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      I 80 . U _ . TS . AtX-OED _MonnuR is Stepnet —Before Mr Baker , at the Grave Maurice , _Whitechapel-road , respecting the death of W'Hiani Bridge , a painter , aged _sixtyftar years , who died in the London Hospital , on Sunday , the 11 th inst ., from injuries alleged to have beun occasioned by a female named Mary Burns , in the Artichoke beer-shop , Jubilee-street , Stepney , on Thursday evening , the 1 st inst . U was alleged by tbr-e witnesses who were present during the affray ,

      thatthe woman Bums stamped three _fini-supon the deceased while he wa * lying on the Boor , and that she had a pair of woden clogs , with iron round the sols _, at the time she did so . The deceased afterward * complained of severe pain . _« the _*?~« } _. < was removed to the London Uospit . 1 , _*• ' «« be expire d , on Sunday , the Hth inst . Mr John Nash , _hou-esurgeon to the London Hospital , having beeu examine ? , the jury returned a verdict of mansion -liter against Mary Burns , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute . of

      Siicidb is a Ho- s _ Iu , Fame . —Mr W . Payne and a jury of nineteen inhabitants of St George ' s , Southwark , assembled on Wednesday evening , at the _An-. el Tavern , Webber-street . Blackfriars-road , to inve * 'igat 3 tho death of Louisa Barnard , aged 22 years who destroyed hen-elf in a boose ot ill-fame oi the morning of Tuesday last , under the _circumstances briefly described in the following evidence :- — Mr Bateson , surgeon , of Waterlco-road , proved _having been called to gee deceased about half-past three o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday hut , at 34 , _Herl-ert ' _s-buildings . She was quite dead , and appeared to hare died from suffocation . Mr Henry Cox , of Princes-street , _Lambeth , was next called . He had known deceased twelve months , and was with ber on Monday night . They went to bed together about eleven o ' clock . He went ta sleep in about ten

      minutes . He awoke about three o ' clock , and missing deceased frora his side , looked up , and by the light ofa candle which was burning in tbe room , saw ber hanging at tbe foot of the bed . He immediately jumped oat of bed , cat her down , and then called for Xaedieal _ _s _> _i-jtance , which arrived in about ten minutes . Witness could not at all account for the deceased ' s act . They had had no quarrel . On the contrary , they were on tbe best terms , and it was perfectly true that he contemplated marrying her , though the day was not yet fixed . It was further proved by the _deceased ' s own mother that she had made frequent previous attempts on her own life , and alter a few remarks from tbe learned coroner on the melancholy nature of the case , " the jury returned & Terd . _ct to the following effect : —'' Tbat tbe deceased had destroyed herself while labouring under temporary insanity . "

      _ACCIDSSTS , OFFENCES , ETC . FaicHTFra , Accidbst os Board th _ Cricks . _S-Eimkr . —An accident of a most frightful character occur , ed on board the Cricket . reamer , one of the penny b . at _*» that ply from London Bridee to the FoxnnJtr the-Hill , near Hungerford Market , to John _Stev-n _« , aged _forty-eifht , employed as stoker on board , and wbo , by some means , got his hand so _dreadfully jammed in the machinery as to cut off two of his fingers , and he sustained other Injuries by the * c urrence . The poor _fellsw was taken to the < _"baring-cro 8 s Hospital , when Mr Stegball , the resident house-surgeon , considered tbat the process of amputation must be resorted to , in order to prevent gangrene taking place . The vessel wa * on its war from London Bridge at the time of the accident .

      D __ TH TROH _SriBfATIOS _rg St P _ KCK _ S . —On Monday moraine , between the hours of one and two O ' clock , a woman , name unknown , was admitted into the University College _ Io _.-pital under the foi ' lowing _distressing circumstances : *—It appears tbat at the time _alluded to , police-constable 200 , of the S division , while pas-rag along bis beat in Seymourstreet , _lUmpstead-road , bad his attention suddenly attracted by the faint groans ofa poor creature lying on the pavement , near the Coronation public-house , ut the above street , and shivering witb cold . On approaching her , he found ber in a very exhausted state , and she appeared as if on the brink of death from tha want of food and nourishment . Sbe was

      in the most filthy plight , being literally c _. Ter < -d with a few dirty rags , and was reduced to surh a state of weakness as scarcely _tnbe able to articulate . She said sbe bad had no food for several days , and the policeman , assisted by { another constable , conveyed her t * tbe shove institution , whin she was attended by Mr Cadge , the nigl . t surgeon , who pronounced ber to be in a d ying state , Sbe was so exhausted as 4 » be unable to take any nourishment , and notwithstanding all the care and attention paid to her , she expired in an hour and a quarter after her admission . The deceased _appears ( o have been about 55 years of age , and has all the appearance of having died from want and d stitution . Information ofthe

      Circumstance was in ibe course of tbe day forwarded to Mr _Wabley , M . P ., coroner . _D-Riso Robberies . —Information ofthe following robberies bas been received and circulated by the police :-0 n the 16 th inst ., from the house of Mrs _Evans _, N -. 51 , Soufhwark Bridge-road , £ 33 in gold and 17 s- in silver and copper moneys . On the same day , from tbe bouse of Mrs Jackson , No . 16 , Addi--on-terrace _, Kensington , a plated bread basket , a silver toast rack , a cream jug , a waiter , two gold _ ea ! _s , a silver mustard spoon , a caddy spoon , wine strainer , with other articles . From the shop of Mr __ 3 _ er , 62 . Mount-street , Westminster-road , about 50 yards of black lace , German , in three lengths . 200 jards of edging , and about 50 vards of _satia ribboM , Of various colours . On the 18 tb , from the house of Mr Jones . 14 , _Ebury-street . Pimlico , a silver table Spoon , a pebble brooch set in plain gold , a pair of gold earrings , octagon shape ; and a double cased fiilrer watch .

      Smews op Sib H . W . _Webs-eb . —This gentleman -died at _twelveo ' elock on Tuesday morning , fr # m the efffcts ofa wound which be bad inflicted on bin-self the previous da * . Sir Henry bad bnt l ately returned from the Continent , where he Lid been travelling witb I . ady Webster , for _thange of scene , and that latterly he _soffeit _« - f _. om indifferent health , since his ZBtnrn to his town _res-dence , No . 31 , Upper Brookstreet , where , as above stated , be committed the melancholy act It would appear that the malady increased rather tban otherwise , and that he laboured under general debility . Be was left in bed on Sunday night , in his usual state , nothing particular being observed in his demeanour ; next morning , at eight o ' clock , he was lying at the _f-ot of the bed on the _fl-wr , in a senseless state , there being a severe

      wound on tne left side or bu throat , from which blood was copiously flowing . No time was lost , and ere trany minutes bad elapsed several medical gentlemen were in attendance , and rendered all the assistance in their power np to his last breath . It appeal , tbat tbe gash , inflicted by a ra _. or , was not a very large one but as tbe jugular vein was injured no hope could be entertained . The unfortunate gentleman , according to the position in wbich he was discovered , must have got up from bis bed to commit the rash act . Sir Henry Webster gradually lingered up to 12 o ' clock that day , when he breathed his last An inquest was he ! d on Wednesday eveuing on the body ot ihe deceased , when the jury returned a verdict , —* ' Tbat tbe deceased Sir Henry Webster , died from the effects of wounds inflicted on himself while labouring under temporary insanity . "

      FIRfs . _Alilmtso Fibi MKAtt _Wksthinstsb _Abbkt . —On Monday morning an alarming fire occurred upon tbe premises numbered 10 , in Princes- < treet , Westminster , in the occupation of Mr E . Uaderwood , beersbopkeeper . Forty-nine of the assistants of tbe brigade force were employed to extinguish tbe fire , and several engines were _engaged upon the occasion . Considerable damage was done to ( he building and the contents , both of which were materiall y injured . Th : _adjoining bouses were damaged . Tbe houses were insured in the Sun , Westminster , and _Phtenix , offices . Cause unknown . _gSg _Fias is Gbs-K-mBEr , Soho . —On Tnesday night about 10 o ' clock , a fire broke out ir tbe buildings occupied by Mr Ro _. _ers , a carver and gilder ; Mr _Pieraon _, a cabinet maker ; Mr J . Walby . a boiler and steam apparatus-manufacturer ; and Mr W . _Soelman , a schoolmaster . The Jews' Indigent School

      was also held on one of the _floirs . It appears that the fire was first petceived r £ g * m <; in tbe fourth floor , tenanted by Mr Rogers . An instant alarm was spread , and intelligence was sent to the engine stations , but before a single engine had time to arrive the flames had penetrated the roof . The firemen , by dint of _ i-eat exertions , succeeded in getting tbe flames subdued by half-past eleven o ' clock , but not until a very serious damage was done to Mr -tog-re - stock in trade br fire and water . The roof is likewise partially burnt off , and the whole of the lower floors are saturated with water . The stock of Mr Pierson is likewise extensively damaged by water , and so are the Jews' School and Mr Soelraan ' _s academy . It could not be ascertained how tbe fire originated . Tbe workmen all left tbeir employment at nine o ' clock , at wbich hour the building was locked up , when it appeared perfectly free from fire . None of the parties , it is _believed , are insured .

      HI 8 . B ___* _- _ O . S . Irish Ihuigbatios . — On Sunday afternoon two steamers , the Prussian Ea _* Ie , from Cork , and tbe Limerick , from Dublin , arrived in tbe river off Alderman ' s stairs , Lower East Smithfield , with 1 , 200 Irish paupers , men , women , and children , who appeared in a most wretched state of distress . They were distributed about _Watping , St . George _' _s-in-the-East , Whitechapel , and Shadwei / , until the evenlog , when they repaired to various quarters of the metropolis .

      _Anittssro _* _. op ihe _Pon-ic to Vibw the New lions * of Lobds . —Od Tuesday the New House o f Lords was ooened for tbe inspection of the public generally witbout ticket ); admission was confined to parties of twelve at one lime , who entered by the door at the north of the peers' entrance to the old House of Lords io Palace-yard . The admission is to be continued at certain hours , when their lordships aro not sitting .

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      Cdmbeuusd. Explosion Of A Powdkb Mi__. -...

      _CDMBEUUSD . _Explosion of a Powdkb Mi ___ . -An _expks ' _-oa and complete demolition of extensive powder mills took place at tho manufactory of Messrs Wakefield and _Bambridge _, at Sedgwick , near Kendal , shortly after ten o clock on Monday night Jast . Tbe shock wa * fe _* . tatKeDdal . Near the mansion of J . Wakefield , Esq ., mayor of Kendal , were two powder mills , called Back Mill , worked by a water mill , and a few yards distant were two other mills , used for grinding the raw material , the four mills b ing wholly erected of wood . Adjoining to the two latter mills was the

      preparing mil ] built of stone , to wbich was attached the composition house . At th . time above mentioned an explosion occurred , by which tbe entire of these « x erections were demolished . The two night watch men had but a few minutes before retired to the watch house , believing that tbe manufactory wa ; proceeding in its _usualsafe course ; consequently no life was lost by the accident . After the explosion a mass of burning timber was scattered about , and at one time tbe flames from a quantity of ignited saltpetre were very alarming , but by the assistance ol the Kendal fire engines were finally extinguished .

      _ _. NCASI 1 IRB . Thb Fever is Liverpool . -- Several parish officers have already fallen a pr . y to tbe typhus fever , caught in the discharge of their duties , and from the intelligence we have since learned others ave doomed to fall a sacrifice to tbe malignant scourge which the Irish famine waa the means of _introducing amongst us . Mr James Martindale , for some years clerk of Christ Church , Ilunter-strcet , but „ _¦ _ •* , _»__ for some time past , a relieving-officer of the parish , is at present labouring under typhus . This is tbe second time within the last few months that thit * individual has laboured under the same disease caught , there can be no doubt , in the discharge of bis duties in Lace-street and some other * of the streets in tbe lower parts of the town , to the relief of which his public labours were almost wholly devoted . Very little hope is entertained thathe will survive the present . Not onl y Mr Martindalebut his

      as-, sistant _als- _* , is likely to fall a victim to typhus , for the latter is m a very dangerous state , and beyond _question he contracted tbe disease in a similar manher , by frequenting the wretched abodes in which tbe fever _isat present rapidly mowing down its un * fortunate victims . We regret to be _obliged to add , that a poor fellow who was engaged in ventilatin _. the _paiisb-office , where tbe contagion which proved so fatal to Mr Rowland and other parish officere w . e first contracted , bas been seized with typhus , and is dead , leaving two children suffering under the very disease which produced his demise . Thus it will be beea that pestilence and death are doing their work around us ; silently , it may be , but not slowly , or with uucertainty . giving us every day more and more reason to fear that with the warmth of summer it will commit more rapid havoc , and Liverpool will tben be reduced to the deplorable condition of another Skihbereen .

      _WORC-SIKRSHIRK . _D-rfso _Bcro-art . —Information bas been received of a burglary committed in the house of Mr G . Warwick , a mercer , at Great Malvern . The burglars were disturbed , and after an encounter with Mr Warwick , who was violently assaulted and felled to the ground with some heavy instrument , tbey made tbeir escape , carrying off only half-crown and a lamp . They left behind them a hit . a strong nailed shoe ( which had evidently belonged to a man with a deformed foot , the upper leather being raised to fit the deformity ) , a carpenter ' s chisel , and a screw-driver , marked with the name of " Morgan . " A rewatd of £ 20 has been offered by Mr Warwick for the discovery of the villains , and a further reward by the Great Malvern Association .

      _oloucbstbrsuirb . Sivodxab Death . —On Friday morning , between ten and eleven o ' clook , as one of the labourers of Mr E . F . Colston was passing near the newly formed fish-ponds in Roundway-park ( the seat of Mr Colston ) he discovered the body of that gentleman floating in the water . Prempt assistance was obtained , but it was unavailing . Mr Colston was a magistrate for Wilts , and a justice of the peace for Devizes . An inquest w . is on Monday held on the body , _before Mr W . B . Whitmareh , coroner , and a respectable jury , Mr F . H . Grubbe , foreroaa . On Friday morning deceased came down stairs at bis usual t me , seven o clock , when he walked round the grounds , and returned to breakfast a few minutes before nire o ' clock . He then assembled his household , conducted family prayer , and having taken breakfast went into tbe park to see tbe labourers at tbeiv work . _Deceased left the spot where he was

      cleaning the gravel walk , and went on in the direction ofthe fishponds , beyond which some men bad been at work the previous day . In _hatf-an-hour afterwards this witness went to tbe pond to fetch ? ome tools that had been left there , when he saw something in the water , got a stick , and upon lifting up the hat , discovered it was a corpse . He ran off immediately to tbe house , and assistance being obtained deceased was taken rut of tbe water . Deceased was taking the shortest way by the fishponds acros * a steep bank , upwards of twenty feet hi . h , when , either from apoplexy , to which he was predisposed , or from stumbling , he fell down into the water . Deceased was tall and corpulent , and by no means likely to recover kimself under such circumstances . The jury returned the following verdict" Found drowned , but by what means the T _ - _ -od eame into the water there is no eyi < kuue before tho jury to show . "

      OX _* "T _) SHraB . Death bt _Dj ""* ; , i . _* . o . — - An inquest has been held at the Da _< - _ * -od Arms , Kirtlington , by Mr Brunner , om » * r ine coroners for Oxfordshire , on view of the body ef Mr Wm . Paine , stonemason , of Woodstock , who was on Sunday afternoon drowned in the river _Cherwell , under very _distressing circumstances . Deceased had been employed in building bridges on the Oxford and Rugby line of railway . On Sunday he went for a walk with his wife , his sister , and his child , to see the above works . When near Wbitallhridge _, Tackley , he went on a plank laid across the Cherwell by the railway workmen ; from tlie planhe fell into tbe river , where there is about eighteen feet of water , and was drowned in the presence oi his wife , his sister , and bis child , and of several spectators who could not swim . A verdict of accidental death was recorded .

      BERKSHIRE , B-BO __ - * r at _WnrnsoH . — -Some London cracksmen , and , evidently , from the nature of the work , accomplished professionals , committed a burglary upon the premises of Messrs Jennings , brewers , Thamesstreet , at an early nour on Saturday last , by taking off the tiles from the roof of the counting-house , and then descending into the interior through _theceiling . Wben the counting-house was opened in tbe morning , three out of four desks were found wrenched open , apparently by a small "jemmy ; " but not a single

      thing bad been removed . In tbe drawers of one of the desks there was a considerable sum of money in gold and Bank notes , but left untouched by the burglars . It is very clear that the thieves were disturbed almost immediately after they bad entered the premises , by two of Messrs . Jennings' men going to their work in the _brewho-seas early as one o ' clock tbat morning . Tbey had to ring a loud-toned bell to be let in by the watchman , and that , no doubt , alarmed tbe thieves , who escaped over the back of the brewhouse . which abuts on the river , and thence , by mean 3 of a boat , to the opposite side of the Thames to Eton .

      ESSEX . Wholesale LvOE . vouBistf . —Last week three fires broke out witbin a quarter ofa mile of each other , and nearly simultaneously , in the parish of Burnham , upon the farms in the several occupations of Mr Pannell , of Burnham Ilall ; Mr Rogers , of the Green Farm ; and Mr Henry Croxon , of Cherry Garden Farm . At Mr _Pannell's , a large barn , four stacks of hay , and several buildings were destroyed . At Mr Roger .., one wheat and several haulm stacks , two barns , and otber outbuildings , At Mr Croxon ' s acottage nnd several buildings . The sheep and other stock in the yards were rescued from the flames . The police have apprehended a man on suspicion . KENT .

      Loss op Life ok the River below _G-. av _ 8-W ) . _*—Shortly before midnight , on Sunday evenin ? , a deplorable accident occurred _. about a _milebelowGravesend , to the Frances , of Goole , J . Williamson , master . It appears that the vessel wben she left the Metropolitan po-fc on Sunday night was stowed with a general cargo of grocery , stationery , & o , and that after having passed down Gravesend sbe was run down by one of the Steam Navigation Company ' .- _, steamers , supposed to be tbe Columbine , as that vessel came into port seriously damaged on Monday

      morning . From inquiry of Williamson , the master , it appears that he was rescued from the wreck with great difficulty , and taken into a boat just before tbe Francis went down , and that from the suddenness ofthe shock it was fouud impossible to save either of tbe two men or the boy who belonged to the crew . It seems that the ill-fated vessel had left Staunton ' s Wharf the night before , and that she wns in every respect seaworthy . The bodies bave nut at present been picked up . The poor fellow who is saved states that before he was rescued ho endured the most severe suffering .

      WILTS . _Mtstbmous Case . —Considerable excitement prevailed throughout Warminster , by a report that one , if not two persons had been savagely murdered in a meadow near the Old Church . On Monday last _smm _* persons , as they were passing tbe bank ofa mill-pond whioh runs through the meadow near the church , perceived _somethingin tbe water . Curiosity prompt * . tbem to see what it was , when , on turning it over , to their no small amazement , they found tbat it wait tbe body ofan aged man with a razor clenched in his band , his throat most frightfully cut , and his clothes red with blood . They immediately got the body out of tbe water , but whilst they were so doing they were amused nt finding another part / under the man . The

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      latter i was a youth about twenty years of age . Both bodies were removed , and an inquiry set on foot to ascertain , if possible , who they were , and how tbey met with their deaths . After some trouble it was lean . _e-1 that the elder deceaaed was a man named Matthew King , n pensioner , about 50 years of _aj-e . who used to work in the meadow as an agricultural labourer , and tho younger person was his son . The coroner having been apprised ofthe circumstance an inquest was held on the two bodies , 'l'he witnesses stated that tbe father , for some time past , had been

      slightly deranged ; that on the day the discovery was made he and _^ biB son wen * both at work in the field _, 'fhe witnesses were of opinion that , during a fit of insanity , the f < it '; er had cut his throat with a razor , and the gun , < jeei g biro in the act of so doing , had endeavoured to prevent him , and that during the scuffle be had fallen into the pond , and the other , on accompliiliinr hi" object , had fallen into tho water upon him . The jury , in the absence offurtherevidence , rtturni d a verdict—* ' That the son _w- > 8 found drowned , but that the father destroyed his own life during a fit of temporary insanity . "

      80 MHRSKTS 1 I 1 HK . At * Accm _. _Nt arising from _carelessness by persons quarrying , occurred on Tuesday morning in the neighbour , od of Berkelsy . place , midway between Briftol a _. d Clifton . Men have been en _. aged working quarries at the back of tbe new Catholic chapel , and as the spot is surrounded by houses , al nn had been felt by the inhabitants , who complained ofthe danger to which they were exposed . The other morning about ten o ' clock , a blast was fired , and without

      anything like proper means being taken to avert accident , or to warn persons to keep out of the way . A large quantity of powder was used , and the broken fragments of thu rock were _scatt _' . red in all directions . Some ofthem fell into a court , at the back of Lower Berkeley-place , in which some children were at play ; and a little girl named Casey was struck on the head with such force , as to kill her on the spot . A _secoi d received a severe wound on the head , and is reported to have _rince died ; several others were more or less injured by fragments of * . _. st _ -e .

      CORNWALL . _P-kkt _. op _RspBESKNTiaivEa . _*—In anticipation of the approaching general election movements have already taken place amongst several constituencies ; but in no instance that has yet come under our notice does there appear stronger indications of a severe contest than in the bnroueh of Bodmin . Including tho two sitting members , there are no less than seven candidates announced by the iasue of addresses , and two more are confidently epoken of as intending

      candidates . The _jiresent members are Sir S . Spry and J . DonnGardner , Esq . ; and _addressei have been issued by Captain Vivian , the member for Falmouth ; II . C . Lacy , Esq ., a director of the _L-mdon and South _Wostern Railway ; W . Michell , E * q ., M . D ., ot Tr ro ; and J _. mes Wyld , _Ecq . tlie cel _«* hrated mapseller ; and the expected candidates are Mr Cnckburn and Mr Butt , of tbe western cirruit . As mav be supposed , the issue of the candidates' addr < sse . _« , and the prospect of an animated contest , are subjects of general remark in the town and neighbourhood .

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      Sanitary Conditio** Op Towvs.—The Attent...

      Sanitary Conditio ** op _Towvs . —The attention of the local _autboritits in several towns in North Wales has recently been directed towards the subject of proper draina _. e . wwer „_ e . and ventilation ; and active remedial _me-asutes are about to be taken to supply the . deficiencies * , _t'ow exi » tine . In _fi-wgor and Carnarvon medical ¦ _jewkmr ' n have reported upon the condition of various districts , and the result of their labours proves that a vast number of the houses in the courts and hack Btreets arc in a most wretched state , and that , in _nnmenus instances , large heaps of manure and oilier putrid matters have been Miff-red to _aceumui- * ite , from ] which most offensive and _tlcleterious miasma arises . The report ot t _. _esugeons details the ill-ventilated , j damp , and dirty condition of the _houses generally j

      in the lower parts of tbe towns ; the lamentable deficiency of water and drains ; the offensive effluvia frem dung-heaps and decaying veeetable matters , and stagnant water . It thu » . concludes . — "Theie are the places where we may expect to meet w th ferers and scrofulas in all their varieties ; and the sickly appearance of the inhabitants is more eloquent tnan words in pmolaiminiT the unwholesome ness of their abodes . Wu feel convinced ' list the removal of tho sources of impurity _fr _« m our courts and streets , by means of drainage and a tiUmtttul supply of water , would _nmplv rcoay the necessary outlay of money ? n savine the lives of numbers who perish _annuall y in _cbnieqiiHiic _. of tbem , and in picserving the health of _ma-iy wln « now linger ont a miserable existence , maintained at the public expense . "

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      The Coast.—The La'e -«Torm Has Produced ...

      The Coast . —The la'e - « torm has produced disastrous effect !? in Wick a d fhe more northern districts of Scotland . It r ag ,, there with desfruotive fuTy for about _thirty hours . At Wick , a _Glasgow brig was wrecked , an . l fiv «> of the crew perished _, the mate having made au _i-xtraoniinary _escape by climbing up an almost perpendicular precipice , nearly 300 feet high . A less f . > rt _> tiute companion was washed down , when the _oi'i- " . '< . u _.- > aice . it was half

      _accomplished . The _Welleslei _, «¦ Shie'ds . is said _.. be lost with all hands , _t-o is aUn the _Leadbetter , and it is suspected with an pqually _melancholy result . Three j _* _o- - els are also en sho > -e « ui tho went coast of Sutherland ; crew Raved . At L ; v < _: riiefii six men hav ** been lost in a fishing-b » at ; _,-vrnl ¦ _**) the fragments of wrecks are numerous , the full extent of the _caitialties cannot yet be ascertained . The weather , which h a ** f _.. r _i-ome time pa _** t been cold and bleak , so as tn _-un-v ,, _vegetation , chan . ed on Monday night for th <* _Ivt ie- * , and we h . v . had since then a soft stearfv * l . _-iwe-. r .

      ABHUOKF . _' _-l-Hl ' . _' . S . _MsLANCHOLr _Evjcnt . —A h . xise in _lladover-lane _, Aberdeen , has been burnt . . ' i . \ v >> . althmi . b ev _** ' * y effort was made to overcome th' flames . Thi * . wns not all ; an unfortunate woman , tt , e wife ofa shi' > - * . nster , who occupied a port it n "' the hou * -e , wh-burnt to deatb . Tho fire _hi-l mi _/ inated inhersleppin _* _- _apartment , and the body , _wh-ju found , _pros-ntcd a most frightful spectac' _** .

      _LANAIiKMUUK . _Proobess of _F-Vbk in iJi . a _. O' . w . —The di * ease , is rapidly on thc increase in G ' . _i'i _.-o'v : but no auxiliary hospital has yet b ; vn . _m-ni d by the directors of tbe infirmary . On the ni " i _* _iiiiig of thel . r . h March last the typhus fe * cr _p-. ticn ! .. > _.:. the line * _<•» the district surgeon ? amount * _. <> 116 . On thi-m . > min . of the 15 th of April _current _ih _.-y .-. mounted to 154 being an increase of nearly 14 p _»> r e _.-. nt . ! Glasgow . —Str _. kt KoniiiutiKS in DAViionr . — These depredations bav _* . * wvived , and t < ¦* time chosen for their _commit-sio _' . i . * ilay . i . ht , While a lady was walking in _Loik _Io ; - -. i i _. _'O ? , a powerful y . iunc fellow , about 25 rears << f -. _ _•* , _cume up b _. hi / 'd he ?'

      and attempted to _. _naii-h . _r-v ; . y h _** r pnrai * . _Beiri't unsuccessful in this , Hie lad , - _living a firm hold of it , the coward struck Im- a h * iv < m the chest , knocked her down , anil mi .., del in t'Ctt _' ug a portion ofthe purse , _contninii-. _t : _m ven or _eiahi _xliilliriga in silver , with which h- _pu f _*!** arnff . The darin . assault could not lm ; ' i . e _* < _'i _!* 'i « d less than ten minutes- The lady wa- * _a-.-. _i- <» . .-i' _toeet » p by some passers-by , hut n <*» _po'iet *> ni _. _« r made bis appearance . Another lady took _refill * ir . . i _? lio _*> at tho e . 'rner of _Glassford-street , ina bie > _ai , _U-i and _aiUaii * d state A ruffian , answering tli . _ - ' _-tbrnlc .

      _KDtNBI-KOlt . Leith . —Catt . *? yon S . _* i •• : * . — - On Friday last , a number of verv fine catt '<\ ¦ _h-. efly of » Jn » nure _Ayrshire bred , were _shipped ! ,.. ri' fi > r Gitt . _'i'biirg , ex the Swedish Bolinoner Ali'V . ' _^ ' _i -r , for a centlcnmn in that county . They _wwr .. ; l _.:. _'! p _< l bv Mr Walter Finley . of _GlasE _^ vi , and " iu . m * . hrir ai « pr _* m-ncp reflect much credit on hi- j . (' _viu- ot In th" lot was a remarkably fin- * hull . t _; ¦ .- s" _* rt h » ni species , breed , as weareinf '> riiH' W . It _Rum- ' _-iv , Biq ., of Bart-ton . The . n _* _-vt _*» y >¦> . _ci'iling Snitch bred cattle to the cnntine > - < _« x h > _- _* l ; > _is' _-i-il deft * •¦! _inierest _, and tbe result of thet > xt . > . "i ' . ui < .-ii > will b-l-nked f » r by all interested in tht * t _.-e _.., ! * ¦ •' . ' > _¦* - _** * 'n . F .. r .- ' i . » _arain _—Itisclieerin _. to wit ... ! .- liu- _iHiuvuse im . oriaii > ns of wheat , barlev . an . i _«»•< _.-.. Within \\ w la * tfn _ f days _upivar _. gof 2 , 000 quartern have U -t * n rep trfpd ; and during the same *! ort i . criort more than 1 , 000 quarters have c _** mc cn :. _* 4 rwt * ' « . HO . — ¦ ¦ liHI _. r .

      S . _RANOE Sou _** ns . —F' : thi- list few _wopks tbe quiet and ppaeeabfo _iniHii / _. _i- . iiittH of _G ' cn Urquhart havebeen much l » 'wii ! - ! o .. | . if not , _coi _. foumied , by the _hearing ' for _spveraf _vfciinisulterth .- _-witing of the sun ex'raordinary _aouiieit- _» « _.-wm _* tit _* g down the g ) er , whichat _timfsr'jif . _' K ! . ; _.. ! thatof tii » _> tinkling of military cymhaKato *! . _*'! . imeH . that of an instrumental band nf mm-i _* :. :. _¦> '" < iii ... nd _I'Mijecturt * in the . 'en , for same < . ay _« ' : . " _(• . o' _- > . _»(• Hit * _pim- * _-i- 'try , but the general _confilii-iioo K ti :. " / it ' *< tl .. _ure'eun-or of an ever _. tfnJ iicrind Tin' a _!•<¦ ¦ ¦ i _*!< nr ] r mIihws , 'hat notwithstanding 8 cb _«» . 'in ! iM " _r-- \"\ n . _- . _alini'id in tho Highland glen- * and < h '¦•*' . * in ; dolu-ive da _> s nf _** upei _' - stition have not y < _-t _aliotr-il-i' _dix-ip-ie-ircd Irom amonust u » .

      _CoLDtsonAM . —I . AiiOK _Sii . u . _>* 'P Fisn -- Dunns the past a d _•« e * - inrtir- _ _«» f i _.-it * _i _;' . * _-ciit ** _i _. k a rather singular circiim- _' _s'icc Hrmn . u C « l _* 'i-i Urn Shore , in th > - _apirarani'"' <•¦ * i '*;•_ _¦ ' _-h- _' _- . f _1 ' _n-h . _vn-y rare in this _Joeality , of tli . j * ... _; _. ¦ : ¦ .. ••¦¦• V « , An unu * -ual number . of _iisb w _**« - ¦¦ .. _werv-. l .-v '* inmiti _< r a _' _l-ut for several » _i"ys . (¦ "i "' - '*" _'** ' * ¦ _¦ **' : ' - _« ' _*'• ' _*•¦ iric , but no particular _iintice w ¦* . ' A ' . * * _ . " !; ib . _im _imul Monday lastf , when tiiey « et _i' * v < vy _t ' i't . \ . _Itcii'li crowding the harbour . ' be * _i-n't-M-rc « .. _* - ' }» n m c _> - > . _' ! . v ¦ ' ¦•¦ ¦ • _¦' .. iigl _. t ami convcicd fresh to _KiliiibineU iiibi ' : ' _! . iii . ' Lave wn .. ( . ce _tiee-n .. en . and i l >•* b _.-. ii- _--.. - ' _-. « : > , > n _apia-aivd on any part of thecna _** t . I ' m . * . i _.-e _> s n « t _alto . _i'ilic-r without a precedent in ihisqii ; _ii'U _* r , a « i > me _**| ia similar occurrence bavins ; taken p { . \ ce . 't' _-. . ut _w-n vearaago , a little farther tu the west .

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      Class legislation having produced Famine , is now making the second step in its di _tiastrous effects-Pestilence ia showing ; itself throughout the country .

      _SPUSAD OP FBVBB . There are alarming accounts of the extension of the malignant typhus f ever , which has been so destructive to human liio in several of the western and southern counties . The pestilence has broken out in some of the north midland counties , and amongst tho middle classes has already found victims . In C'lvati _, particularly , the fever has appeared in a very virulent form . A few days since the Rev . P . O'Reilly , curate to the Roman Catholic bishop , died soon after being attacked . _Bauina . —Fever is now rapidly extending the ranee of its attacks not only in the town but iu the adjacent villages . The number of deaths which have occurred in the workhouse of this union , frora Wednesday 7 th until Wedne-day the 14 th inst ., amounts to sixty .

      Mar _tbobotou . —The Fever Hospital of this place i quite crowded , and contagion and destitution are on tbe increase in that part ofthe country . MATo . Ths burial-grounds in thia country aro in a most shocking state—the coffins bnt partially _cavered . and tho greatest alarm prevailing from the apprehension of infeetion . Cobk . —The distress of the wretched paupers of Cork is deepening into pestilence . Fever and dysentery are movin . about the streets—blocking np shopdoors and jostling us as we walk along in the shape of men , women , and children , that should be rather lying on the beds of an hospital than staggering to the grave in the midst of those to whom , sooner or later , they must bring infection- The country

      dia trie ta have sent in at least 10 , 000 diseased hnd destitute wretches to beg , starve , and _perinh in the city . The dismissals on the roads have increased these disastrous arriva ' s , and those contemplated on the 21 th instant will multiply them with thc deadliest effect . Galwat . —Fever is spreading rapidly amongst the richer classes in tho west . Mr Gregory , father of tlio member for Dublin , is ill of fever . Mr Martin , of B-. ) inahinca Castle , member for Galway County , who lias been labouring under the disease for some days past , is in a dangerous state . Five attorneys were taken suddenly ill with fever during the sessions at Ballinasloe , and were under the necessity of being _asiitted out of tbe court-house . Alarm is becoming very general .

      Mr S J » nes , the resident magistrate of West Galway , has fallen & victim to tbe malady * _Sttoo . —Fever lis making rapid progress throughout thc county , it has appeared in tbe gaol . Both the old and the new fever hospitals are full , and there ii carcely a cabin in town free from it . _Ci . onmi ' _-. — James Burke , Esq ., and Mr John Powell , of Prioratown , caught fever while attending their duties as _po'r-law guardians in the workhouse of this union , on Thursday week . The latter gentleman has since died . Fever and dysentery are rapidly spreading .

      Tralbe . —The report of Dr Alton to the poor-law guardians , with respect to the frightful state of Ratass churchyard , surpasses in horror anything that has occurred in our country for centuries . The bodies ofthe dead are the chief , perhaps the only food of great packs of faroishine dogs , which nncturnally prowl about our graveyards , and scrape up the scarceburied d-ad as their food . In Killarney , Lord Kenmare has , we have reason to believe , granted a new burial ground ; the old ones in that district , as well as in this , and throughout Kerry , provinginadequate for tbe immense mortality . Unless new grounds be

      opened at once , the heat " of next month , acting on the mia . ma generated in such abundance , may produce a plague , transcending in horror any recorded in history . Dingle . —Since the reduction on the public works tho mortality has been so great that the obituary of this barony would fill a large portion of cur space . Fever and _dysentery are attneking all classes . The Rev . Mr Iluolohan , P . P ., of _Danurlin , and the Rev . Tliadee Hamilton , Protestant curate , are slowly _rerovering . It is supposed that our population—over 20 , 000 last year—will be reduced one-half at loast .

      _RAL-mnoB-.-DrMolloy now lies ill of typhus fever , he was attacked on the eve of departure from _Ballinrohe : 700 were ill in the poor-house when he was Rent down by the Board of Health , a month since , but hi * exertions were most successful . A _Costrast . —A correspondent of one of the daily paters add _* the following to a long account of Irish misery , which had been given without comment : — " illness of thk lohd i _ e _ t _ kant . " I regret to learn that our distinguished viceroy is confined at the vice-regal lodge , Phoenix-park , with a severe cold . " _DnSTITUTIOtf . _Dublis . —Deaths in the public street , are greatly on the increase . Since the police have ceased to » ff rd lodging to houseless wanderers , from fifteen to twenty of such persons have been found dead in the _strePts .

      Cork—A gentleman counted 136 beggars in one _str . * t in Cork on last Sunday morning . Tn . Pore-AR _Armam-xt—Last week , a party of armed men attacked the house of Thomas _Nowlan , of Park water , within a mile of the town of Shanagohlen , an < l after breaking the windows succeeded in taking a gun and case of pistols from him . They then proceeded half a mile further , attacked the house of Cornelius Nowlan , brother to the former , and demanded his arms , which were immediately _uiven up- They then killed four valuable dogs , when tbey departed , after having fired several shots . _PuRcnAss op Arms . —There is scarcely a peasant in the w _. > st nf the county Limerick that is not well provded with fire-arms , which are purchased openly , and without fear .

      Kmwhathw . —The tide of emigration at Limerick oontinu' _-s to flow with unabated force , Berths are at a premium , an . traffic in them is become a _profitab'p calling , Mokopolv . —Notwithstanding the immense arrivals of food at Limerick , the dealers still keep up famine _pricca . And it is for the benefit of such rapacious _vulritr . that the government declines to interfere with the "merchants , " leaving the people to their mercy . ' Tbis may be political economy , but certainly smacks little of common humanity .

      VALUR OF LANDED PROPERTY IX IRELAND . A portion of tho residue ofthe estates ef tbe late Earl of _Bk'f-sington was submitted for ( sale on Monday , by Master Litton , in the Court of Chancery . The attendance of bidders and the active competition showed the public had not lost their interest in the result , and that there was still no want of money for well circumstanced landed property . Lot 5 nf Mountjoy Forest , East Division , together with part of the townland of Knockmoyle , containing in the whole about i 30 statute acres , and producing nt present about £ 185 a year , was first put up . The small rent-roll was accounted for by a great part of the land being laid out in demesne or other planting , and not in the hands of tenants . When this lot was offered at the sates in November and December last , the parties refused to take less than £ 7 , 000 , and no ppr . s > m being willing to give so much , the sale was adjourned . After a smart contest it was knocked down to George Munro , Esq .. of Edinburgh , for

      £ 7 . 650 . Tlte n « xt lot was the timber on Mr Munro _. purchase , covering about 80 acres oi laud , and was pur * - chas ' _-d by _Arciid . _M'Corkell , Esq ., of Londonderry , for £ 700 . L t 12 of the demesne was timber on part of the d- mesne sold in November last to David White , Esq . and covered about 294 acres of land . It was also sold to Mr M'Corkell for £ 3 , 500 . TIicbc were all the lots now offered , the day ' s sale prodecing £ 11 , 850 , which , witb the produce of . tbe sales in November and December , makes about £ 200 . 000 now realised by the creditors on the estates . It was stated that there could not be any further sales until next November .

      FAMINE . Tho following is an extract from a recent letter from Dr Traill , Skull rectory , county Cork : — " Unl . ' ss a uracious God sustain me , and agenerous publio continue their aid , I must sink , and those around me perish . 1 need not say how numerous are the claims of a starving population of 18 , 000—how , indeed , awfully thinned by the hand of deathof whom 2 , 000 are Protestants , and whose destitute condition weighs heavily upon my heart . My _wM'kiy expenditure has reached the alarming amount of nearly £ 60 ., nor do I see the slightest _prospect of its diminution ; my _feara lead ma to apprehend the contrary . Most gratefully yours , Robert Traill , D . D .

      Kbnmarb . —In the parish of _Tuosist the most fearful misery prevails . There , unknown to the world , the famine-stricken poor have starved and died in masses , und they arc still perishing unnoticed by the rich or the benevolent , and unfriended by any but the parish clergyman . In tbe town of Tullamore , one of the most _respectable bouses of trade has been turned into an auction mart fur the sale of all kinds of firearms , and is doing great business .

      Atittuixa Fiais At Blacrfriabs-Bridqe.— ...

      _Atittuixa Fiais at _Blacrfriabs-Bridqe . — On _Wwincsdny evening , between eight and nine o ' clock , a ( ire that caused great alarm along the water side , but winch did no co-sideva _. le damage , broke out in thu _premises known as Albion Wharf , Holland-street , Blackfriars-road , the property of Mr Crosier , _limemi'ie'hant , < tc In commenced in a large wooden sh . d filled witb cement and lime , and very _spee _. i . y the 11 unes burst through thc sides and roof , so that lor somo lime a most serious conflagration was appro *

      _nci . 'dt'd . Tho light thrown out _wasso great that thefi * . was distinctly vis b e from the several bridges . In ttio coiii-e ofa few minutes engines of the London Brigade uud West of England attended , and also the i „ _ aiii' ot the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire . An abundant supply of water was obtained , and the _Farringdon-street engine was set to work , and in the space ot half an hour the flames w . re entirely extinguished , / . ho cause of tbe fire could not be ascertained , but ia supposed to have originated from saiae . lima sl & _ski _ g .

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      FRIGHTFUL MURDER OP A WIFE AND GUILD , AND SUICIDE OF TUE MURDERER . Last Sunday morning , about half-past six o ' clock , the inhabitants of Lower Norwood , Surrey , were thrown into a state ofalarming consternation in consequence of a most frightful murder , which had been committed by a man named James Young , agod 27 years , an artificial flower-maker , residing in Highstreet , Lower Norwood , who succeeded in talcing tho lives ofhis wife and child , and afterwardHCommitted self-destruction with the same instrument , uuder circumstances of the most awful character . It appears from the subjoined particulars that the

      man . oung lived with his wife , Jane Young , a _^ ed 22 , and their infant , a _^ ed ' only two months at a small shop in the High-street , where they exhibited artificial flowers , etc ., tor sale . Young hail been of weak intellect ior fome time past , which had often attracted the notice of the tradespeople in the village , who were of'en speaking of his peculiar antics . There is no donbt that they had suffered great privation and _dfctrcss , from the stale ofthe house and the general appearance of the victims and the murderer . Shortly after six o ' clock police constable Armstrong , 278 P , was going off duty to bis residence , nearthescene ofthe dreadful tragedy , but at-that time nothing attracted „ i * attenti < i _ _, but whilst

      uudressing himself he was alarmed at the cry of "Murder" anil loud screams . Ho instantly ran out only partially dressed , and saw another constable , Archer , 202 P , hastening towards Young ' s house . By the time they had reached the placeeeveral of the immediate neighbours were running from the front of the premises , and , as Archer proceeded tu the doorway to ascertain the cause of the alarm , Y ung came on to the threshold , with his hands covered with blood , and a table knife in tho left hand , also smeared with gore . He for a moment stood transfixed to the spot , and the constables , seeing him armed with such a weapon , and fearing what had taken place from tbeir previous knowledge of him , they drew their truncheons and followed him into

      the house . lie rushed upstairs to thc first floor , and when the officer reached the firit landing-place a most awful spectacle presented itself . The lifeless body of Mrs Young lay with her head almost , severed from her body ; she was lying in a pool of blood , which had streamed from the wound completely down tbe stairs . Her bend was on the top step and her feet were in the bedroom . They pursued him into the front room , and before they could secure him he sharpened the knife by rubbing it up and down the stonework round the fireplace , and stood before the looking-glass , whe e he drew the knife across his throat , inflicting a most frightful and extensive wound . When the officers had entered the apartment he was standing in a stooping position bt-li . ii . tl tbe door and bleeding from a wound he had infli _. ted on his neck . Whilst ho was lying on the floor , the officers rushed into the adjoining room and there

      discovered the lifeless body of tho infant on the bed with its head cut completely off , only hanging by a small piece of skin at th _= * back , l'he scene I at this period was ono at which the officers felt much alarmed . Soveral persons by this time came to their aid , who , seeing Young still alive , and the unfortunate victims quite warm , instatitly despatched a _messenger for Mr Chapman , surgeon , who attended with promptitude , but when he reached tbe house the mother and child were quite dead . The man was still alive , but the surgeon was of opiuion thathe could not survive many minutes , lie was placed on the bed , but notwithstanding everything medical skill could devise , he died in a quarter of an hour . A knife was found on the bed in the front room , and the stone work round the stove was smeared and covered with blood , where he had sharpened the deadly weapon .

      As soon ns the officers found the man dead , they immediately forwarded information of the awful deed te the Brixton station , and in a very short time Inspector Gifford and a small body of officers repaired to the scene of murder , which , by eight o clock , was surrounded by at least 500 persons , who were with great difficulty kept back by the police , who toolcharge of the bodies and the premises . A constabl e was also despatched to _Scothnd-yard with the i ar * ttculars of the horrible affair , which cast a gloom over the whole village . From subsequent inquiry it appeared that Young had been under the care of bis friends at Hackney , owing to his mind being somewhat impaired ; but on Saturday afternoon he returned in the care of a

      _relative , who had great trouble with him on the way to Norwood in the omnibus . The whole of Saturday night Mrs Young sat up at work for the purpose ol completing a small order , and the general supposition is that Young laid down on the bed witb part of his clothes on , and at the time of the murder bis wife , worn out with labour , went to sleep by his side , when ho awoke and committed the dreadful deed . The fire in the grate was still burning , and the few articles on the table which stood in the room were two cups and an old teapot , which indicated that they had only recently partaken of tea . The bodies were removed into the front room , where they were left in the charge of police-constable 202 P , who first entered the place .

      Towards noon the High-street w _ _s almost impassable , and hundreds of persons poured in trom the surrounding districts . The relatives of the murdered woman are very respectable , and , it is stated , reside in Brunswick-square . It seems rather strange that the friends of Young should have allowed him to go at large when they were aware tbat he was labouring under aberration of intellect , and it was _suggested by his relations to get him into some ' lunatic asylum . Upon further search ofthe bodies the fingers on tbe left hand of Mrs Young were much cut , no doubt in endeavouring to save herself from hia grasp , and in the struggle . Her death must have been instantaneous , and the poor little infant must have died in a few seconds . There is little doubt but that he meant to make his _escape ; but when be saw tbe police so near he retreated back into tbe bouse , where he committed suicide .

      At ten o ' clock in' the evening , large crowds of per sons were round the house , and the greatest sym pathy seems to prevail for the murdered female , wb ° bore a most exemplary character for cleanliness an " industry .

      - UHTHER _PAKTIC-LARS . Young married the unfortunate victim of his violence upwards of tivo years ago ; she has had three children by him , two of whom died shortly after their birth . For somo time past he had behaved in an eccentric manner , but nothing dangerous _wa-s apprehended in bis conduct until last Christmas , when lie showed evident signs of mental aberration . Mr Chapman was consulted , and prescribed for him , and advised that he should be looked after , as he considered be might inflict injury on those around him . llis wife , who was greatly attached to him , objected to his being placed under restraint , and expressed her conviction that he would neither hurt her nor himself . It _appears a young man lodged in the

      house with him , and slept there every night but Saturday night ; bad be been at home , he might probably have rescued tho victims from the unhappy maniac . When Young returned home on Saturday night , he was so unwell that a medical gentleman was called in to see him , who gave it as his opinion that he ought to be closely watched . About three o ' clock on Sunday morning , Young and his wile were heard quarrelling by their servant girl ; he asked his wife for something which she said she had not got . He then flew into a passion , saying he knew she had got what he asked for , and he was determined to have it . He at tbe same time struck her , and sbe exclaimed , " Ab ! James , you know you ought not to have done this , " The quarrel then ceased . J .

      Pope , a journeyman shoemaker , in the employment of Mr Q , uy , of 7 , High-street , Norwood , next door to the house in which the murder was committed , was awakened about ten minutes past six o ' clock on Sunday morning by tbe screams of a woman . He immediately got up , and , with Mr _Mattshe , who lives at No 5 , knocked at the door of Young , which was opened by the servant girl , wbo , in answer to their question , " What is the matter ? " replied , she did not know , but thought ber roaster was killing Mrs Young . They saw blood dripping down the stairs , and Mrs Young lying _v-itb ber ictt on tbe stair * and her head ou tho landing-place , bleeding from a wound in the throat ; there was a cut on the throat , and another at the back of the neck . His ( Pope ' s ) impression is , tbat Young first cut his wile ' s throat in tho bedroom ; that she crawled to the top of the stairs , and screamed for help until she became

      exhausted ; he recollects the scream growing fainter until it died away . Upwards of two minutes elapsed after he heard the first screams before he got into the house . Whilst Pope and _Manshe were on the landing-place , Young came out of the bedroom ; they then ran down stairs and went for a policeman and a doctor . No person saw Young cut his throat , as lie did it before any one returned to the house . It further appears that shortly before six o ' clock on Sunday morning , . Mrs Young called the servant-girl up and told her to get breakfast ready ; whilst tbo girl was lighting the fire , she heard Mr Young ask for something , to which his wife replied , " My dew , I have not got any . " He said , ' You have ; " a scuffle ensued , and her mistress endeavoured to call her by name , but could not ; fearing that he was ill-using ber , she ran out aud called at Mr Q , uy _ house . This scuffle was the fatal repetition of the quarrel which the girl heard at three o ' clock the

      same morning . Throughout the whole of Monday the utmost excitement continued to prevail amoug the inhabitants of N _. irwooil _. more especially in the immediate vicinity ofthe scene of tho murder , which ia situated about 200 yards from Norwood Cemetery . The three bodies were , at au early hour , washed and laid out by two persons appointed for that purpose by the parochial authorities , aud a more , tearful sight scarcely ever presented itself . The two rooms and the landing-place were completely saturated aud covered with blood . The banisters of the staircase wero likewise smeared with bkwd ami _Ifc-okcnaway , which leaves no doubt whatever that the murdered woman and hw husband nwat have _attuggled moat

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      j violently before the foul deed was completed- _^^ I _roanYotingappo 3 r 3 tobave walkedabo . tbnfi ; _^ 4 with only one of his shoes on , as ff _CT- _% were covered in numerous places w _& fiS ! from the blood ofhis victims , and onoif _. &» - _•* fully substantiated that fact . stock _'iiS Y' _-ung was formerly in very decent _eiitw _,.- - _* and before his marriage kept a pony and SS 1 " _^ for some time past a _vUiblo change had _ffi Vt in Iih pecuniary nff _. t . _rs , which occasional _hi _^ to _ ff .. _* ct his mind . The deceased waa KB * , cn ous . and _employed herself in _bonaet-makin- T _*"" _" *' together with artificial flower * , _weree . _^ _£ j _?*«* , window for sale . Young occup ied nearly tli „ t . * of his time in travelling about the metro .. 0 _* the suburban districts , with two or three _ ¦ , Tl "" _* - boxes at his back , containing artificial flower _^ , he hawked about to the fancy _linondraiicvs „„ , ! . i _* forsalo , sometimes producing very profitable m , ' ¦ He usually _wnlked on an average thirty miteC _&

      , anu was io oe seen every evening _pioceedin . tn J ' residence completely worn out . About ¦ * even since he was employed as warehouse lad at a _iiL _*? _? * in _Peterborot . » l .. court , _Fleetstreet , whew _W , cuhar manner _attracted tlie attention of every rmZ in the office , who were at a 10 , 9 to account RS extraordinary way of conducting iiimgelf _Arrangements havo alread y beon „ a , _le . v « , friends of the murdered wonwn and child for ' thS burial in the Norwood Ceraete . y _. _butnothin . Im , ' present been done _respecting the bod y of Youn _^ to

      _wnose _r-iawons seem uecune _lnterferin ** in th _, matter , therefore he may probably be buried bv th ! | parish authorities . 3 U 9 A few _montlis since Young made a most des perat . attempt to strangle the deceased woman white b bed onenislit , but an alarm beinz raised assis t * . * . providentially prevented him in bis object . He _»_ L a very sober and kind man when his mind was ri »| it but some days his appearance indicated that he " h ' boured under a _iowness of spirits , and appeared to _fc _ suffering from despondency .

      up to ei _. lit o ' clock on Monday evening _enwds of persons flocked round the house where the dreadful affair took place , and many tried to get in , but tha police have order- only to admit the relatives . On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mc Carter < m the bodies . The evideneo adduced full y corroborated that already given , and the jury ro . turned the following verdict— " That Jane Young and Sarah Jane Young were wilfully murdered by James Young , who afterwards destroyed bis own Jjfe he being at tlie time of unsound mind . "

      Execution Of Catherine Foster. Bum-St. E...

      EXECUTION OF _CATHERINE FOSTER . Bum-St . Edmunds , April 17 .-The execution ol this _wi _. _ierlivd girl , condemned to death by Chief Banm Pollock at the late _Suffolk assizes , for _poi , soning her husband , took place here this day . Those person * who have perused the evidence adduced at the trial , have doubtless been at a loss to conceiva the motive that could have _induced her to _destroy her _husbiind , whom she had apparently loved from a child ; and now tiwt her life ha * been forfeited to tha law , and her confession is published to the world , it will be found that it contains nothing that can ' be _constru _. d into a motive . Although she mado a frank avowal cf her guilt , she studiously avoid ed alluding to any circumitance which might exMain wh y she perpetrated the horrid deed . The following is a copy of her confession : —

      U _. ry Gaol , Ayril 12 . —To the Governor : First of all I must confess that lam guilty , and very guilty of this awful crime , and wt'U _eteseri _. tlie death I am condemned to die ; and as I am soon to stand before m ; Heavenly Judge ' , I wiuh to speak the truth . I aro sorry to say that I bought the poison nt the shop of Mr II . Ely , chemht , Sudbury , three days before I mixed it in the dumpling wliich I gave to my husband . It was served to me by a young man in the shop . Mr Ely w _. s not present ; bail he been present be would hare known me , S 31 bad beea frequently at his shop on errands for my miftr «* e when I was at service . The act was entirel y my own . No person persuaded me to it , and my mother bad no kuowl-dgc or suspicion of it , I h » 4 no cause for complaint _against my husband , lie wa 3 _ulwajs good and kind to me , but I never had anj _affenuo . for bim , and wished te go back to service . I do not wish

      to live , for I never could be happy in tbis world , and I hope , through the merits and blood of my Saviour , and a sincere repentance of this and all my sins , to obtain forgiveness of God , and to be received into Heure-n . I die at peace with all , having no _compl .-iint to make of any witness that appeared against trie on tr . y trial , and full of rtmorse for the crime which brings me to this prema . ture dcat „ . I wish to _exp-vss my grateful t ' _mnles to tbe Rev . W . West , tbe chaplain of thu gaol ; the Iter . Mr Ottley , my parish minister ; and the Rev . Ifr _Ejre , for tbeir great attention to my eternal interest , and for the spiritual hope and consolation I bave received from their instructions and admonitions . I should wish Mr Eyre to attend me in my lust moments , and earnestly request that he will do so , ( Signed ) _CtTUBiiss Foster . —Witnessed by J . M'Intyre ; governor , Thomas West .

      On Thursday she took her _tinal leave of hcv _agei mother , and on Friday tho condemned sermon was preached by the Kev . Mr Eyre , from Numbers _xxxti . 23 . On Saturday morning the crowd assemb ' ed to witness the execution was very great , at nine o ' clock the number ot persons could not have been less tban 10 , 000 , most of whom were decently-clad women , and many had children in their arms . A few minutes before nine the _otticials proceeded to the cell in which she was confined . On being pinioned she made a slight shudder , but soon recovered herself . The procession was then formed to the drop , the unhappy female walking with a Arm step , and unsupported . On reaching the steps at the foot of the gallows one of tbe turnkeys made an attempt to assist lier m ascending . She passed him , however , unheeded ,

      and walked up to the drop with the most extraordinary deliberation . Her youthful appearance ere . ated a great sensation among the multitude . The sun shone brilliantly during tbis horrible period , and the wretched woman stood unmoved . She scanned tbe mass ol human beings with a firmness most astonishing . The governor inquired of her if sho had anything to say , she appearing from her manner to be desirous oi speaking , and in a clicking tone she replied , "No , I can't speak . " The executioner having completed tbe preliminary arrangements , the signal was given , and tbe drop fell . Her struggles were painful in tlie extreme , and a thrill of horror ran through the crowd , voices being heard in many places to exclaim , " Shame , shame ! murder , murder ! " It must have been a couple of minutes ere

      life had ceased . The drop was not erected , as in other county gaols , on the summits , but in a larga meadow on the London side of the prison , access being obtained by a door in the boundary-wall of the gwil , which was made on the last execution _f-r murder at that gaol*—that of tbe notorious . order , foe the murder of Maria Martin . The last execution ofa female io . the town was 47 years ago , for setting fire to her master ' s house . f How much bang . _ ie these horrible public stra _ _» gulations to continue to disgrace the fair fame ot this country , which vauntetb so much of civilization t And what can be thought ofthe thousands of women who assembled to gloat over the untimely fate of one of their own se . t ? Shame ! shame ! upon such morbid curiosity . ]

      Emioratio?*. — Persons Driven From Irela...

      _Emioratio ?* . — Persons driven from Ireland frora want are arriving in considerable numbers in English seaports . No less than 11 , 000 had arrived in Liverpool in fourteen days , and Glasgow , Greenock and Bristol are full , waiting opportunities to reach oue shores . The _oeoole , tired of supporting the poor , will have to ship them , and the greatest portion will laiid here . There are , it is said , 40 , 000 in Bristol , 112 , 000 in Glasgow , 100 , 000 in Liverpool , now supported by soup societies . We shall have them here in thc summer months , at the rate of 3 , 000 a month , besides thousand , from U _ U __ d , Germany , Franc _, and Italy . What are wc to do with thorn when tbey arrive ? Wo must look at the subject in time . One ofthe difficulties in this large emigration is the

      reduction of American labour to the present prices of European countries . Already the mechanics residing here , native , and adopted citizens , complain of the competition . The complaint is principally against the poor German emigrants . But they are not to blame . They must live , and to do that they are willing to work for very little more , if anything , than a , mere living . When the number is farther augmented by emigration iu tbe summer , we apprehend the , _most serious _consequences in this city . — Loss of thk _GkanaUile . —_ N < i _ KS-. ~ -Dr Kirwan , coroner for Dublin , has held an inquest on the body of Thomas _Ra-vden _, captain of the above vessel . The evidence given did not offer anything particular which has not already appeared , with the exception oftho

      evidence of Captain Pollen , who acted so nobly , and tbe mate ofthe GranaUile , who both stated tkat when the Be ** sy first approached tho steamer tkere was another smack , the Frederick , who could have reached her much sooner , but who took no notice of ber . The coroner having addressed the jury , they returned the following verdict : — " We find the said Captain Thomas ltawaen . death was caused by accidental drowning , in his attempt to escape from the fire which had taken place on board the steamer GranaUilo , on Uth April , 1847 , off Lambay _. ot wbich vessel be was captain . From the evidence which has come before us we have as yet no means ot but

      ascertaining how this melancholy fire originat ed , we do not attribute blame or want of proper p recaution to _cit _!* ei' the owners , captain , or crew of thw » 11 * fated _skeamer . The j ury desire to express their lug * * * admiration of the truly noble and praiseworthy _»™ spirited conduct of Captain William Pullon , ami . M crow of the Bessy smack , by whose _exertiuus . as _* sisted also by tbe crew ofthe steamer , sixty-nine human beings were rescued from an untimely death * We strongly recommend Captain Puller , ami his crew to the _favo-rableconsidci-alion of the ow ners <* the steamer , also to the Humane Society . We also beg to express our unanimous dt _** apptobatw » aD _^ censuvool ' tho conduct of the captain and crew ° t tho smack _Frederic-, for the heartless and _unfeeltf-J conduct exhibited by thorn in not affording the * _Q * : feteirs wry _wmtaWA mtnia their powe * * _* "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24041847/page/6/