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      Views Of Frances Wri6ht Warvsllost. (Fro...

      VIEWS OF FRANCES WRI 6 HT WARVSllOST . ( FromfheNew Tork Working Man's Advocate . ) The _IlawZd having fhe " other flay , with a flippancy peculiar to itself , aUuded to fhe lady _abovenanied , wlo happened to * be in the -rfdnity , _sJiepromptly addressed file _forming reply . It may tend to set rig ht the public nund _onsomeiiototein _rijgardtowhicbthe ir . ostahsurdreports are Mmewhat industriously circulated j—

      To the Editor of the Herald . Sir—My attention has "been _caUed to an editorial article in jour _herald of the 17 th , in which you are pleased to mate -free with my name in a manner—I ivill not say unbecoming a gentleman , that character being rare at the present , hut unbecoming even to the conductor of a public press , such as a puUic press is wont in these days to be . In reference to a ivoi * k , of which I "know the name only from your advertisemen t of it , in connection with -wliich , -from the context , I suppose to be meant for mine , appears tte foUowing : —

      "Itis called ' "Woman in the "Nineteenth Century / and -firoir extracts we have seen in some of the papers on the subject of marriage , and other matters of social intercourse , it would seem tobe merely a renewal of some of the opinions , rather ' free and easy'than otherwise , which - * rere formerly promulgated and taught by Fanny Wright , Jn ihe Pari Theatre , In tils city , and in the Hall Of Science . The author of' Woman in the "Nineteenth Century * appears to think the present system of marrying and giving in marriage as -very exclusive—very narrow—very contracted—and very nnphilosophical . She aUudes with a great deal of feeling to the seraglios ofthe East , bnt , as those establishments are filled -with females , whether she means that the new Western system should recognise seraglios of men , -we cannot clearly see , amid the wildness and enthusiasm of her sentiments . So goes the new philosophy . -

      _« ow , sir , I have never , hi the course of my public life , condescended to comment upon one ef the gross and general niisrepresentations and misstatements of which I lave been made the subject . But here is a statement not general , but formal and precise , as if niadein accordance with your own laion-ledge . I feel myself called upon , therefore , flatly to contradict it . I never , " either In the _llaU of Science , - " * nor " in the Park theatre , " nor anywhere else "in this city , *"' have expressed any opinions at aH , either "free and easy" or otherwise , " onthe system of manying or giving in marriage . " But more than ¦ this . I lave never advocated anywhere , nor in any manner , th _£ alteration , amendment , or abrogation of anj laws connected with marriage , nor , indeed , of any particular law * whatsoever . So fir from this , tiie only sentiment I ever expressed in publie en the subject of marriage—and which was made an answer to a question put to me in Cincinnati , at the close of one of my discourses , b y a Boston clergyman— -was to this effect : —

      Marria-jeis not in itself a _julijcct of inquiry . It can but be considered under the bead of law , or under the head of morals . If under thc first , I hesitate not to say "that 1 regard it as erroneous , and as utterly worthless as aH the rest of our legal system . If under the second , that I regard it as equally inefficient with all the dogmas of our Jew Christian Bible , and our . Sunday preaching . Having motived my opinion in both cases more than I can now do here ; 1 observed pointedly , distinctly , and more than once , that I as little advocated the annulment of our -marriage law asl did our laws fbr the recovery of debt or for the repression of thieves . That the whole made part of our existing scheme of servile civilisation ; and that the - _wholes in my opinion , had better stand and _faU together . That I should do my utmost to prepare for its fall , not by

      aiding the disorganisation and demoralisation of society , bat by endeavouring to inspire woman with dignity aud _selfxcspect , andmen—athinEyetmoredimcult—withhonour . Ihat with regard to my ultimate -views respecting the sexes , I conceived that the doors must be thrown wide open to both , and to each individual among both , to earn lis and her own ; and to hold his and her own . And farther , that with respect to children , the State should institute a contract with the parents for their suppoit , wild would be something more to the purpose than inst " . luting a contract between the parents for holding them coupled in chains like dogs , as if for no other purpose than to constrain their hating , loathing , tormenting , or , it may be , absolute eating of each other up—tins at least , metaphorically , in their worldly substance .

      Such was the substance , sir , of my observations made _intSnciuuatiin the summer of 1828 . With these , both the clergyman and the audience expressed themselves satisfied and edified . This did not prevent , however , the same clergyman from publishing , some time afterward , over hisown signature in Boston , tbe most scandalous and outrageous falsehoods respecting the whole occurrence , and the tone and tenor of my observations ; and whicli have been made the text of never ending misstatements and-falsehoods In ihe columns of * a hireling- press , from that time to this .

      I desire , therefore , to he understood , since you , sir , have chosea to force me out upou a subject which appears , indeed , to be no longer premature to handle . I desire to be understood , as in no way ambitions to enlighten thepublic on the subject of any mode or modes of marriage , nor ou that , more general , of the intercourse of the sexes . What the one does for the regulation and elevation of the other , maybe seen in our streets , our brothels , our "houses of private assignation , our judicial courts , and even legislative records ; in the habits of the Christian clergy—whether preshyterian , methodist , episcopal , or whatever else as rendered by all the presses of aH our states—and equall y in the habits of our legislators , and other officials , as rendered by the Herald ' s own columns ; and universally in the habits of existing

      civilised society , all over the world . What I would see the public enlightened upon , Is the necessity of seeing every one secured in the free exercise of his and ler own faculties ; and in the due reward of his and ler own exertions ; and in tiie rightful possession of his and ler own distinct property , let us make honest men and honest women , by which , in both cases , I mean those trio _knotvhoir to earn , and who do earn , their living , or who will live within the strict limits of their own possessions ; and we shall have no difficulty about fhe sexes or about any thing else . Bnt just aud proper it is , that until women are rendered fit for something more in mind and body than kept mistresses , that

      men should be forced . to keep them . Under male government such they bare been made ; and , under male government , such they ought to he fed , clothed , and protected , as well as under given circumstances , may be possible ; and this , however _extravagant silly , or tiresome they may be . _IseenoothorwayofmaMngmendrinkto the dregs the cup of their own misery , or to make the iron of their own injustice cat into the soul . To judge by the state of society , it is eating in at the present pretty fast ; and when men shall find that slavery is a losing game between thc sexes , as between the colours , we may begin to look out—not for abolition , bnt for reformation , justice , and universal emancipation .

      I feel myself entitled , sir , to demand the insertion in -foil , of this letter in tie Herald , It will not fill as many columns , and maybe somewhat more instructive than some clerical documents with which you lave favoured ns . At any rate , I demand it as my right . I shall sign my own name without any addition . Seeing the scurrility and brutality from which neither sex or character afford protection , I am desirous of shielding the foreign name borne by my family from their effects . For myself , I know well , as I lave ever known , low to bear -these and worse for the cause which I haTe espoused . _Fbatsces Wwoht .

      To The Editor Of The "2iah-E Befobuzb. *...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE " 2 _IAH-E BEFOBUZB . _* 3 Say—I have this day received a letter from a friend in Glasgow , containing part of a column cut from your journal . I cannot say of what date , but the subject is a meeting held in Glasgow , on thc 17 th of March , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , of London , on Trades' Unions The article is "headed "A Sample of CfConnor ' Ae Chartism : " and will , I lave no doubt , be fresh iu the memory of many of your readers . Now , as yon have given your columns to a writer who unscrupulously affirms that I am a trickster , hypocrite , and knave , and who has not the honour or manliness to publish his name to a communication containing his serious charges , I think that I am justly entitled to be heard in reply ; the more so , as you , in your official capacity , nave appended a note , charging me and others with '' wilfully deceiving the public with a desire to destroy you .

      These are serious charges , and it behoves the public to inquire into their Troth , as well as Into the kind of evidence on which they are based ; for , if true , the man guilty of them is a worthless wretch : if false , the man _affinning them is nothing less . With these impressions , I sit down to review the communication cf him whom you Style "worthy correspondent .- ' "IBs first sentence is" 31 'Grath did not appear ; the alleged cause was illness , which , I suppose , was true . - *** Itis a mis-statement : "Mr . "M'Grath did appear . He entered the hall at the hour of _meeSag , along with me and Mr . _Buncan SUemngt < j _* . i , \\ lu > was nominated to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting by stating that Mr . M'Grath was on the platform , but was unable to lecture from illness . Mr . M 'Gratli -remained during the whole of the proceedings , spoke on

      the motion of a TOte of thanks to tbe chairman , and was among the last to leave the halL This fact can be proved by the testimony of every man at the meeting , your " worthy correspondent' ' - ' excepted . After this gross and wilful -mis-statement of your " worthy correspondent _^ ' I should be justified ia declaring liim unworthy of further notice , and at once dismiss his list of accusations ; but Itis letter affords food for thought unconnected with me personally . The phrases— "they , the CConnor ites , & c . "—form an important item of the whole . An allusion is made to a series of lectures delivered by you last summer . I was not in Glasgow ¦ when those lectures were delivered : hut I am credibly informed tbat in point of numbers they were failures—your

      audiences averaging from thirty to fifty . And why were they failures ? I will tell yon . Men like your " worthy correspondent '' have , on almost all occasions , thrust your name unnecessarily and unseemingly upon public meetings . They have hawked your denunciations of Mr . O'Connor from corner to corner , from shop to shop . Your unfortunate quarrels lave been their stock in trade , till _tt ejlaveinadethemselvesproverbial for slander—and the name of O'Brien , instead of being recognised as that of the able advocate of great principles , has become the representauve of calumny and abuse . It stinks in the _nos-WUS Of the democrats of Glasgow ; and is now only _syno-^ _SZXT _*** _" _™** - ***"" _" % _& b _* wedot _^ ° . _* ? ndned _* ° "> and at _«•<" - same time _^ _ZhSr _^ _S _* _^ Chartisln - _^ working

      To The Editor Of The "2iah-E Befobuzb. *...

      _jeet to serve in tout destruction , or the destruct ion ef any man who avows an attachment to the principles of freedom . The notions of your correspondent on this point are weak and futile , and carry with them their condemnation . His account of the meeting is partial and unfair . I delivered a lecture , not a speech , as stated by your correspondent ; and I have been requested to redeliver the same in Bridgeton and other localities , and shall in all probability do so on my return in Glasgow . At the conclusion of my lecture I asked if any gentleman present had any remarks to make , expressing my willingness to hear aud reason on the same . The chairman immediately rose , repeated my desire for discussion , at the same time remarking that the Northern Star was the only paper that

      bad given wide-spread publicity to the Trades' Movement . Mr . Adems then rose , and said he had nothing to urge on anything I had said , but proceeded to descant on the statement of the chairman . He was patiently heard . Mr . Sherrington _stiU adhered to his statement , and said he ( the chairman ) was a regular reader of the Reformer . A man sitting in the back part of the hall remarked on your past denunciations of papta _* -money . Mr . Walker , Mr . Adams , and others rose amidst cries of " Chair , chair , " " Question , question , " "Order , order , " & e . The meeting got confused , and , with a view of ending the confusion , and proceeding with the legitimate business for which the meeting was called , I moved the following resolution ;—

      "That , as this meeting was called with anew of discussing the question of Trades' Unions , we entertain no other question , and have no more discussion on the relative merits of the Northern Star , Manx Reformer , or their proprietors , until the subject of Trades' Unions is first discussed . " This resolution lad the desired effect ; it restored order and harmony , and the meeting again proceeded quietly and rationally to discuss the main question . This proves how far it was appropriate . But your correspondent , by a process of logic peculiarly his own , discovers my resolution io be hvpocritical , because inappropriate . Now ,

      supposing the latter part of his statement to be correct , does it warrant the deduction inferred ?—does an action being inappropriate prove it to be hypocritical ? I very often find the reverse true . 1 generally-find men possessing a deep sense of wrong , void of prudence , honest men . These men , conscious of their honesty , push their opinions inappropriately ; and -what can be our impressions of a writer for Hie press , who , on such hollow data and foolish declaration , presumes to calmly write down a fellow-man under the criminal names of hypocrite and knave ? Really , Sir , if common sense and justice are fair tribunals in the present state of society , your correspondent is at a miserable discount .

      The conluding remarks or his letter deserve special attention . He caUs on you to give me such a dose as you gave _"WaUace . "Don't forget _Xj-dd ' _s knavery . " A Man possessing such splenetic feeling is unfit to fairly state the facts of any case in which he is personally concerned , or calmly reason on any question . Why has he forgot to tell you that Kydd expressed his willingness to discuss the application of Taylor ' s-views to the currency , with Mi-. Adams , Mr . Walker , or any other man present ? No man living ever knew me refuse to discuss any question when I held a conscientious difference of opinion , and circumstances could admit of such discussion . Why does he not in his own proper person administer the fearful dose he is so wishful I should get ? Poor fellow ! 1 pity him .

      Was I not aware of your infirmity of temper onthe queslion ' of self and persecution , I should certainly have been at a loss to discover how you allowed yourself to pen the remarks foUowing those cf your correspondent ; for before you could judge fairly of the case it was necessary that you understood something of the rank of the men , in point of intelligence , who composed the meeting in question . It consisted chiefly of men who have been long accustomed to attend pubUc meetings , together with the leading members of the principal trades . It was an assembly of shrewd , thinking men , who would not be led either by Samuel Kydd , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . O'Brien , or any other man ; and your correspondent insults their judgment when he affirms they were tricked ; and you reckon without your host when you believe such to have been the case . I assure yon I am neither _O'Connorite , O'Brienite , or any other ite . The days of itism are past . In common with my fellow working men 1 admire all that

      is intellectual and good m all men ; and pity what is j erroneous and bad . You remind me of the cobbler in Eugene Sue ' s Mysteries of Paris , who had been unmercifully caricatured by a wag of a painter . The poor snob used to take starts and fits at the bare recollection of his tormentor ; these thoughts gave hun the nightmare when asleep , and rendered his otherwise usefullifemiserable . You too have a similar feeling ; you have got it into your head that Mr . O'Connor and a legion of others are persecuting you , and you are miserable and fidgetty through this crazy idea . I hnow nothing of the conspiracy you are everlasting writing about ; and I do not believe it exists . You have made serious charges against me and others on themost worthless of evidence . On the whole affair I have written what I think , and shaU be glad to hear how you can better substantiate your charge of deceit , inveterate hostility , unquenchable thirst for your destruction , Sic , as contained in your editorial note—or retract the same .

      I am , su _* , a man , and a Chartist . Sambel _Kidd . _"Kirkaiaj , April 13 , 1845 .

      Ties Oreoox,—Under This Name Is Comprehe...

      Ties _Oreoox , —Under this name is comprehended the whole region westward ofthe Chippewayan range of mountains . The waters that rise on the western declivities of these mountains flow into the Columbia , the Multnomah , and thc lake Bueneventura . Most of the elevated summits ofthe mountains are above the limits of perpetual snow . Beyond the mountains the countiy descends by regular belts in the form of immense terraces or descending plains , disposed regularly , the one below the other . Beyond the first plain , and between the Bocky Mountains and the Pacific , is another extensive and high chain of mountains , in -which are the great fall of the Columbia Still west of these , and runninffBparallel with the

      coast , and at the distance of 150 miles , is the third and last chain . The peiksof all these chains are covered with perpetual snow . The highest peaks Lave been named Mount Baker , Mount Regnier , Mount St . Helens , Mount Hood , and Mount Jefferson . Thc only rivers explored in tins region ave the Columbia and its branches . Being sheltered on the north by protecting ridges ot mountains , and the breezes from the west being softened by coming over an immense extent of sea , the climate is as mild as it is in the countiy east of these mountains four or five degrees to the southward . Langsdorf describes the country on the southern limit as the country of oranges and figs , of verdure , health , and fertility .

      We scarcely remember to have seen more sober pictures of a desirable country than those drawn by him of that region ; they correspond with the accounts of Lewis and Clark , as -well as those of other travellers who have explored it . When the intelligent and intrepid adventurers just named left the country , in March , and in the latitude of Montreal , the _pspries were in blossom , and the forwardness of the season seems to have corresponded with that of North Carolina at the same time . The winters are rainy , and some parts of them severe . In 1805 Lewis and Clark descended theColiunbia river from tbe mountains to the Pacific , and spent the winter on its shore . They returned by the same river tothe mountains , and most of the exact information that we have

      respecting the country is derived from them . A settlement of _fm' _-tradcrs , called Astoria , was established here , together with a military post called Fort Glassop , or Fort George . As may be supposed , the scattered inhabitants of the waste are comparatively few , and of a daring and lawless character . Some are allured by the profits to be derived from the pursuit of the chase ; and others by the congeniality of such a life with a reckless and adventurous spirit . The number of Indians of the different tribes is estimated at 140 , 000 . —Globe .

      A Family of Dwarfs . —Judging from thc success of General Tom Thumb ' s visit to our shores , one may reasonably conclude that dwarfs are not quite so plentiful as blackberries , and yet , " at _Kiskorn of Applecross , there is a family of that genus , each of them being of less dimensions than , and as proportionate as Tom . The father of these pigmies ( John Pinky ) is a poorcottar ofthe ordinary or middle size , and the mother is rather beyond it . The eldest son , Master Finlay , is upwards of twenty years of age , and stands two feet ten inches in height . The next is a girl , somewhat the junior of Finlay in years , and considerably less in stature , and the third , and last , is a boy , aged fifteen , a mere pigmy . It is ludicrous to see these little creatures sit around their little dinner table ; but to observe them dance together , reminds one forcibly ofthe Celtic accounts of dancing elves ( the fairies of the Highlands ) , whose fantastic measures so oft beguiled the wayworn Highlander , as he saw , or dreamed he saw them trip it lightly on the mountain side . Honest John should try his fortune in the south , where wonders always attract , one of the large gentlemen playing the pipe would complete the matter . —Rosshire Advertiser .

      A Giast Tcrile . —Among the most remarkable additions to the fauna ofthe ancient world , is the _colossochelys , whose remains werc discovered hi the Sub-Himalayan Hills , by Captains Cautley and Falconer . It is a gigantic fossil turtle , whose length was about eighteen feet , and its height at least seven . Here was a monster creeping on feet , whose carapace or shell would have formed a respectable dining-room , and whose weight and bidk would have freighted a moderate steamer . Love and Suicide . —An inquest was held on Friday , April 11 , touching the death of a young woman named Ellen Coine , who resided in

      Thomasstreet , Liverpool . She had been _keeping company with a labouring man named Thomas Timlin , and expected that he would marry her ; but having been informed that he had no intention of fulfilling bis promise , and was about to make off for America , she purchased two-pennyworth of arsenic , under the pretence that she wanted it to kill rats , swallowed the poison on Tuesday , when in the company ofher faithless lover , and died in the courseof the night , having previously told him that he was to blame for what she had done . It was stated that he had seduced her . _Thejui-y returned a verdict of felode se / and the body was interred in the parish burial ground , without the funeral service .

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      More Horrible Murders. Murder Of A Child...

      MORE HORRIBLE MURDERS . Murder of a Child at Hampstead . —On Saturday afternoon , at two o ' clock , a jury was impanelled before Mr . "Wakley , M . P ., at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern , Hampstead , in the ( same room in which the inquest was held on the late Mr . Delarue , to inquire into the death of a male child unknown , found murdered , under the circumstances subjoined . —Policeconstable Alexander Mackay , 197 S _, stated that , about half-past five o ' clock in the morning ofthe _Yth inst .. he was on duty in the Hampstead-road , near _Shinton ' s Nursery , between Haverstock-terrace and the Load of Hay , and in a ditch passing along the edge of the nursery and the main road he discovered the body of the deceased . It was perfectly dressed in

      the clothes produced to the jury . They consisted " of the usual children ' s clothing , of the finest texture . The flannel was quite new and edged with silk . The under clothing was of fine cambric , aud the cap had a rick lace border . The body was wrapped in two diaper towels , and sewn up in an old dark green child ' s cloak . He conveyed the body to the stationhouse , where it was seen by the surgeon . —Mr . Daniel Gower , surgeon , Hampstead , deposed that when he first saw the deceased its nose was much flattened , and there was mucus issuing from the mouth and nostrils . He had since made a postmortem examination . The umbilical cord had been properly tied , and its appearance , together with other circumstances , indicated that it had lived several days ; the

      lungs floated , and there was every other symptom to prove this . There was no mark of violence on the person or any poison in the stomach . The brain presented a very vascular appearance , and there was a good deal of fluid blood on its surface . He was decidedly of opinion that the deceased had died from some kind of suffocation , and , from the mucus issuing froni the mouth and nostrils , it was Ms opinion that the suffocation was by drowning . —The Coroner said , after this evidence , he thought there could not be a doubt upon the minds of any one that the case was one of wilful murder , although they had no proof whatever of who the parties were that committed it . —The jury acquiesced , and at once returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . —Mr . Wakley then remarked that it was

      a veiy singular circumstance that they should have a verdict of wilful murder again returned by a jury in that room the very day after Hocker had been tried and found guilty of murder , which verdict was also recorded against him in that place . He was in the court ofthe Old Bailey last night , and heard Hooker's statement and the sentence , passed upon him , and he could assure the jury that Hocker exhibited all ihe coolness he displayed when in that room at the inquest ; indeed , he was as unmoved as the table before hini . Thc judge was ten thousand times more moved than Hocker was . He seemed completely bound up in vanity , but he hoped the sense of his awful situation would soon have the effect of removing the film from his eyes , and enable him to see his position more clearly than he at present appeared to do .

      Committal op a "Wife for Poisoxino her Husdand . _—Lincoln , Friday . —Another of those shocking acts of poisoniug which of late have been of too frequent occurrence in different parts ofthe country , has recently been brought to light at a small village called Laceby , near Grimsby , in this county , concerning which Jane Bell was yesterday committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the next assizes , charged with the wilful murder of hor husband , Edward Bell , by administering to him a certain quantity of deadly poison , called arsenic . The unfortunate deceased was a respectable master carter in the village , and the sudden character of his death , which took place on the 26 th ult ., he generally being considered as having a good state of health , naturally rendered

      a coroner's inquiry necessary . Mr . W . Morris , one ofthe eounty coroners , opened the inquest onthe body , at the Waterloo Inn , in the village , and Messrs . Lappington and Keethly , two surgeons of Laceby , having discovered , after a post mortem examination , and a careful analysis of the contents of * the stomach , that the deceased had died from the power * ful effects of arsenic , coupled with other very suspicious facts , tending to fix upon tlic unhappy woman the commission of the shocking act , she was promptly ordered into the custody of the proper authorities . The investigation was then adjourned in order to afford time for the collection of further evidence respecting the tragical event , and on its being resumed it was satisfactorily ascertained that the poison had been administered in arrow-root . Additional

      _evidence was also produced of the accused ' s guilt ; still the jury entertained a doubt , and even * tually recorded a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . " She was accordingly liberated ; but , from her previous conduct to her deceased partner , wluch had been spoken to atthe coroner's inquest , the authorities were induced to institute further inquiries as to the mysterious affair ; the result of wliich was the re-apprehension of the woman , and on Wednesday she was brought before the magistrates from Grimsby gaol for examination , charged with having feloniously administered to her husband , Edward Bell , a certain quantity of white arsenic . The wretched creature , who is far advanced in pregnancy ( about five months ) , and who wept

      bitterly during the proceedings , declared at the outset ofthe examination , her complete innocence ofthe awful crime imputed to her , ejaculating frequently--" I am clear of my husband ' s death . I did not cause it . " The witnesses' statements were veiy lengthened , and were of the same nature a ? those sworn to before the coroner . Mr . Horace Watson , a druggist , living in the same village in -which the shocking affair happened , deposed , however , to some very important facts respecting the occurrence , and which will go far to strengthen the suspicion entertained of hfir guilt . He stated that the prisoner , a short time previous to her husband ' s _( the deceased's ) death , purchased a quantity of arsenic at his shop , for the purpose , as she stated , of killing vermin ; hut which , for reasons alleged by her , was not used , but thrown & _cnemiss

      away . mr . vv . rearsan , consulting , much experience at Hull , clearly proved the deceased ' s death to have resulted from arsenic . Altogether the witnesses strongly attached guilt to the accused . On being called _^ upon for her defence , she replied that she had nothing to say . She was as free from causing her husband's death as the unborn infant which she bore . Respecting the poison , she said that she procured it solely to _dostvoj vermin , and not for any other purpose . The Bench informed her that so conclusive were the facts elicited from the several witnesses , that they ( the magistrates ) were in duty bound to commit ha * for trial , on the charge of having caused her husband's death . She wept bitterly , and again declared her entire innocence . She was then conveyed to Grimsby gaol , and on the following day was conveyed to the Castle prison of the city , to await her trial .

      _Surf-osed Murder at Laverstock , near SalisnuRY . —On Wednesday evening last as a man named Thomas , of Culver-street , Salisbury , a drainer , was at work in a meadow close to the river Bourne , and also to the new bridge at Laverstock , he discovered the body of a female lying in a water-course , in which the water was not more than six inches deep ; but the mud was two feet deep . The body presented a sad spectacle , and was much swollen . The head had neither cap nor bonnet on it , and her long black hair was in a state of great disorder . On one of her cheeks there was a mark like a tumour , while the other presented something like a scar . The right shoulder exhibited marks of considerable violence , as though she had been beaten with a stick or club

      the thighs also presented marks of violence . The deceased had on a very dark printed gown , black stockings with white tops , and leather hoots . Thc discoverer , Thomas , having procured assistance , conveyed the body to a neighbouring barn , which was soon surrounded by a vast number of persons . The parochial authorities immediately communicated with the coroner , R . M . Wilson , Esq ,, who having satisfied himself that deceased was a stranger , and a travelling woman , dispatched the police and city beadles to the Mendicity House , and other lodginghouses at Salisbury , to procure evidence of her identity , which being done , the coroner held an inquest at a blacksmith's house named Munday , a constable of the place . The first witness who was examined

      was the man Thomas , who found the body . The other witnesses were the landlord of the White Lion , Ivy-street , Salisbury ; a Mr . Newman , and Sarah Rose , his late servant , from whose evidence it appeared that deceased was thc same person who was the wife of , ov who cohabited with an old man named Woolford , who travelled tlic country with a learned pig , and a donkey ; that Woolford , some few weeks since , called at the White Lion , and took lodgings for himself , saying he was a single man . When , however , he came a second time , lie brou « ht with liim a young woman about 18 years old , ami a girl about 14 years , whom , strange , to say , he slept with at the White Lion . The same evening , the deceased and her " lost boy , " arrived , who slept together .

      and in the same reom ( on the floor ) as did the man and two females ! That Woolford and the deceased were not on good terms ; but although they had frequent bickerings , they were chiefly in asubdued tone . That the witness Rose had been told by the deceased what an unhappy life she lived ; and this witness had heard Woolford say— "Itwas high time such an old — was put out of the -way . " It further appeared , that on Sunday , the 16 th of March , Woolford left the White Lion about seven o ' cloek in the evening , and shortly afterwards the deceased left without her cap or bonnet , and never afterwards returned .

      Woolford , however , after the White Lion was closed that night , came back , when the landlord said , "Where is your wife ! " and he replied , "She had-either drowned or hung herself , he supposed . " ¦¦ From that period no one seemed to inquire where deceased was , not even Woolford _himself with the' exception of once , when he remarked to the landlord ' s servant , that he had been : looking for his wife at all the lodging-houses , but could not find her ; and also the fact , tliat the witness Rose had , on more than one occasion , inquired of Woolford and ' the eldest daughter where the deceased could be , but got no _> reply . I" * consequence of these ahd' other suspicious facts , the coroner adjourned the inquest till Monday next' at

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      three o ' clock . The body of the unfortunate woman pmerits _a-ghair _fly spectacle ; " " Salisbubt , Four o'Clock . —Apprehension of Woolford . — "Woolford was brought through this city in the custody of police-constable No . 28 , who apprehended him at Martin . Woolford appeared much concerned , and remarked to another constable , who met him at Salisbury , that " this was a pretty kettle of fish . " He was conveyed to the police station at Wilton , to await the adjourned inquest on Monday next . ( _-J _OJIJIIIIAL OF AVoOLFORD ON A CHARGE OF MuRDER . — Salisbury , Tuesday . —An extraordinary inquiry into the above case was held on Monday and Tuesday . It appeared from the evidence that on Palm Sunday the woman left Newman's house abruptly , the man being then absent . An hour after this time two or

      three witnesses met a man and a woman , the latter being a few yards in advance , going at a quick pace down the road towards Laverstock Bridge . One of them stated that , as she passed , she heard the man say , " I'll be if Idont . " Tliey believed Woolford to _bu thc man . Another witness deposed that he , twenty minutes afterwards , saw Woolford standing on the bridge alone , looking into the water . Woolford , it appeared , returned to the inn at ten o ' clock , and then several times afterwards he said he believed the old woman had drowned or hung herself . He and his family remained in the city for some days afterwards _, and it appeared that he had made several

      inquiries about his wife , stating always that he believed she had committed suicide . The medical evidence went to prove distinctly that there were no external marks of violence on the body , and that . the death was occasioned by drowning . The prisoner stated that he was not near the spot on the night in question , and that his wife was out of her mind , and had several times attempted suicide . Tliis latter assertion his daughter , on being examined , denied . The inquiry terminated at midnight on Tuesday in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Woolford , who was thereupon committed to the county gaol for trial . He is rather a fine man , and is 67 years of age , but looks much younger . It is believed that he and his wife were formerly members of an equestrian company .

      Another Child Murder . —On Wednesday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , aB the gravedigger connected . with the burial-ground of the chapel-of-ease to the parish of St . Mary , Islington , in the Holloway-road , was going into the ground to pursue his employment , his attention was attracted to a Iar ° ; e-sized garden-pot near thc railing adjoining the road . On going up to it he found the top covered over with a piece of rag , and on its removal , crammed into the garden-pot , he discovered tho body of a remarkably fine newly born male infant , wrapped up in some old pieces of calico and linen . From the appearance of ihe body there is but little doubt the child had been subjected to violence , producing its death . The body was placed in one of the vaults of the chapel , where it awaits the coroner's inquest .

      Murder in tiie County Waterford . — On Monday Thomas Denehy , Esq ., county coroner , held an inquest on view of the body of a man named James Mullany , who was found murdered on the public road at Templemichael _, in this county , within two miles of Youghal . From the evidence produced , a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the jury against a person named William Trihy , who was arrested on Monday night , and fully committed to the county gaol to abide his trial atthe ensuing assizes . —Waterford Mail ,

      Colliery Accident . —A fatal accident occurred on Thursday last , at Thornley Colliery , in the county of Durham , through the inattention ofthe man whose duty it is to stop the engine when the cage or corf , in its ascent , shall have reached the top of the shaft . A cage , containing nine men , was ascending the pit , when instead ofbeing stopped as soon as it had reached the bank , it was raised to the top ofthe crane or beam , with which it came forcibly in contact , and two men were thrown out and precipitated down the shaft ; the other seven clung to the cage , and were preserved from impending danger . The two who were thrown out were of course dashed to pieces . —Newcastle Journal .

      Sudden Death of the Marquis of Downshire . — Dublin , April 13 . —Yesterday morning the Marquis left _Gresham ' s Hotel , where he had been stopping a few days , previous to joining the Marchioness in England , and proceeded to inspect his estate at Blesington , on the border of the county of Wieklow , according to his annual custom . The noble Marquis appeared in the enjoyment of the best health and spirits . He was accompanied by his agent ,. Mr . Owen , with whom he paid a visit to Mr . Armstrong , of Kippure , one of his lordship ' s tenants , with whom he lunched . The interview was of the most cheerful character , and when his lordship was leaving , he expressed his delight at the improvements which he had observed around him , and his hope that , when

      he should call again , he would be able to congratulate the surrounding gentry onthe result of their exertions to improve their property and under-tenants , as he then did Mr . Armstrong . His lordship then left , on his return to Blesington , and desired Mr . Owen to ride on before him , and collect the Brocken tenantry together , that he might address them , according to his habit . That gentltman started forward , and had not proceeded more than a few hundred yards , when he turned round , and was shocked to observe his lordship lying on the ground , and the mare which he rode trampling upon him . He returned to the scene of this calamitv , and raising the

      noble Marquis , inquired if he was hurt , but his lordshin ' was quite insensible ; he groaned slightly and expired . Mr . Owen returned to Mr . Armstrong ' s , procured assistance , and had the remains of the lamented nobleman brought to that gentleman ' s house , where they remain awaiting the coroner's inquest , wliich will be held to-morrow . The noble Marquis was in the 57 th year ofh \ sa _**; e , "being horn in 1788 ; but he did not look near so old . His habits were conducive to health . His lordship ' s eldest son , the Earl of Hillsborough , succeeds to the title . He is one of the representatives for the county of Down , in which there will be a vacancy by his elevation to the House of Peers .

      The _Siufwick Murders . — Sarah Freeman , the perpetrator ofthe hideous murders at Shapwick , will be executed on tlic 2 . 3 rd . On being removed * Troni the dock , the prisoner broke out into furious invectives against the witnesses , the Jury , and the Judge , deprecating , in coarse terms , the sentence pronounced upon her . Since her trial , under the solemn counsel and due admonition of the chaplain of the gaol , she lias better adapted her conduct to the fate which inevitably awaits her . —Bristol Journal , Coining in Gaol . —During the last few days an extraordinary eclaircissement has taken place , from which it has been discovered that an illegal mint was for some time actually established and regularly worked within the heart of our city prison . It will be in the recollection of most of our readers that at

      the January quarter sessions a man named Patrick Ronan was tried for having base coin in his posses sion , and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in our city gaol . A prisoner gave information that he had seen Ronan , with another prisoner named llussell , a private of the 4 th Dragoons , undergoing sentence of confinement for a robbery , engaged in coining . On Thursday an examination was made of the prison , and _intke apartment termed the men ' s day-room the entire coining apparatus was discovered concealed , apparently in so hurried a manner , that it was evident it had been in use but a few moments before the appearance of the constabulary upon the scene of action . A quantity of counterfeit silver coin was also found upon the person of the prisoner Ronan . —Kilkenny Moderator .

      Hooker's Conduct since his Condemnation . — After the conviction of Hooker he was removed in an exhausted state to the cell in the prison yard . He was received by the deputy governor , Mr . Wright , who had humanely directed some tea and toast to be in readiness for him . These he partook of with much avidity , and gratefully acknowledged the attention of the deputy governor . In the course ofthe evening he was visited by M . Davis , the ordinary , and exhorted to penitence and prayer . Kitman , one of tho officers , sat up with Hocker during the night , wliich was passed by the wretched man in sound sleep . On Saturday morning he awoke about seven o ' clock , and ate a hearty breakfast ; but , although he manifested much firmness , his spirits were evidently subdued by the solemn warning of the judge to prepare to meet hia Maker . In the early part of tho morning ho was visited by Mv . Sheriff Sidnov . who had a lengthened interview with liim in

      thc presence of the deputy governor . At this meeting Hocker for the first time betrayed emotion , and hc ° wept loud and bitterly . It is stated that his feelings were overcome on reference being made to his family , and that he made no allusion to the murder ofthe unfortunate man Delarue . The details of the interview are , however , for obvious reasons , withheld . During the day he was repeatedly visited by the rev . chaplain , who has supplied him with several religious books . He is represented to be quiet and respectable to the officers , and a young man of more than ordinary intelligence in conversation . The singularly-written statement which he read on his trial lias been his principal occupation since his confinement in Newgate . He has devoted several hours daily to framing his defence , which he invariably drew out in shorthand characters , which were transcribed and reduced into the form i n which it has been presented to thc public .

      ¦ Horrible Results from Liquor On St . Patrick ' s ev at Quincey , Massachussets , three men , Irish labourers on the railroad , visited the rum shop of a Mr . Perry of that town , and a quarrel arose between Perry and the men ; - Perry followed them some distance and shot two of them dead in the road with a double-barrelled gun . Another gun was procured , and the third man wounded in the cheek . A coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder . Perry has been arrested . The third man shot died of his wounds on 1 _uesday . Tho murdered men were —James Stapleton , Patrick Stapleton ( brothers ) , and Mr . Dowlan , all natives of Ireland . The rum-seller and murderer is a native of New England . —New York Sun . .. . .

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      A Familv . ore Felons . — "An . old inhabitant " of Presteign , in Radnorshire , has sent to the Hereford Journal a statement that a family ofthe name of Bowen , ofthe parish of Berguildy , in the _county of Radnor , have been a family long known as living chiefly by plunder , and were always a . terror tothe neighbourhood . There are at present in Presteign gaol five of this family , namely , Francis Bowen , sen ., under sentence of twelve months' 5 mprlsom-aent for stealing a quantity of oats ; hia wife and son ate under sentence oi transportation for ten years each , for sheepstealing ; William Bowen , brother ofthe first named Francis Bowen , and his son , William Bowen Jones , are undergoing four months' imprisonment each ; and a son and nephew of the same Francis

      Bowen , namely , Morgan Bowen and Richard Chandler , were severally transported , within the last twelve months , from Presteign . The sister of this Francis Bowen , a remarkably fine woman , was after three days' trial before Mi * . Justice Harding found guilty of forgery , and sentence of death passed upon her , the offence being at that period ( thirty years ago ) capital , and the law being almost invariably allowed to take its fdl effect . She was a respectable farmer ' s wife , living in the parish of Presteign , and great excitement was manifested in the town and neighbourhood at the occurrence . Everything was done in her favour by petition to the Crown for a commutation of the sentence . In the mean time , and before the warrant for the execution came down , the friends of the condemned woman assembled one very windy night , and placing a long ladder at the back of the gaol wall , let down some of the party by a rope

      into the court . These silently removed the large stone steps which led down to the condemned cell where she was confined , and drawing her to the top of the wall , she descended the ladder and got clear off . The rescue occasioned a great sensation , and tiie governor was dismissed from his situation . Time passed on for three years , and nothing waa heard * of the woman thus rescued from the gallows . In the interim the punishment of death fbr the crime of forgery was in some cases abolished , and about the expiration of the period just mentioned , the convict was again taken at Birmingham , and brought back to Presteign . Sentence of death was then commuted into transportation for life , and she was removed to Woolwich and sent out of the kingdom . Peter , brother to Richard Chandler , both being sons of thc above woman , was transported for life from Presteign seventeen years ago . —Cambrian .

      Pocket Picking . —On Saturday List , a gentleman who was proceeding by the half-past four o'clock afternoon train from Glasgow to Ayr , had his pocket picked of £ 410 in bank notes , and a letter of credit for £ 9 . The gentleman , who is traveller for a manufacturing house in Ayr , had collected thc sum , or the greater part of it , in Glasgow during the day , and he is sensible of having liis pocket-book , containing tho money , in his possession immediately before taking out his ticket at the Glasgow station . The traveller , we understand , carried the money in his coatpocket , and it is surmised that he was deprived of it m the crowd while obtaining his ticket . —Glasgow Herald .

      Cruelty to a Child , —Atthe Surrey Sessions , on Monday , Elizabeth Ross , a woman of respectability , and widoiv of a major in the army , was indicted for cruelty to a female child of six years of age . The evidence went to show that the prisoner had taken the child under her care with the view of adopting it as her own . She , however , nearly starved the child ; and on witnesses being examined , she was found " Guilty , " and sentenced to imprisonment for six months . Dublin , April 14 . —Attempted Murder . —A correspondent , writing yesterday from the neighbourhood of Borrisokane , county of Tipperary , says , "With feelings of no ordinary description I have to inform you of a murderous attempt at assassination , which took place in this ill-fated locality on yesterday evening , at about eight o ' clock , on the person of Dr , Hobbs , a most unoffending individual , who was waylaid by three ruffians , on his return from a

      professional call at Mr . Talbot ' s , of Brookneld , accompanied by Mrs . Hobbs , whose heroic conduct , under God , saved the life of her husband , who received four dangerous wounds , and was thrown into a bog-hole . Mrs . Hobbs also received a severe blow on the head , and several others of a less dangerous character ; but having grappled with the bludgeon with which the ruffians attacked her , in the effort to extricate it the horse dashed forward , hy which he lost his hold of her . Mrs . Hobbs then set off towards Borris at full gallop , alarming the people as she passed by her cries foi * assistance , which I conclude caused the assassins to decamp before they their carried purpose into lull effect . On tho arrival of Mrs . Hobbs here Mr . Falconer , of Rodeen , and his sons , went to the place of attack , where they found the poor victim alive , but nearly senseless , after having just crawled out of the bog-hole . The scene of this outrage was the very spot on which Dudley , the bailiff , was shot about 16 months back , and is about half a mile from Rodeen . "

      Robbery at the Brighton Union Bank . — A daring robbery was effected on Saturdary morning at this Bank . Two ladies went into the bank for money , about a quarter to twefve o'clock , and one of them drew £ 200 , and the other about £ 30 . Both left together ; in a few minutes they returned , and stated that their purses were not in their pockets . Accompanied by Mr . Eardley Hall ( one of the partners in the bank ) the parties immediately repaived to the town-hall , and laid the facts before the police . Suspecting the thieves to be from the metropolis , Mr . Chase , the chief officer , started for London by the next train . It appears that a man , whose appearance had excited the suspicion ofthe stationclerk , had driven up in a Brighton fly , and had taken his seat the moment before Mr . Chase made his

      appearance . A few minutes after the departure of the train a second fly drove up to Hassocks-gate station , and the occupant appeared much chagrined at missing the train . Both these parties paid the drivers some shillings more than their fare , which circumstance , combined with that of the men driving from Brighton to the first station on the line , instead of coming the whole distance by the rail , produced a belief that they were thc thieves . It is supposed that the pickpockets either took advantage of the crowd to commit the robberies in the bank itself , or that they noticed where the money was placed , and then following the Ladies into the street , took an early opportunity of * making themselves masters of tlieir purses .

      Suicide at _Devonport . —On Thursday , the 10 th inst ., Mr . John Bowhay , of Brunswick-terrace , Stoke , committed suicide by hanging himself in a washhousc at the foot of his garden , where he went about eight o ' clock in the evening , as was supposed , to feed his rabbits . Mrs . Bowhay was attending divine worship at the time . The deceased , who had no children , for many years carried on an extensive ironmongery trade in Devonport , and having realized a moderate property , retired to Stoke . His mind had been of late in a state of despondency , greatly increased a month since by the accidental loss of several lives alongside a Colstock steam-boat , in which he held shaves . The inquest on Saturday returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      " The Sack " in Reality . —The town of Stratfordon-Avon wos disturbed on Saturday last by a procession of a grotesque character . Two men , almost in a state of nudity , each being covered only by a bag , with holes for the head and arms , and escorted by a policeman , wont through the chief streets , and were finally deposited in the station-house . The two fellows had been lodged the previous night at the receiving-house of the Mendicity Society , and in order to obtain fresh clothes had torn their old ones entirely to shreds ; but they were doomed to disappointment , merely having " the sack" given them as a substitute . On their being brought before the magistrates on Monday , they were sentenced to two months' imprisonment . —Worcester Journal .

      A _Sailing-doat Capsized . —Fatal Accident . —On Monday afternoon , about half-past four o'clock , a small sailing-boat , containing six persons , was proceeding up the river off Lambeth Palace , with the wind blowing almost a hurricane at the time , when a sudden squall blew her right over and immersed the whole of the party in the stream . Two watermen , named Shelton and Kitlcy , belonging to Lambeth-stairs ( with the usual promptitude of tlieir fraternity whenever accidents occur ) , immediately put off in thoir boat , and , with the assistance of others , rescued five of the sufferers and immediatel y conveyed them ashore ; but onc man , who , it is believed , was entangled in the main . shcet , was drowned . His body was picked up about an hour afterwards by a Lambeth dredgerman . The deceased was Mr . Golding , jun ., polisher , of No . 30 , Kingsgate-street , Holborn .

      Inquest . —On Wednesday Mr . Carter held an inquest on the body of Mr . John Henderson Grieve , of Maizmore-square , Peckliam , artist , father of Messrs . Grieve , the scone-painters , who was found lying in the street , and taken to the Lambeth policestation , who , it was supposed , had been intoxicated , but it turned out that he was in an apoplectic fit , and ho died in a short time . It was shown that the deceased was a remarkably abstemious man , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . Melancholy __ and Fatal Accident . —Early on Saturday morning , Mr . Adam Johnston , wine-merchant , St . Andrew ' s-square , left Edinburgh to meet

      a friend near South Queensferry , and to have a day ' s fishing in that neighbourhood . He was returning home on foot in the evening , and had got so near home as opposite Barntou Quarry , when he was overtaken by three gentlemen in a double-seated gig , who invited him to take a drive into the city . This invitation he unhappily accepted , for he had not been long seated when tke horse ran off . Mr . Johnston seems to have determined on detaching himself from the carriage , and in doing so leapt out ; but , in falling , the back of his head came with great violence against the ground , and caused instant death . The other persons were soon after thrown out ; one of them was severely injured in the head , but the other two escaped with only slight bruises . —Edin burgh Advertiser ,

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      ' Dbbadpuii Accror . _'ST from nra _Bursiko op a Bomb-shell .-- MrrEdwafd \ Duval , iron rail mann facturer , No . 102 , Charlton-street , purchased , yester dav , in connection with Mr . Luke , Torboss , j un " about nine tons of bomb-shells , balls , and old iron ' that liad arrived in a sloop from Staten Island . Tliey were taken to the establishment in Charlton-street and one ofthe shells was suspected ofbeing loaded ' Mr . D . took off the cap , and was in the act of drawl iug the powder , when the shell exploded , _inst-art * _, _-, killing Mr . Duval and two other persons , and wound ; ing two or three others , and also killing a horse . The other persons killed were Mr . Aaron Pierce , a boss mason , and Mr . Richard Broderick , brother of Mr B ., corner of King-street . Mr . Pierce had gone to tho

      establishment ot Mr . Duval on business , and wag sitting in hia -waggon talking with hini when the ev plosion took place , lulling both the parties . M __ * Broderick was passing down on the other side of the street at the time when he was struck by pieces ofthe shell and literally torn to pieces . Mr . Tovbo _^ occupied a foundry in the rear of the rail factory and was standing on the side walk at the time ofthe exp losion . He received a severe wound on hfe _ri & hl leg , and his head was somewhat injured . I { e _L : taken , in a carriage , to the house of his father in Liberty-street , and medical aid immediately rendered His wounds are not considered dangerous . Tw _o _^ three other persons-were move or less _injui-ed . _—^ , Y . Esepress .

      Dreadful and Fatal Accident at Drp . Br . - * Nearly six months ago it was our painful duty to record the falling in of a portion of the arch which was then in progress of erection covering the Mi ]] Fleam , in the Morledge _, in this town , and which caused the death of six individuals who were at the time under it ; and we have _again the mournful task of narrating another fatal calamity whicli occurred on Tuesday afternoon , and whicli resulted in thc destruction of two persons , and the injury , to a considerable extent , of two others ; making a fearful loss of lives of eight persons since the commencement of the work . It appears that about three o ' clock Mr . James Sims , the contractor , Edward Sims , his son , and two persons named Harlow , one an _apprentice to Sims , were under the arch , about the middle part , for the

      purpose of striking the centres . They had been engaged in this occupation nearly an hour , when instantly a mass of the arch , somewhere about ten yards in extent , g ave wa y , and buried t h ese p ersons amongst the ruins . The dreadful disaster immediately collected a large number of persons to the spot , and measures were , without loss of time , taken to remove tho pile of rubbish . Several of the borough magistrates and a number of the police were in attendance . After the lapse of an hour the dead body of Sims , dreadfully mutilated , was dragged out , and also the body of his apprentice , Harlow , guite dead . The other two persons mentioned as having been injured , and who saved their lives by being enabled to

      get , though with much difficulty , under the sound part of the arch remaining , were extricated . One of thom , —Edward Sims , was _siightly hurt about the head , * and the other , Harlow—we presume a relative ofthe poor boy who was killed—was a good deal braised about the head and face , though net _sufficiciently so to endanger life . There were , we understand , three other persons under the arch , though not where it fell in , and who were consequently saved . This lamentable affair has caused great consternation in thc town . This dreadful calamity , as may well be supposed , has reduced the unfortunate widow of Mr . Sims to a state ofthe deepest _distress , and we fear also to one of comparative destitution .

      ExTBAORM . _vAin- Case . —A case of a most extraordinary nature has this week been brought to light in the west-end of the town , which almost exceeds belief . I ; appears that on Friday , the 21 st of last month , a woman belonging to Broomlands , who had been indulging in drink , went amissing . After every search had been made , her relatives despaired of ever again seeing her alive , and thc canal was searched on two occasions for the purpose of finding her body . On Monday last , being no less than twenty-four days from her disappearance , some joiners , who were employed in repairing a house at the foot of Maxwcltonstrect , in _Cowieston , were surprised to discover her in an untenanted closet in a most appalling state . Dr . Wilson was immediately sent for , when he found the patient in the last stage of exhaustion , her pulse being almost entirely gone , and her breathing irregular . By cautiously administering restoratives ,

      which she at first had not the power to swallow , she slowly revived sufficiently to be removed to the house of a relative , where , w _^ believe , she is now recovering . How she has subsisted for the twenty-four davs she has been missing , and how she was not discovered by those living in the same land , is a mystery Her own account is that she was unconscious of where she was , but on two occasions she recollects being driven by thirst to go to Cowieston well for a drink of water ; but she knew nothing of the time she had been in the closet . Tho opinion of Dr . Wilson , her medical attendant , is , that she must have gone through a regular course of fever _^ as he could not account for a person iu ordinal *** circumstances _ronnining go long witliout nourishment as she must have done . His opinion also is , from the low state in which he found her , that had she been a day later of being discovered she would have been a corpse . —Renfrewshire _Adver tiser .

      A Wood ox Fire . —On Sunday , about ten o'clock in the forenoon , the inhabitants of Killamarsh . and its vicinity were thrown into a state of groat excitement , by a report being circulated that a wood ealled Norwood was enveloped in flames . It appears that one of the servants of J . Alderson , Esq ., of Gannow House , was on his way to Hartliill church , when he observed smoke ascending from betwixt the branches of some oaks . On approaching the spot , he discovered that the underwood was in flames , whieh were spreading on every hand . An alarm was immediately given to Mv . H . Hoult , of Norwood Locks , on the Chesterfield canal , and by him , with the assistance of a number of boatmen , and the inhabitants who flocked to the spot , the fire was got under , by dearling off a considerable tract of underwood . Upwards of ten acres of splendid oak trees suffered materially from thc fury of the flames . How the mischief originated is , at present , a mystery . —Derby Mercury .

      Agrarian Disturbances in Ireland . —ThcLonaford Journal of Saturday says : — " We regret to state that a spirit of insubordination is displaying itself along the Shannon , between this county and Roscommon , as the season approaches for emploving a large number of hands , on the several works of excavation and clearance of the river from obstructions at Ruskey , Clooneen Cox , Tarmon , & c . Thc chief war in which it has as yet manifested itselt is posting a series of threatening notices , to deter the men from working at less than 10 s . a week , whilst the rate of the country is not over 4 s ., and the contractors arc giving 6 s ., and payment for over hours . " The closing portion ofthe paragraph , which states that the country rate of wages is but 4 s . a week , is certainly calculated to enlist sympathy for the labouring classes , who are subjected to it . Here is one ofthe notices : — " Notice . —Navies , or tramps , as ye are denominatedand

      , country people also , that is working in the Shannon , or bordering in the vicinity of Ruskey , Notice ye and each of you , that's in the work to continue no longer than next Saturday for ono shilling per day , as I am commanded by Miss Molly Maguire to forewarn ye of the under-written danger that will befall any person , or persons , that will go contrary to my wages , that I herewith strike out for ye , that is vs . per week , as itis her pleasure , to adhere to your grievances , and grant the above sum to ye . Any person that works under 9 s ., I will visit him in the course of next week and lodge a brace of balls in his heart , and dislocate him limb from limb without any pitty , or mercy shown to that individual , and pledge ye my word and oath I will fulfil the same with the most rigorous severity , and most courteous reader , believe mc I never told alie . Miss Molly Macuire . N . B . —Your end is Death . "

      Destructive Fibe in Macclesfield . —On Tuesday morning a most disastrous fire broke out in this town , in a large cotton mill , known by the name of the " Bollin Mills , in Brook-street , Sundcrland-street . The mill , which was one of the largest in the town . and built entirely of stone , was in an hour and a half from thc commencement of the fire levelled to the ground . It seems that the fire originated in tne blowing room , on the ground floor , on the north side ; and was caused by the shaft wliich passes through the room being screwed down too tight , and not being properly oiled . From tliat cause thc wood-bearing that supported the shaft caught fire , and communicated with some cotton wool in the room . In a short time after thc alarm had been given thc firemen

      arrived with thc engines , and commenced playing on the north side * tlicy began by battering in the window , while the hands in the upper rooms were battering out the windows on the south side to escape from the five * , thus , tlio north -wind , which was blowing violently , quickly spread the fire throughout the whole extent of the lower room and from thence to the upper rooms , and in half an hour thc fire was at its" greatest height . The effect was indeed awfully grand . There was scarcely any smoke ; but all was one mass of roaring flame , so bright that the eyft could hardly bear it . The heat was so intense as to break thc windows of the houses in the nei g hbourhood . Very fortunately , considering the rapid

      progress of the fire , all the hands escaped without injury , except a . few that were slightly bruised and cut by breaking and jumping through the windows . Had the wind been blowing either from the cast , west , or south , the consequences would have been awtui indeed . It appeared strange , however , that exactly opposite the factory on the south side there was an open space , and the north wind blew the flames into the open space . On every other side the burning building was surrounded with factories and houses . The firemen directed their efforts to stop thebre from extending to the surrounding premises _vbien they succeeded in doing . Thc building and machinery is all insured .

      Committed to York Castle . — George Naylor , charged on the coroner ' s inquisition , held before Thos . Lee , Esq ., on the 15 th inst ., with the manslaughter of Samuel Parkinson , at West _Arpsley .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19041845/page/6/