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      Health or , . Lassos ddbiss iiiE 7 WKEK _- ~~ The " mortality of London , which rose , ia its weekly sum , considerably above 800 at the end of October , when a sudden fall of temperature was experienced , has again declined , but only to a small extent , during the succeeding period , iu which the thermometer , as regards the mean value of its indications , has nearly recovered its former position . In tbe last threeweeks the deaths have been successively 045 , 921 , and 90 S ., Taking the ten weeks of _lSiO-49 _, which correspond to that ending last Saturday , the average number was 991 ; and if this be increased in the ratio of probable increase of population , it iecomes 10 SL comnared with which the _^ deaths

      registered last week show a decrease of 11 _* . « the present return consumption is fatal in _i-o cases , which is rather below the _^ rtected _aYOage ; more tban 100 of these occurr ed _^^ J _*™ " _* between 15 years of age and GO . From all other affections ofthe respiratory organs "elusive of hoomw-covgh , ) the deaths amount to Mb , which _» Sir Ihe _average , - but it will be observed that ffugh pneumonia , which carries off principally yonnl pen > ons , is now less severe than usual , bronchitis which is Bpread more equally amongall ages , is fatal to rather more than its ordinary amount at this season . Amongst contagious diseases smallpox was fetal in 13 cases , of which two occurred to men above 20 ; and this disease has lately shown a

      tendency to increase . There died also 24 children of measles , and 27 of hooping-cough : 35 children and 4 adults died of scarlatina ; 22 . persons of diarrhoea and dysentery ; bnt no case of cholera was r _egistered in tha week . Typhus now predominates in th' i 3 class of diseases ; and it was fatal last week to 56 persons . A death from low fever in Johnstreet Tottenham-court-road , is directly ascribed by the medical attendant to deficiency of sewerage ; and a iherant example of disease and death arising from tho neglect of cleanliness within doors , and the want of sanitary arrangements without , occurs in Warwick-place , Hoxton , and is recorded by the registrar of tha district . Within the last fortnight , no fewer than 9 persons labouring nnder typhus

      have been brought to Et . Luke ' s workhouse from Warwick-place . In this place is a small court , consisting of dirty houses , whieh are ill provided with -windows , and almost without drainage , whilst the inhabitants have the greatest difficulty in _jjetting the refuse removed by the contractor . It is found in several instances that households have lost two or more oftheir inmates by epidemics , fa Hoxton Old Town , the wife , the son , and the daughter ofa pnblican , all died of scarlet fever within a week , the first two on the same day . In Wellington-street , Whitechapel , the two sons of a sawyer died from a malignant form of the same disease , one on the 10 th the other on tbe 14 th of Xorember . In St . Jouh ' sroad , _Battersea , onthe 4 thand 7 thof Nov ., the two

      children ofa tailor died from measles and hoopingcou _<** h , terminating in ono casein hydrocephalus , in the other in remittent- fever . Also in Harper-place , St . George ' s-in-the-East , the two sons of a sawyer died of measles within four days , whilst " another child ( say ? the registrar ) is not expected to live , . _- In a house in Broad-street , St . Giles , five persons have been attacked by scarlet fever , and in two Cases with fetal results . A case bf destitution and low fever in a female , who was ultimately taken to the workhouse , was registered in Westminster . The deaths of two women are ascribed to intemperance . A woman died in Greenwich at the advanced _ase of 100 years , of paralysis : and another at the _ase of 101 in Limehouse . The births of 787

      bovs and " 794 girls , in all 1 , 551 children , wero reg istered during the week . The main reading of the barometer at the Royal Gbservatory , Greenwich , -was above 30 inches on Sunday , Thursday , and _Jriday . The mean of the week was 80 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 46 degrees 2 minutes , which is rather more than the average of the same week in seven years . On Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , it was from 6 degrees to S degrees above the average of these days . On the next three days the mean temperature was only about -39 degrees , and was 4 degrees and 5 degrees below the average ; but on Saturday it again rose to 43 degrees , which is 5 degrees above it . The wind was for the most part in the south-west ; but in the middle of the . week it blew from tbe north .

      The Late Suspicious Death ov a Gektlemax IX a Gab . —On Saturday last _Police-senjeant Partes , accompanied by Mr . W . Alexander , of _Hungerford , waited upon Mr . H . M . Wakley , the coroner , and informed him that Mr . Alexander identified the body of the gentleman who was found dead in a cab nnder suspicious circumstances , and upon which he ( Mr . "Wakley ) had held an inquest , as that of Mr . Symes , lately practising as a surgeon in Hungerford . _^ Mr . Alexander stated that deceased accompanied him to London on the 9 th instant , and that he left deceased in apparently the best possible spirits , aad Quite sober , in R _^ _-gent _' s-circus , on the evening of the same day . He heard no more of deceased until he read in

      the puhlic journals the account of his _mysterious death . The coroner instantly gave an order for deceased ' s body to be given to his family , deceased ' s friends promising to attend any further inquiry that -might be made _respecting the circumstances of Mr . Symes _' s death . " Death _fkosi Starvation-. —An inquest waa held OH Saturday last at the King ' s Arms , Limehouse , on tiie hody of Mary Freeman . Tbe deceased was unmarried , and supported herself by slopwork . For eight weeks before her death her earnings amounted oily to Is . 9 d ., as she was too much exhausted to be able to work constantly . A surgeon who examined the bodv after death found so much emaciation that

      he said the process of starvation must have been going en for a twelvemonth . The verdict was " natural death caused by want . " Fire is Postman Chap 2 l . —On Monday morning , shortly after midnight , a fire was discovered to have broken out in tha splendid episcopal structure _inown as Portman Chapel , situate in Baker-street , Portman-square . The chapel was heated in the usual ¦ way , for the performance of divine service the previous dav _, and after the congregation had dispersed in tiie evening , ths place was apparently perfectly safe , & was . ho-vever , fonnd out thit the heat of the

      furnace had set fire to some of the joistings and flooring ia the fumace-room , on the _ground-fl-or , and the flames were quickly spreading when the fire-engines 6 f thc parish and London Brigade attended . The firemen at _onae set to work , and , by taking up the flags in that part of the building , they were enabled to reach the exact seat of the fire ; but they were unable to get-the flames extinguished until some of the joistings and flooring were destroyed in the _furnace-room , and a quantity of wine in bottles damaged in the cellar under the chapel , by breakage and hasty removal .

      _Extensive Fire is _kehhosdset . —On Saturday morning last , shortly before four o ' clock , tbe inhabitants of tbe above parish and of Rotherhithe were aroused from their slumbers by the outbreak of a most destructive fire . The fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . Eason _, tanners , leather dressers , & e ., situate in what is termed the Grange-road , Bermondsey .. The property belonging _totlie firm was of vast extent , and comprised several erections , such as stores for bark , tan-pits , dryingbouses , warehouses , and leather stores , whilst the steam engine house and grinding mills stood ahout the middle of ths buildings . Yarions other premises used in the same line of business abutted upon _tiaose in which the disaster began . It appears that

      Sergeant Moore , M division , had his attention directed to tbat portion of the works nearest Thorney-lane , by seeing an unusual body of smoke issuing from the several apertures in the building . In less than ten minutes , however , the flames made most f rightful progress , for the _engine house and a spacious warehouse before that period became completely encircled in fire . The police and neighbours exerted themselves in saving the horses and as mnch Of the stock as they conld lay their hands on . Although they were instrumental in saving the animals and some dozen hides of leather , the destructive element speedily seized upon ahmlding , ahout 120 _ieet long , formed principally of timber , and containas about 400 loads of oak-bark , valued at £ 15 n

      oad , consequently this place alone contained £ 6 , 000 worth of goods . Several engines were eoon on the spot , and aa soon as possible were set to work , but notwithstanding the torrents of water incessantly scattered over the fire , it continued to travel r & pidly on all sides , and by six o clock the outer boards of many of the buildings having been consumed , nothing was left standing except the stock therein and the more substantial timber beams . These continuing to blaze away , had the appe «* ance Of some grand pyrotechnic display , whilst the greater portion of London -was brilliantly lllumi-Bftted by the glare . The engines were kept in constant operation , but not the least impression could he m ade on the main body of fire . The _wholo ef the building in whichthe manytoris of bark were de-• jolited was nearly consumed by seven o ' clock , when ihe immense heap of bark appeared like a mountain

      of fire and the various shades ot the name naa a v _«* v crand appearance . The firemen . _ by nine oVlMk although they had not succeeded in getting _flamS . extinguished , had managed to stop their fur-X extension . The damage done must , be very Sious as far _« wn at P resent be 8 e f A th eDgme _^ L _' _wTofKvred the barkstores and the barn are house « j « _gJ 2 _£ P warehouse is nearly gutted , consumed , theleawer w _^ _j _^ - ure ( L and _^^ _^ _S _Sfpti _ses adj oined tbose _TW 0 other tann _^ wnose pre _^ _^ _j _^ _-one oa fire , have- also " _^^ _fT _^ tted , and the having a _ong range » £ _jffi _^ Ek partially other laving a _warehousetlled _^ enveloped des e < _^^ _fSi _5 _SoSSe damage / de in obsmritT _^ _PheSmiaLre _^ * _" _» J _7 80 _£ 8 _prensedasaworksho _pbyTtfrrGarpenter . leatherdresser * "burned down . End of barn belonging ; o & v & and

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      Co ., considerably dam aged . Mr . Hacker , tanner premises slig htlv damaged . Mr . Hooper , tanner ; part If _Premises slightly damaged - insured . Messrs _Eaeon's loss will far exceed the amount of _insumnw effected upo n their _premJMs . In addition to their heavy stock ot bark , there were not fewer tban 3 . 000 butts of leather , ofthe value of £ 2 each butt , in the warehouse , besides a numerous stock of _ikine undergoing process of tanning ; forming a loss of _firem £ 20 , 000 to £ 25 , 000 . Poor Rates in _Olbrkekwill . —On Satnrday last upwards of 400 summonses were issued from Clerkenweil Court against different householders of that parish for arrears of poor rate , which has latterly increased to 2 s . 6 M . in the pound , causing much discnoteut and ill-feeling—as it cannot be accounted for by them , either through an increase of pauperism , or a better supply of-provisions to the unfortunate poor , and a great resistance is consequently promised to the increased impost .

      Extraordinary good Fortuhb . —The following remarkable incident / illustrative of the caprice of fortune , occurred on Saturday last , at Gloucesterplace , Kentish-town , A distraint had been levied on the premises by the landlord , for arrears of rent , to the amount of £ 80 , for which sum the whole of the household furniture had been condemed , and placed in two vans , preparatory to removal , with the exception of a chest of drawers , of antique appearance , which had been left to the last from mere accident , when , on looking into one of the drawers , a small paper parcel was discovered , which , on being opened was found to contain no less a sum than IU old guineas , of the reign of George III . It is hardly necessary to add that the claim waa eoon discharged , and the furniture returned to its former position .

      _ArBAixncGDESimmoc—On Monday Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Three Compasses , St . Sepulchre , on Thomas Black , a _obal porter , aged thirty-eight . 7 The jary were horror stricken at the appalling spectacle whicb the body , reduced to a skeleton , aud the denuded hovel in 9 , College-court , where it lay , presented . Some of tbe jury were sickened by the dreadful sight . —Mary . Black , the wid 0 W | who was the very personification of want , withaskeleton infant , seven months old , in her emaciated arms , deposed that for the last three months her husband had been confined to his bed by illness , and that during that period deceased , herself , two children , and her sister-in-law were supported by pledging their furniture and tbeir clothing . One of

      her children lately died , she believed , from want . ( Here witness burst into tears . ) "Last Monday her husband rose from his sick bed , and walked to and from Berkhampstead , a . distance of thirty miles , in search of work , bnt got none . He returned home on Tuesday exhausted , and complained of cramps in bis legs and in every part of his body . On "Wednesday his pains were horrid , and constantly he called for drink . "Witness bad nothing to give him but weak coffee , which he could not drink . He repeatedly exclaimed " I'll die 1 Til die' . " ( Witness was again interrupted by her tears . ) He soon afterwards became insensible , and Mr .. Clark , surgeon , was sent for , wbo instantly attended , but deceased died in a

      quarter of an hour after the gentleman ' s attendance . When he died she had neither a farthing nor a farthing ' s worth in the world , until a good neighbour gave her two shillings . She had no resource for herself and her infant unless in the workhouse , but her infant ( witness wept bitterly ) would not trouble the world long . —Mr . Clarke gave it as bis opinion that deceased died of a disease of the heart , and that his death was accelerated by his great exertions in walking on Monday . —Several jurors gave it as their opinion ( in which the worthy coroner concurred ) that deceased died of starvation . Verdict , '' Natural death . "

      Narrow Escape of Mr . Jusiick Erle . —On Wednesday morning , shortly before ten , aB Mr . Justice Erie was riding on horseback to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , a horse and cab , . without a driver , came up at a furious pace from the direction of tbe Old Palace-yard , and when opposite Canning ' s statue , in New Palace-yard , was capsized ; the driver of another eab in attempting to stop the horse having unfortunately , fallen under the wheel . The borse upon whichthe learned judge was riding became restive _, and plunged about iu the most furious manner . Its rider endeavoured to control it to the Utmost of bis strength , but the horse plunged so violently that the learned judge was in imminent danger of being thrown off . At length several persons took hold of

      the horse , and the learned "judge was relieved from his perilous position . The cabman who attempted to stop the cab horse , was greatly , but not dangerously injured in tbe head , and other parte of his person . ' The Plate asd Jewel Robber y is inn Strand . —On Wednesday the prisoners were again placed at the bar , before Mr . Henry , at Bow-street , for re-examination . —Mr . Thomas Yerner , of 4 , Great Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , brasBfounder and pewterer , said that he knew the prisoners Shaw , Badcock , and Clinton as being acquainted , and he had frequently seen them together . —Mr . John Clinton , of 56 , Brunswick-street , Blackfriars-road , silver-plate polisher , said that the prisoner Clinton was his son , and he knew Shaw and Badcock as

      being acquainted with him . The prisoner Badcock repeatedly called at his house to see We son , but Shaw never did . "Witness had occasion to call at Shaw ' s honse for his son , having heard that he was in the habit of harbouring him at late hours . Witness once inquired wbere he could see his son , and being informed by Badcock at the house of Shaw , he accompanied him there , and having knocked at the donr , Shaw opened it , and denied that his son was inside . "Witness told him it was very improper on his part to harbour hia son at late hours , ( the prisoner Badcock being present ) , upon which he said he was not in the habit of being spoken to in such a manner , and put himself in a fighting attitude , but bis eldest son interfered , Witness said

      he did not come there to fight , but merely wanted a plain answer to his question , and on the prisoner repeating that his son was not in the house , he came away , although he wa 3 given to . understand that the prisoner had not told , the truth . About a fortnight before the robbery Shaw came to his house , and not knowing who he was he told him so , upon which he said , " You have been to my houso , andlhave . called to see if Charley is here , as I want to know if there are any complaints against him . " Witness replied , for being out late at night , but witness did not think it worth while to aBk him what be meant by complaints , as he did not Uke the man . —The prisoner Kelly Was then discharged , and the othera were remanded .

      Cardixal _Wisehas . —On Saturday last , at the conclusion of the ordinary business of tbe court at the Guildhall , a gentleman appeared before Alderman Challis to ask his advice relative to a point of general interest at tbe present timet He wished to know whether thc late innovation by the Pope of Borne upon the rights of the Sovereign of this country rendered his emissaries , or those executing his commands , liable to any penalty . He held in his hand an net of Parliament passed in 1646 ( -9 th and 10 th of Victoria , chap 59 , ) wherein it repealed certain acts to enforce pains and penalties upon persons for holding religious opinions contrary to the forms of the established church . One of the clauses , however , though it took away the penalty for " bringing in and patting in execution of bulls , writings , or instruments , end other superstitious things from the See of Rome , " enacted tbat tbe same should be

      considered an offence against the law . Under this act , was the conduct of Cardinal Wiseman in carrying out the instruction of the Pope , an offence punishable by a common information hefore a magistrate ?—Alderman Challis said that tbe act alluded to by the person before him certainly took away the penalties instituted by the ISth of Elizabeth , cap 52 ; bat , at the same time any one might , be thought , constitute himself a prosecutor , and _indict Dr . Wiseman ( or any one else acting in a similar manner to forward the views of his Holiness ) before any justice of the peace of the district in which the offence was committed . He had no doubt tbat a little imprisonment would do the Cardinal good , but he would not like to send him there . However , _; he anticipated there would be no necessity to take such a step , as he understood that the Cardinal had already received notice to quit London in forty-eight hours .

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      Sudden Dkath at the Peshuust Station . — On the 15 thinst . Mr . Constable , * master painter , residing at Penhurst _, expired suddenly in the booking-office of the South Western Railway Station nt that place , under the _following circumstances : —Mr . Constable was approaching the Railway Station , with the intention of proceeding to London , and when within a Bhort distance , seeing the train was at the station , he began to run , hoping to be in time . On entering the _booking-office , however , he staggered into the arias ofthe station-muter , faintly asked for a glass of water , and instantly expired . Dr . Ballard was sent for , and hastened to the station , bat his services were unfortunately too late to be of any avail . .

      Fosi-ofpice BBFALCAX [ ON . ' — _Wobcbsteh . —A second case of this kind has just been discovered in the Worcester Post-office , the delinquent being the chief clerk , Mr . Price , who it appears is in good circumstances and has money in a local bank , besides an inheritance m prospectu . It appears that for » n ! , « _Sthe Ie ( l party bM ten in the habit of _W % toIlu ° ™ use part of the monies re-SM ° ' / Hlenfc of Posteffice orders , & c _, _aueicvlSS _^ f _T _i _^ « _* ith the deii _othe defawL _^ ° nfeese J d Us 6 u 5 lt - _^ _«*»» * sconded _hTiU _"JT _^ of £ 5 ° - Price _^ _*> - SS , but tbe deficiency has been paid to Mr . £ _&"? _, _aJ"end of . Pnce ' s from funds of bis fester M " - _^ _'fey and Co . ' Bank at

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      of October , _^' charged' with having ( _Wjlfully ; and maliciously set fire to a barn on the said premises , and thereby caused the destruction bf buildings , rieks , and corn , was fully committed to . Aylesbury gaol for trial . _IucBNDiABr Firs . —A destructive fire , supposed to bs the act of an incendiary , took place on Saturday last , on the premises of Mr . 0 . II . Osborne , Scottor Common , Butterwick . Yorkshire . __ At _^ _the time above mentioned flames were seen _issuiig froa the stack yard , containing five wheat ' stacks , ohe ef barley , and two of straw . Assistance being procured , it was discovered that one of the straw stacks had been set 'fire to on the wind side , and ; in a few moments the whole was enveloped inflames . The

      barn adjoining the yard , in which were fifty quarters of good old wheat , stood in a very precarious position , and , water being scarce , it was expected erery moment to become a prey to the flames . The greatest exertions , however , were used , and happily with success ; bit so narrow was its escape that the barn door and window frames were burnt almost into charcoal . The valuable stacks were -entirely consumed . It is stated that two men of suspicious appearance were seen lurking about the _premises just before the fire brokeout , and ft cottsge not far distant was robbed during the raging of the fire . The property was insured . A man was taken into custody by Mr . Cheney , on suspicion , and placed in Kirtoa gaol .

      The _Frimlev Murder . —An appeal to the public on behalf of Mrs . Hollest , widow of the late vicar of Frimley , bas just been made by some friends of that lady , and is deserving of every consideration . In addition , to the sudden and violent bereavement she sustained , the widow of Mr . Hollest has been left in very narrow circumstance *; end a committee has been formed by the neighbouring clergy and gentry to receive the subscriptions of those who may be disposed to contribute to the alleviation of a cote of suffering which has excited _unitersal sympathy .

      _Dbath of Mr . Raphael , M . P . for St . Albaw . —We have to record the demise of this gentleman , _whe expired on the 17 th inst . _' at Surbitonplace , Surrey , aged seventy-five . Mr . Raphael was a whig in politics , and was returned for St . Albans at the last general election by a large majority ' . By religion he was a Catholic , and was a munificent supporter to the Romish church , to whose ministers within the last few years he , it is said , presented for building purposes the sum of £ 100 , 000 .

      Thedeceased was very wealthy . 'Mr . Raphael was the only R / iman Catholic M . P ., saw Mr . Moore , : of Mayowho opposed the Jewish claims . Some years since he was returned for the county of Carlow , in conjunction with the late Mr . Vigors , but was unseated on petition . The alleged misappropriation of the sum of £ 2 , 000 by the late Mr . O'Connell , in connexion with the return , gave rise to a protracted inquiry . The deceased was of Armenian extraction . He possessed property in Sussex , Surreyi and other English counties , and was the builder of the new town Surbiton , on the South Western

      Railway . - - Bur glar *** : and , Arson . —A diabolical case of burglary . _and _arsan by which the lives of several individuals were plaeed in extreme danger , was perpetrated early on Sunday morning on the premises of Mr . George Vail , hairdresser , in Manniagtree , Essex . It appears that shortly after 1 o ' clock the inmates were awoke from a dense mass of suffocation , and upon their examining into the cause discovered that the house was on fire . The inhabitants having been alarmed they assisted the inmates in effecting their escape , though not without very great difficulty , the fire having got a tolerable hold of the lower part of the premises . The prompt exertions of those assembled bad the effect of preventing the complete destruction of the premises , they sustained , however ,

      a vast amount of damage , aud nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed . After thefire was subdued , an examination ef the interior convinced the police that the place had been wilfully set on fire by some thieves , who had effected an entrance in a manner that clearly showed they were experienced burglars . Boring several holes with a centre-bit ina back doer . enabled them to unfasten the lock and remove an iron bar placed on hooks on either door post . They ransacked the place , and possessing themselves with a sum of money , several watches , and some jewellery , set fire to the lower rooms and then decamped . As may be supposed , the outrage has caused the greatest excitement throughout this portion of the county . As yet no clue can be obtained of the perpetrators .

      Thb Herbalist _Ststbm or Medicixe . — An inquiry was opened on Saturday hut at the Brownlowarms , Dalston , into the cause of death of Thomas Bidwell _, aged thirty-one , a toothbrush manufacturer , of _Brownlow-street . About four months ago the deceased was attacked with . a pulmonary complaint . At first he had regular medical advice , but he was induced , to consult Br . Coffin , " herbalist , " of Dukes-place , _Lincolns-inn , who gave him a mixture and pUls composed chiefly of Cayenne pepper . The deceased died ou Monday , and a medical _witneBs deposed that the remedies administered by the herbalist h * d accelerated death . The inquest was adjourned for an examination of the body .

      _Makchester . —Another colliery explosion took place in this neighbourhood on Friday morning tbe 15 th inst ., but the loss of life , happily , was not so great as often attends these shocking calamities . Two men were killed on the spot by . it , however , and two other lives will probably have to be added to the list ere the sacrifice is complete . The colliery is one at Singing Clotigh , near Stone Cloueh , six or seven miles from Manchester , and belongs to Messrs . Knowles and Stott . The shaft is about 103 yards deep , and the vein of coal , which is about six feet thick , has been worked to the east about sixty yards , from whence a level is carried at right angles towards the north for 130 yards , and then runs off for forty yards again to the east ; and it was at the extreme point of this level where the _exDlosion occurred ;

      There were sixteen colliers in the pit , and these had descended between five and six o ' clock in the morning . At the bottom they met the overlooker , who had examined the workings to try the air , and reportedall of them free from danger except the furthest point of the level . In this he said the air was foul , and directed that no one should begin to work there . Yet at half-past six to seven in the morning a young man , named Peter _Tonge , declared his intention to go there for a tub of " slack " ( small coal ) and persisted in doing so , despite all remonstrance from the other _yrorknien . His two "butties' ? ( or fellow workmen belonging to bis gang or company ) went with him . Their names are John Stone and John Lever , nnd so incautious were ¦ they that although

      provided with safety lamps they went with a naked candle . On reaching the far end of the bay , Stono is said to have " flashed . ' ? the light tip to see if there was any danger ; and in . an instant there was an explosion like the discharge of a piece of artillery . Lever was in the direct way of the current , which the explosion of course followed , and his life was sacrificed in an instant , as would those of a hundred persons had tbey been in the same direction . The top of the poor fellow ' s skull was blown off , and his brains were scattered about , Tonge , was suffocated with the smoke and foulness of the air which succeeded the explosion . Stone is fearfully . scorched with the flash of the explosion , though the fire lasted bat for a very short period , and his life is in great

      danger . The otber workmen , with one exception , were all in bays ( or - ¦ " ends , '' as the colliers call them , ) off the main level or drift way , and the ventilation of the mine being good , the flash of light , on tho ignition of the gas , was carried past them , and they received no injury . The exception was a youth named Dudson , who was in the waggon-way at tho time , towards the bottom of the shaft , and though a hundred yards or so from the point where the explosion commenced , be was struck by the fire and very badly _. burned .. His father was in the bay adjoining that where the explosion occurred , and rushed to the rescue of the poor fellow , er he would have been suffocated . The ventilation of the pit was such as to enable persons to be sent in within on hour of

      the occurrence , and the other colliers were rescued , and the dead bodies of Tonge and . Lever brought out of the mine before nine o ' clock . Tonge leaves a widow and two children . ; Lever was a single man ; Stone has a wife and four children . for whom he will not be able to provide for some months , should he ever recover . Notice has been forwarded to the Secretary of State _. _so that Mr . Tremenheere , the inspector of collieries , may have an opportunit y of being present at the inquest ; but unless a state of discipline be enforced in mines of this description which shall render it impossible for imprudent or obstinate colliers to place the lives of their fellow

      workmen in peril , the appointment of this officer , so long looked forward to , and received with so much satisfaction by the public , promises to be of little avail , It would seem to be _deiirable that in every mine either the colliers should be compelled to work constantly with safety lamps ( and not merely have them in readiness to be used when they think there is danger , as in this case , ) or that there suould . be an overlooker constantly iu the workings not merely to examine and report on the safety of different portions ofthe mine , but with legal power to enforce a proper _discipliae among the workmen by causing them to observe his directions .

      Destructios or Cockermouth Church bt Fibb . —The ancient and beautiful church at Cockermouth , Cumberland , was destroyed by fire on the loth inst . The fire must have broken out about two o ' clock in the morning ; an individual , who passed by about half-past one " o clock , _statesthat the church was then safe . A policeman , however , named Chapman , observed flames issuing from the edifice soon afterwards , and he gave an instant alarm . The whole town was-soon in ' commotion , and the utmost activity was displayed in endeavouring to put a stop to the progress ofthe fire ' . Only one engine , however , was available , " and there being but a . small supply of water every exertion ' was ' _useless , and of this beautiful church scarcely anything- is left _but a heap of ruins . Every one gave as much assistance as -possible , and we believe that most of the church books and valuable records « preserved . It is , however ,

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      melanchol y to state that the valuable paintings in the church Whicb Were so much admired , Were destroyed . The Rev Edward Fawcett , M . A ., the present curate of the _churchy bas'bfild the living agreatmanyyearsi The occurrence has _beehfafvery _serereWow to bim , and , indeed , the whole' town ; pwticipates'in _, _^ regret caused by the destruction of an edifice bmlt centimes a go , end _^ ontainihg io Many beautiful _speci-Soffit ! It was one « f _thefinest . churcheflinthe SKm . It _isatpreMntaupposedthatthefirewai _? _S _wBnme oioea which have just been laid in the

      chancel to warm it through the . winter . . ' . _, ' . 7 Thb DopniNGHuasT _^ _imnKK . _--The wbs « iptmn set on foot a short time _slnee by a few cbaritabfe individuals for the benefit of the aged parents of Jae Denny , who was so cruelly murdered last month at _DSshurst , _hasbeenaided dur _ngthe past week ftattmely donation of four sovereigns enclosedIn an mond . the overseer of . _Doddihghurst , at- tne now-5 £ Brentwood . Several _subscriptiont . have been Sved by the same gentlemah , and m the event . oT asufficient sum being raised , t is intended to invest it so as to seourea few shillings weekly to the

      aB _ELoSL sT _ExTRieRniNAHT . -The inhabitants of the town of Bury have been thrown into a state of unusual excitement , in consequence of a medical _sentleman , of extensive practice in his profession , and of considerable literary attainments ; having suddenly disappeared _ftbm'the town and neighbourhood Various conjectures were entertained and expressed relative to the _cauBb of his unexpected absence : some attributing it to his having _busmtw in London , ethers to the indulgence of a oapnoious whim , while others were _fsiupicious thet _^ _cireum- _' stances of a more serious character-would shortly be disclosed . The latter opinion proved to be _ the most correct , for in a short time the Rev . Mr . Bell , _Weslevan minister in the Southport circuit , received

      _thedistressing intelligence that his daughter , who was governess in a respectable seminary m the neighbourhood of Southport , had suddenly taken her departure without giving previous notice of her intentions ; and as a gentleman had been observed in the neig hbourhood of tho establishment whose conduct had excited _(• uspicion , there was reason to fear that an elopement had taken place . A combination . of circumstances proved that the suspicion " was not without foundation ; ' for the family of the medical gentleman , consisting of a wife and four children , were soon made sensible that thohusband and father had sacrificed "home and itS relations" by " seducing * the daughter pf a Wesleyan _ininisterj with whom the famil y hadbeen for some vears on _^ terms of intimacy . During a

      period of two months previous to the gentleman i departure this lady had been enjoying the bracing air of one of the watering-placeB in the nortbern division of Lancashire , and on her return home she had the mortification to find that her husband had on that very morning taken his departure for London , having previously ' disposed of his ' _Wattle , Ac , as a means of increasing the amount of money in his possession . In London the gentleman , whose name is Thomas Hatton Wardlewortb , Bold hia professional practice to Mr . Fletcher , surgeon , and gave him instructions to go immediately to Bury and take possession ; Mr . Wardleworth is known as an author , and as one of the proprietors of the Buri Observer , a monthly magazine , having an

      extensive circulation in the locality . Several articles _fwmv his pen have recently appeared , entitled , " Home and its Relations : by a Medical Man . '' A _Jsremv Diddlee is Newcastle . —A man ; of rather gentlemanly appearance presented himself at Wallace ' s Hotel , Nelson-street , a few days ago , under the following circumstances . He said he had taken a berth on board the Hamburg Steamer , and haddepositedhis luggage on _boardj _-but not returning in time , the boat started off and left him behind , without either money or clothes , or anything but his . violin which he had in-his pocket . Wallace ' s would seem tobe "Apollo ' s house in town , " for here he presently met with several musicians , who , commiserating the fate of a brother minstrel ,

      and wishful withal to maintain the character of their town , which had thus tempted him into the unlucky enterprise , at once laid tiieir services at his command . No one dared to breathe a suspicion against him , for the suavity of his manners , his plausible story , and , above all , the ability whioh he displayed on his instrument , disarmed suspicion ; or at least prevented it from even whispering a word against him . After a " collection , " to satisfy his immediate necessities , a raffle of his violin was resolved upon . Being put up in lots , it realised for him about £ 7 , and , by a stroke of fortune or policy , the ' owner was the winner himself . A concert was then resolved upon , some twenty- or thirty instrumentalists agreeing to give their services

      gratuitously ; Thus replenished , he left for Edmburgb and Glasgow , atthe latter of which places he met with Mr . Augustus Braham , son of the celebrated tenor , to whom he made a liberal offer , and with whom he made an eneagement . The first concert in the Music-hall was so weil attended that he resolved upon another , and a second was accordingly given on Friday night last . He had on his return from Glasgow borrowed a violin—a fine old instrument , valued at £ 50 ; and a family relic besidesfrbm a gentleman ofthe legal profession in the town , to whom he had been introduced . After the second concert he ordered supper for himself and his friends , at his hotel , and while it was being prepared , ho went out in company with his legal friend ,

      to return the violin , protesting against the latter carrying it himself ; when he proposed to do so . The lawyer had seen the violin deposited in the case , and on reaching home it was handed to him with a thousand thanks . Varideleiir , however , pretended to have forgot the key of tho concert room , and said he would return and bring it immediately ; He never returned , however , either to supper with his musical friends , or with the lawyers key ! The former , becoming impatient for supper , and also for a settlement of accounts , began to look about for him , but in vain : becoming _suspicioua of his absence he broke open the case , and found to his chagrin that it contained an instrument worth a few shillings . '• The telegraphs were called into requisition for the evening mail-trains , which had just

      started—the police were placed on the look-out , but all without effect . It is conjectured that he must have started by one of the steamers on the following morning , and which were unfortunately omitted in the first notices . It is to be hoped , however , that the search , which is not relaxed , will yet bring the scoundrel to justice . It is said that he _has'got about £ 10 , besides the violin , for he has not paid either his hotel charges , the conoert room , Mr . Braham , or the other musicians . After his exit , a portion ofa letter was found at his lodgings , in which he upbraids his friends for addressing him _RusBell instead of Varideleur , and states that " all is going on swimmingly . " We need not hint our conviction that it will be some time before another trick of the kind is successfully played upon our musical friends . —Newcastle Guardian _^

      Committal of an Iscendiart . —After a prolonged and careful inquiry before P . Dauncey , Esq ., and the Rev .-Mark Kerr , at Wihslow , John Collins ; late occupier of the farm at DodderBhall , the property of G . G . W . Pigott , Esq ., Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , which was burned on the 30 th of October , charged with having wilfully and maliciously set fire-to a barn on the said premises , and thereby caused the destruction of buildings , ricks , and corn , w « s fully committed to Aylesbury gaol for trial , A dozen witnesses were examined ; their evidence was circumstantial . The Agent of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company proved that the accused had made a fraudulent demand on him . Bail was refused . The prisoner will be tried at the

      assizes . , Very _SunnEN Death . —Charles Howard Sidobotham , Esq ., formerly a cotton-spinner at _Ashtonunder-Lyne , but latterly an agriculturist , living upon his own estate at Ashley , in Cheshire , experi enced sti awfully sudden death . at . Manchester , on Monday _, The annual fair commenced on Monday , called tbo . Salford Dirt Fair , and Mr . _Sidelfotham came to the fair with a view to buying stock , Ht came as far as . Old Trafford by the London and North Western Company ' s Altrincham . branch , and took a cab to Salford early in the morning . In Bridge-street , Manchester , he met Mr . iMae Picton , of Bronghton , a gentleman of acknowledged judgment in the quality of cattle , and telling that gentleman he was going to his ( Mr . Picton ' _s ) house , they went there together . He appeared to bain hie

      usual health ; but it appears his family surgeon had supplied him with some medioine for a slight cold , and whilst at Mr . Picton ' s house he took a phial from his pocket and swallowed a dose . Shortly afterwards he and Mr . Picton went out , and were conversing with a third party in Great Clowesstreet , when he suddenly sunk down upon the footpath . Mr . Picton assisted to raise him ; and Mr Sidebotham said " I had no idea I was falling ; " but before a chair could 'be obtained for him he fell from the grasp of his friends and instantly expired —An ' inquest was held before Mr , _ttutter the county coroner , the same evening , when it was stated by a surgeon who had been called in to view the body that death had arisen from disease of the heart , and the jury accordingly found a verdiot of - Death from natural _^ _causos /' -Mr . Sidebotham was about sixty years of age . ; ...

      Incendiarism near Gainsborocoh . —We regret to stato that a spirit of incendiarism . hat shown itself within these . few days in a part of the country whero it . was never known previously to ' exist . Two fires , by both of which the contents of stackyards wero destroyed , took place last week at villages withm a few , miles of Gainsborough , and on Sunday _nigjit several _staoks were _Consumed in a yard at Morton , within a milo of that- town . ' Suspicon falls _j we , believe , upon tramns , who infest that part of the eountry m _great _numberB , arid conduct themselves with an insolence which causes much _. alarm . wherever . the _,- . hdu 6 e 3 whioh they approach ; are not well garrisoned , - z _* z :. p d _™ , _irf DUW ! NX _EuwB' ™« ' _QSWCB . -A respectably- " dressed young man , called Edwin Taylor , of Sheffield , was brought before iba Sheffield bench under

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      _the- 'fpllowing _circumstancesZr-Mr ; Raynor stated th ' at ; th * ef ' _prisorierwas the oocupier * bf-a _platfe _/ lfoi 80 _^ N 0 rfoIk-Street , ; and ' purported'td _'; be . am ' agent for' ! ad 7 emigrati 6 h sooiety which'Held but to working men the prospect of high wages ; ' "Hei _' read the foliowihg f placard : _^ "vy . B . ' Emigration . Beeda not words . Low wages is the , ruin of a nation . Wanted , for railway arid factory - wo > k ; at' gistervillo , , ' , ih 7 Amerioa , masons , _briekiayers , ; joiners _^ wheelwrights , meohanicB ,. smiths , ; engineers ; arid labourers , of sober , arid industrious habits . ' They will be , bound for , five years ' to ;; serve their emp loyers . , Wages for tradesmen , 8 s id . per . day ; labourers , 5 s . 2 Jd . per day in British coin , to be paid weekly . Hours of labour . from seven a ; iri , to six

      p . m . The passage , f with provisions from Liverpool to the works , wiirbe paid by the _eriiployers . The number being limited , applications must be registere d , before the llthoflfovember , when the passport note will be issued . - * 'The ' vessel sails about the 28 th of December , next . Emigrants to pay ; a deposit of -5 s , to ensure their agreement whioh is returned when they arrive on board shi p —they not fulfilling that agreement it ia forfeited . A pplications to be made to ; James _Mackie , agent , 80 , Norfolk-street , ; . Sheffield . N _. B , No communication with . any other emigration office . !'—In consequence of this advertisement , added Mr . Raynor , great numbers of persons , as many as . 300 or . 400 he believed , had communicated with the : prisoner ,

      and had'paid os . as a deposit . , Some of . them had since written to _Tapseott and Coj ,. the American agents at Liverpool , with whom the prisoner represented ] himself-to be in connection , and . answers had been received . disavowing any . _connection with the prisoner or the " Sisterville" sobeme . - These persons had mado application to him ( Mr . Raynor , ) and he had had . the prisoner apprehended . The prisoner said that-if the matter , was looked over he would close the office-and . payback the money ; James Mackie was . a person with" whoiri . he became acquainted . in Manchester , arid at bis instance he oame over to Sheffield to establish an advertising sheet , -but it was unsuccessful . He was then appointed his agent for this scheme . 7 The prisoner was . remanded , 7 _.,-. ., ¦

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      ' Legal Recognition Of Thb Irish Rouax C...

      ' Legal Recognition of thb Irish Rouax Catholic Hibbaboht . —In the Dublin Cemeteries Act ,. Oth and 10 th Viot ., whioh received . the Royal Assent on the 7 th . of August , 1846 , the _following important clause appears , most distinctly recognising the spiritual jurisdiction of the present Roman . Ca _* tholio Arohbishop of Dublin and bis successors in tho diocese : —' . f And be it enaoted , that his Grace , Daniel Murray , Archbishop , _and-his successors , exercising the . same spiritual jurisdiction as . he-now exorcises inthe diocese of Dublinas an ' Archbishop , may , from time to time , appoint , at tho desire of the said governing body , a clergyman of the Roman

      Catholic Church , to officiate as a chaplain in any such burial ground , and such chaplain shall be licensed by . and subject to the jurisdiction of the said Archbishop ; and the said Arohbishop shall : have : power . to revoke any ; such license , and to remove such chaplain for . any cause which shall appear to the said Arohbishop as canonical ; ' * The . 53 rd section of the same : Aot directs that the Act shall bo deemed and taken to be a publio Act , and shall bejudioially taken notice of as sucb . The Dublin Cemeteries Bill , promoted by the Roman Catholic Burial Ground Committee , in this City , had been some time before a Select Committee on Private Bills , and ultimately received the Royal Assent on the 7 th of August , 1816 . .

      _Favpurs is thk Wobkuows 8 . _—As the winter advances paupers are returning to the workhouses . An increase was to be expected ats his- season , on account of the decrease of agricultural labour , but generally the numbers seeking admission are less than usual at this period of the year ; and , altogether , there is-a * very decided diminution in the workhouses as compared with the : famine years , whilst out-door relief iB : wholly abandoned , unless in a few of . the more distressed and pauperised unions . _.-.- ¦ _,- .,.

      _-RB-AnjusTMasT of Rents . —Amongst tho reductions last announced . is one by the Commissioners of Woods and , _Forrests , who have made an abatement of twenty per tent , in the rents of the Crown tenants at Charlemont . Dbcbbasb : or Aobabian _Cmmis . — The King ' s County Chronicle states that , from all parts of that county there are moat gratifying accounts of the restoration of tranquillity ; and it is added , that many of the bad characters who have been connected with the outrages have fled . Incbndiahism in Londonderry . —The Londonderry Standard says : — "We are sorry to learn that the spirit of incendiarism is , daily growing worse in the neighbourhood of Dervock , as other

      burnings have taken place since we last published . " Important Proceedings in the Encumbered Court . —rSix estates , fee-simple and leasehold , were offered for sale on Friday before , Baron Richards and Commissioners Longfield and Hargrcave , * and during the proceedings , when adjournments were applied for on the ground of inadequate value , the commissioners announced their determination to sell when anything like the fair value was offered ; at the same time deprecating frequent adjournments as most pernicious in tbeir tendency as regards the practical working of the commission . Within the week ending on the 14 th inst . thirty-three petitions for tho sale of estates were lodged in the Encumbered Court , making the entire number 367 .

      Ths English- Church Movement . —The letter of Lord John Russell still -forms the leading topic in tho Irish newspapers . ; The Nation of Saturday last says : —'' Let us see this mannikin minister who ¦ last year asked the -Legislature for diplomatic relations with Rome , and last month endeavoured to force the appointments of visitors to the government colleges , on Catholic archbishops and bishops in virtue of their office , coining down to St . Stephen ' s with a bill to interdict or limit the ecclesiastical . liberty of . Catholics by a hair ' s breadth . ; Maugro the threats , we fear no revival o f penal laws in these days . . Surel y there is a deeper meaning , and a more cunning policy under this " sudden change of temper , than stares us on its

      surface . It is the first sign ; of a contest between the Catholic Churoh and ; the . English State , of which none among us shall live to seo tho finale . And we need not hesitate to say , we rejoice , it is . Since Irish bisbops learned to figure in Castle levees , and some Irish priests have taught loyalty , to England , the hopes of the people in the cause of Ireland were beginning to lose their unity , and strength . -And , God kaows , there is no Catholic who . should riot rejoieej on reli gious grounds , thai his Church once more , stands at arm ' s length with its oldest and most insidious enemy . ; Let it have and hold its

      independence . But , as we live , this step of Russell ' s has ft deeper meaning , and a more insidious purpose still . Clearly it was intended as a replication - to the . Synodioal Address , rather than as a reprimand to the English Catholics , whom the ministers have no object in outraging . But we are sure it was also levelled at the League ofthe Irish people . We feel that it ; was aimed to disturb' the : Union of the North and South , that Union which England has always regarded as the most formidable phenomenon in Irish politics , and whioh has as vital a meaning to-day as it had _atDungannon' Any means to turn tho Irish movement into an interne'

      cine war of sects would be worth a ten yearslease of office to the Whigs . " " Attimpt at Assassination , by a Woman . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains the following extraordinary statement : — "A young " woman named _Dwyor , sister of Williairi Dwyer , who was _transported for sheep stealing at Thurles Quarter Sessions , weat on the 8 th inst . to the house of the principal _witaess on the trial , and on meeting him pulled a , pistol out of her breast and fired . The eho » fortunately only slightly _grnred the arm ofthe _amason a intended victim , and she effected * her escape . Search was . made at : her house by * tbo _Ternplwnore police , on hearing ofthe . outrage , but she had taken to the hills , and though a _. _vigilarit searoh

      was instituted , she . succeeded in eluding _allattempts to arrest her . On the , llth , however , _Sub-Inspector Nolan rode out to her brother ' s farm , and vras fortunate enough to find the object of hie starch _Vt' Z _£ _? l ng b _* enout a » night ) and unarmed _, fcme was taken prisoner , and in the . course ofthe nl Z _^ J _- in th 0 _Pndewell . of _Templemore . _„ tl _* _E _« ***? _wmfwtable farmer , ; and herself _^ _f . _& l _^*" , _*? b , _'' ' " _*« of _» young man in the neighbourhood to whom she was shortly to be married , her brother giving her a dowry of £ 100 . " _Loukiy of _Limmick Emotion . —The Tenant i « ague ; have appointed a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Lalor , Lucas , Duffy , and Fuller , to make an agitation throughout the county of Limerick .

      withthe view of , securing the return of a candidate favourable to the principles of tbe League . _Rapa _ssBHiATiON _oF-DnNGAiivAN . —Mr . J . F . Maguire , proprietor of the . Cork Examiner , ia now engaged in a canvas of the electors , * and it is stated that the result leaves no doubt of his success . RB-Awu » rvfl !» r or , _Rwrzs . —The differences that have prevailed between the ¦ Marquis of "Waterford and his tenantry , in the county of Londonderry are in a fair train of amicable arrangement , the _nobtemarquis , who justly enjoys the reputation of a judicious and humane landlord , havinr nridei _* .

      » aon io _maae personal _mouines in eaoh individual oase . Captam Butler , o ? Broomville , cS Jf Carlow , has made a reduction , to ' the _i extent of twenty-firei percent . m . _CarlotuS _intinf _^ Ye fe WM to this case , saysf that the _tenaRrf now enabled to resume the * industrial pursuits with H > creased energy , and they contemplate growmk flak ib . tin _spms , « order _toavail themseS of tS looal market about tobe opened ' _* _- ¦• * _'" * 1 _*^ . ifS _2 _ilvn _*'! , 2 ? _^ Pr _^ _iaNANcr . _^ _Mget ' ipgs are-beingheldmthe several" > a _* rds '( , f W _™ y of for the new corporation againstIhe ' abolition o _* f the vieeroyalty . * - - - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ .: > .... _a . n y ,... .. _KJt-BSXiBLWnMBMT OP THK ROMAN CATHOLIC

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      HiBBARcnt . _Tr Thfi . Romari ' _^ _TCfttholio clergy of the archdiocese : . df Dablm 7 assetaiBled ' ori _^ _Mbriday at the requisition ; of : tiieir dioces'iri ; ; fdr ' the purpbiii of _presentinganaddressfto ' the Roman Catholica bf England , _oorigratulatirig them on the restoration of the hi _« r » roby . - _^ _chbiahop ffu my presided anS more than 200 clergymen ' attended ttt'WsW whioh was held in tne | fwbj tery of the _metropo _! lltari ohurch , Marlborough ' _-atreet . 7 _^ 77-Aapuiipv or -th * _YiQMOTAwy . _^ The ' grand jury of the eity . of . Dublin hare by an _unanSmbue resolution denounced tbe projected abolition of the Vic * _royaUyfas part' of the . pblioyfof . corifafali _«» tion , prb _^ motive of _abstnt-Misrii , and as most _injurious to the oityof Dublin , f A committeefwas " then appointed to

      prepare an .. address to the Queen . 7 Thb _RbpjiAtf Association . —The ' usual weekly meeting of , the association ' waB held at Conciliation ' Hallon Monday last , ' Aldenriari Moran presiding ; The _ohairman handed in . his own . subscription of £ 5 . Mr . John O'Connell : That is han ded in as "Russell ' , ' money . ( Loud . cheers . ) , The'honourable gentleman then read a letter from Belfast ; enclosing " £ 2 , whioh the Writer designated Russell " money . Some other subscriptions were _banded-in ; after whioh Mr . J . O'Connell _proeUdad with' ihe speeoh of the day , in whioh he _recommended the people of Ireland to call , upon their representative *; and demand that they shall be prepared arid ready

      to resist-the government , in any attempt at perse _, cutiori . ' ( Loud cheers . ) . "Why not ; before parliament assembles , hare a meeting in Dublin of Jrisb members to express their sentiments ori the subject ? ( Hear , hear . ) It would be for the _liberal Protestants to _sayf whether they would assist the ' Catholios in vindicating their civil arid reli gious liberties . But the Irish members should be called upon to meet in : Dublin before the leision of parliament , to determine upon a plan of action , and to express their sentiments relative to resisting the government if it attempted to re-enact persecuting laws .. Tbe rent for the week , £ 17 , waa announced amidst loud oheers .

      The Suicide Op Mr. Pennington. On Saturd...

      THE SUICIDE OP MR . PENNINGTON . On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Brown Bear , •• _Znightsbridge , * on the body of George * James Pennington , Esq ., recently auditor of the Civil List . Mr . P . Hood , _strgeon , of 15 , George-street , * Portman-square , examined : I have known deceased for many years . 'The body the jury hate ju _« fc seen in the next room was his , I do not know bis age , ( _Sir'F . Thesiger ; Tifty _* x the ' 23 rd of January next . ) He was the auditor of the : Civil List formerly—a few days before his death . He was also a barrister . I have attended him professionally . He was seized with an attack of paralysis on the 8 th of August last , which left-trim both mentally and : bodily in a state of great prostration . He recovered

      partially from tne paralysis , but his mind remained much weaker than it was before . After he had recovered in some measure from the effects of the disease , I advised him to go down into the country ; and he went to the Isle of Wight first , and then to Brighton . After he had been thero a week h _« came back unexpectedly , and called on me . This was about a month ago . He told me he had oome up from Brighton on account of the agonising feelings he had the day before , which caused him lo contemplate suicide . He said he felt something that waa impelling him to throw - himself over the cliff , an d that it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself : from doing so . He also said he felt sure that if he had had a pistol within his reach he should have blown his brains out . I calmed him

      as well as I could , and told him that his bodily health was much deranged , and that I would prescribe to restore him , and again advised a sojourn in the country . He wentagain to Brighton . When he returned , about afortnight ego , I saw bim . _Hfl did not complain . of having any return of those feelings I mentioned ; but on Thursday week last , more papers were brought to him than usual by one of the clerks . I think I ought to have stated that I recommended him to go back to the Treasury , as I thought it would do him good , provided he did not do too much work . He did go back tothe Treasury , and was there for a few days . He was so frightened at the sight of the papers I have ; alluded to , that he ran down to the Treasury and

      resigned his situation to Sir Charles Trevelyan . He told him this on Friday week , and he told me hafelt unable to undertake any more calculations , and that he had , in consequence , resigned . He appeared then very nervous , and seemed to me to regret having done it . I have no doubt that his mind wan muoh weakened , and tbat he never recovered from the effects of paralysis , which left his mind in a very weak state . I have no doubt he was labouring under affeotion of the mind . I continued to see him , after that . He continued very much the same , viz ., desponding . I saw him last Wednesday . I did not think it was necessary to place him under restraint , because he was perfectly master of hia aotions , and struggled . as much as man could

      doagainst the depression of his mind . I am decidedly of opinion that he was labouring under disease of the brain , and very extensive disease of the hears also . A person labouring under such disease would be likely to commit self-destruction . He never talked to me on the subject , except upon his return _, from Brighton the first time . Sir P . Thesiobr , who appeared deeply affeoted ,. deposed : I was intimately acquainted with deceased for upwards of- twenty years . He did not practise as a barrister , and was on the civil list of the Treasury . Few persons were better acquainted with _, him than I . He had ; a cultivated mind , and a particularly cheerful disposition , and he was one who bore the events of life . with great calmness , and he

      was the last man m the world to commit suicide if he were in a right state of mind . -Tho attack of paralysis was the cause of the postponement of & marriage in his family . . About this time I left England , and on my return I saw a marked change inhim . He scarcely recognised me wheu rI viBited . him : and instead of his receiving me in his usual affectionate way , he said nothing to me moro than merely answering my questions . This was about the l * ith or 15 th of August last . Oh his return from Brighton I called on him , and found him much improved , but he was not the man he was before . It was evident his mjnd had received a shoek , from which it had not entirely ; recovered , though

      it-appeared much better . The last time I saw him I had no conversation with him that could be called conversation . I understood ho intended to resign his situation at tho Treasury , and I reoommended him not to take that step until he had consulted Drs . Watson and Latham , his physicians . When I heara" of his resignation I called on him , and went into his library . He did not stem to notice me , and was engaged in putting bills on a _filo . He went but of the room , and came baok again and asked me to assist bim in filing the papers , whioh I did ; 'buk seeing that he was not inolined for conversation I loft him , and was then satisfied his mind was not in a sound state . I do not know that I have anything more to add .

      _: Mr . H . _Waddixgton examined : I am Under Secretary of State for tho Home Department . I have knowri deceased most intimately for twenty-five years . We were most intimate friends . I saw him the day after the attaok of which you have heard . He was much iri the samo state as that described by Sir , Frederick Thesiger . He did not know me at all . He afterwards improved gradually , though he was scarcely in possession of his facuitiee . He first went to Riohmond and made soma improvement there , but hiB intellect seemed to mt broken down , and I did not _expaot he would ever recover , ne then went to Brighton , and on his return came to me at the Home Office , and he did not seem tome so well as before . . He appeared to be-labouring under disease of the brain . He would speak cohe

      rently for a time , and then lose the thread of hia discourse . He then went to the Treasury on his _UBual business , though I was sur * he would fail in transacting it . The * next dt / be * seemed better , and went through the business of it . What I consider most remarkable was thai he never told uo he intended to resign . He _aevt * _ttllsd on mo , and I utter taw him sinco . His mind wee gone , arid if he bad not died in the way he " tee done , he- would , in my epinion , have _hedanotkenMaek . of paraly » i _» . The character given of him by Sir P . Thesiger is eorreot , He was m happy •* w * ra » Uac * _a aa rec » rded the world end hit own famil y , Mr . "W . _Coumb , of 14 , _Wtetbeurne-grove , Baid that on Thursday evening lest , « boftt half-past four o ' olock , after leaving the buildings in the park , he was w alking nearly Opposite the entrance of the late

      Lady _Blesaington « . He saw in that direction a fh \ Bh , and heard the report of fire arms . Advancing towards the spot he taw a polieeman running towards ifc , and when witness ' oame up he saw a man ( deceased ) lying under a smell fir-tree . He had a wound in the head which witness saw at once waa fatal , f Witness took a double-barrel pistol from tha bands of tbe policeman , and took the wp off the left nipple and put the hammer down / because the left barrel was not discharged . The other barrel had been recently discharged . Deceased appeared perfectly insensible , and , with the excoptlon of opening bis mouth two or three times after the lapse of as many minutes , cave no signs of life . Other _witneases hftvint ; been examined , the jury returned a verdiot , " That deoeased destroyed hia own life whilst in an unsound state of mind . " _

      Mr . Pennington was the only son of the late Dr . Charles Pennmgton 7 of Nottingham , and a nephew of the late Mr . Pennington , of London , 'who practised for many years as a _surjeon , and amassed a large property . He ehose the bar as his profession , aricl was for a timca member of the Midland Circuit . ' He was afterwards appointed one of tha judges hr the Ionian Islands ,-wHere he resided _, ' several years . f Shortly ' after hie return to thw cburitry he _was-app ' ointed to the important and _lucra'tive office _^ bf'Auditor of the Civil List . •' ¦ He mar-« ed the eldest daughter , bf the late-Thomas-Jeky * _Rawson ( formerly of Ashbourne , Derbyshire ) , by whom he bad two sons and three daughters . _.,. „ _- .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23111850/page/6/