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Cle JBett * poit 0 . 'Health OP London- buri ^ g the Week . —The ffieal report says : —It is matter , of regret that his return exhibits a condition ot the public health n London still more unfavourable than was retor ted in the previous . The widely-diffused illness , vbich has become the subject of common observa ion , produced in the week ending last Saturday L , 4 ° l deaths , a- rate of raortaVny exceeding that which usually prevails at a season of the year more inauspicious than the present . The deaths rose to 1 , 213 , in the middle of February , when the weekly acreage began ; then having declined to 1 , 148 . they rose in the last two weeks to 1 , 247 and 1 , 401 . Tue : pidcmic influenza of 1 S 47-S , which quickly swelled ihe mortality one week to more than 1 , 400 , h-d ^ E ^ lA jttJ ^^ M ^ fcl ^ HA
earlv disappeared in March of the latter year ; but s effects were still visible in the returns , and the amber of deaths was tben 1 , 118 , the highest in the in weeks , ( of 1841—50 ) which correspond to that ndlng last Saturday . The aveiage of the ten corsspondin ; weeks was only 993 , or , corrected for ssumed increase of pnpulaiiin . 1 , 083 ; on which the resent return shb « s an increase of 318 . In the atam of last week the deaths were recorded ef 92 ersons who had turned SO years of age ; and by far he largest proportion , namely , thre « -fourths of the rhole number , were women . Amongst diseases rmichitis has produced the greatest num' -er of
rtal cases ; 1 ? 1 were attributed to this cause , the umber in the previous week having ba ^ n 160 , or ouble the usual amount at this time . Phthisis or onsumption carried of 166 persons last week , rhikt the corrected average is 154 . The deaths asribed to pneumonia , which is chiefly fatal to chilren , are 133 ; whilst the average is about 90 . Hoopig cough has risen to 92 , about double the average , nfluenza , which in the previous week numbered 15 eaths , has increased to 33 . The cases are given in etail below . Small-pox has declined to 16 ; mea « les nmbers 29 ; scarlatina 16 ; fever 52 . The following ise of cholera was recorded : —In St . Thomas ' s
Hospital , on 12 th March , a man aged 53 years , died of 11 Asiatic Cholera " He was a labourer at the indigo warehouse , London Docks , and resided at 13 . Wilmot ' s-bmldings , White-street , St . George ' s , Borough ) " iu which confined neighbourhood ( says the Registrar ; the body was removed . " In this return no fewer than 6 deaths are ascribed tointemperance , not cases of fatal injury received after excessive indulgence , but those in which a habit of drinking has yroduced apoplexy or other disease ; a man of ab"ut 40 years , who was carried to the Strand Union AVoik house , had been found speechless , and died of diseiBS of the lungSi and exhaustion from cold and want ol sufficient food : and two cases are mentioned in which
health was destroyed by pecuniary embarrassment . The impure air of the ro . im in which the patient breathed is also mentioned in one instance , hs an acoelerating cause of death . The births of 770 boys and 763 girls , in all 1 , 533 children , wc-e registered in the week- ' The average number of ax corresponding weeks ial 845 ; 50 was 1 , 435 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tbe mean reading of the baroinete in the week was 29 G 50 in . The mean temperature of the week was 405 deg ., which differs little from the average of the same week in ten ycara . At LewishaD ) rain fell to the depth of 172 in . on Saturday , between the hours of midnight and five p . m . This fall is unusually large at any time , but particularly in March . ¦ : J :
Snspiaws Death is the Reoesx ' s Canal—On Saturday last Mr . " H . TVakley held an inquest at the College Arms , Old'St Paneras-roml , on the body of * a female , name unknown , and a ~ e apparently about' forty-five , whose body was found in the Regent ' s Canal . —R . Williams said that on the previous Thursday morning he was crossing the Regent ' s Canal Bridge near the York and Albany Tavern , _ when looking over the battlement on the south side he' saw something in the w-iter that looked like a woman . He went to the Albany police station , and , procuring assistance and drags , the body of deceased was got out . It was dressed in a striped mourning gown , black stockings , stays , and calico chemise , but had neither bonnet , shoes ,
cap , nor shawl . The body seemed that of a destitute person . In the pocket there were five small keys , a thimble , and two farthtngs . The body was conveyed to the workhouse , and the notice of tbe finding of it was sent to ' all the police-stations , but nobody came to inquire after it . He was of opinion that the oody had been in the water a fortnight He had made all the inquiries possible for the purpose of identification , but without success , —Mr . Robinson , the parish or workhouse surgeon , said he had seen the body soon after it was brought' in , and had examined it externall y and internally . There was a lacerated wound , about the size of his hand , on the left side of tbe ' head , but no fracture of ths skull There was another wound on the back of the right
hand , and slight abrasion about the elbow . On opening ; the body depression of the ribs was di ' seovered , and fonr or five were found broken on the left , and two on the tigjit ' side . The stomach and other organs were moderately healthy . The brain was congested and sofiened . Tliesofteningwas the result of tenor twelve days' submersion in the water . The cause of death was suffocation from drowning . The wounds described were caused after death by a barge of some hard substance having ' come into collision with the body whilst in the water . —The jury returned the following ' open verdict : —" That the body was found drowned in the waters of the Regent ' s Canal , with certain marks of viotenceupon It , but bow it came there , « r ho-v they were caused ,
there was not sufficient evidence to prove . " Death from Starvation—On Saturday last Mr . H . Wakley held an inquest in the board-room of the Strand Union Workhouse on the body of a man name unknown . —Frank . Burrows stated that he ' wason duty in Crown-street St . " Giles ' s , at halfpast nine on the previous Tuesday morning , when a person directed his attention to deceased , who was lyia ? speechless and insensible in the passage of 5 , Fa ! conberg court . He immediately got a stretcher , and conveyed him to the workhonse , where he died a few minutes after his admission . Deceased was dressed like a mechanic , and had all the appearance of the last stage of starvation , which no doubt was the only illness he was suffering from . All he had in his pocket was two pieces of stale bread . No one
in ths neighbourhood knew ' him . The landlady of toe honse where he was found told witness , th&t at eight o ' clock that ' morning she saw him lying in the passage , and gave him some tea , as . she considered Km . very 111 . —Mr . Jones , ' assistant surgeon to the workhouse , was called upon to attend deceased , who expired before he could arrive . ' Hi 3 limbs were swollen ; and quite blue with cold , and his body was tery emaciated . Witness made a post mortem examination , and found all the organs ' healthy , with the exception of the lungs , which , were slightly diseased . The stomach was quite empty and had been foodless for some days . He died from exhaustion , produced by want of food , and exposure to the cold . —Verdict , "Deceased died from want and exposure to the cold . " - ••'• - ¦
Jatai , Accidknt ' axLambrth Paucb . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St ., George ' s Hospital , on the body of Mrs . Rebecca Herring . aiged seventy-seven . Mrs . Herring had been in the habit of going to the palace of the Archbishop ^ of Canterbury , at Lambeth , and on Friday month , in going down some steps in the inside of the palace ; slipped down and very ' severely hurt herself . She was sent home in a cab to her residence in Che 3 ter-place , Kennington , and a surgeon sent for , but he said no injury was done , that she
Bad onjy been seriously shaken ; Her relations were not satisfied , and called in Mr . Wagstaff , a surgeon , in the Kennington-road , who at once pronounced that she had fractured her hip-joint , and that , she had better be taken to the hospital , which was done . She had received every attention from Mr . Grey , the house ^ urgeon , but she ultimately died from the effects of the injury . The coroner observed that but for the evidence of Mr . Grey he should certainly iavie adjourned the inquiry , for the conduct of the first surgeon might have amounted to manslaughter . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Hoektblebeath of A 5 T 5 FAST . —An inquiry took place before S . B ; Jaokaman , Esq ., at the Anchor Inn , St . Clement ' s , on Saturday last , on the body of Eliza Morris , daughter of Catherine Morris , single woman , residing in Bath-yard , Dnke-street . Catherine Morris said , I am a single woman . The deceased was my child , and was ten months old . Tbe father was James Sones , a labourer at the Foundry . I live with him as his wife , both occupying a cottage in the Bath-yard . . This morning , at nine o ' clock , James Sones left home for his work . The deceased was then sitting in a common wicker chair , by the side of the fire in the lower room . A wood fire was
burning . I put some pieces of deal wood on the fire , and went about clearing the breakfast things away . But before completing the removal of these , I went into the house of Mrs . Bell , who lives oppo-P ®» * ° « " ** home a pair of scissors which 1 had Sf / , "dmt the door , and left the deceased * h ? SJS 08 ^ % e front of the chair on which ThJr ^ f ! ** I ?*? within a fo ° t «> f the fire . and wash the deceased . TorenS tK " ^ g ° that the room was full of' Sei £°° ' ? saying «< My child is burnt !" Son £ «? M ala ^' bouTrscamo ' into the bouse . Tb 7 wom my neI ^ of smoke that I could nol see feS ° J £ ehairwasallin ablare . Upon seein ^ M \ - ! forhelp , n ^ MmmA ^ SSSSSV ^ ffSi nightgown , and was covered with a child * * * *?» 016
T ^ a ' w ^ ir ^ ^ ^ ehwere buroed j ^ &WMsasis sBS ^ HBaaaf tsSss SW ***^ deceased as described in the eyfdence . " X poo ?
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infant was almost burned to a cinder , and presented a most horrible spectacle , ¦'¦ , ' < l Pibe is LEICESIBK-SO . WRB . —On Tuesday morning a fire broke ouf in the Bell Tavern , ' Leicesterstreet , Leicester-Bquare , occupied by Mr . F . R . Boulter . The conflagration originated in the back part of the premises , and was not discovered until it had gained a certain strength . The parish and West of England engines were soon on the sbe ^ ne , but , although a good supply of > at 4 r was promptly obtained , the premises , with the ' furniture , and stock , were all but totally destroyed . Tbe ad- ; jacent premises of Mr . Addis and of Mr . Medicott were also much injured . Mr . Boulter was'insured , a << well as Mr . Addis , but Mr . Meddicott has tobear his loss unassisted . . .. " - ' . A ' : . '¦'¦ . ' : " •' l T »* . » . a m 1 . mm . k 1 . 1 ... J *__ « ¦ ' •« -, . ; .. «
Fires at Roihebhithe Axn Bucefbiars-hoai ) . — Oa Tuesday night , shortly after tea o clock , two fire 3 broke out almost simultaneously . ' One was in the extensive cooperage belonging to Mr ; Hvix , situate in Spring-court , Rotherhithe ; Owing to the inflammable nature of thestockon the premises , and the factory being composed principally of timber , the flames made such rapid progress that the destruction of the " entire " property at one time appeared inevitable . -It was past twelve o ' clock before the firemen could get the flames extinguished } and not until a large portion of the premises was levelled with the . ground , and the stock therein destroyed . The ori g in of the fire , or whether or uot thasafferer was insured , could not' be sleaiied
during the excitement which prevaileoY The ' ot ' uer fire happened ^ on the premises belonging to Mr : John Miers , Birmingham warehouseman , Little Charlotfce-sireet , Blackfriars-road . : The , flames commenced from some unknown cause in the front warehouse , and spread so rapidly that it was with ' great difficulty- the several inmates were enabled to reach the street in safety . As it was , ' a child that had been confined to its bed by sickness , had a very narrow escape of being suffocated . The engines were soon on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water was obtained , but the fire could not be extinguished until the front warehouse was burned out , and the upper part of the premises much damaged . Mr . Miers was fortunately insured . : '
Fire ix Spitai 1 ? iei , us 1—On Wednesday- morning ' a fire broke out in Fashion-stveat , Spitalfields , on , the premises of Mr . Charles Lover , skhklressor , X 6 41 . At that time there were no fewer-than six persons in their beds , ' asleep , . whom'theconstable , after considerable trouble , succeeded in ' arousmg from their slumbers . A young man , named , Castledine , who slept in the first floor , having snatched his child up , succeeded , with his wife , in reaching the street , but they had barely left the building when the passage gave way , ' and the flames ! tjjen mounted so high so as to cut off all means of escape for the . other inmates , in : that direction . Mr . Lover ,, junior , who was sleeping , in one . -of the upper rooms , jumped out of bed , and made for the
stairs , when ho was struck by a sheet p'f flame , which set his shirt on fire . Scarcely knowing what to do for the ; best , the poor fellow jumped out of window into the back yard , when it was found that he was so much injured by the action , of the fire thai ho was obliged to be removed to the London Hospital . The Royal Society ' s firo escapes , with several engines quickly attended , when ' a cry ' was raised that there were two other persons ' in the douse . The conductor of the escape having . raised the machine in front of the burning premises ! , he cot into one of the upper rooms ,, when be found Mr . ' Lover lying , on the floor in an insensible state , he being nearly suffocated wi th smoke . The conductor and a policeman
laid hold of him for the purpose of pulling him out ; when he cried out to them to save his wife firsts They , however , took him out of window , and passed him in safety down the escape , when they inquired of him as to what part of the house his wife was in . Ha replied that she < was in the loft , but that the only chance that remained to rescue her was to mount the top of the building and . cut away , the oof . The conductor , with the aid of the police , having reached the top of the house , they forthwith cpmmenced cutting away the roof ; in so doing the tiles kept falling upon the poor creature as she laid crouched below . Having made ' a hole
sufficiently large for the female ' s body to pass through , they dragged her upon the roof , and conveyed her in safety down the escape almost in a state of nudity . Xotone ' of the ' inmates had time ' to put , fol ail article of wearing apparel . Fortunatel y , a plentiful supply of water was procured , and owing , to the praiseworthy exertions of the firemen , ^ they . were enabled to get the flames extinguished in about an hour , but not before the lower , portions of the building with their contents were destroyed , and the upper part extensively damaged by fire / The cause of the misfortune is enveloped in mystery : Unfortunately none of the sufferers were insured . -
St . Barnabas Chdrch . —This church is . to , b ^ shut up for a ' month , after the 24 th instant ,. that beins the day on which the Rev . Mr . Bennett , is legally to complete his mignatiou . The reason assigned forclosing this place for a month , isi that "important alterations" are to be made ; in > it . The construction which some persons put on the phrase " important alterations" is , that the . Bishop of London has determined on obliterating ' in it all trace of Tracfarianism . This is very , like the metropolitan Prelate . He will persist in ' being consistent in his inconsistencies . In other places in his diocese he is patronising Puseyiam . • :. .,: The Iuisn Iumigeation . —3 Jear ' u ]> pn lO . OOO . of the very poorest and most destitute class of the Irish
peasantry have arrived in London . within the last fortnight , from Cork arid the ports tributary thereto . It appears that they ,, are carried from Cork—an extreme port from London ,. at , least three day ' s journey—at a shilling a'head . Each pauper , if we may use the term ,-receives a half a crown , for leaving his native soil , the miserable fare being also paid by the givers of the sum in question , who are agents in the . hands of the landlords , whose laudable object no doubt , is to lower their poor-rates at the expense of the ^ Londoners . This trick was most extensively carried out during
the year of famine , but Liverpool was then the port made for . The unfortunate passengers were imported into England at Is . a head , and the ratepayers of Liverpool had to pay half a crown a head to send them baok ; so that the steam-packet company made a pretty thing of the affair .. It is not at all unlikely that the native Irish will form , during the Grand Exhibition , no inconsiderable itebV under the head of strangers ' . It is hearty rending to observe the treatment which these wretched creatures receive on board the steamvessels . Those who have not observed it can form but a poor idea of the realty . ' « - - '
' Jane Wobbed . —A letter has been- received from Mr . J . PhiUiniore , the gentleman who has interested himself so humanely on behalf of this victim to the cruelty of the Sloanes . Mr . Phillimore states that Jane Wilbred has very much improved in . health , and that a lady has offered to let her reside in Ber house as soon as she leaves the Convalescent ' Idstitution , in order that she may' learn gradually the duties and habits of a domestic servant . Mr . Phillimore expresses his intention of keeping her in sight , and hopes "thather future condition may in some degree counterbalance the . sufferings to which she has been exposed . "—Lynn Advertiser .. ' . . . , ' The THrevK 9 ' Kiich&k is 6 H . ATr ' s-iss-i , Asii . r-This establishment ,, which has long boasted a high reputation as a normal school of thieving , and a depot for the reception of stolen property ; is broken up . By tbe vigilance of two or three detectives , the greater number of the thief trainers have been convicted and transported . '
• A Tkstimosial from Mb . _ 5 Iaoreadt to his old Staoe Manager , Mr . Wilmoit . —A few days ago , we understand , Mr . Mac ' ready called tipoii -his " bid friend and partner in his toils , " Mr . Wilmott , to take , as it were , a formal' and professional fare- , well of one who , although unseen by the public eye , had materially helped to secure him those advantages which make the success of an actor greater than it could otherwise be—we allude to stage arrangement and scenic effect . Upon this ' occasion Mr . Maoread y . presented Mr . Wilmott with a remarkably
handsome ^ nd richly cbssetl-silver inkstand ^ having this ingcri ption npon it : — ' to John Wilmott . Esq ., from his friend , W . C . Macready . " Mr . Wilmott was Mr . Macready ' s stage manager both at Cbventgarden and at Drury-lane . and in him was confided the entire business of the late benefit which took place so satisfactorily . 'He is how , like his former master , enjoying his otium cum dignitate , after all his professional toils , and where , probably , nothing consoles him more in his retirement than the token ot friendshi p and gratitude to which we have referred . —Era . ' ' ¦
. Seedre of as Ilucit Distillery . —On the 14 th inst ., a large still was seizedat a detached cottage in Grove-place . St . Geortje-in-the-East . ' George George , a Custom House officer , having obtained information of the working of this private still , proceeded to the house in question , accompanied by two officers . They effected an entrance by getting upon the roof of a shed adjoining the cottage , but before they could secure the " premises , the whole ' of the occupiers had decamped : Timel y notice had been given to them by tbe barking' of a dog , kept upon the premises for the purpose . The officers found in one of the back rooms , a large copper still , capable of containing eighty gallons of spirits , seven large tubs , containing upwards of 200 gallons of molasses wash , and all the utensils for carrying on an' extensive trade in illicit distillation . The stillV&c ' ., were seized , and conveyed to the warehouse in Broadstreet . The occupiers of the cottage are unknown .
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To' PeesOSS Pi ^ H . 'YSED , ETC—BlCTRiOWflSABS CDHB BT IIoixowai ' s i xvtmekt ANo 1 ' ills . —Copy ot a letter from rS b E # F # ^ srfis , commanding llutnpore Forces . — KohJcuna , India , Jan . 15 , 1849 . to Professor Holloway , — = " 1—I deem that your wonderful medicines ought to be wen fcnown , ana I take the liberty of reporting a ihiracu-WO 3 cure ftat came under my own eye . An oia woman pnri ' ™? ^ ° *" lB last two years quite brd-ridden , having entoelylostthe useofher legs from the hip . joint . Her Ste ^ Bv ^ ZL V& dead , ana without the Pms she ktS ? ' bu V \ ^ ™» of Vour Ointment and KUs , she » squite restorea . ( Signed ) E . ' F . ? cn '
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r ^^ y"' ¦;• : ;; 1 ^ f * muww > r ¦ i : -- ' ^ 6 m > ^^ ishasiv j i The rain' whielf fell throughout'Satuida ^ Aorning last swelled ' the Ravensbourne to such an ; extent , that the- ' market ' gar-SSJ ^ SA ^ « T $$ Lenigham , lefe covered with wa ter to a'depth of ' several feet . ' ^ Tlfe ' g traw was dnftedfrommahy acres of rhubarbV'ih'd carried down the ^ treaw i hundreds of forcing tmti S ^ I ' -l ^^^ - ^ wtor ^ M ^ iJie ' tedlinfi ' uiider ' them , wrth the young plants lately put in tfie ' ground , must have been destroyed . The turhmke' rhaH nn the = south side ' of the North ^ en ^ E ^ wS covered with water , to the depth of several feet . The floods did not abate till a considerable time after high . HKPM ^ jm . JK& . U ^ - ^_ . _ 7 ^ . ' '
: Rkprbsentation of CocKKRMonTH . -It is ru - mouredthatatthe next election for Cockermoutb , ' John Steel ; Esq ., will offer himself , in lieu of one of the sitting members who contem plates retirement . ' r ? ^ ™ * FBAUD AGA 1 N 8 T AGKNTLBMAN ^ -Mr . Edward Wemyss , a soff of" General Wemyss , was brought ' before the magistrates at Brighton ! last week , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences . The charge was preferred by Mr . King , butcher , of the Western Road , from whose statement it appeared that on Tuesday , the 4 th of Marcb , ' the defendant ' eame into his shop and said , "Will you oblige me with change for this cheque , " ( or " order " witness did not recollect which ) , giving ; him a paper which , be Saw , was an order for 4-5 . Mr . Kine ^ gave him the moneyV but having shortly after heard something which raised his suspicion ' , he went to the railway station , and gave the cheque to a euard namVrf
J ohn Brown , for the purpose of having it presented to Messrs . ' Hamburgh and Rogers ' s for payment . He received the same day an answer by the electric telegraph , acquainting him that the ' cheque was refused . On' the'followin Friday defendant agMn " called , and asked Mr . King if he' had got the other cheque , or order , by him . Mr . King said he had . ' and defendant then wished him to oblige him with' change for another cheque , or order , o ! £ 8 . ' Mr . King tdid ; him he had not sufficient change , but , if he would call again , he would'do it by and bye . Defendant called three or four timea afterwards , and witness g 6 t a ' warrantj ' a ' nd on his coming on the Saturday , gave 1 him into custody . : Mr . Robert Rogers , a partner in the firm of Hamburgh and Rogers , said the order was jpresented to him by a person ; in the dress of a railway guard . . Had it been presented by a respect : tradesman ; he might have paid it . —The defendant was dismissed , with a caution . . , .
i Thb Fortifications in Milforo . Havbn . —f he new Martello tower , situated at the western extremity of the royal dockyard at ' Pembroke , has been finished and given up to the government for mounting with guns , and occupation by troops . The other is in a very forward : states and these ' enfilade the approaches to the dockyard , and are in -positions reflecting credit on the officers of , the engineer department . The small fort on , the Stack Rock at the entrance of the'Hav . en , is progressing under , the hands of the contractors . . It is in contemplation to erect another and more powerful battery of heavy guns on Thorn Island , commanding the southern entrance of the Haven .
An Innooknt Mas convicted of Burglary at Lkdiard Millicent . —Since the trial of Embury alias Clark , which resulted in his conviction , circumstances have come to light which tend to establish the innocence of the unfortunate man . It appears that an individual who was acquitted on . a charge of felony at these assizes , after obtaining Kis'liberation , waited upon Clark ' s solicitor and acknowledged to him that lie ( the individual thus acquitted ) and' another man were the actual perpetrators of the burglary at Wiss Prior ' s , and that Clark waB entirely innocents These facts were brought before the Lord Chief Baron , and the papers explanatory of the circumstances , will be forthwith submitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , with a view to obtain a free pardon for this much injured man . Independently of the imprisonment which Clark has undergone J he must have incurred a considerable expense in retaining legal advice and defence , for which of course he will not be reimbursed .
Criminal Charge agaimst an Undergraduate at Cambridge . —On Saturday last ; the borough bench of magistratesAt JCambridge _ were engaged for some hours in investigating ^ charge of a 8 SKUlt , with intent , &c , brought agaiuK Henry "Winterhingham , an Undergraduate of Corpus'Christi . College .. The prbs ecutrix . is Elizabeth Mary Parr ; the child' of tradespeople who have long heldareepectable Btation in society . —Th ' e prosecntrlx said : I am between fifteen and sixteeni ; and live with my father- in-law , Mr . ' Miller , painter and glazier , of St . Andrew ' s-street . I saw the prisoner in the- evening of , Thursday , the 13 th of March . Thad never seen him before to my kuowledge ' . ' He had a silk waistcoat on ; on that occasion , and a white shirt with'lavender flowers . ' ' He
had his gown on . 1 was dbine up ' the shutters of the room" of Mr .: Headley , who lodges with my fatlieri-mlaw . Twas'in the street for that purposei' It wa 8 about half-past nine , or a little befbre . ten . ' .. I ^ h ' ad no bonnet'bri . The defendant canie up to ' me and ' said something about going qut . whichl did riot perfectly upderetand . , He did not touch me at the time . I did not say anything to him in answerj and went in directly . ' I went into Mr . 'Headley ' s room to fasten the shutters inside , and'he followed me in . He ' was there before lhadfaatened ' the . firstboW . of the . sh ' utter . I thought he had come to see Mr . Headley . aitid I said that that gentlenian would be in in p . , few nfinntes . He immediately jcaught hold of ine and lilifised m ' e . ( The witness then proceeded to detail the
conduct of the defehdant ) ' .: The dbo ' r bell r ' ahg ' vibieritly while the " assault was taking place , and the defendant gatu ' p . My mother entered the Toom , and defendant rushed into the street . My ! mother went out after him . ' I felt so . faint I could hot tell my niother what Hall Happened immediately . ' He ran out justas my mother came '' against ' the'ddor , I . told my mother what had" occurred immediately she came back from piirsuitof the prisoneri wKich wag in about tiro minutes ; My father-in-law was with . my mother ' when sljecame up , and he too ran after the prisoner . > The prisoner fastened the door' of Mr . Headley ' s room when he came in ,. by bolting it ' . ; I ^ unbolte'd it to r , un out ,, I ran out first , and the prisoner' then escaped by the street door . I will positively . swear the prisoner
I ?; *» p , '; \ flaye since , been ftttenQett by ^ Mr ., Lestourgeon , ' , th ' e ^ surgepij , . and am . " still UHder his ca re . r : Further evidence was called in ' cprroboration ; and . the surgeon deposed that great ; yioleBce had been commi . tted ^ For the defence it was ' contended that the identity of theprisoner , had not been ^ proved , put that , if he " were proved , ' to :. bJB . Vthe party , there had been ^ o . yiolence . Vfh ^ magistrates retired for about five mwutes , and on their return the , ' prisorier ,, ifter the usual cautipn , was asked wqat lie had to say . fee replied that he should reserve his defehcejand iwas then fully committed foe trialat the assizes ' ; hut was admitted to bail , himBelf . in J 6200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , which having ] been found , he was liberated , and left Cambrid ge the same evening ., , ' . " . , ' Extehsvk "
'"• ; . Discovbbt OF ,. 'C piss;—Last week , a discovery of ancient coins was made at the village , of Cadnam , in . the New Forest , Hampshire ., They were in ah earthenware vase , and numbered ' about 3 , 000 , and consisted principally of brass , of the reigis of Gallienus , PostuniusVyictorinus , Claudius , Gpthicus , and Tetricus ,, and a fe ' w-if other EmpeforB , about the same period . The , man , who was a shoemaker ; of the village , was at work in a garden near his , house , wherche turned them up about one foot from the surface . The neck ' of thevase wb , 8 small ^ and , the coins much encrusted together , The man , in his eagerness to view his treasure , broke it to ; pieces . It appears from the description to be of very neat form and workmanship . Bite
Death Resulting fbom t ^ b op a Monke ? . ^ - On Saturday last an inquest took place atthe Grey Mare Inn , Whitworth-road ,. Rochdale , on the body of a ohild , the son of Mr . Gaskell , theiandlord of the . above hbuBe . It appeared that , Mr . Gaskell had purchased a , monkey , and , ; not anticipating any danger , the animal was allowed to remain in the huuse , until it made a sudden spring , and , alighting on the head of the child , bit it so severely that , notwithstanding the utraoBt attention of a' medical ihan , ' we- child died in consequence . A verdict of ¦ " Accidental deaths-wag returned . The monkey has since been killed . ¦ ¦ -: ¦ - " ¦ . ¦ ¦'• . ¦* ... ,,
• Representation of Rochdale . —Mr . S . Crawford has signified his intention td resi gn his post as representative of the borough ' of Rochdale ' at the next dissolution of Parli » ment / and the Reformers have-held a meeting ' to consider who would be a suitable man to bring forward at the nest election ; ? l « u 1 l ? ? een ment i ° » ed » as'Ke'is-connected wttu Rochdateby marriage , bis wife being a native of the borough , and he has lately become owner of a neighbouring township , Middleton , which was the property of Lord Suffield . A Relic of Ancient LivERpnnT Tt .,.: «_ > « . •„
operations of the gas company ' s men in Lord-street ( the pavement of which is being taken up' ) a rather interesting relic was brought to light . - This is no other ' tharitha old bridge ; which spaniied the pool between ' Paradise-htreetand Whit ' echapel : Exactly ' before the- door of Mr . Gilham ' s shop , at the corner of Whitecbapel , at the depth of a . few 'feet friro the surface , may now be seen a portion of the copine of the summitof the arch of this old bridge , which doubtless , the oldest inhabitant never saw in its pristine state . . ' - :. ..
PoisoNls ^ near , WiSBEAcn . ^ Great excitement has , been caused in f he neighbourhood of ^ Visbeaeh by 'the , sudden death . of Mrs . John Deariove , the ! wife of an . extensive farmer ^ residing at Gbr ' efield . near ¦ yVisbeach ; . On the 13 th inst ., ilrs . Deariove , after silting dbw ' a to dinBer , " ate a small piece of pudding , and immediately complained of a burnin " ' sensation in her throat . ; In a Bhort time sue was speechless and senseless , and had . ifrequent vomitings . . Medical aid ; was , at . once sent for , but'it was unavailing , and the unfortunate lad y died in about two hours after dinner time . Suspicion has fallen on a fema'eservant in ' the ,. house . Mrs . Deariove had been obliged to resort to severe measures , to get this person up in the morning . On one occasion , it is said , sbe threw a basin full of water over the girl in bed , and on the above morning she Had pulled
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the bedclothes offlior ' ; ' and the girl had ; been hoard to declare she , woujd . have . ^ her rev 6 nge .. ' -A :, p 6 tjin which . Mr . DearloT ' e kept araeniq ! ' . forhis » eed wHeat was suspended i p thebarn , by , " ropes , and . it . 'is supposed that ' some of the contents haye ^ be ' en abstracted and made uBq of . for the' purppse bf ] deBtroying lifc '» The ¦ p . » iddiag reniains . as left Tby Mis , ^ PeirloveivexV cepVthat aimaH ¦ ppftionhas , bee n sent , away to be analysed / Aninquesl ; washeld ' on the ., b 6 dy , on Saturday , but adjourned . ; The girl remains 5 in the house , uudersurYeillance . butnot in custody . She came from ' the ^ nei ghbourhood of ^ Fa ^ enuami-in Norfolk .,, ; . /''^ : ; . ;/; ; . ' ¦ . ;•' ¦ . ;_ : ; : ; . / r ; .. - . . _ ...- .. _
EXTENSIVB . ' WjOOLLBN . ClOTH ROBBERIES , AT Leeds . — On Saturday last ' the Leeds magistrates brought to a close ; several lengthened examinations arising out of a charge , bf felony ' brought' 'against Mr . George Oddy , a woollen cloth manufacturer and dealer , ' residing at ¦ Wo . rtley , Moor Side , riear Leeds . During Sunday night " week Allan ' Brig Mill , which belongs to a compauy of proprietors , was broRen into , and three ends of cloth in an . unfinuhed state , belonging , to -Sir . . Isaac ' Booe ' ock , ' stolen therefrom . Aboutilieitb . of : December last Swinnow Mill , near Pudsey , was broken into , and . two ends of , blue and two ends of black cloth were stolen , the two former belonging '' to . Messrs ., Joseph Walker and Son , arid the latter ' to Mr . Threpleton . Last . Saturday or
Sunday information was obtained which' gave , the pnrties belonging , to the stolen property reason to believe tKafc the cloth . was in iOddy . ' s house ,, and the cdnstablesof Pudaey and tW head police we ' re at once communicated with , ' His house ' was watched by the constables . in order to prevent anything being conveyed away , ' ; and after watching at the New Inn , kept by Mr . Pickles ,, which is near ; Oddy ' s house , from Sunday to Monday afternoonVOddy ., was seen ro leave his . premises with two ends of blue cloth upon his back , he , being followed by his wife carrying another end . The cloth' was seized , and Oddy . taken into custody .,. Inspector . Child and Splice-constable Kell arrived soon after this , armed with a search warrant , and on searching the house found two ends of blue cloth in a . jfinished state , some remnants . of cloth , and ; other . article ^ detailed in the evidence .
Two ends of black cloth , belonging , . to Mr . Threpleton , were , found ' at the warehouse of , Mr , Lambeth , cloth merchant , ' of Cookridge-street ; Leeds , who had bought them of a commission agent named , Jacka ' ori . \ The ., three euda of blue eloth which the prisoner . and his wife were conveying away , have been identified as the property of Mr : Boocock . ; The ; two , ends ; found in ^ the ; prisoner ' s bouse belong to Messrs . Joseph Walker and Son ; ttnd ( ; the " two ! enda of . black cloth , found in Mr . Lambert ' s warehouse , ; are also identified as the property on Mr , Threp ! etpn . Mr ., Jackson ,, a comrhiBsion agent , proved hayings Bold the latter to ; Mr . Lambert on account of , the prisoner , p in- defence the prisoner said he had , received the cloth of a woman named Huggon , who : redde 8 near him , but this was denied by . her . and after . a long examination the prisoner was committed for trial . . ;• , .
The Suspected Mubder at Brixton , near Pltmobth—On-the Uth ins £ . William Rowe , the person chargpdwithrthe " murder of John Bunker , a farm 6 eryantnoy .: at Brfrton , by hanging him on a tree , was brought ; before the mngistrates for examination . rThe ; coroner ' s jury had found a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . . Several ; of ; the witnesses . who had been summoned before the coroner ' s jury , were again ex # amined . v Qn : S » turdivf the court adjourned , and Rowe was remanded to Monday next , the 24 th inst . The Strikes ; in the North . —The' South Shields , shipwrights , after remaining ! eut of employment nearly . six . weeks , have returned to work , complying , with . certain terms laid ' down by . the masters , < : ' ,. i . - , - { <>; ;• . ¦ . ¦¦ .. . .. . » ... . , ,.. j- . , . ,
^ Death from-Tight LAciNO . —0 n Monday , Mr . Grindon , coroner of Bristol , held an inquesfinthat city ; on the body . of ayoungfemakjaged twenty-two , wh 'se death was . caused , or at least muchaeeelerated by tbe pernicious practice of tight lacing , in which so many of her sex / foolishly , indulge . The coroner directed thajc . a ; very careful poet mortem examination should be made . tandthe : medical testimony clearly showed that ; thedeceased was perfectly'freefrom disease , and that there was no visible cause of death except the ; compression of tbe : stdniach and ^ viscera from tiehtJaoing . . The jury , returned as their verdict , that death mm caused by : idiopathic asphyxia'
hast-, ened by light lacing . -, .. ... , ; ¦ --: . «• ¦ . ¦>; ¦ > . : RBPKESENTAwoff ) of West SoiiER 9 ET .--On" Monday a meetingof the Somerset Conservative anB Protectionist Association was held at Bridgewater , when it was ann » unced that ' Lord Dungarvan . the ' i grandson of the Earl of'Giirk , had writtento tbe ' so ciety to state that he waa desirous of representing thecounty ; If . he wore deemed , acceptable to the electors : V It was then arranged that ' Lord Dungarvan Bhould be written to , and requested to' meet , the members-of'the association at Tauntbn on Saturday , and if his lordship ' s declarations should be satisfactory , those present would pledge : themselves to support them ; ' : '
Fatal JAooiDENTioNi iHE Socth-Westebn and South Coast . Railway . —A melancholy" accident , resulting in the death of ft person named Pascoe . ' a porter employed- 'by the South-Western arid ' South Coast Railway ; Company , ' happened at the Portsniouthi terminus bh : Monday raorning . ' 1 he mail train left the Waterlno ' -rqad terminus at 8 ; S 0 on Sunday night , and bnarrivihgat the joint ' statibii the . unfortunate aian' detached the engine trom the train , and gave the signal for thecarriages to move pn ; It . was soon fou ' ndi that the poor fellow was raising , and on search'being made for him he was found lying on the metals nearly cut 'in ¦ two , every carriage having passed over his ' body , the supposition being that he ; had slipped off the step of ; the carriage and fallen under the wheels , and hence the accident . ^ The deceased had been married only three months . ' '•'¦¦¦
- , The Hungarian ¦! RE * toGEBs' in LivEhPobii- ^ Liverpool ; ' jTue 6 dayi—^ These men still remain at the premises , in'Oriel-street ; ' to which they reraoved'bn eavmg M ^ ' ^ Label ' s establiBhmeiit . : Subscriptinh lists 'have ' beeh handed abdut ' and efforts are being made' to ' raise , funds for 1 their snpport . Those of them ; who' have " agreed to" go to America sail this morning , ; and before leaving addressed the following letter 6 igned : by . twenty-six of themi " to Mr .. Diozy 1 — " Respected Countryman I You ; are herewitlfrequested to interpret our feelings of graiitmle towards . thegbVMmentof" < his ' glQriou 8 'and free ' country ; for tlie generous arid liberal way in ' which we have hoen
provided during oUr ' stay here , as well ' 88 for the arrangements which h ' ave beeri made for our passage to America . 'You will , iri likemariner ' offerour warmest thanks to' the ' ' worthy ¦ Edward Rushton ;" K 3 q : ' the magistrate of . this ' towoi Tor the humanity arid Biridheart ' ean ' esa'he ' eVinced-iri mitiga ' tihg like an l eridehringfath " er , '' oor' 8 u'ffeHngs . You will ' furth ' er bring to publib ridt ' rce . ou rtha ' nks towards the / gene , rous inhabitants of thir town , ' who ' received us with . 80 much symoathy arid so generousl y , subscribed t < i our relief .- You will personally see'G ' . H-, Esq . ' Messrs . ; . G ^ -th ; ' P—ghj-oDcl their Welsh friends ' , ana assure them that we . shall never forget the kindness which we have received at their hands ;"! *•
- , St . Patrick ' s Day . w , Liverpool . —Wonday la ' "t being the anniversary festival of . the patron saint of Ireland , according to custom , a procession ' of the various iIrish lodges paraded through the' principal Btreetsj 66 the town . The procession , when fully formed , numbered some five thousand persons' the majority of whom wore the . appropriate -badges and insignia of their respective-fraternities , varied by draperyM the national hue . Several bands -of ' music , and flags inscribed with appropriate mottoes , acconipanied-the procession . Altogether the ' affair was more imposing than any similar demonstration for years , both as regards the number of persons formine the procession , and the respectability of theexternafi ' generally ., ; A . rather laughable incident ocourreiltoa '
pornon offthe procession , as it defiled from LnrdstreetmtoSouth John-street , about nooni Several of ; the men who were not aware of the locality of the repairs which . are . atVpresent . going on , came unex-s pectedly on an opensewerj and several of them fell ui . as they , followed each other in succession , until they _ lay heaped . upon each other ' * bodies , presenting an objec . t the reverse of picturesque , " and > no doubt feeling , equftlryruncomfortabie . Sbme ' petty' brawls occurred-during . the evening . ' In Standish-stre ' et all tbe windows of a public house were broken . and several Irishmen were taken to Bridewell ; Tatal : epAL-m . ExpLoswN . -Ou . Monday another explosion of fire-damp took place at Hoy ' s Collierv Ashton ; ; It appears that . at about eight-o ' clock on Monday . rnprniiig , Vnfi men being nearly all at work * J ™!* J ^ : ^ WMm Joule , a miner took the off and
top Ins lamp , went among . some other men . An explosion , ensued , ' and ' the consequence ^ was , that Joule and several others were severely injured ; one man , named John Ogden . was killed and another , James Andrew , has since died from his injuries ., Tveo others are . in a very tlangeroUB state , their recovery Being • doubtful . " When Joule was foiind ,. ( ie said he could not : blame any one , as he had caus ' e . aV the explosion himself , by taking his lamp toploff ., In . ' addition to the caution given . by the manager or the works , the men have for some ' timepast made a rule among themselves that 4 ny man known , to take his }; imp top off should forfeit 5 s . A few weeks ' since one of the mon was caught with his lamp top off , and he was compelled to ' p , iy tjie aboye'fine , or leave the works ; as , if the fact had been laid before the underlooker , lie would havo been immediately discharged .
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EXPLOSION , AT icJOTTOK MILL-POURTPTPW , ¦ ' : ; / PERSO » 8 KILLED ^ H ™ ¦ • iii »» r . , !« ' .. ' tt ' ii ' . f | m ' t . "« . ' :.., ¦) ... ; _ - ,. . . ,.,. j , • The : borough of ; Stockpbrfc watthe scene of a-vew sad , disaster on Monday . eyening , through tho 6 Tni 7 sion . of a' ; 8 team . boller , in the cotton . factory of Af r Henry Marshnd , by wirioh ' a large ; amount bf £ perty was'destroye'd , and fourteen or fifteen of t& workpeople were "kHfed . i . The milla of'Mr ; Ma « land are situate almost : in > the -oentre cf thett ™ ' on the Cheshire bank of the River Mersey ind «• ve ! 7 L ! xt n « ver-the Pwoesses of spinnin /' wUv ;^
and . bleaching all being enrr ed on here upon iTS ' Bcale ... Tho entire works / cover a very C ™ ! , JL ' the buildings enclosing : Kn irregulaV qiS about eighty yards in .-length , aud varvinS ^ twenty to . forty in width ., One face of S bu , fc ' abuts upon the River . Mersey , at the iSSS ' end of , the quadrangle ; and the princi pal of theS buildings to - the river wa 8 six atorys ^ high 2 stood upon a tunnel , through which VTa " cfflowS for turning and other purposes . Thin w « «» m j th , old mill « d the Ta ? iou P 8 , fl ^™ MSU ^ machinery for card . ng , apinninc , and . JL , Zl T
rf , ! r 4 "Wf t » olarge 8 toVii ^ boilers stood ( not under , cover ) , which were used fS ? the purboso of heatmga numherof small boilers in ml for bleaching purposes About half-pajJSSo on Monday evening , wh . lst the hands were K work hi the mill , one of these boilers , aSe cvlin der , forty feet long , and about twelve ? n 5 En ? £ weighing its eleven- 'tons , and having its fireta ffi centre of one send , suddenl y gave > av ftom It pressure of steam it contained , rose from ti , « mense bed of brickwork in which i lid been fir ^' and shot like an arrow along the qu £ S *™ fc . tance of from forty to forty-five yards « Win through the waU of the old and lofty mill & ?« scribed ,. where it . exploded , scatterine death , w
destruction all around . ' The boiler penetrated through ' a wall of immense thickness , about twelve feet , destroying a large portion of that front of the building , and causing portions of the floors and machinery to . fall through on tho top 6 f 4 t ¦ ¦ To add to the calamity , before . many of the . hands not lulled could be extricated ; the boiler ; which carried a raaes of fire with it , set the building in flames • and these spreading with great rapidity , comple ted the work of destruction . vThe whole of this portion of < the building was destroyed , leaving onl y three of its walls standing , in about an hour from tho time of the explosion . The hands who did not full with the destruction caused . by the explosion of the boiler and . escaped being buried in the mine ,-were of
course placed in fearful jeopardy , aud it is tot known how many of them escaped with their lives . Some 6 f them leaped through . the windows , . facing the river intothe waters of the Mersey . One man and a boy had the courage to lea ? from the windows . of the ' sixth story , and alighted . ln safety hv the water ; but another man who essayed the fearful leap , did not clear the wall , but catching against a . projecture , - went headforemost into the stream and was killed . The . engine-tenter escaped , but the fireman was KMled . People were at-work all Mon . day night , and during Tuesday ^ in the ruins of the mill , searching for bodies ,- and up to noen three women were taken out dead and badly mutilated . named MaryMakin , Ann Fyldes , and Esther Fyldes . The
Breman ' s name is John Puller . Two men were also found dead in the ruins , named William Bardsley and John Rowbottom . v Besides'these , t « o other bodies had been discovered j and -it is supposed five or six yet remain . in the ruins . : About a thousand hands are employed in the : whole ' of tbe mill , " but not : aboye eighty-rir ninety of these wore at work in that portion of , the building destroyed . Tho causa of the explosion of . the boiler . is not known . It waa quite anew . one ,, made By Mr . Morris , of Mottram-Btreet , of thirty horse power , high pressure , caloulated for a pressure of . thirty . pounds to the squara inch , and had been worked at twenty-eight pounds pressure , but' is said to have been soinir at twentv «
tour pounds pressure when the explOBion occurred , Whilstthe boiler was -carriedby thu force of the explosion to a distance of forty yards in , one direc « tion , the part of the materials of ^ the fire-place and bricks in ' which It was set were scattered in an op « posito direction , destroying part of the 'walls of & portion of thb " mill twenty yards'distant , let off to Mr . Stewart , manufacturer , and the windows of Mr . Clayton ' s cotton mill . A woman in Mr . Stew « ajrt ' sblowing-rooms was struck with abrick and badly hurt . Some portions '" of these materials , hpwever , were oarried over buildings fifty to sixty feet highland * fell in . the park , at two hundred yards distance . , The amount of property destroyed is estimated at £ 5 , 000 . . , =
• : ; : . _ _ FDRTHKR PAmiCULARS . . ; In addition to . fourteen persons taken from the ruin s , or who had been otherwise killed , on Tuesday , fiveotherbodies were recovered on Wednesday ; making the total deaths nineteen , besides five persons badly wounded . It is believed , however , that there are other hands in the ruins . All the bodies taken from the ruins have been much burnt , and several of them almost reduced'to cinders . One body was taken out in three cake ' s or cinders scarcely , having any resemblance to the human form . A boy was seen at a window on tho fifth story , near ono end of the mill to which the fira had not extended , but from which he could not escape by means of the staircase . Several ladders
were got , fastened together , and placed apainst the ' building , hut they only reached a little above the third story . A ropo was then obtained , and a man having ascended nearl y to the top of the ladder , at very great risk to himself , . commenced to throw it to Wprrall . Once or twice he failed to catch it ; but he afterwards succeeded , made it fast inside , and then descended to the man who was in-waiting for him on tho ladder . A man named James Brown was discovered among the ruins before the fire broke out ; he was deepl y covered with bricks , with the exception of one of his arras , which protruded . A fireman seized'bis arm , and commenced clearing away the ' rubbish , but while he was doing so the names burst forch ; and despite Brown's piteous
entreaties that he might not be left , the fireman wag compelled to quit the spot , or almost certainly lose htsown life . Brown ' s body , was not found until Wednesday afternoon . iThe official inquiry into tfie deaths of the sufferers commenced on Tuesday evening , before Mr . Chariea Hudson , the coroner for the Stockport division , when' the following witnesses were examined respecting the death of Fuller , the fireman - . —Thomas Boughey Baid . he wasa fireman in Mr ; Henry Marsland s employment , and knew the deceased John Fuller . Fuller attended to two boilers , ono of which had exploded . A few minutes before tho accident took place , witness saw deceased wheeling cinders- away from his fireolace . Shortlv after the
explosion , he found him lying on his face near the cinder , place , as if he had been returning with his barrow when the accident happened . Deceased was " much injured about the neck and head , - and was lying in a pool of clotted blood . He waB taken to the Stockport Infirmary , but died oh the way . Deceased was about twenty-four ' years of age , and had been speaking to witness about getting married a few days' before his death . —Mrl James Rigby , house surgeon at tho Stockport Infirmary , stated that the deceased was brought there , quite dead , about half-past five o ' clock on Monday evening , lie had sustained a compound fracture of his right jiw , hia right arm was broken , and both bis legs were scalded ; there were also two lacerations of the
Bcalp , and several bruises on the baok . Deceased was so much injured that he could not possibly have recovered . —The inquest was then adjourned . The boiler appears to have burst under the fire , place , which was nearly in the centre of the east end of it , with two flues extending from it to the west , and it ^ appears to have shot across the yard into the mill , at the west end , as a lighted rocket would . It was a , new boiler , and the cause of its giving way is ! supposed to have been the want of proper stays , there wove three stays in the upper part of ifc , over the fire-place , and . one had been placed in the end under the fire-box also , but , by . some unaccountaolo neglect of the mtifcoiyit appears never to liavo been boltedto the opposite plate of iron , and would consequently lie at the bottom entirely useless . But
a question arises as to how it happened tha& the boiler did not burst before , when working at a pressure , as it has done , of 281 bs . to the square inch , for the principal ennincor now affirmes that a minute or two before the explosion the pressure , by oimtU s patent indicator ( with which the boiler was htted up ) , was only 241 b . to the inch . If , however , the boiler had slightly "buckled , " as scientific men call it under the hi gher pressure , it is thought that the m ] ury mi ght have escaped observation by tho hretnen , and the weakness of the boiler in that part would have been all the greater , and so liable to burst at a lighter pressure . The rent extends all along the rivets under the . mouth of the fire-place , for a distance of three or four feet , and tbe iron is curled upwards like a piece of brown paper .
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The . moetauii of London , and indeed of ' England generally , shows a graduaVannual , decrease , whilst , it is well known , Uiepopulation iucreases considerably , The rates of premium for'Life Insurance have buen greatly reduced the last few years , yet ' tho offices continue as prosperous as formerly . These facts clearly ' demonstrate that some cause , either uuknown or unhetded , must bavo produced such favourable , results . Amongst these causes , tlio increased knowledge of anatomy , and tho muny , veryvaluable discoveries in medicine will 6 tand iriofit prominent , ihe small-pox , that " annually " cavricd off thousands , lias been successfully eombatted by vaccination ; and gout , that usea to claim its numerous victims , has been eutirely vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Tills . . Death of tue Earl of . MBATH . —The Nevory Telegraph . SAys : — "The venerable Earl of Meatn expired on Saturday , the 15 th . instant , at Great Mulvern ,. England . His lordship was in his 80 th year . The noble earl is succeeded in his title and ° 5 m * " <*"" ¦ elde 8 t 80 n » Loi ' d Barbazon . now Earl ofMeath . " ....
Inqen . uiiy , _ a workman in Yorkshire has mado a steam-engine , which is now in full play , and is to he sent to the Exhibition , weighing three quarters of anounce . ¦
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' , , ; ; ^» , . ' » cotlanB . Tailobiso'MAtniSB;—We understand that ilr Catunaoh ,. tailor , Union-Street , has fovwArdod to the Exhibition ' a machine for taking the measured ment of individuals for clothing . This very in « oriious and useful instrument consists of si " ' serie 8 ° of steel bands in a frame , that" arej with the greatest ease , adapted , to the human figure ; - and screwed into a position that indicates its : form and 8 izetoahair ' s : breadth ; and the measurment is so exiict . tliati a misfit is impossible . Mr . Cattanach has had his instrument beside him for about twelve years ; but has been prevented from using it by an
elastic band for'iriealnrnieiit hWingiweir ' patented . soon after . he had completeid-bia invention ; so that although'his'prinoipleibe different from ' the 'patent measurej'hewOuld have < been under thenecossity of purchasing a right to nse iitfrom the rivaL patenteea .- ^ Aberdeen Herald . . ,. . .. ; . , . *\'\ . ? "i < - \ \ ' t i . . ¦» - ... . , . - ' " '
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; - ) . i : zI-- ] --. VWaiw , /; . ; . ' „ . ; .:. ¦> ¦ Thb'PembSokbshirk BpRpuoris ]~ In the event of a disBolution of Parliament , John Henry .. Phillips , Esq .,, of ! tVilliam 8 ton , has expressed hiis intention of beooming . a candidate for , the representation of . the Pembrokeshire boioughs , provided that a- sufficient number ' of the ; elector ' s shoulc ! come , for . ward and declare their readiness to support hirn With their sufcages . . Mr > 7 Phillips will come forward on the Conservative interest . A requisition is to be prepared and signed by the eleotors , inviting Mr . Phillips to come forward for the representation .
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: 5 teianD . i i • ' ¦ .. . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦• •¦ .- ; , ¦ : ; : Tna Pbimatk ' s PASioRAii .--THe Lenten pastoral , issuedby'PrimateOullen , after setting forth the scale , of diet to be observed by the faithful during the present season , and calling for '' contributions towards " . the Jprojected " Catholic University , " touches , upon itopic ' which' appears to have been overlooked by the , '' rest of his episcopal brethren ' , ' namely ) 'the conversion of the whole ' realm of Britain to the "true church / ' outside of which he declares , in the plenitude of his charity , "there iBno salvation . " ' : . < . . , . . . ¦ , :. . .. i ¦ ,
Emioration . —Referring to thetide of emigration from the port of Dublin , the Evening Mail asserts that , although tho numbers are not quite so great as at the very height of the famine , the descriptions of persons now leaving is greatly , superior . At Mr . Miley ' 8 / on Eden Quay , agent for one of the most ' extensive and best conducted emigration lines direst from Dublin'to the United States , a poor man is now seldom seen at the office , and , notwithstanding the numerous vessels constantly Bailing from the ports ot Liverpool and Dublin , there are more passengers ' than shipping to convey them . At Mn Miley ' sofBc ' e alonej itis added , draughts to'the amount of ; £ 35 i 000 were paid in the last > year , remitted from America in small sums by those who
had previously emigrated , to bring out their . relatives ; . and the Royal Bank in this city was drawn upon . to the extent ol , £ 100 , 000 for the' same purpose .- _ ' : S ¦ i •'¦ ¦ . " ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .: ' ¦¦•¦ '•' . ' , : ¦'; ¦ ' Popular " Demonstrations . "—A letter from Tralee , - published in tkfrjNews Letter of Saturday , says : — " The inhabitants of the principal town ' in the county of 'Kerry , following the example set to them' in Killarney , ' Ennis ; and elsewhere , burnt Lord J . Russelli in'effigy ; in the presence of a mob of at least' 2 , ' 000 persons , and under the windows of her M » jesty s Judges in > Denny-street . It appears that two persons were tried and acquitted in the . morning , before Mr . Justice Ball , of being concerned in . a riot which took place in the town of Killarneysome weeks back , upon thooccasion of a similar ' display ,-and the result of the ' trialwas to give their Lordship ' s a personal opportunity of
witnessing another demonstration of confidence in the Prjme Minister ;' The mob ) who were accompanied by a band of : local musiciang and- torchbearers , marched through the prinoipalstreets' of'the town during'the evening , shouting and'firingoff squibs , pistol 8 , " &o . yto'the great cohsterhaUoii'of the various inhabitants ; aHd . 'having nearly exhausted-their indignation against Lord' John Russell , about ten o ' clock' they terminated their proceedings by burning a figure of his lordship opposite to the Judges ' lodgings , amidst roaivs of laughter and shouts of execration . ' As soon ' as the"effigy' was' consumed . they dispersed , and'in a Bhort time the streets resumed their usual' tranquil' appearance * Several bodies of the constabulary patrolled the town until a late hour , to preserve the peace , but their assistance was fortunately not required , as the unanimity of the inhabitants had the effect of keeping order . "' ! '• ¦ •¦ ' ¦'• ' ¦ ''¦ . ' . ¦; ' .
:. Two men were indicted at the Kerry assize ' s for creating a riot in the town of Killarney , 'by giving ventto their indignantfeelinga againat tho Prirne Minister ; after the fashion of the Tralee enthusiasts above mentioned . The jury , however , disbelieving i the : evidence for the Grown ; acquitted the pri-. sohersv ' . •¦¦ " ¦• — ¦ - . ¦¦ . . . ¦ . ¦ , > ... : :., \ NonoES'ip- Rbsion . —Sir 'William Some ' rville and . Mr ; Benjamin Hawes , the members for Drogheda land Kinsale , maynoW he placed in the' same category with Mr ; M . ' Bellew , the member for Louth : ^ all are members of the" government , arid all have heen called bn . to resign , theh' seats . Last week a public meeting of tlie electors of Kinsale was held in ; tie Tbwn Hall , when , among other resolutions
unanimously adopted was one to the effect , that the recent vote of Mr . K Ha , wes ' M . P . for this borough , oh'the'introductiiih of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , ' merits and receives . ' the most marked censute of this meeting ; and ' we therefore call upon him , oh ' behalf of the " Catholics of the United : Kingdom , either to oppose any further , progress to ' the' way of penallegislatipn , or surrender the trust ' confided ' . to him ^ on his haying pledged himself on the hustings ' as the independent and uncompromising advocate of civirahd religious liberty : A similar intimation bus been' mjide to Sir William Somerville , Bart . The Drogheaa , message was of a more formal and peremptory oharacter than . tbat of Kinsale , and was poriveyed in the form . of a requisition , signed by upwards pffOO of tho electors . ' ; ' ¦ MB . " JonN'O ! CoNNKi . L has addressed the electors
in rofcrehco to the vote of the Limerick council , in which he says ' : — " You know me to be a long time anxious ' to retire . ' I hold my soat now , and have held it for ,, the last sixteen months ,. merely , in obedience to ^ you , and tocpnvenienceypu ; and when ¦ you declare , ^ urselves ready to accept it , and to go to a new election , I will instantl y resign , and give you the opportunity . " . . i . ; CoMMpiATiojf' of Sentencb . —The sentence . of death passed a , t the . Limerick assizes on Patrick ¦ Luley for murder has been commuted ' ^ Ths : UKiviBsiit ; C 6 i . LECTio { r , -Tne contribution orBubjmand . itB . suburbsto the simultaneous collection for the Roman Catholic university , on Sunday , amounted , as far as the returns have been obtained , to only £ 1 , 800 , ' which sum will probably be increased to about £ 1 , 500 , when the returns have been sent in from two or three chapels at which the . amounts received were not reported on Sunday evening ; ' . ' , ' ' - r > -
St . Patripk ' s Ball ; was hold on Monday night at D blin Castle ., As this : is the most empty portion of the Season m Dublin—Parliament and the circuits , haying drawn off the great majority of the gentry—the , attendance cannot be described as verv numerous ...- . , , . .. . ¦ . ' „ ' , | Arohbishop Culleii addressed a letter to thoiVeeanan a-Journal , congratulating his friends on the amount of the collection made , on Sunday last for the . intended lloman Catholic University , and announcing the recei pht of three anonymous- contributions ; . from Liverpool , amounting together to £ 31 lOs . Gd . was collected , and in Callan , in the countrot K . lkenny . ^ 20 , were , gathered at the chapel doors for the , projected college . i . i . T& $ Confederates and members of the c ubs , of 1843 dined together on Monday ovening in tue . Rotund ^ o celebrate St . Patrick ' s
Day . . . , ; 1 ft '? v - a 8 SI ^ ' on Tuesday , an old woman named . Catharine Cpnolly , was convicted for an attempt , to murdet . _ chiid aged eight years , who , with another , ; ch , ild . had been left in . charge of a house . . The prisoner , was acquitted at the last assizes of tho . murder . of the other child , the Crown not having been iprepared with sufficient evidence atthe . tirap . r , . . . ..,, ' . ' i The ,. grand , juryJ at Cork have ignored the bill of indictment for the manslaughter of « a child against Captain Charles Kendal Burke , of the 50 th foot . The ohild died , it was supposed , irom the effects of a blow , of a whip . reooived from Captain , Burke . -, jMnRDER . iN :-OoBNir . Fermanagh . —Ob- "Saturday last a . very melancholy oceurrencetook place near Monea , about four miles from Enniskillon . Itappearathatayoungman named George ; Corry , tho s , on of'rather a respectable farmer , had been out
with a gun shooting . When he went on the ground that a person , named- -M'Brido had tbe charge Of there were throo or . four . persons : working in the field , and among them was M'BripVwho went over to . Corry , aud ordered him otf thoigrounds , &C . Some very bad words passed ' between them relative to the taking of the gun , which the unfortunate deceased threatened to do , wKen the wrelched Corry discharged the contents ot it into M'Brido ' s body who instantly expired on the field , and his aged fal ther came to too fatal'spot-in time to see the heart ' s blood of his ' only ' -son flowing on the'field , with whom he haaJbeen'a few minutes before in perfect health- and-comfort , Corry attempted to escape when he was pursued by tho country people £ rested , and lodged in tho eouuty gaol , Ile am « JJ . nottwenty years of ago , stroh / aad active ? P
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Payment of MKMBERS .-The following tit-bit appeared m a London weekly journal-- 'ThamMii paid for . the r services . , Mr . T . B . Maoaulay says in ; a sneermg fashion ,- . Each . member of 7 he Long . Parliament emved & perJ . week of public money ; , five hundred aud seventy-six members at fifty-Uo , weeks , £ 119 , 808 . ' This Ifio . no doubt , 4 e , ems monstrous extravagance .. But has ho ever had a word to say against wasteful aristocratic ex-¦ P . encUtwe , at the . present day , ? During the first t reeyearij after the late Earl Grey came into office , neand his immediate relations and connexions received no less than , , £ 234 , 408 of the public muney . WillMr ,, Macaulay pretend to-say . that the Grey ¦ tamily . did as much real service in return for that enormous , slice of the- notional expenditure , as llauipden , ; Cromwell , Andrew Marvel , John pym and . otherJionpst . patriots , of the olden time , gave for their £ 4 each per week ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1618/page/6/
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