of the pamphlet on tbe legality of tbe PapallMerarchr , with his - * ife ; and

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      a lso several relations of the latter , have joined the Church of Rome . The Coroner for the Tower . —Mr . W . Baker , deputy coroner for the eastern division of thecounty of Middlesex , has been appointed the ' eoroner for the Tower liberty .

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      The Poi eosisca sear Wisbech . —On Saturday last Ann Overment , cook to Mr . Dearlove , of Leverinoton , was brought before tho magistrates for the Wisbech division of the Isle of Ely , at Wisbech , charged with the wilful . murder of Mrs . John Dearlove . The reasons which have led to the detention and accusation of this girl are these : —After Mrs . Dearlove had made the pudding she went up stairs with the other servant , and the pudding was left for the accused to tie up and place in the pot . It was under her sole ch arge all the morning , and " no one came into the kitchen , except one of the threshers' men , for some beer . During dinner she

      did not cat any potatoes ; these were boiled in the pot with the pudding , and it was her daily practice to eat potatoes heartily ( the men who partook of them were made very ill ) . When a neighbour , Mr . Bond , went into the room where Mrs , Dearlove had just died , Ann Overmeant said , " She ' s quite dead ; it is not the first sudden death that has happened , but I suppose I shall get all the blame . " The day before Mrs . Dearlove died , after , she had thrown the cold water over the girls , the accused sulked all day , would not change her clothes , and in answer to one ofthe men , she maile use of a very coarse expression ( with an oath ) to the effect that she would physic her mistress .. The heads of the charge were taken down , and the girl waa remanded

      for further examination . It appears there , has been constant ill-feeling between the master , mistress , and servants . A few months since Mr . and Mrs . Dearlove went out one Sunday and left orders , that the girls were not to leave the house ., After dinner they went into the yard to chat with some of their neighbour ' s men , and tbe groom locked , the doors , and kept them exposed to the : cold from three to ten p . m ., when Mr . and Mrs . Dearlove returned home : the next Saturday Mr . Dearlove took the girls before the magistrates at Wisbech , and they were fined 6 s . 6 d each .

      Suicide . — -A young man named Samuel Baker , in the employ of Mrs . Buckland , of Fore-street-hill , Exeter , was ikund suspended by a rope , qnite dead , in the back cellar ofthe house , on Saturday morning last . Itoni the evidence adduced at the inquest , held by J . Warren , Esq ., coroner , it appeared that the deceased had been deranged from an attack of illness five years ago , and has since been weak in his intellect . He was , however , a very honestand trustworthy workman . Iu consequence of Mrs . Buckland declining business , he was ahout to leave his situation , and was observed to be very melancholy during the past week .

      Representation of Somerset .- —Lord Dangarvan has withdrawn himself as a candidate for the representation of Somerset , vacant by tbe death of Sir A Hood , on the ground of reluctance to take a course in the House of Commons , on the subject of Protection , opposite to that adopted by his grandfather , Lord Cork , in the House of Lords . Mr . Gore Langton has since been requested to become a candidate . Death of Mr . Sergeakt Ludww . —• We regret to announce that the illness under which Mr . Serjeant Ludlow has so Jong laboured terminated in his death at his residence , Almond sbury . . Excessive Distraint fob Church RATE 8 . —Some time ago , a church rate to a small amount was

      imposed on the parish of Washingboro , Lincoln , and Mr . John Norton , who has a residence there , was peremptorily requested to pay Is . AM . towards the repairs of the parish church in that village . Mr . Norton , as an unflinching nonconformist , having refused to comply with this exaction , a seizure has taken place , under aggravated circumstances . The " representative of majesty , '' in tho Queen ' s name , having entered the domicile of Mr . JN ' orton , for the purpose of a levy , examined the contents of the kitchen , in which there were tables , chairs , and other ar ticles of value ; and , having no one to contend with but a female , thrust himself into the dining room , and took possession of the mahogany chairs it contained , so that the family should be minus of a seat in that room . The object of the fellow ' s mission being evidently one of annoyance as well as that of the execution ofthe law , of course

      it was not to be supposed that the kitchen and the dining room contained enough to satisfy this Is . Aid . demand on the part of the church , as well as the legal expenses incurred . He therefore officiously obtruded himself upstairs , and after minutely inspecting the dormitories , returned with a feather-bed , which he placed in the . kitchen ; again he went upstairs , and brought down four blankets . After this another invasion into tho bedroom took place , and a counterpane was added to the heap of bedding below . Tbe whole of the property was then huddled together , and the raid was completed by the goods being carted away . Coupled with the above facts , it may not be altogether uninstructive to mention , that the incumbent of Washingboro ' receives from the living £ l , 55 £ yearly , from , whence is deducted £ 150 per annum for the services of a " working curate . "

      Incendiary Fire . —On Saturday night last a fire , which was evidently the work of an incendiary , was discovered in some out-houses on the farm of Mr . George Dennison , an extensive farmer and feeder of cattle , residing near the village of Fordham , in Cambridgeshire . The flames were promptly extinguished by the exertions of the persons living in the neighbourhood , but damage to the extent of about £ 100 was incurred . The police have arrested a labourer to whom strong suspicion attaches . Tatest Pocket Protector .. — -Mrs . Allison , of Xottingham-place , Stepney , has registered an invention for theprotection of pockets from ' the depredations cf thieves . The contrivance by which this desirable object is proposed to be attained is

      very simple , consisting merely of an elastic ring , placed just within the entrance to the pocket , which will not admit the hand without such pressure as will attract the attention of the wearer ; and which , if the band should be inserted , will render its withdrawal a matter of still greater difficulty . This protector may be inserted in the pockets of either ladies or gentlemen ; and , if generally used , would no doubt prevent the commission of many felonies . A Woman Suot at is Leeus . —A woman named Widdup was shot at in Blackman-lane , Leeds , on the 21 st inst . Police officer Hales repaired to the place , a sort of lodge-house , where he found on a table a brace of new bristols , end on tbe floor a man who appeared to be wounded in the side , and in such a state

      that he deemed it necessary to have him forthwith conveyed to the Infirmary . The officer learned that a little before , the man had fired a pistol loaded with ball at Mrs . Widdop , the wife of a gardener , who resides in the lodge-house alluded to . . The man ' s name is William Scott , a whitesmith , residing in Reuben Terrace , Little London . Scott , who has been for some time well acquainted with Mrs . Widdop and her husband , walked into the house of the latter a little after eleven o ' clock , and almost instantly drew from his pocket a loaded pistol , which he fired off at Mrs-Widdop . Fortunately the ball did not penetrate the body , but . after passing through Mrs . Widdop ' s clothes , came in contact cither with her stays' bone or her own ribs , and dropped from the inside of her

      apparel upon the floor . Mr . John Rhodes , a neighbour , found Scott upon the floor in a sitting posture ; be asked him what be had been doing , but received no answer . On Scott being taken to the Infirmary he was stripped , when a ball dropped from the inside of his clothes ; blood was oozing from a wonnd on the left side , just under the heart , the ball having passed through his clothing , and penetrated the flesh to the ribs . In his pockets were found a quantity of gunpowder , some gun caps , a mould for making leaden ballsvand . ascrew for taking tbe pistols to pieces , all of which are quite new , and have probably been i urehased for the occasion . A surgeon was called to Mrs .

      Widdop , aim . from the examination made , it is thought that one or moreof her ribshas been broken , but she is not otherwise seriously injured . It is said that Scott has for some time been in a desponding state of mind , and ' that he bad committed this rash act from some insane impulse . Durin g the past week Dr . Posey , one of the patrons of St . Saviour ' s cburcb , Leeds , has been on a visit to that town , with the object of preventing the secession of the clergy of St . Saviour ' s to Rume . Ia this , however , he has been unsuccessful , and some ofthe clergy , and at least twenty of the laymen of the church , are about immediately to go over to the popish church ..

      A ( Jang of HiGHWATMEif . —On the night of the 21 st inst . oi . e ot the county constabulary force , was attacked in Southdown-lane by nine men carrying fire-arms and bludgeons .. He struggled with tbem and . took from one a formidable weapon , formed of a cart prop heavily bound with iron , and a string attached for the wrist . On retreating , they fired after him twice , but tbe shots , fortunately , did not take effect . A couple of the mounted patrol followed in the direction the gang had taken , but did not come up with them , as they are supposed to have taken to tbe fields . At a later hour it transpired that about an hour and a half before tbe attack upon the police officer , a number of armed fellows ( the same gang doubtless ) entered the house of Mr . Green , farmer , AHerron . They abused the inmates ' and stole £ 100 in gold . A Child huried alive bv its Mother . —On

      the 21 st inst . an inquest was held on the remains of the child which was murdered by its mother by burying it alive ina field in the parish of Wingfield , Suffolk . Several witnesses were examined , who detailed the horrifying circumstances under which tbe crime was perpetrated , and the substance of which appeared in our columns on Saturday last . The jury returned a verdict of "Willul murder against Mana Clarke , the mother of the deceased . " ^ acciden-t to Earx , BAiHUBST . -The above noble earl is confined to hiS chamber at the Duke of Rutlaud s , Belvou * Castle , from the effects of an accident

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      whilst hunting with his _ grace ' s hounds . The noble earl's horse fell on him , and fractured his knee . Theatrical Death . —Ou Saturday last , at Huddersfield , aged sixty-seven , died Mrs . "Wild , well known in Yorkshire and Lancashire , for upwards of thirty years as the proprietress of a travelling theatre . She was the mother of Mrs . Hughes , wife of Mr . E . Hughes , proprietor of the late Mammoth Equestrian Exhibition , and was followed to the grave by Mr-Hughes , her son-in-law , all her sons and daughters .

      the whole of Francom s Equestrian Company , Mr . and Mrs . \ V . S ., Thorne , and an . extensive circle Of friends ,, in fifteen private carriages . ¦ . : ¦¦ , Death op Lord pacre . —This nobleman died on the 21 stinst ., at hisseat , the Hoo , in Hertfordshire , 'the late venerable nobleman was in his seventy seventh year , having been born in 1774 . He was . a Whig in general politics , although ho , never joined his ' party iu supporting the late measures for a free importation of foreign corn . On this subject he leaned towards the doctrines of Protection .

      Colliery Explosion , in Cukshirk . — -An explosion took place at Poyoton on Saturday last , in a coal pit belonging to the 'Right Hon . Lord Vernon , by means of ts-hieh a number of the workmen were dreadfully burnt . One collier was taken out of the pit quite dead . . ,, The Grand Jury of Cambridge have found a true bill against Mr . Winteringham , a student of Corpus Christi College , for having attempted to violate a young girl in the same town . Mr . Winteringham was arraigned , pleaded Not Guilty , and traversed his trial till the next . Assizes .

      Harwich Election . —The petition against , the return of tbe sitting Member alleges that he was not , at the time of the election , seized of an estate of the clear yearly value of £ 300 over and above all incum-. brances , the qualification required under 1 st and 2 nd Victoria c . 48 . '; that many persons voted who had no right to . vote ; and that treating and bribery were practised . < . .. Disgraceful Obtbage at Hustihodo * - * . —An out ' rage of a most dastardly character was committed in this town a tew evenings since , by a party of undergraduates from Cambridge University . A party of young gentlemen , from the neighbouring university rode into the towufon horseback , ana after partaking of dinner atone ofthe principal

      hotels , they proceeded to the Institution , where the New Zealand chief and his better half were engaged in one of their entertainments , and as a treat to tho poor union children they were permitted to bo present , free of any charge of admission . As soon as the gentlemen had gained the hall , they jumped upon the seats , and one of the party blew a shrill blast of a horn , to the dismay of the chief and the juvenile portion of the auditory . They scrambled upon the platform , and amidst much confusion , proceeded to " bonnet" and hustle the chief and to insult his wife , by tearing her head-dress off and otherwise damaging her attire . The chief , finding that he was likely to be ill-treated , drew his tomahawk , and by brandishing it about kept his assaif

      lants at bay . The alarming character of the scene , however , created a perfect . panic amongst the audience . The police being alarmed , hastened to the rescue of the chief and his lady , and to effect the ejectment of the rioters .. . Three of them were safely secured , and bail being procured late at night for them , they were liberated . On Friday they appeared before the Bench , and the injured chief and his wife attended , and detailed the treatment they had received , from the visitors . The Bench convicted one of the defendants , and sentenced him to ' pay a penalty of £ 10 , his companions getting off scot free . The amount was paid , and the offenders returned to Alma Mater , apparently much rejoiced at the satisfactory and reasonable expense of their lark .

      The Nottingham Post-office . —A very remarkable affair is being investigated at the Post-office in Nottingham , the whole of the particulars of which have not yet transpired .. Last week , four clerks , named Crosby ( two brothers ) , and a young man of the name of Barnes , and another clerk , were suspended ; and their places ' filled by four persons-from London . An official , also from London , arrived in Nottingham , and is now engaged in investigating the matter . It is said that postage stamps to the amount of £ 170 cannot satisfactorily be accounted for . Other circumstances , of a most mysterious character , are connected with the affair , the particulars of which have not yet transpired .

      A Grievous Accident happened on tho 21 st unit , at Ditchingham , near Bungay . Mr . Cuddon , a brewer and maltster , was having a vault of considerable ; extent built , with an arched roof rising five feet in the centre , and a considerable quantity of soil had been laid over the sides of the arch , leaving the crown uncovered ] On the morning in question , three men and two boys were working in the interior , when the whole roof fell in . Four of the persons were killed , and one Mr Cuddon ' s brewer , ' was extricated alive , but with one of his thighs broken . There is no reason to believe that the roof was unskilfully constructed , or the work insufficiently performed , * but it seems probable the unusually heavy rains of the last few days had in

      some manner undermined the building . Fortunate Escape from Death . —On Tuesday a man named Hendry attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself upon the rails of the railway , at the Lynn station ; as a tvain was approaching . Hendry was seen loitering near the wooden bridge just above the railway station , and on the engine coming up to » bere he stood he flung himself across the rails . Fortunately , as the train had only just started , it was not difficult to stop it , and the steam was at once shut off and the enpine reversed . It could not , bowover cease running till it had reached the spot where Hendry lay , and he was pushed a few yards on the

      rails . He was at once taken up and found that he had sustained no injury . It seems that he is somewhat insane , and this is not the first time that he has attempted to commit suicide . ' " ¦ ' Horrible Death . —A few days ago an elderly man , named Joseph Shaw , met with a shocking death at the Greenside Mines , near Penrith , Cumberland . Finding the machinery not to work properly , he commenced an examination into the cause . - While doing so he unfortunately approached too near the wheels , and his clothes becoming entangled in them , be was drawn in , and literally torn to pieces in less than a minute . Ah inquest has been held on the body , and a verdict of" Accidental death" returned .

      Nottingham . —Hosiery . —During the past month our trade generally has been unusually depressed for this season of the year . This unsatisfactory position still continues , both as regards the home market and shipping department . " Manufacturers on all sides are curtailing production , and in some of the branches very little work is given out . This will tend to keep prices firm , and bring the trade into a more healthy state . The American orders for their fall trade are unusually late this season . Many large and influential buyers are expected , but not before the middle of April . The Yarn market is very dull , and prices greatly favour the buyer . Disgraceful Apathy —The burgesses of Sheffield have declined to establish a public library and

      museum under Mr . Ewart ' s Act . They were polled on the question , ' when out of 10 , 986 voters on the burgess roll , only 298 took the trouble to' express an opinion . —Morning Advertiser . Fatal Explosion of a Boiler at Stowheath CoLLtERY .-On Monday last T . M . Phillips , Esq ., held an inquest in Wolverhampton , on the body of John Harris , who had died at the South Staffordshire Hospital , on the previous Friday , from seveto injuries received by the explosion of a boiler at Stowheath Colliery , on that day . Joseph Horton , a machineman , in the . employ of Messrs ; W , and J . Sparrow , at the colliery in question , stated that the deceased , who was sixty-nine years of age , was employed at the time of the explosion as stoker at

      No . 5 engine at Stowheath Colliery . On Friday afternoon last , about twenty minutes before two o ' clock , ' he heard a report as though a boiler had exploded , and ran out of the machine house , when he saw steam and dust ascending near to N 6 . 5 engine . He ( witness ) proceeded to the engine , and found that the boiler had burst , " and that part ' of it had been'blown away in different directions . ' He did not see William Bott , who had been working the engine that day . He then went down to the ashhole , where he found the deceased buried under the brick and iron work of the boiler . B y the assistance of Mr . William Evans , John Blakemore , and others , the brick and iron work were removed , when he found that deceased was dreadfully burnt and scalded upon various parts of his body , and that his left leg was broken between his knee and ankle .

      Considering that Harris was in a d ying state , he was as quickly as possible removed to the South Staffordshire Hospital . When he ( witness ) went to the engine-bouse , there were two men sitting there eating theirdmners : they werelabourers , arddidnot understand engineering or the man agement of engines . He noticed that the plates at the crown or bottom of the boiler were very much burnt , which oii » ht not to have been the case had there- been sufficient water in tbe boiler . The engine was not at work when the explosion took place—Mr . * W . Evans , field engineer at the colliery in question , stated that he examined the engine and everything connected therewith on Friday morning ; it was then in perfect working order ; the pumps were all right , aiid supplied two boilers . There was a good supply of water , and William Bott had the care of it * be us . derstood the management of engines : he did not

      make any complaint of any defect in any part of the engine , its pumps , die ., or in the supply of water . He ( witness ) was at the water encrae , about two hundred yards from No . 5 engine when the explosion took place . BOtt , the engineer , was m tho water , engine hovel at tho time , and consequently was not attending to his duties . The wif < ness here corroborated the evidence of Horton as to the state in which he found the bottom plates of the boiler . He added that the pump , feed pipesV Ac , were all m perfect working order , and be was sure that the explosion , or bursting of the boiler was caused by tho engineer havine- nes-leered to

      pump sufficient water in the boiler before he left to go to his dinner . -William -R . Blakemore , miner , son-in-law" of the deceased , stated that

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      his fathor-in-law died at the South Staffordshire Hospital ( where he received every care and attention ) about half-past four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , between two and three hours after tho fatal explosiori . * - * -The coroner , adjourned - tho injury , to afford time . for further investigation . ,

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      Thb Nitshisl Comibrt Exn 1 osiON-.-- 'On the 21 st inst . Mr . Bennie , o ( Mr . Dixon ' s works at Goorohiil , arrived with a party of his men at' the Victoria pit . They immediately proceeded under ground , and after great exertion , and overcoming many difficulties , about three o ' clock in the afternoon thev discovered a group of s ' xteen bodies , 'all of whom were shockingly , disfigured by the explosion . It-was hoped that the remaining bodies—sixteen in number—would be found during the evening . —The whole of the

      bodies of the unfortunate miners have now been recovered . . Nineteen'were brought to , the surface on Saturday , and eleven bn Sunday , but it was not till a late hour in the evening that the melancholy task was comoleted . Operations were finally brought to a close about nine o ' clock p . m ., at which time all tbe men employed under ground had left the pit . With the excep tion of the bodies recovered on'Sunday , all tbe others have been interred . Fatal Accident . —On Saturday afternoon last a machine fitter , named William Provan , was killedbn the Caledonian Railway , near the St . Rollox station . Deceased was crushed to death between two

      The Explosion at Johnstoxe . —The absence p f any public investigation like a coroner ' s inquest in Scotland , precludes our being able to give any further information respecting the fatal and disastrous boiler explosion at Johnstone ; but , from all that can be seen , there is little doubt but that the explosion arose simply from the over pressure of steam , and not from any more abtruse or mysterious agency : The fire box or flue was a large one , and not strong enough to resist the pressure to which the boiler was exposed . It is , we believe , rarely that so simple a case of explosion from over pressure . occura . —North British Mail ;

      ' Extensivb Frauds nr a Cattle Deaibr . —William Scobn has been committed to prison in Jedburgh , ori a warrant issued by the sheriff-substitute of Roxburghshire , on five charges of fraud alleged to have been committed within the county of Roxburgh , by granting orders iu payment of cattle on banks in which he had no assets .. Scoon had , previous to Saturday , the 9 ih , obtained about 140 head of cattleand 400 sheepfrom various parties in Berwickshire , East Lothian , arid Roxburgh s hire , to whom he gave postdated bills or drafts , which were refused by the banks on whom they were made payable . The cattle and sheep were sent ' o Liverpool on Monday , the 10 th , by the North Br ' ti-sb . Railway from Edinburgh . They were all , or nearly all , sold in Liverpool ; and Scoon returned to Edinburgh on the following day . While the superintendent of the Koxburgshire county police and others were searching for him throughout England , he was apprehended in Edinburgh on the 21 st

      inst . ; and after Mr . List had proceeded with him to Jedburgh , the officers of the Edinburgh county police traced a sma'l box belonging to Scoon , in which was found about £ 2 , 077 in note ' s ^ £ 323 in gold , and £ 784 in current bills of exchange—in all £ 3 , 184 , and nearly corresponding to the sum supposed to have been realised from the sales in Liverpool . We learn that some traces of additional money have since been obtained . The matter is undergoing strict investigation by the authorities ofthe various counties . —Scotsman . ' . The Weather . —Scarcely a day has passed during the last week without rains , and they have occasionally been very heavy . " The river has been in flood for the last four days . The temperature has been cold and raw ; arid on one morning the mercury in the barometer stood at the freezing point . Little agricultural work has been done in consequence ; but the appearance of the country is very promising ,, especially as regards the young wheat and pastures .

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      Dusgarvon Election.—The Polling Commence...

      Dusgarvon Election . —The polling commenced an Friday morning at eight o ' clock , and continued with considerable briskness on both sides up to two o'clock , when- the numbers stood as follows ;•—Ppnsonby , 158 ; Magviive , 83 ; Majority , 75 . The booths were kep ' t open till five , but no votes were tendered after two o clock . The official declaration was made on Saturday morning by the sheriff . Emigration from Wateb ' ford . —The emigration from Waterford this year has been unexampled . Three other vessels are advertised to sail from that port direct-on an early day . On the 19 th inst . ) upwards of five hundred emigrants sailed for . Liverpool from where they will proceed to Canada and the United States .

      Representation of Clark . —Mr . O'Connellj a Clare attorney , has announced that Major Macnarhara is about to resign his seat in Parliament , but that a good man and true will come forward as his successor . A Ship on Fire off Holviiead . —Kingstown , March 23 . —The steam-packet Cambria , when on her passage from here yesterday morning , and when hearing the South Stack light at the entrance of the bay of Holyhead , came in view of a vessel , schooner rigged , at a considerable distance off , apparently rounding the Skerries . The- attention of the captain and crew of the Cambria was called to the appearance of the vessel , which was evidently on fire . The Cambria having run into Holyhead harbour , and landed tier passengers , put to sea at once again , haying on board the marine superintendant ( Railway Company ) , who accompanied the Cambria ' s commander , Captain Hirste , to the scene of the

      disaster . ' On approaching the burning vessel they found her taken in tow by another vessel . Sail had also been got upon her with the view of making the harbour . The commander of the Cambria hailed her and tendered his assistance gratuitously , but the master of the burning schooner refused the aid thus offered in the most uncouth terms , although the five seemed , rapidly gaining ground , and , as it was afterwards ascertained , the lives of all on board the schooner at the time were in fearful peril . Her . name was found to be the "Don Juan , " of about 300 tons burden , bound from Liverpool to Newfoundland , with a cargo of salt , andanadditional , freight of twenty-five casks of gunpowder . The fire appearing to increase , it was found necessary to beach the vessel as soon as possible . . Sho was " then scuttled , and her cargo submerged . She , now lies in this condition , burned down to the water ' s edge , at themouth / of the harbour . —Freeman ' s Journal . ¦¦ ¦¦ : >¦

      'The Cloth workers' Company of London , of which the Lord Mayor is a member , has offered to give fifteen acres of building land , near the town of Coleraine , as a site for the erection of tbe proposed " Magee College , " , and also a donation of £ 3 , 000 in aidof the fund for building and endowment . Proclamation Revokeu . —The Lord Lieutenant presided on Saturday last at a Privy Council , in Dublin Castle , when the proclamations issued under tho Act 11 th Vic ., in July and August , 1848 , for the better prevention of crime and outrage in certain parts of . Ireland , dsc , as against the county ofthe city of Waterford , the county of the town of Drogheda , the counties of Carlow , Kildare , Wexford and Wicklow , were revoked .

      Representation of Youqiial . —The Cork Constitution says it is understood that Isaac Butt ., Esq ., Q . C ., is about to be invited by the Conservatives ' of Youghal to offer himself as a candidate for the representation on the first opportunity . Encumbered Estates Court . —The fee simple estate of Mr . Charles Henry Smith , ofthe county of Meath , was fold on Tuesday , in the Encumbered Estates Court . The first lot , producing £ 207 . a year , subject to tithe rent charge and a life annuity of £ 1 & , was sold for £ 4 , 100 ) equal to fourteen and a half years' purchase ; the second lot . of the net annual value of £ 98 , was sold for £ 1 , 150 ;' arid the , third lot , a tith « rent charge of £ 18 per annum , was sold for £ 210 . The estate of Mr . Thomas Hemsworth , of Abbeyville , in the county of Tipperary was next put up , and was sold in lots at rates varying at about , nine , ten , and twelve years ' purchase on the present -. letting and . estimated value .

      Outrage . —Accounts reached Dublin on Monday , stating that on the previous Thursday , ' Mr . Tatlow , A . 0 . Sheriff , with ono policeman , and the sheriff ' s bailiff , proceeded to some lands- near Bambridge , in the county of Down , for the purpose of serving a writ , on a tenant who owed four years' rent . Upon entering the estate they perceived the people in all directions leaving their houses and running together , summoned by tho sound of horns , upon which the sheriff and Mr . Tatlow , jun „ went towards a house to inquire into the cause of the movement , Mr . Tatlow , senior , walking up the road to make the same inquiries of the people . He had not , however , proceeded 200 yards when three shots were discharged at him by some men esconced behind a ditch , one of which struck his hat-and tho other grazed his skin . Upon hearing the reports , the sheriff and young Mr . Tatlow , by , whom ho was joined , perceived tho rising ground to the right and

      left occupied by 200 people , who commenced firing deliberately at the sheritfand . hisson , the policeman and sheriff ' s bailiff at tho first 'firing having got upon a car and left , the grounds . ' ¦ ' The firing was not in a volley , but one shot'followed another to the Tiumber of fifty or upwards , but providentially without fatal . effect . After the general firing one man rushed out from Magill ' s house , with gun . in hand prepared to fire . . He was met by young Mr . Tatlow , who very " gallantly ran up to close with him , which the men \ perceived , and rapidly retreated without having fired , and . escaped . From this fearful position the gentlenfen ' ' resolved to retreat , ' which they did slowly and deliberatel y , reaching Bambridge by a circuitous route in the evening . Official accounts ofthe outrage ! have reached the government . .. A proclamation will be forthwith issued offering a reward for the apprehension of the ringleaders .

      Dusgarvon Election.—The Polling Commence...

      The , Decrees , op the , Svsod . —Dr . M'Hale , it would appear , is determined to carry matters with a hig h hand , and is resolved , so far as lies in his power , that the decrees of the fathers of Thurles shall not . prove a nullity , or become a dead letter on the ecclesiastical statute-book . . In the course of last week it . transpired , through more than ' one communication , ' that in a certain national school in the diocese of Tuam , which was attended , up to a recent period , by ninety , poo * B , oman Catholic children , the number of pupils had on Sunday week suddenly dwindled . 'down to just . one-third . Inquiries were instantly set on foot , and it was ascertained from some of the' parents that orders from head-quarters had been promulgated from the chapels on the Sunday previous , threatening-all sortsof pains and penalties on the bodies ; and souls of such fathers and mothers as would not withdraw

      then * offspring from all schools in * connexion with the'National Board , - those institutions , as well as the-. Government * colleges , --having been- solemnly declared to be V dangerous to the faith and morals " of the rising generation of Homanists . A later communication from the west announces that the ranks of the pupils have been since diminished by additional desertions to the amount of twenty-eight , and , as no school at which tVo number of scholars is less than thirty is entitled to the government grant for the . payment of tho teacher , Dr . M'Hale will ' probably soon have the satisfaction of sealing the doors of one of the obnoxious schools . . At the N . enagb Assizes on Saturday . last , a man named William Kenna was convicted for being '' engaged in one of the worst cases of agrarian murder

      which disgraced the county of Tipperary last year . The victim was aiman , named Thomas Martin , . who with his brother , had , got . into . possession of some land , the property of Mrs . Lidwell , from which tenants of the name of Joyce had been evicted . Two parties of men entering thehouscs of the two brothers , at the dawn of day , in October last , and while one oi the brothers escaped with some broken bones ,, the other was dragged put of bed and murdered in , a most . brutal manner , qn the floor . The prisoner , who was not disguised' in any way , stood sentinel at the door while the murder was going on ; but the jury , in finding him guilty , added a recommendation to mercy on the ground that when he went , to the . , house the attention was only to beat the man without murdering him ..

      Boiler- Explosion, And Nine Lives - Lost...

      BOILER- EXPLOSION , AND NINE LIVES - LOST AT MANCHESTER . On Tuesday afternoon , another of those fearful catastrophes which have , now unfortunatel y become so common , took place at a saw-mill belonging to . a person named Williamson , situated , in'May . es-str . eet and Riga-street , by which a serious destruction of property has been ' effected , and by which ' it is feared that a number of lives have been sacrificed . It appears that at the hour stated above rthe engine was about to start after dinner ^ when the boiler was seen suddenly , to rise , and . an explosion instantly took place , by which the whole building has been completely demolished , nsif by some

      tremendous convulsion of nature ,. and almost all the workpeople were involved in the ruins . . A number , however , were , enabled to effect their escape , as the portion , of the building in which the largest number of hands were employed , did not come down for some seconds after the explosion . The boiler has only been in work about six months , arid was a high pressure one of aboutthirtyborso power . , Apart of the boiler , was thrown with such force against an opposite building as completely to demolish it . Seven ofthe houses in ' . Mayes-street have the . windows and doors driven'iii , and part of the mill gearing was thrbwiFsome thirty yards from the spot of

      theiruse . The ; building it seems was let off in different tenements , ; including an engraver to . calicoprinters , brush-makers ,,. wood-turners , ana \ waste dealers . The engineer made his escape with but little injury , as did a man named John Sunderland , about sixty years . of age , and a boy named Stephen , both of whom were in . tho engine-house at the moment of the explosion ; i From thirty to thirty-five persons were employed on the whole ; but , from the fact of the building being low and somewhat scattered in its arrangements , there . cannot probably be more than some seven to ten bodies still in the ruins . The police arid the . firemen are busily , engaged in clearing away the ruins . Sixteen bodies have been taken out , ' all of them ' apparently dead ,

      but some will no doubt recover . Further . Particulars . — -Up to Wednesday evening at five o ' clock ei ht dead bodies had . been removed from . the ruins of the building ( and one person was still ' missing ) , besides seven persons badly wounded , who had been carried to the Royal Infirmary .-T-The engine had either not been started after dinner ,. or had been , stopped for repairs at three o ' clock , when ' the ; explpsionoccurred ( for . the accounts as to this point vary ) , and the only intelligible account of the circumstances preceding the catastrophe yet given is by a man named Thomas Lambert , who was in the engine-house when the boiler burst . ; This man says he had been promised employment by Mr . Williamson ,, who owned the j saw-mill , and , having nothing-to do' he went into

      the engine-house shortly before the ' explosion . There were three other men in the engine-house , all strangers to . him , when he went in , and they were all grumbling , as they bad been lifting at tho wheel in order to start the engine , till they were tired of lifting ; so he agreed to help them . He witll the i'Gst ; waa " giving a : lift" at the fly-wheel , when tho explosion knocked him down , and he next found himself iu- Mayes-street ; but how he got out of tbe premises he did not know ; and although he has lived twenty-two years in the neighbourhood ; when he first foundjihimself in the street he was so confused by the shock that he did not know where he was . ' He- escaped without the least injury . —When the dust from , the falline

      buildmg had subsided , a considerable crowd flocked to the spot , and a number of workpeople were seen making their way through the window apertures of the ground floor of the saw-mill , the joists of the floor above them fortunately proving strong enough to prevent a part of the superincumbent ruins from coming upon them . All the materials of the upper floors were thrown down by the explosion ,,, and much of the shafting and other ' machinery were lying on the first floor ; and there was but tbo much reason to fear that . some of the workpeople who were at the time in the upper floors were buried in this mass of ruins . Accordingly a number of men set to work to clear this away ; but from the great weight on the walls of the ground floor this became

      a perilous undertaking , till some planks were used as stays to-support the walls . The fire police engaged in this dangerous work , and a number of labourers were employed to assist them . The first man got out was . William Clegg , ' of 55 , Hudson-street , who was in the employ of Mr . Mefloy , engraver to calico printer ' s . He was hurt in the back , and has one leg much bruised . ' At'his own request 'he was ' conveyed home . The next rescued was a' boy , ten years of age , who was in the employ of Mr . John Lester , wood turner , and was very sevi rely injured . , About four o ' clock , John O Neal , a boy of 14 , was got out from between the floors , behind a heavy tool chest , which it was necessary first to remove . He was much crushed , and quite dead ,, a brick having , been driven into his skull . A girl named Mary Ann Dunn , nine years old , was next got out alive , but she died soon afterwards . About five o ' clock ' a young woman named

      Elizabeth Brennan , twenty-tliree years of age , was got out of the cellar of the three-stovey building , next Riga-street , quite dead , but not at . iii crushed or bruised , having apparently perished from suffocation . A carrier , from Oldham , who . sas standing in Mayes-street at the time of the explosion was much hurt , and was conveyed to the infirmary . Mr . Melloy , one of the tenants of the premises , and his . brother ,. were both in the third story of the mill wben the explosion took place , but escaped with cuts andbruises , which were not of a serious character , though they fell amongst the ruins of the building . John Sunderland , a sawyer , employed by Mr . Williamson , in the ground storey , had an extraordinary escape . He says he was in the engine-bouse at the time ofthe explosion , and was hurled forward with the wall into Mayes-street , where he found , himself immediately afterwards , not at all hurt . He . states that the hands had

      returned from dinner at two o clock , and that the engine had not then started . He was with Thomas Egerton , the engineer , and fireman , in the enginehouse . It had' been rumoured that Egerton , the engineer , was about to be [ discharged for- intemperance . A man named Wray bad applied for the situation that afternoon , but was told b y Mr . Williamson that it was not vacant . Egerton and Wray then went together to the Wilton Arms , across Mayes-street , where they had some drink together . They left that house together , and w hen Wray quitted Egerton the latter was . somewhat intoxicated .. Egerton . went towards the engine-house and about five minutes afterwards Wray heard the ¦

      explosion . . A large portion ofthe ruins had not been removed at five o ' clock on Wednesday night , but the only body supposed to he still in them was that of a boy named Fonder , who is . missj ' ng . The inquest had been opened , but it was . expected that it would be adjourned , after the dead-bodies had been identified , for a week or ten days , when tbe evidence of scientific and practical men will be taken as to the cause of the accident . The engineer is in custody , having been intoxicated at the time of the accident , but it . is not knosrn that any evidence will bo obtained criminating him as having caused the explosion' by any neglect , or by any improper act connected with the management ofthe boiler .

      Short Speeches Is Parliament.—Among The ...

      Short Speeches is Parliament . —Among the new rules which have been . established for the conduct of the business of the New " Brunswick' House of Assembly , is one which limits' the duration of each member ' s ' speech ' , on any particular question , to half-an hour .

      Execution Of Thomas Drorttt Sarah Chesha...

      EXECUTION OF THOMAS DRorTTT SARAH CHESHAM AT CHELMSFORD Thomas Drory and Sarah Chesham , both whom were convicted at tho . last assizes ¦ , „ j . of this town of murder , and sentenced by Lord Cam " bell to undergo , the extreme penalty ofthe li were executed on' Tuesday morning , in f ,. , Springfield Gaol . Little or no sympathy , Z „ f hibited on behalf of either of the culprits the i - city ofthe crimes for which they were ' sever i ?" condemned having excited a universal feelins of Deration against them . awes . It appears that since Drory made a confession his guilt he has on all occasions shown a nemW , spirit ; and , though not violent in hisex pressim ,, \ regret , hasmore than once testified to the ec-vm

      oi tueI gaoi . Air , acne , as also the lfov V , Hamilton , the chaplain , his deep regret tW u i . * murdered Jaol Denny , who , to ^ ASSSJSjf ' Was ever kind to me , and ill-deserved « ,, m , , ds » ment at my hands . " The' unerrfn " rtSt % which the train of circumstances deposed to L It various witnesses brought the matter home Jli was little expected ; and when ' tho first o , n i > casioned by the dreadful reality , had nub , iS i T at once confessed that his was the handK'J ? the deed accompanying the admission with " mn £ tions of the grossest character unon \ S P a fortunate victim , declaring that she bad adviw him to marry a young woman , named Gihiinl ? whom he was betrothed , and then to murdeSJ ? by holding to her n ose , while she wm «! , „ phial confining some stuff which she would , „ n ?/ Among other matters . Drory admitted T ' "PP '/* . tho father ofthe child with which Si ri Was pregnant , that she had rejected his offer 7 f" & , she would not fix its paternity un him , „?! , lf she was constantly urging him " C * r ™ 'C Sg statements made by Drory at vwim » , « he tained manifest inconsistencies ¦ Kn ^ c n-

      is tho substance of the more important Zr V communicated to tho turnkeys -ITSS met the deceased about half-mst fi »!!> i , * h 9 night ofthe murder . -TbTj ^^ ° jJ , ck »" » talk to her then , but that he wnfl , I ? u ! ! D ot hour and . ' have a chat . Tha SlSt '" "I went into the cellar , where hfobST ™ which was hanging there , and which'BftiTS m the garden about fourteen days before Vv ' man who came to buy damsons . He Cut 0 jj ' f it * rope as much as suited his purpose , and throw thn remainder away in the stable , where it was found by the police subsequently to the murder tu *

      he put the piece of rope in his bosom and then wen * to meet tho deceased in pursuance of his appointment . And he did so meet her , and that havine walked and talked for some time , they at lenete sat down together on a bank at her suggestion That while they were sitting in this position he took out the end of the rope and passed it round hi * victim ' s neck . That he had " slipped tho knot , " before the deceased perceived the rope . That on feeling it , she immediately jumped up , and put up her hand to save her throat , that sho got her ri ght hand between the rope and her . throat , that he pulled the rope with all his force , and the deceased fell without a struggle , that he twisted the rope round her throat twice , and having satisfied himself that she was dead , he left and went to Brentwood .

      On Monday evening Drory expressed a desire to the rev .- chaplain that the money found upon his person when apprehended ( £ S lis . 4 d . ) should be handed , to the mother of the deceased , as part restitution for the grievous injury he had done her , as he desired to die in peace with all mankind . Of Sarah Chesham there is little left to any , beyond that which is stated above . The unhappy woman has continually asserted her innocence" from the first , and persists in this statement . Her conduct , it is said , has exhibited signs of much deception , and it is tho opinion of the rev . chaplain of tho

      gaol ( who has had constant opportunities of observing her behaviour ) that she has been most justly-convicted . It is ri ght , however , to state that the alleged confession of having murdered her children , which has been going tbe round ofthe local press , and has been thence transferred to the London daily papers , is altogether false . The wretched , woman has never made anything npproacbing an admission of a guilty knowledge either of the crime of which she was found guiltv , or of the double murder for which she was trail two years since .

      Long before day dawned , tens of thousands of persons were seen wending their way towards Springfield gaol , which is situate about half a mile from tho town , in the midst of a large open space , so that the spectators had full opportunity of moving about . At five o ' clock tbo erection of the scaffold over the entrance gate . to the gaol was commenced . At half-past eight the first toll from the bell announced the near approach of the termination oi the wretched convicts' earthly career , and the most eager anxiety was manifested by the vast crowd without , and so it continued until nino o ' clock , the hour at which it was arranged the execution should take place .

      Before proceeding further it is proper to convey some notion of the effect the sad spectacle had upon the thousands assembled from all parts ofthe counties of Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridgeshire , every parish of which furnished their quota of , tho immense mass of persons present , nor was the metropolis itself behind , for ,, on account of tho proximity of Chelmsford , a vast number of persons availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing "the sight , " amongst whom were a number ofthe swell mob , ono of whom , notwithstanding the vigilance of the police and . the railway officials , succeeded , between London and Iugatestonc , ( the station last before Chelmsford , ) oi easing a female of her purse , containing upwards of £ 5 in gold and silver . On her loss being made known , telegraphic

      communications were made both to London and Chelmsford ofthe fact ; but the thief could not be found , and the poor woman , who was proceeding oa a visit to some relations , was compelled to return home . During the night the tramp of feet ™ s heard throughout the town of persons anxious to be amongst the first to get a . good place , many of them fatigued and careworn , from the distance they had travelled , in some cases upwards of thirty miles . At six o ' clock the morning , which had been overcast , suddenly became bright and clear , and then mi ght be seen tho full effect of the interest that bad been' excited , there being continuous groups of labourers , farm-servants , and females , all

      dressed and decorated as if for some joyous occasion , as if Chelmsford were for the day to bo converted into a scene of gay festivity . Tenders of edibles of every description were there , and plied their vocation in a manner tho most gross and revolting ; nor was the language of their many customers , boys , women and men , free from the same charge , but the crowd generally conducted then ; - solves quietly . It was twenty minutes past nine o ' clock before the male culp rit appeared on the scaffold . He hail been supported between the . chaplaiu and a w : ivd « of the prison , from his cell to the drop , and it was only by the administration of brandy that his

      failing limbs acted at all . The process of p inioning was performed as usual iua room below the gcaffoM . The female convict had expressed an unwillingness to leave her cell , and it was only : upon an intimation that if sho refused to walk , she would be carried that sho was induced to do so . Her progros ? , supported by two female turnkeys , was very slow , in consequence of which the male convict remain ^ upon the scaffold nearly five minutes before ilio woman appeared , an intervalof . thc most painful yet silent excitement among the ( crowd . ' At twenty minutes past * nine , ; Drory appeared on the scaffold , when cries of " Hats off , " and " There they come , " were beard in attenced

      all directions . Drory , although by two turnkeys , walked up the steps leading to the scaffold and calmly loosed at the suvronnd wS crowd without exhibiting any particular emotion . The cap was speedily placed oyer his head , and ihe noose adjusted and locked within one of the links ot the chain , which is here used as at'Newgate . T - wretched woman Chesham , followed him , declaring her innocence to the last . The sufferings of both prisoners were unuBiw'ty prolonged . The woman ' s frame , writhed in ap ??' rent agony for nearly seven minutes . Di-o ' ry died ia about three minutesj but muscular action was observable for some time longer .

      The burial service was not read hy tho chapl-i' * 1 ' as usual in most other gaols ; but prayers ap ? ' 0 * priate for the awful occasion were offered ••!'' Drory ' s last words upon tho scaffold were a WW * : tion of the following text : — " This is a fait '" ; saying , and worthy of all acceptation , that Chi "' - Jesus came into tho world to save sinners , of va ° " ' I am chief . " The convict continued to repeat tte last sentence until the drop fell . After hanging the usual time the body of D *' - ' {' in accordance with , the sentence of Lord Camp lx-1 '' was interred within the precincts of the V fj Not so that of Sarah Chesham ; tlio act of V ^*' ment under which sho was convicted , and the sentence of the leaned judge being silent upon the « position ofthe hody , the governor delivered ituf \ ° her relatives , by whom it was conveyed for Mt- ment to Claveriag church-yard . . r 0 At the moment of execution there could not ha ' been less than 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 persons present .

      An I-Vcontestiacepboof .Oftiifi Efficacv...

      AN I-VCONTESTiaCEPBOOF . OFTIIfi Efficacv of Il 01 " " j ! L IMS FOR TUE COKE OF LlVER CoMFLAlSTS . -MV . U ( ' . * . Elkins , of Campbeltown , New South Wales , bad ow "" flictcd for several months with " a severe liver c ° J-l * % which reduced him to so low a state that lie ¦ vas «> ** * f ' . take to his bi d . Finding no relief from the medical ai « ^ received , he was advised to give Holloway ' s Pills a" " which Uo did * , and ttris invaluaWe « u-tl * ei « c ( the » n * = V . ' . i tions given with it neir-g strictly followed ) in the coin * - ; , . a few weeks re-estu . M ' s ' t «' l Mm in the enjoyment o- - good health as ever he possessed in his lite . The PRoroSEn CATHEnuAi , for Cardinal WjsemsJ at Westminster , cannot be erected , laud for the P ' pose having been refused to be gold .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29031851/page/6/