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6 THE NORTHERN STAR. ^ .--Qctober ^ 1aM
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6 The Northern Star. ^ .--Qctober ^ 1am
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Hzivm of Loxnos . —The health of London is jnuch better than it was in the two previous weeks , when the deaths of 1 , 026 and 1 , 097 persons were registered . The deaths of 80 S persons were recorded in the week ending Saturday , September 27 ; 473 were males , and 485 wero females ; 190 were of the age of GO and upwards , 460 were children under the age of 15 , and 303 were men and women in the middle period of life . The decrease in the mortality is general over the five divisions of London . 141 persons died in the public Institutions ; G 9 in workiouses , S iu military and naval asylums , 5 S in hospitals , 3 in lunatic asylums , 2 in military and naval hospital ? - , and 1 in prison . Small-pox and typhus and
have declined , but they were tbe causes of 13 46 deaths . Of the small-pox victims 11 had not tieen vaccinated ; 2 , it is stated , had been vaccinated . 39 children and 2 adults died of scarlatina , which is prevailing in many districts . 7 persons died of erysipelas , S women in childbirth and of metna the Mowing fever . Consumption was fatal to 123 persons : 100 of the 303 deaths at the age between 15 and CO were referred to this constant cause which bereave * so manv parents of their children , so many children of their parents . Violence , typhus , heart disease , hronchitis , and cancer are the diseases next in tbe order of fatality at the same period of life . Diarrhoea is declining ; the deaths in the 0 last weeks were 174 , 192 , 101 , 97 , and 91 in number . The deaths from cholera in the same weeks were 28 , 17 , 17 , 7 , 9- Half of the cases were of more
than three days duration . It has been mentioned before , that half the fatal cases of the epidemic cholera terminate in 24 hours after the first Striking symptoms have appeared . Another singular difference is shown in the annexed table . The population of London on the north side of the Thames in 1851 was 1 . 745 , 095 , on the south side of the Thames , 616 , 545 ; numbers nearly in the proportion of 3 to 1 . Yet the numbers of deaths from cholera in the year IS 49 on both sides of the river was nearly equa , 7 , 000 and 7 , 137 . In the recent summer cholera , tbe deaths bare been distributed more equally , and in the proportion of the population . The following are the particulars of nine cases of cholera wh ch were registered and certified by the medical st : endants of the deceased during the week . The cause of death is stated in the words of the
medical certificate : —In Kensington , at Southend , On 22 nd September , the daughter of a carpenter , aged 1 year , " cholera infantum ( 0 days ) , hydrocepha ' . oid disease ( 5 days ) . " Ia St . George , Hanover-square , Belerave sub-district , at Upper Belgrave-place , on 20 th September , the daughter of a builder , aged 15 years . " cholera { 14 hours ) . " In M * rylebone , Christ-church sub-district , at 10 , United-buildings , Lisson-grove , on 21 st September , the daughter of a labourer , aged 9 months , " chelera infantum ( 12 hours ) . " In Islington , at 20 , Jtufford ' s-buildings , on 24 tb September , the daughter Of a baker , aged 11 months' " cholera infantum and dentition ( 6 weeks ) . " Iu Clerkenwell , St . James ' s sab-district , at 8 , Brunswick street , on 16 th September , a messenger , aged 71 years , " cholera
morbus and consecutive fever ( 8 days ) , preliminary diarrhea ( 13 days ) . " In Bethnal-green , at Trinityground , on IStb . September , a master mariner , aged 75 years , " low fever consequent on English cholera . " In St . Olave , Southwark , at 7 , New-street , on 24 th September , the wife of an oil cooper , aged CI years , * choleraic diarrhoea ( 7 days . ) . " In Lambeth , at 10 , Thomas-street , Kennington , on 21 st September , the son of a whip mounter , aged 5 months , ' cholera infantum ( 2 £ days ) . " In Greenwich , at Greenwich Hospital , on 22 nd September , a pensioner , aged 71 years , " alleged cholera ( tin * - ¦ uncertain ) , fever ( 3 days ) , " The births of 732 boys
and 752 girls , in all 1 , 484 children , were registered in the week . The average of sis corresponding weeks in 1 S 45-50 was 1 , 340 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tho mean reading of the barometer for the week was 29-772 in . The mean temperature of the week was 548 deg ., which is very near the average for the week and tho season . The highest temperature in the week was 71 * 7 deg . on Tuesday , and tbe lowest 429 deg . on Friday . The direction of the wind was variable ; from tbe north on the first two days , calm on Tuesday , Wednesday , and part of Thursday , and from the west and south west to the end of the week .
SmciDB of as Innkeeper . —On Saturday last Mr . C . J . Carter , the coroner for East Surrey , assembled a jury at the King ' s Arms , Eltham , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of fir . James Styles , aged 55 , late landlord of the Chequers Inn , Eltham , Kent , who committed suicide on the previous Tuesday morning . It appeared from the evidence of Mr Edward Styles , son of the deceased , that is father had been attending to the business as usual up to twelve o'clock on the Ilight before hUMeath , and shortly after that hoar lie
retired to bed , apparently in good spirits . At eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning , witness , aa was his custom 'took breakfast up to nis father ' s bed-room , and upon entering he saw deceased suspended by a rope about his neck from the bed post . The deceased was immediately cut down , but life was found to have been extinct some time . A few days previous to his death the deceased appeared iu Tery low spirits , nut on the night before the fatal act , he had recovered his wonted cheerfulness . The iury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Pbibhifoii Collision 02 ? the Sooth Westers Umlwat . —At a late hour on Saturday night an accident , which might have been attended with consequences equally disastrous as that which happened at Bicester * week since , occurred OH tfifi London and South Western Bailway . From careful inquiries , it wasaeoertainedjthat a train ol Twickenham passenger carriages left the station at the time intimated on the bilk and proceeded onwards without meeting with the least obstruction until it had seared the Nine Elma goods depot . At this part of the line a mannamed Sykes , acting as pointsman , was stationed , whose duty it seems was to turn thipoints so tu » t tbe carriages or trucks could be shifted from the main line on to the Biding , or sent on
to the metals leading to the goods depot . By some means , however , not clearly understood , the man , instead of keeping the points taut , so that the passenger train could pass over the main line , so shifted the metals that the train was turned towards Nine Elms . Unfortunately at that moment a number of men were employed together with two lorses in making np the goods train—the latter being engaged in drawing the trucks over the line—when the first-named train , as might naturally be expected , was shunted off the permanent way , and it then rattled down the goods line . In bo doing the pointsman ' s lodge was knocked down , two or three of the porters and guards who were at the spot were more or less injured , two
horses were killed , tbe men in charge of them being seriously injured ; several of the carriages were much shattered by their sides coming into collision with the goods trucks . If one of the passengers received any personal injury , although the whole of tbsm ^ Rcre terribly alarmed . At eleven o'clock it was learned that Mr . Bent , the police constable specially employed by the company , had brought tho pointsman wbo had occasioned the accident into custody to the V 7 aterloo-road terminus , and it was then expected that he would be sent to the police-station , on a charge of neglect and endangering the lives of the passengers . Supposed Murder op a Female . — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the
Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the body of a female , named Martha Carr , who was found ; on Friday morning , about six o ' clock , in the Regent's Canal , near the Sir "Walter Scott lock . When taken from the water a wound was discovered on the left side of the neck and another over the eyes , having the appearance of stabs from a pen knife . The tongue of the deceased protruded from her mouth ; several of her ribs were fractured , and there was an abrasion of the skin upon the left wrist . The deceased was a single woman , and had for a long time been courted by a young man . She lived in "Wheeler-street , Spitalfields , and had not been seen alive since the previous Sunday . After
the jury bad viewed the body , the inquest was adjourned for a post mortem examination to take place . Death fbom Reckless Drivisg . —Mr . If . M . Wakley concluded an inquiry at the University Hospital , commenced on a previous day , relative to tbe death of Francis Neterehsll Moore , aged forty-one , the wife of a paper banger , living at 49 , Wilstedstreet , Somers-town , who died as alleged from injuries received ia being knocked down by a horse and cart , driven at a . furious rate , by a youth named Thomas Perkins , in the employ of Mr . Dickens , butcher , Camdea-road Villas , Camden-town . Itwas ' also stated that the deceased , who was aa habitual drunkard , was drunk when knocked down , which
opinion was partly confirmed by the assistant-Burgeon , and nurse of the hospital , who expressed * heir belief that on her admission she was intoxicated . Mr . Wakfey said he could not help obger" j ? lae ra & ksB way " fhich butchers drove and rode their horses through the streets , as though »^ S ed , 8010 4 ° b * *¦»• Sixof thejury were for « T ^? 11 f manslaughter , but eventually one was inSes r «/& ~ " That the decei « ed * ed from o SSfhrt Z \* horae and att > * iven at a duct of ffi &' S & S * *?» the miscottwas IS ° ^^ ™™ S ™* r > there cautioned and eensMeaa 3 * * h- -- * M tuea Sunn . 2 Tt gjgj ^ S ^ S ^ SSi mornmg , between the hours of'X ° l ^? © ciodk
, a nro orofce out on the m-om ;^ . - V ' enpation of Mr . H . Perie ^ apC r [ Z *&¦ °° - « ttofMnttroflw i . d ^ . hjyj ^^ flames commenced on the ground floor * h » fearful progress , so that ifwas „ SnthfSLT * difficulty that the inmates were enTble & 'lecfu Bafe retreat . Tlie en gines were 600 U on tbe snnr mndaa abundant supply of water hiving bS procured the firemen succeeded in extmgf £ the fiai . e 8 , but not until the fire had penetrated every room in the building , and destroyed a consi-
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derable amount of property . About the same time a hre happened at No . 2 , Boston-place , Dorsetsquare , belonging to Mrs . C . Porter . It commenced in the second floor , and although the firemen promptly , attended , nearly the whole of Mrs . Porter S furniture was destroyed before the fire could be extinguished . About four o ' clock on Monday morning a very serious fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . W . Hughes , a grocer , No . 2 , Crown-street St . Giles's . It began in the back part of the ground floor , and had it not been for the activity displayed by the polige in arOUSillgthe inmates , there is no doubt but that several of the occupants would have perished . As it was they had great difficulty in escaping . The fire was eventually subdued , but not until serious damage was not onl
done , y to the stock in trade but also to the building . A short time previous a fire broke out in the warehouse of Mr . Solomons , No . 3 , Henoagelane , Bevis-raarks , which destroyed the whole of the three top floors , and considerably damaged the lower part of the house . The sufferer was fortunately insured . On Monday night , shortly before twelve o ' clock , considerable confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Holland-street , Blackfriars-road , in consequence of dense volumes of smoke issuing from the several windows of the mustard mills and Apsley Pellatt ' s glass works , in that thoroughfare , which impressed the inhabitants that both the tremendous piles of buildings were on fire , and messengers were forthwith sent in sundry directions to call tho engines . In the space of a few minutes tbe engines reached the spot , when it was found that the fire had occurred through the Overheating of one of the kilns in the last named premises , and that a quantity of timber had
become ignited . The workmen on the premises got the engine belonging to the establishment out , and fortunately succeeded in extinguishing tho fire . About two hours previously a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Thomas Moore , a stay manufacturer , in Stookwell-streot , immediately facing Greenwich parish obnrch . It appears that whilst Mrs . Moore was arranging her beaddress , she accidentally set fire to some wearing apparel , and in an instant the flames shot over the room , and set fire to everything therein . Mr . Moore , jun ., in rendering assistance to subdue the fire was much burned in his bands . The parish engine , with that belonging to her Majesty ' s dockyard , having arrived before the news could be conveyed to London , the fire was happily extinguished ; but not until considerable damage was done , not merely to tbe contents , but also to the building . Mr . Moore was insured in the Royal Exchange Fireoffice ,
A Meeting , convened by the advocates of the new American costume , of which Mrs . Bloomer is the reputed founder , was held in the British Institution , Cowper-street , Finsbury , on Monday night . It was announced that the proceedings would commence at half-past eight o ' clock , and that Mrs . C . II . Dexter would address the meeting . Long before seven o ' clock many hundreds of persons asnembled in front of the building , and though the populace was extremely dense , the mob unusually violent , and the demands for admission indescribably clamorous , the clock struck eight before the doors were opened . As may be readily imagined , the assembled persons pressed with great zeal into the building ; some were trodden down , others fainted , and the large hall , whioh is capable of
holding about from 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 persons , rapidly filled , The prices of admission were fixed as follows : —For the hall , 3 d . j for reserved seats , 6 d . ; and for the platform , la . ; but , owing to the want of arrangement that prevailed , not one out of a hundred who entered the building , paid anything for admission . The interval which elapsed between the admission of the auditory and the time appointed for the entrance of the Bloomers was passed in a most disorderly manner . All sorts of jokes and witticisms were bandied about , and some very course remarks were made at the expense of the dress reformers . As the principal performers were after time , it was suggested that a grand chorus of " Buffalo Gals , can ' t you come out to-night" would be an appropriate invitation to expedition . Soon after this a person , said , to be one of the vergers of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , a portly loeking man , placed himself in the chair , and was loudly but ironically cheered . Alarmed apparently by the riotous
character of the assembly , the female lecturer did not make her appearance , a great disturbance took place , many of the audience declaring their intension to take legal steps to recover the money they bad paid at the doors . Fatal Omnibus Collision . —On Sunday evening last , as Mr . Joel Slater , butcher , of Lower Belgrave-place , Pimlico , was returning home from Richmond in a light spring cart , accompanied by his housekeeper , when passing Kew-bridge , one of the Brentford omnibuses , which was coming along it a smart pace , caught the wheel of the shandry uefore Mr . Slater could pull on one side , and overturning the vehicle precipitated both him and his housekeeper a considerable distance into the road . When taken up , it was found that Mr . Slater ' s neck was die 03 ited . Surgical assistance was immediately procured , but he shortly expired . The housekeeper was picked up quite insensible , and it was ascertained that she had suffered a compound fracture of the leg .
Early Closing Association . —On Sunday last eleven sermons ( being part of a new series ) were preached on behalf of this society at different churches in London . Employers were strongly urged , as a matter of Christian duty , to do their utmost , both by example and precept , t 0 bring about a general earlier closing of shops ; and heads of families were exhorted to aid them in so doing by discontinuing the custom of evening shopping . Cur of London . —It is rumoured that it is the intention of Sir James Graham , in the ensuing session of parliament , to bring in a bill for enlarging the area of the City of London , and effecting a variety of reforms in the corporation .
The Aixegbd Murder O ? A POUCSUan AT Gekeswich . —The man William Cressy , charged with the wilful murder of police-constable James Haslie , in Tinderbox-alley , Deptford , on the night of the 2 thh of February , 1846 , was brought up on remand before Mr . Traill , at the Greenwich Policecourt , on Saturday . —Sergeant Carpenter said that he and Superintendent Hilton were in a position to produce fresh and important evidence ; but , as it was absolutely necessary that the investigation should still be followed up , to admit of which the prisoner must be again remanded , they bad not thought it wise to bring witnesses from a distance for examination on the present occasion . —Superintendent Hilton said he had received a letter from a person at Ipswich , who at the time of the murder
was engaged as barman at the Noah's Ark publichouse , Deptford . The letter stated that on the morning after the fatal occurrence a man and woman entered bis master ' s shop , and iu the C 0 UIE 6 of conversation the man , who made use of several strong oaths , said that " it did not matter , as it was only a policeman . " He also observed that lie heard the policeman tell the man to go on , instead of which the man turned round and struck the officer . The writer described the man who spoke in these terms as a dirty fellow , dressed in dark clothes , and about five feet six inches in height , while the woman was a short , dirty woman . From the description given in the
newspapers , the writer of the letter supposed them to have been the prisoner at present under examination and the woman who had given evidence against him . The communication was signed " William Ambrose . "—The Magistrate said the constables had acted very properly in reserving their evidence , and decided on a further remand of tho case . —The prisoner asked to be allowed to write a letter to the gentleman in whose service he was engaged in 1846 . That person would bo able to produce his books , whereby it could be ascertained that he ( tbe prisoner ) was in active employment away from Deptford at the very period of the murder . —Mr . Traill acceeded to this request , and the prisoner was again removed in custody .
'Suicide through Supposed JisAtousv . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Talbot Tavern , Agar-town , St . Pancras , on the bodj of Thomas Sanders , aged fifty-two , a bricklayer residing in one of a row of cottages near the above house , called Cambridge Cottages , wbo committed the following act of determined suicide . It appeared that deceased , who was in comfortable circumstances , had for nine years cohabited with a femate who recently suddenly left him , as be believed , to join another man . He had since been very desponding , and On Tuesday Week , not being seen as usual , the inmate of the adjoining cottage looked through bis window and discovered him lying on the
I floor surrounded with blood , and an open razor by his side . Mr . Aldridgf , surgeon , WBS Seat for , iwhett 1 deceased was found to have nearly severed bis bead from his body , and although still living , and every assistance being rendered him , he shortly after ceased to exist . —" Verdict , « ' Temporary insanity . " ISAJJOuBAIi DlNNKB OP THE Sheriffs Elect . — On Tuesday , according to the hospitable custom of tbe City of London , the sheriffs elect of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year , Messrs . Cotterell and Swift , entertained a numerous circle of their friends at Cordwainers' Hall , of which companyMr . Cotterell , the senior sheriff , is past master and distinguished member .
Inckkdukt Fihb at Powey . —Shortly after two o ' clock on Tuesday morning , in the neighbourhood of Richmond-road , Putney , a serious fire broke out on the premises of the Fox and Hounds liverystables . The building in which the flames commenced contaiued & ' pantity of hay , alraw , harness , horses , and a number of pigs . The policeman who was on duty in ' the neighbourhood had his attention directed to the premises by a lad who slept in tbem , and who has since foen taken into custody OB 8 U 8-picion of haying had some hand ia causing tbe fire . Tiie moment the constable arrived he found that the nrevrj ; 3 rapidly .. extending over the property ; he exerted iliiu » . -elf ,-and succeeded in rescuing tbe liorses and a quantity of harness , but Unfortunately fcetore be CiU : d get to the pigethey jbecame enve-
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loped in flames , and were smothered . By the time the engines arrived from London" the premises in which the conflagration commenced were burnt down , and considerable damage done to thoseadjoin ing . As soon as the flauies were put out an inquiry was instituted with a view to ascertain how the disaster occurred , the result of which led to the apprehension of two men and the lad before alluded to , on suspicion of having wilfully set the premises on fire . They were afterwards examined before the magistrates at the Wandsworth police-court , but nothing conclusive was Cjioited . The total loss will amount to several hundred pounds . The premises were insured in the County Fire-office . The contents belonged to Mr . Denny , corn-chandler , of Lambeth , and it is not known whether they are insured .
SuiomE op A Stockbrokbb , —Late on Tuesday evening Mr . W . Payne held an inquest on the body of Mr . Ingle Rudge , a stockbroker at Mr . Eouth's office , before a jury of nineteen inhabitants of the ward , when the following facts were adduced . The deceased was a young member of the Exchange , having only been connected with it some four or five years . ' He was very highly , respected in the city for his upright and business-like conduct . Mr . Booth in consequence of being intimately acquainted with the deceased , had allowed him permission to transact his business at bis counting-house , No . 32 , Tbrogmorton-street , he not having an office of his own . On Mr . Itouth reaching his counting-house on Tuesday morning at . eleven o ' clock , he heard from bis clerk that the deceased was in the private room , where he had been about a quarter of an hour , Mr . Routbatonce proceeded to the apartment , and found the deceased lying on the floor of the water-closet attached to the room . He
immediately called in assistance , and sent for Mr . Chance , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , who pronounced the unfortunate man to be dead . A wine glass was found on the table containing the remains of prussic acid . A brief examination of tbe body by the medical gentleman sufficed to show that tbe deceased bad perished from the effects of that poison . On his person was found a loaded pistol and a knife . Some letters also were discovered . They we ' re examined by the coroner , and one ran nearly to the following effect , dated Sept . 29 th , 1851 , addressed to Mr . Porster : —" Dear Sir , —When you have received this 1 shall have ceased to live . I have never done any good to myself or any one else about me . I knew this must come a long while . I hope some will take , pity on my poor wife and children ;< do
what you can for those helpless creatures ; 11 dare not think of their unhappy condition . I have had the means of death in my possession now more than two weeks . " The letter then entered into some business transactions , showing the state of bis affairs , and which it may be unnecessary to give . It concluded bj imploring his friends not to forget his little ones , and wishing them good bye . It was signed "Ingle Rudge . " Mr . Sewell , surgeon , of Fenchurcb-street , and other gentlemen who were acquainted with the deceased , spoke of his disordered state of mind , from which it would seem that be laboured under the impression that he would never
be able to do any good for himself and family , and that he would always be unfortunate . Tuesday being settling day at the Stock Exchange , he found htmselfnotina position to meet certain demands , his account at his banker ' s being considerably short of the sum required , but which could have been readily averted by application to the committee , who would doubtless have extricated him from his difficulties . . He was seen on Change about ten o ' clock , and it is presumed that the dread of meeting his difficulties , induced him to commit the melancholy act . After some remarks , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " He has left a widow and two children .
Citx Registration . —On Tuesday morning the revising barrister for the City of London held an adjourned court at the Guildhall , and went through the lists of the parishes of St . Andrew by the Wardrobe , St . Ann , Blackfriars , St . Bennett ' s , Paul ' s Wharf , St . Gregory by St . Paul , St . Mary Magdalene , Fish-street , Allballows , Honey-lane , St . Antbolin , and Allhallows the Great and Less , in the ward of Cheap ; but the objections were confined principally to deaths and removals , and change of qualification , and the names expunged . No case of importance whatever arose .
Revival of Infanticide . —Mr . H . M . wakley held an inquest on Saturday last at the College Arms , Camden Town , on tho newly-born infant of Jane Smith , a single woman , in the service of Mrs . Dickenson , Pakenhaiu-stteet . — Mrs . Dickenson said that she suspected Smith had given birth to a child , and interrogated her upon the subject , when she admitted that the infant was in tbe pail , which was half full of water , and in whioh she ( Mrs . Dickenson ) found tho body . Smith begged forgiveness . —Dr . Sheeting examined the body , and found that the child had breathed freely , that the organs were healthv , but that the brain was congested ,
from a blow or fall . He could not swear whether death resulted from the injuries of the head or drowning . —Verdict , " Deceased was found dead in a pail of water , but whether it was wilfully murdered or not there is no evidence to prove . " ——Mr . Wakley held a second inquest at the College Arms on the body of a child found wrapped up in a brown paper parcel , in a ditch in Swan ' s-lane , Highgate . —Dr . Brougham said that the child must have been twelve months dead . The body was so decomposed that he could not say whether death was caused by violence or otherwise . Tbe leg was broken . —Verdict " Found dead . "
, Eiibciioh of Loan Mayoh . — On Saturday last the usual precept was issued to the livery to assemble in Common Hall on Monday , to elect a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing . There are eleven aldermen below the chair . Alderman Hunter , Of Colematl-street Ward , being the senior , will , it is expected , be returned without opposition . Swearing in the Sheriffs or London . —On Saturday last a breakfast was given at the Gordwainers '^ hall to the members of the corporation and sheriffs and sheriffs elect of the City of London ;
after which the corporation proceeded to the Guildhall , where the sheriffs were duly sworn in . Departure of the Rovai , Mah . Steam Ship Asia On Saturday morning last , the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia , Captain Judkins , left the Mersey for New York direct , with about 130 passengers ( among whom were Madame Celeste and her sister ) , the usual mails for the United States and Canada , and a full cargo . The weather was very unfavourable at the time of the Asia ' s putting ont to sea .
MURDER AND SciCIDB AT CAMBEBWBI / Ii . — On Tuesday morning one of the most fearful murders that has been committed for some years was discovered in the Wyndham-road , Camberwell , a respectable tradesman in that vicinity having cut the throats of his three young children and destroyed himself . The name of the father was Anthony Fawcett , aged 43 , and on Monday he took possession of a grocer ' s shop at the corner of ( Jueen's-place , "Wyndham-road , lately occupied by Mr . stockham . He brought with him his wife and three' children ; Emily Fawcett ; six years and a half old ; Frederick , one year and seven months ; and Mary Ann , who is badly wounded . He seemed to have been greatly disappointed with his bargain , and grumbled very much to bis wife on
Monday , but nothing in his appearance indicated he would attempt such a horrible deed . On Tuesday morning a little after seven o'clock , tho family got up , and his wife dressed the two elder children , and took them down stairs to breakfast , leaving the baby iu bed up stairs . While the children and father were partaking of their morning meal in the back parlour at eight o'clock , the wife ran out to convey two letters to the post'Office ;'( which is Only two or three hundred yards off the street . On her return she was horror stricken at finding her two children with their throats cut , and on proceeding backwards she perceived her husband cutting bis throat in the back kitchen . She immediately ran out and alarmed the neighbours , when police constable , Edward Shanvill . who was on duty near the
spot , entered the house , and instantly proceeded to the back kitchen , where he found the murderer lying under the sink , quite insensible , with blood pushing from his neck . He took him up , and found a large table knife in his grasp , which he had cut his throat with , and at the time ho was not dead . A doctor was directly sent for , and Mr . King , surgeon , of Camberwell , attended , but death took place a few minutes after his arrival . On the constable entering the back parlour he discovered Emily , aged six years and a half , lying dead , with her throat dreadfully cut , and Mary Ann , sitting nearly opposite , with her ' s also cut but not effectually . Dr . King , as well as other surgeons , who had been called in , attended to the latter , and there ia every likelihood that the poor little girl
will recover . On proceeding up stairs the constable perceived the younger child , with its head hanging out of bed , quite dead , its throat cut , and the ' bed deluged with blood . There can be no doubt that the father committed the murders with three knives , as a large bacon knife , covered with blood , was found in the bedroom , a table knife in the back parlour , and another in the man ' s hand . They all appeared to have been recently sharpened . Superintendent Lund was shortly on the spot , when information was forwarded to the coroner of tbe horrible circumstance . As soon as the news got spread about thousands of people assembled round the house , and it required a number of police to
keep order . From inquiries it appears that the poor child ,. Mary Ann Faucett , still survives , although extremely weak from ]« as of blOOdi , She Was visited about ten o ' clock by Mr . King , and that gentleman states that she is progressing favourably , and in his opinion will eventually recover . Since her injuries the poor child has spoken but little ; she has however given a faint outline of the horrid tragedy . She states that as soon as her mother had left the house , her father desired her to go and fetch the large bacon knife , which she did , and on placing it in hishands he said , " I am going to kill you ^ firsfc , and then the others ; then myself ; and then we shall all go to h- *— together . " After this he pro-
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ceeded . in hia horrid purpose . -The rumour thatthe dreadful deed has resulted from any despondency consequent on his haying made a bad bargain in purchasing . the business would seem exceedingly doubtful , for it appears that he had been previously attacked with similar maniacal symptoms ,, the result of intemperance ; , and about two years ago , while so affected , he made an attempt upon his own life by jumping from the deck of the Sunbeam steamer ( one of the halfpenny boats ) into the river , when his life Tfas only saved with the greatest difficulty .
Serious Cosfuorations . —On Wednesday morning , at an early hour , a fire of a very destructive character , and attended with a great loss of property ! happened in one of the spacious private residences , No . 3 , Montpelier-row , Blackheath , tbe property of a lady named Webb , but sub-let to several lodgers . Tho fire was first perceived by a policeman of the R division , who lost no time in arousing the several occupants , who fortunately succeeded in effecting a retreat from the premises , but not before they were nearly suffocated with smoke . The engines of the parish quickly attended , as well as another belonging to her Majesty ' s dockyard at Deptford . . These powerful machines were instantly set to work ; but in spite of the exertions
of the police , die ., the work of destruction continued , and in less than a quarter of an hour after the commencement oi the conflagration , the entire building presented one immense sheet of flame , the reflection of which could be seen from every pwt of London . This caused the engines of the brigade at the Southwark Bridge-station ( aa well as that of the West of England Company , to be taken out in search of the scene of danger . After travelling some distance a mounted express was met , who gave the firemen information of the spot where the flames were raging . The engines were then driven with greater speed onwards , and on reaching Blackheath-hill an occurrence took place which was nearly attended with fatal consequences
to Mr . Deputy Barrow , of the West of England office . Tho men , it appears , were in the act of getting off the engine , to ease the horses up the hill , when Mr . Barrow was thrown down by bis foot catching the wheel , and before he could be extricated the fore wheel passed over his left foot and the hind wheel over his thigh . The horses were immediately stopped and the ladders taken off the engine , in order to carry him to the police-station , but fortunately he was found ; to be only seriously bruised ,: no bones being fractured . TJpon reaching the fire the firemen set to work in an indefatigable manner , but tbey were unable to subdue tbe flames until the premises in which the disaster commenced were gutted , and serious damage done bv fire .
water , and removal to Nos . 2 and i in the same row , belonging to Mr . Gilbert . Mrs . "Webb was insured in the Sun Fire office , but Mr . Gilbert was uninsured . The cause of the fire was unknown . At a late hour on Tuesday night a fire of a serious character happened on the premises of Mr . Wheeler a japanner , No . 6 , Newton-street , Hoiborn . It originated in tbe manufactory , and spec dily extended to three of the drying stoves , which were burned out , the roofs destroyed , and several hundred pounds' worth of stock in trade consumed . The engines of the parish , brigade , and West of England attended , and the firemen eventually got the flames extinguished . The loss will fall on the Sun Fire * office . Melanchom . Accident . —On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Wm . Baker , junr ., deputy
coroner , at the Horse and Groom , Church-street , Hackney , on view of the body of Mr . William Gilham , aged Sixty , Who resided in Mare-street , Hackney , xho deceased on Monday morning was at the window of his bed-room , from which be gave direc- ; tions to his servant to order a cab for him , for the purpose of taking him to Hornsey . The servant , who was in the forecourt of tbe house , had scarcely turned his back when ho heard a heavy fall . On looking round he saw deceased on the ground , and found him in a state of insensibility .- A surgeon was palled , who found the skull of the deceased extensively fractured , and that life was extinct . Deceased had been for some months past suffering giddiness , and it is supposed that after giving the order he was seized , and tbat while in that state he fell from the window . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " .
Aiaeobu Murdeh . —On Tuesday night Mr . Payne held an inquest on the body of Ann Sarah Parker , whose husband was oh Monday charged at the Worship-street Police-court with causing her death by violence ; The evidence of the surgeon was heard in addition to that of some other witnesses , after whioh the jury returned as their verdict that " Death was caused by effusion of blood on the brain , but whether such effusion was produced by her husband ' s assault there is no evidence to show . "
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Mubdbb at Fbomb . — Intelligence has been received at Bristol of a shocking murder having been committed at West Woodlands , Frome , upon the person of a young girl , named Sarah Watts . It appears that the deceased , who was fifteen years of age , was left in charge of the cottage in which her parents resided on the 25 th ultM and that in the course of tbat day she was found dead under circumstances that leave no room for doubting that she was murdered by some person who has as yet contrived to escape discovery . From appearances it is probable that the villain first ravished his victim , and that he then killed her by striking her with a hammer , club , or some heavy
instrument . He afterwards robbed the hQm-OOia UlaCn cJoihcoafc with metal buttons , a black cloth waistcoat , shawl , & o . The authorities have offered a reward of £ 50 for the discovery of the perpetrator Of the horrible deed , who , it is hoped , may not long escape detection . All efforts to apprehend the perpetrator of these atrocities bad , up to Tuesday , failed . In the morning the articles of wearing apparel stolen from the cottage were found in a field in the neighbourhood , the inquest was com . menced on Friday , and resumed on Tuesday , when Mr . Francis Giles , surgeon , deposed that be had made a post mortem examination . He found a large quantity of blood between the scalp and the bone on the fore part of the head , towards the
right side . On opening the skull , he _ found that the bone was not fractured ; the brain was very much congested , but in other respects healthy . On the neck were two bruises beneath the skinone in the middle line , juat over the windpipe , the other two or three inches distant on tho left side . The heart and .-lungs were very much congested . But in other respects healthy . All the other viscera were healthy . The yost mortem examination also proved that a rape had been committed . He believed death to have been caused by strangulation . It was quite impossible the girl could have strangled herself . The verdict was an open one , viz . — " Tbat the deceased was murdered by BOme person or persons unknown . " Thb Royal Visit to Manchester . —The preparations for the reception of her Majesty the Queen are now going on with great spirit , and it becomes evident that much money will be expended both in
Manchester and Salford for the pageant of the day . The mayor and corporation of Manchester have finally determined to appear in robes , the order for which have already been given to Messrs . Nicoll , the paletot makers , of London . The mayor is to wear a gold chain and badge , in addition to his scarlet gown , the badge to bear the arms of tbe borough , with its motto written , not in gold , blit in diamonds . The badge is estimated to cost £ ( $ 00 , and the robes , chain , collar , and other decorations of the whole body corporate £ 1 , 500 Tho guinea tickets of admission to the royal reception in the Exchange have not gone off well , and tbe time for selling them has had to be extended . The stages to be erected in Peel-park for the Sunday-school children , who are to sing the national anthem before the Queen , are to be extensive enough to accommodate about 80 , 000 .
Thb Qokkn ' b visit to Liverpool . —On ,-the requisition of the local authorities , the Admiralty have ordered a quantity of government flags at-Woolwich to be lent to tbe corporation of Liverpool , and to be sent to the dock secretary ' s office , for the purpose of decoration on her Majesty ' s visit to this mighty andenterprising port . PoaoEn Bank Notes . —On Saturday last information was Circulated With thO description of several perrons who are travelling about the country uttering forged bank notes . At Dorking , in Surrey , on Saturday seek , a man about thirty years of age , five
feet nine inches high , of fair complexion , With brown hair , and an appearance of ill health , passed a forged £ 5 note to a tradesman , and the next morning left that place for Reigate . He was dressed in black , and carried a dark loose over-coat . At Fleetwood , a forged £ 5 note , No . 60 , 465 , dated London , 14 th . July , 1851 , payable to Mr . Matthew Marshall , was uttered to Mr . Buchanan by . a man elder in appearance than the one above-described , five feet six inches high , dressed in a dark brown overcoat , light brown wowsers , and blue cheeked waistcoat .
The Collision at Knottinglet SrAMON . —lt will be in the recollection of our readers , that on the night of the St . Legerday , in the year 1850 , a serious collision took place at Knottingley station which resulted in the serious injury of several passengers . As the line was used conjointly for the conveyance of passengers tO aild frOm Doncaster . by three separate eompanies-the Great Northern the Lancashire and Yorkshire , and the York and North Midland , the dispute arose as to whioh com-^ ZJ ^ Jh / V ! . 11 ' - an f a ¦ " ¦ -wmmittee was appointed , who have , met made their report , and who are of opinion that tho blame attaches to , ' tbe Lan-XS h P ^ iu ? i hiro Qm * ™*> tba * ^ p « " y shall bear all the damages consequent upon theTcol lision . —Halifax Guardian .
i Suicide op A Tradesman at BaraxoL—On Monday considerable alarm was excited in the parish of St . 1-auJ , Bristol , from tbe circumstance of its
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having-been discovered that a very respectable tradesman , Mr . F . J . Baker , who carried on . a large business in Milk-street as a plasterer , painter , ifcc , bad committed suicide . It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest held in the afternoon before the coroner ,. Joseph Baker Grinder , Esq ., that , until about a month ago , the deceased carried on business in the usual manner , and was of a very cheerful disposition . At that time his two sons , who were his only children , sailed in the Cosmo , for the United States , having been frequently solicited to come over by their aunt , who had been at New tork for twenty years . From the period of their departure his mind became very depressed , and indeed so much so as to excite the
apprehensions of his friends . On Monday morning , however , he arose at his usual hour , and went about his business ; at between nine and ten o ' clock , the unfortunate gentleman not having come to his breakfast , search was made' for him , when it was discovered that one of . the upper workshops was fastened , and being forced open , the deceased was found lying on the floor quite dead , the greater portion of his scull and brains being blown about the room , and a gun lying with the barrel on a vice and some string fastened to the left hand of the deceased . From the appearance of the gun , & c ., the deceased must have fastened the string to
the trigger and to his hand , and then placed the muzzle in his mouth , as the upper jaw was broken , and the whole of the cranium blown off . From the whole of the evidence , it appeared that since his children ' s departure he had been very depressed and frequently crying . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity /' The East Riding Election . —The High Sheriff of Yorkshire has issued his proclamation appointing Tuesday , tbe 7 th of October , for the election of a member to supply the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr . Broadley . As yet no candidate has taken the field in opposition to the Hon . Captain Duncombe .
Seamen and Shipowners . —A case of great importance to the mercantile public generally was heard before the South Shields' magistrates on the 27 th ult .. The justices were—the Mayor , Mr . John Clay , Mr . J . T . Wawn , M . P ., and Mr . Thomas Forsyth . During the last two or three years cases of desertion from British vessels in North American ports have assumed a roost serious character , and the injury done to the shipowners may be estimated when it is stated tbat nearly 2 , 000 men have run from their ships during tbe past season , and that the loss to the shipowner upon each man will amount to £ 12 . A difficulty has been felt in bringing seamen wbo have deserted to justice , aa it has generally happened that men belonging to vessels
on the west side of the island have come to the east , and vice verso ) . Mr . Melouin , an extensive shipowner and merchant belonging to Newcastle , acting upon the 02 nd clause of the 7 th . and 8 th Victoria , chap . 112 , which gives power to any person by information and summary proceeding before any justice or justices of tho peace in or near where the offence has been committed , to recover penalties , ^ ,, determined to assist in putting down the evil of desertion by prosecuting the first runaway seaman that he ascertaiped had arrived at a northeastern port . In the early part of the week the Sprite of Sunderland , Stewart , master , arrived at that port from Quebec , with a fresh crew on board , who were supposed to be deserters . Mr . Melouin
took steps to ascertain from what vessels they had deserted , and it was found by the documents and tickets filed at the Register-office for seamen at London that five Of them had run away from vessels belonging to Glasgow and Liverpool . Their names are , James Hamilton , a deserter from the Clansman , of Glasgow ; James M'Donald , a deserter from the Renfrewshire , of the same port i Samuel Thomas , from the United Kingdom , of Belfast ; Thomas Walker , from the Montrose , of New Brunswick , and subsequently from the Clansman ; and John Hoy , first a deserter from the William , of Liverpool , and then from the Troy , of the same port . Stewart and his crew had differed at Quebec , and he bad discharged them , and engaged the men
whoso names have been enumerated . They had signed articles in tbe ships they had deserted from at £ 2 l 0 s . per month , and had been engaged by Stewart at £ 9 10 s . per month . Mr . Melouin applied to tho Sunderland magistrates for power to apprehend the . men , but in consequence of being unable to show a written authority from the owners of the vessels from which they deserted the magistrates declined to comply with his request . He then went across to South Shields , and the magistrates in that town having issued warrants , the men were apprehended by Mr . Buglars , the superintendent of police at South Shields , as they entered the shipping master ' s office at Sunderland to receive their wages for the run and their discharge . Four
of the men pleaded Guilty on Friday , but the fifth , Thomas Walker , having refused to do so , his desertion from the Montrose at Quebec was clearly proved by Captain W . Hemsley , the Sunderland shipping master . The magistrates sentenced Hamilton , Thomas , and M'Donald to one month ' s imprisonment . Walker to six weeks ' , and Hoy to three weeks' imprisonment . The whole of their wages fortheriin to Sunderland , amountingto £ 2 G 16 s . lid ., was declared forfeited to the owners of the vessels from which they had deserted , and Mr . Melouin having declared . himself the agent of those gentlemen the money was handed over to him to send to
them . The seamen ' s clothes are also forfeited but Mr . Melouin stated that , with the exception of Walker ' s clothes , whom he was determined to make an example of , they would be restored . The men , by false representations , having procured fresh register ticMB at Sunderland on the arrival of the Sprite , the collector of Customs in that port is determined to proceed against tbem at the Quarter Sessions , and , upon conviction , they will be subjected to twelve months * imprisonment . They are also liable to be proceeded against on another charge , two of them sailing under assumed names , and the whole of them giving incorrect accounts of themselves .
A Melancholt Accident occurred at St ! Just West , Penzance , on Sunday last . A party who bad been out shooting , and had returned , when , as one of them , named Thomas Wembath , was trying to draw the charge from his gun , by some means tbe gun went off , and the whole charge entered his mouth and blew his head to atoms . He was soon p laced on a plank and carried to his home , about a mile distant , where he had in the morning left a wife and three children . Meianchow Accidbsi at OxFORn . —A distressing accident occurred near Oxford on Sunday , which has thrown two highly respectable families into the greatest affliction . For the last fortnight Mr . Campion , billiard table maker of London , and Mr . Heygate , his foreman , have been in Oxford renovating Mr . Bickerton ' s billiard tables . On
Sunday , in company with a young man named Gardener and a female , they went to Sandford in a boat called a dingy ; on returning to the city the boat was upset in consequence of Mr . Campion missing his oar near Sandford Lasher , in water about fourteen feet doep , and both Mr . Campion and his foreman were drowned . Mr . Gardener saved the lady , and attempted to rescue Mr . Campion , and no doubt would have done so but for the latter clinging so tightly round his neck , that both went to the bottom , when , in self-preservation , Mr . Gardenerwas compelledtorelease himself , although he was a good swimmer . When brought lo shore he was nearly exhausted , and it was some time before he could be revived . The deceased gentlemen were highly respected in Oxford . The foreman , with Mr . Campion ' s late father , has been in the habit of attending the city for many years .
Collision at tub Brighton Railwat Terminus . —Lewes , Sept . 26 . —Joseph Kennelly , engine driver , and Richard Grindley , guard , both in the service of the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company , have been committed for trial at the forthcoming quarter sessions for -negligently causing a very serious collision at the railway terminus , by which property of the value of £ 300 was destroyed , and the lives of several persons placed in much peril . Leeds New Town Hall . —The Leeds Town Council , at a special meeting held on Monday , finally determined upon the erection of a Townhall on a piece of land in Park-lane . Tho sum voted was £ 22 , 000 for the building , and £ 9 , 500 for land , & o .
BnoiAJC , ASSADW BT A CATHOLIC PniKST . —The "Hampshire Independent" of Saturday last contains an account of some proceedings taken before the Hon . vr . A'Court Holmes and a bench of magistrates , at Cowes , in reference to a brutal assault perpetrated upon a child , only five years old , by T ^ f - Francis Darry , the Roman Catholic priest of tbat district . The little girl , who gave her evU nerB ^ t JZ f ? P ^^ y and ingenuous . K »! t ated that she . was sitting on a bank when the rev . gentleman passed by her . accomnanied hv
« J 3 E l ' an th 5 ' after harin £ Pl' « ce « ded a few bont ' t L refc " rt ai L . avinS ^ o cked ^ her bonnet , he seized hereby her hair , , and beat her with g ^ fc Vl 0 ience about her head and face . Se-InH - W 1 * nesse 3 t who w <*« » n the neighbourhood . BSf ft ^ W Perpetrated , spoke of the X tahty with which the rev . defendant treated the unfortunate child . Several questions were put to the witnesses by tho priest , but he failed to shake awrtSufim ? » r Kf' ^ ™» PW « t ° many of the jueations pt to the child herself , the magistrates decided that they were of a hi ? hlv immrLr
character , and refused to allow the child to answer them . In answer to the charge the priest said that whenever be walked about the boys and girls ot . the neigh bourhood made fun of him , and he adopted that course of punishment in order that it might act as an example and make the children behave better in future . The hon . chairman commented with mark edseverity upon the brutal conduct of the priest , and after a suitable intimation that if be were brought to tho court again upon a similar charge he would be severely dealt with , fined the rev . defendant 12 s . 6 d . and % 60 ; , c , o , 8 t 8 i
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The sum was immediately paid , and « T ~^ 5 » th ^ court un d er a volley ofhisses W left Coumot Acci » BM .-On Saturday rl " ' an accident occurred at Uevell ColiLv '"" " hi mondthorpe , in the borough of Leel * v ° 0 * one man lost his life and another was *« y whH injured that he is not expected to ' recov ^^ colliery belonged to Mr . Farrcll , and hart V T ^ COntly SUtlk . It was about seventT . fi" ij »« . and the works were so far completed that t ldeeP » of coal was expected to be worked in tho I e hed a few days . A man of the name of linDtm ! of had for a considerable time acted as tho « W » ? " the colliery , having control of the work ?^ above and below , went into the pit , a £ * J $ h blacksmith , to affix a pipe to convey B ( Z" ** ' «> a some part of the works . As these two mm « to the act of ascondinir the shaft nf IU „ :. ^ rsir ,
suspended by a rope worked across a drum v ? steam-engine , the rope broke , and they fell * y 3 bottom , a distance of from forty to fifty yards 9 sistance was rendered as quickly ag no ^ il . u A ! " the bodies of the two unfortunate men S ! ' ^ to the bank / but death in the course of n t ^ afterwards put an end to the sufferings of it „ ? and tbe other man lies in a very precarious H * Hopton , who was a very steady man , has left , £ and six or seven children . There are diffl 9 rumours as to the cause of the accident o * that the rope slipped from the end of the drumV want of an edge to beep it in its place , and giw <* in contact with the spindle on which the drum 8 volved , was shifted until it broke . Another i *' that the rope was an old ono and needed reL ' Fatai Affray near Alnwick . —On Sunday li tho village of Ellingham , near Alnwi ck \ i . 7 county of Northumberland , was the scene ' of a «>• ous affray with a number of drunken Irish x ^ Z
, wtoicn has unhappily resulted in the death of onenf tbem . About four o ' clock in the afternoon ni n , i day several Irish reapers broke a number of p ,, „ , ° : of glass in tho house of Mr . Laidlaw , apubW where they had been drinking , after which they t £ came riotous and perfectly unmanageable . On leaving the house tbey proceeded in a body -down I lane in tbe village , and were followed by Mr . lay , law and two men , named Smith and GibbinsoD who demanded payment for the damage done to t ^ windows . The Irishmen used very abusive \^ guage , and one of thorny whose name was Jf / Cor mick , swung his reaping hook in tbe air , an j threatened to kill Mr . Lailwaw with it , and so vjq . lent their ladto
was conduct that he was g , take te . fuge in a joiner ' s house . About a quarter of an hour afterwards , three of the Irishmen , one of whom was M'Cormick , ' met Smith and Gibbinsorand , after threatening them as they had done taid * law , struck at them with their hooks , and inflicted a slight wound on Gibbinson ' s hand . Smith , ^ at this time had a gun in his hand , threatened tt fire if they did not stand back , when M'Conmcj | replied that there was no fear , for the gun was not loaded . Smith and Gibbinson then retreated , but were pursued by the three . Irishmen , who continued ta strike them with their hooks , but Gibbinson con . trivedtoward off the blows with his stick , tho two men were then driven' to a place whore they could not retire further on account of the busW
upon which a desperate struggle took place , in the midst of which Smith ' s gun went off . Gibbinsoa and Smith then ran away , and the Irishmen agaia pursued them , and one of . tbem threw his hook . whioh struck Smith on the shoulder . The two men then escaped from their pursuers . It was afterwards found that M'Cormick had been shot , and Smith , when he heard of it , expressed great sorrow , and said he had no intention to hurt him , but only wished to protect himself . M'Cormick ' s woumj was found upon examination to be of a serious character , and ho died from the effects of it on tho following- Sunday . Smith has since been appre . bended . A . jury has been summoned by Mr . Russell , the coroner for the district , by whom a thorough investigation into all the circumstances will be made .
Outrage on thk Shrewsbury akd Chester Rail WAY . — -On Tuesday night as the last train was pro . ceeding from Chester to Shrewsbury , some scoundrel threw a stone at it with such violence that a first-class carriage was broken , and tho passengers ( particularly Mr . Richards , the judge of the northeast "Wales district county courts ) placed in great danger . We trust the miscreant will be apprehended and punished as he deserves . The extreme penalty attached to the offence is two years' imprisonment and hard labour .
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irnauD . Catholic Defence Association . —The •' genera ] committee " chosen to organise the new Catholic Defence Association have at length carried their labours so far as to have issued their address " to the Catholics of the United Kingdom . " The rules of the association have not yet , it appeal's , been finally agreed upon , and the public have yet to learn vvhe > ther the proceedings of the body are to be carrirf on by regular meetings for spouting and declamation
, after the old fashion , or by a committee acting mi silent nucleus of agitation . The general committee ate to meet again on the 16 th of this month , having in the meantime , it is to be presumed , settled all about the rulea of the association , and the first meeting of the association will be held on the following day . The Right Hon . Denis St . George , Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal , has ibeen chosen bj a ttfljO " fity Of VOteS to be lhe peer to sit in the House of Lords of the "United Kingdom , in the room of Cbas . William , Earl of Charleville , deceased .
, THE MURDKR OP Mr . White . —Patrick Maher has been fully committed for trial , on a charge of conspiring for the murder of the late Mr . White , iu lhe Queen ' s County , and a man , named John Doran , has been remanded on a charge of being implicated in the crime . The " Leinster Express" states that one of the effects of this murder has been to throw out of employment fifty-eight out of sixty persona who have now no other resource but the poor-house . The reward fund collected in the locality now amounts to £ 811 , besides £ 100 offered by government .
EMiGttATiON . — "We learn from Belfast that on Tuesday last the ship Riverdale left Prince ' s Dock on her way to Now York , with upwards of 300 emigrants on board . The passengers , chiefly agriculturists , were altogether moat respectable in their appearance , and the scene on the quay at parting with their friends was touching in the extreme . A large number of those on board belonged to Bel * fast . Emigration from Limerick . —A greater number of emigrants take shipping direct from Limerick than from any other Irish port ; and from returns before us we find that more have already gone within the present year than during the whole of 1 S 50 . From the 1 st of January last 6 , 027 have sailed for Canada , and 5 , 214 for the United States , making a I total of 11 , 241 , against 10 , 482 in the whole of 1 SS 0 , and 11 , 554 in 1849 .
The weather continues cold and very boisterous . There are no reports of serious injury to the shipping or small craft on the shores of Ireland , although it is feared that the gales of Thursday and Friday week have done damage on the western coast . Statkop TiiBWssT . —The"Galway Vindicator has some startling revelations respecting the progress ot " extermination " in that county . The leading delinquents in this work of clearance are , it seems , me Law Life Assurance Company of London and hora Orunmore , whose property is now in theE" ? " ™ " of
bered Estates Court , awaiting the fatal blow ft | commissioner ' s hammer to strike it from the " r of his lordship . From the returns of the «»* ' '"* officers for one fortnight it appears that bo « ss w ™» 020 paupers have been added to the burdens « w impoverished union of Outerard ; of these ( w "" ° been evicted at the instance of the London company , the residue being tenants on the OrW «»" property . The' Vindicator " leans with a . "J " hand on both patties , especially the Saxon . s , at 7 , who , it is said , " are at this moment w ww » treaty with Prince Albert for the disposal o ! "f Martin estates in Connemara . " and it is is M ? ""
ously added , that" as it may please the Pnni *^ V sort to have the property cleared before he w r , the purchaser , we may , therefore , find in wis »« the cause of those sweeping exterminations . ' . . ? The " Boyle Gazette" says :- " The « pi " » OUtl ' age and opposition to law appears to maai itself in several parts of the county of Leitrim- «» the night of Sunday last a party of arrned men ' disguise rescued from caretakers , on the uuias Clonbonney , gome property , seiied for non-pay ™ of rates . The house of an industrious man . n «"" Moran , near Mohiil , was forcibly entered are nights since by an armed parly , who after oreaM 1 , the furniture beat Moran and his wife , and swo ™ the former to give up some ground , vhw DC cently was put into ^ possession of . Two ht ° ™ "l ' named Burinstou , residing near Loughgillf rJ i in rhP nnnnlv nf Armauli . hnd <• rliamite respecting
farm of land , on last Monday evening , when ° c 1 them struck the other with a reaping-hook , » "d vej nearly severed the hand from bis arm at the wr joint . Frofuse bleeding immediately followed , »» but for the timely arrival of the dispensary * * the man would have bled tO death /*
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Increase of Robberies in Southampt 0 « . ^ Judging from the number of robberies recently v petrated in this town , the coolness and audacity *> which the depredators effect their base purposes , a "" the manner in which they manage to elude thepo iih . » Southampton is at the present moment fevoureawi tbe visit of a band of efficient London burg lars , « parties Who are under their training and s"Pf V „ " j Several robberies of the moat impudent a . * '] character have taken place during the past ** . ' and we hare heard of one or two other ' ^"" fhjye which houses have been entered , buttnvt w * not Succeeded in capturing any booty .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04101851/page/6/
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