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® tje iHetroyoifd * Health of London * . —The effect of increased cold in the weather is now perceptible in one weekly returns of mortality . In October ttie number of deaths rejjirtered in Ioiidou did not in any week exceed 9 S 1 , and iti thu fouvtb , it full to S 61 ; while the weekly mean temperature during the greater part of the month was more than S 2 deg . In the week ending November Sth , the mean temperature was ouly 40 deg .: last week it was 10 . 2 deg . ; and co itemjMjraneously with this fall the deaths rose in the former week to 9 S 9 , and ia the last to 1 . 022 . In corresponding weeks of the ten years ( 1341-50 ) the average number of deaths was 992 , which , with a correction for increase of population , become * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 ^ 9 QBIH ^ 9 ! S ^^^ RMi 3 ^ 3 H ^ fl 9 ! B ^ l 4 B ^ .
1 , 091 . The 1 , 022 deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday shows % decrease of 09 on the estimated amount . List week the number of deaths ascribed to diseases of the zymotic or epidetaicclasB wa 3 236 . showing no important difference from the usual amount « t this season . Jwgiiteen young persons , and five adults of fifteen year « and upwards , were carried oS by small-pox . In i of the 2-3 cases it U stated that the patients had received vaccination . On the 14 th of November at 6 , George-street , Grosvemor-squnre , the daughter of a stableman , aged 3 years , died of * ' variola , confluens ( six weeks ) , ulcers in various parts , irritative fever , asthenia . " On the medical certificate it is stated that the deceased had doc lieen vaccinated , and assistance was not sought till the pustules had desquamated universally . Mr .
Jay , the registrar , adds tlwt " this is an instance of the prejudice against vaccination which prevails in too many instances among the poorer classes . ' ' last week the births of S 14 boys and 712 girls—in all 1 , 520 children , were registered . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1845—50 was 1 , 33 S . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday . The mean of the week was 29 . 009 in . The mean temperature waa below the average of corresponding days in ten years on every day of the weeir . The mean temperature of the weak was 40 . 2 deg . g which is 3 . 4 de * . below the average . The daily mean fell from about 40 deg . on Thursday and Friday to -31 . 3 on Saturday . The wind blew generally from the north .
FfUGaiFDt and Fatas Accidents by Firtj . — On Saturday last two frightful accidents happened to children , one of which terminated fatally . The first case was that of Mary Anne lloper , aged five years , whose friends reside at CuHthaiu-piace , Loek ' s-fields , Walworth . The deceased was playing ¦ with a piece of lighted paper , when her clothing became ignited , and she was most frightfully burned , and died from the injuries received . The second accident occurred to Samuel Watts , aged two years , of No . 15 , Sta . Je-street , Long-lane , Bermondse . > . The unfortunate child was reaching something from the mantelshelf , when he set fire to his pinafore , and was dreadfully burned . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he remains in a hopeless state of suffering .
The Gold Dost Robbeht . —On Saturday afternoon last Mr . J \ V . Payne held an inquest in Jfewgate , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of George Senior , lately carrying i n business at the Three Crowns Tavern , Crown-street , Hoxtou , and one of the prisoners in the late gold dust robbery on the South Western Railway . The deputygovernor stated that the deceased had surrendered on Saturday , the 1 st inst ,, at the sessions of the Central Criminal Court , charged with being concerned in the late robberies of gold dust on the South Western Railway . He was convicted of receiving and concealing the stolen property , for which he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . After the trial the deceased seemed very ill , and , as a convict , was placed in the infirmary , where lie was seen by the two medical officers of the prison , but le died on Friday afcernoen , at one o ' clock . The
deceased never made anv complaint , but seemed to be suffering from difficult breathing ; and Mr . 31 'Murdo . the surgeon , said he had his attention drawn to the deceased on the 2 nd of November , oa he then laboured under bronchitis , or inflammation of the lower part of the windpipe . The deceased appeared very much depressed , and was low in spirits , and would occasionally exclaim in an excited etate of mind , "I aiaa ruined man 1 " Various remedies were adopted , hut the deceased refused some of them , and was evidently careless as to the application of several things or . lered to give him relief . The deceased died from bronchitis . He had been a hard drinker . lie certainly suffered from txcitcmentarisiui . ' from his degraded position , which it was evlieut preyed on his mind from the lime he was convicted , and would probably lias ten his death . The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Murder and Suicide in the Tottenham Court-road . —On Saturday last a murder was discovered ti have been committed in White Hartcourt , Windmill-street , Tottenham-court-road . On the 5 th of this month , Sarah Turpin , a respectable yonng woman , about twenty-five years of age , took lodgings at Mrs . McCarthy ' s , at the above address , bringing with her a baby about six or seven weeks old , stating that she was a lady ' s maid out of place , She had a box of good clothes for the child , as well as plenty for herself . She appeared rather reserved and not communicative , and went in and out without exciting any suspicions . Oa Saturday she was observed by ihe neighbours to come in about ialf-past three in the aftrrnoon , and to go out about
fere . Shortly afterwards Mr 3 . M'Carthy cam « h-juie , and found the child lyiug on the hearth-rug , "With its head nearly severed from its body , and ' a razor Ifing beside it la a pool Of blOOd . The molhor was sought for some time in vain ; it was fo rod tint she had left behind her all the clothes , £ 1 Us . GJ . in money , and also a book of the Greenwich , Lewisham , and Lee Savings Bank , showing a deposit of 20 s . In the corse of the evening two policemen on duty in Hyde-park diseovered a body in the water , and on drawing it ashore a gash was discovered in the throat . The body was removed to the workhouse , -Mount-street , Grovesu-. r square , and there recognised by Mrs . M'Cartay as that of the child ' s mo-her . —On
Tneaday evening Mr . ( Vakiey , M . P ., held an inquest at the AYhiw Hart Tavem , Windmill-street , 1 'otienlam-coart-roa-J , on the body of Mary Turpin , a <* ed two months . The evidence given accorded with the above statement , and the jorv returned a verdict" That the deceased , Mary farpill , Was wilittlly murdered by Sarah . Tarpin , her mother . "On Wednesday morning Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Maipas Arms , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Sarah Turpin . The jury haviu :, ' heard the evidence , returned the foliowuig verdict : ~ "That the deceased , Sarah Turpin , had drowned herself white in a state of temporary insanity ; and that she had previously inflated the wounds which had been found in her throat "
The New House of Commoxs . —Considerabla alterations are be ; ng made in the body of the lluuse preparatory , to the meeting of parliament in the ensuing session . Tbo seats are to be altered and improved not only in appearance , but with reierence to the comfort and convenience o ( the membe s . The panelling is also to be improved and altered ia order to make it correspond with the actatl state of the roof of the chamber . The TO'"f is , howgrer , to remaia in its present form . Death op Mr . Mable . —We regret to announce the demise of j , fr . George Maule , the Solicitor to the Treasury , which toiik place on Friday evening , at his residence ill Wilton crescent , after a short illness . Mr . Manic had for many ' years filled the above responsible situation , which is rendered vacant by his decease .
The SouciroBsnip of tiik Treasubv . —It is stated that Mr » tteyuolds , who has been for a considerable time Assistant Solicitor of the Treasnrv , will be promoted to be the Solicitor , and that Mr , Hobsrt Hiteuxocis , the Master © f the Irish Exchequer , who has prepared several of the measures of law reform propounded or carried by thi present and past governments , will succeed Mr . " Reynolds . RilLWAT TO THR STRAND . —The directors of the Uuqgerford Market Company , ia conjunction with the directors of the South Western Railwar , intend to build a railway bridge from the Waterloo-station , across the river , to near Charing-eross and the Mrand , There will be four lines of rai ' s , besides a roadway for carriages and foot passengers . Fatai , Accioest os SsowniLT ,. —On Monday
evening Mr . J . W . Payne , deputy coroner , held an inquiry at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , touching the death of Alexander Robert Ebart , aged ten . The evidence of various witnesses showed that about aajf-pasfc twelve o ' clock on Saturday last a cart jaden wth manure wa slowly proceeding up Snowmil When one Of the wheels suddenly jerked upon the f » £ ! ft * ' wh ! ch was «"" Mden * ly below the j- ' « of the pavement . By the violence of the con-Si * eiro ?" le-treebrokc ^ rfc oft « nd the Z £ l T th ? S Badde « ly thrown upon the foot wrs e Sf ^ t - cea 3 e i aviolentb ! ^ m he state of i ™* -XT , mraeil » t « ly taken np in a ^ iSisi&'F-r ™** tUe hosp 5 ta ) - extinct Theinre * ' 'f fouDd lhat We was TilS . > , " -l aryre 'aroed averdiof-. of «« & nn ; j «« * . i ««
eaoseaoy id 2 Sa ^ SL 3 " ¦«*>** was roadway . 8 tate of l » e pavement in the Soxcide of Lord de Bi » nm ,, IXQCEST .-Thelamen tebS *^ " - * - ~ CoRO 3 f £ B ' the death of Lord WiUiltn R k " Ending TilU , Norwood , Surrey , a 2 eds 31 e V ' «« M « Friday , Nov . 14 : b , in&stfa tKfX Z' Wefe Oa E * Q ., conme .- for Wet ; Sarrey , a » , Jfe ? ' S arter ' re , 3 C-blejurorS .-From tl ^ cS , « 0 e f 0 , ^ Bn . * .., Mary Ann Shavr , Mr . Strtt fe , JeSfSSd other «!!«« ,, itappo red tbat tlw deceSn w mtm ted taken np hh re , Wer . C 3 £ S kl \ ltZ J onraoa for about ten months St DurSbi-» ae dutnethad been ia wootd ^ iice « i . a tkc course
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he has invariably pursued . His health had for some time been very indifferent , arising from a lithotriptic disease , but latterly he had been seized with an attach Of small pox—which had evidently affected his lnrd « hip ' s intellects ; but this did not appear to be of a subidal character , and consequently he was not watched SO strictly as might have been deemed necessary . On the previous Tuesday night his lordship retired to rest at an early hour ; he awoke at about four o ' clock on the following morning , and asked one of his female servants to bring him one of his pistols , which was accordingly done . It was then not characd , but his lovdihip desired that his valet , Francis Johnson , should be called , and during the absence of the female servant it would seem that ...
his lordship loaded the pistol with a heavy charse of powder at d a large quantity of swan shot , and before the valet could be aroused the report of fire arms created the utmost alarm in the mansion , and on several of the domestics miring to his lordship ' s chamber they found him lying on the ground weltering in his blood . . Immediately the services of Mr . Street , of Norwood , surgeon , were called into requisition , but before the arrival of that gentleman his lordship had ceased to exist . From a post mortem examination the noble lord , it would seem , had discharged the pistol into his month , through the roof of which the charge had passed , and several of the shots were found lodged in various cavities of the brain , quite sufficient to cause death . His lordship
nju-t have been a great sufferer from disease , for a ealcuhts of unusually largedimeusions was discovered in the bladder ; and ' this circumstance , combined with the effects of the disease of small pox , had doubtless produced that nervous debility which had so impaired his lordship ' s mind as to urge him to commit self-destruction . The noble lord wag a peer of Ireland , and entered the army in 1791 , in which he was actively engaged for several years , attaining the rank of full general ia ISil . His son and successor , Lord John , a captain of the 3 rd West India Regiment , is the possessor of the celebrated yacht America . —On the conclusion of the evidence , the Coroner summed up , aad the Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity , "
Caition to Unqimmfibb P /( AcriTxoKKRS . — On Saturday last , an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Victory , Friar ' s-mount , Bethnal-green , relative to the death of Elizabeth Wood , age " ! thirty-uine , the wife of a shoemaker , living in Mount School , who was alleged to have died from the improper administration of medicine by a female herbalist practitioner named Scott . Mr . West , the surgeon who was called in , said that the medicine , on analysis , had been found to be composed of a mixture of herb * . He could not Bay that it had caused death , but bad be been applied to earlier she might hare recovered . Vevdict , "Visitation of God . '
Suicide of a Shopman . — On Monday , Mr . Baker , held an inquest at the Green Gate , Cityroad , on view of the body of W . Nettlefield , aged twenty-one . Deceased was shopman to Mr . Partridge , cheesemonger , Featherstone-strect , St . Luke ' s . lie hud been in that situation about a month , and was to have left on Saturday night . For some time he had . been in a very depressed atate of mind , and had been beard to say that he was tired of his life , as lie was pushed about from place to ( dace . Last Friday morning he was found suspended by a skipping rope attached to a staple in the ceiling of the cellar , and life was extinct . Verdict , " Tem ~ porary insanity . " The Zoological Problem Solved , —The blanket or wrapper swallowed by the boa constrictor at the Zoological Gardens , in the Regent ' s-parfc , was distjorged by the reptile on the night' of Saturday , the Sth inst ., after having been five weeks and one
day in the animal ' s body . The watchman , on going his rounds that night , saw the animal labouring to get rid of the blanket , a part of which protruded from its mouth , and he assisted in doing so by taking hold of and pulling the blanket gently , for which act of kindness it was thought that the boa seemed grateful , inasmuch as it afforded no opposition , and did not strive to injure him . On examination the blanket was found to be much shrunken in size , and it was divested of the greater portion of the loose wool or hairy filaments composing ita surface ; it was saturated with moisture , and in many parts covered by a slimy saliva . Originally the blanket measured about five feet by four feet , but like all those used in the reptile house , it bad been folded in half and sewn together . To guard against a similar occurrence , it has been determined to take away the blankets at the time the reptiles of this class have their food left in the
ca-. se . Suicide . —On Saturday afternoon a respectablyattired young man , apparently between twenty and twenty-five years of age , committed self-destruction by precipitating himself from fiungerfovd Bridge , lie was observed by the officer on ths bridge to walk rapidly towards the Middlesex side , but there was nothing in his manner to indicate his fatal intention . A boy who wa 3 within a few yards saw him on the ledge at the other side of tile railings stooping down , but thinking that be was pulling at a rope the circumstance did not excite his suspicion . In a few seconds afterwards he threw himself into the water , and the . parties-in . a steamboat whiqh had just passed threw out a rope , hoping that he "ou ! d catch it . Several small beats also towed out from the shore , but ere they reached the spot he had disappeared . Men have been since engaged dragging the river , but the efforts to recover the body have been unsuccessful .
TnE Funeral op the Late MATTHIAS Attwood , Esq . —The remains of the above lamented gentleman were interred on Tuesday in the family vault at the Norwood Cemetery . In accordance with tiie wish of the deceased the proceedings wcro Strictly private , the attendance being confined to the imniediato relatives and most intimate connexions , and the only carriages were those of the E ; tri of Lonsiiale , Mr . WillTin , and Mr . Pearce . A Female Accidentally Shot at Ilpokd . —On Tuesday an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on view of the body of Mrs .
Elizabeth Brighden , aged thirty-six , a widow , late the owner of Castle Farm , Ilighiands-uil ] , near Iif ird , and the proprietress of a dairy in Gulstonstreet , Whitechapel . It appeared from the evidence that on Friday last the deceased was at the Wheatsheaf Inn , Smitlifiold , where , on receiving orders from some dairymen for several tons of swedes , mange ' .-wurtzel , &c , she invited them to dine with her at Oastle-Favm on Monday . They arrived there about two o ' clock . After dinner , they were about leaving the house to go round the farm , when one of the party , observing a gun , proposed to take it with them to shoot at rabbits . The deceased
remarked that it was not sound , and said that she had one in her bedroom which sho always kept loaded , in case the house should be attacked by robbers during the night . She brought it down and gave it to Mr . London , one of her friends . He tried to put the ramrod into the barreJ , which would not fit , and he let it drop , after taking it out . While in the act of picking up the rarnrod the guu was disch .-irged , it is supposed in consequence of the lock coining in contact with his pocket . Deceased exclaimed , " You have shot mo , Jem . " The blood immediately flowed down her left leg . She was removed in her chaise cart to a surgeon ' s at Ilford , who dressed tha . wound , and aba was afterwards conveyed to the London Hospital , where she was
seen by Mr . Kent , the house surguon . Amputation was thought necessary , as the bone was much splintered , to which she gave her consent . She died at ten o ' clock the same night . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The Coroner , at the close of the inquiry , had Mr . London called in he observed to him that he ought to be thankful thai ; the jury had taken a merciful consideration of the case , and that they had not returned a verdict of manslaughter . He should have exercised more caution , aud when be was holding the gun not have bad the nozzle directed towards any one . Mr . London stated that he would nerer handle a gun again . Soicioe or a . Female at Delwich . —On Tuesday
Mr . Garter held an inquest at the Grown Tavern , Dulwicb , on the body of a female unknown , who was found dead on Saturday lust , under the following circumstances : —Joseph Watson , a labourer , deposed that , on the day named , he was engaged gathering acorns in the " Five fields , " when his attention was drawn towards some articles of female attire , which was floating on the surface of a pond . On moving these with a stick , he discovered the body of the deceased woman ; but the bank being about four feet high , he was unable to bring it ashore until he had obtained further assistance . On this being accomplished , there appeared to bo some warmth ; so that the presumption 18 , the female had not long been in the water . On a
subsequent examination by Mr . Ray , surgeon , H was ascertained that the deceased had been pregnant , and was within a short period of her confine * ment wh , en her death took place , a small sum of money , a knife and a key were found in her pocket ; hut there was no identification of the body till near the close of the inquiry , when it waB stated to the coroner that a female had been down and recognised deceased as Mary Goff , lately in the service of a gentleman residing at 10 , Henley-road , Islington . Mr . Carter then suggested that , as important evidence might now he procured , it would be better to adjourn the inquest for that purpose . The jury took the same view , and the further inquiry was adjourned . Thb Soop Kitchen a Distress Barometer . — -The
pressure on the mercury of the barometer seems no less an indication of the weather than the pressure of applicants for relief at the soupkitchen js a sign of existing want and destitution . On Tuesday no Jess than 1 , 017 persons were relieved with soup , broth' and bread , and twectv-six persons were provided with SUppoi ' , bed ' and ore . ih . ia 9 t , at theLeicoster . square Soup-kitchen . Mo ^ tf T ? ' lMrtMffEB UsE 0 F Ether—On Gv fjM - ^ ,- - Pliyao iield an in ( iaest at the A frea Tm , UDtlS o i' ° ?* ° tllC ^ of M . ' . » Si cb J f > « JwmW-md- (!« £ &tf 38 , - » nu . a—J . L » ae , evrandborij ) the . deceased ,
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s tated that on Friday last hia master went out at four o ' clock in the afternoon and returned at about one the next morning . He let him in and saw him go behind tho counter and take the ether bottlo from the shelf and carry it into the parlour . Witness then went to bed . The nest morning ho went to cad his mastev , and on opening hia bedroom door found him lying in bed on his right side , with his legs drawn up and his hands under his chin . Ho also had a towel under his chin . Witness spoke to him , and shook him , but could get no answer . He then called in a policeman . Deceased was in the habit of taking ether into his bedroom . He seemed in very good health and spirits . —John Dixon , City policeman , was called and spoke to the « . « . *•" " -mm *¦ » . »*
same facts . —Mr . Nathan Jacob Carstatt , Bevis Marks , surgeon , knew the deceased . Was called in on Saturday by the policeman . Saw the deceased lying in bed on his right side , with bis knees drawn up and his hands before his mouth , and a towel immediatel y under his chin . He also found a bottle by the side of his bed on a chair . Hud no doubt that , from want of sleep , deceased saturated the towel with ether , and taken it to bed to induce sleep , and having pullod tho bed-clothes over his head , the vapour of ether had overpowered him , and rendered him unable to throw off the bed-clothes , and he had thus been suffocated in the atmosphere of ether which he had created . Ho should Bay deceased died of
suffocation from the improper use of ether . —Mr . Whitehall , stationer , 8 , Bond-court , Walbrook , was with the deceased on Friday evening las :. They were ai the Surrey Music Hall , Suffolk-street , till about twelve o ' clock , and witness came part of the way home with him . Deceased said he was very cold ; but he had some ether at home—thank God . He said this rather jocularly . He seemed in excellent spirits . —The jury returned a verdict of " Acoidental death , from the improper use of ether . " Firh asb Loss of Life . —At eight o ' clock on Monday evening the inhabitants of Middlesexstreet , Somera Town , were alarmed by flames darting from tho second floor window of a house , No . 30 , in that street . Mr . Moore and several other neighbours rushed into the house , and forced open the door of the room which was on fire , from whence rushed a boy , frightfully Bcorched ,
exclaiming "My . mother and grandmother are burned . " As soon as the parish engine , which was in instant attendance , had extinguished tho flames , search was made for the inmates , when Isabella Ford , a married woman , aged thirty , was found under the bed frightfully burned and insensible , and her mother , Mary Stephens , aged seventy-two , was discovered in a similar state , crouched in a corner . Tho unfortunate sufferers were immediately conveyed to the hospital , where they were attended by Mr . Ecoleston , the house surgeon' ; but Mrs . Ford died soon after her admission , and her mother now lies in a hopeless condition . According to the boy ' s statement , a coal from the fireplace came into contact with his mother ' s dress , when she was instantly enveloped in flames . His grandmother , who was in bed , jumped , out to save his mother , when her dress also caught fire , and they both rushed towards the bed , where they were found in tho
manner described . Lamentable Occurrence at Camberwell . — -On Tuesday an inquest was held at tho Prince Albert public house , Clarendon-street , Camberwell New road , before Mr . Carter , one of the coroners for Surrey , on view of the body of Mrs . Harriet Browne , aged fifty-one , whose death was attributed to the violence of her own son , George Talbot Browne , and who is at present an inmate of the County Luuatio A .-yluna . —Prom the evidence given by Harriet Browne , sister of the prisoner , it appears that for some time past her brother had laboured under a severe cold , and that from the effects of it , and being somewhat given to intemperance , his mind became affected . The first
symptom of the disease exhibited itself on Saturday week , and it had been gradually increasing from that time . In consequence of his illness , her father sent for Lev mother to Torcester , Northamptonshire , where she was staying with some friends , and she arrired about four o ' clock on Friday evening at their residence , No , 4 , Clarendon-street , Camberwell 2 few-road , in perfect health . Between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock her brother George insisted upon going out , but his father Biiid lie could not permit him in the state he then was in . Her brother , however , persisted , and got as far as the yard , when he had a struggle with his father and his brother Alfred , and he was thrown on his back . While lying on the ground witness observed her mother close to his feet , and observed her fall , but did not see her brother kick her . Her impression , however , was that her mother had fallen from a kick given to her by her brother .
Her mother immediately got up , and her brother was taken into the house , his feet bathed in hot water , and his head in vinegar , and he was put to bed . Witness also went to ' her own room , for the purpose of going to sleep , but had not been there msmy minutes when she heard her mother groan heavily , and she was called by her father . She went into her mother ' s room , and found her in a state of insensibility , and still groaning . Finding no change for the better , her father went to Mr . Morris , a medical man , but , before he returned or the doctor arrived , her mother had ceased to live . Her mother had not spoken from the time she fell until the time of her death , and not more than ono hour intervened between , —It appearing from the testimony of Mr . Flower , the medical gentleman , who made the post mortem examination of the body , that death was caused by the rupture of one of the principal blood-vessels in the head , tu < 3 JuTY t ( J « turned a vevdict to that effect .
The Weather . —During the past three days the weather has been intensely cold . The ornamental waters in the royal parks have become covered with a surface of ice . On Monday afternoon the thermometer stood at 30 degrees whilst the sun was shining brightly , but during tUe night the mercury w .-is as low as 24 degrees in . confined situations , and 22 degrees in tho open thoroughfares , being several degrees below freezing point . In Suffolk , the " Ipswich Express" of Tuesday says , that a gale of wind has been blowing from the north-west for many hours , and the falls of snow have been ao heavy tiuifc the earth has been COVeved with it to the depth of four to sis inches . A Large number of vessels have sought shelter in Harwich harbour , amongst which are many colliers that are unable to make thoir passage to the north . In Scotland rains and Scotch mists , which were very prevalent , have given way to a biting black frost .
Kensisgxon Common . —An act of parliament is to be applied for to improve this common and to divert the highway . Metropolitan Sewers Commission . —On Wednesday a special court was held at the principal office in Greek-street—present , the Chairman , Captain Vetch , Captain Dawson , and Mr . Thomas Ailason . The tender of Mr . William Hill , amounting to £ 352 , for works in Shrubland-road , Dalston , was accepted . Before considering the tenders for works in Londonstreet , Greenwich , tho engineer was directed to report as to whether the outlet provided by the
hospital authorities would be sufficient to carry off the additional sewerage . Tho accountant , Mr . Hatton , rend the usual financial statement , from which it appeared that tbe balance in hand on the loth instant was £ 8 . 180 ; payments to the extent of £ 5 , 280 18 a . 9 d . received the Biiuetion of the court , leaving a present balance of £ 2 , 890 Is . 3 d . A number of summonses were next dispose ! of , and works to tbe extent of £ 2 , S 3 G Ss , ordered to bo executed , the principal items being £ 997 for tbe Finsbury division , £ 415 for the eastern division of Westminster Sewers , and £ 532 for the Spitalfields , < fcc , district . —Adjourned ,
Death or M . aru Clarke , the Infanticide . — On Wednesday Mr , Bedford held an inquest at Millbank Prison , on the body of Maria Clarke , the young woman who * having been found guilty at Ipswichofthe murder of her child , by burying it alive , was sentenced to death , but afterwards respited , and transferred to Millbank Penitentiary . The deceased arrived at the prison , September 18 th , in good health , and was sent to work in the laundry , described by the surgeon of the prison as a lofty and airy room , where the women work at a table from six in morning till seven at night , without taking open-air exercise , except on Sundays . The surgeon said the women generally prefer
working in the laundry , because they are allowed to talk and have beer . She was removed from tho laundry on October 22 nd , and her diet was changed . She seemed much depressed in mind , and on the Sth November entered the infirmary , and went to her bed , from which she never again rose .. During her illness she bad regular medical attention and suitable diet , but gradually sank . She had no wish to live , and did not -want to see her relations , The jury returnod a verdict of " . Natural death from dysentery , " and , at their request , the medioal gentleman pledged himself to represent to the governor their opinion that tho women in the laundry ought to be allowed an airing' at least once a day .
An Agkd Fbsialb Bubkx to D-bath . -- On Wednesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , touching the death of Catherine Peck , aged sixty-two , a pensioner of the Brazier ' s Company . Mrs . Morse , of 4 , Kempstonplace , New Korth-road , deposed that the deceased was a widow , and lived in the first floor front room of her house . Between three and four o'clock hist Monday , witness heard an alarm , and found the deceased at the head of tho stairs
enveloped in a sheet of flame . Witness threw a rug over her , and a gentleman next door hearing the alarm , came to . her assistance , and they succeeded in extinguishing the flilluCS . The pool * woman was dreadfully burnt , and was removed to the above hospital , where she expired ou Tuesday morning None' of tho furniture in her room was burnt , The deceased could not tell ho \ r her clothes cnugbfc J 5 rCi She was in the room alone ! it the tbie of ttie accident . Is . was her habit to sit alone with her door locked . The house surgeyn of the hospital proved
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that her death was the result of burns , and tho jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Concert of Blind Chudren . —On Wednesday the children of the School for the Indigent Llind entertained a large assembly of ladieB and gentlemen , by performing a selection of sacred music from Handel , Mozart , Mendelsohn , Ac , with a view to aid the funds of the institution . Tho pieces were given with remarkable tasto and precision , and it was stated that many of the pupils are qualifying themselves to become organists of chapels and The Parishioners of Sfc . Michael , Oornhill , have presented the Rev . Thomas Bennett , M . A ., a purse of seventy guineas , as a token of their esteem for the great increase which has taken place in tbo congregation at St . Michael , on a Sunday evening , since his appointment to the lectureship of the lace . . 1 . 1 * iL __ - . l 1-t «* uaphU ^ v ^ Ittiwna «\ T % rt A nt W
p _ __ „ ,, , Accident at a Shooting MATCii . — On Monday at a shooting match on the Hackney marshes , wben the last rabbit was about to be released from the trap , Mr . Wells , a pocket-book maker , reloaded his piece , the butt end of which was resting upon his foot , with the barrel ina slanting direction , when it accidently went off , and the entire charge entered the neck of Mr . Parry , a coal merchant , and lodged in his head . The deceased instantly dropped silently to tbe ground , but , was immediately raised up in a lifeless state by the bystanders , who conveyed him to an adjoining tavern , but he never afterwards either moved or spoko , and , upon a surgeon being sent for , he at once pronounced that life was extinct .
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manager ab Leeds , ' and transmitted by the same post a letter to apprise him of the remittance . The latter letter had reached its destination , but the former , containing the money , did not come to hand . An inguiry was made , and placards announcing the missing letter posted . but no trace of the stolen money could be found till Saturday , when some of the missing £ 5 notes were presented at the counter ol the Bank in Leeds , and were impounded . It was found that these no < es had been paid to a sharebroker in Leeds by John Gainforth , a clerk in the post-office , and he was consequently taken into custody . _ The prisoner has been thirteen or fourteen years in the post-office at Leeds , and has hitheto borne a good character . He was taken before ; i magistrate , and remanded . _ . ¦ ¦> ' ™ ' ' — ,,,,,,, ^ »^_ _ ¦¦ ^^^ MAnoffAH B P . I , ftt * ft a ann rfQntim i ^ in J L . « i . t _ — " — _ .
Tub Case op Child Murder at Wakkfield . — . Sarah Ann Hill , a servant girl , ha- * been committed for trial for the murder of an illegitimate child to which she had given birth . The body of a child was some weeks ago found in a parcel left at the railway station at Wakefield , and cince several persons have been in custody on suspicion of being its mni-derers . All of them have , however , now been liberated , except Sarah Ann Hill , who was committed en Friday week to York Castle for trial . She had , while in custody , confessed to being the mother of the child , but had in different storiea , little consistent with each other , charged a man , named Gill , and his wife , of Wakefield , with murderiDg the child . Uer testimony being unsupported as regarded Gill and his wife , they were set at liberty .
Thk Tine Pilots . —It will be recollected that two Tyne Pilots , brothers , of the name of Freeman , during the gale of September the 26 th , while exposed in an open boat in the North Sea , were rescued from death as a miracle , by the intrepidity and courage of the crew of a French fishing lugger , and that , after the pilots were given up by their friends and com * panions for lost , they cast up at Dunkirk , in France , some hundreds of miles from their homes . The Tyne pilots , to acknowledge the bravery and huinanity of the French master and his crew , have purchased a massive silver snuff-box , which will be presented to him by Mr . Ingram , Q . G . It bears the Following inscription : — " Presented by the pilots of
South Shields to Captain BlanquW , of the St . Jaquea , of Dunkirk , ingratitude for the humane and courageous conduct of him and his crew , in saving , at their own risk , Robert » nd Franois Freeman , two river pilots , in a storm off the N . E . coast , on the 26 th of September , 1851 . " Tub cab drivers' strike at Liverpool has terminated . . Above one-half of the employers hive consented to the terms proposed by the men , whilst , in one or two instances , 3 s . a day has been given . Some of the large cab owners , however , firmly refused any alteration , and the men , finding there was no probability of obtaining tbe advance of wageB and the rest from Sabbath labour , have returned to their
work . . Singular Captuhb op a Bcrglar . — For some months the residents of tbo village of Bcadfiekl , Yorkshire , and the surrounding neighbourhood , have been subject ; to constant apprehension and alarm , in consequence of numerous burglaries which have occurred in that district ; and notwithstanding that the utmost efforts were made to detect the thieves , no clue could be obtained of them until Thursday , the 13 th instant . On the morning of that day , the farmhouse of Mr . Stead was entered , and robbed of a quantity of wearing apparel and provisions . A few hours afterwards information was received that a man , " suspiciously laden , had been Been to enter a wood in the neighbourhood , and rumour immediately
pointed him out as the probable thief . The villagers hastily assembled , and determined on pursuit . Foot prints were discovered near the spot where the man had been seen to enter the wood , and by carefully following the trail for aorae distance , the pursuing party arrived at the entrance of a cave leading to the workings of an exhausted coal raind Satisfied that the objftct of their pursuit was "at home , " they invested the place , and a number of the bravest of the party entered it in search of the robber . Before , however , they had proceeded far a most extraordinary scene presented itself . A cavity or chamber formed by the miners for theirluse on the sideof the tramway leading into the workings had evidently been converted into a store , and was
abundantly supplied with provisions and clothing for the especial comfort and accommodation of the then occupant , who , however , was non est invenlus . Among the stores were found several loaves of bread , two or three poundB of butler , a beehive , robbed of its contents , several lots of oandles , and a miscellaneous description of property . Not less than a dozen persons who had been robbed found among the articles some remnant of the goods stolen from them . The Bearoh was continued , and at length a man was discovered in the interior of tho workings . The culprit was dragged forth to tbe mouth of the cave , and handed over to the tender mercies of the persons outside , who could scarcely be restrained from Lynching him on the spot . As
i . c was , he met with a warm reception from them before he was handed over to the custody of the offlcia } Dogberry . The prisoner , whose name was ascertained to be John Gillott , was taken before the magistrates at Sheffield on Saturday last , when a great number of parties attended to give evidence against him . He admitted his guilt , pleading in extenuation that he had been driven by hunger to adopt tha lawless course he had So successfully pursued . He was committed for trial . Parental Inhumahwt . —At the late Steeple Ashton petty sessions a man , ' named Bigwood , of Coulston , was summoned for refusing to maintain bis child . It appeared that the defendant had been thrice married , and the child ( atmarentlv not more
than six years old ) was by a former wife , and the present vifehaving taken a total dislike to the child , practised all sorts of cruelty upon him , on one oooasion having even tied the poor little fellow up by tho thumbs , and then let him swing . The parish officers took the matter up , and about two months since the case was investigated before the magistrates , When a horrible tale wa 3 unfolded . About a fortnight since Mr . Applegate , one of the relieving officers , Laving been apprised of the C 0 ntinued cruelty which was being practised towards the unfortunate child , went in search of him , and long after niffht-fall found tha little fallow situ ™
by the side of a stream of water in a most miserable state . Mr . Applegato said that the child's linen had uok been attended to or changed for three weeks ; and upon finding him he took him to tho mother-in-law , who , with language not fit to be named , vowed that she would never attend to him or do anything more for him aa long as she lived . The poor child was therefore taken to the union workhouse , and it was the charge for Lab keep which was the subject of the present proceedings . The bench made an order for payment of the expenses already incurred , and for Is . 6 d . a week for the future maintenance of the child .
Cksbation op Marriages at the Parish Churcu ev Leigh . —Most of our readers are aware that somo time ago the Vicar of Leigh instituted a number of obstacles in the hitherto smooth course of matrimony at Leigh , He will not marry any one who cannot say tbe catechism off very well , or who has not been confirmed , or become a regular communicant . The result is , that marriages have c ^ i . " 5 ?' emni 8 ed at the ancient , parish church . Ihese difficulties in tho road to matrimony have turned the stream toother channels . At the last meeting of the board of guardians the usual returns were r « ad over , from which it appeared that not a single marriage had taken place at Leigh church during the quarter ( Juno to September!—an
unparalleled circumstaBco in the history of Lei ^ h It appears that the marriages formerly sotero » i ! ed at church-are now taking place before ' the registrars , and at the various dissenting chapels licensed for p o ™ - Bef ° re { lle ™ ar ' s new Arrangement nearly ^ 200 marriages were solemnised at the parish church . All these are now driven away to other places . Before the new Registration Act u still greater number were BOlemai < ed at the parish church . At the last meeting of guardian * , no lees than eighteen " askings" were read before the meeting by thesnperintendent registrar . So muchfor the successful workings of high church principles and the renewing of church discipline . —Manchester hruaraum .
• Enthkonemknt op a Roman Catholic Bishop . ~ rhe ceremony of the enthronement of the Roman Catholic "Bishop of Nottingham" is fixed to take place on Tuesday , the 2 nd of December . All the priests of the so-called diocese are invited to take part in the proceedings . Cardinal Wiseman , it m understood , will not be present . Dr . Ullcrthorne , Bishop of Birmingham , " will , however , aWTSS" ? ££ ESUBuff « ; ftacwj : ifce y ii * " «¦ " ¦ - ¦ Son-ocAiioN bv Charcoal . - The " Eesex Standard" BUtea that on Sunday , a curSr named Ueeks , living at HawkireH , iw SS toTheSSlin K * rtdedabed-Lm jp laeir dwell ing , and the new wall i ^ I ,,, ;™ a
gTjSSSttJTw ^ LI&ffi less . Deceased were about thirty years of age ^ PRESENTAT ION OP NobwU ! - Th ? JiniOM tiiii , near Norwich , will become a candidate for the representation of that city at the ensiline uK ctwtu Mr : Gawie / S "phi ™ K
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TLVZUIW , ^^^ ^ TnE Statutes or T / icrles —Them , immediate prospect of the thunder * of » , ?>» , against tho system of mixed education i > 4 ! being resounded from every altir in * u , ' % , » i The "Tablet" of feterday Sboli ^ ° k ; ri S statutes of lWles are in rfeSSS J * . < & among the clergy and for official purSr . *^ that the portion of them which moS ^ ih urns the public will bo ore I iX ^ Wfi world at large . The organ wfchw SS 4 odd- that it BhaI , "t-urious o "S ^ text of this famous document . " ee the « tf The ItENTs .-Lolters Iron , the west „» T ' are of a decidedly favourable tendency £ } " *** that in that quarter of the country Vi % people are recovering from the knZl « st « the three years' successive failure ¦ o , > ° crop of food and the crushing poorriL * , % consequence involved all classes of tl » tllilt ! > M in one goneral ruin . The abuodsneo of harvest has already effected much towardS sw justmeut of the relations which h \ . i » he re »«' subsisted between the owner n « llei > etofo > ¦ ¦ —»^__^^* '' ^* fc ^ .
these letters , were never more pnnS , n mt 1 « fully paid than they have been wiffi tW ? ehei * in the counties of Sligo and » 1 m ^ prices of cattle and live stock of II kT ? 0 " ^ ruled so high for the last twentv £ ™ Lavf «* result is that the farmer is enabled t * Z i ^ engagements without trenching on K 2 n ' ' which can thus he held back from JlrlS& any inconvenience , until a later period ma i " ' with it the chance of a rise in the prtTit ^ Judging from the tone of the continent ?! ^^ LTSS ^ sr ^ ^ ' ^ fe
Ti « .. * ° Against the Chief SEcnETiRr The Freeman ' * Journal " states that notice 7 f trial . m tbe case of " Birch against SomeSi has been served , and that it will be submitted S . ' ThLr " ln / ' 7 i ttin K tb 0 P ^ sent C Thecasewtllbe twed in the Queen ' s Bench , S Before a common jury . Ail Dublin is on the « 5 Vive for the promised ' bill of particulars . " ! A project i 3 on foot in Cork , to get up an exhibi tion of art , industry , and national production , the re , in the early part of next year . Ahotjibr Souhcb or Emigration . —The "Sl-ii )'* ?/ l rid ! i / 'g makes tho following statement . . J . kPanish government have , wo are informs conceded a grant of two hundred and fifty »» tS miles of country on the banks of the Guad fjnXr mthe prOVlnco of Andalucia and EstmSl ? J
- containing more than 1 CO . O 0 O acres of knfUr the richest quality , ' to be colonised bv ^^ settlers , under tho following condit 2 Ixnn n tion from taxation for twenty-aYe Z ? * rf » * " of their furniture , faMng , SFSxaSST plcments free of duty . Privilege o ?? S 5 KnT tor building h the royal forest ! & ! S 3 * gg their own municipal authorities . The district « question having been depopulated by the exDuIwAh of the Moors has never since been fully occupied ' > Emigration on a Large Scale . —The " Cnri-Examiner" contains the following remarkable statement - . — " We were informed , no later than Friday , even on tbe authority gof the cler » ymaa himself , thateevei-al thousands of the people of -m extensive district within ten or twelve miles ' of this city have expressed their determination to quit the country , and have earnestly implored their parish priest to lead them to a new habitatinn
If he will consent to go with them , they will ta ? rch in a body , with all the property which they possess —money , or stock , or labour as the case may beand build for themselves a town in some country where the rights of industry are held as sacred as the rights of property are in this . The parish is tnat Known as Tracton , which is composed of aa many as seven small parishes , and the clergyman is tho Rev . Mr . Corkran , a distinguished member of the Tenant league . " Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., proceeded on Monday to the Lord Mayor ' s Court for the purpose of disputing the claims of persons to be admitted aa freemen of the city by right of marriage with the daughters or grand-daughters of freemen . The practice oj
admitting such claimants had fallen into disuse , but having been revived by the present lord Mayor , has giycu rise to much discussion , as by the multiplication of the clas 3 of freemen , many of whom are paupers and non-residents , the property franchise of the city may be altogether swamped . The Lord Mayor having procured from Mr . Ser « jeant Greene an opinion in favour of the course which he has pursued , decided that he should continue to act upon it until further advised , so far as the admission of persons married to the daughters of freemen , but he would give no decision with reference to claimants by right of marriage vsittt
grand-daughters . Barbarous Murder . —On Sunday morning thd body of a man , named M'Donnel / , was found in tho canal , near Kewry , bearing marks of violence sufficient to cause deatb . A Jong sledge , supposed to bo the instrument employed by the murderer , was found near the scene of this dreadful deed . Tho deceased was a workman on the Belfast Junction Railway , ia the employment ; of the contractor , Mr . Dargw . Ho was reported by his fellow workmen to be in the possession of money which he had saved . Certain parties are suspected as implicated in the murder ; out nothing Warranting their arrest had been elicited ,
Mb . O'Perraw , and the Order of the Baih . — So the late governor of Malta—tbe liberal , tho hospitable , the noble Roman , who would not permit his island government to be endangered or embroiled by a parcel of fugitives flying from tho paternal [ attentions of the pope or tho King of Naples , no matter which—this creditable specimen of a British ruler , Mr . O'Ferrall , has been offered the order and ribbon of a knight commander of tho
Bath by Lord John Russell . Good . But something better still remains to be told , Mr , O ' Ferrall delicately declined the honour . We have the fact direct from the right honourable gentleman himself , who adds , " privately and confidentially , " that he refused the valueless bauble , with an intimation that he COUW not , as an Irishman and a Catholic , accept any favour from such a government . — Morning Herald .
Attempt to Burn a Workhouse . —The " Cork Examiner " states that a few evenings past a most diabolical attempt was made to set fire to the Ivillarney "Workhouse . It appears that the master and assistant master went the round nt the hour of eight o ' clock in the evening , and found in the industrial concerns a quantity of damp yarn , which was being prepared for the loom , in a state of ignition , over which the incendiary , with a view of concealment , placed some boards . At eleven o clock on the same night the masters and officers again went round , and found the main stair 3 so fired that in three or four minutes the
communication with the dormitories would have been cut off , and but for the timely appearance of the officers the sleeping inmates would have leaped througa the windows , five of whom actually did , and vscve more or less injured . In another department a turf-br . x was found lighted , thus proving beyond a doubt the intention of the parties concerned . A Shavb Before Death , —A miller named Launcolot Lynch , employed in tho Ballymulleu Mills , near this town , died rather suddenly on Sunday evening , having , though delicate , been at work on the prerious day , A curious incident connected wish this event wasthai just after dinner
, Lynch said he was about to die , and tdat he would shavo liiinself then to save his family tho trouble of doing so after his death . Accordingly lie g « E hia razor at that unusual hour , and proceeded t » slmve himself with steadiness ; however , shortly after he had done , his presentiment was verified ,. and he died , w ith a clean foce . —Xen-y Pott , Ttie ceremonial of the investiture of his Rojai Highness the Duke of Cambridge , K . G ., and tltp Right Hon . Robert Shapland Baron Carew , wita the ribbon and badge Of the most illustrious order of Saint Patrick , took place or . Tuesday , in tlic Presence-chamber , at the Castle .
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Co . vsGMrilox OP Wist * . —The quantities of ffine entered ^ for homo consumption in tbe nine mouths ending the 10 th ult . was less by 52 , 701 gallons , as appears by the ttadtt and navigation accounts , than tao quantities entered in the corresponding period 0 / the preceding year . In 1 S 50 tho quantity was in the nine months , 5 , 0 G 3 l 51 & gallons , and in the preset year , 5 , on , n ? g » H « - ihe decrease in wine and spirits in the nine months of th « present year , compared with last year , was 125 , 550 gallons . The principal article that increased in consumption during the Exhibition was tobacco-I >* JA . \ IRA AND HER llEHCULES IS SwiTZKHLASO . — Adelaide Svrorto has just created a terrible sensation in the quiet valley of Chamouni . Her lover , nn apothecary , of the name of Carlh , had allowed her aecuss to his drug closet . In consequence o * BOme deep resentment , treacherously dissembled however , the damsel having possessed herself ol of 0
a Quantity fulminating cotton , introduced it in ' ' the lining of a neckcloth , with lar « e folds fulling over the breast , and presented it to " Carlh on hisgomg out shooting . Sho had remarked that * hen in t ilB enjoyment of his pipe , Spsirks had often fallen ca his ahit-t front . Mt returning to the village , search was made in the mountains , where he was fouii 1 - witli his neck and sk « U horribly sb . 'ittei'fid . Ai . hv . oun Djscoverv OP tjie ' Peki'ktual llanos . —Tho " Courier do Ia Gironde " states that a civil engineer of Bordeaux , named Do Viguernon , i' ^ discovered the perpetual motion . Ill ' s theory is « aid to be to imd in a mass of water , at rest , ar . 9 contained within a certain spneo , a contissunl fovc-: able to replace , all other moving powers . l'i : e above journal deciai'L'S that this h ' na been effecteiii and Unit the machine invented by M . de Vigemcn woi ;] is admirably . A model of tho machine was to bo exposed at liyi'dcaux for three days , previous to the mve ' niw ' s departure with it {«• Lvmlwi .
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iiumii SEfje UroMmm Mail-bag Robbery at Bridobwatbr . —Henrj Noms , ampeetably-atfcired young man , whostaced that he resided at John-street , Bridgew&tev , a » u a 1 Newnham-street , Edgware-road , London , was charged at Bristol on Friday , the 14 th inst-., with having several £ . 5 notes in his possession , supposed to have been stolen . —Mr . Paul stated that on the previous Wednesday a mail-bag from Bridgewater to London was stolen from the platform of the Bridgewater station of tho Bristol and Exeter Rulway . He had received information that one letter in the bag contained notes amounting to £ 215 , the numbers and dates of which had heen
forwarded to him . On Friday movning the prisoner brought one of tho stolen notes of the Wilta and Dorset Banking Company , No . 15 , 712 , to witnees'a bank , to be cashed . A clerli iu the office observing it was one of the missing notes , mentioned the circumstance to Mr . Paul , which was observed by the prisoner , who immediately left the bank . " He was followed and captured ina stable belonging to the White Hart , Broad-street . —Police-sergeant 21 said he had searcaed the prisoner and found on him several notes of the New Sarum Bank , the Warminster and Wiltshire Bank , and others , the number * of which corresponded with the list forwarded to Mr . Paul . The prisoner was remanded . On Sutuvday night
Superintendent Burton , of the Great Western Railway Company ' s police , ascertained that a young man , who gave his name Moore , and who had come up to Bristol by one of the Exeter trains , had left a carpet bag in the care of one of tho company ' s porters . The superintendent suspecting that thia circumstance might have some connexion with the robbery , desired that the carpet bag might be brought to him , and upon examining it he found it was not locked , the key had been turned , and the bolt thrown , but the hasp not having been forced sufficiently down at the time of locking it , it had not passed through the eye . Mr . Burton upon this opened the bag , which he found to contain , as far as can be ascertained , the entire contents of the mail bag . There were many hundred letters , a number of bank-notes and cheques , Post-office orders , < t-c . The superintendent
lost no time in communicating with tho clerks to the Bristol justices . By their advice he started by the first train to convey the carpet bag and its contents to Colonel Maberly , at the General Post Office . —On Monday the young man , Henry Noms , detained on suspicion of robbing the mail , was again taken before the Bristol magistrates for further ex * animation . Mr . Peacock , the solicitor to tbe postoffice , attended , and stated that the prisoner had formerly been employed at the Post-office at Bridgewater as a clerk . He was taken on in 1847 , and discharged in 1849 , lie was seen to post a letter at Bridgewater on the night of Tuesday by the postmaster , and he was also seen in the neighbourhood on the following Wednesday morning ; it was , therefore , he thought , advisable that the prisoner should be removed for the furtherance of justice to Bridgewater , for examination before the county magistrates . This course was acceded to by the bench .
CONCI-OSION OP TUB RaMSHAY INQUIRY . —PjRKSTON . —At the opening of the court on Saturday tbe fir 6 t witness called was Mr . George Stone , who said he was high bailiff of the Liverpool County Court , and had been appointed by the late Mr . Lowndes . He considered the demeanour of Mr . Ramshay as calm , collected , and dignified . He had improved the mode of conducting business . He had a peculiar mode of shutting his teeth , and people who did not know him thought it was from bad temper . —Mr . Ramshay here rose and said , that although be did not wish to volunteer AS a witness in his own cause , he was ready to answer any question
put to him . —This closed the case for the defence . —Mr , Monk then replied on the part of the memorialists , n © commenced by deprecating the violent attacks which had been made by Sergeant Wilkins on everybody , high and low . He was certainly surprised that the learned sergeant had so virulently attacked the reporters , who were performing a peaceful and useful duty , and who could not make any answer . He had , however , made use of their testimony when it suited his purpose . He denied that the press of Liverpool had prevented Mr . Ramshay from performing his duties . The learned counsel then censured the selection of
the county court for the dinner , and said he did not think Sergeant Wilkins bad justified the introduction by Ml ' . Ramshay Of the biographical account of his family . After describing at some length the scene ia court when Mr . Whitty was present , he contended that there ought to have been some warrant , writin g , or authority for- his amat . The attempt to arrest Mr . ' Whitty , under tho oircumstances , was utterly unauthorised ; and the bailiffs might have been treated as trespassers , or even as Sir George Stephen had advised , —The court here adjourned for a short time , after which Mr . Maule proceeded to defend the witnesses on the part of the memorial from the observation a and attacks of Mr . Sergeant "Wilkins . On the conclub ion of tho learned gentleman ' s address , Mr . Fowler expressed his thanks , and that of Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , to his lordship . —The Earl of Carlisle said
he should give his decision with as little delay as the importance of the subject warranted , The inquiry then terminated a little before four o ' clock . — Mr . Ramshay resumed his sittings in the county court on Monday morning , and proceeded ffitll the cases iutfee order in which they stood upon the list . Thete was no case of public interest . The OiDBimr Burglars . —The two prisoners were on Friday , the 14 th inst ., brought before the Leomin 6 ter magistrates for examination , and the inquiry caused tne greatest excitement in the town . The prisoners are charged with no less than four offonces , committed in aa many different counties , viz ,, a burglary in Oxfordshive ; the Oldbury burjilary ( Worcestershire ); a burglary at Barford ( Shropshire ); and firing at the police near Lsominster ( Herefordshire ) . Some evidence respecting the Butfovd buvgkry having been taken , the prisoners were remanded for a week .
Explosion and Loss of Lipk . —A terrible explo * sion of gas hap occurred in tho White Stone Pit , Lligh-Ianes , Birmingham , which has resulted in the death of one man , and severe injuries to two or three others . The pit belongs to Mesara . Black , well , and on Friday , the Htli inst ., gix wen descended the shaft by tho skiff . Having reached the bottom , they were preparing to alight on the scaffold whioh covers the " pump , " when one of the men having snutfud a lighted candle , ho incautiously throw the snuff upon the planking . It unfortunatel
y dropped through a Bmall aperture into the tank beneath , and in an instant a fearful explosion took place , for tbo scaffolding , which was of immense thickness and weight , was rent asunder , and two of the men were thrown into the roadway of the workings , but tho other four were driven «» the Bhiifta consi < ler « b ! e distance , then fell into the tank , in which some seven or eight feet of water strongly impregnated with gas , had collected . Mr . ' T . Ferday the colliery surgeon , WHS soon ill attendance , and did all ho possibly could for the poor aufftrew . *
Suicide on a Railway . —Last week , a man late m the employ of tbo London and . Korth Western Railway Company , at the llockingham station , wae found on the line near to that place , dead and horribly mutilated , a few weeks since a porter at this station , named Viggers , a native of Banbury , met with his death from being crashed between two carriages and * degree of blame was , it is said , attributable to the decease . / , who was then a policeman at this station . In consequence of this he eft tK company a service , and it js supposed that it so preyed upon his mind as to cause him to comtnTt auioide . Th . s he appeared to have done bv SI down on the rail as the train ™ ; Mri £ "J wfucli ho was lastentaneeasl y cut to pieces . It was qnite dark vhen it occurred , and nothing was perceived by the driver . *
POST « OEEICE RoiiKERT at LEETIS —Om < J t ' i *<»>»>> Web * , „ ttelX vol !®^ taken into custody , on the charge of hSingSofeS ™ letter containing nearlv £ 100 iu notps nF ri . a v i shire District Liking OowZ ?^! hLft ban brakes ]„ ot £ i ¦ to /! "tJJX ^ J amongst oners , one at Knaresborough . On the 3 rd intt ., the agent at Ivnaresboi-ot ^ a QS ed a ' etS eonfauiuostlw obOTimeiut to the ad-S of " £
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1653/page/6/
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