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      Ile.Vr/Rh Of Losoax.—The Mortality Exhib...

      IlE . vr / rH of Losoax . —The mortality exhibits a tendency to increase ; the deaths in Loudon , which in the three preceding weeks of . July were succes- ' " jsive-y 331 , 873 , 956 , rose in the hit week to 1 , 010 . The " average number of deaths in the ten corresponding weeks of 1841-50 was 1 , 023 , and with the same tate of mortality amongst a population equal to the present number of inhabitants it would have been 5 , 131 ; but excluding 1 S 19 from the account , in the Cor « eipouding week of which year cholera had raised the mortality from all causes to nearly 2 , 000 , the number of deaths rsgtstered last week does not differ materially from the average thus obtained and corrected for increase of population . —While the

      persons who sunk under diseases of the respiratory organs were 84 , almost exactly the same number as in the preceding week which showed a decided reduction , and while phthisis , one of the tubercular class , has fallen to 122 , the complaints classed as . " epidemic" continue to increase rapidly . Epidemics were fatal in the two previous weeks iV 209 and 2 S 2 eases respectively , and in last week the number rose to 333— This increase arises from diarrhoea , the " growing nrevalence of which , concurrent y with the approach of autumn , is shown bv t » e numbers of the last Stress , viz ., 23 , 53 , 61 , 83 , and ( in week ending la-t Saturday ; U 3 . The number now returned does not exceed the u , ual weekly amount at this period during tbe last 5 years ; bat it would ,

      appear from a review of the last decennial pe-t nod tiwt the fatality of this disease among Children has of late years increased to a great extent . ' It wili he seen &&* the KsiVstiMs specify local auisjnci in connexion with the appearance of diarrheas , ia particular instances . A child died of it , as reported in the last return , in a hou e in Payne-street , Islington ; another has since been registered , andno * the father aud a third child are Buffering . The smell oi a drain , which the Registrar describes as * ' overpowering , " is considered the exciting cause . Twelve fatal cases of cholera were registered in the previous week , and the . same number

      appeared in the present . The births of 773 boys af » d 678 girls , in all 1 , 451 children , were registered < a 5 t week . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1 S 40-50 was 1 , 312 . At the Royal ObS : rva : ory , Greenwich , the mean height of the baxonv- 'terin the week was 29 ' 70 a in . The mean temperature was G 3 ' 4 deg ., which ia two degrees above the average of the same week in ten years . The highest temperature occurred on Friday and Siturday , when the means were 63 * 3 de ? . and 66 * 1 deg . respectively , being from five to seven degrees above the averages of the same days . 'The wind blew for the most part from the south-west , but was generally Cain . . , ' ¦

      _ Singular . Occurrence . — Mr , Wakley , the Coroner , held an inquest on Saturday last , at the Bouse of ¦ Correction , Coldbath-fields ,. respecting tht -Jeith of William Pontifex , aged thirty-seven , win had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment tor embezzlement . The deceased , a ravenous , thin-built man , was'devouring his morning allowance , when a piece of bread , weighing four ounces , Btuck in his throat and choked him , although medical and other kindly ,, aijl jwas .. _ instantly at hand . A verdict of irAeeideatally suffocated" was returned . .. . . . ,. .

      Sudden Death . —On Saturday night last an inquest was held at the Red Lion , Strand , on the body nf Thomas Gill , whose real name is EJsforth , ma-. 'iiinist at the Strand Theatre , now known as Punch ' s Playhouse . The deceased was thirty-nine years of age , and was well known by country manners as an ingenious and clever . machinists He was found dead ia his bed . Evidence was given to show that he had died of a disease of the beart , and the jury returned a verdict of "Natural De ? . ih . " ,:: The Marquis of Lansdowne met with an accident last week , by being thrown from his horse . Though his lordship did not appear much hurt , it was thought desirable to postpone a meeting of the Committee . of the Privy Council of Education appoi n ted tohe held on Saturday last at the Counciloffice ' -. The noble marquis has , however , sufficiently recovered from his fallto . be able to . resume hia official duties , though he is obliged to carry his arm in a sling .

      J ? ire . —On Saturday afternoon last the neighbourhood of Waterloo-place was greatly alarmed by flames bursting from the vaults of the extensive range of wine-cellars belong to Messrs . Gordon and Jcarrell . ' and adjoining the mansion of the Archbishop of Armagh . ' ¦ The accident , we find , occurred from one of the men having for a few minutes left , the packing floor , in which were a number of hampers of wine ready for delivery , without extinguishing his candle . Pruvidentaily the fire was confined to aspoi where water could be thrown upon it from one of the trap-doors , and thus probably the vhoie of the valuable stock was saved . . Thel oss was . very trifling , only two or three hampers of wine

      injured , and the fire was quite extinguished before I the arrival of even a single engine . . . Ytctorta-strket made a Public Road . —On Monday contrary to all expectation , ' Victoria-street was . opened for carriages as well as foot passengers , although , it was generally understood the latter would not be allowed to pass thv . iugh until after the public opening by the Earl of Carlisle , the Earl , of Shaft * s-ury , and the commission rs . Daring the whole of Sunday the street was crowded with foot passengers . This great thoroughfare so much shortens the distance between " Westminster-abbey , and Fimlico , Grovesnor-place , - and . the . pai'te adjacent , that several omnibuses have already passed through to and from those idaces , notwithstanding the roughness of the carriage-road .

      PatKCF HOHESLOBE AT St . GkORGE's , SoUTHwiOB , —On Sunday morning -the Rev . -Prince llohoniohe officiated at . mass at St . George ' s . A somewhat general expectation that tbe Prince would preach was disappointed . Commencement of the Oistkk Season . —The regular oyster season commenced at Hungerford aud Billingsgate Markets at six o ' clock on Monday

      morning ., The ' iate Gold Dost Robbery . —From information that has come to the knowledge of the solicitors to the London and South Western Railway Company , there is good reason to believe that a regular , gang has long been formed for the plunder of this line , and that the parties engaged in the robbery of silks , & c , were tbe same parties who committed the robbery of gold dost on ' the railway on the Staof May last . . In fact , one of the parties has proved'that a Hale of a portion ofthe stolen silks was negotiated by'Plampin , who was recently convicted and sentenced to ten years' transportation for the gold dust robbery at Winchester . Important information has-been received , implicating several retail ' dealers ia London , and Piampin will in a few days be brought out of Winchester gaol to give evidence against them .-

      Tae Bodt . of a Poos Cripple found in the Serpe nt *?? . —Oa Tuesday morning one of the men of the Royal Humane Society found , in the Serpentine River , the body of a remarkable cripple , and it is somewhat surprising how he got intothe water . He is about forty-five years of age , short . His left arm and hand turn inwards , and hang close to the body , aud the right foot ia also turned in the same direction . '" The dress consisted of a brown cloth overcoat , fustian trouseM , and a hat , but nothing was in his possesHbri likely to lead to the identity of the . body , which appears to have been in the water for some time . , Mr . Smith , the attentive beadle of St . Margaret '? , has had it removed to the dead house at Knighisbridge , where it will remain until the inquest is appointed .

      Gre > t Conflagration in Fiksbuet . —On Tuesday night , between the hours of eight and nine , a fire broke . ottton . the premises belonging to Messrs . Jame * , Wild and Co ,, the extensive-upholsterers , - cabinet makers , and feather merchants , situate in Worship-street and the ' Curtain-road , - Shoreditch . The property in question was of vast extent , and formed six houses in the last-named thoroughfare , whilst another turned the angle into Worship-sueet , ' and the whole stretched backwards between 200 and 300 feet iato . Gillard ' a Fields . The engines attended with

      all possible expedition , when the . firemen found the fames ascending some deteh feet above thesurrounding bouses ; - - They therefore directed the water from the different engines in such directions' as to cut off the further , spread . of the'fearful element . During that time ' : a number of persons , were engaged in removing the furniture , & e « from , tbe show , rooms on the ground'floor . Although the . principal stock in those depots ' was removed ,, it was much broken . During the-progress of the conflagration a' waggon filled with beds or mattresses was drawn on ; from tbe

      gateway , but the contents were' blazing away most furiously , audit was not until a great part of the freight was destroyed that the fire could be extinguished . The firemen laboured without' the least intermission until past midnight , when they succeeded in getting the mastery to some extent over the fire , but it was then far irombemg extinguished , although no danger existed of any further extension . The damage done will amount to some thousands of pounds , to say . nothing of the injury to the premises . 2 Srf - Afl * *?»*»«« Premises at the rear' are K A . ? 4 tbe "Jmhagtti of buildings in front as far as the ground floors are burned but . flow the fire originated u a mystery . ; The men had left off work not b * en

      ^* JH ^\ m «*«* more than twenty mantes . when the unwelcome discovery was made . It is to be regretted that rtio' « i - T partially insured . f " ed tnat the fi « a was only IMPORTAM , xar . XicjssED . TlClDitXBBS .-At the Coun of-. ^ nrg esses ^ estminster , oh Tuesday , a pary- appearedon behalf . ^ Mr . 3 . B . Simpson * the Aloion . Tarem ^ RusseU-stnat , Covent-garden , who had been , fined by the leet- 'jniyjfor having a cuiaher of ^ er ^ measares- represehtffl | s pints and quarts , wjn < jh- were-not stamped -with' th ' e ^ West minster stamp ; and it was- alleged Mr . Simpson had ss : d be would not send them for the purpose to the office , as it would be the means of'disfigurin g the « .- ' Twn of them wereprortiiced in court . The tb . irman-. told Mr . SimpsonV representative'that

      Ile.Vr/Rh Of Losoax.—The Mortality Exhib...

      every tradesman who lived in Westminster , tvas , bound so have hia weights and measures stamped r WHh . fclio Westminster" stamp , ' and it was no ' excuse < n this instance to say-the measures were of silver ; they would be used ' nb doubt as if tuey were .. made ot any other metal . Tho party said . Mr .. Simpson rwas engaged , br . be would have attended himself , and he was directed not to dispute the fine , which be would pay , but simply to know . whether , it was necessary that plate , such as beheld in his hand , was obliged to have the Westminster stamp .. The chairman told him unquestionably it was . The foreman of the jury here observed that Mr . Simpson toid them when they went to his house that he would not have his plate knocked about by sending them to the stamping-office . The applicant said Mr . Simpson had changed his mind since theni . ( A laugh . ) The chairman told Mm , to pay his fine ; the officers of the csurt would take care the plate

      was not injured m the course of stamping . The ( fiue was then paid , and so the matter ended . . Water Committee . —On Monday , this committee re-assembled for the last time . The room was cleared , and the committee deliberated for about jhalf an hour , and on re-admission of the public the right bon . chairman said—The committee ' bare j Come to the follewin / j resolution : — That the preamble ofthe Metropolis Water Bill was read ; and the committee came to the unanimous decision'that the preamble of tho bill was not proved . It is calculated that the inquiry cannot have cost the water companies less than . £ 30 , 000 , and the government about half that amount .

      < DlSCONrisuA ^ CB OP THE ENTERTAINMENTS OS BOARD tbe CniSBSB Jdkk . —The illuminations ' with the music and dancing which have been for some time proceeded with on board the Chinese Junk , have been suddenly discontinued by the peremptory command ofthe City Navigation Committee , arising , it is said , from the complaints of soino of tho inhabitants of Essex-street and vicinity , tenants ofthe Duke of Norfolk , made through his Grace ' s solicitor . ' Swimming Feie . —On Tuesday a swimming / eft took place at the Holborn baths . The attendance was very numerous , and tbe matches were admirably contested . Feats of eating , drinking , and smoking under water were also performed ; hut the most iuterestihg event of the evening was the

      appearance Of Sergeant Twohy with a number of swimmers towing a cot , the bottom of which consisted of one of Silver ' s floating mattresses ; under a canopy of transparent muslin the two youthful children of the sergeant were reposing , one being four years of age and the other only fcffO and a-balf j both , 6 n their father's invitation , plunged rato the water ,-and swam and floated with the most ' perfect ease and self-possession . Subsequently the floating apparatus of Messrs . Silver were tested-by numbers of modem Tritons , who clung to them in clusters , and tried their strength more severely than would be experienced in a storm at sea ; The best swimmers seemed to appreciate highly the utility of such efficient appliances in an emergency . ' " - ' ¦ ' : Singular Fataliis . —On . Wednesday ' a highly respectable master butcher named Barflell , ' living fat

      47 , First-street , Wilton-street , Chelsea ,, expired iri St . George ' s Hospital from the injuries caused ' by aa accidental stab , ; which ' - . occurred in a most singular manner . On Saturday evening Mr . 'Ba ' rhell bad been talking with another master-butchery a neighbour of his , and the latter having sharpened bis knife , placed the handle against his stomach sd that the blade was forward ,, an'd in' afewse ' eonds afterwards the deceased , who' probably-was not aware of its position , or from the darkness of the night not seeing it , suddenly turned round towards the other , and the blade of the knife was in an instant forced into the stomach . The injured man was taken , directly to St . ' George ' s Hospital , where he was placed under the care of one of the principal surgeons , but although he-had every ' aid that skill could afford , he expired on Wednesday fr 0 ni the effects of the injury .

      • Teetoiai , Fete . —The teetotallers held high festival . at the Surrey Zoological Gardens on'Wedhesday afternoon , where they assembled m great'hums bers to indulge in the varied amusements afforded by thatiiivourite place of xesortl Looking at the wild beasts , hearing their own'lionsj or orators , declaim on the advantages of thin potations , drinking tea , listening to the Welsh choristers , sax-horns , and other music , seemed to afford a happy and con ' tented afternoon to these rdiscfples of a singlei idea , The entertainments were , so varied that on one or two occasions they rather clashed , and to' an unen « lightened spectator would ' have seemed like opposition . But all things with ' patience come / right at last , and under the presidency of Mr . Joseph Liv , esley the orators descanted on the ' inestimable value of total abstinence ,, were sarcasticarpn the

      opposing press , and sang encouraging songs on the one ; great theme , more distinguished by energy than ' beauty . An address to the . Queen , and another to . the-House of Commons , were agreed to ,-supported by the eloquence of Messrs . Hudson , "WhitfcakeiV Ripley , the Rev . F . Howell , and other gentleinen . The speeches were all of the same chai-acter . Some struck into the pathetic , others tbe comic ' path '; others again took an illustrative method of argument , and contended , for instance , that because , a plant withered ou the application of alcohol , of other intoxicating drinks , to its root , the human frame must suffer in a similar way . However , all tended to the same point , that without' drinking C 3 ld water no possible good could arise , and so passed tbe day to the great edification and enlightenment of an attentive audience . —Tims .

      Balloon Accident . —An accident- occurred on Tuesday evening which all but resulted with loss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut engaged : 'The lady in question was the celebrated Madame' Palmyre Garneron , and the scene of her operations was Batty ' s Hippodrome , Kensington , from -whence Mr ? . Graham took her disastrous flight last June , Six o ' clock was the time appointed for the ascent , but in consequence of some little difficulty about the inflation , it did not take place till nearly a ' quarter to seven . The wind was rather strong at the time , ' , and the moment the machine was releasbd-from' its moorings , it rose very heavily , and barely cleared the . Circus enclosure .. Madame Garneron'immediately emptied a bag of ballast amongst' A' large crowd who were watching it " in Viotorla-road , but

      before she was able to discharge another , the car of theballoon struck the projecting window . of . No , 1 , Madeley Tillas , which was just on the opposite side of Victoria-road to the Circus , and in an instant the poor lady waa seen with her feet entangled in the netting at the side of the half-inverted „ car » ' and hanging right out Jof it with her head downwards . A loud exclamation of horror burst from the frightened crowd , and just at the critical moment when they expected to see the balloon ( out . of which a sand bag had rolled ) rise with its . unhappy occupant in ' that fearful position , . the , netting caught in a stack of chimneys , the balloon at once' collapsed with the shock , and in a few seconds it was

      hanging helplessly , flapping over the house side into the garden ,- while the unfortunate lady was left lying on the roof . Wonderful to say , she bad received no injury , and after she , had recovered from the faintness caused by the sudden escape of ! such a volume of gas , she stood up . and feebly waved her acknowledgments to the spectators , below , who hailed her safety with loud cheers . Mr . Johnson and Mr . Peter Cunningham ¦ ( whose houses have a joint roof ) , with their domestic ' s and policemen , immediately , rendered her every assistance , and we are happy to Bay that she not only was able to assist and give every necessary direction about her balloon , but that the damage to Mr . Johnson ' s house was of the most trifling description .

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      Lamekiable Suicide.—A Coroner's Inquest ...

      Lamekiable Suicide . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Monday at Bedminster , near Bristol to inquire into the cause of death of Captain Frank Cundy , who resided at a villa on the Cumberlandroad , and who died , by his own-hand on , Saturday morning . Mr . Cundy , who was about forty-six years < -f age , had amassed some property , and had itivcsteda portion of his mean ' s as a'partner in lhe . business . of a wholesale cheesemonger . ; It is supposed that the excitement consequent upon the carrying oh of a large and . pushing trade was toomilch for him , as it was observed by his friends that his nervous system was affected , ' anda few montbs since he , while taking a ! walk one day , was seized wuii ¦

      a fit , and tell down in tho ' i Street . In conse : quence of the impaired state of his nerves , be retired a short time since from-the ch ' eese trade , his place being supplied by his son . His acquaintances had noticed a marked change in his manner , but it did not appear that any violence was apprehended by- him . He retired to rest on Friday night at the usual hour accompanied by his lady , and at seven o ' clock on Saturday ; which was his usual time for rising , he ^ got up , and " began : dressing himself as usual . , Mrs . Cundy followed , and having made her morning toilet , she went downstairs for the purpose of superintending . the preparations for the family breakfast . Captain . Cundy remained in his room , which was not unusual for him to do , and no apprehensions were fel ' U '» untU ! about halfcpast seven , o ' clock , when oue ' df . the servants , who was engaged in' some domestic offices in a room

      underneath his bed cha-. nber , was greatly alarmed by hearing , a loud report followed' by the falling of some heavy substance on tbe ; ground .. The girl at Once called ^ to her mistress , and they both hastened as rapidly as ¦ tliey , could to the--bedroom ,, where their fears-were increased by finding the chamber filled with tbe smoke of gunpowder .. -They gave an alarm , and attracted by their ; cries ,. Mr . Sleeman , a merchant whtfJesided-neSt ' do'or , * and some other neigbhours ran totboiraBsi ^ tanbe . . 'On fii-sii , entering the room ' nothing of the unfoitunate gentleman could beseen , " btitin a minute oriwo his . ] eg-s ; , were ^ en ^ prdtrndiiigfrbm under ' tlie side of the ' , bedstead ^ -benea th which '' hiji body lav " . There we , re stain a . ufiilo ' od visible upoh ' the floor , ' and on . pulling out the .-body ; it-wasf 6 uud ; to be quite ; deadj and ^ . versd withblooll from , a / i ^ ible ^ ound « f { behead ;

      Lamekiable Suicide.—A Coroner's Inquest ...

      Tho skull on the rigbtside ba . d ) "b ' een , 6 bQcEingly mangled ; by a " pistol- 'Bullet ; - which had probably been fired through / the ! nioiitn ;' -and underneath ' the body .: ffas found the pistol with which : the fatal act had been committed . -, It-was an old-fashiohed pocket pistol , which in hjs Iifetfmo had been milch valued by the deceased ,, it being one which ho had carried a " t sea with him in some of his earlier voyages . Several witnesses were called , who deposed to the foregoing . facts , and the coroner having cdre ' - fu ' ll ' y summed uptheevidencej the jury returned a vordict of " Temporary insanity . " ¦< ;'

      Fibe at the Rovai- Abtillerv Fouag k Store , Woolwich . —About twelve o ' clock on Monday an alarm wasaivetf that the forage store ' fbr thehorses of the Royal ; Artillery , ! and situated ' on the north side of Artillery-place ,-. and-, opposite the north entrance to the barracks , was on fire . The engines i were promptly on the spot , but , although a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the mains and a large reservoir at the rearof the . store , ' all attempts ' . to stop the fire were ineffectual for upwards of-two ' hours , and , as each wisp of straw was removed by being drawn out with a hook attached to tbe end of a long pole , the flames broke out afresh . . The building for holding the stores _ is constructed entirely of cast-iron pillars and the sides and roof of corrugated iron , and it would have been dangerous to the life of

      any person , to enter many feet into the building , although it bad large folding doors capable of admitting waggons loaded . with bay or straw , the steam arising from the fire inside and the great power of a middayJsun making the . interior to contain a dense inist of scalding water .- Several of the men made daring attempts , . to ., extinquish the fire , but it . ap beared that nothing would stop it . until the wbole contents could be got out and scattered on the ground at the rear of the building , and then covered with water . The houses on each side , although at some distance from the building , were at one time in danger , and the furniture was entirely removed put of them ., The origin of the fire is not known , but the'powerof the sun during the two preceding days must have made the sheet iron very hot . and rendered the hay and straw in the building very dry and combustible . I Britannia Bridge . —The Mon stbr Hote ! . —

      The works for the erection oi the . monster llotel , in connexion with the Britannia Bridge , are to be suspended for the present , the shareholders of .. the line being , it is said , indisposed to sanction the expenditure ofsq iargea sura of money in connexion with the railway . Messrs . Holmes have contracted for the erection at a cost of £ 120 , 000 . The pleasure grounds , however ,. are to be proceeded with . ; , ! SeIZUBE OP . CoN , CEAl . ED PROPBRTV . —Q » \ SatUIr ) day last MrV Austin , the messenger in . Mr . Commis-r sioner Fane ' s court , reported of a seizure which he had made of several chests of property , and twentypuenew g jlver watches , & c , : in all of the valde'of about JEiiifO , belonging to a bankrupt' naiiaedKeeping , of Uhibri-street , Ryde , Isle of yYigb . t ,. whQinas abscohdedtb New York . The ¦ , boxes had been ; de ^; posited in the name of Kerr , with 'Messrs . Garrett and-Co ., the ship agents , at " Portsmouth , and ; no doubt , were intended to be iforwarded to the bankrupt bad they not been intercepted . by the Vigilance of Mr . Austinand his assistant . , ; < : : ; '

      : The Convict Sarah Barber . — Tbe -intense interest felt ih ' the . fate of this unhappy . woman , by a vast number of personsiri ' this locality , has induced thegetting up of petitions to the' Queen to spare the life ' of the convict . iXb these petitions a large amount of names baye , been appended ; both in . Nottingham and neighbourhood , " as ' likewise at ^ Eastwood . We have' not ¦ t ^ e means of ascertaining accurately the ; number of signatures attached , , but have no doubt they already exceed 3 , 000 . " -. The interest excited 'in the public mind in favour of tho wretched culprit is the most intense we ever witnessed in any instance of the kind , during . all our . experience with such nitiei 3 , ~ 0 uin ' gham Mercury ., .,.,:, ;

      , : AccinESis ' fhom ' Machinery . r ^ A question of some , importance to factory workers , and one which has not before been raised , has just been decided by the magistratesbf Leeds . Mr . W . Hill , h \ x spinner had been summoned , op . the , information of Mr . ' Baker , sub-inspector of factories , for having , after notice to fence off certain machinery , in his mill required to be fenced of ? , ' neglected toj'doso . In , consequence oi which neglect , the infdr ' matibri alleged , Mary Freemen , a girl seventeen or eighteen years of age , received as severe ; 'lacerated . wound oh oiie of her bands . The accident happened on the 16 th ult . The facts proved were ^ hat the notice , which was a general one , applicable to all flax machinery ; iri the mill , was given by the ' Inspector , on the 14 tli of ; Februavy last , buttbe

      particular machine at which the accident occurred vsas not then on tbe premi 3 es , and was not brought into the mill until the' 22 nd of March ; and the question for decision was , ' whether the notice was valid as applied to a machine not existing in the mill , at . the time it was given . The magistrates held that the notice , must bo one founded oil the inspector ' s own ob ' serratjon , of the . existing ^ machinery in the rillll , arid tbat . it was never meant by the legislature in passing the act of parliament , tbat machinery brought ' -into a mill at some future tinieshould becovered by a general notice previously given . . They , therefore . dismissed the summons , , but iri doing so Mr . " J . H . Shaw said , the case , was one in wbich the occupier , of the mill was clearly bound , probably by law , butcertainlyinpointof morality , to take eare that such compensation as mori ' ey

      could make should be made to the unfortunate girl forj ihe . . injury she , had suffered , which might , to some extent , render berja icripple . for life . The unfortunate people who were aubject to accidents of this kind were . not left . without any redress , although'the matter might not be within the act of parliament . The Secretary of State , upah " tbe report of Ihe sub-inspector , might order fin action to be brought to recover ; compensation ; but the magistrates , trusted that the Reeling of Mr . Hill wonld indue ' ejhim to do that justice to the girl virion would , render an application , to the Secretary . of State wholly unnecessary , Mr . Hill said he had already ordered his foreman to pay tho girl's wages , and her case , under the treatment of the surgeon ^ at the Leeds General Infirmary ,- had taken a' favourable turn . . . ;• -j .

      AlahminO Fins A * MAacHESTEB . —^ Qn Sunday about five o ' clock smoke was discovered issuing from the top rowns of the warehouse ofMessrs ; Henry Bannerman and Sons , George-street , and notice having been- conveyed 1 to Mr . Thomas Rose , ' superintendent of the fire brigade , two engines ; were quickly got info play , and , after an hour's vigorous exertion , the flames were reduced , with , a loss only of £ 3 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 . Messrs . Bannerman . arc general-Manchester merchants , and their stock includes woollen , silk , and cotton -goods of the most costly description , so that bad the fire got much a bead . when .. discovered , the lossnwould have ' ibeen immense , as the warehouses pf Messrs . Wright and Lee , ' Messrs . Potter . and' Korrin , '' . and ' others , jwould have probably shared tbe same fate . ' ' Tlie ' stbck' ol

      'Mf ssrs ; Bannerman is insured in seventeen different offices , to the extent of £ 120 , 000 , and the entire property placed in jeopardy is perhaps worth little less than £ 500 , 000 . The cause of the fire is supposed to have . beeh spontaneous combustion—a . quantity .. of tBilots * measuring tapes , made of cotton well saturated with linseed oil , delivered from the manufactory on Saturday night , being the 'first things apparently on fire . These bad ,, been placed in the top story , andhad been smouldering and burninj ! . . some hours , it is supposed , before the smoke issuing from the premises attracted attention . Eotertai \ me » ts to Workpeople . —On Satur . day-list an . examination was held of the schools ' established by Messrs . Gardner and Bazley , cottonspinners , of Manchester , in . connexion with their works at Halliwell , near Bolton . ,: The examination was conducted chiefly by Eicbard Gardner , Esq . ; of London , and . was highly creditable both to the teachers and the pupils ; the system' of tuition ,

      which | s that promoted by the Borough-rbail Schools , has proved most successful . Many of the answers in-arithmetic , physical and political geography , astronomy , history , & c ., were exceedingly ready , and characteristic , : and elicited repeated approbation . The company , consisting of upwards of 1 , 000 workpeople , and . ., several gentlemen of the neighbourhood then sat . down to tea . The schools , together with library and newsroom ,, were erected five years ago , by Messrs . Gardner and Bazley , at a cost of'upwards , of £ 5000 .-?_ Rbs ' fitb of . Sarah Barber , —& messenger from the office of the Secretary of State reached Nottingham by mail train at three o ' clock on Tne « dav morning , taking with him a respitef or Sarah Barber , to extend over fourteen' days from the date at which her execution was fixed to take place . Facts which ' have ' come-to light since the trial , tending to show that she was an accessory to the murder only after the fact , seem to have led to this respite .

      . Extraordinary Occurrence . —On the lstinst . at Plymouth ; 'a most remarkable event , connected with the accidental death of a fisherman named Braf served to create eonsidarable ' consternation and excitement down ' . at the quay . Deceased was the master of a trawling sloop , and on the day hi Question was out , in his vessel fishing , when he fell overboard and was drowned . About four ; hours . afterwards his son , who was mate of another trawler , fltid who had not heard of : the accident , was hauling up his tra ^ l which appeared unusually heavy ; . Alter some difficulty , however , the trawl was hove on to the vessel , and within it was discovered , to the . const ' ernaticn and dismay of all parties on . boa ' rdjtlie body of the mate ' s father .

      ClUROp OF MAXStAUOHtER AT SUNnZHLAND . —On Monday inprning last there was considerable excitement atiiomj the commercial classes of SumJeriatui , owing to the ' sudden dc ? th of Mr . Christophcv'Jolm Spence , shipbroker , who was reported to have died from the effects of a blow received -during » n altercation-with Mr . Joseph Buchanan ,, ship-buildc ! -, of Sunderland . ' It appears ; . that both ; the , gentlemen were-on'i the best term ' s , and on . Friday , week they . both-yre ' nt into the bar of > tbo , Bridge ^ lot . rt . ' - ' where , whiiedr / inkjqg together , an . alter cation ensued , ' and : Mr ^ Buebanan seized a' large , drinking , glaas ^ and-

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      thi'o ' w . ' it . at-. Mr . - ^ pence ^ , head ,, it ' , hit him on . tbe right- temple ,: and-. the , iW . ound blediwoly .. They , separated , and Mr . ' Spence went home and had his wound dressed , and felt himself better , and-walked ) out next m 6 rning ,: and again met with- Mr . Buchanan , and tncy walked togethen on terms of . friendship The next day ^ Mr ,: Spence grew worse and , tookto'bi ' s " bed , arid , mortification having taken place , he expired on Monday morning last ; On the afternoon ef that day a , warrant was issued forthe apprehensiocof . Mr . Buchanan , and theieame day . lio was taken into custody sand . brought before tbe Mayor of Sunderland , charged by Mr ., W . Brown ^ superintendent of police , . with killing and slaying Mr . Christopher John Spence , broker . Mr . Coopersolicitor , appeared bnhehalf of the . iprisoner , and

      aaid that . his client felt the . deepest sorrow ior the unfortunate , eii'cuiiistance / and . that ha had walked with the deceased the day after the quarrel , and he had also visited hihi the day before his death ; and , under'all tub ;| circumstances , - he -hoped that the Mayor and magistrates would allow his client to find bail ; but ' the magistrates declined to accept bail ! and the prisoner was remanded ; until a coroner ' s inquest beheld on tbe body of the deceased . •;• I ILiVEREObh Pouce Office . — Nicholas Herbeit Delamor ' e , a passenger agent , carrying ; on business in Dublin , waa brought up by warrant'onV Monday to answer ' ari information in which he was charged with receiving a sum of money from an" emigrant for a passageto America , and neglecting to provide

      such passage . The complainant , an emigrant , named Murray , stated , that ho . applied abthe ptlBO ^ ner ' soffice in Dublin for passagesfor . . America for himself , his wife , ' aud seven chiWreiu The prisoner and a clerk were in attendance , and he paid over to them £ 12 on account of the passages ,- receiving the usual ticket signed in the handwriting of the prisoner . He was to have embarked at Liverpool on the 9 th ult . ' by the shioMien ,. but on-making application he was ' refused a passage on board that vessel : Complainant was subseduently referred to Mr . Rippard , but ho refused to have anythingto do with him , orderedhim out of the office , and said he had better go back to Dublin .. He had not been furnished withapassage . neitherhad tbe

      passagemoney been returned .. The prisoner in his defence denied that the court had any jurisdiction imthe case , the alleged transaction not having occurred in Liverpool . The magistrate , replied that the court had jurisdiction , and referred to the act which said that f . the justices couldiake cognisance of complaints of this kind , —either where the cause of complaint shall arise , or where the offender complained of shall happen to , be . " Therefore ; as the « prUoaer happened to be in Liverpool , the ' eowt bad cognisance . . .. The . iprisoner then cross-examined the compldifiahtj But ilid not elicit anything to alter tbe statement he ; bad ,, previously . made . 'It appeared that the complaihant . had received ; -about £ 8 from the prisoner . as' ; detention money . The prisoner ( . alleged that rio direct proof -had been given of his

      having signed the passage contract ^ or received the money . jand theco ' mplainant had , on : the previous day , admitted that be tendered the balance of tbe passage-money to ; Hugh . Rippard , . who : refused to receive it . He complained ofthe manner in which he had been treated , and said that false , witnesses had ; been suborned . against him , and the transactions were altogether such as to form aground for a criminar prosecution , a course which- he intended to adopt ... Mr ., Mansfield , after consulting with his brother magistrate , decided t \ iat the prisoner should refund the £ 12 , pay £ 17 s . 6 d . detention money , and £ 20 in respect of the damage sustained by the emigrant from being ' delayed . Mr . Wybergh asked whether the priso ' nqrjwaa in a condition to pay the money . —prisoner ; twill never pay it ; I have been dealt with . mostunharidsomelv . -. -. •• ¦ ; :

      ; Attempted BoBBERy . AND . MunnER . —On Saturday evenieg last , a young man earned Stone , a seaman oh board a . sbip just am " red ,. atlSli . eernessVfrom' a foreign station , haying got , leave , of ^ 'absence to visit his father , ' . who . lives in Union-street ,- ' Maidstone , was . walking from Rochester , and on arriving ' about half-way between Bridgewood-gate ahdthe Upper Bell , waS i assailed by a fellow , who jumped out Of the hedge dorftandinsr bis money or his life , and at . the same time making a blowathis head wbich ' ho parried , with a stick . Another man then appeared who discharged a pistol at him , the 'contents of which took effect in his right ear and the pairivof his hand , bis arro being raisedin the attitude of defence . He exclnimed i M You don't mean to murder me ,, " and . began to lay about him most vigorously , when the cowardly villains made off into the wood , which . was searched immediately afterwards for them , but without effect .:- -. ¦

      , Ths Boimr Explosion near OLDHAM .--The : inquiry intothe deaths ofiSamu ' elLord , JamesWihterbottnm , and Jonah . Brierly , who : were killed by the explosion at -. Messrs . Rhodes's cotton mill ; on the 29 th ult ., terminated on Tuesday last , before Mr . C . Gfedhall , of Halifax , the deputy coroner . Mr . James Hirst , an engineer and boiler maker , said he had been acquainted with the manufacture of boilers upwards pf twenty years . He bad made an examination ofthe boiler at Messrs . Rhodes ' s mill .-. Itwas of forty-two horse " power ,-the shell , being . cylindrical , seven f eet four inches diameter . ! for about twenty-six feet six inches , and the , take-up , or part over ; the Are ,. seven feet and a quarter long ... The flue was oval-shaped , aud the fracture was where the flue joined the

      takeup over the firing place . ; The . safety valve was two inches and . three- < marters ,: in- diameter , and-was weighted equal to . twenty-four pounds per square inch . It was iri good working order , but sadly too small . He did not think it advisable to work such a boiler at a higher pressure than twelve pounds to the square inch . The flue . being a flat oval , was not- nearly so strong as a circular one would be .- He was of opinion that the explosion had been caused by the scarcity of water , and the injection of a stream of cold water causing a sudden generation of steam , and a greater amount of pressure , than the boiler was able to resist . —rJames Taylor , a workman at a neighbouring mill , considered that the explosion wasiattributable to the faulty , sha > e of the flue , which wasaflat oval , and did

      not think , ah irtuess of water had anything to do with the accident ... He thought tbe safety valve ' w ; is top small ,,, He should not like to work such a boiler as the oneAvaMsb VvkTst , at a pTesBUTfi of more than sixteen pounds . —From subsequent evidence it ' appeared that a young map named John Woodwas always rec gnised as the engineer , and had control over the engine , bat . when he was hired ,. his' father , Thomas Wood , was put to look over him . John- Wood had controlled the engine foe two years ; but if Thomas recommended anything , it was done according to-his judgment and direction . —John Wright and James tlalkyard , who were employed at the mill , said they had never known anything wrong with the boiler , nor felt any fear on tbe subject j it had been workedvery regularly by the present engineer . The jury , afier

      deliberating nearly twohours / returned a verdict- to the effect t , hat theideceased had lost their lives'by sri " accidental explosion . ' . 'of the . boiler ; ' They accompaniedtheir verdict by stating ; that the evidence was not such as stricttyto justify their vetuvning ; a verdict of manslaughter , but , nevertheless , strongly censured Mr . Rhodes for employing a person who ' was acknowledged . to be . ignorant , in a verygreat degree , of the nature of the work entrusted to bis care . The jury were also strongly of opinion that it was time forthe government to take into its immediate consideration the necessity there was for putting a stop—by some strineent act ef Parliament—to the cbnEtfuction of sqch bpijeraai tbat whieh'ihad now exploded , ' and the erection of buildings over boilers / as Was the case in the present instance . ¦ ¦ : '

      Tna FWMW 5 T Mtjbmb . — Several contradictory statements have appeared in tbe newspapersrelative to tbe disposal of Hiram Smith , one of tho ' men who burglariously , entered' the house of the Rev . George Edward ¦ Holiest , at Frimley , ibd mur- . deredj the reverend ; gentleman , in October last . It may be in the recollection ol some of our readers i hat Smith was admitted approver on behalf of the Crown , andthathis companions , Levi Hai-wood and James Jones were tried atthe last Surrey Ass ; zes at Kingston , in March last , and executed at Horse- ' moiiger-laneGaol , in _ . tha . early-., part . of April . Smith ; was ordered to ; be detained in custody , n , nd " it wassupposed that he " ' wonld lia ^ e'beetfliberated and sent out of the country . Such , however , was not the intention of the . government , . as orders were given . to ; the governor of Horsembnger-lane

      t ' o'dctaiii him until the forthcoming , Summer . Assizes for Surrey , which will . be held at "Croydon The calettdaV of the '' pnabners about to be tried theie is just printed ; and " Hirani Smith s ¦ name stinds . firSB on the list .: -He is charged on the coroner ' s inquisition . with the wilful ^ murder . of the Hev . George Edward Holiest , at Frimlev , in the countyiof Surrey . ; and . fui ; ther . . charged , with . burgiiiiioualy entering the i-ev . gentimari ' s hbu , se , with two others , since convicted . His companions were not tried -on the coroner's inquisition ; therefore , bis being ' Approver -at the time does not save 'hirri from being tried for the-ctffeiice-in which'he was a pai'tic ' -patori . ' ' .. . , , . ! ., . -,- ' .- . , ' . ' . \ « . . ' .., , i . ... Grbat NoKTHEhN ' Rail way . —I ^ kw- R oute to Cambiudge . —By the opening of this company ' s line to Sbepretb ; a new route is furnished between Cambridge and . London . ;; .. . : ; . .. ¦ .:= ;

      Limkbick Elfction . —The election tookplace on-Fridiij" tlie . lst jnst .,. There . .. was .. a . great . deal of InistlovandVxcite ' menf , . < T ( ie niob , bud everything its own' way , arid filled the " city , with shouts of triumph ;; and in the midst of all 'this the Earl of Anitidefand Surrey nas'put'in nomination and' re .: turntd witho . ut-opposition as tho . representative of tne borough of -Limerick in , Parliament-. The proposer oV j Lord' Arundel , was tho Rev .-Mr . Biaiiam P . P ., -nnd William Moiis ' ell . ' E » q ., M . P . for the county of'Limei-ick ; seconded the noriiin ' ation : The High Sheriff having inquiiod'wliether any orie ' vlsn h « ii . - a candidate to propose , the IW . John Kwivori of Tompli'derry , tho well-known-tf .- 'ioutig Ireland " ' priest , th (!( i : unexpectedly came forward ; aii ' d was recoired with some cheers ajiihhisses : He said he ' did not want them to cheer -hini but-- to-near h ' m

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      ( Uproar . ) He ; qaUedon-thern . : as '' rational beings to exercise a wise discretion . _ on the present occasion . ( Cries of " Sit - down , ; . ' ) ,, He , would not . -, ( Groans . ) 'Wno ^ . he ' ask ' edl ' was , filiis /' Earl of "Arundel and Surrey who they had'heard'had so many names ? ( Cries of " He is a Roman Catholic . " ) Did they . forget . ; th 6 , ; nohIe-minded Smith' O-Brien / whdhad been so basely treated by the party who . now introduced a Saxon , ? " ( Cheers and hissesi ) , He argued that W"T * ar ' as religionwas" cdricerned , . ' the attempt now being made ; ought to'be resisted tb the fullest extent , * but : ho insisted that was notthe pIace to'do so .. ( Groans and uproar . ) . IiOrd ; Arundel requested the rev . gentleman would be . heard .,.- Fair argument oueht not to be suppressed . Rev .. Mr .-Quad . e

      made a similar requests ' Rev , Mr , ivenyon saw it may not'be too "late for-hini ' to call on thedi t 6 think of the-consequences of their jeonduct . He was their friend .:. ( Criesi . of "We disown you . " ) In t he tumult it was impossible to hear , hut Father Keuyb ' n was understood , to say that , Lord Arundel ( iughtnotto b'd elected while an Irishman could be had to advocate the rights of the country , arid ' coneluded by proposing Col . Sir ' ¦ Charles O'Donriell as a fit and proper , peraon to represent the ancient city of Limerick . ( Groans . ) The nomination was seconded by Mr . Dallas , solicitor .. The indignation of tho mob at this unspected prospect of a new competitor ; broke through " airrestraihts , " and assumed a formidable aspect . : Mr . Dallas was

      immediately exposed to personal violence , and amidst ivociferous execrations . and shouts of ' ! Put him out , " ^ ear Vim . down , V a portion of the ; rabble itdok the platform by storm , ' and the routed occupants ofthe intervening places were compelled to entrench themselves-within the precincts of the bench . The priests and other friends of- Lord iArundel clustered round Mr . Dallas ; , and hedged him ta from the vengeance of his assailants , who were at-length appeased . The High Sheriff then called for a show of hands , ^' which -were all raised in favour of Lord Arundel , and bis lordship was accordingly declared . duly elected . Lord Arundel , Mr . J . O'Brien , M . P „ . and some other gentlemen then addressed the electors ,, and . thus the

      proceedings terminated . In "the evening bonfires blazed in all directions , and the streets were paraded up to a late hour by-temperance- bands-and pipers , ' accompanied with large : banners arid burning tarbarrels , and . followed bythe shouts of tbe populace . A most ludicrous feature in the carnival was displayed by a group of boys , weaz'ing fantastic helmets and parti-coloured ' dreWs , ' who bore , suspended on a polo , a hideous effigy intended to represent the Prime Minister , who was subsequently committed to the flames , w . itb all imposing ceremony . The news from Limerick was last evening celebrated by a merry peal from the bells ' of . St . Paul ' s Catholic Chapel in the city . "'" . " ' ' '•'' ,. ' .. . > ; The Roman ' . Catholic organs treat the result of the Limerick election as a-great triumph . They regard theoQuestionnat issue as having been a

      purely religious one ; and point to all the circumstance ' s of the case aa a foretaste of what may . be expected 'throughout' Ireland at the next general electioni- Tbe'popular ' exciterneht on the occasion was unquestionably intense , and'there can be . very Kttle , doubt that the . timely withdrawal of Mr . Russell was the means of saying human blood . - Side by aide with a telegraphic communication , announcing that the'Ecclesiastical Titles Bill had received the royal assent , and finally passed into law , ; the ,-Freeman ' s Journal of Saturday ! morning published a document , . having . aflixed . to it , 'in pre niinent array , the signatures of " Paul Cullen , Archbishop ,. die ., Prfmato of all Ireland ; " and of the three other , Roman Catholic Archbishops ,-with

      the titles of the respective jees of Dublin , Oashel , and Tu ' am- . an . d of Drs . s Caritwell , Haly , and Fbram ,. with the ecclesiastical , titles of Meath , Klldare ,. and . Waterford , severally ! attached to their names .. The 3 document is : an ' . '^ Address : of the Archbishops , Bishops , ; Clergy , and others , icomposing the committee appointed by the Synod of Thurles .. for . founding a Catholic . University in Ireland , Jo tho Catholic Clergy and Laity of England ^ ., .. ; . ¦ ¦ .-. j , : The GalwAt RAiLWAY .-r-The opening of the Midland . Great Western Railway to Gal way took place on Friday . Public trains started at intervals during the day fromboth ends of the line , and performed the journey yrith fcbo Utmost- precision as to time and speed . ' The length of the . line is 126 miles , and

      the transit occupies fire : and a half hours . Over some portions . , of- . the line where the . train-passed for the first ' time the speed was so much as forty miles per , hour . On a portion of .. the line near Galway a single line of rails has as yet only been laid down , to 1 > e used until the second line shall have been completed . ¦ The ' CRors . ~ Much injury , has been infiicted on the crops ' -inlvarious pairts of the country by floods arising from the heavy rain ' s which fell in the early part of the present week . The weather continues unsettled , but the harvest reports , continue , with scarcely any exceptions , to be favourable . , The Potato Crqp . —Two days ( Saturday and Sunday last ) of suffocating sultriness , with a heavy and moist atmosphere , have had ,, in several localities / an unfavourable . effect . upon the potato crop . In the immediate ' vicinity of Dublin , a field , wliich

      up to . Friday night .. looked most promising , before the close pf the following evening showed indissoluable traces of tho old and fatal , pestilence ; The tops had ; bee 6 lhe black : and : withered , and on digging . up the roots all doubts were set at rest by the extremely offensive , smell they emitted . The failure however was ., bn ] y partial , and the bulk of . the crop was unaffected . From the . ; county of Clare the account ' s state that there is no longer any doubt ofthe re-appeararice ' of the blight there . Along .. the western coast " . it is painfully visible to a great extent iu tbe stalk * , and in several cases also . tne tuber has become affected . " But there is no | doubtthat as it has appeared this year later in , the season than fot " merly , it will , not be attended with such injurious consequences . From Gal way the reports are pretty much to the same effect , but due allowance must . be made for'the natural alarm which even the

      semblance , of the . blight is calculated to create in the minds of the most dispassionate witnesses . Of the south generally the Corfc Examiner thus speaks . •—"We have at this moment accounts before us from nearly the whole of , Muhster—from Kerry , Waterford , Tipperary , Limerick , and all parts of Corkrespecting this crop ; and tho conclusion to which we come . is , this—that though-there are in some localities ' traces of apparent disease , the crop generally is ( safe .. '; We could give a variety of particulars , but they would come in the end to the same conclusion . . There , will be , no doubt , "isolated instances of actual failure , andperhaps ' many instances of paivtial disease ,. but as a whole . we , feel satisfied that there , will b . e , an abundant yieldof as fine tubers aswere ^ ever du g . "; . .,: ; ; . . . ¦ ,-.. ,- ., ¦»¦; .- ••;• :

      . Thb MlvrbRALTY or . Dohhn for the Ensuiso Year ' . —Mr . John D ' Arcy , the eminent brewer ; - was o ' hthe 1 st . inst . unanimously chosen Lord Mayor for the ensuing year . His proposer was the present chief magistrate , and the nomination was seconded by Alderman . Roe . Mr . D ' Arcy ; is a Roman Catholic , and the fact of there being ho opposition to his election is a tolerable proof of . the estimation in which he is held by all classes jif his . fellowcitizens . "" r " ' REPRESENrATiojr ; of PowNPATRick .-r-ThO Va ^ oy ill the representation of this borough , created by the appointment to a diplomatic-post , and consequent retirement from Parliament , , of Mr . Richard Ker , willjn all . probability . be filled up : by the

      election- ofthe Hon . Charles S .: Hardinge , -eldest eonof Viscount' Hardinge . His political principles -are idenpicnl with ithoso entertained by the late mem- ' ber , and as , ibese are wholly , at variance with those now , in the ascendant in high places , the uninitiated ' are at a , loss-to ; kpow the . nature of . the -services which ; induced the present government to confer a substantial mark of favour upon a professed'opponept . ,,: - . -. ;> , . ; ... -,. . The AucnBisnop of Doulin ' s Annual . Yisisation . —Tho'Most Rev . Dr . WhateJy . held his annual visitation at St . Patrick's Cathedral . on Tuesday . ' . His grace delivered' a charge of more than ordinary in-i terest , ! M H whiehhG , adverted at iengthttoiihe Papal aggi-ossion ^ ihe jegielation in re ference thereto ; and his ' own reasons for declining to vote on the bill in ¦¦

      its passage 'through the Ilouse . o . f Lords . - ¦•* . ''•* 'TniAi or a ^ soldikr for McRDKR , —At the Cork assizes on Tuesday , Joseph Briggs , a private iri the Royal Artillery , aged 22 , : was indicted , for having , on the 8 th of June last . at Ballincollig , in thicounty Cork , inflicted a wound upon the right side of private . John Bull ^ of the same : regiment , ' from the effect of , . which ,. be die . d on" the following day . Several witnesses , were examined in . support of the Ci-own case ,, and it . j-appeared fr . orn their . testimony that the prisoner , vrho ' beld a very gdod cha ' raeteiin the regiment ,. and the ( deceased , also a- man of excellent 0113 ^ 006 ^ , ^ 6 ^ 0 , im their bedroom on . the evomug . of-the day-, in . question , and both sli « hly un < lcr the influence of drink , when , the unfortunate occurrence took place ... there ,-. w § re ... four-or .. five soldiersithe t

      , n room abetween eight and nine p clock , when . a . little boy came in and asked for h . s mother a shawl , which was lying in ono of " the windows . Thedeceased -went over to the ' window to give it to . the child , upon which tlic prisoner iii-Sff f , ia ^ " 8 l ! li , itriet ' ifc be takeh away . ; the result of whioh was that a seuffletook plac - e , in the £ $ S ? ^ . ^ : J ? . l ? -t ,, e Prisoner , produced a small pen-^ M « V ? nQ inflicted ; a wound under the left arm of « m »? f eft 8 ed * 7 ^ Jterminatc d fatally in a . few hom saiterwards ^ On the part of the prisoner it was contended that tho occurrence' was purely acei , lent « l , and happened' whon tlio two men wore scuraii lgaboiitasUawl ; = andit was alleged , audit transpired m , tho : course . 61 the evidence for the uown that ho took out the . knife for the purpose OV cutting the shawl in two . —Tho Jury convicted the priapnerof manslaughter . Sentence 'deferred . ¦ " .

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      Sir George, Grey Recovers....But Very Sl...

      I ' ' , ; ..,,,: . HGRRIBLE-R 1 HRDER . Em , August 5 . —The countv of Suffolk- 1 again been the scene . of a " deliberate and iWi : ' " murder : ' . The perpetrator' of the ^ troeious & a farmer named John . Micklebiirgb , WhQ n ( zf . ' « about fifty acres cf land , in his own ilyt ] T neighbourhood ot Thivuidestbn . ' ascatterredVni 9 and parish iri the llartismere Huridred . thrt > n ^ , and a hall- north- west of this town , liefa \ kZ * ned man iind baa three children , the cldMf ^ whom , a girl , is . fourteen years of age . Th ' , happy creature who pei-ished . was "" a single ffL named-Mary Baker , whofor ' two years and -Ih ^ r bad been in the service bfMiCkleb ' urgh aj a aL » domestic ' servftnt . ' Although'ho was marr ied \ T 1 hia wife ' an'd family lived with hini under the « roof , itwas evident that'bebad formed a stm attachment for the girl , and from his reprc-senf , tions it would seem that ah improper intimacy hnJi existed between them . ' The girl ; however t ™ generally considered a well-conducted person' la

      nooning was ever seen up to the period of ii tragical affair'that would tend to show that ah gave him any encouragement . On Thursday last a large-cattle fair , with shows and booths was hcM in tbe'village , and Mary Baker obtained permi ! i sion from ber mistress to attend it , it-being a scnT ral holiday among tbe domestics in that part ofthe country , She first visited her sister , a married woman named French , who , in the course Of tlin afternoon , accompanied her to the fair , a voun » man named Boatman joined them , and wa ' scont sidered to be the deceased ' s sweetheart . J \ Jicl ; Ie « burgh having learned where she had gone , also

      visited tho fair , lie lounu her and followed hey about , and seemed highly incensed at her talking with the young man Boatman , Wishing , however " to conceal his feeling from Boatrnari , he invited hint with the deceased into a booth , kept by a person named Eastaugh , where he treated them to brandy and water and wine , and while there tho deceased ' s sister , Mrs . French , and her husband came in , whom he was also acquainted with , and called for more wine to treat them . He solicited the young man Boatman to drink more freely then he did , apparently with a view of rendering him intoxicated and so obtaining possession of the girl . Boatman , however , resisted his entreaties , and between six and seven o ' clock left the booth in company with the deceased . Before quitting , Mickleburgh asked the deceased what time her mistress expected her home . She replied , '' About half-past nine o'clock ;''

      and , after tbey had ' gone , Mrs . French followed them , leaving her husband drinking with Mickleburgh . Sometime transpiring ; and French not coming home , his wife returned tO the booth , where she waited until they came out . " Mickleburg then addressed her saying , " Tell . Mary ( meaning deceased ) to go home by nine o'clock " . I will bo in the meadow ( alluding to one adjacent to bis farm ) just before nine , as I want to see . her ;" . He appeared much excited , and she understood that if tbe deceased girl did not meet him he would be revenged , lie parted with them and went in another direction Of the fair , while Mrs . French and her husband proceeded to a public-house kept by a man named Barrett , where thb deceased and her

      sweetheart ( Boatman ) were regaling themselves . Within a short time of' Mickleburg parting with the Frenches be went 'to a stall Of a hawker in the fair and purchased a stilletto knife , with a blade some four or five inches in length and protected by a spring back .. In the course of the' nexthaltbouv be visited the house where the deceased was . There was a sort of village frolic going on , and all were enjoying themselves , the company amounting to about forty or fifty people : What followed- will be best gathered from , the unfortunate girl ' s own statement , wbich was taken by a magistrate shortly after she had received the fatal injury . She said , — "I was sitting in this house alongside of William Boatman , with

      whom I had been'keepmg company , and my sister Clara French , About eight o ' clock in the evening my master came in , exclaiming , " ' . Ah , Mary , I see you . ' I made no reply , nor did I observe anything in his manner to' excite alarm . He left tbe room immediately , and returned in about two minutes , and without saying a word he came up to where I was sitting and plunged a large knife in my side . I did not feel it until he drew the knife out , when tie said , ' now , Mary , you have it now . ' Isawtbe knife in his hand ; ' Boatman was sitting by , my side all the time . I recollect nothing more until I found-myself upstairs in bed . I solemnly declare there' has bsiffl nothing improper between rae and Mr . Micklebiirgb . " Most of the persons in the rbom witnessed the occurrence . He was

      instantly seized . ' He 'offered not the slightest resistance , nor did he evince the least emotion at tho fearful act he bad cdmriiitted . He said that he had had his revenge , arid all he regretted was that his . firm-had not been stronger , as he would have given her four inches more of it , and he hoped he had finished ber and she would die . The poor girl survived but a very few hours . The point of the stilletto had entered the cavity of tho stomach to the extent of four or , fivo inches , dividing all the vital parts . ' On Monday the' prisoner , John Mickleburgh , underwent an examination at the Town-hall , before the Rev . T . Lee French , arid a full bench of magistrates , on the charge ol murder . Ho was wretchedly dejected , and fainted during tbe course of the proceedings .

      Mr . Palmer attended to watch ; the evidence for tbe prisoner . The principal witnesses examined were the young man' ; William Boatman , Mr . and Mrs . French , ana some- other persona , ' but the only additional fact that' came out in their statements was , tbat tbe prisoner went into one of the outhouses after ha had first entered the room of the public house and had seen the deceased , and deliberately opened tho knife , As before observed , he returned to the ai > - pavtment , arid plunged it into the unfortunate girl . The shawl , gown , and stays which ' she wore at the time' were produced , and tbey bore holes in them corresponding in size with the blade of tho knife . ¦ W . ' Sater , a licensed hawker , proved selling the

      prisoner the knife ( betweeri six and seven 0 clock OB the evening of the murder . He believed the pri « SOner was sober at the time . ¦ - > Mr . Miller , surgeon , of Eye , stated that he had made a post mortem , examination of the deceased , He' found a punctured wound about half an inch long / and between four and five inches deep , at the lower pai't of tbe left side of the chest , between the eighth and ninth ribs ; It passed ' into the spleen , and into the mesentery . It caused death . . ; J . Baker , a police officer , stationed at Mendlesham , deposed . that he .. was at the fair . About eight o ' clock in the evening ' he was . informed that a young woman bad been stabbed ; Went to Barrett ' s house ; arid found the . prisoner seated by . the side of

      John French . . He told him that he was charged with stabbing the deceased , and took him into cus « tody . Prisoner said , " You may take me and do what you like with me . I have done what I in * tended to do , and I hope I have done it effectually ; had my arm been a little stronger I would have given her three or four . inches more of it . I have always done what ! liked with her since she has lived with me . " Witness believed be was tipsy at the time . When Sillett , another officer , came up , the prisoner ' said , "Ah ! Sillett , you may take me . " He repeated the wish about the strength cf his arm , and said , . * ' ! mean for revenge . " Be stated tbat he went to a stall in the fair and purchased the knife ; . ho gave 2 a . . for it . He added , that he then went to Barrett's , and when he got

      intothe house Mary B iker , the deceased , said , "Ah ! Master , here ani I . " Prisoner answered , "Ah , you shan't be long before you have this piece of-steel . " . He then went into tne back house , and opened the knife . When it was open it looked like a dagger . He also said , ' " . If Ihave not killed her now I hope she will . die . If she don ' t come to my proposals , I have got the . best brace of pistols the world ; cari :, produce-, " ,. He added , that on tho Wednesday ; nigbt' before his wife , went to Diss Mary ' slept with him .. Prisoner ' s wife cume to see him at the station-house about six o'clock in tho morning . He 8 aidto . her ,, "JS ' owyou know all about it ; if you 'had died a year or two ago this would not have occurred . " witness searched bira , and found a large clasp knife . Prisoner replied ,: " That is not the knife I did it with ; it was not . large enoug h for

      The evidence closing , the bonch'fully committed the prisoner for' trial ' at the next ; assizes . To fl isovoiier ' B jurycame to a similar determination , and returned a verdict of" Wilful murder . "

      • Arrest Of .Absconding Debtors.—On Tues...

      • Arrest of . Absconding Debtors . —On Tuesday the new act for . the arrest of absconding debtors , Whioh .. received . the royal assent on Friday , was printed ; -It-contains twelve ' sections and twosciie * diiles . . By virtue of this law , which is now in force , the district commissioners of ' the Court of Bankruptcy and the judges of the County Courts , except in Middlesex and Surrey , are empowere d , on application by or on ' behalf of any creditor , to grant a warrant for the . arrest of absconding debtors . A capias is ' to issue , and the warrant of apprehension to be auxiliary td'fsuch ; writ of capias . Persons . -o arrested- maybe discharged on payment of the debt and ' the deposit of £ 10 for costs . When a such

      person is arrested oh ' a ' warrant , the effect of warrant is " 'to cease /' on detention bythe writ 01 capias . Any person for : whose arrett a warrant shall have been grunted ,. " eitber before or alter the arrest , " , may apply to . ' a commissioner of bankruptcy , judge of a county court , or judge of one ot the superior courts , for their protection , from such warrant , and the matter is to be' heard and order n ^ ade . . There is a- form of the Warrant given in . a schedule . annexed to the act , and a notice of warning to a defendant of a capias to be served on him after ' the warrant . Io another schedule a table 01 fe ' ea'isgiveri . ' the highest of which is a fee of one guinea for the caption of the' wnrrant . Mr : Buss has once more become lessee of Drurylane Theatre .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09081851/page/6/