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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BV ^^^^^^^ V ^ M ^^^^^^^^^^^ i ¦ ¦ £ ! ie ifttfrQiWito . II 2 AI . TB or London . — The present retnrn shows that the mortality ia London , by which recent -weeks have been distinguished , still maintains a position which indicates an unfavourable state of the public health . Since the middle of November the wceklv deaths have been in succession 1 , 132 , 1 , 279 , 1 , 316 , 1 . 191 , and in the week ending last Saturday 1 , 206 . —In the week ending 18 th Deeem"ber , 1 S 47 , influenza raised the deaths in London to 3 , 9 iG ; but if the mortality of that week be excluded from the comparison , it appears that the average number of deaths in the corresponding week of ISil-oO was 1 , 060 , which , if corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 166 . On this corrected averase the return of last week showgan excess of 40 . I "
. the present return the deaths of 35 children and o adults are ascribed to smallpox , those of 22 children to measles , of 25 to hooping-cough , of 17 to croup , of 5 to thrnab , of 3 to remittent fever , otto infantile fever , of 1 to . « yphilis of 41 persons to scarlatina , of 19 to diarrhoea and dysentry of o to " inBaenza , of 1 to intermittent , of oO to typhus coSS fever * =-. of 1 to rheumatic fever of 7 toervspelas , and of 13 women to peurperal fever lhP * ides 6 other women to peurperal diseases ) . £ t week the births of 783 boys , 672 girls , in all ; i ± 55 children , were registered . The average num . her in six corresponding weeks of 1345-59 was
3 355 . At the Koyal Obseiva o-y , yreenwieh , the jnean daily reading of the barometer wa 3 above 30 in on every day of the week , except Saturday . On Sunday it " was 30 . 373 in ., on Monday 30 . 300 in ., and it gradually declined till Satarday , when t -was 29 . 940 in . The mean of the week was 30 . 1-5 S in . Tho mean temperature of the week was 41 . 5 des-, which is near the average of corresponding weeks . The daily mean was 36 degrees on Thurs-4 a . v ( or £ degrees below the average ); it rose on the two following days to 47 degrees and 49 decrees ( or 7 and 9 degrees above the average ) . The wind was calm dnms the early part of the week , and in the south towards tho end .
Death of Sheen' the Infanticide . —The notorious William Sheen , whose murder of a child -under circumstances of unparalleled atrocity , and his own extraordinary escape from tha gallows ihroogh a trivial technicality excited universal astonishment , died last week at h : s residence in Kent-street , Spitalfields . It was in the year 1 S 27 that he committed the crime of cutting oS the head of a male infant four months old , the illegitimate offspring ef a young woman whom he had married only five weeks before the murder ; and at his trial lie was proved to have deliberately decapitated the child , concealed the body in the bed , and placed the head erect on the table , standing up on the bloody neck , so as to face the mother when she entered
the room . The child , however , had been baptised Ch 3 rles William Berdle , the latter being the mother ' s name at the time of i s birth ; and upon the objection of Mr . Clarkson , the prisoner ' s coun--sel , th * s description in the indictment was held to te a misnomer , and the prisoner was acquitted . The life so spared , however , has since been a most miserable one , and he has many times , even in the presence of the magistrates , expressed a wi-ih that he had been hanged , for upon every slight occasion his neighbours taunted him » ith his jrreat crime . He became utterly ferocious , although cowardly , and has been many times imprisoned for acts of violence , brothel Seeping , and felonies .
Shockisg Accidents . —On Saturday a man named John Baldwin , aged sisty-two , a labourer , was employed at Brixron Hill , in cleaning oat a well , and while at the bottom at work , some portion of the earth and briclc 3 fell in upon him , and crushed his Lead and body most seriously . He was extricated , and seen by a surgeon , but the injuries to the upper portion of the scalp were such that it was deemed necessary to convey him-to Guy ' s Ilospital , where he now remains in a highly dangerous condition . Another man , named- John Ball , aged twenty-four , an engineer , was admitted into the same institution , having received a fearful injury to the right arm , which he by some means eot bexwcen two cog-wheels while at his work , at Whites ' , the engineers , Dover . road , Southwark .
DISTRIBUTION OF HER MAJESTY S ChHISTMAS Bounty to the Aged Poor . —On Monday her Majesty ' s Christmas bounty was distributed at the Koyal Almonry Office , Middle Scotland-yard , by the almoners and sub-almoners , ! o 400 men and women above sixty years of age , each of whom received 5 s ., the money bsing paid in two new half crowns , issued for the purpose from the Mint . The average age of the recipients was ejghty-tw ) , fifty of the number being wizards of niaety years 0 ? age , and three centenarians . Sew Bridge from Foxhasi T 3 Pctsey . —A company Ins besn formed for the purpose of
obtaining from parliament authority 10 construct a new and commodious bridge over the Thames , connecting Fulbam and Putney , in lieu of the old and present structure , which is dangerous to passengers , insufficient for ordinary traffic , and an unsightly as veil as a perilous and vexatious obstruction to the navigation of the river . The proposed bridge will consist of wrought and cast iron , spanning the river wit ' i five arches of 133 feet each , and of sufficient height—viz ., twenty fret , the present bridge being only twelve feet—for vessels to pass under at high water , so that no such impediments as now interfere with their progress and endanger their safetv Will exist .
The statues of the Earl of Clarendon , Lord Falk land , and John Hampden wiil be put up in a few < tays in St . Stephen ' s Hall { the site of the old Bouse of Commons ) . Workraen are now putting down the tiles on the floors of that new hall , of the approaches to the houses , and of the cloisters . Ti : c cloisters are to lme stained glass "windows in antique stjle . They will be appropriated for the members reading rooms , cSaak rooms , &c . The !> ablic entrance will be in Westminster Hsll , leading to St . Stephen's Hall . The members will have an entrance ia the Middle of Westminster Hall to the cloisters also by the former Speaker ' s porch . Peers and members will go in by St . Stephen ' s Pore } , opposite the Abbey . A 2 Ckw Police Station is about io be erected within Hyde-park , uear AlbartgntCj and the Comnmsicmers of PoKcs are to defray the expenses .
A Max forced istq the River by an * Ox . — On Tuesday a gardener , named D . jiiiel Buller , living at Alfred-p ! aee , Bitsersea , expired in St . George ' s Hospital under very singular circumstances . At the latter end of last month , he was walking along Thames-bank , near Smyth ' s distillery , when an mfuriatei ox which had broken away torn a drove , came along , and seemed intent on ma ' iitg a rush at IBulier , who , in order to escape , kepi retreating with his back to the river , which has Jiere a waii ten or twelve feet do-xn to the bed , bat is level wi ? h the top of the road , and Butler not knowing he had got s » near fell doa-n b-ickwards . "When assistance ¦ was obtained , he was found to bs so much injured that it was deemed advisable to take him to St . George ' s Hospital , where Mr . Itonse , the house surgeon , discovered there was severe fracture of the thigh . The injury was diroctlv attended to , and he Trent on we'l , but at last 'link ani expired .
Max Killed by a Post Hot . —On Wednesday evening , ?> lr . W . Baker held aa inqaest respecting the death of Georae Xash , aged thirty-two , a coal porter . On Friday las : the deceased was i : i The act of Grossing the High-street , facing Shadneli Church , ¦ when a post hoy , named George Manning , drovehis horse against him . Uaocked him down , and trampled upon him . He was taken to the hospital , where he ^ ied on Monday . Mr . Macn * raara save lhe boy nn excellent character for careful driving . Mr . Jr . hnsod , the honse surgeon , said ins deceased died from fractured ribs and other internal injuries * Tha co-Toner remarked on the cast * , asd tbe jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The boy , at tbe desire of the jury , was cautioned as to bis future conduct .
Fire is AtDERSGAtE-siay-ET . —On Wednesday anoroing , a fire broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr . W . Bnibidge , the distiller , in JUderfgate-street . It appears that Wiliiam Elliott , the stillnian , was engaged in " damping" a still charged with 1 , 26 * 9 gallons of spirits , when an adjoiningstill , containing between 300 and iOQ gallon . ; , suddenly overflowed , and the spirit , running into the furnace , became ignited , causing ( he contents of the larger still also to take fire . The damage 13 wughly estimated at from £ 2 , 000 to [ £ 3 , 000 , The Stock and premises were insured .
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As Egyptian Model . Farm . — Among the passengers who went out in the Kipon , which lefc Southampton on Saturdaylast with the Indian mail , ¦ wa 9 Mr . la Jlille , the English firm baiiiff of the Pacha of Egypt . He took out a number of cows and pigs , a large quantity of poultry , pheasants , &c , to stock Abbas Pacha ' s farm . The farm , which is to 1 ) 8 cultivated , as much aa possible after the English fashion , is 3 , 000 acres in extent . The cows taken -out in the Itipon were of the Aldcruey breed , and ino pigs and poultry were of tbe finest sorts th . it could be obtained in England . A large quantity of live farming stock is . « ll to be sent to E * jpt fton : 1 thisi country to comp ! et 2 the Pacha ' s arranginents . Mr . Page , the nurseryman of Southainnl 0 n i * '"iS , ? 7 tfl l ! as a «> ljudgeof anianals , selected the Pacha ' s farm stock , and had its superintendence while m Southampton .
Death of the wotm-be Ammsm op the Dcke of Wellington .-An old soHier of the Imperial Guard , named Cantillon , of whom the Emperor Sapoleon made mention in his will , has iust died at Rancy . He wa 3 accused in 1815 of bavin * fired a pistol-shot at the Duke of WuiiiiWon a The Emperor , to indemnify hi : o for the harsh manner in which he was treated bequeathed him 19 , 000 f — Galignani . --Thk M 4 RB 1 . B Ascni—Frfrn an official document iust i-jsued it is ahOTTn that tbe cost of taking down removih ? , and reinstating the Marble Arch wa ' ittletJttrfcof . 'SH , 0 : o . -
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&De eromncee . Kayai . Courts Martial at D ; yQHP 0 RT . --On Saturday last three naval courts martial were held on board her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , to try ; seaman , an actin" - mate , and an assiitant-surgeon on charges of desertion . Tbe first court was for tke trial of William Golding , an ordinary soaman of the Havannah , Captain Erskine , to deserting from that ship on the 6 th of October 1848 . The prisoner pleaded guilty , .-. nd the finding of the court was , that he be imprisoned in the Deron county gaol , at Exeter , for six calendar months , ami then discharged from her Majesty ' s navy , and _
to be disabled from further service therein . The court then proceeded to try Mr . Henry B . Jackson , acting mate , on a charge of deserting her Majesty ' s sloop Fly . The sentence in this case was that the prisoner be imprisoned in the Devon county gaol at Exeter for three months , and then be discharged from her Majesty ' s navy , and be disqualified from ever again serving in the royal navy . The court lastly tried Air . James Edmondston , assistant-surgeon , on a charge of desertins from her Majesty ' s sloop Fly . The finding was that the prisoner be only dismissed the service , and dis ibled from future service in her Majesty ' s navy .
Fatal Accident at Oxford . —On Saturday aftersoon last Mr . Gillbec , commoner of Exeter College , was accidentally drowned in the Thames . The deceased had been rowing in an outrigger as far as Sandford , and on his return , when just past Iffley Pound , his boat upset , how or hy what meant cannot be ascertained , as no one saw the accident . The deceased was the only son of the Rev . William Gillbeo , vicar of Gwennap , Cornwall . On Monday nn inquest was held in the hall of Exeter College , Oxford , by Mr . 6 . T . Cox , University Coroner , and a jury of matriculated tradesmen , upon the body . The verdict of tho jury was—^ "Accidentally drowned by the upsetting of an outrigger . " The ArritAT with Poachers in Norfolk . — Debeiiam , Dec . 20 . —Seven men , named Richard
Lincoln . William uunter , "William Stagg , John Lake , Robert Buckle , "William Harwood , and John Hunter , who were brought from Norwich Castle in charge of Mr . Pinson , the governor , and a strong force , underwent an examination before tho magistrates , on a charge of being concerned in a most murderous affray near Letton , in this county , when Mr . Superintendent Parker of the constabulary and another officer in the force nearly lost their lives through being shot at . For several weeks past much alarm has been created in the neighbourhood of Letton by a gang of some fifteen or twenty poachers prowling about the wood and preserves , and threatening the most murderous consequences in the ovent of being interfered with in their unlawful pursuit . They intimated their intention of
visiting the woods of Mr . B . Gurdon , of Lettonhall , and , on the night of the 29 th ulfc .. a party of eleven of the gang visited the cottage of the gamekeeper , a man named Wbitacre , and warned him not to go out after them , at the same time firing a volley at the dwelling , as if to more fully convince him of his fate should he pursue them . On the night of the Cth instant , about twelve o ' clock , the discbarge of guns was heard in the woods , and a police superintendent with his men at once proceeded in the direction of the report . At length they came up with a body of poachers , in number nine , who apparently had noticed the approach of the officers , and had prepared themselves for a desperate resistance . Elevating their guns they shouted " stand off , " and before the constables
could proceod a step further three of the guns were fired at them , and Mr . Parker being at the head of his force he received nearly the whole of tbe charge of one of the guns in his face . Ho staggered and fell back to the ground , and subsequently it was found that he had been shockingly wounded in the cheeks , mouth , and other parts of his face , thirtyfive or thirty-six shots having been extracted from these injuries . Another officer named Greenacre ulso received several shots . The officers , seeing their superintendent fall a desperate efforfc was made to capture the men . After some sharp fighting the poachers were overpowered , but only three were apprehended at the time , tho remainder
escaping through the woods . They were found to hare disguised themselves by blackening their r aces with « unpowder and turning their clothes inside out . The men who were captured on the spot . ire said to be Richard Lincoln , William Hunter , and Robert Buckle . On the same night William Stagg snd John Lake were apprehended , and a < iay or two afterwards William Harwood and John Hunter were arrested . The investigation closed with the whole of the prisoners being fully com . mitted to Norwich Castle to tako their trial at the ensuing spring assizes . Two of the gang are still ntliberfy , but it is thought that they cannot long elude tlio vigilance of the police .
Morb Garrottk Robberies at Manchester . — Three more of these now too common cafes were investigated on Monday , at the Manchester Borough Court . In tbe first case two men , named William Copsfcick and Henry Thompson , had robbed mother , named Henry Compton , of £ 9 , on Saturdny evening . They tied a shawl tight round his neck till he was insensible , and then rifled his pockets . The prisoners were remanded for further evidence . In the next case a man named Shore was robbed in a similar manner , by three men and two boys , of a watch , 30 a . in gold , and some copper . Only one man , named William Shackleton , was apprehended , with a woman named Ellen M'Curdy . The latter was discharged , and the oilier was remanded . On Saturday evening also two men , named Bibby and Caulfield , robbed -mother man named Abram Orme of 2 s . 7 < l ., in Bir < l-stroct . Caulfield put his arm round Ornie ' s neck , whilst Bibby searched his pockets . Tho prisoners were committed to the assizes .
Collision is the Bristol River . —A . collision , ittcndcd by seriou 3 consequences , occurred on Tuesday morning in the River Avon , near Bristol . The new fcrew company ' s iron-built screw propelled steam-boat Severn , trading between Bristol am . Newport , was coming up the river , and the Duke of Beaufort , a steam-boat , was proceeding down towards Pill , having in tow a small coasting vessel . Owing to the thickness of the fo ? the captain of the screw packet did not see tlie Duke of Beaufort until he was close upon her . As soon as he discovered her he called out " reverse the engines , " but before there was time to execute his command tho vessels came into collision with great force . The bow of the Severn took the D ; : ke of Beaufort at about six feet aft of her larboard bow , cat into her and sunk her . Her crew seeing their danger ran forward , and succeeded in clambering over the bowsprit of tho Severn , and act on hoard of that vessel .
A Pluralist . —Tho death of the Reverend George Robson , of Ei-bislock , near " Wi-e . vliam , trill cause a number of vacancies in this neighbourhood in situations which he had held for a great number of years . It 1 * 3 supposed that , since liis nomination by Bishop Hasoley , he 1 ms raised £ 100 . 000 from tho livings he held . — Carnarvon ] h ? ald . —[ A reference to the " Clergy List " the current year specifies the vicarage of Clink ( Denbigh ) ns held by Mr . Robson , in addition to Erbistock ( Flintshire ); the value of the former living i-s £ 070 . and of the latter £ 254 per annum . " ] The MunDBit xeae Bath . —Bath , December 24 . —This morning James Evans was brought up for re-examination , charged with the wilful murder of Georgo Bush , at Priston , near Bath , the
particulars of which have already appeared in the l { Northern Star . " The circumstances of this ' most atrocious murder still remains enveloped in fi great deal of mystery , and Evans was discharged this afternoon with au intimation from the mayor tint should any further evidence be forthcoming against him he would be liable to be again taken up . We are informed that both Professor Taylor , cf London , and Mr . W . Herepath , analytical chymist , of Bristol , when applied to for tho purpose of their determining as to whether they wove aMo to show that tho blood found on tbe leggings of the prisoner , who is a butcher by trade * was , as alleged by him , bullock's blood , or otherwise , replied that from circumstances they could not determine the point One of the London detective
force , named Thornton , is still engaged in endeavouring to find a clue to the perpetrator or perpetrators of this horrid murder . The evidence against Evans has been very incomplete , and although not called to-day , Mr . Slack , his solicitor , stated that he had witnesses in attendance who could completely exonerate the prisoner from the charge brought against him . The mayor inquired whether it waa llr . Slack ' s intention to prove an alibi , to which he replied in the affirmative , observing that Vie could show that at the time of the transaction the prisoner was at the Ring of Bells publichouse , and that he was not absent therefrom more than a quarter of an hour . Great excitement still prevails in this city and neighbourhood in regard
to this mysterious affair ; tbe justice-room to-day was thronged , and a dense crowd had collected outside . It appears pretty evident that the murder must have been committed by one person alone , hence the difficulty tho police experience in tracing ; fc home . : ' The Diaboxicai , MiscniEF at Kktley Colliery . —Government has offered a reward of £ 50 in addition to £ 50 already offered by the Ketley Company , to any p « rson who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the apprehension of the person or persons who , on the night of the 6 th inst ., cut the rope of one of the coal pits in the above colliery , by which abominable act two men and a boy lost their lives .
Resistance to the Cur 0 < ui , Tax . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants . of St . Atban ' s and neighbourhood , held on Saturday , at tho Town Hall , for the purpose of taking into consideration the lest means . of obtaining relief from the oppressive ccnl tax lately imposed upon them for tbe benefit of the City of London , the Earl of Verulam m the chair , a petition to the House of Commons agan 3 i the tax w . as unanimously adopted . } - - I
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Child MuRDBR-iT Ma !» 8 fibldWoodhoijsb , Noiis ^ —An old man , iupwarda of aixty yearB of age , and Frances Elliott , at : young woman of a ^ out twenty , were on Saturday last , the 20 th insti , committed by the Mansfield benoh of magistrates to the Maroh assizes for Notts on a charge of wilful murder . : The : prinoipal witness was a woman named Berry , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , whose evidence went to show that a year and a-half ago she resided with the prisoner Dellah at Mansfield Woodhouse . IIo was known iu the neighbourhood as a sort of quack dootor . About that time Miss Elliott came to Dellah ' s house . The young woman was then pregnant . She stayed with them four days , during which time she was delivered of a child , which
was alive when born . The infant cried , but waa afterwards put out of the way . It appears that Berry and Dellah had previously cohabited together , a disagreement had ensued , and , to be " rovenged" upon him , she had divulged ; the murder to the police . Miss . Elliott , upon being apprehended , immediately confessed to the crime . Her family reside at Heanor , in Derbyshire . Dellah was apprehended , and his deportment at the time and subsequent admission of certain facts immediately satisfied the authorities as to his participation in the crime . - ; Coal Docks in the Ttnb . —Docks for the shipment of the immense quantity of coal annually sent from the Tyhe has long been desired , and . on
Monday the draft of anew bill was laid before the River Tyne Commissioners , at a meeting held in the Morchant'fi-hall , Newcastle , for parliamentary powers to ereot a large dock in a creek called Hayhole , about a mile above Shields harbour , for the shipment of coal from the coal field on the N . E . coast of Northumberland ; nearly a million tons of coal—about three-fourths of tbe coals shipped ia the river being now put on boavd vessels at this place , by the ordinary means of staiths . The commissioners , also , seek further powers to erect two large piers or breakwaters at the mouth of the harbour , for the purpose of giving
a greater uniform depth of water on Shields bar , and affording protection to vessels coming into the harbour in rough weather . It is also projected to form a dock of 100 acre 3 upon Jarrow Slake , the fund to be raised by private enterprise . The dock at Jarrow Slake will be for the shipment of coal brought by the York and Berwick Railway from the Durham coal field . The funds for the erection of Hay hole Dock will be raised primarily upon the ordinary dock dues ; secondarily the dues raised hy the commissioners in the dock will be pledged , the coal-owners , having ataiths at this place , agreeing to ship their coals in the dock for fifty years .
Tub Recordership op Portsmouth . —Thomas PhinD , E > q ., Recorder of Portsmouth , has sent in his resignation of that office , having been appointed to the recordership of Devonport , vacant by the transfer of Mr . Greenwood , Q . C ., to the assistant solicitorship of the Treasury . The Stourhridge and Broomsgrove Bank . — On Saturday last , the bankrupts in this caao were examined as to their separate estates for the last time . The audits were merely of the current receipts and expenses of the bankruptcy , and affoided no information as the probable assets of tho several estates .
Young Brigands at Stockport . —A few days s nce two boys , named Frederick Jones , aged 17 , and William Walker , aged 15 yearp , were charged I e ' ore the magistrates of Stceltport . with attempting to rob and threatening to shoot two females nameu Harriet Beckett and Ellen Wood , on the highway ; tho former on the 13 th of October last , and the latter on the night of the 6 th inst . The prisoners , who declined to say anything in answer to the charge , were fully committed for trial at tho assizes at Liverpool . .
On Tuesday , the box of an emigrant , on board the ship Oregon , lying in the Prince ' s Dock , Liverpool , was forcibly broken open , and £ 800 stolen . 4-570 was in sovereigns ; there were also four £ 50 Bank of England noteB , two £ 10 , and two £ 5 notes . Mysterious Occurrence at a Railway Station . —On Wednesday morning a genteelly-dressed man , who gave bis name Solomons , entered the refreshmeiiti-rooma of the Lime-atreet station , Liverpool , and asked permission to burn some papers . This request was refused by the waiter , on the ground that it might set the chimney on fire ; at that time he had no suspicion of anything wrong , but being soon afterwards offered £ 5 to burn the
papers , he suspected all was not right , and communicated with the poiice . In a . short time two of the detectivo ofBcers arrived and took the person into custody , when they found that the name of Solomons was not the correct one ; but the man was so straiige in his conduct that a surgeon was called in , and doubts are entertained of the suspected party being in his right mind . He had about £ 50 in notes , £ 30 in gold , and a large quantity of papers and . parchments . The detectives , however , do not think the money is the fruit of a robbttur . Sus 9 fco . ps Death in Warwickshire . —On Saturday morning some lads who were passing along the Stonebridgo and Mtsriden-road , observed on the banks of the Old Pool a hat , a walking-stick , and
a purse . On search being made the body of a man was discovered in the water , which was not more than three feet and a half deep , a cord being bound firmly round the neck , and the legs being also tightly tied with a thin kind of rope . The body proved to be that of a man named James Whorrail , who was formerly a farmer at Bickenhill , but who had latterly resided in Francis-street , Ashted , Birmingham , and who , although possessing some property , occasionally acted as traveller for a Mr . Newman , a tool-maker , with whom two jof his sons were in partnership . At the time he left Coleshill he appeared to be perfectly sober , but nothing more was heard of him until his body was discovered in the manner above described . Although tbero were no marks of violence on the deceased ' s
person , it is a somewhat suspicious circumstance that the pockets of his clothes , with the exception of a waistcoat pocket , were turned insiile out , and the only money fount ! upon him was 03 d , An inquiry , which lasted two days , lias taken " place before ' Mr . Seymour , the coroner of Coventry , and tho surgeon having given it as his opinion that though the deceased waa found immersed in the water bis death was caused by strangulation , the jury returned a verdict to that effect . It may be add ' ed that the deceased appeared to hnvo been a person of somewhat eccentric habits , and had recently asked a friend whether he thought selfdestruction was a sin .
Alarming Fiisk in Manchester . —On Wednesday morninir a largo block of buildings in Marketstreet , Manchester , comprising four shops to the front of that street , with a restaurant below and two storeys of warehousing nbove , wove discovered to be on fire . The fire had originated in tho warehouse of Mr . George Ilodgkinson , quilting and counterpane manufacturer , immediately over the shops , and when discovered , had gained considerable power . The fire was extinguished altogether in two hours , after destroying nibout £ 1 , 500 worth of goods in Mr . Hodgkinson ' s warehouse , which
is covered by insurance . In tho warehouse above , belonging to Mr . George M'Cartney and Co ., stuff and small ware manufacturers , there was a stock worth £ 5 , 000 , which , fortunately , has 01 . ^ 3 ' suffered from heat and smoke , though the fire had once got hold of the floor and burnt through it . Messrs Clarke and Whitelegg , hatters , had one of tho shops underneath , and have suffered through the drenching of the water to the extent of £ 800 . Mrs , Stewart ' s restaurant suffers to the extent of £ 30 , and several of the other occupiers lose from £ -10 to £ 50 each . The whole loss wiil not exceed £ 20 , 000 , probably .
Caution . —A person styling himseif a refugee called on the 10 th inst . at Mr . G . Cavill ' s , Temperance Hotel , Queen-street Sliefnelil , where some refugei'S were lodging , to whom he was introduced . Ho conversed in the Hungarian and Gorman languages , and after partaking of a good dinner , requested to bo shown to a bedroom ' , which was grunted . He , however , shortly afterds , came down nnd left the house . Suspicion was aroused , and a search was made , when it was found , that a pair of Wellington boots , worth ] 2 s ., the property of one of the refugee ? , had been stolen .
More Garrotte Robbemes . —On Monday Inst three cases of garrotte robberies we ' re brought before the magistrates at the Borough Court , Manchester . In the first , two men , named Bihbie and Corfiald , were charged with stealing 2 s . ^ & . from Abraham Orme . About a quarter-past five o'clock on Saturday afternoon , the prosecutor was going home through Baird-street , Malaga-stveefc , when lie met the prisoners and some-other young men . Ho stood and talked with them for some minutes , and then walked on . The prisoners soon overtook him , when Corfield threw his arm round liis neck and held him , while Bibbietook 2 s . 7 s . from his pockets . Two young men camo up at the time , and made Corfield take his arm from the complainant ' s neck , but never thought of giving him into custody , The prisoners , therefore , escaped ; bus were afterwards apprehended by the police . They were now
committed for trial at the assizes . William Copestick and Henry Thompson were charged with stealing about £ 9 from Henry Grompton . On Saturday night , the complainant , who had iu 3 t returned from a journey , was going home along Bennett-street , when a woman caught him by the arm arid spoke to him . Just as she did so , the prisoner Copestick , and another man whom he could not identify , sprung upon him from a corner . Copestiok oaught at his neck , but failed to grasp it , owing to the complainant's wearing a muffler , He tiien repeated the attempt , in which he succeeded , and at the same time a shawl was thrown over Cromptoii ' s head . Crompton then fell upon the growid , and upon - getting up and iryiBsj to walk ' on , he fell again , and became insensible . 'On recovering his senses , he found tuat the shawl which had been thrown over his head ' was still upon hia shoulders , and that he had bsen robbed \ ef . ubo ^ t £ . 9 . lie in-
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formed apoliceman , who had come up of what had taken place , and the prisoners "wo " ^ f ^ wards apprehended in Spear-street . . Tlw « £ remanded ; William Shaokleton and Ellen M'Curdy were charged with stealing 30 s . from a man named Shaw , aflymaker andprovision-dealer 37 , Hanoverstreet . Between ten and eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night , the prosecutor was returning home from a meeting of a club which he had been attending , when ho had occasion to . stand for a short time at the corner of Spcar-stvcet . Before he stopped he saw at a short distance from him the two prisoners , two other men , and two boys . When he ^ stopped the male prisoner oame ' up to him , grasped him by tho neck , and shouting to the four persons just mentioned , said , "Come . ; I have him ; now make haute , make haste . " Some of the party said
somethinff else to the complainant , but Shackleton renlied " I can hold him . " ' Some of the party then cut off the prosecutor ' s fob , and one of his other pockets , containing his watch , a sovereign , a half-sovereign , and twopence in copper . During this time the complainant ' s neck had been so tiffhtly pressed by Shackleton , that he was unable to raise any alarm , and ultimately became insensible When he recovered his senses he was lying uoon the ground , where he must have lain for some time as it was twelve o ' clock before he arrived at home , a short distance off . He afterwards gave Information to the police , and the prisoners were , apprehended . The man was remanded until ( this day ) Saturday but the woman discharged .
, _ Attempted Mubder by Poachers in Custody , —A police constable , named Olding , narrowly escaped being killed on Saturday last . He was taking William Goddall and . Tyrrell Englefield , two noachers , who had been sentenced to three months imprisonment for killing pheasants on the estate 0 the Speaker , to Baaingstoke , when descending a lull in a lane near Mapledurwell . Goodall put out bis foot and threw Oldingdown . As they , . were handcuffed together they began to kick him in the head till he was becoming insensible , when they said , « . He is dead , let ' s hook it . " He lay for some time unconscious , and on coming to himself he _ got up ,
but fell three times before he was able to keep up . He found the prisoner in another lane , having got the manaele from Englefield ' s wrist . After a chase of about a mile , though weak and bleeding from the mouth and head , he captured Goodall , though not without a severe struggle , in which Goodall was cut much in the head with a pair of handcuffs Oldina had—they having taken his staff from him . He lay on ( he ground with the prisoner till Mr . Hafcton , of Andwell Mill , who knew of the affair , camo with a cart and took him to the house of Mr . ' Paris , at
Water-end . There Olding ' s head was tied up , and he was conveyed to Oldham by Mr . Paris . He presented a frightful appearance , his features being scircely visible ; he is , however , recovering . Goodall has since been taken to Winchester .
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"greianu . Murderous Outrage . —Last week as some emr grants were going to Dublin by the night passage boat from Tullamore , and after starting , the captain saw two individuals with the . emigrants , who were not passengers , but seeing their friends off . The captain ( says the "Leinster Express" ) took hoi of one to throw him over , but not succeeding , he attacked the other , a young man , named Malady , whom he flung into the canal , and the unfortunate man was drowned . Ths young man is said to be from Kilbeggan . An inquest has been held on the body by James Dillon . Esq ., of Tullamore . The deceased ' s name was ascertained to be Pat Malady . After some deliberation the jury handed in a verdict of " Found drowned . "
The Split in the Defence Association . — Dr . Cullen has addressed a letter to the honorary secretaries of the Defence Association with a view of casting oil upon the troubled waters , and of appeasing the wrath of the mutinous " Spartans " who , by their recently published protest , have shaken all public confidence in the good faith of the association . Whether those objects are likely to be achieved by the doctor ' s coy avowal of his sympathy towards Mr . Wilberforce is doubtless best known to Messrs . Keoali , Moore , and the other confederated advocates of " pure nationality . " Dublin and
Elkctric Telegraph between Holyhbad . —The "Warder" of Saturday stales positively that tbe same company which has executed the submarine telegraph between the French and English shores has actually submitted to the Government a proposal by which it guarantees the completion within a very limited period of a submarine telegraph , upon the very same principle and construction , between Kingstown and Holyheai ) . The sole condition required by the company ia , that the Government will pay it for the exclusive use of two wires which they propose placing at its disposal ayearljksum of £ 1 , 000 . Irishweiodies—A society has just been formed in Dublinfor the preservation and publication of the ancient melodies of Ireland . Dr . Petrie , the eminent artist and antiquary , has been nominated president of the provisional council , and the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Talbot of Malahide , the Lord Chief Baron , the Right Hon . Alexander M'Donnell , and Sir Jnsenh Vere de Yere have accepted the office of
vice presidents . Tub Defenders . — The redoubtable Father Maher , of Carlow , has come to the rescue of " his Gmco the Lord Primate ; " who has been mauled somewhat sacrilegiously in the me " ee . The rev . f . ither , in a most trenchant epistle addressed to William Keogh , Esq ., M . P ., the leader of the Irish , as contra-distinguised from the Saxon host , deals out some heavy blows to " tho great gun of Athlone , " and politely informs the lion , gentleman that if he and the other champions of nationality are not satisfied with Mr . Wilberforce they had better retire from tbe association . ' ___
Three more Incendiary Fires in Down . —We ( "Down Recorder" ) aroobliged to announce the occurrence of no less than three incendiary fires which took place in this county during the last f , ; w days , The first , a house , the property , of Captain " Browne , of Janeville ; the second , a mill and some office-houses at Greyabbey , the property of Mr . Hugh Montgomery ; and the third , a house in tho neighbourhood of Killinchy . All , we regret to s ; iw , tiirn out to be agrarian outrages . Threating Notice . —The " Newry Telegraph " states that Mr . Rutherford , agent to the Marquis of Anglcsea , on his extensive estates in tbe county of Louth , has received notices threatening him with the fate of Mr . Bateson . Previous to the recent murder he also , it is added , received several notices of a similar character .
The Galwat Packet Station . —Mr . Whiteside , M . P ., one of the members of tho Mansion-bouse committee , having taken a different view from his colleagues on tho packet station question , has drawn up a report of his own , which is printed in the appendix to the report published by the committee . Mr . Whiteside thinks the committee shoulil have declared in favour of a particular site for the station , and states that Galway is entitled to bo selected as that site . An Arbitration Case of great interest to the Presbyterians of Ireland was dfC'ried on Saturday last . ' The parties were the Rev . Dr . Dill and Mr
William Neilson , both of this city ; and the controversy between them arose from statements published by Mr . Neilson relative to the very large bequests left by the late Mrs . Magee ( £ GO , 000 ) for presbyterian purposes , Dr . Dill being one of the executors , and residuary legatees of Mrs . Magoe ' s will , and his character being affected by the charges ) rought by Mr . Xcilson , those charges imputing to him dishonest and corrupt motives with reference to tho management of the suit for administration of the testatrix's assets . The arbitrators , after hearing counsel during three or four successive days , found " That Mr . Neilson has failed to establish
the imputations cast by twin on Mr . Dill , ov any of them , and we therefore acquit Mr . Dill from all and every of the said imputations . " The English secretary of the Catholio Defence Association lias arrived in Dublin , and entered on the duties ofhisoffi . ee , so that there appears to be very little chance of matters being accommodated by the retirement of that gentleman . The Dublin Protestant Association have issued an announcement that a great meeting of the protestants of Ireland , to adopt steps to secure the repeal of all acts endowing the Roman Catholio Collogo of Maynooth , will be hold in Dublin , under the highest auspices , previously . to the opening of the next session of Parliament' Edward Grogan , Esq ., M . P ., will take the chair .
Mr . Augustus Collingldgo , an English gentleman , who was declared the-purchaser of several lots of the Earl of Kingston ' s estates on the 25 th of November last , for the sum of £ 34 , 580 , and who had been arrested under , an attachment issued by the Commissioners of the Encumbered Estates Court , was brought before the Chief Justice on a writ of habeas' corpus ; and , after a lengthened argument was discharged from custody . The grounds upon which counsel relied for the discharge of the prisoner were an error in the date of tho testing of the writ under which he was arrested—namely , " tho fourteenth year of the reign , " whereas the Queen is in tho fifteenth year of her reien since June last .
Emigration . —The ' Limerick : Reporter' notices an extraordinary feature in the history of emigration . It . appoai-8 that while thousands are leaving their native shore for the land of the West , there are vast number ? returning to Ireland ; and it is added that" soaroGly fuship ImvA New York that does not bring . 8 » : or 100 persons homewards / . The climate and habits , of the people at the other side of the Atlantic are not , , t secm ; ialtogether agreeable to some of our owntrymen . Tli ^ T . « CW « f Journal ' " on the other hand , w :- < Thetideof emigration ? 1 "lor ™» lnff fes * « Peryday in this Shorn snn i nS ^ fKilf ^ ^« es ffiSJffi
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ANOTHER AWFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . On Monday morning a dreadful explosion of firedamp occurred at "Wigau , Lancashire , by which thirteen lives were loBt . The oolliery is that of Mr , A . F . Halliburton ; at Ince , near Wigan ; and the explosion took place in what is called the ' Deep Pit" or " Arley Mine , " the shaft of which is upwards , of 900 feet deep . The . workings are very extensive and run south-east and north-west from the bottom of the shaft . Hicherto they have been so-free from the explosivegas , which issxich a scourge to people in this kind of employment , that the coal-getters worked with naked candles . The firemen having examined the pit on Monday morn-, * Amnnn 1 WPTTT / tAT . T . TT ? f ) V rVDT . ACTrvW
ing , and reported all . safe , nearly one hundred men and boys proceeded to work , descending the shaft , and proceeding to their places of destination in the workings . Seventeen men proceeded to their destinations in the south-east levels , and the remainder took the opposite direction to a very remote part from the others . About six o ' clock the report of a terrific explosion was heard , and means were instantly adopted to extricate the sufferers , From the south-east levels only four persons escaped , and these were so exhausted with choke-damp that it was with difficulty they could give any idea of what had occurred .. From the account given by a boy employed as a . drawer , it is probable that the explosion occurred in a bay at the
face of the coal , about 1 , 650 feet underground to the south-east of the shaft . This youth says he descended , with a coaler named Hobert Davies , at a quarter-past five o ' clock , and soon after getting to the far end of the level , where Da vies worked , he wa 3 despatched towards the shaft with a tub of coals that he had filled . He and his little brother had reached a shunt about 450 feet from where they left Davies and some other coiliera and drawers , when they stopped to rest , and two other drawers joined them . They had sat talking about ten minutes when an explosion was heard , and terrible gusts of air came past them with such force that the rails on which the carriages ran were torn up , and driven past them with great violence .
A piece of iron went so close to him that it struck the edge of hia oar and wounded it . Small pieces of coal wore carried along by these blasts , and great numbers of these small particles struck his back with such force as to enter the skin . lie started immediately after for the shaft ; but , recollecting his little brother , he turned back , and , as . well as the sulphur would permit , shouted for him .. His brother was suffocated almost from the sulphur , and could not reply , but laid hold of him as he was passing , and he raised the boy up and assisted him to the shaft , which they reached much exhausted , After these boys were rescued , search was made for the other workpeople , but it was near eleven o ' clock before they were found , thirteen of them dead .
The following are the names of the killed : — Robert Davies , a married man , who leaves a widow and four small children ; Joseph Tupping , married ; John Topping , son of the last-named collier ; Henry Topping , also son of Joseph Topping ; Henry Meadow ? , John Hiram , Elisha Hiram , John Whittle , married ; Wright Southern , Matthew Edge , Thomas Bushel ! , James Jolley , George Pigott . In all seven men and six boys . Some of these unfortunate men have been dreadfully burnt , especially Whittle , who had been one of the earliest to descend the mine .
The only conjecture that can be formed of the cause of the explosion—all the parties having been killed who were near the scene of the catastrophe -is from the stntemeni ; of the youth we have . \ lready mentioned as having rescued his brother hy so mere a chance . He says that when he left Davies be had heard Davies tell Whittle that he should want a road dressing , and that he directed Whittle to do it . He said that Whittle replied that it could not be done , or at least that it would take the whole day to get tbe necessary props ; and
that Davies then directed Pigott and a workman namod Barnott to go into an old bay dose by , whence all the coal had been taken . Supposing them to . have done this , it would probably cause some of the loose earth from the roof to fall in , thus displacing and driving into the other workings some of the fire-damp which usually settles in these old roofings , where the naked candles of the workmen would lire it , and cause the explosion much as that was occasioned which took place so recently near Rotherham .
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AWFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION ATRiw MARSH .-FIFTY-OKE LIVES LOST . One of the most awful and fatal explosions that has ever taken place in this neighbourhood occurred on Saturday last at Warren Vale pit , R awmarsh two miles from Rotherham . The pit is the pro ' perty of Earl Fitzwilliam , and worked by Messrs * J . and J . Charles worth , the lessees of many collieries in the Yorkshire coal district . It appearg that about ten minutes before six on Saturday morning Mr . Sylvester , the underground steward went into the pit as usual , to examine the state of the workings . One or two men went down with him , and he was followed shortly afterwards by the whole body of miners employed there , jhe precise number of men in the pit has not been ascertained It is believed to be not less than seventy-three . ' To outward appearance everything went on as usual until a few minutes bofore seven o ' clock . At that time not only those near the pit , but the whole neighbourhood , were astounded and horrified bv an irruption like that of a volcano . Smoke " and flame burst out of the mouth of the pit in anap . palling volume . Two corves , which wero being drawn up out of the pit , were projected upward with volcanic force , and lodged in the gearing over tho ahaft . Ashowerof coals , stones , and otter matters was carried high into the air , and de . scendod all around the pit in a terrific shower . So fearful aad perilous was it , the persons employed _ .
near the pit mouth were compelled to tako shelter under the platform of the tipplers for loading the carts ; and it was only by this precaution that they escaped fatal injuries . The country all round tha pit was blackened to a distance of threequarters of a mile , by the descent of tho dust and smoke . So great was this , that a man who was _ standing at hia cottage door , two fields from the pit , found his faoe blackened as if he had been working in tho pit itself . The report or explosion was heard at a dig . tanco of two miles from the pit's mouth . The whole country round was filled with consternation ^ and crowds of persons hastened to the place . As soon as it was possible the damaged gearing of the shaft was repaired , so as to enable men to descend the pit , which is 127 yards deep . The supposed
cause of the accident is the fall of a portion of the roof of the pit , stopping the usual current of ventilation , liberating a large quantity of foul air , and forcing it into the parts where the miner 3 were working with candles . It appears that thisia a new pit , which has not been worked more than twelve months . The explosion took place in , the northern parts of the workings of the deeper seem , but communicated by the shaft with the upper seam . Up to Sunday evening forty-nine bodies wero taken out of the pit , and it was thought that two or three others yet remained . The search has been continued with the greatest care , and only one other body , that of Thomas Sylvester , the fire
trier , has since been found . The body of Sylvester was blown to pieces , and the fragments so scattered about the pit that it was found impossible to remove them except in a shell . One of the men had a most singular escape . After the explosion ho made his way to the bottom of the shaft , and in a desperate effort to escape from the after damp , by which he was then almost overcome , climbed b y the conductors several yards up the shaft to a small recess in the wall . He was then so much exhausted , and suffered so much from the after-damp , that it was only by placing his mouth to a crevice in tho wall , through which the water oozed , that he was kept alive . He had nofc been many minutes in
this position before the rope and " chair" were lowered from the top of the shaft . This he seized , and was one of the first that were drawn np . On Monday tho anxious relatives and friends of tho parties were engaged in inspecting tho mutilated remains , and the names of all the sufferers are now known . In some cases the only means by which the bodies could be identified were the buttons on ( tie clothes , Iq one case Clip clothes and body wero so much burnt , that the identity was only established by the buckle of a leather belt worn round the waist . Tho bodies of fifty-one have been identified ; fourteen escaped comparatively uninjured , and eight have been seriously injured .
THB INQUEST . A coroner ' s inquest was empannelled on Tuesday morning by Thomas Badger , Esq ., of Rotherham , coroner , to inquire into tho circumstances connected with this awful explosion . The inquiry took placo at the Star Inn , in two chambers connected with which appeared the appalling spectacle of forty-three disfigured corpses , lying side by aide , attired in tbeir tattered working dress , in the precise state in which they had been brought out of the pit . — The Coroner having addressed the jury , they proceeded to view tho bodies . On their again assembling the following evidence was taken . Some of the witnesses who were called first wero
absent at one or another of the funerals : —John Roebuck , of Rose Hill : I am engine tenter at the Warren Vale Colliery . I went to attend at my duty at the pit about five o ' clock on last Saturday morning . I was tho first on the pit hill . I lowered' the whole of the men and boys into tho pit , with the exception of two who did not como that morning , down as soon as possible . The greater part were down before a quarter past six . As near as I can say , I let down men and boys to the number of seventy . It was the duty of Sylvester , the fire-trier of the nine feet bed , to go down to seo that the works were all safe . I was never cautioned not to let others down till he had reported that the pit waa safe . It was not his duty to report
as to the state of the pit . I did not know whether the pit was safe or not . The practice at this pit was , that as soon as Sylvester had gone down , any other man could follow without waiting for any report as to the state of the pit . So notice ha 3 over been given to me as to the men going down , excepting that I was not to let any . one down iill after Sylvester . I have regularly I 06 the colliers down along with or after Sylvester . I do not recollect that he ever went down alone the first thing in tbe morning . It has nob been considered the duty of Sylvester or Kay , the underground steward , or any other person , to go down into this pic before tbe workmen to report as to its safety . I was in the engine-house when the explosion ' took place . It was about five minutes to seven o'clock . I do not know the cause of the explosion , for can I form any opinion . I worked the engine from Saturday mornine tilll to-dav at ton o ' clock ,
and brought up tho whole of the bodies . I think the whole of those in the pit have been got out . 1 never left the engine from Saturday morning till ordered this morning to attend the inquest . The men at the pit aro not furnished with Davy ' s lamps the pit being considered safe to work with tlio naked candle . The last body was cot out laie on Sunday night or on Monday morning . Mr . J . G » D . Charlcsworth , one of the proprietors , Mr . " "•" Goodison , the superintendent of Messrs . Charlesworth , and several colliers , were examined . The jury then adjourned to Tuesday ( next week . ) Tho pit will bo in the interim examined by Mr . Morton , the government inspector . On Saturday Mr . Morton will inspect tho pit , unattended , except by somo of tho surviving colliers . On Monday lie will a ' iso inspect the mines , attended by Mr . Byroai , mining agent of Earl Fitzwilliam ; Mr . Locke , collifry viower , Barnsley ; and Mr . T . D . Jeffcock , colliery viewer , Sheffield .
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THE PROPOSED DINNER AT SOUTHAMPTON TO THE HON . R . J . WALKER . The following is tho Hon . Mr . "Walker's reply ~ to the invitation to a publio dinner , given by the Mayor of Southampton , at the request of a large number of influential persons connected with the port : — " 10 , Half Moon-street , Piccadilly , " December 19 th , 1851 . " Sir , —I have received your kind letter of yesterday , inviting me , in the name of the Mayor of Southampton . ind a numerous body of the merchants and others connected with your port , to a public dinner thero , on such a day as may suit ray convenience . In consequence of my short stay in England ,
and accumulated business , I have been compelled to decline similar requests from other points in your country , prior in date to yours . It is with extreme regret that I feel constrained to forego the pleasure of dining with the mayor and merchants of Southampton . There is no one in England to whom I entertain more respect and esteem than the Mayor of Southampton . This feeling is general in America , and embraces your worthy , intelligent , liberal , and patriotic citizens , from whom we have received so many marks , of kindness snd regard . I is quite true , as referred to by you , that , as a member of tho American cabinet , I am an advocate of that great steam communication which now so happily unites various points of your country with my own . It was a most benefichl system , and I hope it is destined to great and successful enlargements . I thank you also for the kind and cordial sentiments . you have been pleased to express in
regard to my country . It is most clearly the interest and duty of England and America to encourage and maintain the most friendly relations . In remarks , heretofore made by me at your city , I took occasion to express an opinion that a neighbouring republic , so called , based upon half a million of bayonets , and a state of siege , would soon be merged in absolute or imperial power . Those predictions aro already fulfilled ; and France is now passing into a government more military and despotic than any that prevails in Europe , because it is purely the government of the army , and of a single chief . Already this fearful ' change is hailed with delight by all tno despotic powers , and especially by Russia , Austria , and Naples ! Tho Continent has become despotic , except a few remaining points , which are already menaced , and where the ' light of liberty , it is feared , will soon be extinguished , These islands alone remain < o breast the fury . of despotic power , and already it is intimated that , it mav
become necessary to re-establish against England the continental system of the first Napoleon . The principle of the despotic powers will be this , that England must refuse an asylum to tho exiled victims of continental oppression , anil that she mu > t abandon the liberty of speech and the press . The question , I fear , will soon bo propounded to Ensland—Will you relinquish all the principles of free governmtnt , and sink quietly into the abyss of despotism ? Or will you Tvmnfully v « sist . nnd if so , when , and hoi ? , and where , are you willing to begin the resistance ? "Will you wait until every free government is overthrown ou the Continent ? Or , when the principle of armed
intorvention from abroad announces its determination to subvert these governments , will you then interfere or- your own security , and whilst yet you may have riends and allies upon the Continent . Should the lattcv be your wise and patriotic resolve , and should you , in that event , desire tho co-operation of my country , it will be given by the government , and sustained by the people , with zeal and unanimity . I know nothing , since the days of the . Crusades , that could ' excitcin America a fooling so deep , universal , and enthusiastic , or which would call out so inany . millions , if necessary , of my country * . men , as an invitation from you , to your children In America , to fight together the last great triumphant battle for the liberties of man . It would lio a
certain nnd an easy victory , achieved chir-fly bv the naval force 3 of England an > l America ; and , ' succeeding this victory ,, there wouhl then be enduring peaco and extended commerce . Indeed , I doubt not , that if England and America would inform tho Continental despots that they must not intervene beyond their own limits to overthrow other goversments , merely because they were free , that such an annunciation . would most their march in 18 al as it did in 1820 , and accomplish tho same result without the necessity of war or bloodied . Be pleased to present to the mayor and to the worthv merchants and citizens of Southampton , who have united in this invitation , my most sincero thanks , and accept for yourself ,: my dear Sir , renewed assurances of my regard and esteem . " Yours , most faithfully , 11 nu 1 t . t » " R . J . WaLKEI ? . tbarles E . Deacon , Esq ., Ac .,-Town Clerk . "
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Private Executions . —The new regulation , interdicting the presence of the public at execution ? , came into operation for the first time in Prussia , » few days since . The guillotine was erected in ouo of the courc-yavds of the Hotel de Ville at ltos « > to carry into effect the sentence of death pronounced on a man named Cajet , for the muvdev of his second wife . He bud boon previously condemned to i ' . 'U'd labour for life for tho murder of his first wifo , but had been pardoned . The law authorities and twelve persons selected by lot from the jury list wero niono present at tho execution .
Many of our readers will , ire apprehend , have had opportunities of appreciating the truth of Dr . Henvv ' s remark ' s , « j ; it 'the temporary relief obtained by nie ' s'ii oi purgative medicines is puvchased at the lligll price Ot ttlf a ? gravaion ami or the perpetuating : the ( Jiseiise ; ' and tli : it 'tlie cure ot biliousness ( : uui consequently of its aecomparviBj derangement—costiveness ) ctmnot be effected bv p'u ^' . i'O medicine . ' Tlie same remarks may safely bs " appl ' ifl to nervous and liver complaints ; once apply drills -Mil the occasion ibr usin them recurs iieriw ! i = a ' . with greater intensity . Their sudden , tearing ' ' »" violent action upon weak organs must needs proSuM ; l still greater degree of weakness in them ; and tl ; cir m ' } of energy to relieve tli mstlvts is increased by tk > tltl' »> tating influencii of medicines ; hence the oitgravntiou . i' ! lJ of the Mt
perpetuation diseases . We therefore fcel p pleasure in noticing the salutary change wrought iu ;'' c curative art by Du Barry ' s Itcvalenta Arabica Food , wtKf » deserves the attention of every practitioner , eitlitr himsvit an invalid , or interested in the speedy and permanent recovery of his patients . In the generally healthy but institutionally feeble system , its solo action is lliffWy Jieu " nshinjr and strengtlii £ , as well in the case of tlie ad «} s ss that of the infant . Brought in contnet with disease *>> ' - ' r stomaeh . Tiervcs , liver , kidneys , and intestines generally- ? then- worst forms , it displays appropriated all the virtue- " —without any of the vices—of an aperient , a touto i " astringent , a diuretic , and a sedative , bv removals iae « rent causec-f the various s \ mptomsfor which these oi !''' site agents are alternatel y " exhibited , either in van ; - "' wtU tho certainty of causing ulterior mischief . It '•! ., ;
tnerapeutic asent ot gentle hut steady and imsi * " - " . power ; boiled in water , clear beef soup , mutton cr ;• • , broth , it is eaten by infants , as well as the most ; meu . : '" 11 liiht-m persons , being much more easily dieted than ronwot . Its hailing , . renovating , and strensthenin ? ' !' . uiea awomniiol ) . what no otuei 1 wmodj * will vSeet '' " ' moreover , admitted by thoso wlio have used it »» l' 1 ' ' , best food fw infants and invalids generally , ns it ' ;• turns acid on the weakest stomach , nor interferes «» ; ' : good liberal diet , but imparts a healthv relish &r , '"'; . . and dinner , and restore * the f . cultv of di B csiio » and 0 } cular and ntrvous em-rgyto the most enfeebled . For ^ ll ™ ,, n « our . readevs W 1 J refer them to asynop ^ «" .- n - OfoO . OOO testimonials received by ilr . Du JJarry , I - ' .- ' .. , nond-street , London , upon' tbo invariable efficacy » •" . Uevalenta Arabica Food in removing indigestion , co" -- ' turn , bilious , nervous , and liver complaints , wh ' - cji ua » sisted al other remedies ; and wbM are fovrad W W 11 day ' s ) advertising column .
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Esamel VismsG Cards-We believe ifc to bo correct to state that seven years is the almost ephemeral average of existence in the trade for ap-) lymg the poisonous surface to the petty tok-n of saw ificea to the Juggernaut of fashion more cornmendablo or less shockin » , than a lottery of danger , ni 1 which some draw the prize of coinputencv and others tha , terrible bkak of annihilation ? - Mining Journal . Mrs . Colonel Bloomer is said to be so gratified at ? nBiSf fi ^ T - ! Bloomerii 3 m . has made in England , that she intends visiting us in the sprin * accompanied by the ^ galknt colonel and a brilliant smte ofladies Wno have adopted the new costume
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