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      Cr. ' 3 - * 2 .. £891 I • Paid On Accoun...

      ( that being the last publishing day of the month ) the account is brought down , while no Post-office orders have teen since signed by the General Treasurer . - Feabgus 0 'Coxno 2 . _Uorice . —AM orders should be made payable to W . ' P . JBoberts , as the non-observance of thisi rule has created great'iuconvenience—some being made payable to Mr . O'Connor , some to Mr . Wheeler , and others to Mr . "Roberts—the conseguence of which is , that when JMr . Roberts has signed all , many are rejected , leaving us to guess to whom thq * have been made payable . The Distric t secretaries should also state in a plain legible band , the person in whose name the order has been procured at the conntiy _Posfcoffice ; the observance of this simple mle will save me much trouble , as well as lhe inconvenience of advancing money , irhich I am at most times but badly able to afford .-P . O'C . S . Goat , Soxwica . —Your letter came to hand too late for this -week ' s paper . „ . . - / . _! ,, ? * h _»?^ - « . fll hist _mibhshins : day the month ) the

      Wh _. _Coopeb , _Bmbt . —Some of the _paetieal compositions of Eliza Cook , sung bv the two Miss Fraser _* s , have already appeared in this paper : others may appear at a future time . The Marseillaise Hymn wiU very likely appear in our columns some day , but we cannot say when . Mr . Cooper , iu addition to the questions which bave called forth the above replies , wishes to know if Jir . Thomas Cooper , the Chartist poet , intends to print . and publish his "Lectures . " Mr . Cooper only ca _« answer that question . G . _GaoiiLAT ) , Sheffield . —The shilling for the Veteran _Patriots'Fnnd , will be handed to Mr . Cooper . J . R . W ., Carlisle , asks if Mr . O'Connor can recommend aim to become a member of the United Patriots ' Society I Yes ; I know of no society whose rules give nie _greater satisfaction , or that promise more perfect protection and fulfilment of conditions to the members .

      - { fra . Flower , _Bhichtos . —Mr . Hobson ' s Almanack f-. r 1346 wiU _bepnbli-hed . ¦ Dan Aceo ts will please observe , that it is only communications for the paper that are to be addressed to the Editor . AU orders and other matters , not inteuded for the Editor , are still to be addressed as before , _Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Northern Star Office , 16 , Great ¦ _Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . Jon * Coos , JXewtos . —The only Building Society that we approve of is the Chartist Co-operative Society . G . S ., _StrsDESLiND . —It depend , npon the amount , whether the body , can be seized for debt—if under £ 20 it cannot . JMr . Chalk , bookseller , could not have applied for the "Small Farms , " otherwise he wouldhave got it . G . S . had better apply to Ilr . Heywood , Manchester . J . W . —If he paid his rent quarterly the notice was sufficient , if half-yearly ,- half-year ' s " notice should be 5 Tfcr . J . Vf . had better _nottakc am writ ! e _* i notice ofthe case .

      _"p- * W . must _api-lv ! -: : _» r . u _* _ywtiC-d tjr ine * _**«¦ » . * . " Farms , " we have _aoi : t in _zuuTh-ira . J . Uoby asks us i $ be Ls _limine to uie payment oi a bill wliich he passed fur the accommodation ofa friend . Our best answer is a case in point * , we didthe veiy same thing for two working men to the amount of £ 20 , and were served ou Friday last with _aivrit for £ 22 4 s . for bill , cost , andinteresr / which was the first notice , we got uf its not being paid , and we paid the amount to save further costs , and Ave would advise him to do the same ; but he can recover it from the person for whose accommodation it was given . Thohas _Jojtcs , Fobe-street , Cwr , will have no difficulty ia reading the wiU at Doctors * Commons , upon payment of one shilling , any day in the week . Jons " _JoHssos . —We would recommend him to consult

      the Statute Book before he commits the rape , or what is better still , we recommend him not to commit it aU . Such queries would better suit the columns of the _Simtfay Times , or BeWs Life in London . The Blessikgs of Free Trade!—Crimes of the _English _JMhxocrats . —The Syrian correspondent of _the-Horning Chronicle supplies ns with the following , under the head of "Damascus , October 10 th" : —On accouut of the desolate state of the country for miles round ns , articles of food have risen in price . I fear we shall have a lard winter this year . "We are beginning to hear of distress already . A man was found the other day in the market selling his own daughter . Being a Christian , he was sent to the Patriarch by Mr . _Sfish , the British dragoman , who prevented it . His story was a very simple one ;— "lam a weaver . On account of the chean Enriish goods , my trade has been

      put a stop to . I have a wife , a mother , and seven cliildren io support . When I sold everything we had , I tried to beg ; but no one would give . I could get no other work . We havo had no bread for the last three days . I thought of selling one of my children , to _present the others from starving . I was offered 500 piastres - ( £ 3 ) for this girl , and I would have sold her had it not been for _3 Ir . Mish , who sent me here , Isaac Wilson . —Tho matter of his letter is inauraissable . Ve think there has been far too much of crimination and recrimination amongst the London _cordwainer-s . tV Mr- O'Connor's Lecture asd the Hesry Host

      Suppers . — We received , on Thursday evening , a lengthy report of Mr . O'Connor ' s Lecture on " The Zand , " delivered on Wednesday evening , at the South London Chartist llall . We also received , yesterday morning , a lengthy report of the Henry Hunt Supper , at tbe Clock House , and a notice of a similar supper held in the Tower Hamlets . When these reports came to hand our first edition ( for Scotland ) was already fully occupied , and the _svsxsEQVXSteditions have afforded us but very indifferent room for the general news of yesterday and to-day ( Saturday } . We have , therefore , been reluctantly compeUed to keep over the -reports" until next week , when they will appear in full .

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      Receipts Of The Chartist C0-0perat1ye La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST C 0-0 PERAT 1 YE LAND SOCIETr . FER 10 . o'C 0 > _' * - _* 0 B . £ s . d _* Eobert Hodge , West Linton 1 ? 5 _JEober tYonn _? . ditto - loo _Balston , per T . Sowerby .. «• •• " ¦ A n Wigan , perS . Canning _~ o n 0 Berbv , per W . Crabtree .. •• - jj " " Oldham , per Wm . Hamer * " " ButtcrieT _. perG . Yarnoia % i ° _« . tn ... ( ., :- — - n U U

      If orwich , per J . Hurry -. - " * " q n o Scarborough , per C . _Weadley i J Stockport , per Thomas Woodhouse .. " _§ « n Barnsley , per J . Ward -.. » " , " „ Warwick , per H . Donaldson .. -J - " _YcriJ . per J . G Abbott .. - 't a o James Coupe , Iattleborough ? * „ John Masey , ditto .. « v " % _? c Oxford , per J . Bridgewater -- « - Jj ! Radcliffe , near Manchester , per T . Bouker - 200 Birmingham , per W . Thorn I " 2 Rochdale , per _JE . Mitchell * - _jl Sowerby Longroyd , per J-Wilson .. ••* _}?"

      Bolton , per E . _Hodgekinson J > " * Manchester , per J . Murray .. - • - » » Preston , per J . Brown . .. :. 42 8 HcbdenJBridse , perJ . Snuth f 19 in _Kewcastle-on-Tyne , per M . Jude .. - 1 1 . 9 M T . _Tattereall , of Burnley , per Feargus O'Connor , Monday , Sovember 3 rd - " * . * _Lwsds . per W . Brook 2 S „ _jVntilcv , per ThomasShepardson .. " , „ , 7 in Rouen , per John Sidaway 12 on From the Independent Cordwamers .. .. so <» o Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 6 li 0 Carrington , per John Legg *» « » Bradford , Yorkshire , per J . Alderson .. .. 8 0 0 Carlisle , per J . Gilbertson _« » _« _INSTALMENTS .

      FER GENERAL _SECRETART . £ s . d . £ s . d . Braintree , Mr . Mrs . Mary Lunn .. 0 1 4 Grigg .. .. 0 1 4

      SHARES . _anington .. .. 11 7 0 Lambeth .. .. 1111 2 Burnley .. ~ 4 2 4 Lower Hariey .. 3 2 0 Sudbury .. .. 1 16 0 Monmouth .. .. 012 0 Westminster .. 20 6 10 Somers Town .. 200 l _' _rcscott- .. .. 0 13 6 Hanley ~ - 2 0 0 - Viowi .. -. 200 T . B . C . and Sons .. S 0 0 T . U . C . and Sans .. 3 16 0 Selby .. .. - 11 * 9 Birkenhead .. .. DM 8 CARDS - &> _" » RULES . V . ' £ ; ton .. .. 008 Alva 03 0 Bristol .. .. 058 Crieff .. .. .. 0 12 C _.-aUuaughion .. 0 1 2 _JLambeth .. .. 022 LRVT FOR THE L 4 SD CONFERENCE .

      PER JB . OCOHHOB . R . Hodge , _TVest Linton 2 2 S J . Beddon , Merthyr 2 2-David Morgan , ditto ° ? * Xonvich , pe ? J- Hurry - » » i Waimck , per A . Donaldson "J _' Alesaudria , per J . _M'Intire .. ' "lit 0 ifur 4 perJ . Bridgewafc ; r .. ~ « I n Sowerby Longroyd , per J . Wilson .. " „ | „ Pre-iton , perJ . Brown .. •• " 2 ? 2 _Hehdeu Bridge , pcr J . Smith aii Pershore , per W . Conn .. _« o a Carlisle , per J . _Giibertson .. - - «» jj * _lX-ixiiu , per J . Sidaway .. .. ~ » "

      FER _OENERAL 8 _ECRETABT . Lambeth .. -.. 0 9 G Monmouth .. .. 013 Carrington .. .. 056 Todmorden .. .. _0-j J -Sudbury .. .. 040 Barnsley .. .. 0 li 9 Westminster .. 0 5 D Worsbro Common 0 o b Prescott .. .. 0 1 _« Jfewark .. .. 029 Wigton * .. .. 0 3 6 Rurnley .. .. 0 13 0 Cockermouth .. 033 Leicester .. ., 0 2 0 Scarborough .. 033 Sowerby Helm .. 053 Xower Warley .. 039 Selby 043 Bilston .. .. 0 4 9 Thomas Martis Wheeler , Secretary . 2 TATI 05 JAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PES MB . O ' CONNOR . J . Hodge , West Liuton 0 10 JS Hodge , ditto- 0 10 Alexandria , per J . M'lutire 3 o 0 Beesto- _^ _JKotts , per J . Street .. .. -020 PER GENERAL SECRETARY .

      SUBSCRIPTIONS . _JKcwcastle .. .. 059 iambeth .. .. 050 Carlisle .. .. 0 610 Oldham .. .. 0 7 7 Bradford .. .. 060 Brighton .. .. 0 3 o Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary . Carlisle , Ifovember 4 , 1845 . tj . c _ -fVe , the nndcrsigned , having on Monday last * _- > Vea three fuR shares in the Chartist Co-operative Land _wietv particularly request you toinsertmyour valuable ? _™ _3 _nw names in full , not doubting , but in order to 3 _? a _iSSliritensea victuallers and eminent show to the _"i _^ hon that uccu _comfurtable teachers will give up « J _^ _^ j on of the Land under gl _^ _&^^ _^*^™* °° _& s * Yours obedie & i 4 _^ Innkc _^ William Wall , Teacher .

      -i . ri . iic the foregoing letter gives us inexpressible joy , the JilLrs lS _S _% _rt W cannot announce them as sub , _^ _t _!^ nril tl , e ani oimti 3 pai dup _.

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      vp 0 f _^ M & S _-thS _fto lasi _^ _seyenwcclis yard at _MmWWJJJ _^ di d from _^ _ing caught _Sf _^ _lf suS from measles . - - _- * - Chronicle .

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      Fatal Accident Ox Thl Bristol And Birmin...

      Fatal Accident ox thl Bristol and Birmingham RAiLWAT . -. SioKE , _Ihubsdat , Nov . 6 . —A dreadful and fatal accident happened near to the Stoke station of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway this marning , by which a brick-maker , residing in this Tillage , wa _« killed . It appears that the unfortunate deceased had been drinking last night at an inn at Stoke Prior , and left that place about eleven o ' clock to go home , the railway being between the inn and his residence . lie was last seen alive by a man named Thomas Dam He was not heard of anain until the accident happened , which was at about a quarter to two o ' clock this morning . At that time , the mail train from Birmingham was due at Stoke , and arrived very shorlty afterwards . This train , however , does not stop at Stoke

      station , and accordingly passed on towards the Droit wich station . _^ It , however , had but justpassed Stoke when the driver saw something white immediately before him , and immediately afterwards , before he could stop , it was felt that something was upon the rail . Accordingly , the breaks were put on , and the train stopped , and the driver and guard walked back to the spot where the obstruction was met with . Here they discovered the body of the unfortunate man , whose name is Humphry Willis , lying upon the rail quite dead , and mangled in a most horrible manner . His head was crushed into a shapeless mass , and his bowels were actually protruding ; one ofhis feet was completely cut off , an arm was broken , and he had received other shocking injuries , by which his life must have been extinguished instantaneously _.

      Mysterious Fiees at Earl ' s Coukt . —At the Hammersmith police-court , on Monday , after the night charges had been disposed of , Mr . Pummell , one ofthe beadles of the parish of Kensington , who is also keeper ofthe town engine , reported to Mr . _G-. Clive , the sitting magistrate , the following case of mysterious fires at Eari ' s-court Pummel ! stated that on Saturday night , just before twelve o ' clock , he was called by a gentleman , living in Rich tefrace , Eari ' s-court , toattend a fire which he said had broken out for the third time at the house , No . 3 , oh that terrace . He ( Pummell ) instantly horsed the town engine , and proceeded with all speed to the house , Voi-ind which he found a number of the neighbours stss . iling . On entering the premises he f ' _-sn _*? _Jcvcral _poli- 'cavs " . inside , ¦ yne of wh . Mn 3 l 10-. -7- .-i 7 a . 1 bundle of

      rags , _wbieh were still smouldering , and which the policeman hud found _biii . iing in a cupboard on the l"ifcclien stairs . He then went into the back garden , where he saw a feather bed that had been removed Irom the front parlour , one side of the ticking of which had been burned off , and the feathers strewed about . It appeared to him as if some spirit had been poured on it and then set fire to ; but on smelling it he could detect no spirituous smell . He next went up into the front drawing-room , and there found one of the flooring boards nad been removed , and on lifting it np saw that it was burned in three places . From that place he went to the front room on the second floor , where he found there had also been a fire , and on examining the room he found a chest of drawers , which had been removed from the

      wall , the back of which was burned , as was also the wall against which it had stood . The back of the drawers also looked as if some spirits had been poured down it , and then set fire to . The furniture in the house was not at all unpacked , and on enquiry he ascertained that the premises were in the occupation ofa lady named Davis , the family , who had been there only a fortnight , consisting of Mrs . Davis , her son , two daughters , and a female servant . He saw Mr . Davis jun ., and asked liim if lie could account for the origin of so many fires , but hc said he could in no ways do so , and that they must have been accidental ; aud on questioning the servant on the subject she treated the matter very indifferently , onlv saying that she had burned her hands in putting

      them out . Cooper , a policeman of the 1 division , said he accompanied the engine to the fire , and saw the same as Pummell had observed . Dunnett , T 198 , found the fire in the cupboard , but he was not in attendance . The first fire took place at eleven o ' cloek on Saturday forenoon ; the second about two o ' clock in the afternoon ; and the third between eleven and twelve o ' clock at night . The neighbourhood had since been in a state of excitement , the adjoining inhabitants not considering themselves safe . Mr . Clive said it was certainly a very mysterious affair , but he did not see how he could interfere in the matter . The fire-offices concerned were the proper persons to see if there were any grounds for taking proceedings in the case .

      _Shocking Deaths bt Firb . —On Tuesday evenmg ilr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of John Quin , aged three years , lt appeal ed from the evidence of the mother of the deceased , a poor hardworking woman , residing in _PoolVbuildings , Kensington , who has been left a widow with lom * young children , that on Monday night last , between six and seven o ' clock , she left the deceased and her other children in the room , without any light or firing , for a few minutes , whilst she went to sell a bottle for the purpose of procuring a halfpenny candle to do a little needle work . On her return , in about three minutes , she found the poor little fellow iu flames . She immediately wrapped her gown aroundhim : and after some difficulty succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not before ho was

      dreadfully burnt over nearly the whole surface ol lus body . Hewas conveyed to St . George's Hospital , when death terminated his sufferings a few hours after his admission . The mother stated that his twin brother had toldhcr since , that after she had left the room the deceased struck alight withalucifer-match , and in lighting a piece of paper his pinafore caught fire . The coroner and jury finding that the family was in great distress , subscribed twenty-one shillings , which wa » given to the poor woman , who expressed hergratitudefortheseasonablegift . —Verdict * ' Accidental death . " The same evening Mr . W . Payne , city coroner , held an inquest at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , on the body of Mary Ann Chipp , aged five years , whose parents reside at No . 1 , Benjaminstreet , Cow-cross . Mr . Samuel Lloyd , of No . 4 , Benjamin-street , said , that on Saturday afternoon ,

      between the hours of two and three o ' clock , whilst in his workshop , he heard an alarm of fire raised , and upon going into the street he saw smoke issuing from the first floor front window of the house occupied by the parents of the deceased . On reaching the place he saw a gentleman bring the deceased down stairs itwas shockingly burned . Witness immediately took deceased to the hospital . Two otlier children in the room were also burnt , but not so badly as the deceased . The mother of the child said that she left the deceased and two other children in the room , whilst she went to the hospital to procure * a few leeches for herself , She was not absent many minutes , but during that brief period one of them got a light and put into a box , which set the deceased ' s clothes on fire . There was only a small fire in the stove at the time .

      Collision * at Sea and Nabbow Kscapje . —On , Saturday night one of the Bri g hton herring boats , containing two men , was run foul of by a Dutch sloop , and nearly upset . One of the fishermen , named Salvage , was thrown overboard by the concussion , and the night being very dark his companion could not see him to render him any assistance , and he returned to shore with a heavy heart , fully expecting that Salvage was drowned . He related the circumstance on his arrival , andthe friends of Salvage were in great distress . In the course of Sunday morning Salvage was brought on shore by another fishing-boat , to the great joy of his friends . He states __ tbat when he was thrown overboard he succeeded in catching hold of and climbing up the sides of the Dutch vessel , and the orew of that vessel shortly afterwards put

      him on board another herring-boat . Liverpool _Ixqoesis . —On Monday last four inquests were held before the borough coroner . The first was on Margaret Murray , ' who lodged in . the house ofa man named Richardson , in Gilbert-street . Between thc hours of seven and eight o ' clock , on Friday night last the deceased was lound lying on her bed , with a bottle marked " laudanum" beside her . Her face was quite black at the time . Upon the stomach pump being applied , she rallied a little , and said she had swallowed a pennyworth of laudanum . She died in the Southern Hospital on Saturdav ; and upon a post mortem examination it appeared that the cause of death was the effusion . ' of blood and serum on the brain , arising from congestion , which was set up by some narcotic . No trace of tbe laudanum was discoverable . Thejury found a verdict to the effect that the deceased , who it appeared was much addicted to drinking , committed the act while labouring under a fit of insanity . The second

      was on William Yates , the master of the flat Sarah , at present lying at Brasscy's quay , Cheshire . On Friday last a flat was lying in the Clarence dock , taking in a quantity of machinery from a steampacket . The deceased and two other men wereat the winch , and while _' they were in the act of lowering a quantity of the machinery into the hold the rope bv whieh it was fastened gave way , the block flew mast high , and in its fall struck the deceased on the head and produced a compound fracture of the skull , from the effeets ofwhich he died the following day at the Northern Hospital . The third was on James Burton , one ofthe hands belonging to the flat Albert , who , while pushing the flat out from the new wall at the north docks with a boat-hook , over-balanced himself , and was drowned . The fourth was on Mary Adams , a child eight weeks old , who had been overlain in bed by her parents , iii Clayton-street . In the three latter cases verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned .

      _SnirwuECKs asd Loss of Life . —On Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., thc Flora of Kirkcudbright , a coasting vessel , coal-laden , Johu Jolly , master , and the Akaster of Whitehaven , also coil-laden , William Atkinson , master , left the latter port for thc Scotch coast . A storm quickly came on— there was a strong wind from the south-south-west , and a very heavy rain ; aud , towards evening , the light on the Little Ross being obscured by the tempest , the vessels were driven forward , and soon after six o ' clock they struck on the rugged and dangerous Borgue coast about eiaht miles west-south-west of Kirkcudbright . They were driven on and over some perilous reefs of rocks , and in a little time went to pieces . The Flora had two men and a female passenger . The master got

      Fatal Accident Ox Thl Bristol And Birmin...

      oh to the rocks , and by-and-bye to the land ;¦ and by great exertions the other two reached the land , though at the time they did not know but their com panion had _perished . 7 After wandering for a while , the man and woman , perceiving a light , got tothe farm-house of Roberton , where they were kindly and humanely treated by Mr . and Mrs . Smith . The alarm was given , and several persona with lights went in search of the wrecks , and , if possible , to rescue the unfortunate seamen . After a considerable time , the master ofthe Whitehaven vessel was found on the rocks ,. so feeble , benumbed , and exhausted , that without assistance he must have perished . After the Yessel got over a reef , she fell on ono side , with the mast on high rocks . The master crept on his hands and knees on the mast , and called on his companions to follow him ; and though they , spoke and named _—* _.. _n- _.., _,...-.. * : _¦ . .. ,. .. ... . ¦¦ . ¦¦ - „ .. ¦

      him , lie his ot opinion that they did not make the attempt . _Saveral of the persons wiio went to render assistance heard the mournful cries of the distressed ; but , owing to the darkness ofthe night , the severity ofthe storm , and the ruggedness of the shore , they could not find them , and no doubt is entertained that they have perished . Captain Atkinson , who was much cut and bruised , was conveyed to Roberton , where he also was humanely sheltered and attended to . Captain Jolly , who had been in great danger , after wandering for some time , knew where hewas , and reached thehouse ofhis brother ,, when the alarm was given , and a party went in search ofthe sufferers . The female passenger was much cut and bruised ; her name is Carr . She had been at service in Whitehaven , was returning to her widowed mother in Kirkcudbright , and the reticule which contained her money is lost .

      _SuDDEif Death _whilb _Thavkllwoi—On Tuesday morning last , when the ten o ' clock * train from Gateshead reached the Felling Station , oue ef the passengers'named Crawford , wp * found * t « la ? _damreiin'Siy ill , and expired a few minutcsatter being tafea out ofthe train . The deceased , ii _ap-jears , Im been running to Gateshead _^ to be in time ! t '« . _* _i the train , and thu 3 caused palpitation of _<* i . _„ iieart _, of wh . ch he died ; ¦ ¦ . _- .. .. - ¦' _ 'Axother _ScruDEH _DKAtn . —On Monday last , the ' _^ t * _^ _' * * "Jfreenside , who resided near Darlington , .. 'feu under sudden and somewhat curious circumstances . On Friday he had been working in his garden , and having pricked one of his fingers , it mortified and caused death on Monday morning .

      Murder or O'Rourke , the Pugilist . —The following account of the circumstances attending the murder of the late Mr . O'Rourke , at Granville , . was narrated to us by a person who yesterday arrived in town , in charge of Brady , the party accused of the murder . It appears that immediately after O'Rourke was missed , a party proceeded in search of him . After traversing the country in various directions , they discovered a place about half a mile from Brady's dwelling , which had the appearance of having been lately dug or disturbed ; on examination , drops of blood ' were found , which were traced for a further distance , where O'Rourke appears to have fallen . At this spot , a tree had been recently cut down : the part about four feet from the _ground had

      been removed , and the remainder left . It is supposed some ofthe shot had lodged in that part ,, and that it had been carried off to prevent suspicion . The horse which O'Rourke rode was also there found killed in a most brutal manner . From this spot the parties searched , and found drops of blood along the road and on the bushes over which the body had been dragged towards the River Rouge , into which , apparently , it had been thrown . Near the river , on a hirgestone , where itis supposed the body was stripped , were found _large clots of blood , which appeased to have been washed , as pieces of cotton was still visible on the stone . The body was discovered on a sandbank , four miles from this place , where it is believed

      it had been thrown in , as there is a strong current . On examination it was found that four buck-shot had passed tlirough his body , five entered his back , and one lodged between the skin and flesh . About fourteen or fifteen of the same description of shot lodged in his arm . His head had been split open with an axe or some other such weapon in the most brutal manner .. After the body had been examined , several ofthe party visited the house of Brady , thc supposed murderer , and found in a cavity , inthe stump of a tree near his house , money and a gold ring belonging to O'Rourke . Brady , has been brought to town , and will stand his trial at the next coming term .- —Montreal Herald , Sept . 20 .

      Fibb ix _PBjrroimiLB . —On the night of Thursday shortly before eleven o ' clock , a fire ,, which was atfirst of an alarming character , broke out in the premises of Mr . Barnes , timber merchant , _Tentonvule-road . The Clerkenwell parish engine was the first at the spot , which was speedily followed by the Holborn engine of the Fire Brigade establishment , " and several others . Owing to the violence of the flumes , which were fed by the great piles of timber there collected , they forced themselves into the houses adjoining on the north side . Fortunately the wind changed in a direction where there was nothing to impede ite progress ; if this had been in an opposite direction , there would have been an immense destruction of property : The houses whicli cawrhtfire were those nf Mr . Pettv and

      Mr . Phillip , which were greatly damaged . It was not till twelve o ' clock that the fears of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were allayed , as then the progress of the devouring element was completely arested . How the fire originated is not known . The following is a copy of Mr . Superintendent Braidwood's official report of the extent of damage done —No " . 15 , Lower Queen-row , Pentonville—Mr . J . Barnes , builder , the workshops , d _* c , with their contents , nearly consumed . The cause of fire unknown . Insured in the Sun Fire-office for stock in trade and premises . —No . 15 , Lower Queen-row . ' Mr . Joseph Barnes . Dwelling house and most part destroyed . The furniture and other contents nearly consumed .

      Uninsured . —No 14 , Lower Qu * en-row . Mr . Salter , confectioner . Building and contents damaged by fire , water , and hasty remoyal . Insurance unknowr . —No . 13 , Lower Queen-row . Mrs . Barnesstationer . Furniture severely injured by water and remoya ? . Uninsured . —No . 12 , Lower Queen-row . Mr . J . Mason , music-seller . Contents of stock in trade aiid furniture greatly damaged by removal . Insurance unknown . —No . 16 , Lower Queen-row . Mr . Petty , hair-dresser and perfumer . Building considerably damaged by fire . The stock and furniture extensively injured . Insured in the Phoenix Fire-office •—No . 20 , Penton-place . Mr . Barnes , jun . Furniture damaged by water , Ac—No . 1 , Western-place . Mr . Hodgkins . Roof of one house damaged .

      OOSFLAORATIOK OS BOARD IHB _SlBAM-SlIlP _MaUmora . —We have received from the Cove of . Cork , the following important particulars : — " Cove of Cork , Nov . 2 nd , 1 30 p . m . The American screw steamer Marmora , Captain Page , thirty-six hours from Liverpool for Constantinople , has just arrived here , her coals having ignited ten hours after she left the former port . She has this moment brought up at the ' Flag Ship , ' from which vessel marines aud sailors have been sent to assist in extinguishing the flames , which , owing to the hatches having been closely battened down , have not yet broken through the deck . Signals have been made from H . M . S . Crocodile , and a gun fired for the immediate attendance of firemen , engines , Ac . Admiral Sir H . Pigot is now going on board the Marmora , and it is . reported she will be hauled alongside the Dock-yard Quay at high water ( now young flood ) , when she will be scuttled . "

      "Covb , Nov . 3 , Wind E . S . E . —The fir e on board the Marmora was got completely under atone o ' clock last night , but the discharging continued , as she must discharge all before she proceeds ou her intended voyage . It is supposed she will haul along- ; side Messrs . Scott ' s wharf to-day to discharge the remainder of her cargo into their stores , and repair damages . " Ship rus Down . —An accident occurred on the river on Saturday evening , which was very near being attended with the loss of life . As the Cork Steam Packet Company ' s steam-vessel Sirius _, Captain Spencer , was proceeding to Liverpool , she came in contact with the Luvius , Captain Cox , which was coming up the river laden with coals . The immediate effect was , that the _Sirius stove in the larboard bow of the Luvius , whicli shortly after sank , the crew having merely time to take to the boat . They got ashore at Haiilbowline . —Cork Examiner .

      Fatal Affray . _—Kixowood , Noy . 5 . —On Saturday last a quarrel took place between some parties assembled at the Victoria beer-house , kept by George lies , in this village , which resulted in the death of a man named James Brain . An inquest has been held upon the body , at which it appeared that on the above mentioned night the members of a friendly society , or benefit club , met to transact business . Some of them wished to remove the society to another house , which gave rise to a quarrel . In the scuffle a man named Henry Bryant caught up the box containing the payments of the members , and was about going down stairs with it , when the deceased man Brain , kicked him . Bryant , thereupon , pulled Brain by the legs , and preci p itated him headlong down stairs , causing injuries , from the effects of which he died in about four hours afterwards . Bryant lias been committed upon the coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester gaol to take his trial for the offence .

      Supposed Child Murder Cn Friday afternoon an inquiry took place before Mr . Bedford , at the Crown and Cushio n Tavern , Little Russell-street , Covent-garden , on view of the body of a newly-born female child , which was found under very singular and suspicious circumstances . ' The body when viewed by thejury presented a shocking spectacle , the back part of thc head being completely forced in . Goold , the summoning officer , informed the coroner that tlie principal witness had been taken into custody at an

      early hour that morning , on a charge of feloniously entering a linendraper ' s shop in Blackmoor-street , Drury-lane . He had undergone an examination before the sitting magistrate at _Bow-stre ' et , and had been committed to Newgate to take his trial ; but he was present to be examined by the coroner and jury prior to his removal to gaol . Paul Cooper , the young man referred to , was then called in , and said Le had no regular abode , but was in the habit of sleeping in the various cheap lodging-houses . On Thursday morning , about half-past six o ' clock , whilst he was

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      _pa . king across Little Russell-court , Drury-lane , ' lie saw a bundle lying in the centre of tie pathway . Witness pulled it about , and discovered that it _contained the body of a child . He went to the end of the court and called a police constable , James Clarke , <> i D , who _^ took charge of the bodv , and conveyed it to the _staUpn-Jiouse . _in Bow-street . " The o * iteFportio i Of the bundle consisted ; of black stuff arid a ,. course towel . . ; . Otlier evidence having been adduced , the coroner , remarked oh the mysterious nature ofthe case , ' alteiSwhieh , the jury returned * a verdict" That vtbe deceased had died from injuries to * the SCalp . and brain , but llOW , Or by whom inllicte _^ ther e was no evidence te-show . " ...,. -. . .....

      Fatal _* accidbnt . —A coroner ' s inquest was held < a Thursday evening , at the Shakspeare Tavern , _Powisstreet , Woolwich , before Mr . J . C . Carttar , on the body of Mr # j William _Dakin , a medical practitioner . It appeared from the evidence of . Mr . Hair , an assistant to the deceased , that oii that day fortnight he was returning irom town in company with the deceased at a late hour at night . When between the Sun in the Sands and the EarlMoira , on the Shooter ' s Hillroad , the deceased alighted from his gig , and in attempting to ascend , thc horse made a sudden start .

      aua the deceased , who was in good health , was thrown backward on the ground , lie was assisted into his gig , and at the time did not complain of any injury to his head ,, but only to lis hip . On the following morning he complained of his head , and within _twenty-sixlioiii-s of the accident he was seized with ,-ifit ,, and from that time was unconscious . A series jof fits rapidly suoceeded ; until between that time and the period ofhis death he had about 220 fits .,: _* ' Th ' e cause _. oi" his . death , was _concussion of the bniin . - . i _. i'eruict , ' . ' Aceiu ' _eiitiu _a'A- _'Mi ''

      _^ 'ItlOllTFUL "DHATII OK '' Me . V . — _AiJUu . _- _JClevoil 0 ' clock oh Tuesday night , owing to a rope giving way which is used for drawing- buckets up / at the colliery _between Woodhouse and Dronfield , an unfortunate niair ' nanied lloldstield was precipitated down the pit , a distance of forty yards ; falling feet foremost on to the head of his master ,-AJr . Joseph Corner , who was ori the landing below . The weight of the fall forced both men through the- landing iuto tbe water , ten yards in depth , " tibni whence tney were got out dead

      in about twelve hours . 'afterwards-.. About three yards _balow the above-named landing was another , upon which stood a man named George Hobson , who states that owing to the lights being put out by the falling man , he saw nothing of the accident , although he heard something _whiz-past him with great rapidity , and part of the landing upon-whichhe stood was carried away , and himself left in his perilous position in total darkness . Poor lloldsfieldhasleft a wife , and several children , to deplore the untimely end of their ill- !' : ) . tad relatives .

      Death Caused by a . Eish-boxe . —On Friday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held auinquest at the King's Arms , Frederick-street , Regent ' s Park , on the body of Mary Ann Powell , aged iilty . The deceased was at breaklast , when the bone of a fish stuck in her throat , and brought on a violent tit of coughing , , wliich terminated by blood flowing' copiously from lier nostrils and mouth . A surgeon _was-sunt for , who-pronounced her to have broken a blood-vessel , and being unable to stay the bleeding , deceased expired , in half an hour , _nerfecily sensible , and only articulated , "Pray for ine . "—Verdict , Natural death from the bursting of a blood-vessel .

      Suicide ix a _WATEH-Buir . —On Friday iorcnoonan inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , M . P-, at the Britannia , Britannia-street ; -, Gray ' s-in-road , on the body of Elizabeth Haley , aged 40 , who committed suicide by drowning _heisell in a water-butt . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased , with her husband , a man in the employ of Mr . Staples , the dust contractor ,- of _Whitefriars , resided at No . fl , Charlotte-street , in the abpve neighbourhood . About five weeks ago" deceased lost her only child , a daughter , who died while giving . Dirth to twins , and since that time she had been , in a very desponding state , frequently hoping that she should not belong before she followed her , but never giving utterance to any expression which could lead to a . conjecture that she meditated self-destruction . On Tuesday afternoon last , about four o ' clock , a female lodger in

      the liouse named . Mis , seeing deceased loolang about her , asked what she was looking for , when she replied , " What 1 shall find presently . " Shortly afterwards , the same person having occasion to go into the wash-house , found the door fastened within , and receiving no answer to her knocking , assistance was procured , and lt was forced open , when deceased was found with her heeis-upwards and head foremost in the water-butt ,, which was three parts tilled with water . She was immediately extricated anda surgeon sent for , whp pronounced life to be quite extinct . Mr ' .. WakJey having remarked that there had been nothing stat , ed which tended to show that de-. ceased was insane beyond the act of suicide itself , the jury returned a verdict ,, "That the deceased drowned herself in a water-butt ,, fctic in what state of mind she was ati the time there was ho evidence to

      prove . ' . .- ' ? " : > i .- . . ¦ " ' " o ' " ' Fuse _^ at iui ? _NoawfooD _Industbial Schools . — About twe ; o'clock on Wednesday morning , this establishment was thrown into the greatest consternation by the alarm of fire being given in different parts ot the building .. It appears that upon the members of the establishment retiring to rest everything seemed perfectly safe , 'and about two o ' clock several of the boys , who were iri bed , awoke , and found themselves surrounded with smoke and almost suffocated . They immediately left their beds , and began to search for the eause ot the annoyance , when they found that'it proceeded from the gallery in the boys' school , which

      was enveloped iu flames , and that they were last approaching the ceiling of the dormitory room , where the boys were sleeping . Thc alarm was immediately given , * every member of the establishment was called up , and every meaiw employed to extricate the chil dren from their beds , where many of them lay in a state of stupor . A good supply of water being on the premises , the fire was soon extinguished . Fortunately there is not one life lost , nor any one seriously hurt . Several of tho children received slight burns in passing from their rooms to the yards , but nothing of importance .

      _Sebious Accident -by . Firewobks . —During the night of _Wednesday ( Guy _Fawkes's Day ) several vcr _* . serious accidents and explosions took place through the incautious use of fireworks . _Aoout half-past seven o ' clock an accident occurred which was attended with _verySerious consequences in the family of Mr . William Cooper , of Mary ' s-place , Isabella-street , Lambeth .. ; it appeal's .. that two of thc elder boys were amusing ' themselves liy making squibs , for wliich purpose they obtained a ' mortar to mix up the combustibles ; and , . while engaged in the act , thc whole contents . suddenly exploded , disfigured the lads ' , faces , and caused considerable damage to the apartment . The same night , between the hours ol

      nine and ten o ' clock , an alarming explosion occurred on the premises ofMr . Page , residing in Lion-street , Westminster-road , a dealer in fireworks . It seems that a large quantity of fireworks of various _descriptioi s was arranged round the front room and in the window for sale , and while the proprietor was attending to one of his customers , a spark : fell upon one of the Roman candles , which instantly exploded , and set fire to those in the top window , whicli was shattered to pieces by the shock . Fortunately no one was seriously injured , but the lower part of the house was much burnt . Thc flames were extinguished by the aid ofthe neighbours and the police ol the L division .

      Accident , at tub Gexebal Post-office . —On Thursday morning a youth named Alexander Briskell , 15 years " of age , fell from one of the third floor windows of the General Post-offiee , St . Martin ' s-lo-Grand , on to the stone pavement below . The unfortunate lad , it appears , had beeu working'by the side ofhis father , _J-shoisa plasterer , upon some scaffolding erected at the rear of the above building . He lies at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital in a deplorable state of suffering . ' The height from which he tell was between thirty and forty feet . .

      : Accident on tub Giibat . _Wbsieiw Railway . — Bristol , Tuesday . —Considerable apprehension was manifested : this morning , in consequence of the nonarrival of the 6 a . m . train from London for some time after the appointed hour , it being twelve o ' cloek instead of ten before it reached this city . On inquiry at the station I learnt that the delay was occasioned at West Drayton . The down goods train , which was upwards of an hour behind its time , was backing on tothe up line , to make way for the down passenger train , which was then due and expected to pass every minuteihe

      , ' transit of the goods train was being made , when the passenger train coining up at the moment ran into a horse box , containing pigs . Very fortunate y the engine driver , in consequence of being a short time previously surrounded by a thick' fog . had shut off his steam , and therefore the speed at which the train was going was but slow . However , the horse box was shattered , and vet , which is most extraordinary , only one oftlie p igs ' was killed . The engine of the passengers' train also sustained considerable injury , and the delay was occasioned by the necessity which arose for sending for a fresh engine .

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      COLLEEY EXPLOSION . NINE LIVES LOST AND TEN OTHERS - - ' DREADFULLY BURNT . Warmngtok , Nov . 5 . —This morning at five o ' clock , the No . 3 coal-pit , belonging to Messrs . Turner and Evans , at Haydock , near Newton , Lancashire , caught fire , ( by some means at present not known , ) and a most tremendous explosion took place , which uplifted and carried to a considerable distance the planks fastened at the mouth of the pit . . These collieries arc at work both night and day ; the ni {; ht-men had

      just returned from the pit , and the day men in the act- of descending , nineteen of whom had gone down when the explosion occurred ; had it hap pencd a few minutes later about twenty more would have shared the same fate as their unfortunate companions . Some were actually . liancing by the rope when it took place . As soon as safely would permit , their fcllowmen went down to explore the full extent of the mischief , and nine dead bodies were fouiid , amongst whom was that of a boy , who was so dreadfully mutilated that they were under the necessity of putting hid in a sack in order to get hhn up .

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      Ten meu were got up alive , but all so seriously burnt , that not the least hopes are / entertained of their recovery , except one , who seems to have been more fortunate than the rest . These most unfortunate men are ' nearly , all married , and have left , most of them , large families to lament , and . it is to be leaved ) grievous _^ suffer , tins their sudden , unexpected , and to them irretrievable loss . The inquest will take place at Haydock to-morrow . Since writing the above I have been informed of an accident by gunpowder to a boy in this town , who , having some- in his _Tiand ,. it ignited , and he is so seriously burnt that his life is * despaired of .

      MYSTERIOUS AND MELANCHOLY SUICIDE . [ From the Jersey Times ; Oct . 28 . ) It is our melancholy duty to-day to record one ol the most distressing occurrences- which it has ever _, been our lot to bring under public observation . Miss _LUaily Bond , a young , lady of considerable personal attractions , residing- in St . Mark ' s-terracc _, died on Saturday by her own hand , under circumstances of a peculiarly painful nature . A- tale of mystery seems darkly to enshroud this melancholy affair , over which , perhaps , it were as well to draw a veil . It were needless for us on the present occasion to disclose every circumstance connected with the doleful act which has happened to fall under our knowledge ; it is sufficient for us at the prssent moment to-aver that ,

      from some cause or other ,, having either a proximate or remote connection with what in common parlance is designated " love , " tha young lady in question had for- some considerable period been labouring under a state ot mind bordering upon insanity . The unhappy woman seems to have gone through the act with the most cool and deliberate premeditation . On the morning of the day on which she perished , she spoke to the _lantllady of the liouse in which she resided , in her usual manner , not betraying any symptoms of' excitement beyond those generally incident to lier character . Shewaslastseen * alive about twelve b ' _eio _^ _Ji in the forenoon , about which period _sheretircd to her _bed-room , with the intention of again speedily coming down _slnirs for the purpose

      ot making the usual preparations tor dinner . J . wo hours passed away , and still the unfortunate lady-did not make her appearance , and the clock had already struck two , when it was considered necessary , ( carousc her from the slumber into which it was supposed she must have fallen . No answer being returned to the repeated kr . ocks by the servant at the door of her chamber , a dread was inspired in tlie minds not only of the landlady of the liouse and her husband , but also of the young lady ' s father , that something unusual must have hapgeiied .. To break open the door was now the only alternative left to pufc an end to their suspense , and the old gentleman at this juncture is said to have expressed himself to the effect that ho was prepared for the worst which might

      happen , thereby implying the general uncertainty connected with the state of mind - of his daughter .. An entrance having been thus effected , the fears previously _conceived-now- stood before them in dread reality , for , horrid to relate , the first object which caught the eye was-the lifeless body of the unfortiir natc woman suspended by the neck from the iron rod which stretches between the lower posts of ¦ the bedstead . Medical assistance being promptly called _,, no means whichcould . be resorted tc-weie able to restore animation , death .. having taken . place at least two hours previously ; IA' _* v 1 * n im * - * _-.-a-f /\ f _^ _n _/\ rlr _* ir-l Tlnti-. -fi-t- » a ¦ - »* Attn _jtAn-r-. _ii-k-i . 'K r \ _+ rlhiruutu iuvf biiua _tai in uui tuuuiLii ui bin

      it _u |/ . < . uv . u -. v . - ; melancholy affair , arid we can anticipate tlie observations wliich we imagine will be uttered in regard to ourselves , lt has been stated that the tragical occurrence which has just taken place was attributable fo an article published in this paper on . Friday Jast * . and if the allegation be correct , wc beg thus publicly to express our most sincere sorrow and . commiseration . The observations therein implied were grounded upon information with respect'to the truth ofwhich no doubt could be entertained .. Here was a young woman plunged in the most profound depths of that peculiar feeling ivhich is said' sometimes to attach universally fo the human character . She had

      seen an individual for whom she had cherished a warm " affection ;¦ letters , according to-her own account , were said to have passed between the parties , and the gentleman hinted at in her statement ofthe affair was stated to have professed' towards her a warmth of love almost equal to her own . She said that she had received letters from- him , that at the hour of night- when no human eye beheld and no human ear lieard , the lady and her sweetheart met together ; tliat circumstances happened which it were needless , that we should here detail , but which , if true , must ever cause the memory of the- deed to rankle in the breast of him who _wai its perpetrator , The day cn which the last and final interview took place , the mind ofthe unhappy woman became agitated to aa extreme degree , lier formercalm and innocent behaviour was now converted into frequent and

      incoherent reprehentions ot lum who . sue alleged was her deceiver . She offered up a fervent wish to God that her brother was on the spot ,, and that to him she might eonfide the terrible burden whicli pressed upon her heart . The information was conveyed to the individual ; who now pens these lines ,. and the article was written , not that it should affect the heart or feelings of the unhappy woman , but that in might either strike to the core the individual whose future peace of mind was so terribly at stake , or cause him to come forward and vindicate his innocence . Thus far and no farther will we at present proceed in this our melancholy duty , lt will only be sufficient for us in addition to state that the unhappy woman had been previously confined in a mad-house as a lunatic , and is said on a former occasion to have attempted the crime of self-destruction .

      EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LUNACY . One of tho most extraordinary eases which has ever been recorded resulted from a commission of lunacy held on Saturday at the court-house in Wellclese-square , St . Georgc ' s-in-the-East , before E . Winslow , Esq ., master in lunacy , and sixteen special jurors , chiefly magistrates of the county , of whom George Tindall , Esq ., was foreman , to inquire as to the state of mind of Miss Sarah Carey ,, a maiden lady of the advanced age of 83 , described in the commission as of "No , 8 . Cannon-street , St . George ' s , Middlesex , spinster . " The commission , whicli was unopposed , was taken out by tlie next of kin , S . J . 13 . Stuntcr , Esq ., of Ilendon , Mrs . Page , wife of a city merchant , and a Mrs . Verrall , of Brinlcy , the nephew and nieces of the unfortunate lady , who possesses funded property to the amount of about -615 , 000 , and house property worth nearly £ ( 5 , 000 more .

      Mr . Warren addressed the jury to the following effect :- —Miss Carey was a maiden lady upwards of eighty-three year-s of age , and had resided in Cannonslrect-road for the \ last forty years , chiefly by herself , which would in some degree account for the development of ber insanity . She had considerable property ; and as it was _oelieved that large sums were concealed in the house , that circumstance , and her singular mode of life , had attracted much attention . She . lived in the most desolate condition , closely shut up , and the windows barricaded , many of which were broken by mischievous boys , & c . She was attended by a female _named Hammond . It had been found necessary fn' the police to keep a vigilant watch for her _nrotection , as whenever she was seen boys would

      assemble round the houso , and call out , "You old witch of Cannon-street , come out . " Several attempts had been made , to break in . About three years since lierdelu _** ions began , when her mii . d appeared to have quite given way . She considers she has no money , and buys neither victuals nor clothes . In fact , she lived like a wild animal , and was in a most horrible loathsome condition , insensible to the calls of nature , and altogether of mo 3 t disgustingly filthy habits . Her house might , indeed , be compared to a pigstyc . She kept her food till nearly rotten before she ate it , and waa in the habit . of hiding food and other articles . A dead cat , nearly putrid , thrown into her area in August , she fancied was a rabbit , and said she would have it cooked . One delusion was that the French

      had landed and taken England , and were marching down the street . She imagined some were enamoured of her , and had sat at her window for six hours with an old cloth round her head for a turban . She fancied that a publican in the neighbourhood had murdered his wife , buried her in the house , and afterwards married a beautiful girl , whom he had -erved in the same way ; also that otlier people had been murdered in Ratcliffe Highway , whose bodies were to bc brought and laid out in her liouse . She mistook the seasons , fancying that snow was on the ground in June , and that morning was evening , & c . She would pick up pieces of glass and dirt in front of her house , and hoard them up . She did not use either knife , fork , or spoon to eat her food , but tore

      it with her hands , and ate like a wild beast , She had a notion that a gentleman had offered her £ 4 , 000 to marry him . She did not appear to know what property she had . As safety was the object of thc commission , which , biit from motives of delicacy , would have been issued long before , if the facts he had detailed were proved in evidence , thejury , hc would subinit , could come to no other conclusion than that the poor _creaturevvas of unsound mind , and wouldhave the satisfaction of knowing that they had been instrumental in shielding her person and property from injury . Elizabeth Hammond , the attendant , Dr . A . J . Sutherland , Mr . Queckett , surgeon , and other , witnesses , gave evidence bearing out the statements of the . lcarned counsel , adding that she had not clothes necessarv to cover her , aud these were literally

      fullmi-off " She objected to dress , and would not wash herself for fear of wasting soap . She had not changed lier under-linen twice iii twelve months , and her hair had not had a comb pass through it for years , and it was _a-perfecfc mat . She occasionally kept lier bed for three or four days without taking a morsel of food , and during that time no one had been allowed in her house . Thejury expressed a desire to go to Miss Careys house , but on their arrival they could not at " first gain admission at the street door . This object was at length effected by means of ladders at the back ofthe liouse , some men entering a back window , and opening the door . A mob of at least one thousand persons had by this time assembled in front ofthe house . So groat was the effluvia emitted , thatthe windows were

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      directed to be all thrown open tor _ventilation'fir some tims Le . ' ore the jury -ic . * , could be induced to enter . .. ¦ . *¦ 7 Ouprocoedingup stairs , her bedroom door was found fastened , which she did not attempt ; _wopea , notwithstanding loud aiid repeated knoekings _* _... lhe door was » t length forced , and she was Aran * by thebedside in thc most wretched state . The room ana furniture were most filthy , particularly the bedaing , & c , which was very ragged , and her flesh litei * allj-. begrimed with dirt . " " ¦ ' . '' "' _* Tlie jury appeared satisfied , certainly glad to _. esca _^ from this wretched place ; and on their return to the * Court-house found a verdict— "That Sarah Care / was of unsound mind , and had been so from 1 st-October , 18 * 12 . "

      The jury expressed a desire that immediate stepsshould be taken to protect the poor creature , which * it was intimated would he' promptly carried into effect .

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      DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT LIVERPOOL . A dreadful explosion of gunpowdor took place ou Saturday evening , at a few minutes after seven o ' clock , in the shop of Mr , Richard Jone 3 , ironmonger , No . 53 , Dale-street , by which Mr . Jones and his shop-boy were seriously injured , and several other persona were hurt . Mr . Jones sold gunpowder by retail , , and on Saturday evening a boy went into the shop to purchase a pennyworth . The shop-lad , John Buck-stone , - for the purpose of serving him , went with a candle to the rear of the shop , where a canister was kept , having three divisions for the different qualities of gunpowder , and which , when full , would contain from 10 to 101 b 3 . At the time , however , it was not full ; it

      probably contained about 8 or lOlbs . _Buokstonc haa not related , or ia ignorant of , the cause of * the accident ; but there is little doubt that either a spark from the candle , or the candle itself ,, foil into the canister and caused the explosion . In thc shop window there was another parcel of powder , of from 15 to 201 bs ., which was speedily ignited ; and the two explosions are said to have resembled , at a distance ol 50 paces , two distinct thunder-claps . The force f > f thc explosions was so great as seriously to dan & ge , not only the premises of Mr . Jones , but others * ad-/ oiiiing ihvxa ; the shop window was completely . shatteivd—mosi of tht Articles exhibited therein wei % thrown our , and Mr . Jones himself was literally blown into the street . Mr . Davies , the shopman- _.

      who was standing licui'to . 'inn talking with his employer at the time , is unable to give any _jati ' sfftotovy explanation of the disaster , for , as he was _standiogj . close to the counter , with his face in _ilin _directli-,- _* ofthe street , it was , of course , impossible for hijuto see what Buckstone was doing in the rear oi _^ thfe shop . But he describes the circumstance * , which followed with great minuteness . He _saya '• that- an hearing the explosion which was terrifically loud _,, he felt that he was suddenly struck with ' something . on the back part ofthe head , which has left a mark that he will , probably , take with him to his grave , and which stretched him almost senseless on thefloor . Recovering himself as well as he was able , . he made toward the spot where he heard Buckstone _*

      groamng , and , in doing so , lie stumbled over the _iaov who had come in for the pennyworth bf powder , andl who was then lying on the floor . Hc immediately : picked him up and threw him into thc street , where he was caught by one of the by-standers and reruovetL _. outof the reach of danger . We believe ho was very * slightly injured . Mr . Davies wiis then pursuing hisway towards Buckstone , when the second explosion took place . Then the whole of the shelve * suddenly gave way , the partition-wall which divided ' the office from the shop fell , and the whole of the shop from back to front was in flames . " The fearfully excitea state of the young man ' s feelings at this moment it is impossible to describe . His lirst impulse was to rush up the

      staircase which led from the shop to the fust floor , but the burning timbers in that direction forbade the attempt . He then placed his hands over his face and was darting through a dense mass of smoke and flame between liim and the shop-door , when by some accident his coat caught against a row of fenders , which he pulled down , and this retarded his movements fora moment . How he got into the street we can scarcely tell , but . on reaching it , somo persons inthe crowd wliich had assembled extinguished the flames , which were extending all _ovc-r him , and conveyed him to' the shop _; of Mr . Howell , surgeon , Dale-street , where the proper remedies were applied to his face , head , and body , which , to some extent , were rather seriously burned . The conduct of Mr . Davies is deserving of great

      praise . Though , fortunately , _kis injuries _areTtrifling compared with those received by Mr . Jones and Buckstone , yet he mi « ht have ' escaped almost unhurt if it had not been for liis laudable endeavours to save the lives of the two lads ; because , on recovering : himself from the fall on the floor , he might easily have made his escape into the street . The death of the lad who went in to buy the powder would , in all probability , have onsucd but for his timely interference . And this leads us to mention another instance of very praisworthy conduct which was evinced on this occasion by Mr . Westmorp , a brazier , in Stanley-street , for he it was who rescued Buckstone from his perilous situation . At the risk of his own life he dashed through the thickest ofthe flames , and ,

      notwithstanding ihe injury his hands and face sustained by being exposed to the action of fire , he succeeded in bringing the lad into the street . Almost all the houses to a considerable distance round Mr . _Jonos ' s were shaken by the . expIosi . on and even the premises of Mr . Daly , baker on the opposite side of Dale-street , were injured . His shop windows was smashed by a coal-scuttle which was- carried across the street from Mr . Jones's and - driven throught the sash . Eight large panes of glass were also broken in the Royal Hotel , and several panes were also broken in the window . ef Mr . Kearney , ' booksoiler and stationer , next door . The Grecian Hotel , and also thc spirit-vaults occupied ; by Mr . Selby , atthe corner of Stanley-street , and next door to Mr . Jones's on the right , escaped without injury .

      Not so . however , thc houses on the left and at the rear . The house occupied by Mr . Mafchias , chandler , and the Parisian boot and shoe warehouse above that , wore greatly shaken , and . had a number of panes of glass smashed . The house in which the explosion took place sustained , of course ,, the greatest damage . The force ofthe explosion not only burst the shop window , frame ar . d glass , in pieces , but almost entirely gutted the first floor , forced the beams and joists under the first floor and also under the shop from their holdings , and broke nearly eveiy pane of glass in the upper part of the house . The signboard in front of the premises it dislodged ; and , in fact , so completely shook every part of the building from top to bottom as to render it uninhabitable , if not daneerous to pedestrians .

      Mr . _JonesandBuckstonewcreimmediatelyconveyed to the shop of Mr . Potter , surgeon , 76 , Dale-street , where they were examined , and their injuries found to be of an alarming nature . Mr . Jones ' s face presented a very black appearance . The hair of hia head was completely burned off , and there was blood issuing from his mouth . His hands were partially denuded of skin , and the skin which had not been burned away mig ht be peeled off without * any difficulty . One of his eyes had been closed by the effect of the fire , and on tlie following day a portion of one

      of his fingers was picked up by-Mr . Hewitt from amongst the rubbish in front of the shop . Buckstone was very much burned over the hands , head , and face . Ilis he id . was greatly swollen . . lie had several injuries on the abdomen , and the igiiitcd state of his clothes had burned large patches of skin from various parts of his body . All the remedies which surgical skill could suggest were promptly applied , and then , as the lives of both were considered to be in danger , they were removed to the Northern'Hospital . Very faint hopes were entertained of their recovery .

      Besides the injuries to the fpur persons who were in the shop , several parties who were passing in front of Mr . Jones's , at the moment of the explosion , did not escape the effeets . A dock-gateman , for instance , received two or three slight cuts about the face and neck from the broken glass wliich was flying , about in all directions . His coat-tails were also set on fire and partially burned . Mr . Hewitt , with two fire-engines and the watercarts , was at the scene in a few minutes _. after the explosion took place ; so , also was Mr . Dowling and a strong detachment of police . Thc engines were vigorously worked from the water in the carts , and in the course of an hour the fire was completely subdued . During this time , however , that the flames

      were at their height a circumstance occurred which might have caused the destruction of many human beings . Mr . Hewitt entered the shop , and found a cask , covered with a piece of canvas within about two feet of the doorway . Tho canvas at the time was on fire . Fearing that it might contain some combustible article , he ordered one of his men to remove it out of the way , and put it in one of the waiter-, tubs from which thc engines were supplied . The mau carried it iu its ignited state through the street , which was very much crowded at the time , and threw it into the tub . * Afterwards , when . it eame to be

      examined , it was foundio contain aheut 20 lbs . of gunpowder . * : v _-j-s On Sunday < Mr ; Hewitt went over the entire build- ing , and ;; in the back room of the second story , found , eight or nine casks-partially filled with , the same 7 combustible material . " In a closet in the same room .,, lie found a large quantity of the same article packed /' , in small cases . The wholo , on-being mixed together _^ filled eighteen casks , averaging between sixteen pounds and eighteen pounds each . In all about _. 'two and a half hundred weight of gunpowder was found , and , by directions of Mr . Dowling , it was immediately sent off to the magazines . ¦ _...-. _;¦ .. " 7 '

      Had this immense mass of gunpowder been ignited , . the results would have been , in all probability , extea - ' ¦ ¦ sively disastrous both to life and property . ¦ _:-, fi Death ofoxe of " , the _Sui-FEnuns . _—Livmipooi , - ' Tuesday . —The boy Buckstone died early on Monday ' morning . He is a native of Liverpool , and-aged - fourteen years . Mr , 3 ones himself , we learn , is going on as favourably as could bc expected .- He has par- /' tially recovered his sight , and is in other respects ' better . We cannot , however , as jet state that he ia . out of danger .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 8, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08111845/page/5/