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      BXDROPHOBIA A 7 TD LOCK-JAW . —CAS THEV BB Cuked?—The folio-wing instance ef death from that most unacconnfcible and horribJe malady , Hydrophobia , has caused na to reflect deeply on a mode of cure proposed by that enterprising and benevolent man and traveller , Charles Watertos , of Walton Hall ; and also caused us to determine on giving that pwpoBed mode of cure publicity in our ¦ pasts , in the hope that a knowledge of it may lead toils tfficacyheins fully tested -whenever a case of Hydrophobia oiZoek-jste may next appear . But we ynU first inssrt the account of the deaib to which we JjaTC adverted . It is from the CasUebar Telegraph , and is at ^ resent going ibe " round of the press : "—_* Jbont three months ago , a Iwy , named M . Coleraro , scei twelve years , and s * n to a tenant of Mr . G- M oon ,

      of Moore-hill , vr . ntoat to herd some sheep that were gnziag in ius father ' s field , at Miller-hill , rear the Abbey of Ballintnbber . On getting into the jfield the ooy perceived a large dog attacking the sheep ; he ¦ went to drive it off , but the dog , which was raging mad , flew at him and Sit him in the hand . The boy instantly ran home and told his mother of the occaiencp . She being under the impression that Eea bathlug wotfld prevent any evil conseqnencea , brought him ¦ without delay to the stU water , and besides Making turn "balhe , caused him to drink of It plentifully . At length , the wound on his hand b * ing healed , both the boy anlhis mother returned home . There were no symptoms of any bad effects from the bite until Sunday week , when the boy , while attending mass at the

      . Abbey of Bsffintuhb ? r , suddenly felt a thrilling BensaHon ma from his band to the aboulder , as if he struct his elbow against the walL The painful thrill continued to extend until it iad Boon spread itself over his entire frame . Then the boy became conscious himself that he was infected with hydrophobia ; yet he was at intervals collected in his intellect , during which time ho received from the Rev . Edward O'Malley the sacrament Df confession . He told the clergyman that he could not endure tfie appearance of any liquid ; that his chest was internally Burning -srith a fierce beat ; but that if a wheaten straw were got , and one en § of it immersed in a vessel of water concealed from bis view , he might contrive to drink it through the tube of the straw . This

      was accordingly prepared ; but each drop of the liquid he imbibed was received ( judging by the heavy agitation of hie chest ) as If it had be « n burning Isad . . Excepting the convnlsed horror he evinced on the BDpearance or idea of any liquid , be continued sensible for a long time , and told his mother that he was a ware he would soon die ; that he wonld go violent , and to tie him , lest he should < o any ipjury , but not to bleeS bin to death , as had been done in the village about twelve months previously to another person affected with hydrophobia . At length the madness reached its crisis ; black froth and curdled blood foamed from hia mouth , and he diedin an awful

      paroxysm of -violence-and excitement . What a horrible ^ iseaae this , t * be afflicted wit a . ' And hitherto-ire bare no remedy ! It has baffled all the skill of the physician ; s « t at nought all his prescrip tions ; and dtSed his most scrnrinising inquiries respecting ita natnre or cause . "Will not he then , who can place within the reach of society a curs for so terrific a disease , be truly a benefactor to his kind ? And abonM not ffrery facility be given tot the testing of any remedy that may be proposed , if it be at all feasible , or recommend itself to the reason of the practitioner ? Whether the means in the hands of Mr " "Watertos a re feasible , or so recommend themselves , let the leader jndge .

      Some thirty years ago , Mr . TFatsrton penetrated far into the Forests of Guiana to make himself acquainted with the powers , the mode of preparation , and to « 6 Dect a quantity , of a most singular and powerful poison used by the Indians , and called the "FForsAXL With this poison the Indians poison their arrows ; and its deadly effects are so pewerful , and so speedy , that a bird on the wing falls to the earth almost as though it had D ^ ea struck t > j shot from a regular fowling pitce . For birds and small animals , the " children o ! the woods" use poisoned darts , which they " puff ;" with unerring aim , through long bamboo tubes ; and for the larger animals they use a regular arrow , propelled by a strong few . A wound with one of their

      arrows to an animal of the largest sin is certain ' death ; and that too within a very limited space of time , varying somewhat with the siae of the animal and ins quantity of poison infused into the system . One great peculiarity attending this poison is , t h at it does . soi deteriorate the quality of the flrsh of the animal > ni *» fl by its means . The meat is as good in every respect , and will keep as long , as thongfe the batcher ' s knife bad been nsed to prepare It for the table . It was this peculiarity coupled with deep reflection on its other wonderful properties , that caused * Mr . Wa . teb . tos to conceive that it would b * possible to restore animation after the poisoned animal was to all appearance fiesfl from its bffecta . Same time after his arrival

      in England , with a considerable quantity of the WotTRja . 1 In his possession , m eans were take n , in ¦ presence of several of the first scientific men of the day , to test the soundness of Hr . Watertox s supposition as to the possibility of restoring animation . A fail-grown &h was the animal operated on . A poisoned spike was inserted in a ficsay part ; and in a very few moments the effect was visible . The ass drooped ; laid itself down ; and died without convulsion , or apparent pain ef any kind . There was not even a quiver of a muscle Visible , only when the spike punctured the skin ; something analogous to the twitch when a sharp prick from a pin is experienced . In a short time it was , to all appearance , dead . Of that fact all were

      convinced , when Mr . Wateeton commenced bis projected restoring process . He caused an incision to be made in the windpipe , and with a pair of bellows commenced an artificial respiration . This was continued for ajengthened period , and for some time without appsreut * ff = et- At length faint signs of returning SHimMion Were obseiVBd- Tfa * process waa continued ; and-it win-wholly successful . Tbe ass was restored ia We ; was in per / eel Titalth ; had sunVred not the least injury from the poison , but Mther on the contrary seemed to have renewed the lease of existence , for it survived its restoration four and twenty years 1 The eminent * ucce * s of this experiment led Professor Seweli , of the Veterinary College , to believe that it would be efficacious in the case of Hydrophobia

      He had marked the effects on the physical frame of the ass and several other large animals on whom the power of the pniBon had been tried ; and he was led to imagine that if » patient » ffiieted with that dreadful disease , Hydrophobia , were poisoned with the " WorBAXi , and the necessary means taken to restore aniaiation , the patient would be restored a »« f -tang : that the disease would be found to have kfctha frame , being overcome by the powerful nature of the . poison administered . He reasoned thus -. the virus that produces Hydrophobia is evidently received into the blood , conveyed into the entire system , and there -works Its horrible ravages . The W OCR a LI is also receJTsd into the blood ; bat Its effects then are much more powerful , mnch more speedy , than tbe

      rtms from a mad dog . The YVOTTBali u poisonous tm ' y T £ hen received into tbe system by means of the blood . It can be taken into the stomach withont harm , as Mr . Watertos has abundantly proved The Professor therefore reasoned himself into tbe belltf , that a being suffering from tbe terrible effects of HySrophMa , would be found , on bis restoration from death as it were , caused by the Wourali poison , to be entirely freed from that terrific disease . At all events , he said , theexperiment was worth the trial The disease was known to be certain deathdeath in its moat painful and frightful form . Death by the WorRALi was tbe most easy and painless of

      any form that we knew of . It would even be a mercy to relieve a patient iffl-cted . with Hydrophobia from his sufferings by its means . Snppose , said he , that the experiment was tried . No pain would fee inflicted . Tbe patient wonld die as easily and as composedly aa if he was going to sleep . Then if , wien restored , it should be found that the disease had been overcome—been cast off—¦ what a bleaaicg ! what a benefit 3 Bnt if not ; if the disease waa still there ; and if the paroxysms should ^ be increased , and the patient plunged into more Intense and violent pain , another puncture * ith the poisoced arrow would speedily put him Snlery to rest .

      Snch was the reasoning of Professor Sewell , It was made public in the interesting Wanderings published by Mr . Watertos ; but , strange to say , no means have yet been taken to try the desirable experiment in tae case of Hydrophobia . But we learn from an Antobiograpby prefixed to a second volume of delightful and inimitable * ' Essays on Ka'btrai History ; 1 by Mr . Watertos , with which we have been kindly favoured by tbeamthor , that tbe expenaent waa once very near being tried ; and that * aedical gentleman of . Nottingham is now ready to perform it on the first patient afflicted with Hydro phobia , or LoeJc-jaa , that may be entrusted to his rare . The weotint given by Mr . Wateetos in tie new work is so interesting , and moreover so important in relation to those two terrible scourges , Hydro-ZboUa and Lockjaw , that we shall transcribe it at ftrtl length , in the hope tbat the publicity given to it may turn the attention of the faculty to the

      ' cure" proposed , and thus cause ita efficacy to be tested . Mr . "Watkrto ?* jssys : — As a police officer , hy name Phelps , was going Mb night ttHffids in the town of Nottingham , he heard a dog barking in a hole which had been dug for tbe foun-< &tjon of a weighing machine . His well-krown onmaniry led him down to the place ; and as he was ™ £ ng tfee dog np a little ladder which he bad hrpngbt with him for the purpose of descent , be recerred from ^ be « T » fr" » i a bit * npon bis nppsr lip *« i nose . Tbe dog , « n being delivered from his prison , ran away with speed , and was never heard of from that time . He jurat have belonged to eoms gentlemsn ; for he ttm a pointer , and in too geod wadition to be the property of & gamekeeper . Tbs wound which poor Phelps bad received , was «* e » ed-hy & neighbouring nurgeonj and nature' did «» rest But some six or seven wetks after this , his effieer began to feel that there was something *« Bg within bjm . He became better and worse alta-

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      nately for two days ; and then bis disease showed -Itself with every mark of virulence . He said to those around bins that he was going mad ; and that it was all over with him : and then he let fall & tear as he mentioned his poor wife and children . After this , according to tbe minute account which was drawn ont by Doctor WDliams of Nottingham , be proceeded to the watch-house , ana packed up his books which lay there ; and turning to his companions , Goodbye , " said he ts them ; "I shall never come here again . " And then he went to Mr . Davison for medical aid . 3 dr . Davison took him iDto bis snr ^ ery , and on the poor officer getting sight ef running water , he was seized with convulsions . All was done tbat could be done . The faculty of Nottingham , consisting of

      Dortor Williams , 3 > oc * or Percy , Mr . Attenbnrrow , Mr . Bibson , and Mr . DtvLson , had soon arrived ; and they pnt in practice whatever their well-known knowledge of medicine could suggest , or their pharmacy offer , t » save this useful and respected man from an untimely r grave . But all in vain . The terrible disease , with its concomitant horrors of spasmodic affection , baffled all their skill , and set their united acience at utter defiance : for death was hurrying their patient with unrelenting fierceness to bis last resting-place Whilst things were in tiis deplorable state , an express was sent off to me late in the evening , asd I proceeded to Ifottingbam without any loss of time , in hope that the application of the Wourali poisoa might be the means of rescuing poor Phelps from

      tbe fate which nothing in the practice of modern medicine seemed able to avert . When I had reached Nottingham with my friend Sir Arnold Kuigbt , who bad joined me at Sheffield , the unfortunate police officer wai no more . Ere I left tbe town , I told tbe medical gentlemen present that I bad business at home just then , which called me back ; bnt tbat I would return in a day or two : and that , if in the mean time they would muster their scientific friends in Nottingham , and from the -country ro « nd , I wonld be ready with the Wonrali poison , and then we might see by experiment , if it could be used with safety in case of Hydrophobia and Locked Jaw . I revisited Nottinibam on the d » y appointed ; a-d we

      all went to the medical school , where tbe Wonrali poison was used before a crowded audience . The process tried was nearly the same as that which I have described in tbe Wanderings , when the aes ( which was called Wourali ever after ) waa operated upon until it was apparently dead , and then restored —after which it lived at Walten Hall for four and twenty years in excellent health . On this oscasion in Nottingham , two asses received the poisoned spike in the shoulders ; and after yielding under the pressure of Its destructive powers , t bey were both restored by the proctsa of artificial respiration . The first trial was a very long one ; and the operator , my worthy friend Mr . Sibson , exerted himself in a manner tbat astonished all the company .

      The artificial respiration was kept up for seven hours , before the prostrate anirnal exhibited tbe leaat symptom of returning motion ; and that wag first observfed in a moment&ry quiver of the eyelid . This ass died I think on tbe third day after tie experiment But circumstaxces intervened , to tbe iniaenee of which , ita death might in part be attributed . The Becond case occupied a much shorter space of time , and was quite successful . The ass is still alive . Every person present setmed convinced that tbe virulence of tbe Wourali poison was completely under the command of tbe operator ; and that , by this artificial process , its malignant qualities could always be subdued . In a word , the company present came to tbe conclusion that it can be safely applied to a human being , labouring nnder Hydbopbobia , one of

      the most terrible and fatal of all tbe diseases tbat have ever aAictad mankind . Mr . Sibson has most wonderfully improved tbe bellows , ani thus rendered the process much less laborious . He has by him a fair store of tbe very poison which I brought from the forests of Guiana in 1812 . See tbe Wanderings . 1 myself have also a good supply of it , as pure and as potent a * it was on the day in which I procured it In tase of need , an application , either to Mr . Sibson at the General Hospital in Nottingham , or to myself at Walton Ball near Wakefleld , will be most punctually attended to ; and as railroad speed is now almost proverbial , a communication viitb every part of the country is put upon tbe easiest footing possible .

      But I beg tbe reader in tbe most earnest manner , to give his attention to the following remarks . First , it is an acknowledged fact that the art of medicine has hitherto been unable to arrest tbe fatal progress of confirmed Hydrophobia . This being tbe case , it is both wise and expeditnt to give the snfferer a chance of saving bis life by the supposed , although as yet untried , efficacy of tbe Wourali poison ; which , worst come to tbe worst , would , by its sedative and narcotic qualities , render death calm a n d c o m posed , and free from pain ; a cirenmstarce not to be expected under the ordinary treatment , or no treatment at all , of this ungovernable and fatal malady . Secondly , That as there can be no hops whatever from

      supposed remedies usually applied , the patient must by no means be allowed to take them , lest their pressure npon his constitution should neutralise or totilly counteract the hoped-for good effects from the application of the Wourali poison . Thirdly , The disease generally takes three days before it consigns its victim to tbe temk , during which time the prroxyiHis only occur at intervals . Wherefore there will fee time enough to apply for tbe scientific assistance of Mr . Sibson , except , indeed , in cases bf extrese distance . Until tbe arrival of this gentleman , tbe patient might be placed nnder proper restraint during the paroxysms , and after tbey bad c eased , be might receive support and consolation from bis friends .

      I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not claim for myself tbe merit of this discovery , should it prove successful . I certainly paved tbe way to it by going in queBt of the poison , which I acquired in its pare state at raj ovs ezpence , and at tbe cost of my health . Bnt to Professor Sewell of ILe Veterinary College in London , is due tbe merit of applying It in cases of Hydrophobia . He waa the first , I believe , who ever suggested the idea ; and so certain was he of a favourable result , tbat I heard him declare before Sir Joseph Bonks and a large company of scientific gentlemen , tbat were be nnfortunale enough to be bitten by a mad dog and become infected with Hydrophobia , be would not hesitate one moment in having the Wourali poison applied , as he felt confident that

      the application of it would prove successful . To this it will be necessary to add but few wordr . The account itself is so clear , and tbe results indicated in it so important and so desirable , tbat every one cannot but wish to have the matter placed beyond

      the Wourali poison , It has come to life withont the disease . All tbe reasoning set forth above has been fully borne ont . This we learned but the other day , from tbe lips of Mr . Waterton himself . Tben sbould not tbe frffic&cy of this Bode of cure be tried on the human frame , in case of botb Hydropfybia acd Lock-jaw ! We thick it sbonld ; and , therefore , recommend that Mr . Sibson should be immediately sent for , whenever , or wherever another case of Hydrophobia or Lockjaw presents itself . We say , Mr . SibsoS ; for an application to Mr . Watertot * for a few montbs would be unsuccessful . He informed us the other day , when be did us the honour to c all , that in a few days be should be on his way to Italy , to remain there during tbe winter . But

      Mr . Sibsos remains at home . His address is given abave . He has every preparation made ; and no doubt will attend any call that may be made on him , -to set at res t a zb ost important in qniry . I « el those who may have a relative doomed to death by either of the most frithtful maladies we have any knowledge of > avail themselves of what , as yet , appears to be the enly means to defeat the " grim king of terrors" in Mb utmost malignity . May we hope that the Pi ess generally will circulate tbAss account , to that a knewledge of the proposed means of care may become general ? PEJJZA 5 CE . —Communications for the Chartists of this locality sbould be addressed to Mr . J . Gascott , O ' Brieii ' s Temperance Hotel .

      E . W . SiHEOS , Bristol , writes to say tbat tbe reason . why be opposed tfce vote of thank * to Mr . Berkeley , M . P ., at the Dnncojnbe meeting the other ^ ay , was , because he did not conceive him entitled to such a vote , inasmuch as he wis not present when Mr . Doncome divided the Heuse on tbe MasUrs and Servants' B-11 , but was away at dinner when the liberties of tbe woikiog classes were in extreme jeopardy . His amendment was , be says , to convey the " thanks of tbe meeting to aK the M . P . ' s who supporttd Mr . Duneembe . " A very proper motion , as we think . Mb . Joss Mthbay , Maschestek , baa received from Robert Frost and a few friends at tbe Temperance Hotel , Bridgewater-street , for the Miners of Northumberland and Durham , the sum of 9 s 6 d .

      JOB * HaSLEM , BOLTOS . —The portrait of Mr . Roberts msy be bad in any quantity , either from tbe office direct , or from Mr . Hey wood , Manchester ; or from Mr . Cleave , London . Tbeprice is id . each . J . Sweet , Nottikgham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of 14 s . per Mr . Roper , from Beck ' s factory , for the Duncombe Testimonial Fnnd ; and 3 s . 2 d . from tbe Newton ' s Head , a second subscription . Joh > " M'Ewan , Glasgow . —The Bill for the

      prevention of Night Poaching was a measure to render parties found on tbe public road with implements for tbe capture or destruction of game in their possession , liable to all tbe penalties iEflicted by the bloody code of G « ae Laws on those who are taken trespassing in ** preserves , "—even the monstrous one of transportation I The new law txtend to Scotland . A Chaetist , Alswick , is ft letter Cbaitist than a Poet . Bis lines won ' t Co . Phiz—We must " reject" his lucubration . It wonld - only cause both him and us to bel&ngbed at

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      J . FlSHEIL , Wilts—We cannot " oblige" him . His production would not bear examination . He may " feel" the »• indignities" he describes very vividly , " but he is no Poet to immortatfzj his " feelings " in "deathless verse , " 8 . Walteb , London . —We cannot divine what his communication ia about , or tbe object he wisheB to serve . Errata . —For the block-printers of Mr . Evans , Crayford , K » nt , per Mr . H . Gardner , 13 « . 7 d ., read per Mr . Gardner ' s Book , Bexley Heath , Kent , 13 s . 7 d . The Nett Bastabdt Law . —In answer to several correspondents , respecting the operation of the new law on children born before the l&vr passed , we have merely to set forth the scope and object

      of the second clause . That clause provides that " any single woman , who nay be delivered of a bastard child after the passing of the act , or vshohas within six mo . nths PBEVious to the passing ofif t Act , been delivered of a bastard child , may within twelve months from the birth of such child , apply to the Justices for a summons against tbe father of . such child , to appear at a petty sessions , to be held after the expiration of six days from the issuing of such summons "; and if the Jasticea re « eive " corroborate testimony" in aid of the mother's deposition—such as that the alleged father was known to have kept company with the mother as a" courter" : or that he was with

      her about the time that the child was begotten ; or any circumstance that would go to &how a connection between the parties , they c&n deem him to pay 2 a . 6 d . a-week to the mother , or to Eome party for her , tswards the support of the child till it be thirteen years old . Thus all bastard children born after the passing of the new Act , —the Royal Assent was given to it od the 9 th day of August last , —and all bastard children born within six months previous to the 9 th of August , will come under its operation if the mother cause application to be made within twelve months of the birth , and satisfy the Justices as aforesaid . The new law came into full effect on the day it received the Royal assent .

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      ¦ « — ¦ Jamfs Ecksrslet , Bolton . —Send 6 d to this office , and the piaie will be sent . Jokes , Liverpool . —It will cost 2 d postage , if sent by post . FOR THE MINERS IN THE NORTH . £ 8 . d . From thirteen masons at John o'Groats , per J . Allan ... ... 0 14 0 From three hattcrB , Plymouth , per S . Lockwood ... 0 16 From a few Sax dressers , Belfast , Ireland , per J . W . R © 15 0 From Mr . Humby Mellor 0 10 From Hawick , per J . A . Hogg 0 4 2

      DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From Mr . Humby Mellor 0 10 From three friends at Eniscot , near Warwick 0 2 0 FOB VICTIM FUJJD . From a friend in Sandal 0 0 6 From J . Fairgreve , Dewarton 0 1 0 FOR DR . M ' DOBALL . From a few friends at Blairgowrie ... 0 7 7 FOR THE MINERS OF NORTH LANCASHIRE . From Mr . Humby M « llor 0 10 From J . G ., Colchester , Essex 0 4 0

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      Sudden Dfath . —On Monday afternoon last , an inquest was held at tho house of Mr . Drabble , the Commercial Inn , Marshal-street , Holbeck , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq ., borough coroner , on View of the body of Mary Ann Nicholson , thirtyei ^ ht years of age . The deceased was the wife of Jamea Nicholson , a cabinet maker , residing in Chapel-street , Holbeck . She was in her usual health on Sunday , but has been for some time subject to attacks of a cons plaint affecting tbe heart . They had some company on Sunday , b » ing Holbeck feast , and the deceased partook of supper at about eleven o ' clock at night , after which , on going to bed about twelve , she was seized with an attack of her complaint , and died almost instantly . The jury returned a verdict of " Died suddenly from natural causes . "

      Death from BvnmvQ . —Mr . W , Payne held an inquest on Tuesday evening , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of . Mary AndrewB , aged eight yean . It appeared that on Friday , about one o ' clock , tbe poor child , who had no mother , was boiling potatoes for her father's dinner , and while in the act of removing the Baucepan from the fire her pinafore became ignited , and she was instantly enveloped in flames . The poor sufferer was convoyed to the hospital , where she expired , on Saturday , from the effects of the injuries received . —Verdict , Accidental death .

      Another Case ov Stabbing . —A Beaman , named George Alexander , waa brought before Mr . Broderip , at the Thames police office , on Monday , in custody of Portch , SI K , chargod with feloniously stabbing Mr . John Tomlinson , the chief mate of the ship Sultana , from Van Diomen ' s Land , with intent to murder or do him grievous bodily harm . While off Gravesend , on Saturday , the mate aud the prisoner had a quarrel , in the course of which' the mate laid hold of him by the collar and tbe throat , and the prisoner stabbed him under the ear . It was stated that the prisoner ' s friends reside in Bath or Bristol . He was remanded .

      Escape or Prisoners . —Information has been forwarded to Bow-street and thence to the various metropolitan and city police-t-fficcs and stations , that three of tho prisoners confined for various offences in St . Alban ' s -gaol had managed to effect their escapo therefrom between the hours ef one and two O'clock in the afternoon of Thursday last , and , notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr . Drey ton , the governor , aided by the police , to trace out their retreat , they have as yet been fruitless . Mr . Dreyton has offered a reward of fifteen guineas tor their apprehension .

      Daring Highway Robbery at Gravesend . — On Thursday evening , about seven o ' clock , as an elderly lady , named Mills , residing in Star-street , Gravesend , was proceeding along the road that leads from Gravesend to Northfleet , by the side of the Robherville gardens , she was met by a couple of shabbily dressed ruffians , one of whom threw a handful of snuff in her face , and then , with the aid of his companion , robbed her of a valuable goid watch that was hanging by her side . The attack was so sudden and unexpected that Mrs . Mills had not the power of raising even the least ^ alarm , and the ruffians were , consequently , suffered to escape with their plunder .

      Mubdrb OP an Inpast . —About a month after last Whitsuntide , an unfortunate servant girl , of the name of Shearing , came from Lowebtoft to reside with her parents at Martlesham-heath , near Woodbridge , Suffolk , bringing with her an illegitimate male child , of whom she had been delivered about a month before . Six weeks after her return home , she had occasion , at six o ' clock in the afternoon of a Tuesday , to go to the Post-office in Woodbridge , and left the child in charge of her mother until her return , which was about nine o ' clock the same evening , when Bhe foand the child very ill . The poor child was retching , straining , and foaming at the month , and continued lingering until two o ' clock on Wednesday morning , when it died . It was buried in Waldringfield Chapel-ground the following Sunday . Rumours shortly afterwards spread through the neighbourhood tbat Mary

      Sheming , the grandmother , had a short time before the death of the child bought arsenic , for the purpose , as she had stated , to poison rats . Suspicions then arose that the poor babe had been poisoned , and an application was made to Mr . J . Wood , juu ., of W oodb r idge , coroner for tbe liberty of St . Ef helred , to hold an inquest on the child . He accordingly granted his warrant for the disinterment of the body , and gave an order for a pest mortem examination , upon which it was found that the poor infant ' s stomach contained a quantity of arsenic . An inquest was held at the Lion Inn , at Martltaham , on the 6 th inst ., and further adjourned until Saturday last , when sufficient evidence was adduced to satisfy the jury , who , eighteen in number , unanimously returned & verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Sheming . The coroner immediately committed her to Ipswich Gaol , to take her trial at the next assizes .

      More Incendiarism--We lament to perceive that the plague of our district is again beginning to rago . On Wednesday evening , a little after seven o ' clock , a fire broke out at Mr . Phillips ' s West farm , between this town and Barton . It commenced in a cartlodge , adjoining to the barn , and there being very little water it was impossible to save either of the buildings ; but the barn walls being of stone , the mischief extended no further . The produce of twenty acres of oats , about thirty coombs of wheat , a waggon , and some other implements , were destroyed . There was a vast concourse of people assembled from Bary and the neighbouring villages , whose conduct was very orderly , and a general good feeling was displayed ; it being well known to all that Mr . Phillips is a most kind and liberal master and

      friend to the poor , and one of the last persons against whom such malice could be expected to be displayed . One of the workmen living at the cottage adjoining tbe yard , states that on bis return home from Mr . PbillipB ' e , not five minuteB before the fire broke out , he saw a man running away across a field at the back of the premises , but on passing the cart-lodge to his house , he saw no fire , and had just eet down h \ s basket , when the dog barked , and his wife , going to the door , perceived smoke , and immediately after flanus , rising above tbo barn . On Saturday evening , abont half-past six , some straw lying near the barn of Mr . Kerry , of Soxhsm , was set on fire , but being discovered immediately , and very prompt and active assistance rendered , the extensive premises and their valuable contents were preserved . - Bury Post .

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      Fire in the CiTY-ROAD .-On Sundav morning , soon after onWclobk , a fire broke out ' in tho premises of Mr . J . Farrenta , surgeon , at the corner of Regent s-terrace , near the canal-bridge . City-road . It was nearly ; half-past two o ' clock before the fire Ti ° " P . letely extinguished , and not before the whole of the stock m trade , fixtures , and utensils in that Portion of the building where the fire commenced were destroyed , and the remainder of the premises and contents seriously injured b v firo and water . How the fire originated could not be ascertained .

      Extensive , Fire . Supposed Incendiarism . —Between the hours of twelve and oneon Wednesday morning , the nei ghbourhood of West-street , Smithheld , was thrown into the utmost state of excitement , m consequence of the auddea outbreak of a most obstructive fire upon the premises belonging to Messrs . Daveness and Co ., Turnmill-strtet , birdimporters . The first discovery appears to have been made by a passer by through seeing a great column of smoke and sparks mounting over the roofs of the dwelling houses . An instant alarm was spread , and the inmates were aroused from their slumbers . It was then perceived that the fire was raging in the centre of a building filled with hay and straw , over which was erected a range of premises containing upwards of 150 dozen of live pigeom . An attempt was made to save them , but the fire being so powerful tho parties were forced to matn n . nrammtiLtA

      retreat . Fortunately the horses were all got out in safety . About eight engines of tho brigade , under the superintendence of Mr . Braidwood , with One or two more froni the pariah stations , were remarkablv quick in arnnag , and were followed by the West of iiigland engine and firemen , with Mr . Connorton . Water was obtained in abundance , from which several engines were Bet to work , but the firemen , although they exerted themselves to the utmost , were unable to . confine the fire to the premises where it becan , and very speedily a long range of buildings near 70 feet deep next beoame ignited . The engines were worked with full vigour until two o'clock , when it became evident that the l * mos were succumbing beneath the exertions of the firemen , and in the

      course of another quarter of an hour or so they were completely subdued . The damage done is considerable ; for besides the destruclion of the 150 dozen pigeons , a great number of fowls perished in tbefire , and the whole of the buildings above named are gutted . The origin of the fire is not precisely ascertained , but it is the opinion of one of the firm that it was the work of some vile incendiary . The present is the third fire upon the same premises within ' nine months . Melancholy Occurrence . —Three Lites Lost . —On the afternoon of Monday last a boat belonging to her Majesty ' s cutter , Sparrow , Commander Ottar ( at present stationed at Sutherlandshire , on the Government survey ) , having on board Dr . Black .

      from Tongue ( who had been visiting one of the men who had received some injury ou board the vessel , tha cutter ' s dootor being ashore on business ) , Mr . Tweeddale , purser , and three sailors , when about half way up the Frith , was upset by a squall , and all on board were precipitated into the water . They managed to get upon the keel of the boat , and remained there , according to the supposition of the survivors , for two hours . The tide having drifted the boat towards a sand-bank the mast struck on it , when they were again thrown upon the mercy of the waves . Melancholy to relate , Mr . Tweeddale

      and two of the sailors sunk to rise no more . Mr . Black and the remaining sailor held on for some time by the boat and then swam off in the direotion of the shore , which they gained in a greatly exhausted state , directly under Mr . Paterson ' s house at Melness . They swam , it is supposed , half the breadth of the Frith . The bodies of those who perished were found , and have been decently interred in the churchyard of Tongue . Mr . Tweeddale was a very excellent youDg man , and was much respected by his commandor and all on board . No fewer than BiX lives have been lost in the Tongue district within the last two weeks . —JoA » O'Groat ' s Jouri

      nal , Mail Coach Accidf . nt . —On tho morning of Tuesday last the Waterford ( down ) mail , which arrives in this city at a quarter after four o ' clock a . m ., met at Dunmore three colliers' cars straggling along the road , and ita which their owners were lying fast asleep , without the possibility of being roused , though called several times from the coach for that purpose . Kelly , tho driver ., who only saw the first car , as the others had not come within the sphere of the lights , contrived to pass it , by taking the wrong side of ( ho road , but he had scarcely done so when the leaders

      coming in contact with the second car bolted to one side , eaused the near wheeler to be struck with the shaft , whereupon that animal also suddenly turned round and upset the coach over a low fence into a deep ditch at the other side . There were no outside passenKers , but the driver received a severe bruise in the hip , and the guard was thrown upon his head . Fortunately , however , neither of them was dangerously injured . The inside passengers , three in number , luckily escaped unhurt , with the exception of a slight cut in the face ( torn the windowglass , received by the Rev . Mr . Cass , P . P ., of this city . —Kilkenny Moderator .

      Melancholy Accident , —The little village of Nun Monkton , near York , was ou Sunday thrown into a state of much excitement , in consequence of the discovery of a man ' s hat floating on the Nidd . After some difficulty it was secured , and tho name being written inside , it waa recognized as belonging to a butcher of the place , named George Tyadal , who had been missing since the previous night . It had been supposed that he was at some public-houso drinking as was his custum , and no inquiry had been made for him ; but an alarm being thus givon , the banks of the river were examined , and his footsteps were traced to the brink , making it evident that he had himself walked into the stream , and sought

      destruction . The river was dragged for several hours on Sunday , but the body could , not bo found ; and the stron g current which there is at that spot from tho junction of the Nidd and Ouso , with the high siate of the water at present , and the length of time that elapsed before the hat was discovered , render it extremely improbable that any effort to find the body will bo successful . Unhappily , the deceased was an habitually intemperate man , and on a former occasion he attempted to drown himself a ' , the same spot , but was fortunately discovered when sinking . He has left a widow and nine young children in the greatest distress . This is the second accident of the kind in this neighbourhood during the last few months .

      The Biter Bitten . —A rather curious charge of felony was made at Marlborough-street police office on Monday by Mr . Van Beyer , shoemaker , No . 42 , Burlington-arcade , who accused Miss Rebbcca Cook , a young woman elegantly dressed , who keeps a shoe-Biiop atNO : M in the same arcade , and who was , re c entl y in the service of Mr . Van Bever , as shopwoman , and Adelo Dupierre , his presentahopwomau , with robbing him of a large quantity of shoes . The prosecutor had missed some shoes , and had accused Dupierre of the theft , when she stated that she had been instigated by Cook to steal the . property , upon which both Cook and Dupierre were given into custody . It appears that Col . Loftua , late of the Guards , considers Miss Cook to be his " pet of pets ;" and on hearing that she was in durance vile .

      proceeded to the station to procure her liberation . Not being able to succeed in this , he attended before the magistrate with his solicitor to watch proceedings . The case having been gone into , and Dupierre called on for her defence , she said she had pawned the shoes under the direction of Mr Van Bever , who had told her to accuse Miss Cook of having incited her to pawn the shoes , in order that she might have the money . Miss Cook , however , knew nothing about the shoes being pawned , and never had any part of the money . Mr . Van Bever was in amassment . Dupierre was remanded . Miss Cook was discharged , and Colonel Loftus taking up his gold-headed cane , hurried after the " pet of pets , " shaking her warmly by the hand in congratulation at her being set at liberty .

      _ _ „ MURDFR OF THE DOVER POLICEMAN . —VehDICT on Wilful Murder . —Dover , Sefi , 14 . —The inquest on the body of Samuel Couchman , police-constable of this place , who was savagely murdered on Sunday evening last at Bridge-street , Charlton , Dover , while attempting to quell a riot that had arisen among a party of broom dashers and poachers , principally consisting of an old man named James Clark , and his five sons , terminated , after four sittings , this morning , between twelve and one o'clock , a . m ., when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against James Clark , the father , William Clark , Thomas Clark , John Clark , and Stephen Clark ( his sons ) , William Smith , and other persons unknown . Frederick Clark and John Wood , who , with old

      Clark , and one of bis eons ( Stephen ) were taken into custody on the morning of the murder , were discharged , and the old man and his son Stephen were committed to Maidstone gaol , to take their trial at the next Maidstone assizes , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute . The prisoners in custody were sent off to Maidstone this day . A reward has been offered for the apprehension of Thomas Clark , William Clark , John Clark , and William Smith , who are still at large . It is reported that these parties were seen to enter Bosenden-wopd , near Canterbury , the scene bf the Courtenay tragedy , and that they are still concealed there . The funeral of poor Couchman , the policeman , the exponce of which was defrayed by the borough , took place on Thursday , and was attended by the civio authorities , &o . A

      subscription has also been commenced for the benefit of the wife and the two children of the murdered man . No similar case of atrocity having occurred in Dover in man ' s remembrance , it has produced a melancholy sensation unprecedented . It has been stated in pome of the papers that the broom handle with which Thomas Clark ( one of the parties still at large ) assailed his victim , and which the witnesses described him to have grasped with both hands , and " struck him down like a butcher killing a bullock , " was loaded at one end with a piece of iron , but this is not the fact . It is a thickish home-made broom handle without any appendage ; and as the surgeon stated , a tremendous blow must have been given with it , for the bones of the nose were , not . only broken , but driven into the head .

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      Burglary at Wakefield and Capipre of the Thieves . —On Saturday night last , the dwellinghouse of Robert Stizaker , of jNew-street , Wakefield , was broken iute . Sticker is a dealer in pots , and had locked up his house to attend the market . About ten o ' clock , a sudden shower ! of rain coming on , he packed up and returned home much sooner than usual . On . reaching his residence he found that it had been forcibly entered by thkves , who had not left the premises . Scarcely had Stizsker got within the throshold , before two of the burglars rushed past him and speedily disappeared ; a third man was secured in the house , where j we was detained until Messrs . Brierley and Carter ! arrived . The name of

      this man is James Glover , ; and he has been tried at the assizes and the sessions many times . The thieves had wrapped up a large quantity of wearing apparel , and Glover had got possession of a bag containing £ 20 in silver . ; The police subsequently apprehended two jmen , named Richard Perkin and James Wrigley , who , it is supposed , will prove to be the two men who effected their escape , Wrigley is also charged with having committed a felony at the shop of Mr . Dobsou , teadealer , about an hour after his friend Glover had been lodged in custody . All the prisoners were taken before the magistrates at the Court House , on Monday last , and at the request of Mr . Brierley remanded . ¦

      Fire . —On Thursday morning last , about eight o'clock , a volume of smoke . ' was observed to issue from the roof of the extensive farmstead occupied by Mr . Hawdon , situate in j the Clay Crofts , ne a r Selby . The alarm being given , the parish engines , and another belonging to Messrs . Gibson and Son , were quickly on the spot , with which , and a good supply of water , aided by the voluntary assistance of the neighbouring population , the progress of the devouring element , which at one time threatened the destruction of the entire ] premises , was in two hours considerably arrested , and before twelve o'clock it waa completely subdued . The origin of the fire is not known ; but tbe buildings having contained a large quantity of straw , ( placed there perhaps in a damp state and allowed to remain too long ) ( spontaneous ignition , rather ^ than the work of an incendiary , is tho probable cause .

      Forgert at thb BANK .-4 The discovery of a forgery on the Bank of England for £ 8 , 000 has been a matter of general conversation since the event occurred ; and as the chief ; party implicated is a clerk in the Bank of England , it naturally turns the attention of practical men to the working of a system by which facilities fare offered to persons connected with the Bank to effect such extensive frauds . It would be throwing a doubt on the character of a body of the most deserving and assiduous men , the Bank clerks , to suppose that because in one case such a fraud has been perpetrated that Othors will follow but nevertheless it is quite necussary that the Directors , ' in i ' u'Hre regulations , should endeavour to do away with the plan of

      identification by Bank clerks , which in the present case , has caused all the mischief . The following is understood to be tho manner in which Burgess , the Bank clerk , and his accomplice effected the fraud . The former , by his intimate acquaintance with the Bank books , found that a stockholder of many years' standing , Mr . William Oxenford , of the I Long Room , Custom House , had a large amount of money in Consols , and having obtained leave of I absence for a few days , it was during this interval ! that the forgery was executed . Ha > ing obtained this knowledge it seems he obtained a party , his accomplice , to represent the bonajide holder of the stock , and they proceeded to the Bank , and there effected a transfer of £ 8 , 200 , Burgess identifying his friend as a holder , and

      hence lulling suspicion . Directly they obtained the stock , they sold it at the current market price , and changed the notes they received in < o gold , which in equal divisions of £ 4 , 000 w « a deposited in a carpet bag , and taken away in a cab by the accomplice . It was not till the absence lof Burgess continued beyond his appointed time that a doubt entered the mind of his fellow-clerks of the legitimacy of the transaction ' , but when inquiries were made for him and he could not be found , the matter was investigated and the result ascertained . The culprits having had a week ' s start of the officers , there is every reason for supposing that they embraced the opportunity for a Transatlantic trip , and up to the present time no clue has been discovered of their retreat , although rumours from day to day have been circulated on the subject . So barefaced airaud was never before committed , and the Slack conspiracy ,

      notwithstanding us organisation was of a more complicated and ingenious character , was nothing to compare to the effrontery with which this forgery was carried out . Th * Directors of the Bank , it is understood , will in future not allow clerks to identify , but strictly enforce comparison of signature , and take the word of the broker , who will be made to suffer the loss in case of forgery or fraud following . It is said Burgess was originally introduced into the Bauk by two of the Directors , who knowing his father to be an honest , industrious man , felt inclined to serve him and his family , &Dd became sureties for the youth to the extent of £ 1000 . Thi « aimouut , of course , they will hare to pay . The remainder will be made up from what is termed " the ] Clerks' Fund , " which is specially raised by general subscription yearly , according to the amount of salaries paid , for the liquidation of such losses .

      Shocking Case of Destitution . —Sundftrland , Sfftember . 14 , —Yesterday { a workmg man j ftoied James Pemberton , 32 years of age , who resided in Baine& ' e-lane , in this town ] committed suicide by taking a draught of poison . He had a wife and four young children , and had not been able to obtain employment in his trade as a blacksmith since January last . During this long interval ho and his family had subsisted on small sums of money obtained by pawning first their furniture and afterwards their clothing until tbey had not ai single article left on which a farthing could be procured . For several days past they bad nothing to eat hut what was supplied to them through the charity of their neighbours , who being themselves poor people had

      extremely little to spare . Being at length placed on the very verge of starvation , be was tempted to procure a dose of poison , and thus hopelessly to end his miserable life . After he had taken a large draught of laudanum he communicated to his poor wife what he had done , telling her that misery and piWation had led him to commit the deed . She informed the neighbours , and Mr . Embleton , the unioa surgeon , was sent for , who applied the stomachpump and other suitable means for his recovery . He was insensible for some time ) and then rallied , and conversed in a very sensible manner with his wife and those around him—he asked her for something to eat , but there was not a morsel of food in the house . The relieving-officer for the SundeTland district , Mr . Taylor , was then sent for and informed of the wretched condition of the family . He almost

      immediately repaired to tha house , and found the family in a state of indescribable destitution . The man was lying in the agonies of death on a straw bed in a corner of the room , without an article of bedding to cover him , and an old broken stool and table were the only furniture . His wife was sitting beside him , lamenting her pitiable state , almost bursting with grief and perishing from want . The neighbours brought in some I covering , and the relieving-ofBcer supplied some j provisions , bnt before they reached him the poison had done its deadly work , and he expired . Such a case of destitution , accompanied by so many circumstances of misery , has probably never before oocurred in this populous town . Notice has been given to the coroner , and it ib expected an inquest will be held in the course of to-day . i

      Chil » Burned . —About six o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a girl nine years of age , daughter of Andrew Pilling , dyer , at Meanwood , near Rochdale , whilst engaged in putting coal on the fire in a house where she acted as nurse , incautiously went so near the fiTe that her clothes ignited ; and , although her mistress was in the house at the time , and rendered every assistance , the was burned in a shocking manner , and lingered in great agony until twelve o ' clock at noon on Monday last , when death put an end to her sufferings . ;

      Sacrilh « e near SELBY .-j-On Monday last , a notorious character , who gave his name William Thompson , but who is better known by the name of " Blueskin , " was charged before the sitting magistrates at the Town Hall , Sdlby , with having , on the 23 rd of January last , fbroken into the parish church at Brayton , and stolen therefrom two surplices , a black silk handkerchief , and about fourpence halfpenny in copper . The prisoner was met at an early hour on the morniug of the robbery , on the road leading from Selby jto Bray ton , by two of the Selby police officers , when they seized him with

      a bundle in his possession . A struggle ensued between the parties , in whioh Thompson beat the officers severely with a "jemmy , " and eventually made bis escape , leaving the bundle behind . On the latter being examined , it was found to contain two surplices , which were subsequently identified as having been stolen from Brayton church . The prisoner evaded the police until Friday last , when he was apprehended in Wjalmgate , York . The identity of the prisoner having beea established to the satisfaction of tho magistrates , he was committed to York Castle for trial at the next as-izes .

      Horrible Occurrence . —Oh Friday morning week a young man , about eighteen years of age , named Parradine , a farm labourer , jwas found in a ditch opposite the Phoftaix pubUc- ' aouse , in Staple Claydon , Buckinghamshire , nearly lifeless , and burnt almost to » cinder . It is supposed the poor fellow had got drunk on tbe preceding night , and rolled into the ditoh , with a lighted pipe in his hand , or had some luoifer-matohes upon his person , which ignited , thus destroying all the clothes onj hia body , and burning his frame to a complete cinder , the lower part of his person being entirely destroyed , and the interior of his frame being visible as if he had been flayed alive ; indeed , the poor creature p ? osentB a mo 3 t horrid epeotacle , his body being thus mutilated , while he is in possession of bis reason . Several individuals have been summoned before the borough magistrates on suspicion of haviDg some knowledge of the frightful calamity . j

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      EyicrfON OP Tenantry . —The Cork Examiner publishes the following " facts for Lord Devon" : — " Ia the parish of Dramtariff , within half a mile ol Kanturk , in this county , sixteen families , numbering ninety-Eix individuals , have beea turned off the land which they held for several years—many of them for forty years and upwards . This to « "k place on tbe 25 th of March last . This land , held by such a number of tenants , is now in the possession of one individual , and that individual , shall we add , is a Protestant . The landlord ib Richard Longfield , Esq . "

      Capture op Fits Hundred Whales . —On Thurs " day , an immense shoal of whales , amounting to upwards of five hundred , came in off the mouth of Sandvoe , in the immediate vicinity of Sandstingmaase , Zetland . The attention of the inhabitants was immediately roused by the sudden visit of these monsters of the deep . The herd was surrounded , and with some difficulty nearly all of U em captured . The carcasses were sold at an average of £ 2 5 s each , which will prove a very seasonable relief to many . — Scotch paper . Comical Freak . —Two ladiea , of the sect of the White Quakers , were apprehended in tha streets of Longford , where tbey displayed themselves in the supposed costume of Eden , viz-, a garment of leaves twisted together , and covering them from the waist to the kuee . ^ -Limerick Chronicle .

      Strike of Shi * Carpenters . —Sunderland , Sept . 17 —The ship carpenters of this port have struck tor an advance of wages . At present their wages are eighteen shillings per week , and ( bey request that these wages ( which it must be admitted are very low ) should be raised to twenty-one shillings . For tho last three or four years ship-building at this and the neighbouring towns has been in a greatly depressed state—so much so , that the wages of carpenters declined from thirty shillings and upwards down to eighteen shillings and even to sixteen shillings per week . Many ship-builders were either ruined or voluntarily closed their yards , and indeed last year there were scarcely evor a dozen ships upon the stocks at a time in this port , which was once

      celebrated aa the first amp-building port in the world . At the commencement of this year a revival of this important branch of industry took place , and hundreds of able bodied men who were thrown for sustenance upon the poor-rates again found employment , although at low wages . Since the close of tha pitmen ' s strike there has been an extraordinary demand fox vessels , and freights have been offered both in the coasting and foreign trades double those given at a corresponding period of the preceding year , and in some instances a still further advance has beea demanded and obtained . The consequence of this has been , that ships have risen in value , and an additional impetus has been given to ship-building , which is now in a thriving , and promises speedily to be in a highly flourishing , state . TLe men have

      seized the present opportunity so favourable for obtaining increased remuneration fer their labour . On Saturday night last , most of them oeased work , and yesterday they held a numerous meeting on Building Hill , at which they resolved to continue out of employment until tbey received 21 s , per week . This afternoon they were to have held another meeting in the same locality , but this meeting either was postponed , or the place altered . The general opinion in the town is , that the work * men are entitled to and will receive the advanced wages ; but it is to be regretted that previous to a strike commencing the men employed in any trade do not wait upon their employers , and represent their wishes and urge their claims . If this were done * strikes would not be so frequent as they now are , and a better feeling would prevail amongst masters and men .

      Odd Fellowship . —Leeds District , M . U . —Anniversary of ths Loyal Jolly Sailor Lodge . — On Tuesday evening last , the members of this lodgo held their anniversary , in the large Shool Room adjoining Christ Church , Meadow-lane . About half © past six o ' clock , upwards of one hundred of thfc brethren , including several respectable guests , sadown to a most substantial dinner , which was provided by Mr . Selby , of the Brown Cow Ian , tho getting up of which did him very great credit . Mr . Councillor Craven was called on to preside , and was well supported by P . P . G . M . Brown , as Vice-chairman . After the cloth had been withdrawn , the Chairman read a letter from the Rev . Dr . Hook , ( who is a member of the Lodge ) in whioh the rev , gentleman apologised for not being present on tfie occasion—severe family affliction preventing " . The usual loyal toasts having been given , and duly

      responded to , the Chairman called upon P . G . Perrin , who , in a neat and appropriate speech , presented Mr . Secretary John Cook with a splendid silver watch and guard , on whioh was engraved the following inscription : — " Presented to Mr . J . Cook by the Brethren of the Loyal Joll y Sailor Lodge , on the 17 th of September , 1844 , for his efficient services as secretary . " Mr . Cook britfly returned thanks In the coarse of the evening , several excellent toasts and sentiments were given in connection with the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows , which were heartily responded to by all present . Remarks were made by different speakers , showing the flourishing state of the Order , and tbe great advantages to be derived from belonging to such a laudable institution . The health . of the Chairman having been given aud duly honoured , the Brethren separated , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings .

      The Pirates off the Coast of Borneo . —Another Sijtp ' s Crew Murdered . —By letters which were received at Lloyd's on Monday , from Singapore , we learn of further horrible atrocities by the pirates off the coast of Borneo . In addition to the capture of the Belgiau brig Charles , another unfortunate ship , called the Luckly Blass , a brig 200 tons burthen , has been taken by them , plundered , and afterwards set fire to , and the whole of the unhappy orew and passengers , amounting , it is currently reported , to eighteen persons , massacred . The wretches , there is no doubt , are the same who murdered thf ! Honourable Paul Erskine Murray

      and two seamen in the moath of January 1 ? at . A , letter from a naval officer oa board tho Harlequiam , dated Singapore , July the 3 rd , states that her Majesty ' s surveying ship , Captain E . Belcher , C . B ., hearing of the treachery perpetrated by the natives ( the Sultan admitting the massacre of twenty-seven European captains and the capture of their vessels ) , proceeded along the coast . The Samarang returned to Singapore two days since , with her commander Captain E . Belcher , severely wounded in both thighs , but doing exceedingly favourable . The ship had been engaged in a fight with the pirates , and they had burnt and destroyed no fewer than eight piratical proas .

      More Young Patriots.

      MORE YOUNG PATRIOTS .

      Another Feargus . —On Sunday the 15 th instant at St . Paul ' s Chapel , Royton , by the Rev . Jobo Dobie , a child , the son of John and Hannah Beswiok miner , of Luzloy-brook , Royton , was christened Fcargus O'Connor Beswiok . The Rev . Gentleman , before doing his duty , repeatedly asked if no other name than that would do , as it was a pity that such a pretty little child should be disgraced by the name of Feargus O'Connor . The R « v . Gentleman ' s language took no effdet ; the mother persisted , declaring the name was one they liked , and that name the child must have , or none . The Rev . Gentleman came too at last , and christened it Feargus O'Connor . Roistered lately at the Registry Ofiice , Paddington , James John Frost Packer , son of Alfred and E'izibefch Packer .

      Baptized , on tho 31 st July last , at the parish Church , Greenwich , Anne Dunoombe Knight , daugb . » ter of James and Elizabeth Knight . Born at Shildon , in the County of Durham , on the 8 hjnstant , Thomas Duncombe Martin . In the same family there arc John Frost Martin and Feargus O'Coanor Martin . So John Frost , Fearguft O'Connor , and Thomas Duncombe are brother ^ .

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      Murder . —A shocking murder was committed on Sunday evening last , in the neighbourhood of Taliaris , in this county , on the body of a young woman , a servant to a fanner there . She went out in theevening to fetch the cows home for the purpose of being milked , and not returning at the usual time , a person was sent in search of her , who found the body lying by the side of the hedge , in a field close to one of the lodges of Taliaris-house . The body presented a dreadful appearance ; the throat was cut , and several other gashes inflicted about the region of the neck and throat ; the knife with whioh it is supposed the cruel deed was effected , was found some small distance from the corpse . A coroner ' s inquest was held , and a verdict returned of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . Carmarthen Journal .

      Murder Eleven Years Ago . —On Saturday & man , named Riorden , was brought before Mr . Rushton , on a charge of having been con erned in the murder of Cornelius Sullivan , near Macroom , in the county of Cork , in the year 1833 . It appeared that Riorden , though almost in constant employment in Liverpool ever since , had continued to evade tho vigilance of the police , and that a quarrel between him and one of his associates , who was in the secret , led to his apprehension . He was sent over to Dublin on Saturday evening , thence to be conveyed to the gaol of the county of Cork . —Liverpool Chronicle

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      DEATH . On the 17 th ultimo , aged 53 years , Mr . J . Crow ther , fustian cutter , of the Biid i ' th Hand , Sjuthernetreet , Liverpool-road , Manchester . A 3 a husband and father he was fciud . and ipdulgenc ; as a friend and companion he was opea , jocular , generous , and free ; as a member of his trade he was upright and consistent ; as a Chartist and Radical of the old school , he was an ardent and warm supporter of universal freedom , and ever ready to give assistance to the familiesof his exiled and incarcerated brethren . His memory wUl be long cherished by a numerous circle of friends .

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      September 21 , 1844 . MORTfljfiRNSTAR 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1281/page/5/