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      Births and Deaths Registered is London buriko ihk Week ksdinc Saturiiat last . —The number of deaths frsm all causes in the metropolis during the week ending Saturday last , according to'the return ofthe llcgistrar-General , amouhted ' tol , 058 j being 95 above the weekly average of spring ; there is , however , a smaU decrease on the two previous ¦ weeks , The excess of average arises from bronchitis and hooping-cough . The excess from bronchitis may be attnbutea to . lowness of temperature . The mean ofthe week was 45 o . 9 . Only one fatal case of cholera was registered in the week ; it occurred in Whitechapel , and was that of a girl aged tenyears . Tie number of births during the week was 1 , 528 . THE 1 ATE- EXTBAOHBISART ESCAfB FBOM -Se ^ - « ate . —On Saturdav last at the meetrng of the

      -committee of aldermen in the inner room ofthe new council chamber , for the transaction ofthe husmess connected with the several prisons , , paols , and-tne police , Mr . Cope , the . governor of > ewga ^ imu before the coinndttee a lengthened report in connexion with the recent escape of the convict Strudwick . Strudwick , wtofcinte ^ S ^^™ to the gaol authorities and tA 0 ? , ?*! ^ hnrghiof the day . lVhat were J *^ £ « ^ " ^ to him presented not the slightest d i fficulties . His darinir and skill were commensurate to his success , for he was in the habit of tossing , and playing at skittles and losing , in the course of an afternoon , from £ 30 to £ 1 W , the whole of which was obtained Tiv robbery- "When apprehended , which was for hurdary at Pimlico , a person ofthe name of Jackr son was * taken with _ him , and , when arraigned , the latter pleaded " guilty " deelarimr that Strudwick

      -was innocent . _ This declaration , which had an ul terior object in view , was disregarded , and Strudwick was tried , found guilty , and sentenced to be transported for ten years . Nothing further transpired relative to him until Monday afternoon , when he was directed , with another convict , to whitewash one ofthe wards , and , in the opinion of the authorities , there is no doubt the latter assisted Strud--wick to reach the skyli g ht , and . thus gain the roofi According to the regulations bf Ifewgafe , the convicts wear their own clothes , and , oh the afternoon in question , a pair of canvas trousers and a smockfrock , having the word " Xewgate" on them , were riven him to wear while he was engaged in whitewashing . These he disencumbered himself of on the roof of one of the houses : and at the time he

      reached the roof of the house of Mr . William Macdonnald , the landlord of- 2 fo .--7 ;~ hc had only his waistcoat on , and his shirt sleeves tucked up ! It may be observed that the back ; part of Mr . 3 fecdonald ' s house is a story lower than the front , and the former being leads , " a door opens to the landing , and which waskept open . On the afternoon in question , Mr . Macdonald ( who was standing in the bar ¦ waiting for a Mr .- ^ weU ,-his surgeon , who came and dressed hisii g f tt ^ shoulder , Which he had dislc * catcd about three weeks since in a steeple chase ) , hearing a smaU terrier bark , went to the stairs , and met the convict on the stairs , bleeding from two -wounds ; one in the thick part ofthe arm , the other above the wrist , the shirt sleeve still upl Cm leaving the house it appeared he ran down "Warwick-lane

      into Amen-corner , and through Stationers ' -hallcourt , where all trace of the convict was loit , within five minutes after he had passed through Mr . Macdonald ' s house . Mr . Sewell came , when he was told , that if he had arrived earlier , he would have lad a new patient , on which Mr . Sewell said , " Surely there has not been an escape from Newgate . " Mr . Macdonald replied that was impossible . In half an hour afterwards two ofthe turnkeys , who had gone through one ofthe adjoining houses , came down stairs , they having traced the track of the esT caped convict , when the whole matter was explained . Since then theconrse ofthe convict has been traced , and it appears that he threaded the narrow parapet at the back of the prison ; but , as a chasm" of several feet presented itself between that portion of the

      gaol and the house he partly altered his coursej and came round to the front , atthe corner of Xewgatestreet , where , between the house in -which the two head turnkeys live and the prison , an inclined wall , the upper part hanging over , and still further protected by a chevaux de frieze , presents itself by an extraordinary muscular exertion , the corivict caught hold of come of the spikes , and actually balanced himself on them , and swung over , and it was here he received the injuries . He then placed one of his feet in the gutter , and fell about twelve feet . " Had he missed his footing he would have been precipitated , either into the yard ofthe gaol or into the Street . Although in danger of- certain death , he made the attempt , and succeeded . - 3 Tot the slightest information has been obtained as to his hiding-place

      The court , after being informed of all the facts of an escape unparalleled in the history bf the gaol , acquittedthe turnkeys of all blame . ' SroKTEfo Lotteries , & c—At ' a special meeting of magistrates , held on Saturday last , in the" Boardroom ofthe Holborn Union "Workhouse ^ Mr . " "Whisien ( the chairman ) , said that ' top much publicity could not be given to the unanimous determination ofthe licensing magistrates of the county of Middlesex , which was , that hi future , " wherever it was proved by the police , or other disinterested testimony , that a publican had exhibited betting-lists on his premises ^ or permitted , gambling of any description , his licence would most assuredly be taken away from him ; and some of his brother magistrates went so far as to say that they would not

      even sanction the transfer of a licence to either ah out-going or in-coming tenant proved to have been guilty of sueh an offence ; . Attempted Mukdeb asd Suicide AiLniEnoosE . — On Tuesday moping some excitement was created in Limehouse , in consequence of ' . a desperate attempt aaving been made by a man named Daniel George Holm to murder a voung woman of the name of Martha Brider , by cutting her throat with a razor , and likewise to destroy his own . life bv . similar means . It appears that Holm and Brider had been living together as man and wife for nine years . In consequence of his intemperate and violent habits , she left him just before last" Christinas , arid went to reside with her mother . Holm visited her , and being in distress , she supplied him with food

      and even procured him shelter . He pressed her to live with him again , but she refused unless he married her , and he accordingly had the banns published , and their wedding was" to have taken place last Sunday . As late as last Friday , however , he was taken into custody for threatening to cut the young woman ' s throat . But on his expressing contrition , he was liberated . This led to her refusal to marry him . Within the last few days he had suspected that she had formed an attachment to another man , and he was heard to threaten both him and her serious mischief . About half-past seven o ' clock , on Tuesday , morning he went to the woman ' s abode and asked for some coffee . After he had been in

      the place about three-quarters of a hour , and while the unfortunate woman had her back to him , he suddenly caught her by the hanyand , with a razor which he purposely brought with him , he inflicted a gash in her throat . The poor creature managed to getaway . fromhim , and he then drew" the razortwicc acrosshis own throat ; inflicting very serious wounds . Seeing the unfortunate female escaping into the street , he endeavoured to follow her ; but his foot catelung the door step he fell to the ground hi a state ofexhaustion ;; Medical attendance was procured , and both parties were removed to the London Hospital . Hopes , are entertained for the recovery of the woman , but fatal consequences are expected in the case of the man . :. ; :.

      Death , op a Coxwct tbou Refusal to take Food . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Bedford , in Millbank Prison , on the body of John Lauder , aged 21 , a convict , rrom . the . evidence of Mr . Foster , deputy governor , and several officers of the prison , it appeared that the deceased : was received therein on the 16 th of August last , from Bodmin gaol , Cornwall , under sentence of ten : years' transportation for felony . He had been three times pre-• riously convicted and punished , and since ; his confinement in the prison he had been twelve times reported for misbehaviour , and had been more or less punished . On the 21 st ult . he was confined by desire ofthe governor in one of tho dark cells , and was

      ordered to live upon bread and- water for two days . On that day he complained of a violent pain in his bowels , and being seen by the resident surgeon , was removed to the infirmary . Every kindness and attention was there shown him ; but he perseveringly refused to take either medicine or food , and he died on Saturday last . —Mr . J . T . Rendle ; the resident surgeon of the prison , stated that he visited the deceased in the dark cell on . the 20 th ult ., to see if the punishment awarded him would affect his state of health , and he then , said he was quite well . On an examinatiob . of the body , witness had found the cause of death to bedysenterv ,. which mightor might not have yielded to his treatment- ; Verdict , "Hied from dysentery . " . . . > i

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      Supposed Poxsoswc ssab ; B ^ nxes . —On the 27 th nit . ; a jury was summoned before Mr . " . ' 3 fc P . Sell , coroner for the rape oi Hastings , ' at the "White Hart Inn , Guestling , near- HastmgSj tOTnquire into the circumstances attendingihe deaths . ofthree . persons suspected to have' been poisoned . 'The circunistances of the case are as follows ;^ Oh the - 13 th of September last ,: a labouring man , iiamed Biehard Geenng , igei W , Hring ; with * laa ; mfe , Mary'Ann ^ rm ^ : i pa tb ? , ^ ?' « £ Guesflirig / after ^ lingerwg . someLttle while , di « l ,

      batnornamcufesusmean-2 i ? e ^ S £ f ^ ' ? NW fondwm ^' aidnhanled George , aged 21 , imhg athOiD ^ aio ' di ^ Tandrbn the 6 di i ^ 'g ^ j fa : mil ^' li ^ % ^ James , aged 26 , ^ kewi s ^ ied ^ jm ^ . uS irom vomitings , and vr & ra att ^ deUVdurmtiheir illness by Mi * . J ; I . Pocock . ' : MtolyUihira son ; if about 20 * eaw of age ; nhiried Benjamin , KaVbeeitfB a state of * ill- health ;; accomfapied ^ ti umiatiiral hunger and yoraitin >; ^ ik . ;^ kmfowg : jfc , ^^ - - .,. -.-. -. * . - » ^ . . .

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      casion to attend the latter , was suspicious- of something wrong , and had the . patient ' s ; diet consequently altered , when he soon began to recover Thismadethe circumstances attending * be p revious deaths look so suspicious that the-coroncr ^ suea ^ warrant for . the exWnation of tbehodieso |& cbaru , George , and . James Q ** ^^ . -5 ^ coffins conterred in Guestling churclryard ^^ ^^^^ tainingthe bodies ^ were ^ P . f & e ! coroner ... The churcS to await the ^ P ^^ ed to ^ the churchjury having been S J" ™; IJ ^ h ichthe . bodies had F \ S ^ on ^ riS e Ofthe church , and tontek JXrv The coffin contammg the . body SSlSg wasifirst ^ brbught ont . pf the chufch and placed ™ a tombstone The M was fi uns « ewed , and on its removal the bod y was « S ™? 2 » h « in an advanced state of decomposition ,

      except in-theregion of the abdohien . The . teatures of the deceased were too much impaired to be recognised , but the identity of the coffin was vouched fpr by the maker , who was also the ' . sexton at the time of interment . Mr . ~ Ticehurst ; Mr . W : Duke , and Mr F Duke , then proceeded to make apost mortem examination of the body . The effluvium was dreadful , and the body swimming in the water . To remove the latter holesiwerc bored in the coffin . The whole-of the deceased ' s intestines were removed and placed in jars . The coffins containing the bodies of the two sons " , were then brought out and opened . ' The * face of George was ; but little disfigured " , while that of-James was far gone : ; In each case the inscription on the coffin lid was discernible . The intestines of the two sons were also removed

      and taken into the possession of Mr . Ticehurst .. in all the bodies it was found that the . stomach was in an unusually good state of preservation . From tho stomach of George Geeririg a' small piece ; of white , gritty matter , resembling arsenic ,-was . produced , : and gritty matter was also observable in the case of the father . On the . whole , the , appearances presented by the difierentbodies ' seeriied . tp' bo . strongly indicative of death by poison , _ . - Theljexainination being so far concluded , the ' jury assembled in the church , where they were addressed by the coroner , who stated that Mr . Ticehursti . was .. of opinon that the analysis ofthe contents of the bodies could not be completed for ' a . few days ; : The inquest" was'theh . adjourned . The woman , Mary Ann Geering , is in custody ... .-.-: ¦ - - ¦; . : - ' . — " ¦ -

      . „ . . BdrgiJlby at Hnxsrax . —On Saturday last "Wm . Green , John Sheppard and , "William Sheppard ( father and son ) , and "William Warner , were brought before the magistrates ( the Rev , "J .. , C . Gray , aitf J . T . Senior , Esq . ) , charged with breaking , into the farm-house of Mr . Hines , standing in alonely ^^ situation , about two o ' clock on Friday morning . ' -K . apf peared from the evidence of Mr . Hines , a respectable elderly farmer arid grazier of Hillsderi , " that he and his wife were awoke in the , night by . hearing a talking in the room , abovesthemj where were sleepf ing two scrvjints ,. " a . inan ' and . a , boy ; , I Mrs . Hines called out" Biehard , " thin ^ ing . that . it was the man stirring . There wasj however , rip answer ! Immediately after this a noise was heard . atthe bedroom

      door ; : which was fastened . Mr . Hines £ Ot ; out' of bed and demanded " Who vras there ? " . No answer was returned , ' and soon after the door was burst violently open , and two . men . entered . " One . was armed with a gun and the ' otheivwithi brace , of pistols ,, and two other men came in afterwards . " . It . seems they had already been up-stair 8 , and bad frightened ; the ser vants , arid the " man with ' the pistols ' . stood atthe bedroom door , pointing , them ' up the stairs further to ktimidate ; them . The ; fohbers brought lights into the room , when one of . them said to Mr . arid Mrs .. J 3 ines that they wanted victuals and money , and they would have them ; or their , lives . They took a purse out . bf Mn'HmeVs breeches pocket , containing bnlv" Isl'JBd . 'They then made Mrs . ' Hines

      get . out of'bed , arid then , they searched the bed . After this two remained . with Mr . ' Hines whilst the other two obliged his ; wife tp ' gp dowri' ; Etairs : with them in her night clothes ' , to . show therii' where she had a- little money , winch she ' gave "them . They next searched foi ^ aridfohn'd ^ a dozen or two bf silver spoons , a silver creain-jiig ! and some other small articles of plate .. They then took a , bottle of rum , a bottle ormne , some cold meat , d : c , and . ' havirig collected together their booty made off . As early as possible , however , when Mr . Hines and his family had recovered from their T panic , Mormatiph was conveyed to the . local constables ; who by instantly going in pursuit came upon the robbers at Stbkenchurch-hill , . where they were found" comfortably

      taking their ease on " a bank by the road-side . ;• After Mr . Hines had given his . evidence , . , Mrs . " , Hines , had been called forward as a witness , the prisoner William ; Greeh said , "Heshould not like the lady to be put out of her way at all ; there was enough evidence of what Lid been doner' The goods were , of course , ' recovered arid identified . " The gun , with a kind of old-fashioned . duelling ; pistol ( neither of them loaded ) , and a small pistol ] , which was loaded , were taken from the prisoners , and were produced . These -men evidently form aportibnbf a regularly organised band ' of professional burglars , whose head-quarters are in London . ' They were committed for trial at the assizes , none of them denying the facts proved against them ! . - ' .

      Charge of Manslaughter against Two Brothers . —On Friday , the 27 th ' ult ., an "inquest was held at Manchester , on . the body of a : ' man named George Brannon , a weaver , who had'died on the "Wednesday previously , from"the effects pf . wounds received about three months ago in a quarrel at the Spread Eagle public-house , in Rochdale-road , Manchester ; Two men , Owen Devine and Peter Devine , had been apprehended for the offence , and were '; present at the inquest . . Brannon had been very much injm ^ ed , especially on the right side ; and the riaedical men who attended him were , ' of ' opinion that his death had been occasioned by the kicks and blows of . the two Devines " . Several witnesses were examined , who deposed to the savage treatment to . which the

      deceased had been subject '; and the surgeon stated that two of ins-ribs were found , to have been broken . A' verdict of " . Manslaughter" was returned against the two prisoners , " and they were committed to the assizes . ' ... . . . .,-., ; f-. _ ij : ; Strange Loss of a Vessei ; . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on the night ofthe 21 st ult . ( says the Ihdl Packet ) , the sloop . George and Mary , George Johnson " master and part owner , was , lost in a most extraordinary manner . . The vessel wits , at the time of the occurrence , between Scarborough and Robin . Hood's Bay , about twelve milos from the land , it being very thick , with no wind , and ' small drizzling rain . About the tune we have mentioned , according to the statement of the master , a fireball , or something similar to lightning , descended on the vessel ,

      entered the cabin , arid set fire to it instantly ., So rapidly did the destructive element progress , that in about half an hour the whole stern , of the vessel was in flames . Every endeavour was made to extinguish the fire , but to noayail ; and : seeing that all chance of saving the sloop was gone , the crew . endeavoure'd to save their clothes , but in this , Hkewisei they were unsuccessful . The master , besides his clothes , had £ 12 orJ £ M . in money , which he lost . They then all " took . to the boat , arid , abandoned the vessel , and in three quarters of- an , hour after leaving her she went down . ' Kb . lightning . oranythuigof the kind was seen previous to the unfortunate accident ^ but afterwards " two or three . flasb . es were . seen . The crew landed , as niay be supposed , in a very destitute condition .- ' -- __ ¦ -, K .

      P 0 BTSMOUTH . — -M 0 NDAT . —Another frightful accident occurred . at this port toVday . As a party of men in the . eniploy " of ^ .. Bushby , the . contractor for the erection of the joint terminus of the London and Brighton and London and South-Western Railways at Landport , were engaged inpullipg dpwn . a house standing on the site of the intended structure , they excavated too much of the , foundation pf a wall of the tenement before they tried to take it down ; consequently , although warned of the imprbprieiy of their proceedings by . their fellpwrworkmon , one bf whom told them not to peck any more as he went down the ladder , they went on with the work , when on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took an opposite impetus , and fell inwards , hriryihg four hien in the ruins ' of the lower part of the house . " Their . 'riames are ^ Connor , a labourer ; Simins , a bricklayer ; White , a stonemason ; and Harwood , a labourer . The accident took place at

      about a quarter tp . seven p'clpckthis morning . The poor creatures were . dug" out of the rums hi ; about a quarter of an hour , and speedily conveyed to the Portsmouth , Ports « a ,. and Gosport Hospital , where their respective cases met . with the . vpromptest atT tentiori ; the , two first-named , however ,, sustained such frightful uijunes in such a niuttiplicity . of ways that life w £ " s"despair ; ed of frorii the first . The wall was on the second floor ofthe . building .-... Harwood ' s hip was dislocated . ' -, . * . ,-- - > ..: : ;;¦ ..- ; . - < ,- : ¦ :,,: . ; . L «^ A 8 HiRB ; '¦ . ¦— ; rTaRKB . Yocko . -Mbk Drowned ; ik iue Ri ' vkb IrwblL — . On . Monday evening , three ypurig men named George Booth , John Tinhng , arid Edward Jones , left Manc-hester r | n . a . light boat , or skiff , . to ? prjoceed " , from Maricfiesterc ; by , the" river Irwell to ; aj ^ j , at / the romon ^ G . ardens , about two miles distant , * but on arriving atj-a . , bend pf the river " caUedThroBlIeJyest " the ; bpatWa 8 upset .: : A 11 three of the ' unfortunate . youths sunk before : a . nyi 4 id could be rendered from the shorel and perished . -.. !' ,.

      Ucrdeb . o * . A : ScHOoir-Bor .. — -j An . extrabrdinary eircunistance has . transpired at Ashton-under-Lyne Three'boys , whilst going . to school along' the . < canal side , it appears , . jquarreBed ,. and one of them threw theeap . of anothec . into . the : canaL ' -The third boy laid , hold of 1 the , onp . who had thrown the dp into the . caaal ,- . apd .: pu 8 hed him . in after it . -. -The : itwp children ; o . njterrayfrW-thendeft'their companion to perish , quite . ' uncoocernedlyj . andiwent"to- schopl . The . findinglof the dead body , of ? theb ^ -who * vra s drowned is said to haio leditothe eliciting-of this

      ' . fitatement / romthesurvivpH .-: ^* i -:- o ^ . A ,.-. 'i £ 2 ^ i - -j xrLojcpiasfflB ^ i ttt Aimurderi : ; aocompahied-by robbery , < was ; perpetrated : on . the-: 26 thcult ., ; in'the . Seiaity ] of-Broeklesbyl : ; The victim hr : a married j womani jnamedlCathexuie rFarrow ^ i aniJtheisupposed .- ^ urdeiW ; : an ;^ gricuIturalilabourer , T named Charjes QverfioDiiyhoi * in . custody .. Lin inqiiestJ was beld ^ ithaJjodyrOBrllleiday . andadJQurueo *^?^^^^^ . «' : ^ $ wa > MAii ; aQnt-3 Q : ! i £ S iMiEx 8 cux «) 5 . ^ A . Carr : . yj i ^ ££ t -c > : p c ^} : q ; tiss : iii ! jti : ' i . zi i' ^ z jtsz ; i ; oi

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      — . ¦ . „ among the hundreds ! who went , d iff . p » Mr ; 8 t * testn » ^ . ^ ^ ^ e repeat execu-. ^ aS man ; fron \^ PenyrheCflg ^ pfl worthy U - ' ^ l ^ T his man has been blmd 8 inc 0 ihe ! was tfrTwn- old ; nevertheless : he : went .-toi ^ seethe hangingf '' a * he hiniself phrased it . He . started early , and was there , in good . tune , and anxiously took his place . where a good view of . the execution cpuld he commanded , fle seemed to hear every movement , " and eagerly caught every remark . When all eyes were turned to gaze on the culprit , when at last he . madehis appearance ,. the blind man sawjiim too . hi his mmd ' seye , and was as -highly excited by thbspcctacleasanyofhis neighbours .. , . !• , - »

      Free PAnnoNi— -Atthe late Kingston ; assizes a man named John . Roberts was convicted pf aeriaii : nal assault , and sentenced to : fifteen years' transportation . The ; : prosecutrix , rwho upon . -the . trial represented herself as a married woman ,, gave her evidence m such a manner upon that occasion as to induce a very general belief that , she was not telling the truth as to the . actual character " of the ' transaction ; but the ji } ry ; returned a verdict j of ; guilty . , Tery soon after . the matter had been thus disposed of it was ascertained that the prosecutrix had made a "reat mariy . false ' statements , and that , Instead , ; , of being a respccf ^ ble . married , woman , she was a person of a very different , description ; " arid - there was every reason " to believe that the" , whole -charge

      had been trumped , up against the . prisoner , ; . The whple ' of the facts , having been submitted , to the Home Secretary , " the result has been that' Mr . Keene , the governor of Hprsemonger-lane , Gaol , received a free pardon for the . prisoner oh Saturday , and he was immediately discharged from custody , — ¦ Gioie . ; . . ; '' .. - ; , . , . ; :,.,, " „ .., ,. , , ; ; ... ' ..., ,,. " ; C 011 . IKRT ExPLOSiON .- ^ On Monday , ah accident took place atthe ' Agecroft New Coal . Miriest , about four miles from Manchester , ; resulting" troni ' an explosion of ( arburetted hydrogen gas , iwhichlhad ac- cumulated iii the mines . The mines are ; th ' e property bf ; MesBrs . . Knbwles , ofPendlebury , an'd . iate jSituated between the highwayand railway , leadingfrom , Mari- ; ' cheater to Bolton . ' Theapproach io the mihes- ^ two ,

      in number-rris by a shaft upwards of i 90 p feet deep ,: and frorii ; 90 to 100 , men and boys had . descended at six o ' clock' in the , morning ,, and were ; hearly' equally ' distributed inVthe ^ wo mines , when about , eight o ' clock a loud explosion was heard'in what is ; called the four-feet ; mine , and 1 from " colliers who soon carije rushing to the foot of-the " shaft ,,- arixioua jtp ' .. escape from further danger , it was discovered that , a ; quanr . tity of carburetted hydrogen gas had beehj-igoited in ^ one of the distant workings , through a .-boy carrying a lighted candle to it .. The great bodyof . the colliers , were drawn'lrbm the mine without suffering from the . explosion , but a youth . panied Jacob ; . 'Barker , and his brother Israel , were both ' severely burnt , ; and the former survived only a very short time ; Richard

      Price , the * boy-through whose imprudence ; . the gas was igniied , and , who worked with ^ the . Barkers ,. was knocked ' down by the explosion , ' is badly .-hurt . and muehi icorehcd about the ; face ; and hands . . ; tfohn Barker , the father , of the . boys ; of that . nam . e , ws » employed at . the back of the workings where theboys were . i ' and . he and , 8 ome ; companious :: had : to , ; make their-way to rescue . the boys , and carry . them , i to ,, the foot of the shaft , ; through . denee fiunes of burnt sulphur , whichialmost suffocated them , but with ; the exception , ofexhaustion from inhaling the fsulphur and fromthe . , shaking caused by ; the explosion . they have receiredno-injury . ; It appears to bethepractice in these mines to descend with Davy lamps , but these , after the freedom from foul air in the workings has been tested by them , are . exchanged for candles ^ and the colliers work the j remainder , of . the day with the flame of their candles quiteexposed , and . run all

      hazards . In the many colliery , explosiomun Lancashire and elsewhere , this : seems- to be the invariable practice .-. JDavy . ' s lamps are . used ; in all . mines , but they-are . used : so . 'sparingly as to be of little . protection . . The light they throw upon the working , is so inferior to that afforded by ,. the candlethat colliers will not be troubled with them , unless some stringent rule on r the . part ; of , their employersis put in operation to compel . their constant use .. ; The evidence of the father . of the deceased boy ' in this , case provesthisjrfor . hesays ,:. thatIwhen inthesemines the sulphur is found to have accumulated , the hands generally leave work altogether , and when they have tried the workings ihthel morning , they . used naked candles for the rest of the day .. . fie says the foul air had accumulated on this occasion in " an out place , " or a working which hadheeh exhausted and was disused . Similar evidence has been given in other cases where explosions have occurred . ...:. : . '

      . ;; : ^ Hi ! , ppisosrNGs ;^' BATH . ; .: ^ a « ii-. Bath , . April , 30 . —The . greatest ,: excitement has pervaded , this . city during the . whole > of the day , and- although . it ; was known that ; the inquest would not commence till six o ' clock in the evening , as early ; , as .. three : o ' clock the ; market-place i was crowded . - . with people . anxious to get a glimpse of the accused as ; they were taken from : the stationhouse to ; the Guildhall .: A . man named Shalor ( a collier ) and . . his wife , * residing at No . ' 10 / Brookleaze-builduigs , Larkhall , have been arrested ; The wife of Shalor accompanied the wife of the deceased man MarchanttoMr ^ Bright's . shop , hear the Oldbridge , where she -purchased some ; arsenic a short time previous to her husband being fatally attacked ;

      Mrs . Harris , or as she-was then Mrs . Marchantjj ; first of all went to Mri Bright ' s shop for the arsenic by herself he refused to supply her with it ; she sub- sequently returned . with the female prisoner Shalor , and unfortunately succeeded in gettirig it . Mrs . Harris and airs . Shalor have . been very intimate for a long time . It is said that a quantity of arsenic has been found in the house ofthe man " Harris , which has been placed in-the : custody of the chief officer of the police ; 'Mr .: Harris , solicitor to the parties in custody ,. has . applied to the : mayor to be allowed to have an interview . with them . Mr . Sutcliffe , however , refused the application . The bodies of the deceased wiveswill riot be exhumed till after the termination of the . present inquiry . ' . ¦

      .-.:... : ¦ :-: :-, . ::,.:. - i . IKO , UESTi- . ; .- ¦¦ •;•• ' - - The' adjourned inquiry into this : case was resumed . on Monday night' before the coroner , Mr .-iA ; Hi English , inthe Sessions ^ oiirt at : the Guildhall . The excitement continued to be most intense , and it required the united exertions of a strong body of -police- to keep the crowd- from forcibly -makirg their ^ way into the ' -Guildhall long before the hourappointed / for holding the inquest . Tbe four prisoners were brought up in "the custody ofthe police andaccommodatedWith chairs . The woman Harris-looked much dejected and held down her head , hut-Harris throughout appeared to paygreat attention lo ^ the proceedings , " The other prisoners seemed to i be wholl y ' . unconcerned . A

      large number of magistrates were present during the inquiry ; and the spacious room . was densely thronged inevery partbfit . ^ ' ^ ' ' j- ' ' .- '•'" ¦¦ ' The first witness called ^ was William Herapath , who , having been sworn ; deposed—On the 25 th-of the month . Mr . Lloyd brought me three ; vessel ' s which he told me contained the remains of a human body . He opened ; them in . my presence . 'I was requested to examine whether there was anything poisonous in either of those materials , and in doing so I found white arsenic in tho-contents of the stomach , in the solid matter ofthe stomach , in the contents ofthe intestines , andm the liver . VI sef parated from the contents ofthe stomach 3 } grains of white arsenious acid . 'This Iproduce ( handing it to the coroner . ) . It'hadinever beenmsolution . . ! lalso

      produceseme of the same sublimed arid pririfie'd . ' so as to show it in its natural state . I should mention thatthe . first lot is discoloured ; owing to tea having been administered sifter it .- ; = I also produce metallic arsenic ; produced from it . . Also three tests- which' prove it -to be metallic arsenic , These-are-iScheele ' s'green , arsenite of silver , and -sulph ' uret -: of ' ¦¦ arsenic , ; commonly ; called orpiment . - These five re-agents leave the matter unmistakable ; - I found the arsenious acid contained in the stomach was iibfc pure ; there ' waS' a pbrtion of freestone dust mixed with it , either by design or accident . ' I found '• ¦ the- remains ; pf food ; in the stomach , the only distinguishable ones were portions ofthe husks , as I haveno doubt , of barley * ' probably

      pearl barley } the outer - husks having disappeared . I do not believe-they were those . of the ' oat , as there are no hairs of the oat discoverable by the best microscope .- There was also soriie portions of tea leaves . I should have said all the ; starchy parts of the grain had been removed by decohiposition ; which is generally the case ; the starch soon disappears , Mr . Lloyd . also brought me-some pilbJ-four ^ pills ; these ^ were - composed ' of ' calomel and vegetable matter-which I believe itto be colocynth .= 'R being Vegetable - matter , there is no ' pbsiti ve test for it ; The "state ofthe stomach- arid mtWsriries ~ , were " : iriflamed ; and iii patches large and red , ' having all- the appearance oft the'action : of an irritant poison ; Taking-all the circumstances together I hav ^ no

      aoubt . that the . 'body was destroyed ; by pbisOti " and thatthe poison-was white arsenic ; - ¦ ' '• -. . ' ., > y . The Coroaer here read over the ; evidence of Mr . ' LlbydKsurgeoh . - ' ^ e re ^ ue Stedthe' ^ irisonerB to pay attention ; to it ; as'it aflected some or all bfthein and : they 1 might' not . have the'opportunity- again 1 of he ' armg it ,-a ' nd they J riught thmk it riecessa ' ry ^ to ask-BOtoe questioris on it ; :: : '' -if- - ' - ' - \' . > - . rW- »« 'j -, '' Mr , > HERAPATH cbntinuedi after 'hearing ^ 'that ' evi- ' dence 1 have to say the ' re is onl y one point in-which 1 I differs froni Mr .- 'Lloy'd : J" The-poison had riot been in . ; the stomach' five 'days ; and' probably hot -more than 24 hours . ; - ^ 1 therefore think ) if the first illness was occasioned ! by ' pbisoh it mu 8 t'have beehadminwtered twice ';' .-Ithmfcthe diarrhoea must have ex ' -

      i 6 ted-from the statei-bf theMhtestiries and * contents ; as 1 I -have-Mver seen ' such- appearances ' Except where diarrhoea has preceded / ' In all other respect ' s . the ^ ymptons are / Buch ' . as . generally ' follow * thead- ministration " of ' ¦ arsenkJi ;' - ! allude ' of cdurfe " td the sickness , to the ' erariips br'spasmgj ' and to ' the acute ' pain ir ithe stemach ^ whieh go te bonfirm'th ' e fact of death from airoriio .:--iThege . 8 yniptdms' would J be exhibited- frbnv fe " n mutute ^ -to ' six honrs . ' 4 ftei ' thri arsehio had-beet f taken ; -sir houlrsas 'the ^ Ibn & est ' time J re ^ oUecfc- ] ! Som ' e few '|» rsbii 8 have beeri ' sick ' irumediately' ^ fter- ' stallowuig : iti- 'ii Sev ^ ral ' aiTiP ' s " ' hiye-b « n # h ^ wfi ^ ' ^* mW-ri ^^ , ;«; : - ;> : ¦? £ I ^ 1 ? !« "' f ' - ' i- } l 1 i * MJ- . f ^ c-s ;^ ^ 10 ^^? c ! pai

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      Orieppcket shown tne by the Buperintehdent of police contains arsenic . «« ..-! j ) MrJ ^ QARtBYp sunerintenderit , of ipolieeyiswpMi , —I found "; this ; packet" containmg ! arsenicTiriiatin case in the house of the prisoner Daniel Shalor . and his ; wife . . I also found in the house of Harris and his wife a ' shialljar containmg dtist ; . which I ; likewise showed to Mr . Herapath . ' .. ' .,-V ' ) . ' . •'' ¦ .. ' . '¦ .. ' .. ' ... hilltr . , HBRArAiH . -- . Of the first packet I found the contents , to be arsenious acidi ' . and I have ; examined the-pot containing dust . ' ; J-haiye yerylittle doubt it is freestone dustj hut without an accurate ' analysis I cannot say . "Mr . ' - 'Oakley' alsb produced to me a pot contaming pearl barley .,- I wa ' siilso shown a teapot by him ; there was hpthingln . ' . itbut ' a few tea . leaves arid some drops of waiter . 'T'have ; npt

      tested it ; it would be too delicate an'operation to try . here without the proper tools : —A ; 'Juror :: Dp you consider , the constant vomiting observed by the medical attendant , ' during the five dayshe attended thbdee ' eased , would havehecri caused b y the gradual administration of arsenic 1 , ^ -Certairily it might ^ A Juror : Will you ' state : the quantity' of arsenic you extracted ;?—The actuarquaritity lextracted from the contents of this ' stomach : was ; . 3 } grains ; the quantity ; coritairied in ; the . liver ' andintestines would have been much ; greater . - I should state that ,- had there be ' eri only a minute quaritity , '; such as thehundre ' dth part of agrain , - I ; should" haye ' extracted . ' the Hvhole ; but as Ifouhd'thia quantity in-the stbmach ; it was unnecessary ., ' I have no ; doubt the . death of

      . this man was occasioiWd by . arsenic ; ' ( Sensation . ) —The Cororier : Are-you able to state ; Mr . ! Herapath , in what this arsenic was administered ?—! should say not in tea , "' Tho weight of' the ' arseriic would have carried ifcdownv 'It is idifticult | to admiiiister poison in' tea ; orin > iiquidfluid- ; it is'g ' euerally giveniri- autarch y' ^ uid ; ,-Here' are the reinains of corn , of barley ; aiid'I 'think ; it ? highly provable it was' admiiiistefed ;' iii ' . that' ' pparl-barley . — The Coroner : Wouldthe symptome first-spoken " of have , been ^^^ occasiOried'iby ' its 'having ^ b'Sen ^' adminr listeredm the tea of which meritiori'hasb ' ejeh ' ma'de ? ^ Tliere might havebeen sbmegiven in the ' teaias'this ' wpuld ^ veocoasioried'the'retching '' which hasb ^ spoken , of , andalsdthe-paih . inthe ' stoinach . -- ' ¦ ' '; " 1 ' ¦ ¦ f > . . ¦ % i , . 1 . 1 1 . , 11 ., « f , - , nltl ..: - ¦ ' ' ! B tne tne 01

      ' 1 xne coroner nere nanaeaip ; jury- copy the registration of thefdeath ? bY ' Henry < Marchant ) where it was certified thathe'died ' of acute disease in , the stomach . '• . '• -: > : - ' ! ' > v ^<> w ^ y ^ y- j ^ ; ' . ? Mr . LtOTD , ' surgeon ; sworn ;' said the first application to ¦ me to attend the deceased was bh- the " ' 2 nd ult .- , . An . order from the' parish ' j was ' "leftll ' at ') my . house . '; I got this order . m ' the-mdrhirig between ten and eleven . : Iri purSuariceof that order I went to whereat was addressedi ^ lS ^ Lower . Bris . tbl-roa : d . The name . on the order was ^ Marcharit ; - I , coiild find no one there of that ; riain e ; i : * lagain went ; spme hours'afterwards , W inquire :, a ' g ' ain ' , ^ ^ andhpbnecOuld ' teU mei where any person bftha'tnamc live'd . ' / 'Afterwards Mrs . Marchahty nOw ; Charlotte- 'Harris ^ came ' herself about five or six o clock ' . in ' - ' . the eve'riin £ l ' 'l I !

      toldhcr I ' had' been- iii ' search' ! of her house . ' ; S he ; came to fetch me , arid wondered , T- had'ttbt- beenV She wished me to go -directly . '' She ¦ said : sh ' e'J bad told Mr .-Douglas '' Arigel-place ; '' arid ' ndt " Lower Bristol-road . " ' I-did'iibt go' with'h " er . - rfollowed soon after , and'found the house by ' . he ' r'dirfeetion :- I ; went up into arooiri in the frorit story 6 ri- the' first ' flppr , ; and fpurid the decea ' se'diribed ;; - His jvife was in . theroom , I believe ho one else ., ^ I . ' went ' up . 'te ' the man- ; he ; complained of pain . inlhis stomach . ' Both he and his wife / l'thbki ' told'hie hei ' . had been ; very sick-. She ' sta ' ted'th ' athe'hadbeeri ' exceedmgly siek , and' had had great . pain . iri the .. Bowels ^; hut that they'had hot been bpen ed , they ; were ' cori ^ fined . She said he had ^ suffered ^ rbm tlurst ; . and'thathe

      had beerii sick ^ thb ^^ whole of that dayl ^ By thel / . Cprby ner : Did you' ascertain ^ hen - ' that' sickness ' commenced i ?^ r cannot speak '' positively ?^ hat either of them tohi hie Vheri 3 t c ^ of tfaerhl ' . licit his ' '' pulse " ahd 'fpund ^ it- ' rather depressed : 'I ' put riiy'harid on his abdoin ' enand did hot findit particularl y ^^ ^^ sensible to pain ; li'askedifh ' e hadi . taken '' any thing '• that disagreed ' with hihi ? . 1 think : his-wife - said , - "No . " ' rieft ' . orders that lie should diet off gruel and tea ; arid" hig ; wife was to feteh : the medicine 'from my dispensary . . ' . She fetched it sOon after I got hbriie . ; I saw him again the following day ; he was in bed '' and'his wife . was present : -I inquired ' about his' symptoms , '; and ! was

      told that'thejicknes ' s ; still' coritiriued , 'arid , that ; the bowels had not been bpehed , ; ''! did' hotask if the medicine had been takeh ; 'I cohckided'it ' had ; from its having been fetched ; I also saw tlie ' lvpmit he haddischarged jit wasf ' a bruriibus' bloody sort . of fluid . !;! The deceased' dfd hot ^ express ^^^ hihiself surprised atthe attack . 'Isaw him'ihe ' ncxt' / day . ' : ' , never saw any one ' with'hirii but his wife ^ there was still ceristipatibn of the bowels . . Herald he had suffered much from v 6 mitinjji . 't'don't . ' think ' the deceased ever' told me he ' was ' sufferirig frorii constipation . On Wednesday'evening his Wife fetched me ' s ' aying'lie' was ' worse ; and / she . wished ' me to come . ' t I went , soon' afterwards ; and fouii ' d him . as iisualinibed ?' vHe appeared , much the , sained arid was-perfectly ; TOllec ' ted . ' Tb ^^ of caloihel and •' colbcynth : -1 . ' saw ; him again' on

      ahursday , and was told his bowels had been relieved , , but as far its T cbiild learn there had been no , diarrhoea ;'_ " ! don't think his wife asked hie if he ' would recover . ' I '' sawlhim ' . for'the . last „ time ' , oh Friday ; ahd'the next day when . I'heard' of his , death I thought it was sudden '; ' t was'iold of it b y Mrs . Beavis , an inmateoif big house , whqjcariie . to me . ' fbr . the purpose of having . his death ' ' registered .- ^ A . ' Juror : Do you mean tp ' say , 'Mr . Lloyd , ' . that ' you attended him for five , days ' and . never , asked if he ' had taken your ' m ' edicirie ^ ' ?' /; SoVicbneludedthat ' he . had taken it by ^ ls '; ' sOTding d 6 wri .- ^ The ' Coron ^ lieve , Mi \ 'Lloy ' d ; yo ' ur eyide ' . nce , is fibriiewhatcbritradicted by Jlr . 'Herapath , arid it may be by . some of the witnesses to come ;; I therefore wish to" kriow' if you can : fecbllect ' whether you eyer heard , from , the lips ofthe deceased ; himself that ; he wassuffermg from constipation ofthe bowels ? Ido notrecollect . —

      Mr . Barrett , surgeon , ' confirmed the evidence he gave at the ' previous examihatiori ., Headdedthat his opinion as to the " cause ; of death then , given was founded ; bri'the report , handed ., to him b y ' Mr . Lloyd of the symptoms' during . lifey and certain . appearances presented by ' . the deceased after death . There was no'dbubta large quantity ' of / feculent matter in ; the intestines , which appeared to confirm thatho had suffered frp 4 ri ; c 6 nstipati 6 » . ; , He thought it right tb ' say that Mr . ! Herapath had . hot , had the whole of the intestines '; "he . prily had the ' sniallei ones , and the greater pbrtiori of the feculent ' matter was fourid in tiie larger . ' intestines . T-The . Coroner Was there . / more feculent matter than would ' have accrued ] in twentyf-fbur hbiifs ?—Certaihlv .:

      especially-if the manhadbeeri , fed'bntea , andgruel .-- ^ In answeV to ' the ' cbrbherjtho . witness further , said , pevhapsithey conld not get this larger "intestine , for the fats " might have . eateh . it 'they ' hadgot at the bodyi—A Jiiror : There must have' been great neglect somewhere then . I should like to know if the body , was put into a comn dfteriYio ' post . mortem examination . —The , Cbrpri' ^ r said ; this , was riot material . — By the Corbner ' : There was ^ hbthing , in- the ' poti mortem examination which was ' at variance with the deceased havingVhad diarrhoea . ' He might ; have had it : a few days ; previously .- ^ -A Juror : Wh at would have prevented all this would have been if we had been allowed . to choose our , own medical at-, tendant ; it , would have be ' eii' a great satisfaction to the public aswell as ourselyes , if . this hadbeen done ;'• arid Ihope if it is a privilege that in-future it will not be denied to the jury . —The Coroner : i have riot the power to fallow it to . ybu : —The 'Juror : In your opening to us yoii ; stated ; tliat . you , hd

      a . ^ -The Coroner : I told you . I ' could' allow you one for yourselves , if . you were , iibt , isatisfied . — TheJiirori -We were riot ; satisfied . —The Coroner : You had Mr . Herapath . —The Jurbr .: yes , to make the analysis , ; but we wanted to have Mr .. Gore to inake ' the " iwstmor ^ ift . examination ; . and . we should riot have . had . Mr . VHerapathifor ^ thei . analysis ^^ should have ; been ' . oyerruledi' ^ f . ^ ve , had not ' Btuck hard ; and fast , for it ... ( Loud ' cries of ^ Hear ^ hear ;'' and applause ,, which . was checked'by . the Court . H-The . Coroner .: ' . I am quite ready to . admit 'that-in this instance . ypr i ; exercised more . diseernpieht than . I . did . .. ; L must ' say-that l , did not see all ; the ; seHous . . . . cori 6 equences . bf the case .-f-The Juror : Then . ^ fbr . the' future ; 1 hope you will not endeavour , to overrule , , the . jury ^ The < Coroner " : 'I complied with , the , unanimous wish ^ ofi . the jury , I ' must say against my . own feelings , ' and that . is all a nian could do . r-: The . matter then di-opped ; . The Cbrbrierithen ' adjournedthemquiry . ; j ,. ' , . - ¦¦¦;

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      \ . Stbike . OP . PbwiH-L ^; oH ;) VbnkBRS . 5-rAJarge body of the power-loom wprkers , o ' f : ' : Gla . sgp , w ., are . npW : On strike . jThe . operatives , have made > a demand for an advance bf wages , which the" employers resist , ' , on the ground that the unsatisfactory , state of trade will not justify them m ^ ce ' ding to , ; the , ; demand . j On ; Monday week ' a' ^ umerpua meeting of , delegates , principally wbirien , ' was heldin the Lyceum Rooms , Glasgow , for . the . purppse of receiving reports' as to . the number ^ ofniuls " which"had . been ; clpsedj ! andalso ^ repbrtifrom a . committeepreviously appointed ,. to endeavour ; ,. to . obtainaconference with the employers . ; ' The ; report ' of s the , committee was , to . the effect that they had bbtairied an ipterview with four of . the

      employers ,.. whohad stated , that commercial .-depression preventedth ' em frbni ' aec edingto . the . uemands of their workers . They declined again ; to treat with the committee unless they were authorised to . inti-¦ mateUh ' atithe , w . eaverS : Were ; ready tojreturn ; tothoir Ayprk . v ; The ' ; reports ' . pf the . delegates ' showed ; that suteeniof the millowriers had agreed to the terms of ''the ' '' wbrkers ^ namely , a , rhalfpenny a : piece upon 'Hght '; good 8 ,.. and ; twopence . on the ;; heayier , r that fourteen jhad positiyelydeclared their . determuiation to' ^ dsist the . demand ' .. ; and-that ' te ' n " or twelve others ^ opldgi-aht wbat / wWias ^ ed ^ p ' ^ ide ' d thp ; ptheJC 8 airbed to do so . In reference * to a ' eUtemont which had' appeared in . . the . newspapers , thatthe parties , K % -. % ? i' ^ work ; were : wrmri g ten , shillings per . > ep k , - . it ; w . as . . stated ; that in , biany , ' dVses they ' wbrd ^ n aWto make pare than fi ' r ^ ^ m nW ^^ tni gh ' t ;'

      -and in no case above 8 s ., 6 d .. a , fortnight . . Theyoung women on strike expressed their deUrmmation-not to ; return . to their-work upon the „ old . terms , and it was hnahimouslr ' agroed ' " that 'the-meeting Ms neither ' the desire nor-the' power : tb-fco & ipel the workcrSPf MrTDavid Smith oc . iMessrs . vAIacleroy , Hamilton , an ' d jGolito ^ turn-. tO' their work ,: 1 Buc ^ a procebding beiugcontraryito the , spirit . bf the rage , and diametrmalfy opposed ' tolthfe' pften-rebeated de , claratioris" of'Tree-traders in this ' city , " Themeetr big theii adjburried . "i h' / y ,: ^ m a , ' . ; i' - ¦ - ! l MEtANOHOLt . Occurrence at : Lsith . —An occurrence' of . a very ' melancholy ., charaeter ,. ] which _ haB . east a gloom ovei j , ' the ; whole , locality , and created ffreat ' anxietv in ' several' family cir ' cleBi'tobk placeat

      Leith i on Thursday , the 2 Cth ult . About eleven o'clock : the i sea'i had' recededso fares' to' leave the ledge iof rocks . irunning ^ parall el iwith . Sputh . Leith Sands , commonly known as ; V . the , Black Kocks , " quite dry and ' untbuched ' b y the water ;'; . and a . considerable number' ; of / . individuals / - both'old 'arid young , had- ' - ' a ' saembled , picking'muscles off the rocks ; on : which : they are fourid in great : abundance . Thursday ; be " ingjthe ; fa 6 trdayiboth in Edinburgh and Leith , " ! a . crbwp larger : than usual had , collected ; among which ' , ihere , wefe several children of both sexes , < soih ' e 1 ! bf ' the ' riv nbt , ' more- thiin six ' years old ; and a few lads from thirteen to fifteen yearsVof age . Byriodn the tide had begun to ^ flow , arid had reached so neai ' thp : rocks , that ; the oldel- and . more

      observant thought , it prudent to leaye ( . before the . waters surrounded therii ! . ' \ From"this tiriie the riumbei-s on the rocks gradually diminished , ; 'but it appears that a considerable number' -still remained ; having become so dee ' p lyabsorbed in thersearch : thatithey did not bbsetvej , the „ . progres 8 of the sea . landward . Being stream-tide , the waters , flowed . with great rapidity ,, so rapidly indeed , ' tliat '' at ; one' olclock , when the children on ; ' the rocks-were observed ) ' the distance between them arid the shore ' was littlejless than a mile . i No sooner--was their daiigerous . situatibn ribticed . frqni the shore ,. ! than- everyvmeasure which jcpiild ^ he thought of was " , adopted for their rescue ;; l"hey . were' in iramihelit ' dahger of being swept off theirbcils , fbrthe waters' -h ' ad ' now cove ' red

      alihos " t ; th ' e ' highest poiht ) : arid n ' o"time ' - ' was therefore lost' in rowing ' bff Boats to the spot , '; with / the ! view of saving them , j , ^ In ; . a ; few minutes ; . three-boats werp ori their , ' way . jtpwards . j the rookiJ " ; .. but . before they reached the . ' sp ' ot'three pf the little sufferers had been cafried ' . bff by the . 'tide , '' while'two others-still mairitained : ; their ; fobtingj although -they werev immersed in water nearly tO )' . the : neck : These : l two' were theifirsfc rescued ,- . though- one of them , named i Andrew" "Dalgleish , at "" first ' re fused - to be''taken on board before his brother , '' who , he said ; had gone down .-near ~ himpiwas-pieked-up . Thisjpoor Utile fellowj however , rwas never afterwards seen .. The other three ' . who' were struggling in 'the . ' water . fwerei taken ublb ^ the other , boats , / one

      of them being almost ma lifeless : condition . ; They . we ' re-immediately ebriveyed ashore , . arid taken to the Dispenaary , where they were attended by Dr . Frame iand Dr . Henderson . The , other two children who-wero rescued were also ' brought to land , arid speedily so far recovered as to * be able to . walk home . ; The bodies of five of the sufferers werefound the ' next morning ,- after ; the ' tide had'receded , near the '; spot , where it is euppose'd they'had been ' swept from the rocks ; and ano'th ei ^^ b py , . whose body has hot yet been found , ! is known , ! from the testimony . of his brother , ' -to have _ perished also . As '; six other children . arerstill' missing , there is but'too much reason to . fear ^ that they have perishedi The bodies foimd the day before wore , taken to South Leith

      churchyard , where they lie till claimed'by their parents . , The ledge of rpckspn' which ; the children were ' ccllecfed , extends , to , upwards of a mile in length , and-over this space * they were " scattered , sbjthafc . itmust have been with extreme : uncertainty that they couldiobservo how many were in the ! same da ' ri ' gerous predicament with-themselves , especially in the circumstances , in which they . were placed . But ^ twb of th e children who were saved allege , that there . were notfewer . than nine or ten , along-with them , and one of them states that a brother who was with him at the time had gone amisaing . Great praise . is due , not only to the ., medical gentlemen ,: but also to . the . various individuals , who so readily

      arid courageously exerted themselves on the occasion , and ; especially to those who rendered such valuable service inmanning the boats for the rescue of . the poor children from a watei-y grave ,-which , but for their services must ine ' vitablyTiave received them . . In the evening the waters in -the vicinity of the distressing occurrence > were ; searched with dredging nets , but it was not till the : next morning that any bodies ' were found . The . melancholy event , as may be . suppose d , has excited a " great ; , sensation , hpf only " ,, in I ^ ith ;; but '; , iri . . Edinburgh , ' ' arid has caused an anxiety ,,, the > more : distressing ; that the extent' of the calamity- is ; as ; yet ¦ anknoyrii . —lSdinburgh . Witness .. ; - ..- ,, : ; - . ' .. ; . .-. . ...- . ; : ¦ . -.

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      •' . Dubmn , gA * cR » AT .- ^ THE 'Crisis , —The accounts from the southern arid Tvestern provinces continue to , bo . pf a ' . most 'deplorable : character . In truth ,-matters are . igetting . frpm . . bad to worse , v The task of reading the provincial' organs , Repeal and Tory , has really become painful ; They are all- in the one story , arid ' - sei- to the ^^ ' same ^ dolorous , tune—bankruptcy , in ' thcupper . and middle ' , classes ';'; 'the ! sons ' of the gentry ^ quappling ^ for ^;' 8 itua ^ tipnswh . ich :. . the butlers of their progenitors would scarcely deem worthy of acceptance ; Protestant ^ clergymen reduced to . the most' pitiable state of destitution ^ the landlords being no longer capable-of ' ' paying ' the tithe rentcharged Roman Catholic priests shorn of their

      " dues , " and flying-to the . relief -lists , their flocks being either , inmates of the poof house or the grave , or , wanderers to other lands in the hope ; of gaining that subsistence . which . is denied them at home . As for the' peasantry , it . is needless to recapitulate their sufferings , for the' last three years ;; they are patent to ' the world . Arid ' wheri ' to airtnis'is » dded the early prospect , of another deficient harvest—for inthewestthereare already'unfavourable symptoms—the picture of Ireland in 1849 is-complete . — Times ; . :: - -y . -t . ' - . // r . r .. s .. ; :::,..-:.-: . ..:. ... . ' ¦ :: . ¦ :: ' . ; A correspondent of the Evening Mail communicates the following , as illustrative of the progress of desolation , tr- " In the once thriving town of New *

      castle , in the . county of . Limerick , during ; the- quarter sessions just ended , there were over 1 , 200 prisoners to be tned , arid it ' occupied the court but three days to' try . 'them' all . And why ? . ' Siinply because they allplea ' ded guilty ; in the hope of being detained in prison ; anitwo who ; were discharged were the next day accused of riot , committed . in -an attemptlto break into gaol ; -, , On , his former visits the ' assistanMiarrister . had comfortable lod g ings in the town ; _ oh the present . occasion the offer of a guinea a-night could ndt procure him a-bed , evenin a cabin . 1 All , all had fled from a rate exceeding 20 s . in the pound . " - «; .. ; --.-

      ,•: A : Waterford ^P Aper: Thus¦; Descri...

      , : A : Waterford ^ p aper : thus ¦; describes the stater of thetowri of Carrick-ori-Suir-:- ^ ' ^^ Such is , the frightful depression of trade and business , in Carrick ^ on-Suir that between seventy ^ and eighty ; shops have closed in one street , only ;/ they , appear ,, at , mid-day as if theoccupants were in bed—a complete wilderness of shutters ., !" .., . ; ' _ . : ¦ ..: • . ; . ;; ,, ' -, .. ,... -. ., .. ¦ j . ' , ' .,,, ' The iCork Examiner contains the' proceedings of an inquest ,, held ; under [ ' peculiarly melancholy : cirr cumBtances , upon the bbay of a man who died from maltreatment in : the "Black Hole "; of . Youghal workhouse . ' The " facts of the . " case are ' . ' set ^ forthV ; as follows : —^ 'On Friday ,, the . 20 th of April ,, a weak , totterin » man r- ^ r ,, the , skeIetpn of what . once might be called a hian—staggered , into ; the . workhousc of

      Youghal ., He was ; lean , and ; hungry , with , thC iVoraV city of a wolf , .. On Friday- andjSaturday he was supported by the bountiful , charity of the . Popr'Law ; and on Sunday morning , " instigated by hunger , this wretched " being attempted-rWhat ? , To ' commit what terrible , crime . ' ? . - ., Murder . ? . Ko ^ tb . steal a mOrsel of bread ! .-. This wa 8 ; the , sole crime of which the ; pauper ,. Patrick ,. Cjon ' oily , was guilty . j , Reader , understand ; this , well ; , Conplly was caught in the act of abstracting an additional- , morsel , ; of ; , bread from a basket , nothing more . / Well , for this crime the Draconian , punishment-was death l : ( it js . as . true as "it is horrible ... ; His r , punishment ' , was . death ^ r death / by cold , " starvafipnj ; and mental , tpr . ture—a

      death of hnger i ing ,. / igony . 3 , It is ; a . positive ,, fact , listen i- ^ -he , ; was ; taken ' , by . ope official v into , the pre-, sence of another , , and . ; then handed oyer-. to the . cus- ! tody of a , thirdjiwhpjplacedjhimiri , what , without the least stretch of fancy , " is rightly ' called the " Black ? hole ; a : den without air :, or , li ght , vand . jmeasuring eight feet by six , ! . ! Jntp . thii . hole the , starving man , was ; thrust , his miserable . ! iheal , haying .. been : torn , from his hungry eyes and ; yrpm 8 h appetite ! , ' . When the hour came for . the paupers to thank God for porridge , . Coriplly , ! s prison , dobr" was thrown . open ,, and he was ; led , fo . rth . te;—pray ! , Maddened withhungor ; and nervous . 'hQrror— -for his ; cell , adjoined the deadhouse ^ 8 twih 0 had ibeoni locked ; up for .-a while inithe chamber of , death , ; whem . two . qofijn 81 lay--5 thiB . vicr tim > oftworkhou 8 e . , . discM before the altar , ; and pfter up his thanks fahdiadora-, tioni toethfe ; Father of ,, tove and Mwm , !„ Wh # > n .. Vi »

      : 8 taggered . , up from his ^ emblingiknees ^ hewas led ? > backagam , tp l hig . cold , jda : r . k ,. airlessrcell , . ! to . ^^^ * th "« f ? , ragmg hunger , and , unutterable , sufterings .. -The dayjrpAledpijr ~ tKe , day ; dedicated . by ; the Chris- " tian world £ 0 thoughts of peace , and love ,, and holiness ; sand at ^ ; man—laid ^ tsjcold handJonjjthe . heavtofthe-Viotim p auper . <^ fpro . h e ^ I ^^ inhrokep . a 9 cents , the . tpuchmg :- remonskano 0 ; 7 that ¦^ w * ^ Y ??* - •^ PTJ ^ 'WoV" » food ; - that ^ hile others hadMr » bre 3 kfa 8 t ,, hO : was ; , put ;^ where coflins were i „ He fell his Ur , i-. '„* struck . againsttho , hard wal ; affitfeS ' " 8 " ^ ; bJe , on ; the floor of hs " fatal eel apKlwin 8011 slwas raised ; the shattered ^ JJffiJ ^ ®^ coldrfloor ; oflicials bes ' tiFrtf I ^^ S ^ - m tho . burned : to ^ nd-fro ; rthe doctlS aur 3 C 3 albin vain-tfae . & S £ pnV ^ f ! *»;}««« and , .: " affe £ prostrat » n-. clnA » t ^ f + L ^^^^ ' ^ -speechless ghost ?™ nnfq uSiAi !^ ^

      ,•: A : Waterford ^P Aper: Thus¦; Descri...

      following was the verdict of Ithe jury : — We find that on Sunday , the 22 nd of April , Patrick Conolly , a- paiiper in Youghal " w ' orkhbust , was confined in a Slace ; called the Black-hole , being at the same time eprived of his rations , and while so confined , being seized with sickness ; -shortly r after died ; and ' the pry find that said' Patrick - Conoll y . came b y his death ; in consequence of being ' so confined . "in ' said BlacK-holo , and being doprivod ofhis rations' j ' and the-jury wish to put on recofd'fhbir marked , condemnation of the '< Black-h ' oIe of the YougKalwovkhouse . ' The skeleton frame of Conolly the pauper , was submitted to the explpring-knife _ of the . surgeon , Who declares on oath : that ' not . aparticlo ,. of fat could be' fourid beneath the skin or in the abaoinen of thelriiiserable man ! " ! ' ¦ L '"•'

      . ¦ ¦ The Mayo'Telegrdph ' of Wednesday'has the following account of the awful condition of that unfortunate county : — " Onyesterday . the Rey . Mr . ; Curley , R . C . C ., called , at our .. office , with a sample ofthe meal delivered to the put-door , paupers at Ballyhcane , a portion of which he also left ' with Captain FaiTen , poor law'irispector ; and which he procured at the relief depOt of the electoral division ; , on Monday last . To describe : its : pernicious , properties , or the unwholesome . odour arising from . it , jb , beyond our power . Oh Monday the rev ; gentlemari j between the hours of eleven o ' clock ( libon ) , and ! seven o ' clock ( afternoon ) , - administered' * the -rights' -of the Roman Catholic Church . torno lessrthan fifteen .: human beings—all of whom declared ! they were gettini ? the

      out-dppr , relief , and that the meal was killing them . ' Two anointed ' on that ; day ( father and son ) died on yesterday . ' ' ' Two of the Roman ' Catholic curates of the Deanery . ' of Ballihrobe , hardworking- and seJfdenyiiig ; Christian clergymen , —the Rev ^ Mr : ; Gill , U . C . C ; , Kilnmin , and the . Rev . Mr . RobinsoD , R . C . CJ , of Joyce Country—have fallen . " victims to their , unceasing attendance '' on ''' the sick" arid the dying in those places . They -were both buried oh yesterday . " .. = ; . ' ' . :: ¦ . i ; : ; .: , ;¦ ¦ : ¦ - - '; \ . \ -- \ -v- . ¦ The same . , paper „ containsi ; thp following :- ^ " We . have just , learned that keepers have , been placed on the Castlcbar Union ; Wbrkhouse , " at the isuit of George Clendirihirig ,, Esq ., late treasurer to the union , ' whose claim' on that-establishment' is said to ainount to theJarge sum . of £ 600 . '; . '• ¦ -. ' - ' ;

      ,. . Decwkeof . Business in the-Law . CouRis . ~ The ' Court of Queen ' s Bench , did . not sit yesterday for more . than half ahhoiir , ' in coh ' sequerice of , the want of business : ^ Thcr ' e'is ' a general paralysis'iri all dep ' artmehts 'bf the legal profession—in the Common Law . as well as in the EquityCourts . ' The Exchequer Court , as the only one . at all well employed . There is a : marked ; diminution in , all the , others . The Queen's ' Bench has little ' to ; do , arid the Judges ofthe Common Pleas are nearly altogether ' unoccupied . Jri Chancery , there is" much ^ less pressure of causes ;| and : sales : of lands' under decrees ; are now rarelyattenipted . .-.- ;; . , . '; ,. •/ . , ,- ,. ' : > S ¦¦<;;•

      The Ciiokba in Dublin . —The epidemic has at length broken out in , this _ city . The Mercantile Advertiser of yesterday says ; f- " There have been , during the last' three or four weeks ; isolated cases of cholera inDublhy but it . was . not : until yesterday that , the ' epidemic could ;¦ be ; said toLhave " decidedly appeared in the , metropolis ... Thelocalities . ih which it '' has' brpkeii ' . put are" chjefly ^ m the vicinity of Smithfield and Bow-lahe ^ aim ' on ^ st ' a very destitute class ' of ipersons- ; but the cases-iip . to this ' day , ' at two o'clock ! were ' cdmparativelyfew . " There were

      about . thirteenicascsi amongst-the poor from Thursday evening . until : Friday morning ;; . but . ; a ; respect ^ able president . in . Dame - ; street ' . died ' / of ' cholera early ' yesterday morning , "' nftor * a'few hours' illness . , At a special meeting of the guardians of the North-Dublin Union , yesterday , medical -officers were . appointed , and'it was arranged that a building called : the : Sheriff | s Prison should be opened for the reception , of cholera : patients . V In' J the " . country districts ' - generally . cholera is declinihg , ' and' in , Ehnis and one or ' two ' other ; places , the ciiblcrahospitals have been closed : :.. J : ¦; . . ¦ : ' .: ; : :: <> ; .- . / . •' , - c :. ¦ ¦

      . MONPAT .-rrTnE . STAIB ^ RISONERS . r ^ THB . Wbits op Errob ;—We have , just , heard that the 10 th of-May is fixed : for ; p ' perimff , the ^ argument in . the House of Lords In support of ( he ' writ of 'eri'ov sued ' out on behalf of Mr . Willianf'Smith-O'Brien : \ His counsel on the occasion will be Sir Fitzroy . Kelly , Q . C ;' , " ahd Mr . Napier , Q . C . - iSirColmanO ' Loghlen will probably be selected to argue the' case on , the part of Mr . M'Manus .. ;; Nb writ of error has been , issued in the casei of Mr . 'Meagher or of Mr . O'Doriohbe . The impressipn generally prevailed that ' the ' geritlemen who appealed ! -td the' House of Lords would be brought to London to be present at the argument , but that supposition was erroneous ... They ; will remain in Richmond Bridewell pending ^ the disposal of their , cases . —Evening Freeinan . ' - -

      ' . " : EvicTiONS . —Thc 'limerick Examiner states that eight houses were levelled on Tuesday ' at ; Ca ' stleconnel , and ; fifty persons turned out to : swell the crowd of paupers clamouring for . relief . , ; , ; . , . , ; - State of the West . —A correspondent of . the Tip-¦ perary ' ' Free' Press writes ;—; ' Galway , Tuesday Evening , 7 o ' clock . —I have this ' moment returned from Conriemara , " where I have beeri staying during the past ; three : weeks , and I hasten to lay before your readers , afew facte concerning the awful state of that part of our suffering country . It would sicken the hearts of . the stoutest to behold the sights that I . have seen"during my sojourri ' ihere—the bodies of human beings half-buried along the road-sides ' in the fields , and in' tlie bogs ; the peasants , unable

      to walk from the eftects of sheer starvation ; and a total disappearance of cultivation . Ybii . willscarcely believe . it when I tell you-that . the'liibourers ' are willing to hire with ^ personswho' wbulduhdbrtake to feed them , sometimes demanding 10 a . ' br-12 s . ayear into the : bargain ,. but in numbei'S . of caafc ' th ' ey have offered their . services for their foo , d " and 9 s , or 10 s . a year . ; You may easily imagine what kind and what quantity they would get in these-awfiil times As to think of levying ; taxes for , " the relief of the astounding calamities of' the people- ' of that part of , the . county , it . is-. the most absurd r . idea for there are no persons there to :-pay ,. themT ' Men who , but a few short years ago , . wereth ' e comfortable owners of half a dozen cpwsjthirty orfortv

      . sheep , and a good strip of mountairigrbund to maintain : them—men who lived decently , and carried on a . continual exchange of oriofarticle' of' food- for another , living after thou- own rude fashion ' , " are now the , poorest of . God ' s suffering creatures , stalkinr through the country ; hungry , naked , " and" homeless and wishing for death ; as . a happy ; termination of their sufferings . ' Everi the hereditary owriersof the soil have been stripped of their inheritance solely on account of . the enormous taxes which , ' of course ' coilld ' not be collected ; years of famine have pro ' ducedin Conuemavathemostrem ' arkable changes ; The inhabitants were always hardy and ' ready to earn thcir . bread by honest-meaSs'V' " now : they are not hardy ; but weak . 'irifirm ; disheartened , and ; , di «

      persed , and instead of being tho . dweUersan a com . parativcly-happy soil ,. they are ? the : most afflicted people on thetace . of the . earth . " IHourly are ¦ thev perislnng on the ; land to' which ' thdy so firmly adhered ; and judging by the'humbers whom' I have seen at the : chapels , at "Clifderi " and ^ iBalliriakiln I should say that thereja not morethan ; o ' ne-fburth ' nf the . people ahvomthesc parishes . ; Imaginetoyourself a large country ehapel ^ filled almost to suffocation , with the adjoining yards " ; arid" ditches" covered with people . This is-what you might see-three or four . years ago at a-country' mass : »^ Now" ii- room . tweveorfourteen feet square ; wo ' uld > : contain thX cpngregatn , natMlinakimX- -Aft ^^ . Galway Ihad occasion to go to Oranmm-A . m , n village ^ distant'forir ^ iles ^ d o ^ nf way ^ m ' S ? £ " th ^ - J : i *? PB ^' 'Vanriore ! alJd

      xS on gpttmg up next'morning I ' saw ^¦ cbiisiderabl ^ numborof persons ; froma ? pavbof the . cbuntry ' uot so bad off as Connemara ; and whom the fexSCrl not yet destroyed taking their : departmi £ & £ way , there to take ' . shipping for ' Wr ^ r Tb „ you . ' see- our - peo ' ple ' are ' broken Ho wn ^ J ; hu while those whohavdjust S ^ from the sights such SShasSt ^ 2 ^ gjnipSo ofthatprom ^ ed ; larid , &^^^^^ SSl ^^ vm ^ ^ . a westei » n dnitriot-thato ' f Goxt , county of'Si * ™ rf' On Wednesday last , a , h ' eixlsman , oPJ' TtfS * Esq .,, J . P . TuIiirahCastle ^ caught " woman 1 " % a . live lamb under her arm Vhini , Wu ^ - '" :-- T »

      S : Ptealmg p ff thelarid arid ;' cbncealing UtiderWclK , Shie , was : brought : •' - ' befbre- ^ Mr'i * - » 'Wj * SrtT ?*¦ I his property .-, ^ However . thecStewarH ^ f * locked up ^ ewcmanin 4 e steblS p ; pUcb : wo 4 ldcomeand -Se ^ come ;^ ey opened themiiSr !& $$ & -fi . diiSI ^ sSo ^ or nothing has beendonoiin ; rthe ^ wSiSS £ S 7 ^ fact ^ ^ -S ® SS Scofig ^ following eJS 5 lL «^™! 4 ? . 75 * ^ 2 ° 8

      Lieutenant "" : ^ . " - " ~""™ Tii : ? b ? . * 5 reaa j irpm the Lord-JenlStrS ^^ ^^^^ ioru-Licu-GoknAlU ^ - ^ ' ^ "" ^ : S ^ £ ' 'S ^??^* aWw to So pro > r ; -reCtmnlS ^ 11 ? . ^ . ^ t ., ; CRp . 423 , arid tbe dK -Board of Hbal ^ Which ' ilfw ^ ufSi have not . been . camed Wtd effect ^ fnn ^ -Sem 6 ri ; your ^ edient ^ emnt ^ Ttffr 1 l ^ fe ^& in b ^ le , 'apniiJo . , ! ,- ¦ . 1 ,, . ii-ijiirvi I'l-v- ,- ¦ ,., - . , i ' , ui . " . Sir , ! l < have ; the ; honpur , to " reDOrt for the" infer-. EXl t . v ^ W „ S-V ? - ?^?^^ - the ' -tr i oops'in this garrispp . Thr-rr . Jf ^ n ^^ . ' F ^' oWler ^ sinee ' yestcrdav , 'SS ^ of rht ^^ En"S » f , Ho eTeraL " dead .. bodies ,, have . ttea ^ appea i t « . be ' ; d 6 % j noth £ | ' & $ & reliif eithe

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05051849/page/6/