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    AfFBAT WITH GAM EKEErEBS . _—mVEBrORDWEST , _PHT _pBOKISHIKE , Dec . 3 } - - **** * ho 5 e " _™ * _fiavs that arc continu ally _taknuj place _ini different _aarts of the king dom-arising tromthe evil tendency ofthe Game Laws-occurred on Friday night last , at Picton , onthc _cstatcof Sir R . B . T . Pluhpps , Bart ., VLY for the borong h of Haverfordwest . It appears that on Friday nig ht and on Saturday morning the _rameke cpers heard the report of _fire-ams in a plantation and collecting assistance proceeded towards ihe _iilace from whence the sound issued , and Lay in t rait for the poachers until they should retire . One of ihe poachers wounded , but did not bring down a _biij which he immcdiatclv pursued to the edge of the p lantation , and was hud hold of himself by one of ihe keepers or assistants . He gave the alarm to his comrades , aud they quickly came to his support . The

    keepe rs endeavoured to secure their man , but tailed to do so , and in the fight the poachers inflicted an awful blow on one of their party , which he will not probably long survive . The poachers then made off , carrving with them their wounded man ; however , one poacher covered the retreat in such an effectual manner , that on the keepers attempting to ascend a bank on which he stood , they were knocked down quickly one after the other . At last he thought proper to decamp , taking away all the game , splinters of the huti ends of guns , Ac , and the whole party got safe off . Persons in the neighbourhood of this town are suspected , but proof cannot be obtained on account of the unwillingness of the peasantry to give infonuation . They View poaching as a very venal offence against law if any at alL This is another consequence of class legislation .

    The Late Bask _RoBBEnx . —The following incident connected with this extensive and mysterious robberv will show that it has created a greater de-. gree of interest on the continent than in London . In the Times of Saturday , under the head of the city article , appeared the substance of a communication from Messrs . Rogers relative to the course pursued by the firm to prevent any of the stolen notes being put into circulation ; this , coupled with the assistance rendered by the police of France , Belgium , Germany , and Holland , has been attended with the utmost success . The gentleman sent out by Mr . Hohler was Mr . Justin , and while on the continent , in looking over the foreign journals , he read a paragraph in one of the Frankfort papers , stating that

    one ofthe stolen notes had been offered for change at Hamburgh by an _English navigator . The paragraph appearing with something like authority , Mr . Justin instantly started for that city , when , upon his arrival , he found the report to be in every person ' s mouth . Without losing a moment , Mr . Justin proceeded to make the necessary inquiries , on which he was informed that the man who had attempted to negotiate the note was one of the navigators in the employ of Mr . Mundv , of _Abchurch-lane , Cannonstreet , " but who at the time was over at Hamburgh superintending the construction of the city sewers , which are nearly completed . The account was , that the note was offered to a Jew of the name of Goldsmid , who at once sent for

    Mr . Mundy _. upon the arrival of that gentleman he caused the house of the man to be searched , when between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 ofthe stolen notes were found secreted . The statement led Mr . Justin to inquire what had become of the man : the reply was that Mr . Monday had caused him to be secured until some person , empowered to take him into custody , should arrive from England . Hearing this account from different sources , Mr . Justin instantly proceeded to the residence of a Mr . _Mevines , a magistrate , when that functionary rendered Mr . Justin the assistance ofthe police , "who proceeded to that part ofthe city in which the alleged offender was said to be confined in the sewer , and saw Mr . Munday _, who immcdiatclv said there was nota word of truth , in the

    rumour , although the tale of the bill being offered , the discovery of the £ 4 , 000 , aiulliis confining the man in the sewer , was the subject of general conversation Finding the whole to be a hoax , Mr . Justin instantly commenced retracing his steps , when Mr . Munday also being required at home , they both set out together . The Elbe being frozen over , it was necessary to travel in sledges . To ihe surprise of Mr . Justin , as well as Mr . Munday , those portions of the city through which they Lad to pass , as well as that part ofthe Elbe where the sledge was , by which they were to travel , was discovered to lie densely crowded by

    people of all ranks and grades . Finding they were the objects of the people ' s curiosity , they inquired into the cause , when they ascertained that a report had got into circulation that Mr . Justin was an English officer , and that he was returning with the person who had committed the great robbery at the rich English banker ' s , and it was to catch a glimpse of so renowned a thief that the public curiosity was excited . The explanation caused considerable merriment . It has been ascertained beyond a doubt that none ofthe stolen notes have even been offered for circulation in any of those places through which Mr . Justin travelled .

    Belfast . —Alarming Fibb vs a Pawn-office . — On Friday morning , about eleven o ' clock , a fire , which threatened destruction to a vast deal of property , broke out in the premises of Mr . Robert Gilmore , pawnbroker , corner of Korth-street and Carrick-hill . It is supposed that its origin arose from a metal stove in the office , which communicated with a funnel in one of the , upper rooms . _Nearly the entire property of pawned goods were consumed . Murder »• _CtaiBEnucsD . — On Monday morning last the inhabitants of the town of Ulverston were thrown into a state of the greatest consternation and alarm by a report that an itinerant razor grinder , who is an inhabitant of that town , had murdered liis wife in the most brutal aud barbarous manner . On

    inquiry , the melancholy rumour was found out to be too true . On Friday nig ht the husband returned home in a state of intoxication , and a quarrel ensued between him and his wife , which at length terminated with blows . The enraged man eventually seized the poker , and struck his wife a formidable blow with it on the head , which completely shattered her skull , _audnmst , it is supposed , have produced instantaneous death . 2 fot satisfied with what ho Lad done , the enraged murderer commenced kicking tho head of his Tirtim , with such violence as to force one of her jaws entirely out of its place ; he then brutally kicked her on various parts of her body , which he dreadfully mutilated . He then stripped the dead body entirely naked , and threw it down stairs , after whichhe burnt the whole of her clothing . Having done this , he left the Louse , and went to Lis wife ' s sister , and coolly told her he was afraid his wife was dead . In the meantime two children ( a bov and a girl ) awoke , and

    the nei g hbours , who had heard the noise , were first alarmed by ike screams of the hoy that his father had murdered Lis mother . The wretched man was secured . —Carlisle Journal . —The inquiry into this horrible affair was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , the 2 Sthult ., before Mr . W . Blendal , when a verdict of _Mfilfal Murder was returned against the prisoner , Thomas Donahoo , for murdering his wife on Friday , the 2 Uth ult ., by striking her with an iron bar . In the course of the inquest the son of the prisoner was examined , and deposed that his father had kicked and struck his mother both up and down stairs , and dragged her by tbe hair of the head , and in various other ways abased her . The prisoner has had six children , all of whom are dead , with the exception of a boy about twelve years of age , and a girl about three . The evidence of the boy was of itself conclusive as regards the father's guilt , and will probably , when given elsewhere , consign the guilty parent to an ignominious death .

    Dreadful _Accidest in Jehmtx-steeet . —Monday morning , about nine o ' clock , the inhabitants of Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , were alarmed by a tremendous report , accompanied with a rumbling noise which sounded like a discharge of ordnance . On proceeding to the spot it was ascertained to have been caused by the sudden falling of an exceedingly high scaffold , erected against the premises of Mr . Slater , butcher , now undergoing repair , and which involves in its consequences the sacrifice of no less than four human beings ( labourers employed by the contractor ) . One was taken out quite dead , and two are missing , who it is feared have been crushed by the weight of the falling timber . Another was removed on a stretcher to the hospital in a very precarious state , small hopes being held outof hisrecovery . It appears the workmen proceeded as usual to the house on

    Monday _morninff , no suspicion _havbifi been entertained that the scaffold was at all in a dangerous state , it being composed of strong upright poles , whieh are rendered secure by long cross pieces of timber firmly wedged to the _brickworkjand tied with thick cords . They were in the act of running the _scaffold up some ten or twelve feet higher , for the purpose of completing the ornamental coping on the parapet of the house , when they were alarmed by the boarding or flooring of the scaffold suddenly receding from the _wJl _, and before they could warn their fellow work men the whole fell and occasioned the dreadful result . -An iuquest was held the same evening _unon the man who was killed , and the jury , after considerable discussion , returned a verdict of AccidentalDcath ; they however , added their strong opinion , that the scaffolding had been made to bear a much greater weight than it ought to have done _.

    Uorejble Case . —Death from the Inclemexct or Weather . —A sad instance of the vicissitudes iojwhick the poor are exposed , and of their many tnals , happened last week . A man named John _^ laithews , belougin" to the parish of Brinkworth , - * d who had been committed to the New Prison here f two months , for Laving left Lis wife and cLildrcn "' _actable to the parish , was discharged on _TVednes"V , ihe _lhh Dec , his term of imprisonment having _^ 1 'h cd . The weather was then , as our r eaders no aou « , t recollect , bittcrlv cold , and he was most _"SttaU y dad , having exchanged his warm woollen Jl _^ ai dress for his own clothes—mere rags ; the _^¦ _"" -anuents consisting of an old waistcoat and a J " 4 _% . ne _was suffering from a diseased _"" « , a coniphuut of long standing- On leaving the } _£ ??* liad a loaf of bread and fourpence given him _^ V' _^ _snsioaaec on the roa home—a distance of Jfi . _rn nv ,. iY ] uUes 1 Jc had lirocccded only about r . nHr !' l 3 ( S ' » hew : ts driven by the cold into a P , he-hou _^ h , . . Bell at St , Edith ' s Marsh , where _"i onJerto have the benefit of the fire , he purchased

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    a little beer and ate part of his loaf . Soon after leaving this house he found himself unable to proceed , and took shelter in a shilling near the road , in which there happened to lie somestraw . Here , according to his own account , he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison . On the Monday morning he left his shelter , and crawled to the Shoulder of Mutton public-house , at Bromham _, where he was taken care of by the landlord , who is overseer of the parish , and who , on the Wednesday afternoon , conveyed him in a comfortable covered cart to the union-house at Malmesbury , where he was immediately taken in

    , placed in the sick ward , and where every attention was paid him . On reaching Mabnesbury he appeared in pretty good spirits , but was unable to walk , his feet being so badly frost-bitten that Mr . Jeston , the medical attendant , declared he must lose them . On Saturday he expired , and an inquest was taken before Mr . Whitmarsh , on Tuesday last , at the Malmesbury Union Workhouse , on his body . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Musgravc , the master , that deceased Avas brought in a cart to that place froni Bromham , on the ISth Dec . The general health of deceased appeared as good as when before in the workhouse , and it seemed to bun unnecessary to send for a doctor that day , but on the next Mr . Jeston was sent for , who attended the deceased and

    continued to do so until his death , which took place on the Saturday following . This witness gave wine and brandy to the deceased according to the directions of Mr . Jeston , and every attention was afforded him until his death . On the daV after he was brought into the union deceased told him that he left the New Prison , Devizes , on the Wednesday week , the 11 th December ; that upon exchanging the prison dress , which was warm , and putting on his own old waistcoat and slop , he felt the cold severely . On arriving at Rowdc , he went to a public-house , and sat there some hours to warm himself , as it was very cold . He then went on a short distance and laid down on some straw in a skiiling , where he staid until the following Monday morning . On that day he crawled out ana proceeded a little farther on the

    road to another public-house . There he remained until Wednesday , when he was brought to the workhouse . Mr . Jeston stated that he attended the deceased , and found his feet to be frost-bitten , and , to all appearance , dead , which ultimately led to his death , fie had attended deceased before when suffering from palpitation of the heart ; and he thought a person with such a complaint would be more likely to be affected by a sudden change of dress and temperature . Mr . Haywood , the governor of the prison , stated that deceased was committed there on the 12 th of October last , for two months , with hard labour . He weighed , on being admitted , 1271 b ., and upon leaving he had increased to 1351 b . He was not put to the labour , because the surgeon certified that

    he was afflicted with palpitation of the heart . He appeared in good health whilst there , and never complained . The temperature of the prison was from 46 to 48 degrees . Deceased left the prison on Wednesday , the 11 th of December , about nine o ' clock in the morning , after breakfast , taking with him about a pound and a half of bread and _foiu-pence . Mary Matthews , widow ofthe deceased , stated that her husband , self , and child , came into the Malmesbury Union workhouse in March last , and remained there until July following , when her husband was desirous of leaving to go into Wales to redeem some clothes which sho had pawnod there . Upon their leaving the workhouse they received one shilling and three loaves , and a promise from the relieving officer to find her husband work . He was referred to a railway contractor , who refused to employ him , saying that "if Mr . Wightwick keeps the people in ihewver

    and half starves them , he must find them work . " Her husband then went into Wales , and she came back into the workhouse . In about eight weeks afterwards her husband returned , when he applied at the workhouse for admission . He was immediately taken into custody , and committed to prison the same day , for leaving her and the child chargeable to the parish ! The husband told her that whilst in Wales he was nearly half starved ; and that he had been cheated of some wages through the failure of another person . Her husband had always been kind towards her and the child , aud was a sober man , and brought his earnings home when able to work . Verdict—That deceased died from the inclemency of the weather ; and the jury arc of opinion that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects .

    Accident ox the Newcastle and Carlislb Railwat . —The course of this line has been suddenly interrupted by the falling in ofthe tunnel between the Riding Mill and Corbridge stations . It appears the company were engaged in widening the tunnels , in order to form a double line of railway , it having been originally made single in this part , and the props put in having been insufficient to support the superincumbent mass , it fell in suddenly on Saturday last , only a few minutes afterthe passage of a train . Fortunately no lives were lost , but the injury done to the works is so great as completely to interrupt the traffic on the line . In consequence , the trains from _Newcastle to Carlisle now stop at the Riding Mill station , where the passengers are transferred to omnibuses , and luggage to waggons , in which they are conveyed by the turnpike to the Corbridge station , where they again get npon the fine .

    Dreadful Affair at _DEiusr . —On Monday last a coroner ' s jury was summoned to the Town-hall to investigate the cause of death of a young man aged twenty-one , named Frank Dixon Manning , formerly footman in the family of a clergyman residing in a neighbouring county , " but latterl y a frame-work hosemaker , in the employ of Mr . Morley , of Nottingham . There is a family residing in Derby of the name of Allen ; the father is a copper-plate printer . He has six daughters and one son . Two years ago he resided at Leicester , and some time before then the deceased , Manning , hecame acquainted with his daughter Caroline , and made proposals to her , which , however , were rejected until about a year ago . Caroline frequently went over to Nottingham to attend

    a saloon there , in the capacity , as she states , of vocalist , and received certain wages for her services , whatever those might be . During her visits there she frequently supplied the deceased with money , and pressed for their union . He complained of his restricted means , and she gave him on one occasion two sovereigns to get the banns published , and to purchase the necessary articles for the wedding . The banns ran out about two months ago , and the deceased then wished her to wait a little , until his friends became mere reconciled to the match . The match was broken off at the girl ' s request , but by desire of tho deceased she subsequently wrote to Mm as a friend several times , and on one occasion saw him at Notting ham . On Christmas-day he arrived in Derby , at a

    public-housekept by a person named Glue , at which place Caroline met him in the evening by lib particular desire . He wished to know whether she still desired that the acquaintance should cease . Her reply was that she did , and she urged the propriety of this course . He said , "If it must be so , it must , " and they parted in good feeling . Next day he spent several hours at the house of Caroline ' s father , and conducted himself much as usual . Li the evening he went to a saloon , and took part in the singing or performance , and Caroline went there to see him , and after remaining a short tune bade him good ni ght , and then proceeded to another saloon , where she remained until four o ' clock in the morning , and was taken home bv a _vouns man . who is supposed to be

    somewhat enamoured of her charms . On Friday morning the deceased again returned to Allen ' s house . At that time Caroline was in bed . Two other sisters , Eliza and Emma , were in the house . The deceased called to Carolino at the foot of the stairs , and she got up , dressed herself , and then descended to the house place . Meanwhile the deceased had sent her sister Emma for a pint of ale , and on Caroline" descending the stairs he inquired kindly after her health , and then presented a glass of ale to her , saying , " Caroline , drink with me ; it ' s our p arting glass . " She complied , and Lad no sooner got some ofthe contents into her stomach than she became ill , and began to vomit . The deceased told her that the reason he had done it was , because he could not bear

    to see the object of his affection in the arms of another ; adding , that his former wife ( the daughter of the clergyman with whom he lived as servant , and with whom he eloped , a divorce having since been obtained ) was about to be united to her cousin ; but that he " should not Lave minded , had she ( Allen ) been willing to marry him ; and that , under these circumstances , he could not , and would not , bear with it . " The girl was got up stairs , where she vomited repeatedly ; and presently afterwards the deceased rushed into the bedroom , carrying a srlass of ale in bis hand , and seemingly very much agitated . Caroline called to her sister , as well as she was able , to save him , but it was too late ; he drank the contents of the glass , then walked up to

    the bed and kissed Caroline several times , using endearing terms , and expressing a hope that she would be saved . He then fellto the ground , foaming at the mouth , stretched out his legs and arms , and threw his head about continually , but there was no motion in his awns , or anv other part of . his body . He died almost imniediatelv . Medical aid was procured , and all available means taken , but without effect , in so far as regards him . The girl continued m great danger for some time , and is still very ill , but m her case liic is not despaired of . A razor , and a p hial containing prussic acid , were found in the waistcoat pocket ot deceased ' s clothes ; and after a long investigation on Mondav afternoon the jury came to a verdict ot ± clo de * c . The house where the body lay presented a sad

    scene ol misery . The late Murder and Suicide at Asiiford — Inquest . —Saturday afternoon Mr . . _» ; dJley , M . 1 ., coroner for the western division of Middlesex , impanelled a jurv of fifteen of the principal inhabitants and farmers of the parish ol' _Asl . ford , at the lungs Head Inn , in the village of _Asbford , near htames to inve _« ti « atc the circumstances attendant upon the deaths of William Oliver , aged 30 years and barali Oliver , his wife , aeed 27 years , who resided m a cot-

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    tage in that village . The jury having viewed the bodies , and examined two or three witnesses whoBe evidence was of minor importance , Mr . Wakley ordered the boy , one of the children of the deceased , to be brought into the room , which was done ; and he was placed standing on a chair at the foot of the table . He appeared to be an intelligent boy , . and , in answer to questions put to him b y the coroner , said : " My name is William Oliver . 1 was at home on Monday last all the evening . My mother was also at home all the evening . She appeared to be very well . I did not hear her complain ; she was quite sober . My father came home that evening between eight and nine o ' clock . He was also sober . When he came in he kicked up a row with my mother about

    some money . My father had some money , and she wanted him to give her some for the purpose of buying some coke . My father swore at her , but he did not strike her , neither did I hear him threaten to do anything to her . They both called each other names . On that night my sister had bread and butter for supper , and father and mother had bread and bacon . Mother had got the supper ready against father came home . They had tea to drink " with it . I was the first to go to lied . It was soon after supper . Neither my mother nor father were ill when 1 went to bed . They were quarrelling when I went to bed . Did not hear them quarrelling _. aftcrwards in the night . Did not see father put anything like a powder , or anything out of a bottle , into the teapot . Saw him put the tea into the teapot . Father did not

    usually put the tea into the teapot . Never saw him do so before . Father brought the tea with him from Feltham . The tea was in a large piece of paper , and when father had put it into the pot he threw the paper into the fire . The tea found in the caddy was put there by my mother on the Monday afternoon _, it was a pennyworth that she had bought . Father was sitting there when mother put the tea into the caddy . When mother drank the tea that father made she said it was very nasty . I had ahasin full . Father poured it out for me . He was not in the habit of doing so , but he did that night . When I went to bed I wished him ' good night , ' and he wished me so too . Father often beat mother because she would go to fairs . He did not threaten to

    beat her . that night . Mother did not get tipsy , but father used to do so . Father used to beat me frequently . Sometimes I have had victuals , and sometimes not . Father used to have 2 s . and four loaves every week from the relieving officer . Heard father tell mother so . They paid the rent with the money . Father had not worked lately , as he could not get work . Father had been in the Brentford union workhouse at Isleworth . Have been out with father begging . Father beat me on the night before he died . Lastweek we had nothing to eat for two days . Heard a blowing noise on Monday night like wind . Did not hear father and mother _talking during the night . Heard no blows in the course ot the night . Father spoke to me just as it was getting light , and told me there was a basin of tea and some bread and butter *

    jA the cupboard in the other room that I could have . There was a coke fire in the room on Monday evening , but it went out before I went to bed . "—The coroner asked if any basin of tea had been found in the cupboard?—Mi ' . Richardson said there was not . —Mr . Christopher B . Emmott , examined : I am a surgeon , and live at Hounslow . 1 received an order from the coroner to make a post mortem examination of the bodies of the deceased . I went yesterday to the cottage , and found the two bodies in an inncrroom . The body of the woman appeared to have been compressed against the bed , particularly the upper part ; the lips were swollen and the face red , and bore marks of the clothes underneath . Examined her eyelids . They were not much reddened . The body of the woman

    was quite different in appearance to the pinched expression of the body of the man . On opening the body of the woman I found the lungs much congested , and the right cavity of the heart was full of liquid blood . It was in a liquid state generally . The vessels of the head were very much congested . The stomach contained food , apparently bread and egg ; the white of egg . The lining membranes of the stomach were not affected at all . There was a slight appearance of decomposition . The mucous membranes were perfectly healthy . Examined also the gums ; they were in a turgid state . I found no poison in the " body of the woman . I believe that she died from suffocation , by respiration having been impeded by force . —The coroner said he

    was much struck on seeing the bodies by the great difference in their appearance . The skin of the man was pallid , while that of the woman presented the same appearance as bodies of persons who have died by drowning . The lips were swollen and the lining membrane cut , and the nose was flattened . —Mr . Emmott ; The man ' s skin was pallid . On opening the body I found the chest healthy , the lungs healthy , and Yery little blood in the heart . On examining the stomach I found the mucous membranes very much congested . I have analysed equal quantities of the contents of each stomach , and have tried the same tests with each , and the results are that thero is no

    poison in the woman ' s , while there is arsenic m the man ' s . —The Coroner : Then what would you say was the cause of the man ' s death . —Mr . Emmott ; Poison ; I should say arsenic . The result of all the tests was the same , and was so satisfactory that I have not the slightest doubt in the matter . —Several witnesses were then examined as to the state of tho man ' s mind previous to his death . None of them considered him to have been at all inclined to insanity . They described him as having been lazy and violent , and most brutal towards his wife and children . Tho coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder as to the death ofthe woman , and Felo de so in the case of the man .

    Thb late Attempted Murder of a Child bt its Father , axd subsequent Suicide . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on tho body of Noah Flood , aged 43 , who destroyed himself , and also attempted to take the life of bis infant daughter . After a long inquiry ( the facts of which appeared in tho town edition of last Saturday ' s Star ) , thejury returned a verdict that—The deceased destroyed himself , being in an unsound state of mind . The child was ordered to be sent to the workhouse .

    Execution at York . —The murderer , William Kendrew , underwent the extreme sentence ofthe law on Monday forenoon in front of the county gaol , for the murder of Mr . lnchbald , on the high road near Knaresborough , The scaffold was erected at an early hour in front of St . George ' s-fiolds ; and before twelve o ' clock drew near , several thousand persons had congregated together , including a large proportion of women . The unfortunate man mounted the scaffold with a very firm step . He was preternaturally pale , but , beyond that , betrayed no emotion or fear . It was observed , however , that as the executioner was adjusting the rope , a shivering spasm crossed his frame , while his chest heaved convulsively . After being suspended the usual time , the body was cut down , and taken within the gaol , where it will bo buried in accordance with his sent ncc . A young man was detected , almost at the foot if the scaffold , in the act of picking pickets !

    Dense Foos in Manchester . —Fatal Railway Accident . —Manchester , Monday Night . — The weather in this town , which has been unusually bright for some time past , broke on Friday last . Since that period we have had occasional fogs and gentle showers . This morning the fogs became so dense that the whole of our manufactories and places of business were obliged to light their gas . About nine o ' clock in the morning the fog was-so dense that it was quite impossible to distinguish any object from one side ofthe street to the other . At that hour several gentlemen , on passing St . Peter ' s church , which is one of the largest of our modern plapes of worship , say that at ten yards' distance from the steeple , it was impossible to see even any trace of the building . At the

    same hour every part of the town was in a similar condition . All , or nearly all , the traffic through the streets was at a stand-still , and there were several instances of parties walking in different" directions coming in collision with each other , in consequence of the extreme difficulty of seeing any object , however near to it . We regret to add that one fatal accident has occurred , and of a character most distress ing and deplorable . It appears that some days ago a young lady , the daughter of Mr . Forsy the , one of the principal servants on the Liverpool and Manchester _Railwav , died , and that her funeral was fixed for this morning , Mr . Thomas Forsythe _, brother of the deceased young lady , is also a servant on the line , being superintendent of the locomotive department . About ten o ' clock he was going to his father ' s house to attend the funeral of his sister , and had ordered one of the murines to convev him along the line towards his

    father ' s house . The engine was going at a somewhat rapid speed , occasionally blowing the whistle , when , within a short distance of his destination , he fancied that he felt the wheels of the engine passing over a soft substance , and immediately ordered it to be stopped , to see what was the matter ; and on retracing their route a short distance , he found that the engine had passed over the body of his father , who was also _making his way to attend the funeral of his daughter , and had killed him on the spot . Nothing can exceed the grief which this melancholy event has caused in the family . The son lost a leg some time ago , by being ran over by an engine . Another daughter was burned to death about twelvemonths ago ; so that this may with truth be called an unfort unate family . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of the father , when the jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death . The same grave will receive the remains of both father and daughter .

    TnE I . ATE l _' ATAL FlRE IN GciLFOBP-STKEET . ADJOURNED Inquest . —On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , the adjourned inquest on the bodies ofthe sufferers iu the late lire in Guilford-street , was resumed before Thomas Wakley , Esq ., M , l '„ at the Angel Inn , High-street . Witnesses having been examined , who identified the bodies of the policemen Wright and Byrkmyre , the man Jenkins , and the boy Robinson , three of the servants , Mary Hall , Sarah Wale , and the boy Hall were then sworn . Mary Ilall ( mother of the boy _IlaU ) was then examined , and deposed : I am cook to Mr . Farey . 1 left my kitchen to go to bed at ten minutes before eleven o ' clock , Sarah Wale , the parlour-maid , and Maria _Tanuer were left up . I heard the clock strike two , and I was perfectly awake . The first sign of the fire was about a quarter after two

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    o ' clock , the room filling with smoke , which , however , did not alarm me , as we were frequently troubled by the smoke coming from tho flue in the next house , and I thought it was owing to that . Our room was on tho third floor , at the back of the house . About a quarter after three I was sensible that the house was on fire . I jumped out of bed and opened the door , and was nearly suffocated . I awoke my fellow-serrants , and screamed out fire . 1 then went up to the boy ' s room to awaken him _. The smoke was now ascending up the stairs in great quantities . 1 returned down stairs and met my master . I said , O , sir , the house is on fire , what shall I do ; must I open the windows ? My master said , No , no ! I went up stairs again to my son ' s room and caught hold of my boy and asked who it was ? He answered , It is me , mother . 1 thought as I had awakened him they would both be up . I left no fire in the kitchen—not a spark . There was no fire in any washhouso or stove to my _knowledge . The last time we washed . was on Wednesday , but I put out the fire with water at four o ' clock in the after .

    noon . There was no smell of fire , or anything unusual , and there has been no fire in the washhouse since then . The laundry is in the same room as the washhouse , and a water eloset is the only communication between it and the house . — Coroner : Mr . Braidn-ood has sent a ground plan of the house , and has written at the bottom of it that it is his opinion that the firo originated in the hot-air tine from the washhouse . Is that your opinion of it , Mr . Farcy 3 Mr . Farcy agreed with Mr . Rraidwood ' s opinion to a certain extent , but not exactly . He thought that the lire origiuatcd from the hot-air pipe , but not in the flue spoken of by Mr . Braidivood . Mr . Farcy then took the ground plan , and explained the position ofthe chimney , showing the dangerous manner of construction , the woodwork around having no protection from the heat . There were

    several flues all branching into one chimney , which was formed in such a peculiar way that it was impossible to be swept , and the soot might have accumulated there for twenty or thirty years . —Coroner : Then you think that the fire origiuatcd on the ground floor ?—Mr . Farey : No , sir ; I should think it began on the landing above . After the cook met me on the stab's I went down to look at it . If I had not becu an expert direr in my youth I should not have been able to go down ; but as it was I did , and there I saw the fire amidst the smoke , just like a gas light in a London fog . —Sarah Wale was next examined , but her evidence was unimportant . The coroner questioned her as to whether there were any persons in the kitchen drinking on that night , or had you any company ; for it has been stated that such was the case , and that there wero policemen in the house late at night ; and if it was not

    so , it is as well to remove such an impression . —The witnesses indignantly denied it ; and an inspector stepped forward and said that every inquiry had been made , and no such thing had occurred . The men who were on duty also were perfectly sober . —Maria Tanner said : My fellow-servant , the cook , aroused me when the fire was found out . 1 was not the last person up . Sarah Wale went to bed after me . There was no company in tho kitchen that night . —Mr . Farey observed , that there must have been some scandalous aud improper behaviour somewhere , for many bottles ofthe bestFrench brandy , gin , aud wine had been drunk , and the bottles were lying about the kitchen and other places . —Mr . Wakley said that he hoped that an inquiry before the commissioners of the police would be made , if Mr . Farey had to complain of anything . —Mr . Farey did not implicate any of the

    police , but he did not know how to account for the disorder lu his wine-cellar , —Coroner : Was there any person at the top of your house to assist you in your cscapo ?—Mr . Farey : No ; we all got out by ourselves , and there was no person to help us . We got on to the roof of the next house , No . G 8 , and there remained some time shouting out to the crowd below , but Ave could not draw the attention of any person whatever , and I broke off one of my nails in endeavouring to pull up a piece of slate to throw at a policeman . However , after we had been standing out naked in the piercing cold for about a quarter of an hour , to the great danger of our lives , a policeman came aud assisted us to get into the next house . —The Coroner observed that he would draw the attention of tho police particularly to this . Nine fires out of ten originated underneath the bed-rooms , and the only escape for the

    inmates was through the roof of the house , and the police should always direct their attention to the top of the house . They should go through the adjoining house , and _thua ascend to their assistance , and if anybody refused to open the door to them , he would without hesitation recommend them to break it open , for such a time of danger would perfectly justify them in doing so . —William Dilley , the coachman to Mr . Farey , was next examined ; in his evidence he stated that he saw the _wine-ceUar after the fire was out . Tho door was broken open , aud a panel knocked in . The lock also , which was onu of Ohubb ' s patent , was broken . —The coroner asked who could say tho policemen were sober at the time they were killed 1—The inspector said he could produce evidence to prove that they were . —The evidence of John Taxk , policeman , and Edward Quaill , carpenter , clearly exonerated the

    deceased men from the charge of drunkenness . The wine-cellar had been broken open by the police , under the impression that it was tho plate-room , the contents of which they were anxious to protect . The contents of the wine-cellar wore left untouched by tho police . —Coroner : I think that tho evidence proves quite clearly that the poor fellows were not drunk , aud it is unncessary to go into further examination on that point , unless tho jury wish to multiply evidence . I think it is very hard that the poor fellows should be thought so insensible to humanity as to be drinking at such a time . — The jury perfectly coincided with the coroner , and had no doubt ofthe sobriety of the policemen at the time of their death . —Maurice Williams , the man who was found drunk , was next examined . He said , I am a coachman to Mr . J . Hackingman , of Russell-mews . I heard the alarm of fire ,

    and went into the house b y tho back passage . I went to the front-area door , and let in some policemen by taking out the bolts . Jenkins was looking out for a dog . I was pulled out by a policeman . I had been about half an hour in the house . I saw a policeman break open the wine-cellar with a poker . He looked into it by the light of Ids lamp , and said , " This is the wine-cellar ; 1 ' thought it was the plate-room . " The policeman then went away . I was nearly suffocated . I drank something out of a pot , but I could not tell whether it was brandy or wine , or what it was . It was too dark to see . I saw about two bottles used . There was no time for nothing . I don't think the liquor got the . better of me . I was more frightened than anything else . There were two policemen in the kitchen . I was perfectly sober when I went in . I don ' t know what I was taken into custody for . I was taken

    out of the back part of the house , and the policemen would not let me walk , but carried me on a stretcher . I was taken to the station-house and kept in the cold lock-up for four hours and a half , and when 1 was brought out the water ran from me . 1 was taken before the magistrate , and was told to go about my business . —John Farcy , Esq ., was ] examined . He said , I am an engineer , at present living at No . 26 , Regent-square I was awoke between a quarter and half-past two o ' clock . Up to that time I had no knowledge of any fire in the house , but at that time my attention was occupied about fire , as I had told Robinson to put the fire-guard on the fire-bars in my study . I have since seen it hanging on the bars . My first consciousness was that I was dreaming ol the house being on tire , but I soon found it was no dream , but reality . I got out of bed and ran out of my room , I

    went up stairs to arouse the servants , and met the cook , who asked me if she should open the windows . I said " No , no ! " I then returned , under the impression that I should find the papers in my study on fire . The study is about twenty-one feet above where the fire originated . When I got as far as my study I found the fire was lower down , so I shut my eyes and went down , expecting to get below the smoke , but I found it increased as I proceeded , and the smoke was so pungent that it nearly made me cough , and if I had opened my mouth I should have been suffocated . I had a great deal of difficulty in getting back again . I succeeded , ho lvever , in regaining my room , where my wife was , and said , " Tho house is on fire , I must make an alarm . " With that I opened the sash , and called out " fire , " as loud as I could . This took away the effects of the smoke upon me and renewed my strength .

    Tho draft occasioned by my opening the window brought the smoke into the room in such quantities that I was afraid my wife would be suffocated . I therefore requested her to do exactly as I told her . I told her not to try to save anything , or even to speak , except it was absolutely necessary . I then pushed her on up to the third landing , and at last succeeded in getting them all out on the leads inio the fresh air . The smoke was not so thick as wc ascended to the top of the house . —Coroner ; How do youaccouhtfor the boy Robinson not being saved!—Mr . Farey : He did not come to my recollection until we were all out . He had not been long with me , and I did not think of him so soon ; besides , there was a mistake , which made me think all was right . When I had collected them all together on the upper landing , as well as I could feel them , I knew that there was one boy there , but I could not tell which . At tho same time I heard Mrs . Hall

    calling out for her son , and my son assured her that he had seeu him , so I concluded the one I felt was Robinson , It was only a few seconds after we were outside that I discovered the poor boy Robinson was not with us . Shortly before I gathered them all together , I was much afraid for my son , but was soon assured of his safety by his calling out to the servants not to make so much noise . We all got on to the leads , and there was very little space to stand upon , and I cautioned them not to fall over , or let any person pull them over . On going back into the house , I found much more difficulty in facing the smoke , for there was a current established , and hero I met my sou . All this did not occupy move than four minutes . I was occupied that night in drawing out a report for the Vice Chancellor . I wrote the original , and the boys were copying it . I was sitting in my study , with my door open , and they were in the next room , and continually coming backwards and forwards into my room and back into their room . There was an Amott stove in the latter with a fire in it , as well as an ordinary _iil' _6 ill my study . There was also a fire in an Arnott

    stove m the washhouse , which heats the drawing-room conservatory . 1 had it lighted on that night as I had been out for a ride in the afternoon , and felt rather cold in the evening . I had also a long night of business before me , and I therefore thought it advisable to provide against the _COld . The washhouse has in it a copper , and on the left side an Arnott stove , the flue of which passes vertically through the wall to the outside , and straight up outside of the wall of the conservatory . The flue goes completely round the conservatory , which is of a semicircular shape . The stove had other branches ; one came into the drawing-room under the window , mid another was near the stove . The floor of the pantry was the ceiling of the washhouse , and in this floor was an iron pipe about _eleveu'feet above the stove . There is another flue

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    from an ironing stove in the laundry , which goes upwards to the pantry , and ends in a chimney in the next house . At least so it appears to me from the observations I have made . It is almost impossible that this flue can be swept on account of the acute angle it forms in its ascent , and I think it was at this angle where I observed the fire through tho smoke . There is one part of the wall in which an arch is formed to admit the pipe , ' enclosed in a very compact piece of woodwork , but thero is nothing between to protect the wood from the heated pipe . It is my opinion that the fire originated in a little closet where my servant kept her books , her Bible , Prayer-book , < fcc ., and from thence it had reached the staircase window , taking its origin in the arch to whieh I have already alluded . I have been in tho house ever since 1833 , and never onco

    suspected the danger I was in . If I had only known , the house should have been pulled down from top to bottom rather than risk anything , for my collection was too valuable to be in such peril . It is the fruits of many years ' research and experiment . —William Robert Hall was next examined . He said , I went to bed about half-past two o'clock ; 1 was employed iu the office writing for Mr . Farey up to that time . Wehadan Arnott stove in our room , which , however , is not in the least dangerous . 1 smelt no fire whatever . I and Robinson went off to bed together . I put the guard on to Mr . Farcy ' s fire myself . I merely put the guard up and turned back the hearth-rug . I did not go into the conservatory as I went up stairs . The screams of my mother first awoke me . I got out of bed aud shook Robinson , aud told him to get

    up , for the house was on lire , hut he did not answer me , nor did he move more than was occasioned by my shaking him . Ha was generally a very heavy sleeper . I had great difficulty in breathing myself when I awoke . Robinson showed no signs as if he either heard or felt me , nor did I hear him breathe . —Coroner : Then the poor boy must have been dead . He must have been suffocated by the smoke . When the frame is not healthy the smallest quantity of smoke will , in some passages of the lungs , sometimes cause death , which he thought must have been the case here . —Mr . Farey observed that Robinson had a difficulty in breathing , and always did so with his mouth open . Hall was very much alarmed at the time he was trying to awaken him . Mr . Farey , jun ., went back afterwards to

    try to get at him , but could not .. The Coroner then addressed the jury , at the conclusion of which the jury returned u verdict of Accidental Death ; at the same time expressing it as their opinion that the fire originated in one of the two flues alluded to in the evidence . Before the jury separated Mr . Geary , architect , 10 , Hamiltonplace , New Road , placed on the table , for their inspection , the model of a house , in which the building was divided by party-walls , instead of lath and plaster partitions , so constructed as to be rendered almost fire-proof . The cost of the improvement is but a very trifling amount . The doors are also constructed so as to let a current of air pass through , making them completely fire-proof . The Coroner said he really did think it was a capital improvement , and if followed out would be the means of saving many lives and much property .

    Discovset or ahother Bodvik _theRuins . —The firemen of the London brigade , under tho directions of Morris , the foreman of the Holhorn station , completed their task on Tuesday morning of turning over the immense mass of burnt ruins , and on examining a pilo of embers , in the north-western corner of the back parlour , they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot , and in the course of the morning they found the shin and part of the thigh-bone , ns well as what appears to be aii armbone and part of a scalp . The finding of these remains has strengthened the rumours that there had been improper conduct on the part of somo parties who had been plundering Mr . Farey ' s wine-cellar . The discovery has also given rise to the supposition that a fifth party must have been in the house for some improper purposo , although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been .

    _PoisoxiNo in France . —A trial in a case of poisoning occupied the Court of Assize of the Ilaut Pyrenees on the lfth , 18 th , and 19 th inst . The prisoner was a woman named Chambrict , the wife of an innkeeper at Uonnefont . It appeared from thd evidence that the husband and wife had been living for a long time on very bad terms , in consequence of the vicious courses of the latter , and that she had repeatedly threatened to destroy him . One of her lovers declared that she had told him in plain terms that she intended to poison her husband , but , upon his expressing himself in terms of warm indignation against so horrible a project , she left him under tho impression that she had abandoned it . Subsequently to this , however , she purchased somo arsenic and

    administered it to her husband in his soup . He was taken very ill , but an officier de sante was called in , and , by his treatment , although he was ignorant that poison had been administered to the husband , the latter was so relieved as to bo out of danger . On this occasion his wife appears to have had some remorso of conscience , for medical aid waa applied for by herself ; but the return to better feelings was of short duration , for before the husband was in a fit state to leave his bed she gave him another doso of arsenio , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the cure of the commune , who called and saw the victim ,

    could induce her to send for a physician . Before the physician could arrive , the husband was dead . The wife being accused of the crime by public rumour , the authorities interfered , arrested the woman and had the body ofthe deceased examined . Large quantities of arsenic were found in it , and in his pocket was found a paper containing some of that poison . This , it was proved , had been placed there , by the wife , in order to lead to a belief that he had purchased the arsenic himself , and committed suicide . She was found guilty , but the jury , being opposed to capital punishment , returned their verdict with extenuating circumstances . Sho was , therefore , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour .

    Foo at Liverpool , and Fatal Accident . —During the greater part of Monday forenoon we were visited with one ofthe densest fogs wo have seen for a long time in this part of the country . It enveloped all parts of the town , and prevented objects from being visible at the distance of only a few yards . IVe have seldom witnessed a greater darkness than prevailed during its continuance , nor a more murky and unwholesome atmosphere . Most of tho shopkeepers and occupants of counting-offices and public offices had to conduct their business by gas-light . All the chandeliers at the Exchange News-room were lighted . About half-past twelve o ' clock the sun presented a dark crimson appearance , and about that time shone forth brilliantly , and dispelled the thick exhalations . During the fog a steam-tug on the riyev was twice run into , and considerably damaged .

    Tub Condemned Convicts at Liverpool . —Wo understand that both Evans and Stew , the two men convicted of murder at the recent assizes , will undergo the extreme penalty of tne law on the 4 th of January ( Saturday next ) , at Kirkdale . The former retains his wonted obduracy , whilst the latter is in a most depressed state of mind . —Liverpool Chronicle . Suicide . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Higgs , deputy coroner for _AVcstminster , held an inquest at the Salisbury Arms , Durham-street , Strand , on the bod y of Mi's . Fanny Kenton , aged 45 , wife of Dr . Alexander Homo ltenton , of the island of Madeira , who committed suicide under very painful circumstances . Mrs . Fanny Enoch said she had known the deceased for the last nine years , and attended on her . She arrived with her husband in England from Madeira on Christmas-day last , and took apartments at Osborne ' s Adelphi Hotel . Dr . Kenton brought her

    from Madeira on account of insanit y having manifested itself there . Whilst in Madeira she several times attempted her life by strangulation , and also did so on tho passage . About half-past twelve o ' clock that morning ( Wednesday ) witness Begged of deceased to go to bed , to which she answered she must wait a little while . She then went to the water-closet , and in less than a minute witness followed her , and found the door fastened . On looking through the hole ol the door , witness observed by the light Mrs . _Rentoa had with her , that she was on her knees , and heard the blood running into tho basin . Sho instantly gavo an alarm , and the door was burst open . The deceased was then found leaning over the water-closet , and the blood pouring from her throat . After the examination ot other witnesses , thejury returned a verdict—That the { deceased destroyed . 'herself , by cutting her throat , whilst in a state ot insanity .

    Suspected Murder at Salt-hill . —An inquest was held on Thursday , at the Three Tuns , Salt-hill , before Mr . J . Charsley , upon the body of a woman named Sarah Hart , suspected of having been murdered . From tho evidence of tho witnesses examined it appeared that the deceased , who lived by herself , passed for a married woman , her husband being abroad . Her husband was the son of a Quaker gentleman , named Tawell , residing at Berkhampstead , in whose family tho woman had lived as a servant . This Quaker gentleman paid regular visits to the deceased , and it was from him she received an allowance of eighteen shillings weekly . None of the witnesses thought that any improper intimacy existed between the two . On the eveningof Wednesday , Mrs . Ashlee , who resided next door to the deceased , heard a noise in the deceased's house resembling stifled screams , which continued for more than a minute _. The witness took a candle in her hand to see what

    was the matter . Before reaching the door she met the Quaker leaving the bouse , in appearance much agitated . On entering the room the witness found deceased _Iving upon her back with her clothes nearly up to her knees . Her cap was off her head , and she appeared as if she had been struggling . She was then making the same stifled noise the witness had before heard . She was then alive , but died almost immediately . In the meantime the alarm had spread , aud notice was given at the Slough station to look jifter the Quaker , should he make liis appcavanec there . The notice was scarcely received when

    the suspected person did appear , and took out a first-class ticket for London . He was allowed to depart , but orders were despatched by means of the electric telegraph to the police at I _' addington , to watch him on his arrival . In a few minutes afterwards an answer was returned , stating that the suspected partv had arrived , and that Sergeant Yt ilhams had left the terminus in the same omnibus tor the eitv . The Sergeant followed him from the Bank inio the ' Borough , and from there , back to a lodginghouse , in Scott ' s-yard , Cannon-street . 1 here he was left for the night , and the next morning was arrested at the Jerusalem Coffee-house , lie was from there

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    taken to Slough , and was presen t at the inquest The coroner adjourned thejury till Saturday morning , ordering the prisoner to be kept in custody in the meantime . The Suspected Murder at Saltuill . _—Slougu , Friday Evexing . — This extraordinary affair still continues to excite much interest throughout this neighbourhood . Thedeceased had two children living with her at the time of her death . They had been put to bod by their mother about half an hour before the murder . Mi's . Asldee was the first person who entered the house after the prisoner , John Tawell , had left . Both the children , who were then asleep , were immediately taken by Mrs . Ashlee to her own house , which was adjoining . The boy was afterwards

    asked by Mrs . Ashlee it tho Quaker gentleman had givou his mother any money before he was put to bed . The child said he saw no money , but he heard his mother say to the old gentleman " l ' ou are a very naughty man ) and verv cruel ; " when the Quaker remarked , that lie should never come to see his mother again . During the proceedings before the coroner , the boy was taken into tin adjoining room where . the prisoner was in custody , and instantly recognised him as the person who was with his mother on the preceding afternoon . As soon as the prisoner saw the child , lie turned his head away in apparently considerahlo agitation . A _] wst mortem examination ofthe body of the deceased took place yesterday , in the presence oVMr . Champnes , and Mr . JVorblad , _surgeons , of Slough , and likewise

    of a professional gentleman from town . The whole of the contents of the stomach were taken away for the purpose of being carefully analysed , there b eing strong reason for supposing , in the absence of any external marks of violence , that the deceased ' s death was occasioned from the etl ' ects of some potent poison . A phial , partly filled with sonic _liglit-coloiuvd liquid , was found this morning , thrown over the rails of" Mr . Bothani ' s garden , at Salt-hill , adjoining the high road along which the prisoner passed oif Wednesday evening , after leaving Bath-place , to proceed to the Slough station . The contents of this phial , and also the remainder of the porter found in the tumbler and bottle on the table , at the time the deceased was discovered in the agonies of death , have likewise been taken to London to be analysed .

    Destructive Fire at Stoke Newixgton . —Suspected Incendiarism . —Shortly before three o ' clock this morning ( Saturday ) , a fire was discovered in the stack yard of Mr . Holland , butcher , of the Lower Road , Islington , bursting from a rick of hay containing about fifty loads , situate in the Glebe Fields , Stoke Newington . Flames were first perceived issuing from the body of the stack by police constable 275 N , who , after having given the nccesssary alarm , received assistance from the residents of the neighbourhood , one of whom immediately mounted his horse , for the purpose of giving information of the outbreak to the several engine stations . He had not proceeded far , however , on his mission , before the animal shied and threw him with considerable violence to the ground . Without delay , after tho accident , a police constable was dispatched to inform the eneinc authorities in town of the occurrence .

    With all promptitude , engines from Whitccrossstrcet , Farringdon-street , and the West of England station in the Waterloo-road , were in attendance . Tho rick at the time of their arrival presented ono body of fire , which exhibited a most brilliant appearance . After an ineffectual attempt on the part of the parish engines , to extinguish the flames , the firemen from town succeeded in drawing one of the large engines to the side of the brink of the New River ; but it required several hours of incessant labour to subdue the conflagration . Fortunately the stack was detached from any other property , so that the fire was confined to that alone , or the amount of damage would have proved far more serious ; as it is , however , the loss is considerable , but it is understood that the proprietor was insured in the Atlas Firo Office . It is feared that the fire originated through the act of some vile incendiary .

    More Stabbing . _—Stockport . —A boy _notmore than from twelve to fourteen years old , is now in the lock-ups , charged with stabbing a companion and fellow-worker , about the same age . Tho parties work for Mr . Cephas Howard ; they had had some dispute , and it was arranged that after working hours , on Monday evening , they should retire and settle the business by a fight , in a field adjoining . They did so , when the prisoner took tbe opportunity of stabbing lm opponent with a penknife in the neck . The injured lad , we are informed , now lios in a dangerous state . It is not certain whether he will be sufficiently recovered to be able to givo evidence at the sessions , held to-day ( Wednesday ) . Attempted Assassination of the Duke of Normandy . —Great sensation has been excited hi the

    metropolis in consequence ot a diabolical attempt made on Thursday night to murder Charles Louis de Bourbon , commonly known as the Duke of Normandy , who is at _present residing at _Mulgraveliouse , _King's-road , Fulham . The "Duke" professes to be the son of Louis XVI . and Mario Antoinette , and consequently the legitimate heir to the throne of France . His life has been twice previously attempted ; once before leaving France , and on the 10 th of November , 1 S 38 , in the garden of the house he then occupied on Camberwell-grcen . On that occasion two pistols were discharged at him , and three balls entered his person . An order had been recently received for the manufacture of some machinery of a peculiar character , and the Duke of Normandy

    superintended the getting up , and worked at it himself . During the last fortnight he had been working night and / lay in the shop in which theenginecr ' slathes are fixed / and though generally attended by some of liis pupils , he was occasionally alone , as was the case in this instance . It appeal's that on Thursday evening , about half-past seven o ' clock , the duke was at work at the lathes , which face the window , aud was in the act of polishing a piece of brass , when he was suddenly alarmed by a loud explosion , and the place being momentarily in flame . He at first thought that some ofthe students had incautiously left some combustible matter , which had exploded ; but a

    momeutaiy sight of the broken window convinced the duke of the true nature of the explosion , and he instantly blew out the candle and stooped down beneath the lathe to avoid another shot . The report mstantly brought Mr . Tucker , the manager , and some of the students , to the spot . Search was made for the assassin , but in vain . Information was g ven to the police ; but up to Saturday morning then-efforts to trace out the ruffian have been fruitless . Tho duke informed the police that he had received a letter from a French priest three weeks previously , informing kim that there was a plot to take his life , and he had also received two communications from the

    Baron de Berrycr , informing him that two Frenchmen had endeavoured to enlist him in a conspiracy to destroy him . The duke imputed tho _hostility of the Catholics towards him to the fact of his having recently abjured the Roman Catholic creed . A Child found Murdered in the Regent ' s Park . —On Thursday afternoon a jury was impanelled before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s-road , Camden Town , on the body of a remarkably fine newly-born female child , found in the Regent ' s Park . The child was wrapped in a coarse calico wrapper , and had on a bedgown . It was lying on its face and its nose was flattened . - The coroner said the florid appearance of the child indicated suffocation . The jury returned a verdict ol Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .

    Strange Accident . —On _luosdayan inquest was held at Sheffield , on Thomas Wilkiuson , a boathauler , residing at Masborough . The unfortunate man had been drinking , on Saturday evening , at the Lincolnshire Potato Inn , having the same afternoon purchased a horse . About six o ' clock he set off to return home , mounted on his new purchase . His _brothei' was also mounted _^ and had a little boy , a son of the deceased , behind him . They proceeded along Blast-lane , the deceased being behind ; and on getting near the toll-gate , the keeper of the gate , named Dodds , heard a crash , but from the darkness and fog

    of the night was afraid to venture towards the limekilns . On the following morning , about nine o ' clock , the toll-keeper proceeded towards the spot where he fancied he had heard the noise on the previous night , and there , at the bottom of a lime-kiln , some twenty feet deep , found the horse dead and the man in a state of insensibility , having lain fifteen hours at the bottom of the kiln . lie was conveyed to the infirmary , and died directly . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a recommendation that the kilns should be strongly fenced off from tho road .

    The late Murder near Trecastle . —A few days ago Superintendent " _vVynn , who captured Thomas Thomas , obtained a search warrant and proceeded with some of his men to the house of Thomas ' s father , at Macsyrhadw , where he succeeded in finding two purses , one of which was hid in a hole in the wall near the kitchen lire-place , containing a £ 5 note ot Messrs . Wilkins and Co . ' s Brecon Old Bank , with £ 5 in gold and 15 s . in silver , and the other in a heap of lime in the dairy , containing a chequcfor £ 5 drawn on Messrs . Bailey ' s bank at Abergavenny , and a £ 5 note of the Kington bank . None of this property has as yet been identified as having belonged to the deceased David Lewis , and the _puracsare neither similar to the one he generally used . —Swansea Journal .

    Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday evening Mr . Pavne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of ' John Jones , aged 20 . lie was employed _^ on the branch railway between Tollbridge and _Tonbridge-AVclis . On the 3 rd of December , whilst at work , some portion of the earth gave way , and deceased being covered with it , fell with his back across a piece of metal . He was conveyed to the Swan beer-shop , at Tonbridce , where he remained under the care of a- surgeon until the 17 th of December , when he was removed to the above hospital , where he died on Tuesday . The house surgeon said that deceased , when admitted , was suffering under fracture cf the spine and back , which caused death . There was no positive evidence to show how the accident occurred , but deceased informed his father , previous to his death , that the earth had g iven way , and he had been forced with it into the cutting . He attributed no blame to any one connected with the works . Verdict—Accidental Death .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_04011845/page/5/