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VNQ . UKSTS . [ _Dh-Dheadfci . _DraWoTios —By Mr Baker , at the oorlmrld ' _s-end _, _Mife-end Old Town , on Mary Ann _usthstharo , Bgefi ol , who died for want ofthe common _iceseessancs < rf lite . James Easthara . a boy about . 10 amreof *§ e , saidhe was the son of tha deceased _, _teoeconld _neither read nor write . llis _»* w « - ' - _*" _-ensa -dead some years . His mother had , _«* " _™* ue tie death of his father , obtained * _«*> _-ty s , ; l » - * , e , _*^ _^ mating up slop work ; during the last _^ _twelvc"JcmAshrsmother _' _seyes had fade ., in _*« c _™ _ET _' _- _xT'Ikt con < nantapplication to her _*^ j » _V « ie _£ S mtteVe to work any loneer . She Pg _^ _J _W _^ J ff * tf * _uardi-, nSofth- Stepney union _, who , _rihrffdI tax _ii-gti-iruarni _^ ns w in * - o « _--- i " . ' , —•* - ••¦ _^ r She pari W
» _oro si _. _illines per week . . Pf _^ < nfcie he small mom which the jury had ™ _£ | ™ _£ * J _^ i . _ItreW S'eP « cy . During the h _«««™™ " « _W * " * _smtaatfaer and _him-e-f were f «*« _" «*« J « J * ort food or _rnloil _* and ihev suffered mueh from cold and want , Se _woikUouse . hut refused : and » _aid if she was _impelled to enter the _^ Cmon , t _„ wouM b _* ej k l _* r _neacaru The coroner asked the boy if he had _rami-it-i * ¦ _FooFood * _Tlieb-. y replied in the negative-he never had '' notnou < _-h His mother often used to cry over him , avid ¦ egregre ' t that she eouWl not obtain -victuals . His _inotoother quite starved herself , and gave him the best ihahare of the food she obtained . During the Son ** _wirrinter , himself and mother slept <> n the bare b « rds _.
wit-nth nntaine but ait old hearth-rug to cover them _, [ _tlidis mother frequently crouched _npin a corner of the oeTOom , in a _i-hiverins condition , because she could -aouot obtain fuel . They bad not eaten any sort of _itneneat for nine months . Thev considered _tliemselves iwewell provided for if they could ob _' ain an ounce of leoeocoa and one halfpennyworth « f bread per _< day . On SoSunday last they bad oije herring and a halfpenny _, "wworth of bread , which \ n % mother shared witn him . : SlShe always gave him more than she -ate herself . TlTheir principal fare was dry bread and cold water . HHis poor mother had frequently complained of illnes _* diduring the cold weather , and expressed her fears that slshe could not live much longer . On Sunday last he ol observed an alteration in his mother , and thought
si she was dying . He went out for assistance , and ¦ w -when he returned _uis mother was , _^ uite dead , Mr I _Horton , surgeon , stated tbat he was called upon tn a attend the _deceased . lie attributed death to natural c causes , accelerated hy privation ** . The jury returned a a verdict accordingly . Tbe coroner handed to tbe I foreman of the jury half a . _sovereign , and desired 1 him to provide for the wants of the boy . Tne jury s said it was a melancholy case , and followed up the £ generosity of the coroner by a small subscription . Fatal Cab Accidbst . —By Mr Bedford , on Mon-£ day , at St George ' s Hospital , on Hannah Mitchell , a aged 41 . The deceased was a fancy toy dealer , in ] High-street , Knightsbridge , and between 9 and 10 c o ' clock on the night ef Saturday week , tbe deceased v was crossing the _Knightsbridge-read , when she was i run over by one of Hansom ' s patent cabs , and the off
v wheel passed over her chest . She was picked up in : a senseless state and conveyed to tbe above institu-1 tion , where she expired on Thursday last , from suffo-< cation caused by internal hemorrhage . Verdict , * "Accidentaldeath . " Fatal _AccmaNT . —By Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s ] Hospital , on Henry Byers , engine-drive , at Buddie ' s f steam saw mills , Irongate-wbarf , Paddington . On ! Sunday night _deceased had done what is called "blowing the boiler "—that is , blowing the water i ont by the steam into the " stoke hole , " where a well receives it . The other men had departed , and deceased was about to follow them up a ladder , when he fell back into the boiling water . He was dreadfully scalded , and lingered in ereat agony until 6 o ' clock the following morning . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Imtkmperascb . —By Mr _Wakley , at Blue Posts , Tottenham-court-road , on Phoebe Douglas . Deceased , who was excessively addicted to drinking , bad had charge of the house li , Bedford-street , Bedfordsquare , and on Wednesday evening her husband called and rang the bell , but was unable to make any one hear , and concluded she was out . Ou the following day the assistance of a policeman was obtained , and a pane of glass taken ont to open the window , and upon a search being made , deceased was lying dead at the foot of the kitchen stairs , the supposition being , that she had fallen there whilst excessively inbriated . Verdict , "" Death from hard drinking . "
Suicide of a Polish Noblemas . _*—On Saturday before C . C Lewis , Esq ., at the Crooked Billet Woodford , on Mr H . _Pozoanski , a native of Poland , and a nobleman of that country , who committed suicide by shooting himself through the head . From the evidence of tbe father of tbe deceased and otber witnesses , for some time past the deceased had been in a low and desponding state of mind , caused by being reduced frora affluence to dreadful distress . On Sunday morning he left home , and between twelve and one o ' clock on that day the report of a pistol was heard in Epping Forest , between Chigwell and Wcodford- When some persons proceeded to the spot ,
they found the deceased lying npon the ground with blood flowing from his mouth , and by his side a pistol , recently discharged . He was removed to the Crooked Billet , where a surgeon attended , who fousd that deceased had put the pistol into his mouth and fired , the ball passing through the larynx and lodging in the neck . Although so seriously injured , the deceased lingered until Wednesday , when he died . All that wasfouudon his personweretwoduplieates . a halfpenny , a pair of gloves , and a letter , addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart , thanking tbe noble lord for the part he had taken in trying to obtain the regeneration of Poland , which he ( the writer ) despaired of seeing ever carried into effect .
_Focj * d Dbowskd . —On Tuesday before Mr , Carter , at the White Lion , Rotberlu ' the , on tbe body of a man , who was found off the _Uorseferry , in the river , and bad apparently been a ship ' s carpenter . He had not been owned . —Mr . Gardner , the constable , explained to the coroner the new system adopted by the Police Commissioners respecting dead I _odiei . They had given orders to their men , that whenever a body was found , the earliest information should be sent to Scotland-yard . Printed notices were then to be forwarded to all the station-houses within tbe power of the commissioners , and tbe notice posted on tbe out-side , so tbat persons missing a relation wonld have only to go to the station-house , instead ot travelling miles about . —The c oroner said there were two suggestions he would throw out , which would
make this excellent plan complete . It was that tbe parish constable should also send information , and that if parties left a description of a person at the principal office , they would send word back when such a body was found . Relatives would not then die , as they do now by hundreds yearly , without knowing what had become of parents , sisUrs , or friends . After again recommending the new system _, he hoped it would hare the assistance of the press to give it publicity . _DziTn bt Falukg fboh a Tbek . —By Mr Carter _, on Tuesday , at Balham hill , on a lad ten years of age . the son of C . Searle , Esq ., who on the previous Thursday morning last fell from a tree in the schoolplay ground at Balham , and received a concussion of the brain , of which he died the nextday . Verdict , — " Accidental death . "
Thb Late Collision os ing Thames—On Tuesday the adjourned inqnest on the two men found in the schooner Rose , which was sunk by the Victoria steam-ship off Hole Haven , was resumed . The principal witness examined was John Church , a bargeman , of Sheerness , who saw the accident-. He said the schooner was moored in the usual place , and out of danger ; and that the steamer was out of her course , as ships of tbat sire never went so near the land . He said tbat had a proper look-out been kept on board the Victoria tbe collision would be avoided , as he * aw no vessels in the wajr to prevent her going clear ot the schooner . The inquiry was again adjourned .
Fatal Fall from a Window . —Ob Wednesday , by Mr Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on II . Manby , aged 18 , apprentice to Mr Bennett , Upper Berkeleystreet , Portraan-square . On the afternoon of the 17 th ult ., deceased was sent to clean the back attic window at $ 9 , Upper Berkeley-street , and whilst so employed , a small iron balcony , fixed on the outside , on which he was standing , gave way from the brickwork , in consequence of the posts having rotted , and he was precipitated on to a lead flat , a depth o nearly fifty feet . He waa conveyed to the above institution , where he died on Monday from injury to the brain . Verdict , " Accidental death .
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A Boll ix a Cmxi Shop . —As a drover was driving a herd of bullocks up the City-road , towards Islington , the attention of one of the animals was attracted by the red shawl of x lady a short distance in advance of it , and to which it instantly gave chase . The lady fortunately perceived her danger before it became too imminent , and fled precipitately into tbe shop of Mr . Berry , a glass ana chinaman , at the corner of Feathers tone-street , through whieh she ran into the back parlour , and there sank down in a state of exhaustion . The door was instantly closed , [ but only juit in time to save the lady , for the bullock was so close in pursuit of her that it was through the shop and entering the parlour when the door was shut in its face . Afr . Berry , who happened to be behind his counter at the time , in grqgt consternation at the inevitable destruction ofhis fragile
wares , seired the first implement he could lay his hands on , and began to belabour the unwelcome intruder over the head and sides with great vigour ; but , as this course was certain to involve an extensive damage to the crockery , which was strewn about tbe floor in profusion , he desisted , at the vehement _intreaties of the droter , and the animal , glad to escape from such a hearty reception , turned itself round and , apparently _picking its way amongst the plates , pans , and di «» he » , walked back again into the _" _{" _m ** "houtth ( - * fracture of anything . The lady shortly after recovered sufficiently to proceed to her own residence , but the singular intrusion of the bul-\ hTt _^ hf _^ _ff _^ temBai iH tbe neighbourhood , _SSj . _fcff _^ rfl' ™ " 80 rro - "" fed fo r some time after by a mob of persons . « hoin it WM found u i - . _matelynecewry _ to disperse with the _assUtence of the police from the station-house adjoining _.
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LANCASHIRE . Reckless Conduct or an _Ekuinb-SRIVBR . —A few day since , an alarming and very serious accident occurred on the Leeds and Manchester line ol railway from the recklessness of one ofthe engine drivers , Samuel Wragg . The _Tforkshire express train which left Manchester at five o ' clock on Wednesday evening , was an unusually heavy train , the half-yearly general meeting of the company being held that day at Manchester , and by that train a large number of the proprietors resident in the _northern-f . aris of Lancashire and Yorkshire were returning home . Wragg was stationed on the line in charge of tho Mersey engine , to give assistance to heavy trains , and he followed this train , but his
instructions from the management _weref . those _--enerally _i-ivin to all drivers so employed ) on no account to approach a train so as to touch it , and not to render _assistance unless signalled to do so by tbe guard of such train . In that case it would be his duty to follow until a siding presented the opportunity for his _engine to be coupled in front . But in this that was unnecessary , as tbe train was going at 20 miles an h ** ur , and would not require assistance . In del _' ance of the > e instructions , however , this man drove his eueine at an extraordinary speed after the express train , and though he was _sicnalised by Mr . Rees , the clerk ofthe Middleton station , as he passed it , that there was a train a-bead , and to use caution , which _signal he acknowledged in the usual manner , he
never shut off his steam , but dashed on three miles and a half further , and ran into the express train with such violence as to smash three carriages . The collision is reported to have been fearful ; but thongh many passengers received bruises by being thrown from their seats , there was no loss of life oi limb , —a circumstance almost miraculous . The train is said to have contained nearly 300 passengers . The engine-driver , on reaching Rochdale , absconded , but was taken afterwards by a Manchester policeman , and having been brought to Manchester , he was taken before the county magistrates , for examination on a charge of misconduct , under the 13 th section of Lord Seymour ' s Act . In this examination Mr . Rees stated that the prisoner ' s engine waB going at the rate of 60 miles an hour when he passed the station , and the signal of caution was displayed ,
which the prisouer acknowledged by the usual return signal . —Thomas Carigan ,- stoker on tbe prisoner ' s engine , was examined , and admitted tbat tbe _signal referred to was seen and acknowledged by the prisoner , and he admitted tbat the speed they bad on at the time was nit attempted to be diminished either by shutting off tbe steam or reversing tbe engine until they were within 400 yards of the express train , though they had seen the train when it was three-quarters of a mile ahead of them . —Mr Hall , tbe company ' s superintendent conducted the prosecution , and urged that the utmost punishment should be inflicted in a case where the neglect and disobedience of orders were so gross as in this case ; and the magistrates committed him to two months' hard labour—that being tbe limit under the act which provides for the offence .
CoSSPIRACT AMONGST WoBKUKN . — McRDEROCB Assault —At the Borough Court , at Manchester , last week , two sawyers ( brothers ) , James and Joseph Jones ( > were charged by Superintendent Leary , with committing a most brutal and murderous assault on a man named Greenwood , also a sawyer , who at present lies so dangerously ill in consequence , that little or no hopes are entertained of his recovery . The whole of the parties are in the service of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company , as sawyers , the injured mart Greenwood being their foreman ; and from some cause or other not stated , Greenwood appeared to bare incurred tho dislike of the whole of the sawyers acting under him . On Thursday week , Mr . Badge , the company ' s principal superintendent _.
received a letter or " round robin" from the whole of the sawyers in the company ' s service , complaining of the tyrannical conduct of Greenwood . On Friday , before any notice had beea taken of this letter , Greenwood , whilst returning home at about half-patt six o ' clock , was felled to the earth by some person from behind him , by a terrific blow on the head , which completely knocked him senseless , and will , it is feared , be the means ofhis death . Superintendent Leary said that Greenwood , whom he had seen that moraine , was in a highly dangerous condition , and it might be weeks before be was able to appear in court . He stated , however , to him ( Leary ) that he was attacked immediately after passing the gable end of a house , where be saw the two Jones ' s standing ;
thathe was felled to the ground , and rendered insensible by several blows on the head ; and that some person came to his assistance , and helped him into bis house . Mr . Leary produced two surgeons' certificates , which stated that the greatest danger was to be apprehended , and that the effects of the blows were more of an internal tban an external character , and consequently more danger was to be apprehended . Mr Maude asked if any motive could be assigned for the commission of such an assault . Superintendent Leary said he had a letter in his possession which he bad received from Mr . Badge ( tho round-robin above-mentioned ) , who , unfortunately , was not able to be present ; and that , although he believed it would explain the animus of the sawyersyet could
, not be received as evidence . Mr Maude : " Certainly not . A man who went to the assistance of Greenwood produced two hats , which he found lying near the unfortunate man—one of them , it is presumed , belonging to one of his assailants , and the other , which wa 3 cut to pieces by the force of the blows , being bis own . Mr . Leary had hopes that Greenwood would be able to speak to having seen this bat before . The policeman also found in a garden close to the scene of assault , a large beater made of African oak , and used by sawyers to drive wedges . It could be shown to be the property of the prisoner , James Jones . Mr Bent , for the prisoners ,
maintained that , nothing bad been proved to implicate them , and they ought not to be detained ; but Mr Maude said there was tbe suspicious fact that they were the last persons Greenwood passed just before he was knocked down . Other suspicions attached to them , which Greenwood's evidence might clear up" , but on so serious a charge—a charge that might turn out to be murder—he felt he was bound to detain them . The prisoners were remanded , in the hope that Greenwood may be able to appear . Mr C . J . S . Walker afterwards accompanied Superintendent Leary to _G-te * nwood ' a house , to take his deposition in writing .
ExTRAOBDiNAnr Affair . —In Liverpool last week , a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Marybone , made an application to Mr Rushton for assistance , under the following circumstances : —A few daysago , some tenants lelt a house in Addison-street , Marybone , and an Irish family took possession . There had previously been some deaths by fever in the place , and now there were tbe bodies of two children who had died from fever in the house , and the mother was also ill . An order had been got for the removal and interment of the bodies , but she positively refused to allow the bodies to be removed . Tbe applicant wished to know what could be done , and asked for the assistance of tbe police , as he was afraid the contagion might spread . Mr Rushton sent for Superintendent Towereon , and stated the circumstances to him , giving him direction to go to tbe Roman Catholic priest of tbe district , and get him to use his influence in reconciling the parents to the removal of the bodies . The bodies were ta be
placed in comns in presence ofthe surgeon of the district and removed . Romantic Advektcee op a Child . —John Duncan , the son ofa respectable working man in Liverpool , having been in Scotland for a few weeks last summer , with his mother and thereat ofhis family , contracted a strong attachment for the locality and the friends with whom he resided . Upon his return home he frequently requested his parents to consent te his return , and latterly became so importunate tbat he had to be chastised in order to drive the notion from his mind of going to Scotland . Within the last few weeks , unknown to his family , he had accumulated a email stock of bread and money , and on Monday last he might have been Been with two companions directing their course towards the Clarence Dock , inquiring , in the language of our hero , for the " Stot-land boat . " On their arrival at the place of embarkation all the glowing pictures ofthe land of
cakes failed to induce his less courageous companions to go on board , but undaunted , went alone , without companion or guardian , a child seven years of age , with the _Commodste , bound for Glasgow and Greenock . From the last-mentioned port he had a further sea voyage to perform of twenty miles . In a lonely mountainous district in the island of Bute , upwards of 250 mites from the gas-lighted streets of his native Liverpool , our little voyager in the grey of evening approached the object of all bis longings , a small farmhouse , the inmates of which were gathering round the cheerful fireside , when a knock was heard at the door . When opened , they found to their astonishment their little Saxon favourite of the previous summer , cold , wearied , and hungry ; he received a truly Highland welcome , and soon forgot the toils and dangers of his perilous journey . He breakfasted on the banks of tbe Mersey on Monday morning , and on Tuesday night he slumbered inthe land ofthe Celt . Such is the romance of
steam . TORUHIRE . Thi _Lamskiablk Explosion at Barhslkt . —The funeral procession of tbe unfortunate sufferers was nearly a mile in length . Some were carried in the usual way , followed by their relatives and members of the different lodges to which they belonged . Others were conveyed on a dray , to the burial grounds at St . Mary ' s , Barnsley . The number there interred was about _forty-four . Two ofthe graves were made to held about eighteen bodies each . There were likewise two small graves , for the remaining eight . The other bodies were conveyed to the church yard at Ardsley , _"Worsbro * _. Darton , and _Tankirsley . Previously tothe mournful procession setting out , the whole of the shops in the town were closed , and thousands of people continued to pour into the town during tbe day , the majority of -whom were miners
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from t _' ae neighbour _^;* collieries , and from Lanca - shire and Derbyshire . The principal streets through whioh the funeral procession passed were literally wedged , so much so that many persons were much injured hy being trampled upon . Every window was filled by the respectable portion of the inhabitants , and never was such a tragic scene before exhibited r Barnsley . Tbe cheeks of many who were in no way related to the unfortunate deceased _jverc wet with tears . During the procession and burial a dumb peal was rung , and added to the solemnity of the scene . As a striking proof of the desolation
which this fearful occurrence has occasioned , we may mention tbat in a row of eight houses , near the colliery , seven wives have been made widows hy tho fatal event . The proprietors of the colliery have spared no exertion in giving every assistance which the melancholy event rendered possible , nnd bave done all they could to comfort and console the widows and children of the deceased , and defrayed the expenses ofthe coffins and interments . Sermons in reference to the awful occasion were preached in Leeds on Sunday last to crowded congregations ; and , we believe , the subscriptions after the services were considerable . Subscriptions are also afloat in the
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STAFFORDSHIRE . Thk Late Explosion at _Wbst Bromwich—An inquest has been held on thc bodies of the unfortunate persons who lost their lives by this acoident . Some witnesses inclined to the opinion that the mischief was caused by an inefficient supply of water to the boiler , whilst others intimated that it might have been the result of a defective working of the "buoy lever , " which would cause a fallacious indication of the quantity of liquid in the boiler , and thus deceive the engineer . A witness swore he had known the boiler left with a depth of water not exceeding three feet six inches ; but snme of the jury expressed an opinion that such an amount of water was sufficient . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Property to the amount of £ 1000 has been destroyed , and upwards of ninety individuals have been thrown out of employment .
_BEDFORDSHIRE _PoisoTswo . —An inquest was concluded last Satur day , at the General Infirmary , Pedford , on Sarah Adams , touching the cause of her death . It appeared she had been in the service of G . Sharp , Esq ., of St . Peter ' s , but heing taken alarmingly ill , was removed to the institution above stated , when it was discovered that she was labouring under the effects of an irritant poison . The poor girl died on Tuesday morning . It was shown that the deceased was five months cone in the family way , and that she
had previously borne a child , a young man named Howard , an ironmonger , of Bedford , being the father ; that tbe deceased had applied to one Newman , who had , with the view of procuring abortion , caused her to take , in gin , a large dose of cantharides ; and that Howard had requested Newman to set the girl to rights , and he would be a friend to him . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Charles Newman , " and he _wai fully committed for trial . The deceased was a fine young woman , only 22 years of age .
_nuRRSHins . Curious _Circcusta-ncb . —On Monday morning , a vixen fox was found dead on the line of the Didcot and Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway at Radley , her head had been partially cut off by a side blow from a passing train . The tribe of Reynard are generally wide awake upon matters of self preservation , and this casualty can only be accounted for by the circumstance that close to the line was a flock of ewes and lambs , and that the iox had cautisusly stole across the line towards the fold , for the purpose of seizing a lambkin for her cubs—wliich it was evident she _pocsessed—but that , hearing the train , she retraced her steps , and was unable , or too much terrified , to escape the the wheels .
WINDSOR . Accident at Windsor _Castlr . — A very serious accident occurred on Tuesday morning to a person named Rosamon , in the employ of Mr . Bate , carpenter and joiner to her Majesty . A t seven o ' clock , a private in the lst battalion of the Scots' Fusilier Guards , on sentry on the eastern terrace of the castle , overlooking the private gardens , heard the groans of a person in a state of great pain and distress ; but fearing to leave his post ( the articles of war , had he done so , subjecting him to a severe pnmshmei-t ) , he called out moBt lustily for assistance . It was not . however , until nearly " two hours had elapsed that any person came within hail of the soldier ! He then saw one of Mr . Bate ' s workmen
( several hands being employed in the Red Drawingroom ) , and having inquired if any of the men were missing , the whole of the workmen were called over , when one , named Rosamon , was found to be absent . A search was then made , when the poor fellow was discovered under the walls of the castle , apparently in the _aconies of death . Medical aid was immediately called in , his skull was dreadfully fractured , and he bad received otber injuries . The workmen engaged in the Red Drawing-room bad to enter the apartment from the outside by means ofa ladder , and thence along a plank communicating with the window : and it is supposed that the man , from tbe slippery state of the plank , in consequence of the frost , fell on to the terrace below , a distance of between 20 and 30 feet .
BEADING . Melancholt Result op Early Misconduct , —A young man . son to Mr . Smith , clerk to the magistrates at Bridgenorth , bas been sentenced to ten years' transportation at Reading assizes , for having cut the throat ofa young woman with whom ho had cohabited . The prosecutrix , Jane Morris , is a _handsome girl , tbe daughter oi a journeyman glazier of Bridgenorth . A connexion commenced between the parties about four years ago , in consequence of which Miss Morris became a mother . The prisoner left Bridgenorth and went to reside at Bury , whither the prosecutrix followed him . Ho took apartments in Manchester , arid the cohabitation was resumed . For some timo he supported her , but at
length abandoned her entirely , leaving her destitute _. She endured many privations , and , it appears , had a miscarriage . Meanwhile the prisoner left Bury and went to Reading , where be bad received an appointment in the tax-office . A gentleman who was acquainted with the prisoner , told the unfortunate girl where he __ was , and lurnished her with means to proceed to him . It appears that he had Buffered her to call herself Mrs Smith , and in that name she now took lodgings in Reading . He visited her aa his wife , and again cohabited with her for a few days , spending the night previous to the day in question at her lodgings . On the erening of the 20 th of January she called at his lodgings . She was extremely weak , but nevertheless he was very
anxious that she should leave the house , and repeatedly commanded her to do so . She was still suffering from the consequences of her recent mishap , and complained of faintness . He gave her a glass of water . She said bo ought , knowing her weak state , to have ordered her a cup of coffee . He told her that water was good enough for her , and again commanded her to go . She said she would go shortly . He rested her hand on his arm for awhile , and at length got up , took a razor , seised her wrist , threw her back against the table , and inflicted a deep wound on her neck , repeating the blow when he heard her scream . She fell to the floor , he rang thc bell , and on the lodging-house
keeper and his wife entering the room , told them that she had cut her throat . A surgeon wa « sent for , the blood was stanched , and the poor girl recovered her speech . On being interrogated shedeclared that the wounds had been inflicted by Smith , and every circumstance tended to confirm thh * view of the ease . The prisoner was taken before the magistrates , but they chose to believe tbe representations of the prisoner , and he was _discharged . A subscription was , however , entered into to enable the girl to prosecute , and the case came before » jury at Reading assizes , when the guilt of the prisoner was completely established , and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation .
KENT . , _Thx Gang op Cobs Stkalbkb . —At tho Rochester Quarter . Sessions , Mathew Burgess and Charles Smith , two of the men implicated in the extensive robberies which have been recently committed in various parte of the Western division of tbis county , were broueht to trial , together with Robert Jenkins , charged with being an accessory after the fact . The trial occupied the greater part of the day . Barns and granaries around the neighbourhood of Rochester had recently been robbed to a considerable extent , access to which bad been obtained by means of
skeleton keys , twenty-four of which were found in the possession of one of the prisoners , and an inquiry beiner set on foot it was found that small quantities of corn had at various times been sold to Charlton , a corn factor , at Strood , by Gilbert , who has absconded . The case was clearly proved against the prisoners Smith and Burgess , and they were sentenced to seven years' transportation . Jenkins , through whose instrumentality the principal offender , Gilbert , has for the present escaped , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour .
DOVER . Shipwreck . — On Friday morning , ahout halfpast three the coast guardsman onduty inthe vicinity of Abbott ' _s-cliff tunnel observed a vessel ashore on the rocks Bear Lydden Spout-station . Ho instantly fired his pistol , and the chief boatmen with four other preventive men , were soon on the spot . Though a heavy sea was running at the time , and no part of the vessel ' s hull could be disc erned , yet a galley was promptly launched , in which the five men entered , and at the most imminent hazard of their
lives they pulled for the wreck , which was reached in safety , and proved to be the brig Henry and Sarah , of and from Swansea , lor Newcastle , laden with iron . The hull of tho brig was entirely under water , the sea breaking about half-way up her masts , and the crew , consisting of the captain , five men ! and a boy , were in the rigging to which one of the * seamen had most humanely lashed the boy , to prevent his being washed from the wreck . The brave efforts of the Coast Guard were sneedily directed to the rescuing of the unfortunate mariners from their most perilous situation , and their noh . ' e
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exertions were ultimately crowned with signal success—the whole of the crew being safely taken from the rigging , and placed in the galley , which effected a safe return to tbe beach , when no time was lost in removing the shipwrecked seamen to the Lydden Spout-station , where every care and attention that circumstances demanded were assiduously bestowed ; and as the crew were unable to rescue any of their effects , we understand that they will remain at the station until necessary provisions have been made for their removal .
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MBRTHTB . _Murdbb . —On the night of Monday week a dreadful murder was perpetrated at Merthyr , on the body of a young man about eighteen or twenty years of age . The person charged with tho offence is a man well known in the Criminal Courts of this county ; he resides in the infamous locality called China or _Pontstorehouse , and is well known by tho cognomen of the " Emperor of China . " In fact , the fellow has long been the terror of the peaceably disposed inhabitants residing near that part of Merthyr , and is the greatest enemy of the police . Full particulars have not reached us , but we understand that the inquest on the body has been adjourned .
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RIOTS IN ROSS-SHIRE . On Tuesday week a number of gentlemen ofthe county , including the sheriff , fiscal , iie , were seen diving into Invergordon ; shortly after a strange steamer was seen sailing up the Frith , when it turned out that she had on board 100 soldiers . Tbe object of this was to effect a shipment of corn ; but the mob began to assemble as soon as it was understood what was to be done , and in a very short time thousands of people were _parading the streets with large bludgeons . It being reported to tbe crowd that a neighbouring farmer was coming with corn , away thev ran like liclitnin ? and turned the horses . The
soldiers and authorities followed , and did not overtake tho mob till they reached Roskeen . There they captured some of the mob . They then took down _thecarts again , surrounded by the soldiers , and shipped the corn . The mob , bowever , watched tl . * carts _going home , and took the horses out , broke the carts , and sent them into the sea . By this time it was dark , and tho crowd was increasing every hour . The soldiers were quartered in a house abnut 50 yards on tbe east side ofthe Inn ; the authorities were in the Inn , and tho mob were west about the house , deliberating what they were to do next , when one of the ringleaders got up and made a speech to the people proposing that they should go east to the Inn in a body and demand the prisoners , and accordingly they
went . When thev reached it , none of the gentlemen would come out to speak to them . They then smashed in the windows with stones , and took a pole and battered in the door ; but the door opened so suddenly , that a number of the mob rushed in with force , and they were surrounded in an instant and made prisoners of . At the same time the soldiers came rushing west , with an officer at tbeir head , crying " charge ! " and that dispersed the mob in an instant . At that time some additional prisoners were taken . That finished the night's work . On Wednesday ra ming the crowd was greater than ever , and as much bent on mischief . Tbey were here from all the surrounding parishes . For a long timo there seemed tobe nothing doing among the
authorities ; but towards the afternoon word wai sent to tho mob that two of Mr Sim ' s carts were approaching the village with some empty bags to assist in shipping the wheat which was lying in a large granary . This was _enoui-h for the folk . Away they went , and before you could say Jack Robinson the carts were smashed , and , together with the bags , were thrown into the sea . The Boldiers , though a little too late , were soon in pursuit . The Riot Act was read , and Sheriff Taylor said that they had borne with the rioters for a whole day inthe hone that theywould become obedient , but that now they might prepare for the worst . The . red coats then
marched east ( always accompanied by tbe crowd ) to escort all the Calrossie carts to Invergordon . They w ere about thirty carts in all , with trace-horses . They put the carts two abreast , and marched tbem west , lined with soldiers , having screwed bayonets on each side . Thoy were preceded and followed by an immense mob , who were howling , yelling , < to . They marched west as far as the Post-office , and there turned down to the pier . When the cavalcade hid got about half way down , some one in the crowd threw a stone . Immediately the soldiers wheeled round , _leveled tbeir bayonets , and _charseil _. on which the mob dispersed . The troops then marched down the carts and shipped the grain .
According to ihe accounts of the Ross-shire Ad vertiser of Friday last peace was restored through out the county .
_LANABKSIIIRS . Glasgow . —Thb Dead Alive . —About eight or ten weeks ago , a suicide was committed by a female in the water above _Hutchesontown-bridge . The body was recovered a few days afterwards , near Govnn . The wife of a dyer , residing in Hutchcsontown . but who was separated from her husband some years ago , disappeared about the same time , and the body , when _discovered , answered the description of the dyer ' s wife so well , that ho _immediately applied to a friendly society , of which he is a member , and ob .
tained the society's allowance ( £ i ) to bury his sup . posed wife , which he did with every due solemnity . On Monday last , while _sitting comfortably at his dinner , wbo bounced in upon him but his own identical spouse whom he buried , as he supposed , _eit'ht weeks ago . It appears , that instead of throwing herself jnto the Clyde , as was supposed , she _repairsa to a neighbouring town , where she remained until the date of her reappearance . The unfortunat * husband sorely laments his loss , as he must now refund tbe £ i which he obtained to bury her .
AYRSHIRE . Atb . —A food riot took place on Thursday , but the / tow passed off with the burning of an effigy , and the demolition of some shop windows .
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HORRORS OF THE FAMINE . The following letter , which has besn published in Cork , gives , doubtless , a faithful picture ofthe propress of famine in the quarter whence it bears date , The plague , it is but too plain , has not yet been stayed . Bantry , March 1 . Sir , —Destitution , disease , and mortality are progressing in a fearful ratio . In the week before last thero were seventy deaths in the workhouse , the number of inmates being but 603 . Tbis mortality la partly to be accounted for by the over-crowded state ofthe _htspital wards , but principally by the fact that no one enters tbe woTkhouBe until he is nearly dead from starvation . In
a grave-yard adjoining Ihe town was witnessed this day the appalling spectacle of 198 coffins in one pit , all deposited within a few weeks . As coffins cannot he purchased for all the dead , the relief committee have pro . _vlded three coffins , and hired a horse and car with two attendants to convey tbe corpses of the poor to their rest . ing place , where they are laid _sbroudless and _coffinlessno mourner following their remains . I saw three of those who were buried in this manner , in the miserable hovel where they died . Ou ons litter of straw lay tho father , on the other tlie son , the limbs not straitened , their eyes unclosed , their hands chwped , Mid their life _, less forms crouching' In the attitude in which they had died three days before .
Our social condition Is completely disorganised ; every one ' s occupation is gone—weavers , tailors , shoemakers , carpenters , masons , fishermen , dancing . _masters and school-masters , are all either employed , or loe-King for employment on the public roads ; most of tbe dressmakers are reduced to the greatest poverty , and bave dismissed tbeir apprentices . On 8 brove Tuesday , for . merly famed for the number of weddings , I saw but one couple coming to town , while I , as secretary of the relirf committee , wns beset with hundreds of women young
nnd old , all looking for employment on the road * . ' Do Sir , put mc down on the lists , all my _goorsons are too young to work ; '' I ' m a poor wldow , _' chimed in another , ' and I have neither man nor boy to work for me , none but little girls . ' A crowd of importunate petitioners for relief throng thc doors of my lodging from morning till late at night . 1 cannet pay a sick visit without being followed to the door and _frcqusntly into the house , by poor wretches , all clamouring together . I am , Sir , your faithful servant , Alsxakdbb _Hallowbll _, Curate of Bantry .
In passing through the country from Cork to Dublin , tho prospect is melancholy and depressing . In the counties of Cork , Tipperary , and Kilkenny , the fields are desolate , with little of farming or agriculture . The only appearance of activity or employment ib where the labourers are engaged in large numbers on the roads , which are in many cases in a dangerous state . The dead carcases of donkeys and horses met at intervals along the road , and the wan and sickly appearance of the ill-clad and wretched multitudes who throng the towns nnd villages , and congregate about the coach to shriek their miseries into the ears of the passeneers , too plainly testify of extreme want and suffering . POOR U . KLIKF BILL . _—SHOCKIKO C 0 HDCCI OF
LANDLORDS , Tho grand juries continue toenmstrate and petition against _out-door relief . Io reference to the New Poor Relief Bill , thc grand jury of the Queen County have passed ( amongst others *) the following _™ _WeconslVeTtthe valuation of Ireland being £ 13 , 000 , 000 per annum , and its paupers £ 1 , 600 , 000 ) tbat the whole landed property of the country is inadequate to _lusttin its poverty to the proposed extent . That the demoralization and degradation of tho working-class , under the system of out-door relief in this country , would be ai certain as the confiscation Of property would be inevitable _. That the proposed measure would not correct the presents want ot common interest aud consequent co-opera-
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tion iu all classes of land occupiers in Ireland , so essential to the well working « f a poor-law . That the extension of the area of taxation from electoral to union limits would tend to make both landlord and tenant reckless of improvement , by imposing on the wellmanaged estate or form the burden of supporting the general _paiiperium ofa wide district . A meeting of the merchants , clergy , _andmagiitrates of Waterford was held on Thursday , to adopt measures for checking fever , and other diseases , caused bv the great _increase of poor from the country , when Mr J . W . Strangman ( a member of the society ) was of opinion that the increase was altogether from the country districts , in which famine , and as a matter of natural consequence , fever was increasing with awful rapidity . He had a fetter
from the secretary ofthe relief committee ( If Dungarvan , and be says that the country people are swarming in thero in large numbers . This was the case with regard to Waterford ; 'hev were crowding into it from aU localities , from which they were driven by hunger , and what was still worse was , that on some estates the agent-were actually giving the poor miserable creatures five pound- * _eat-h for tearing down , burning , or otherwise destroying their cabins , and thus sending them in droves into the towns and cities , and with them came fever and pestilence also . It therefore was their bounden duty to take some precautionary steps to prevent the city from being inundated with those peasant paupers . A resolution was adopted to the effect , that they apply to the Lord Lieutenant to bave a board ol health
established in tho citv . _Emiobaiion . —From every county in Ireland there is a perfect stream of emigrants tothe shipping ports , for America . A journal published in MuUinearon the great highway' / rom _thetrans-Shannonite counties , Leitrim and Roscommon , and a |« o from Longford and portions ofCavan , as well aa Westmeathstates , that the progress of _emigration is perpetual ; and adds , what is lamentable for this country , though it most prove advantageous to the colonists , as well as to the colonies .
_OOXTIVATIO'V OP THE LAVD . The intelligence received with respect to the continued neglect of tillage , and the apathy and despair ¦ jybioh appear to have cramped all the energies of the peasantry , shows no symptoms of amendment . The Tipperary Vindicator thus gloomily refers to the subject : — We have seen statements relative to the distant parts of the country , particularly CoTiitemnra , _Carrirk-on - Shannon , Longford , and other places , ofthe most fright _, ful character . Those places are not only , in a great measure , wholly neglected with respect to tillage ; but all who possess the means are daily abandoning thero , and flying to other countries . Our own fertile county
is not without its grievous afflictions ; in several districts the smaller farmers are offering their little holdings for sale , endeavouring to raise a sufficiency to enable thein to _emigrate . Tbe chapel gates in many parishes are posted eacb Sunday with notices from persons desirous of disposing of their small farms , and of quitting them on any terms , that may be offered . Whilst this is the cake the land is idle ; no effort is mads to prepare it for the spring crops—the landlords , in the majority of cases , either will notor cannot interfere Undoubtedly doubt and confusion prevail , sickness is destroyingthousands , whilst the survivors are redueed to a con . dltion which those who do not see them can scarcely credit .
The Waterford Chronicle speaks iu a similarly desponding strain : — There is a universal break up In Ireland this season-. All rural persons who have no great prospect here are selling their small places and farms , and quitting the country , These small possessions are at once _engulphed into lnrge farms . Never was there such a number of sharks of the _lond . buying class as at present . It is a sad thing that it is the poor man who was comparatively comfortable that is forced to emigrate . Hit field remains unsown , and he has no hope from government ; he must
go out , for he can pay no rent . The famine gives him an unmistakable notice to quit ; he sells his bit of ground , and , with the money received for it , intends to emigrate . Wben this class is totally reduced , and Ire . land left to the 'quire , the obsequious Huge farmer , and the fugitive labourer who has no home , will she he better ? No , indeed , hut quite tbe contrary : sbe will be " a prey to hastening ills , " and to a dreadful downfall . The CorJfe Estamintr draws a still more gloomy picture—if that were possible—of the prospects of the future ;—
From the melancholy accounts which we receive , day after day , from gentlemen of undoubted accuracy and intelligence , ofthe general neglect of thi ? propitlousseason for the cultivation ofthe land—ofthe extensive tracts of country that are still untouched by plough , spade , or harrow—of the stupid apathy and sullen despair that seem io hang , like a dark cloud , over the minds of all _elapses—landlords , middle-men , and farmers—we are reluctantly compelled to believe that the present season of calamity is but the precursor of one more terrible , more appalling , more destructive to human life . No later than yesterday we were informed by two gentlemen—one from the east , the other from the west , of this county— that throughout extensive districts through whieh they have just passed there was scarce a trace of cultivation
observable ; and that where a plough was , in any other year , to be seen on every farm , there is not more than one now in a whole district . Thtre is , to be sure , a kind of dismal , ruinous activity In _road-maklue , but on the land , in which lies the hope or the _dtspair of Ireland , there are utter idleness aud inactwtty . It is readily admitted that in the immediate neighbourhood of the towns there is something like the activity and preparations of former years ; that wheat has beeu sown , and that potatoes , oats , and barley are now being planted and sown . It Is also certain that on some estates the utmost energy is observable : but it is unfortunately true tbat tbe smali
farmers , with very few exceptions , are neglecting their usual occupations , and that the same apathy and apparently r _.-ckless indifference to tbe future characterise the once " strong farmer , " and in too many instances the proprietor . So tbat , taking all tbe accounts that have reached us into calculaiion , and limiting our statement for the present to this county of Cork , our opinion is , that not more than one-half—if so great a proportion—ofthe land usually laid down in tillage , is in progress of cultivation for the coming harvest . And if our calculation ba unfortunately true , as we sincerely hops It may n » t be , there could scarcely be any announcement so full of horror—nay , of despair .
Falling off ou thb Export Traoe . —There is a great falling off in the export ot cattle and pigs from Cork . During the last two months the pigs exported were 10 , 000 in number less than those exported in the corresponding period of last year . The export dealers are eiving up the trade _altogether , or at least some of them . One firm has sent out a partner to New York to engage the import trade from that country .
TnB REPEAL _JUOOL 1 _* .. On Monday Conciliation Hall presented its ( now ) usual forlorn and deserted aspect ; tho galleries without an occupant , the pit department with abundance of standing room for additional visitors , the committee-men ' s bt nch vacant , and only a very few reporters to describe the sad and ruinous condition into whieh the once imposing and busy repeal parliament of ' ¦ old" Ireland has fallen . Mr Dunn then read a letter from tke honourable member for Kilkenny , in which he states that his father ' s medical advisers had desired bim at once to proceed to the south of Europe . The rent for the week amounted to £ 2 ? 4 s . 9 d .
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DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS . Batibrska— One of the most extensive tires that has occurred in the county of Surrey for a considerable period , broke out on Sunday morning , _between the hours of one and two , upon the range of premises belonging to Mr . John Rethell , patent naphtha distiller , situate in Battersea-fields , about midway of the Red Ilouse Tavern and Nine Elms . The property destroyed formed a continuous line of buildings , extending from the waterside nearly 100 yards back , and were adjoined by tho timber-yard and stores belonging to Afr . W . Robing . Tho _Battersea dock separated the buildiugs from those in the tenure of Messrs . Pass and Sons , _litueburm rs ; but , unfortunately , even that large space proved of no service in stopping the wo < _-k of destruction . The outbreak took place in a small building used for manufacturing tar . One of tbe workmen who had beon left in care
of the premises , was drawing off a quantity of that inflammable juice , when , from some unexplained cause , the same became ignited . The man instantly made an attempt to smother the flames ; but , owinir to tho immense quantity of tar in the buildine , he was unabled , and the fire travelled in three directions at once , extending along the ground , and setting in flames numerous barrels filled with naphtha and other equally inflammable articles , whence the conflagration entered the engine-house , saw mills , and rectifying department . It is computed that in the brief space of ten minutes or a quarter of an hour there were at least 10 , 000 gallons of naphtha , pitch , and tar burning with the greatest vehemence . With all expedition four of the London establishment _enginesarrived . By tbat period , the whole of the _buildinus before spoken of were completely enveloped in flames , and as the casks and cisterns containing tho spirits burst , the __ fire ran in immense sheets along the ound
gr , and ignited everything that stopped its progress . Two barges lying at the waterside and three vessels in the dock , as well as a pile of 14 , 000 railway sleepers , standing in Bethell _' s yard , were fired at the " -arae moment , and shortly aftewards a large store , tho property of Messrs . Pass , on the opposite side of the dock , ard tho timber in Mr . Robins ' _a yard , also fell a prey to the fury of the fire . The engines m ere all got ready for work , but unfortunately a deal of timo was lost in getting a supply of water to attack the flames , and it was not until roadways were formed , and the engines draughted down the banks , and taken to low water mark , that a drop of water could be obtained . By three o ' clock there could not have heen less than three or four hundred yards of property biasing away , and as the water was thrown from tho engines the flumes rose as high and were drifted by the wind half way over the river Thames . _Thcseeno as viewed from Ihe opposite shore was awfully grand ; the roar of the
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fire was like numerous furnaces inlui «] a 7 _ThTr _^ _fnfoTth _^^ deafening The _«!^ , l _^* " !? -ff »» posts until they were driven back ' In tho J he , r heat . The engines were kept in full oJrL _^ past 0 o ' clock , when it _bS _lppffi & 'lt firemen had obtained the mastery Tverthe i 1- m _^ but they were far from being _entire _^ _exM _ni _2 _!^ At that time Mr . Bethell ' s _enSS _e " _^ _?; stroyed , the extensive building _ASW _^ A and its valuable machinery were consumed , the rec tifying house and all it contained were burned _« ui the whole of the 14 . 000 sleepers reduced to ashes the latter property was of great value , each sleeDer it is stated was worth 5 s . 8 d . Mr . Robins the tim ber mercHant , and Messrs . Pass , together with sun dry other _persons in the neighbourhood , will hi
serious losers by tlio calamity . Mr . Bethell ' s mana . ger informed our reporter that his emtiloyer ' _s ln _« alone would be between £ 10 . 000 and £ 1 2 000 Mr Bcthell was uninsured . Throughout the ' whole ef Sunday immense volumes of smoke kept ascendinir from the smouldering ruins , and at noon the eneiuel were still _engaised discharging water upon tho same An engine will be Kept on the spot for some time vet incase of another outbreak . Mr . Superintendent Bicfcnell , Inspector Creed , and Serjeant _Emrnersott were alternately em-aged the whole of the night and day in keeping , with the aid of a strong muster of police constables , the immense crowd out of danger During the raging of the fire the several bridges were crowded , and numerous boats were _enBawA
conveying people on the water to obtain a view of th < j conflagration , fhe metropolitan churches and the abbey were completely illumined , and the streets for miles round , were rendered as light as as noon-day . Anjnvestigation was gone into on Monday , to ascertain , if possible , by what means the fire occurred _, the inquiry failed to threw any additional light a * to how the calamity originated . The watchman in whose charge the premises were left of a night , and whose duty it was to look after tho furnaces on the works , stated , that whilst the tar was running out of one ofthe boilers in the tar-house , ' he left the place , for a few seconds , aBd on bis return found that a considerable quantity had become ignited . He positively affirmed that neither lamp nor candle had been * taken near the utensil into which the tar was
running . Whon the outbreak commenced he tried all he possibly could to prevent the flames from extend * ing , and kept at his post until he became almost encircled in flame , when , in order to save his life , ho was compelled to rush out ofthe place , and run to a distant part of the premises , for the fire extended so rapidly , thai in a few seconds several square yard * of ground in the vicinity ofthe still-house were covered with burning tar and pitch . Notwithstanding that the firemen exerted themselves to the very utmost , the fire was not wholly extinguished until Moa *
uay atternoon , when the engine ihat had been kept on the spot during the night was at length sent heme . Ine exact amount of property consumed cannot yet be ascertained but Mr . Bethall ' _s loss aione , it is stated will be several thousand pounds . His saw-mills werefitted-up with expensive machinery and fixtures , all of which are destroyed , ' The only building oa the premises not destroyed was the still-house , th _» escape of which was an exceedingly fortunate circumstance , for there were several thousand gallons of naphtha in tbe _placi ' , and had the stills hara become ignited a most awful explosion would have ensued .
Some of the inhabitants have expressed au opinion that much of the property might have been saved , if the firemen had acted according to instructions , and have taken their engine into the creek . # 'Yes Cows sbverklt Borskd . —On Sunday morning , between one and two o ' cloek , a very serious fire was discovered upon the premises belonging to Mr . William Woonton , cowkeeper , 17 , New-road , St . George ' _s-in-the-East . The flames , when first dis . covered , were raging in the _cow-shed , at which time there were ten cows in the place . An instant attempt was made to get the animals out , but owing to the firm bold the fire had obtained , and the
suffocating nature of th smoke , considerable time elapsed before that could be accomplished . Meanwhile the fire continued to fall upon the cows , burning thera in a most dreadful manner . An abundant supply of water was obtained , from which the engines were worked with full vigour , and with the help of twentyseven hired auxiliaries , the firemen succeeded ingetting the flames extinguished , but not until tharoof of the premises was burned through , a quantity of nay and straw consumed , and the ten cows so seriously burned that thc flesh on some was dropping from the legs and backs . Each cow was worth £ 20 , and it is believed that they will all have to be slaughtered .
_Wapping . —On Monday morning , a few minutes after one o ' clock , a fire broke out at No . 1 , King Edward-street , in the occupation of Mr . James Miller , haberdasher . The flames originated from somo unknown cause in the shop , and had obtained such a strong hold before they were discovered , that the inmates were obliged to get out of one ofthe windows toeffect theirescape . The engines promptly attended , but the firemen were unable to get the flarueB extinguished until the whole of Mr . Miller ' s stock in trade was consumed , the lower part of the premises burnt ont , and the upper portion severely injured The property was insured .
Numerous Fires . —On Tuesday morning , at a quarter before one o ' clock , a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr J . Paxman , 51 , _Eliiabeth-stveet _, Ilackney-road . It originated in the lower floor , the inmates at the time bel g asleep . After considerable trouble they were made sensible ofthe great danger to which the ) were exposed , but none of thc partieswere then able to descend the staircase . Mrs Paxman mado an escape in her night clothes over the roof of the premises , and the remainder of the occupants got out of the back windows . The house was severely damaged before the flames were extinguished . About the same hour a fire broke out in the wine ce . 'lar under No 9 , New Broad-street , City , the
property of Messrs Butler and James , wine merchants , but it was soon extinguished . About halfp _» 8 t four o ' clock on the same morning a fire burst out in the premises belonging to Mr Alexander Yoang , maltster , _Church-lane , Fulham . It originated in the malt-house , frora a spark flying out of the kiln . Ihe flames were not extinguished until the windows and doors on the ground floor , together with the ) 0 _isting 8 and floorings , were Bevercly burned , and the stock damaged . A fourth fire broke out at 24 , William-street , _Lant-street , Borough , belonging to Mr Ridler , chandler . The damage was confined to the destruction ofa numberof books , and serious injury to the stoek in trade and fixtures .
Gbavksend . —On Saturday morning last this town was again aroused to a state of alarm , by the outbreak of a fire in _llavmer-stveet , in a line with the _Terrace-pier , originating on the premises , No . 13 , situate on the east side , occupied by Mr Powis ' s fancy toy warehouse . It was discovered hy a person who observed a great light in the front shop . He lost no time in Riving an alarm , and arousing the inmates , who effected their escape by jumping out of the windows at the back . On the arrival ofthe Town Corporation engines no oue seemed to hav © any knowledge of their proper management , and tbe greatest contention prevailed among the firemen as to who should have the priority . At one period there was a fight to obtain possession of the branch pipes ; to render the confusion worse , no water was procurable until the premises were in flames from the basement to the roof . Tho custom-house engine was brought to the spot with equal alacritv . escorted by
a Btrong detachment of soldiers from the Gravesend barracks , wno throughout exerted themselves most energetically . The inhabitants fearing the conflagration would extend to the adjacent houses , which at the height of the fire seemed very probable , dispatched messengers to Chatham and Dartford , for the assistance of the brigade forces and engines , which succeeded in reaching Gravesend in about an hour . In the meantime , water was obtained , when the custom-house engine was brought to play on the adjoining houses , by which the , y were _preserved from injury . The fate of Mr . Powis ' spi a . _ses was very different ; the whole were destroyed , and the contents consumed . Tho fire was not finally got under till near four o ' clock . As to the cause , not tho slightest information could be gleaned . [ It is much to be regretted an efficientfire brigade isnot provided by tbe corporation of this town . At the recent extensive fires , the loss of valuable property was very great , ] r '
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rnBUTE Disaster at CARLSRurrE _.-The Gasette de _Carisruhe gives an account of the interment of the unhappy victims of tho late awful fire . The whole city wore an air of deep mourning . The shops and warehouses were closed .- The funeral cortege , accompanied by a crowd of the relatives and friends pt the _decessed _, followed by the greater part of the inhabitants of the city , left the Hotel de Villa forthe country , which is beyond tho city . The procession presented a most heart-rending spectacle , almost every individual was in tears , and the death-like silence which prevailed was only interrupted by the 8 ighs _ of the mourners . Eight coffins enclosed the remains , and the fragments dug out of the ruins . The mutilated remains of those who wore involved in one common catastrophe are . now hid in one crave .
ihe Catholic priest who accompanied thc procession , with a Protestant clergyman and a Jewish rabbi , blest the ground in which they were about to be deposited . The three ministers of the three different faiths , each in his turn , said a last prayer over the grave , which wns frequently interrupted by the great grief of the attendants . Out of sixty-two names which are known , twenty-nine young persons from _, the age of ten to twenty years ; twenty-two from twenty to thirty years ; four persons only from forty to fifty years have perished . The dreadful catastrophe arose from the ignorance of the man who had been newly appointed to attend to the gis lights . Finding the burner in one of the boxes was out of order , he unscrewed it , when the gas burst forth and caught fire . Losing all presence of mind , he made use ot no means to stop the escape of the ess , but ran away in terror .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/6/
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