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    ' IlEiLTH OF LONDOH DUKISO XHK WSBK . — In the week es-Jing last . Saturday , 3 , 158 deaths were registered Lu . tlio metropolitan districts ; tte average for tea corresponding weeks ' of previous years ( 1840-9 ) is 1 , 125 which , if a correction be made for increase of population , - becomes 1 , 227 . The lowest' number in the lea weeks vras 916 in ISiO ; the hig hest wa « 1 , 401 , k 1 S 49 L : Though the rate of mortality has much icreasdd since December , and the present return sliows ani increase of nearly two hundred on the prcrlons week , the deaths are still less than the averajw by 71 . ' To the coldness of the weather may - - ^~

    be chicsy ascribed the increase of mortality which recent returns have exhibited . In the last three weeks the deaths , from phthisis or . consumption lave been respectively 129 , 140 , and 157 , ( the corrected s verage for last week being 146 ); from bronchitis , 103 , 120 , and 131 ( the average being 73 ); from avihma , 19 , 35 , and 27 ( the average being 52 j ; and fiv-a pneumonia 95 , 83 , and 85 , whilst the average is 117 . Of the S 5 persons ( comparatively few ) wii-j died last "week from pneumonia , 60 were children : but of the 131 who died from bronchitis ^ which isiicli exceeds the average , by far the larger proportion were persons of advanced age . Seven men and fourteen women died last week at eightyfive year * of age and upwards ; one of the latter , in

    Bishop ?< rate workhousei had reached the age of ninety-nine . Epidemic disease continue to be less iiatai than usual , except measles , which carried off 37 celldrea , or rather more than the average . This disease ranged in the corresponding weeks of ten previous yeare from 8 to 51 . Only 10 deaths occurred from diarrhoea ; and no - deaths are ascribed ioeholer . i in the returns of the-week ' , but a man who had cholera in August , and never wholly recovered from the effects of it , died in St . Thomas's Hospital , where he had beenfornine weeks . During the ~ lasi seven weeks only 2 deaths from cholera lave appeared in the bills of mortality . A few cases are selected from the registrars' reports : —In Camder .-iown ( sub-district ) , at 30 ,

    Cambridgestreet , iho son of a navigator , aged 1 year , died of " acute hydrocephalus ( congenital ) , slight fever ( 1 week ) , convulsions . " At 19 , Cambridge-street ( same at above ) , the daughter of a whitesmith , aged 16 mourns , of " pertussis ( 10 days ) , pneumonia ( 3 days ) . " Mr . Holl describes Agar-town , where this street is situated , as "damp , badly drained , and ¦ unhealthy . " At St . Clement Danes , in Nag ' s Head-eotsri , the daughter of a hawker , 11 months , of " convulsions . " Mr . Jones states , that " owing to bad -drainage , the filth runs out beneath the "water sins , ana creates so intolerable a smell that one cannot enter the yard for it . " AtHackneyxoad , in Turnlle-buildings , a wadding-dealer died of ¦" chronic asthma ( 5 years ) . " Mr . Murray states

    that the court is crowded , close , and ill-Tentilated i and that tho water not being laid on , it must be begged from neighbouring places . Kent-road ( subdistrietV in Ann-street , the son of a hawker , 10 weeks , hi "herpes and debility . " Mr . Fitcn states , that " : ls parents and other inhabitants of the street are-for the most part hawkers of vegetables , &c ., and have suffered severely from want during the late ' inclement weather . "U pper Clapton , Carolinr-ttreet , is described by Mr Montaigne as " very i- " rhy , over-crowded , and seldom . cleaned . "The men daily reading of the barometer at the Greenwka Observatory was 29 . 574 in . The mesa daily temperature ranged from 25 . 5 on Tuesday to 40 . 6 dec . on Saturday . The mean of the week' was

    31 . 1 deg ., which is 5 . 5 deg . less than the average of the sanss week in seven years . . On Tuesday the mean temperature was nearly 11 degs . less than the average—The births during the week numbered 1 , 383 . ExiKi'HDisiKt Stjiceds . —An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster Hospital , en the body of George Strickland , aged fifty . Th 3 deceased was a coach painter , and was generally supposed to be of unsound mind , from the eccentridiy of his manner ; bis mother had also died insane . He resided at Little Queen-street , "Westminster , tnd on the 21 st of November he went home as usual , but seemed badly in health , and lo wspirited .

    Soon after he sat down and then fainted ; at ten he said he ? as so ill that he would go to bed , and his landlord saw Mm to it . At eleven o ' clock there was a tremendous crash at the back of the house , and all the rails were broken . The deceased had jumped from his bedroom window , and had then rolled into the next yard , where he was bleeding profusely . The distance he had fallen was upwards of forty feet . He was i ^ ken up in an insensible state and conveyed to the VTestminster Hospital , when there were found most extensive injuries to the head , but no fracture ; inflammation of the longs came on , of which he died onThurfcav . —The jury then returned a verdict of "Natal death . "

    D . ETEF . M 1 NED SUICIDE OF AX INSOLVENT . —An inquest was taken on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , in the board room of St . James ' s Workhouse , Polandstreet , Oxford-street , on view of the body of Mr . "William Potter , aged twenty-eight , a master tMlor , of the Jtfflsh persuasion , residing at No . 2 , Great Marlboro'jgh-atreet , who destroyed himself under the following determined circumstances : —The deceased had only been married about three months , and very shortly anerwards he became insolvent , and his wife left him . Daring the last six weeks he had been

    -very low and desponding , and he had mentioned to Ms brother that he was in fear of being imprisoned ; as he had to go before the court on Saturday , to receive judgment , and he frequently observed that he did not know how to face his creditors . On Thursday morning on the servant going into the back parlour , she discovered the deceased suspended by a xons fastened to the door of the closet . He was quickly cat down by a police constable , who was called into the house , and Mr . Spry , a surgeon , was sent for , x ' so pronounced life to have been extinct some hoar 5 . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

    -Melaxcholt Suicidb . —On Saturday last Mr ; "Wakley lisld an inquiry at No . i , Norland-square Notting-hiil ,-respecting the death of Miss Harriet Carter Airbridge , aged thirty-four years , a lady of fortune , vho destroyed herself under the following very mekacholy and determined circumstances : — Samuel rirtlett , a locksmith , deposed that about ialf-past :-to o ' clock on Thursday afternoon he was called to the deceased ' s residence to pick the lock of a bedroom door ; he was naable to do so , and be was eventually compelled to break it open . On entering the room he discovered the unfortunate lady suspended by a piece of canvass , which was fastened to the cornice of the bedstead . Her feet were about four inches from the ground . —Harriet

    Hill , conic-maid in the deceased ' s service , said that for come Jays past the deceased had been very low and desponding , but she had never shown any symptoms of insanity . On the said Thursday deceased appeared more cheerful than usual , and about twelve o ' clock she left her mistress in her dressingroom ¦ while she went to pay some tradespeople ' s bills , and on her return at one o ' clock she fonnd the deceased ' s laom door fastened on the inside ; she took no notice of the circumstance until two o ' clock , when she Iieeaina alarmed at her continued absence , and called in Mr . TBnrflett " and Dr . Wagget . After some further etidtuce corroboratory of the-above , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Death is the Millbank Prison . —On Saturday last an inquest- was . taken by Mr . Bedford at the Millbank Prison , on tha body of Thomas Bartley ,

    aged twenty-four , a convict in that gaol . From the testimony of the warders it appeared that the deceased wki received in the prison from Lewes , in the March of last year , by the unfortunate Mr . Hall , who was so br-iially murdered by the man Francis . He was employed in the kitchen , and had the means of getting wn . it he wanted . On the' 3 rd of this month le complained of difficulty of breathing , and he was at once taken to the infirmary , and attended by Dr . Sal / , the physician , who fimad he was labouring nnder bronchitis , which at last came to consumption , and ae dk J on the 16 th . Ob opening the body a great naiabsr of ulcers were found in the lunge , tvhica accounted for the death . He was an excellently-cocducted prisoner , and - had every attention paid to him . The jury returned a verdict of * ' Natural death . "

    Distressing Occobbekcb at the Duke of $ gD ? 0 RD 5 Maksios . —On Monday a respectable jury assembled at the Turk ' s Head , public-house , 3 fbteonsbe--street , Belgrave-square , before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , relative to the death of Elizabeth Hasttess , aged fifty-three years , upper housemaid in , the establishment of his grace the Poke of Bedford , No . 6 , Belgrave-square . — Police 7 constable Boddy , No . 200 , B division , deposed that on Thursday evening , the 10 th instant , about seven o ' clock , he was on duty in . Belgrave-square , when he observed the deceased leave the Duke of Bedford's mansisn . Thepavemenfrwas exceedingly slippery in consequence of the severity of the weather , and she appeared afraid to walk , as she thought she would fell . "Witnessi advised" her to walk in the road , which she didand had not proceeded far when she

    , attempted to reach the pavement , and in doing so she slipped , and fell with" considerable violence upon the pavement . Witness went'lfb- her' assistance , and found that she bad broken her right leg . The deceased wa 3 quickly removed to the duke ' s residence , ¦ where she Lad every attention paid her . She went on most favourably for four or five : days when mortification came , on , and it was deemed necessary to amputate tto » , limb . Thepperation was performed most satisfactorily , and she gradually improved until Wednesday week ; when she began to ' sink / and expired on the following " day . — it . Da Pasquin , surgeon . to . the royaliongehbH ^ nci twoother medical genOemen were coBstaufly : iii attendance during the whole time . - The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " -,...-, . '" . * ,--.

    The- tils Fatal Explosion of Naphtha in ^ " ^^^'"^^• n ^ Monday ; at twelve o ' clock , an inquest ; wa » held by . Mr . T .. Wakley M . 'P-, ~ at the-iritish Queen : public-house ,- Sussexstreet , Tottenhani-eourt-road ,- touching the deatK-of Bobert CookJMoore , aged twelve , years , who : died from injuries he had received by the late ¦ explosion of mphtba ia Jeha-atreet , Xotteaham ^ urt-road . --

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    Mrs . Charlotte Moore , Ihe . mbther ' . of : the deceased , deposed that the" deceased died ro thi * ' University College Hospital , ' on Friday morning ' last ; ' He met with an accident on the previous eve ' ningj , about half-pait five o ' clock , and' witness' Aaw . j him ' about half an hour afterwards / and Ms body was frightfully burnt .: His ' arms , legs ,, hands ,, and face werecompletely disfigured . The deceased was quite ; sensible ,, but did not say how the accident occUrred .-rThe coroner said there was another boy , injured , and witne ? s replied the deceased ' s brother , aged tenv—The coroner asked if he said h"W the accident happened ? —Witnessreplied in the affirmative , aud . said tho deceased and his brother were alone in the shop at , the time . The shop was very dark , and the deceased burnt

    was going to fill the lamp , which usually naphtha . The deceased held the can which contained the naphtha , and the lamp in theother hand . The "deceased ' s brother stood at his side , . with a lighted match in his hand , and while , the deceased was pouring the spirit into the lamp , the youngest said the lamp was full and running over . The der ceaBedsaidit was not , and on looking at it . he drew the lamp close to the light , and the spirit immediately ignited arid exploded with a loud report . —The jury thought there was " ni )' Warn ?' . attached to any person and returned ft vfeftlict of " Accidental death . " f Melancholy Death , of an Ahtist . —On Wednesday an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Carter , at the Duke of Suffolk , Brandon-street , "Waiworth ,

    respecting the death of William Harris , aged 73 yeara , an artist , who died under very painful circumstances , in a caravan , in which he had resided for thirty years . The jury proceeded to an old caravan , situated in the corner of a filthy . place , called Davy ' s Cow-yard , Upper Brandon-street , ¦ , where they found the body of the deceased in a very emaicUted state . Tho interior of the vehicle was quite unfitfor the residence of a human being . —Martha Harris stated that the deceased was her husband . He was an artist , and they had been married fortyseven years . Deceased , formerly , was in a large house at the west end ofXondon ; but being reduced in circumstances , the deceased completed a collection of oil paintings , which he exhibited in

    the caravan at the various fair 3 round the country I They had lived in the same vehicle for the last thirty years ; but the deceased for a considerable period had been unable to get about , and , therefore , the means of obtaining a livelihood had been stopped . The only money they got was by deceased painting sign-boards , window-blinds , or anything he could get to do . He occasionally executed the paintings that were exhibited outside the shows , but the remuneration was very bad . On Sunday morning last the deceased was in the act of lighting the fire in the caravan , during her absence , and on her return deceased was lying on the floor of the vehicle . Witness obtained assistance , but the deceased died in a few hours afterwards . The surgeon who

    attended deceased was of opinion that he had died from an attack of apoplexy . —The Coroner : Do you mean to say that you have lived in the caravan thirty years?—Witnes 3 ( with tears in' her eyes )? : Yes , sir , we have . —Mr . Cooke , the summoning officer , said that when he visited the place on Sunday morning , the only money the poor woman had ; was one penny . The officer added that he fully believed they had suffered great privations . The . jury returned a verdict of"Natural death . " ' ; ' . Shithfield Nuisance . —About two o ' clock on Monday the inhabitants of Aldersgate were thrown into a _ state of considerable confusion in consequence of an infuriated bullock passing down the strest , oh its way from Smithfield .: The animal seemed

    desirous of impresging on the tradespeople and passengers that an individual of no ordinary importance was visiting them . After butting at a few harmless and disinterested spectators , without occasioning any material inconvenience , except creating a sensation of terror , he made : a decidedly hostile approach towards a poor woman , who had just come up from the country to see her daughter— -no doubt big with the expectation of witnessing some of the wonders of the great metropolis . Unfortunately for her , her fi st adventure was rather of a Berious nature .. She was knocked down , her head was bruised , and she w £ S forcibly and unceremoniously thrust into a shopt

    to the surprise of a party who had just sat down to partake of a comfortable repast . The bullock , considering it had done Bnfficient in this quarter , took it into his head to effect an entrance into , a peppermint -hop , a few doors off . Having broken ten squares of glass in the window , and passing through the shop he stationed himself in the parlour , upsetting and destroying the furniture , and frightening into fits several old women . By this time there was a considerable concourse of people assembled . The animal was , with some difficulty got out of the shop , and pursued by some hundreds of boys and drovers , was at length secured in the classic regions of Charterhouse-sQuare . .... ... .

    London and Westminster Coal Company . — The winding-up of this company ' s affairs came on on Monday before the Master in Chancery Blunt , at his court in Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , on the petition of Samuel Stanway , of 29 , Granvlllesquare , Peatonville . The club or company- was started in April , 1848 , to buy and sell coals and coke in London and other places , with a proposed . capital of £ 30 , 000 , in as many shares of £ 1 each , with power to establish depots and wharfs . The place of business was 142 , Strand , and Robert Hope Gadesden , the projector , was appointed resident-, manager at £ 680 a year * Agencies were appointed in different parts of England , but the scheme-was soon ; after attended with pecuniary embarrassment and -loss . The petitioner , who took ; five hundred shares and paid the deposit , was sued for the debts incurred , and

    taken into custody , where he now remains ; The assets are insufficient to meet the liabilities , and actions are threatened by creditors against the shareholders . The directors drew bills or promissory notes in the name of the csmpany , for debts due , and demands owing by them individually , and which the petitioner on affidavit states had no relation whatever to the legitimate affairs of the company . He gave notice to thesecretary , Frederick Devey , not to countersign any of these bills or notes , or in any way to abet the directors in these proceedings , but the company , notwithstanding , have not paid the debts for which the petitioner is in custody , nor . indemnified him against actions at law . The Master proceeded with the list of contributions liable to a pro rota call to pay off liabilities , and several were placed on the list for this purpose . ;

    The weatheb and thbPabks . —The frost continued throughout Sunday and Monday with undiminished severity , the thermometer standing at 28 . The ornamental waters in the various parks were visited by thousands of skaters and sliders . The ice being several inches thick , a great number of persons amused themselves by playing at several games , such as racing , hockey ; &c . No accidents of any moment occurred , beyond a few partial immersions and some bruises by slipping down on the ice . The Electric Telegraph Company has now laid down wires by which the transmission of messages from the branch office at Charing-cros 3 , direct to all parts of the kingdom , can be effected at any hour

    during the day or night This arrangement , from the proximity of the office to the houses of Parliament , law courts , &c ., will increase the rapidity of telegraphic communications , both public and private , from the west end of the metropolis . ; . ; :., Sudden Dbath at Woolwich . — Sir . De La Mare , a remarkably healthy gentleman , although about eighty years of age , residing with his son , the Rev . Mr . De La Mare , on Woolwich-common , while proceeding to . church on Sunday last , fell down dead near the-White-gate of the barrack-field , leading to the garrison . A medical officer from the Ordnance Hospital was promptly in attendance , but all attempts to restore animation was ineffectual , life being

    extinct . . y : MillbaskPkison . —On Saturday morning last the interior of the Millbank Penitentiary was ' . again the scene of a most desperate outrage , which was . committed by one of the prisoners under sentence often years' transportation upon a warder named Bads ' , who narrowly escaped' being murdered ; in the same manner as the late unfortunate warder Hall : ¦ * From the information obtained it appears . that on Saturday morning the warder , Balls , let the prisoner in question out of his cell for the purpose of allowing him to empty his chamber utensil in the customary manner , The warder followed the prisoner to the end of the passage , where the closet ' was situated . After the prisoner had emptied the slops the warder

    proceeded along the passage , this time followed by the prisoner . They had not gone far wfien Balls momentarily noticed the shadow of the chamber utensil upon the wall , and the next instant received a violent blow upon the side of the head , which partially , stunned him ,. but on recovering his senses directly afterwards he turned round , ' . and' saw : the prisoner in the act of striking him a ' ; second blow with the chamber , utensil , which he held in his hand . > The warder dexterously avoided the blow , and called out instantly for assistance . In the meantime the prisoner commenced a'most murderous attack upon the warder , inflicting several severe blows upon the head , face , and arms ; and causing extensive wounds , from which the ; blood flowed profusely . The warder , after a inosti desperate struggle for his life , succeeded in closing with hig

    antagonist , and , although he was weak from the loss of blood , ultimately forced him to the ground . At that moment several warders ;* who had heard Balls ' s cries for assistance ; entered ; the passage , and saw the prisoner and the warder on the ground straggling violently together . The ! prisoner was instantly secured and removed , to one of the strong cells . Balls was conveyed to the-infirmary in a very exhausted condition , ibleedingfrom the wounds he had received upon hhvhead :-and face . Mr . Bendle , the resident surgeon , quickly attended j and , on examining : tnelbouy of : theiwarder , foundtaaddition to the numerous wounis already ! mentioned , several contusions about'the-shoulderS vand arms , but fortunately noi-: bone ! wa 8 ; fracturedS 3 l ) r .. lSaly afterwards visited the wounded warder , * and , under his skilful treatment , there are strong hopes that Balbi will speedily recover .

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    r ' KBK ^ w ' THB ^ TiMPj ; B ^ CHPHqHV ~; QnVSuTaday Wbrning ' , " about eight ' o ' clock . , a fire . broke . ' dut inlthe furnaceiroom ' qi the , Temple , ; Chuich , ' which , Vat the commenciBmen . t ,, ¦ 'threatened . serious injury , to the euifice . i : A ! man nanoed . Kim ' p , whose duty is to , wdfm the chureh , after iligutihg ' the furhace , ; whicK , is in the basement story j . weht into tho choristers' room i mmediately . bverhead ,. and so suddenly ' alarmed at hearing an explosion , which appavehtly , proceeded from the . ropm he had just . left . On , returning he found . the ^ furnace . room filled With flame and smoke . Hethrewsom ' epails of . water , " on the fire , butwas speedily overpowered by the smoke , and fell insensible upon the floon . Fortunately some persons connected with the Temple : ' succeeded in draeainz the

    man out . The fire , by ¦ thatperiod , had forced Itself completely through theroof of thefurnace room , and had penetrated the . flooring of the choristers' robing room . The ' engines having been set to work from Fleet-street , the hose were carried round the church , and the firemen were enabled to scatter the water in the right din ction , but some time elapsed ere the flames could be extinguished , and not until a great part of tlie flooring in the choristers' robing-room was destroyed and ataloable pianoforte much burned . The beautiful organ , which stood immediately behind the wall < m ' which the flatnes destroyed the outer plaster , also escaped injury . Immediately after the

    performance of Divine , service in the morning Sir George Rose , Sir B . . Cumming , and the other benchers , visited the place for the purpose of learning the cause of the outbreak ; and it appeared that for some time past the man in charge of the furnaceroom had been in the habit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of the furnace to dry . On Saturday last a great quantity was . placed there , ' and on Sunday morning shortly after , the fires were lighted the heat of the boiler must have set the whole of the wood in flames ; and the explosion heard by the man was no . doubt caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the action of the fire . , . -. : .-.-. \\ .. :

    Firk at a CANDiBMANnFACTORT . —Shortly before seven o ' clock on Monday , morning afire broke out on the premises belonging to an oilman and caudle maker named Hugman , situate in Shoemakerrow , Ludgate-hill . The fire , when first discovered ; was burning in an underground floor used as a meltroom and warehouse , and was not extinguished until the stock in trade , &c , were- seriously damaged . Mr . Hugman is luckily insured . The origin of the outbreak is at present unknown . - : ' Fire in St . JAMss ' s .-On Sunday . afternoon , shortly after one o'clock , a fire broke in the premises of Mr . T . Grant , a furniture dealer , No . 36 , Princesstreet , St . James ' s . The flames were confined to the destruction of the lower part of the building . ^ .= i

    , Firk at Palmer ' s Candle Pactouy . —On Tuesday morning , about six o ' clock , a fire broke , out in the imrnense range of premises known as the patent metallic wick candle and lamp factory , ; situate in Great Sutton-street , Clerkenwell , the property-of Messrs . Palmer and Co . The discovery .: was made by one of the lads employed on the premises , ; who , on opening the door of the workshop found the place in flames . Having the" presence of mind to close , the door again , ho . was enabled to give an alarm , which speedily brought a number of workmen to the spot , who . instantly set to work and happily succeeded in preventing the conflagration from extending during the time lost in sending for the engines . : The firemen and workmen eventually

    conquered the flames , but not until a great deal of the flooring and joistings were burned and ^ the utensils damaged by fire , and water . ; : , . A Fire Inquest . —On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Union Tavern , Blackfriars , before Mr . Payne , the City Coroner , to ; inquire into the ' origin of the fire which took place on the premises of Joseph Hugman , oil and colourman , No 32 , Shoemaker ' s-row . After the swearing in of the iury . the Coroner said he regretted the absenoe of Mr . R . Taylor , Common Councilman , who had expressed an opinion that such inquiries were totally useless , ' and , therefore , ho had written to him in order that he might attend and judge for himself . From the evidence , which was of a very suspicious

    nature , it appeared that the fire was . discovered on Monday morning last , burning in four distinct places at once , and the peculiar situation of two of the places rendered it impossible that the fire could have occurred accidentally . Mr . J . Hugman , who was examined , stated that himself and his workman lit a fire in the copper in the front cellar for the purpose of melting some grease , and both of them having occasion to leave for a few minutes , on their return they found the place in flames . He admitted that for along time previous they had not melted grease there . Between this witness ' s evidence and that of his workman several discrepancies occurred . A ' witness of the name of George Nottley said that he had heard of the fire some time before it took

    place . A man whom he knew , had told him to beware of it three weeks before ; Christmas . Witness did not know the man ' s name , nor where ho lived , but had no doubt he .. could produce him if the inquiry was adjourned . The , Coroner said he could not ask him the . words the man used , but if he ( Nottley ) thought the evidence of the man would tend to throw some additional light on the subject , he would bo happy to" adjourn the inquiry to some future time , when the person would be forthcoming . It was entirely a question for the jury , as they could best judge of theimportancoof such inquiries . The Times of that morning had & paragraph in which it

    was stated that " the number of hres during the year 1819 , in London , was 835 , involving the destruction of 400 or 500 houses , and twenty persons lost their lives . " Now , in the City of London , the total humber . of houses destroyed was only fourteen , and in the borough of Southwark eight . In those districts inquests were held in every , case , and one of them resulted in the transportation of two men for arson ; so that , the majority of fires occur in those parts of the metropolis where no inquiry takes place . The jury were unanimous in requesting the Coroner to adjourn tho inquest , which was accordingly adjourned till Thursday next , at half-past two o ' clock .

    The Drainage and Sewerage of Lambeth . —A very extensive and thorough survey of the whole of this large parish is now in the course of being made , under , the superintendence of the , Commissioners of Sewers , preparatory to an effective system being introduced throughout this numerously populated district , - ¦ ,. , '

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    highly congested . The conditwn . of the : tiead , ') lungg » and heart , was quite sufficient to account for death , which arose from strarigiilation .-: There was nothing else ; to : account , for deathssOnithe ; nose .-oftMr . Novellii there was a bruise , such as might becaused by a scratch , which it is supposed he might have : got in an encounterwith the deceased Jady . ' - 'Mr . 'Ainsivorth , the : other medical gentleman , ' corroborated the testimony of 3 lr . Harrison , and produced a brooch with a gold . pin , which he ( Mr .. Ainsworth ) had taken from her brcast ' tliaV mornirigr Tlio pin \ Y 33 much bent , which , in his opinion , proved that a struggle had taken place .- Mr . Novelli was about twenty-eightyears . of ; age : ; Mrs . Novelli ' was about thirty , and had had two children , and she had resided With Mr . Alexander Novelli since her hu-band ' s decease ' The inquest was adjourned to enable Mr . NoTelli ' s friends to pVoveacase of insanity : ¦ ; r rr- ' ^ - ' ' ^ r - ^ ' ^ r'' T \ r ^'" rhr il

    Murder at S 0 iT > 'N in AsHFiELD . —Oh Monday a man named Berry , who has been living separate from his wife for . some , years past , murdered : his daughtei , " a childthree years old ; by striking , her on the head with abutcher s ¦ cleaver . The cries , of theunfortunate childsooh attracted the neighbour ' s who soon forced ' open the doors , but no effectual assistance could be Tendered . The child expired in a y « rjr . short time ., \ Berry was takea to the Maasnela lbck- ^ up ^ ... ;; " . ¦ , : ¦ .: ¦• - .. ; „ ¦¦ ¦ , ¦ .-: '¦ / > rx Mtstbbwds Dkaih of a Policbman . 7- On Monday nighti'policeman Stamford , of the" Notts rural ¦ police force ; left Cbtgraye ; a village'about seven miles from Nottingham , in a cart , along wrtli a firisoher who had [ been apprehended on . a , charge

    of robbery , and whom -he was directed . to convey to the'Nottirigham ' police station . At eight o ' clock in the evening ^ 'Mr . Thomas Smarts of the . Trent Bridge , iwheri ^ proceeding on the Cotgrave-road , ' observed the policeman in tbexart alone , with his head reclining : on , the : seat ; Mr ., Smart , and a man who came up at the moment , supposing the policeman waV asleep , endeavoured to arouse him , but were horrified to find that he . was lifeless . ' The body was conveyed to theTrent Bridge Inn , and a ' surgeon was '; sent for , but . his services ' , were of no avail . There was no marks of violence on deceased'a face , but the surgeon refused to examine the body until he received instructions from the coroner ., The man who had been in deceased ' s custody has not yet been recaptured . ' ' ¦ ; ' ^ : - ; . ¦ ¦ ' -

    : A ; : SixauiiAR Discovert has iboen made with regard to one of the men missing from Lynn , ! On Monday last a hat , ai pursei and a knife were found by the side of Wormegay Drain . ; Upon the purse being shown to'the niece of Joiih ; BeU , she' immediately exclaimed , That is my uncle ' s pursed I know it because I made it myself . " She then observed that it was her uncle ' s , it was mended in one part with a double thread ; and . on examination so it proved to be . The ' purse , then , of Bell is found and identified , and that in one ' of th © most lonely places in the county , - close to ^ Wormeg ay Mere , a place to which it is very unlikely that anold man , above 80 years of age , would voluntarily ^ go after dark ; besides being four , miles distant from ! Lynn . The hat . . h » 3 . been identified as blown from the head of a traveller in wares ; but the knife , a formidable weapon , hasnot been owned . ¦ -

    • Accident to Mr . ' A »» erlby , M . P . —On Monday as Mr .-Adderley , ' M . P . i with the Hon . Mrs . Adderley and their family ,- was returning from Stoneleigh Abbey to Hams , their carriage upset , owing to tho icy state of i the roads ,, as they were turning too quickly out of the park ; into ¦ the high road . Though the carriage was completely smashed from the violence of the fall , no one received any serious injury further than afew bruises ' andslight cuts .

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    Sreiann ; .., ' FBoiBcxioft'isr Mebiino in Ddblin . —An aggregate Protectionist meeting took place in the Rotunda last week , for which great preparations had been made ; It was presided over by the Marquis , of Downshire , and the ; aristocracy " ' mustered strong upon the occasion .. Resolutions declaratory of the necessity of protection , 8 nd condemnatory of Free Trade , were unanimously passed . ¦ >¦ • " Counter . AaGRKGATBMEEiiNa . — The correspondent of the Times says ; — " Although no day has been yet fixed for the counter demonstration of the citizens of Dublin , it is stated that active preparations are . in progresa , and that before the lapse of another

    weeMue voice of the Irish metropolis , will pronounce its . free opinion' on the policy or impolicy of Free Trade . The meeting , unlike the recent display , will be open to all parties , and the right to difier , it is promised , will be accorded to such as may choose to do so . Jf report speak truly , this latter , ooncession is likely to be put to the test , as it is said that one or two of the speakers who figured at the Rotunda on Thursday week , will take up the gauntlet at the citizen ' s nieetins ;; whenever it may come off : and if ; ' s 6 , it is to be hoped that good faith will be kept , and that senseless clamour will not « be substituted for , legitimate argument . The high flown eloquence expended by the Lords and com moners assembled at the Rotunda gathering hasnot

    ;; told , on theRepealerg . The Nation of Saturday treats the movement with , supreme contempt , and in ' scathing language ; derides the empty threats of appeal . to the cannon ' s mouth , " . or ; else "—and asks my Lord Glengall and his courtly agitators , if they really believe , that this " mock menace will tell on England , adding , - 'if there be any such witless mortal here , or across the Channel , who believes : in this blank cartridge alternative ' to protection ,, we : tell him frankly that if anything could muster the people of . Ireland against ; the independence' of the island , it would be that this independencewas the last hope and maih-Btay of exterminators . ' ' : Such is , M . Young Ireland ' s ' estimate of the . all but proffered alliance of the physical force aristocrats . -. ; ,, - • .

    „ . Tenant ,, MevBjtEHT , - — The tehanfc ; protection movement is gaining ground in about the same prop ortionthat the landlordproteotion game ialosirig it . : The landownera haye ;; created , their Frankehstein , as the cpunter ; organisation has been aptly termed , ' and . they will , be pursued byiha formidftble onemy , to theMast . ., The moyementis Bpreading in the south . The Kilkenny Journalstatesthat BolUhgarry , "theleadingparish ' , of Tipperary , ' ! . "Was-organised last-week . ; and a meeting ! fi the nei ghbouring county of pkennyv the announcemeht of this fact was received-with loud cheers , " and the

    meeting pledged itself that at . least ten thousand ' Callan men should attend tho Ballingarry meeting , which they were led to belieyo would give a tone to Tipperary . In ; . ; th ( Bse , > mass , moyomehts , ' a ; oonstitutlona . . mode of proceeding is nqt . lost sight of , and petitions , to parliament , " praying . for tenant ' protection are invariably adopted . At the last meeting of the ^ allan S ppiety , it was resolved : — " That ajpetir tion to Parliament ia , favour , of a continuance ^ of fl'S 6 trade be adopted , and forwarded < to : Richard Coliden , Esq ., for presentation in the Houses ' of Commons , and that John Bright , Esq ., be requested to , support its prayer . " : n , ;;; . - -vl- . ^ i ' ¦ vi . !

    The " iUiSTBB ' i ; B . 0 M&u Oathouo- ! MsMoRui ^ A deputation , appointed to present' the memorial [ of the ; Boman : Catholics of <• Ulster , * ipraying forjithe suppression of the Castlewellau ¦ magistrates , waited on tthei Lord-Lieutenant . It was acoompaniod by the Lordi-Mayor ,: ; whosiritrodHced : the ) deputation . Theimemorialcontaininf upwardsi of ¦ 62 ^ 000 signatures , iaoMinglW Roman Catholic clergymen , i

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    ; f , IIi 3 Excellency read the following , reply ^ , -. v GeJctlkmew ,- ^ I hnre attentively cojiwderedf the memorial whlctfyou Kave ' ribwpresehted , and ' a copy of which had been aJrefla * yfbrwnrded . to ; nie . ' v : o- . ^'"; i { -. ¦ ¦• . ; : ;;;; - "Although I am fully scnsible ; hqw important it is that in the adniinistratidnofjustice distinctions of creed and party sjiould be unkneivn , * yet I : do not feel that-1 con prop $ j > jy recommend to the . lord Chancellor-the prayer of yoor memorial ' viz . — " 16 ^ supersede ' in tho commisaion of the peace , certain magistrates who , at a Petty Sessions held fo Castlewellan on the . Oth of October last , refused to take in . formations against parties proved to liave formed a portion of an avowedly illegal assembly . ' . - It does not appear ; tuat any of the magistrates whow re . moval is desired took part or were peraonnlly implicated in the transnctioris ' wliich formed the subject of the investi ga . tion at the Petty Sessions referred 'to . ^ When assembled however , they , did' decide not to receive informationa T ^ irr ^ f ^

    against persons who were alleged to hare formed portion of an assembly which , in the opinion of the Commissi oner , Mr . Berwick , and the AttorneyrGeneral , was illegal ; but I cannot consider that tlie refusal of the magistrates to act on that view of the law ;( howeTer correct ) affords j ust grounds for superseding them in . the commission of the peaee . : It has been : the ; practice ' of the government in tliis country to afford legal , advice -to . the local magistracy in the discharge of their duties ; but it is not to be supposed , nor can it be justly contended ; that the opinion thus given is binding on the magistrate who receives it , although obtained at his instance . ' ' He is still free to acton liii own judgment and responsibility . The law and the constitution have confided to him this power , nnd he should not be removed from the commission merely upon the ground that he declines to abide by the opinion of a legal officer of the Crown . ' ¦' . ' ..

    It is unnecessary for me to state- how deeply I have de p ! ofed the lamentable occurrences of the last 12 th of Jul y , which were attended with such fatal consequences , and I cin assure you that Her Majesty ' s Government fully recognises the necessity of putting an end to those rival party displays , which tend to keep continually alive feslings of ani . mosity ' and ill-will between her Majesty ' s subjects of differentleligious persuasions ' . '"' : ' " iNDicATrqjTs op'Improvbmemt . —The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says . — "Although the embarrassed landlords and their tenantry are suffering severely , and the Poor-Jaw taxation , in extensive districts of the south and west , has left immense quantities of land unoccupied and uncultivated ; yet , on all estates where a ; proper land-system has been adopted , and the landlords are really the owners of

    their property , rents are now paid very fairly , all circumstances considered . I . have learned that the tenantry of the Duke of Leinster , in Kildare ,- have paid their rents for the last year with a degree of punctuality that forms a remarkable contrast with estates in bther . pnrts of the country ; and that the noble duke and other welNcircumstanced proprietors have their rents better paid at present than at any period since 1846 . The Irish Court of Chakcbry . —It is a curious fact that the business in the Irish Court of Chan * eery , in all its branches , is once more as brisk as it had been in the ordinary periods of litigation before the famine had extended to the Four Courts . A very general opinion had prevailed that the Encumbered Estates Commission would have produced « sweeping change in the business of the ordinary equity courts ; but it is not more strange than true that , although an enormous amount of causes , in the

    way of petitions for the sale of estates previously in Chancery , has already accumulated before the Encumbered Commissioners , the duties of the Lord Chancellor , the Master of the Rolls , and the four Masters in Chancery , have increased during the pre-Bent term , after a lull which has proved merely temporary . Many of the causes in the Encumbered Commission Court bad completely ran their course in Chancery—that final decrees for sale had been pronounced ; but , from one reason or other , imperfection of title , or , perhaps , inability to divide estates into lots suitable to purchasers , or the impossibility of obtaining bidders at the required ra'es of purchase , the sales were not made , and some of the parties interested have in consequence availed themselves of the facilities offered by the Encumbered Estates Act to force sales under circumstances considered advantageous and inexpensive . ¦ .

    Encumbered Estates Commission . —The business of thiB commission continues to augment at a rapid rate . A new list of petitions for sales , thirtytwo in liUtnber , was presented between the 7 th and the 15 th inst . A considerable portion of those petitions affect estates in the western provinces . There are three petitions on the case of Lord Oranmore , and the petitioners are relatives of the noble lord , namely , the Hon . Mary" Anne Browne , the lion . Georgina Dorcas Browne ( his lordship ' s sisters , ) arid the Rev . J . G . Browne . Protectionist Movement . —The intention of

    convening a Protectionist meeting in the county of Sligo has been abandoned . In fact , the Irish Protectionists seem to have got quite enough agitation ; and they are now restoring to petitions quietly circulated amongst the party . News tor Farmers . —There has been an advance in the price of beef in the southern markets . Tho Cork Constitution says : — " Previous to Christraa 3 it was very low , there being a large number of small , light cattle in the hands of farmers , which having been disposed of , good cattle at present are fetching advanced prices . Pork , too , - is getting scarce , and likely to advance in price . "

    Farm IiirnoYESiENia . —Mr . Stewart , of tho firm of Stewart and Kiacaid , has returned to Dublin after a tour of inspection over the properties of Lord Palmerston and other gentlemen , to whom this eminent firm are agents . Upon Lord Palmerston's property , in this-county , enormous improvements are being carried out under the local direction of Edward Smith , Esq ., which must result in great benefit to the tenantry . The Irish Poor Law . —Another death from starvation is recorded in the Newcastle union , and the following verdict has been returned by the coroner ' s jury : — " We find that the deceased , John Havnett , came by his death from cold and starvation , arising from the : cruel and arbitrary conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners in withholding from

    the guardians , after repeated remonstrances , their sealed order empowering them to grant out-doqr relief more generally to the destitute poor of this union ; and we further find / unless in-door accommodation or a more general system of out-door relief be instantly afforded , that the deaths of hundreds of the now starving poor of this union must immediately and inevitably follow . " A riot took place last week in the Athlone workhouse among tho female paupers . A strong police force was called in , but the insurgents successfully assailed them for some time with the hot " stirabout" with which they had been provided for supper—the said stirabout , thus converted into a formidable missile , having been the cause of the insubordination .

    The new sea pier at Moville , in the county of Derry , has been completed , and the works are stated to have given complete satisfaction upon the official inspection . The entire length of the pier is 403 feet ; breadth , forty feet ; ten feet below low water at its head , nine feet to the extent of 250 feet inward , and thenoo gradually decreasing to the depth of seven feet . The stones used in its erection vary from two > to five tons , and were procured in the neighbourhood . — > A case , in which thename of Sir Robert Peel i 3 incidentally mixed up , will be tried in the Irish

    Court of Exchequer in a few days . The plaintiff is a Mrs . Taylor , wife of an English clergyman , and sole surviving daughter of the illustrious John Philpott Curran , and the defendant , a Mrs . Simpson , with whom the plaintiff has resided as a lodger . The subject of the action is a portrait of CurraD , painted by Lawrence , andwhich was purchased by Sir Robert Peel from Mrs .. Simpson , who , according to the plaintiff , had no ri ght to sell it , but who states , in her turn , that it was a free gift to her from the plaintiff ! The trial has been fixed for the 2 nd of February .

    Murder in the Count * of Limerick . —On the night of Tuesday , the 15 th instant , Edward Hurly , of Ballinahinch , near Knocklong , was murdered in his own house , in the presence of his wife and fiva children . Hui'ley and his family , after rising from prayers ; directed his son to look after the cattle before they retired to rest .- The boy proceeded to the door , and upon opening it observed an armed man outside . The fellow told Hurley's son to go back , and with the muzzle of the gun forced him to the centre of the 'dwelling ; when his father , mother , brothers , and sisters , promptly assailed the intruder , ' who was repulsed ; but , alas ! the melan « choly' catastrophe is now to be told . Asflurley , the head of this brave family , was locking the doc" *» the atrocious ruffian fired from without ; the ball

    entering his left eye , carried away the upper part of his skuUi and the innocent -victim fell dead on the spot ! " ¦ L - ;;;¦ ¦¦' ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ - - ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ Appijcation for "Ihformation " -Refused . — Just before the rising of the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Saturday evening ; : a tall-solemn-looking gentleman , said to be a member of the legal profession , got on his * legs ; and aftetf a preparatory hem , " put the following question to the Chief Justice ( Black * burne );—•• MyLord , —I have been doputed by some of themost ; respectable of the citiaens of Dublin to inquire from your Lordship what time the court « iu deliver judgment in the case of 'Wauob . ob ' y : Reynolds ? ' ¦ vf ith a gravity of countenance four tifees as imperturbable : as that of the q ' uestioneri the Chief Justice replied as follows : — " Have th » kindness to inform the respeetaWe citizens who have sent you here , that you have put thati question to the Court , andthatthe Court gave you ^ boreply . " ¦ : ¦

    . - The Ibish linen iiuns . —The Belfast Nibs-Letter , in a review of the staple trade of Ulster during tha past year , after noticing the depression" resuliing from the disturbed state of the , continent ! observes of thepresent : — " It is true that all hands are , employea ,- Spinners are receiving a price'for their yarns which enables them to' continue spinning . Our manufacturers are full y cneaRed But « * w 8 ask are they profitably employeu ? tho answer / tre are sorry to' 8 ay , must bain the negative . Prioe 3 are yet very lo ^' and . not by any' means remune * rating . especially for such qualities of ourlinens as heay ^ mediunis and strong cloth . Light linens have certainly beoome very 'scarce , and thlehormous de-™ , ? t ° r SOp ^ for dyemgfor the ^ Amerioan mai-ket and white li | ht hriens for' Italy and the South o « Europe ^ erally , lias i for tha-nibment raised tha puce of coarse li ght Unem ; but , ia afew wee ^ i

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    MUtfyif /> i < 0 ^ n ^ Bfc ^ " » t i i 1111 cvnt , " ®^ e tyvotiintw . . Seven Fishing Smacks and Thiriv-bkvbn FishermenLost . —Seven fine fishing-smacks , whose crews numbered in the aggregate thirty-seven men and . boys , which left Hull prior to Christmas-day , in 1849 , and which should have returned fortnight ago , have not since been heard of . It is supposed that the vessels perished during the gales of tUo 27 th and 28 th December . Various causes of this fearful loss of life and property are stated , ' but the most probable is that they foundered on the . Lemon-oar Sand , in consequence of the floating . light drifting from her moorings . The topmast of one ( the Mary ) waspicked up off Lewestoife , end brought into Hull on Friday week last . . . ; The Aylesburt Sayings Bank . ¦— A fiat in bankruptcy having been issued against Henry Stratton ( clerk to Mr . James James , solicitor , of Aylesbury , the secretary to the savings bank . ) who is by this time with his wife and family in America , the property which he has left behind him ; including his furniture and other available assets , will now be

    secured for the benefit of his creditors , as well as to make good , as far as it will go , the amount he has abstracted from the deposits of the savings bank . There , will be two grounds for his being claimed to be given up by the United States by the English government—first , for having forged the names of several of the depositors in the bank to receipt ; and secondly , for not surrendering to his fiat . The Secretary of State has consented to take the necessary steps to cause the apprehension of the fugative in America and his return to this country '; but declines , as is customary , in all similar cases , to bear the expenses attending such a proceeding . ' The mode which Stratton adopted to mystify the accounts and to " cook .- " ¦ , the books of the bank , to deceive

    the trustees and managers , as well as Mr . James , the Secretary , was of a character to disarm suspicion ; and was only to be discovered by the closest investigation and the strictest scrutiny , : . > , . ' i Poisoning'a RAitwAYiPAssBNGEBi--We have had detailed the following particulars of a case of poisoning and robbery of a railway passenger , which took place a few weeks ago : —" .-It- appears that on theday . betore Christmas-day a young man named George Lambert , who resides near Sheffield , was on his way to pay a visit to a relative who resides in this town . ; When at the Masborough station he was accosted by . some men , who gavve him a lozenge , and f aid , that as he was coming to Doncaster , they would all travel together . They . accordingly got him into a

    carriage along with them , arid at : the same time gave him another lozenge to suck . He , however , put it into his pocket , and did not make any further use of it . ; He then gradually became unconscious , and remembered nothin g , but that he at one tima heard a cry of " Liverpool . " At length he was seized at a station some distanoe beyond that town , and was dragged ontbythe porters under a supposition that hewasintoxicated ; v Here : he wa 3 charged 5 s . for extrafare r but , to hissurprisa ; he found that he bad been robbed of every farthing ofhis money , amounting to nearly £ o . He was about to be . locked up , but a gentleman who saw the proceeding had

    compassion on him ; paid his fare , and took him to hii own house , where the young u an was put to bed and confined to his chamber tor about a week , suffering from the effects of the drug which had been administered to him , and bis friends , in the ! meantime , were quite unconscious of what had become of / him . The medical gentleman who attended himstatod fhat if hehad sacked the second lozenge his life would have : been in great danger . - wlAs it-was , he had some difficulty in preserving his eyesight . When sufiiciehtly recovered . the kind gentlemani who had befrieudedi him- ' supplied him with money to pay / his journeyi home , and thus he was restored to bia friends , It

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    \ aoniyriglit-toobserve that thesyoun ? man !; i 8 _ a , p \ Softteauyand sober habited ^ ihat'J ^ is no ground . whateverforsupposing thatube ^ as ¦ > na state of intoxication , except from t-be effects ; of the drue administered to him . —Doncaster . Gazette . ; - ; Deathof . a Paufkr and Vbbdict of Man-SLAUGHTER AGAINST AN OVEBSEEB . —On the ' 17 ttl inst . Mri D ; P . King ; the coroner , resumed ^ the inouiry relative to the death of George Luckelt , of Marsh Gibbon , whodied in a cart whilst being conveyed to the union Kouse at Buckingham . The deceased was a poor old ' man , sixty-nine years ot age , and lived in a miserable place called the "College , ten or twelve miles from Buckingham , his wife and two rlaiicrhtere resided with him ; One of the latter had

    been ill for some time past , but she struggled on in extreme poverty and wretchedness , until an order was received for the removal of the deceased and his family to the union ; Friday , the 11 th inst ., was fixed upon to put the order into effect , and carry off the Ottoman and his family ; i but himself ' and f sick daughter only were packed in the cart , and started on their journey ol many miles over a wretched rough bye road . on one of the , most bleak and cold winter days . ' The cart was a common baker ' s vehicle without . springs . ; The deceasedj . almbst : Baked , and who was then dying , was- placed in this cart along with his daughter , who was in .: a dangerous state , and having been covered with ¦ a ¦¦ . barn door winnowing-sheet , the two paupers were removed , and

    when they reached the : union the daughter was quite insensible / and the father a corpse 1 The jury when they viewed the body of the deceased , deolaved . that they never beheld such a deplorable sight before . Starvation and diseaseiwere depicted strongly on the coutenance of-the poor . man ^ The only articles ' of wearing apparel on the body was an ¦ old , shirt and a wai 8 tcoat .-rHenry Jones proved having removed the deceased in the manner stated above , by order of JosiahJones , the overseer . : When he went tohis house be was lying on the floor groaning . He thought him in a fit state to be removed , and he and three others took him out and lifted him in the . cart : " like ft pig . '' On the way to the union he heard deceased eroan , and he died about four miles before he got to

    the place . He then told his daughter that her father was dead . ' He did not think , when he removedhim without trousers and stockings on , that he was dying . The wife and another daughter refused to beremored . —Mr . White , the master of the union , said that the daughter , when admitted , was in a very dangerous condition , Brandy , and arrowroot were administered to her . The barndoor winnowing-sheet was partly wrapped about her . and partly round her dead father . —Mr . King , relieving officer , said the deceased and his family had been objects of ; relief lor some weeks past . Their dwelling was in . a filthy and destitute state . —Mr . Josiah Jones said that he was . the overseer . He received an order for the removal of deceased from the medical attendant . ( The order was

    produced . and . read by the coroner . It said , if deceased wa 3 not removed he might create : a pestilential disease . ) Witness went with ' two men to the guardian . Mr . Jones said they would be wanted to help deceased into the cart ; they did so , but as they could not get his clothes on he had him put in a winno wing-sheet , such as is put up at barn doors . He did not move about at all . He should not have removed deceased if a letter , had not been received from the doctors The cartwas a village baker ' s . He considered the deceased would not be worse off in the cart than at , home . —Mr . W « H . Semerset , medical poor law union :, attendant , said , he addressed the order of removal . to Jones ; he considered the deceased would be better off in the cart than in his own

    miserable hut . "When he last saw deceased and his daughter ( before the , removal , ) he considered they were fit to ba taken to the union . He considered deceased died from cold and inclemency of the weather . He might have died if he had been at home . He ought to have been removed with care , arid blankets wrapped round him . The wife ot deceased said , her husband had been ill some time with rheumatism and pains in the bowels . He told her he was unwilling to go into the union , as his time was very short . He got . into a : great rage with one of his daughters , when she told him he was to go into the workhouse . He said he would die first . When the men brought him down stairs , one took hold of his head , and the other held his heals . They could not get his trousers on . He . was not insensible , she thought , when he was brought down stairs . —Dr . Southan said , that he saw the body when brought in .

    It was stiff and cold , and in a filthy , condition . : Exposure to . the . cold in such an inclement season , the state deceased , was in , from . his age , the depressed state ofhis vital powers , and probable half-starved condition , were likely to be attended with fatal consequences . He considered there' was great want ol humanity shown in removing deceased in the s ' ate he was in . —The jury , after consulting , . 'returned a verdict of " Involuntary manslaughter against Josiah Jones , the overseer , " who wes thereupon committed for trial at the next Aylesbury assizes . ; A Geos Example , —In consequence of the tenantry under the Right Hon . Lord John Scott , complaining of the damage done by the game to their crops , Ac , his lordship had destroyed . the whole of his extensive preserves in Warwickshire , dismissed his keepers , and given directions to his tenants to keep the game down by shooting all that they see on the land in their occupation . . ¦

    The Birmingham Magistrates . —Birmingham , Saturday . —The deputation appointed to wait upon government with respect to the recent appointment of magistrates on the nomination of Messrs . Geach and Thornton had an interview with Lord John Rusaelland Sir George Grey in Downing-strcet , on Friday . The Premier and Home Secretary declined to interfere , and questioned the power of town councils to nominate borough magistrates . They referred the deputation to the Lord Chancellor . After an interview of seme length with the noble Lord the deputation were induced to hope , if not believe , that the recent commission willbesuperseded . Anoxheb . Captbrb of Smuggiehs was made early on Monday . mornin ? off Southsea Beach , where

    a wherry with three men and 150 gallons of foreigh brandy was captured by ' Lieut . T . B . Clark and a party of men from Stokes Bay Station . ; ^ Supposkd Murder and Suicide bt a Merchant , at Manchester . —On Monday morning a painful sensation was created here by a rumour that Mr , Alexander Novelli , a merchant , and his late brother ' s widow , both residing at Lower Broughton , had been found dead at theirown house under very mysterious circumstances .. Mrs . Novelli was the widow of Mr . Louis Novelli , of Frestwich , near Manchester , and the . daughter of Mr . Hall , bleacher , of Frestwich . Mr . Louis Novelli died soon after returning from Doncaster races about sixteen months ago , and le ' t bis widow and two young children : very handsomely

    provided for . His lather , indeed , who is still living in the neighbourhood of London , retired from business in Manchester net many years ago , in rery affluent circumstances . V . t . Alex . Novelli , upon his brother ' s death , was appointed one of the executors to his estate , and from that time has lived with his brother ' s widow and the two children . A few weeks back they took up their abode at Cliff Mound , a genteel residence purchased in thename of the children . at Lower Broughton . They appeared to live together on good terms , employing a man servant and twp maidservants in the house . On Sunday they appeared to be in the enjoyment of their ordinary health , and attended divine service at St . Clement ' s Church , Broughton . The servants retired to bed at

    the usual hour , leaving Mr . Alexander Novell ! and Mrs . Novelli in the sitting-room , and had no reason to suspect that anything unusual was about to take place . The man servant was horror-stricken to find , however , on descending to . the sitting room on Monday at eight o ' clock , that Mrs . Novelli was dead . She was found reclining on a Bofa partially undressed ; Her , body was quite cold , and it is supposed she had been dead many hours . Mr . Alex . Novelli was then sought , that tidings of the death of his sister-in-law might be taken to him , but on entering his room his dead bedy was found hanging from the ceiling . There was warmth about the region of the heart , and it was supposed that he had not been . dead more than a couple of hours . Mr . W .

    Si Rutter , the county coroner , held an inquest on Monday , on the bodies of Mr . Alexander , and Mrs . Harriet Novelli , ' at the residence of the deceased , Mount-house , Lower Broughton . It appeared from the : evidence , that both Mi . Alexander , and Mrs . IlarrietNovelli , attended ; Prestwichchurch on Sunday morning , and Broughton Church in the afternoon of the same day ; and they afterwards accompanied Mr .: Coston , one of the executors of the late Loui 3 Novelli , and husband to the deceased lady ; to his house to tea ; and returned home early in the evening .. The servant , at the request of Mr . Novelli , brought two tumbler glasseB , nnd a jug of hot water , before retiring to bed . The next morning the boy went into \ the ; dining-room to open tho shuttersj

    when he found Mrs . Novelli lying dead on the floor . The servant man instantly proceeded to Mr . Novelli ' s bed-room , when he . found him suspended by i the cord of ; his ! dressing-gowii : to the mahogany bar , - which is about an , inch and ; a quarter in diameter , with his knees touching the Dor . He then put his hand into the bed , which . wai : quite warm , ¦ as' also was the body . A female servant slept immediately over the dining-room , but stated that she heard no BcufBe or , disturbance during the night . The cushions ontbe sofa had been disturbed ; one of them was lying on the Aoor , and the tablecloth' was'drawn considerably on one' aide ; : there remained on the

    table a deoanter and a glass , ; containing-a small quantity of brandy ,: and there was likewise a strong smell of that liquor in the room . —Mr . Harrison , surgeon , stated , that , he : had . made a post mortem examination of the bodies , and that upon the head and . windpipe of the deceased lady , there were marks such as might , have beeD ' . made by finger' nails , and that those marks corresponded toi echymosia . > Immediately ; underneath t > jev ; great' vessels'iweret ' gbfged wi ? u : bIood , iand , on , bpeniDg the chest , < ho ' ; found the ' lungs gorged with . f . ' yenous blood , and the right ' * ¦ side of the hearfcaUo . r . : There was nothing ; tohe found in . tha . stomach but what is to be-found'in ^ a perfect state of ^ health , and free from any appearance of pQiaOdi The head and membranes of the brain wer «

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    Sitftlaffir , Escapb of a Party charged with Murder , —In our last , we ( Glasgow Post ) called attention to the case of Cameron , the policeman , who was charged with murder at the late circuit trial * in Glasgow , but who , through the activity of his legal agent , on the one hand , and the carelessness or blundering of some one . of . our civic prosecutors on the other , is likely to , defeat the ends of justice , and escape altogether even . the chances of a trial . Cameron is again in custody . By advice he gave himself up , after being " liberated in due course of law , " and it will require stronger legal arguments than ' any we have yet seen advanced , to satisfy us that , under

    the peculiar circumstances of the case , he runs any chance of being tried for tha murder of which he is alleged . by the public prosecutor , to be guilty . It is extremely doubtful , in th © opinion iof high legal authorities ,, whether , it is competent to proceed with a second ' trial , seeing that the statute ( 1701 ) " dh-Ouirges the prisoner from being put or detained in gaol for the same crime after his liberation , in case that fact was known to the committee at the time he applied for his criminal letters . " We understand the Lord Advocate has ordered an inquiry into the whole circumstances connected with the liberation , with a view ' to ascertaining who is to blame for the

    mismahagemen ^ ' by which the' prisoner was ' not served with his criminal letters on the evening of their arrival in Glasgow , nor in proper ! time on the morning following , and thereby obtained his release , and > hat the blame is likely to be brought home to a party in Glasgow . ' Great blame is unquestionably attributable to some one in connexion with this important ? matter ; and it is but right that , in the ordinary course of justiee , it should be put upon the ri g ht shoulders . The competency of a second trial will '' . be discussed in Edinburgh , before , the High Court of Justiciary ; on the" 28 th of the present month . ¦ ¦ ¦¦'•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ - ¦•

    DBSTRUCTION : Bt . FlRB OF THE SEAT OF THE Duke ofiMontrose . — -On Monday night last ' . Buchanan House , in the parish of Buchanan ,- Stirlingshire , the Sbottjsh seat of the Duke of Montrose , was totally destroyed by fire .. The fire is believed to have been accidental , but the particulars of the occurrence have ; not reached us . The ducal mansion was a fine old house , which originally belonged to the . onpe potent family of Buchanan . It was delightfully situated in the nei ghbourhood of Lochloihdnd ;; and ; what' was deficient in architectural graces , was made up by the beauty of the side and grounds . ' . The greater part of the fine furniture and historical relics , are understood : to have perished , Tho duke and family were absent at tho time of the catastrophe . . _ ...

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1558/page/6/