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      Health of _Lr-xnox ncnisG TnE Week . — -In the ¦ wee k _cicJii _.-r last Satnrdav , the de . Uhs _resistorcd in _themetropolitan _dis { ric _* saujountcdtol , 3 fi 9 . Taking ten _corrcfjieiidmg weeks , namely , the first in each of the h _? t ten years ( 1 S 41-50 ) , it will be seen that the _present return shows a greater number than in any year except 1 S 15 , when the deaths rose to 1 , 417 ; and 1847 , when they were 1 , 510 , during a ¦ week of low temperature ( ihe mean reading of the thermometer bavins scarcely exceeded 29 deg . ) . In 1 S 4 S , the deaths of the week amounted to 1 , 364 , when the mortality was _aggravated hy influenza , which had not _disappeared , " but was rapidly on the decline . The _average of the ten weeks was 1 , 107 , whichif corrected for increase of population ,

      be-, _con-e- , -1 , 27 . 3 . The zymorie or epidemic class of fatal diseases , which in " _tUc p-esent return numbers 239 case- " , exhibits _litt'c difference whin compared with the previous week ; but the class _comprisi _*' _- . ' a » cctions ofthe _rospiratovv .. rgans shows a considerable advance , tbe deaths therein enumerated _1-aving risen from 264 to 321 , a result probably d « c to tbe unseasonable warmth and moisture oi the wcathfr . It -will he observed , with a mea" dad ** temperature which bash en _throu-heut the week much higher than is usu : d at this season , having ranged _frcmo to J 4 dc-recs above the average , that whereas bronchitis pneumonia , aad phthisis ( or consumption ) -were ' fatal in 12 _« , 99 , aud 124 ca _^ _es respectively in the previous week , they have now risen to

      152 , 101 , _' aiul 147 . Disease- " of the organs of respiration _, exclusive of hooping-cough and phthisis were fatal in the aggregate , la * t week , to 321 persons , whilst tbe corrected average is only 257 . . Atucnigst epidemics , small pox carric t off 24 children , and 4 men who had turned twenty years of age ; measles 211 children , scarlatina 14 , hooping cough 53 , aud croup 9 . Typhus destroyed 4-3 persons of various ages _( r . _tther more than the average ) ; _iiinWz . _1 , o ; erysipelas , 14 ; diarrhoea . 10 . A case cf cholera , described as Asiatic , is recorded , of which the particulars are given as follows : —On the 30 th of December , at the Mile-End _Workhout-e , a chemist , : igi * d » ixty-six _yeavs , " Cholera Asiatic ( 24 hours ) . " " He came from _Shadwell to the

      workhouse , of which he had been an inmate three years ; lie was paralytic , and w . ts suddenly seized on Sunday . —Rut the sum of mortality , cut-red on the register hooks last week , is , as before , considerably swelled by more than the fair contingent of cases on which inquests have been held , many at earlier dates , and a <• re . it m . _ijor . 'ty of which fall under the several descriptions 01 * joison . improper medicine , hums and fcalds _, hanging and suffocation , _drowning , fractures , contusions , and other injury . Six persons died from _poison , among whom was an infant _, on the ?( ith ult ., to which the nurse had given

      Doivr ' s powder ( contahrng opium ) by mistake , the medicine _having been intended for the mother . Of 27 persons who met death from burns or scalds 21 were children , and in 1 G ca-csfhe accident occurred from the clothes taking fire . Sixteen deaths occurred from drowning , and 4 S from fractures , wounds , Ac , of which 1 G were by falls on the streets , or from windows , stairs , and scaffolds ; 3 by falls on loard ship , 10 by horses and carriages , 4 by machinery . A man was suffocated on a lime kiln , and 3 children in tlie bed clothes . Nine children died from want of breast-miJk ; a man from privation Besides a child of seven months * from disease of the

      Lead and scanty supply of food . " Two men were the victims of intemperance , hesides two who received fatal _injurv when in a state of intoxication . The births of 829 boys and 7 < 53 girls , in alll . 592 children , were registered in the week . The average number in corresponding weeks of six years ( 1 S 15--50 ) , was 1 , 469 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday ; theme . ™ of the week was 29751 in . The mean daily temperature fluctuated between 44 deg . and 52 deg .

      Discovert of a Nest op TniEVES _chdeu a Railway Ancn . —On Sunday morning two policemen discovered a subterranean den of thieves under the terminus of the London anil South-Westeni Rail-• way , in the York-road , Lambeth , which led to the capture of five of the delinquents . It appeared that some time since a lad was apprehended on suspicion of stealing some bread , and when he returned lome to his parents , from interrogations put to him * by his mother , it turned out that he had become connected with a gang , numbering about twenty or twenty-two , who were known to « ach other as "the twenty thieves . " They obtained a living by prowling about the New-cut , Wateiloo-road , and the terminus of tho railway , and stealing whatever

      they could lay their hands upon . The lad also informed his mother that oa one occasion they cooked a leg of mutton in their cave , which was under one of the arches of the railway , that to get to it they were forced to crawl through a small hole in tbe brickwork . When once therein , tbey were -perfectly free from observation , and , from the pre cautions his companions had taken , it was impossible that their hiding place could ever be found out . Indeed , he could not find it himself , unless he was taken to it by some ofthe others . The mother , on finding the sort of company her child bad fallen into , immediately repaired to the Tower-street policc-sfation , and informed Mr . Inspector Cowlan of what her son had re'ated to her . Tbat officer

      _Mttineosately gave orders for a search to bo made , ¦ with a view of ascertaining whether there was any truth in the lad ' s statement , and , if there was , to adopt measures to apprehend as many of the gang as might be found . Accordingly , about two o'clock on Sunday morning , two sergeants set out on iheir voyage of discovery . Tbey examined all tbe arches in Granby street , but without finding any trace of cither the thieves or their cave . About half-past three o ' clock , however , whilst examining the arches nearest the vacaut piece of ground in the Yorkroad , they perceived the marks of footsteps which appeared io lead to a small hole , more like what would he occvioned by the water draining t ' _-an the entrance to any sort of habitation . The two

      _sergeants were , however , determined not to Jeare a stone unturned , hat examine every place having the _Jea ? t mark of suspicion . Accordingly they descended through this opening , when they found a den filled up iu the manner the lad had stated , and in it five persons , two of whom were well-known thieves , and there is no doubt but the other three will be identified as being equally notorious characters . They were all apprehended and removed to the policestation . The cave , which had a portable fire-place in it , was most ingeniously fitted up , having a cooking _apparatus and nearly . everthing necessary for _dome-tfc use . A place to keep the victuals in

      was stink in the ground and secured from dirt by a Jid similar to the iron grating over the area coal TaultB _usu-il in public streets . By fastening boards and canvas up to the care they succeeded iu keeping ont the weather , whilst . 1 _quantity of straw served tbe gang for a bed . How it was possible for any one to lnc in tho place seems incredible , for neither ofthe officers were able to stand upright in tbe cave , and to enter it they were obliged to force their way backwards , the opening bring too small to admit of their going in iu the regular way . The ages ofthe parlies did not exceed , on an average , fifteen or sixteen years .

      Fatal _Occorrexce at TnE Terminus , King ' s Cross . —On Saturday afternoon an accident took place at the present temporary terminus of the Great Northern Itiilway , by which one _unfortunate man has lost his life , and three other persons bave Lecn seriously injured . The Great Xoithern Company , in addition to their extensive coal depote at their present temporary terminus in Maiden-lane , are constructing an immense granary . This Wilding is situate on the southern side ofthe station , abutting on a spacious dock , constructed on the northern side of the Regent ' s Canal , and immediately facing the dock and works belonging to the Imperial Gas Company . From this dock there exist two cuttings or creeks running into the

      granary , _constructed for tbe purpose of enabling barges to run in and receive the grain under cover « f the building itself , and to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods . In this building a large number of workmen in the employ of Mr . Jay , the -contractor , were at work in various departments , and in tbe creek on the eastern side of the granary , into which the witer has already been admitted , were employed a number of carpenters , sawyers , & e ., the latter , it is stated , working on a kind of floating saw-pit . At the time above mentioned , some workmen were employed in raising an iron girder to one of the upper floors , by means of what is called on board of ship and dockyards , " sheers . " This girder , it is stated , was in wei g ht freni five to six tons , and the men had raised it to the fourth

      story , when suddenly one of the " sheer legs " broke , and the ponderous mass _fe'l with a frightful crash , crushing everything in its progress downward to the creek _descrik-d . Some idea may be lormed ofthe immense weight which fell , when it is st ted that two large fogs , f timber placed across tne _i reek _« a protection to the saw-pit were eom-£ 5 _r f . ' asunder * 0 n 1 , _& , chW _* he creek 2 _fe _fl t r _?' e seen fl ° » ting about in the _C tLh _^ S _^ l * 5 " t 0 t , le _™™ of _flying timber which had been carried into it From the difficulty to get at them , upwards 0 f 1 nnarter of an hour elapsed before any Ine could be Sued and when they were got out it wa 3 found b _^ Mr _Tnompson , surgeon , of York-row , Maiden Lj who van at once sent for , that two of the mi ™ ll * _' _? Green and Rolfe , were so ' seriousfv _rffiJ" _^ ltllt

      J— _w-, ., immediate removal to University _College Hospital was necessary . They were without delay conveyed to the hospital on shutter . - " , where it was aseerfa _& e i that the poor fellow Green had both his ancles broken , snd his companion had sustained very severe internal injuries . A third was conveyed iohis own residence . Some time having e ' _apsed , it was _dei-med _advisable by the foreman of the _wt-rks to call a muster of the men , and a young man , named J nues Kendal , a carpenter , was found lobe missing . JDraes were procured , and after dragging for about an hour the holy of the young man in question was "fcund embedded hi the niud ; " and on being got out ,

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      it was discovered he had a frightful lacerated wound over the left eye and teuiple ; " and as the poor fellow Kendal was a carpenter , and was known to have been working on one ofthe Upper floors of the granary , it is believed that he must cither have been standing on some of the planks which the girder struck iit the time it fell , or that the girder itself must have struck him in its descent . On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquiry at tho City of York Tavern , Maiden-lane , to inquire into the circumstances nitend . ii £ - the death of James Kendal , aged 20 . —Stephen Richardson , foreman of works under tbe Messrs . Jay , the contractors , stated that on Saturday last the men were engaged in houting iron girders , to the tops of columns

      which were intended to support tie roof of the granary . One of these massive girders had just been got it . to its place on the head of a column , and orders had been given to the men to lower at the crank , when tbe " guy" broke , and the girder was precipitated to the bottom of the building from its position on the fifth story . The deceased was about three feet below the girder , upon a scaffold , on a level with the " sheer lege , " supporting tho girder . The girder tell npon the edge of the scatfoid , and tipped it up , so that deceased fell with the . scaffold ami girder into the dock beneath , which had at the time a depth of seven feet six inches of water in it . Did not see anything strike the deceased , and _vould not account for the frightful fracture ot the skull cxistin < r . —James Asbctiden corroborated

      the evidence ofthe previous _witness , and in answer to the question , what he should _suggest in order to prevent the recurrence of a similar accident , observed , that an additional preventivo " guy " to the " sheer legs " might be found a great _safeguard , as if one " guy " slipped tbe other might remain . — Tbe Coroner remarked ihat , in this case , it did not appear that blame attached to any person . —The jury then returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " Suicide hi a Coachman . —On Saturday evening last Mr . 11 . M . Wakley held an inquest at tlie Prince of Wales , Exeter-street , _Slonne-squarc , on Peter Duffy , aired forty-seven , late coachman to Sir Harry Campbell . John Lane , butler to Sir Harry Campbell , S , Lowndes-square , deposed that deceases !

      had beeu latterly very low spirited and eccentric in his manner . He would indulge in bursts of laughter , quarrel with the servants , and fling knives and forks at them . Iu consequence of such conduct , Major Campbell , at his father's desire , told deceased that unless he acted properly be would be discharged . That caution had a temporary effect upon him , but he soon relapsed into his former hubits . On the previous Monday he drove Mrs . Major Campbell and Miss Campbell out and home , and after leaving Miss Campbell at Lowndessquare , was ordered to drive Mrs . Major Campbell to her residence , Chester-street . Instead of doing so , he allowed the horses to wander to _Grosvenorsquare , until Mrs . Campbell called his attention to

      the mistake . The next day he apologised to Mrs . Campbell , who forgave him , and tbe mistake was thought no more of , He was then desired to have the carriage at Lowndes-square at nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , to bring Miss Campbell to tha Euston-square station . As he did not attend at that hour a messenger was despatched to 8 , Williams ' s-mews , where the carriage was kept , when the _i-table door had to be forced open , and deceased was found dead in his bed , with a deep gash in his throat , inflicted hy a razor which lay at his side . The horses were harnessed and tbe carriage prepared for the morning ' s drive . In his desk were found £ 72 in cash and £ 400 in Exch cquer bills . Verdict" Insanity . "

      Scddes Death . —Mr . George Drummond , the banker , of Charing-cross , attended divine service on Sunday at _Belgravc Chapel , and received the sacrament , apparently in good health . Immediately on his return home , he was seized with sudden illness , and died before medical attendance could be procured . On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Turk ' s Head Tavern , Motcombe-street , Bel-<> rave-square , to inquire as to the cause of death . Lieut . E . Athelcy Drummond , JUS ., of 2 . _Bryanston-squ-irc , stated that the deceased was his cousin , and in his forty-eighth year . On Saturday he saw him at the banking-house at Charing-cross , when he appeared in his usual health and spirits . On Sunday he called on him at two o ' clock , at 11 ,

      Wilton-crescent , to luncheon , and found bim seated in his aim chair . After a few words of ordinary conversation about witnesss' sister , who was also expected to luncb , the deceased suddenly put Li . hand to his head , and exclaimed , " Ob , " dear ! ob , dear ! " Ilis head then fell on one side , Ids eyes becamed fixed , aud he breathed with a heavy snore for two minutes , when he appeared to expire . He had not partaken of any hinelieon . He frequently complained of pain in his sido . —Dr . Synnott , of 10 , Eaton-terrace , said he was the medical attendant of tbe family , blithe bad notseen the deceased professionally for some months , hut called on him < m the 2 nd instant , at Charing-cross , when he was very cheerful . Witness had always thought

      something was wrong with the heart , and anticipated the sudden result . The deceased often wished his death might be sudden , aud said he should prefer it to ne so . On witness's arrival at the house on Sunday he was quite dead . A post mortem examination of the body has since been made , and the viscera were found to be generally healthy , but loaded with fat . The heart was also loaded with fat , very pale and flabby , and the blood in a fluid state . Tbe cause of death was fatly degeneration of the heait , the muscular part being worn to the thinness of a . sheet of paper . The death might occur at any moment . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death from disease of the heart . " _DEAin OF A LU . NATIC AT 1 'ECKnAM-HOCSE AYSLUM .

      —On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at Peekham , on the body of James Barnes , aged thirty-four years , an inmate of Peekham House Lunatic Asylum . George Barnes , cousin of the deceased , identified the body , which presented a most attenuated appearance . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was an inmate of the asylum . On the Friday after Christmas Day he was taken into the Infirmary , nnd only survived his arrival there a few days . He was _Sifilicted with fits and paralysis ; his right arm was severely injured . A rigid inquiry _waslnsiitutcd to ascertain in what way his arm " became injured , and to explain the attenuated appearance of tbe body . A person of the name of Hill had had

      the care of him , which person is now m Horsemonger-lane Gaol on remand . From the evidence of Mr . J . T . Burton , surgeon arid apothecary in tbe asylum , it appeared that his attention was called to the state of the arm on the 27 th of December by Hill , when he found it fractured , and sent for Mr . Fidler , the visiting surgeon , who applied the proper treatment . The man became gradually worse , and died on the morning of the 2 d inst . It further appeared from the evidence of the medical officers tbat the fracture of the arm could hardly have been occasioned by a fall , but must have resulted ftom the violence of some other person . His attenuated condition most probably arose from his disinclination to take food , and that the cause of his death was from exhaustion

      consequent on injury of a few days' standing . Ho was never violent , but always desponding . Tbe investigation was ultimately adjourned . Fatal Accidekt on the West Ixdia Dock and Blackwall Junction' Railway . —An accident of a very dreadful and fatal character took place on the line " of the East and West India Dock and Blackwall Junction Railway , on Monday night , near the viaduct crossing the Great Northern Railway at Maiden-lane , it appears that a poor fellow named Henry Harris , aged thirty-five , residing in Alpha . Cottages , Maiden-lane , was employed on the line as watchman ; about half-past ten o ' clock he left his post for tho purpose of going home to get his supper , which bad heen prepared for him . Whilst proceed ing along the line , which at this spot is a

      considerable incline , he was knocked down by a pilot engine , which passed over his body and mutilated it in a frightful manner . The skull was dreadfully fractured , and death must have heen instantaneous . The night was rather foggy , and from the _circumstance of the pilot engine being without carriages attached to it , and tho spot being an incline , it is believed that it made so little noise , that the unfortunate man was not at all aware that the engine was in Buch close proximity to him , and that his back was towards it when he was struck . Tbo deceased bas left-a widow and four . young children , and the poor widow is in a frantic state at her sad bereavement . Mr . Wakley , the coroner , held an inquest on the body at the Fortune of War , Maidenlane , on Tuesday afternoon , and a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded .

      _SuocKixo Accident at Messrs . _Hoare's Brewery . —On Saturday last- an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Loudon Hospital , on the body of James Walker , aged fifty , who died in consequence of an injury received at the brewery of Messrs . Hoare and Co ,, East _Smithfiold . It appeared that the occupation of the deceased was to attend to tbe well from which the brewery was supplied with water . On the lStb . of December he was engaged at the well , tbe works of which are put in motion by a steam-engine . Ho was about to adjust the wheels , which were two feet below the edge of the

      well , while doing which the heel of his left leg was caught in the cog-wheel , and it was instantly separated from his foot . He was eaught by one of the men as he was falling down the well , and in it were at the time threo men at work , who would have been precipitated into the water , a depth of eighty feet . He was taken to the London Hospital , where amputation of the leg was performed the same day , while under the influence of chloroform . He sank from exhaustion aud died on the previous . Wednesday . No blame was attached to any one . Deceased had been thirty-nine years in the service of the firm . Verdict— "Accidental death . "

      _. cexe Betweex a Jury axd a Memcai Witxess . -un luesday evening Mr . Wakley held an inquest attlm Lord Nelson , Mary-street _Hampstead-road , St Pancras _, on Mary Turner , a widow , aged 50 The Jury were horrified at the appearance of the

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      filthy hovel in which tho body lay . The place had not a stick of furniture , and the miserable corpse , covered with filth and vermin , lay in a corner on a bundle of rags and filth . —Mary Ward said the deceased supported herselfby begging , in addition to a small weekly parochial allowance . She was exceedingly filthy , never washed her person or her room f always slept in a chair , and was covered with vermin , _wMeli _era-sle _*} _over _ssti from her ' person . She went out between six and seven in the morning to beg , and returned at 12 o ' clock at night . She was taken ill on Wednesday , goo worso on " Thursday , when Mr . Todd , the parisirsurgeon , was called in , and she died between five and six o'clock on Friday morning . —Mr . Todd , district

      parochial surgeon , stated that he visited deceased on Thursday evening , when she was dying . Her whole body and the rags that covei od her , were full of vermin , which were so thick upon her that at first ho took tbem for dirt . He never before witnessed such a spectacle . He prescribed nothing , for she was too far gone . He could not say of what she died , for he had not examined the body internally or externally . —Foreman : If it wero your brother and bo was even as filthy as deceased , would you not prescriho for him ?—Mr . Todd : 1 deemed it an hopeless case . —Coroner : You ought to have applied mustard poultices and prescribed , even it' it were only to please and satisfy the public . You should remember that while there is life there is

      hope . —Mr . Todd : I am not to be dictated to by ignorant people . —Foreman : that is a great insult to us , the jurors . We have a right to ask questions , and you are bound to answer them . —Coroner : I hope that Mr . Todd did not apply the word ignorant to the jurors . —Mr . Todd : I am not here to be spoken to by parties who know nothing of medical science . —Coroner : If the jury have any complaint against Mr . Todd , they had better forward it to the board of Guardians . —Foreman : In the name of my brother jurors , I call upon Mr . Todd to withdraw the offensive expression . —Mr . Todd not having apologised , the jury declared that they would not sit again on an inquest at which Mr . Todd was a medical witness . —Verdict , "Natural death . "

      The Labour Test . —Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest on Wednesday in the University College Hospital on the body " of James Pennington , aged thirty-five . Deceased ' s brother-in-law ' stated the deceased had been for years subject to epileptic attacks , and consequently unable to work . He had heen an inmate _« f St . Pancras workhouse , hut was turned out for disobeying its rules . On the 14 tb ult . he applied for readrnission , which was refused ; but he was given a ticket for work on the roads and

      outdoor relief . In witness ' s opinion deceased's oonvietion that he was unable to work on the _ro-ids drove Vim to the commission of suicide , which he perpetrated on the 2 nd inst . by cutting his throat with a razor . He survived until Saturday last , when he died in the hospital . Mv , Fitzgerald , house surgeon , gave it as his opinion that deceased ' s death resulted from the combined effects of the wound and depressed spirits . —Mr . Churchwarden Frazer said that he would have the case inquired into . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

      Fatal Effects of Jealousy . — Mr . II . W , Wakley , held an inquest on Wednesday in University College Hospital , on Elizabeth Poole , aged forty-four . Several witnesses , including deceased's husband , were examined , from whose evidence it appeared the deceased and her husband , who had been twenty-one years married , were mutually jealous of each other , and that during those jealous ebullitions deceased frequently threatened suicide . Last Saturday one of those love quarrels between them took place , during which the husband struck deceased . Soon afterwards she went to a female friend named Hancock , to whom she related the

      circumstance of the quarrel , gave her £ 1 7 s . 6 d . to hand to her husband , and told her that when she was next scon it would be a corpse in an hospital , The same evening she was found insensible and dying on the steps of a gentleman's house in Seymour-street , _Euston-square , whence she was conveyed to tho hospital , where , after the application of the stomach-pump , she somewhat rallied , and was enabled to state that she took a pennyworth of oxalic acid mixed in gin . In her pocket there were found the paper that contained the poison , and the cup in which she had mixed it . She ( lieu the following day . Verdict , " Insanity . "

      Searching for Mrs . Sloane . —The addition of £ 30 by the government to tho reward originally offered by the guardians , has stirred up the activity ofthe police . On Tuesday evening , information was received at the station where the warrant is deposited , that Mrs . Sloane was to be found residing in the neighbourhood of Chelsea . Accordingly two detective officers ofthe City police force wevede spatched , in company with a clerk from the Temple , who brought the information , and they proceeded direct to Ranelagh-street , Chelsea . On arriving there the clerk pointed out the house in which he believed Mrs . Sloane was concealed , and the officers stepped forward and knocked boldly at the front door . It was opened , and they were immediately

      after ushered into the drawing room , where they foiind a lady apparently about forty-fivo years of age , and exactly answering , in every particular , the description of Mrs . Sloane , as set forth in the placards offering the reward for her apprehension . The clerk from the Temple felt perfectly satisfied that she was the right party . The lady protested that the officers were mistaken , and was indignant at the insult offered to her . It became necessary to send for Jane Wilbred , who set all doubts at'rest , and satisfied even the Templar that he had made a blunder . Apologies followed , and the officers left , it is understood , upon good terms with the molested lady , who , it is stated , was once before so unfortunate as to be mistaken for Mrs . Manning .

      Rei _> resextation op Finsbury . —Mr . Wakley , at a meeting held at Islington on Tuesday last , said , " la the last session , when the question of the window tax was moved , his hon . colleague , Mr . Duncomhe , was almost , it might he said , on his death bed ; and he was now so ill that he ( Mr . Wakley ) did not like to refer to it , and would only say that every man must deplore his state ; but it must he hoped that they would see him appear again in health and spirits . For himself , he ( Mr . W . ) had only to say that size was not strength , Once , indeed , he had got strength , hut continuous labour for many years had struck his nervous sys tcm , and rendered him incapable of performing his duty ; and he had already intimated that if in tbo coming session he found himself still incapable of attending to his duties in parliament , he should resign his seat . He was bound in honour to take that course , and did not shrink from the avowal of it . "

      The New Bridge at Battersea . —During the last few days from twenty to thirty men have been busily employed in sawing timber and preparing piles to sink in the river , preparatory to beginning operations for the erection of the proposed and long-talked-of suspension bridge between Chelsea and Battersea .- The bridge , which is to bo constructed for carriage as well as passenger traffic , is to be commenced on tbe north side , about 300 yards below the gardens in front of Chelsea Hospital , and is to cross the river in a direct line in front to the old Battersea Red House , so long known to and frequented by Cockney sportsmen . The Red House is to be pulled down entirely , and an elegant approach is to be made on the site of it and the

      gardens attached , to the southern end of the bridge . On the north the bridge ia to be approached by a road tobe constructed running in a direct line from the now notorious chapel of St , Barnabas . Destructive Conflagration at _BunMONDSET . — On Tuesday morning , about a quarter past one o ' clock , the neighbourhood of the Grange-road , Bermondsey , was again thrown into a state of confusion in consequence of the outbreak of another destructive fire . The disaster commenced iri a spacious two-story building , from sixty to eighty feet long , occupied conjointly by Mr . Warren , a parchment manufacturer , and Mr . Thacke ' r , a

      cooper , situate _m Little George-street South , _Grange-road , Bermondsey . The progress of the fire , however , was such , that before sufficient time had elapsed to despatch the necessary intelligence to the engine station , flames in immense bodies shot through the building . Plenty ; of water having fortunately been procured from the mains in the district , the firemen set their engines to work but in spite of their most strenuous exertions the flames continued to travel , and it was not until half-past two 0 clock that their further progress could be arrested , when all danger of their further extension was at an end . It is understood that the property destroyed was insured .

      Accident at me Exhibition , _Hyde-i-ark . —On Monday an accident occurred at the building for tbe Exhibition in _Hyde-park to two of the glaziers , named J . Butt , and W . Greenlaw . The men were engaged at work on the machine , or _swinging stage ; they were pitched out , and fell with tho seatMdina to the ground . They were conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was ascertained that they bad received most extensive injuries , having struck and bounded from _girder to girder in the fall . They now lie in a very dangerous state .

      Arrival of Cardinal Wiseman ' s Pallium , & o —The Rattler , from Genoa , arrived at Liverpool a few days since , having , amongst other cargo , n complete suit of sacerdotal habits for his eminence Cardinal Wiseman . Tbe case containing these novel imports is at present lying in the transit shed at the Nelson Dock until his eminence shall have certified that the vestments are required solely for the purposes of tbe celebration of divine _worship ; otherwise , a duty will have to he paid on the materials of the habiliments , being foreign manufactured silk . Besides tbe pallium , tho red stockings , and various richly embroidered vestments , the case contains a mitre , and the hat of moro than quaker dimensions of brim . There are also several suits of liveries for his eminence ' s official attendants .

      Suspected Murder . —On Sunday morning the body of a man , respectably attired in a blue paletot , black satin waistcoat , and _daiktrowserp , was found

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      lying partly on the towing path , with the head in the canal , near tho Old Ford Bridge , Bethnalgreen . The body of the unfortunate man bore marks of violence . Nothing of value was found on his person , and it is strongly suspected that he _hus beon robbed and murdered .

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      A Wife accidentally Shot _nr her Husband . — On Saturday evening last an inquest was held at the Wellington Tavern , Commercial Row , Birmingham , on the body of Ann Crook , who was accidentally shot by her husband , on the previous Thursday evening . On the night in question a respectable mechanic named Lockley , residing in Holliday-street , returned home from the garden at the rear of bis house , where he had heen engaged in shooting small birds ; he placed his loaded gun , muzzle downwards , behind the kitchen door , intending when he again returned home to discharge it . In the meantime , however , a young man named Crook , a nail cutter , and his wife , to and who

      whom he had heen married a fortnight only , lodged in the house , came home from work . Ann Crook , the wife , came in first , and her husband , who almost directly afterwards followed her , after affectionately saluting her , and requesting her to get him a comfortable cup of tea , was proceeding to wash his hands at a basin behind the kitchen door , when he perceived the gun . Ilis wife had cut a piece of bread , and had knelt down opposite the fire to toast it Crook , unaware that the weapon was charged , turned round as he took it up , and had scarcely raised the barrel from the ground when it exploded . Mr . Lockley , who was close in the room and knew of its being loaded , was about to inform Crook of the fact the moment it went off . Almost simultaneously the poor

      young woman dropped the bread she was toasting , and sank quietly backwards as though fainting , but , in fact , a _corpss ; for Mrs . Lockley , who immediately ran to her assistance , clasped her in her arms , and found tbat she was dead . The charge took effect in her head , and with the exception of a short convulsive twitching of the mouth , she never moved or ar . ticulated , so instantaneously fatal was the _discharge The grief and distraction of the unhappy husband ' when he perceived the effect of his own incaution _' were most _heartrending . He tore his hair , end run uing into the street , he exclaimed , " I have murdered my wife . " Mrs . Lockley gave a similar alarm , and the intelligence quickly spreading soon reached the

      ears of Police-constable Edmunds , who was on duty in an adjoining street . He at once repaired to the spot , took the prisoner into custody , and conveyed him to the station . A subsequent examination ofthe gun showed that the lock was defective and out of repair , for the slightest touch of the trigger would produne its discharge . The husband was present during the inquest , and exhibited the most abject and agonising appearance . As there was no evidence to show tbat lie was aware of tbe gun being loaded at the time he caught hold of it , or that he pointed it at his wife , tlie jury came to the conclusion that the occurrence was entirely accidental , and returned a verdict to that effect . The deceased was about twenty-two years of age _.

      Frightful Collision on tue London and Northwestern Railway , at Boxmoor . —A collision of a very seriouB character , by which several first-class and other passengers have sustained considerable injury , took place on Saturday last , on the line of the London and North-Western Railway , at Boxmoor . It appears that shortly before three o ' clock a _ goods train , in consequence of the defective state of its engine , put in to the _Biotmoor Station , and remained thero whilst the necessary repairs were being effected . At this time the Liverpool express , which _oujiht to arrive at Euston-square at four o ' clock , was nearly due , and the stoppage signals were hoisted at the station . Shortly after three o ' clock the express train hove in sight , and the driver , Newland , saw the

      stopping signal at from S _09 to 1 , 000 yards before reaching the station . Tlie express train does not stop at Boxmoor , but immediately on seeing the signals , ifc is stated that the driver shut off his steam , and reversed his engine , whilst the guard put down the brakes ; hut as the train when the signals were first seen was going at the rate of about thirty-five miles an hour , it was impossible to stop , and the express train came in collision with the goods train , whilst its was still going at a speed of something like eight or ten _milea an hour Tbe driver and stoker of the express train seeing that a collision was inevitable , jumped from their engine . The driver escaped unhurt ; but the stoker , not having completely cleared the engine , was found on the line , and was for some time supposed to

      bs dead , but stimulants having been applied he became better , but has sustained somcdreadfulinjurics to his le » s . Medical aid was procured from the town , and the great , st attention paid to the sufferers . It is stated that twelve or fourteen persons were more or less injured ; one gentlemen had the bone of his right eye driven in and broken , a lady had her teeth knocked out , _ano'her was severely cutabout the face , and others received contusions about the head and limbs , but with the exception of the gentleman referred to , no bones were fractured . No serious injury was done to tbe goods train , and the passengers having been properly attended to , came to town with the express , which did not reach Eus'on Grove till seven o ' elock , or three hours after time .

      John Robinson s Case —We have given the trial at the recent York Assizfs , of John Robinson , master of the Wndsley _Bridge station , on a charge of felonious assault , preferred by Miss Eliza Newton , of Foxhill . The case had excited unusual public attention before the trial , and it has been further increased by the circumstance that Mr . Justice Patteson ' s remarks , in passing sentence , were in direct contradiction to the finding of the jury , and confirmatory of the defence made by the prisoner from the moment of his apprehension . We

      understand that the learned judge , immediately after his return to London on Friday last , despatched a communication to Mr . Noble , the governor of York Castle , remitting that portion of tbe sentence which imposed hard labour on the prisoner daring his two years' confinement . This change in the sentence will nrobably lead to Robinson undergoing the period of his imprisonment in York Castle instead of the Wakefield House of _Co-rection . It is intended to get up a memorial to Sir George Grey , Secretary of State , for a commutation of the

      sentence . Jewel _Robheuy at _Livkrpool . —On Monday morning one of the most extensive and _extraordinary robberies that has been perpetrated in this town for some time was discovered on the premises of Messrs , Clark and Morris , silversmiths . Church-street , at the corner of _Tarleton-street . The facts of the case are _thefie : -Messrs . Clark and Morris closed their shop about eight o ' clock on Saturday night , and on Monday morning , shortly after eight o ' clock , the shop was opened by Mr . Clark , who was astonished to find the stock in the utmost confusion . It was at once evident that a burglary had been committed , and that the thieves _hsd effected their entrance through the adjoining cellars " . Itis estimated , that

      gold watches and chains to the value of £ 600 were stolen , and diamond brooches valued at £ 300 , which were only received last week , having heen ordered by a customer , were also missing . Besides these , a variety of studs , bracelets , brooches , and other articles were carried off . Altogether , the loss is estimated by the firm at £ 1 , 800 . The thieves appear to have been disturbed , for they left behind a case of valuable diamond rings , and sever 1 other articles , small in bulk , which were conspicuously _placed . Their _obj- 'Ct appears to have been to take only those things which were portable , and miebt be readily concealed about the person . As yet the thieves have not been apprehended , but there is _reason to believe that they will soon be in tho hands ofthe police .

      ROBBKRY OF SlXTT POUNDS IN THE STREET , AT SHBFFiKLn .-On Saturday evening last , as earlv as six 0 clock , James Hilton , in the employ ofthe Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway Company , at the Sheffield station , wag robbed in the street of a large sum of money , the property of tbe railway company . A part of his dutv was to Day wages . On Saturday last he had the above sum ' in gold in his _possession for that _purpose . A number of the men whom he had to pay are engaged at tbe engine shed , which is situated up the lino nearly half a mi e from the Bridge-house station . Hilton lives at the bottom of Harvest-lane , where he keeps a shop . He went to his tea , intending to proceed ihencc to the engine-shed . His way from Harvestkne was along , dark , and narrow lane , and across a field . When proceeding along the lane , which h

      unlrequentea and not lighted , he was seized from behind , held in a powerful grasp , and robbed of a leathern purse containing between £ 60 and £ 70 in gold . His mouth was covered to prevent his crying out . The robbery , he states , was effected by ' three or four men , but from the rapidity of the transaction and the position in which he was held he could not obtain such a sicht of them as to enable him to descnoe them ' ihey got « W off with the money be . fore he comd raise an outcry , a „ d no truce of them whatever lias yet been found . Forged Bank Notes at Liverpool . - On the 5 th inst ., a hairdresser , named Thomas J . Burns , whose pace of business ism Scotland-road , and hi assistant , 1 _homai Natns , were charged withhavine in their possession several forged one nound hnnS

      notes , purporting to be issued by the Northern Banking Company of Ireland . Patrick stated , that , f rom information he received , he went on Tuesday 0 the ? , h M ? _, 0 l ., Franklin ' _»* _hon-office , _Lord-strcet While there the prisoner Natris came n , and asked Mr . Franklin to change three note ,, having previously obtained cash tor some similar notes The notes were proved to he forged , and Patrick took both _pruton ,- * into 1 custody . On Saturday LS _soners we re again brought up . and several witnesses _wereexaimned . It appeared that an attempt had been made to get the notes chanced atth _? 1 llim _S ° f' ? , dU ' _^ _tolooAVS Se" ; 0 the notes had been changed at Mr . Frank in ? when that ge , « _leman received some good _noteg of the same banking company , which enabled him to detect the forgery . The prisoner Burns called a bo stated that he found -ibe Miu m _t-bng au 1 p _eceTf

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      oil-cloth , and concealed at the back ofthe Methodist Chapel , in _Wilbraham-street . He gave them to his master . Mr . Davenport , who appeared for the _prisoners , applied that they might be admitted to bail , but Mr . Rushton refused to grant the request . The magistrate also objected to sanction the return ofthe money found iipon'tlie prisoners , believing it to be the produce of forgeries . The Rrcent Burglary in Nottingham . — The whole of the property stolen from the premises of Mr . Lamb , Goose-gate , Nottingham , ha 3 been discovered entirely through the vigilance of the to « _-n police . It was found in a bad . buried in a pool in _Lon-r-iiedgc-lniie , and three men are now in custody

      " a " Gang of Railway Thieves . —At tho Bristol Quarter Sessions on Tuesday , a young man of respectable appearaiico and connexions , and of good address , named James Simpson , was sentenced to ton years' transportation . The circumstances of the case are somewhat singular , and the subjoined brief detail may lead to caution on tho part of ladies travelling in first-class carnages . It appears tho prisoner was at the head of a gang of thieves who have long infested that portion of the

      Great Western Railway which lies between Bath and Bristol , and particularly the Bristol terminus . The prisoner had been noticed repeatedly of late to travel between Bristol and Bath , always taking a tivst-class ticket , and as several robberies had recently been complained of , suspicion was aroused , but so skilfully were the operations of the gang conducted that for some time all efforts for the detection of the thieves were fruitless . On tho 2 nd of November last , however , a lady named Cook went with her servant from Bath to Bristol by the

      express train , and on their arrival , as the servant was engaged in getting her mistress ' s luggage , the lady noticed the prisoner push against her , and shortly after two other men , standing close by , walked away . On the servant feeling in her pocket she fouud that her purse , containing a quantity ofsilver , was gone . A huo and cry was raised , and the prisoner having been suspected , was stopped by some of the railway officials . In his possession were found several sums of money , and he was also seen in the act of putting gold into a purso . On the purse being opened there were twelve sovereigns in it . Through the exertions of Mr . Burton , superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , this purse was subsequently identified by a Miss Powell , as her property , which she said , with a

      good deal of money in it , was stolen from her a day or two before whilst w . iitin <» on the railway platform to see a friend off . Mr . Stono , of the Western Circuit , defended the prisoner , and by his advice ho pleaded " guilty . " When sentenced he endeavoured to excite commiseration by throwing up his hands and pretending to faint , but as he was removed from the dock he was observed to put his tongue out and laugh to some of the gang in the court anxious to hear his fate . The prisoner by his good address and respectable appearance has for some time pursued successfully a systematic plan of thus plundering ladies travelling in first-class carriages . It is hoped his committal and sentence will operate in breaking up tbp gang . Apprehension of the Uckfield Burglars . —Six

      ofthe burglars have been apprehended . The apprehension of three of them was accidental , and took place on the evening of tho burglary on another charge . The names of these men are John Hamilton , John Smith , and James Smith . They were at a village called Groombridgo , where Hamilton gave John Smith into custody on a charge of having taken a sovereign from him . In the mean time the police of the Tunbridge-wclls district having received intelligence of a burglary committed at a Mr . Kenward's , at Hartfield , and thinking the whole party suspicious characters , proceeded to search them , and found upon them a £ 5 note of tbo Lewis bank , a coat , umbrella , and mask . These

      were taken to Downlands _, and the coat and umbrella were at once recognised by the butler and housekeeper of the Misses Farnscombe . Two more , named Hillyerand Morgan , were captured , after a desperate resistance , by the Guildford police in a beer-shop in that town , and several of the articles stolen from the house at Downlands found upon thorn . Another man , named Joseph Carter , was taken at Woking , on whose person was also found part of the stolon property , and a pistol loaded with slugs . Morgan has been identified by the butler as the man who knocked him down with the pistol , and Carter as tho man who kept guard over him .

      The Burglary at Furneaux _Peluam . —The three men , Thomas Savill , B . Hutchin , and Thos . Warman , in custody for the burglaries in the houses of John Law , at Furneaux Pelbam , and of Michael Medcalfe , at Albnry , were last week examined at Bishop Stortford , and fully committed for trial . The Paper Duties , —At a meeting of the town council of Birmingham held on Tuesday , Mr . Alderman Baldwin , in a long speech full of interesting details , moved the adoption of a petition to parliament praying for a repeal of tbe duties on paper a _« d advertisements , and also the newspaper stamp . Mr . C . Sturge seconded the motion . Some difference of opinion was expressed ns to the proper mode of proceeding , and as to whether such a movement ought not to originate with tho merchants and traders of the town . Ultimately , however , Alderman Baldwin's petition was carried almost unanimously , and Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., requested to present it to tho House of

      Commons . A Heavy Sentence . —At the General Quarter Sessions held at Reading last week , Robert Dace , aged 22 , a well dressed young man , who had been a teacher of music at Abingdon , was indicted for having stolen a gold pencil-case . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the -3 rd of August the prisoner visited the house of a Mr . James Morris Davis for the purpose of tuning a pianoforte _, lie was left alone for some time in the room where the pencil-case was . He left xi usual , and on the following morning it was missed from the workbox , where it had been deposited . About the middle of the month the prisoner offered it for sale to a Mrs . Beckinsall , and she bought it of him for 10 s .

      Some days after he had sold it he applied to have it returned , as he feared that " the person from whom ho had had it had come by it dishonestly . " The police then got a knowled ge of the affair , and the prisoner was apprehended . —Mr . Williams , alter addressing the jury on behalf of the accused , called a lad named Wheeler , who had heen cmployed at the Railway Hotel , Didcot _, and he stated that on the 10 th of August the prisoner came into the smoking room . A strange man , who wore a frock coat and green and black plaid _trowsers _, was present , and he inquired if any one in the room wanted to purchase a pencil-case . Ho pressed the prisoner to buy ifc , who eventually bought it for _Ss .-Mr . Carrington having alluded to the inconsistencies in Wheeler ' s statement , the chairman ( Lord Barnngton ) summed up the evidence , and the iurv

      atter a snort deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty . Evidence was then gone into of two previous convictions for felony , upon which the prisoner had boon _f-cntenccd to twelve months' imprisonment . —The Chairman , in passing sentence , observed that the defence tbe prisoner had adopted was a most abominable one , for he feared that the lad had been induced to state anything but what was true . The Court did not think that tho prisoner , occupying such a position as ho had , would be likely ( having been previously convicted o f felonies ) to reform and become an hone . < fc man . They therefore deemed it necessary to inflict a severe sentence , and that was that the prisoner be transported for the term of his natural life . —Tbe prisoner seemed astonished at tho sentence , and a general feeling of surprise appeared to be felt by the crowd which had assembled in the court .

      Brutal Assault upon Policemen at Manchester , —About noon on Monday , an officer who wason duty at Great Ancoat-street , saw a group of men loitering round a spirit vault , and as they were obstructing the footpath , he desired them to move on ; but this they refused tp do . saying they had been drinking their new year ' s gifts , and had a right to enjoy themselves . About one o ' clock , the same men set upon and beat in a shameful manner , a countryman who happened to be passing ; and when the policeman , immediately afterwards , reached thespot , the countryman walked up to him and made complaint of the manner in which he had been used .

      several of the men then attacked the country man a second time , and , in attempting to defend him , the officer got several severe blows . . The countryman , however , contrived to escape ; and the officer , after using his staff freely for some time , took one of the men into custody , but he was rescued by the mob _. Another officer coming up , the previous prisoner was agaiu secured and removed a short distance , put the mob threw stones and _bricks kuocked both the officers down and kicked and jumped upon tbem , the prisoner being marched off in triumph , bearing the staff of one ofthe officers . A man named Plantwas observed to take a very active part in both rescues ; and a _mamed woman , named Mary Chrimes , also caught hold of and impeded the officers , and energetically appealed to the mob to _resett ? ti «> r : _« _x « _or

      „ & £ Lr -ST * _™ V Pmhet «] ed in the c ur f Monday afternoon , and on Tuesday morning thev were brought up atthe Borough _CouVt , w len the "eads plastered and bandaged , having received _hSould S _, fore _¥ a _« they n LtTt _iurLff a [ CCly m ° ! 6 in _^ sequence of the iniirr ? _n _% ! V V _' - fl ' 0 m kicks - & c > in _d-ffwont _thll \ v wdr .-Mr . M « Mfe , Bfter commenting on he brutality and cowardice displayed by twenty or 'tuny men attacking one or two , who were quietly and properly endeavouring to do their tlutv as _po"cemcn , said that such attacks were becoming so _trcquent ( there having been a disgraceful one at the Olid of the last week ) , tbat be was determined severel y to punish all those against whom such charges were proved . —Plant was committed for tr'al at the sessions ; and Chrimes , in default of Paying a fine of twenty shillings , was committed for a month .

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      Branding by a Surgeon . — i _* or J _""~ " _^ NB sidorablc excitement has prevailed inm 1 ''•• • ¦ -P a report that Mr . Rogerson , surg e I , _rK _?_ a boy ' s forehead with a large letW it ! -n B been written on by caustic . p . "' ' _^ _w'B Mr . Rogerson had been _considerable U V « : §§ boys constantly ringing his bell a _^ '• ' <« n 4 1 On Sunday week , hearing a fore ;};; - - m" _' . ' _' _- _^ m ho immediately ran out and _caiHr 1111 ? _^ - ; P William Woods , and shut him up f „ i ' y _^ m a short timo ; ho then got some canst _^ _'"V ' _-it H the boy whilo ho rubbed on hia forebn ? '' , 1 _' !' - IS B . The youth stated that previous to ii "" -1- H committed Mr . Rogerson asked wba t , » i * l « _^ 3 been at ; on being told at the _Indent 1 _•'''• H defendant said "Oh , you are one of 1 ' ••' . 'H you ? then I'll make ail example of v H '' - H police office on Monday , before W ' pi ' , _•!• M Mr . Rogerson was charged with thft * , 11 ' . til under the 1 st and 2 nd Vic , chap . r _, V " , ' _( _& M & enacted , ' * That whosoever shall cast t ! ''Ii or otherwise apply to any person _\'| , - •¦ Pi fluid or other destructive mutter ' « _-in * . " _( _Sffl maim

      uurn , , iiisngure , or disable , or t _. "< Wt grevious bodily harm , shall be guiltVo f _^ ' _^ It was stated that from the opiui < , V _^ iP medical men , the mark would never be Ji . ' _^ ll tho lad ' s forehead during bis life . —Mr i _^ _$ || contradicted this assertion , and stmcil i" - 4 m pearances would be entirely _olilitoweii'f ' ' _' _isP twelve months . Dr . _Martland was ' of ' ! ' _^ m opinion . The defendant denied the b 0 Y _' _, ' _$ M with respect to what school he belonged " m ' ? _- _*^ said tbat whether the mark could " | ,, _'''• ' _^ rated or not made no difference , to sl ; onl , i ° i l _' : ' - _^ _j the painful necessity of ordering . Mr . k „ , _^ Ilf enter into recognisances to appeal-at t ' ie ? _"' " 'Ii cash ire assizes . Mr . Rogerson , _scehiu , ' ' ;'¦'?

      position in which he was placed , applied f . " ~ M jouriiment , in order to consult a i' _4 | ' , J M which was granted , tho defendant _eiit _^ _.,, ' ' ; ' '; 1 own recognisance to appear when _cMifi ' '' ¦ ' _% The punishment , for the aboreoffence isi ( . " : tion for life , aud n-t less than \ r > ye _. _iiV j' |! _" '' ' ' ¦ ment . with or without hard labour , lot 1 , ' ; ' .-three years , —Manchester Examiner . - _'' J Fatal _Poaciiixu Affray . —On the : ] _,, ] : 1 about noon , threo mon named Geortrc l \ ' _l- \ 1 liam Chew , and J . M . Rennison _, wore _ub . _'J'V' _$ the gamekeeper of Sir Thomas D . I . i _?" , ir _/ n si to be engaged in poaching on an est < _t < eVr •

      Wold , near _iscuruorougu . 'tne _gaint-kt' 0 | i ( . . V ' procured the assistance of six other men _\ _*) i pursuit , anil came up with the _prwcliei-,- _gL 5 in the lordship of Fuxholes . Chew , «|„ _, | _^ 'i gun in his haw ) , presented it at the keeper _faU him to stand off or he would fire . Ti ! e o % ' i ; _-J ever , not daunted , seized hold ofthe m _^' _fl endeavoured to wrest it from the poncfae' ' pi tempt in which he was seconded by his _aXjv Darlcy then came forward with a ' lur _^ rj " _«&

      tremely sharp knife , and while he _eaushtliolji * muzzle " of the gun with his left _haiulj ' pii , _' ,.. _,, _^ to cut the men ' s bauds so as to force i ' ieni ' ' ! a guish their grasp . Ho was , however , , ¦ , _£ , * ; from behind by another of the keeper ' s ; i _> . C ;| and just at this moment the gun went oil , i ' M the contents in the lower part of l ) ,- il _. vVi ;* J The unhappy man instantly fell back ' _ui _^ wounded , exclaiming , " D— thee , thou 'I done for me now J" lie expired in a fevi _^ M afterwards , before any medical or other ast ; _.- ' _-l

      could be procured . On Monday last an inqu ( _..-held on view of tho body of the _dece-iscii _, \ A Mr . E . D . Conycrs , coroner of the district , ?| tho facts above detailed were deposed to W _^ different witnesses . Neither the keeper Mr 1 other men engaged in tlie affray could , _'icc ( iu ! .: the gun going off , hut expressed their Wwi ' _v _-s the trigger was not intentionally palled bv anv ;? The jury returned a verdict of " " " Homicide _!«*; adventure . " . Deceased was a Jabouviug j young , and unmarried .

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      Melancholy Boat Accident axd Loss ori —Whilst Peter Allan , blacksmith , and I ); iv : il : joiner , both belonging to St . David ' s . wer _.-fK ing on Monday afternoon , in a boat from tli-it : to Crainond with scrap iron , having hauled ej the land on the south shore , a sudden _smv-lls the boat off Barnbougle , when she _iunne-i-. filled and went down , leaving only the tipc : mast above water . To this the poor fcfe stnntly clung . Allan , however , being anx swimmer , shortly relinquished his hold , and ? .

      out for tlie shore ; but , after having _procsshort distance , finding his strength failing , lis ? back to his companion , whom he reached inr exhausted state , and washy him manfully se ; : for a considerable time , till at last all the _fi--Inglis to keep bis friend ' s head above water ; : unavailing , and , on a _Xewhaven boat reachin :: shortly afterwards , it was found tbat \ m : i was quite dead , and Inglis . in a very enfee ' . l <* i dition . They wore immediately conveyed on ? and medical aid promptly called in . Allan , Iim was past all recovery . ; and we regret v > lean . left a widow and six children to _laineni his mm loss . _Inglis is in a fair way of recovery .

      The late Distressing Accident at _' Cbamov Up to Friday forenoon the body of Mrs . Cmthe lady who met her death _fromfallinginto'i lade on tho Almond river on _Sew Year ' s morn : ; had not been recovered , although every trw had been made to obtain it . The only truce es : of her has been her husband ' s overcoat , with" -: Bhe had protected her head and shoulders fro cold and rain on leaving the ball , and '" hiri was recovered among some bushes near where lade falls into tho stream .

      . Cultivation of Flax in the Hickusm .-parochial board of Urquhart appointed a coiwk for the purpose of considering the _rxpt'diwiej practicability of introducing the cultivation manufacture of hemp and flax , and _otliCi-rat ; of industrial employment for the people oft Urquhart and Glenmoriston . They have repc favourably upon the subject , stating tliattbej sat'sfi _. d that the soil and climate of the diariii peculiarly well adapted to successful eultivatk hemp and flax .

      .. The late . . Accident on tub _Edixbcbch Glasgow Railway . —We understand _ttai thft the servants ofthe Edinburgh and _Glasgow fls ; Company , and a guard in the employment '' Scottish Central Railway Company , are indict * - stand their trial before High Com ' t of " _usiiro _*! the 10 th ult ., as having been implicated in tj _. '' ' accident _atCowlairs , on the Edinburgh ami Gisii Railway , in August last . _—Coiiranf . " _APPRHENStON OF A GANG OF COIXF . _RS ! . X _Glir-—About six 0 ' clock on Saturday afternoon 1 * constable , attached to tho Calton district off- ' was passed , in King-street , by two youth " , " ! pcared anxious to avoid interruption . The' '

      meinour excited the suspicions of the _cmi ' . _* who , on observing that ono of the lads hal _•'; thing apparently concealed in a handkerchief the lapel of his coat , hurried after tiiew , _*«• view of overhauling them . They , however , _W } _- that they were pursued , fled , one of theto , i " anxiety to effect his escape , throwing _av-ayMcontained in the handkerchief . The eo _««' _f following them , and , after a short run , appi * the latter party ; but hia companion _aUfW " _- ' - _''' the time being , in making his escape . _Tlicff ' ; of the handkerchief was found to consist offher of bad penny pieces , as to which , h " _- _«« follow refused to give any account _whatevtr .

      youth who made his escape had bfcn sc ' _'i ) _^ away by some children , who followed j > ' 5 ' ¦ ' and having traced him to a house i » l ,, tl . J street , Chalton , informed the police there' ' they had seen , and where tho refugee - 1 , 11 , ' , fuge . Having been conducted to the ho" *' . the lad entered , tho policeman dcniarn . ' ' ' •; tance , but was refused . Tho assistance "' -j of constables was soon obtained ; fl ! M ' ? _^« again made to get into the domicile ; hut _-K steadily resisted—the parties inside _vi-ry ' "; forming the police , in answer to tbeir _il * " ; admittance , that they would be thedi * ' _^ one that dared to cross the _thrcsho- "" , threats the inmates endeavoured to _gh" _? _\| by burning on the tioor a small ( _- _''H'iWV

      , gunpowder . The door was ultimately ¦ "•* ' _« : "' ' : and the police rushed in , but found the _&; fully prepared for them , one with an axe , ¦ _'' with a heavy hammer , and a third with ;! _!"*;' and the females ofthe party , of whom _^ ' two , also wedding lethal weapons . Nor ff , , ri . ' . threats of resistance idle . iVo sooner had ' "' y . ' constables entered the apartment than ! ' jaimed at him with the axe , which too ;' . _!"• effect on his forehead , and micht _lw- ' ° ' _£ mortal injury , hut that tho descending uln _* ; * . some oxtont intercepted by a second o '" ' ' ; observed the danger in time . Another oi _tW ' . was also struck with the hammer ; and th' '; ; aucc mi ght 1 avc been effectual , had r . ot t _» Stab _' eS . drawiilf their- ¦ ¦ _mov _l _^ _tmis . _uscot *"" .

      such vigour , that the coiners were _ffpowered , though not before one and all pi - " v been severely punished . A number of _u- | _£ also took part-in the struggle , and lent " ¦ '¦ 7 . assistance to the police . On the i ; 0 _'' - _^ Ji searched , there was found a considerable rv ' -,. spurious penny pieces , fragments of the _in _^ . sides n large mass of tho composition _•* ''' ; ployed in the formation ofthe _gjswriows _/• _¦ ' ., Estimating the pennies that were got at ii" - , ' , ard value , they amounted to £ 1 9 s . _W- _,. _; ,, about two shillings' worth aftowards fo " - '''; v house of ono of the female prisoners . *• ' _-,.. parties wero then conveyed to the Caw •' office , escorted by an immense crowd ,

      Wolveitiiampto.V.—The Framew<-Rh Oi F* ,...

      WoLVEitiiAMPTO . v . —The framew < -rh oi f _* , fixed on the new Exchange , and the g ° '" _!' sheaf placed in its position at the ¦ _= « _" - _•¦••" ¦ _; whole of the works arc fast _i-rogressist' _W' }" _pletion . - i _& _xi

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011851/page/6/