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: ?^ fcPijlSii # !^ S ^ ;^ o * HEA ^^ ri ^ N iias DijKDfbjrHB ^ Fsek : — In the VMkendi ^ l ^ " Saturday , il , 133 ; d ^ ths were , re-^ 4 ekof ten previous yea * s ( 1840-9 ) they , range d from 8 ffi |; tp 1 , 510 VandthoaTerage of the ten correspondui < rweefcs ;; raised according to increase of population " , ; which is estimated at 1 . 55 per cent , animaUy , isl , 252 . ,-As compared with deaths registered -weefely in last December , the present return exhibitsanincrease of nearly 100 . The mortality from bronchitis has increased in two weeks from 78 deaths to 103 , while that from pnempnia has increased frorii 69 to 95 ; . the averages of the two
diseases in the same week of ten previous years are S 7 and 104 .. "From phthisis there were 139 deaths , ^ which is sli g htl y under the corrected average Fromsmall-pqx there were only 8 ; in the ten corr , espondmg wkks of 1840-9 , th i s e pi d emic rang ed from 5 to SO . Hooping-corigh , which was fatal to 23 children , is also tinder the usuaT number . Meas l es scarlatina , and typhus produce nearly the or di nary a mount o f . mortality ; tint all the five epi--demics , with the exception of measles , areriowmuch less fatal than in the same week of last year . The daughter of a labourer , aged six years , died at Scott ' s ^ cottages , . Shepherd's-bush , ' on the 31 st of Ifecember , of "Marasmusafter cholera , " after an illness of six months' dnration . From dLarrhoea
there were only eig ht deaths ; but six , which 13 rather more than usual , occurred from dysentery ; 125 . deaths were registered last week as having oc-- ^ n rredin the workhouses of I / ondon , and 94 in hospitals . Seven old p ensioners , whose ages ranged from 62 to S 3 years , died at Greenwich , between the 23 th of December and the 1 st of January , inclusive . The daily mean reading of the barometer ot Greenwich , was above 30 in . on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday . The mean ot- the week was 29-S 67 in . The mean temperature was lower than the average of seven years on every day except Thursday and Friday ; on the latter it rose 7 degrees above the average of that day . The mean temperature , which was 43 degrees on Friday , fell to 3 i _ degrees on ^ Saturday . The mean of the week was 35 degrees .
-The Ice is the . Eases . — -Accidents asd Loss dp Life . —On Saturday morning last the mercury jn the thermometer fell considerably , and during ihe night was as low as twenty-eig ht degrees , four . degrees below freezing point ., This sudden change in the weather , caused the ice in the various ornamental waters in the royal parks , which durin g the . preceding days had partially broken up , to b ecome -again united . . The ice , however , . was fir from being safe , that- portion under the immediate surface : being exceedingly - rotten , and boards announcing that facfc . were stuck up . along the several hanks in the parks , which it was . expected- would have de-; terred any ; one from venturing ,. upon the same . However , several thousand persons , amused themselves on Sunday upon the frozen waters in spite of
the caution : On the Serpentine a . respectably ! attired young man , who was skating-on the south side ; near the aqueduct , broke in , and became immersed in twelve feet of water . Superintendent Murphy , and iceman , Beze , immediately proceeded to his assistance . He was not got out until he had been for full iour minutes under water , and was quite dead . The body was . conveyed to the Royal Humane Society ' s receiving-house , where prompt remedies were applied by the surgeons , but without effect . The , body was then removed by the parochial authorities to await the ! inquest , and also to be owned . From letters found in Ms pocket , and marks upon hi 3 apparel , his name is supposed to be Thomas Drayton . —In the Segent ' s-park the ice was also in a dangerous condition , but ,
notwithstanding its surfaceduring the day was attended hy nearly 20 , 000 skaters and sliders ; happily but one slig ht accident from immersion occurred . —In St . James ' s-park , where the ice was equally unsafe , the number of skaters and sliders was computed at 1 , 000 in the course of the day . There were about six accidents from the breaking of ihe ice , none of a fatal character ; bat about half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon three youths broke into sixteen feet of water , and were with considerable difficulty rescued , and conveyed to the Royal Humane Society 's marquee , were eventuall y t h ey recover e d so as to he able to proceed home . Shortly after four o ' clock , although every endeavour had been made to clear the ice , several again got on , when suddenly the ice at the east end , near the Horse
Guards , gave way in several parts . Seven persons broke into a depth of nearly nine feet of water . These cases "were of a-rery serious nature , and were as follows : —Charles Stratford , of 2 , Old Burlington-street , who , after being under water nearly four minutes , was rescued by iceman Martin , and conveyed to the marquee without any apparent signs of life ; after receiving stimulants , h ot b ath , and the exertions of Mr . Surgeon M'Cann ' s assistant , he recovered ; but it was not until nearly sev e n o 'clock in the evening that he was well enough to be removed home . William Carter , of 3 , Cocks-conrfc , BeMdere-road ; Thomas Clark , of Great St . iadrew ' s-street , ; T . Brown , of 74 , Mortimer-street , Cavindish-square ; and Charles Bo b inson , of 34 , Dudley-street ( the latter in attempting to save others , ) were much exhausted and benumbed from the . length' of time they were . beseath the water ; and Mr . Deputy-Parsons , by whom they were chiefly rescued , was in the water
engaged in such efforts for nearly eight minutes . The whole of these received the same attention as the preceding , and happily with equal success . —The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society ' s receiving-house , Hyde-park , was daring Sunday night as ; low as * twenty-six degrees , six degrees below freezing point , and early on Monday morning it was as low ; - as twenty-five degrees . The sharpness of the frost during the night had the effect of giving to the icea greater degree of solidity than itnad pre-Tionsly attained during the present winter . Thousands therefore ventured upon the frozen ' waters in ihe various parks . _ Owing to the admirable arrangements of Mr . Superintendent "Williams in distributing the iceman and apparatus over the Serpentine , not a single accident of any importance occurred there during the day . The body of the unfortunate man "who perished on Sunday ,- in the Serpentine , has since been identified as that of Thomas Drayton , who was in the employ of Messrs . Charlton a nd Easton , tea d ealers , Charing-cross .
Abk Dbuskabds Madmen ?—On Saturday last an investigation took place before Mr . Wakley , - sen ., at tue Thatched House , in the Lower-road , Islington , to inquire relative to the death of Edward WUMnson , aged forty-nine , when the followin g f ac t s were elicited : —According to the evidence of the deceased ' s wife he had been a drunkard for more than twenty years , and partly supported himself by hawking fish , relying on her exertion ' s principally for a home and other comforts . In August last he first com plained to her of illness , and , notwithst a ndin g every care on her part , he died on Wednesday last . Previous . to his demise he behaved in a very strange and wild manner , and she was desirous of having him under eontronl . at the workhou 3 e , but Mr . Pearce , the surgeon of the parish , would not certify that he
was insane . —Mr . wakley seeing that gentleman in court , asked him why he did not give a certificate of the onsonndness of the man's mind?—Mr . Pearce replied that he never noticed a deficiency of intellect , although he saw him almost daily during his illness . —Mr . Wakley : His wife has sworn that lie was a drunkard , and I hold that all such characters are mad , and ought to be placed ia confinement . No onepossessed of a rational mind will get intoxicated . —Mr . Pearce : If 1 were called on to certify in such cases there would be a clearance of half the neighbourhoods—Mr . Wakley :. The ; evil is great , ' and to be sorely lamented . However , I have no hesitation in saying that such unfortunate individuals ought to be confined and treated as lunatics . —Mr . Pearce : 1 don 'tknowwhat sort of a building you would
construct , or where you would find space enough to erect one . —Mr . . Wakley : Punish them . then ; for a few days , and diet on salt and water . —Mr . Pearce : You must b ear in mind , sir , that if . I were to certify unjustly in a case of insanity I should make myself liable to a penalty of £ 100 , which I am sure would be enforced were ! to do as yoa wish . —Mr . Wakley : I contend that you would be justified . —Mr . Pearce , in-answer to a further question by the coroner , said he bad prescribed medicine and food to . t h e d ecease d ' until ' ordered by the relieving overseer to discontinue the latter . —Mr . Wakley ( astonished : ) Why ; yon do not mean to say that you , the medical officer , are
dictated to , and told when to give , and what to give , to the unfortunate pauper under yoor care?—Mr . Pearce said he certainly was to the extent mentioned . : —Mr . Wakley remarked that such a system was cruel . and monstrous , adding , that in the House of Correction , and other places for felons , the surgeons had unlimited power to prescribe to its sick , inmates whatever his . patient reqnired . r-After some other remarks , the jury agreed with the coroner , that the power of-parish surgeons ^ should : be unshackled in orderingfor the afflicted poor , and in returning a ^• rardict , ? Natural death , " said thatMr . Pearce had rendered every assistance that his orders from the guardian board would allow him . ¦ ¦ ¦ . > -. ; -
; v'A . . Lady Bubned to "Death ! — Oh-Saturday last Mr . H ; M . Wakley held an inquest at the Three - ; Johns , Bagnigge-wells-road , 'bhthe body of the late ; Mrs . MaryPewlenM , aged fifty-three , the widow of « a btulder /^ wtose deatii occorred Tawler the following 1 metoehply ^ cirOTnMtM " cesi ^ --TJioinas Scott ; green-; grooer , ' i 4 i : White ^ Iioh ^ street ; stated that he was " , ' . alarmed by the cries of fire from No . ' 41 ; the late re-:: ; aden » bfthe de « ase ^ . ' ;; He ^ i ,, fqimg ., pperi . deceased ' s door , f oundj her lying , in r "flames and inseisiUe ' across the fireplace , the legs of ; ' j ^ 'di& ; pn ;^ £ ' (^ Iuia * . ^) een ^ Mipj being bnrnt j . ilso . ' ivlnf fife * s ^ e room' deceased ' s danghter lay in--. - gaanblecn' a . ' sofa , iifhi ^ wben" she recovered , - at * . femptedy t' ^ frngmsbing the ; g ^ e jy ^ thfflwingjulpws . " andj blankets upon 'it . : ^ l ) e ^ ease * waV'instantlyre-Imoved ^ and Had tte ' inostpiboiptsurgical aid , ; but , " after enduring prolonged torture , died . — -Miss Maria Pewlenan said that on the night in question Her mother lighted a fire to warm witness , who was rest-
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ing on the sofa , where she-slept untika ' wokt > ii £ the previous witness . 4 Her ; = mother- wrapped herseil in blanket 1 ) , and sat c 'oie to the fire .. b Mr . Moore , surg eon , was called upon to attend deceased , when Ik , found her on fire and insenable . ISHe was frightfully ; burned from the' legs upwards to the stomach . ' .. ' . Her case was hopeless . She 'died fronT exhaustion , ' the result of the accident . Verdict—'' Accidental death !" Sdicidb prom BiiAokFBUBs-BBiDdB . ^ On Tuesday ev e nin g , about six * o ' clock ;^ a ' respectably-dressed woman , apparently aboutnineteen or twenty-years of age , > was observed walking across : the bridge , w h en , on reaching , the third recess on the lower side nearest the Surrey shore , she mounted the seat and . deliberately threw herself into the ' water . A . cry
f orassist a n c e having beea raised , Kerry , the watch man on Blackfriars-pier , - ' together with : Mr ; Ware , the pier-master , put off in . a boat with the /' Royal Humane Society's drags , fcstaittough the river was draggedforupwardaoian hour , they were unabled to find the bo'Jy . Tho tide , at the time she threw herself over the bridge ; was vei-y low j so that there i 3 no doubt she was killed instantaneously by her head striking against'the bed of the . river . ; A black mant l e , worn b y the d ecea e d , was picked up in ' the water , and is lying at i&e police station in Fleetstreet , which may probably l ea d to the ' identification ' of the body ' when found . " Alarming Occukkbkce at . the' . Rotunda , BtACEPaiARS-aoAD . —Late on Sunday night last an
alarm of fire was raised in the Rotunda , Blackfriararoa d , whilst the amusements were going / on , which h a d well n ig h b een attended wi t h the most dis a str o u s results to many of the persons present . ' While the pantomime in one part of the house was being' fepre ^ sentei , a nd Middl e t o n ' s wax-work exhibition was open in another , and each place filled . with people , an alarm of " Fire , fire , " ran through the ; building . In an instant the dense mass of people present left their seats and rushed to the doors in order to gain the street . The passages not ^^ being sufficiently ; wide to allow bo great a number to pass , caused the greatest confusion to prevail , and several persons were forced down , and a few trodden upon . ' A boy was . picked u p w h o h a d b een knocked dow n b y the crow d , at th e entrance to the premises , and conveyed to the
surgery of Mr . Rose , at the corner of Stamford-street He was then perfectly insensible , and it was at first feared that he had been fatally wounded ; he howev er soon recovered , and was able to be removed to his own residence ^ Two . other b oys were Knocked down , and although much init . were enabled to walk home . . The- engines" of the . West of England and London Brigade , frpiri the" Waterloo-road statiRns , quickly attended , ; but their services fere not re- ; quired . Respecting the cause of the accident two versions are given—one is , that some blue fire . used for lighting up one of the scenes' set the gauze curtains in fames ; and the other , that some wax , whilst being melted , caught fire , and being seen' burning in the property room behind the stage , caused the " con--fusion .. Happily , no life was sacrificed / , although several persons bad narrow escapes . : ' , ' ¦ | -
Burning . ' or . , the Ship Ganges atPoplab . — Between nine and ten o ' clock on Satur d a y mornin g last , in f ormation was re c eived at the various bri g ade engine stations that a destructive fire had . broken out amongst the skipping in Messrs . Soamea' dock , at Poplar .. Foggo , the chief officer of the London brigade , started to the scene with several engines , where the firemen found that the splendid ship Ganges , upwards of 800 tons' burthen , advertised ' to sail for China on the 4 th of next month , had taken fire , and that a serious amount of property-had been consumed . It-appears that the . ship carpenters . working in the yard perceived dense bodies of smoke pouring from the hatchways , and upon entering the * ship they found the main cabin in flamea . They instantly gave ah alarm , but before assistance could be obtained the fire was rushing from the various openings on the deck , and mounting the mizen mast with such impetuosity that the entire destruction of the
vessel appeared inevitable . The engines were got to work , but in spite of the tnozb strenuous exertions some hours elapsed ere the flames could be conquered . The fire so weakened the mizen mast that fears ' were entertained lest it should fall and kill some of the p erso n s w h o w ere en gag e d in ext i n g uishin g the fir e , and also pull the other masts over . . One of the men , therefore , mounted the next mast for the purpose of cutting away the tackle which held the two together . In doing so he nearly lost his life , for the instant he severed the ropes the mizen mast fell with a tremendous crash over the dock gates into the river , at the same time the man was swung round with such violence that had he not have held on by an iron ring he must have been dashed to pieces . The whole of the bedding , furniture , fire-arms , < fcc , in the main cabin were consumed , and the ship so , severely burned that it will take some thousand pounds to repair her . She is reported to be insured . <' . ; . ' . . .
Pibb at MiLE-Exn "New'TOwn . —On Monday morning , a little before three o ' c lock , a fire ,-nearly at-, ten d e d w i t h di sastrous results , broke out in the premises occupied by Mr . T . J .-Peterken , a bread and biscuit baker , carrying on business at No . ; 7 , Clarkson-street , Mile-end New-town . In spite of the exertions of the firemen the flames could not he subdued until the premises were burned down , and the stock in trade , fixtures , and wearing apparel of the inmates consumed . .. ¦ : •/ --. ' : Stabbing by a : ; Bot . —On -Saturday afternoon last , two lads , named Smith and' White , ' in the employment of Mr . Robinson , cigar manufacturer , Gross-lane , St . Dunstan ' s-bill , quarrelled , and grappled with each other . After a short struggle White caid , '' If you don ' t let ' me go , Iwill stab you , " and
immedi a tel y f u lfilled hi s thr ea t , by stabbing Smith in the abdomen with a knife ,- which he tbokup from a bench . The wounded lad was taken to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he now lies , and White is in custody . COXSECBATION OF A GREEK - ' CHDRCHi — ' On Sunday last the first building erected in England in connexion with the Greek church was consecrated whh unusual ceremony . -The-edifice is ' situate in IiOEdon-wall , opposite All Hallows Church , and is designed for the accommodation of the families of the Greek merchants resident in London , and has been erected at a cost of ; nearly . J&IO . OOO . The interior is richly ornamented , and in general appearance is not unlike the chapels of the -Roman Catholic bndy . It is intended that there shall he one service every Sunday , commencing at eleven o'clock . -
Extraordinary Explosion . —On Sunday morning , between eleven and twelve-o ' clock , a n explo s ion , nearly attended with fatal ' consequences to three persons , happened on the premises-belonging to Messrs . C . and D . HayB ; the extensive granary keepers of Mill-street , Dockhead . A vessel laden with flour was lying in the dock alongside of Messrs . Hays ' s drying kilns . - The engineer in the employ of the firm invited the men in charge of the cargo to inspect the machinery in- his " master ' s ; kUns . and drew out one of the iron slides under tho sifters , which caused the dust of the barley accumulated
t h ereon to fa ll , and coming in contact with the hot a i r p ipes , it became ignited ; when the whole of the remaining dust exploded , bl owing t h e t il e s off the roof of the kilns ; The engineer and'the two men who had accompanied him into the kilns were forced down , and all three were severely burned .: A quantity of malting was also set on fire ^ but tie workmen immedi a tel y commence d p ouring b uckets of w a ter up o n the fla mes , and prevent ed the fire from progressing . The engineer and the other two men were , however , so ba d l y burned that they were obliged to have medical assistance . ' The firm waa insured . - > ¦ : '
The Child Mubdeb is Hablet-strebt . —Sarah Brake has behaved herself with g r ea t pro p riety ever since her committal , and we understand that she is frequently visited by lady Pirie ; by whoni portions oi scripture are read to her , and towhich she listens with the most devout attention : she strongly , denies having m a d e a' confession to the searcher at the station house as to the murder ' with which , she stands charged , and is quite confident of being able to satisfy a jury that" the search e r h as sworn falsely . None of her relations have called to see her at the prison , but sha has received a letter from' one o f t h em , in which the : writer , intimates
that it will not be worth her while to dp anything for her as she is almost suretobe hanged ; she compl ai ns of misr e pre s ent a tions ' which' appeared ori ginally in country papers , and were subsequently copied from them into thei London Journals ; ^ as to her former dissolute career and' her making away with one or more infants . It further appwrs that th e pri s on e r h a s f or some length ' of time ^ pt upa correspondence with a highly respectable person , a land steward , and that in one of his letters' to her , he implores of her not to think of quitting England , as an union between them wa 3 essential to his future happiness . ' ' ! "• ¦ ¦;"' ¦ " ; : " ;! - ;; " .
Plough Mokoat at thk , Mujsioh-hoube . —The Lord Mayor , and Lady Mayoress , according , to ancient custom , entertained ^ the' gentlemen , connected with , the several official departments of the corporation at dinner . Covers were laid for sixty , and ttie " party broke up atVabbut ; , eleven ' ' o ' clock . Before leaving each gentleman was . presented with a service consistin g o f cake a n d sweetmeat , for . the younger branches of their several families . ; \ Siren Smogqeed as Oil CAKE . r-A seizure having recently been' made at the port of ; London of a ! qu a ntity of . compressed snuff , ; imported , from Rotterdam , made up in the form of oil , seed cake , and packed : together ; with genuine ; cakes of that article ,
the principal officers of : tbe customs : at the ; 8 eyeral ports have received . directions' to enjoin the several officers of the department at their respective ports to exereise the utmost vigilance : to detect attempts Of asUnilaxnatOW . ^/ ;; vr : - •>; ,:,-r ' : '; b -:. \ 'i ; U-/ The ^ LosboNDisPENSABt . —This old : and useful charity , ' ¦ 'during- 'the ; year ; -that hasjust . closed ,-relieved no jesstnan 2 , 244 persons > ho wereadniitted , only-68- ; of ^ whom' died . ; -This - > charity ^ iikewise ( relieves poor persons at * , their own homes in one of the most'destitute parte of : the metiwpolis , ; Viz . j Spitalflelds . . Theifunds ^ ofthel'cHarityj require replenishing .: The ClothworkerafCompany ! have given a don a t i on of £ 1 0 1 0 s . and . some of ; the ' other larger companies , we believe , are about to follow thei example .
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df ' Mv . Hen& ; jfflrmeivwa . 8 j . pa 38 ing ( a ] piig . the , trar » - road , leading from the coal-pits . belongiDg to Mr , , SiK ¦ orrTibjh ' ei ^; n ' m ™ to ? : w $ e $ & whravonreaching-a fiedadjoining Newt ( fe-roadhe bbserved ' a man lyihg J oh the : ground Jihe ' we b t u p oto the Bpbt'for . the purpose of ascertaining > w «^ " ^ aa »; when he discovered ; that theiman was an , the ; midst . of a large i pool of ,-v blood ^ and . quite . dead .., Ihe labourer immediately- , procured- ^^ assi 8 tan . ee and _ rer moved the bo ^ yi . which ^ 'turned , out , to be that ot William T . horp ; gamekeeperto ; theRev 7 Fi'Sharpe , ' of'Tib-helfitO his house ; where ,, o ' nexamination ,.. lt was found th 4 he bad been shot just . above the ; right knee ; the ; shot . having , torn the artery ; . open and causediiis death ' from loss 6 f 'blood . 'It ' was soon
; afterwards ' ag ' certaihod ' that' six men , ; wno had tne appearance of poachers ; had beeri ' sefen-m thevicimty only a short time previous tohThorpe s 'body /^ eing f o und ,, and he . also having ' been / seen , ^ hereabouts after three o ' clock . the , . same . afternoon , it was . suspected ' th a t the y w e re the p artie s' who bad . been the c a us e ' of the poor fellow ' s death ! . Information was immediately forwarded to' the police-sit- Marsheld , Notts ; and several of the party being known . , Super ; intendent Picker , and police-constables . ^ a dford and Page went in . search of .. the . suspected persons , and after ' great exertion succeeding" in taking , tne" whole six " before four o ' clock ; on Sunday morning . The names of the prisoners who are now in the Mansfield lock-lip , arO-WiUiain'Beishton . yHeriry Alaop , George
Marshall , Thomas Marshall , James Wardi '; andcJohn Moaks , all . of v nucknaU-under-HuthwaijIe ,. Notts . Some of them appear to feel the nature of the crime they ' are charged with ' and the awful position in which they are placed : ff ' - 'C : :: ' i ' ' < " - - - : '" - ' "¦'¦ jJ ' ' u' ••' ¦ '' . '¦; V / Infanticide 'and atteuptbd \ Self-destruction of thk , MoinEB . —rOn Monday j morning , ; between eight and nine , o ' clock , a shocking , occurrence . took place at a cottage near the Rose and Crown , Inn . Chelmsfbrd . * Tho husband of ; a woman named Page has been in the Employ of a farmdr at Writtlej as shepherd for some time past / and on . Saturday ev e ni n g l as t his ma s te r told h im he should . have .-to reduce his wages to . 8 s . per week ; this Pag ^ commiihicated ' to his \ vife , and ' . on the Monday morning he again went to . his ; master to learn" it" it was 'his
intention to do so immediately ' , and receiving am answer in the affirmative , he -left his employer in ' owler to find something better .: : Having he ard there was a probability of- his finding work at Billericay , he left his house to go there . His wife , it is stated , had been ih ' a'low and 'desponding ' way for ' some ; time ;^ and her husband ' s self-dismissal " oporting , it is supposed ; upon her mind / and creating an impression which she communicated to her : neighbours , ' that she should come to want ,. she on ; Monday , in her husband's absence , \ nearly ; severed . the head from the body of her infant'child , only five weeks old , with a ' razotf arid'immediatelyafter told a ' ppr : son next dobv she had killedher child . : "Her neighf hours found this statement to be tootme , and in
the midst of their consterriation ^ at the awful . occurrerice , the unfortunate woman attempted her own life with tho" instrument with whicli' '" she ^ 'had ' . destro y ed her ' child . The motherj who is atout ' fqrty years of age , has another child'livings and she is n o w closel y watc h ed bya policeman , ' in w hose ; custody , in her own house , she has . been placed . ; V SAeBiLEOB at Kilndown Chijrch . — , Oh Sunday se ' nnight ' somo thieves made an Gntr ' aneb into this church , and stole the corite ' rits ' bf the alms-box and the box-fof' su b scr i pt i ons i < st the repairs > of the church . -The amount stolen has , not been ascertained , but is believed to , be considerable . On Saturday another robbery was ' perpetrated . ' On this occasion the thieves first broke ' open tho
toolroom . of the workmen that are building a newhoiise for the chaplain , stol e f rom it several tool s with which they removed the . wire-guard from the beautifully ' stained glass' window , representing BtV" Amb rose , and by smashing the bottom part of the window containing the inscription under- the fi gure they again entered the church , andby climbing up the pulpit descended by the stairs into the vestry where they , plundered tho book chest of its elaborately bound set of church booksj , that were presented to the establishment by A . J . B . Hope , Esq ., M . P ., supposed to be worth several hundred pounds . Not content with this , the y tore d own t h e sur p lices an d
tram pled- them under their ; feet , as did they also the pulpit cushion . . > ¦¦' ¦ : " . . ¦ ... ¦? : Fire at Livebpooi . —About eleven o ' clock ; on M on d ay n i g h t a firo was d i sc o vere d to have t a kon place in the extensive steam ' and wind corn mills of Messrs .-Lunt and : Simpson . The ' , ' premises , run ' from Bevington-bush , bounded by Ennerdale-street to Limekiln-lane . ; The ' five originated in . the . screenroom i hut as the mill had been stopped from Saturday for the purpose of cleansing the boilers , bo cause'has been ascertained to which its commencement can bo attributed . Mr . Maxwell and a . large body of the fire police were vpromptlyonthe spot | but water was not obtained until a considerable
time bad elapaed , F rom t h e ' first there was but little hope pf saying either the steam or the windmill , ana , c ons eq uentl y , all . energ i e s , were . d evoted to some detached store-rooms , and a line of cottage property in Ennerdale-street ; which were ultimately saved ; The amount of Iobs on "tho stock it is thousrht will be barely covered by the insurances ; w hich a re e ff e cte d to th o a mount o f £ 3 , 000 in the Yorkshire Office , and £ 1 , 000 in the Norwich Union . The premises are the property of Mr . "Whalley , and are , it is understood , insured also , and with the Norwich Union'Company . '/ ' : ' " - ' ¦; '
: OufnAQir of Poachers . —A most scandalous outrage has been committed on < the domain of Sir , \ V . P .- Middleton , Shvubland Park ; i , In the middle of tho night , a gang of from ten to fifteeen armed poachers r proceeded to ¦ the , gamekeeper ' s lpdge ; Here they discharged some guns under the window , uttering ferocious threats ; after which they entered the preserves , and from the constant and prolonged succession of the reports no doubt remains , that a large quantity of game was killed and stolen . It is supposed , as in the case of stolen poultry , the'whole of tho gamo was removed in some 70 ) 11016 . provided foi ' thepurpo ' s ^ and's eht off to a distarit market . The gamekeep ' ers ' and watchers were deterred from pursuit ; of the villains ; and very properly so , for had they interfered , the pvobability is that bloodshed would have been the result , a ' sthe ' gang . 'from their language , appeared to include some of the most determined desperadoes in the neighbourhood . — BiiryPost , / : ¦ ,, ; :: ; ; .: .: : :=. ¦ ,
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mjt / fm ' if tii * im ^^ i 1 1 11 hi 1 in ; . ¦ . ; ' ; :... ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ ^ cbtianiiv ; '' .. ; ' : " :,:. % \ - « , The Gale ; of Last Wekk .-t-Fern Islands—A correspondent of the ' . Caledonian ' Mercury gives the following details from personal ' observation;—On Thursday week , about 35 sail had sought shelter under the Fern Island : but from the fury of the tempest ; and many not being able to get near enough to , the , . Island ,. also , ' from parting , flipping and driving , th e fl e et h a d b y Fri d ay eve n in g b e en r educe d to fifteen afloat , and four' sunk ^ v iz . i The Liberty of Leith , ' Captain Lawsoh ( having'been run into by the Britannia steamer , of Leith ) sunk at five a . m . on Friday , alongside , of the Arab , crew transferred on board the latter-rby eleven a . m . the Arab of . lamer
kilns , Muriro , master , haying ' pricked herself on the inast of the wreck , sunk on the to p ' o f her ; : both crews transferring themselves on board the / Mary Key of Dundee . The Nelly of Montrose , Pershaw maBter , having rolled away her masts in the morning , wasfound to be in a sinking' state , and by ten ' a . m . the crew were conveyed on ooard the John of Dundee ; Captain Roger r being hauled through the water by ^ a rope thrown from the one ship to the other . ; By three p . m . on Friday the dismasted ship swung up u n der th e st e rn o f th e Joh n , arid inafew minuteB s tove h e r , so that they , both sunk together . ' -The crews of both vessels had then to escape in the utmost haste on Aboard the Margaret and Eliza of North Berwick ; whicK vessel's ch a ins w e re j ' the ' n
overlaid by the wrecks , arid consequently had to be slipped on Sunday , when she stood out toseajwith windlass broken in two . ; . - ¦• : ¦ ¦¦¦ .-,:, •¦" ;¦ " ¦ ¦ . > ' .- ' ¦ .. ? ' { High Court op , Justiciary . —This . ceurfc me ( on Saturday last—present , the Lord Justice Cleric , and Lords Mackenzie and Wood . —TriavtobMukder of a Gakekeepbr . — An d rew Forr e st . ' a b lacksmith / was pl ace d at the bar , charged . with the crime of murder , having on the 5 th of September last , on or near the road which leads from Stoney-meadow toll by Crookedshields toll-bar , in , the parish of Cambu 8 larig , " county of Lanark , at a p art of the roa d ; situated in the parish of Carabuslang , which" is 594 yards to the westward of Stoney-meadow toll , and-16 yards to ; the . vrektward of ^ th « 5 vwestern , termination ' of , a
double row of trees skirting a portion of the sides of said-road , and . commonly , called the } Beeches , attacked' arid assaulted th ' e now deceased Joseph Kirby ; a gamekeeper ; residing- ' at Gilbertfield-casUe , intlie pariah of Oambnslanff , and did , ' with a gun or ovther fire-arm , loaded with powder and leadenshot , wickedly and feloniously shoot at the said Joseph Kirby . near his left breait , whereby he was morta l ly wounded , and Boon ' thefeafter died . ~ The'prisoner pleaded ., " Guilty . " * Several witnesses having j been ex a mined , the jury retired ; and , after ; a brief consultation , . they -gave ; in . their .. verdict , . ; that , i by a majority they found tho . libel .-Not ; P ; roven . —The prisoner accordingly left ,, evidently much ta thejsatisfaction of a crowded court-room .--Jft ) r tAJBri (! is ) i Iftitt
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Seaboh for Sir John Fbanijlin , —As ' it appoara ttero-is a ¦ pauaesittlio ; A . dtbiralty . about ' fittin g out aa expedition > w& Baffitt ' s Say ,- to-seavoU y ^ the missing ships '; we suppose , intelligencQ fr ^ niODr . Kae is expected , and also a ,, repoi % from Commandei Moor e , ofthePlover , but ; asit is well'krioVnthai the ' former had ' orders / that ' in the- ' event 'of'his obtainmgany tidmgof Sir-Jahn'OPi'i- nklin ' sexpeditionjho wa 8 to have sent anfixnre ' 3 g ; ,: which , as bis operationsiwoiildend beforethe ' middlepf Septem . per , anould hayeireaohed this country sby the las American . mail , -and ; as ., the ; report of ' ttibi latte ' snould reach . England by the next ; West Indian Snail the next ^ eeK' -will put '' an MWMHUmm po b tat i ons , ahd it' "will be seenwhat ' Btepsthei lordshipamuat ' . taka , ; bedause wo-are cohvinced ., tha thero must . he no longer any dolay .- « iVa »{ icaJ" ^« r
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• it 1 1 1 - ¦ - 1 1 * 11 unitililiiiliKtimijimiLii . ii . M iiLiij . LLj . jt frjfaf ? ' *""*^^** ' *''* 1 ** ** ' ****^!?******^****" * ' " ""**^* " ™ - *^'"^ ^^ ' *'"" l " ™** - ¦»"'™ r ¦^^ mm ^' ' liyr 1 The protection meetings ) held-vitaiyarious parts of tho country have-not 'in all- cases ended ^ as those ! whb 'called ' ''them MJouId Have Wishedi '! The ^ Free jTraders ih'somo instances Jaye carried resolutions condemnatory , of . proteoTion . , ; .,, ., ; ., " ;; \ ~ ' GoumxI" Dubun 'Proteotiohist ' Mebti » o . ^~ A meeting , summoned-by l the High ' Stferiff , was held at Kilmainhamj' on Friday ;— -The High Sheriffbegan by ^ stating tbat . ' he ^ would not heBitotetorconyenq / a meeting m favour of tenant - rig ht , or . on ihe subject of poor-laws , if he were requested ¦ . by , tHe inhabitants of the'county . ' 4-The ; hon .. i EdwJird-Lawless ¦ moved , and A . S . Hussqy , fleconaed , a resolutiori ; to the . effect that free r trade was riiinoustq the " agricultural' interests of inis c 6 ' untry . ' ' In 'tho' course
' of his speech ; "Mr ; Eawlesa said : that tne actiro soj , ! in America >? as thirty feefc : deep , . ; whi ! st ; in ; Irekud it was only fromrnine , to fifteen inches , aud . required perpetual manuring ' . ' ; . The'cost of manure was £ 8 an acre ; - Tlie whoTe ' aues ' tion tiori of mariure ^ Mri C . 'Fitszimori moved , arid-Mr ; J , A'i Ourran Beconded , ' an amendment whicb , altei : avery . stormy ? discussion , waSiWithdrawn , and the original resolution 5 adopted . —Colonel . La ,. Tpucho , i n support of the re s olut i on , said that he Jfad . ^ isited London , and was . asked by the sales-master in L ondon w ha t ^ afe ' you doing in Ireland ? ¦ English cattle , not making a sea' voyage , was ¦ always a hrsfc- ^ rate avticloiin' Smithfleld ; bjit Irishi . cattle waa a second-rate article , because it had come over . sea .
The agriculturists along the Elbe . wevejaying themselvea , out " t 9 ^ TOr ca ] 6 Je ; w , nich i . wo ' u ) d ' arid . ^ id e ^ u al any IrisK cattle-that came or could come into SmitHfield , London , thereby extinguishing the hopes of Irish graziers foriever . —The resolution liaying'becn carried , the ; high ^ sheriff : declnred the meeting to be dissolved . ' . whereupon loud cries of' . ' no ^ no , aros e from every partfof the . hall and galleries ''; ' and several Free Traders , iricludihg Mr . JNugonfc ; of ' Kihgs-_ tbw ^ i •' 3 ^ V ¦ : ¦ : l ^ rti . n ¦ 'Bu ' ^ Kef ¦ Mr ' . : i Lynch ¦ ; ' a ^ tenan ^ fafmeiy and several others , vainly endeavoured to catch' the attention ,-of ; the ; sheriff , who was determine d ; not to h e a r , them . rr-Mr . Martin Burke , and some others entertaining ysimilar opinions , endeavouririff ' to get upon the bench , were violently thrust
"down the steps by the gentlemen above them , i -fe Mbetino in CAVAH . ~ The High Sheriff did not arrive until tho chair . had been , taken : b y Ro be rt Burrows , , Esq ; , ; of ; . Stradon-house . ¦ .. Resolutions condemnatory of free trade principles were parsed , ' as . yras also a resolution deprecatin * the present s ystem ' o f poor l aws , and the mode by which hinds are at-preserit ^ raised to ' carry out the law . ¦ ¦ The two * , county members -heing ; present , they , were called on to state whether . or no ,, in the eyentof any measure being , introduced into Parliament , ' which would ensure protection to the agricultural interests ' in this country , they' would give in their support . Inreply Sir John Young rose to address the neeting . ' - ) He . spokevwith great effect ; for an hour .
, Heideclined . tp be . a party , to any- Protectionist agitation , which he denounced as chimencal' and , rnischieyous ., He ; maintained that the present distress , thoug h' great ; " \ was gradually ^ ^ decreaaing , and that it was riot owing to , but , on the contrary , had been greatly ! alleviated by free trade . iHej agreed with the opinion expressed . bythat meeting , with regard to the poor law , though lie would , not agree with t h em as to protectioh , whioli lie' looked upon riot only a ' s'detrimental to the interests of the agricultural classesj but os repugnant to i the laws of nature ; whioh ^ it ; was r presumptuous to attempt to thwartor : subvert : which human laws had never infringed , and never could hope to infringe , . with impunity . '—Mi ' . Ellis asked Mr . John Young , on that " gentJeman stating that he would advocate the most se arching inquiry int 6 our public expenditure , would'he = vote ¦ for Mr .: Disraeli ' s ¦ motion , to , he
br o ug ht forward at . the opening of the ^ eession , to make all . tax e s now . . levie d , on land a charge on the Consolidated Fund ? -f-Sir John Young had riot seen Mr . Disraeli ' si motion ; arid could riot give a decided answer until he-had . —The ; Hon .-Capt . Maxwell dedared himself a . Protectionist . —A _ petition \ vas agreed on- for presentation to both Houses of Parliament , pray in g f o r p rote c t io n to the . agricultural interests , and also , such a modification of the poor laws as will t a ke some of the burthen from l a n d , arid place it on other'interests . * ¦ ¦¦ ' [ ¦¦ : ;; : : : . The following is a ; short : sketch of : the Tyrone ' meeting : —" Omagh , Jan . 7 ;—The Protectionists assemDled . jthis day in Omagh , and succeeded in passing their resolutions , one of . which was to petition Parliament to imposea moderate fixed duty on " foreign corn ; and the other to amend the present system of poor laws . There was «* v great deal of disturbance and opposition . " ; .
Reduction ; of . Renl- ^ Loiid Heutfohd ' s Te-NANTBX . —Tho Banner of Ulster contains the foliowing :-- " Dn Thursday , week a- large and respectable meetirigflf the tenantry of the Marquis of flevtford ; residing in the united parishes of Glenavy , Camlin ; and Tullyrusk , was held ; in -the National , schoolroom , . Glenavy ., The meeting was convened by requisition to take into consideration the propriety of appointing a deputation to wait / upon the ubble Marquis , in order 'to obtain a reduction of rents . Shortly after one o ' clock nearl y every tbwnl a nd in the parishes mentioned was largely represented at the meeting . '; : At two o ' clock , -James "Vyhitla ,. Esq ., J . P ., took , the chair . On tho second resolution a brief , discussion arose as to the truthfulness of the statement ; that . 'the rentsion fined laudsion the Hertford ' e st a tes were 30 per cent , above their value .
Several tenantsi expressed theiropinion that 25 per cent , would . be aboutitheaverage . and one or two that 20 per . cent , would be more correct . On , a vote there appeared one for 20 per cent ., and .. » vast ma joritv for 30 per cent . ' Before passirig the fburth resolution an observation was dropped to the effect that no statement should be made ; which » could not be fully b orne out-b y facts . ' . ' ; - ; ^ '• The following , is the substance of the resolutions , whichjwere adopted unanimously ' ;—" ' - ¦ , r'VTbat for Mveralyearspast the condition of the farming Class has been found gradually to deteriorate ; and- the tenantry of theiMarquis ot Hertford , once the inost flourishing in Ulst e r , are now re-. duced to a gta . te bordering on . destitution , and to-. tally , unable " to . meeifthe demands , of rents , poor ratesj county cess , AcW ' , : ;'
: " That the rents on the Hertford estate , even in those instancea ^^ wher e -large fines had been paid , and a nominal reduction'thus made at the expense of the : tenant-r-have been fully thirty pel- cent , above their value ; and iwe are confident . that , in Tor-dew to secure theii ; equitable adjustment , there should be observed , as in oth e r . counties , ' a duo proportion corresponding to depressed prices ' . " < " ¦ ¦ i ;; "That' ; among -the higher , as alsor the lower class of farmers , who have paid their rents for some time . past , this meeting . do . attest . the fact , that agricultural pidduco alone was insufficient for : the ¦ ¦
purpose . ""' : ° " ' ' >¦ ^ ' ¦' •• - ' •¦¦•' . ¦; ' " That ' among all classes of farmers many are in ar r ears o f rent o f sev e r a l years' standing , oppressed by / burdens too heavy to become , but to whom , were a liberal reduction of rent to be extended , new strength would he imparted , and a successful effort made to discharge a debt which must other wise remain wholly unpaid ; and ' thus the alternative would be-avoided of ' ejectingifamilies from their houses , of laying ' waste ? the lands on which they have expended their capital and labour , and crowding them at last into' the workhouse , which , would result in heaping ^ addition al taxation on . landlord and tenant . " - . -: ¦ - ¦¦ . ' . ' ¦ : ¦ - . . > : •¦ . ¦ >¦ . - . .. : ¦>¦ .
"That a memprial , embodying the foregoing resolutions , be drawn , signed , and presentea by a deput a t i on , to t h e Marquis of Hertford . " .. ? : Tho . memorial was drawn up and unanimously adopted , . ; ' . ; J Valuation of CHAscEnY' EsTATEs . —The Court of Chancery has taken a very important step towards th e g e n e r a l : ad justment o f rents , b y d ire c ting new valuations of lands . The Tyrone Constitution says : —• 'Mr . Bobert ^ , "Wilson ,: of Benburb , the experienced engineer and surveyor , has been occupied for the Ia 8 t , few weeks in valuing the several portions of
the Belmore property , now in ! the Court . ofJChancery , : with a view" ; as' we understand , ) to a general abatement' of [ rent . iSuch ; systematip ,. reductions , we need , scarcely ^ obBerve , are , the only , effectual means to remedy , the depression in' the' present pr ices of pro d uce , and preserve the existence of the ag ricultural'classes . " - & !*¦ ¦ ? . ? :: ¦ : - 0 ; ' r j ' A man named Ryan has been committed to Nenagh gaol for , the . murderfof : his . child- about ten months , old . > The remains were discovered on I New Year ' s Da y * near Knnoe , by ; . the dogs " of some persons who were amusing themselves'hunting .
' .: Postponement ; . of thh ' : ^ Q . ue e n ' s : next "Visit to iRBtASTD . —A . correspondent ' informs us that : it has been finally arrangedjif na : unforseen-oause arises to prevent 'itj . that herVM ^ esty ; is , to malce : a yabht yoyage ;; during the . enssing ' suminer wp ; $$ Mediterranean , instead ol , aa was originally intendediagain visiting Irelan d ;' - "Her 'Majesty ' s ' secdnd visit . tltf Ireland , we understand , ' is merely postponed . —Evening ivsti , ; o ) . k ;" . ' . - . - ; ,: ;; v : ;? . — .. ;;(•( - ; ' ; . - . ' . i >;¦¦ > . .- "• -, ¦ : ; . s '' ¦'• '¦ ¦ ' : ^ . ioht on ; ihk ISLANn of RAiHiaN , " — For the two months , past , men'have been busily ' engaged in 'Bonstructing . a . lighthouse . upon' Rathlin ] \» hich' will be found of great use to the navigation of the difficult sea whioh'surrounds the i 9 land . ~ Bef / as { Newt
o'EMiaRmoH . ^ rhe ; iramper ; of . emigrants who : ' ero-> arked from Galway ; during the year ending ' . 31 st of December , , 1849 , ' amounted . to . 1 , 958 ' males ; i ; 832 emales . with : 14 ' 4 cabin passengers ' : in all . 3 , 934 ; From Belfast the numbers have been : —Total "in 18491-9 , 660 ; "" ditto , 1848 , 8 , 730 ; increase iri 1848 , 320 . ; Emigrants who have embarked from' Dublin for . thOjUnited States in the : quarter eacling , 31 st De ceinber , 1849 : —Cabin passengers 19 .: steerage , 724 ; children , 284 } , total , , 1 , 027 . , . 0 ; ,. ;^ " ;;; - ¦ ; . ; . ; J , ' HopaHiNO . CA ^ iL ^ On ^ eWg ^^ f Friday last , two L : fine cowsi the pr ' ope ' rfy of the , - reye ' rend 'gentler mehMf Clbngowes . 'Wood . 'ColUge , were' hbu ' gied and destroyea .-- An'outragebf . thi 8 kind , tw 8 i never committed inxthis ! , ; rieighbourhpodcbefpre . 'vi The onl y cause that can be assigned for the commission of this heinous outra ge , is the refusal of the college to dis-
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charged tllWr [ fiteTyfffd 9 , ^ 38 r ^ SnUivan , an * Itep noldB , whose disniissof j wasi demandedhy ^ a -. threatening letter , " s <> meweki s & 6- —fy n * terJiccpreaif . ' ThbLinbn TBADE ^ Though there has recently been a slight depression -jiTtkisJrade , and a consaquent lowering of the " wages ; \ we still a ^ e inclined to think that the iprospecteiof jthti ; new year are , of an , encouraging kind . Though the exports of linens ano-i yarns from this place last week-were not nearly . itha * one Ifalf of those of t he week pretious , they were considerable—viz . y linens 594 bdxes < 22 bales ; yarn , 25 bales 11 skips- muslin , 6 boxes ; tbread , 2 h 6 ttit- l The prices of linen yarn remained unchanged ; the idemand-still continues dull , but this was anticipated at the present season , and an increased demand 15 anticipated . —Belfast . News , Letter ,
; Scamff Umion . — A strange scene occurred . at iScuiiff workhouse on Wednesday , after the gale ' ended When some of the articles purchased were iplaceil on cars for removal , the p au pe rs ru s hed out t o prevent . them being taken away , armed with all kinds ¦ of weapons , yelling and shouting in the most frightful manner . One young gentleman , brother-in-law of one of the plaintiffs ,, was / struckf with a stick dtt the head b y oneof the pa u p ers , and had it not been for the tim e l y arrival of head constable--Taylor , and a fewmenunder bis command , ^ there is no t e l l in g ' what the consequences , might have •; been . ; We understand the sheriff purposes bringing the matter under " the notice of the commissioners . — Clara Journal . . , , . -, ;"¦ . . . ¦ '
FlBB AT THE LOUOHREA JJsiOH WoBKHOtJSE . —• On Thursday morning , at a very early houiya most destructive firo broke out in the main ^ build-r ing of ' ou r workhouse , which continued to burn foi * a considerable time before ; assistance could be obtained to stay its progress . "About two o'clock , a party of police , under George M'Cullagh , Esq ., S ; I , " and a company of the 89 th Kegiment , commanded by the Hon . Captain Daly , arrived with the barrack fire-engine . : Were it tnot for tho timely exertions of the party , the building would have beeri totally , consumed . The hig hest credit is due nofe only to the military but police for their exertions " . The building is fully covered . by insurance ,, as also tho . furniture ,-bedding , ; and clothing . The origin of the fire is quite a mystery . All tho books and documents . connected with the union are fortunately rescued . ; ;; ¦ " "' '• ' *
The Eeoistry . — Tho registries continue to be sadly neglected , and : will remain so until a large extension of the franchise - is made .. Evenjn tha c ount y of Louth , one of the most prosperous parts of Ireland , the Aewry Examiner thus describes the slate of tho constituency : — ' 'The . present state of the registry f or t his c o u nty mu s t b e anything b ut satisfactory to the friends ; of liberal opinions .: At ; the present Quarter . Sessions only one liberal was reg istered for the county j while . three conser-vativea had their names placed on the roll of parliamentary voters . Nor is this a solitary instance of the apathy of the libefar party of late ffhey have allowed the political opponents to obtain so . great ; an ascendancy , as regards numbers , that , in the event of an immediate election a liberal candidate would have little or no ohance of success , y . ' . ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ '
Repkal Association . —At the gathering of his lieges on Monday , Mr . John O'Corinell took tha opportunity to reiterate his determination to retire from , English ' parliamentary life ; at the . sametima he would npfcs have them despair ; there was still hope for the country . , And , as soon as the native Legislature re-assembled , in ; College-green ; Mr . O'Connell might , perhaps , take his seat in that august body as ~ one of "the twelve metropolitan members .. Thevent fortlie weekwas £ 14 4 s . 5 d . Resiokation . of Mb . J . O'Coxnell . — Tha Limerich ¦ Chronicle says : —"' Mr . John : O'Connell , M . P ., in a letter to Joseph Murphy , Esq ., secretary of thecommittee vhich assembled last week , has intimated that lie will not vacate his seat in parliament until the liberal party in the city have selected a candidate of their own choice to succeed him . v ¦¦ . . - ¦ . ¦ - ..- :: ¦ - -, ¦ . : ¦ . . : :-.. - . - . " -,
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THE OPENING-OP PARLIAMENT . . ( From Tuesday's Gazette . ) Pboclamation . —Victoria It . —Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to "Wednesday ^ the sixteenth day pf this instant January , we , with tho advice of , our Privy Council , do hereby publish and d ec l are ,: thatthe said . Parliament shall be further prorogued , o n t h e sai d s ixt e ent h of J a nuary instant , to Thursday , the . thirty-first day of January instant ; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great ; Britain , to prep a re a Commissi o n for proroguing the same accordingly : and we do hereby further , with the advice aforesaid , declare our royal will and
pleasure , that the said Parliament shall , on the said Thursday , the thirty-first day of January instant , assemble and beholden for the despatch of divers urgent and im p ortant a ff a irs : and the lords s p iritual and temporal , and the knights , citizens , and b urg e sses , and the commissioners for shires and burghs of the Houso of ' Commons , ' ' hereby .-required and commanded to giyo their atteudanca accordingly at Westminster , on the said Thursday , the thirty-first day of January instant . —Given at our court at Windsor , this ei ghth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty , and in the thirteenth year of our reign . — God save the Queen . ..
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DisAsiEBS at Sea . —The journals of the Channel ports contain accounts of further disasters at sea during the recent' storms . The English sloop Mercy , from Yarmouth to London , was picked up at sea on the night of tho 31 st ult . by a pilot boat belonging to Dunkirk , and towed into that port ; she had lost her sails , chains , and anchor . . 1 An English sloop , the Vivid , from Newhaven to Dunkirk ; struck on the coast , near Marydick , b ut it was supposed would be-got off .- ¦ The Xjydia ,- from SoahiW ) , entered Dunkirk with the loss of chains and anchors ; The brig Jane , of North Shields , bound to Constantinople with coals , went down near , Zu dy coote , but the crew , consisting of twelve men , succeeded in escaping in the boats . The Dutch vessel Vrow Maavtfe , lost her mast " , and had to be towed into Dunkirk . A vessel , supposed to DD
English , freighted with slates , struck on the coast at Veulettes , near F 6 camp , and would , it was supposed , be lost ; the" crew , however , were saved . The Benjamin , of Morlaix , from Bordeaux to Brest , went down nit some lehgues'from Benodet ; on the coast Of FinistGW'e ; tho evew succeeded in reaching land . The Marie , of St . Vaast , was driven ashore near Cherbourg , > iit was towed off by a steamer sent out for that purpose . On the coast , near Havre , pieces of wreck have been picked up ; and the rigging ^ of a three-masted vessel has been found near Locquireo .. The sea continued violentl y agitated for upwards of twenty-four hours after tho gale of wind had gained its greatest height . ; Lola Moxtesand her ' Husband . —Extract of A letter from Cadiz , Dec . 27 . —Lola Montes and Mr . Hoald have been here for the last ten days . They came from Barcelona . She is much altered and aged , not so goodlooking as when here in . 1842 ,
Her temper is not at all improved , and her delig ht Beems to be to keep Heald in the greatest terror and dread of her . Heald made his escape with his English servant from the hotel Ismenez ( where they were st aying on Christmas morning , ) and is supposed to have gone to Gibralter . Lola was furious . She -went in a French steamer that evening , with her two friends , foreigners , who are in her party , to Al gesiras , a n d sent Is me n ez a nd anot h er man by land ; so that if Heald , does not : succeed in getting on bo a rd the P a ch a , she hopes to catch him . It [ is reported on good authority to-day that ; Heald has embarked this morning on board the Pacha , and he will now be enabled to reach England in safety , and no doubt feel grateful to his aunt for all she has done for him . The O b server states that Mr . Heald has arrived in London , and put up at an hotel in Cork-street , Burlington-gardens , f : Litejiature and Cheese . —The Florentines havo better than the inhabitants of the other Tuscan provinces , widely spread their idiom by means of
commerce . . : . ' . And to this ' purpose Iremember to have read ( but , from the trea c h e r y of my memory , for the moment I know , not where ) th a t , foi 1 the propagation of Florentine ; -writings , the cheese merchants of Lacardo kept in their pay many , writers to copy the best authors , of the best age , ' and with these enveloped their buttery bantlings , in order that in tho portaof the east and tho north , whenever such , merchandise was marketable , the--milk of the Florentine cows and that of the Florentine muses might gain credittogether .- And this is so true , that at Oxford ; in f the celebrated Bodleian ' Library , is ' still preserved a -Dante , correctly copied from ; the first MS . text , which had been used . carefully to envelope a consignment of cheese at the time when the Bordi were merchants iri'England , It was known as the '•' Lucardian
Dante / ' The keepers of the ; great- library , kept always beside it two mouse-traps , o n a ccount of t h e persecution of this cheesy codex ,- by-the mice , so that at length ifc was called in English , the M Book of the Mouse-traps . "—Notes and Queries . ^ ¦ .-.-.. Phf sical ^ veesds Mobal . — "Whether tlid physical wants should he remedied through ' . the moral , . oivthe moral through the physicnl , has been a question which 'has occupied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for , cei \ turvei .. yfitHout' attempting '' to'd ec ide"the question , there can bd ho doubt that . wlien the- physical condition is impaired it demands tho first attention . For instance a person whilst suffering from an acute attack ' of gout would be unable to appreciate . the sublimest lessons of philosonhv even though enunciated by the divme . Plato ., How much more welcome to : the sufferer would he a Dot of Blair ' s Gout and llheuhiatic . Pills , so efficacious in eradicating this distressing malady . . ' ¦ ¦¦¦¦ . ¦;¦¦ ¦¦¦* : * - . ? . ; , u , e
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iHHWg ^ KJt ^ P—1 . ~ - - ^ ' . --j * i : ^ i ' w ^ f ^ tmm ^^ S ' ^ i & ;; -j'ANOTHBR JSA . VINGS BANKDEFAULTEa . r-Tlieidepositors of th e savings bank in ; Aylesbury ; hayq . been caused the greatest , anxiety , and . consternation jih conBeqaence of tWatfsco ' ndin « f ; of Xlr . ' 'Jlenfy ' ' Stratton , clerk to Mr . James James , . solicitor " ; 'wh 6 iS , tKe secretary to the"barik ; It'w ' greatjys feared , ' - from circumstances whiclrhaTevjust transpired , j thatrMr . Strattony whp ; has sailed for -America , is a defaulter to no small amount ; - , In . jthe , Aylesbury . paperg of , last , week appeared a notice ,. issued' by Mr .- 'James ; to the effect that depositors" in the banlci ; wfere <"" re . quired'to bring in their pass-books'for examination ' , '
up tothe 20 thi of . November ; the ; trustees . havin g appointed the H& of this month for the . commencement of the examination , the . depositors : were / f re q uested to lose no time in leaving their ' pass-bbbks at itlie dffice , where a p vinte d rece ipt will be" given for each book delivered ' up . " Mr . Strattbn / ' it appears from the circumstance 5 of -his being rclerk ; ito » Mr . James , had muchltd . do with thabusineBS connected ; with the savings bank ; and , a fewdays since , be left ; Aylesbury for the alleged purpose ^ of . " visitingjan uncle in' Gloucestershire , " accompanied' by his ' wife and family , arranging with Mr . James wheri he left to return tofAyleabury in tim e" to : resume his duties on . the 14 th inst . CircuinstancesV shortly , after . ; his departurei havine excited , "¦; the ' , suspicions of ; Mr ,
James as to the integrity , of his clerk , m whom he had placed the ' greatest confidence , he was induced to institute certain inquiries , the result of which will be gathered from the following- letter ,: date"d Jan . ' 3 , which Mr . James lost no , timo in ¦ transmitting to each of the trustees of the bank;— , 'f Sir ,- —I regret to inform you that during the exainiriation of the sayings ' bank vouchers , ' delivered yesterday a book , containing items to the amount pf £ 30 , iri the handw ritin g o f my clerk , Mr . Stratton , ' and b e arin g mq folio number . for . the ledger , nor ; any ; manager ! s c heck , was produced by 1 a ;¦ : person of , the name 1 ,, of Falkner . My < suspicions were immediately excited that he had absented himself from my office under a false pretence ; and dh ' obtairiing information as to
his movements from his brother , and as to his money transactions from Mr * j . Self ,: . of ( the ILondbn ; and County ^ ank . I was forced to the conclusion that he had absconded with a large sum of money ,, with which he had been just entrusted by" an aged relative . I at once sent instructions t 6 Loridon for a policeofficer to board the Julindar , bound from Loudori to Adelaide , and which waa . to , touch ; at Plymouth on Sunday last ; whilst I , in . conipany with JMr , Self , proceeded by the . mail train . . tp , L i yer p o j bI f , in the hope of intercepting him there ; but We found , to o ur mortificatiorii that he had sailed ( under his / own name ) forNewYork . 'in ' tliesteam-ship Canada , ' on Saturday , ; with his . wife and children . . I returned ; by the morning mail , and have since had an interview
with the Under-Secretaries " of . State ,, ia the ho p e thatthe ' governmerit ' would obtain hiB ' a rrest in Amef rica .: but the treaty < which exists between" the two countries wilt not authorise any-interference , " unless he shall be found to have been , guilty of-forgery , iri which case officers will , be immediately sent , tp , effect his capture ' " .- . It . Js stated . that the books bf th e AyieBbury Building ' Soci e t y h a v e be e n as c ertain e d to be in a state " of considerable confuaon . ~ The folio wing letter was found' in the drawer oft Stratton , the cl e rk , who has absconded . — "When i this is opened it will be found out that-I have done wrong . ; I , leave property to double the amount of my defalcation ... I request that the balance be given to my uncle Turner , of Tewkesbury , for himself and-uncle -Edwards , ¦
whosemoney I am obliged to use to ^ get away .- ¦*' I have taken no more than necessary to take , me to my far distant destination , ; and hope my self-inflicted punishment will satisfy all . I go ' t o lab o ur for m y bread ; am determined'not t <> pe taken alive ' j if attempted to be arrested , the act will- make iriy wife' a widow . I ; h ave on ly to" ask forgiveness ' now ) and hope iri a foreign land to iearri lessons by the past . " , it ; is expected that the defalcations , will be amply covered .. / .. -, . ,. :. ' . . - ' . " . - ' . " ' , ' . "' : " . . ...-.,,. .. -y { _ The Starvation case at SouiHAiiPTok . ^ The relieving officer , Simmorids , underwent a further examination before the borough magistrates on the 4 th inst ., and was ultimately committed to Winchester gaol , to take his trial at the next assizes for the offence . The court was crowded throughout the
day , arid on leasing the court the prisoner ; was hissed and hooted byiJe enraged populace ; ' fil . i Thb Fatal Accident on the Kast Lancashire , Railway . —On the 4 th inst . - an inquest was held on the bodies of tbose . who suffered by . this accident at the Railway Inn , a short distance from , the Maghtiull station . * . After the jury had viewed the bodies ; they proceeded , accompanied by the coroner , to that part of the line where the accident occurred ; and , by the aid of a well-executed plan , provided by the railway authorities , ; were enabled . thouroughly . u nd erstan d the pos i tions of . the different lines , points , sidings , an d of t h e carria g es , &c ' ., when . the melancholy occurrence took place . ThV , first witn e ss es examined were Thomas Spencer ; husband of'Jemima
Spencer , and brother of the other deceased ; John Spencer ; ' arid a nephew ; of the same-name .: The purport of their evidence was ,, thaj : they , with the deceased , left Liverpool on" New Ye ' ar ' s-day to visit some relations near Orniskirk . On their return ; in the evening , they were all seated in one compart- ; ment of the carriage , and had proceeded as . far as Mashull , a pleasant family party , when tho occurrence took place 7 ~ Troin ' thes " agitated state they were in . from the . effects of fright and grief at the loss of their relative , they were unable to give any clue to the cause of the accident , knowi ng littl e o f time , distanc e , fog si gnals , &c . —Richard Leatherbarrow , who was -with' his ''' wife'in another compartment of the carriage ; and by jumping from which
the latter also was killed , gave similar' evidences—Mr . Garside , fhe station master at Maghull ; was examined as to the transaction of' moving the train from the siding , < fcc . With , r ? spect ; to the luggage train , he said he was not . aware pi . one ; being due . ; bat upon hearing the whistle , he used every precaution available upon ' the eraergericy—the uauardanger sigiiar ( a red light ) was shown ' up and down the line , and . he himself . went' forward with" > red signal larithorn ; but nothing appeared to have the slig htest e ff e ct u p on the driver , for he passed the station at a furious rate , carrying before him the empty- carriage about being attached to the Liverpool train , ' and hot stopping till nearly four hundred yards' beyond the station . From the evidence of Samuel Robinson ,
the guard of the passenger train , it appeared that he was atthe Maghull station at £ he ' proper ' time , ' but that the luggage traiii was an hour and a half before its time , and that it was travelling at the rate of forty miles an hour , when , by the regulations of the company , eight mileB an hour is the speed at whicli stations should be passed by these trains At the close ofthe last witness ' s examination , the ; coroner adjourned the inquiry , and directed the police officer ia attendance to take into custody the driver of the luggage train , M a son , who had been present during the proceedings , b ut who " refused to interrogate the : witnesses , and ^ seemed totreat the matter very ligKUy . —The adjourned inquest-was resumed on Monday ^ Ralph Ste ' elithe driver of the passenger
train from . Blackburn' and Preston to Liverpool , stated that on arriving at Maghull his train : was detained some minutes in consequence > of the , stationmaster going < to the wrong . points . - The luggage train came op in a few minutes afterwards , but he did not hear a whistle . The station-master-ought . to have-run forward with- his hand-signal when the luggage-train was seen apprpacMng , but hedid not dp 84 . If the signal had been made , and the luggage train had been going cautiously , the' accident could not have happened . —Samuel Robinson , guard of the passenger train , said that when the luggage train passed the Maghull station : it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour . —Robert HuJsoni ' -statiori : master at Towngreen station , five miles from Mag-,
hull , said that at the time the luggage train came past , it ' ' was 1 going at a rate , equal to an express train . —A person named Parkinson , who was waiting for the passenger traini deposed that whilst a / carriage was being moved from a siding to be attached to the train , he heard some one cryVout , . I ' -pood Go d V there is a train comi ng u p ' . " " and ajmost .-im ? mediately the collision took place . —The guard of the luggage train , John Morrisj was next ' examined , and said that the luggage train came from Blackburn to Maghull , adistanceof : twenty-eight . miles and a half ; ^ between fire minutes past eight ,-ahd twenty minutes to nihe . ; . The , stoker of the luggage jtrain having been examined , gave ' . 8 imilar . evidence .--Mr . WplsteriholniP , . Isuperintendent of the Liverpool
station , etateo . that when he came up , ' shortly after the accident ) ' the station-master * was "' certainly ''the worse for liquor . " The coroner in summing up . the evidence ; said it was clear that the persons in charge of the luggage train were travelling at greater speed than the rules of the company allowed , i- , .. * ;/ , ;; ,- ; , DbathoFvAN pLn Woman by . Buhnimg — The coroner for Bristol ( J . B . Grindon , Esq . ) held : ah inquest on Monday , on the ^ body of an old wpriiun named Martha' Shute , Iwhose death occurred under circumstances of a painful nature during the night of Saturday . The deceased woman , who was in the 67 th- year of her ; age , resided at a place called Picton-lane , in the district of St . ' < James and St : Paul . She was Bomewhafc infirm , and , while sitting in her chair over , the fire , accident a l ly fell ; forward Mdignited her gown . . Uponfinding Herself in flames , in
sney-ine terrp ^ . or . tne moment ,,. incautiously ran into the open air , and before assistance could WrenV deredBhe was burntrJn ^' a Yery /' seT ^' nianiier . Medicalaid was rendered'her as promptly aa pbisible , but she died from the effeces of t h ' e burning . ^ The jury ieturried a verdict of " Accidentaldeath . " ¦ : 1 Shefpield . —It giveB us very great ^ pleasure to record the reports on . all sides ot the good state ' of trade in . Sheffield , ! whioh is , of , a more healthy nature ' than Hasbeen , tho ? case for ^ . man ytyears ^ 'ih consequence of the demand being of a uriiyersal character , ana not wholly" dependent" pri ' vorders from " the ¦ Pnited 1 States ; ' We . trust ' thatTthel past ^ iH'iiave taught both men and masters -a useful'lesson ^ and that ; Sheffield-willnd :. longer Kenoted fortradedis ' putes , 'bo fatal feboth interests ; ¦ ' ¦( * ,..--. ' -v ! ^ GAHBKEEPEBSHOT .-Oh the afternoon'if Saturday last , about four o ' clock , a . labourer iu the employ
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1556/page/6/
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