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w ... £ qr HU&rOtftfiw . Health of !>> nox . —It was sho ^ n in tlio report iov ibolast wivii -f Ociol « -r tu » t fie » ion . ili } y vasconsiderably diminished : it nonr appear * Hiat concurrently wiui a great f » ll ~ ut the temperature it ha * again risen to ru-arly the saim * amount , as prevailed during ti : e earlier part of la ^ t Uivinth . Thu ceaths regiaWvd in Lomion in the « eek ending l . tst Saturday w « ' 039 . In the ten correspoHiVnig v . eks of the years 1 S 41-50 the average was 9 l » 7 ; lr . it the population has increased since that period . aii-l rhe average , if corrected in proportion to tho increase , 1 , 004 , compared with which last week's » : ortality show 3 a decrease of 75 . Tlw increase on t •« previous week 13 visible amongst the younir , the middle-aged , and persons of advanced- iife . It i = ? ako observed in all those classes of disease wlnon make the largest contributionto tlw mortality ;
, for iast week the diuihscnutiwuted in the epidemic class rose from 222 to 242 , those in the tubercular class from 156 to 171 , those caused by "peases of the brain , spinal marrow , " « tc , from « 8 Ml » ttuseby ' disea-e * of the heart , &c -- jf ** ™ « l , lhowby " diseases of the lungs andothe row * = ^ .- —^ SSS l 5 R . "ift * - " 45 SSJ ! SBaft . >;¦>* . &c . / ' from 3 to S , by " atrophy , " from 16 t-j 23 As in former week 3 , scarlatina and tyuhus predominate among-4 epidemics , the former having increased in fata ! cases from 30 in the previous v . euk to 59 in the last . Typbu 3 numbers 58 , besides 2 from ague , 1 from remittent fever , 1 from infantile fever , and 3 from rheumatic fever , but atj
preset it does not show a disposition to become more fat-i ! . The mortality from small-pox rose from 17 deaths in the previous week to 24 ( 21 children having died of it iast week , and 3 adults abov « 15 years Of age ) . It is stated in only one case that vaccination had been praviously performed . Besides the above , the deat'u of a child of 1 year occurred from chicken-pox . Last week the births of 7 T ( J boys and 710 uitls , in all 1 . 4 S 0 children , were registered . In tue six corresponding ^ weeks of 18 i 550 the average number was 1 , 333 . At the Boval Observatory , Greenwich , tho mean reading of tin- , barometer in the waek was 29 CS 4 in .
Cobosebs' Isquksm . —On Saturday last an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Cat and Mutton , Cat-and-Mutton-fields , Ihekney , on view of the bodj of Efcisnatt Townsend , aged twentygeven , a woman of colour , who was an inmate of the Female Refuge for the Destitute , Hackney . Deco : wed had been an inmate about . .- » week . Q « the previous Wednesday she was suddenly taken ill . Mr . Bacon , surgeon , was called in , who prescribed for her . She died at twelve o ' clock the s ; n « e day , from an effusion of serum in the brain ai = d ventricles . Verdict— " Visitation of God . " On Saturday iir . Baker held an inquest at the Cat aud Mutton , Cat-and-Mutton-fields , relative to the death of Sarah Jane Reynolds , four months old , ^ fco was suffocated in bed . Deceased ' s father was a baker , living at Jfo . 3 , Devonshirestreet . It was sapposed that the deceased had been accidentally suffocated i ) j oas of the children with whom it slept . Verdict— " Found Dead . "
Dsath of a Child . —On Saturday last an in--quest waa heW by Mr . J . W . P . iyne on the body of ilcorzc Quinless , aged two years . It appeared that a phiik feil from the premises of Messrs . Heath-£ elil and Badger , experimental chemists , Princes-Bquare , Finsbury , which struck the head of the child and fractured his skull . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Ox Satdbdat forenoon Mr . W . Carter held an inq ; i « itatthe King Wiiliam Tavern , D . tfset-atreet ,
€ iapuan > road , ou viaw of the body of Mary " vTiisden , agedseyenty-focr , who died under very extr . iordinary circumstances . On the previous "Wednesday the landlady where the deceased lodged fo «« 4 her in bed insBnsible , and subsequently it was ascertained she was dead , as she had not been able to leave her room from the previous Sunday , by reason of drinking spirits nnd other liquors to an alarming extent . Verdict— * That the decease . ! died from delirium , arising from excessive drinking of ardent spirits . "
Os Saturday afternoon Mr . J . Vi . Payne held an inqueEt at St . Thomas ' s Hospital on the body of Joseph Fell , aged thirty-seven years . The deceased had been subjected to delirium tremens . On the Sunday morning previous he w . is discovered quite naked , tsni In the act ot getting out of the window . He was pulled back , but he had received a frightful lacenued wound of the leg and various lacerations on the face and lianas , of which he died . Verdict— That the deceased died from certain mortal injuries received accidentally daring as attack of delirium . " Atrocious Mckdkb of a Womax by IIeb Hcaband , is HmsttBo-vt-. —On Sunday consuleraule excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of
Northstreet , Manchester-square , in consequence of a report that a female of * he name of Bare , who occupied a back , room on the first floor at the house No . 33 , in that street , had been brutally murdered by Jier husband , and that he had , soon after the perpetration of ( he horrid deed , given himself into custody . It appears that the unfortunate woman had been living separate from her husband abont three weeks , that being the period of time that she has had apartments in Xorth- * treet . Sne toot a room there in her maiden aasae , her object being to avoid discovery by her hiuband ; and she was aJso employed at a feather manufacturer ' s , in Wigmorefitreet , Ca ? endJsh-. s . } aare . On Saturday night iast her husband was at ; he Bedford Arms , the corner
of X-j . -tti-streetand Sou ; h-street . He had a little boy Trith him , vriio : s suppose * . ! to be his son . lie ha- ;» pint of porter , . in . ) while he was drinking it the hoy went out . lLiviug- traced out her residence , ami having ascertained that hi * wife was not at home , feeretnaiuel in the siie . et . until her arrival . IJpon seeing her he spoke to her , aud followed her iaio the bouse , and iaeR into ber room , soon after which the landlady , Mrs . Lanning , who waB in the front parlour , was alarmed oy hearing them in &ngry conversation mt ' a each other . He then called the boy , who was with him , who is supposed to be his son , and directed him to take some of the boxes cat of the room . His Vife resisted , when a scuffle fcetweeatton ensued , in tbe course of which his
Wife was heard to utter & faint moan . Be eubBequently left the room and west away , letting himself out at the street door . Mrs . Lanning , bubpecting from tbe disturbanes that the unfortunate "woman might have received some injury , proceeded to her room , when she found her lying upon the floor in a state of insensibility , and was bleeding from several stabs in her face and neck . She rushed oat of the house and gave the alarm . She at the same time sent to Mr . Davidson , surgeon , South-street . He promptly attended , but the woman was then dead . She had a punctured wound in her left eye , which is supposed to have penetrated tue brain , and to have caused death . Her husband weat to the Bedford Arms , where he had
previously been , and where he ordered a glass of gin . He was In great agitation while he drank it , and his hand was observed to be smeared with blood . A policeman came to the door , wLen on the murderer seeing him , he gave himself into his custody , observing , "I feave stabbed my wife . " Upon a policeman searching the room of tbe murdered woman , it was found in great disorder , and a £ ie , upon which there was blood , and with which the injuries were inflicted , was observed on the ground . This was taken possession of by the police . The husband , who gave the name of Wm . Bare , and is a labourer , iraft taken to the station house in 3 iarylebone-l * ne . The parties have been married many years , as they have a son about ten , and a
daughter about twenty years of age . —On Monday the prisoner , Wm . Bare , was brought before Mr . Broughton , the sitting magistrate " at the Marylebone police-office , charged with the wilful murder of his wife Louisa Bare . —Evidence , confirmatory of the above account having been given , the prisoner , after being cautioned by the magistrate in the usual war , was asked if he wished to say anything in the present state of the proceedings , and he answered 11 Soiling , *'—Mr . Broughton : I shall commit you for the wilful murder of your wife , but you will be brought up here again this day week , when you mil be sent for trial . —The prisoner waB then re > moved from tbe bar , and a vast concourse of persons witnessed hit departure from the court to the Honse of Detention .
Scicnn in thb Sobrbi Lunatic Asriou . —On Sfouday Mr . W . Carter injtituted an inquiry at the Surrey Lunatic Asylum , Garrett-Jane , Wandsyorth , concerning the-death of Jane Holland , an inmate of thai establishment . Deceased nas been a pauper inmate of the Kingston union , from which place she had been removed by order of a magistrate , who bad bean satisfied by medical testimoney as to the diseasedjuondition of her mind . On we previous Wednesday while in the above aiy lam . the deceased was left by tho nurse in tho resenoeof
p tiiouunttBfc apparently quite calm ; tut lJi , 5 ° ^ H * 8 ° nB to dose » window the %%% ? 5 ° *! l her a * » reaching over an won guard , set her clothes on fire . The nurse refeT&Sr S S dl 80 OTer «* the deceased enveloped mnnt inl ^ ' . ro 8 h WIabouttheaparfc . TOcnt . An alarm was raised and the fira was at tteguished , but not unta the deceased walmn ^ frightfully Uuftuadfeid cta « P £ ! ff £ k raw , chest , face , and legs . She received every at tention , but Bhortly expired . The jury retuLed a verdict " That the deceased died from buraabv setting her clothes on fire , being at the time in a state nf insanity . "
Ghsat Fibe is HoLBOKf . —On Monday nisht Shortly after 10 o ' clock a fire , involving a serious loss of property , broke out on the premite * of Messrs . Mainoa and Sons , French basket importers , S ? i , r - ' at th ° corner of Castle-street 51 : e building was fear stories high , and between <*> a 3-I TOfesfc deep . The fire eon O 9 iced , from some cause . notoleariy ascertained , u . ft ) tack part o tse premises , and owing to tl 0 inflammable
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nature of tho contents , tho work of destruction nronrossed with such rapidity that before an engine had time to roach the spot , tho whole of tho back buildings wen ; in a blaze . The engines having arrived , the most strenuous exertions were made to suhduo the fire , but it was nearly midnight ere this could be accomplished , anil not until a groat portion of the extensive property had been reduced to ashes , and considerable damage done to the preuusms ftdjouitug . The total loss must , at a moderate calculation , amount to several bundled nounds . , ~ ,, _ ., . Nuisance
TheSireet tumbling . —On Monday Mr Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Kent , Cross street , St . Georges-in-the-East , on the body of Robert Stevens , aged seven jears . who resided in Ghurcn-road , adjoining . Deceased was in the habit of tumbling along by the side of omnibuses , < tc ., ia the Commerisil-road , for the purpose of obtaining money from the passengers . A few days ago he complained of a pain in bis neck , and on the previous Tfawstlay ^ he was taken ill , and died suddenly , lie was previously attended by a medical gentleman , who was of opinion that the practice of resting on his head and turning his body over so repeatedly had produced aii effusion on the brain . —The coroner remarked that this practice of tumbling wag most dangerous , and that the police ought . to interfere to stop it . Verdict . " Visitation of God . "
Manslaughter . —On Monday afternoon , the inquiry , adjourned from the previous Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , relative to the death of James Br-ibbns , aged twenty-one , a seaman , who was stabbed by a seaaian named Joseph Clinton , belonging to the collier brig Clayton , of South Shields , latelv laying in the Regent ' s Canal Bock , and who died " in the above institution from the effects gf the injury . Several witnesses were examined , and s \ verdict of * 'Manslaughter" was returned against Joseph Clinton . The coroner issued his warrant for his committal to Newgate , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute .
las im ' Lohj > Mayor's I > at . "—Perhaps the most pleasing feature connected with the recent celebration of the election of Lord Mayor for the City of London for the ensuing year was the entertainment , by order of his iort ' ship , of the children belonging to the ward school of Colemanstreet , of -which bis lordship has long been president and a most liberal patron . The best old English fare was given to the children , eighty-nine in number—one being ill through , sickness . Having enjayed their plum-pudding and roast beef , every ouo of the children was presented by Mr . Perkins , one of the leading common council of the ward , by order of the Lord Mayor , with a new shilling ; after which the boyB and girls present sang the National Anthem , and the interesting proceedings closed .
We understand that this excellent example has been followed by several of the most influential inhabitants of tho ward of Farringdon Within , and Of Other wards within the oity of London . Thb Invention and Pkogress of Printing . — On Tuesday night the Rev . C . M . Robins , M . A ., commenced the first of a series of lectures on the invention and progress of the art of printing , » t the Literary Institution , New Union-street , Jloorfields , which was very numerously attended . The rev . gentleman began by stating that he did not only consider that printing was a wonderful art , but a greater wonder existed that it had not been discovered three centuries at least before it was actually brought to light , and he contended that the germs of it must have been known even at tbe remote
period of the building of the city of Babylon . In support of this view , he stated that many of the bricks that recent discoveries had brought to light , and which bad been used in its structure , were impressed with certain inscriptions , which modern science had enabled the learned to decipher , plainly proving that » 11 of them bad received tllO idipreSSiOIl ffrtm ike Same stamp . Another proaf in Support Of this position was to be found in the fact that the Romans of old stamped their cattle , in the same manner as in tbe present day , and various articles of Roman pottery also bore their n « mes . The lecturer then dwelt at some length on the great aid literature had received in its infancy from the Egyptian papyrus , on which the ancients inscribed their books , followed as that was by tbe use of parchment , and finally , to the interwoven fabric produced from silk and linen , and which formed the basis of the design of paper of the preient day . He then went into detail of the greit labour employed in producing
books by devoted monks and others , with their frequent destruction by fire , both accidental and wilful , all tending to place books of any kind alone within tbe reach Of the wealthy . He tlien _ traced the progress of the art , irom the first printing by blocks by Lor . ja Costa , of Haarlem , to the great and final settlement of the art bs tbe use of toetal moveable types , as brought successfully to bear by Guttenburgh and his companions iu the fifteenth century at Mentz . Having dwelt npon the great advantages thus obtained he proceeded to notice the introduction of this great art into England by William Caxton in 14 T 0 ., to whom the present generation were indebted for the inestimable blessings of Knowledge fcbat they now enjoyed . The further progress of the art of printing , arising from the foundation so laid by William Caxton , be said he should reserve for a future lecture . The rev * gentleman concluded his discourse amidst tbe general cheering of a crowded assembly .
A New Westminster Bridge . —We understand from positive authority , that a new Westminster Bridge is to be erected . It is to be built as near as possible to the present structure . Notices were , on Tuesday last , given to the inhabitants of the north end of Bridge-street , Westminster ; of Manchesterbuildings , of Cannon-street , up to the Board of Control , and of other portions of the east end of Parliament-street , that government were prepared to bring in a bill this session to pall down their bouses to make room for a new bridge . —Morning Herald .
Extehsivr Bobbkbt . —On Tuesday the commissioners of police received information that , on tbe 7 thin 9 t ., there was stolen from No . 7 , Norfolkstreet , Park-lane , the property of Edward Hugbea Chamberlain , Esq ., barrister , of No . 4 , Elm-court , Temple , jewellery to a considerable amount , consisting ef rings set with diamonds , rubies , pearls , turquoise , amethysts , and other precious stones ; gold chains , gold bracelets , ear drops , emerald , turquoise , ruby , amethyst , jet , and pebble brooches , -fold seals , a Yariety of other valuable articles , and £ 6 11 s . 6 d . in money . Deaih from Suffocation on Lord Mator ' s Dat .
—On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . J . W . Payne , at the Three Tuns , Sniitbfield-roarket , on the body of Anna Maria Grant , aged four months . the mother of the deceased , who livedjin Sackville-street , Portoian-square , went with the child on Monday to see tbe Lord Mayor's Show , when at the end of Parringdon-street some boys surrounded ber and the child was suffocated . The jury returned a verdict ef "Accidental Death . " Lord Matob ' s Dat in 1851 . —The new Lord Mayor , unwilling that the pageant of bis
inauguration should return to the dead , level ol the immemorial Exhibition , after the splendid symbolic display of last year , devised a new attraction , ia the shape of knights , esquires , clowns , < fcc , of the age of Henry the Seventh . The concourse of spectators was extraordinary , bnt the show was a digappointment . At the banquet in the evening , tbe foreign ambassadors were not present , nor was Lord Palraerston . The Premier ' s short Bpeech abounded in compliments to tbe city which had be * held the founding of Westminster Hall and the completion of the Crystal Palace .
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>^_ ® $ e Sftotttm ** . EXTRAORDINART CiTTUWi OP BCRGLABS . —The men who lately broke into tbe house of Mis « Nicklin , Newbury-lane , and perpetrated so murderous an outrage on one of the inmates , are now in the hands of the officers of justice . The capture was a gallant though unexpected one . It seems tiro men had been observed to purchase some gunpowder at the shop of Mr . Daws , druggibt , of Leominster ; and their movements having created suspicion , they were followed out of town by Superintendent M'Boban and another police-officer named Parker . When about half a mile out of the town , M'Rohau went up to tbem and demanded
to know what they had got in their pockets . At tha savMS moment be observed one of them draw a pistol furtively from his pocket , whereupon he made an excuse , and said he wanted the woman they had with them , fie then went back to Leominster with Parker , and procured further assistance ; and having armed themselves with a doublebarrelled gun , and revolver pistol , a party of four police—viz ., M'Rohan , Jackson , Davies , and Smith —proceeded again in quest of tho men . M'Rohan and Jackson proceeded up tho Bargate-roau , » Wo they had seen the menbefore , and Davies and Smith went up a Jane called the Green-lane , which was parallel with it . The latter two had not proceeded far before they discovered the two men crouched under a wall . Itavies immediately seized ono of
them , and the other ran away followed by Smith . Davies and his prisoner had n desperate struggle , in the course of which the man drew a revolver pistol and fired twice at Bavies . He succeeded in avoiding tbe first charge , but the second grazed the side of his head , slightly fractured his skull , and the baU paBsed through his bat . Smith now returned , with another man , to the assistance of Davies , whom they found witfrthe blood streaming down hisface , and almost exhausted . They secured ;? f i pn 80 ller » and found , bosses the < tiacharged lk ! S V > thoLeomin 8 ter loek- « P . a * «» ¦ *> h ? B wo ^ B 0 Was , , onTeyed to LsoraicBter , where ttttstisusgLXfig ' ^
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fellow ran up the lane , but stopped , » nd turnin » round presented tvro pistols at Jackson , threatfining to blow his brains out if ho followed him , Jftekson , however , followed at a distance , but at the top of the lune Superintendent M'Rohan was waiting for the fugitive , and on seeing him the mnn immediately fired his pistol , tt him , but happily without effout . Ho waa about to fire a second time when M'Rohan raised his gun nnd shot bim in the thigh . Bleeding , and unable to stand tho desperado kept them at bay fov some time longer , but . it last was wptured . He now lies at Leominster serionsly wounded . The magistrates have held a preliminary examination of the other man , but have remanded him for the present . On searching the
prisoners articles were found upon tlietn which completely identified them as having been concerned in the Ol ' dbury burglary , and aiso in a burglary committed at Burford , near Tenbury , last week . The articles found on them were four revolving pistolf , two with six and two with five barrels each , a box of percussion caps , some bullet moulds , 150 ball cartridges , a life « preserver , an auger , two Dudley and West Bromwioh bank-notes for £ 5 , two Bank of England £ 5 notes , a purae , some silver , and some hats and clothes . Some of the clothes and the purse were identified aa belonging to Miss Nicklin , and a portion as having been stolen at Jlurford ; and the bank-notes are of the some description as those stolen at Oldbury . Tho
prisoners refuse to give their names or any account of themselves . Miiudkk at "Widses , neah St . Hbujn ' s . —A crime of an unusual and most atrocious nature was perpetrated near Widnes Docks , on Wednesday evening , the 5 th inst ; A person named James Anderson , who was foreman at tho extensive alkali worka of Mr . John Hutohinson , was barbarously murdered on tbfi highway , mm bis own house , at about a qnsrter-past six o ' clock . At an inquest held the following day before Charles E . Driffield , Esq ., coroner , Thomas Nolan , a lad of . about sixteen year * of age , stated that he , in company with his uncle , Darby Nolan , and the deceased , left the works a few minutes before six o ' clock on
Wednesday evening , to walk to Dog-lane , Widnes ( about three quarters of a mile distant ) , where they resiiled . Their road lay for a short distance along the St . Helen ' s and Rnncorn Gap Railway , and then across some fields to the high road . When coming off the railway he saw two men following them ; they kept a 9 horfc way behind them all through tho fields and through an occupation road called Sutton ' s lano until they reached the highway , along which they hnd not gone very far when at a turn in the road the men came close to them . Anderson turned to look round , when one of the men struck him a severe blow on the top of the head with a heavy stick . Tho unfortunate man
stumbled on some timber which Jay beside the road . The other man then struck him several times , and he fell into the ditch . The men who struck him first knocked dowa tbe lad and bi 3 uncle , who is an infirm old man . Both men then ran away , and the lad immediately got up arid went to the spot where Anderson lay . He found him with his head under the water , and on bis raising it up he breathed a few times . With the assistance of the old man he pulled him on to the bank , and they then found that he was quite dead . Borne men then came up , and assisted in carrying the body home . The perpetrators hare not yet been discovered .
Prison Discipline at Drvonpoht . — At the recent quarterly sessions the magistrates of the borough of Devonport , after mature consideration , resolved that they were satisfied that" the separate system should be forthwith adopted in the Devonport gaol , and that without it no substantial reformation of the prisoner can be reasonably expected . " Rotal Privukoe . —The Mayor of Manchester has applied to her Majesty , on behalf of th ^ pro-Pl'iOtOrS of tbd J ! anehe-. ier Excliatige , to hara the title and designation of " Royal" affixed to th » Exchange , which request her Majesty has graciously complied with . ¦ Deal . —On the night of tbe Cih inst , great excitement was created in the vicinity of Walmer by the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire at the barracks at that place . The flames when discovered , were found rasing in the north central
building , which , at present , is occupied by tbe i Staff of the 30 th Regiment . Speedily the troops belonging to the 11 th and 30 th depots were tt tbe spot , rendering the most valuable assistance . The engines from the naval yards and barracks were got to Che scene with all expedition , but , owing to their atate , they wore of little use in subduing the conflagration , which , by this time , had reached an alarming ascendancy , and threatened the destruction of the entire property . However the soldiers and civilians worked with much energy , and , aftev aevcral hours exertion , tbe progress of the fire was stayed . Of the contral building nothing remains but the blackened walls , the whole of the interior having been consumed , The I 088 will prove considerable . Capt . Fakonhain and Lieut . Green are severe sufferers .
The C 0 U . 1 ERT . Explosion at Wesx-Mqor . — On Friday afternoon , Nov . 7 th , Mr . Stephen Reed , coroner for South Northumberland , opened an inquiry at the village nf Killingworth , about six miles from Newcajtfe-Qn-Tynej concerning the death of six men aud three boja , who were burnt ; to death in Killingwortb " A . B . " pit on the previous Friday . He having held an inquest previously on another miner who was killed in the same pit . From the evidence adduced during tbe last inquiry , it appears tbe " A . B . " is an old pit , having been wrought forty-six years , and has extensive workings . The working shaft isVfO fathoms deep , and fourteen feet in diameter , and is"bratticed 115 fathoms from tbe surface ; tbe up-cat > e shaft being about a mile from
tbe working shaft , and having tws furnaces , which send 33 , 000 feet of air into Hie workings . The column o ? air is split into four divisions , 8 i \ d 7 , 000 cubic feet per minute enter the north-east workings , where the explosion took p ^ ce . It is about 1 , 214 yarns from the down-east shaft to ibe lace of these working * . The division where the explosion took place is apart from the main workings , and is superintended by three overmen , who relieve each other every eight hours . The coals which arc hewn from the " whole , " is drawn up an engine plane in tubs upon rollies , the engine tbat works tbem being placed at bank . The division mentioned had been examined on Friday morning by an overman , who reported that all was right , and the first gang of men went down between two and three o ' clock in tbe
morning , and laboured in their boards until between eleven and twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , when the rolliee and tubs pot off the way , and the men , being unable to get their coals up , put on their clothes and went up home . The area of the drift where the rollies got off is sixty-four feet , and , in the opinion of the viewer , Mr . Johnson , the circumstance of the rollies being off the way would not impede the free ingress of the air into the workings . The " marrows" of the men that bad left went down the pit between twelve and one o ' clock , and proceeded to their boards , but had not got to work when a fearful explosion of gas took place , which blew up tbe engine bank , and , after burning the workmen that were employed getting the rollies on
the ways , expended its fury among the tubs without doing farther mischief . The whole of the six men were killed , bavin ? been burnt in a dreadful manner , and three boys , trappers , have since died of the wounds they received . The men engaged at the r allies are recovering . There were above 100 men and lads in tbe other parts of tbe pit , but they were not affected by the explosion . The men were when the explosion took place , working with D . nvy and Stephen 3 on ' s safety lamps , but the cause of the accident is enveloped in mystery ^ There was no evidence to show , sb had been surmised , that one of tbe men had lit his p ipe by raking the flame towards the gauze of his lamp . The inquest was adjourned . Mr . Mattbias Dann , the government inspector , was present daring tbe inquiry , and has examined the workings in company ni : h some of the
pitmenand viewers . The accident to the m ! n who was killed a week previous to the last explosion , wa 9 caused by his putting a board up to shield his back from the current of air that was coining in , the result of which was that the gas generated by the coal accumulated , and the usual current of atmospheric air not being present to neutralise its inflammable properties , it took fire at his candle and burnt him most severely . A slight explosion took place four days after the accident to tliis man , by which two men were slightly scorched . That division of the pit was then put under lamps . The men have refuged to go to work since the explosion . —The inquest wsb concluded on Tuesday , the jury returning a verdict of " Accidental Death . " The inquest lasted altogether fourteen hourB .
Accident to thr Deubrasa Stkam Ship Bristol , Nov . 10 . —This morning at seven o ' clock the Demerara left our floating harbour for the p urpose of proceeding to Scotland to bave her boilers ana machinery put aboard . She was proceeding down the river Avon , towed by three steam tugs , when , owing to some cause or another , she ran on shore at s part of the river near the round or Devil ' s Point , where she now lies completely athwart the river , and with her cutwater deeply embedded in one of the banks , and her keel suspended by the other . She was , in ballast , and the weight in her hold and upon her decks bave strained her—some
: fear so much that instead of righting with the night title she will be found to fill . Every possible effort is being used to prevent such a calamitous consequence . Numbers of men are employed in getting out her ballast and stores to lighten her and in perfecting her caulking to tbe utmost possible went . Il will be hi ? h water at somewhere about eight o ' clock , and that time is looked forward to with t » e utmoBt possible anxiety . Large numbers of persons are assembled on the river ' s bsnks . and tbe feeling of regtet is general that ao magnificent a specimen of marine architecture . should have met with an accident . During the whole of Monday every exertion was used to get her off , all classes of the citizens
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volunteering their assistance in person or materials . At length » s tlie tide rose the reaael floated , and at about seven o ' clock she was taken to a soft bank of mud , in tho river facing the Eaglestaff Quarry , where she was , as it was hoped , safe from further injury , anil where it was intended to make further tiftiris ' to stop heV leaks ; however , at ten o ' clock , tbe force of the ebb tide was so great as to drag her from her anchors and break her from her moorings , when ishe again swung round and crossed the river , settling into a moat cUngeroua position , where sbe remained until Tuesday morning , when by
renewed exertions she was again got off , and floated to the entrance of Cumberland Basin , where she now lies with her back broken , her decks sunk , bercabins destroyed , and dre adfully twisted out of shape , and the water pouring from her sides through many startmi butts . It is not exactly ascertained if her keel is broken , but such is conjectured to be the fact from one of her pumps having been broken off close to the bottom . It is agreed upon all hands that if suiceptible of repair her bolts and . trenails TOUBt be drawn , and all that will be eood in her are tbe materials ; but many are of opinion that she must be
broken up . C * b Drivers' Strike in Liyebpooii . —The coach « nd cab drivera of this town struck , on Saturday nigbt last , for an advance of wages , and for the privilege of having leisure on every alternate Sabbath . Thb Liverpool Freehold Land Society has purchased a v aluable estate on the London-road , called th e Prescot-lane Estate , containing about twenty-five acres . 1 Young CbiMinai .. —On Monday morning , a g irl about fourteen years of age , named Harriet Cowburn , was brought up charged with stealing a bundle containing a shirt nnd other articles , horn the aliou of Mr . Joseph Davis , pawnbroker ,
Sidneystreet , Salford . It appears that for several weeks past most of the pawnbrokers of Salford have missed bundles from their shops , Mr . Davis among the reat . From the fact that the prisoner came to his shop almost every day under some pretext or other be suspected her , and on Saturday morning set his servant to watch her movements while be was engaged searohing for an article which the prisoner said her mother bad . sent her for : Tho servant observed the prisoner make three several attempts , bv cautiously stepping within the counter , to carry off something . In tbe last instance she succeeded , and made off with the bundle in question . Inspector Brown being informed of the circumstance went to the house of ike prisoner ' s
mother , where be found ber . On seeing him the girl attempted to conceal something in her breast , which , on getting hold of , he found to bo a pawnticket for the stolen bundle . In tho house no fewer than forty-nine pawntJcketB were found , and there is every reason to believe tbat the prisoner , encouraged by her mother , has been disposing of the several articles to which the tickets refer , many of tbem being known to have been stolen within a recent period . The prisoner admitted the theft from Mr . Davis ' s shop , and Baid she was instigated to it by another girl . Mr . Trafford remanded the prisoner , to enable the tickets to be traoed . Richard ANnRB \ vs , the bold and generous Mayor
of Southampton , will receive tbe rare and distinguished honour of being a third time elected to that office . His history is one of the most encouraging in the annals of self made men , The son 01 a village artisan in Hampshire , he received no education but at the darao gebool . Taken by bia •• raridfather to work in the fields , he forsook tho furrow for the ^ aw pit and that again for the forge . Ultimately , he got apprenticed » s a coach maker ' s smith—married as soon as out of his time—walking from Hampshire to Hounslow ( forty-seven miles ) to see hi * future wife—worked at Chichester , setup for himself at Southampton , and now employs 200 men on his own Dremiaes .
Dinnbr TO THB EON . E . J . Walker . —It is slated that it is proposed to invite the hon . R . J . Walker , late Secretary to the United States Treasury , and now in England , to a public dinner on the 24 th inst . The Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce have taken the initiative in making tho necessary arrangements . Rochdale . —Fatal Gunpowder Acornest . —At halF'past three o ' clock on Saturday morning last five coal-miners , who had been engaged in sinking a new pit at tbe Hopwood Colliery , near Middleton , belonging ho Mr . ltoberC Gregg flop wood , of IJopwood Hall , retired into an empty cottage , near the coal pit , in order to take some refreshments . Whilst they were there , one of tlietu j a young man warned James Lord , took a candle into the cellar
underneath the dwelling . Whilst he was trying some powder which had been damp it ignited , and set fire to a barrel containing from seven to ten pounds of dry pow < 3 er , which also exploded ., blowing ibe floors , roofs , and walla completely down , as well as a portion of the wall of the next dwelling . One of the firemen , named William Greenhai g h , aged fifty « two ytars , was killed on the spot . The other men , James Lord , jun ., James Lord , sen ., William Hilton , and Robert Turner , were buried amongst the ruitiSt and were seriously , but not dangerously injured . James Porter , engineer , his wife , and two children , were in bed in the adjoining house at the time , but were not injured in tile ] ea 5 t > though the outside wall , close to the bed , was blown d » tv » . The men were perfectly sober at tbe time . Greenhaigh has left a widow and ten children .
Patrick O Toolh , a provision dealer in Liverpool , wlit > absconded nearly twelve months ago , and was outlawed in the Court of Bankruptcy , having returned to tbat town , wm apprehended on Monday , and committed to prison ou the ground of felony . Supposed Inckkjnart Fire at Inwoiitu . —On Sunday afternoon , an alarm was given in the parish cbutcb of Inworth , in which most of the inhabitants were attending Divine service , a domestic at the vicavage having observed flames Issuing from a shed on jiie farming premises belonging to and adjoining the rectory , ia the occupation of Mr . James Dennis . On repairing to the spot , it wasffluild that a waggon and a tumbrel standing iu a shed , loaded with straw wcte on fire , and the greatest exertions were
made to stay its progress . Mr . J . Surridge , jun ., with much promptitude , uamedifctety rode off to Witbnm tor the engine , ithick was hurried to the spot , and under the superintendence of Mr . Johnson was brought into play ; but the shortness of the supply of water materially increased the labours of the brigade . 1 'huy were , however , raoBt readily assisted by the labourers and others present , but be fure any effectual check could be givesi to tbe ravages of the flames , the shed in which they originated and its contents , a large barn containing about ten loads of wheat , some dressed , andtherestuntbreshed , stables , cow-house , and other out-buildings , several waggons , and other imp ' ements , a sack of oat .-
anotlier of beans , and a large quantity of straw , were entirely consumed . Several other stacks Stood near and were in great danger , but by the judicious directions of Mr . Surridge of Inworth Hall , a large one was removed , and stacked at a distance , which was the means of saving much , property , the destruction of which at first appeared to be inevitable . A valuable mare , the property of Mrs . Cooke , resting at the White Hart Inn , Witham , on reaching Gore Pit , on its way to tbe fire with the engine , fell and instantl y expired . Tliat all these lamentable consequences were the result of the fiendish Jict of an incendiary , there appears to be no doubt , and the police are engaged in endeavouring to trace the offeuder .
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srotlanu . Melancholy Loss op Like at Aubudeen . —A most distressing and melancholy accident occurred at the harbour of ALerdeeis on the 7 th inst ., by which fiva individuals , all hardy , able-bodied men , were suddenly and unexpectedly launched into eternity , within cry of Uieirown homes , and but a minute or two after having left them , hearty and vigorous , to prosecute their arduous calling . Along with five or six others , the bo&t to which the accident happened , left the harbour atout six o ' clock in the morning , to proceed to the white-fishing . The tide waa nearly at its lowest , and the swell was , of course , greater than at high wattr . The boat in which the
deceased were pulled six oars , and in approaching the bar it was preceded by another boat , a Bhort distance ahead , a third fallowing pretty close astern . The boat in advance crossed the bar quite safely , and this circumstance seems to have thrown the deceased off their guard , for they pulled on to the bar where a strong , though temporary , swell waa rutiniug . 'Clio Cftnswiuence was that a sea struck and partly filled their boat , driving them back on the other boat , which was slightly stove , and lost three oars , and before ber head could bo got round to the sea a second wave struck and capsized her . She soon righted , but all the men had been thrown out of hev into the tide , except Hie oldest , William Smith , who \» sixly-el g lj t years of age . The Btrong Sturdy
felluws struggled convulsively in the water , and uttered the most piteous exclamations , crying so loud that some < f their voices were even recogni-ed at Torry 'iilago ; one of them , Alexander Baxter , whose lather was also in the boat , and drowned with him , was heard to exclaim in a doleful tone , " Oh ! father . " One by one , however , their voicus ceased as their clothes became saturated , and thvy sunk into their untimely grave . The second boat being di sabled , chiefly by loss of oars could render no nssistance , and made the best » f its way back , hut the bjat which had been in advance returned ' and l-icked the survivor , Smith , off the boat , which was dr ifting rapidly to seaward . Most of-the men were in the prime of iife , and two of them unmarried
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itteianu . State of thb Country . — -The ministerial concession in . the shape of the recent " Treasury minute" has elicited the warmest praise from mor « tliiitt one journal hostile , not merely to the present government , but the Whiggery in the abstract . Tht " Dublin Herald" praises it as a " statesmanlike '' document , and moreover , it is described , not improperly , i \ 8 "involving an emphatic abnegation 0 ) the principle of tbe Poor Law . " The Ballinr namesake of the metropolitan journal goes ever further , and predicts , what all will heartily rejoice to learn , the speody and complete return of Irish prosperity . Tho " Freeman" thinks that nothing short of a clean cancelling of the whole debt ought to satisfy the people of Ireland—a bold and compvebensive view of the question which finds plenty of supporters beyond tbe pale of tbe Dublin press .
Gaiwat a Packet Station . —The following very important piece of intelligence vrafl published in the "Evening Freeman" of Saturday evening : — ' "We have been informed on authority that a steamer of first-class character and power will leave New York on tbe 15 th of this month for Galway , and that the line of packet ships thus opened will for the future continue to ply between these ports . This intelligence has reached us on the eve of the post going out ; we are not in a position to speak more of the matter at present . " Thus is would appear tbat Galway is sure to have a fair trial at last . The Potato Crop . —The " Cork Examiner " says : — "We continue to receive very satisfactory accounts of the potato crop , hot alone as regards its condition , but also as to the keeping qualities of the
tuber , a matter of no small consideration both for the grower and consumer . The fact , too , that tbey are being dug up under such favourable circumstances is calculated to strengthen us in the opinions we expressed in oar last , that a far Jarger portion of the crop than was at one time anticipated , would be found sound and fit for use . We rejoice to find that the reports received from most other parts of tbe kingdom speak in similarly cheering terms of the prospects of the crop . " From the " Wesimeath Guardian - . "—This crop is now nearly dug in erery part of the country , and we are rejoiced to learn that its failure is not at all as extensive as was apprehended by some . A fourth of tbe entire crop has not been destroyed , and from the large quantity planted the loss will be unfelt , and the supply of sound potatoes more abundant than for > ears past . "
Emigration . — Athlone . — Great numbers of people still continue to pass through town on their way to America and Australia . The attractions of the gold mines is inducing many to choose tbe latter place . Mulungab . —Even at this late period of the Beason there appears little diminution in tbe number of emigrants from this part of the country . The midday trains still continue to convey hundreds of emigrants from Galway and the intermediate towns . The "World" aoainst . the Casm * . —The . proceedings have been stayed in the case of the pro prietor of the H World" newspaper againjit the Chief Secretary at Dublin Caatle by tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench , the amended bill of particulars being considered by the Court just as unsatisfactory as the original .
. Paupbb Emigration . —At the meeting of tho guardians of the Nenagh union on Thursday , Lord Duuolley said that "be entirely approved of the motion made at the previous meeting by Mr . Minnett , that the board should endeavour to make arrangements for relieving the union of 1 , 000 youthful paupers , by sending them away as emigrants . " He concluded by expressing a hope that the government would aid the guardians in their plan . —After some conversation on the subject the R ) 9 tiOQ W& 9 held BVer for iuiiher consideration .
The tide of emigration , which has been fo long flowing out of this country , appears to haye received a slight check—not from any change in tbe determination of the people to get away as quick aB they possibly can , but from the severity of the weather , and the consequent difficulty of obtaining shipping . Still there is a formidable movement of aniftll farmers and agricultural labourers towards all the leading seaportB , on their way to foreign lands . ^ Destruction of SWNoriBLD MILLS BI FmB . — The extensive corn , mills at Springfield , » ear P » raonstown , were destroyed by fire on Monday morning . The fire was first observed about two o'clock , and within an hour afterwards the despots of the 49 th and 68 ih Regiments were witu the barrack
engines in attendance , but their exertions proved of little value , as the whole building and its contents were destroyed . The origin of the fire up to the present is almost inexplicable . Tho stock of wheat was very large , amounting to upwards of a thousand barrels , together with a very large quantity of flour and oatmeal , nearly all of which have been destroyed . The firm are pavtially insured in the National Assuiance Company . The loss sustained in premises and stock is computed at over £ 3 , 000 . Large numbers of the inhabitants have visited Ibe premises , and expressed their deepest sympathy for the firm , who are greatly respected by nil classes . Many families have been thrown out of employment .
Father . CabiiiL to Lord John Rdssbm . —father Cahvlt having rested from his labours of assaulting Lord Pahuerston for his anti-Popish policy abroad , has turned upon Lord John Russell for the same offence at home . The reverend gentleman has addressed a billet to his lordship which extends over three mortal columns of the " Freeman's Journal . " Ilia reverence is strongly of opinion that if the government of Lord John Russeli proceed much further in its anti-Popish policy a confederation , consisting of all the Roman Catholics of the civilised world , and the Isle of man to boot , will bo formed to force England to behave herself .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ~~~ ' The November General Sessions were resumed on Monday by adjournment at the Guildhall West minster . The calendar contains si list of foi-tv-firo prisoners for trial , of whom forty-two are indicted for tho commission of felony . u Inciting to Hon . —Henry M-irtin , 21 , was in dieted for having feloniously incited a you ™ lad « the name of Charle 3 White to steal a pistoU fork a sovereign , and a watch and chain , the property of Algernon Edward West , his property . It an * pcared that the prosecutor resides at No u ' Curzon-street , Mayfair , and the boy White wa 9 in his employ as an errand-boy . The prisoner contrived to form an acquaintance with this boy while , he was walking in tlie streets some weeks since and subsequently he suggested to him that there
were means by which he could benefit both of them by taking different things from hig master ' s house . Th& boy unfortunately permitted himself to be seduced from the path of honesty by the persuasions of the prisoner , and in due time ho stole a pistol for him . This act having placed the boy within his power , tbe prisoner then by a threat of giving him into custody for the theft compelled bim to continue a system of robbery upou his master . The prisoner also induced him to obtain hftlf-a-aoYpreifn from his mother . The learned jutfge having summed up tbe evidence , the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to be transported beyoud the seas for the term of fourteen years .
Houskbbeaklvg . —George Clark , 34 , and George Johnson , 36 , were indicted charged with haviBg stolen in the dwelling-house of Kobei * Itymilt twelve silver-handled knivo 3 and forks , two watches , and various other articles , of the value of £ 50 and upwards , his property . It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor , who is . 1 eolleeto * of Queen ' s tajres , resides at No . 21 , Bromptonoreicent , and that just after he had sat down to hia dinner-table , at a qusrter-p .-i . sfc seven o ' clock on the evening of Thursday , the 23 d ult ., he received information from one of his servants to tbe effecfe that some thieves were moving about in the upper part of hia house . He thereupon went out for a policeman , desiring that they would remain quiet
, andnotdisturb the uninvited visitors upstairs . Oa his return , in about four minute 3 , he heard some person call out— " There they go . " lie presently saw the prisoner Clark iu thecustody of the police . Tha prosecutor , upoR subsequently going up to his room , found everything in a state of great confu . sion ; the jetrel-cases had been broken open and their contents carried away ; i desk , had been rifled , two watches had also been stolen , and a case , containing a dozen silver-handled knives and forks , had likewise been opened and the eontenta removed . Other articles too were missing . Thera were two attic windows to which a communication was afforded by means of the gutter from the otbor houses , and the thieves muat have obtained their
entrance by that courne , from an empty house , No . 19 . The prisoners were seen by the policeman to come out of No . 19 , shortly after the prosecutor had given the alarm , and Clark waa taken by him as ho was in the act of getting over the gardenwall of No . 17 . When the officer had got hold of him he said— "Don ' t hold me ; the thieves are gone this way , and I'Jl go after them and assist you in catching them , " but the officer , not being disposed to place reliance in his promise , and having moreover seen him emerge from the empty houso he deemed it the better course to decline the proffered aid aud at once to secure him . As they were going towards the station he observed tho prisoner put his hand into one of his pocket * , and ,
Suspecting that he might have something in chg h » na w hich he intended to thwwaway , te Jala hold of it , when he found be had an iron wrench , sharp ; it one end , like a chisel , and constructed at the other in the moat approved manner for forcing iron bars . Johnson made his escape , but , the officer having given a description of him to awotfaw officer , he was apprehended some days afterwards at a skittle-ground in Westminster . The officer stated that he had noticed the prisoners talking together in Brompton-crescent about half an hour before the robbery . Be was quite suro as to both prisoners . A gentleman of the name Of Taylo * , who lires ah Jfo , IQ , proved having seen Clark getting over the garden walls . Ui-on searching the
premises , a largo bundle , containing the stolen property , was found in the garden , loft in such a manner as tt > ahow that the thieves had been disturbed . —the 3 ury , found both prisoners Guilty . —Johnson then pleaded " Guilty" to a charge that , he had been previously convicted of feloby , whil © eWdence was given that Clark bad not only been notoriously known as a thief since the year 1844 , but that , having been many timea in custody upon different charges , he had been con » vlctod thrice . —Mr . Witham thereupon sentenced tbe prisoners to transportation for fourteen years . Female Thieves . —Maria Manning , 27 , wag indicted for having stolen three waistcoats and other articles , the property of Dr . Joshua Burgess . —ft
appeared from the evidence of the reverend prosecutor , that he resided at No . 73 , Tachbrooke-strQet , Vauxhall-bridge-road , and on the Thursday afternoon previous to the 22 mt of October he returned home from bis service , and oa entering the library he found a pocket-book l ying on the table that ba had never seen before , He was about throwing it into the hall , but having some curiosity to know how it had come there , he opened a flap and looked over it , and was much surprised to find there a paper for money paid for ratea for his horse , and wi looking further ho saw several pieces of card which he did not understand , but had since ascertained that they were pawnbroker ' s duplicates , He placed the book and it 8 contents in his desk , anil in tbe course ot two or three days the prisoner inquired of him whether he had found such a book as she described ? He questioned her aa to her
reason for making the inquiry , and having some suspicion of her , he only returned evasive answer ? . He then went to the police office and lodged the book and papers with the police-inspector oil duty , and subsequently had gone with , a constable to a pawnbroker's , who admitted that the tickets had been issued from his shop . Afterwards several bundles of goods corresponding with tho description on the duplicates weie produced , nearly tho whole of which he identified as his property . The prisoner was his servant , and had been with him , with the exception of about two months , since December last . One of tho prisoner ' s sisters had come to the house to see her , but in consequence of her repeated visits ho had lately given instructions that she Should not receive her so frequently . —The prisoner was found Guilty . —Tho learned Chairman sentenced bur to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months .
Alice Miinni / j g , lo , sister of the prisoner in tho preceding case , was indicted , charged with having stolen a counterpane and a piece of chintz , the property of the Rev . Joshua BurgO 6 S . —A polioeoonBtuble proved that when ho went to Dr . Bur gess ' s to apprehend the sister of tho prisoner , he saw her strike the sergeant , and the prisoner w » 3 about assaulting him also with a poker , but ho prevented her froiu doing so . sho then went to a sofa , »» d pretended to be in a fainting state , when the elder prisoner went up to the sofa and leant over her . Witness , suspecting that something was going on between thorn , went towards tho sofa , and there saw tbe prisoner take the chintz and counterpano from under her dreas , and put it under the cushion of tho sofa , Ho then too ! i he * into custody . —The Jury found tbe prisoner Guilty , and she was sentenced to three months ' hard labour .
Mnry Gorman , 2 C , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with stealing the sum Ol lls . Hid ., the monies of Robert Pike , from his person . Two or three previous convictions were put iu against her , and she was sentenced to 1 ) 0 transported for ten years . Robbing a Laundress ' s Cabt . —Alfred Walter , 21 , was indicted for having stolen a box , contain-£ ? o ' ^ ' . P etticoat * . « na other articles . Talue * 4 2 « . 4 U ., the property of William BenUey .-Tbe robbery m question was one of very common occurrenco , a box of clothes beiHg abstracted from a laundress ' s cart whilst standing at the door of another employer , at which a pared of clothes was being delivered , and during the temporary absence of the driver . —The learned Chairman sentenced the prisouer to twelve months' hard labour .
Ellen Cook . 2 G , was charged with having stolen 33 ., the monies and property of Samuel Daudney . — iho prosecutor was tho master of St . James ' s wovkhouse , and having suspicions that he was at various times robbed , he marked some silver , and placed it in his desk , The next day he found that the desk had been opened ami the money was gone . In consequence of information he received from his wife , he challenged the prisoner with the robbery , which she stoutly denied ; but , being dissatisfied with her conduct , he ordered her to be searched , and tbe money marked was found in her possession . She accounted for it by saying that it had been given to her by some members of her family * but ho expressedlus disbelief of this story , as they
were not in a condition in life to give her such » sum . She was then given into custody , but since that time be had ascertained that she was of weak intellect , and produced a certificate to that effect from tho surgeon of the workhouse . Mr . O'l ? rien , who a [ ipo ; ircd for the prisoner , urged upon the jury that the poor girl bel ' oro them v < - i » s not accountable for her action * , and called two or threo witnesses , who proved that she had been an inmate of . a lunatic asylum at Bow , and had for years past been of weak intellect ,, and laboured under imbecility . —Tho learned Chairman said he would letivo the :- » attcr entirely in the hands of the jury . —Tho Jury -acquitted tho prisoner on the ground of imbecility .
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It is calculated that half a million sterling changed hands at tho last Falkirk cattle tryst , fins is equal to the whole amount drawn at the crystal Pi . lace—including subscriptions , seasontickets , and all . Lsrge , therefore , as was the sum which flowed into tho hands of the Koyal Commissioners , how trifling must it be , after nil , compared with the amounts turned over in the ordinary transactions of trade ? Sbluno PosTiGB Stamvs . - A oorrespondence has taken- plago oetweon tbe keeper of : i coftVehoiMe m the City and the Inland Revenue authorities as to the legality of the former seilins ? postage stumps , without a license , to tho indwMaal * taking MironhiniMifc ,, fc hie establishment : by which it appear * that no postage stamps can bo legally sold by any person whatever , without lm-intr previously obtained a license for so ( Join * . " Tiik " Morning Herald"defends Kosrathfrom tho attacks ot the" Times , " and says the Conservatives have no sympathy with . them .
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Three Christians hiive recently professed Judaism at Uanover , and fxe of town are said to have doue so in ovder tbat tl . ey tn ) gH warry Jewessos .
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n THE NORTHERN STAR . . November 16 , 1851 .
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TsiR Lokds of the Admiralty , by ovder dated 3 rd of November , have given directions that the new pateni accoutrements roceiitly adopted for the Infautry of tho Line bo introduced im 0 tne R , Oyal Marine Corps , and measures have been tnken for the substitution of awaistbelt instead of the nresunt sidebelc .
General Changarnier.
GENERAL CHANGARNIER .
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The aulbor of " Revelations of Hus 3 ia" bas addressed a letter to the " Daily News" for the purpose , of ahowing that the aympMhiea of Englishmen have been enlisted by the so-called party of order undeservedly , and gives the following story , bearing out his statement , the particulars of which be defies either Gne . Changarnier or Ledtu RolUn to gainsay"Ledru Rollin , when a member of the provisional government , was one evening nioch occupied , when an A ' rican general , who refused to give bis name , was announced as desiring a private interview . Ledru Roliin replied thet he was engaged till two in the morning , to which the stranger rejoined , that ' he would wait . ' When at length the general
( whom Ledru Rollin did not know personally ) was admitted , he introduced himself as Gen . Changarnier . 1 How is it , genf ral , ' inquired the minister , ' that you have left your African government ? ' 'I know , ' replied the general , ' tbat I ought to !> e there , i have come under tbe pretext of visiting the deathbed of a near relative , but really for the sole purpose of seeing you . ' Here the general proceeded to ex plain that , for several years pasf , the dream of his life had been tbe invasion of England ; that he had sent agents to levy plans , survey harbours , and obtain information on the minutest points , connected wilh tbe topography and defences of the country . Basing his calculations on these data , he judged the capture and destruction of the British metropolis feasible , was anxious to attempt it , and came to entreat of Ledru Rollin tbe means , of putting his project into execution .
" Ledirvk RoWin remarked , tbat such matters were nat within hia province J but Changarnier answered him , tbat nevertheless , he could collect 12 , 000 men belonging to regimen t * which had served under hi ? orders ia Africa , and obtain for them means of transport on bb ( Ledru Bollin ' s ) . sole Order . The general expressed himself further satis , ficd that with this force he would be able to make a swoop on Woolwich , burn th * shipping in the docks , aud destroy or capture astonished London . He added , that , in case of failure , he permitted Ledru Rollin and hia colleague to disavow him , and pledged his word of honour as a soldier , tbat if he were tried , hanged , or shot , he would die without criminating ; his cmploym .
" Ledru Rollin replied that ha had also formerly entertained the notion that France must some day avenge the disasters at Waterloo , but that at present peace with Greet Britain was the wish and policy of the French people , and tbat in any case it appeared to him that it was only on a fa « fieW , wfa an armed enemy , that Prance could vindicate her bwiour , not ' by an act of piracy Kor by barbarously injuring the lives and property of peaceful citizer . s . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1652/page/6/
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