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      ——a » p ^ i ¦ — £ § elf % WOtt 0 . Health or Iasdon wjmxo the WBEK .-In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the London district were 80 S , a result which , com-THrativelv , must be considered as a favourable indication oCtbe state of the public health . la the same week 61184 G there were 863 deaths ; in that oflS 47 . 3 169 ^ in 1 S 4 S , 1 , 033 ; and in the same week of 1 S 49 were 1 , 931- The average of ten corresponding weeks , corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 105 ; and the present return shows a decrease of 2 i 7 on the estimated weekly mortality . In last week seven deaths were registered from small . pox , and four of the sm-¦ fc > T-oi-c worAnnrannc nf ta : pn » v-ficf > VParS and UpWarUS .

      Measles was fatal to 10 children , scarlatina to 30 , and looping cough to 29 . Of these three complaints the two former exhibit less than the average mortality . Typhus was fatal to 3 S persons ; intermittent fever , remittent fever , infantile fe « r , and rhenmauc ^ ever , were each fatai in on * case . In *« ^ "JSS ns St weeU ^ personsdied of phthsi 3 orc , nSnmphon , Sh approaches verv near the weekly average mm-TOUCH apjirouuuca . . M > eniratnrv nrrrana diseases of the respiratory

      Cf ™ other organs AP « le ^ hs were S 3 , about the usual amount . The ^ of . ^ houses Bill ' s Pond , at the advanced age of 100 years and 11 mouths . The births . during the week were 1374 in number—At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday , Monday , and Tue ? day ; the mean of the whole week w . is 29 "S 51 in . The daily temperature varied little daring the week ; it ro « e towards Ihe eud ; the mean was 5 S' 4 deg ., which differs not much from the average of corresponding weeks of " seven years . The wind Weir from thenorth east on the first four days ; afterwards generally

      frim the southeast . Fatal Accident . —Between nine and tea 0 clock on Saturday morning last a lofty scaffolding , erected in front of the house No . 23 , Commerceplace , Brixton-road , occupied by Mr . Alvey , stationer , came down with a terrific crash . There were two bricklayers and a labourer on the upper platform , all of whom fell on the footway pavement . The labourer , who escap ? d with some slight bruises , was taken to his own home , hut the bricklayers received such serious contusions that they were immediately removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where one of them , mined Cooper , died in the course of the day . The "ther man , whose skall is fractured , is considered in a precariom state .

      very Suicide through Jealousy . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Europa Tavera , Church-street , Battersea , upon the body of Catherine Ketcher , aged forty-two , who committed suicide bv hanging herself with a piece of whipcord . Mr . John Ketcher , the husband of the deceased , who seemed to be about twenty-five years of age , said he was a working chemist ; that on the 19 th inst . a daughter of the deceased by a former husband came to him from their lodgings , and told him his wife had got some ' salts of lemon , with which she intended to destroy herself . Witness to ! d her not to make

      herself uneasy about it , a 3 salts of lemon would only make her sick , Shortly afterwards he was informed that bis wife had destroyed herself ; he immediately ran h' -ine and found the deceased hanging by a thin cord to a brass hook in her room . She had often threatened to commit suicide , but he had no idea that she was in earnest . She was of an exceedingly jealous disposition , and he believed this had driven her mad , although there was not ths least ground for her suspicions . The witness , while givinsr his evidence , wss greatly affected . The daughter of the deceased having given similar testimony , the jury returned for their verdict that the deceased csimmitted

      suicide while in a state of temporary mental derangement . Death op a Female by Taking Savine . —On Saturday last an inquest wa * held by Mr . Baker , at ¦ file Crown , Mary-street , Kingsland-road , upon the body of a married woman , named Harriett Cole , aged thirty-four , who had been deserted by her husband , and had died from the effects of a medicine called saviae , which she had taken for the purpose of procuring abortion . Mr . J . Nicholls , surgeon , Queen ' sroad , Balston , stated that the deceased , during the last three week . -, had daiiy called up * n him with one of her children who was unwell . Deceased herself macs no complaint . On the night of the JSth inst . his attention was called to her . lie found her in bed at her lodgings . She was suffering severely from

      internal pains . He heard from a female in the house that she was in the family way , and that it was supposed slie had taken a decoction of savine to procure an abortion . She was fast sinking . He gave her some medicine , snd she rallied a little . She died the following ? uorning . He had raa « le a post mortem exaniuiaiion of the body , aud found the stomach in a state oi inilammatior , which was sufficient to cause death . The uterus contained a f&tus about three months old . The inflammation of the stomach mJghs have been caa-ed by a decoction cf savine . In many c : ues life has been sacrificed by a person taking it to procure abortion . Mr . Finer , parish surgeon of Shoreditci ) , stated that a few weeks ago the deceased called upon him to request that he would gir ^ her something to destroy ths child with which she . 'ns

      pregnant She offered him any money if lie would , but he refiiied . Eliza Cleverly , a single young woman , stated thai on the 17 di inst . she accompanied deceased to a herbalist ' s at the corner of William-street , Shore : i : cii « wliere she boujkt twopennyworth of saviue . - Site boiled it in some water , and * on the following afternoon she urauk it . Saon after she- was taken very ill , when witness went for a u <; ctcr . Verdict , " Th 2 D the deceased died from an infl-iiEir . auon ofthe bowels , caused by takiu ; a decoction of savine , and the jury cannot separate without expressing a strong opinion that grc- ; t bi . ime is attached to h a rbalis-s a ' . u' othersindiscriminately vending such articles . Dsatk from Chokisg . —On Monday Mr . Cart er ie ' ti an Inquest at the Jlarlborougu Arms public house . C . mocrwellj on the bodv of William Banon ,

      aged sixty-seven , who died under the following cireum-iaiices : —The deceased was an inmate of Cambersvr-H uo : khonse , and on the likh inst ., white in the Infirm -nrard . the nurse brought in a quantity of builetl beef : * ntl potatoes , to supply ivrelve men . The deceased wont to tlie table , and whilu the nurse « -as at the oilier end ofthe ward he took up a piece of meat and endeavoured to swallow it , but became black in the fees and fell down ir-sensible . 3 ! r . King , th ' - hcusssurgeon , was called in , and made every e . Tort to disSod-i&tiieraeat , which had become firmly fixed in the v . hidpipe . The decease : ' died in abont five minutes , and when the medical gentleman removed the piece of meat he found it to bo thres inches in length and one and a half wide . The jury returned a vev ? lic : of '' Accidental death . "

      Robbery and attempt to Murder . —A desperate jittempt was made on Saturday last uuoa the life of llr . Cureton . who holds an official situation in ti . e British Museum , as purchaser of coins , medals ,, aud other antiquities , rc-iding at No . 81 , Alders ^ a-e-street . It appears that three men , very fashionably attired , called at the house , and inquired of Mr .-Wilson , a tailor , who resides in the lower part ofthe house , whether Mr . Cureton was at home . - Mr . Wilson told them they would find Mr . Cureton in the second floor . The three men immediately we » t upstairs , and in about a quarter of an hour they were seen by a woman in the hou-e coolly walking downstairs . Some few minutes aftenvards Mra . Wilson went upstairs wi ; h the milk for Mr . Careton's tea , when , upon entering his room , she

      found the unfortunate man lying on the fio '/ r quite black in the face , and perfectly speechless . There was a considerable pool of blood at his feet , and the blood was also running down his face from a wound in the head . Mrs . Wilson at first thought he had been seized with an apoplectic fit , and immediately sent for Mr . Brand , a surgeon . That gentleman promptly attended , when he found Mr . Curetoi insensible . He forthwith applied remedies , but it was upwards of seven lionrs before Mr . Cureton could he restored to consciousness . He then said that the three men who had called upon him having inquired whether he had by him a crownpiece of William aud ^ Mary , and being answered in the affirmative , he aiked them to take a seat , and whilst in the act of handing a chair to one ofthe men the other two went

      behind him and placed a portable instrument round his neck , which pressed as tightly as a vice . They then gave him a violent blow over the right eye , and from that time he had no recollection of what happened . The fellows , finding that Mr . Cureton was insensible , no doubt imagined that they had deprived himi'f life . They then removed the instrument from his neck , and after stripping the place of coiiis , medals < fcc ., of the value of ii 300 , they decamped . Mr . Cureton perfectly recollected seeiug the ir . strunieut as the men were passing it towards his neck ; and seizing a small box , he made an attempt to throw it through ihe window , hoping in that way to raise a ; i alarm , but before he could do so he was deprived of al ! power . On Sunday ni ^ bt Air . Cureton , was juuch better , and was able to give a more clear account of the manner in which he was treated , and t ' je amouut of property taken away by the thieves .

      He states that tv . T o of the three men appeared deeply en ^ o-ed together , and after minutely examining the coin which they had inquired abouti they desired to bs shown a half-crown of tie same reign . At that moment Mr . Cureton noticed that one of the men did not enter bevoml the step of the dcor . Tliere is now eo doubt that that pa ; ty was watching to > ee whether any one came up or went down the stairs . Jklr ' Curetun , thinking that probably he was a friend of th » other ? , and not interested in the purchase of aaiquities , asked him to be seated , and aUhe S ; rne time be turned round to hand him the chair hs had os-n sluing on a fW m inutes previously . Ihe mstrament was at that juncture passed round Ins neck . It wSformed by lashing two life-presewew together The properiF taken away « as deposited m sundry cabinets , ai existed of crown and Uttim pieces of Oliver Cromwell , King Alfred , and nuinerous AdeIo Sax n coins , an well a 3 a diamond p » n ,

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      a silver capped and jewelled watch , andla box ^ of EsSlrSCSI ^ will be annrehended ; and although the property is Sihfwm SSBio Oto Mr . Cureton , yet , should She rSSeSdlto the melting pot , it will probably noS rSl as man / shillings for od silver . The police belonging te the City and metropolitan divisions were actively engaged during Monday m endeavourin-rto trace out the guilty parties , but up to nine o ' clock at night no tidings of them could be obtained . Mr . Cureton is perfectly convalescent . The three men who committed the robbery and attempted the murder can be easily identi 6 ed by numerous persons in the house , should the police be fortunate

      enough to apprehend them . Asoiher Fire at the Mare Line Express OrFicE . —On Monday night about twenty minutes to nine o ' clock a second fire broke out at the Mark Lane Express Office , in Norfolk-street , Strand . Since the occurrence ofthe fire tbat took place lately in the same office a strict survey of the premises has taken place . Previous to closing on Monday night , on proceeding to examine a back room on the second floor , used as a waste paper depot , a cupbosrd was discovered to be in flames . 4 n immediate alarm was given and the parish engine being almost immediately in attendance the fire was confined to the place ^ in which it broke out , a large amount of paper being consumed . The room in which the fire occurred is immediately over the spot in which the former outbreak took place .

      The Fire in Mark-iane . —Since the occurrence of this destructive fire the surveyors of the various insurance offices have adopted precautionary measures for preventing the fall of the portions of the large warehouses left standing . The huge andunsupported walls bulgeJ during Friday , and large poles , such as are used in the formation of scaffolding , were placed a ? a ? nst them , to prevent them from toppling down . On Saturday last , however , notwithstanding tbe precautions used , one of ftiese walls , which was upwards of 100 feet high , about 100 feet long , and two feet thick , fell with a tremendous crash against and into the body of the Corn Exchange . A portion of the roof of the Exchange was carried down , and immense beams of timber , nearly as thick as a man ' s body , were broken by the weight

      that fell upon them as easily as if they had been no thicker than common matches . A great number of men were immediately set to work in clearing the Exchange of the mas * of brickwork which had fallen into it . Large printed posters have been stuck up over the walls and stone pillars , as far as the centre of the building , with the word "Dangerous" upon them . A strong muster of police are kept on duty , to prerentperson 9 from running into danger . During the whole of Sunday a large body of men were employed in pulling down the upper portion of one of the walls of Messrs . Hayter and Ho well ' s large premises on the south side of tbe Corn Exchange . This rorlion of the warehouse was considered so insecure that it was feared the corn merchants would be afraid to transact their business in the Exchange on

      Monday . Up to nine o ' clock on Sunday night some thousand tons weight of bricks had been removed , and there is now no fear of any additional mischief to the Exchange . A wooden boarding has been placed across the further end of the building , and canvass sheets have been laid over those portions of the roof which have been destroyed , so that in those portions ofthe Exchange not injured the market can bs carried on as usual . Up to a late hour on Sunday night a large body of fire remained unextinauished in the ruins , although enormous quantities of water have been continually poured on them by the firemen . On Sunday the flames had obtained possession of a quantity of soldiers * clothing , and it is still supposed

      tbat some days must elapse before they are completely extinguished . The subjoined returns will convey an idea of the tremendous character of this fire . ' They are the actual amount of insurances on the buildings and warehouses consumed , and also on the contents , which hnd been warehoused by numerous merchants in the City . The three warehouses belonging to Mr . Joseph Barber , in Seething-lane , burned down , were insured by Mr . Barber for £ 10 , 000 in the Phoenix office ( a sum inadequate to rebuild the premises ) . They cost the East India Company £ 23 , 000 to erect , and for solidity there were few buildings in the metropolis to equal them . Mr . Barber wa 3 further insured to the extent of

      £ 2 , 500 in the Alliance office on goods stored by him in the front warehouse , which he occupied , and there appear to be other insurances of parties to who : n property belonged , amounting in the whole to £ 8 , 000 . The whole of these sums are considered by the office a total loss , making in all £ 20 , 000 . The two back warehouses of Mr . Barber , which were rented by Messrs . . Smith and Co ., warehousekeeper .- , and contained an immense stock of merchandize . Ifc was divided among tbe undermentioned mei'chants , who were insured to the extent severally detailed : —Messrs . Gold aud Rigar , merchants , Mark-lane ; insured in the Phcenix and Alliance ofBces , for £ 30 , 000 . Messrs . II . S . Samuel and Co ., of Fenchurchstreet , in the Alliance ofBcc , for £ 7 , 000 . Messrs . Taylor and Sons , of

      Gross-Street , Finsbury , in the Alliance , £ 3 , 000 ; Imperial , £ 2 , 30 U ; Church of Enjjiand , £ 2 , 500 ; and Monarch offices , £ 2 , 000 . Mr . Iloisto , merchant , of Finsburysquare , in the Alliance office , for £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Samuel Simon , o ! Old Broad-street-, in the Alliance office , for £ 600 . Messrs . T . P . Lloyd , of Abchurchlane , insured in the Alliance , £ 13 , 000 ; and Guardian office , £ 3 , 000 . Messrs . Storey and Co ., C ; utchedfriars , in the ¦ Phoenix office , £ 17 , 000 . JIassrs . Cox , Ile . eb , and Co ., of . Ameriea-Equnre , in the Union , £ 5 . 000 ; and Guardian , £ 5 , 000 . Messrs . Jones , Mark-lane , in the Phoenix , £ 3 , 300 . Messrs . Hailbirt and Co ., in the Phcenix , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Adler and Co ., in the Phcenix , £ 1 , 000 . Messrs . Bruxner and Co ., of iiincinsr-lane , same office , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Spencer and ' Co ., of

      Penchurch-street , snrae office , £ 2 , 500 . Messrs . Plimpton , Gracechurch-street , same oftice , £ 1 , 000 . Mv . Alfred Davis , of Iloundsditcb , in the Sun , £ 3 , 000 . yiv . Biggs , of Lawrence Pountney-hill , in the Sun , £ 1 , 000 . Mr . Powell , of Lime-street , in the Sun , for £ 3 , 000 , and General , £ 3 , 000 . Messrs . Scott and Bell , of A ! derman ' s-wa ! k , in the Church of England , £ 3 , 000 . Messrs . Vibers , Crutchedfriars , in same office , £ 300 . Mesrrs . Phillipps and Co ., Finsbury-square , in the Sun , £ 3 , 4 . 00 . In Marklane—Messrs . Hayter and llowell , army packers ( whose warehouses were destroyed ) , are insured in the Sun to the extent of £ 21 , 000 . Messrs . Gilbert and Co ., army clothiers , of ^ forthuinberland-street , Strand , on goods destroyed in Messrs . Hayter ' s

      premises , in the Union office , £ 1 , 500 . Messrs . Allnutts and Co ., wine merchants , of Mark-lane , premises burned down . Insured in the Atlas , £ 3 , 500 ; Phcenix , £ 5 , 500 . The wine-cellars of the firm escaped injury . Several corn factors and ^ solicitors , who tenanted portions of these premises , are reported to be insured , but the various amounts have not yet been ascertained . Very little salvage is expected to be cleared from the ruins of Messrs . Barber ' s warehouses , ihoy have been given up to Mv . Toplis , sen ., the agent of the several offices interested , who , with another gentleman , has taken the most prompt steps to recover all the property supposed to remain buried beneath the immense mass of rubbish ; but as yet i heir efforts have failed on account of the bodv of fire tbat still ra « 03 in various parts .

      The Orphan Children * of Freemen . —The committee appointed by the Court of Common Council for carrying into efivctthe act of parliament for boarding , clothing , ami * educating 100 children of freeniea met on Monday in the Guildhall , and chose Mr . W . S . Hale , whose name has been so prominency at fached to the City of London School as one of the most active promoters of that great institution , as chairman . The committee agreed to have plans and elevations prepared forthwith for the intended school . SItsterious Death . —On "Wednesday , 5 Ir . II . Wakley held an inquest at the Robinson Crusoe , E : irl-street , Lisson-grovc , on view of the body of Eleanor ]) rane , aged 57 , a married woman , who ¦ was found dead . —Mary White , the wife of a

      stonemason , living at 48 , Duvonshiro-street , stated that deceased , whose husband was a carpenter and undertaker , separated from her , and allowed her a certain sum per week , occupied the front kitchen , and lived alone . About half-past seven o ' clock on Monday morning witness had occasion to go down the kitchen stairs , when she saw deceased ' s room door open , and deceased lying on her back on the floor , her bonnet and shawl on , her hands by her side , and her clothes above her knees Thinking her asleep , she shook her , but touching her face , and finding it to be quite cold , she raised an alarm , when a surgeon was sent for , who pronounced her to have been dead some time . Any one might have acces 3 to the house at all hours , there . being no

      fastening to the street door , which was consequently always open . —Mr 3 . Mary Ifeale , a lodger in the parlour , deposed to deceased leaving her to retire to bed at ten o ' clock on Sunday night , when she was in good health and spirits . On seeing her after bein ^ discovered as stated by the last witness , in the morning , she saw that she had a cut over the left eye . —Ann Butler , another lodger , stated , that between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday night she heard the footsteps of a man descend the kitchen stairs , and t . ben a scufllo , and having heard the footstcpB afoerwiirds twice up and down the stairs , all was quiet . —Mr . Gardner , surgeon , Church-street , Port man-market , said that on being cilled to attend deceased he found her to have been

      dead seven or eight hours . She was lying as a person would be laid out after death . There was an ai . rasion over the left eye , which might have been inflicted by a blow or fall . On opening the body tliere was great congestion of tho brain , and extravasation of blood immediately above the injury to the eye . The husband of deceased , who was present , said he thought his wife had met her death by foul means . —The jury observed that it was a doubtful and mysterious case , andietumedan open verdict , " That deceased died of congestion of the brain ; but how sach congestion was caused ihere was no evidence to show . "

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      Loss of Life near Liverpool . —• On Saturday morning last a sudden gale burst upon tbe barks outside the Mersey , during the chopping round of the wind from the eastward to the westward . Several river-gigs were out at the time , and two or more were swamped . One life alone was lost , however , so far as we have yet learned ; and it would appear that great credit is due to the Captain of the Jenny Lind steam-tug , who by his exertions saved several men from a melancholy death . ' ¦ ¦ ... ...

      Fall of a Grinding Mill at Sheffield . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past nine o ' clock , the establishment of Messrs . Walters and Co ., of Globe Works . Sheffield , was thrown into great confusion and alarm by the sudden fall of a great part of their grinding-mill . The building is three stories high , and the part which fell consists of three rooms , measuring about fifty by twenty-four . On the ground-floor the heavy grinding was conducted ; on ihe first floor the grinding of a lighter character , and on the top floor the light grinding and the buffing . The first floor rested upon four very flat brick arches . Each arch sprung from a strong castiron beam , which crossed the room , and was supported in the centre by a metal pillar . A number

      of workmen were engaged at the time on each floor of the building . The men on the ground floor observed a falling of dust from one of the arches , immediately followed by a crack and a gradual settling down of the brickwork . The men on the first floor also heard the crack , and perceived a sinking of the floor beneath them . Both these sets of men rushed to the other end of the place , and escapee unhurt . The men on tho top floor also heard a noise , but not supposing it to be anything unusual , took no notice till they found the floor sinking and the windows breaking from tbe giving way of the outer wall . Several of them escaped to one end of the building and glided down the chain of the crane to the ground . But before the others could escape two of the arches supporting the first floor broke in , pulling inward the outer wall from tbo floor to the roof , and the floor of the top story . Several of the men in the top room were involved in the ruins

      They were quickly extricated and conveyed to the infirmary . It was found that one of them , named John Heathcote , had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg ; another , named William Crownshaw , had received a severe concussion of the brain and nervous system , besides various bruises . Two others suffered from contusions of a slighter character . With regard to the cause of the accident , it would appear that the grinding-stones and troughs on the first fbor were of considerable "weight , and that water from the troughs kept the brickwork of the arches almost constantly in a moist state . It is supposed that the brickwork first gave way , which throwing the weight obliquely upon one of the ironbeams , caused it to snap off close to the wall , thus bringing down the arch on each side of it . Happily , the engine of the mill was stopped as soon as the accident occurred , or the damage must have been

      much more extensive . Another Fire at Gravesend . —At about halfpast one o ' clock on Saturday morning last , smoke was observed by a police-constable to issue from 25 , Queen-street , Gravesend , occupied by Mr . Dray ton , linendraper . On looking further hesaw flames bursting from the shop window , and at once gave tho alarm . The town engines in S tew minutes were brought to the spot , and at that time the houses Nos ' 25 and 24—the latter occupied by Air . Curlis , clothier—were enveloped in flames . The inmates had barely time to escape , through the assistance of some pilots and watermen , who , fortunately , were celebrating the triumph of the Rosberville Regatta , at tho George Tavern , fronting

      the opening of the Market-placa into Queen-street . Mr . Ridge ( ex-Mayor ) and several other gentlemen having arrive . ' , the former seeing that it was useless to attempt to save the burning bouses , directed the firemen to apply themselves to prevent the extension ofthe fire to the adjoining houses , No . 26 , in the occupation of Mr . Edwards , grocer ; and No . 23 , in that of Mr . Anderson , watchmaker . Accordingly , a large body of water was discharged at these houses , and with' good effect . At two o'clock the roi . fs of Nos . 24 and 25 fell in , and materially tended to suppress the flames . The loss is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . All the property is , as we learned , insured . It appeared

      that about ten o ' clock , when the pilots and watermen arrived at the George Inn ( close to the site of the fire , ) a great quantity of fireworks had been let oft in the street in front of the Inn , and at the end of the market-place , opposite the burnt houses , and it is conjectured , that , though the shops were shut at the time , some rocket or other firework had , by some means or other , found its way into Mr . Dray ton ' s premises , where the fire was first observed . On the occasion of the late fire in High-street , the mob collected was so ill-conducted as to call forth the strongest censure of the bench of magistrates . On this occasion they conducted themselves creditably , and every assistance was willingly rendered by the men in whatever way it was required .

      Conviction of a Poor Law Officer . —Last Saturday a man named Adam Uriah Bryant , a tin plate worker , with his wife and female child , who were travelling from Manchester to London , entered Newcastle under-Lyne entirely destitutute , and mode applicatiou to Mr . Tilslcy , the relieving officer , for relief . Assistance being refused , . the ' man , who from documents in his possession had been ; or was still , a member of a Livery Company in London , and whose appearance indicated that neither he nor his wife belonged to the common class of tramps , applied to Mr Thomas Walton Mayer , the mayor , to whom he detailed the particulars of his case . The mayor wrote to the relievi : g officer , informing I im that he considered the parties destitute and fit objects to be relieved . The officer still vefusing assistance , the mayor , as a magistrate , and also an ex ojjhio guardian ur . dcr the Poor Law Act , made a formal

      order upon him to give relief in fond and lodging to the parties . Mr . Tilsley still refusing to comply , the man and his family were lodged and provided for at the police station , and a summons was issued against the relieving officer for refusing and neglecting to obey the order . The ca ? e was heard on Monday before the Mayor , and Mr . J . Kickis&on , and Mr . W . Dtitton , when . Mr . Tilsley's defence was that he had acted upon the order of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner and the 6 : iard of Guardians , which was to refuse relief indiscriminately to tramps . The magistrates considering that no order from any bjdy of officials could override the authority of an act of Parliament , fined Mr . Tilsley 20 s . and costs for neglecting and refusing to obey the order sent to him Notice of appeal was given against the conviction . The magistrates gave Bryant pecuniary relief to assist him aud his family on the road .

      Explosion at tiib Proof House , Birmingham . —An accident which was well nigh attended with fatal consequences occurred at the Proof-house , at Birmingham on Monday . Preparations wore being n . ade for testing a number of gun barrels , when , from some cause or the other , an explosicai took place , the roof of the building vas blown ofF , and two men seriously injured . The life of one u despaired < f . The concussion caused the destruction of many windows in the neighbourhood . The Proof Ilo'Jse in this respect is sadly damaged , and the adjoining premises of Messrs . Peyton and Hicklin , working chemists , have suffered to some oxcent .

      The surface of the Birmingham canal , which runs immediately behind the proof house , was strewed with fragments of the roof , and bricks were propellesi to the distance of nearly one hundred yards . The magazine in the centre of the Proof flouse ' yard , a massive stone fire-proof building , was uninjured . Had the stock been sufficient to move this from its foundation , the consequences would have been terrible . The last explo . ion of the kind took place thirty-two years ago ( < but on that occasion little personal injury wa 3 inflicted . Thu business , of the Proof House ( so commodious are the premises ) will not be materially checked , so that the gun trade of Birmingham will not be seriously inconvenienced .

      Poole Election . —The Nomination ! . —The ceremony of nominating candidates for the representation of this borough took place on Monday in front of tha townhall . The candidates were , Mr . Seymour ( Free-trader , ) and Mr . Savage ( Protectionist . ) The proceedings were marked by more than usual violence . The first half hour after the arrival of the candidates was spent in vociferations , so that by the time the sheriff appeared the most noisy of the parties were hoarse . The address of Mr . Ledgard banker , in proposing Mr . Savage , was listened to very patiently , but the appearance of Mr . Parrot , to propose Mr . Seymour , simultaneously with the advent of a large banner exhibiting a painted savage guarding a large loaf , was the signal for the

      commencement of a row of the most discreditable nature to any " free and enlightened" body of electors . It began with the hooking down ofthe banner , which was quickly torn to ribbons , and the flag-poles broken . A second flag shared a ' similar fate amidst the loud plaudits of the Protectionists on the hustings . Mr . Seymour's party having retaliated , a few fights ensued , in which hats were lost and heads were broken . The black loaves exhibited by tho Blues were broken to pieces and flung at the speakers , and others on the platform . Tken . followed rotten eggs , stones , potatoes , and carrots in sufficient quantity to keep n poor family a week ; aisd , lastly , after the countenances and attire of the leaders had been

      thoroughly smeared with eggs , some one let loose a great quantity of flour , and gave the carefully attired gentlemen the appearance of a famil y of millers . A great many suits havo been utterly siiOilt , and several individuals received personal injury , though we believe Mr . Seymour ' s steward was the only one who was badly hurt—he , it is feared , had his ribs broken . The candidates having severally addressed the meeting , the show of hands was taken amidst the wildest confusion , and dechmd in favour of Mr . Seymour . Mr . Seymour afterwards , in addressing the crowd from the hotel warmly denied the insinuation that he was a . nominee * of Sir John Guest , a * had been insinuated

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      Death by DR 0 WNiN 0 .--ptYM 0 uTH . —Miss Dolling , daughter of the late . Captain Dolling , R . N .-, and sister of Lieutenant Boiling , R . N ., now commanding the Nautilus , naval apprentices' brig , in the Sound was on a visit to Mr . J . E . Elworthy , of Bovisand . On the 20 th inst , the young lady went to the beach , which is near the Sound and Breakwater , for the purpose of : bathing a favourite little dog , and was absent about four hours . Mr . and Mrs . Elworthy , on being informed that the dog had returned without its mistress , became alarmed , and on . sending to the beach at Bovisand , the lifeless body of the

      unfortunate lady was discovered floating near the rocks , from which it is supposed she must have slipped in reaching to catch the dog . XT The Murders by Poisoning in -Essex . —Neweort , Essex , Sept . 21 . —Sarah Ohesham , the alleged poisoner of her husband , Richard Chesham , and two children , underwent a final examination 1 'at the gaol of this town this day , before . Mr ; B . _ Wolfe , Captain Henry Byng , and Colonel Chamberlain . At the close of the investigation the bench consulted , and announced to the prisoner their intention of committing her for trial at the next assizes for feloniously administering to the deceased a certain poison with intent to : kill and murder . __ .

      We have heard ifc remarked by a gentleman well informed on the subject , that it is feared our manufacturers are too exclusively devoting themselves to the production ofthe finest qualities of fabrics , and neglecting the lower and middle qualities , which are really of greater importance as articles of commerce , and in which prizes may be gained as well as in the highest qualities . We believe it would be peculiarly desirable for our Yorkshire manufacturers to strive after excellence in the medium qualities , as it is in those that they , possess the greatest advantages . — Leeds Mercury . .. _ .. ¦ .

      The Brougham " Foray . —The recent struggle in the river Eamont continues to be the sole topic of conversation in Penrith . Discussions on the merits of the case are now the order of the day . The antianglers are stubborn in their opinion that the watchers will have to sweat for their attempt on the netters . Complaints for an assault have been laid in the name of old John Robson , of Earaont Bridge , against seven ofthe watchers ; and five informations have been laid by the other party against the netted , for netting with a net the mesh of which was illegal . All the men who have been in the habit of making a living by netting are of course on Lord Brougham ' s side . They drink his health with loud cheers , call him the finest fellow in Europe , and make their boast that he has now become one of their supporters .

      They are confident that his lordship will annihilate the Angling Association—that he will order all the spiles to be taken up halfway across the river , as far as Mr . Tufton ' s liberties extend ; and already , in perspective , they see the free trade principle applied to the rivers , and John de Penrith flying over the hills , leaving them "in calm possession" of their newly acquired rights . On the other hand , the anglers are equally proud of their position . They have made a bold stroke at high game . The informations are laid . Public opinion is on their side , and should the complaint against them for an assault be made out , the magistrates can bat inflict the penalty . They therefore know the worst , and are determined to fight the battle manfully . It is a question of right against might , and the public are anxiously awaiting the result . There has not been such a stir in Penrith since the navvv riot .

      The Liverpool Cabmen . —We believe the cab question will be " amicably arranged , " the committee recommending an increased rate of fares , and certain regulations for the better government of the vehicles and drivers . Robberies at Birkbnhead and Tranmere . —Oa Saturday morning last , about three o ' clock , Mr . Gladstone , of Clifton Park , was alarmed by hearing ii noise as if of thieves in the lower part of his house , lie immediately arose , and upon reaching the top of the stairs , perceived a man whom he struck on the shoulder , and knocked down stairs . He instantly created an alarm , and three or four men were heard to escape , but in such a hurry that a coat , cap , and « v pair of shoc 3 were left in the house or in the

      garden . It was found that all the plate had been packed up ready for removal . The burglars had effected an entrance by forcing open tho scullery window , which they reached by means of a step ladder , and they got clear off . Word having been passed to the policeman at the Woodside Ferry , the officer , on duty observed a young fellow , without shoes and hat , coming , for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool . His trousers were wet np to the knees ; and as he could not give a very satisfactory account of himself , he was locked up . The prisoner , who gave his name as Burns , but who is well known to tho Liverpool police by the name of Patrick FJntmigan , has been brought up twice , in private , before Sir Edward Oust and Mr . Maddick , when the shoes found afc Mr . Gladstone ' s wereiden

      tifieil as being his ; and it is also understood that he was seen tlio previous evening to come from Liverpool , with some other thieves . On the same evening , Mr . Richard Taunton , of Claughton , was knocked down and . robbed somewhere near Taunton-strect , whilst on his return home . Ho was robbod of his gold watch , some silver , and other articles ; and , in addition , was badly hurt . about the head . Nothing has been heard ofthe robbers . On Tuesday night thero were no less than three attempts at burglary in Leicester-terrace , Canningstroot , Birkenhoad ; but the thieves , it Is bolievea , only gained au entrance into . one house , where they got but trifling booty , and , being disturbed , they decamped . The entrance was effected by removing the coal grids , which had been carelessly left unfastened , Robbery of Watches . —About the 25 th of Aug ., Mr . Francis llcbden , of Northgate , Halifax , missed several watches from his workshop , but could not

      exactly toll how they had been taken . Suspicion was directed to a respectable young man , but fearful lost the proof might be defective , proceedings were deferred until more complete oviuouce could he obtained . This week every requisite lias been secured , and Detective-ofiicor Rawson went to the residence of the suspected party , Mr . George Boddy , and took him in bed at nearly twelve o ' clock on Tuesday night . Ho had in his possession at tho time a Geneva lever watch , silver dial , No . 12 , 225 , and eight other watches were found at Bradford . Boddy was brought up at the Town Hall , and fully committed to the sessions for trial , Mr . Hebden having identified the watch found on him as his property . There was also a second-hand watch produced whicii Boddy had given to a person with whom he was acquainted , aud which Mr . Hebden identified as one left with him to be repaired . Boddy made a long rumbling explanation in his defence which only served to establish his guilt .

      Juvexile Crime ai Liverpool . — A number of police constables are placed on special duty in the neighbourhoods St . John ' s Market on Saturday nights for the purpose of detecting pickpockets and young thieves ; for the more effectual working of the system they are attired in plain clothes . On Saturday last they succeeded in making an unusual number of captives . Among others made by "Williams was that of a child named George Hannah . This little follow , whose head scarcely reached so high as tho top of the dock , was taken in the very act of picking the pocket of a lady named Dixon , who resides at tho Old Swan . Ho had succeeded in abstracting four shillings and a penny from Mrs .

      Dixon s pocket ; when Williams searched tho lad ho had eight shillings and three halfpence in his pockets . A woman who represented herself to be the child ' s mother , stepped forward on his being placed at tho bar , tind with much apparent sorrow begged for his release , as she was not aware that her child was pursuing such a course of life . She was , however , reminded by Mr . Parkinson , that the boy had boon charged a short time ago with having picked pockets . Mr . Rushton said he feared the prisoner was a profitable child to his mother , and after somo deliberation , committed the boy for trial . At the time the above offence was committed , two or three urchins were detected stealing eggs j ' omone ofthe stalls .

      Cotton Mill on Fire at MANcnESTEn . —A cotton mill , in Silver-street , Manchester , builfc seventy years ago , and one of the oldest in existence , was on Saturday partially destroyed by fire . Tho building was eight storeys high , and the property of Mr . "William Hill , isle of Man , but is held on lease by Messrs . E . mid H . Tootal , silk manufacturers , who let it off with engine power to about nino or ten sub-tenants . A private watchman first observed the flames , and gave notice to the fire-police . Mr . Thomas Hose took about half a dozen engines to the spot . And though flames were issuing from five or six windows in front , he succeeded in saving all except tho two top storeys . The firemen took tho hose of two engines up the stairs of

      tho warehouse , and directed the water into the top storeys , but a wooden hoist near the stairs , which was on fire from the top of the mill to the bottom , rendering it . likely that the retreat of these parties might be cut off by the bottom ofthe stairs being burnt from under them , they had to bo withdrawn . However , after extinguishing tho fire in tho hoist , and cooling the timber by copious streams © f water , they worked their way up again , so as to save the six lower storeys , though tho floors were old and dry , and saturated with oil , rendering them very combustible . Jiessrs . Hall and Nichols , silk trimming manufacturers , who occupied the seventh and eighth storeys , suffered a

      loss ot about ± ai ) 0 , which was not covered by insurance . Messrs . Whittaker and Fullalove , cotton shirting manufacturers , suffered to the amount of £ 300 ( covered by iiiBurance in the Yorkshire office ); Messrs . Dickenson and Co ., cotton printing cloth manufacturers , suffered to the amount of £ 250 ( covered also by insurance in tho Yorkshire office ); Messrs . Smith and Conolly , having part of the sixth floor , suffered a loss of £ 500 ( covered also . by insurance in the Yorkshire Company , ) The loss of the other tenants varied from £ 10 to £ 50 , and was chiefly caused by damage from water . About £ 500 worth of damage was done to the building , which is uninsured . The total damage would be about £ 2 , 000 . Had the sixth or any ofthe lower floors been much

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      burnt the weight of steam looms in them would have broken the bearings , and tho . whole of tne property must have been destroyed . Tho lire is supposed to have originated in the sixth storey , occupied by Mr . William Percivalj rule manufacturer , whose loss does not exoeed £ 50 . ; but the cause of tho fire cannot be ascertained . :: -, , Fire : at Marden . —On Monday night a fire broke out in a lodge ocoupied by hop pickers , on the farm of Mr . ' Josoph Pettett , of Style Bridge . An old man , one of the hoppers / sleeping in the lodge , was very severely burnt ,. and the stable , cowrhouse , and part of a haystack destroyed . The property be- , longed to tho Earl of Cornwallis . ' : The Liverpool GuNPOwnER Magazines . —About . ' ¦ __ " _ . ' ' •_ iL . »* ** vsM « 1 f ]

      a fortnight ago , government sent down Lieutenant-Colonel Waters , of the Royal Engineers , to examine and reportas to the magazines at Wallaey . We have strong reasons for assuming that Colonel Water's report will confirm the opinions of the inhabitants of Liverpool , that an explosion may take place , and that destruction would then be spread far and wide , We therefore hope , as an act of parliament stands in the way ofthe removal of these dangerous neighbours , that government will intimate to the proprietors their wish that no more gunpowder bo stored there , and also that it is their intention , immediately on the assembling of parliament , to introduce a bill to prevent so dangerous a traffic from being carried on in the present store-house . It

      is no guarantee , because no explosion has . occurred for a long period , that none will occur . See the dreadful catastrophe which has taken place in Spitalfields , ' with a small quantity ; and think what would be the effects of an explosion of sixteen thousand barrels of gunpowder I—Liverpool Mercury . A Brother and Sister Drowned . — On Tuesday last an inquest was held at Wefcwang on the bodies of Ann Elizabeth Wardell , aged three years , and Robert Wardell , aged fifteen months , children of Robert Wardell ,. labourer , who had been drowned on the previous day . Harriet Wardell , the mother of the children , deposed : On Monday last I went to glean in a field of Mr-. Hill's , and took my two children with me . I left them under a hedge with somo other children , and went off to glean . About one o ' clock they both came over to the side ofthe field

      where I was . I gave them some cake ; set them under a hedge , and told them to wait until I got another glean , and then I would take them home . A pond was near where I left them , but it was fenced off . About a quarter of an hour after I went to the ' place where I had loft them , and I . said , "Have I two little bairns here , '? as I usually did . I was surprised at not receiving , an answer . I then began to look about , and on going toithe pond I discovered the legs of one of the children projecting out of the water . I immediately got them out , and called to the people in the field . Mr .. Clement , surgeon , was immediately sent , for , and usod every endeavour to restore animation , but without effect . In the absence of information as to how the children got into tho pond , the jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned . " ¦

      Exportation of Artisans and : Machinery . — Three persons started on Wednesday morning from Barnsley station on their way to , Russia , for the purpose of superintending the . establishment of some extensive manufactories ^ One of the three has for many years occupied the important post of pattern maker in the extensive firm of Messrs . Taylor and Sons of this town ; another has been employed as a foreman bleacher ; and the third is a young mechanic from the Old Foundry . The machinery that they are going to erect was sent off about two months ago , and had been made at Manchester , Leeds , ; and Barnsley . Their engagement is for three years . 1 U 1 IIUUU jrcclia . 1

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      - i "" ' aw : tivmno . Death of ; the , Bishop of MEATH .--Another diocese haa fallen -into ; , the hands of the fortunate Whigs . The < Mail announces-the death of the Right Rev . Dr . Stopford , Lord Bishop of Meath . This melancholy event took place suddenly on the 18 th insti , at Ardbraccaa , his lordship's residence in the county Meath , The deceased prelate was elevated from the archdeaconry of Armagh to the see of Meath during the vice-royalty of Earl de Grey . Dr . Stopford has been long labouring under the effects of disease of the heart . The Harvest . —It is curious to observe the altered tono , from despondency to confidence , manifested in many of the reports from the country , respecting the produce of the . potato and other crops . The Banner of Ulster , for instance , remarks

      that many of the large cultivators who , during tho past week , have been raising the early-planted potatoes , declare that there does not appear to be one-fourth of the gross produce aifected by disease , whilst somo . descriptions are most abundant and prime in quality ' . The same journal state 3 that oats exceed ah average ) and that wheat is much superior to . the very deficient crop of last year . The Ballyshannon Herald contains na equal gratifying account of the crops in the county Donegal .. That journal says : —" Disease in the potato is stayed ; those which escaped the blight continue safe , and those but partially injured are not getting worse . AU other crops are excellent . " The Watcrford Newsreports from that county that the farmers are not sonding their potatoes to market" because they ate fit to keep , " in consequence of which they have advanced in price from 6 d . per stone up to 8 d . and

      lOd . The Irish Linen Trade . —The Banner of Ulster reports a dullness in the staple trade ofthe northern province , owing to the very high price of the rawmaterial in this as well as in the cotton manufactures . The complaints on this subject are increasing , whilst the most strenuous efforts are made to augment the supply of flax by extended cultivation , in the southern and western counties . The Tenant League . —The Council of the " Irish Tenant League" have published the rules which have been agreed to , and which set out by stating that the object of the Tenant League is to draw theattehtion of the Legislature to the present state of the law , as it . affects the relation of landlord and

      tenant , and to pray for an amelioration of that law , upon & " uch grounds as men of reason and experience may approve . " Ifc then disclaims " all right or pretension of right to represnt the people , or any number of the people , " and proceeds : — " Tho Tenant League professes to be , and is an independent association of peaceful subjects , united by a common sense of the sufferings under which they themselves , in common with the rest of the industrious people are suffering , and by the operation of which the agricultural population is fast resolving itself into the three classes of frighted emigrants , imprisoned paupers , and dismayed inhabitants ; united also by a common desire to apply their powers and faculties to the discovery of some potent remedy for this national affliction ; united by a common belief that this remedy lies in a careful , impartial , and perfectly honest revision of that cod © by which ( aided by' accidental circumstances ) the

      tenantry have been unjustly subjected to an unlimited power in the hands of the landlords , and finally united by a firm determination to expose this evil and all its-concomitants , and by every legal and constitutional effort to seek a remedy while the country retains the power of recovery . * ¦ *¦ . •* t 0 S (; O p tjie flight of the working swarm from the invaded hive , to unite them and all else that is sound . and virtuous in the community into one grand association whose object is the peaceful , legal , and constitutional exertion of the undoubted right of her Majesty ' s subjects of this realm—to petition her Majesty and both houses of Parliament for the redress of what they feel to * be a pernicious public grievance , exercising this undoubted right with the most scrupulous observance ef every existing law , and with a sincere determination to propagate peace , harmony , and good will , in the room of bloodshed , controversy , and rancour . " Ifc is also stated that there ia to be a council of 120

      persons to be nominated , in the first instance , . it a general meeting of the League , and means are to be taken by the council to collect the sum of £ 10 , 000 to carry on the operations of the League . The iXation gives the opinions of Mr . Fitzgibbon , Q . C , Mr . Thomas O'Hagan , Q C , and " Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , on a case submitted to them , as to the legality of the rules . Carryiso away Crops . —The Newry Examiner contains tho following ;— " Great excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Mellifont and Town ley Hall since Monday last , in consequence of a largo quantity of corn which had been under restraint having been on the previous night scutched and carried away forcibly , while the bailiffs , two in . number , wero tied back to back aud placed in such a position as to be unable either to rescue the corn

      or give an alarm . The corn was seized at the instance of Mr . T . B . Balfour , of Townley Hall , by his agent , Mr , Richard C . Henry , of Rathneestan * house , county Louth , on a farm in the occupation of Mr . James Reagh , situate between Townlev Hall and Mellifont . " An investigation was held at the petty sessions of Mell , on Wednesday last , when two person ? , James Roach , a publican , and Thomas Dyas , a labourer , were boiind over to take their trial at the quarter sessions of Ardee . Government Patronage . —The vacancy in the roll of stipendiary magistrates has been filled up by the appointment to tlie place of a brother of Mr . Francis Scully , one of tho members of the county of Tipperary , and a general supporter of the present government .

      . Encumbered Estates . —Twenty-four petitions for tbe sale of csrntes have been lodged in the Encumbered Commission Court during ttio week ending on the 17 th instant , including one from the trustees of the late Earl of Blessingtoivmaking a total of 1 , 22 J > . The Sea Serpent Caught !—The Cork Examiner contains the following account of the capture of tho sea serpent at Youghal , which has been furnished to that journal by Mr . AYilliam Linehan of the drainage works : — " For the last three years a work of great

      magnitude has been carried on here , under the Drainage Commissioners , which had for its object ; the recovering a largo tract of land from the encroachments of the sea . Hundreds of men , of horse 3 and donkeys have been employed there raising from both ends an immense mound which was to meet , and be united at the centre , for the total exclusion of tho waters . Latterly this has been drawing to a narrow channel , and the rush of waters through it at . each tide was really terrific . Boats going up tho river havo been whirled into it with a violence

      that defied all the exertions of the rovers . On Saturday last all was in readiness for the final closing of the gap—planks , piles , boats , and rafts , laden with heavy stones . As Mr . Larking , the superintending engineer , was standing on tho extreme mound ^ ordering the men , a mighty animal . wag seen moving up the harbour , its head about ten feet erect above the surface of the water , and its flaming eyes turning quickly in all directions . It was the famous sea serpent . On reaching that point of tha channel opposite tho works ( it was then nearly high , tide ) the animal seemed to feel and to like the rolling current , and it glided in on its surface through the gap with a majesty which no words can adequately describe . The men working there were , for

      somo seconds , struck dumb with amazement , and those at the extreme points near the water felt tho quick influence of an electric shock as the animal glided by . ' Coiue , hoys , ' said tha engineer , after recovering his presence of mind , ' lot us push on the work , and the lad is secured . ' Night and day , and oven Sunday , did they labour incessantly at filling \\ p the gap , while the ' monster was performing stranger evolutions in tho still water inside . Then was the largo sluice opened to let out tho confined lake ; and gradually were left bare the scaly sides of the serpent . On Monday morning the animal was dead on the dry slab , and the men of tho works carried it off in pieces to Mr . Verling ' s establishment , where it is at this moment being converted

      into oil . And thus tho great sea serpent is no more . Should any ono doubt the truth of the above statement , let him but visit this place , and he can eonvinco himself . Ho will find the gap closed ; the immense strand perfectly dry ; and that part of ifc where the serpent died still bearing marks of tho monster ' s last fearful struggles . " It would appear , however , from the following communication , addressed to the Watcrford A euv , tbat there must be some mistake in the above circumstantial detail , as on the day after the monster is stated to havo been converted into oil , he is seen " sporting his figure" in the Waterford river : — Whatever doubts may havo boon hitherto entertained regarding the existence of this strange animal , his sudden and unmistakcablo appearance in our river places the matter beyond all controversy , lie was seen on Tuesday last at the Slip by a pair of to

      reapers , who , in their anxiety escape , flung their brogues and wallet into the wator . The poor fellows were terribly alarmed , and I regret to say that one of them is suffering acutel y from an attack of nervous fever . Their relation of tho ocourrenco is characteristic of the men , and no naturalist coulddescribe the proportions of this wonderful monstei in clearer or more forcible terras than are emplo yed by those rude children of nature . " The following letter appears in the Cork Examiner of Monday : — " Sir , —I understand that a correspondent of yoUVS has seen the sea serpent ( who was so condescending as to throw on board his boat » fow sheJl fish for bait ) , and is most anxious to confor with Mr . Rogei W . Travers , said to be of this village , whose name figured in the Constitution , on the 29 th AugUSC and 4 th September . I bog to assure you that there is no such person aB Roger W . Travers residing in

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      scotiaiffl . A Destructive Fire occurred at Renfrew on Saturday last . A large shed , used for purposes connected with the branch railway from Paisley , situated immediately adjacent to the wharf , was burned down , together with a dwelling-house and stable which abutted on one side , and a stack of hay that stood close on the other . In tho stable were seven horses , belonging to Mr . Adair , the lessee of the line . We regret to say it was impossible to rescue any of them . A Severe Storm visited Glasgow on Sunday , which lasted more than an hour . Several accidents resulted from the lightning , in two of which the escape from instant death was most miraculous . A considerable portion of tho slating of Bartholomew's Mills , near linrrowfield Toll , was toin from the roof and thrown to the ground . The chimney was also [ emolishod .

      The Mails Northward from Perth are to be accelerated after the first October , a circumstance likely to produce great convenience to Aberdeen and Inverness . Citt ov Glasgow Screw Steamer . —Glasgow , Monday . —This fine ship arrived , from Now York , at Greenook at half-past seven last night , and , waiting for tho flood tido , reached Glasgow at two o ' clock this morning , making a run of fifteen days and two hours . She brings sixty-three passengers and a valuable freight . Tho City of Glasgow had severe weather for two days after leaving Ifew York , and lost some of her topmasts ; but after clearing the banks of Newfoundland , she had a fine run

      across the Atlantic , with light winds , and averaging a speed of 200 miles per day . Tho City of Glasgow left on the 7 th current , and her news has been anticipated by tho Atlantic and the America . All the berths for her outward voyage havo been engaged three weeks since . Messrs . Tod and Macgiogor , the proprietors of this screw liner , intend launching in a few days two fine steamers for tho Peninsular and Oriental Company , to be called respectively the Slngapovo and the Ganges . So soon as they aro oH the stocks , another lino iron stoamer will be laid down , as a consort to the City of Glasgow in the Now York trade—a proof that the low freights and fares have been found remunerative .

      Marriage with a Dbcbasbd Wife s Sister , —A paragraph having appeared in tho Scottish Press , to the effect that Mr . Stuart Wortley will not re-introduce into tho Lower House the Bill to Legalise Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife , we are glad to hear , for the sake of tho many thousands interested in tho subject , that that gentleman has arranged with Lord St . German s for its early introduction in the House of Lords . As the Lord Advocate of Scotland has expressed his opinion that these marriages are already legal there , we understand the bill of _ I 80 I will not extend to that country . U fewer than 170 , 000 persons petitioned last session m favour of these marriages / and they are still of constant occurrence . It ia unreasonable therefore , to suppose that , after tho SUCCeBSful r ^ suit of ixw sessions m the Lower House , whero 320

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      ; ' "' - ' ' ^^ 1 1 mi 10 " ' 1 ' '' - members have in different stages supported the measure , agitation on'this subject can cease until the act of 1835 has been repealed ; ; mntntinnH . Tin «« v ?« Jl £ P-. ~ - ~ . i . . !__ ..... * .. * — _ .. „«_ 1 1 ,

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      . , ; . _ asaaWr- ' . At ' the weekly meeting of the board of guardians of the Swansea Union , held on' Monday , there was not a single application for relief from one of the seventeen agricultural parishes comprised in that union . The only applications made were by persons residing in the town , and those numbered only two . Some months ago the business of the board generally engaged the attention of the chairman and guardians from , ten-to-four in the afternoon . For some weeks past the number of applicants for relief has diminished so much that the business has not detained them more than a few hours . Such has been the effect of free trade in the Swansea Union . —The f lfimhrinn

      Doubee Murders at Langiiarne Carmarthenshire . —The coroner ' s inquest on the body of Rebecca Uphill , housemaid in the the family of J . Severne , Esq ., of Brixton , near Langharne , and whose death was supposed to have been occasioned by arsenic , administered to her by the cook in . the same family , was resumed on Monday before G . Thomas , sen , Esq ., the-coroner , and on the same day an inquest was commenced on the body of Mary Ann Severne , the lady of J . Severne , Esq ., who died after a very short illness , on the 21 st of July last , and whose death was preceded by all the symptoms which follow poisoning by arsenic . The case mainly rested on the testimony of Mr . Herapath , the analytical chemist . That gentleman

      deposed that on examining the viscera he found extensive general inflammation all over the stomach and the intestines , but more particularly afc the great curvature of the stomach . Upon subjecting the contents of the stomach and duodenum to gravitation , he separated a portion of white arsenic . The evidence having been closed at near midnight , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of white arsenic wilfully administei'od to her . by the cook , which was stated to bo tantamount to a verdict of wilful . murder against Elizabeth Silby , who will bfe forthwith sent in the county gaol to await her trial . Tho second inquest on the body of Mrs ; Severne commenced during the day , and the body exhumed and examined by

      Mr . Hamilton and Mr . Hughes , of Carmarthen , who found extensive marks of inflammation . They handed over the vessel to Mr . Hera path . That gentleman immediately commencpd an analysis in the church vestry , aud succeeded in discovering the presence of arsenic , and the inquest was subsequentl y adjourned , to give time for a more perfect analysis , iind for the production of the necessary evidence . The facts which have transpired in reference to the case of the mistress are these : —On Sunday , the 21 st of July , Air . Severne went to church , leaving his lady at home in her usual

      health . On his return , he found her dreadfully ill , suffering from sickness and relaxation , accompanied by violent pain . A surgeon was sent for , who considered her seizure cholera , but in little more than four hours after her first seizure , she died . No suspicions were at the time entertained , but it is now remembered that no one was with her during her illness ,. and that she had partaken of nothing which was not prepared for her by the cook . As may be supposed , these revelations have thrown the village of Langharne into a state of great excitement and alarm .

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      T-ttE \^ N . Q ll- Tfi ER / N . ; 8 . f A . B . . September , 3 g , ; 185 ^^ 1 Tii-tnaiHrhu'Vi- ' ^ - ' r ^ -Mm » i rMnfTTBlW ^^^ 1 *^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦ ¦ . . — -. — ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1593/page/6/