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      TIEAI . TII or Loxnox . —The official report says : A further and imp •¦ . tint increase in the mortality is f tll in-jieatton that the public health Ins suffered ho a consider .- ! ble extent lro : ii tho coldness of thu wci ' . her . The deaths re ^ istere i in London , which in the list week of October were SGI , and in the first two weeks of November increased to 898 and 1 , 022 , rose in the week which ended last Saturday to 1 , 132 . During three weeks of October the weekly mean temperature at Greenwich exceeded 52 dctf .: in the last week of that month it fall to

      40 deg . ; in the first two weeks of November to 40 de < r . ; and last we .-fe it exhibited a further decline to 35 deg . The present return is heavy as compared with corresponding weeks of the ten years 1811-50 , the average of which did not exceed 992 . If the average bs corrected for increase of population , it bee . mes 1 , 091 , on which last week's mortality shows an excess of 41 . With the depression of temperature towards the clo-e of the year comes incr « a-ed fa-alitv of diseases of the respiratory organs . This class , which is exclusive of phthisis , numbered in the t wo previous weeks ; 14 b and lo 3 , but last week the number rose to 230 , whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 208 . These 25 S deaths are distributed thus : 103 caused

      iy br . nchiris , 105 by pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs ( of which 82 occurred among children ) , 27 i . y a = thuia , 4 by laryngitis . 5 hy pleursy / and 12 by other diseases of the respiratory organs . Phthisis , or consumption , has not discovered the same tendency to increase , the numbers ascribed to this disease in the last three -weeks baring been 125 , 123 , and 135 . This last number , however is somewhat greater than tho corrected average . Next to the above class in its contingent of mortality , and nearly equal to it , is that of epidemics , among which typhus , scarlatina , and small-pox are the most fatal . Sixty-two i arsons , of whom 2-3 were children , 33 were 15 yearof age and under COaud G were 60 years and

      up-, wards , were carr : ed off by typhus , continued fever , & o . In the workhouse , Bishopsgate , the son of a labourer , aged 4 ye irs , died on 19 th November , of petechial fever ( 15 days ) , broncho-pneumonia ( 4 days ) . " This child was admited , with its mother , a month ago from 3 , Uarrow-alley , Aldgato , the father also lying ill with fever in the men ' s house . Mr . Spencer ob = erves that the place they came from is situated amongst a number of slaughterhouses , close aid confined , the houses being in a dirty state , an 1 mostly crowded by Irish of the poorer class . In the sub-district of Mile-end , JNew-town , at 2 , Dyer ' s court , Booth-street , on 17 th November , the daughter of a labourer , aged 6 years , died of low-fever . The med'cal officer reports

      that " this is the third death within the last three months in the same family . The water-closets are in a very bad state . "—The births of 723 boya and € 58 girls , in all 1 , 331 children , were registered last week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 330 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer last week wds 29 ' 77 Sin . The mean temperature was 35 ' 1 deg ., or nearly 9 degrees lower than the ave rage of corresponding wieks in 10 years . The air was coldest on Monday and Wednesday , when the daily means were 317 deg .. and 308 deg ., which are respectivel y 12 deg . and 13 deg . below the averages of corresponding days . The wind blew for the most part from the north .

      Suicide at Bethlem Jjospital . —An inquest was held at three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon in the board-room of Bethlem Hospital , Lambeth-road , nefore Mr . P-iyne . the coroner , on view of the body of Matilda Maria Durant , aged forty-three , who came by her death under ttie following circumstances . Anne Downs , an assistant nurse in the above hospital , stated that she bad known the deceased , who was a patient in the house . She was insane , but she was latterly very quiet . About

      tea time on Thursday evening she missed the deceased from the gallery where she was allowed to vraik . and went to look for her , and at last found her in 3 Jo . 25 , bed-room , where she was suspended by two sheets , which were made fast through an aperture over the door of the apartment . Witness immediately called for assistance , when Sarah , one of the nurses , came to her , and they cut down the deceased . Witness then ran for the docter , who was in the house , who immediately attended , and made an effort to restore the deceased to life . The

      deceased showed no signs of life after the doctor came . Witness saw the deceased in the gallery about a quarter to four o'clock . In the course of the day the witness said she opened the wing doors of the apartment where the deceased was found , to allow a patient to go in and put on her dress , and while she stood outside a patient broke loose , and she was called to give assistance to control her . She immediatel y left taking the key out of the wing door , which she left unlocked . The patient who broke loose tore her hand so severely that , owing to the pain she suffered , she forgot

      altogether that she had left the wing-door in question unlocked . Witness never heard that the deceased had previously attempted to commit suicide ; she was very quiet , and the last person in the world witness should have supposed would have destroyed herself . —The coroner said it was clear from the evidence that the poor woman took advantage of the accidental opportunity that was offered to her to destroy herself . —The jury concurred in this view of the case . nud returned a verdict— " That tw deceased destroyed herself , she being then insane . "

      SunnES Death is Behmoxdsf . y . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at the St . George ' s Workhouse , Mint-street , borough of Sonthwark , relative to the death of Owen Jones , a brewer , late in the employment of Courage and Donaldson , Bermondsey . The evidence showed that the deceased , who resided at Xo . 3 , Little Johnstreet , Uorsleydown , left his home to go to his employment on Monday morning , about a quarter past four o ' clock , and about six , as Mr . William Ifeatherstone was walking up the Bermondsey

      Xewroad , his attention was arrested by the howling of a dog , which he found standing over the dead body of his master , whining most piteously and earresslng tho body in a most affecting manner , Mr . Peatherstouc immediately obtained assistance , and the body was brought to the workhouse , where life was pronounced to have been extinct for some time . Since the unhappy circumstance the faithful animal has refused to take any food . So marks of violence where found on the deceased , and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

      Accidest os LunGATE-Hii . L . —On Monday morning as the driver of one of Pickford ' a heavy waggons , drawn by two horses abreast , was in the act of driving from Messrs . Harvey ' s across to the other side of the roadway on ludgatc-hill , in an endeavour to avoid an omnibus , the horses got on to the pavement , the poll of the waggon being driven with great force through the shop window Of Messrs . Deane and Son , silversmiths , to the terror and dismay of several persons engaged in the shop . As may be expected , in addition to the destruction of the window , the watches and jewellery -were scattered in various directions , and considerable loss and damage occasioned . The driver , with some difficulty , and by the joint exertions of several persons , got the waggon oft' the pavement . Attempt of a Prisoner to Couuit Suicide . — On Monday morning , about four o ' clock , one ot

      the officers ou duty in the Douse of Detention , discovered , on going his round of inspection of the cells , that a prisoner , a German named Peter Frederick Wack , committed for trial with a man named Ilarris , ou a charge of an abominable nature , "was banking from tho iron catch of his cell window . He immediately cut him down , and proceeded to inform the governor , Lieut . Hill , and he at once sent for the surgeons , Mr . Wakefield and Mr . Smiles . Those gentlemen for the space of two lours were unremitting iu their attention to hi « o , and the result of tboir exertions was that he was restored to animation , but in a very exhausted state . There is no doubt tbat had he hung but half a minute longer , life would have ue ' en extinct . He suspended himself by his cravat . He will be tried for the attempt on Ms life , as well as upon the charge on which he stands committed .

      __ TDK Latest Taxes . —Oa the evenin g of the 21 st inst ., Mr . Smichdt , a hairdresser , of 21 , 2 Jew-road , St . George-in-the-East , was much alarmed at finding a square of glass smashed in his ehop window , and on looking for the cause discovered a large leaden ball lying on the floor near his feet Apprehending that he was the intended victim of some assassin he rushed into the street to ascertain by \ fhom the attempt had been made , his impression at the time being that tbe bullet had been discharged from a large horse pistol . On going out he was surrounded by several young men who , apparently attracted by the discharge , inquired the cause of his alarm , which he explained to them , but was unable to discover the person who had committed the outrage . On returning to his house he foun d that his gold watch , which was worth about * t > , had been stolen . Perceiving that he was the victim of

      a new trick , he gave information at tbe « l ^ * f 1 0 hce station > w , 'en Mr . Steed , the SeTr eat ? ccon'Patiied by some officers exshc-wed ? hJ r m ?; V * result of tbeir in 1 « > ries been c « r « " * u Ullet lnstead of oe' » g ««<< . had tiS . ffitojS " 110 the Pities engaged in sJ 2 £ l 2 £ ? X S ^^ Tf * « - to the Souse ot' Lord ! » T ° ' banU writer dress , at his Cham £ s , " ! iSSS ^ £ ^ ran , exp-Jing in his bed % * I ' "ncomsnis ' ed an alarm , and Sancc Wls Ym fff - * sought for , but medical ^ S uSJ wZ Til avail j the unfortunate ** £ «» had ™ < 5 t ° ex st ilis connexion with the morning paper " exiende d over a period of more than ffifv je . rs , and he was deeply and justl y res pected An inquest bas been held on the bodyf anu ' th ^ rdt T * as " Xatural death . "

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      Singular Death . —On the 21 st inst ., at aneirly hour , a body was found lifeless in Greenwich . The deceased was named David Dunn , master chimney sweep , residing in Ctmr < h street . His bndy was found In a corner of the lawer room in his house , crunched down in a sitting posture , his hands clenched , and his features horribly distorted , as if he had died i : i strong convulsions . The deceased had been ailing some time ; but he did not complain on the previous evening of any further pain , for he gave insiructions to his foreman as to business , in his usual manner .

      Highway R-ibberX—On Saturday , William Wilson and George To'd , two young fellows , were charged at Brentford with robbing Mr . Lockie , of Heston , of a silver watch , at Hounslow , about twelve o ' clock at ni ght , on the SiU instant . Mr . Lockie had been taking some refreshment at the Marquis of Granby , and the Rose and Crown ! at Ilnuislow , about ten o'clock at night , and the prisoners were also there . On his way home afterwards , the prisoners overtook him , charged him with stealing a handkerchief , pretended to take him into custody , and search him , and then taWn- ; away his walch , made off , after using some violence to him . They were apprehended in consequence of the accurate description given two or three days afterwards . The prisoners offered no defence , and were committed fur trial .

      Romish Confirmation . —On Sunday morning Cardinal Wiseman held a public confirmation for the district of Clerkenwell at the Roman Catholic Chapel , Rosamond-street . At half-past ten o ' clock the chapel was densely crowded . Mass was performed at an early hour , and continued till half-past twelve , when Cardinal Wiseman entered the chapel iu the usual form . He was attired in all the gorgeous paraphernalia of bis office , and took bis seat at the altar , from whence he delivered an address to those who were about to receive the rites of confirmation . The cardinal afterwards proceeded to the duties of confirmation , which continued a considerable time , as nearly 400 persons of all ages were confirmed .

      IXFASiicmE . ~ An inquest was held on Saturday last at the King ' s Anns , Old . Brentford , on the hody of a new born infant , which had been strangled by its mother , Catherine Bridges , a servant girl , about eig hteen years old . The g irl not attending to her work at the usual early hour , her mistress went into her bedroom , and discovered what had happened . On being asked where the child was , she pointed under the bed ; and it was found there dead , and tied up in a handkerchief , with a garter round its neck . Fire in MaRchmont-stbkbt . —On Sunday morning , at an early hour , a fire , attended with a considerable destruction of property , broke out in the

      premises belonging to Miss Isabella Fisher , a Berlin wool dealer , of No . 10 , Marchmont-street , Brunswick-square . An instant alarm was given , and messengers were despatched in sundry directions for the engines , but fortunately the parties thus sent had not proceeded far before they met the brigade engines returning from another fire , by which means the firemen were enabled to reach ( he scene of danger much sooner than they otherwise would . Plenty of water having been oblained , the engines were set to work , and the firemen , after some trouble , succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not before considerable damage was done . Fortunately the sufferer was insured in the Star Fire office .

      The Mabyikbone Mubdeb . —On Monday evening Mr . Wakley concluded an inquest on the body of Louisa Bare . At the close of the inquiry , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Thomas Bare . —The prisoner Bare was brought up on Monday before Mr . Broughton , at the Marylebone Police-office , for further examination . Some additional particulars were gone into , corroborative in some degree of those which had preceded the present inquiry .- —Mr . Broughton then gave the prisoner to understand that as the depositions were of so voluminous a nature , and as the sessions were

      now on , he would not be sent to trial until the next session of the Central Criminal Court , which would commence on the loth of December ; he would be brought up again on Monday next , when the whole of the evidence given against him would he read over , and he would then be sent to take his trial for tlie wilful murder of his wife . —He was then locked up , and while being removed from his cell to the prison van he narrowly escaped being roughly treated by an immense mob . —This roan , in the House of Detention , continues to display the most callous indifference as to the serious offence with

      which he stands charged , and he eats and drinks almost voraciously . On two handkerchiefs being taken away from him in his cell to prevent him using them for the purpose of committing suicide , he remarked that he knew what that was done for , but they had no occasion to trouble themselves , as he did not wish to cheat Jack Ketch out of a job , especially as he did not have much work to donowa days . HfiPflBSB . vrATioN or GaKENwicn " . —Mr . Montague Chambers announces bis intention of offering himself as a candidate on £ he first vacancy occurring in the representation of the borough . Mr . Chambers refers to the probability of an early contest by the appointment of Admiral Dundas to the command of the Mediterranean fleet .

      SficiDg fhom Avaterloo-bbiogb . —Oil Monday morning about nine , a man committed suicide by precipitating himself from Waterloo-bridge . He was observed by several persons to climb over the balustrading ; but from being in his shirt sleeves , with a leather apron on , they fancied he was going to do something to tho gas-pipes . No sooner did ho reach the ledge or shelving , than after pausing for an instant , as if for reflection , he jumped into the Thames . All this had been seen b y one of the officers of the Thames police force from the deck of the floating station , off Somerset-house , and a boat , manned by some of the constables , was immediately put off in hopes of saving the man ' s life . The tide at the time was running down , and the boat , having to row against it , could not arrive in sufficient time to rescue him .

      Fatal Fall from a Scaffold . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Payuo held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of George Terry , a master bricklayer , residing at Holden-hill , Midhuvst , Sussex . Deceased's son stated tbat his father and he were , on Saturday the 8 th inst ., engaged in repairing a house at Peckham . About half-past four o ' clock on that afternoon they were standing on the scaffolding , when deceased incautiously removed a plank which was attached to the wall , and stooping down to fasten a rope to a pole , missed his footing and fell through tho aperture caused by the removal of the plank—a height of about twenty feet . A surgeon was sent for , who advised his immediate removal to the hospital . Mr . William Haines , house surgeon , proved that deceased had died from the injuries he received , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Fbiuutful Death of a Blind Child . —On Tuesday evening Mr . W . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital , respecting the death of a blind child , aged three years , named George H ubbard . Caroline Hills , of 2 fo . 5 . Great Suffolk-street , Bethnal-green , stated that the mother was living with a man named Smith , and she was in the habit of leaving the deceased , who was blind , very frequently alone . On Sunday morning last , about ten o ' clock , witness heard the child cr y " mother , mother , " and on going into the room discovered the deceased running about enveloped in flames . Witness rolled the child on the bed , and by that means put out the ignited clothing . There was a fire in the apartment , into which tho deceased walked , iu the absence of the mother , who had gone round into the next street . —Mr . Jackson , the house surgeon , said the deceased was admitted quite blind , being severely burned over the body and lower parts of the thighs . Every means were used

      but the deceased sank , and died on Monday from the injuries by fire . The coroner said it was one of the most gross cases of neglect that he had ever met with , and one which ought to be sent to another tribunal , for leaving a child in such a position , being without sight , and the fire unguarded ; but he was afraid if they sent the mother to Newgate to take her trial the case wonld be thrown out by the judge , through the evident indisposition of all parties to entertain such cases . He had communicated with the Secretary of State with a view to get the present Act of Parliament altered , for many guilty persons escaped through the defective state of the law . The jury concurred in the observations of tho coroner , and severely repremauded her gross conduct while recording a verdict of " Accidental death . " The coroner told her she ought to be thankful to the jury for their merciful consideration of the case , which was clearly one of manslaughter .

      Reduction in Cab Pares . —On Tuesday tho cabs of Mr . Thompson , the cab-proprietor of Southampton-row , Russell-square , made their appearance on the rank with large placards thereon , announcing " two persons carried for sixpence a mile , " and were in great request . Numerous cab-proprietors have signified their willingness that sixpence a mile should be the legal fare conditionally , that no cab should be called off a stand for less than a shilling faro . Mr . Thompson some time since announced his intention to make this reduction , but was induced to forego his determination by the threats uttered against him ; he has , however received such promises of support , that he has resolved no longer to delay in making the reduction .

      The Case of Axdebma * Saloaioxs . —Notice of trial by special jury has been served in the case of Chubb v . Salomons , but it is not anticipated that the trial can take place until the sitting after term . The action has been brought to recover three separate penalties of £ 5 l ) 0 each . It ia understood that another action , "friendly , " has been brought against the defendant , but of course both Cannot be tried . The counsel retained in the case are Sir K Ihesigcr , Mr . Bramwell , and Mr . E . James , for the plaintiff ; Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Mr . Peacock , a o Mr , Mills , for the defe ndant ..

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      Suspected Suicide in Greenwich Pakk . —On the 2 ht inst ., the dead body of a man between fifty and sixcy years of age , respectably attired in a suit of black , was found in Grejnwich Park , The deceased was about li ve feet ei-jlit inches high , and * andy hair , and whiskers meting under the chin . In his pocket were found twelve keys , on a steel rin ^ aud from the fact of a pistol also being found on " him , it is suspected that he had committed suicide by swallowing poison , and gone into the oark to shoot himself in case the pois ' m should not take effect . —On Monday morning , Mr . Carttar , the coroner for West Kent , held an inquest on the body which had not then heen identified , neither was there any evidence adduced to throw tho least light on the mysterious affair ; and , b direction of the coroner , the jury returned an open

      verdict . Attempted Murder ou aKommi Catholic Priest . —One of the most extraordinary attempts at murder th at have heen made of late years in England occurred on Tuesday evening in the very heart of the metropolis . For the last fortnight a mission has been held at the Roman Catholic School-house , in Leopard ' s-court , Baldwin ' s-garden , Gray ' s-innlane , for the Italians resident in the neighbourhood , and two Capuchin friars , who arrived from Rome about a fortnig ht ago , officiate every day in their full canonicals . On Tuesday nighl , about eleven o ' clock , after the congregation had dispersed , the Rev . Mr . Ferrati , an Italian clergyman , who had been assisting the Capuchin friars in oificiating ,

      while leaving the chapel was attacked by three ruffians , supposed from their garb to be Italians , who knocked him down ; one of them stabbed him with a long stiletto , and the others beat him about tho head with their fists in a most brutal manner , liis cries alarmed the inmates of one of the houses in Leopard ' s-court , who threw up a window to ascertain the cause . This , no doubt , saved the life of the rev . gentleman , as the noise alarmed his assailants , and they made their escape . The rev . gentleman was picked up in an insensible state , and taken to a surgeon ' s , where it was found that the wounds he had received were not so severe as had been anticipated . The instrument with which the attack was made seems to have grazed along the left jawbone , and , instead of enterjng the side of the neck , as was doubtless intended , entered the bacfc part of the shoulder , and struck against the bladeboue , inflicting a flesh wound . His face was greatly

      disfigured . It is supposed that the attack was made in consequence of some passages in a sermon delivered by the rev . gentleman at Rosoman-street Chapel on Sunday last . Great prejudice against the school appears to have existed in the minds of some Italians for some time past , and one or two attacks of a brutal nature have lately been made on other persons connected with it , of which the two following are instances : —On the arrival of the two Capuchin friars in London the Itev . Dr . Faa , an Italian clergyman , to whom they were known , engaged lodgings for them in Dove-court , Leather-lane , and on calling to see them a few da ye afterwards he was knocked down by two or throe ruffians , who violently assaulted him . On that occasion , as upon this , the delinquents escaped . Some few days previously one of two ladies ( Sisters « f Mercy ) who teach at the Leopard ' s-court School was also attacked in the vicinity with such violence that she burst a blood vessel , and now lies in a very

      precarious state . Extra-Murai . lNTERMEKTS .-. At the meeting of tho vestry at St Pancras on Wednesday , Mr . Churchwarden Baker in the chair , it was stated that the government had given up the proposed measure for extra-mural interments . Mr . Brettingham was glad to find that the government had gken up tho idea of becoming general undertakers . This was an admirable opportunity for the vestry to take the matter into their own hands . Looking at the crowded state of our churchyards , it was high time that something was done . It was ultimately unanimously agreed that tbe vestry should memorialise the government for power to take ground for extra-mural-interment purposes . Pudden Death at Euston Station , — On

      Wednesday morning among the passengers arriving at the Euston station to take their departure by the third class train , was a woman apparently in the last stage of consumption , She was accompanied by a little child about three years of age , and on alighting from a sort of cart in which she had been brought from the neighbourhood of Wapping , the poor creature was assisted to the booking office , where she paid her fare to Liverpool by a third clasa carriage , and then proceeded to the platform , to take her seat in one of the carriages . Her weakl y state was observed by Mr , Spencer , f . he superintendent of the company ' s police at Euston-square , and he at once went to her assistance . Oh

      speaking to her he found she was in a very unfit state to travel , and while assisting her back into tho refreshment hall with one of his officers the poor woman fell dead . The body having been conveyed to the workhouse of St . Pancras parish , and the little child taken charge of by a porter named Haines , in the company ' s service , some inquiry was set on foot , -villi a view to ascertain the identity of the deceased . It was subsequently found that she was the wif <> of a mate in tho merchant service ) of the name of King , and that he had only a few days since sent her £ 3 to pay her expenses to Liverpool . It is stated that the deceased was addicted to drinking . She had three or four boxes with her , but only a few halfpence were found upon her

      pecson . Influx of Irish Poor . —On Wednesday , at a meeting of the board of guardians of Holborn Union , J . B . Humphries , Esq ., in the chair , it was stated that there had been a large increase of poor for the past week , arising chiefly from the influx of Irish poor . Mr . Cottle wished to know how far persons returning to the Union after they had been passed home could be punished . Mr . James said that it was difficult to bring the law into operation against the class referred to by Mr . Cottle . The board , after some discussion upon the matter , voted a sum of £ 50 towards the expense of sending back to their own country a number of Irish paupers . SAcniLEOE . —On Monday ni g ht Christ Church Iloxton , was entered and the alms chest forced open . As the contents had been removed in the previous week the thief probably took but a small booty .

      City . Improvements . —Much disappointment having been expressed by merchants and traders of the City at the removal from tho Egyptian-hall at the Mansion-house of the model prepared by Mr . Charles Pearson , in illustration of his plan of improving the line of the Fleet valley , notices have been circuit ted stating that the plan is now deposited in the City Library in Guildhall , tho entrance to which is in the vestibule leading to the great hall , on the right-hand side , up-stairs .

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      FilLCRB OT THE SUNDKBLAND JoiNT-SlOCK BlNX . —On the 21 st inst . the Sunderland Joint Stock Banking Company stopped payment . This company was established in 1830 , with a capital of £ 100 , 000 in £ 10 shares , £ 7 10 s ., or £ 75 . 000 , of this capital being paid up . The immediate cause of the stoppage , it is stated , was , tbat the London and Westminster Bank refused to discount its paper ; the remote cause , losses by failures in the town—a large manufacturing firm some years ago , and a shipowner this year , having failed , with a balance considerably on the wrong side of the bank book . The operations of the bank were limited to

      the town , and , as the tradespeople did not generall y keep their accounts with ic , tho stoppage will not be extensively felt . The bank was known in the town as the " Methodist Bank , " the directors of it principally belonging to that body , and from this circumstance its business was somewhat of a class character . Its stoppage will bo felt most severely by small shipbuilders , whose work is sublet to them by large capitalists . Its deficiencies are stated to amount to £ 20 , 000 , but probably they will be more . Tbe proprietary is limited , and some of the shareholders are substantial men . The only fear is that the pressure will come too heavily upon them

      at first . The deposits amount to about £ 24 , 000 , and tbere seems to be little fear but that tho depositors will be paid in full . The corporation banked with thecompany , and has £ 1 , 700 deposited , the Sunderland Joint-Stock Premium Association £ 5 , 000 , and a shipowner , also , has a considerable sum locked up . Tbere ave about 4 , 500 shares in the hands of persons able to pay all demands , and , as the deficiency only amounts to about the sum stated , it will appear that the further loss to tho shareholders will not far exceed £ 5 a share . A meeting of the shareholders has been held , when a call of £ 2 10 s . per share was made .

      Singular Acoidbnt . —An accident , which had nearly proved of a very serious character , happened in Oxford-market on Saturday hst to Miss Collingwood , the oldest daughter of Mr . Felix Collingwood , of the Manor House , Wheatley . It appears that Miss Collingwood and her sister were walking through the market in company with , their father , I who w a * sli ghtly in advance of them , and when passing by tbe shop of Mr . Ash , butcher , Miss Collingwood received a cut across her nose , completely severing the cartilage . Mr , Ash , it seems was standing outside his shop , and at the instant Miss Collingwood passed by he turned round to beckon to some one with his knife , which caused this singular and unfortunate accident . Miss Collingwood . was immediately taken into the nearest chemist ' s shop , Mr . Hester , the surgeon , was sent for , and we arc glad to be able to add tbat she is going on favourably , having very narrowly escaped the loss of sight , for the knife nearly entered her

      eye . AGRicui . iunAi , PnospECTS . —At the annual hiring just over , in ttie East and North ^ Hidings of Yorkshire , it is an important fact , as indicating the prospects of agricultural labourer ;? , that the demands for their services have been greater than for some years past , and higher wages . tolVQ consequently been obtained .

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      Anotheu Oxford Secession to Homk . —The Rev . Frederic Hathaway , M . A ., Fellow of Worcester College , Oxford , Incumbent of Shadwell , Yorkshire , and formerly Curate of St . Mary Ma- 'dalen , Oxford , has resigned his Fellowship , and taken his name off the hooks of Worcester College , for tho purpose of joining the Church of Borne . Fi re in T 1 IB Great Levkr Coal Mine . —The fire in tho Great Lever Mine , belonging to Lord Bradford , which was ignited by an explosion of rke-danp , on the 8 th inst ., has not yet been extinguished . It was believed , from tbe appearance of the mine , that the fire had been entirely subdued by Mr . Gurney ' s plan of forcing carbonic acid gas

      into the mine . Several days last week were occupied in clearing the mine of the choke damp thrown in to extinguish the fire , audit being supposed that the mine was sufficiently clear to justify an attempt being made to rescue the bodies of the two unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion , several persons were sent down . They found the main road , which is an incline down the centre of the mine , pretty free from gas , the ventilation having cleared it . Tho levels , however , which branch off on either side of tho incline , were choked with gas , and a safety lamp put into it was immediately extinguished . Lower down , in tho direction of the tire they were enveloped in smoke and sulphur , so a * to make it unsafe to proceed farther , and ,

      therefore , they had to retreat without recovering the bodies of the unfortunate men . There is no douht that the fire had been greatly subdued by the carbonic acid gas ; but where the shaft was opened , the current of atmospheric air appeared to have renewed tbe name , and thus rendered the attempts io remove the bodies abortive . Finding , therefore , ihat , the five had again broken out , the downcast shaft was closed , and the process of filling the mine with carbonic acid gas has been renewed , and is now being carried on under the superintendence of Mr . Guruey , the inventor of tho system . It is intended to keep the mine charged with choke damp for a fortnight , and by that time it is believed the fire will be entirely extinguished .

      Novel Application or Guxta Pbbcha . —A novel charge of felony was heard before the Tynemouth borough bench—a case , too , of considerable importance to gas companies . The borough of Tynemouth Gas Company supply their customers with gas by meter , the company furnishing the meter and the piping from the street leading thereto , the consumer the pipe to the burner . ' Of course , the company only receives payment for that quantity of gas consumed ) as indicated by the meter . A person of the name of llibbard , a small shopkeeper residing in the low town , having failed in business , tho employes of the gas company went on Monday to fetch away the meter , and cut off the supply . They removed that instrument , and broke off the piping within the shop , which extinguished a li ght there , but to their astonishment they observed a light still continuing to burn in the back premises . They looked about them , and at last discovered

      tbat tho gas burnt at that light was conveyed by a gutta percha tube from the company ' s pipe to which it was attached . Upon further search it was found that an upper room could be lighted b y the same means and that by an ingenious contrivance the gas could be turned from the meter , and the li ght in the front shop be furnished by the gas abstracted from the company ' s pipe . The men reported to tbe directors , and that body determined to institute a charge of felony against Hibbard , as they must have been cheated to a considerable extent by this ingenious device . Ho was accordingly given into custody , but , after hearing the case , and considerable legal discussion between the gentlemen who appeared for the prosecution and the magistrate ' s clerk , the bench came to the conclusion that the charge did not amonnt to felony , and dismissed it . The company intend to take the . case to the Northumberland sessions by indictment .

      Suicide of a Ladt at Lbigksmr . —On Saturday last , at Leicester , the coroner for that town held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mrs . Caroline Charlotte Yasey Gilldeu ( daughter of Major Dawson ) , who committed suicide on the previous evening by swallowing a large quantity of essential oil ot almonds . The unfortunate lady had been staying in Leicester for the last month , and from documents found in her apartment it would seem she was in a state of destitution , having spent her last penny and failed in obtainin g assistance from the persons to whom she applied for it . In a diary written by her , several ladies of hi gh rank were spoken of as her intimate friends , and her property in Ireland was stated to tie in the

      hands of attornies and likely to continue so . Tho jury found a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Proposed Testimonial io Lord Duhcaw . —A public meeting was held on Monday afternoon , at the Guildhall , Bath , under the presidency of his worship the mayor ( W . Long , Esq ., ) for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting a testimonial to Lord Duncan , M . P ., aa a mark of respect and public appreciation Of his lordship ' s valuable services in obtaining a repeal of the window duties , llesolutions to the effect , that a public testimonial should be presented to his lordship , and that other cities be invited to co-operate in carrying out that object , were unanimously adopted . A committee having been appointed , the proceedin g *

      terminated . Fratricide iit Liverpool . —Two brothers , named William and Joshua Blunt , quarrelled in the house of their mother , a widow , residing in CUve-Street , and the result was that Joshua , the younger , stabbed William , the elder brother , with a shoemaker ' s knife , and death ensued in a few minute * . The circumstances attending this dreadful act were as follows : —The elder brother had not for some time resided with hia mother , but was in tho habit of calling occasionally at the house , and when he did so endeavoured to exercise authority over his younger brother , who is a shoemaker , aged eighteen years , and supported his mother out of his earnings . This assumption of authority led

      to frequent disputes . On Monday morning , William , who was a blacksmith , called at his mother ' s , and some dispute having arisen relative to a shilling which their parent required , he struck Joshua , who instantly seized a knife with which he had been working and plunged it into his brother ' s chest . Mr . Fiddler , surgeon , was sent for , but the unfortunate man expired before his arrival . Joshua was taken into custody by Inspector Boyd and brought before Mr . Mansfield , at the police court , who ordered him to be remanded . —On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of William Blunt . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Joshua Blunt , who was committed for trial at the last assizes .

      Suicide at Cabshaltos . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at the Greyhound Inn , Carshalton , Surrey , as to tb « death of Mrs . Hannah Mary Ann Orgils , aged twenty-five years . The deceased was the wife of Mr . Robert Orgils , the proprietor of the Queen Tavern , Carshalton , and for some time past had been labouring under a delusion that the nei ghbours believed she had neglected one of her children . On Saturday morning last the deceased got up earlier than usual and was discovered in the lower part of the house by her husband wandering about in her night dress . He directed her to retire to her room , and shortly afterwards he heard a heavy fall . On going to her bedroom , he found

      the deceased bleeding from a wound in the neck , and having called a neighbour , ascertained that deceased had cut her throat with a razor , which was lying on tho dressing table . Medical aid was procured , butthedrceaaed died from the effects of the injuries . Verdict— " Insanity . ' ' Confession of an Ikcknmary . —On Saturday last before the county magistrates at Nottingham , John Rockley , of Birmingham , labourer , was charged , on his own confession , with having set fire to a number of corn stacks at Ratcliffe » on-Trent , the piopirty of Mr . Thomas Butler , farmer . The prosecutor stated that he occupieu some farm buildings , about a mile and a half from the village ; that on Thuraday , the 30 th of October , he had standing in the yard five stacks of wheat .

      five of barley , and one of clover , the value of which was rather more than £ 900 ; that he went to bed that night about ten o ' clock , but was alarmed ten minutes afterwards , and on going out of tbe house found the stacks on fire . The fireengines from Nottingham were sent for , but tl . e fire was not extinguished till all the stacks we > d burnt , and it was with the greatest difficulty tho flames were prevented from extending to the buildings . Charles Price , a labourer ill husbandry , living in Stoi fl-courc , Nottingham , deposed that h « knew tho prisoner , who occasionally called at his house . On Monday evening , the 10 th inst ., a little after six o ' clock , he called in , and after talking with him the conversation turned upon burning ,

      and prisoner said , "I am tho young man that did that fire at Ratcliffe . " He further stated that he was " going about" when he met another young man , and they tried to l < get lod g ings in the prosecutor ' s stack-yard , but they could not find any loose straw , and the other young mau said , " then , let ' s fire ' em ; " that re then pulled some lucifer matches out of his pocket , and struck several before he could get a light ; that having set fire to the stacks they ran across the fields , and jumped into a dyke , were they remained till a number of peopte were endeavouring to put the fire out , when they went back and joined them

      and that , after the flames were extinguished they had some bread and cheese and ale with the other men who had assisted . Witness askud him Who the other man was , and ho then said that there was not another , but that he did it himself and would show him the place where he bou » ht the matches . Witness told his wife to look after him and he went and informed the first policeman he " met , and Inspector R : iynor came and apprehended the prisoner . Wilhain Raynor , inspector of police at Nottingham , deposed that when he apprehended v ^ ir-tw s ^ tfsffi A i ^ as . T" ™™^

      Fillcrb Ot The Sundkbland Joint-Slock Bl...

      Kossuth . — M . Kossuth has received the first substantial aid from Birmingham . Mr . If . W . Tynd ' 11 ( deputed by tho committee ) having on Tuesday week in an interview with iM , Kossuth , at E aton-place , presented him with £ 750 , which bad heen subscribed by a few gentlemen , to be by the illustrious Hungarian appropriated as shall seem to him most advantageous to the cause of Hungary . The list of subscribers to this fund has not been divulged , but it is stated that Mr . Geach , M . P ., subscribed £ 100 , and Mr . Muntz , M . P ., Mr . Soholefield , M . P ., Mr . Alderman J . James , Mr . Sfcurge , and other gentlemen , have made equally liberal donations . This is an answer to the " Times" articles on the subject of the " mere

      hollow shouting " of the Kossuth demonstrations . Its conductors have found out aoinetluuir , move in the loss of its subscribers here , and in the painful anxiety they have evinced through their various agencies to discover the numerical slaughter . Referring to the attack of the " Times " on tho 10 th on the people of Birmingham , tho "Journal" of today ( Saturday ) says : — "In tho broadest sense of the word Kossuth is a homeless exile , accepting the hospitality with a consciousness of deserving it , at the hands of men who owe their ability to offer it to the principle of free institutions , in struggling for which he is a | ioor man and an exile . Birmingham knew this , and whilst it said ' God speed , ' it gave to him the means of making the prayer something more than a sentimental aspiration , In this Birmingham has vindicated its character for hospitality . Not in a

      spirit of boasting , but from an indignant sense o < the injustice done to it , we say it is in this respect an example to every other town in England . The * Times , ' in a spirit of want on insolence , singled out Birmingham as tho only place capable of violating the rites of hospitality . We point to the subscriptions already placed in the hands of Kossuth , while we claim the distinction of being the first town in the kingdom that has manifested a due sense of the wants of our illustrious guest , and » iven substantial evidence of sympathy with the cause of which ho is the glorious representative . " Dismissal of Mr . Ramshav . —The Earl of Carlisle has adjudicated upon the case of Mr . Ramshay , o , nd his lordship ' s judgment is , that the allegations against Mr . Ramshay are substantially proved , and that it is his duty to supersede tbat gentleman as j urine of the Liverpool County Court .

      The Duke of Newcastle has ordered his tenants on the Clumber estate to kill the hares , and he only intends to preserve the birds for his own use . Besides this boon the whole of the Clumber estates arc being re-valued , and sundry repairs are progressing upon various farms . More Cathedral Grammar School Abuses . — An important memorial has , it appears from the Worcester papers , been recently adopted by a very large majority of tbe mayor and corporation of Worcester , and presented to the dean and chapter on the subject of the Cathedral Grammar School . It alleges , "That King Henry VIII ., after founding and endowing the Cathedral of Worcester , gave a body of statutes for its regulation and government ,

      by which ha ordained that it should for ever con - sisfc of certain members , to have their sustentation out of its endowment , with certain limited allowances assigned to them therefrom , viz . ;—One dean to have £ 1336 ? . 8 d . per annum ; ten canons at £ 20 ; one schoolmaster , £ 20 ; one usher , £ 10 ; forty grammar boys , at £ 2 13 s . 4 d . ; and ten choristers , at £ 3 6 s . Sd ., " & e . It further declares , "That to the observance of all these statutes , according to their plain and grammatical sense , the founder bound the dean and chapter by the most solemn obli gations and imperative ordinances , and that in this sense the statutes do plainly and clearly express his intention , that the forty grammar boys should be maintained out of tbe funds of the

      church by the following clauses referring to them : —1 . Wo ordain that there be for ever in our church of Worcester forty boys to be maintained out of the goods of our church . 2 . We will that these boys be maintained at the costs of our church . 3 . The boys learning grammar and having their maintenance given them gratis within the church . i . The grammar boys who are maintained at tho expense of the church , The memorial then goes on to state , " That those intentions and provisions are practically in abeyance under the following circumstances : —1 . According to the returns made to tbe Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the Dean and Chapter , the income of a canon has been raised from £ 20 to

      £ 026 3 s . Id . 2 . No provision is made for the maintenance of the forty grammar boys , according to tlie founder ' s direction , and out of the £ 213 s . id . a-signed and originally sufficient for that purpose , there is now deducted £ 2 7 s . 6 d . for the masters and 2 s , for firing , so that only 3 s . lOd . is left for the boys . 3 . The ten choristers , for whom a separate provision was made by the founder , are incorporated with the grammar boys , thereby reducing their number to thirty . 4 , Except tbe choristers , no boy is . placed on the foundation of tbe school , without the previous payment of £ 10 10 s . for a year ' s tuition . " Accordingly the memorialists add , " That in the discharge of what they believe to be their duty , they beg to represent to the Dean and

      Chapter , that in their humble opinion the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood are suffering undeservedly from the non fulfilment of the provisions of King Henry VIIL , with regard to the Cathedral Grammar School , and therefore , in the name and on behalf of their fellow-citizens , they respectfully pray that the Dean and Chapter will considerately take some early and effectual measures for carrying out these provisions in the spirit in which they were conceived , and with a view to realise the beneficient objects for which they were originall y designed . " Such are the allegations and prayer of this memorial , and as the Dean and Chapter are assembled this week for their halfyearly audit , the citizens of Worcester are anxiousl y awaiting an answer to it .

      Scouaitd,

      scouaitD ,

      Fire And Loss Or Two Lives At Glasgow.—O...

      Fire and Loss or Two Lives at Glasgow . —On the 21 st instant an alarm was communicated to the central police-office , Glasgow , that a fire had broken out in a dwelling house in South Albionstreet , occupied by a woman named Campbell . The tire brigade was in immediate attendance , and succeeded , without much difficulty , in extinguishing the flames ; but on proceeding to examine the premises they discovered the body of the woman Campbell and her female child , three years old , l ying on the floor , both being lifeless , having been suffocated by the smoke . All efiovts to restore animation proved unavailing .

      Ktnaiiq. The Late Attempt To Assassinatk...

      KtnaiiQ . The Late Attempt to Assassinatk Mr . Dtas , J . P . —A proclamation has issued from Dublin Castle offering a reward of £ 100 for the conviction of the miscreant who attempted to assassinate Mr . Dyas , J . P . The Potato Crop , —With few exceptions the general tone of the reports from the country respecting the potatoes is very favourable . In Ulster the crop appears to be more seriousl y affected witfc ¦¦ light than in any of the other provinces . Tin "Cork Examiner" of Monday says : — "The reports we receive from the agricultural districts are

      cheering , potatoes being still very favourabl y spoken Of , While thOaO arriving io our market arc , generally Speaking , excellent in condition and quality , thus proving that they are keeping well . " Representation of Kinsale , —There are no lon-% x any doubts as to the inteutiona of Mr . Uawe ? . Mr . Isaac Heard has written to the hon . gentleman to inquire whether the acceptance of his new appointment vacated his seat , or if it did not , whether it was his intention to retain his seat in parliament . Ia reply , Mv . Hawes stated that his acceptance of the office did not vacate his seat , but that it was his intention at the proper time to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds .

      The Action against the Chief Skckbtarv . — The special jury ( a highly respectable one ) was selected ou Monday to try the merits of the case of * ' Birch versus Sir William Somerville . " The trial is fixed to come off in the after sittings of the present term , when , according to general belief , tho public are likely to be highly edified with the contents of the " bill of particulars " upon which the plaintiff rests his case , and sundry other r « svelauons which may be expected to transpire in the course of this delicate investigation , Mary Fah y , tub Murderess . —This wretched woman , whose execution for the murder of Mary Uanley has been postponed in consequence of her being enceinte , was delivered of a daughter on Saturday , at Limerick .

      Ihe LxoDus .-ihe thinning of the population proceeds , in spite of wind and weather , as briskly a * it did in the month , of May last . The quavsof Dublin are just now crowded Willi emigrants , c nelly from the western counties , and the bulk of them of the most wretch ed class of the peasantry . I here are , no doubt , exceptions , but numbers of the poor creatures who are taking shipping here have not sutucieut covering for the journey to Liverpool , not to speak of an ocean voyage of some 3 , 000 miles . A Dundalk paper contains the follo * injr statement in reference to Ihe flight of farmers from the northern counties ; - " An M . P . of an Ulster count

      y passing through this town last week stated that the Government , were becoming alarmed at the crowds of emigrants leaving Ireland . He informed the person with whom he was conversing that the Ministry will devise some measure early in next session to check emigration . It is probable , lis said , that J hey . will pass an act limiting the porta from which emigrants shall sail to one or two , and compel lie owner of each emigrant vessel to nay a tax ot £ 4 or i 5 for each passenger taken on board . We g , ve this information a ^ we have received it , without vouching for its accuracy . "" -

      Ktnaiiq. The Late Attempt To Assassinatk...

      The Waterford papers state that the tide 0 / ^ oration from that port is ss- brisk as tvp » ' tl Friday two steamers left ' for Liverpool lin ,,.- ' ° H h-iftrd between them 400 passengers , nml t ) s ? 1 the most part consisting of the " energetic ii , ' ° ' ' severing portion of tbe peasantry . " fn adilj "; ^ all this an Ulster correspondent of the " \ v ° Star" writes thus ,- " In n ? last 1 gare ' ^ mafion of tho ex enfc to which emi gra'ion f "' '' Ulster was proceeding , although the local hjj 0 * seem to have taken very little notice of the m ^? 8 I have since heard , from trustworthy sour ™ . 1-x uuvo sume ui-aru , inuu iruscworcny sources citt ___

      cient to convince me that if some of the landi p do not som come to some arraneement with Iktenants different from that which prevails nt nre another year will not elapse before there i 8 » -, „• an exndus from Ulster as from your own nrov . ' n ?^ The Land Question—The "Dundalk T » . ' r . rnt" states that a deputation of the tcnan » r » t Mr . Fortescue proceeded on Saturday s Raver ,, ! 1 ° park for the purpose of presentins their lamli j with a numerously sisned memorial , renroQ ^ lthe total inability of the tenants to pa ! Z " fixed on their farms by the two valuator , h » V S ployed by Mr . Fortescue to value his pronert * - ?? " answer of Mr . Fortescue has not yet transpired

      — M » The Oldbury Burglary. The Men Conc...

      — m » THE OLDBURY BURGLARY . The men concerned in the late bunjlarv and «„» rage near this town , and who since so rfeaneratefc resisted capture in Herefordshire , were br 3 up for examination on Wednesday morning , befon , John Green , James Hunt , and Edwd . Mnri W * magistrates acting for this division of the col T The names of tho pnsonprs are Geome HanW alias RoeU , and Thomas Jones , aliases , V ' prisoner Hanks was formerl y an apprentice to \ r Lowe , bookseller , of this town . The nri 83 were now charged with having committed ^ a S lary on the premises of Miss Nfcklin , in the & way-road , a short distance from this town on , S 33 rd ult .-M . ? S Kicklin , the proseontrir wnoi ?! lad y advanced in years , deposed to tha ' fidll ? '

      principal facts - : ' < That on the night in n 2 « he saw all he doors of her house f . ^ b " ° S seven and eight o ' olook . She went U 6 cJS o ' clock , and at two in the morning was woke bv a noise m the house ; antici patinf S it ° ^ caused by the arr va of a relativn ^ tnLJS <• 8 Devonshire , she called tollrcZu S ? d wh 2 sl . pt . in another part of the house , to inform him 0 f he circumstance . Shortly afterward , . "" T en . tered her room having in his hand a dark lantern his face was blackenedand h

      , e wore a chomi a over his dress De turned tho light towards wit ness , and said , "Where is your money » ft wi ho bettor for you to bo ftill : if you do not , I sha blow your brains out . ' ' The man showed her « pistol , and said it was a double-barrelled one Witness told him that she had very little mone * y , and that if ho must have it , it was in her pocket on the floor . Tie took tho money therefrom , but witness did not notice where he put it . The man said that he did not want coppers , and asked if there were

      any more in the house than herself and herrelativpj Witness did not reply , and the man immediatel y went round to tho other side of the bed , and examined the draw of tho dressing-table . After recognising her niece , who slept with her . he left the room . Dor cousin David ' s room adjoined hep own ; there was a drawer in the looking-glass which the prisoner opened , but witness could not say whether he took anything therefrom . 'Witness identified the prisoner flanks as tho man who came into her room . After he bad quitted her and reached her cousin ' s apartment , she heard tha

      prisoner say , " Shoot the devil ; " and immediately afterwards heard the report of a pistol three times , Immediately ? at ud in hod and saw her cousin David l ying on the floor ; he groaned a great deal ; and tho two prisoners then proceeded to search the house . . After they had gone she sent her niece out for assislance , and examining the premises down stairs , found that the bnrclars had effected an entrance by taking a nane of shsa out of tho parlous window . On examining the premises , she missed , amonest other thines , some silver spoons , several of wlu ' oh were produced , and which tho witness identified—they had been found on the persons ot both prisoners . —Superintendent M'Orokon , of the Leominster police , produced two brace of revo ! .

      vmsr rustols , a life-preserver , n flexible sawsuffi . warily Binatt to be introduced into a hole perforated by a nail-passer , several bullet mould ? , anil a . quantit y of ball cartridge , all of which had been found on one or other of tho prisoners at tho time of their apprehenaion . —Afr . David JVfoklfn , who was shot at by the burglars soon after they enfared his cousin ' s premites , and Sarah NicklinJ prosecutrix ' s niece , wero { also examined ; and the superintendent of tbe Leominster constabulary detailed the particulars of the dosporate rosistnnca made by the prisoners on the occasion of their arrest . —Corroborative testimony against the prisoners having been adduced , they were fnlly oom « mitted to take their trial at the next assizes .

      Serious Collision On The London And Nort...

      SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . Ae 6 llision of a very serious , if not fatal , crirj * racter took place on Saturday evening last , on the London and North-Western Railway at "Weedon , by which nearl y all the passengers in the four o ' clock , up train from Rugby were more or less injured . It appears that the four o ' clock train from Ku ? by due in London at half-past seven , started from Rugby at its proper time , arriving in duo course ad the Weodon station at twenty-five minutes nftn four . At this time it was still daylight , and all the proper stopping signals were on at the station . A b the Weedon station there are no sidings , and the passenger train , in which was Captain ^ Huisb , the general manager , and Mr . Brnyercsthe chiei

      , superintendent ,, both of whom had been down ftrtllfl r > urp & Po pf making arrangements for opening the Stour Valley line , meeting with a coal train nt the station , had to wait on the main up line until tha coal train had been shunted on to tho down lino , to allow the passenger train to reach the platform of the Weodon station , and then pass on . The passenger train had reached the platform , and was discharging and receiving passengers , and the coal tram was still shunting across l ' ust up above on In trie down line , -wnen ah engine and cattle train ol thirteen heavily Inden carriaires , dashed into tha passenger train with great violence , breakinsr sc « veral of the nearest carriages , and also rlashini ? the passenger train forward into the coal train which had not yet entirely pot across on to tho down line , with such violence as to knock several of the coal trucks completely over .

      As soon as the alarm occasioned by the firsf shock of the collision had in some measure subsided , surgical aid was procured from the town and barracks . A gentleman named Currip . ftf War * nngf . on , and connected with the firm of Ridirway and Co ., the tea dealers , of King Wjlliam-strcff ) City , was taken out of a second-class carriage aF * parontl y lifeless , and was reportort as uonrt . forcing sustained some fri"htfnl lacerations and injuries to

      the head . A second , in almost as bad a condittoJi was 'aken from the same carrlae ' . and proved ( 0 he the servant , of Colonel Sir Douglas Pennant , also a passenger , A third gentleman ! Mr . CIcaton , of Upper Rarnshiiry-street . Islington , was also taken nut insensible , With several severe f « l 3 about , tbe head and Lice ; and Mrs . Gowor , ot 0 t ' ford-street , was also very much shook and injure-Most of the other passengers suffered more or 1 « from wounds and rontusibns

      Oapt . ITuish wag himself very severely injnrW about the head and face , as was also Mr . ilruyortt whose escape from death was truly mir aculous . ' appears that on the Rugby train reaching tliop '' ' ' form , Mr . Bruyerps . -who was in the same enriW as Capt . nnish , got < mt , nnd at the moment of w collision , was standing with his hnnd on the car ' vmss door , whilst Cant . ITuish , vcho tad ™> t f * his seat , had his head out of window conversi ^ with him . The shork caused the captain ' s head » he driven violentlv from on * side of the OFeni" ?"' the window to tho other , whilst . i portion of nip ther earriape , lifted comnhnelv off the rails , slrt >» Ml * . Rruyeres on the shoulder , ' UnocUinir him dow * and he in turn knockine others down who ww

      standing near him . Mr . Iiruveres rolled tof » 11 ; the e & winpes still in motion , and had not a p w man seized him hy the coat , be must have f ^ undfir tbe wheels and been cut to piece ? . «* J The cattle , it is understood , wero not much W ttlnted , but the up line was blocked for « vi * hour . " , and tho Rugby train did not reach the * - ton terminus tWI nearly eleven o ' clock , *'' en ' Cl « aton , Mrs . Gnwer , nnd most of the « tncr r fa sengers , were auffieient . lv recovered to pwcec their residences . Mr . Currie , however , the ? cb- man repotted as dead , and the servant to toi ^ Ttoiiglas Pennant , still remain at thn ffced ontion . The former , although insensible m \ ' ] i ij rontly lifeless for several hour ? , was on * ' »'' : afternoon reported to have rowcred " " in and to he enabled to speak . TTfi bus , b ^ cr ' p cevved . in ;> riri 5 ti / m ^ n nrtmi . imitwes . se ? C ? ,, « 11

      7 » .. x ... , « ..,.,. »>¦ , ('" , ivefi ' cussion of the brain . Tim other sufferer at > l v , is reported as progressing favourably , ^ "Aj , ; Iluisl ) . although baring received vrry F '" "' , ft ries , and Mr . Bruyeres , wore on Sundaf cr ' also reported as much belter , DEVTII OF Jin , CURBir .. . . . ; 5 Wo regret to announce that Mm scrfOP- ' j ^ j received to the brad bv the unfortunate 1 - . ¦ fr Mr . Currie , of Wavvincton . have terff . in-V ^ j tally . Mr . Currie died-it six o ' clcnii <•" ' ' > evening , after moH painful snfferinp . ,,,, ;< : !• rence fo the servant , of tbe Tlr . n . Douchi / I ' ^ . v the reports are tbat he is pwjjrcssins ^ " 'iy and llio earn © may be said ' of ' tho unforMin . « , J bnurcr , who was severe'v injured about < ' . .. and thighs , and who also'Il ' ies - at the » >; station . .- ' . " ¦¦¦ ..: '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111851/page/6/