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      Health of Lojcnoji Ddetsg the "Week . —The sudden increase in the deaths of London , which was announced in the last bill of mortality ! has been followed by a more remarkable decrease . The following numbers show the fluctuations in the returns during the four weeks of Xovcmhcr : —921 , 90 S , 1 , 016 , and in the week ending last Saturday , SOI . The average of the ten weeks corresponding to last in the years 1810-49 , was 1 , 007 , w hich , if corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 164 ; the SCI deaths rczistcred last week are , therefore , less than the corrected average by 303 . The aggregate of fat *' cases by epidemics was in the preceding week 203 , in the last 196 ; whereas in affections of the

      respiratory organs , the number , which rose to 201 , has now fallen to 1 G 0 . Consumption , which stands m the tubercular class , was 111 , and in the following week declined to 96 . Convulsions , which carried off in the previous week 44 children , was recorded last week as the cause of death to 35 ; and while it , persons died of " age , " only 24 cases this week are -placed under this head . Between the 21 st ana 2 otn of November , S pensioners died in the Royal Hospital at Greenwich , in most cases of paralysis , or apoplexy Last week the deaths from small-pox amounted to 14 , all amongst children ; and , though it is still below the average , the disease appears to he making progress in the metropolis . In Marylelone , in different houses of a single sub-district , that

      of Christchurch , no fewer than 6 deaths occurred from " variola , natural" in the wecK ; and the registrars repeatedly mention facts to prove that the children of the working classes , in many cases , are not protected against the disease , owing to prejudice entertained against vaccination . Measles carried off 25 children , and it is stated to have broken out in the Pancras "Workhouse ( Camdentown sub-district ) : scarlatina carried off 30 ; and 47 persons of various ages died of typhus . Diarrhoei has now declined to 13 : and no case of cholera was registered . Intemperance was fatal to three persons ; in one case by producing disease , in another bv an embrocation taken internally by a man when " in a state of intoxication . In the third case , that of a woman who died suddenly without medical attendant , it is stated that " she had frequently boon known to drink a pint find half of raw spirits in a day ; a day or two before her death she

      drank seven quarterns of rum ; whilst she did not consume a shillins ' s worth of food in the week . " The birth of 773 boys and Tl'O girls , in ' all 1 , 482 children , were registered in the week . The average of five corresponding weeks in 1 S 45-49 is 1 . 2 S 0 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the meaii dailv reading ofthe barometer on Sunday was only 28-987 inches . Ii gradually rose till Thursday , -when it w . is 30-117 , and it was above 30 inches on the two following days . The mean of the week was 23-595 inches . The mean temperature , which was 51 degrees on Sunday , continued to fall during the week , and on Saturday was only 33 deg . S , when it was about ten degrees below the average . The mean of the week was 40 deg . 5 . The mean temperature was below the average of the same days in seven years , on every day except Sunday and Monday . On the last four days , the wind ¦ was eenerallv in the north or north-east . The

      horizontal movement of the air on Sunday was 420 miles , and on the same day the greatest pressure on the square foot was 191 bs ., Two CniiDBEs Killed with Godfrey ' s Cordial . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Rose public-house , Camberwell , to inquire into the deaths of two infants , the children of a man and woman named Buckley , who resided In Edmand-strc ? t , Camberwell . The father was a journeyman carpenter . A few days since , the children being verv restless , the mother sent for a

      pennyworth of Godfrey ' s Cordial , and administered about a third of a teaspoonful to each . They soon fell into a deep sleep , and remained so until the mother became alarmed and sent for Mr . Flowers , a surgeon , who stated that they were suffering from the effects of a narcotic . He administered the usual antidotes , but notwithstanding every effort the children expired . The jury returned a -verdict , " That , the children died from the effects of Godfrey ' s Cordial , administered by the mother inadvertently . " They also strongly condemned tho use of this medicine .

      lsqvEST . —Mr . B . 2 v . TFakley held an inquest on Monday evening on the body of Alice Fisher , a milliner , aged thirty-six . Deceased was found by a policeman early on . Saturday morning , in the area in Bart-street , Bloomsbnry , speechless , and with her neck broken . She was taken to a hospital and died in a few hours . So evidence being producible as to the cause of death , the jury returned an open verdict . The Plate Robbery is the Strand . —The prisoners charged with burglary and robbery in the hoase r , f Messrs . Clapham and Williams , jewellers and silversmiths , 13 and 14 , Strand , were brought up for further examination . The man " Charley , " implicated by the additional confession made by Clinton on Saturday week , had not been apprehendei . The only additional evidence was given by two women , who proved an intimacy between Gardiner and the woman Cheruneau . The prisoners were again remanded until Saturday next .

      A SifiTHFiEiD Ox . —On Monday , Giltspor-street , leading to Smithfield , was kept in a state of alarm as usual the whole day . In the morning an ox , belonging to Mr . Barnard , jun ., of Epsom , driven with others , about half-past ten o'clock , from Smithfield , suddenly turned into Bail-court , opposite the east end of St . Sepulchre ' s Church , and entered the house So . 1 in the court , occupied by a Mrs . Barbottle and several other persons , a school for children being held on the basement floor . The terror and dismay of the children and inmates may easily be conceived at the sight of the huge animal making its way towards the kitchen stairs , " which , owing to the enormous weight ef the ox , suddenly gave way , the animal rolling into an outer kitchen , in the room

      leading to which Mr * . Harhottle was sitting at the time The little children belonging to the school were also in a closet , against the door of which the ox was lying . Their screams soon brought several persons to their assistance , by whom they were speedily rescued . Mrs . Harhottle also effected her escape , and every effort was then made to remove the ox , which lay extended in the very narrow kitchen . This was found , after great labour , to be entirely ineffectual . Fortunately a door-way led from the kitchen or passage to the area in front of the house , and a bricklayer being sent for , he said that the only means by which the ox could be

      extricated was by taking up the iron work ofthe area , with the stone-work of the court , and excavating for several feet across the court . A number of men were accordingly set to work , and about four o ' clock they had made such an opening by pulling down the brickwork as to enable them to place a number of planks in an incliued position and by winding a number of roi > es round the ox and by means of a pulley fixed against the opposite wall , and the assistance of a number of men , after about an hour ' s labour , th-. ; y succeeded in getting it up apparently but very little injured , amidst the cheers of a crowd of bystanders .

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      Shocktsg Attempt at Murder . —At an inquest held on the 29 th ult ., before W . J . Ellis , Esq , at Dr . Fox ' s lunatic asylum , Northwvod , Gloucestershire , a melancholy tragedy was disclosed . It appeared that a gentleman named Thomas Waters , a resident atBedminster , near Bristol , had been staying with his lady at the residence of her father at Wrington , Somerset , where they were paying a family -visit . For some time Mr . Waters had been in a highly nervous and excited state ; indeed at intervals his malady was so severe as to border closely on positive insanity . On Saturday , the 23 rd ult ., he was attacked by mania of the most violent kind . Having armed himself with a knife , and sharpened it

      deliberately on a stone , he went up-stairs to & room in which Mrs . Waters was sitting . He then fastened the door , and having assured himself that it could not be opened from the outside , he commenced a most murderous assault npon her . He seized hold of her with one arm , and having made some observations about her cap , he , with the other , made a desperate attempt to cut her throat . The unfortunate lady resisted as far as she conld , and having the presence of mind to thrust her chin down into her bosom , she happily saved her life , but did not escape until she was frightfully mutilated , her bosom being deeply wounded , her hands shockingly cut , and the top of one of her fingers cut off . The unhappy lady ' s screams alarmed the family , and her father and brother burst open the door and secured her assailant , who was found to be quite mad , and was immediately removed to Dr . Fox ' s asylum , but although every possible kindness and attention was there shown him ,

      he obstinately refused to take any kind of nourishment , and in a few days sunk from the effects , as Dr . For stated , of exhaustion , resultin * from the intensely excited state in which he had been . The jurv returned a verdict to the effect that he died from natural causes . Mrs . Waters is still ill from the injuries she has received , but she is not considered to be in danger . Murder near Brentwood . —On Saturday night , Nov . 30 th , an inquest was held at the Horseshoe Inn , Billericay , on the body of Robert Bamborough , a policeman , who had died from the effects o f injuries received by him from a prisoner of the name of Wm . Wood , a notorious poacher . Wood had been convicted that day by the Billericay bench of magistrates , and wa & being conveved by Bamborough to the Brentwood police station on the 21 st , at Hutton . The fa-ts of this case have been published . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Wm . Wood , who is in custody in Chelmsford Gaol for the charge of poaching .

      Extbaobdikaby Pboceemngs . —It will be recollared that about a fortnight since , a person named Robson , captain of a vessel called the Trio , of Sunderland ,- was brought before Mr . Rush ton , at the police court , Liverpool , on a charge of having forged

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      an acceptance in the name of Mr . Bell , the owner of the vessel , for £ 5118 s . Cd ., and which had been tendered in payment for goods to Messrs . flutson and Ward , ship-chandlers , Canning-place . That charge not having been substantiated , the captain was liber ated from custody . It will also he recollected that the vessel , which was on the eve of its departure for California , was prevented from sailing by some of the creditors , after she > as forcibly taken out of dock into the river . The creditors had supplied stores to the vessel , on the order , it is said , of Captain Robson and his father . The Trio , after lying in the river for a short lime , was taken into the King ' s Dock , where she remained until the 27 th ult . In the meantime , it is stated , Bell ( the owner or part owner of the vessel ) and Robson , by deed of sail , assigned the Trio over for the benefit of the creditors , subject to a mortgagee and the charter , and the vessel was only detained from proceeding on her voyage in

      expectation of the mortgagee , Air . Thomson , of Sunderland , arrived intc . wn , toarrange whli the creditors respecting her sailing . The charterers are Messrs . Kelso and Dowie . brokers , of Liverpool . Since the vessel was taken into djck , the creditors have had a man or two on board as guird , and for the purpose of preventing her again hiing taken away . Abr-ut four o ' clock on the 27 th ult . a gentleman went on board the Trio , aud asked the man in charge whether he was there on behalf of the mortgagee , because , if so , he had a note of clearance from that individual . The man replied that he was there on behalf of the creditors , upon which he was seized by four men , gagged , and forcibly put under hatches . A fresh captain and crew were then put on board , and the vessel was hauled out of dock , and towed by a steamer as far as Port Lynas , where the old crew and the men who had been in charge of the vessel , were put on board the tug boat , and sent back to Liverpool . The whole affair appears involved in mystery .

      The Earl of Durham has , it is stated , given directions that all necessary relief shall be given to the families who have lost members in the late explosion at Newbottle Colliery , and that he will bear the charge himself , instead of this being done by public subscription , as usual on such occasions . Boiler Explosion at Halifax . — On Friday afternoon , the 29 th ult ., one of the most shocking occurrences that has taken place in Halifax for several years arose from the bursting of a boiler in Messrs . Pii'th and Sons' mil ! , Lily-lane . Just at three o'clock , the inhabitants in the vicinity of the mill were astounded by a loud report , and the flying about of materials from the buil ing soon convinced them that some catastrophe had happened . Of the

      three boilers at the mill the centre one was that which was affected by the producing cause of the accident , and it shot through the floors of the building , and through the roof , and then the boiler deposited itself against the arches of the Lancashire and "Xorkshire Railway , a part of whose line passes close by the mill . All the hands in Messrs . Friths ' employ were busy at work , and a part of them at that end of the mill which was erected over the boilers was buried in the ruins , which exhibited a heap of broken beams , machinery ! stones , and other materials , from whence proceeded the groans of the sufferers lying beneath . The part of the mill in which the bulk of the hands was employed , was , of course , speedily emptied of all its contents , and the

      report of the accident being noised through the town , vast crowds of people soon assembled and thronged the vicinity of the scene . An efficient detachment of police rendered assistance where required , and John Waterhouse , Esq ., being early on the ground , sent fur the military to aid in clearing the yard , so that those assisting to move the piles of rubbish , under which the missing workpeople were buried , might the better perform their work . Several influential gentlemen , and some ofthe medical faculty , were ready to assist wherever their services were wanted , and a number of working men strained every nerve to clear away the ruins . As soon as the Mayor had intelligence ofthe sad affair , he hastened on horseback to the spot , and gave such instructions

      as were requisite for securing order , and enabling the parties employed to proceed with every despatch . One body after another was brought out , and it was stated that persons were killed . Two or three more lay at the Infirmary , in an almost hopeless state , and it was said that three others were amongst the missing . About eight o ' clock it became necessary to send for a second fire engine , as the fire under the ruins was breaking out so as to threaten the portion ofthe mill standing . It was soon partially got under , but we f ^ ar there is little hope of any in the ruins being taken out alive . A girl was recovered about

      eight o clock , who had been talking for some time , and was not much hurt , but could not be got to earlier . She was fast in the lumber , by which , ' she was surrounded . —The Halifax Guardian , in a second edition , published on Saturday afternoon last , gives the following particulars : — * ' « The total number of persons whose lives have been sacrificed by this terrible accident notv amounts to tea , Seven of the bodies are lying at the Blucher Inn , and three at the Infirmary . It is rumoured that a little girl , whose parents reside in Caddy-field , is missing ; but it is firmly believed that no more bodies are buried in the ruins . "

      Importation of Crucifixes , & e . —On Monday a considerable number of crosses and other Romish figures and images , were landed at the Custom House at Portsmouth , for the use ofthe Romanists of South Hants . They came from a Paris house , and are consigned to a Hebrew firm at Portsmouth . They appear to have been sent over in the belief that as Hampshire is a part of Cardinal Wiseman ' s own diocese of Southwark , the tide of conversion must necessarilv have set in very strongly . T » b Late Charge against a Clergyman at BRESTW-JOD . —ArPRElIEXSION OF THE PflOSECUTRIX for Perjury . —Brentwood , Monday Afternoon . —It will he remembered , that iu the alleged assault preferred against the Rev . W . Johnson , the Rector of

      Ingrave , Essex , by his servant girl , Mary Ann Doe , at the last examination of the defendant , the girl completely denied all that she had deposed to on the first occasion , admitting that the whole of the charge as first made was false , in consequence of which the defendant was at once discharged . On Friday , the 2 tkh ult ., Mr , Superintendent Coulson went to the girl ' s residence at Ingrave , and took her into custody on the charge ofperjury . A special meeting of the magistrates of the district was held at Brentwood the same day for the purpose of investigating the charge . The magistrates were divided in opinion , and ultimately decided not to proceed with the present information . The prisoner was then discharged .

      Sudden Death of a Clergyman ' . —On the 29 th ultimo , Mr . Marratt , one of the coroners of Yorkshire , held an inquest on the body of the Rev . John Thompson , rector of Sykehouse , near Doncaster . It appeared by the evidence that the reverend gentleman went to bed in the enjoyment of his usual « ood health on the night of the preceding Wednesday , and shortly afterwards was seized with a fit of apoplexy , which terminated his life about one o ' clock on Thursday morning . The deceased had held the living of Sykehouse for a considerable period .

      The Destructive and Fatal Boiler Explosion at Bradford , Yorkshire . —This disastrous event , at the Mills of Messrs . Wand and Co ., ( a brief notice of which appeared in our second edition , last week , ) has resulted in the death of another party , named Margaret O'Donnell , a girl aged seventeen , making three killed , besides the injuries received by others , and a very large destruction of property . The inquest on the bodies was held before Mr . John Dyson , coroner , on "Friday afternoon the 20 th ult .,

      and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the death of the parties named had been caused by the explosion of a steam-engine boiler , such explosion having been produced by the imprudent opening of the stop-valve by the deceased engineman , John Hall , he being ignorant of the consequence of so doing . The jury exonerated Messrs . Waud from all blame , and recommended the fixing of a safetyvalve to each boiler , and the adoption of Mr . Wilson ' s boiler protector , as the best means of preventing similar accidents in future .

      The Loss of the Gazelle from Sydney . —Recovery of the Mail . —Deal , Monday . —All doubts respecting the fate of the Gazelle , and the unfortunate creatures on board of her , have been set at rest by the discovery of the wreck of the ill-fated shi p on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands . Many casks of tallow were picked up low down the channel towards the North Foreland , and on the 29 th ult ., a box containing the Sydney | letters and newspapers , which were shipped in the Gazelle , was found floating about by a lugger . The address on the box had been washed off by the surf , but a brief examination showed it to be the unfortunate vessel ' s mail . It was landed at Margate , and handed over to the postoffice authorities for transmission to London . The

      contents were saturated with water , and some of the directions were obliterated , but the usual care was adopted for the delivery of the letters , if possible , to the parties to whom they had been addressed . A large piece of wreck , apparently part of the quarter of a vessel between 200 and 300 tons , with tallow sticking to its timbers . ! was seen floating about in this end ofthe Queen ' s Channel , and other pieces of wreck , evidently of the same character of ship , being noticed , it was concluded that the catastrophe had occurred on the Goodwin Sands . This conjecture proved correct . The luggers , which were cruising about for whatever might turn up of her cargo , discovered on nearing the sands the wreck , or

      what might be termed the remains of the wreck . The figure head was gone , hut it was observed that part of the drapery or decoration remained , with a small figure of a Gazelle upon them . Fart of her stern frame , with " Gazelle of Liverpool , " painted thereon , was also noticed floating about the . spot . Of the unfortunate creatures who perished with her nothing could be seen , and indeed the heavy sea that was breaking over the sands rendered any nearer approach to the wreck exceedingly < Iangerous . The number who were lost has not been correctly ascertained , but it is thought that the crew consisted of between twenty and thirty persons . It u supposed that she was driven on the gauds during the terrific gale of Sunday morning , and the formidable breakers '

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      that immediately dashed over her must have instantly sealed the fate of every soul on board . This is not the only fatal casualty that took place on these much dreaded shoals . The luggers report seeing two other wrecks on the sands , and it is much feared that their crews perished . None have reached the coast from wrecks on the Goodwin , and several vessels which were known to have been in the Channel in the course of the gale are missing . Part of a ship ' s stera has been taken into Broadstairs , and a figure-head ( bust of a man , ) and two figures with wings . It is thought they are part of the wrecked vessels .

      Fight at Drayton , Norfolk . —On Monday , a fight took place between two working men , at Drayton , and on the same day one of them died in consequence of the injuries he received . . The names of the parties were Robert Baker and Benjamin BIHs , both fine young men , resident in . St . Martin's at Oak . As usual in such cases , the light originated in a drunken quarrel , and the stake was only £ 1 a side . Each man had bis seconds , and a crowd of people witnessed the brutal conflict , which lasted some time . Ellis had the worst of it , aud after being severely punished , he was conveyed home , where he died on the same night . On Thursday an inquest was concluded , the jury having returned a verdict of manslaughter against Baker and the four seconds . They have not yet been apprehended .

      Another Burglary i . v Surrey . — Another daring burglary , accompanied with violence , took place on Saturday evening last , at the house of a Mr . Marshall , residing on Frenchan-common , near Earnham . The particulars are as follows : —About eight o ' clock on Saturday evening Mr . Marshall , who lives with his sister alone , was aroused by a loud knock at his front door . On opening the door he found a group of seven men standing round it , and as soon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to Guildford . Mr . Marshall was in the act of stepping out to direct them when he was suddenly knocked down , as is supposed by a life preserver . The men immediately entered the house , when they were at once encountered by Miss

      Marshall , who , with great presence of mind rushed upstairs to procure a gun which her brother always kept loaded , calling out at the same time , " I'll fire at them . " The villains caught her upon the staircase , and , presenting pistols at her , dragged her to the front door , where they pointed out her brother lying in an insensible state on the ground , and cautioned her to be quiet . They then ransacked the house of everj thing of a valuable character it contained , taking off , amongst other property , a number of old guineas . Before leaving they abused Miss Marshall in good set terms for not having more properly in the house . Mr . Marshall remained in an insensible state for nearly two hours , and is still suffering severely from the injuries he sustained . The police are in the possession of a description of the men , and are actively engaged in endeavouring

      to trace them . Establishment ' of a Surrey Rural Police , —The Surrey magistrates met on Monday to receive the report of the committee appointed to consider the propriety and manner of effecting the above object . About fifty magistrates were present . The committee were unanimous in considering the present force insufficient to protect that part of the county lying beyond the metropolitan police district . The report reccommends tho introduction of the rural police in preference to proceeding under the Parish Constables Act or enlarging the metropolitan police dictrict to take in all Surrey , which would require a special act . In complying with the provisions of the act 3 & 4 Vict ., c . 88 , sec . 29 , which

      requies that every police division shall contain 26 , 000 inhabitants , the committee propose the formation of three divisions , the respective capitals of which shall be Chertsey , Dorking , and Godalming ; tho chief constable residing at Dorking . They anticipate an expenditure of £ 3 . 000 ih repairing lock-uphousesand erecting stations , and propose a staff , consisting of a chief constable , chief superintendent , five superintendents , eight inspectors , and seventy constables . After much discussion , the report was carried , and theelection of a chief constable , who will choose the subordinate officers , was fixed for the first day of Epiphany sessions . The late Riot at Birkenhead . —Since the late riot a committee has been formed for the purpose

      of getting up a meeting to adopt an address to the Queen , against the Papal encroachments . The magistrates , in the interim , applied to Sir George Grey , soliciting the presence of the military on the occasion , and received an answer on Tuesday morning , the purport of which was communicated to the deputation . The magistrates stated , that from the answer tliey had received that mornhg from Sir George Grey , they did not think proper to call the meetfng and risk a repetition of the late unprovoked attack upon the authorities . Escape of Three Convicts from Woolwich . — Betwixt six and seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , shortly after they had taken their breakfast , three convicts managed to let themselves down over the side of the Warrior convict ship , at Woolwich dockyard , and proceeding along the mud on the banks

      of the river , without being perceived by the sentry or any of the guards oh board the Warrior , succeeded in seizing a boat at some distance from the ship , belonging to a waterman named Spurling , and , crossing the river in it , effected their escape through the North Woolwich marshes . The names of tho convicts are John Rain , aged 26 years , convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the 9 th of April , 1849 , for housebreaking and larceny ; and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years' transportation . Rain was a type caster , Charles Fletcher , aged 23 years , convicted of larceny to the value of £ 5 , and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years' tsansportation on September 20 th , 1847 . William Smith , aged 23 years , convicted of felony at Salford , on February 26 th , 1 S 48 , and sentenced to ten years ' transportation .

      The Election at St . Alban ' s . —Mr . Jacob Bell , the well known chemist , who has offered himself on the Liberal interest for the borough of St . Alban ' s , made his public entry into the town on Tuesday afternoon . He was accompanied by Mr . Wyld , M . P ., Dr . Pereira , and by several prominent electors of Marylebone , and he was received by upwards of 200 of the electors of the borough . Mr . Bell addressed a large assembly from the balcony of the King's Arms Inn , after which he proceeded to canvass the town . An attempt has been made to induce Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Garden to offer himself for the borough . The Alderman is , in politics , understood to be a Peelite ; but it is not so much his political feeling as his purse that is likely to recommend him to the borough of St . Alban ' s .

      Destri-ction of Bleach Works by Fire at Manchester . —A fire broke out on Tuesday morning at a very early hour , which has almost entirely destroyed one of our largest bleach works , and alons with it a great quantity—probably 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 pieces—of cotton goods . The property was known as the Irwell Bleach Works , and stood on the rijrht bank of the river Irwell , at Douglas Green , Pendleton , about two miles from Manchester . About a quarter past two o ' clock tho private watchman on the premises observed flames in the store ( occupying the third , fourth , and fifth storeys ) , and lighted by three tiers of windows , and immediately gave an alarm . The fire appears to have been almost simultaneously discovered from

      several more distant points of view , including the higher parts of Pendleion and Broughton , and from Salford . It is supposed that the stove or drying room , had got overheated , and the goods in it being dried , would burst into flame almost like tinder . At the time the fire engines arrived the entire ofthe principal building of the bleach works was enveloped in one mass of flames , and part of the roof had fallen in . From the fury with which the materials burnt , the fire brigades of Manchester and Salford had no chance of saving the principal building . Floor after floor of the building gave way , and fell with terrific crashes upon tho burning pile beneath , sending up terrific volumes of sparks and flame , till the whole interior , including the charred and blackened remains of the cloth , the wood work

      ofthe floors , and the machinery , were one unsightly mass of ruins . A considerable portion of the wall on the south-eastern side ofthe building fell about five o ' clock , but fortunately that portion over tho immense water wheel , which is of great value , was kept together . The flames were not extinguished till about six o'clock , when the only portions of the property found to be saved were the bleaching shed , water wheel , and packing room . The buildings and stoek wove insured in the North British Fire Office for £ l , 8 o 0 , and in the West of England for £ 4 , 000 , and it is hoped that the total , or about £ 0 , 000 , will cover the loss , though rumour had placed it at a much higher figure . The mill was erected by Mr . Douglas , contemporaneously with those of the celebrated Mr . Arkwright , and was used for above half a century in spinning cotton .

      Fatal Railway AccmBNi . —A collision took place at Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon . The South Staffordshire train from Walsall , due at 430 in Birmingham , approached Yauxhall at its appointed time , but owing to a coke train . " shunting " over the main line a collision took place . The fireman jumped from the engine , but came in contact with the next carriage and was instantly killed . Several persons were slightly injured . The Right Hon . Richard Lalor Shell and his lady were passengers in the train , but escaped uninjured ,

      Discovery of an ingeniously concealed Still . —Superintendent Povey , of Burslem Staffordshire , and Sub-inspectors Fry and Olire , of Ilanloy , commissioned officers of excise , discovered on Saturday last a very ingeniously concealed illicit still , in a cellar , under a bakehouse attiched to the dwellinghouse of a potter , named Levi Calkin , at Shclton . The entrance thereto was so well concealed by a sliding door , that the premises had been thrice previously searched , once by the police and twice by the excise , without the discovery being made . When ihe door had been discovered and slid hy tho officers wlionvwle the search on Saturday , a ladder was saaa jcachng into the cellar , or vault , which was

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      t «„ nA io form a complete cabinet distillery , contain S acoppe ™ till , at * ull work , 136 gallons of wash S Xi of whisky , numerous barrels , bottles , of lead piping , **• Calken was brought before Mr . Bo 4 and Mr ! N . P . Wood , at Burslem , on Tuesday She a dmitted the offence , and also . that he . bad Ice before been convicted for similar doings , ahnost ns wen contrivedto eludediscovery , at Trent Vale Bemg now summoned for aiding and assistinfhe was Led in the penalty for that offence £ 30 , Son his inquiring whether , when in prison for dell of payment , he should be jUW o to taooj , victed of being the owner of tho still , Mi . Rom said Zainir ; the excise laws were , no doubt , CXSSely severe , but that was necessary . Illicit distillation from the demoralisation it occasioned , was one of he greatest evils existing in the Potteries TJLuo a mowing evil , and it would bo well that . .

      it should bo general known that in all clear ^ cases penalties to the utmost extent would be imposcd .-Staffordshire Advertiser . ¦ Serious Affray with Salmon PoAcnERS .-ThG Gateshead Observer remarks :-The small streams running into the river Tyne arc at this season of the year visited nightly by parties of - forje purpose of destroying the salmon depositing their spawn in the shallow water . The commissioners for protecting the fisheries in this river , have therefore appointed water-keepers in various districts to prevent these depredations . On Saturday night last , about ten o ' clock , Joseph Harrison , one of the water-keepers , accompanied by Joseph Young , police constable of By well , was proceeding up Stocksfield Burn , when they discovered three men' in tho act of spearing fish . One was armed

      with a " leister , " or fish spear , tho second with a hook , and the third held a lantorn and a sack . The officers , after approaching sufficiently near to observe them , saw three fish taken , and leaping over a fence , closed with two of the men . A scuffle ensued , in whi h Harrison and his antagonist foil . Young , who had seized his man , succeeded in freeing Harrison from the grasp of the man who was upon him , and permitted him to regain his feet , when tho third man , who had his hook fastened to a long pole about four feet long , made a desperate attack upon Young with this formidable weapon . He struck Young with the full force of both his hands across the faco and neck find the point of t \ o instrument caught him in three different places in

      the chin and throat , though fortunately without doing him any serious injury . Young , after parrying two heavy blows with his stick , released his prisoner and closed with his assailant , and Harrison coming to his assistance , tho poacher was secured . Tho other two escaped . The prisoner , whose name is John Pattinson , a pitman from the Shotley Bridge Iron Works , was brought up before the magistrates at Hexham , on Tuesday . Mr . Glynn , on behalf of Mr . U . C . Laws , the clerk to the commissioners of the Tyne fisheries , attended to prosecute . The bench sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment , and highly commended the officers for the courageous manner in which they had done their duty .

      Singular Discovery of a Lunatic—An application was made to the county magistrates at Rochester , on Monday , by Mr . Scott , on behalf of the Guardians of the Mcdway Union , for an order to remove one of the inmates to the County Lunatic Asylum—a poor fellow whose case excited much commisseration . It appears that he was brought to Chatham by her Majesty's ship Albatross , having been found by a coasting . vessel wandering on the sea shore of one of the uninhabited islands of the Archipelago , by which vessel he was conveyed to Singapore , where he was placed under the care of the governor , and sent from thence to England , where , on his arrival , he was ordered by the admiral to bo received in Melville Hospital , Catham ;

      and , on being declared free from bodily ailment , was subsequeutly transferred to the care of the officers ofthe Medway Union . At the time of his discovery he was almost in a state of nudity , and , either from mental aberration , privation , or long desuetude , could not be understood , although , from the few sounds or words he uttered , it was evident be was a British subject ; and although , after mixing some time with his fellowmen , he recovered the use of his tongue in a great measure , his mental imbecility was such , that no account could be obtained from him as to how he came on the island . Since he has been in the union he has much improved , having to some extent recovered his memory : but , having exhibited a tendency to violence on several occasions , it was deemed advisable to obtain an order for his removal to the lunatic asylum , where , under proper treatment , there might bo a possibility of his being

      restored to society and his friends , should they still exist . Tho crew named him Isaac Newton , but from what has been cleaned from the unconnected remarks and some writing which he has attempted , there is reason to believe his real name to bo Walter Jenkins , and that he was brought up as a shepherd . Mr . Scott stated that after his admission into the union , the clerk to the guardians wrote ta the Secretary of State upon the subject , laying all the particulars of the case before him , and submitting that , under all the circumstances , it was more a national than a parochial matter , complaining of the hardship inflicted on the union , and asking for him to be admitted into the Navy or Military Asylum , or that an order might be procured for his admission into Bethlehem , all of which , however , were refused , and the Mcdway Union is thus burthened with the responsibility of keeping the unfortunate man , at a cost of some £ 22 or £ 23 a year .

      Ship Launch and Accident . —On Tuesday , at high water , a new bargue , of about 300 tons , was launched from the building-yard , west side of the Queen ' s Dock , Liverpool . ' The day was fine , and a considerable concourse bad assembled to see the vessel ' s introduction into its " native element ;" but we regret to say that the event was attended with a melancholy casualty , fatal to Robert Miller , a young man about nineteen years of age ( son of Mr . Miller , of the firm of Mackie and Miller , shipwrights ) , one of the apprentices employed in the yard . Just as the vessel was leaving the stocks , a coil of rope was thrown , as usual , by those on board over the bow . The unfortunate young man placed his foot on this when it descended , as the readiest mode of securing it ; but unfortunately his foot slipped inside , the rope encircled his leg , and in a

      few moments , to the consternation of all present , he was dragged into the river . He was spun round with the action of the rope , now at some height up the vessel ' s side , then struck with force againt the " spur shores " attached to the bottom launchways , and eventually dragged beneath the water under the bottom of the vessel . The barque was taken in tow , as usual in cases of launch , and was led into the Queen ' s Dock basin , those on board being quite unconscious that any accident had happened . After being submerged for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour altogether , the unfortunate sufferer was released and brought on shore without delay . There were still some signs of animation , and he was promptly conveyed to tho Southern Hospital , where the usual restoratives were attempted , but he died very shortly after admission .

      Alarming Boiler Explosion at Bilston . — . a serious accident happened at Messrs . Baldwin ' s colliery on Tuesday . The boiler belonging to a whimsey in the above colliery , situate between Bilston and Moxley , close to the Birmingham turnpike road , and which worked four coal pits , burst , and the explosion was terrific . One part of tho boiler was forced in the direction of the turnpike road , a distance of 190 yards , and taking with it the corner of a hovel , descended on the railroad , breaking the rails , and t hen rebounding , was carried over the hedge , and ecross the turnpike road , where it fell . A horse and cart and two women were in close proximity , but happily escaped uninjured . The other part of the boiler was carried in the opposite direction , towards the Pot

      House Bridge , a distance of 200 yards , taking with it a part of the engine , and throwing down the stack and the brickwork to a great distance . The main shaft and fly wheel were broken to pieces , and a small boiler , which was by the side of the large one , was carried a distance of twelve yards ; and the whole of the machinery was scattered in all directions . The engineer , John Johns , who is a very steady workman , had just left the side of the boiler as the accident occurred . Ho is very much scalded , but he is going on favourably . It is said that the accident cannot b « accounted for : the boiler was cleaned and repaired the previous day . Seven or eight men and womer were working on the pit bank at the time , close to th ( engine , but they all most providentially escaped .

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      The LAyonARKB Poisoning Case . —Tho magistrates of Carmarthen were occupied for three days last week in the examination of witnesses against Elizabeth Gibbs , accused of poisoning her mistress , Mary Anno Leverno , and a fellow-servant Rebecca U p hill . The evidence was most important , and militated : much against tho prisoner ; eg . pecially important , was that of a female witness in the gaol , who deposed to certain admissions of the prisoner as to the purchase of arsenic . The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of murder .

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      Operation of the Poor Law . —The inmates of most of the workhouses are increasing , but to a much lees extent ; tban had been apprehended , from the advance of winter ; The poor rates are still heavy in some of the western unions ; but the rates are by no means as high as those levied in Clare . In the union & s ; s ? ix ; LT £ v . aftti * Esya » - uw Jf «/? oT f £ RIGHT MovEMENT .-The J % o Tele-SSfJ £ ft hat 8 e - J of the l ^« Iords * f that SS * % fe w-operating in the Tenant Movant , and tnat the requisition to the bkh ahwiftifura

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      county meeting in Mayo , was signed by the county representatives , Messrs .. G . H . Mooreand Ouscley Higgins ; by Messrs . V . O'Connor Blake , of Towerhill j Mark Blake , of Ballinafad j and Mr . E . Howley , of Belleek Castle , . . The Charge against Mr . Whitney , first clerk of the Custom-house , Cork , upon w hich he has been bailed to take his trial at the next assizes , is for alleged embezzlement of £ 30 only ; the receipts amounted to about £ 300 , 000 annually , and his public services to thirty-nine years . Thf . Movement in England . —Thetranquillity of Ireland during the present agitation in England , is as gratifying as it is remarkable . Efforts have been ' - ;• \ :: ^ li-l . •« . • - " --. :--s :-. " * *! . ' * ' iuinnlp

      made by some O range journals to stimulate a movement , but up to this time they have proved wholly unavailing . The Nation of this day refers to the meeting ofthe Grand Orange Lod ^ -e about the " Papistical A ggression , " as a device of landlords to turn public attention from the settlement of the land question . That journal entreats the Roman Catholics to remain quiet , observing— " Some gentlemen , of more enthusiasm than judgment , are going about counsel ling * a great Catholic movement' throughout Ireland , in high and haughty defiance of Lord John Russell . There is too much sense in the country , we trujt , to lend any ear to this weak and frantic nonsense . "

      Readjustment of Rents—In various parts of the country landlords are revaluing their estates , with a view to the reduction of their rents . Sir Edward Tucker , who has lately become proprietorof an estate in Kilkenny , after a new valuation , has made a general reduction of his rents , in some instances from 42 s . per acre down to 24 s . at the same time striking off aU arrears . The Earl of Orkney , after a careful investigation of the condition of his estate in the Queen's County , has reduced his rents from an average of 22 s . to 13 s . per acre .

      The late Murder in Queen's County . —The jury at the inquest on Patrick Ilogan , bailiff of J . Hans Hamilton , Esq .. M . P ., who was murdered at Coolagh , have returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " The murdered man had been recently employed in the execution of a habere , when tenants were evicted , some of whom owed four years' rent . Extensive Emigration . —The shi John O ' Toole , which sailed from Dublin on Saturday last , carries out to New Orleans , nearly four hundre d passengers , of whom all are Roman Catholics , with the exception of one Protestant family . The Roman Catholics are accompanied by a bishop , a priest , and twelve Sisters of Mercy . Encumhkred Estates Commission . —Fourteen additional petitions were filed up to the 28 th ult ., making the gross total since the commencement of operations 1 , 402 .

      Sales at Derrynane Abbey . —The Evening Packet says : — " We regret very much that the distress which has overtaken tho landlords of Ireland , has at length found its way to the halls of the Liberator . At a sheriff's sale at Derrynane some time since , the whole ofthe splendid furniture and other household goods were sold for the sum of £ 364 3 s . 8 d ., and were bought in by the National Bank of Ireland . The Kouds were left there pending some contemplated arrangements , but they were again recently brought to the hammer by the sheriff . The purchase of the furniture by the National Bankhas been impeached as fraudulent , and on application to the court , an issue was granted last week to try the fact by a jury . All the rest of the property ' will be sold as a matter of course . Alas , how are the mighty fallen ! The prices at which the National Bank bought the furniture may be imagined from the fact that the entire furniture , & a ., of " The Liberator ' s Room , " state bed , die . sold for £ 3 8 s . 6 d .

      The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting ofthe Association was held on Monday , at Conciliation Hall , Mr . P . Lafferty in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell read a letter from the Rev . B . Masterman , R . C . C ., Mullingar , enclosing £ 3 for the " Loyal National Catholic Repeal Association , " and in which the writer : saya : — " The letter of the littleminded Lord John ' Mummery' has not surprised any honest man ; it is like him . He has belied and insulted one-half of the inhabitants of the globe . He may have reason to regret his insolence . This is our first remittance for the present year ; I promise to you it shall not be our last , " Mr . O'Connell then referred at considerable length to the movement in England , and concluded by proposing a series of resolutions to the effect , "That the present

      anti-Catholic crusade in England has been stimulated by the Minister for the unworthy purpose of securing his party in office , at any expense of consistency , fairness , and honourable feeling , and at any and every risk to religious liberty ; " that it is incumbent upon the friends of civil and religious liberty of all denominations , to come together to vindicate their glorious principles ; that a ' meeting of Irish Members of Parliament , in Dublin , previous to the session is most desirable , to concert measures for defending the re-Ilgi us rights of the nation ; that until the threatened assaults on Catholicity are repelled the Association add tho word " Catholic " to its title , and be henceforth styled "The Loyal National Catholic and Repeal Association of Ireland . " The resolutions were adopted amid loud cheering . The rent for the week was £ 9 19 s . Id .

      A Goon Landlord . —We have great ' pleasure in recording the fact that Lord Templemore has allowed a reduction of twenty cent , to the tenantry on his Wexford estate , on all rents and arrears due to the 29 th of September , through his agent , Maurice Wilson Knox , Esq . This is not the first act of kindne .-s on the part of his lordship , for generous feelings , and anxious consideration for the welfare of his tenantry have endeared him to all parties on his estate , — Waterford Chronicle . The Flax Movement . —The tenth annual

      meeting of the Belfast Flax Improvement Society was held in that city on Friday last . The Earl of Erne presided , and there was present a vast array of the nobility and gentry of the province . The proceedings occupy nearly nine columns of the Northern Whig , three of which are taken up by " the report " alone . Among the speakers were the Bishop of Down , Lord Dufferin , Mr . Sharman Crawford ,, M . P ., Sir Robert Bateson , and the EarlofRoden . The latter , who was the second chairman , paid a just tribute of respect to the Earl of Clarendon , for his Excellency ' s exertions to promote the objects of

      the society . The Murder op the Rev . Mr . Butson ' s Steward . —The Ballinasloe Star contains the following : — " We inserted last week the account of an inquest held on the body of Pat . Bourke , a servant in the employment of the Rev . Mr . Butson , of Clonfert , whose death was occasioned by taking some drug used for extracting iron moulds from linen , which he mistook for salts , and which was administered by his wife . This man , on his death-bed , made a full avowal of all the circumstances relating to the murder of Mr . Butson ' s steward , which took place in the month of September , 1845 . The confession made will bring the guilty parties to justice ; there were several engaged in the conspiracy to

      deprive this man of life , nearly all of whom left this country for America after the tragedy was completed . " Election of Lord Mayor of the Jfsw Corporation . —The new Town Council assembled for tho first time on Monday ia the City Assembly-house , when Mr . Guinness was declared unanimously elected as Lord Mayor , amidst enthusiastic applause . Attempted Assassination of a Land Agent . —A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal , whose letter is dated , ' Letterkenny , Sunday morning , " gives the following account of an attempt to assassinate- a land agent in the county of Donegal : — " I hasten to inform you of an attempt at assassination and robbery on the person of Mr . James

      Johnston , of Woodlands , near Stranorler , agent to Colonel Pratt , of Cabra Castle , who has an estate near this town . The robbers , aware of his receiving his rents yesterday , and that he would go home to-day , lay in wait for him , and shot his horse under him , and beat him very severely , having first taken all his money , & c ., from him . He is a kind and good agent , and a man of most liberal and generous views with respect to his intentions towards the amelioration of this country . There is a great sympathy for him amongst aU classes in the community . " Sales of Encumbered Estates . —The sales in the Encumbered Estates Court on Tuesday , different from those of the last week or twowere of a

      , decidedly unfavourable character , but it is necessary to remark that the properties offered were of nsecondary class , and some of them far from well circumstanced . The properties announced for sale were chiefly in the county of Galway , with leasehold interests in Queen ' s County , and some house property in Dublin . Limerick Election . —Several meetings have been held in the county of Limerick during the past week for the purpose of insuring the return of Mr . Ryan , the Tenant League candidate for the county Limerick . The Limerick Iieportcr states , that " most of the Catholic clergy , on Sunday last ,

      addressed their congregations from the altars in favour of Mr . Ryan . " A meeting of tho " Evangelical Alliance" was held on Tuesday ni g ht , at the Rotunda , for the purpose of denouncing the "Popish aggression . " A strong police force was deemed necessary to prevent the intrusion of a dissentient mob , but the police were unable to prevent a good deal of confusion and uproar from taking place . The new corporation have re-elected all the offi cers of the late corporation . On Tuesday there was a contest for the offices of assessors and auditors , but the old officers succeeded in securinc their re-election . "' o

      The trial of Mr . John Emanuel Hueues on i charge of embezzling the funds of the Cuffe-street savings bank , of which he was tho treasurer S place on Tuesday , m the Court of Queen ' s Benol . and terminated in his acquittal . H ' ¦ Melancholt Death bv Drowning —\ V « re wet to announce that Mr . Saunders , £ J £ ta ? 5 the Limerick and Waterford Railway wasdrowned on Sunday night last , in the harho ??^? H ol 7 c ad . The unfortunate gentleman wae apasseiig / r We s

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      Eblana , from Kingstown , and a few See 6 nds before he fell Overboard he was observed preparing hisj lu <*

      re-enact the penal code in these kingdoms ; and that we demand from our representatives a pledge to use every effort to drive him from a position which he disgraces . " Mr . O'Donnell addressed tha assembly at great length in support of the resolution , and expressed his belief tnat the whole proceedings on the part of Lord John Russell waa adopted for the purpose of breaking up the goodfeeling which promises to grow up amongst the people of this country . —Mr . Lynch and Mr . Cullea followed on the same side , in support of the resolution , aud in the name of seven millions of Irish * Roman Catholics , flung back at the pigmy Premier the taunt of " mummery and superstition . " Mr . Barrington opposed it on the ground that religious

      topics ought not to be discussed in that Council Chamber ; and also because the language was too strong . He , however , wished to state that he did not approve of the language used by Lord John Russell , with reference to tho religion professed by a great number of tho people of this country . Hethought the words " insolent and audacious" too > strong to be applied to him , ( Cries of" They are his own words . " )—The Mayor suggested a modification , so that the council might be unanimous . —Mr . O'Donnell had only changed " insidious and audacious" in Lord John Russell ' s letter , to " insolent and audacious" in his resolution , and he thought of the two the former was worse ; he would make no > change . —Mr . Keays said he did not quarrel with , the feelings of any Roman Catholic , but ho still thought the expressions applied to tho letter toostrong . —Alderman Dawson supported the resolution . —Mr . Bouchier : No man in existence has av

      greater contempt for the Whigs than I have and always had . ( Cheers . ) -I consider them to be a place-hunting , dispicable set , ready to turn party against party , for the purpose of carrying out their own base designs . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I decidedly and openly stand up to censure that part of Lord John Russell ' s letter in which he presumes to say that the religion of so large a portion of my countrymen is a superstition . No man has a right to judge between his fellow-man and his God , and each has a perfect right to worship his Creator in the way he wishes . It would be a great object if the resolution could be framed so as to meet the unanimous concurrence of all . —Mr . O'Donnell refused to make any alteration whatsoever , and the resolution being put , was declared carried . —On tha motion of Mr . Cullen , it was then resolved to send copies ofthe resolution to Lord John Russell , to Lord Grey , to the Lord-Lieutenant , and to every corporate body in Ireland .

      Middlesex Sessions. An Unprotected Femal...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . An Unprotected Female . —Sarah Burke , 1 % Sophia Dilbury , 22 , Jane Finnerty , IS , and Eiiza > Jones , 23 , were indicted for robbing Mary Ann Foster Simmons of a mantle , and a purse containing 13 s . 2 d . —The circumstances of this case were of an extraordinary nature . Tho prosecutrix , a young woman apparently about twenty years of age , deposed that she was a single woman , and the daughter of a person holding a situation on tho Midland Counties Railway at Derby . She arrived in London last week on business , and was staying at a boarding-house near the Euston-squarc station . At about one o ' clock on Saturday morning last she was

      proceeding along Tottenham-court-road , when she was accosted by the prisoner Finnerty , who asked her for a penny . She told her that she had no ehanga upon which she asked for some supper . They walked together a short distance , when they were joined by Jones , and , at the request of Finnerty , they went and procured some ham and bread . She then said that she was very late , and one of the prisoners suggested that , as she was a stranger m town , they would show her a respectable boarding-house , and , not knowing her way , she said she should be glad if they would do to . They then took her to a house in Church-lane , St . Giles , and conducted her to a room up stairs . AU waa in darkness , but she waa aware that other women were present . One of them

      immediately seized her , and threw her upon the bed . She screamed , when one of them knelt upon her head and chest , holding her hand over her nose and mouth until she was nearly suffocated , whilst the others proceeded to strip her of her clothes and rifle her pockets . She struggled with them , and made all the noise she possibly could , but she speedily became insensible , the last circumstance she could recollect being that the women threatened to mur ^ dor her if she continued to resist . On coming to herself ahe saw women still in the room , and some of them began to express pity for her . She was going down stairs , when the prisoner Dilbury laid hold of her , in order to prevent her following the other prisoners , who had just before left the room

      , but she broke away from her , and ran after them . She raised a cry of " stop thief , " and they were captured by the police officers on duty in the neighbourhood . —Catherine Saunders deposed that she lived at i , Upper William-street , Portland-town , and was a widow . On Friday night last , on leaving the Queen ' s Theatre in conipctny with Mary Herser , a friend of her ' s , she met in Tottenham-court-foad the prisoners Burke and Dilbury , who got into conversation with them . Witness asked them if they could get an omnibus to Portland-town . One of them answered that she would not be able to get one that night , and invited her to go home with her . She thought this offer very kind , and accepted it . She treated them at a public-house , and she and her

      friend accompanied them to a house , where they went to bed . They had not been in bed long before they heard a great noise on the stairs , and presently some women entered the room . One of them threw a female upon the bed , and , using a frightful ex * pression , said , " Give up your money or we will murder you . " They ill-treated her , and presently the police came in , and when she ( witness ) proceeded to dress hei-ielf , she discovered that her shawl , boots , and other articles of attire bad been , stolen . —Mary Hersey , single woman , of 22 , Cochrane-terrace , St . John ' s Wood , the person who was with the last witness , corroborated her evidence , and proved that she , too , ha- ! been robbed of some shillings she had in her pocket , her shawl , and other articles . She identified a shawl produced as her property . —The evidence of the other witnesses showed that the prisoners Burke and Dilburv were

      apprehended immediately after the capture of the other prisoners . On Burke was found Miss Hersey's shawl , and Mrs . Saunders ' s was picked up at a spot over which the prisoners passed in endeavouring to escape . Miss Simmons ' s mantle was found near the house in Church-Jane , and on the prisoners being searched at the station-house , other of the articles stolen , and portions of the money , were found upon the prisoners . All the prisoners were found Guilty . There were also indictments against them for the robberies on the witnesses Saunders and Hersey . —The learned Judge said he was sorry that he was forced to the conclusion that the evidence was not sufficient to convict the prisoners on tho other indictments . Had it been sufcient , the Court would most certainly have sentenced them to transportation ; as it was , the sentence was that they be each imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of one year .

      Book Stbaling . —Isaac Ballard , 15 , and Georga Sainshury , 18 , were indicted for stealing seven books from tho residence of Sir John Romilly , the Attorney-General . The prisoner Ballard had been at work , during some repairs , at the residence of Sir John Romilly , in Gordon-square , and he was found in the New-cut , Lambeth , in company with the other prisoner , with seven books in his possession . One of Sir John Romilly ' s servants identified the books as Sir John s property , tho majority of them being written in by Lady Romilly . Ballard

      was found Guilty ; Sainsbury Acquitted . The former was sentenced to three months' bard labour , Falsk Pketekces . —Sidney Giles , 1 G , was indicted for obtaining by false pretences a quantity of articles used in the construction of the piccolo pianofortes from John Bush , with intent to cheat him thereof . —The prisoner was convicted , and it appeared that in May last he was sentenced to three months hard labour , for an offence similar to tho present . Ho was now sentenced to six months ' hard labour .

      The grand jury found a true bill against a person named Ritchie , for keeping an unlicensed place of public amusement in Old-street . A bench warrant was applied for and granted . The bill was preferred hy the parochial authorities of St . Luke .

      Secret Kindnesses Done To Mankind Areas ...

      Secret kindnesses done to mankind areas beauti * ful as secret injuries arc detestable . To be invisibly good is as godlike as to be invisibly evil is diabolical . The Boston Transcript learns that Mr . Hacked , tho American actor , has been invited by tho Queen to join the company that are engaged to give a series of Shakcspcrian representations at Windsor Castle during tho ensuing season A I ' erson 75 Yeabs olu cured of a Bad Lw w " ° Jf loway ' s Ointmist asd 1 ' ills . —Mrs . Lareiidcn , of No . -. Uicliurdstn ' s-buildings , Guswell-sticet , had , ever since giving birth io twins , thirty-four- years ago , sufterod witn dreadful wounds in her left and which several medical men both in France and England had been unable to cure ; her sull ' erings were intense , and oftentimes she was during long periods wholly confined to her bed . Ultimately , hy the advice of her friends , she made a trial ofHolloway s Ointment and Pills , and thes * celebrated remedies have heated her wounds , and she can now walk about with . tuo gWSatestMPlfQrt , , ' . —'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07121850/page/6/