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i £% c ^ eitoyoiis * Health or Losnox . —The official report 8 H 53 : A further and important , ineroase in the mortality k an indication that tlie public health lias suffered to a considerable extent from the coldness of tho weather . The deaths registered in London , ^ fhAfta in the last week of October were 361 , and in the first two weeks of November increased to 898 and 1 , 022 , rose in the week which ended laat Saturday to 1 , 132 . Daring three weeks of October the weekly mean temperature at Greenwich exceeded -52 deg . ; in the last week of that month it feil to 46 deg . ; in the first two weeks of November to 40 3 eg . and last week it exhibited a farther decline to 35 deg . The present return is heavy as
compared with corresponding weeks of the ten years ISil-oO , the average of which did not exceed 88-. It the average bo corrected for increase of P ° P ^™« it becomes 1 , 091 , on which I «* *** « " ? £ ll % shows an excess of 41 . With the de J ~ " ° temperature towards the do » ° f »• J ^^ f ! increased faiality of diseases of the respiratory SSSrSfSfc which is exclusive of phttum , numbered in the two previous ^^"" VS but last week the number rose to 2 o 6 , whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 208 . These 256 deaths are distributed thua : 103 caused by bronchitis , 105 by pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs ( of which 32 occurred among children } , 27 by asthma , 4 by laryngitis , 5 by pleurisy , and 12 by other diseases of the respiratory
organs . Phthisis , or consumption , has not discovered the same tendency to increase , the numbers ascribed to thiB disease in the last three weeks hating been 125 , 123 , and 135 . This last number , however , is somewhat greater than the corrected average . Next to the above class in . its contingent of mortality , and nearly equal to it , is that of epidemics , among which typhus , scarlatina , awl imall-pox are the most fatal . Sixty-two persons , of whom 23 were children , 33 were 15 years of age and under 60 , and 6 were CO years and upwards , were carried off by typhus , continued fever , Ac . In the workhouse , Bishopsgate , the son of a labourer , aged 4 years , died on 19 th November , of ' petechial fever ( 15 days ) , broncho-pneumonia
( 4 days ) . " This child was admited , with its mother , a month ago from 3 , Farrow-alley , Aldgate , the falser also lying ill with fever in the men ' s house , lir . Spencer observes that the place they came from is situated amongst a number of slaughterhouses , close » nd confined , the houses being in a dircy state , and mostly crowded by Irish of the poorer class . In the sub-district of Mile-end , . Sew-town , at 2 , Dyer ' a-court , Booth-street , on 17 th November , the daughter of a labourer , aged 6 yvars , died of low-fever . ThB medical officer reports that" this is the third death within the last three months in the same family . The water-olosets are
i » a very bad state . "—The births of 723 boya and 058 girls , in all 1 , 381 children , we » registered last w ? i'k . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 330 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer last week was 29 ' 778 in . The mean temperature was 35 ' 1 deg ., or nearly 9 degrees lower than the average of corresponding w » eks in 10 year 3 . The air was coldest on Monday and Wednesday , when -the dailymeans were 317 deg ., and 308 deg ., wMob are respectively 12 deg . and 13 deg . below the averages of corresponding days . The wind blew for tiw most pare from tbe north .
Soicidb at Bethlkm Hospital . —An inquest was held at three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon in the board-room of Bethlem Hospital , Lambeth-road , before Mr , Payne , the coroner , on view of the bony of Matilda Maria Durant , aged forty-three , who came by her death under tbe following circumstances . Anne Downs , an assistant nurse in the aV . ove hospital , stated that she bad known the deceased , who was a patient in the house . She was insane , but she was latterly very quiet . About tea time on Thursday evening she missed the deceased from the gallery where she was allowed to wjiik . and went to look for her , and at last found her in Jfo . 25 , bed-room , where she was suspended !> v two sheets , which were made fast through an
aperture over the door of the apartment . Witness immediately called for assistance , when Sarah , one of the nurses , came to her , and they cut down the deceased . Witness then ran tor the docter , who was in the house , who immediately attended , and tiiH-ie an effort to restore the deceased to life . The deceased showed no signs of life after the doctor c ; i ; ne . Witness saw ihe deceased in the gallery ai > -. « ut a quarter to four o ' eluck . In tbe course of the day the witness suiJ she opened Uie win" doors of the apartment wher « - the deceased was found , to a ' low a patient to go in and put on her dress , and while she stood oiitsida a patient broke loose , and sin 1 was called to give assistance to wntrol her . Sistf immediately loft taking the key < ut of the
wiiijj-door , which she left , unlocked . The patient wito broke loose tore ner hnnd so sevurely that , owing to the pain she snfferiMl , she forgot altogether that she had left the wing-door in question unlocked . Witness never heard that ' the deceased ha- > previously attempted to commit suicide ; she w : is very quiet ,, and the last person in the world V 9 = uie 3 s should have t-unpo ^ ed would Iwm destroyed herself . — The coroner said it was clear from the evidence that the pour woman took advantage of tli
Sb _ J ) des Death is Ijbbjioxdskt . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Payne held an iuquest : tt itie St . George's Workhouse , Mint-street , borough of Southwark , relative to the death of 0 »< i > Jones , a Dl'Pwer , Late iu the employment o ! " Courage and Xkmaldsoo , Bermoiuisey . The evidence showed that the deceased , who resided at No . 3 , L'ttle Johiiatr
JfewrOuJ , his attention was arrested by the howling of a -ic-g , which he found standing over the dead body of Jiia master , whining most piteously and carressing the body in a most affecting manner , Mr . Fcittherstone immodiatoly obtained assistance , and the body was brought to the workhouse , where life was pronounced to have been extinct for some time . Since the unhappy circumstance the faithful animal has refused to take any food . So marks of violence where found on the deceased , and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "
Accidesi on Ludgate-hill . —On Monday morning aa the driver of one of Fickford ' s heavy waggons , drawn by two horses abreast , wag in the act of driving from Messrs . Harvey ' s across to the other side of the roadway on Ludgate-hill , in an endeavour to avoid an omnibus , the horses got on to the pavement , the poll of the waggon being driven with great force through the shop window of Messrs . Deane and Son , silversmiths , to the terror and dismay of several persons engaged in the shop . Aa may be expected , in addition to tbe destruction of the window , the watches and jewellery were scattered in various directions , and considerable loss and damage occasioned . The driver , with some difficulty , and by the joint exertions of several persons , got the waggon off the pavement . Attempt of a Pbisojjbb to Commit Scicin&t— - Oil Monday morning , about four o ' clock , one of
the officers on duty in the House of Detention , discovered , on going his round of inspection of the cells , that a prisoner , a German named Peter Frederick Wack , committed for trial with a man named Harris , on a charge of an abominable nature , was hangingfrom the iron catch of his cell window , lie immediately cut him down , and proceeded to inform the governor , Lieut . Hill , and he at once sent , for the surgeons , Mr . Wukefield and Mr . Smiles . Those gentlemen for the space of two hours were unremitting in their attention to him , and the result of their exertions was that he waa restored to animation , but in a very exhausted state . There ia no doubt thai bad hs hung but half a minute longer , life would have been extinct . He suspended himself by his cravat . He will bo tried for the attempt on his life , as well as upon the charge on whioh be stands committed .
The Latest Thick . —On the evening of the 2 ist insfc ., Mr . Smichde , a hairdresser , of 21 , NttW-road , St . George-in-the-East . was much alarmed at finding a square of glass smashed in his shop window , and en looking for the cause discovered a large leaden ball lying on the floor near Ma feet . Apprehending that he was the intended victim of some assassin he rushed into the street to ascertain by whom the attempt had been , made , his impression at the time being that the bullet had been discharged from a large horse pistol . On going out he was surrounded by several young men , who , apparently attracted by the discharge , inquired the cause of bis alarm , which he explained to them , but
was unable to discover the person who had committed the outrage . On returning to his house he 5 « ? ™ at nis g ° W watch , which was worth about v ^ Hm r beenstolen ' Perceiving that he was the ES , . * ^ rick » ho Save information at the SSrinSL ° llCe Station ' when Mr - Steed . tfle 5 K ? SS ? « scom e ^ 4 by some officers exshowed thatS ? , ' . ^ re 8 ulfc of tfaeir inquiries So dnehi bg ^ oSid t o ^ r * great f ° ™ . this adroit stratagem Parties engaged in to the Honwof lS ^ SX' t ^ " * ter tlms , at hi * ChambS g fe ? ° " cted h J *"» launinn , earing fc , £%$ - * q ™ re , Lincoln ' sraise dan alarm , and a ssistance wa ? L P ^ P 1 ^ sought , for , but medical nnnlL ^ Imnied 'ately Jig ; U je -J ^^ S ^ hJ ^™ o ' x ' e ' V . ? ° nneXiOn Sith thc corning pa * " 4 r f LT J erl 0 d of uiore * & S fno-est ? } f l deeply and justly « 8 peeted . aJ
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Sinoulah Death . —On the 21 st inst ., at nn early hour , a body was fouml lifeless in Greenwich , lue deceased was ivimed David Dunn , master chimney Sweep , residing in Caurch street . Ills body was found in a corner of the lower room in h » s house , crouched down in a sitting posture , bia hands he bad died in strong convulsions . The deceased had Ten ailing some time ; but he did not complain on the prevS evening of any further pain , for he gave instructions to hiB foreman as to business , m hii usual manner . William
Highway Robbery . —On Saturday , Wilson and George Tood , two young fellows , were oharged at Brentford with robbing Mr . Lockie , of Heston , of a silver watch , at Hounslow , about twelve o ' clock at night , on the 8 th instant . Mr . Lockie bad been taking some refreshment at the Marquis of Granby , and the Rose anil Crowa , at Hou'islow , about ten o'clock at night , and the prisoners were also there . On bis way home afterwards , the prisoners overtook him , charged him with stealing a handKerehief , pretended to take him into custody , and search him , and then taking away his walch , made off , after using some violence to him . They were apprehended in consequence of the accurate description given two or three days afterwards . The prisoners offered no defence , and were committed for trial .
Romish Coshrmatios . —On Sunday morning Cardinal Wiseman held a public confirmation for the district of Clerkenwell at the Roman Catholic Chapel , Rosamond -street . At half-past ten o ' clock tire ckapal visa densely crowded . Mass was performed at an early hour , and continued till half-pant twelve , when Cardinal Wiseman entered the chapel in the usual form . He was attired in all the uorg ; eous paraphernalia of his office , and took his seat at the altar , from whence he delivered an address to those who were about to receive tbe ritea of confirmation . The cardinal afterwards proceeded to toe duties of confirmation , which continued a considerable time , as nearly 400 persons of all ages were confirmed .
iNFANiiomB . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at tiie King ' s Arms , Old Brentford , on the body of a new born infant , which had been strangled by its mother , Catherine Bridges , a servant girl , about eighteen years old . The girl hot attending to her work at tbe usual early hour , her mistress went into her bedroom , and discovered what had happened . On being asked where the child was , ahe pointed under the bed ; and it was found there dead , and tied up in a handkerchief , with a garter round its neck .
Firk in Marchmont-strket . —On Sunday morning , at an early hour , a fire , attended with a considerable destruction of property , broke out in the premises belonging to Miss Isabella Fisher , a Berlin wool dealer , of No . 10 , . Marchmont-street , Brunswick-squave . An instant alarm was given , and messengers were despatched in sundry directions for the engines , but fortunately the patties thus sent had not proceeded far before they met the brigade engines returning from another fire , by which means the firemen were enabled to reach ihe scene of danger much sooner than they otherwise would . Plenty of water having been obtained , tbe engines were set to work , and the firemen , after some trouble , succeeded in extinguishing the flame * , but not before considerable dam ; ige was done . Fortunately the sufferer was insured in the Star Fire office .
Thb Maryzebone MuRDsm . —On Monday evening Mr . WakJey concluded an inquest on the body of Louisa Bare . At the close of the inquiry , the jury returned a verdict of ' Wilful-murder" against Thomas Bare . —The prisoner Bare was brought up on Monday before Mr . Broughton , nt- the JMarylebone Police-office , for further examination . Some additional particulars were gone into , corroborative in some degree of those which had preceded the present inquiry . —Mr . Brouuhton then gave the prisoner to understand that as tbe depositions wero oi so voluminous a nature , and as the sessions weru now on , he would not be sent to trial until the next session of the Central Criminal Court , which would commence on th « 15 th of December ; he would be brought up again on Monday next , when tbe whole
of the evidence given against him would be read over , and he would then be sent'to take his trial for the wilful murder of his wife . —He was then locked up , and while being removed from bis cell to the prison van he narrowly escaped being roughly treated by an immense mob . —This man , in the House of Detention , continues to display the most callous indifference as to the serious offence with which he stands charged , : md he eats and drinks almost voraciously . On two handkerchiefs being taken away from him in bis cell to prevent him using them for the purpose of committing suicide , ho remarked that he knew what that was done for , but the . y had no occasion to tremble themselves , as he did not wish to cheat Jack Ketch out of a jol > , especially as he did not have mueh work to do nowa davs .
HKPRimXTATlOS OF GREENWICH . —Mr . Montague Chambers announces his intention of offering himself us a candidate on tbe first vacancy occurring in the representation of the borough . Mr . Chambers refers to the probability of an early contest by the appointment of Admiral Dundas to the command of the Mediterranean fleets Svicws trqk WATERLuo-BRinaE . —On Monday morning about nine , a man committed suicide by precipitating himself from Waterloo-bridge . He was observed by several persons to climb over the balustrade *; but from being in his shirt sleeves ,
with a leather apron on , they fancied he was going a > do something to the gas-pipes . No sooner did he reach tbe ledire or shelving , than after pausing for an instant , ; ts if for reflection , he jumped into the Thames . All this had been seen by 0110 of the ofikers of the Thames police force from the deck of the floating station , off Somerset-house , and a boat , manned by some of the constables , was immediately put off in hopes of saving the man ' s life . The tide at the time was running down , and the boat , having to row against it , could not arrive in Bufikient time to rescue him .
Fatal Fall fbom a Scaffold . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Payne held sn inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of George Terry , a master brioklaye * , residing at Holden-hill , Midhurst , Sussex . Deceased ' s son stated that his father and he were , on Saturday the 8 th inst ., engaged in repairing a house at Peckham . About half-past four o ' clock on that afternoon they were standing on the scaffolding , when deceased incautiously removed a plank whioh was attached to the wall , and stooping down to fasten a rope to a pole , missed his footing and fell through the aperture caused by the removal of the plank—a height of about twenty feet . A surgeon was sent for , who advised his immediate remoTal to the hospital . Mr . William Raines , house surgeon , proved that deceased had died from tbe injuries he received , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Fotgutfvl Death of a Blind CniiB . —On Tuesday evening Mt . W . Bakev held an inquest at he London Hospital , respecting the death of a blind child , aged three years , named George Hubbard . Caroline Hills ; of No . 5 , Great Suffolk-Street , Bethnal-green , stated that the mother was living with a man named Smith , and she was in the habit of leaving the deceased , who was blind , very frequently alone , on Sunday morning last , about ten o ' clock , witness heard the child cry " mother , mother , " and on going into the room discovered the deceased running about enveloped in flames . Witness rolled tbe child on the bed , and by that means put out the ignited clothing . There was a fire in the apartment , into which the deceased
walked , in the absence of the mother , who had gone round into the next street . —Mr . Jackson , tbe house surgeon , said the deceased was admitted quite blind , being severely burned over the body and lower parts of the thighs . Every means were used , but the deceased sank , and died on Monday from the injuries by fire , The coroner Baid it was one of the most gross cases of neglect that he had ever met with , and oue which ought to be sent to nnother tribunal , for leaving a child in such a position , being without sight , and the firo unguarded ; but he was afraid if they sent the mother to Newgate
to take her trial the case would be thrown out by the judge , through the evident indisposition ¦ of all parties to entertain such cases , lla had communicated with the Secretary of State with a view to get the present Act of Parliament altered , for many guilty persons escaped through the defective Btate of the law . The jury concurred in the observations of the coroner , and severely repremanded her gross conduct while recording a verdict . of " Accidental death . " The Coroner iold her she ought to be thankful to the jury for their merciful consideration of the case , which was clearly one of manslaughter .
Rbodction re Cab Fares . —On Tuesday tbe cabs Of Mr . Thompson , the cab-proprietor of Southampton-row , Russell-square , made their appearance oh therank with large placards ' thereon , announcing "two persons carried for sixpence a mile , "and ¦ were in great request , numerous cab-proprietora have signified their willingness that sixpence a mile should be the legal fare conditionally , that no oab should be called off a stand ' for less than ai shilling fare . Mr . Thompson some time Since announced bis intention to make this reduction , but was induced to forego his ' determination' by the threats wttevod against him ; he has > however , received such promises of support , tuat he has resolved no longer to delay in making tbd reduction .
The Case op Alderman Salumo ^ s , —Notice of trial oy special jury Iras been served in the case of Chubb v . Salomons , but it is not anticipated that the trial can take place until the sittingafter term . TliD action has been brought to reco \ er thvte separate penalties of £ 500 each . It is understood that another action , " friendly , " h . is been brought , against the defendant , but of course both Ciiiinot be Wied . The counsel retained in the case are Sir t . Thesiger , Mr . Bramwell , J \ nd Mr . E . James , I ^ itw P J ? ff ' ; Sir F'tzr ° y Kelly , Mr . Peacock ,-a A . Mr . Mills , for the defend .. * . - ; - - ¦ .. '¦ - - . 1
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SusPEcTEn Suicide in Greenwich Park . —On the 21 st inst ., the dead body of a man between fifty and sixty years of age , respectably uttired iu " suit of black , was found in Greenwich Park . The deceased was about five feeb eight inches high , and sandy hair , and whiskers mealing under the ehi » . In hia pocket were found twelve keys , on A stee rin ?; and from the fact of a pistol also being fount on him , it ia suspected that he had committed suicide by Bwallowing poison , and gone into the parfc to shoot himself in case the poison should not take effect . —On Monday morning , Mr . Carttar , the coroner for We 3 t . Kent , held an inquest on the body which bad not then been identified , neither was there any evidence adduced to throw the least lishfc on the mysterious affair ; and , b
direction 0 ? the covotier , the } ury returned an open rerditfi . Attemptbd Murder of a Roman Cathoiic Priest . One of the most extraordinary attempts at murder that have been made of late years in England Occurred on Tuesday evening in the very heart of the metropolis . For the last fortnight a mission has been held at the Roman Catholic School-house , in Leopard ' s-court , Baldwin ' s-garden , Gray ' s-innlane , for the Italians resident in ihe neighbourhood } and two Capuchin friars , who arrived from Rome about a fortnight ago , officiate every day in their full canonicals . . On Tuesday night , about eleven o ' clock , after the congregation had dispersed , the Rev . Mr . Perrati , an Italian clergyman , who had
been assisting the Capuchin friars in officiating , while leaving the chapel was attacked by three ruffians , supposed from their garb to be Italians , who knocked him down ; one of them stabbed him with a long stiletto , and the others beat him about the head with their fists in a most brutal manner . His cries alarmed tho inmates of one of the houses in Leopard's-court , who threw up a window to ascertain the cause . This , no doubt , saved the life of the rev . gentleman , as the noise alarmed his assailants , and they made their escape . The rev . gentle ^ man was picked up in an insensible state , and taken to a surgeon ' s ' , where it was found that the wounds he had received were not go severe as had been anticipated . The instrument with which the attack
was made seems to have grazed along the left jawbone , and , instead of entering tbe side of the neck , as was doubtless intended , entered the back part of the shoulder , and struck against the bladebone , inflicting a flesh wound . His face waa greatly disfigured . It is supposed that the attack was made in consequence of some passages in a sermon delivered by the rev . ' gentleman at Roaoman-street Chapol on Sunday last . Great prejudice against the school appears to have existed in the minds of some Italians for some time p : iat , and one or two attacks of a brutal nature have lately been made on other persons connected with it , of which tbe two following are instances : —On the arrival of the two Capuchin friars in London the Rev : Dr
Faa , an Italian clergyman , to whom they were known , engaged lodgings for them in Dove-court , Leather-lane , and on calling to see them a few days afterwards he was knocked down by two or three ruffians , who violently assaulted him . On that occasion , as upon this , the delinquents escaped . Some few days previously one of two ladies ( Sisters of Mercy ) ; who teach at the Leopard ' s-courfc School was also attacked in the vicinity with such violence that she burst a blood veaael , and now lies in a very precarious state . Extra-Mural lMBnjfBMTs ,- 'At the meeting of the vestry at St Pancras on Wednesday , Mr . Churchwarden Baker in the chair , it was stated that the government had given up the proposed measure for extra-mural intermeUGS . Mr .
Brettingham was glad to find that the government had given up the idea of becoming general undertakers . This was an admirable opportunity for the vestry to take the matter- into their own hands . Looking at the crowded state of our churchyards , it was high time that something was done . It was ultimately unanimously agreed that the vestry should memorialise the government for power to take ground for extra-mural-interment purposes . Supden Death at Euston Station . — On Wednesday morning among the passengers arriving at the Euston station to take their departure by the third class train , was a woman apparently in the 1 ,-ift stage of consumption . She was accompanied by - a little child about three years of age , and on alighting from a sort of cart in which ahe had been brought from the neighbourhood of Wapping , the poor creature was assisted to the hooking office ,
where she paid her fare to Liverpool by a third class carriago , and then proceeded to the platform , to take her seat in one of the carriages . Her weakly state was" observed by Mr . Spencer , the superintendent of the company ' s police at Euston-Equare , and he at once went to her assistance . On speaking to her he found she w « s in a very unfit state to travel , and while assisting her back into tho rer freshment hall with one of his officers the poor woman fell dead , The body having been conveyed to tho workhouse of St . Pancras parish , and tho little child taken charge of by a porter named Haines . in the company ' s service , some inquiry was set on foot , with a view to ascertain the identity of tbe deceased . It was subsequently found that she was the wife of a mate in the merchant service , of the name of Kinj * , and that he had only a few days since sent her £ 3 to pay hev Qxpcnaes to Liverpool . [ t ia stated that the deceased was addicted to
drinking . She had three or four boxes with her , but only a few halfpence were found upon her person . Influx op Ibisji Poor . —On Wednesday , at a meeting of the board of guavdians of Uolborn Union , J . B . Humphries , Esq ., in the chair , it was stated that there had been a large increase of poor for the past week , arising chiefly from the influx of Irish poor . Mr . Cottle wished to know bow far persons returning to the Union after they had been passed home could be punished . Mr . James said that it was difficult to bring the law into operation . igaicst . the class referred to by Mr . Cottle . The board , after some discussion upon the matter , voted a Sum Of £ 50 towards the expense of sending back to their own country a number of Irish paupers .
Sacbh , boe , —Ou Monday night Christ Church Iloxton , was entered and the alms chest forced open . As the contents had been rcmoveil in the previous week the thief probably took but a small booty . City Improvements . —Much disappointment having been expressed by merchants and traders of the City at the removal from the Egyptian-hall at the Mansion-bouse of the model prepared by Mr . Charles Pearson , in illustration of hiB plan of iinpreving the line of the Fleet valley , notices have been circulated stating that the plan is now deposited in the City Library in Guildhall , the entrance to which is iu the vestibule leading to the great hall , on the right-hand side , up-stairs , *
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Another Oxford Secession to Rome . —The Rov . Frederic Hathaway , JI . A ,, Fellow of Worcester College , Oxford , Incumbent of Simdwi ; ll , Yorkshire , and formerly Curate of St . Mary Magdalen * Oxford , has resigned his fellowship , and Illken his name off tllO hOOliS of Worcester College , for the purpose of joining the Church of Home . Fire in tub Great Lbver Coa& Mine . —The fire in the Great Lever Mine , belonging to Lord Bradford , which was ignited by an explosion of nre-uanp , on th& 8 th insfc ., has not yefc been-extinguished . It was believed , from the appearance of the mine , that the fire had been entirely subdued by Mr . Gurney'a plan of forcing carbonic acid ga 9 into the mine . Several days last week were
occupied in clearing the mine of the choke damp thrown into extinguish the tire , and it being supposed thftt the mine was sufficiently clear to justify an attempt being made to rescue the bodies of the two unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion , several persons were sent down . They found the main road , which is an incline down the centre of the mine , pretty free from gas , the ventilation having cleared it . The levels , however , which branch off on either side of the incline , wero choked with gas , and a safety lamp put into it waa immediately extinguished . Lower down , in the direction of the fire , they were enveloped in smoke and sulphur , so ai to make it unsafe to proceed farther , and ,
therefore , they had to , retreat without recovering the bodies of the unfortunate men . There is no doubt that the fire bad been greatly subdued by tho carbonic acid gas ; but where the ahaft was opened , the current of atmosphevio air appeared to have renewed the flame , and thus rendered the attempts to remove the bodies abortive . Finding , therefore , that the fire had again broken out , the downcast shaft was closed , and tho process of filling the mine with carbonio acid gas has been renewed , and is now being carried on under tho'superintendence of Mr . Gurney , tbo inventor of the ayatetn . It its intended to keep the mine charged with choke damp for a fortnight , and by that time it is believed the fire will be entirely extinguished .
Movbi . Application ov Gcutta Pflncffi . —A novel charge of felony was heard before the Tynemouth borough bench—a case , too , of considerable importance to gaa companies . The borough of Tynemouth Gas Company supply their oustoniers with gas by meter , the company furnishing the meter and the piping from the street leading thereto , the consumer the pipe to the burner ; Of course , ; . the company only receives payment for that quantity of gas consumed , as indicated by the meter . A person of tbo name of Hibbanl , a small shopkeoper residing in the low town , having failed in business , the employes of the gas company went on Monday tofetoh away the meter , ' and out off-the supply . They removed that instrument , and- broke off the piping within the shop , which extinguished a light there , but to their astonishment they obserred a light still continuing to burn in the back premises * . They looked about them , and at last discovered
that the gas burnt at that light was conveyed by a gutta percha tube from the company ' s pipe to which it was attached . Upon further search it was found that an upper room could be lighted by tbe same means , and that by an ingenious contrivance the gas could fee turned from the meter , and the light iu tbe front shop bo furnished by the gas abstracted from the company ' s pipe . The men reported to tbe directore , and that body determined to institute & charge of felony against fiibbard , as they . must hare been cheated to a considerable extent by this ingenious device . He was accordingly given into ouotody , but , after hearing the case , and considerable legal discussion between the gentlemen who appeared for the prosecution and the magistrate '!) clerk , the bench came to the conclusion that the charge did not atnonnt to felony , and dismissed it . The company intend to take the ease to the Northumberland sessions by indictment .
Suicide or a . Lady at Liigebtbb , —On Saturday last , at Leicester , the coroner for that town held an inquiry into tho circumstances attending the death of Mrs . Caroline Charlotte Yesey . Gillden ( daughter of Major Dawson ) , who committed suicide oh the previous evening by swallowing a large quantity of essential oil of almonds . The unfortunate lady had been staying in Leicester for the last month , and from documents found in her apartment it would seem she was in a state of destitution , having spent her last penny and failed in obtaining assistance from the persons to whom she applied for it . In a diary written by her , several ladies of high rank were spoken of as her intimate friends , and her property iu Ireland was Btated to \> & in the hands of auornies and likely to oontinue so . Tfie jury found a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
1 ' roposbd Testimonial 10 Lohd Du . ncah . —A public- meeting wad held on Monday afternoon , at the Guildhall , Bath , under the presidency of his woranip the mayor ( W . Long , Esq ., ) for the purpoae of considering the propriety of preseutin ^ a testimonial to Lord Duncau , M . P ., as a mark of respect aad public appreciation of his lordahip ' s valuable services in obtaining a repeal of the window duties . . Resolutions to the effect , that a public testimonial should be presented to his lordship , and th . u other cities be invited to co-operate in carrying out that object , were unanimously adopted . A committee having been appointed , the proceedings tevmii uited .
Fratricide is Liverpool . —Two brothers , named William and Joshua Blunt , quarrelled in the houie of their mother , a widow , residing in Clive-street , and the result was that Joshua , tbe younger , stabbed William , the elder brother , with a shoemaker ' s knife , and death ensued in a few minutes . The circumstances attending this dreadful act wero a » follows : —The elder brother had not for some time resided with hiB mother , but was in the habit of calling occasionally at the house , and when he did so endeavoured to exercise authority over his younger brother , who io a 8 lM ) tsuYAk . er , aged eighteen years , and supported his mother out of his earnings . This assumption of authority led
to frequent disputes . On Monday morning , William , who was a blacksmith , called at his mother ' s , and some dispute having arisen relative to a shilling which their parent . required , he struck Joshua , who in&tantly seized a knife with which he had been working and plunged it into his brother ' s chest ; . Mr . Fiddler , surgeon , was sent for , but the unfortunate man expired before his arrival . Joshua was taken into custody by Inspector Boyd and brought before Mr . Mansfield , at the police court , who ordered him to be remanded . —On Tuesday an inquest waa held on the body of William Blunt . Tho jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Joshua Blunt , who was cotniniueii for trial at the last assizes .
Suicide at CakshAi . ion . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at the Greyhound Inn , Carahultoi ) , Surrey , hb to the death of Mra . Hannah Mary Ann Orgils , aged twenty-five years . The deceased was the wife of Mr . ttoberc OrgiU , the proprie or ' Of the Queen Tavern , Carahalton , and for some time past h » d been labouring under a delusion that the neighbours believed she had neglected one of her children . On Saturday morning last the deceased got up earlier than usual and was discovered in the loner part of the house by her husband wandering about iu her night dress , tie directed her to retire to her room , and eliortly afterwards he heard a heavy fall . On going to her bedroom , he found tbe deceasod bleeding from a wound in the neck , and having called a neighbour , ascertained that deceased h ; id cut her throat with a razor , which whs lying on the dressing table . Medical aid was procured , but tbe deceased died from the effects of the injuries . Verdict— "Insanity . ' '
CoNfBSflON OF AN INCENDIARY . —On Saturday lass before the county magistrates at Nottingham , John JRockley , of Birmingham , labourer , was charged , on his own confession , with having set fire to a number of corn stucka at Iluteliffe-on-Trent , the piopirty of Mr . Thomas Butler , fanner . The prosecutor stated that ho occupieu some farm buildings , about a mile and a half from the village ; that on Thursday , the 30 th of Ootober , he had standing in the yard five stacks of wheat , five of barley , and one of cloven the value of which was rather more than £ 900 ; that he went to bed that night about ten o ' clock , but was alarmed ten minutes afterwards , and on going out of the house found the stacks on fire . The
fireengines from ^ ttingham were sent for , but ti . fl firo waa not extinguished till all the stacks we ; a burnt , and it was with tho greatest difficulty the flames were prevented from extending to the buildings . Charles Price , a labourer in husbandry , living in Stote-oouM , Nottingham , deposed that he knew the prisoner , who occasionally called at his house . On Monday evening , the 10 th inst ., a little after six o ' clock , he called in , and after talking with him the conversation turned upon burning , and prisoner said . " 1 am the young man that did that fire at Ratcliffe . " He further stated that ho was " going about" when he met anotW young man , and they tried to ' get lodgings m the prosecutor ' s stack-yard , but they could not find any loose straw , and the other young man said , " then , let's fire ' em ; " that he then pullud some lucifcr matches out of ois pocket , and struck
several before he could get a light ; thai ; having set fire to the stacks they ran' across the fields , and jumped into a dyke , were they remained till a number of peopte were endeavouring to puc tnc fire out , when they went back and joined them ; and that , after the flames were extinguished tht ; y had some '' bread and cheese and ale with the oihtir men who had assisted . Witness asked-iimi who the other man was , and he ' . then said that there was not another , but that lie did . it himself , and would show him the phco where he boueht tli ' e matches . Witness told his wifo to look after hinv and ho went' aud informed the . first policeman he mot , and Inspector R ; iy 11 Orcame hnd appreUe n < lwl the prisoner . William - Unjw , inspector of police at Nottingham , deposed that when he apprehended the prisoner , he admitted that he and-another man ' wv , vvy had sot fire to % U stacks . Tho prisoner ) who declined to -aaj any thing , ^ as committ ed for twal at the March assizes , ^ -
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M . Kossuiii . — M . Kossuth has received the first substantial aid from Birmingham . Mr . II , W , Tynd . 11 ( deputed by tho committee ) having on Tuesday week in an interview with XI . Kossuth , at Eaton-place ' , presented him with £ 750 , which had been subscribed hy a few gentlemen , to be by the illustrious Hungarian appropriated as shall seem to him most advantageous to the cause of Hungary . The list of subscribers to this fund haa not been divulged , but it is stated that Mr . Geach , M . P ., subscribed £ 100 , and Mr . Muntz , M . P ., Mr . Soholefie ' . d , M . P ., Mr . Alderman J . James , Mr . Sturge , and other gentlemen , have made equally liberal donations , This is an answer to tbe " Times" articles on tbe subject of the " mere
hollow shouting " of the Kossuth demonstrations . Its conductors have found oufc something more in the loss of its subscribers here , and in the painful anxiety they have evinced through their various agencies to discover the numerical slaughter . Referring to the attack of the " Times " on the 10 th on the people of Birmingham , the "Journal" of today ( Saturday ) says : — " In the broadest sense of the word Kossuth is a homeless exile , accepting the hospitality with a consciousness of deserving it , at the bands of men who owe their ability to offer it to the principle of free institutions , in struggling for which be is a poor man and an exile . Birmingham knew this , and whilst it said ' God speed , ' it gave to him the means of- making the prayer something more than a sentimental aspiration . In this Birmingham haa vindicated its character for hospitality . Not in a
spirit of boasting , but from an indignant sense of the injustice done to it , we say it is in this respect an example to every other town in England . The ' Times , * in a spirit of want on insolence , singled out Birmingham as tbe only place capable of violating the rites of hospitality . We point to the subscriptions already placed in the hands of Kossuth , while we claim the distinction of being the first town in the kingdom that has manifested a due sense of the wants of our illustrious guest , and given substantial evidence of sympathy with the cause of which ho ia the glorious representative . " Dismissal op Mr . Ramshay . —The Earl of Carlisle has adjudicated upon the case of Mr . Ramshay , and his lordship ' s judgment is , that the allegations against Mr . Ramshay are substantially proved , and that it is bis duty to supersede that gentleman as judge of the Liverpool County Court , Thb Duke of Newcastle has ordered his tenants
on the Clumber estate to kill the hares , and he only intends to preserve the birds for his own use . Besides this boon the whole of the Clumber estates are being revalued , and sundry repairs are progressing upon variouB farms . More Qatuedral Grammar School Abuses . — An important memorial has , it appears from the Worcester papers , been recently adopted by a very large majority of the mayor a » d corporation of Worcester , and presented to the dean . and chapter on the subject of the Cathedral Grammar School , It alleges , ' "That King Henry VIII ., after founding and endowing the Cathedral of Worcester , gave a body of statutes for its regulation and government ,
by which he ordained that it should for ever con - gist of certain members , to have their eustenuuion out of its endowment , with certain limited allowances aeBijned to them therefrom , viz . : —One dean to have £ 133 6 s , 8 d . per annum ; ten canons at £ 20 ; one sohoolmaster , £ 20 ; one usher , £ 10 ; forty grammar boys , at * 2 13 s . 4 d . ; and ten choristers , at £ 3 6 s . 8 d ., " < fcc . It further declares , "That to the observance of all these statutes , according to cbdr plain and grammatical sense , tbe founder bound the dean and chapter by the most solemn obligations and imperative ordinances , and that in this sense the statutes do plainly and clearly express his intention , that the forty grammar bovg should be maintained out of the funds of the
church by the following clauses referring to them : —1 . We ordain that there be for ever in our church of Worcester forty boys to bo maintained out of the goods of our church . 2 . We will that these boys be maintained at the costs of our church . 3 . The boys learning grammar and haying their maintenance given them gratis within the church . 4 . The grammar boys who are maintained at the expense of the church . The memorial then goes on to state , " That those intentions and provisions are practically in abeyance under the following circumstances : —1 . According to the returns made to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the Dean and Chapter , the income of a canon has , been raised from £ 20 to
j £ 620 Ss . Id . 2 . Kb provision is made for the maintenance of the forty grammar boys , according to the founder ' s direction , and out of the £ 2 13 s . 4 d . assigned and originally sufficient for that purpose , there is now deducted £ 2 7 s . 6 d . for the masters and 2 s . for firing , sothatonly 3 s . lOd . is left for the boys . 3 . The ten choristers , for whom a separate provision was made by the founder , are incorporated witli the grammar boys , thereby reducing fcheir number to thirty . 4 . Except the choristers , no boy is placed on the foundation of the school , without the previous Dayment of £ 10 10 $ . fora year ' s tuition . " Accordingly the memorialists add , " That in the discbarge of what they believe to be their duty , they beg to represent to the Dean and
Chapter , that in their humble opinion the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood are suffering undeservedly from the non-fulfilment of the provisions of King Henry VIII ., with regard to the Cathedral Grammar School , and therefore , in the name and on behalf of their fellow-citizens , they respectfully pray that tho Dean and Chapter will considerately take some early and effectual measures for carrying out these provisions in the spirit ill which they were conceived , and with a view to realise the benefieient objects for which they were originally designed . " Such are the allegations and prayer of this memorial , and as the Dean and Chapter are assembled this week for their halfyearly audit , the citizens of Worcesterareanxiously awaiting an answer to it . ^ Ofrlr —*
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imnuo , The Late Attempt to Assassinate Mb . Dtas , J . P . —A proclamation has issued from Dublin Castle offering a reward of £ 100 for the conviction of the miscreant who attempted to assassinate Mr . Dyas , J . P . The Potato Crop , —With faff exceptions tho goneral tone of the reports from the country respecting the potatoes is very favourable . In Ulstur the crop appears to be more se ' riously affected with Might than in auy of the other provinces . The " Cork Examiner" of Monday says : —" The reports we receive from the agricultural districts are
cheering , potatoes being still very favourably spoken of , while those arriving to our market are , generally speaking , excellent in condition and quality , thus proving that they are keeping well . " Hepreskntation of Kinsaie . —There are no longqr any doubts as to the intentions of Mr . iiawe « . Mr . Isaac Heard has written to the bOIl . gentleman to inquire whether , the acceptance of his new appointment vacated his 6 eat , or if it did not , whether it was his intention to retain his seat in parliament . In replv , Mr . Hawes stated that his acceptance of the office did not vacate his seat , but that it was his intention at the proper time to apply for tbe Chilteru Hundreds .
The Action agaik&t the Omep Secretary . — The special jury ( a highly respectable one ) was selected on Monday to try the merits of the case of " Birch versus Sir William Somerville . " The trial is fixed to come off in the after sittings of the present term , when , according to general belief , the public are likely to be highly edified with the contents Of the " bill of particulars " upon which the plaintiff vests his case , and sundry other revelmious whioh may be expected to transpire in the course of this delicate investigation . Mary Faux , ihe MuRnERESS . —This wretched Woman , whose execution for the murder of Maty Ilanley has been postponed in consequence of her being enceinte was delivered of a daughter on Saturday , at Limerick ;
'Ihk ExoDUS . —The thinning of the population proceeds , m spite of wind and weather , as briskly as it did in the month of May last . The quays of "" " f J « t now crowded with emigrants , chiefly from the western counties , and the bulk of them of the most wretched class of the peasantry , ihere hre , no doubt , exceptions , , but numbers of the poor creatures who are taking shipping here have not sufficient covering for the journey to Liverpool , not r ? S ^ u ? n 0 Cean T S e of sorae 3 . ° 00 miles . A i > undallj paper contains the folio * inV statement in reference lo the « flight" of farmers from'the
northern counties .: — " An M . P . of an Ulster county passing through this town last week stated that the Government were becoming alarmed Jit the crowds of emigrants ' leaving Ireland .- He informed Uie person with whom he' was conversing that the Ministry will devise some measure early in next session to check emigration .: It is probable , he said , thaUhey will pass an act limiting the ports from which , emigrants shali sail to one or two , and compel ihe owner of each emigrant vessel to pay a to of £ ioy £ 5 for each passenger taken on board . We'give-this " information as we have received it 3 without vouching for its accuracy . " *^
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The Waterford . papn-g state that the t ri ^ 5 gration from thai : port Is as brisk iis 1 fHi Friday two steamers left for Liverpool 1 ' * ** ¦ ' % Ji-ard between them 400 passengers , » a . i ' " " k fcbe most part consistinn of the " energetic *^ r severing portion of the peasantry . " Iii a ^ r Ier all this an Ulster correspondent" of the " ¦ v " t » Star" writes thus j- " In my last I » , J % mation of the ex ent to which emigra'ion f " ^ Ulster waa proceeding , although the local •? c * seem to have taken very little notice of then 1 i " ' * I have since heard , from trustworthy aouhW er dent toonnvince me that if some of the u ! ' ^'
do not sow come to some arrangement with r tenants different from that which prevails nr n * ^ another year will nob elapse before there is , lf i an exodus From Ulster as from your o » vn tw Stt * l Thr Land Question-The "Dundalk tT " crat" states that a deputation of the tctiRnt , 0 < Mr . Fortescue proceeded on Saturdarto RavZJ ' i ft jMHft for the purpose of presenting their S * with a numerously sisned memorial , reDrP ' -Z ? the total inability ' of the tenants to pay th 7 ? * fixed on their farms hy ihe two valuators latpl ployed by Mr . Portescue to value his property u answer of Mr . Fortescue has not yet transpired
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THE OLDBURY BURGLARY . The men concerned in the late burglary and out rAge near this town , and who since so despera ^ i resisted capture in Herefordshire , were ' bro 2 up for examination on Wednesday mornine befn John Green , James Hunt , And Edwd . Mnr « w / 8 magistrates acting for this division of the count ' The names of the prisoners are George ITaDti ' nfios Rock , and Thornna Jones , alias Mm ' ti ' pngoner Hanks was . fbrmert y an apprentice in \ . Lowe , bookseller , of this town . The prisons were now charged with havine commitfc / l a ( , „! ' ' Inry on the premises of Miss Kicklin , in tlie M wayroad , a short distance from this town on ' £ 23 rd Ult—Miss Nicklin , the prosecntri . v , whoi , lady advanced in years , deposed to the follow ^ principal facts : — " That on tho ni « tu in „„ ,..: '
she saw all the doors of her house fastened Ir . u 2 seven and eight o ' clock . She went to bed atS o ' clock , and at two in the morning waa awoke bt a noise m the house ; anticipating tint it ' caused by the arrival of a relative exnonted from Devonshire , she called to her cousin David vZ slept in another part of t . hc house , to inform him « f the circumstance . Shortly afterwards , a nvin „„ t « ed tot room . tuvVvna to Mb hand „ , )„ , * , " „?* his face was blackened , and he wore a S over his dress . He turned the % ht towarR ? ness , and said , " Where ia yonr moner ? J he better for you to bo nm . if r 0 ( J d ; f \ * blow your bmr * ouk > The C ZZll £ ] pistol and said it was a dOnWe . hWra » nd one V % ? £ ? Jtt ™? ««•
, H ^^* money , n that if he must have it . it wa 9 in W ^ J floor , no took tba money thewfrom , hut VttwS did not notice where he put it . The nun said thai he did not want coppers , and asked if tWe ™ . any more % n the hnvrse than horself and her Mat fa * Witness did tint , reply , and the man immer imtoli wont round to the othnr side of the hed , and n , amined tho draw of the dressing-table . After » coenisinff her niece , who slept with her . he left « ij room . Tier cousin David ' s room a-ijoinod hej own ; there was a drawer in the Io * okinrr . | a 3 s which the prisoner open ^ rl , but wifnfss coiiiii m » Say Whether be took anything therefrom . "Witnpsj identified the prisoner Hanks as thn man who came into her room . After he had quitted hera'd reached her cousin ' g apartment , she heard tfta
p risoner say . " Shoot the rlevil ; " an- ! immediate ) . afterwards heard the report of * pisto ! three timci . immediately Fat up in bad and saw hnr cousin David lying on the floor ; he sroaned n trrMfc A ^ . and the two prisoners then proceeded to search the house . After they hari pone she sent hor niece out for assijfanoe , and examining the premises \ kn stairs , found kh . it the bursters ha < l effected anon . tranco by taking a . nani » of glass ont of tho parlouf window . On examining the premises , she mk'pi ) , amongst other things , some silvor spoons seven of wHch wero produced , » nd which the witness idenfifind— they had been found on tho persons o
both prisoner ? . —Superintendent M'Crokon . oftha Leominster police , produced two bmce of reTO * vin ? rMols . a I ' lfa'preserver , a flexible san-suffi . ciently small to be inkrodueecl into a ho |« per . forateil by a nail-nasser . several bullet moulds , and a quantity of ball cartridge , all of whioh had ken found on one nr other of tho prisoners nfc * ho time of their apprehension . —Mr . David A'icftlin , who waa shot ak by the burglars soon after they wit ° rfiA hi . ^ nouRin ' s premises , and Sarah "Nirk'ia , proaeentrix ' a niece , were [ alFO examined : and the suporintenrtenf . of tho Lcoininster conftn > mlnrlj detailed thppnrticulars of tho desperate re « isUnra made by the prisoners on the occasion of thoir arrest , —CovrohnrativB teaiimftny asrninsfc Hip prf . 8 on <» rs hnvin ? boon adduced , they were fii'ly committed to take their trial at tbe next assizes !
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i . O n SEMOffS COLLISION OX THE LOXDO 2 C AXD NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . A collision of a very serious , if not fatal , <*»• rnofcpr took pl . icn on Saturday evening test , on ( ha London and North-Western ' Railway at "Wemlon , by which nearly all tho passengers in tho four 0 clock up train from Ruaby were more or 1 « 3 injured . It appears that the four o ' clock train from Rujby duo , in Lm \ fon at hiitf-past sevpn , started from Riiffhy at its propor timo , arriving in due course at the , Weeclcm steta at twenty-five minute ? after four . At this Hmp if- waa still davUeht . and ail
the proper stopping signals were on ah " the s ' . Vioii , At the Weedon station there are no sicflnes , rind the passenger train , in which was Captain Hnisl , the general manager , and Mr . Bmyeros . the chiei superintnndnnt . hoth of whom hatibnen down for the pnrpo . ee of making arraniremonts for nppnin ? ito Sfcour Valley line , mooting with a cnnl fcrem . ittto station , had to wait on the main up line until tin coal train had been shunted cmtn the dove T ) VmD . to allow the passensrer train to reach tho pldtfnrm of the Weedon station , and then pass on . The pas * Sfineer train had reached the platform , and « 3 discharging and receiving passengers , anil the coal train was still shnntinsr across just up abnvo on to the down line , when an engine and cattle train of thirteen heavily laden earrings , dashed into the passepffer train wif . h great violence , hroakine se « reval of the nearest carriages , and also ri , ishins ( in passenger train forward into the cnnl train which had not yet entirely sot across on to the d « w lise > with such violence ' as to knock Several of tllCCW ' tvufcks completely over .
As soon as tho alirm occasioned by the fiw shne . k of the collision Iia < I in some measure fi * sided , sunrica ] aid was procured from the town and harraokB . A gentleman named finrrie , of Vai » rineton , ami connected with the firm of TW ?* J and Co ., the tea dealers , of Kins- WiHfom-streA city , wns t . iiif > n out of a 8 Pcon « nlngu earriafP sp parontly lifeless , and was repnrtpil as dead . Iw ' . ' sustained somo frightful lacerations and injuries Sc
the head . A second , in almost , as bad a conmWf < was ' alien from the same , cnvriaec , and proved M be , the servant , of Colonel Sir Dou « las Pennmti also a pnssenee . r . A third gentleman , Mr . CW of Upper Biirnsl » nry-sfcrpefc . Tslinfffon , was *>® taken out insensible , with several s ^ orc d lt 3 nbout the head and face ; and Mrs . Gowef . tf ®' ford-sb-oet .. was also very much shook and injure " Most of the . other passengers suffered more or 1 « froii wounds and rontusions .
Oapt . Huish wns himself vory spvwdIv \ W ^ ahout the head and face , as was also Mr . flruyer fjj whoso escape from doath was truly roirncn'o " - appears that on the Rnjjby train reaching tllP 1 ' form , Mr . Bruyevea . who wns in the same ^ m ' - as C . ipfc . Tluish , sot , oufc , and at the moment . nt t « collision , was standing with his hand nn thecJ ' riaae door , whilst Cant . TTui ? h , who hud not w hia sent , had his head cmt of window «« flVM f , ; with him . The shook caused the cap tain ' s h'Wj be driven violent . lv from ono oiH * . of the ore "' .- .
tllO Window to Hie oM > er , whilft a portion oltw ther carriap-e , lifted completely off tno »«» . «* Mr . Bruyereson the shoulder , knorfcine hl . La and he in turn knoe . kiner others down * n ° , standinff nea )' him . Mr . ' lJruyeres rolled to <™ the carriages still in motion , and t \« d wt a ? ' man seized him hy the coat , he mu st have ' - ^ under tho wheels and been cut to pieces . . r , ; The cattle , it is understood , were not mucn ^ tilated , but . fcho up line waa blocked f ° / N ^ hours , and the . Rugb y train did not rea ch tne Jfc ton terminus till nearly eleven 6 ' eloek , '"" ^ Cleaton , Mrs . Gower , nnd most of the otwj » ( 0 senders , were sufficiently recovered to f ^ tfetheir residences . Mr . Currie , however , tne - ^^ j man ivpo-ted as dead , and tho servant . J ° & DoujjlaR Pennant , still remain at Urn ^ TV tion . The former , although in ? ensiM ¦ ' "" l . ' ^ t rently lifeless for several hours , was p" . afternoon reporter ! to h . i . v « recovered ' ' Teand to ho enahle . l to ' speak . Tie ha ? . ^ 0 Vlf \ ' t& ' ccived , in addition to other injuries , ^ " { vfc * 11 CUSsiOTl of thft Vivnin TVin n 4-Vinr silfferPV » t „_„„!«
IS reported . IS progressing favourably . j-pfa-IMsh . atthongh ) , nrincr received very p " " . j 0 f vies , and Mr . Rntyeves , wrro on Suis « l » F also reported as much better . ¦ death- of sen . ccrrie . : ^ ji ; r- f- We regret to announce that the s *» - ' ° " %$ * received to the . hmil hy the unfortuTiorf ? . ^ , i f 1 " Mr . Currie . of Wavrinrton , have term '"' p fsy tally . Mr .- Currto died nt six o ' clock o" :. # eveninff , after n > ost pninfnl sirnwii' £ - % : & rence to the servant of the lion . Dous'J'J ^ f ?' the reports are that lie is pro gTessins ) \ ^ !»• and ihe same may be es . id of " the i ^ f ° " , If ? bourev , who wns sfiverfilv rnTOTfu n \ io « - , ii 5 and thigh 3 , ; uid who also'Ji ' ies i * t i ' ' ;> station . ' , W-. . -, "
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m & $£ gsroinuffe . FilLuM Or THB SuNnKRLA . SD JoiNT-SlOCK . BiSK . —On the 21 st inst . the Sunderland Joint Stock Banking Company stopped payment . This company was established in 183 G , with a capital of £ 100 , 000 in £ 10 shares , £ 1 10-j ., or £ 75 . 000 , of this capital being paid up . The immediate cause of the stoppage , it is stated , was , that the London ftUd WestmiDSter Bank refused to discount its paper ; the remote cause , losses by failures in the town—a laTge manufacturing firm some years ago , and ashipowner " thi 8 year , having failed , with a balance considerably on the wrong Bide of the bank book . The operations of the bank were limited to
the town , and , a& the tradespeople did not generally keep tbeir accounts with it , the stoppage will not be extensively fait . The bank ' was . known in the town as the , " Methodist Bank , " the directors of it principally belonging to that body , and from this circumstance its business was somewhat of a class character . Its stoppage will be felt most severely bj small shipbuilders , whose work is sublet to them by large capitalist !) . Its deficiencies are stated to amount to £ 20 , 000 , bat probably thoy will be more . Tho proprietary is limited , and some of the shareholders are substantial men . The only fear ; a that the pressure will come too heavily upon them
at nrBt . ihe deposits amount to ahout £ 24 . 000 , and there seems to ha little fear but that the depositors will bs paid in full . The corporation banked with thecompany , and has £ 1 , 700 deposited , the Sunderland Joint-Stock Premium Association £ 5 , 000 , and a shipowner , also , has a considerable sum locked up . There are about 4 , 500 shares in the hands of persons able to pay all demands , and , as the deficiency only amounts to about tho sum stated , it will appear that the further loss to the shareholders will not far exceed £ 5 a share . A meeting of thB shareholders has been held , when a call of £ 210 s . per share was made .
SlNQuXlR Accibrnt . —An accident , which had nearly proved of a very serious character , happened in Oxford-market on Saturday lust to Miss Collingwood , the eldest daughter of Mr . Felix Cullin ^ n-ood , ' of the Manor House , Wheatley It . appears that , Miss Collingwood and her sister were walking through the market in company with their father , who was slightly in advance of them , and when passing by ' the shop of Mr . Ash , butcher , Miss Collingwood received a cut across her nose , completely severing the cartilage . Mr . Ash , it seenis , - Wiia . Btanding outside his shop , and at the instant Miss Collingwood passed by he turned round to beckon to some one with his knifo , which caused
this singular and unfortunate accident . Miss Collingwood was immediately taken into the nearest chemist ' s shop , Mr . Hester , the surgeon , wati sent for , and we are glad to he able to adii that she is going on favourably , having very narrowl y escaped tbo loss . of sight , for ' the knifo nearly entered nor eye- ¦¦' . ; - ' Agricclturai , Prospects . — -At the annual hirin <* just over , intlie East and North Ridings of York * thire , it is an important fact , as indicating , tho prospects of agricultural labourers , that tho demands for their services have been greater than for some years past , and hi gher wages have conso-( Juontly been obtained .
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snmafflJ . Fire anoLosso ? Tv ? o Lms AT GlASCtow . —On the 21 st instant an alarm was communicated to the central police-office , Glasgow , that a fire had broken out in a dwelling house in South Alhionstreefc , occupied hy a . vjwmvr ft&HKid Campbell . The fire brigade was in immediate attendance , and succeeded , without much difficulty , in extinguishing the flames ; but on proceeding to ex ; imine the premises they discovered the body of the woman Campbell and her female child , three years old , lying on the floor , both being lifeless , having been suffocated by the smoke . All efforts tO restore animation proved unavailing .
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0 ' THE NORTHERN STAR * ; November ^ i § 5 ? .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1654/page/6/
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