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      6 The Northern Star. February L Iq^

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . February l iq ^

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      EHEiHEiiTn of London dcbisg the Wees . —The offi-I'dreil report says : —A decrease has occurred in the » rtabrtality of the metropolitan districts during the wek tek that ended last Saturday ; the deaths , which th ( the two preceding weeks were 102-3 and 1037 , . wimving now fallen to 950 . Taking corresponding :: ekseks of the ten years ( 18 il-50 } , the lowest return us ms made in 1816 , when the deaths registered were illy Sly 903 , in a week of unusually high temperature , cememean of which rose about ten degrees above the fera . erage ; and the highest occurred in 1348 , namely £ 57 < 57 deaths , when influenza had not disappeared , hiieniien other epidemics abounded , and the mean temiratiratnre was singularly low , having fallen nearly as

      EUCUUCU below the average as in 1916 it had been WVOOve it . The average number of deaths in the ten mrrerresponding weeks was HOi , compared with thiclhich ( without any correction for supposed increase " po ' population ) the account for the last weekpreisntsnts a favourable result . But an inspection of the iblebies of ages and fatal diseases show that though ueraere is a marked diminution of mortality from rronronchitis , which had previously thinned the ranks if tf the aged , who are the greatest sufferers by it ; cad Od though the number who die from what is rather aigoguely described as " old age . " has declined from 33 i 5 in the preceding week to 35 in the last , and in ]) mome complaints common to the young there is also de decrease ; vet pneumonia , which is principally

      utaitalto children , has actually increased , and in the jaidpidemic class small-pox and fever exhibit a consi-Eenenble advance . Zymotic or epidemic diseases in : iie ae aggregate have risen from 196 in the previous -eeleek to 211 in the last ; small-pox from 21 to 32 . » ft > f these 32 deaths , 9 occurred above 15 years of ! ge ge ; and in only two cases , out of tbe whole dddjier er from small-pox , does it appear probable that iacaccination had been properly performed . Ei « ht of : ie le deaths from small-pox occurred between the ESttSth and 25 th January in the hospital for this iisriseasc , which "was recently removed to Holloway ; indnd with the exception of a child aged 16 months , iihvhich had been brought from Rosemary-lane , the . geges of the patients ranged from 16 to 23 years .

      ifwfwo were seamen brought from the Dreadnought lolospital ship ; three female servants from Mortakake and Marylebone ; a married woman from : 31 Clerkenwell ; and a porter from St . Giles . All the issases are described as " confluent , unprotected , " ( xexcept that of a sailor , who is stated to have died rorom " small-pox , confluent unmodified ( 9 days ) , ilylysentery ( several months ) , vaccinated when young , : ioio cicatrix . " The registrars again report various aiamilies , which have been fatally visited by this lidise . ise , and where vaccination is neglected from ' ] ' prejudice entertained against it . " A house in St . SiSiles is mentioned , in which a child has died , and naix persons are now suffering from the same comilalaint : and the medical attendant adds , that the

      mmly child that has escaped is one of two months , vtvhich had been vaccinated in the workhouse . In Bdfos well-court , ( St George-the-Martyr . ) where a ihihild had died without vaccination , the mother and ofour children are now labouring under small pox . [ nln tbe returns of the week , a child of two years is itstated in the medical certificate to have died of " " exhaustion from ptyalism . " Two men died from mntemperance . Tbe births of 704 boys and 769 | i » irl 9 , in all 1 , 52-3 children , were registered in the wreck . The average of sis corresponding weeks in 13845-50 , is 1 . 3 S 2 . At the Royal Observatory , 3 Sreenwicb , the mean daily reading of thebarometer

      iraas above 30 in . on Thursday and Friday ; the nnean of the week was 29-850 in . The mean daily cceaiperature was 45 . 8 desrees on Tuesday , when it ( mashighest ; and 31 . 7 degrees on Friday , when it twas lowest . The mean of the week was 40 . 1 deggrees , which is 2 . 3 degrees above the average of the saame week in 10 years . The daily mean was from ii to 8 degrees above the average of the several ddays , on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; it then ^ declined till it fell considerably be ' ow the average ton Friday , when fog prevailed , and continued below lit on Saturday . The wind was , for the most part , iin the south-west .

      Seizors or Three Illicit Distilleries . — On { Saturday hist the revenue officers effected the jaeiru . e of three illicit stills . The first was at No . 34 , Poolfrstreeti Hoxton , a private house , whose well-whitened step and clean white blinds had preserved it long from all suspicions . A still was seized iin the back kitchen capable of making an amount of ( Spirit , the duty on which would be £ 7 per diem . The mext seizure was at 8 , George-street , Bethnaljgreen . From this house one of the inmates endea-Tonred to make bis escape by tbe roof , ran along tbe itops of the neighbouring houses , and accomplished a fearful double leap from the roof to a shed , and ! thence to the shed , where he was captured , notwithstanding his agility . The third seizure was made at 10 . Carlisle-street , Bethnalgreen .

      The Trial of the Sloanes . —It has been stated in several papers that the prosecution against Mr . and Mrs . Sloane was about to be removed , by certiorari , into the Queen ' s Bench for trial . We believe that this statement is quite erroneous . There would seem to be no valid reason for such a proceeding on fiie part of the accused . There is no doubt that persons accused in this sort may apply to the Court of Queen ' s Bench for a writ of certiorari , to remove the proceedings into that court for trial—a motion which Is seldom refused , and never denied when sufficient grounds are produced for granting it The prosecutor has the same right of applying to the Superior

      Court of Criminal Judicature , but must , like the prisoner , show some just and reasonable grounds for removing the case from the ordinary tribunals . The croifOj of course , can always choose ito own tribunal , and can try any case which the law officers originate , in any court within the jurisdiction of the sovereign . But fa this case the prosecution is not at all at the instance of the crown , aod , therefore , the parties are left to the ordinary tribunals , unless one or other of them chooses to apply to tbe court above to have the case removed . The trial will , therefore , come on at the ordinary sittings of the Central Criminal Court , which commences its next session on Monday next , the 3 rd of February , at the Old Bailey . —Observer .

      Suicide op a Female . —On Saturday last , Mr . H . M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , held an inquest ifethe Ball Inn , Whetstone , on view of the body of Vary Moss , aged thirty-four , a married daughter of Mr . Moulton , the landlord of that house . The jury proceeded to view the body of the deceased , which presented asickeningapectacle , the head being nearly severed from the shoulders ; and afterwards the evidence was proceeded with . It appeared that in consequence of some misunderstanding with her husband , the deceased had left bun , and taken up her residence with her father at the above tavern . She had been very low spirited and desponding of late , but made no complaint . On the previous Tuesday

      while sitting at dinner , she suddenly rose from the fable and left the room . Some time had elapsed , and the deceased not returning , search was made for . her is ber bedroom , bat she was not there ; and was subsequently found on the floor of her father ' s room , lying in a pool of blood , which had flowed from a wound ia her throat , of such magnitude as only to leave her head hanging at the back of the neck , and an open razor , taken from her father ' s case , was lyins ; by ber side clotted with blood . A surgeon was immediately called in , who pronounced life to be quite extinct , and expressed an opinion that death must have been almost instantaneous . Verdict : — ' Temporary insanity . "

      A . Forsakb * Wbe asd Mother . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest on the body of Mary Ann Matthews , of No . 10 , Taylor'a-row , Clerkenwell , aged sixty-one . Deceased was found by a policeman , who broke into her room by orders , dead , and stretched oat on the sacking of a bedstead , file bed from which had been sold by one of the witnesses . The poor woman had married a second time , about four months previously ; her husband had deserted her and her sons refused to render her any assistance , and thus she died of starvation . A witness heard her a few daysagopray that the Almighty would in his mercy take her from her state , of desolation . A verdict was returned in accordance with file evidence .

      Fatal Accrnssr at the Chinese Exhtothou . — On Saturday last an inquiry was taken before Mr . Langham , the deputy coroner , at St . George's Hospital , on fiie body of Thomas Took , aged twenty three , who was killed under the following circumstances : —The deceased , with other men , were engaged at the works of the New Chinese Exhibition , at Knightshridge , and on the previous Saturday afternoon commenced taking down the scaffolding , when , as is supposed , one of the putlogs not being properly released from the wall , and the scaffolding resting upon it , it acted as a lever on the brickwork , and tore down a mass of the wall some eighteen feet in length , by two feet high , which , falling npon the scaffolding , a weight of three or four tons , the whole was forced

      down , with the men on . it , from a height of thirty * five feet . Four of them were taken to the hospital , but Tock died on the 23 rd alt . from the injuries , and it was found , on a port tmttm examination , that his nghtarm was broken , eight ribs fractured , one of which penetrated iato the longs , and other internal injuries sustained . The immediate cause of death was suffocation , caused by the escape of air from the lungs . It did not seem that any one was to blame , 5 " , $ ? £ 7 " £ amed a Terdict ° f "Accidental death . The other men are out of danger Sodden Death of Mr . Sergeant Sedgwtpk — On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , Jf . P ., held an inml £ »

      the bray s Inn fforkouse , ou the body of the late Mr . Servant Sedgwick , many years Chairman otthe Board of Stamps . On Sunday deceased dined with Lord Chief Baron Pollock , and at nine o ' clock left for his residence in Church-street . Kensington . He bad dined very moderately and taken no wine , was chetrful , and apparently in his ordinary health . At a quarter past nine he was found bv a man named fooner , lying on his back close to " the kerbstone , M Qaeea ' s-sqaare . Deceased breathed twice after his discovery , but never moved . Mr . Robert Richmond , who was called to attend deceased , found him quite dead . In his opinion disease of the heart , and not apoplexy , poison , or violence , was the cause of death .

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      The coroner having summed up the case with care , the jury returneda verdict of" . Natural death . " Suicide of a Prisoner in Hobsbhonoer-lane Gaol . —On Monday afternoon Mr . "WY Carter held an inquest in the magistrates ' committee room of tbe above gaol , touching the death of George Foster , who committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the cells in which , he was confined under remand from the Southwark Police Court : The circumstances under which this remand took place were stated in our Third Edition of Saturday last , when it was stated that prisoner was charged with neglect and cruelty to his child . —Tas jury returned the following verdict : "That the deceased did destroy himself , by hanging himself , bnt that the jury consider they have not sufficient evidence as to his state of mind . "

      FibbattbeNbw Hopses of Parliament . —A fire , which threatened the existence of this palatial edifice , broke out on Monday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , in a story of the Clock Tower , on the side facing Westminster-bridge . Owing to the hitherto unexplained presence of a quantity of timber materials in this tower , the flames rose with a vigour rarely observed in the conflagrations of buildings where stone bears so large a proportion to wood , as in the New Houses . From a quarter to three until half-past , the tower was more or less concealed in a cloud of dense smoke . By ten minutes past three o ' clock the engine of the establishment , directed bv Mr . Wing , chief fireman of the house , with others o ' f the London Brigade , were brought to act on the burning materials , and in about hall an hour the

      flames were extinguished . In the interval bstween the outburst and suppression of tbe fire , Westminster bridge was crowded with spectators , and every point commanding a view of the structure was occupied . — Further Particulars : The suspicions suggesting an incendiary origin to the fire appear to have bo foundation in fact . Tbe investigations of the firemen and others connected with the building , leave no doubt of its purely accidental character ! It 18 UUller-8 ti > od that the plumbers made use of a stove for melting their lead , the pipe of which passed through the clock tower , and it is probable that the ignited soot of this fine was the immediate cause of ignition in tiie combustible materials of tbe apartment . The fire docs not appear in any way to have injured—although it has . « omewhat disfigured—the exterior of

      the lower portion of the clock tower . The ! only damage visible is a slight blackening ofa few Of the stones , which the men aro rubbing away . ' Immediately close to where the fire occurred are several stacks of planks , and if the fire had been of the formidable character reported in some newspapers , they must have been consumed , and the fire , perhaps , communicated to several wooden sheds adjoining . The damage done is thus officially reported by Mr . Braidwood : — " A quantity of timber in the ground floor of the Clock Tower , and the scaffolding over , burned . The brick and stone work round the windows damaged by heat . "

      Another Fire i . v the Cnr . —On Monday morning tbe city of London was visited by one of the most devastating conflagrations that has happened since that which laid in ruins so many thousand pounds' worth of property in Mark-lane a few months ago . The scene of this terrible disaster was a large ran . ue of premises belonging to Messrs . J . E . BousSeld and Co ., wholesale clothiers and exporters , sitnated , 126 and 127 , Houndsditch . The building in which the fire commenced was of the most substantial construction , and nearly 200 feet long , the lower floor being used as the manufactured goods depot , while that immediately above contained the made-up goods , which were ready for the home trade

      or exportation . Tlie floor above this was the depository for the piece goods , and the one over that was occupied as the cutting-roem . Some slight conception of tbe extent of each floor may be formed when it is stated that all the rooms stretched tbe whole length of the building , and were only separated by immense iron doors . Two persons only were on the premises when the fire brake out , and they having been aroused managed to effect a safe retreat . The brigade engines from Jeffrey-square station quickly attended , when the firemen found the principal portion of the lower floor in a blaze—the strength of the doors preventing them from reaching the precise spot in ^ which the flatma were raging . Owing to this formidable impediment the fire very speedily rushed

      through the flooring and communicated with the story above , which contained some thousand pieces of goods ready made up and of great value . To cut off the fire from tbe next floor was then attempted , bat unfortunately with no success , although a plentiful supply of water was obtained from . the mains of the New River . The Jews' Infant School and Devonshire-square Sunday School , one at the end of the blazing pile and the other immediately opposite , were in such proximity that their destruction appeared inevitable . The firemen , however , by inundating them with water succeeded in preventing these premises from becoming ignited , and by six o ' clock in the evening the fire was nearly extinguished , the principal damage being confined to Messrs . Bousfield ' s

      premises . The large building behind the front premises , consisting of cutting rooms , piece rooms , made up goeds rooms , and general stock rooms , was , however , nearly burnt out . In one compartment alone there were several thousand pieces of cloth worth a large sum , and in another was a great assortment of articles for the spring season , the whole of which have either been destroyed or seriously injured by fire . Fortunately the front house has escaped ; the total loss will amount to many thousand pounds . The firm was insured for the building in the San Fire Office , and the stock in trade and fixtures were insured in the Phoenix , Imperial , aud Union Fire Offices . Respecting the origin of the misfortune nothing that can be depended npon could be learnt .

      liottmeyer , one of the London brigade , belonging to the Waterloo-road station , received such serious injuries , while assisting at the conflagration , as in all probability will cost him his life . He was standing on the sill of one of the windows , directing the water from the branch of an engine into the first floor , when the rooms above fell in , and the timber flooring projecting through the opening knocked the unfortunate man from his standing place , so that he fell in a horizontal position npon the top of some iron spikes round mi area window . The iron railings were forced into his side , and he remained impaled until another fireman rushed forward and lifted him off . It was deemed advisable to remove him without delay to the London Hospital . Upon his arrival at that establishment it was found that two of the spikes had perforated tbe left bladebone , one of his ribs was

      fractured , and it was feared that the bone had entered his lungs . This fire was attended with a much greater destruction of property than was at first expected . Notwithstanding tbe exertions of the firemen , the flames were not wholly extinguished until late on Tuesday afternoon . ' 1 he salvage that will be recovered , it is expected , will be considerable , and , no doubt , will realize a large sum ; ' the firm , however , will be serious losers by the disaster , as the sums insured on the property are nothing sear its value . Although a diligent inquiry has been made , nothing likely to throw the least light en the origin of the fire can be gleaned . The unfortunate fireman who feU from one of the windows upon the iron spikes of some railings still remains in a very dangerous condition . The lungs have _ received some injury , and in the event of inflammation supervening his recovery will be hopeless .

      Fibs attbe New Cross Railway Station . —On Tuesday night a fire broke ont at the carriage depot connected with the New Cross Station of the London , Croydon , and Brighton Railway . This building , which was formed almost exclusively of timber , was within a short distance of the booking offices , and was some hundred feet long , and of sufficient width to allow of three lines of rails . The hitter were covered with carriages , consisting of second and third class and a few of the first class . " The fire commenced at a few minutes after ten o ' clock , and when discovered was running up the timber walls . An'instant alarm was given , and assistance having arrived ,. the most strenuous exertions were made to cut eff the spread of the flames , and remove the various carriages .

      Unfortunately , the flames travelled with the rapidity of lightning , and very speedily nearly 150 feet in length of the shedding presented one immense sheet of flame . A great many carriages of all classes were pulled out of the blazing premises , some in a general state of ignition , but a vast number , probably as many as twenty or thirty , took fire almost simultaneously , and the only chance there appeared of saving the remainder of this valuable property was , by pulling down the building at the points not yet reached by the fire . The engines rendered all the aid that was possible ; but at half-past one o ' clock on Wednesday morning the fire was far from being entirely extinguished , although all danger of any further extension was over . The damage done must be very considerable . One thing is certain , that notwithstanding the great loss of property , the business of the Uoe will not he in the least retarded . The orkin

      of the disaster was not stated . —Further Pabiicoxars . —The fire was extinguished by three o'clock . During Wednesday an investigation took place into the origin and extent of the occurrence with the following result . The shed in which so much property was consumed was 300 feet long and thirty feet wide , and with the exception of its supports , was entirely formed of thin wood . Adjoining this range stood another shed in which wood for lighting the various fires of the station was stored . In this latter structure the fire is believed to have taken place . Mr . Braid wood ' s report gives the amount of damage thus : The long carriage shed , two-thirds destroyed ; thirty-three carriages consumed ; three engines greatly damaged ; several other carriagei injured , and about thirty f et of engiue shed ' destroyed . The property was insured in the Monarch Fire-office , and the . damage is stated by the secretary of the company to be within £ 5 , 000 .

      The Deportation of Pauper Childbejc to Bermuda . —In reference to the recent deportation of pauper children to Bermuda , by the directors and guardians of the poor of the parish of St . Pancras , a letter from the poor law hoard has been addressed to the vestry clerk , ttiling that the board have instructed their inspector , Mr . Hall , to institute an

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      inquiry into all the circumstances connected with this case , and to report thereon . Resignation of Mr , Alderman Gibbs . —On Tuesday morning Michael Gibbs , Esq ., resigned his alderinanic gown for the ward of Wal brook , which honourable position he has held since the year 1838 . It is reported that this determination has been re-EOlved upon principally in consequence of the losses sustainetVby the litigation in which be was so long engaged with the parish authorities of St . Stephen , Walbrook , as well as by the failure of an eminent builder and contractor . Three gentlemen are already in the field as candidates for . the vacant office , namely , Mr . Rothschild ( brother of Baron Rothschild ) , Mr . Travers . and Mr . David Wire .

      THE WINDOW Ddiks . —A general meeting of tbe inhabitants of Hammersmith and the neighbourhood took place on Wednesday evening at the Albion Hall , Hammersmith , to petition Parliament against the window duties . Mr . W . Simpson , surgeon / presided . The meeting was addressed by Mr , Serle , Mr . Houghton , Sir Charles Napier , Mr . Brown , Mr . Kennedy , and others ; and it was resolved to petition Parliament for an unconditional repeal of the duties . ¦ Phillips ' s Patent Firk Annihilatoh . —On Tuesday Mr . Phillips gave one ofa series of public demonstrations " of the power of his fire annihilator to extinguish fires in ships . The first exhibition took place at two o ' clock , the second at four , and both were well attended . The Wearof 150 tons ,

      , was the vessel experimented upon . Besides the crowds of spectators collected upon the Blackwall Railway pier , a great number of persons assembled on board to witness the working and effects of Mr . Phillips ' s apparatus . This may be considered no small proof of confidence in his invention , when it is remembered that the orders by which visitors were admitted stated that the «* main-hold of the vessel was filled with sugar hogsheads , tar and turpentine barrels , saltpetre bags , and other highly combustible matter . " Mr . Phillips , as usual , commenced with a prefatory explanation of his discovery , and of its peculiar properties and use . He upheld the superiority of the humid vapour emitted with force from his annihilator , capable of easy

      direction to the burning material , penetrating the interstices of the cargo , * and particularly , efficient in extinguishing flame over water , which , as a compact body , had not the same power of combining and grappling with flame , but only acted upon the fuel , as it were , of the fire , leaving tbe flame to propagate itself in all directions , and seize whatever combustibles might come within its reach . He then proceeded practically to prove that in case of a ship in flames , where it would bo impossible to apply water to the part of the hold in which the fire might be , he could by the emission with prodigious force of the humid vapour , which he

      recommends effectually save the vessel and crew . The apparatus , to judge from its operations on this occasion , is at once simple and efficaciou . The machines were placed in the hands of common sailors , who having placed them as near as possible to the hold , wtience flames were shooting upwards , struck the pin by which the charge was ignited , and disr charged the vapour , by which ; according to promise , speedily extinguished the fire . Presence of mind is all that would seem to be required to work an engine , which properly applied , must always be successful .

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      Singular Cause of Death at Westonsopbr-Mare . —Mr . Robert Hill , chief police officer of the little town of Weston-super Mare , Somersetshire , has just met his death under circumstances of a very peculiar character . Some two or three years ago the town was frequently disturbed by a number of night brawlers , and Hill , under the direction of the commissioners , exerted himself to put an end to the disturbances . On one occasion he was endeavouring to prevent a breach of the peace , when a man named Cann made a very ferocious attack upon him with a knife , inflicting a deep wound in the officer's left side . At first it was apprehended

      that the wound would prove mortal , but it at length yielded to medical treatment , and as far as external appearances , could show was healed . Cann was ap * prehended , examined before the magistrates , and by them committed for trial upon the charge of cutting and maiming with intent to kill and murder . For this felony he was tried at the ensuing county assizes , found guilty , and sentenced to seven years ' transportation . Hill continued to fulfil his police duties , and although he frrquently complained of weakness and pain in his side , he did not lay up until seven or eight days since , when he was seized with constipation of the bowels . Medical aid was called in , but the disorder did not yield on this occasion to the treatment employed ; and , after five or six days of acute suffering , the unfortunate man expired . Mr . Rawlins , the surgeon who at : tended him in his illness , made a post mortem examination of the body , when it was found that the

      wound inflicted by Cann had penetrated completely through the diaphragm , and the larger portion of the great omentum had passed through it , and adhered to the costal pleura . As much as eight . feet of the smaller intestines had passed into the- left cavity ; of the chest , as well as the arch of the colon and the omentum , and then pressing upon the heart , had prevented the action of that organ : An inquest will doubtless beheld on the body , and it is thought that a curious legal question may arise as to whether Cann , he having been already convicted of the minor offence , and punished for it , can nm b & charged criminally with the greater crime . The Soap Trade . —On Saturday last a meeting of the snap trade of Liverpool was held to consider the propriety of nominating a deputation to London on tbe question of . the soap duty . It is in contemplation to hold a meeting , in Liverpool to consider the desirability of renewing the agitation for the repeal of the tea duties .

      The late Desperate Encounter with Poachers at Saffron Walden . —On the 24 th ult . Isaac Barker , a determined looking character , was charged before R , Birch Wolfe , Esq ., at Newport , with maliciously and wilfully shooting at and wounding Robert Feetham , one of ; Lord Braybrooke ' s gamekeepers , on the night of the 24 th of December last , in a preserve near Walden , called Pounce Wood . The prisoner , who declined making any statement , was fully committed to the assizes for shooting with intent to murder .

      The Black . Fryer sear Oxford . —The village of Baldon , four or five miles from Oxford ; which principally belongs to Queen ' s College , is now infected with a most malignant typhus fever , running into the old black fever , of a character such as destroyed the crew of the unfortunate Eclair . The cottages are miserable in the extreme , and greatly overcrowded , and the people are absolutely afraid to go to help the poor sufferers . Nothing has yet been done by the college for their assistance . Fatal Poaching Affrat . —On the 24 th ult . three men named Parley , Chew , and Rennison , were observed to be poaching on an estate at Ganton Wold , near Scarborough . The gamekeeper , having procured the assistance of six other men , went in pursuit , and came up with the poachers upon land

      in the Lordship of Foxholes . Chew , who held a gun in his hand , presented it at the keeper , desiring bim to stand off , or he would fire . The other , however , not daunted seized hold of the weapon , and endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher—an attempt in which he was seconded by his assistants . Darley then came forward with a large and sharp knife , and while he caught hold of tho muzzle of the gun with his left hand , attempted to cut the men's hands , so as to force them to relinquish their grasp . He was , however , pinioned from behind by another of the keeper ' s assistants , and just at this moment the gun went off , lodging its contents in the lower part of Barley ' s body The unhappy man instantly fell back mortally wounded , exclaiming with an oath , " Thou hast done for me now !" He expired in a few moments afterwards .

      Forged Notes . —We were lately shown a £ 5 note purporting to be issued by the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company , which was the other day paid to a gentleman in Leeds , and which has since been discovered to be a forgery . We also undersand that other forgeries on the same banking company have been recently detected , and it is therefore desirable that parties to whom such notes may in future be offered should take means to satisfy themselves that they aro genuine . — Leeds Mercury . Treasure Trove . —Sussex . —On Saturday last , while three labourers were endeavouring to dig up a post—being part of an old capstan—on the

      beach at Seaford , one of the men fortunately threw up some gold and silver coins , amounting to twenty-five sovereigns , two guineas , a half-crown , shilling , and sixpence , which they abated equally among themselves—being thus well remunerated for their trouble . How the money became deposited at such a singular place has caused various conjectures . The sovereigns bear date of the reign of George IV ., 1823 , and the year 1825 . The spot was soon -visited by a great number of less fortunate diggers and adventurers , » ome with shovels , one or two more sovereigns being afterwards discovered .

      Burolmh . —On Tuesday last information was received at the metropolitan police-office , Whitehall , that the premises of Mr . J . Stokes , situated in the Old Fen , TJggmere-drove , in the parish of Romsey , Hants , had been feloniously broken open by four men armed with guns and horse-pistols . One of the men is described as being five feet eight or nine inches high , twenty-eight or twenty-nine years of age , dressed in lignt coat and trousers , drab " wideawake" hat , a red handkerchief tied over his face , and a single-barrelled gun in his hand . Two of them were short men , dressed in dark clothes and caps , and had masks over their faces . They stood over Mr . and Mrs . Stokes at their bedside , with two horse pistols pointed at their heads , and threatened to shoot them if they made any alarm , whilst the fourth , a man about five feet seven inches high , twenty-two yearsor twenty-three years

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      of age , broke open the drawers and boxes with a plank-hook-taken from a lodge near the stables , which the burglars left behind them . They then took possession of the following property , which they ' carried away .: — £ 7 . 8 s . in gold and silver , an old shilling with a cross on it , a fourpenny-piece , a threepenny-piece , a small snuffbox with the name of'" Strong" in silver letters on it , a wedding ring broken across , & c . The burglars are supposed to be tho same persons who broke into Lucy Watt ' s house , at Orton , in Hants , a few weeks since .

      Diabolical Mischief . — Staffordshire . —Some miscreants on the night of the 24 th ult . put stones between the points on Earl Granville ' s line of railway betwixt the ironworks and the canal , which had the effect of throwing three out of the nine empty waggons , which were being brought down by two men shortly before daylight , off the rails . _ The men , who were slightly injured , had the charge of tho breaks , and had the narrowest escape of losing their lives . , , A Steam-boat proprietor upon the Mersey has been convicted in tho mitigated penalty of £ 10 for having , as owner ,. allowed one of his vessels to proceed to sea without having transmitted to the Board of Trade tbe declarations of the sufficiency of tho condition of the bull and machinery , and received a certificate thereof . The prosecution was instituted by the Customs . The Great Glenn Poisonino Cask .

      —Leicestershire—The adjourned inquest m this case was brought to a conclusion la « t week . It clearly appeared that arsenic had been administered , but in mistake . The unfortunate mother , who was too ill to give evidence at the first inquiry , had no knowledge of any arsenic being in tho house , none ever having been bought by her husband , and she herself not having seen any for years . The jury , after several witnesses had been examined at great length , returneda verdict , "That deceased had died of arsenic administered in mistake for magnesia . ' ? ' .-. " .

      Sinoular Monomania at Birmingham . —A shocking death occurred a few days ago to a little girl , whose parents reside in Short-acre . For some considerable tirao the child , whose name was Sarah Aldridge , and whose age is twelve years , has been subject to fits , and about a fortnight ago she was discovered hanging by the neck from the chamber window . She was rescued from her fearful situation ; and every care taken to prevent a repetition of the act , which was for a few days successful . Ultimately , it appears that the poor child , who was still bent on destroying itself , obtained a quantity of chips , and placed them in her pinafore , and set fire to them . She was perceived by some neighbours who succeeded in smothering the flames which enveloped her , but she was so dreadfully burned that death ultimately put an end to her sufferings . Colliery Explosion . —An accident occurred a

      few days ago at the North Kelloe Colliery , which has resulted in the death of one of the overmen named James Hopo . It appeared from evidence given at the inquest , which took place on Tuesday , that the deceased ' s duty was to inspect the workings of the pit before the men went to work , and on the morning . of the 6 th inst ., he accordingly went to make tho usual inspection . Contrary , however , not only to the general regulations of the pit , but also to the express orders of the overman , he very imprudently , used a naked candle instead of a proper lump , and as he was leaving one of the boards an explosion of gas occurred , by which he was severely burnt all over his body . He was taken home where he'died on Friday night . The lamp which he ought to have used was hanging in the pit , at a place where he had tho opportunity of getting it had he chosen to be at the trouble . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts .

      Effects of Intemperance at Hon . —On Sunday , the master of a Scotch schooner , laden with brandy , from Charente , hound to Leith , was brought ashore in his boat in a deplorable state . The men who accompanied him stated that their master had been drinking excessively of brandy during their passage home ,- and that about eight o ' clock on that morning he had , whilst in a state of extreme intoxication , taken ' a razor and'eut from his breast down to the extremity of the abdomen . No hopes e-f his recovery are entertained by his professional attendants . Fatal Colliert Accident . —A colliery accident , attended by fatal consequences , occurred last week at the Bwlch Consols Mine , near Aberystwith . Two of the workmen , Morgan Hughes and . David

      Williams , . were at work in one of the levels , when ; the bottom suddenly . gave way , and the unfortunate men were precipitated to a depth down a . shaft of fifteen fathoms , a large quantity of the earthwork of the ' aides of the level falling in upon them . An alarm was given , and the unhappy fellows were got out , but they were both dead . Catching a Burglar . —A gentleman whoresides at Stratford , Essex , left home to spend the evening with a party of friends a few days since , and returning about midnight went into his greenhouse without letting his family know of his arrival . A female domestic hearing a noise at the back part of the house told her mistress , who . immediately went to the window , and sprang the rattle , which

      soon brought several neighbours and the police to the spot ; the former stood at the front entrance , and the latter went to the back of the premises ; and discovered some one moving , and thoy then soon captured the supposed thief , whom they handled not very . tenderly . " . I am Mr . —^— , exclaimed the master of the premises ; - 'but the police , not knowing him doubted his veracity , and it wasUiot before his wife and ' female domestic arrived that ' the police discovered their mistake . . It seems that the gentleman alluded to , finding it . was a frosty night , went into his greenhouse for the purpose of lighting the fires , and on his exit from that place with a box of lucifers in his hand , be was taken into custody for entering his own premises .

      A Man Burnt to Death at Halifax . —One of the most horrifying , catastrophes that has occurred in this neighbourhood for a long time took place on tbe morning of Sunday last . An old pensioner named Joseph Healy , residing at Castle Hill Side , near Almondbury Poorhouse , in a low , miserable hovel ! without anybody to take care of him , went to Almondbury on Saturday night , where fee remained till early the next . morning . He returned to his home in a state of intoxication , and , there being very little fire in the grate , he sat down in a chair in front of the fireplace , resting his elbow on one of his knees ,, and his head upon his hand , stretching his other leg ' straight out close to the fire-grate ; in which position he fell asleep .

      Sometime during the night his clothes got on fire , but how it is impossible to conjecture ; but , they being woollen , would not blaze , but gradually smouldered away . . Not making his appearance in the morning the door was broken open , and the poor fellow was found quite dead and stiff , with a portion of bis clothes still burning , the flesh being , completely burned off the legs , so as to exhibit tho bare bones . An inquest was held on the body on Monday last before George Dyson , Esq ., and a respectable jury , on view of the body , at the Woolpack Inn , when , after a patient investigation , the jury returned a verdict of " Death from suffocation and burning . " A Railway Train Attacked , by a Bollock . —

      The mail train a few nights ago narrowly escaped being thrown off the rails , between Headcorn and Pluckley , by a bullock which had strayed from a drove while crossing the rail . The drover had succeeded in turning the beast ' towards the pate , when . the mail train was seen approaching , on which , the beast made directly towards tbe red lights on the engine- with its tail in the air . It ran full tilt against the engine and was dashed to pieces , parts of the body having been picked up a distance of sixty yards from the place where the collision occurred . The shock was felt by the engine-driver , and the train was stopped , but proceeded on ascer . taining the nature of the occurrence . —Maidstone Journal .

      Supposed Receivers to the Uckfikld Burglars . —James Edwards and his wife who were remanded . on Saturday last , charged , with having in their possession a largo quantity of linendrapery supposed to be the produce of several robberies , in which Brooks and others of the Uckfield gang were concerned , were brought up at the Town-hall , and again ' remanded till Saturday ( this day ) , in consequence of a telegraphic message , stating that if a remand were granted , parties would be forthcoming to identify a portion of the property .

      Another Death on a Railway , —An inquest was held on Monday , last , before T . C . -Mayhard , Esq ., at Trindon , on . view of the body of Robert Heightley . The deceased was a plate-layer employed or the Hartlepool Railway , and on Saturday morning last was at work with another roan on that railway , near to Trimdon Foundry . They were standingon the line looking at a coal train which was proceeding towards Hartlepool , and did not observe a goods train , which was coming in the opposite direction , until it was too late to get out of the way ,

      Tbe result was . that . the engine of tbe goods train struck the deceased , and knocked himwithviolen . ee against his fellow workman , who was thrown by tiie concussion off the line . Heightley , however , fell on the line , and was fun over . His left leg was completely severed , and his arm was dreadfully crushed .. He died shortly afterwards . The driver in charge of . the engine , as soon as he saw deceased in danger , did all in his power , by sounding the whistle and reversing the engine , to warn him , but without effect . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      The CXse ' of the Birds . —All tho judges , with tho exception of Mr . B , 'tr « m Piatt , were occupied on Saturday last in the Exchequer Chamber , with the case of Bird and his wife , now in prison for an assault on their female servant , and who had an . pealed from a second trial . The matter had before been submitted to the five judges sitting as a Court under a recent statute to consider cases reserved from the criminal courts , but those iudges not agreeing it was referred to the fifteen judges . The arguments of counsel were heard afe great length . and the judges ' reserved their decisi on . °

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      Clever Trick.—On The 24th Ult., A Young ...

      Clever Trick . —On the 24 th ult ., a young woman , attired in the dress and having the appearance ofa domestic servant , entered the shop ofa respectable jeweller in town , in a very bustling and excited manner , and tendered a demand for a gold watch belonging to a lady whom she named , wh'ch had , she said , been given in to have a slight repair performed , on the promise that it would be executed ere that time . The youth who was serving at the counter in the absence of the owner of the shop , knew nothing of such a watch , or the commission connected with it . "Whilat he was endeavouring to explain this , and extract some information

      regarding the circumstance , his discourse was abruptly broken ia upon by the eager messenger , who , darting upon a watch which lay on a side table , exclaimed that it was the article she sought , she saw it was finished , it was wanted by her mistress immediately to wear at a wedding , and she would , therefore , ' take it with her . Confused and unsuspicious , the lad allowed her to make off as she proposed . On the return of his employer , he discovered that he had been deluded—that a pure fabrication had been placed off upon him with a singular degree of adroitness and audacity . Nothing has yet been heard farther , either of the watch or the person who acquired possession of it so readily .

      The Tay , the Tweed , the Teviot , and several other Scotch rivers , were greatly flooded during the greater part of last week , owing to the melting of the snow in the Highlands and strong westerly gales . No particular damage , however , resulted . Falkirk Burghs . —The prospects of Mr . Locb , the Liberal candidate , continue to improve . Sir Charles Napier , whose name was mentioned , is convinced of tho better claims and chances of Mr . Loch , and will not offer , —Scotsman , Gbolooical Discoveries at Jedburgh . —Some curious geological discoveries have lately been made in Fernihirst quarry , in this neighbourhood .

      They consist of very strongly marked and large impressions of scales of tbe holoptychius , a fish described in Miller ' s " . Visit to' the Old Red Sandstone . " These remains are found in abundance from tho foot of Windbrugh Hill down tbe valley of the Rule , but they had never before been detected in situ in Jedwater . Within these few days another discovery has been made in the same place of some fossil remains , but , although apparently pretty well defined , it has puzzled all our geologists here to identify it . As a fossiliferous part of the rook ( which is the old red sandstone ) has now been come upon , richer discoveries are yet expected . —Kelso Chronicle .

      Death of Lobd Dalmbny . — Lord Dalmeny , eldest son of the Earl of Roseberry , died on the 23 rd ult ., at Dalmeny-park , Linlithgowshire . His lordship was born in 1809 , and in 1843 married the Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope , only daughter of tho fourth Earl Stanhope and sister of Lord Mahon . The sister of the lato lord , the Lady Anne Primrose , married Mr . Henry Tufnell about three years ago . A Scotch Clergyman convicted of Poaching . — Last week , the Rev . A . M'Ewan , pastor of the Levern Chapel , at Barrhead , was convicted of poaching on Sunday , the Sth ult . The gamekeepers of the Earl of Glasgow had long been suspicious of a breach of the law being carried on near the premises of the Rev . Mr . M'Ewan ; they , therefore , had set a strict watch on the church grounds at Levern , and on the Sunday morning in question , having found a snare regularly set , they put it in disorder after the rev . gentleman had commenced

      his public devotions . They again saw it regularly put to rights by him , and having a second time put it in disorder in the course of the day , they finally pounced on the rev . poacher , when it was supposed he was putting it in proper trim for the evening . Before the close of the legal proceedings in court , Mr . Henderson , the public prosecutor / humanely suggested that under all the circumstances , and from the severe rebuke which had been read from the bench to the rev . culprit by Provost Philips , that the penalty should be mitigated from the sum of £ 20 to £ 10 . The Provost , however , was inexorable for inflicting the highest fine which the law would admit of . Had the defender been an ignorant , uneducated person , a clodpole from the neighbourhood ( said the Provost ) who did not know the law , the fine , might have been mitigated ; but as no such excuse could be made in this case , he was resolved to exact the highest penalty . —Renfrewshire Reformer .

      Meeting of the Tenant League . —The public meeting of the Tenant-League was held on the night of the 23 rd ult . in the Music-hall ; Mr . P . Lalor , of Tinnakil , in the chair . There was a tolerably numerous attendance , including some Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergymen . Reports on "finance , " " organisation , " and " abill to be laid before Parliament , " and one or two other subjects , which had received the sanction of the council , were handed in , and adopted without reading . The meeting was addressed by the Rev . Archdeacon Fitzgerald ( of Limerick , ) Rev . T .

      M'Cullagh ( Presbyterian clergyman , ) Rev . Mr . CahUl ( of MulHnahone , ) Rev . Mr . M'Creedy , Rev . Dr . Kearney , P . P ., Rev . Mr . Kinnaird ( Presbyterian clergyman , ) Rev . Archdeacon O'Shee , and Rev . Mr . Rentoul ( Presbyterian clergyman , ) Prepabaiiosb fob tbe Sebsion . —A circular has been issued to the members of the House of Lords , informing them'that . " it having appeared on close examination that a majority , though small , of the peers had promised their support to Lord Redesdale , Lord Wharncliffe has intimated his wish to be put in nomination for the office of chairman of committees .

      The Proclaiming of Letterkennt . —The Londonderry Standard says : — " Tbe high constables of the Baronies of Raphoe and Kilmacrenan have served notices on the churchwardens of the parish of Conwall , calling upon them , in obedience to the mandate of the executive , to call a vestry , for the purpose of applotting on the several townlands in the proclaimed districts , their proportion of the cess to be levied for the pay of the additional constabulary recently sent there . Of twenty-one townlands , in thV barony of Raphoe , the sum raised is £ 254 6 s 9 d . ; and , in the barony of Kilmacrenan , off the electoral division of Seacor , and so much of the electoral divisions of Meencarrygaghand Killymasnus as are situated within the said barony , £ 114 3 ? . lid . In addition to this , on the townland of Letterkenny alone , there is to be raised the sum of £ 158 Is . 3 d .

      Accident to Mr . Twiss . —The Cork Constitution states that the ball struck the rib , not the shoulder and traversing the back , lodged in the muscles , whence it was extracted by Dr . Crump , and now no apprehension is entertained . State of the Country . —In various parts of Waterford , Cork , Ti |> pernvy , King ' s County , and Kilkenny , the kitchens and larders of gentlemen ' s houses have been entered by burglars , and rifled of their contents , almost every night since Christmas . —Several armed attacks on dwellings have been made within the last few days in the counties of Tipperary , Kilkenny , and the King ' s County . The following are from the local journals : —On the night of the 22 nd ult . four men , one of whom was armed with a gun , attacked the dwelling of Michael Kinnelly , of Lisduff . The fellows threw stones at the door , and broke the windows of the house . On going away they fired shots , but did no other harm ,

      —On the night of the 16 th ult . three armed men attempted to pain admittance into the house of a farmer named Dwyer , residing at Brittas-wood , by stating they were police . Having failed in getting into the house , they broke in a window and fired a shot through it . They cautioned Dwyer to give up land he had taken , or if he did not , and that if they visited him again , he would never forget the day . — On Sunday night , a party consisting of five men , two of whom were armed with pistols , attacked a house belonging to a man of the name of Cleary , residing in Ballincor , from whom they took a detonating fowling piece . The police went in pursuit of them to the village of Brusna , where they arrested three men named John M'Loublin , Patrick Kennedy and Patrick Liiwler , of Drummakeenan , one of whom had a quantity of powder and slugs in his possession . They were committed for further examination at the ensuing petty Sessions of Shinrone .

      Agriculture and Flax Culture . —The gentry are still working zealously to promote improved farming , especially in the cultivation of Flax . At a numerous meeting , held on Saturday last , in the Limerick Institution , on the motion of Lord Clarina , seconded by Mr . Robert Maxwell , it waa determined to establish an agricultural society for the county of Limerick , including districts in Clare and Tipperary embraced within the Poor-law Union of Limerick . The Bandon Flax Committee again met on Friday , under the presidency of the Hon . H . B . Bernard , when it was resolved to apply to thDuke of Devonshire

      e and other proprietors for their co-operation in encouraging the growth of flax amongst their tenantry . It was stated that the Earl of Bandon would grow 200 acres , and that there was a certainty of 500 acres of flax being planted in the district of Bandon this season . % Encumbered Estates . —Of the fifteen new petitions filed in the Encumbered Court last week , eight were from inheritors for the sale of their own estates . The total number of petitions since the commencement is 1 , 519 . Absolute orders for sales have been granted in the cases of Lord Blayney and Sir R . A . O'Donncll .

      Illness of Loan Newry . —Very unfavourable accounts have been received of tho state of health of Lord Newry , son of the Earl of Kilmorey , who recently announced his intention of resigning the representation of the borough of Newry . It is stated that there is little hope of his recovery . . Abolition of th e ViCERorALTr ,-An aggregate meeting convened by the Lord Mayor , and presided over by his lordship , was held on Monday in the

      Clever Trick.—On The 24th Ult., A Young ...

      Round-room of the Rotunda , for th 7 ~~^ " petitioning against the contemplated , K > - " the Irish Viceroyalty , and of placing : ^ % their protest against the system ofL *? ° > adopted towards Ireland , and wh ch i ^ v been so destructive of her best inter * ? ' ^ meeting was numerously and most re ™! . 1 tended , including a considerable nu-iii ^ N principal merchants , traders , and shont f * well as professional mon and other clasi ftr ' '' ter was read from the Marquis 0 f o i ' < - apologizing for his absence , and expresX !^ currence with the object of the meeting' « " * fe letter was read , from tbe Marquis of £ nn , ^ Lord Massareene . and Ferrard also nnntjT ° - % not attending in consequence of being p 1 * fy bed for some days by a severe cold Th ^ of Westme . ith , the Earl of Mayo ' th * V Howth , Lord Talbot de Malahnle \ t 5 < uauiutuii

      , m .. , mur , fll I' . \ . u , I high , M . P . ; Mr . Whiteside , Of / - ' v' ^ Crawford , M . P . ; Mr . H . Grattan , m ' i . . * £ Xz O'Brien , M . P . ; Colonel Dunne ' uW Grogan , M . P . ; Mr . Reynolds , M . P . * , •'• K Crosthwaite , Mr . George Griersoti , aod mi ^ tlemen addressed the meeting i n propog ^ conding the resolutions , amongst whi » ir 8 ° U following : _« That the viceregal 0 £ >? tiveof all local considerations , may fccJ % nently conducive to the welfare of Ireland e 5-the abolition of tbe viceregal office * ouI l ^ opinion of this meeting , be injurious , unC' ^ the highest degree impolitic . That tuen ^ i centralization is fraught with the worst - 'f social order and constitutional freedom tlf' ^ i incompatible with a _ sound a dministrative ^

      enterprise , and the public spirit in ' the en * and that this meeting do hereby record their sr protest against it . " An address to tho QnJK petitions to both Houses of Parliament » t !* l adopted , and a committee appointed "for ths 1 pose of organising and adopting means to 1 P tionally and lawfully resist any legislative or " attempt of the centralizing policy to aboli , ? Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland , or transfer to p tribunals the jurisdiction of our courts tf d * equity . " ! : Re-adjustment of Rents — The Evening K , another list of reductions of rent in the dis ? Fingal , county of DuMin , upon tbe estates of f Talbot de Malahide , Sir Eyre Coote , Mr . j , Rochfort , and other proprietors . In some ca ^ '" ductions were made to wealthy graziers , whos ^ had been punctually paid . The effect of % ;' rangements will be to secure substantial tena-N tbe properties . " ^

      The New Parliamentart Constituencies , ^ . revising barristers are rapidly drawing tbf ' . hours to a close . The revision has conoid Sligo borough and county . The Sligo CW ; claims a decided majority for the Liberal pa * both , even in the county , where consent have been heretofore returned . In other di « fi there is a difference of opinion , as to the woifc ) the new franchise , but a contested election » h the only true test . ' Agricultural Progress and Flax Cbmbjjj , —An intelligent county of Down farmer , Mr . jS O'Hagan , who has made a visit to the south i-f addressed a letter to the Dublin Eveninq Tk ' y

      scribing the results of his inquiries and oIibJI tions on the state and-prospects of agriculture . j remarks are confined chiefly to the extek ' estates of the Earl of Bessborougb , in the ce | - of Kilkenny , well known as one of the best nutsj properties in the southern or midland counties , ^ rural population of which he found in abetter ^; than the severe pressure of the last four years *( 4 have warranted him in expecting . Mr . O'lM gives an account of the system of husbandry [ tised on this estate , and of the great efforts d by the noble owner to enable his tenantry to J tain their position . Lord Bessborougb has hQ ward in the punctual payment of his rents , m

      the tenantry have no temptation to lose their n in agitation about tenant-right , and they areas from the infliction of heavy poor-rate . Tern right , in the legitimate sense , exists on tliiseay Oh the subject of the flax movement in the cotii * of Kilkenny and Waterford , Mr . O'Hagan swii * " A small breadth of flax was grown in thisdiiirj last year , which gave a fair return . 1 am infonj that the Marquis of Waterford purposes erectkj similar establishment on an extensive scale , £ j that his lordship intends having 1 , 000 acres ofiu grown on his Curraghmore estate this year . Tiki was a great deficiency in the wheat crop of ( ij county last year , the average produce being jr five barrels to the Irish acre . Many farmers it

      tend giving up the growth of wheat , and c # i ting fiax , oats , and barley instead . " Alleged Libel on the Roman Catholic Baa of Elphin . —The Sligo Champion contains tto li lowing ;— " The Right Rev . Dr . Browne has gfc instructions to Mr . Michael Gethin , solicitor , institute proceedings against tbe proprietor oil Sligo Chronicle newspaper , for a letter published the last number of that journal , reflecting on ! lordship ' s conduct and character . The libel t putes to tho bishop interested and unwort motives in the selection and promotion of his cleri and also that ho received large sums of money fti Mr . Towneley , which ho applied to * selfish p poses . '"

      Aggbbgate Meeting of ProIKSTANIS .-I meeting , announced for some weeks past , to addn the Queen and petition the Legislature against I Papal aggression , took place on Tuesday last in i large room of the Rotunda . Eleven o ' clock i the time fixed for the commencement of the j ceedings ; and soon after that hour there wasa \ i respectable , although not a numerous , attendas As the day advanced , however , " the audience ! creased considerably . A strongly worded addi was adopted . . Another meeting was held in the evening ,, Earl of Mayo iu the chair , when resolutions sik to the above were adopted .

      The Meeting of the Roman Catholic Mem in Dublin . —It appears by a letter from Mr . i O'Connell , M . P ., in Tuesday morning's Fm that the contemplated meeting of Irish He Catholic members of Parliament in Dublin , prei to the opening of the sessios , will not beheld . O'Connell states that " several M . P . ' s have se messages to the effect that they find themsi unable to attend as they had proposed , hut th course they will be at their posts in Parliarm

      The honourable gentleman thus concludes : — "" now too late to make another appointment , arm must only hope that the Irish Catholic M . P . ' ss meet this day week in London , in the intervw ; tweeh the delivery of the Queen ' s speech ant p . m ., and the assembling of the Commooi debate their answer at half-past three p . m . 11 body else do it , I will then be prepared to su < u an amendment to the address , in case of the lala containing any allusion to penal laws . —I am , !! , sir , your obedient servant , " John O'Cqssis

      Sreiand.

      sreianD .

      "A Slick Nigg Er."—" Jack," Said A Gentl...

      "A Slick Nigg er . "— " Jack , " said a gentltl to an old negro , who was rather lazily engage clearing the snow from his premises , " Jack , mn boy , you don ' t get along with this job very fafai " Why , master , " replied Jack , scratching his is " pretty considerable foran old man ; I guess , s , conceit myself , that I can clear more snow aw dese here short days , than the spryest nigga ii i city could do in the longest summer day ai a was . " Crochet for Ladies . —Take a small thrar < fact . Spin it out as long as you can , and w w about as rapidly as possible over the real of If tangle it up with the aid of a variety of nieshehe it about tbe ears of as many of your female le : as will stand to have the operation performene the result will be a splendid piece of crochetiet which will be of the utmost service as a pattettc be universally avoided . — Punch .

      Fires . —Mr . Braidwood reports that the le London during the past year have been 8 & 3-i 8 crease of thirty beyond those of the precedinlin Tbe buildings totally destroyed or consinsi damaged were 247—nine less than the year ir those slightly damaged were 621—thirty-nimin than the year before . The chimnies onfiifi : seventy-nine , " calls for assistance" l . Oi . Oi " false alarms" ninety . one . The " fatalfireares seventeen , and the number of lives lost ei ; ei Nearly a hundred honses were seriously damami exploding fireworks .

      A letter from Rome , of the 11 th ult ., lt . „ Augsburg Gazette , gives a singular instancaict : strictness nf the Roman censorship . In an an « Verdi ' s , a lover , on hearing his mistress singing ! the scenes , is made to exclaim , " Oft , cne uot uo « lica ! " ( Oh , what an angelic voice . ) J II censors , considering that a pretty g irl oughrgln bo compared to an angel , have inserted " ariiarm ( harmonious ) for " angelica , " a m odificatimtioi was received with hisses by the public , wh whi what the original words were . . .. Sir Oracle . —To the end of the world , id , ii

      lino of life , there will be some men who wiltwill and others who will go back . Some are are clever , and lucky ; others are lazy , dull , an , an tunate . Consequents , in every onrsud nt ' cultivated for profit ' s sake , there will nil t variety at all times between the several do do success attained . —A" Times" leader . A New York paper states that Jenny ty * £ 150 , 000 in tho British funds , and paysjaya British Government annually £ 4 , 000 lnwinei She has given away about £ 48 , 000 in chanhan whole amount of her European wealth is c is c at one million of dollars

      . . . Wonderful , if TnuB .-At the Queen s n s office , in New-strcet-square , London , ' * « i is « aged woman with a wonderful head . She brie i the year and the chapter of every £ ot W <» mont upon anv subject . Though she « a is i forewoman of the bookfolders many swewre ' neys are verv much indebted to her for imr ml as to the Ws acts bearing upon any qw « ue « i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01021851/page/6/