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      SljC AftttttpOlfft . Health of Losdos Durixg the "WEER—The sadden increase in the deaths cf London , which was ' announced in the last bill of mortality , has beer ¦ followed by a more remarkable decrease . The fol" lowing numbers show the fluctuations in the return * during tlic four weeks of November : —921 , 008 , 2 , 016 , and in the week ending last Saturday , Sol . The average of the ten weeks corresponding to last In the years 1 S 4049 , was l , 0 G 7 , which , if ^?" ^ for increase of population , is 1 , 16 ± ; tbe s 61 dca ™ registered last week are , therefore , less t ^ ine corrected average by 303 . The aggregate oi . mai cases by epidemics was in the preceding week _ o . j , in the last ISOwhere in affections of the re

      pi-: as ratorv org ans , the number , which rose to 201 , has now fallen to 100 . Consrnnnt . on which * fe nd in tbe tnb-t « ulnr class , was HI , and in the following w 4 £ dS 3 to 90 Convulsions , which carried E'iTssssftiass . piass SSst-a - tKixsaSs oSrember , S pensi oners died in the Koy . nl ITospi-- » il at Greenwich , in most cases of paralysis , orapo-¦ nle XT . Ii- » st week the deaths from small-pos amounted to H , all amongst children ; and , though It is still below the average , the disease appears to be makin ? progress in tl : e metropolis . In M . uylefcone , in different houses of a sing ' . csub-district , that

      of Christchurch , no fewer tbnn 0 deaths occurred from " variola , natural" in the week ; and the registrars repeatedly mention facts to prove that the children of the working classes , in many cases , are not protected ag ainst the disease , owing to prejudice entertained against vaccination . Measles carried off 25 children , and it is stated to have liroten out in the Tancras "Workhouse ( CanvJentown sub-district ) : scarlatina carried off 30 ; and 47 persons of various ages died of typhus . Diarrloea has now declined to 13 : and no case of cholera was registered . Intemperance was fatal to three persons ; in one case by producing disease , in another by an embrocation taken internally b y a man when in a state of intoxication . In the third

      case , that of a voman who died suddenly without medical attendant , it is stated that " she bad fre-< jnearlr been known to drink a pint and half of raw spirits in a day ; a day or tvo before her death she drank seven quarterns of raai ; whilst she did not consume a shilling ' s worth of food in the week . " Tae birth of 773 boys and 7 ( -0 sirl ? , in " all ] , 4 S 2 children , were registered in the woek . The average of five corresponding weeks in IS 45-4 Q is l , 2 bO . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daiJr reading of the barometer on Sunday was only 2 S-9 S 7 inches . Is gradually rose till Thursday , when it was 30-117 , and it was above 30 inches on

      the two following days . The mean of the week was 23 595 inches . The mean temperature , which ¦ was 51 degrees on Sunday , continued to fell during the week , and on Saturday was only 33 deg . S , ¦ when it was about ten degrees below the average . Tbe mean of the week was 40 deg . 5 . The mean temperature was below the average of the same days in seven years , on every day except Sunday and Monday . On the last four days , the wind was generally in the north or north-east . The horizontal movement of the air on Sunday was 420 miles , and oa the same day the greatest pressure on tbe square foot was 191 bs .

      Two Children Hilled wiih Godfrey s Cordial . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Rose public-bouse , Camberwcll , to inquire into the deaths of two infants , tbe children of a man and woman named Buckley , who resided in Edmund-street . Camber « rel 2 . The father rasa journeyman carpenter . A few days since , the children being very restless , the mother sent for a pennyworth of Godfrey ' s Gordial , and administered about a third of a tcaspoonful to each . They soon fell into a deep sleep , and remained so until tbe mother Lecaine alarmed and sent for Mr . Flowers , a surgeon , who stated that they were suffering -from tbe effects of a narcotic . He administered

      the usual antidotes , but notwithstanding every « fibrt tie children expired . The jury returned a verdict , " That the children died from the effects of . Godfrey ' s Cordial , administered by the mother inadvertently . " They also strongly condemned the use of this medicine . Ixqeest . —Mr . K 2 f . "Wakley held an inquest on Monday evening on the body of Alice Fisher , a milliner , aged thirty-six . Deceased was found by a policeman early on Saturday morning , in the area in Bart-street , Bioomsbury , speechless , and with her neck broken . She was taken to a hospital and died in a few hours . ~ So evidence being producible as to

      the cause of deatb , the jury returned an open verdict The Plate Robbebt is the Straxd . —The pri--soners charged with burglary and robbery in the Louse of Messrs . Claphaiu and AYilliams , jewellers and silversmiths , 13 and 14 , Strand , were brought up for further examination . The man "Charley , " implicated by the additional confession made by -Clinton on Saturday week , had not been appre-JjendeJ . The only additional evidence was given -by two women , who proved an intimacy between Gardiner and the woman Chernneau . Tbe prisoners were again remanded until Saturday nest .

      A Sahthfield Ox . —On Monday , Giltspur-street , leading to Smithfield , was kept in a state of alarm as usual the whole day . In the morning an ox , belonging to Mr . Barnard , jun ., of Epsom , driven with others , about hall-past ten o ' clock , from Smithfield , suddenly turned into Ball-court , opposite the east end of St . Sepulchre ' s Church , and entered the house 3 fo . 1 in the court , occupied by a Mrs . Har--totlle and several other persons , a school for children being held on the basement floor . The terror and dismny of the children and inmates may easily te conceived at the si g ht of the huge animal making its way iowards the kitchen stairs , which , owing to the enormous weight of the ox , suddenly gave way , the animal rolling into an outer kitchen , in tbe room

      leading to which Mrs . Harbottle was sitting at the time . The little children belonging to the school -were also in a closet , against the door of which the ' ox was lying . Their screams soon brought several ¦ persons to their assistance , by whom they were speedily rescued . Mrs . Harbottle also effected her escape , and every effort was then made to remove the ox , which lay extended in the very narrow iitehen . This was found , after great labour , to be entirely ineffectual . Fortunately a door-way led from the kitchen or passage to the area in front of tbe house , and a bricklayer being sent for , he said that tbe only means by which the ox could be

      extricated was by taking up the iron work of the area , with the stone-work of the court , and excavating for several feet across the court . A nnmber of men -JTrere accordingly set to ¦ work , and about four o'clock they had made such an opening by pulling down thebrickwork as to enable them to place a number of planks in an inclined position and by winding a number of ropes round the ox and by means of a pulley fixed against the opposite wall , and the assistance of a number of men , after about an hour's labour , they succeeded in petting it up apparently but very little injured , amidst tbe cheers of a crowd of bystanders .

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      BB ——^ l ^ w ^ ^ = an npppnfanpe in the name of Mr . Bell , the owner of thPSffor £ 91 18 s . 6 d ., and which had been tendered in payment for goods to Messrs . Hutsonand Ward shi p-chandlers , Canning-place . That charge not having been substantiated , the captain was liherated from custody . It will also be . recollected that the vessel , which was on tbe eve of its departure for California ! was prevented from sailing by some of the creditors , after she | was forcibly taken oui of dock into tbe river . The creditors had supplied stores to the vessel , on the order , it is said , of Captain Robson and his father . The Trio , after lying in the river for a short time , was taken into the King ' s Dock , where she remained until the 27 th ult . In the meantime , it is stated , Bell ( the owner or part owner of the vessel ) and Robson , by deed of sail , assigned the Trio over for the benefit of the creditors , subject to a mortgagee and the charter , and the vessel was only detained from proceeding on her voyage in

      expectation of the mortgagee , Mr . Thomson , of Sunderland , arrived in town , to arrange wiih the creditors respecting her sailing . The charterers are Messrs . Kelso and Dowie . brokers , ' : f Liverpool . Since the vessel was taken into dock , the creditors have had a man or two on hoard as gmrd , and for the purpose of preventing her again being taken away . About four o ' clock on the 27 ih ult . a gentleman went on board the Trio , and asked the man in iharge whether he was there on behalf of the mortgagee , because , if so , he had a note of clearance from that individual . The man replied that he was there on behalf of the creditors , upon which he was seized by four men , gagged , and forcibly put under hatches . A fresh captain and crew were then put on board , and the vessel was hauled out of dock , and towed by a steamer as far as Port Lyna * , « herc the old crew and the men who had been in charge of the vessel , were put on board the tug boat , and sent back to Liverpool . The whole affair appears involved in mystery .

      1 he Earl of Durham has , it is stated , given directions that all necessary relief shall be given to the families who hare lost members in the late exp losion at Newbottle Colliery , and that he will bear the charge himself , instead of this being done by public subscription , as usual on such occasions . Boiler Explosion at Halifax . — On Friday afternoon , tbe 29 th ult ., one of the most shocking occurrences that has taken place in Halifax for several years arose from the bunting ; of a boiler in Messrs . Firth and Sons' mil ! , Lily-lane . Just at three o ' clock , the inhabitants in the vicinity of the mill were astounded by a loud report , and the flying about of materials from the buil 'ing soon convinced them that some catastrophe bad happened . Of the

      three boilers at the mill the centre one was that which was affected by the producing cause of the accident , and it shot through the floors of the building , and through tbe roof , and then the boiler deposited itself against the arches of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , a part of whose line passes close by the mill . All the hands in Messrs . Friths ' employ were busy at work , and a part of them at that end of the mill which was erected over the boilers was buried in the ruins , which exhibited a heap of broken beams , machinery , stones , and other materials , from whence proceeded tbe groans of the sufferers lying beneath . The part ; of the mill iti which the bulk of the hands was employed , was , of course , speedily emptied of all its contents , and the

      report of the accident being noised through the town , vast crowds of people soon assembled and thronged the vicinity of the scene . An efficient detachment of police rendered assistance where required , and John Waterhouse , Esq ., being early on the ground , sent for the military to aid in clearing the yard , bo that those assisting to move the piles of rubbish , under which the missing workpeople were buried , might the better perform their work . Several influential gentlemen , and some of the medical faculty , were ready to . assist wherever their services were wanted , and a number of working men strained every nerve to clear away the ruing . As sooa as the Mavor had intelligence of the sad affair , he hastened on horseback to the spot , and gave such instructions

      as were requisite for securing order , and enabling the parties employed to proceed withevery despatch . One body after another was brought out , and it was stated that persons were killed . Two or three more lay at the Infirmary , in an almost hopeless state , and it was said that three others were amongst the missing . About eight o ' clock it became necessary to send for a second fire engine , as the fire under the ruins was breaking out so as to threaten the portion of the mill standing-. It was soon partially got under , but we fear there is little hope of any in the ruins being taken out alive . A girl was recovered about

      eight o clock , who had been talking for some time , and was not much hurt , but could not be got to earlier . She was fast in the lumber , by which ' she was surrounded . —The Halifax Guardian , in a second edition , published on Saturday afternoon last , gives the following particulars : — "The total number of persons whose lives have been sacrificed by this terrible accident now amounts to ten . Seven of the bodies are lying at the Biucher Inn , and three at tue Infirmary . It is rumoured that a little girl , whose parents reside in Caddy-field , is missing '; but it is firmly believed that no more bodies are buried in the ruins . "

      Importation of Crucifixes , &c—On Monday a considerable number of crosses and other Romish figures and images , were landed at tbe Custom House at Portsmouth , for the use of the Romanists of South Hants . They came from a Paris house , and are consigned to a Hebrew firm at Portsmouth . They appear to have been sent over in the belief that as Hampshire is a part of Cardinal Wiseman ' s own diocese of Southwark , the tide of conversion must necessarilv have set in very strongly . The Late Charge against a Clergyman at Brentwiod , —Apprehension of ths Prosecctrix fok Perjury . —Brentwood , Monday Afternoon . —It will be remembered , that in the alleged assault preferred against the Rev . W . Johnson , the Rector of

      Ingrave , Essex , by his servant girl , Mary Ann Doe , at the last examination of the defendant , the girl completely denied all that she had deposed to on the first occasion , admitting that the whole of the charge as first made was false , in consequence of which the defendant was at once discharged . On Friday , the 2 |) th ult ., Mr . Superintendent Coulson went to the girl's residence at Ingrave , and took her into cust-id y on the charge of perjury . A special meeting of the magistrates of the district was held at Brentwood the same day for the purpose of investigating the charge . The magistrates were divided in opinion , and ultimately decided not to proceed with the present information . The prisoner was then discharged .

      Sodden Death of a Clergyman . —On the 29 th ultimo , Mr . Mwrratt , one of tlie coroners of Yorkshire , held an inquest on the body of the Rev . John Thompson , rector of Sykehouse , near Doncaster . It appeared by the evidence that the reverend gentleman went to bed in tbe enjoyment of his usual good health on the night of the preceding Wednesday , and shortly afterwards was seized with a fit of apoplexy , which terminated his life about one o ' clock on Thursday morning . The deceased had held the living of Sykehonse for a considerable period . The Destructive and Fatal Boiler Explosion at Bradford , Yorkshire . —Thia disastrous event , at the Mills of Messrs . Waud nnd Co ., ( a brief notice of which appeared in our second edition , last week , } has resulted in the death of another party , named Margaret O'Donnell , a girl aged seventeen .

      making three kilted , besides the injuries received by others , and a very large destruction of property . The inquest on the bodies was held before Mr . John Dyson , coroner , on Friday afternoon the 29 th ult ., and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the death of the parties named had been caused by the explosion of a steam-engine boiler , such explosion having been produced by the imprudent opening of the stop-valve by the deceased engineman , John Hall , he being ignorant of the consequence of so doing . Tbe jury exonerated Messrs . Waud from all blame , and recommended the fixing of a safety * valve to each boiler , and theadoption of Mr . Wilson ' s boiler protector , as the best means of preventing similar accidents in future .

      The Loss of the Gazelle from Sydnbt . Recovery of the Mail . —Deal , Monday . —AUdoubti respecting the fate of the Gazelle , and the unfortunate creatures on board of her , have been set at rest by the discovery of the wreckof the ill-fated shi p on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands . Many casks of tallow were picked up low down the channel towards the North Foreland , and on the 29 th ult ., a box containing the Sydneyf letters and newspapers , which were shipped in the Gazelle , was found floating about by a lugger . The address on tbe box bad been washed off by the surf , but a brief examination showed it to be the unfortunate vessel ' s mail . It was landed at Margate , and handed over to the postoffice authorities for transmission to London . The

      contents were saturated with water , and some of the directions were obliterated , but the usual care was adopted for the delivery of the letters , if possible , to the parties to whom they had been addressed . A large piece of wreck , apparently part of the quarter of a Teasel between 200 and 300 tons , with tallow sticking to its timbers . * was seen floating about in this end of the Queen's Channel , and other pieces of wreck , evidently of the same character of ship , being noticed , it was concluded that the catastrophe had occurred on the Goodwin Sands . This conjecture proved correct . The luggers , which were cruising about for whatever might . turn up of her cargo , discovered on Hearing the sands the wreck , or

      what might be termed the remains of the wreck . The figure head was gone , but it was observed that part of the drapery or decoration remained , with a small figure of a Gazelle upon them . Part of her stem frame , : with" Gazelle of Liverpool , " painted n ^« . ' * 3 ; als 0 noticed floating . about the spot . w the unfortunate , creatures who perished with ber Svk * ^ De ^ n / and indeed , the heavy sea th at »?™ 1 [ £ ^! v - $ hel 7 and 8 rendered any nearer n ^ r ^ r J ? the WrfCk eic ^ dine'y ding « 0 U 8 . The SSST A * J £ Iost has ^ t been correctly ascerteined , but it is thought that the crew consisted of between twenty and thirty persons . It is supposed that she was driven , on the sands duringithe terrific gale of Sunday morning , and the formidable breakers

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      that immediately dashed over'her must have instantly sealed the fate of eVery soul on bonrd . This is not the only fatal casualty that took place on these much dreaded shoals . The luggers report seeing two other wrecks on the sand * , and it is much feared that their crews perished . None have reached the coast from wrecks on the Goodwin , and several vessels which were known to have been in the Channel in the course of the gale are missing . Part of a ship ' s stera has been taken into Broadstairs , and a figure-head ( bust of a man , ) and two figures with wir ; gs . It is thought they are part of the wrnckfid vessels . _ ^^

      Fjgut at Diuyton , Nokfoik . —On Monday , a fight took place between two working men , at Dray ton , nnd on the same day one of- them died in consequence of the injuries he received ^ The names of the parties were Robert Baker and Benjamin Ellis , both fine young men , resident in St . Martin ' s at Oak . As usual in such cases , the fight originated in a drunken quarrel , and the stake was only £ 1 a side . Each man had bis seconds , and a crowd of people witnessed the brutal conflict , which lasted some time . Eilis had the worst of it , and after being severely punished , he was conveyed home , where he died on the same night . On Thursday an inquest was concluded , the jury having returned a verdict of manslaughter against Baker and the lour seconds . They have not yet been apprehended .

      Another Burglary in Surrey . — Another daring burglary , accompanied with violence , took place on Saturday evening last , at the house of a Mr . Marshall , residing on Freuchan-common , near Farn > ham . The particulars are as follows : —About eight o'clock on Saturday evening Mr . Marshall , who lives with his sister alone , was aroused by a loud knock at his front door . On opening the door he found a group of seven men standing round it , and as Boon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to GuiUlford . Mr . Marshall was in the act of stepping out to direci them when he was suddenly knocked down , as is supposed by a life preserver . The men immediately entered the house , when they were at once encountered by Miss Marshall , who , with great presence of mind rushed upstairs to procure a gun which her brother always

      kept loaded , calling out at the same time , " I'll fire at them . " Ths villains caught her upon the staircase , and , presenting pistols at her , dragged her to the front door , where they pointed out her brother lying in an insensible state on the ground , and cautioned her to be quiet . They then ransacked the house of everything of a valuable character it contained , taking off , amongst other property , a number of old guineas . Before leaving they abused Miaa Marshall in good set terms for not having more property in the house . Mr . Marshall remained in an insensible state for nearly two hours , and is still suffering severely from the injuries he sustained . The police are in the possession of a description of tbe men , and are actively engaged in endeavouring to trace them . Establishment of a Surrey Rural Police .

      —The Surrey magistrates met on Monday to receive the report of the committee appointed to consider the propriety and manner of effecting the above object . About fifty magistrates were present . The committee were unanimous in considering the present force insufficient to protect that part of the county lying beyond the metropolitan police district . The report reccommends the introduction of the rural polico in preference to proceeding under the Parish Constables Act or enlarging the metropolitan police dictrict to take in all Surrey , which would require a special act . In complying with the provisions of the act 3 & 4 Viet ., c . 88 , sec . 29 , which requies that every police division shall contain 26 , 000 inhabitants , the committee propose the formation of three divisions , the respective capitals of which shall beChertsey , Dorking , and Godalming ; the chief constable residing at Dorkicg . They anticipate an expenditure of £ 3 , 000 in repairing

      lock-uphouses and erecting stations , and propose a stuff , consisting of a chief constable , chief superintendent , fire superintendents , eight inspectors , and seventy constables . After much discussion , the report was carried , and the election of a chief constable , who will choose the subordinate officers , was fixed for the first day of Epiphany sessions . The latb Riot at Birkenhead . —Since the late riot a committee has been formed for the purpose of getting up a meeting to adopt an address to the Queen , against the Papal encroachments . The magistrates , in the interim , applied to Sir George Grey , soliciting the presence of the military on the occasion , and received an answer on Tuesday morning , the purport of which was communicated to the deputation . The magistrates stated , that from the answer they had received that morning from Sir George Grey , they did not think proper to call the meeting and risk a repetition of the late unprovoked attack upon the authorities .

      Escape of Turks Convicts prom Woolwich . — Betwixt six and seven o'clock on Tuesday morning , shortly after they had taken their breakfast , three convicts managed , to let themselves down over the side of the Warrior convict ship , at Woolwich dockyard , and proceeding along the mud on the banks of the river , without being perceived by ihe sentry or any of the guards on board the Warrior , succeeded in seizing a boat at some distance from the ship , belonging to a waterman named Spurling , and , crossing the rivsr in it , effected their escape through the North Woolwich marshes . The names of the convicts are John Rain , aged 26 years , convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the 9 th of

      April , ISiO , for housebreaking and larceny ; and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years' transportation . Rain was a type caster . Charles Fletcher , aged 23 years , convicted of larceny to the value of £ 8 , and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years' tsansportation on September 20 th , 1847 . William Smith , aged 23 years , convicted of felony at Salford , on February 26 ib , 184 . 8 , and sentenced to ten years ' transportatioa . The Election- at St . Alban ' s . —Mr . Jacob Bell , the well known chemist , who has offered himself on tbe Liberal interest for the borough of St . Alban ' s ,

      made his public entry into the town on Tuesday afternoon . He was accompanied by Mr . Wyld , M . P ., Dr . Pereira , and by several prominent electors of Marylebone , and he was received by upwards of 200 of the electors of the borough . Mr . Bell addressed a large assembly from the balcony of the King ' s Arms Inn , after which he proceeded to canvass the town . An attempt has been made to induce Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Carden to offer himself for the borough . The Alderman is , in politics , understood to be a Peelite ; but it is not so much his political feeling as his purse that is likely to recommend him to the borough of St . Alban's .

      Destruction of Bleach Works by Fire at Manchesxbb . —A fire broke out on Tuesday morning at a very early hour ' , which has almost entirely destroyed one of our largest bleach works , and alonjr with it a great quantity—probably G . 000 or 7 , 000 pieces—of cotton goods . The property was known as the Irwell Bleach Works , and stood on the riffht bank of the river Irwell , at Douglas Green , Pendleton , about two miles from Manchester , About a quarter past two o'clock the private watchman on the premises observed flames in tbe store ( occupying the third , fourth , and fifth storeys ) , and lighted by three tiers of windows , and immediately gave an alarm . The fire appears to have been almost simultaneously discovered from

      several more distant points of view , including the higher parts of Pendleton and Broughton , and from Salford . It is supposed that the stove or drying room , had got overheated , and tbe goods in it being dried , would burst into flame almost like tinder . At the time the fire engines arrived the entire of the principal building of tbe bleach works wns enveloped in one mass of flames , and part of the roof had fallen in . From the fury with which the materials burnt , the fire brigades of Manchester and Salford had no chance of saving the principal building . Floor after floor of the building gave way , iind fell with terrific crashes upon the burning pile beneath , sending up terrific volumes of sparks and flame , till the Whole interior , including the charred and blackened remains of the cloth , the wood work

      of the floors , and the machinery , were one unsightly mass of ruins . A considerable portion of the wall on the south-eastern side of the building fell about five o ' clock , but fortunately that portion over the immense water wheel , which is of great value , was kept together . The flames were not extinguished till about six o ' clock , when the only portions of the property found to be saved were tho bleaching shed , wat « r wheel , and packing room . The buildings and stock were insured in the North British Fire Offioo for- £ 1 , 850 , and in the West of England for £ 4 , 000 , and it is hoped that the total , or about £ 0 , 000 , will cover the loss , though rumour had placed it at a much higher figure . The mill was erected by Mr . Douglas , contemporaneously with those of the celebrated . Mr . Arkwri g ht , and was used for above half a century in spinning cotton .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —A collision took place at Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon . The South Staffordshire train , from Walsall , due at 430 in Birmingham , approached Vauxhall at its appointed time , but owing to a coke train " shunting " over the main line a collisiou took place . The fireman jumped from the engine , but enme in contact with the next carriage and was instantly killed . Several persons were slightly injured . The Right Hon . Itichard Lalor Sheil and bis lady were passengers in the train , but escaped uninjured .

      Discovkrt of an ingeniously concealed Siill . —Superintendent Povoy , of Burslem Staffordshire , and Sub-inspectore Fry and OJive , of Hpnley , commissioned officers of excise , discovered on Saturday last a very ingeniously concealed illicit still , in a cellar , under a bakehouse attached to the dwellinglouse of a potter , named Levi Calkin , at Shelton . The entrance thereto was so well concealed by a sliding dobr . 'that ; the premises had been thrice previously searched , once by tho police and twice by the excise , without the discovery being made . When the door had been discovered and slid by the officers who made the search on Saturday , a ladder was seen kailmg into the cellar , or vault , which was

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      found to form a complete cabinet distillery , contain " in £ a copper still , at full work , 130 gallons of wash , eight gallons of » vhisky , numerous barrels , bottles , tubs , tin casks and cases , tun-dishes , and a quantity of lead piping , &c Calken was brought before Mr . Rose and Mr . N . P . Wood , at Burslem , on Tuesday , when he admitted the offence , and also that he had once before been convicted for similar doings , almost as well contrived to elude discovery , at Trent Vale . Being now summoned for aiding and assistinghe was fined in the penalfcyfor that offence £ 30 ,

      , and on his inquiring whether , whoa in prison for default of payment , ho should be liable to be convicted of being the owner of the still , Mr . Hose said certainly ; the excise laws were , no doubt , extremely severe , but that was necessary . Illicit distillation , from the demoralisation it occasioned , was one of the greatest evils existing in the Potteries . It was also a growing evil , and it would be well that it should be generally known that in all clear cases penalties to the utmost extent would bo imposed . — Staffordshire Advertiser .

      Serious Affray with Salmon Poachers . —The Gateshead Observer remarks : —The small streams running into the river Tyne arc at this season of the year visited nightly ly parties of men for the purpose of destroying the salmon depositing their spawn in the shallow water . The commissioners for protecting tho fisheries in this river ,- have therefore appointed water-keepers in various districts to prevent these dopredations . On Saturday night last , about ten o ' clock , Joseph Harrison , one of tbe water-keepers , accompanied by Joseph Young , police constable of By well , was proceeding up Stocksfield Burn , when they discovered three men in the act of spearing fish . One was armed with a " leister , " or fish spear , tho second with a

      hook , and tho third held a lantern and a sack . Tho officers , after approaching sufficiently near to observe them , saw three fish taken , and leaping ovor a fence , closed with two of the men . A scuffle ensued , in whi h Harrison and his antagonist fell . Young , who had seized his man , succeeded in ^ freeing Harrison irom the grasp of the man who was upon him , and permitted him to regain hia feet , when the third man , who had his hook fastened to a long pole about four feet long , made a desperate attack upon Young with this formidable weapon . He struck Young with the full force of both hia hands across the face and neck and the point of the instrument caught him in three different places in the chin and throat , though fortunately without doing him aay serious injury . Young , after parrying two heavy blows with his stick , released his prisoner and closed with his assailant , and Harrison coming to his assistance , the poaehoi 1 was

      secured , The other two escaped . The prisoner , whose name i 3 John Pattinson , a pitman from the Shotley Bridgo Iron Works , was brought up before the magistrates at Hexham , on Tuesday . Ml ' . Glynn , on behalf of Mr . U . C . Laws , the clerk to the commissioners of tho Tyno fisheries , attended to prosecute . The bench sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment , and highly commended the officers for the courageous manner in which they had done their duty . . Singular Discovery op a LuNATic . ~ An application was made to the county magistrates at Rochester , on Monday , by Mr . Scott , on behalf of the Guardians of the Medway Union , for an order to remove one of the inmates to the County Lunatic Asylum—a poor fellow whose case excited much commisseration . It appears that he was brought to Chatham by her Majesty ' s ship Albatross , having bean found by a coasting vessel wandering on the sea shore of one of the uninhabited islands of tho

      Archipelago , by which vessel he was conveyed to Singapore , where ho was placed under the care of the governor , and sent from thonee to England , where , on his arrival , he was ordered by the admiral , to be received in Melville Hospital , Catham ; and , on being declared free from bodily ailment , was subsequeutly transferred to the care of the officers of the Medway Union . At the time of his discovery he was almost in a state of nudity , and , cither from mental aberration , privation , or long desuetude , could not be understood , although , from the few sounds or words he uttered , it was evident he was a British subject : and although , after mixing some time with his fellowmen , he recovered the use of his tongue in a great measure , his mental imbecility was such , that no

      account could be obtained from him as to how he came on the island . Since he has been in the union he has much improved , having to some extent recovered his memory : but , having exhibited . * a tendency to violence on several occasions , it was deemed advisable to obtain an order for his removal to the lunatic asylum , where , under pftper treatment , there might bo a possibility of hia being restored to society and his friends , should they still exist . The crew named him Isaac Newton , but from what has been gleaned from the unconnected remarks and some writing which be has attempted , there is reason to believe his real name to be Walter Jenkins , and that "he wa 3 brought up as a shepherd . Mr . Scott stated that after his admission into the

      union , the clerk to tho guardians wrote te tlio Secretary of State upon the subject , laying all the particulars of the case before him , and submitting that , under all the circumstances , it was more a national than a parochial matter , complaining of the hardship inflicted on the union , and asking for him to be admitted into tho Navy or Military Asylum , or that an order might be procured for his admission into Bethlehem , nil of which , however , were refused , and the Medway Union is thus burthened with the responsibility of keeping the unfortunate man , at a cost of some £ 22 or £ 23 a year . Ship Launch and Accident . —On Tuesday , at high water , anew bargue , of about 300 tons , was launched from the building-yard , west side of the Queen's Dock , Liverpool . The day was fine , and a considerable concourse had assembled to see the

      vessel ' s introduction into its " native element ;' but we regret to say that the event was attended with a melancholy casualty , fatal to Robert Miller , a young man about nineteen years of age ( son of Mr . Miller , of the firm of Mackie and Miller , shipwrights ) , one of tbe apprentices employed in the yard . Just aa the vessel was leaving th © stocks , a coil of rope was thrown , as usual , by those oh board over the bow . The unfortunate young man placed his foot on this when it descended , as the readiest mode of securing it ; but unfortunately his foot slipped inside ; the ropo encircled his log , and in a few moments , to the consternation of all present , he was dragged into tho river , He was spun round

      with tho action of the rope , now at some height up tho vessel's side , then struck with force againt the " spur shores" attached to the bottom launchways , and eventually dragged beneath the water under the bottom of the vessel . The barque was taken in tow , as usual in cases of launch , and was led into the Queen ' s Dock basin , those on board being quite unconscious that any accident had happened . After being submerged for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour altogether , the unfortunate sufferer was released and brought on shore without delay . There were still some signs of animation , and he was promptly conveyed to the Southern Hospital , where the usual restoratives were attempted , but he died very shortly after admission .

      Alarming Boii-eb Explosion at BiistoN . —A serious accident happened at Messrs . Baldwin ' s colliery on Tuesday . The boiler belonging to a whimsey in the above colliery , situate between Bilston and Moxley , close to the Birmingham turnpike road , and which worked four coal pits , burst , and the explosion was terrific . One part of the boiler was forced in the direction of the turnpike road , a distance of 190 yards , and taking with it the corner of a hovel , descended on the railroad , breaking the rails , and then rebounding , was carried over the hedge , and across the turnpike road , where it fell . A horse , and cart and two women were in close proximity , but happily escaped uninjured . The other part of the boiler was carried in the opposite direction , towards the Pot

      House Bridge , a distance of 200 yards , taking with it a part of the engine , and throwing down tbe stack and the brickwork to a great distance . The main 8 haftand fly wheel were broken to pieces , and a small boiler , which was by the side of the large one , was carried a distance of twelve yards ; and tbe whole of the machinery was scattered in all directions . The engineer , John Johns , who is a very steady workman , had just left the side of the boiler as the accident occurred . He is very much scalded , bat he is going on favourably . It is said that the accident cannot be accounted for : the boiler was cleaned and repaired the previous day . Seven or eight men and women were working on the pit bank at the time , close to the engine , but they all most providentially eseaped .

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      ^—^^ , — . ^— - — county meeting in Mayo , was signed \ by ¦ the Vsounty representatives , Messrs .. G ... H . Moore and Ouseley Higgins ; by Messrs . V . O'Connor Blake , of Towerhill ; Mark Blake , of Ballinafad ; and Mr . E . Howley , of Belleek Castle . The Charge against Mr , Whitney , first clerk of the Custom-house , Cork , upon which he haabeen bailed to take hia trial at the next assizes , is tor alleged embezzlement of £ 30 only ; the receipts amounted to about £ 300 , 000 annually , and his public services to thirty-nine years . The Movement in England . —The tranquillity of Ireland during the present agitation in England , is as gratifying as it is remarkable . Efforts have been

      made by some Orange journals to stimulate a movement , but up to this time they have proved wholly unavailing . The Nation of this day refers to the meeting of the Grand Orange Lod : e about the r " apistical Aggression , " as a device of landlords to turn public attention from the settlement of the land question . That journal entreats the Roman Catholics to remain quiet , observing— " Some gentlemen , of more enthusiasm than judgment , are going about counsel ling ' a great Catholic movement' throughout Ireland , in high and haughty defiance of Lord John Russell . There is too much sense in the country , wa trust , to lend any ear to this weak and frantic nonsense . "

      . . Ub APJ 0 STMENT op Rents . —In various parts of the country landlords are revaluing their estates , with a view to the reduction oi their rents . Sir Edward Tucker , who has lately becomeproprietor of an estate in Kilkenny , after a new valuation , has made a general reduction of his rents , in some instances from 42 s . per acre down to 24 s ., at the same time striking off all arrears . The Earl of Orkney , after a careful investigation of the condition of his estate in the Q ueen ' s County , has reduced his rents from an average of 22 s . to 13 s . per acre .

      Tub late Murder in Queen ' s County . —The jury at the inquest on Patrick Hogan , bailiff of J . Hans Hamilton , Esq ., M . P ., who was murdered at Coolagh , have returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . ' ^ The murdered man had been recently employed in the execution of a halere , when tenants were evicted , some of whom owed four years' rent . ' Extensive Emigration . —The ship John O ' Toolo , which sailed from Dublin on Saturday last , carries out to New Orleans , nearly four hundred passengers , of whom all are Roman Catholics , with the exception of one Protestant family . The Roman Catholics are accompanied by a bishop , a priest , and twelve Sisters of Mercy . Encombkred Estates CoMifrssioif . —Fourteen additional petitions were filed up to the 28 th ult ., making the gross total since tbe commencement of operations 1 , 402 .

      Sales at Derrynane Abbet . —The Evening Packet says : — " We regret very much that the distress which has overtaken the landlords of Ireland , has at length found its way to the halls of the Liberator . At a sheriff ' s sale at Derrynane some time since , the whole of the splendid furniture and other household goods were sold for the sum of £ 364 Si . 8 d ., and were bought in by the National Bank of Ireland . The goods were left there pending some contemplated arrangements , but they were again recently brought to the hammer by the sheriff . The purchase of the furniture by the National Bank has been impeached as fraudulent , and on application to the court , an issue was granted last week to try the fact by a jury . All the rest of the property will be sold as a matter of course . Alas , how are the mighty fallen ! The prices at which the National Bank bought the furniture may be imagined from the fact that the entire furniture , < fcc , of "The Liberator ' s Room , " state bed , &c . sold for £ 3 8 a . 6 d .

      Thb Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held on Monday , at Conciliation Hall , Mr . P . Laffc ' rty in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell read a letter from the Rev . B . Masterman , R . C . C .. Mullingar , enclosing £ 3 for the " Loyal National Catholic Repeal Association , " and in which the writer says : — " The letter of tlie littleminded Lord . John ' Mummery' has not surprised any honest man ; it is like him . He has belied and insulted one-half of the inhabitants of the globe . He may have reason to regret his insolence . This is our first remittance for the present year ; I promise to you it shall not bo our last" Mr . O'Connell then referred at considerable length to the movement in England , and concluded by proposing a series of resolutions to the effect , "That the present anti-Catholic crusade in England has been stimulated by the

      Minister for the unworthy purpose of securing his party in office , at any expense of consistency , fairness , and honourable feeling , and at any and every risk to religious liberty ; " that it is incumbent upon the friends of civil and religious liberty of all denominations , to come together to vindicate their glorious principles ; that a meeting of Irish Members of Parliament , in Dublin , previous to the session is most desirable , to concert measures for defending the religi' us rights of the nation ; that until the threatened assaults on Catholicity are repelled the Association add the word '' Catholic " to its title , and be henceforth styled " The Loyal National Catholic and Repeal Association of Ireland . " The resolutions were adopted amid loud cheering . The rent for the week was £ 0 19 s . Id .

      A Goo © Landlord . —We have great pleasure in recording the fact that Lord Templemore has allowed a reduction of twenty cent , to the tenantry on his Wexford estate , on all rents and arrears due to the 2 d : h of September ,, through his agent , Maurice Wilson Knox , Esq . This is not the first act of kindness on the part of his lordship , fot generous feelings , and anxious consideration for the welfare of his tenantry have endeared him to all parties on his estate . — Waterford Chronicle . The Flak Movement . " -The tenth annual meeting of the Belfast Flax Improvement Society was

      held in that city on Friday last . The Earl of Erne presided , and there was present a vast array of the nobility and gentry Of the province . The proceedings occupy nearly nine columns of the Northern Whig , three of which are taken up by the report " alone . Among the speakers were the Bishop of Down , Lord Dufferin , Mr . Sliarm . in Crawford ,, M . P ., Sir Rebert Bateson , and the Earl of Roden . The latter , who was the second chairman , paid a just tribute of respect to the Earl of Clarendon , for his Excellency ' s exertions to promote the objects of the society .

      Thr Muroer of the Rev . Mr . Butson ' s Steward . —The Ballinasloe Star- contains the following : —¦ " We inserted last week the account of an inquest held on the body of Fat . Bourke , a servant in the employment of the Rev , Mr . Butson , of Clonfert , whose death was occasioned by taking some drug used for extracting iron moulds from linen , which ho mistook for salts , and which was administered by his wife . This man , on his death-bed , made a full avowal of all the circumstances relating to the murder of Mr . Butson ' s steward , which took place in the month of September , 1845 . The confession made will bring the guilty parties to justice ; there were several engaged in the conspiracy to deprive this man of life , nearly all of whom left this

      country for America after the tragedy was completed . " Election of Lord Mayor op the New Corporation . —The new Town Council assembled for tbe first time on Monday in the City Assembly-house , when Mr ; Guinness was declared unanimously elected as Lord Mayor , amidst enthusiastic applause . Attempted Assassikatjos or A Laud Aobnt . —A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal , whose letter is dated , Lotterkenny , Sunday morning , " gives the following account of an attempt to assassinate aland agent in tha county of Donegal : — "I hasten to inform you of an attempt at assassination and robbery on the person of Mr . James Johnston , of Woodlands , near Stranorler , agent to

      Colonel Pratt , of Cabra Castle , who has an estate near this town . The robbers , aware of his receiving his rents yesterday , and that he would go home to-day , lay in wait for him , and shot hia horse under him , and beat him very severely , having first taken all his money , &c , from him . He is a kind and good agent , and a man of most liberal and generous views with respect to his intentions towards the ameliorat ion of this country . There is a great sympathy for him amongst all classes in the community . " . Sales of Encumbered Estates . —Tho sales in the Encumbered Estates Court on Tuesday , different from those of the last week or two , were of a decidedly unfavourable character , but it is necessary to remark that the properties offered were of a secondary class , and somo of them far from well circumstanced . The properties announced for sale were chiefly in the county of Galway , with

      leasehold interests in Queen ' s County , and some houso property in Dublin ., Limerick Election . —Several meetings have been held in the county of Limerick during the past week for the purpose of insuring tho return of Mr . Ryan , the Tenant League candidate for the county Limerick . The Limerick Reporter states , that " most of the Catholic ' clergy , on Sunday last , addressed their congregations froin the altars in . fa * vourof Mr . Ryan . " , A meeting of the " Evangelical Alliance" was held , on Tuesday night , at tho Rotunda , for the purpose of denouncing the " Popish aggression , " A strong police force was deemed necessary to prevent the intrusion of a dissentient mob , but the police wore unable to prevent a good deal of confusion and uproar from taking place . The sew corporation have re-elected all the offl-5 fc ^ VKSt ASS-ifS ? SffiXSL * offioer" —• fi'ffS-5

      The trial of Mr . John Emanuel Hu-ues on a charge of ennbenlin ; the funds of the guffe-street savings bank , of which he was the treasurer , ; took 8 ui ? ?? | -iP- * ? ourtof Qioeri ' s Bench , and terminated in his acquittal Meuncbow Death by Dr 6 wsi ' so .--Wo regret to announce that Mr . Saunders , late secretary to the ^ Limenck and Waterford Railway , was drowned on Sunday night last , in the harbour « f Hothead . The unfortunate gentleman was a pa £ &mget w tho

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      Eblana , from Kingstown , and a few seconds before he fell overboard he was observed preparing hi 3 laiwiee to land . The . 'night was very dark , and ife is supp osed he missed his footing over thegangway . Freeman ' s Journal ., -- ' Lord John Russell ' s LETIBR .-A meeting of the Limerick corporation waa he d _ pn ; Monday , the JSndine order requiring a week ' s notice of a motion havinff been 8 u 8 pended by a large majority , for the Sole Of allowing Town Councillor O'Donnell to br nKrward the fo'lowing resolution on the sub-5 ofS John Eassell ' 3 letter to the Bishop o £ Cham :- '' That the insolent and audacious letterofthe English Minister to the Bishop of Durham , is a deliberate ana unprovoked -inmilt to the people of IrelandThat we treat with scorn his threat to _ ,,. _ . e irinfirfltown . and a few seconds befor

      . re-enact the penal code in these kingdoms ; and that we demand from our representative s a pledge to use every effort to drive him from a position which he disgraces . " Mr . O'Donnell addressed the assembly at great length in support of the resolution , and expressed his belief that the whole proceedings on the part of Lord John Russell was adopted for the purpose of breaking up the food feeling which promises to grow up amongst the people o ' f this country . —Mr , Lynch and Mr . CuJlen followed on tho same side , in support of tho resolution and in the name of- seven millions of Irisb Roman Catholics , flung back at the pigmy Premier the taunt of " mummery and superstition , " Mr . Barrington opposed it on the ground that religious topics ought not to be discussed in that Council because the

      Chamber ; and also language was too strong . He , however , wished to state that he did not approve of the language used by Lord John Russell , with reference to the religion professed by a great number of the people of this country . He thought the words " insolent and audacious" too strong to b « applied to him . ( Cries of " They are * his own words . " )—The Mayor suggested a modification , so that the council might be unanimous . —Mr . O'Donnell Had only changed " insidious and audacious" in Lord John Russell ' s letter , to " insolent and audacious" in his resolution , and he thought of the two the former was worse ; bcTvould makom chan ge . —Mr . Keays said he did not quarrel with the feelings of any Roman Catholic , but he still thought the expressions applied to the letter toostrong . —Alderman Dawson supported the resolu * - tion . —Mr . Bouchier : No man in existence has a nreater contempt for the Whigs than I have and

      always had . ( Cheers . ) I consider them to be a , place-hunting , dispicable set , ready to turn party against party , for the purpose of carrying out their own basedc 3 igns . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I decidedly and openly stand up to censure that part of Lord John Russell ' s letter in which he presumes to say that the religion of so large a portion of my countrymen is a superstition . No man has a righfr to judge between his fellow-man and his God , and each has a perfect right to worship his Creator ia the way he wishes . It would be a great object if the resolution could be iramed so as to meet the unanimous concurrence of all . —Mr . O'Donnell refused to make any alteration whatsoever , and the resolution being put , was . declared carried . —On the motion of Mr . Cullen , it wa 3 then resolved to send copies of the resolution to Lord John Russell , to Lord Grey , to the Lord-Lieutenant , and to every corporate body in Ireland .

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . An Unprotected Female . —Sarah Burke , 19 , Sophia Dilbury , 22 , Jane Finnerty , 18 , and Eliza , Jones , 23 , were indicted for robbing Mary Ann Foster Simmons of a mantle , and a purse containing 133 . 2 d . —The circumstances of this case were of an , extraordinary nature . Tho proseeutrix , a young woman apparently about twenty years of age , deposed that she was a single woman , and the daughter of a person holding a situation on the Midland Counties Railway at Derby . She arrived in London last week on . business , and was staying at a board * ing-house near the Euston-sq _ uaro station . At aboufc one o ' clock ' on Saturday morning last she was proceeding along Tottonhsim-court-road , when she was accosted by tbe prisoner Finnerfcv , who asked her

      for a penny . She told her that she had no change upon which she asked for some supper . They walked together a short distance , when they were joined by Jones , and , at the request of Finnerty , they wenfe and procured some ham and bread . She then said that she was very late , and one of the prisoners suggested that , as she was a stranger in town , they would show her a respectable boarding-house , and , not knowing her way , she said she should be glad if they would do to . They then took her to a house in Church-lane , St . Giles , and conducted her to a room up stairs . All was in darkness , but she was aware that other women were present . One of them immediately seized hen and threw her upon the bed . She screamed , when one of them knelt upon her

      head and chest , holding her hand over her nose and mouth until she was nearly suffocated , whilst tho pthers proceeded to sirip her of her clothes and rifle her pockets . She struggled with them , and made all the noise she possibly could , but she speedily became insensible , the last circumstance she could recollect being that the women threatened to murder her if she continued to resist . On coming to herself she saw women still in the room , and some of them began to express pity for her . She was going down stairs , when the prisoner DiJbury laid hold of her , in order to prevent her following tho other prisoners , who had just before left the room , but she broko away from her , and ran after them . She raised a cry of "stop thief , " and ther were

      captured by the police officers on duty in the neighbourhood . —Catherine Saunders deposed that she lived at i , Upper William-street , Portland-town , and was a widow . On Friday night last , on leaving the Queen ' s Theatre in company with Mary Hersey , a friend of her ' s , she met in Tottenham-court-road the prisoners Burke and Dilburv , who got into con-Yersation with them . WitHess asked them if they could get an omnibus to Portland-town . One of them answered that she would not be able to get one that ni g hfc , and invited her to go home with her . She thought this offer very kind , and accepted ic . She treated them at a public-house , and she and her friend accompanied them to a house , where they went to bed . They had not been in bed Ions' before

      they heard a great noise on the stairs , and presently some women entered the room . One of them threw a female upon the bed , and , using a frightful ex » pression , said , " Give up your money or we will murder you . " They ill-treated-her , and presently the police came in , and when she ( witness ) pro « ceeded to dress herself , she discovered that her shawl , boots , and other articles of attire had been stolen . —Mary Hersey , single woman , of 22 , Cochrane-terrace , St . John ' s \ Vcod , tbe person who was with the last witness , corroborated her evidence , and proved that she , too , ha' ! been robbed of somo shillings she had in her pocket , her shawl , and other articles . She identified a shawl produced as her property . —The evidence of the other witnesses

      showed that the prisoners Burke and Dilbury wero apprehended immediately after the capture of the other prisoners . On Burke was found Miss Her-8 ey ' s shawl , and Mrs . Saunders ' s was picked up afc a spot over which the prisoners passed in endea « vouring to escape . Miss Simmons's mantle wag found near the house in Church-lane , and on tho prisoners being searched at the station-house , other of the articles stolen , and portions of the money , were found upon the prisoners . All tho prisoners were found Guilty . There were also indictments against them for tho robberies on the witnesses Saunders and Hersey , —The learned Judge said ha was sorry that ho was forced to the conclusion that ; the evidence was not sufficient to convict the

      prisoners on . the other indictments . Had it been snfcient , the Court would most certainly have sentenced them to transportation ; as it was , the sentence was that they be each imprisoned and kept to hard labour for tho 3 pacoofoneyear . Book Steaijxg . —Isaac Ballard , 15 , and Georga Sainsbury , 18 , were indicted for stealing seven books from the residence of Sir John Romilly , tho Attorney-General . The prisoner Ballard had been at work , during some repairs , at the Residence of Sir John Romilly , in Gordon-square , and he was found in the New-cut , Lambeth , in company with the other prisoner , with seven books in his possession . One of Sir John Romilly ' s servants identified the books as Sir John ' s property , the majority of them being written in by Lady Romillv . Ballard

      was found Guilty ; Sainsbury Acquitted . The former was sentenced to three months' hard labour . False Pretences .-. Sidney Giles , 10 , was indicted for obtaining by false pretences a quantity of articles used in the construction of the piccolo pianofortes from ^ John Busb , with intent to cheat him thereof . —The prisoner was convicted , and it appeared that in May last he was sentenced to three months' havdkbour , for an offence similar to tho present . Ho was now sentenced to six mouths ' hard labour . The grand jury found a true bill against a person named Ritchie , for keeping an unlicensed place Ot public amusement in Old-street . A bench warrant was applied for and granted . The bill was preferred by the parochial authorities of St . Luke .

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      Secret kindnesses done to mankind are as beaut }" ful as secret injuries arc detestable . To be invisibly good is as godliko as to be invisibly evil is diabolical . , The Boston Transcript learnB that Mr . Hackctr , the American actor , Las been invited by tho Quod 1 to join the company that are engaged to give a scries of 6 h « kespcrian representations at Windsor Castle during tho ensuing season . A : Pekron 75 'Years old ouiced ui A Bad Lw bi 1 I 0 J lowa ?' 8 Ointment and 1 ' ii . ls . —Mrs . Lurendeu , of So . -. nlohards . n ' s-bulldiiib' 8 , GoswelUtMe . t , had , OVlT SII 1 C « - giving . birth to twins , thirty-four years ago , suffered ««« dreadful wounds ' in her leg , " and which several meiliw ' men both In tYiince and England had been unable to curt , her sufferings wevfelrit » hse ; iinffTiftBntfmesi Bhewas durinb long periods « holly confined to her bed . Ultimately , Jtf tho advice of her friends , she made a trial of HoHowa > j > Ointment and Pills , and thes « celebrated remedifci u » " > healed her wounds , and she can now walk about witu we greatest cemfort , --

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      Sfje i ? roDtnffs . Shocking Attempt at Murder . —At an inqnest Mdonthe 29 A ult ., before W . J . Ellis , Esq ., at Dr . Fox ' s lunatic asylum , Northw < od , Gloucestershire , a melancholy tragedy was disclosed . It appeared that a gentleman named Thomas Waters , a resident at Bedminster , near Bristol , had been staying with his lady at the residence of her father at ^ rington , Spmerset , where they were paying a family ¦ visit . For some time Mr . Waters had been in a highly nervous and excited state ; indeed at intervals his malady was so severe as to border closely on positive insanity . On Saturday , the 23 rd ult ., he was - attacked by mania of the most violent kind . Having armed himself with a knife , and sharpened it

      deliberately on a stone , he went up-stairs to a room in which Mrs . Waters was sitting . He then fastened the door , and having assured himself that it could not be opened from the outside , lie commenced a most murderous assault npon her . He seized hold of her with one arm , and having made some observations about her cap , he , with the other , made a desperate attempt to cut her throat . The unfortunate lady resisted as far as she could , and having the presence of mind to thrust her chin down into her bosom , she happily saved her life , but did not escape until she was frightfully mutilated , her bosom being deeply wounded , her hands shockingly cut , and the top of

      one of her fingers cut off . The unhappy lady s screams alarmed the family , and her father and brother burst open the door and secured ber assailant , who wag found to be quite mad , and was immediately removed to Dr . Fox ' s agylam , but although every possible kindness and attention was there shown him , fie obstinately refused to take any kind of nourishment , and in a few days sunk from the effects , as Dr . Pox stated , of exhaustion , resulting from the intensely excited state in which he had been . The jury returned a verdict to the effect that he died from natural causes . Mrs . Waters ig still ill from the injuries 8 he has received , but she is not considered to be in danger .

      Murder hear Brentwood . —On Saturday night , Nov . 30 th , an inquest was held at the Horseshoe Inn , Biliericaj , on the body of Robert Bamborough , a policeman , who had died from the effects of injuries received by him from a prisoner of the name of Wm . Wood , a notorious poacher . Wood had been con-YiCted that day by the Billericay benehof magutrates , and was being conveyed by Bamborough to the Brent-^ ood police station on the 21 st at Hutton . The facts ofthis case have been published . The jury returacd a Verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Wm . S , whoi is in custody in Chelmsford Gaol for the - charge of poaching . . Exthaobdikaby Pbocshdinos . —It will be recol lec : ed that aboat a fortnight since , a person named Bobson , captain of a vessel called the Trio , of bunderland , was brought before Mr . Rushton , at the police" court i Liverpool , oa a charge of having forged

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      Wkm $ . The Laxgiiarnk Poisoning Case . —TIio macistratcs of Carmarthen y ? ere occupied for three days last week in the examination of witnesses against Elizabeth Gibbs , accused , of poisoning her mistress , Mary Anne Leverne and a fellow-servant , Rebecca Uphill , The evidence was most impor t tant , and militated much against the prisoner - especially important , was that of a female witness in the gaol , who deposed to certain admissions of tbe prisoner as to the purchase of arsenic . The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of murder .

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      . Stmiro . OPEnAMbsoj ? the . Poor Law . —The inmates of most of tue workhouses are increasing , but to a much leesextent ^ thsaiiad b . ? en apprehended , from the advance of winter . The poor rates' are still heavy in some of the , western un 'ons ; but the rates are by no means as high aa those le vied in Clare , In the union of Clanmorns , county of iMayo , the new rates vary from 38 , Id . tp ft . 5 d . The' Jatter rate applies to only one electoral divi sion ; the L > igneat in the other divi-¦ wnsu 3 s . 8 a , in the pound . i he Tenant-right Movk VEKx . —T ! ie Mayo Telegraph states , that several of the landlords of that county are co-operating in the ' 1 ' enant Movement , nd that the requisition to the * bigu sheriff , for a

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      . .... ,, ¦ , ; . ¦ . -. ¦ ; . *• . : ¦ . ¦¦ .-,-. ,, ,.., . « December 7 , 1850 . R ' ' ; THE NORTHERN STAJU ., _ , _ ,., „ . __ . _ ,.. - — 6 . ___^ jj _ Ji : _ __ 2 _^__ : ^ ^_ ¦

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1603/page/6/