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Hsauh op ' Iiosbbsr ddbixg the Webk . — In the tveek ending last Saturday , the deaths registered jn the metropolitan districts were 1 , 053 ; the weekly average of this season , corrected for increase of ponuktion , is 1 , 162 . The mortality of laat week is , therefore , less than the estimated amount by 109 deaths , and is neariv the same as that of the pre-• vious week . Ofthe 1 , 053 persons whose deaths are included in this return , 841 had medical attendance , and written statements ofthe diseases-which proved fatal distinguishing in many cases the primary and secondary forme , are entered in the register books ; 15 had no medical attendance ; in 15 cases the cause of death was not certified , and in these it -does not appear whether or not the patients had -professional aid . At the end of the quarter an
_unflax of eases returned by coroners swells thenum"bers of deaths registered in the week ; but many of -these occurred at earlier dates . Inquests were held on 176 deaths , in the present return , considerably more than the due proportion ; they fall mostly under fractures , wounds , drowning , hanging , and suffocation , burns , scalds , and poison , making altogether 65 , whilst the weekly average is 30 ; and nnder apoplexy , from which there were deaths , whilst the average is 26 ; besides 45 in which the eanse of death could not be ascertained , or was defectively returned , the average of snch being only 12 . 7 children aro returned as having died of suffocation in bed ; o deaths are ascribed to intemperance , of which one was the case of a g irl of 14 years , who died after 38 hours' illness , of congestion
of the brain and other organs , from drinking gin ; a child died of want ; a man of 40 yeare _, in the subdistrict of St . Andrew , East , of " exposure to cold and destitution , " and a pork-butcher of 27 years , en the third day after admission into the workhouse of St . "Martin-m-the-Fields , from the effects of " starvation and neglect . * " A woman who had no medical attendance died in Somer _' s-town of " inflammation of the lungs ; " she is stated to have arrived at the advanced age of 100 years . In the last- week 42 children died of measles , which is about the average , 24 of scarlatina , and 24 of hooping cough _, ( both diseases now tinder the average ) . Smallpox , whieh was fatal in 7 cases , and typhus in 31 , are also less prevalent than usual . There is a decrease of deaths on the previous week both from
bronchitis and pneumonia ; 8 _persons died of influenza . Only 9 deaths occurred from diarrhoea ; none from cholera . Tables accompany this return "Which show the deaths from cholera in each ofthe 135 sub-districts of London in each week since October , 1848 . The mean daily reading of the barometer at Greenwich Observatory ranged from 30-440 in . to 30 * 304 in . on Sunday and Monday ; on Tuesday ifc was 30-373 in . The mean of the week leas 29-877 in . The mean temperature of the week was 33-1 deg ., less by 9 deg . than that of the previous week , and less than the average of the same week in seven years by 5 deg . The daily mean was throughout less than the average , except on Wednesday . _OnFridav , when the mean temperature was only 25 deer- it was less than the average of the
same day by 13 deg . Suicide ot a Taiiob . —On Saturday evening last Hir . Payne , the City coroner , held an inquest at -the Bell tavern , "Kbble-street _, St . Martin's-le-Grand , on ihe body of Richard Henry Bolton , a master tailor , aged 35 , who committed suicide on the night preceding the inquiry , at his residence , No . 32 , _SToble-street . It appeared from the evidence of E . Crowder , that he called , at eleven o ' clock , on the si ght in question , f or h is wife , at the residence of ths deceased , and was asked by Kirs . Bolton to go to her husband ' s bedroom , as she dared not go sear him in consequence of his having threatened to injure her just before he left the sitting-room about an hour prior to witness's arrival . Upon entering the bedroom be fonnd deceased banging by a
Tope twisted round the neck and suspended from the bedpost . He cat bim down , but found no signs of life . Mrs . Crowder , wife of the last witness , deposed that she had worked for the deceased for some months past , and until very recently he was most temperate in his habits ; pecuniary embarrassments , however , occasioned by his customers not being regular in tbeir payments , greatly affected inn ; he for some weeks being unable to pay his workpeople more than a small portion of then weekly earnings _. He became gloomy in his manner , and , from being a teetotaler , indulged now and then in drink , at which periods he would threaten his wife , for whom it was well-known he entertained the warmest affection , and she , in consequence , applied twice within the last two months to the Lord Mayor
for protection . On the Friday evening he left home at four o ' clock and returned about nine at night . He then asked Mrs . Bolton why she , had no t g one home to her father , as he had directed . Upon his wife attempting to reason with him he raised his hand and threatened that if she spoke one word it would be her last . He was then partly intoxicated , but appeared to witness more like a person delirious , as his gestures were strange and his conversation incoherent . After some persuasion on the part of witness , the deceased went to his bedroom . _» -Mr . "Western deposed that the deceased had been a tenant of his , and he _alwaysi _^ found him most punctual in his payments till within a few weeks of
Jus death ; but , knowing the causes of his embarrassments , he had never pressed Mm . Having had _aconversation with the deceased a few days before Ms death , he informed witness that , in order to pay Ms workpeople a little of what was due to them , lie was forced to pled g e so me cloth b e long ing to some of the warehouses for which he worked , and he knew Cot how to redeem it , and thathe feared he would be driven to make away with himself , to avoid exposure ; the fact of his having been before the Lord Mayor for his -violence towards his wife , seemed to weigh much on his mind . "Prom farther evidence it appeared that before the surgeon waa sent for , life had for some time heen extinct . "Verdict— " Temporary Insanity . "
_OPEXTSG OF THE REFUGE FOR THE HOUSELESS . — On Monday the committee of the houseless poor assembled at their chambers , No . 75 , Broad street , Mr . Gharie 3 Hick in the chair , and unanimously agreed to the resolution to throw open the doors of tne central asylum in Playhouse-yard , _Whitecrossstreet , for the reception of the houseless immediately , in consequence of the severity of the weather . Death _kiojc Wast and Exposuhe to the Coed . —On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr . M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , in the _T _^ nai _^ _-wmm * vF T"F *\ 1 _"Krwm .. _^ _B'n _*» VhrmQo _rnsnonfinff ~ f . li a _dWtUU _VUlk
_' * VW _* U W _* UU 1 UV 1 U M V 4 _UUWMMVJ * ** WK WW VUW death of a male person , apparently about forty years of age , at present unknown , who died from want and exposure to the cold , under the following very shocking circumstances : —The body of the deceased presented a most frightful appearance , and was entirely covered with filth and dirt . It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses , that -shortly after nine o ' clock on Friday morning last , Mrs . Martha Gibbs , a married woman , residing at So . 11 , _Tyndall-buildings , Gray _* s-inn-lane , was suddenly alarmed by hearing some person moaning in the cellar at the basement of the house . She
instaatly went to the ' spot , and found the deceased lying in one corner of the cellar , huddled up in a quantity of filth and dirt . The deceased appeared perfectly insensible , and Mrs . Gibbs immediately obtained the assistance of several police constables , who had the deceased removed to Holborn worklouse . He was literally black from tbe dirt in which he bad been lying , and his body was extremely emaciated . He was instantly stripped and placed in hot blankets , and the usual remedies were applied , which consisted of ammonia and brandy ; but the deceased never rallied , and died shortly afterwards . Two penny pieces were found placed upon two ulcere on the deceased' s legs , and a few pieces of stale bread were also discovered in his pockets . The deceased obtained admission to the
cellar by means of the window which looked into the street . The coroner remarked that the cellar appeared to he in the same bad condition as before the cholera broke ont . The parochial authorities ought to have the place thoroughly cleansed every week . The jury returned a verdict of _«« Death from exhaustion , caused by exposure to the cold , and th want of the common necessaries of life . ' DEsrBncTrra Fire . —Shortly before one o ' clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the Ship in Distress Tavern , No . 36 , Wardour-street , Soho . It appears that after the house was closed for the night the landlord was in the act of filling one of the vats in the bar with gin . In so attempting the ladder upon which _ he was standing suddenly _enonnon qonnno * _vrrl-tinfi _nnnMil _Ti ? m _4-a-Tnll _»« # ! 4- _* kit _| aj _uci _| niuvu _Miuseu jjxxxa _uiitui ( die
« _uuuruu m _» _j _uuu gin he was pouring into the vat fell upon the floor , and tho vapour coming in contact with the lighted candle the spirit became ignited , and ran round the "bar with the rapidity of lightning , firing simultaaeously the other vats filled with brandies and other spirits . Mr . Pearce ( the landlord ) made an attempt to conquer the flames , bat finding-he was unable to do so , he was about to make his escape , when recollecting that the barmaid was m the upper floor asleep , he made to that part of the premises and hurst her door open , hut could not make her _sensible ofthe j _^ t danger to which she was exposed until he hadpnlled her out of bed . The flames by
that penod were rushing in huge volumes up the staircase , and m attempting to drag the female down the _Btairs Mr . Pearce had his _whisliers set on fire . By dint of great exertion he fortunately succeeded in forcing his barmaid out of one of the windows , and by dragging her over the parapet , both parties were enabled to effect a safe retreat . The flames at that time had obtained possession of the oar , parlours , and staircase , threatening destruction to everything around . There being an abundant _rapply of water the engines were set to work , but the flames were not extinguished until the whole of the valuable stock-in-trade , < £ c , were totally consumed . The proprietor was fortunately insured in tha Sun lire office for dei . 000 . .
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. The Railway Pohtehs" SrBiKE . _^ The strike of the . porters on the Midland ' Railway has not been confined to the trunk line , but has extended _^ _tothe branches at Glocester , ' cm the Bristol ' and Birmingham ( Midland ) line , tte men _stSuck _aUMut about nineteen have resumed work , and some thirteen new . men have been taken on to replace a similar number , who stand out . There were no less than 150 applicants for the vacancies , at Glocester , so that there was no difficulty in replac _i ng the men , although , of course , the new men are at present not so competent as those who have turned out . It should . be borne in mind that the present is the second reduction which has been made by the Midland Company , a similar reduction of Is . per week having been made early in
the last year . There are thirty-two eoods porters and train setters at the Glocester Midland station The Midland porters affirm , in a printed statement , that other railway companies in the north pay their porters 20 s . per week . At Leeds , the traffic u _ said to be quite interrupted , for the porters have strucK en masse , and have resorted to threats and violence against new hands called in . Thei detention _ of parcels has been considerable , and lt _. is affirmed that many claims for compensation have already been sent in . The Great Western Company pays its porters from 16 s . to 20 s . per week according to length of servitude and good conduct ; Messrs . Pickford and Co ., the carriers , give their delivering porters at Birmingham , 20 s . per week—4 s . more than the Midland tariff . " ¦ .
.. Superstition and Quackery . —An extraordinary developement of the existence of superstition and quackery has just taken place in the course of the proceedings of an inquest held on the body ofa child at East Dean , _Glocestersbire . It seems that the children ofa shoemaker , named Haynes _, were playing together , when one of them , aged four years , named Louisa , put the tongs into the fire , heated them , and then wantonly seized her _jounger sister , Emma , with them by the neck , thereby inflicting two very severe burns . The children were left in the care of an elder brother , who did not perceive the intentions of bis mischievous sister until too late to prevent them . Flour , linseed oil , and limewater were applied to the burns , and for four days the
child's wounds were healingin a satisfactory manner , when , by the advice of some old women in the neighbourhood , the parents of the child suffered a Mrs . Milling , living near , to apply an ointment spread upon cabbage-leaves to the wounds , in lieu of the previous application of linseed oil , & c . This had the effect of creating considerable local inflammation ; and , after two days , the cabbage leaves were removed and another quack doctress was allowed to practise upon the little sufferer . . This second woman , whose name is Ann Teman , and who lives at Cinderford , in the Dean Forest , and who professed to have cured many people by the application of an ointment , and pronouncing a " mysterious charm , " got her sister , Ann Bradleyto prepare , the salve , which she
, ( Teman ) applied , at the same time muttering the following charm , as she called it , iu a peculiar dialect : — '' Three angels come out of the whost ; " One cries * Fire ; ' another , ' Frost ;' "To Father , Son , and Holy Ghost . " The poor child gradually got worse . The inflammation and sloughing of the wounds increased , but the infatuated parents , believing in the supernatural powers of the woman { Yeman ) , and putting implicit faith in the pronounced chwm , suffered their offspring to linger in torture tor five days longer , when death came to her release . Medical assistance was at hand , and might readily have been obtained at anv time , but the ignorant parents refused to call
for it , and the child died inconsequence . Of course , when the facts came to the knowledge of the authorities , a co r o n er ' s inquest was held , and , after one adjournment of the jury , who hesitated whetli . ' r it waa not their duty to And a verdict of manslaughter against Yeman , Bradley , and Milling , returned a special and lengthy verdict , finding ,: " That Ann Milling had prescribed a dangerous and rash remedy , and was otherwise guilty of _negligence . " They also found " tbat Teman was rash in relying on the ointment applied by her , and in her impious and presumptuous charm , " and also in prohibiting the parents calling in medical advice at a time when the deceased was in danger , and gradually sinking .
Lastly , they found that , " Although the conduct of Jane Milling and Ann Yeman amounted to great and serious culpability , rashness , and negb ' gence . jet the same does not , in our opinion , amount to a legally criminal and felonious culpability , rashness , and negligence . " The jury also expressed their opinion that it was the duty _ of the parents to have had _recourse to better assistance , and to the easily available medical _assistance in their immediate neighbourhood , and they expressed a hope that tbe result of the _investigation would lead to a discontinuance of the system of quackery , which prevailed to a considerable extent in the neighbourhood of the Forest of Dean .
Incehdiary Destruction of Farm Pbopbrtt . _—Cambhidqeshire . — The inhabitants of Girton were , on the 27 th ult , shortly after eleven o'clock , aroused from their beds by the cry of " Fire . " It was soon discovered that a fearful conflagration was raging in a barn on the premises of Mr . Elliot Smith , of Cambridge . The fire was first discovered by Mrs . Thompson , the wife of Mr . Smith ' s bailiff , who perceived the light through the bed curtains , and immediately awoke her husband ; and so rapid waa the extension ofthe flames that they bad barely time to escape in a state of semi-nudity before the house iu which they resided was on fire , and this , it may be stated , with every article of furniture belonrinz to the occupants , their clothes , and a watch
were consumed . The barn in which the fire commenced stood at the extreme end of the yard . It contained a quantity of barley ready for dressing , and was immediately in the eye of the wind , then blowing a hurricane towards the north . The fire extended to the house of the bailiff , and to the other farm buildings , consisting of two large barns , a fine range of new stables , bullock sheds ,, piggeries , _cirt lodges , cow lodges , and machine house . Six new carts , drill , chaff cutting machine , weighing machine , rollers , and other implements , together with a quantity of harness , were consumed . The worst part of the affair has yet to be recited—eight fine horses ( for one of which £ . 45 was refused a few days back ) , three bullocks , two calves , twelve cows and heifers ,
twenty-seven pigs , and a large quantity of poultry were consumed . The cries and moans of the poor animals , which were beyond the reach of human aid , were frightful ; and if the villain who was the cause of this frightful destruction were on the spot , must have excited a feeling of something like compunction even in his bosom . The yard-dog succeeded in saving himself by an almost supernatural effort , for he made off with his kennel ( a very heavy one ) at his heels , and was afterwards found at a distance . The valuable stacks on the east side of the yard were fortunately ( for the greater part ) saved ; but a large stack of clover , a stack of hay , and a stack of tares were consumed . From the dwelling-house of the bailiff the flames spread to a cottage onthe opposite
side of the road , and this was quickly destroyed , tits inmate , an aged woman , named Carter , was with difficulty saved . She was rescued by the intrepidity ofMr . Cranfield , who carried her in " her night dress to a neighbour ' s house . The whole of this poor old lady ' s clothes , and the whole of her furniture were destroyed . Her loss has been temporarily supplied by her neighbours . Mr . Elliot Smith ' s loss may be estimated at £ 2 , 000 , and there is no doubt that it is to be attributed to the vile hand of . an incendiary , whose meaning is _rendered doubly inscrutable from the fact that Mr . Elliot Smith bears a high character in the neighbourhood , being regarded by aU classes as a liberal , kind , and indulgent master . The feeling entertained by the labouring classes on this
question was well exemplified at the fire in their conduct and expressions : they worked most indefatigably . Itis therefore to be presumed that the incendiary was instigated by a spirit of wanton mischief , and that alone ; and itis gratifying to know that even if this were not the cause , he had fallen short of his aim , as Mr . Smith'slossis fully , covered by insurance in the Norwich Union , for which he is agent for the district . Messengers were despatched to Cambridge for the engines as soon as possible , and the Norwich Union , and Royal Farmers ' successively arrived ; but from the strength of the wind they were of comparatively little use beyond preventing the flames from spreading to the stacks . There \ was also a few gownsmen present , some of whom
proceeded to the fire " " the crow flies . " These , as usual , rendered efficacious service . A reward has been offered for the discovery of the incendiary . Essex . —A Gang or Burglaes . —Soon after 12 o ' clock on Friday night the 28 th ult . four men went to the farm-house of Mr . Taverner , who resides between Moreton and Fyfield , and _having awoke the occupants of the house , requested an audience with Mr . Taverner , stating that they were members of the constabulary and wanted to speak to him ; Mr , Taverner , however , suspecting them to be in pursuit of a very different object to that represented , fetched his gun and advised them to retire _peaceably , or threatened to fire upon them . At first they only ridiculed him , and seemed bent upon effecting an entrance : but at thefirst discharge thought it best to decamp . The same party then proceeded to the
house of Mr . 'Smyth , Moreton , and three of them , having laid an ambush , one aroused the inmates imploring their assistance , and stating that his horse had fallen down in the road ; the son of Mr . Smyth having opened the door , four men , with their faces covered witb black crape , _rushed in , demanding money . Seeing tbat he must be overpowered by numbers , Mr . Smyth who ' s an aged man , offered no resistance , and tbe burglars ransacked the room , taking from the hutch a £ 5 note of the Essex bank _, with about £ o in gold and silver ; they also took away a silver watch , a hat , and some bread and meat , and effected their escape . There is no 'doubt these men form members of a gang of desperadoes who have been the terror of the neighbourhood for a long time , and who a short time since attempted a highway robbery upon Mr . Taverner , but whjei they
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failed to _accomplish'irijcohle _^^ of that gentleman for assistance .- _^ _- _.- ; _- // ¦; _- ; I 'Lancashire . —SHooTiNG : r _4-On Christmas-day last , a party of . young ; men , from Afditon-uppn-Mersey went out with a gun , which was carried by a young man , : named John Bpstock . ; After they had been out ' _some tline / Bostbck told his comrades that if he found nothing To shoot at . _* ery ftMm , lie would have a shot at one of them ; and some , who were alarmed at this remark , left his company . In a few minutes , afterwards , _Bostock pointed , the guii at and shot a young man named John , Dudley , in the thigh and . band . A medical man , was imihediaMy gnmmond , and he dressed the wouhds _rbut the shot had entered too far into the soft part of the thigh to be extracted . The young man is going on very welland there is no doubt of his recovery .
, Convictions fob Concealing Goons pbom a Wreck . — Atthe Cups Hotel , Colchester , last week , William Barnes , a mariner from Brightlingsea , was charged before the magistrate , underan information at the instance of Robert Raggett , Esq ., comptroller of oustoms for the port of Colchester , with having in his possession on the 15 th of October last one bottle called a " d emi-john , " containing two gallons of foreign spirits , called gin , of the value of 30 s ., and net duly reporting the same to the proper receiving officer of customs , whereby defendant had rendered himself liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 100 and double the value of the spirits . — Mr . Neck , in stating the case for the prosecution ; observed that about the 14 th . October last a vessel
called the Conqueror , bound from Bremen to Rio Janeiro , laden with a valuable general cargo , was unfortunately wrecked upon oDe of the sands on the Essex coast , by which the captain and the whole of the crew perished , so that no one was left to tell the melancholy tale , consequently he was left without evidence of tbat description . Part of the cargo ! of the unfortunate vessel consisted of a great number he was told about nine hundred—of bottles , called " demijohns , " containing two . gallons each of foreign spirits , nearly all of which were saved from the wreck by the different smacks which went ; to her , but no more than 300 of the bottles had boen ; taken to the Cinque Ports warehouses , and duly reported by the salvors to the proper officers of
customs . In the present case , the defendant was discovered in his" boat , with one of these bottles of spirits in bis possession , and was rowing his boat along tbe creek , in the direction of Brightlingsea , instead of going to the coast-guard boat ,-which was lying about a mile off , to whieh the'duty of defendant was to take the spirits , and report the same to the officer of customs on board , which he had tailed to do . It might be urged on the part of the defendant that he intended to report the goods , but he had not sufficient time allowed him to \ do so : but it was clear he might'have done so if he had thought proper to have tak ? n the goodrto the guard-boat , the duty of the officers of which was to receive it . —The chairman said , the bench would inflict a very
moderate penalty—viz ., 40 s . and double the value of the spirits ( £ 3 , ) making in all £ 5 . In default ot a distress warrant realising sufficient , defendant would be committed to the house of correction for one month , and to be kept to hard labour . —The second case was against Daniel Pitiick , a mariner , from Brightlin . ' sea , foe having in his possession one den . i-john of the same kind , and a qoantity of spirits—vis ., two gallons . Tho bench inflicted the same fine in this case . —William Richardson , a mariner , was convicted of having two demi-johns in his possession , containing four gallons of foreign gin , ofthe value of £ 3 , on the 15 th of October last . Defendant was fined 40 s _, and £ 6 ., double value , or six weeks imprisonment .- Samual Barber , mariner ,
was charged . with having in his possession eight demi-johus of foreign gin , containing sixteen gallons , of the value of £ 12 , on the 15 th day of October last . Defendant was fined 40 s .. and double the value , £ 24 . In default of a warrant of distress , to be imprisoned and kept to hard _^ labour for two months . None of the defendants paid the penalties . Petty Persecution of . Poor Children . — The Rev . Joseph _Theophihw Toye , Is rector of St . Stephens , Exeter , and hon . secretary of the Exeter Episcopal Charity Schools . Lay churchmen chiefly support the schools ) which , however , have been subjected pretty much to Tractarian control . A month ' y court of the trustees , and twelve elected subscribers , is held , at which children are admitted on the recommendation of subscribers . Among the boys in this
school was one , the son of extremely poor parents , who yet have not only some blood of an ancient patrician family in iheir veins , but the higher honour of unblemished character and honest industry . The boy , who , according to the testimony of the schoolmaster , has always behaved very well , was engaged by Mr . Pike , newsman of South-street , to carry a bag of papers round the streets for sale . Mr . Pike deals in such periodical literature as he finds most acceptable to the public ; and thus it happened that when the Rev Mr . Toye met the boy in the street , and asked what he had got there , the little fellow very artlessly replied , " The _llestern Times , sir !"naming also a popular London journal , of Radical opinions . The reverend gentleman who might have
reflected that the poor boy was no more blameable for any demerits of The Western Times , than the sack he carried , nas hotly indignant , and frowned darkly . When the court of committee men assembled , and the boy ' s name was proposed , Mr , Toye rose and said : " Oh , ah , this is the boy who carries about the detestable Western Times , and Weekly Dispatch !" The obsequious committee , of whom Dr . l ' ennell was chairman , echoed , " Indeed ' . —Shocking ' . —Abominable !—How very sad !"—all round the table ; . and they told the boy's mother , who was waiting their decision , that she was " bringing her child to ruin . " She replied , tbat as her husband had but half work , and she had seven children to feed , she was glad to fiud any employment for her boy ; but if he might
not serve Mr . Pike , would any of the gentlemen find him a better place ? Mr . Toye , she says , " was in disdain , and threw _himtelf about every way ; and so they discharged the poor boy . Mr ., Toye also kept back the two shillings which it is customary for a boy to receive , when discharged with a good character . But the vengeance of the reverend gentleman ended not here ; two sisters of this boy , girls aged eleven and nine , were immediately turned out of the school , aud compelled to restore the school clothes they had worn ; no fault being ever found with them , as far as we know , but that the younger of the girls once came too late for prayers , and we are not informed tbat this was even made the pretext for expelling her . AU this does seem very mean and unworthy . The
poor mother , who is willing not only to have her own but other children share the blessings of education , has opened a little school for infants , in order to _cdu _« cate her own children thus deprived , aud eke out her scanty subsistence . —Western Times . Representation op South Nottinghamshire . —Another vacancy is likely to occur in the representation of the southern division of the county of Nottingham , inconsequence , it is said , of the-intended resignation of -Mr . Bromley , the recentlyelected successor tb Colonel Rolleston . Mr . Bromley is suffering from confirmed bad health , which is the reason of his contemplated retirement . The
electors , are already en the alert , and Mr . vv . II . Barrow , of Southwell ; Mr . E . V . P . Bromell , of Winkbourne ; and Lord John Manners , have been severally mentioned as likely to be nominated to succeed Mr . Bromley . Mr . Barrow , however , is the leading favourite , especially among the tenant farmers , because , in addition to being a Protectionist , he has declared himself in favour of a material reduction of the national expenditure . With the view of aiding this election , and furthering the re-actionary movement , two county meetings have been called , to be held towards tbe latter end of the ensuing month—one at Bingham , and the other at East Retford .
Death from Destitution through " _jTeglect op the Parish Officers at _MANcnEsiER . _~ -Last week a poor woman named Mary Hunter , died through great privation , and apparent neglect by the parish authorities . An inquest has been held by Mr . E . Herford , the coroner for the borough , and the jury threw blame for neglect both upon tho relievingofficer and the medical man . The following are the depositions made by the witnesses in this painful case : —Catherine M'Donough , of 8 , Ludgate-street , Manchester , said : I go out selling herrings , and keep lodgers . I have only two rooms , a kitchen and a sleeping room . I have known deceased about twelve months . She has lodged with me fourteen weeks last Saturday , She paid me . _eightpence a
week , and found her own food . I usually charge one shilling and sixpence , but I took her for this for the sake of her company , because she was religious , and I liked her for what sho said to mo . , She went out every day selling apples and oranges , and seemed in very good health . She was a very easy woman , and when she was hurried at all she became very nervous . On Friday last she complained of ear-ache before sho went out . She applied an onion , but had the pain still when she cane home , and also the next morning . In other respects she seemed as well as usual when she went out on Saturday morning ; On Saturday night she said the ear-ache was well when she came home about five . She had tea , but soon afterwards vomited it . Then she complained of a pain in the left shoulder , down to the left breast . Before she
went to bed I made her two meal poultices , and put tbe second on when the first was cold . She did not find any relief , but was . still in agony . I sat up with her during the night in the kitchen , where she slept . She waa very restless , moaned frequently , and drank a good deal of tea , Next morning she said I most get her a doctor , and I went to Mr . M'Gill ' s ; but the young man in the shop said he was not the town ' s doctor . I then went to another doctor in Oldham-road , but no one came to the door when I knocked . There was a platoon the door which said it would not open till two o ' clock ! I then went to the _Tib-street _workhouse , and asked if there was any doc tor there that attended to the town . The person I saw said " * So " ! and thatl must get nn order from the overseer _, who he thought was Mr . Pierce . He said he lived m Red-bank , and I went there immediately , but ho _> aad removed , they could not tell mo where to . I
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[ then _camelback _pdjolddcceage _^ " any doctor . -I then got her some tea , and she went tosleep . < _- < I ; went ; _to-Mr - . M'Gillagain ; and he gave me a draught , for which"I paid _. him , and he -said i must npply . a poultice of mustard "and meal .,, bhe found no relief from these ; and at nine o'clock at nig ht I went to Mr : Noble's and s ' awrMr . - Brown . I told him that deceased was _dangerously ill , and lying on the flags of : my . kitchen floor , and that I understood that he was a town ' s doctor . He said , ' " You must take her to the infirmary . ' * . 1 said , " I cannot remove her to the infirmary , she is : so heavy ; " He then said he . could do _nothing-for me . I then came home ; -. Deceased had riot " been _| up sinoe Saturday night . She was no better when I
got back ; . Mr . Brown attends the _, poor for Mr . Noble . She was still very ill on Monday morning , and I said I would apply to _havehei- ' taken into the workhouse . She said she did not like it . I said I could do nothing for her , and no doctor could as long as she lay on the cold flags . She . consented that _Ishould apply to get her : into the workhouse , and I went there between twelve and one o ' clock . I saw Mr . Pierce _^ and tol d him I wanted a _^ ote to remove Mary Hunter into the workhouse . Usaid she had been dangerously ill , and wanted nourishment ; and that sho was lying on the flags . He gave me a note , and said , ' * Take this to Dr . _Noble , and if he says sho ought to be removed , she should be removed . " I took this note to Mr . Noble ' s , and
wave it to his servant . ' This was before one o clock . Ko one came that day : } she lay in tha same place still very ill . She did not say that she was worse . I gave her oranges and a little bit of dry toast , which was all she eat . On Tuesday morning ' at nine o ' clock Mi ' . Brown came , and after asking her questions told me to apply a mustard poultice , and come to him at two for some medicine . He did not mention anything about : a bottle , and I took none , but when I called he said I must get one . I said I had none , and could not afford to buy one . He said I must borro w one , and come to mm at nine o ' clock in the morning , he could not give me any medicine before . I got the bottle-and went to him ; at nine o ' clock , and he said I must apply a mustard
poultice . I did what he directed , and when she took the medicine she said the pain was removed to her hips , and that she had ho use'of her right arm , 1 was up with her all night . Next morning she still had the pain in her back and hips ; Her breath was better . I went iu the forenoon to Mr > Pierce , but could not seo him . I remained till four o ' clock , and then saw him . I told him in what state she then was , and that I wanted her removalto the workhouse . He said , " I must go to . Dr . Noble , and tell ; him : to alter the medicine . " Ho said he would come-tho first , thing in themorning to visit her . I said she might be dead by then . I went to Mr . Brown , and he called to see deceased again ' . Mn Pierce came previously , between five and six
o ' clock in the evening . Deceased told him she had been relieved going on six years ago , I called , by his direction , at bis office in half an hour , and he gave mo 2 s . ; Mr . Brown came in my absence . On Wednesday night her breath began to be short , and she died about five o ' clock on Thursday morning . As Mr . Brown had left word he would come' in the morning ,-1 did not go for another doctor . She had no bed , but some flocks and a piece of carpet over them . She bad no blankets or sheets . She said she never had any more bed since she began to bo "lusty . " She did not apply for any relief . She told mo that some years ago tho overseers had givon her a-trifle and a basket to sell fruit . She had a bit of carpet _overhcr at night . She seemed
sensible to the last moment . On Thursday morning I told Mr . Pierce she was dead , and he said it was Mr . Rowe ' scase . Oh Saturday night she had ho money but 3 d . She had no clothes except thoso upon her . I paid for what she required out of my own pocket . She had enjoyed good health generally , and did not complain . All that I ever saw her eat was a little brown bread , and sometimes butter , and a little tea . She had no meat . — George Morley Harrison , of Oldham-street , Manchester , surgeon , said : I made a post mortem examination of deceased this afternoon . I found her lying on the floor , which is flagged , near the fireplace , with some clothes between her and the ground . They seemed to be somo old quilts and
Hocks . Tho body was extremely corpulent , and the face was discoloured .. On opening the cavity of the chest , I found marks of recent inflammation of the lining membrane of the chest , as well as a large quantity of fluid in the cavity , which had compressed the lung on that side , This was the evidence oi : acute inflammation . There were also marts of similar previous disease from which she had recovered . The stomach was nearly empty , containing a small quantity of fluid , probably tea , with some orange pulp and orange pips . The cause of death was acuto inflammation ofthe lungs , and its investing membrane on the left side . The complaint described by the last witness , of pain in the deceased ' s left side , would be the fivst prominent
symptom of such a complaint . Such an attack would in the first instance , be produced by exposure to cold , and would subsequently be aggravated by the want of proper nourishment and other comforts . Much food since the attack would not have heen desirable . Such ah ' attack is not generally fatal , if properly attended to ; but is moro likely to be so in a person of her years . There was no evidence of previous deficiency of food . With great care and attention she might have struggled through , but I should say the probabilities were against her recovery . I think the disease commenced before Saturday- night , when the pain was felt , and was aggravated by exposure to cold in her occupation , and by lying in such a place as above stated . I
should think it was of great importance to have such a patient removed to a proper place . It would have been still better to have have had arrangements made for her comfort , in the placo where she was . —James Greaves , of 128 , Oldham-road , butcher t He said I have known deceased six years . I saw her on Sunday week . I beard she was dead yesterday , and went over to see ber . She was lying on a sort of bed on the flagged floor . An officer came in whilst I was there , and I told him the caso ought to bo investigated . She was extremely poor , but for integrity and honesty , I never heard anything against her . She had done her best to earn a livelihood . She had no relations that I am aware of . I was not aware that she absolutely wanted
food . She attended the same place of worship as I did . I did not know where she lived . Sho never asked for anything ; but I sometimes gave her a trifle , such as flannels , for wbicb sbe seemed very grateful . —The jury returned a verdict of " Died from inflammation of the lungs , aggravated by exposure and lying in the place deserted ; " and expressed their unanimous opinion that there had been negleet on the part oi the overseers and the medical man who visited the deceased ; recommending that a copy of the depositions be forwarded to the poor law board . Desperate _Affray -with Poachews . —On Christmas-day three poachers named John Jones , John Price , and John Morris , colliers , all resident at _Maesteg , were brought to the police-station , at
Bndend , having been found on the night of the 24 th ult , in the Margam preserves , armed with loaded guns for the purpose of killing game . It appears that on the above night the gamekeepers were watching the game , when they heard the report of guns ; they went in the direction of the sound , and saw the three above named persons , each carrying a gun . ' The poachers then attempted to run , when the keepers followed . John Jones turned round , and said to the keeper William Stubbs , "Stand back , or I will shoot you . " The keeper still pressed towards him and he then turned round and ran away : finding the keeper was gaining upon him he turned round —placed his gun to his shoulder and fived , being within five yards of his pursuer—the charge lodged
in . a stick which the keeper held in his band—grazed his fingers , and some of the powder and shot struck him in his face , causing blood to flow freely from his mouth . The keeper . then knocked the fellow down with a stick , took his gun from him , and took him into custody , Upon examining him he found the poacher ' s arm had been broken in the affray . At the same time one of the watchers advanced towards John Morris , who finding himself about to betaken , rose his gun over his head for the purpose of striking the watcher , who thereupon immediately struck him to the ground .. They closed and fought desperately up and down for some time ; at last the keeper overpowered his man and took him into custody . Oa examining his gun the lock was found to havebeen
recently blown off , and on searcning the prisoner it was found in his pocket . The other man , Price , was taken without any resistance , and his gun got from _, him . They were all plentiful furnished with powder , shot , caps , and Jones had in his possession a stone marble and a leaden bullet . On the 26 th ult ., they were brought before the Rev . R . Knight , Rev . H . L . Blosse , and Richard _Frankten , Esq ., at Bridgend . Jones and Morris were committed to the Swansea House of _ Correction for three months , with hard labour . Price was committed for six weeks , with hard labour—the whole of them to find sureties , at the expiration of their imprisonment , not to be guilty of the same offence for twelvemonths ; in default to be imprisoned for six months . John Jonei was agam charged wiih feloniously shooting at William
StuhDs with intent to do him a gricvousbodily harm , and fully committed to take his trial at the nezt assizes to be holden at Swansea . A pheasant was found dead the following morning near the spot on which the affray had taken place . —Cardiff Guardian . ATTEMPTED MURDER AT DUDLEY . — On Friday evening Sarah Evans , who stands cbarged with attempting to murder two of her children by cutting their throats , underwent a final examination before the magistrates at this place . The particulars published previously in some of the papers are incorrect . The evidence of Sarah Evans , one of the prisoner ' s daughters , a girl of thirteen , who was examined _yestorday ,- wont to prove that , hearing her younger sister , Rosannah , crying , she went up stairs to her , and found her lying on a bed with her mother . standing by the bedside . Rosannah ' s throat was cut and bleeding fast , and a bloody I knife was lying by hbr ( Her mother ' s rig ht '¦ hand
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alsowaa ., ¦ bloody . _^ IWlhen , ? her , -mother s » w ; . her „( wit ; nessji , -she _saidp" Sarah / it"is your turn next /" and approached her ; * oh . ' which sho ran down stairs , follpwed _^ part of theway _. by . _iber mother . _/^ However , she escaped fromher , aiid ran to her father , who was at work near ; and told him what she had seen , on which he _rushed'irit 6 "the house and wrested the knife ( which she had _takonup again ) from her . When the prisoner was taken into custody by constable Shore , she , Oh'beingtOld the charge against her , said , " 1 am sony I did not do for ' em all , and mvself . tOO . " _- . On the husband _handinc the knife
to the constable- Ke pointed but ' : that it had been Sharpened ; oh '; which the prisoner exclaimed , " I did keen it . The devil ; told mo to-cut the child's throat ; " and , turning to her husband , she added , "It ' 11 be your turn next , " Two surgeons deposed as to the nature ' of the _^ wound , whicb was an _mch'deep-and three inches' long . - - ¦ At first it was feared it would be fatal ,. "hut the child is now progressing favourably . At the dose of-the inquiry the prisoner was fully committed ; for trial . at the assizes . She is said to be of a disturbed state of mind . - ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " "'•" ' : ¦ '' " : ' ' _''' .
Aiaegrd Death from Want op : NoimrsiMKNT . — At the weekly meeting of the Hereford . Board of Guardians , held on Saturday last , J . , G . Freeman , Esq ., in the chair , an inquiry sook . place respecting tho death of Thomas Whitney , a pauper , on whose body an inquest was held on the 13 th ult . _j and a verdict- returned of " Died ; froin exhaustion from insufficient , nourishment . '' . Evidence was given that deceased had received from the relieving officer an allowance of Is . 6 d . in money , and six pounds of bread each week ; but it further appeared that he had paid the whole of the money as rent for his lodging " , leaving the bread aa his sole means of sustenance whilst labouring under diarrhoea . The board camo to a resolution that no blame is
attributable to the relieving officer , Charles Lucy , but that the pauper had been for some weeks labouring under diarrhoea , and was under the caro of Mr . Barnard , surgeon to the union , who omitted ascertaining the fact of the deceased disposing of the allowance ordered him by the board for his lodgings , and , consequently , did not give any order upon the relieving officer for " nourishing diet' " and also tbat Mr . Barnard , under the circumstances of ; not having seen the deceased for a fortnight before his death , was not justified in giving his opinion at the inquest to the effect of the verdict ,. without requiring a post mortem examination . The board was also of opinion that great blame is attributable to Mrs . Cheese , who kept the house in which tho
pauper lodged , in'appropriating the whole of the money allowed the pauper by the board , without informing the medical attendant or relieving officer . The surgeon , Mr . Barnard , said he believed lie could cure the complaint by medicine , and he succeeded . no wrote a certificate representing the deceased to be ill and perfectly unable to work , and it was discretionary on the guardians to allow him more if they thought proper . He had frequently been complained of because he gave too many certificates , and the relieving officer had invariably refused to give tho orders unless the word " urgent" was written upon them . He did not consider this an urgent case , and consequently left it to the board to grant more if they thought proper . The chairman said the duty of the surgeon had been explained to him over and oyer again . . If a person was taken aick and required extras immediately , the surgeon
was empowered to order anything he might deem necessary ; but where the case was not urgent it was the duty of . the surgeon to send a certificate to the board recommending what he considered requisite , and it was then for tho board to exercise their discretion . In the present instance this had not been done the certificate merely stating that deceased was ill and unable to work . Accident from breaking a Bottle . —On Christ * mas-day , as S . Tillet , Esq ., of Hill House , Lexden , Colchester , was in the act of drawing a cork from a bottle , the neck broke , and his left hand was so much lacerated , that he became quite exhausted from loss of blood . Mr . Morris , surgeon , succeeded in stopping the blood , but Mr . Tillett has been since confined to his bed ; The wound is going on favourably , although the complete restoration of his . hand cannot be expected for a considerable time .
A Stone-barge , name not known , sunk in the river at Bristol , on Tuesday . She was verydeeply laden , and went down in the swell caused by the Osprey steam-packet . Fatal Tisit to the Ice . —Two Brothers Drowned . —An accident on the ice occurred near Cirencester on Saturday last , by which two of the sons of Mr . Thomas Bowly , draper , lost their lives . On the sheet of water in the park belonging to Earl Bathurst , the younger portion of the inhabitants of the town are in the habit of skating and sliding , after sufficient frost to make the ice bear . On Saturday last thero had been two days' severe frost , aud it was thought that the ice was of sufficient consistency to bear the weight of skaters . Accordingly many peoplo repaired thither to recreate
themselves . All went on well till about four o ' clock in the afternoon , when Daniel Bowly , aged about twelve years , was passing the middle of the pond , where the ice , it is presumed from the high wind , had not been so frozen as elswhere , aa it broke , and the youth sank into tho water . An elder brother , named Thomas , aged fourteen , who had a few days previously returned home from school at Weston , near Bath , seeing his brother fall into the water , courageously rushed in after him , and in a fruitless effort to save his brother he also sunk . Perceiving his danger , he endeavoured to catch at the edge ofthe ice nearest him , but it broke in his grasp . A ladder and some ropes wero speedily procured , but the spar ofthe ladder to which the rope was fastened
broke , and after several ineffectual efforts to seize the rope , which he could not hold , it is conjectured from the benumbed state of his hands , the poor youth uttered a cry of agony and sank to a watery fr ave . It is supposed that the cry was occasioned y the seizure of cramp . Drags were , speedily procured , but some time elapsed before the bodies could be secured . In the meantime Messrs . Thos . Warner and Cripps , surgeons , had arrived , and had caused the necessary appliances—hot water and a firo—to be , provided at the nearest house , that of Mr . Bolton , at the Lodge g _ ates . In about three quarters of an hour the Dodies were recovered , and immediately taken to the house above named , where they were rubbed , and every means which human
art could suggest was used , but all was of no avail . A fly was then obtained , and the bodies were taken to the residence of the grandfather , Mr . Richard Bowly , draper , in the Market Place , there to await the coroner s inquest . The inhabitants of the town expressed deep and heartfelt sympathy for the grief necessarily felt by the numerous members of a highly-respected family . Mr Thomas Bowly , the father of the deceased , was at the time in London , but was expected to return that night . We hear that the eldest brother , Richard , who had also returned from school for the Christmas holidays , was kept back by force , or he would have rushed into the water , in an attempt to save his brothers , and probably have shared their fate .
" APhison Breaker . —Frederick Grimwood , some time since , when under sentence of transportation for seven years , quietly walked off from Ipswich faol , to the utter consternation of the authorities _, to then- indulged in a plundering expedition throughout Norfolk , Huntingdon , and Cambridge , and ultimately found his way into the Bury Assize Court , for robbery . Here he was convicted , and was also recognised by Superintendent Mason , who happened to be in court at tbe time . Grimwood , who had adopted the name of Smith , was sentenced to six months' imnrisonment for the offence of which he stood convicted , and it was arranged that , at the expiry of that term , he should be transferred to the Ipswich gaol , preliminary to undergoing his farmer sentence . On . Wednesday afternoon nowever , he took a distaste to her Majesty ' s gaol at Bury , and accordingly marched off on his own account , without in any mcasuro studying the feelings
ofthe governor , who had been quite unaccustomed to lose his prisoners . We learn that his escape was effected by the negligence of the plumber , in leaving a ladder which he had been using in the well . The prisoner could see the ladder from his yard , and he immediately climbed over the iron railings , seized the ladder , mounted the wall _* and dragged the ladder over the wall to descend by . But it appears the ladder slipped sideways out of'his reach , and he had to drop from the top of the wall , a distance of twenty feet , as a _: deep indenture was made in the sod by his feet in the fall . " . The officer having had occasion to leave the yard for about a minute , it appears that he took immediate advantage of his absence . , Officers' are scouring the country , but nothing has been heard of the prisoner since .
Accident on the North "Kent Railway . —An occurrence , occasioned hy the dense fog of Tuesday on parts of this line , and which might have _beea attended with fatal consequences , fortunately passed off without any injury to life or limb . . A special engine and carriage were in the act of crossing from the down to the up line , at the junction ] ofthe two lines , near the old Gravesend ' station , when they wer _© run into by a ballast train ,, the driver of whioh , in consequence ofthe density ofthe fog , did not perceive any object in advance of him . Tho carriage ( which fortunately was empty ) was smashed by the ballast trucks , and the driver of the engine , dreading the eflecfc of the collision ,
unfortunately sprang from his engine to the gwwnd , when it , affected by the accelerated impetus received from the concussion with the other train , set off at full speed in tbe direction of the Gravesend station , where the up-train to London ,, just about to start , was standing at the platform siding . The switchman , unablo to account for the approach of ah engine at this speed , turned the points to send it forward on the main line , and ifc proceeded at a rapid plaoe through the station . The moment it had passed , tho information was telegraphed up the lino and to tho London-bridge station , where the information ' was ; immediately communicated te the chairman and superintendent of' the railway . The latter instantly proceeded _oit _an express endue
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down . the line , ' - ' and . ' soon after his - _^ departure . 'the telegraph _brought'theam ount of its having passed the Woolwich station _^ ; Under the personal directions ofrthe chairman and _pother officials " aCthe London-bridge station , preparations were instantly made for its reception at the station , if it should arrive there at' speed ,-so as to prevent any _ill-consequenecs ensuing'beyond injury to the engine itaelf . Sleepers -we ' re placed upon tho road , and an engine was fixed- there as a buttress to receive it . . The special engine carrying the superintendent met the runaway engine between the Bricklayers Arms junction station and the New-eross-brid _ge > then backed to _~ follow -it ; : crossing at the junction on to thesame line as the runaway , which it pursued and overtook , running into it at speed . The driver of his engine gallantly sprung . from the pursuing engine on to the runaway , and immediately obtained control over it . and tho two engines thus
arrived in perfect control at the London-bridge ; terminus , We cannot record this transaction without remarking on the" providential circumstance'of the up-train at Gravesend station having been on the siding at tbe platform at the time the engine passed , for which many have abundant cause to be thankful ; and , there , perhaps , never was an occasion when the use of tbe electric telegraph was more signally beneficial iri enabling measures to be taken to prevent a catastrophe , or to concert measures to meet the difficulty in the most judicious manner . The telegraphic news from station to station enabled every station to be kept clear , and the information received at London-bridge caused every energy there to be at once brought into play tb meet the necessities of the case . The gallantry of the enginedriver who was ready to spring from engine to engine at the moment of contact , and at the risk of being shaken from -his hold to tbe ground , cannot ; be passed unnoticed .
; Accidents from Fire-arms . —An accident from . the incautious placing and playing with fire-arms , I by which Mary Ann Bines , a girl about 12 years of age , lost her life , occurred at Hatfield Peverel , on the 27 th ult . The giin had been left at the cornet of a room , and was taken up by a youth , the cousin ofthe deceased , who amused himself by exploding caps on the nipple , and had done so more than once before it went off . On the 29 th ult . an inquest was held on the body before W . Codd , Esq ., and to the surprise of ;' the coroner and jury , on going to view the body they found a gun in the samo , corner of the room , which on an examination proved to be loaded ; . the coroner ordered the charge to be drawn . The following evidence was adduced _:- »
W . Dines , the father of the deceased , said about three o ' clock in the afternoon , while in . the bara near tbe house , he was informed of the accident , and on going into the sitting-room he found the deceased in the chair with her head on the table there was a large wound . on the right side of tha mouth , her face was blackened , and she was apparently dead ; when he left the room about ten minutes before a long gun . was standing up in a corner near the clock , but he had not the slightest idea it was loaded , as he had not used it for eighteen montbs ; ho left in the room his three little boys , the deceased , and their cousin , John Jelfs , but they w « re not meddling with the gun ; he was not aware that there was a cap on the nipple
of this gun , but before he left he took the cap off another gun to see if it was a good one , and there appearing to be no composition in it he , laid it on the table , as also another taken from a box , which appeared to be defective ; his little boy Charles asked if he might have the caps , and he told him yes , and he left tho house with the other gun ; he never allowed his children to touch tho gun , and had no idea that the caps would be used upon it . The coroner , after noticing the reprehensible practice of taking fire-arms loaded info a house , told Mr . Dines that both tbe jury and himself were reluctant to aggravate his feelings upon sucb an occasion , as tbey must necessarily be very acuto , but he could not but express their surprise at finding another gun standing loaded in the same place—a fact which he presumed had , from his distress of mind , escaped his recollection . Mr .
Dines assured the coroner and jury he would never take a loaded gun into the house again , —John Jelfs , aged 14 , who had been living with Mr . Dines , said , as soon as his uncle had gone out of the room , he took the long gun from near the clock , put one of the caps on , and pulled the trigger -, the cap snapped , but he did not smell anything , nor did he see any smoke . His cousin Charles then put the other cap on , and held it about a foot from tbe floor , and pulled the trigger , and the cap snapped . Witness immediately took the broken cap off , and threw it upon the floor , and as he was in the act of taking the gun to put it back in the corner of the
room , it went off and shot the deceased , who was sitting on a chair by the window , the charge cnter _* ing tho . right side ofthe mouth and cheek , and making a hole about the size of _half-a-crowh ; her head immediately fell upon the table , and - she fetched her breath only two or three times . The jury returned a verdict of '' Accidental death . "On the same day another accident from firearms occurred in the neighbourhood . A boy named Pritchard Langley was standing by looking at some parties firing at a mark , when some shot lodged in one of his eyes . The boy has suffered great pain , and it is doubtful whether the sight is not destroyed .
Midland Railwat . —Some ofthe men who had been employed on the Midland Railway , and who recently " struck , " returned on Tuesday to their work at the reduced rate of wages ; the great bulk of the porters continue to insist onthe higher rates of payment . There have been some accidents among the new men ; one of their number at _Hunslet suffered injuries from the fall of two heavy doors ; another man from the removal of trucks ; and'it is said tbat on the whole the carrying trade has been much impeded , and considerable losses sustained by the damage which delay has occasioned to perishable goods , hence many and loud complaints prevail against the course pursued by the directors .
Accident at Britannia-bridge . —Carnarvon , Monday . —Owing to some inadvertence correct information had not been conveyed to Liverpool , on Saturday , as to the postponement of a " six foot lifting" of the second tube , now daily progressing towards its final resting place , the consequence of which was that the smack , Robust , Captain Ed-Wards , of Aberystwyth ; on returning from Liverpool , with a general cargo , whilst passing the Swillies under canvass , as was necessary at the time , struck her masts against the tube , and received serious damage . She succeeded , however , in reaching this town , where a great number of hands were employed during the whole of Sunday night repairing , as far as possible , the effects ofthe casualty , that the vessel might proceed on her voyage without delay . i . . .. . . .
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Madame Sontao in a Snow Drift . —On the morning of Friday , the ( 28 th ult ., Madame Sontag and party left Glasgow for Aberdeen , to attend the morning concert on the following day . All went well till the train reached Glammis , when a greater depth of snow was experienced , and from thence to Laurencekirk , the speed was materially retarded . At Middleton Bridge , about a mile or a mile and a half farther on , the engine ran into a cutting filled with snow to the depth of six feet , and then became com * pletely immovable . At this time , five in the afternoon , the blast was most fierce and cutting , carrying the drift from the fields into the hollow of the railway , and rapidly burying the carriages . The situation , as may be imagined , was anything but
agreeable for the passengers . A consultation having been held with the guard and driver , Mr . "Wood determined to leave tbe train , and endeavour to reach Laurencekirk on foot . This , with tbe assistance of two guides , he happily accomplished , although the strength oi the wind and depth ofthe snow brought tbem several times to a standstill . Aid having been procured , and a basket of provisions got ready , the party again started for the embedded train . The ) wind being now in their faces , the task became more difficult , as well as dangerous , but by avoiding the road and taking through the fields , from which thesnow had been partially dislodged , the train was once more reached at half-past seven . Thequestion was now whether it was possible to remove the ladies from the _carmges , and gain the summit oi the cutting . Madame Sontag , with' undaunted
energy , at once determined to attempt it , and descended from the carriage . The men were sent on before to makes track , when Madam Sontag , after great exertion ,, and several' falls , reached tha level ground . There the blast became quite blinding but Madame _Sofctag " aaving covered her head with a cloak , was soon supported through the fields and over the fences , to the house of Mr . "Wilson , a most hospitable- farmer , whero along with Count _Rosse , Mr , F . "Lablache , Signer Calzolari , and Signoc Piatti , she remained all night . Mr . Wood , with _, some _thereof the party , again faced t _* se blast , and ] reached Laurencekirk in safety , although much wor » out . Between Drumlithie and Mjddleton Bridge , there were five engines and four- trains all fast Next morning the snow had so completely filled the _Cutting as to bury the carriages .
ExpiosjoN ax _Gmsoow —A few minutes after seven o ' clock on Monday morning , the inhabitants residing at Bath-street , and tho streets in the vicinity' were thrown into a state of the utmost consternation by a tremendous explosion , followed by a rumbling noise as of an earthquake . In many of the houses the glass in every , apartment waa smashed , and in some instances the window-frames forced out . This , it appeared , had been occasioned from an accidental explosion of gas , which is sup * posed to have beon accumulating for the last fewdays , and had latterly become so offensive as to ex « cite the" serious apprehensions of many of the reai « doht »; To give our . readers an idea of the , nature I and magnitude of the explosion , we may state that
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05011850/page/6/
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