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Health o ? _Loxdon _Ddrixg the Week .-The _deiths rrora all muses regis * red in the metropolitan distnctsiii tne week ending _S-itnrdav were 878 . This number _exhioits a decrease of 2 S 4 deaths on the weekly average of flve previous autumns , corrected fonncrease Of papul ation ; and the returns ofthe last ten years ibow that the present low rate of mortality is withoat example ( within the period of o _bservation ) at this advanced season ofthe year , unless the year 1 S 41 he excepted , when the deaths returned in the corresponding week were S 27 , but out of a population undoubtedly less than at the present time . The mortality in the early part of November has usually ranged from 900 to upwards
of 1 , 200 deaths- Tlie death * _, registered hist week from the zynv-tic or epidemic class of diseases were only 204 . while the average is 30 /; those from diseases of thc respiratory ra _* gans ( exclusive of i > hthisis ) were 134 , while the average is 214 . Bat the mortality from phthi-is ( or consumption ) and bronchitis seems to increas " _, and is now about the average ; and _influjmzi was fval to four young persons and an adult . Thc deaths from diarrhoea and dysentry in thc week wer <> . 22 . which v about the same as in former years at this s _; a-oa ; those ib the last four weeks have beeui _sueee-sivel y 51 , 40 , 29 , 22 . From cholera , S deaths were registered , or two more than in the preceding week ; but in two ca = es the _persois died of d sense consequent on cholera , from which they had previously suffered . One of the S deaths occurred in
Holland Cottages , St . John ' s . Westminster ; one in Earl-street , Lisson-grove . _Marylebone ; one in King ' s _Colleffe Hospital ( the patient having been brought from Drury-lanc ) ; One in Green-walk , Bermondsey ; one in Lambeth ; one in York-place , South Lambeth ; and one in Nightingale-vale , _Wotdwich . A boy of C years died of _dinrhoea , after 52 hours illness , in Frederick-street , Bromley , an overcrowded and dirty nci « bbourh > od , where cho era lately was ri e . —The mean height of the . _barometer in theweek was 2 _D"SG 3 . The mean daily height was above 30 inches on Sunday , Monday , and Saturday . The mean temperature of the week was 45 deg . 2 min . ; on Saturday it was 39 de ? . 3 min . It was above tbe average ofthe same days of seven years on the first four Jays , and below it during the rest of the week .
The Last op TnE _"Maxnxvgs . —The bodies ofthe two convicts were placed in shells , after casts ofthe Lead and synopsis of the brain of each had heen taken , and in the evening both were deposited in a grave prepared for them in the corridor leading from the vard to the chapel The coffins were partially filled -with lime in order to insure an early decay of the remains , this plan being invariably adopted within the walls of a prison . The phrenological developement ofthe heads is said to agree ina very remarkable manner with the character of the convicts as at present known ; and Mr . Donovan , - who hasprepared the synopsis , will shortly publish theresult of his examination for the information of the more curious in these matters . It will hare
been remarked tbat Manning Stated that bis Wife was an atheist , and that her belief was , that after death the living individual became a lump of clay . How far this may be true it is perhaps difficult to say ; but one thing is certain , viz ., that the wretched woman exhibited no atheistical feelings during her confinement in Horsemonger-lane Gaol . She was always punctual in her attendance at chapel , and , as far as outward form could indicate the fact , she was imbued with religious feelings . In her letter addressed to her guardian , and written only a few hours before her execution , she expresses very confidently her hope of obtaining in another world that mercy which had heen refused to her in this . Itis worthy of remark that she thus commenced
it : — "The " Queen , like all judges , has a heart of rock , and it is determined that I shall die . " She then goes on to state that she has heen murdered by lor husband , and that he would have to answer tb God for her Wood . This statement is not very consistent with her apparently affectionate conduct to Manning in the chapel and on the scaffold : but this again may be onl y another phase ill tho scheme of hypocrisy , induced by a desire to create an impression of her innocence . The whole of the property found in the possession of Maria Manring , * and that discovered at the South-Eastern Railway station . still remain in the hands of Inspector Yates , and Burton , the police-constable . The latter only holds a few trifling articles ; but the former has
property in the police-station said to be worth nearly £ 200 . Mr . Binns ; Manning ' s solicitor , has laid an embargo on the whole ofit , by a suit against Manning , for money lent in defending him ; and the Secretary of State has directed it to he detained until thebill of costs he sent in . The property will he sold in thc course of a few days , and , after paying the legal gentlemen who defended ihe convicts , ihe surplus will be handed over to Mr . Edmund Manning , the brother . Among the property arc several valuable satin dresses , anumfcer of lace veils , ruSes , two gold watches , some "French Rentes worth £ 70 , and a large assortment of female wearing apparel . The property which belonged to O'Connor is being administered toby his brother , and will shortly be given up .
Mt . stekiocs Death of a Stockbroker . —At nine O ' clock on Monday morning , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at thc Plough , Carey-street , Lineoln ' s-innfields , on John Thomas Wildman , a stockbroker , late cf 4 « , Shaftesbury-strect New " xorth-rond , Hoxton , aged forty-ei ght . Mr . Benjamin Wildman , deceased ' s { brother , deposed the descased had been a stockbroker . On Friday he saw deceased in King ' s College Ilospitil , suffering from the injuries of which he died . "Mr . George Elsom , house surgeon , stated that deceased was " brought to thc hospital between 3 and 3 o ' cloek on Friday morninsr . Tlis thigh-bone was fractured , the scalp on the left side ¦ was lacerated , and he was the worse _fyr liquor . The police said that he had fallen from the
secondfloor window of Colliver ' s coffee-house , Holywellstreet . Deceased stated that he lived in the "Sew Uorth-road ; but , when interrogated as to the manner in which he met with " the injuries , lie ¦ became morose and silent . lie lingered until Saturday morning , when he died from exhaustion , the result of ihe shock and fracture , —Mrs . Sarah Collirer , landlady , of the coffee-house , said the deceased , accompanied by a young man , came to her house shortly after ten on Thursday ni ght . He ¦ was quite sober , and had some coffee and toast . After reading , he and his friend retired to bed on thc second-floor . About two o ' elock the following morning , she was awoke by a crash , and found the deceased had fallen from the window into the street
, where he lay dressed , bleeding and insensible . Deceased ' s friend rushed out of the house in his shirt , exclaiming , "Oh " my God , _arr friend has thrown himself out of thc window ; Til go and tell his friends . " lie soon afterwards" dressed himself , started off again , and was not since heard of . "Neither witness nor deceased ' s friends knew the young man , nor anything about him . Deceased frequented her house . —3 Ir . il . F . King , residing in the _COtfce-llOllsO _, COrW > _bovntfi'l the last wirne . — Police-constable Cribb , 1-32 F . raised deceased from the ground , and with assistance carried him to the hospital . While doing so deceased frequently
exclaimed " My God , what mystery is this ? " "What iave I done ? He was quite * stupid from the fall , and Lid been drinking . —Miss Wildman , deceased ' s sister , entered the inquest-room at this stage ofthe proceedings , in a wild distracted state , and was with the greatest difficult ? ei _' meo * and induced TO retire . Her appearance affected to tears every one present . —The Coroner summed up , and concluded by expressing his unwillingness to close thc inquiry lintil the young man who was last in company with deceased was produced . —The jury fully agreed with the coroner , who ordered the police to search for the young man . lie then adjourned the Inquiry .
Tbe Murder is Mivlb axk _Pbsitextia-ry . —On Saturday morning last Mr . Burrell , the magistrate at the Westminster police-court , accompanied by the chief clerk and other officials attached to the court , proceeded to the board-room in Millbauk Penitentiary , for the purpose of taking thc depositions ofthe several witnesses against the Jew convict , John Francis , for the murder of Mr . Thomas Hall , the warder , who died on thc Sth inst . A full report ofthe Coroner ' s inqusst has already appeared in our columns . The same evidence was adduced before the magistrate , and it is , therefore , unnecessary to repeat it . The prisoner was placed before flic magistrate , and during the examination of the -witnesses he was strictly guarded . After the depositions had been completed , and signed by all
the witnesses , Mr . Burrell read to the prisoner the usual caution , that if he said anything in his defence it would be written down and used against him hereafter . The prisoner declined saying anything , and the magistrate in the usual manner , committed Mm to Xewgate , to take his trial for murder at the approaching sessions . Thc witnesses were all hound over to prosecute , and the prisoner was placed in a cab , in the custody of two warders and lodged in Newgate . It was stated before the magistrate that theprisoner has been very reserved since he committed the murder , and constantly reading the Hebrew Bible , which had been given him by the chaplain , the Rev . Mr . Penny . One of the readers of the Synagogue attended him during theweek , and told him that counsel would be employed for him .
Fall op IUilwat AncnEs at Camdex-towx—Oa Sunday morning , shortly before eight o ' clock , seven of the newly erected arches on the line of railway which is intended to connect the Camdentown Station ofthe _Xorth Western with the East India Docks , fell with a tremendous crash . The fallen arches were part of a viaduct on the Kentishtown and HoIIoway-roads . The watchman on dutystated that early in the morning " warnin " " was given that the arches were insecure from repeated creaking * , and the gradual enlargement of an irregular fissure in the battressat tlie north end cf the arch over the Kcnt * is " :-tow ! i road . Practical men suppose that thc accident arose from the sinking of the foundation ofthe buttresses . It is most providential that this occurrence took place on the
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Sunday . On other days upwards of 200 men are employed upon the works at the time ; as it is , happily no one is injured . _Fihe axd Discovery of ax Illicit Still . — On Sunday morning , about three o ' clock , the premises of Mr / Austin , No . C , King ' s-place , Camdcn-town , were discovered to be on fire . Thc flames having been extinguished it was ascertained that part ofthe premises was used as a private still , the owners of which , upon hearing the alarm of fire given , succeeded in making their escape before the police came up . The whole plant was immediately seized by the authorities . The building was insured in the Phoenix Fire-office .
Fire is the DovEn-noAO . — Early on Saturday morning last , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Thiselton , a dealer in Berlin wool , at "So . 119 . Dover-road , Xewington . The flames wero first discovered in the shop by ihe police , and on the alarm heing given , the inmates had great difficulty in effecting their escape by the roof on to thecont _' guous houses . The escape of the Royal Society was quickly on the spot , and the engines of the brigade and West of England were in prompt attcndonce , and the firemen were prepared to act , but the mains of the Soutkwarfc Company afforded no water . After a delay of a quarter of an hour , a supply of Vrater came , and the engines were instantly set in motion , until Mr . Thisclion _' s premises were totally destroyed , and several of the adjacent houses seriously damaged . Mr . Braidwood , in his official report , stated that the house was burned down for want of water .
Fire axd Dreadful Accipext . — On Monday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in one ofthe upper rooms at Mr . Kups , No . 2 , Weststreet , Sobo . Tbe engines from the Crown-street station were quickly on the spot , and on the firemen making their way into the premises they extricated a young man , named James Parsons , who was burned severely , in consequence of a quantity ot turpentine that he had been using having been upset over his clothes and on the fire . He was removed without loss of time to Charin _? -cross Hospital , and is not expected to survive . The fire was confined to the apartment , which was completely burned out and the furniture destroyed .
Suicide at the Soora "Westers Railway Station . —About four o ' clock on Monday evening , Dr . J . Allen , R . N ., entered the railway station , Waterlooroad _, and for some time stood on the platform , when , as the half-past four o ' clock train was starting , he flung himself under the engine , and was instantly crushed to death- His brother ' s death , which lately occurred , greatly affected him , and since then he had been moody and desponding . He had been recently appointed to the Bangalore transport ship . He had served in China and on the South American station , and was beloved by his brother officers and all who knew him . Deceased was a Scotch gentleman , his native place being Inverness , and he was only thirtyfour years of age . Fatal Occorrexce ox- the _South-Western
Railwat . —On Tuesday morning Mr . D . M'Arthur , aged about forty-five , a baker at WimbledOD , died at that place from the effect of injuries received from being run over by a train at the "Wandsworthcommon station of the South-Western Railway on the day of the Thanksgiving . It appear that on that evening the deceaseu left Waterloo station by the seven o ' clock down train for Wimbledon . On th _9 train reaching Wandsworth-common station , which is in a deep cutting , the deceased , and a gentleman named Buckley , who resides at New Kingston , took advantage of the temporary stoppage of the train to alight . Mr . Buckley first returned to the carriage , and the train had been set in motion , when he observed the deceased , who was a very
portly man , endeavouring to step on the foot board . To enable him to do so , Mr . Buckley held out his hand , which the deceased grasped and held so firmly that , not having effected his footing on the board or step , he dragged Mr . Buckley out of the carriage , and that gentleman literally rolled over the deceased on to the platform , at tho same time releasing himself from the deceased , who fell between tbe carriage and platform ; a portion of the carriage passed over his body , and so injured the spine as to produce instant paralysis , which continued until death . Some other portion of tbe carriage , probably the step , caught the unfortunate man ' s head ,
both sides of which were all but scalped , the skin and hair barely being retained on the skull . Mr Buckley , as soon as he could recover himself , set about removing the deceased from the line , and with further assistance he was carried into the station . Mr . Howell , sen ., a surgeon at Wandsworth , attended , and Mr . Buckley , _* who acted throughout the matter with the greatest humanity , proceeded as quickly as possible with the deceased in a fly to Wimbledon , he being propped up by pillows , and perfectly incapable of any action except that of speaking . lie was seen the same night bjr Mr . Fenne « , who continued to attend him until his death .
Escape axd _Re-captore of a Convict . —Between two and three o ' clock on Monday afternoon , the guard of a gang of convicts employed under the slip where ihe Brisk steam-vessel is building , at Woolwich Dockyard , discovered that one of the convicts , named Thomas Johnson , was absent ¦ without leave from his gang , and the intelligonce was immediately communicated to the police . One of the police , on going to the east end of the yard , was informed that a strange-looking man had just been seen to enter the empty house recently occupied by Dr . Suther , opposite the sawmills , and on the constable following , he heard the party at the top ot the stairs , who proved to be the convict . The latter , rather than
be taken , forced an iron bar from the window , and dropped from the parapet , a distance of eighteen feet , into Church-street , and got clear off into the town , no person ever imagining thathe was a convict , as lie had on a pair of excellent canvass trousers , one ofthe shipwright ' s jackets , which he had taken from the shipwright ' s chest , where it had been locked up for safety , and a straw hat . The constable could not peril his life in following through the window , but a strong party of constables being sent into tho town with the greatest despatch , police constable 306 R , succeeded in recapturing the convict under a ted in a house , No . 34 , Montgramit-square , and in less than an hour from the time he was missing the prisoner was safe on board tbe Warrior , convict-ship , opposite Woolwich _Dockyard .
Darisg Highway _Robbert . —On Tuesday evening , about SIX o ' clock , as a young gentleman , named Conder , was returning from town to his residence at Brixton , he was attacked by three men in an uufrcquenied path leading from the vitriol manufactory on Kenningtoii-common , towards Camberwell-green . He was first seized round the throat by one of the villains , and then struck on the head with some heavy instrument ; after which they robbed him of a silver double-bottomed watch , maker ' s name , "J . Cot , Geneva , " a gold _brequet-chain and key , and rifled his pockets of their contents , which fortunately amounted to a few _thill ' ms only . The cowardly ruffians then struck him again , and made off ; though severely cut . it is hoped the injuries sustained are not of a serious nature . No clue has as yet been obtained to the _perpetrators of this ouirage ; the
night being dark and the assault so sudden , Mr : Conder was unable to distinguish his assailants or to call for help . The pathway in question is favourable for such an attack , and ought not to be travelled after nightfall , _unless tbe police keep watch' over it . Shocking Occwikexce . —On Sunday morning a hog pig , the property of Mr . John Boardman , gardener , Lower-road , Dep ' ford , rubbed open the stye door and made its way into the parlour , when the animal attacked a male infant , about five months old , lying asleep in the cradle . The cries of the child alarmed Mrs . Boardman , who was in the kitchen adjoining , and with much difficulty she beat off the beast , which also hit -her severely in the leg . The child was shockingly lacerated , the left foot being entirely gnawed off . It is not expected to survive . The animal was at once destroyed .
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Ax Historical Drama . —Itis said to be the intention ofthe authorities to proceed against Mr . Campbell for performing at Stockton-upon-Tees a theatrical piece , entitled "Rush , or tho Stanfield Hall Murder , '" wherein all the shocking incidents of that horrible affair are represented , not omitting the disgusting exhibition of the execution . Mr . Campbell had given his word to the magistrates that this piece should not be g iven , but it was nevertheless performed . Denial bt a Protestaxi _Clergtmax of Ckrisiiax licRUL to a Ro . max Catiiolic—The family
of John Gully , Esq ., of Ackworth Park , having recently been visited by a painful bereavement , application was made fo Mr . Kcnworthy , the clergyman , to have thc deceased interred in the churchyard of Ackworth , where a former branch of Mr . Gully ' s had already been buried . Permission was given for the interment ( which the rev . gentleman Knew he durst not refuse , ) but the deceased young lady having been a Roman Catholic , ho would not allow the corpse to be taken within the precincts of the church . It was not likely that a high-minded and honourable man like Mr . Gully would submit to such an insult . "What parent , with a heart bleeding
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under the loss of an amiable child , could endure to have the mark of degradation stamped upon _theremiins of that child , by being denied the right of Christian burial ? And yet this most undoubtedly would have been the case had the parties been without the ' means of providing another place of _senulturc . Happ ily this was not Mr . Gully ' s position and a remedy in his case was at hand , though the circumstances must have cost tlie mourning fanvl y much additional sorrow . Ackworth-park _bciii" contiguous to tbe churchyard , a spot was se-? ectc d as near as possible to the place where tbe
other members of the tamily had uecn owned ; anti this bein _« - by a Catholic clergyman set apart as a place of sepulture , the remains of Miss Gully were deposited there according to the rites of that church in whose faith she died . The conduct of Mr . "Renworthy needs . no comment . Surely such a system will soon lack defenders , and will give place to one whose principles arc move equitable and just . "We have no quarrel with Episcopalianism as such , but we do object to a church being called national , and being supported by national funds , denying its citizens * a right to its privileges . —Leeds Mercury .
Introduction of Convicts in the Isle of _Portland . —A portion of the 4 th regiment of foot hurriedly passed through Southampton on their way to the convict station at the isle of Portland . The insubordinate conduct of ithc convicts there creates great alarm , and renders a strong military guard necessary . A stronger military guard has been found necessary at Parkhurst , in the Isle of Wight , in consequence of the numerous convicts that escape , and the excitement and alarm they cause amongst the inhabitants of the Isle ot Wight .
" Sakrow Escape of Bleniiebi Palace trom Fhie . —Uis Grace thc Duke of Marlborough and domestics wero aroused from their beds early on the morniug of Friday , tho 11 th inst ., by a female servant of that establishment , who , fancying that she smelt something burning , very providentially gave an alarm , when the muck bin at the back of the stables was discovered in flames . Thc fire engine was quickly brought to bear , and with a good supply of water the fire was Soon extinguished . Upon an examination of the muck bin the fire was discovered to have commenced nearly at the bottom , and it was found to have been occasioned by spontaneous combustion , caused by the gardener , who had very inconsiderately placed
the green grass , the produce of one of the lawns , which had just been mown , and which amounted to nearly cart-load full , into tho bin , when the new dung from thc stables , being placed there daily , caused it to ignite . Enforcisg a Poor ' s Rate . —At the Brocklcy Petty Sessions last week , Thomas Monday , labourer , of Whitfield , was summoned for a poor ' s rate , amounting to ninepence-halfpenny , made in June last . He said he could not pay . lie was informed that'the magistrates could not of themselves excuse , and that as the rate was pressed for they were obliged to issue a distress , bub that the defendant had better save the expenses by paying . lie still said he could not pay . Under these circumstances a distress warrant was issued , and Monday was given to understand that if his goods did not pay the expenses , ho would bo liable to be sent to
prison . Death of Mr . Burge _, late Bankruptcy Commissioner . —We have received intelligence ofthe death of Mr . Burge , late a commissioner in the Leeds Bankruptcy Court . It will be remembered that two or three years ago Mr . Burge was placed in Tork Castle at the suit of some of his creditors . He waa at the time largely involved in debt , and we believe , though ho made several applications for release as an insolvent debtor , he remaided a prisoner in the castle until his death . —Daily Paper . The Ocean Mail Steamer Hermann arrived at Southampton from . Bremen on Sunday . Among her passengers were several Hungarian refugees .
An Undergraduate Accidentally Drowned at Cambridge . —On Saturday last an inquest ' was held at Newnham , before Mr . D . King , coroner for the borough of Cambridge , on the body of Mr , William Gunning , son of the Rev . William Gunning , Prebendary of Wells and Vicar of Stowcy , who was accidentally drowned the same afternoon , in tho Cam . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased engaged " a funny" in the afternoon , and was rowing short distances up the stream , between a place known as Hawes ' s Island and to a point where
there is a chain passed across tho river , to prevent persons trespassing on the water the property of the late Colonel Pemberton . On the last of these courses it is presumed the boat came athwart the chain and capsised , when the deceased was immersed in ten feet water . An immediate alarm having been given , consequent upon his cries for assistance , his body was shortly recovered , but on being conveyed to the shore , where the USUal means of resuscitation were employed , life was found to be extinct . Verdict— " Drowned by the upsetting of a boat . "
Alleged Embezzlement at _inu Diss Bank , — Last week B . T . Rix , and II . Senior were fully committed for trial , the former individual on tho charge of having stolen £ 800 alleged to have been remitted by him to ttc _Botcsdalc branch , but at which establishment its receipt was repudiated , and the latter for general misappropriation of the funds of the bank , the actual amount as yet unascertained , but already proved to be sufficiently large and conclusive as against the accused to warrant his committal . It was stated to the magistrates that the books of the bank were undergoing a thorough investigation by an accountant , and that daily falsifications of the accounts to a large amount were being revealed .
Incendiary Fire at Long Ashtoh _, _Somerset . — Considerable excitement and alarm was produced in the village of Long Ashton , in consequence of a daring act of incendiarism committed during the night of Saturday last on the premises of Mr . Thomas _Jol'iffi _' , an extensive farmer and grazier . At about eleven o ' clock that night the fire was first discovered in . a c . rn rick , and , an immediate alarm being given , the farm servants and a number ofthe inhabitants of the village crowded to the spot , and used all the exertions in their power to arrest the progress of the
fire . Some fire engines were also brought out from the neighbouring city , Bristol , but the combined efforts proved unable to subdue the fire until two grain ricks , estimated at the value of about £ 400 were completely _destroyed . The farm buildings were saved witb difficulty . The police are exerting themselves in order if possible to discover the parties by whom thc outrage was perpetrated , and the occurrence lias given rise to a good deal of consternation and alarm , as some few days before Mv . Jolliffe had an outhouse destroyed in a similar way .
Mysterious Disappearance . — A gentleman named Quick arrived at Plymouth about the 20 th of October last , and took lodgings at llarvie s Naval Hotel , Barbican , Plymouth , intending to await the arrival of the emigrant ship Stratheden _, Mr F . Farmer commander , on _l-oard of which ship he was _emiagtd as surgeon . On the 5 tli instant , it appears , he quitted thc lodging house without leaving word where he was going , and has not been since heard of . The fact of the whole of his luggage having been left at the Inn shows that he did not intend to leave the neighbourhood , and great fears are entertained that
some ill fate which time may possibly disclose has befallen him . Search has been made in this locality , but no tidings has yet been gained of him . The ship Stratheden arrived at this port in due course , and after waiting some time for the missing gentleman , procured another surgeon , and sailed for her destination on the 12 th instant . Mr . Quick is described as beitig about forty-four years of age i his appearance , however , indicated his being beyond fifty , of middle _stature , dark complexion , rather sallow , and grey hair . He had resided some years since in London , but was not a native of that city .
Liverpool , Saturday , Nov . 17 th . — _-Rojbberv asd presumed Murder . —At the police office a case was inquired into before thc magistrates which excited considerable interest , on account of its supposed connexion with the death of an unfortunate man who a few days ago was found drowned in the Mersey , near New Brighton . Mary Ball was charged with being concerned in a robbery of A' 85 from the deceased . Suspicion of tbe robbery was first awakened in the following singular mannm—From the statements of the witnesses it appeared that , on Friday night week , _Police-ollicer Tuck was in Castle-street , when he met the prisoner , who beckoned him up Sweeting-slreet and askedhim if she might trust him , as she had something to say . He replied that she
might , and she then related a story as to her husband having left her for three months and returned , but tbat he had again gone away , and she would communicate all she knew . She then proceeded to say tbat hersclt and her husband lived in Redeross-street , and on _Tuesday night a gentleman came there whom he robbed of £ 8 b in notes . Her husband had taken £ 80 and given her .- £ 5 . She requested Tuck to get the £ 5 note , a note of the Leeds hank , changed for her , and he was to say nothing about it . Under these circumstances she was brought to the police office , and , as no report of robbery was to be found in the police books , her stoty was at the timo disbelieved On further inquiry by the superintendent of police it was ascertained that , on Tuesday night , a man hail
been booked for safety who gave the name of John Richardson , and who made a complaint of having been robbed . The man was found by Inspector Bibby , on Tuesday ni . _uht , in the tap-room of a liou « e in _Redwoss-street whei-e the prisoners lived , lie was quite drunk . The inspector was unable to elicit anything satisfactory Irom him at that time as to the robbery ; and though he made inquiries at several p laces , he was unsuccessful in obtaining the slig htest information connected with the circumstances Tlie man was subsequently discharged from custody on the Wednesday , and it was not afterwards known _whatbeeameolhim . Mr . Superintendent Cloueh , having obtain *! a clue that theman ' s friends lived ! a a place near Leeds , wrote to ascertain whether lie had returned and _rece veil an answer to the E thathe left home on tho 30 th of October last -Sr drawmg from £ 130 to .-Clo 0 from tl c eed b , nk since which time they had heard nothing of l " m
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_nfflnpr Tuck was then directed to make further _m-°% ZS t of which was , that the man found f _npdrfew days agoat New Brighton answered _RXdsoirdesStS exactly . A brother-in-law % Sewed identified the clothes which were ILced in court _bjOfficer Tuck as those winch the _SSSSw Aa to left home , and lie had no St from the description given to him ; p 'hi _per-; Z \ _« _prance , that ho was his _relat ve _fetaifem . Hp had about £ 150 in Leeds local notes when he left fome bShe ( the witness ) could not identify any of fhpn ' . tes It appeared that the note found onthe n _Svwasanote of _HieLceds Bank . Mr . Clough d P eDS that at the inquest the foreman of the my S 3 an opinion that there had been some foul otfv in reference to the death of the deceased , but , as EX no direct evidence , a verdict of " Found drowned " was returned . Tbe body was interred in the burial ground of Wallasey Church . The only article found on the deceased was a key . He had no _mnnev about him . Mr . Glough stated that the place
in R edeross-street , which was a tap-room , hatt Dcen let to the nrisoner ' s husband , who engaged it on the dav before the alleged robbery . On Wednesday , the dav after the robberv , the prisoner ' s husband left her and went to the neighbourhood of Wallasey , near where the body of the deceased was found , The prisoner afterwards sent her brother to look after him , but he returned without being able to trace him . Mr . Rushton ordered the prisoner to be remanded . —The second inquest was held on Wednesday last , about noon , at the Cheshire Cheese , Wallasey , before M r Churton , the county coroner . A dster of the deceased , from Leeds , who had seen the body when it was exhumed on the previous day , gave distinct evidence as to identity . The body presented ho _apnpnrance of decomposition , and omitted no offensive
effluvium , verifying the fact that the deceased had been only a very short time in the water . Witness said that she knew that the deceased ( George Richardson ) had drawn from the Leeds Bank £ 150 , before he left that locality ; and that , in addition to this sum , he had taken with him about £ 15 to £ 18 , which he had before in hand . She added , that he was by trade a " cloth-drawer , " and that he was only 29 years if age ; and further , that his object in going to Liverpool waa to e tideavoviY to possess himself of a public house on his own account . Witness also stated that he had ever at home been a very steady and sober man . One of the witnesses , a kd , said that on the day previous to thebody _^ being found ( Saturd ) he saw deceased at New Brighton
ay endeavouring to jump upon Wilkinson s omnibus , then proceeding towards Seaeombe . He appeared then to be much excited , and the lad remarked to the driver ( his father ) that "the man must be crazy . " The only medical gentleman examined at this second inquest was Mr . Hodson , surgeon , Egremont , and his evidence went to the effect that there was great congestion of the brain , and that the lungs were much suffused with blood—a condition always consequent upon persons in previous health sinking and being suffocated in -water . The coroner inquired whether the administration of any poisonous matter , or narcotic , such as opium , would not produce congestion of * the brain ? The surgeon s reply wastbat it wouldbut it would not have the
, , same effect upon thc lungs as that shown in the deceased . He added , thatthe wounds on the skin of the head were probably caused merely by the skull striking , while floating on the shore , against the rocks or stones . Nothing had been elicited from an examination of the contents of the stomach . The jury came to a decision by bringing in a verdict ( as in the previous inquest ) of " Pound drowned . " Ball having absconded , thee natural inference is , that he has made bis escape from the country with the money ; and that deceased ' s mind was wandering , from the loss of his money and the effect of unaccustomed drink , and that he finally put a period to his existence by drowning himself . —Liverpool Courier .
Further Insubordination in the Third Dragoon Guards . — The insubordination which bas lately manifested icself at Nottingham Bairacks amongst the privates of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards , has infected the troop of the same regiment quartered at Loughborough , a town containing about eleven thousand inhabitants , fourteen miles from Nottingham . The troop which is at the present time stationed there is under the command of Captain Broughton , and wasremoved from Nottingham to Loughborough about two months ago . The facts connected with _tbis last outbreak are as follows : —On Wednesday the loth instant , an order was received from the colonelof the regiment ( General Cathcart ) to the effect that the men in future should be commanded
to return to barracks at twenty minutes past eight , instead of at nine o ' clock , being in fact the same time that the infantry return , except on pass , thc cavalry regiments being allowed thc extra time in consequence of their having to attend the evening stable duly . On the first night after the order , the whole of the troop , with the exception of about a dozen , disobeyed the injunction , and did not return to barracks until nine o ' clock . Three of the more refractory absented themselves until later , and were made prisoners and confined in the guard-room . Early on the following morning in consequence , it is said , of the prisoners fearing tlieir crime would warrant their trial by a court-martial , ihe whole three determined to make their escape , which they did by
knocking down the corporal on guard at the time , and also the sentry , who disputed their passage . As soon as this was reported to the officer in command , he immediately sent after tbem a piquet , who for several hours scoured the neighbouring villages . In the afternoon the insubordinates were discovered at the _village of Shcepshed , a densely-populated district three miles from Loughborough , where they surrendered at discretion . They were instanty conveyed back to their quarters . The men were without tlieir caps and jackets . This occurred on Friday , on which day Colonel Arthur , was at Loughborough .
On Monday morning , at eight o clock , the three piisoners , Privates Vincent , Westhall , and Cammon , were taken by Sergeant Carey , and a party ofthe 3 l'd to Nottingham barracks , where they now remain confined . The sentences of William Butterworth , Edward Ball , and Robert Knox have not yet been affirmed at the Hovso Guards . The other offenders connected with the late insubordination , John Turner , John Holmes , Alfred John Ellis , Edward Smithson , Robert Reuben Pearce , Charles Peters , and John Wall , who were sentenced to hard labour , were conveyed a few days ago to Weedon barvacks , there to undergo their various terms of
imprisonment . Exculpation of a Railway Clerk prom a Charge of Fraud . —A young man of highly respectable appearance , named Bmadbent , a clerk of the Salford station of the East Lancashire Railway Coin piny , was charged before tho Salford magistrates on Monday , with attempting to defraud the company of a small amount of money , the' substance of the charge being that the defendant had retained in his hands ( an excess of fare paid to another clerk by a passenger ) , without enterin g ; it in the company's books or otherwise accounting for it . The charge was supported by Mr . Hocking , the general manager for the'company , and was pressed with somewhat of severity , since the case eould not be called one of embezzlement or of absolute fraud , as in cases of this
kind where an amount of money over the checks is observable , a memorandum is generally made , though it is not entered in the company ' s books , and the money is generally voted to a benevolent fund ; but in all cases where money is deficient , the clerk is held responsible for such deficiency . Mr Trafford , the stipendiary magistrate , displayed a good deal of generous warmth on the occasiou . He said there was not the least evidence to prove that the money ever found its way into tho defendant ' s pocket ; that he was not near at the moment it was paid ; and that there was no evidence to show that he did not intend to return it to the passenger before mentioned on the first occasion ho might meet with him . The Mayor of Salford , who , with Air . Traffordwas on
, the bench , expressed , as his opinion , that it was unnecessa'ily severe on thc part of the company thus to bring fovwa _' d such a case with such evidence , aud to attempt to ruin a man for life by fixing the stigma of crime upon him when the charge was so totally unsupported . Mr . Broadbcnt , the defendant , was most honourably acquitted , and retired from thc court amidst the ' congratulations of his friends . THE _ABEARANCE OP A MSRMAID IX _DlTRHAjI . —At the Bishop Auckland Police Court recently , John Davis , stating himself to have been up to a short period attached to Batty ' s Equestrian Company , but now out of employment , was charged by
P . C . Gvaggs with imposing upon her Majesty ' s liege subjects , at Williugton on the previous day , by exhibiting a figure termed a "Mermaid" for the '' small charge of one penny . " On examination the head consisted of a turnip , apparently fresh pulled , and the body stuffed with cotton ra _, 's , and the whole covered with a skin , with a most hideous looking face . 1 i he bench proposed that the " curiosity " should be burnt , to which John very coolly consented , m case they wero convinced on dissection that it really was not amermaid I The bench ordered him to be committed to the House of Correction for fourteen days .
The _Wbeckeus on the Essex Coast . —Conviction of Twenty-seven _Smacksmus . —On Monday the magistrates for the Tecdring Hundred of Essex were engaged during the greater part ofthe day in the hearing of a case against no less than twenty-seven smaeksmen and stone-dredgers , belonging to the ports of Colchester and Hawick , for unlawfully boarding the brig Fleece , of Arbroath , Scotland , lately wrecked on thc Essex coast , when in the charge of parties employed by thc master , and forcibly taking possession of tlio cargo , with the view of obtaining salvage upon the name . —Mr . Clarkson , the barrister , conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Alliance Marine Insurance Company ; and Mr . Rodwell , barrister , appeared for * the defendants . —Mr . Clarkson having staled the case , a number of witnesses were examined , by whose evidence the follow ing facts were proved : —On' tho night of Saturday , the Oth October , the brig Fleece , while on her voyage from St . Petersburg'to London , with a cargo of hemp and tallow , received damage by striking ou the Gunfleet _Saeid , but was assisted off , and in endeavouring
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to make Harwick she filled , and sunk on the flat of the Naze , off Walton , but in such a position as only to be covered at high water . After the cap tain had engaged the hands of three or four crews to assist in working out the careo , a number of others app lied for , but were refused , employment ; and some of the defendents were pointed out as among the number . In consequence of the continued violence of the weather very little could be done on the Monday , but in ) he evening the wind moderated , and during the night the wreck was completely surrounded by fishing smacks and store-boats , the crews of which , in spite ofthe warnings of the men in charge , and tlie subsequent order ofthe master to desist , crowded on board to the number of nearly 150 , and in tho most lawless
manner cut away the rigging , broke up the decks , and literally scrambled for the cargo , so as completely to put a stop to the measures which had been commenced for lightening the vessel and getting her afloat ; and which , it was the opinion of the most experienced witnesses , would otherwise have been successful , instead of her becoming a complete wreck , as was eventually the case . —After hearing Mr . Rodwell in defence , the Bench decided to convict all the parties—four who were proved to have been previously cautioned , in penalties of £ 4 and the remainder 40 s . each , or in default imprisonment for one or two months respectively , the chairman remarking that but for an impression which appeared to prevail that they had a right to act as they did , much heavier
punishment would have been inflicted . —Mr . Clarkson remarked that the parties for whom he appeared had no vindictive object , but merely desired to put down a system of lawless violence which had for some time prevailed , and he was sure the decision of the Bench would be of considerable benefit to all those who might in future meet with disasters on this coast . Murder op a Game Watcher , —A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the remote and wild district of Bcwcastlc , on tho borders between Scotland and East Cumberland . Thomas Davidson , the victim , had been for many years a game watcher for Sir James Graham . On the Sth inst ., tho deceased went his usual beat upon the hills , but not returning , considerable alarm was felt , and an active
search made , the body , however , was not discovered until the 11 th inst ., when it presented the appearance of strangulation . Suspicion immediately fixed upon Joseph Hogg , one of the _pvisonevs , a notorious poacher in the district , who had , about a fortnight ago , been fined on the evidence of the deceased . On that occasion he threatened deceased . The father ofthe accused is now in gaol , undergoing imprisonment for poaching , also upon the evidence of the deceased . On Monday at the investigation before Mr . Carrick , the coroner , it was shown that the prisoners , Joseph Hogg , Nichol Hogg , alias John _Nichol , and Andrew Turnbull , had been seen together several times during the week , and had been out poaching in tho _neighbourhood where deceased
was found on the day he was murdered . After the investigation had proceeded several hours on tho second day , Andrew Turnbull expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr . _Sabbage , the superintendant of police , and which was to tho following effect : He and the prisoners , Joseph Hogg , _JN ichol Hogg , alias John Nichol , had gone out together poaching on the morning of the day of the murder , and they then agreed that if they met the deceased they would idll him . After shooting the whole day , they were on their return home at night , when the deceased saw and chased them about 100 yards . Joseph Hogg and _Nichol Hogg then turned round upon and seized thc deceased , and strangled him , but he , Turnbull , ran away , and left the other two
prisoners , and was thus unable to give further particulars . The last that he saw was Hogg and the deceased falling down together . The prisoner , Joseph Hogg , had a scratch over his upper lip , and a pair of breeches of his were produced bearing a mark of blood upon the knee . The inquest was then adjourned for further evidence until the 26 th inst ., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle gaol during the interval . Melancholy Catastrophe at Louth . — Five Lives Lost . —About three o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last tbe inhabitants of this borough were
thrown into a state of considerable alarm and consternation by a terrific explosion of combustibles , on the premises of Mr . W . Armitage , chemist and druggist , of the Fish Shambles . About two years ago , that gentleman , who was a member ofthe town council , highl y respected by his fellow townsmen , and _possessed of high scientific attainments as a practical chemist and pyrotechnist , invented a valuable explosive railway signal , for the purpose of indicating any danger that might arise on a railway line , and having received orders of late from several companies for a considerable number , was engaged on the afternoon above-mentiov . ed in thc manufacture of
them . The place m which this was earned on was a warehouse immediately over the kitchen , which stood detached a few feet from the dwelling-house , and Mr . Armitage , his father , Mr . Thomas D . Armitage , a youth named Stephen Evans ( the son of a neighbour , ) and Mary Jane Evans , his sister , were employed . In the kitchen below were Eliza Wilson , Mr . A rmitage ' s housekeeper , and a servant . When Mr . W . Armitage entered , and opened the door of an iron oven to take out some paste of a combustible nature , of which the signals aremado , and which had been placed there to bake or dry , from some cause or other it exploded with a terrific report , igniting the combustibles in the warehouse above , reducing the whole building to a heap of ruins , and burying the
above named persons under the burning mass , " with the exception of the servant maid , Roberts , who miraculously escaped through a window , who , with a little boy of Mr . Armitage ' s in her arms , sustained little injury except from fright . The asssistance of the police , with their superintendent , Mr . Tacey , and one of the fire engines attached to the force , were promptly procured ; the fire being extinguished , operations commenced , with thc assistance of a great number of the inhabitants , for the removal of the ruins and extrication of the sufferers . The first who was got out was Eliza Wilson , the housekeeper , alive , but her legs being so crushed and her body having sustained so much injury from burns and bruises , that she gradually sunk
and died about three hours afterwards . The youth Evans , was then taken out , and survived but a very short time . The other three , "Mr . Armitage , his father , and tho girl Evans , were quickly and successively extricated , but were quite dead . All the poor sufferers presented a most horrible spectacle , _beiny : charred by the five and mutilated by the fall of the building , almost beyond possibility of recognition , except from their dress , or that portion of it which remained unburned . Too much praise cannot be awarded to the inhabitants , of all classes , who assisted in extinguishing the fire and removing the ruins , reckless of the danger around them arising from the explosion , at intervals , of rockets , signals , and combustibles , by which they were surrounded . — Lincolnshire Times .
Highway _RoBBliRT . —On the 16 th inst . as John Aldridge _, who is a watcher for George Lister , Esq ., of _Ouserleet Grange , was returning from Goole to Adlingfleet , about six o ' clock in the evening , lie was met by a man < who inquired the road to Goole . Aldridge gave him the necessary information , and was turning to pursue his journey , when the fellow who had accosted him dealt him a blow on the head , which almost staggered him , but _berns a powerful man he immediately returned tbe compliment , and knocked the rascal down . A struggle then ensued . )
, "L „ i . K i i i .. J -- - - *• * „ or * - _" _*»« vu _vuaucut but Aldridge proved too many for his man , and would have succeeded in taking him had not some accomplices , who were concealed behind a hedge , come to his assistance . The ruffians fell upon poor Aldridge with staves , and beat him most unmercifully , in fact , to such an extent did they carry their brutality , as to render him almost insensible . They then rifled his pockets , _an-. l took therefrom the sum of £ 4 10 s ., with which they decamped , and we arc sorry to say that the villains have hitherto escaped detection .
Juvenile _Pklinquency . —A female child of only nine years of ago was charged at the Liverpool Police-court , on Saturday last with having dexterously picked the pocket of a lady in St . John ' s Market , a second offence of the same kind ! Tho mother waa in court , and seemed distressed at such conduct in her child , whom ( she said ) she sent to school dail y , and to a placo of worship on Sunday , so that sho could only account for such crime b y her contact with bad company . Mr . Rushton could not help thinking that the offender was not Strictly looked after ; but after strongl y admonishing the mother ordered tho child to be given up to her , so that she might yet endeavour to reclaim her . Fatal Railway Accident . —On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred on the Manchester and Sheffield lino of railway . Shortly after twelve o ' clock a train , _consistinsr of seven inoaaa _*
-amirgons _, stopped at Guide bridge station , on its way from Ashton to Manchester . After waiting a few minutes tho train was again put in motion , when the guard , a young man named Jackson , aged nineteen years , perceived that a box , which should have boon left at the station , had not been removed from ono of the carriages , and the signal was made for the engineer to stop . In the mean time Jackson was lifting thc box off the carriage , aud had nearly succeeded in landing it safe on the platform , when the engineer backed the train , and tho unfortunate man was thrown oft" his feet and fell under a wheel , which passed over him and cut off his left arm and left leg . He was removed to the Royal Infirmary at " Manchester by the same train whom nmnw _iiueiiiioii
was paid to his injuries , but he died the same night . An inquest was held on the body by Mr . Ilerford , coroner for tho borough of Manchester , on Tuesday , and a verdict was returned to the effect that the occurrence was accidental . Fv . TttAoiiniN . iRr Intkmperance . —On Saturday evening last , a private soldier iu thc 30 th Infantry , stationed at the _Jjtegeiit-nmd _barracks , Manchester , w _.-nt with two companions to spend the evening at a singing room for the working classes , taking with them a quantity of raw tpirits , and in thc course of avery short time thoy drank amongst tliem three pints of neat rum , and the effect upon Alien , who hid taken a large portion ofit . and who was altogether unaccustomed , to excessive driuking , was such that
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reaching the open air he full down as though com . pletely deprived of life . He was taken in a cab and lodged in the guard-room , where he soon afterwards began to rave like a madman . He was afterwards taken to the hospital of the regiment , but he died from the effects of tbe liquor on Sunday afternoon . At an inquest held on Tuesday by Mr . Ilerford , the jury returned a verdict of "Died from _excessive drinking . " Brutal Murder or a _Fjsmaik . —On Tucsilnv Mr . Weatlicrhcad _, the coroner , resumed for the fourth time an inquest at Twecdmouth , concerning tho death of a female named Elizabeth Anderson , who is supposed to nave been brutally murdered by being thrown into a deep quarry opposite the
Tweedmouth station ot the lork , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway . The deceased was a married woman and up to last Monday fortni ght had been residin _» at her son ' s house at Coldstream . On that dav it appears , she left for the purpose of _proceeding to Belford in quest of her husband , who had _formed an acquaintance with a female with whom she suspected he was living-. _Nothing was heard of liW till the following Saturday morning , wben her mangled remains -were discovered by some boys lyinor jit _' iiQ bottom of tho quarry above alluded to . _Jir . jj e f j the officer who was called by the inhabitants to take charge of the body of the deceased when found , said her liead was covered up in a shawl , _\ vliicli was pinned closely under her chin . On removing it ; and seeing tho blood and wounds on her head , he was particular in examining the shawl , to discover the
corresponding cuts , butcould not detect any . Nq money whatever was found in her pockets , or abo « fc her person . It further appeared that about half _, past seven o clock the previous night ( Friday ) sho I was seen at the Railway Inn , apparently waiting for the arrival of thc train south , where she met with I two men , whom she drank with . One of them hearing she was going by thc train offered to see her to the station , which she declined ; however , on her quitting tho inn they left , and shortly afterwards cries for assistance were heard by several witnesses near the quarry . These men were called by the coroner , but they ' denied all knowledge of the woman after quitting tho Railway Inn . The coroner again adjourned the inquiry for further evidence , in order that the police might collect every fact connected with this mysterious case .
Important to Members of the _Yeomanry Cavalry . —The Wolverhampton Chronicle reports that at the petty sessions last week , Mr . Robert Seal , of the Dubley troop of ihe Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry , attended in support of a charge against Mr . flenrj Knight , of refusing to deliver up certain accoutrements belonging to that troop , of which Mr . Knight had been a member . The articles were valued at £ i 10 s . lOd . iu double which sum , together with a fine of £ 10 , the defendant was convicted . A similar charge was also made against Mr . Joseph Parish , the accoutrements in which case were valued at £ 1 15 s . 8 d . Mr . Parish was likewise convicted in double the value , with £ 10 fine . The amounts were ordered to be levied by distress .
Burial of Dissenters in Consecrated Ground . —The Archbishop of Canterbury has recently been applied to by a dissenter , who complained of the conduct of a clergyman , the Rev . J . M . Randall , curate of Rowestoft , for refusing to bury the children of dissenters , on the ground of their being nnbaptised . The following i 3 his Grace ' s answer' . — " In reply to your letter , I write to say , that the curate of your parish is obliged to bury with the usual forms the corpse of a dissenter , provided the church service be not objected to . The only exception is in the case of persons dying unbaptized . These the Rubric expressly excludes ; and the Rubric differs from the canons in being established by act of parliament , so that a clergyman is under the necessity of conforming to it . I agree with you in the opinion that when the non-baptism is not _notorious and
patent , as it is in the case of baptist children , no curious inquiry should be made . A clergyman may be indicted for violation of the canons ; but the earlier ones to which you allude arc superseded by the Toleration Act . "— Cambridge Independent Press . Serious Occurrence at _Britankia . Bridge . — - A mishap of a very serious kind has occurred this week connected with the operation of lowering the great hydraulic machine from the summit of the pier . The capstan gang , nine or ten in number , seized with a panic , suffered themselves to be overpowered ; and the consequence was most serious injury to two of the men—one being dreadfully bruised about tho head , the other having _custained compound fracture ofthe thigh . The tide being favourable , the poor fellows were taken in a boat to Carnarvon hospital . The press went to the bottom , and will have to bo fished up again .
Manslaughter by a Pauper . —A disturbance , which was attended with serious results , _ocoim'ed on Monday at Clifton Workhouse , near Bristol . As the paupers were partaking of their meals a dispute arose between two of them named Samuel Roach and James Jones , owing to Jones snatching Roaeh ' s can of tea out of his hands ; upon which Roach started up , and forcibly regaining possession of the can threw the contents of it in Jones ' s fucs . This so aggravated Jones , who has always borne the character of being a very ill-tempered man , that , espying along-handled
brush at the other end ofthe room , he ran and caught hold o it , and with the butt-end dealt Roach a violent blow on the back of the head , fracturing the skull in a most frightful manner . The poor fellow lingered till the next morning , when he died . An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday , afternoon at the workhouse , before Mr . W . Joyner Ellis , coroner , when evidence of the above facts having been adduced , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter , " and Junes accordingly was committed for trial on the coroner ' s warrant ,
Steam Tug Burned at _Maryport . — About half-past two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , ; : ¦ volume of dense smoke was observed to burst out from the decks of the steam-tug Rambler , then lyng in the harbour . The tide _was out at the time , the _master and the engineers having completed their morning ' s work had gone to dinner . In a few minutes , several parties interested in the vessel wero assembled , and soon ascertained that she was on fire ; no time was lost in getting thc town ' s engine down into the bed of ( he river , worked by an tfticientbody of carpenters ; and , by ihe aid of shinmasters and other volunteers , in an hour tlie tire was entirely subdued . The damage ( lone WfiS not SO great as might have been anticipated , hting con " lined to the cabin and after-part of the vessel , and differing from the case at Workington , in being beyond any doubt entirety accidental , having arisen from a spark communicating to the patent felt surr ' _-unding the boiler .
Death of Charles Gorixo , Ksa ., M . P . —Thc mournful intelligence reached us on Monciav that at _halt-pa _> t nine o ' _clock on the preceding evenimr this gentleman breathed his last , at Wistou House . Mr . Gormsr , who had married SO recontlv as September last , had been more or jess indisposed for sme months , which caused the postponement of the nuptials . A fortnight ago his _illncs 3 assumed a moro serious sspect , ultimaWy taking the character of typhus fever , under which be sank on Snndav evenin . - , as already stated . Mr . _Goring .-at for the borough of Shoreham and rape of Bramber ever since 1841 , and his death causes a vacancv iu ( he representation . — Brighton Guardian .
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Fire at Dalkeith Palace . —On Friday , thc lf . _ih inst ., a bedroom in one of the attics of Dalkeitii Palace , tho residence of the Duke of liuccleuch , was ; discovered to be on fire . A fire-engine belonging ; to thc palace , and one from Dalkeith , wore promptly ¦ brought into requisition ; and as they were most t efficiently worked , and well supplied with water , the ) flames were extinguished before they hud time : o > extend beyond the apartment in whieh the fire oil- - ginated . Tho damage dime is consequently n » t very y great . The casualty is said to have arisen from a some plumbers , who were employed in repairing the le palace , inadvertently leaving a portable stove , ou the ie roof when they went to dinner , the heat from which : h is supposed to have melted the leaden roof , and set et fire to the _woodwork above the bedroom which was as burned . —Scotsman .
An _Attemi-i to defeat the Elkotihc Tej . e-. _eanAPir -One day last week Mr . Moxev , the _suma-a-S S : ' W _P 0 Uce > veceived _iiffor-or-SS ' ° _^ _^^ f a man f _tlmt Place by by ¦ the seven o ' clock tram for Edinburgh , caminiiii ' with him tho sum of £ U the _propcrtv of his eSi- : ployer . Measures were adopted for his ip vcl cnVcnsionon theairval of the train , but it _wKSuidl that tho party had left tlie train at a station somomc _i _^ S £ _lftl f ' thatthe tel ? ' _^ oaM bc putputt Koto if _£ . annc cc 1 »» delinquency andandO S ; , _* - -S _*^ "¦ _mmei " _atoly puthiinself i ' n _connoriM _Wnir 7 M ! _autl'Oritics of such towns a _: s a :,: he coi sidered it likel y that the man would visit , am am , i on baturday last he received information from Mr Mr r iiarctay _, superintendent of the Aberdeen _policelicee to whom notice had been sent , that the partv itv iii : question had been apprehended in that town * th tha preceding day , with £ G 0 ofthe money in his _pos _posis session . ' l
Firb in Glasgow .- Shortly before nine o ' clocclocc on Monday night a fire broke out in the shop of M » f Mill Rntherglen , bookbinder and stationer , situatcc at _tlat _thli hack buildings of 25 , Queen-street . Thc _West est 11 _England and City fire bri gades were soon on tin til El , ' _- aud ; , ., the 5 r _eKd mt operations , _sneeeeikeedili in _ctiecking the flames before they had time to spreapream _i-rom the combustible nature of the materials cols coo : tuned in the shop , however , a very large quantity tity - tnem bas been destroyed , and the damage in ( his rhis r r spect must be considerable . It is understood the Idie _lolc is only partiall y recovered bv insurance
. _lixi'Losiox qv Gas . —On the same _evenintr , abc , aboc seven o clock , an explosion of gas took place io b in 11 iNe \ v Vennrl , which , at first , occasioned consMcraUlcraki alarm . It is not known how the gas ignited ; W ; bb on a sudden , the noise of the explosion was lica _laaa and about twenty-five yards oi foot pavement , int . inn
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24111849/page/6/
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