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      ; The Health of London . — Eight = hundred and ninety-nine deaths and 1 , 474 births were registered ia the week ending . September 7 . . The mortality is . -therefore ,. near the average ; and the births registered exceed the deaths £ y 575 . —In the first -week of September , last year , 3 , 183 persons died iuLondon ; 272 by diarrhoea , and 2 , 026 by cholera . It ; was the week in . which the ; mortality was iigbest . In the corresponding week of the present year the deaths by diarrhoea have been 75 , by choleraS . The deaths from diarrbrea . are now rapidly declining ; cholera was fatal in eight instead of four cases , the number registered in the previous week .. . Two of . the deaths from cholera were in

      the parish of Marylebohe . 35 persons ( chiefly children ) died of scarlatina or putrid sore throat , 4 S of typhus . The deaths from the latter disease have been 35 27 , 33 , 40 , 43 , ; in the five last weeks . 60 males and 49 females died in public institutions which Is'lesstbari the usual 1 proportion .-Jiy the Greenwich observations , the mean jading of ^ the Mrbmeter was 30-196 inches ; the mean temperature of the air in the shade was 56 . o deg . through the week , 2 . 4 deg . less than the ^ averagelof the , lwt seven years ; the mean temperature of the Thames waV 59 deg , Uearlyan inch of ram fell on Sunday and Tuesday . The wind blew ^ hiefly fronv the West and north , and passed over Greenwich at an average rate of 59 mUes a day . 'Brutai . Treatment of an Insane Pauper . — Oa ^ fonaay- an adjourned inquest was taken by Mr .

      H"Mi W ^ yi depuy-coroner , at the Elephant and Oi & fle ; M 3 amden ' -town on tbe body of Louisa Grey , aged fortyttwo , an insane pauper in St . Pancras whfkhouse i " whose death » as alleged to have resulted from the ill-treatment she had undergone whilst an itirnateln the above workhouse ; The evidence of a daughter of the * deceased went to prove that her mother had been ia the workhouse near twelve months , end that in March last she w = ! s placed in the insane ward by the surgeon , on the ground that she was not nght in-her -intellect . Deceased made frequent complaints of ill-usage from the nurse ofthe ward , and a patient named Ann Bryan . On one occasion , da visiting her mother , she said she was a murdered woman , and that Bryan had brutally struck her over

      ftebody and legs with a large stick ; she was covered with bruises all over ; deceased also said she Iwd' been repeatedly , kicked by two of the-male pauper assistants whoca ^ e to remove her from one ward to another ' On one occasion she took deceased some food ; when tbenurse threw it , and other things belonging to her mother , oh the sanded floor . She appeared to be under the influence of liquor , and it was remarked by persons visiting the ward that she ¦ was - constantly drank . Deceased Was not right in her mind , but after the ill-usage she received from the nurse and Bryan she became very much worse . - ^ Mr . J . Erichson , surgeon to University College Hospital said , he had made an examination of the body of deceased . There were braises on the

      shoulder , 'back , and legs , together with some large bed-sores oh the posteriors a <; d back . On opening the head ,-he found the brain much thickened , an appearance usually found in insane persons . The other organs of the body were generally healthy . In Ms opinion the deceased died from exhaustion , from | be bed-sores , and disease of the brain . The marks of violence on tbe body had nothing to do with her death . —Mr / C . "Robinson , surgeon to St . Pancras workhouse , said he had attended the deceased since March last , when he' had her placed in _ the _ insane ward , ' . which is -occupied by refractory , idiotic , and epileptic patients . "Whilst an inmate of the ward , a quarrel took p lace between the deceased and a person named Bryan , when the latter seized a stick , and

      Struck ' deceased- repeatedly over the legs . On tbe occurrence coming to his knowledge he instantly reisoVed deceased , to- another ward , and had Bryan placed-under" restraint' ; Decersed was afterwards Drought back " to No . 1 , the insane ward , which" contained twenty-six patients ; with three nurses . The nurse of which deceased had complained is named Marlow . -and he must say that she is not a very eligible person to fill the situation , as she is given to drink . He'bad frequently written to the . board of guardians on the inefficient manner in which the duties of nurses in the infirmary were performed , and the propriety of having paid servants . ' Marlow was discharged from , her situation in a day or two afterwards , on account of her conduct . He saw deceased <} aily ,, and was aware she had some bed-sores , but he COUid not ; prevent theaj , not having a water-bed in the workhouse , which he had frequently asked for ,

      and the subject was now under the consideration of the board of guardians . Ths coroner observed that there . was something wrong in the management _ of St . Paacras . workhouse , it was quite evident , as incompetent nurses were employed , and from what had lately comeuuder his notice he thought it high time that a . system , of paid nurses was introduced . The juryj after a short consultation , returned the following verdict : — "That the . deceased died from exhaustion , and the jury cannot separate withrut . expressing their opinion that the deceased has not been properly treated while in the insane ward ; that she has been violently assaulted by the nurse , and also by one of the insane persons ; and the jury recommend the guardians to furnish more efficient nurses , and a separate ward for the refractory patients , and also , that water-bed * should be provided for patients having bed-sores . " . .

      . ^ MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST TWO MEN AND A Woman . —On Monday-afternoon Mr . Bedford held an inquest at . St .. George ' s Hospital , on view of tbe body cf George Fjx , aged thirty , who died in consequence of : iujnries received' iu a desperate " attack which was made upon him by several persons , two of whom , Robert Hayes and George Stevens ( moulders a £ a factory ) , with the wife of . the latter , are in custody on : the charge of having been accessory to his death , and have been remanded by Mr . Burrellat the "Westminster Police Court . On the 3 rd inst ., about half-past five o ' clock in the evening , the deceased was on his way h » me to Eccleston-place , when the little g irl cf Stevens happened to bowl her hoop against the deceased , who look it up . Stevens went np to him and threatened to punch his ( deceased ' s ) head , who replied that if be did he ( deceased ) would serve him in the same way . They then exchanged blows .. "While this was taking place Steven ' s wife rushed out of a beershoo and strnck at the deceased

      right aud left ..-. The deceased , iu his defence , gave Mrs . Stevens a severe blow in her face ; which caused the blood to flow . She instantly seized hold of him by ; the hair of his head with both her hands , and dragged . him across the road . At the same time , Stevens . Hayes , and two other . men at once struck the deceased about the bead and body , from ths effects of which deceased fell back over the shafts of a cart . When on the ground Mrs . Stevens repeatedly dashed his . head against the ground . He succeeded ia getting up , when he was again attacked by Hayes and Stevens ; Ths former knocked deceased down . Who again rose . The assault was continued and eventually Hayes seized hold of tbe deceased round the waist , and flung him to the ground , at the same time-falling upon him . While down Mrs . Stevens held his head , and he was struck under the right ear

      by , Hayes . Some one said deceased was insensible , when Hayes observed that hewas only faint , and that when he go up hezwould serve him out again . Deceased was taken to St . George ' s Hospital , bleeding from the ears and month . Both deceased and his antagonists had ' been drinking . Mr . Henry-Gray , house-surgeon at tbe hospital , said that deceased was insensible when admitted . He died on Friday morning . . On a post mortem examination he found a fracture at the base of the skull :: The brain was bruised oa both sides , and there was a large quantity of blood effused in the jnembranes , . which were tbe effect of external injuries and the cause of death . Verdict , ^ Manslaughter against R . Hares , George Stevens , and Catherine Stevens , his wife , " who were committed on tbe coroner ' s warrant , and the witnesses iqsre bound over to prosecute .

      . A Wipe Killed by her Husband . —On MondaytMri Payne , the City coroner , held an inquest at the . Fox : TavernvWMte-street , Borough , onfhe body of Catherine Collins , whose death wascaused'by tbe violence exercised towards her ¦ by her husband , R . Collins , on ; the previous Wednesday . The inquiry ¦ was commenced'pro forma on Friday , and adjourned in order that a post mortem examination might be made ; the . man being in the meantime takeainto custody . Agreatnumber of witnesses "ere ' examined , from . whose testimony it appeared-that tbe deceased raided with herhusband in . New-alley ^ White-street , Borough . On Wednesday -morning , about seven o ' clock , themeighbours heard a noise of quarrelling in Collins' room , aud heard him demanding money from her . The noise was repeated about nine o ' clock ,

      when struggling and cries of murder were heard . Several women entered-the room , and they found tire woman ; , who was in the family- ' way ; lying on the floor , . with her husband standing by her and dragging her dress . . The woman immediately became-very ill » and died in about half-an-hour . Mr . Morgan , a surgeon , who was : directed to mske tbepost mortem examination , saidlhathe found'the eye ofthe deceased woman bruised , but the rest of the body was so di & i coloured that it would be impossible to tell a bruise from the surrounding par ' s . On opening the body Be found that the cause of death was the rupture of aJarge vein in ' the vagina . The vein was diseased , hut would not have burst without considerable external violence , such as a blow or a fall . Tbe jury after same deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter against Richard -Collins , and he was ' committed for

      "Fatal Effects of Intemperance ;—Oh -Saturday last an inqusst was held hy Mr . ' W . CaHer , at the George Taverai Bermondsty , on the body of a single woman named Sarah Barber ,, twenty-nine year * of age , who drowned herself in . the river Tharats . —Henry-Wainwright , a carrier , said he had bsen acquaLited-with the ? deSHaed-ftr : three- or f » ur vears . She had latterly , led a drunken life , . and soW and pawned all her clotlies and furniture to get drink . - She had attempted to destroy herself on two pi " 3 \ i » us occasions ; hebelieved that drunkenness bad driven , her mad ^ Andfher . witaess said the deceased hid ceen drun ' s for three weeks before he cbmm . t ; td

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      fuicide .-Alfreo / J . ; Walker , a h ? a oved nd - ' ng the body ofthe deceased in the rhathes ottJJermondsey , and bringing ' it ashbre . . Verdict ,- That deceased destroyed -berself / whilst -in an unsound state of mind , resulting frorn ; babitual and excessive indulgence in arderitspints .. - i Melancholy Accident . — On Saturday afternoon last a boy , carryinga box , hailed a Paddington omnibus at the corner of Little . Quepn rstreet , \ and as two omnibuses belonging to rival companies were on the look-out for passengers , they both drew up , together In front of the . path . lie got on the one nearest to him , and was in the act of seating himself upon the roof , when the sudden-jerk' of- driving ; on threw bib over the railings on to the ground , and before be had time to get up , the otheromnibus ,

      which had drawn in behind the first ,, also started off , and all the four wheels passed over tbe ; poor follow , two over his , chest , and twoover his legs . He was placed in a cab as speedily as possible , and conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , where he remains in a very precarious condition . Extraordinary . Duration of Life wrrn'A Broken Neck . —An inquest ' was held on Wednesday by H . ST . Wakley , Esq ., at the Royal . Free Hospital , Gray's-inn-road , on the body of William Glover , who died in that institution on Monday last . - The deceased , who resided at Ho . 40 , Laystall-street , Gray's-inn-lane , was a carman , and had been for upwards of fifteen years in the employment of Mr . Limpus , dust contractor . On Saturday evening he and another man were going homewards with their

      carts , the deceased riding on the tail boai-d ,- which he had let down to form a seat for that purpose . When they got into the Sing ' s Road the horse in deceased ' s cart started . suddenly , by which the deceased was thrown with violence to the road . His companion immediately went to his assistance ,- and he was driven to the Royal Free Hospital , where he was promptly attended to by Mr . Jackson , the house surgeon . That gentleman made a minute examination , but could discover no further' injuries than a few bruises on the back , for which he prescribed . On Sunday Glover complained of pains , and was seen by the surgeon two or three times , . who considered that his illness was but slight , and that he

      would shortly be sufficiently recovered to leave , the hospital . On Monday , morning , however , he suddenly expired , no dangerous symptoms having previously been apparent . Mr . Jackson then made a post mortem examination ofthe body , and discovered ( because of death in the neck , which had beencomp letely broken , the result ofthe fall . ' ' During the whole of his . experience he never knew so extraordinary a duration of life under such circumstances . It was his opinion- ¦ that there bad been * merely a fracture in the bone , until the deceased became restless in bed , which moved tbe bone from ' its for ; mer position , and so caused immediate death . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death by a broken neck , caused by a fall from a cart" "'"

      Suicide of a Child . —A boy named Wm . Perceval , between nine and ten years of age , whose parents reside at Garden-place , Bell-street ; "Vincentsquftfe , Westminster , died on Wednesday under-: tho following circumstances . -rOn . Saturday afternoon he asked his mother ' s leave to go out to play , and on being refused he said he would go and hang himself . He went out , his mother taking no notice , of his threat , but a short time afterwards she disoveredhim hanging in a back shed . He lingered till Wednesday morning at eight o clock , when he died oflock-jaw . - , - ; - ' : * j " ' Lamentable Accident . —A distressing accident occurred on the river in the course of Tuesday afternoon . Mr . Alien , a shoemaker , residing ; in Union-streetChelsea was taking a walk with his

      , , wife . on Millbank , when he observed , a number of little boys playing upon some logs near the'Equitable Gas Works ; Suddenly he heard a cry that orie of them had slipped off into the water , upon-Which he left his wife and ran to save the child ; but-unfortunately he got upon the same log , and slipped into the riveralso . ;• . Both man and boy perished . together . The drags , were quickly got into requisi tion , and after searching for upwards of an hour , the body of Mr . Allen was brought out , but . that of the boy has not yet been found . . „ . Extensive Fire . —On Sunday , morning between two and three o ' clock , a fire , which at one period threatened the Royal Pavilion Theatre , broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . William-Jones , a

      dairyman , carrying : on business at No . 9 , 'Pavilionyard , Whitechapel , immediately contiguous to Ithe theatre . An alarm having been raised , a man , who slept on the premises was aroused , and he effected a retreat with some difficulty ; Several horses and cows which were kept in the stabling underneath were also extrirated . A number of engines were promptly in attendance , but the fire was not extinguished until the pnrtion ofthe premises in which it began was destroyed , the contents consumed , and some damage done to the premises on either side , numbered 8 and ; 10 . The windowglass in the saloon of the . theatre was also broken by the action of the fire , and the side wall damaged ^ The origin of the misfortune . as unknown . ......, >

      Alarming Explosion of Gas at St .. Michael s Church , Cornhill . —On Sunday evening , shortly before the commencement- of divine service at Si : Michael's Church , ¦ Cornhill , an occurrence took place , which , had it been a few minutes later would , in all probability , have been attended with disastrous consequences . It- appears that at the usual hour the men proceeded to lig ht tbe gas preparatory to opening the sacred edifice . After some of the lamps had been lit , it was found that the flare was not equal in , height to what it had previously been , and a strbiig , smell of gas having attracted the attention of'one persoa . he traced it to the churchwarden ^ pew , when he incautiously lighted a candle to the spot , ha had no sooner done so than the light came in contact with the gas that was escaping , and an explosion

      took place , which knocked the man . down , and set fire to . the flooring of the pew . , Fortunately , , the damage done is not very considerable , but the churchwardens issued a notice , that no service would-be performed in the church in consequence- ' - "'" ' ] Ai / iiurixo Firb . —On Monday niorningj ' Bhbrtly before ei ght o clock , considerable confuskra ' was created in the vicinity of Salmon-lanej Limehouse , in consequence of a fire breaking out in tho . works belonging to the Patent' Metallic Composition Company , in Gloucester-place . The flames originated in the mixing shop on tbe ground floor , and owing to the combustible nature of the ; stock therein , the 5 re travelled with great fierceness ,, at one time threatening destruction to the surrounding property . The mixing shop was burned . 'but' and

      the contents consumed ; part of-the ' roof was also , destroyed . . -. ;; »; . Fjre and SubPEcisD Incendiarism . —On Tuesday afternoon , between two and three o ' clock ^ a " fire broke out in the premises in the joint occupation of Mr . Child , a private , gentleman , and Mf .., ; S . Stern , an importerof foreign .-cigars ,-in Matthewterrace , Hackney-road . On the neighboursenterihg , they found , one of the rooms . on the second- floor , which was used as a warehouse , and filled , with cigars , in flaraes . The fire , was not extinguished . until Mr . Stern ' s , property , was , nearly all -xhV stroyed , and the . building partially gutted ! ..-From the inspection since made ,-it is the opinion ^ of Mr . Stern that the . premises were wilfully-, 'fired by a person in his employment . " Fortunately [ his loss will be covered by ah insurance in the Scottish

      TJnioh fire-oSce .. - . ' . •' ... ' , / ,, ' , .. - Fu . 'iEBAL OF THS LATE BaRONESS HoTHSCHILD . —On Monday the funeral of the . late . Baroness Rothschild , the widow of the late Baron Rothschild , took place . The remains were brought from , the , deceased's late residence-in Gunnersbury-park , near Ealing , in a hearse drawn by four horses , followed by twenty-two mourning-coaches , containing . the principal members of the family and a number , of friends . ' -The--funeral procession was closed . by : a great number of private carriages , which were joined by others on theroad to the Jewish cemetery ' . in North-street , Mi ! e-eiid-road . The shops in Hounds ^ ditch and the vicinity were closed , out of : respect . to the deceased . -The delay beyond the customary , time of interment is said to have beoa at tbe express wish of the deceased . ¦ -.. '*•

      ¦ Death of Mrs . W . Clifford . —We , regret : to announce the death of this actress , after a long and painful illness . This melancholy event took pkce . on the evening of the 5 th inst ., at the residence , ofther son-in-law , Mr . W . Harrison , Frith-street , Soho ? ? . ¦ Exhibition of 1851 . —The BrmuiNG .- ^ Tbe first castings for the iron columns-were delivered on the ground on Saturday last , -btving arrived , the previous day at the Kensington Basin ,.-from ; the foundry . at Dudley . The sashes are being made in London * and it is expected that several hundred hands- in a . very few days will be engaged on : the works . . n \ - > ' n i ' Seizuue of an Illicit Spirits of . Nitre ^ Mahufactory AsnTwo Stills;— -On Saturday last Messrs . Elwy and Pargeter , detective officers of Excise ^ made a sefz-ire of an extensive illicit establishment , No .: 1 ,

      Cook ' s Grounds , Chels ? a . -On . entering the : house they diseovered . that it was . fitted- up . as -a ; chemical manufactory , with two stills in full operation , each capable of containing about seventy gallons .- Besides the stills were several carboys , containing spirits . About 200 gallons of molasses wash weredn a state of preparation for continuing the operations of the stills . The ofticers found- three persons in the house , one of whom , upon seeing them , seized a large iron chisel ; and struck a carb : < y \ vith-it , breaking it to pieces ; and the whole of the contents were lost . . He wouldhave destroyed the rest bad he not been prevented . The persons found in ths house gave the names of Sawyer ;

      Smith , aud White , who were all given into custody , ' these stills , if kept at work , it was estimated ,: Would defraud therevenue of upwards of £ 5 , 000 annually . On Friday tbe same omcers ; seized another still ; at-. a housein . York-street , Bethnal-green . i ^ . -The . Martlebosb Joint ; Stock Banks—The affairs of this bank , the stoppage of which , it-will be recdllected ,-caused- considerable ! sensation , ! are 'now under the jurisdiction of the Winding-up Aotj ' : ?; Tbe Master in Chancery , Kindersley , having 1 settled' ! the i ! stofcmtribu . tories ,. a calbhaa to beimado tO' > -d / efray theJiabihties . ...: ; - : i ; i " {;? ]; . ;¦ : ; ¦ ; : -JV ,-: > v ;; e-: The Statue to the late Professor Samuefc Cooper - , ! F . it . S ., is completed , and a public meeting 0 f medi-

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      cal men-will shortly bexonvene : ! , ' to decide-where i * shall be placed ; ' Opinion appears to be -divided betweenuTJniversity College Hospital and the'Royal College of Surgeons ; ^ > : :- : ' -:- : . ; i 'The-Governors of thk London Hospital have elected the Duke of Cambridge-president of the ingtitution ^ in the rooniofhis late father / : ¦ > ¦ \ ' . ¦ ! Nbw > Modb op- ; A » vertisino . — The inventive genius of the advertisers has adopted a rather novel and . amusing mode of bringing their wares before public notice .: On the 6 th inst . a dog , covered over with advertising placards , perambulated the Strand and i Fleet-street , attracting , particular no , tice , and exciting much amusement . Tbe quadruped ap- ' peared to be fully conscious of the importance of his office , and marched along the street with great dignity and gravity .. .-, ' . .... ... i A Runaway , HoBSB . T-Onj Sunday . forenoon , as Mr .. Thompson , the wholesale shoe manufacturer of Church-street , Spitalfields , was proceeding down

      Sno w-hill in a four wheeled . phaeton , accompanied byhis wife , ahother-, lady ; and one of his children , his . horse took fright , aad ran away at a furious pace . The animal ; was . not stopped until : it dashed with great violence through Ctne shop front of Messrs . Emery , linendrapers , at the corner of Farringdonstreet and Holborn-bridge . The , amount of damage caused by the collision was very considerable , the plate glass windows being shivered . to atoms , and the stock and fittings much injured . Mr . Thompson received some severe bruises . The horse was ! badly cut , and tbe phaeton was dashed to pieces ; , but the females fortunately escaped with very trifling injury . , ' A . New Place of Amusbmbni . — Mr . Batty , of Astley ' s Royal Amphitheatre , has succeeded in obtaining premises and land in the nei ghbourhood of Hyde-park , . which ,. ; during the Exhibition of 1851 , he intends converting into a Hippodrome , on ' preciselythe same scale as the , one in Paris . ¦

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      j Firing . PARKHUBsr Prison Again . —An attempt was made on the 4 th inst ,, by the convicts confined at Pnrkhurst , to . burn down . that portion of tbe establishment recently . erected on the northern ' side oi the bridge , upon Iiorse-bridge Hill , which is known as the . Juvenile Prison , andis _ generally occupied by the youn » er scions of the pilfering community . The endeavour was first . discovered ; andrtheir' -intention frustrated , by one ; of the warders . named WilsOn ; whose attention : was . drawn to something ^ extraorr dinary occurring by a strong smell of burning linen . On entering one ; of ; the' wards , the sleeping berths , which are constructed of thin and light wood similar in . shape and appearance to those in the 0 ward dormitory , which was consumed a few weeks since , a

      amass of fire was discovered in one of the cells , the flames from which were-then reaching the- ceiling ; the surrounding partitions were scorching . with heat , and the whole would have been in a blaze in another five minutes ; -Assistance being procured , > . the < fire Iwas ; prevented from spreading , and' ultimately quenched before < it occasioned further injury .., A strict examination was then instituted ; i and it- waa found that about a shovelful of Hve cinders had been obtained from one of the stoves used for heating irons in ; the , tailors' shop contiguous , and placed . on the ( floorings of the , ward . Over this the prisoners > had placed their sheets , clothes , arid bedding .: The fumes arising from the ignition oecasionedthe alarm , ) and jthis prevented the building , or a great portion : of it from being destroyed . . i ; Attempted Assassination of a Clergyman . —

      fluLL ,: Sept . 6 . —An attempt waa made this morning upon the life of the Reverend R . Atthill , '; curate of 'Holy Trinity Church in this itown , which has created jcousiderable excitement .:. The reverend gentleman iwas conversing in the market-place with ^ a friend whom he had met , when a-respectable maftcameiup , and , holding a pistol within two or three inches of | Mr . Atthill ' s head , pulled tbe trigger . Fortunately , ' although the can exploded ) the pistol itself hung fire ; upon which < the fellow walked unconcernedly away , saying , ' ; ' ? , It doesn ' t : signify ; we shall meet again . " ' At first the reverend gentlehian thought a rather extraordinary joke had been played upon him ; but , recovering , from hia surprise , he followed the mam who was then taken into custody . Upon ,

      examination , the . pistol was found to be loaded with , ball and a proper charge of powderi and a powder-flask and another bullet . were . ' discovered Upon his person . Had thepistbl not providentially been prevented from going off , Mr . Atthill . must ; ' have beenUulled . on the spot , sbclbse ' was the weapon held to his head . The prisoner was taken . immediately before the magistrates , who were sitting at the time ofthe occurrence , and bythem ho waseoinmitted to York for trial at the next assizes . His name is Edward Ke ! asst and , from statements hiade ' before the Courfcj he appears to be insane , and to be suffering under , a religious monomania . He assigned no ' motive for tho outrage . j A Womam killed by her HusBANb . —At ! , the Harrow : petty sessions oh Saturday last , Benjamin

      Dorvillei a labourer , aged tbirty-ono , was brought up for final exaniination , before B . Rotch , Esq ., charged wjththe murder of his wife , Louisa Dorville ,. ayed thirty-two , by wonndirig her with a tcythe . —Thus . jWats 6 n , a labourer , said that forsome'dJiysprejviou ' s to the , occurrence he had been , to- 'work with the deceased mowing . On . the evening of the 9 th ojf lAiigustwitness , prisoner and deceased werb . returning from their , daily . ernplbymerit when they stopped kt the Marquis of . Grauby beer-shop , where they had borne beer . While they were ttiere- some angry ; words jensued between the . prisoner . and " , deceased , in . eonsequthce of the latter asking ' ; her husband' for some money , f The prisoner offered her . 5 s . - Deceased said osl ^ -as not : enough ' , as he had received a sovereign , land she aiid . the . children had had nothing to eat all

      the day . They left the house , when , asthe-altercation pnnliriued , witness walked some ; distance . behind them . . " Whilst they wereproceeding along the road deceased , rari ^ away . from " the ' side : of the prisoner , and crossed . the road holding b ^ r , ha nds up to her . head j ] she exeiaimedjlV Yo ' u '/ have . killed me ! " The prisoner v whohada scythe in his . hand ,: followed the deceased , and . when . he got up to her he made use . of the remark , MMy . God , I have wounded her , '' Blood was . flowing , largely fromher- head . , The prisoner made no attempt to escape . The prisoner and the de-. ceasedhad both been drinking , and the latter made use of very exasperating language biwards the prisoner . Ifrbin ; the evidence of Mr .. O'Callaghon , a surgeon , it appeared that he attended the deceased from , the time she had the injury , until : she . clied ; The , wound inflicted by the ; scythe , which was four inches in length ,

      penetrated the , bone ., - Upon , a postmortem examination , it was found that not only was the . scalp injured / . but on the , brain there ; was an abscess containing-pus . ; , These injuries caused the death of the deceased . —The Prisoner said r All I can say sis this : I was the worse for / liquor and my wife was : quarrell-j ins ? with me , which 'caused me to strike her , not recollecting , ! had the scythe in my hand . ; rl had no interest in .. killing her . T-Mr . Rotch observed that he "had no other , alternative but . to commit the prisoner ( to take his trial at , theSCentral Criminal Court on the capital , charge . . The : prispner < was conveyed' to Newgate , . and-, the .-witnesses , bound over to prosecute—Mr . ; H . 'Wakley ^ , deputy-coro-: ner , 'Vresumed- and concluded' . an inquest . on the body o . f ^ Louisa"Dorvell .. ; The . jur-yT-after : a short consultation , returned ; a verdict of " 'Manslaughter " against Benjamin Borvell . v ' ., : .:

      i Miraculous Escapes . —Two most remarkable escapes from immediate and sudden death took place bnthe South Shields branch of the York and Berwick . Railway lust'week . -, A journeyman hatter , came down to Shields : from Gateshead on what is'familiarly termed ?; 'a spree , '' and after getting drunk bad been put . into the last train at the Low Station to go heme , ' He , had ,,. bowever , ; managed : to tumble out ; at the High Station at Shields ,, and staggered up the line in the' dark was met by , a coal train ; the ' engine of which knocked him oh the head , and took his heels from him . He fell , and the \ waggon wbeels ^ nssed over his right foot , mutilating it in a severe manner . ' He wondered about , popr wretch , iri ; a state of stupor , until a man-. picked ; him up ; between five and six

      o ' clock the next-morning , and took him to a public bouse . A policeman was sent for ; who , seeing ; -the state-hewas in , bound up his . foot- and head , ' and tookhimiin a cart to Newcastle Infirmaryi' The mei dicalgeritlemen there , upon examining him , ; found that the whole of the toes ch his right foot were cut off , and his scull fractured ; ! Two' days after an aged person of the name of . Sarah-Quibbs ; very deaf , was crossing the samelirie at-Shields ; -where she had no right to beiiwhetishewas struck by a coal trainband knocked between the rails in front of the engine . She lay on her back'until thirty-three ' eoalwaggons passed over her , without doing iher the least' injury , except grazing her ancle . i • ; ; Destruction . of Farm . pBontrcB- - by Fxhe . ~ A fire broke out oh Saturday , night last at : Gad bridge

      Farm ; near Maidenhead , which ended in the destruction jof . ten corn ricksmnd a large double-bayed barn , which was-filled with unthrashed corn . ' - The engines from ' Maidenhead and-Bray were quicklybrt thespot , audi by great exertions' succeeded in saving the farmbousc jand : other buildings . - The'farm is-in the occupation : of Mrs ; Hamaton , whose property is insured in the . Royal Exchange . .. ; :.-! Lamentablb Occurrbncb . —^ Lastweek , a rhelaucholy ' accident , which arose OUtof the reprehensible practice of discharging fire-arms ' neai -a ' public thoroughfare , took • place in the neighbourhood of Richmond . : A young gentleman , the son bf . a publisber , ! carrying on . bnsinessinthe vicinity of

      COventj ardeu , and n ho resides atRichmond , was amusing himself by firing off a . duelling pistol ; loaded with ball iu Black Horse-lane , ' Marsh-Gate ; in the immediate vicinity . of the Richmond Railway ; arid across- which lane the line is on a level ; ' A- gateman'named William Newmahis stationed there ; It is stated that the young gentleman asked' Newman- to - let him put a mark iri the ! post of one ofthe gates for . - himi'to ^ fire atj-whick ' -Newman consented ' , to , and ' - 'the first ' ball ! Iheigcntleman fired misaed'the markj passed throu gh ; ' theh ? dge on-. t \ ie ; bvposite ¦ sidey . and lodgefrin ' 'the elb ' owafjCharles . Howse . a qroomj : living ? in ' -Gfbs' venor Mews , Richmond Hill , who was at that timfe talking to a young woman , The bones , of Ujq arm

      ivere completely smashed ,- the ball being buried in the-larger bone . " Tha young'gentleman ; beiDg'Wformed of tbe . mischief he had caused , ' procured ally and proceeded with the wounded-man . to Twicken--ham , attended by . -Mr . WellingtonV i who was of opinion that amputation should ibe' iresortedto , 'and ^ ec omrriended his removal to Barth olomew ' s Hospital . Tbisiwasdoheon Thursday'night , aridit was found necessary to amputate '; the arm from -the shoulder . ' The wounded man still remains in an un-¦ ¦¦¦

      certain state .- ' ; ' -.- '• jvIJ-: ' '' : _" - . ' ! . ^ QQtMDWQTo the Norfolk'Chronicle ,, the Protectionists of Cambridgeshire have resolved' to recommend Mr : SergeantByles to the electbrs ; ' as a suitable candidate imtheevent of a vacancy ; - ; i' 1 : - ^ V ( t The Rate Pavers in Lancashire ; with whom originated the movement for applying the ! represent fative principle to the ¦ '• nomination and- election of ' county ; financial -. boards , are preparing : to- take the field , with a view to renewing the , agitation of that . question . ' r , 1 ' ' "" - " ' '''' -.. ' mi '''

      i thb Vacant Sea t for HEBEFORnsHiRB . . —The remains of the lamenteddeceased member for Herefordshire were last week conveyed from London to their final resting place , near . Crickhbwel . in . South Wales , where Mr . Bailey , sen ., the member for Breconshire . and the father of the deceased , owns extensive : estates' arid mineral property . -The deceased has left a widow and six children . : It is rumoured | ba t a brother of the late member will be put iri nomii Poole Election . —It was supposed urilil lately that the contest for the representation of this borough would lie between Mr . Savage , Mr . Seymour , and Mr . Turner , of . Woodcote . Surrey . ¦ A-fourth eddidate , however , has ^ appeared in the person of Mr ; iames Adam Gordon , from whose addriess to the electors the Hampshire Advertiser , publishes the following extract : — " ! am a free trader , oh conviction of some

      years' standing . I am not in despair for agriculture ) although my fortune depends entirely upon it ; < ' I look to the prosperity of other great national interests to aidin relievingit from a temporary depression , increased by- panicmongers , and which , On my word and honour , I do not believe protection can do . " If returned by you , I will , for my own sake as -well : a ' s yours * look sharply into thenatiorialexpenditure .-. T think I may assure you , that it will take a very sharp flogging indeed before I vote for keeping up' the expensive farceof an African squadron , or approving of Earl Grey's colonial blunders ; . I fear lam old enough to have had experience ; and to-know thegentlemah like relations which sliouldexist between a'member and his constituen ts ^ : however ^ the strictness of the ' laws may require a most respectful and guarded respect for their enactments * and you may depend upon it I will not give' onei drop ' of beer " or win ' e . to- ' any voter whatever . " ' ¦ . ¦¦ r , ^ - . - .

      ¦ M achinhry AcciDKNTi ~ An accidentof a very shocking kind occurred on the 6 th irisfc ., toaboy about fourteen years " oldj named George Forturid , who is employed at Mr . Lambert ' s factory , Two Mile Hill ,- Birmingham ; -He was engaged in making screws ;' and was'in the act of passing the : engihe . strap , over the wheel when-he Was caught b y . the wrist , his arm broken arid twisted backward } " arid his bod y doubled up and drawn -round the shaft 'five . ' or six times before he coujd be extricafed , bis person beipg compressed each time under a beam " . which-reached to within six inches of the shaft . Mr . Bigg , surgeon ' of Kingswood Hill , was sent for and found hinx all but dead-, with theside ' of'his ' chest 'forced in . both his ariris'and thighsffactored ; '¦ ' arid with-his face quite black from-tlie blood "having'been forced into the capillary vessels . Mr . Biggs caused him to - be 'conveyed to' the infirmary , where be lies in a hopeless state . - ¦ •" ¦ "¦ ' '• ' ¦ ""• ' " " ¦ : ¦ " ' - " ¦ - ¦ : '; - ; ' ' ;

      , Child muhdehsatLivebpool . —About ten days since the body of a female child was found murdered irj-a field , at Halewood : On Sunday night ; the body of an infant was found-near Warwick-street ; on Tuesday the body pf another ' ' infant was found iri a midden , in'Crown-street ; and on-Thursday , the body of a child , two riionths old j was found in a midden heap , in a field at Kensington ; There is little doubt of these infants haying been murdered ; : ' - '¦ ' r Accident on TiaE Eastern Coonties RAiLWAt . — On Monday as the train from' London to Enfield ,

      which left Shoreditch at 10 h . 30 in . a . mi , 'heared the terminus at the Enfield station , through some ' mis ' manaoement of the driver , who neglected tb ' shut off the steam in time ' to check its progress at some' 260 or 300 yards , at which' distance 'from its destination the -tic 11 ets are collected , ariaIarniing " accident 'occurred . Fortunately it was attended 'with less serious conseqnences ' thari might Have been anticipated . ' The train , urged by lis unchecked momentum : swept orii and coming in contact with the safety buffers at the extremity of . the shed , forced thera down , despite their-massive construction .: The shock was of course

      severe , hnd we regret to say that twelve pa'gensjerH were more or less injured , two severely ; T * o geh tlemen lie in a precarious state . Tbe carriages were literally smashed , ' and thefemale' . occupants suffered severely in person anddress . The guard and fireman both leaped from the tender , and were much cut about the head and face . On the transmission ofthe intelligence to Stratford , another driver was sent with an engine to fake charge of- the train ; when , ' by way ef climax to the mischance , the iocomotive . 'insteadbf being checked before coming to the p latform , was run clean through the sbed , carrying , aivay a considerable portiofi ; of its firther end . " TiiE Stmike on thu Eastebn Counties Railway : —At tbe Towiihall . 'Golchester'i on Monday , " a charge of assault was preferred by James Home , a fireman in the service ' of the . Eaatern Counties Railway Com'

      paiiyj ' against Georgei Baker , a . nr . emaiv formerly engaged b y the said' Company . ; ' It appeared that ' both complainant arid defendant were among thenurhber of bands who sent iritheir resignation to' the railway board a short time- ago , -and ^ subsequently the complainant ( whqbad been twelve years engaged uponthe railway ) ^^' gayeJ the matter a ' se eohd ( Kougbl ; , ' - [ anil succeeded iri getting himself reinstated in his' situation , which it appeared caused the displeasure of the defendant , who met him ' atth e ' Albert beerhouse , near , the railway \ statiori /; and 'without-anyjapparerit provocaitioh'i ; first tauin ' ted'and insulted hifti ; by pushing him about the room , - arid afterwards struck hiwi ^ violently in'the face . with hiai fistj ^| which'was ^ tho assault ' complained of . "' ; The magistrates fined the prisbne ' r ' 40 s . ; and 15 s ; experisfs ; in dfefault hie would be ' committed to the County House ' of Correcfioa ; for twenty-one days ; Defendant paid the money ; ' ; •¦; ' - '¦ ' ' ¦'¦ ' ¦

      Singular Funeral ' . at ' HAR-w-icH . —On . the death of ' Captain , Deane , who was forrrierly' a commander of one of the ; mail packets that sailed from this' port ' , it soon became . gerierally - known that he had ' giVen certain instructions . relating to-his funeral . - . Peculiar in bis' life , lie exhibited this ' trait in his last moments , by directing that his reihairis should be , conveyed to . their last resting , ' place , three'days ' after death , in ' Ins-. farm waggon , " that four seamen and four farm servants should' act as , bearers ; / consequently , oh the 3 rd inst ., great numbers of the inhabitants assembled to witness the ' singular cortege , which was arranged' in the following order : —Coach ; with' two ; curates of tbe parish and doctor ; waggon , lined with black s | erge , containiug , the ^ bbdy . Of deceased , . drawn' by foui ?; boVse ' s , driven / by two of his peasants ; ' mourning coach , with ; rriembers ' ofthe family ; and a / fly , " ' with the

      nurses arid seryatits . The singularity of the . scene appeared . to ; enger ; der ^^ ^ o . ther ^ fe ' eelings than : those / usually , attendant oh this , solemn rite . ^ ' . Tub Poisonings at CLAVBRiNd . ~ SarahClie 3 h ' arh the alleged poisoner , was again brought up' at / Xowpbi-t gaol before Mr . Birch . Wolfe , biie of the ' county magistrates ,. for ; ' re-exmination , oh . thepbarge ^ of , having destroyed her' husband ; : Richard Cbesham , by ; adriiiriistcriny arsenic to him . ; The ' prciceedipgs ; lasted nearly five / hours ; ' and twelvo ' -or fourteen persons wereexamined . Amass of circumstantial evidence was adduced as to procuring pdisbnand administeringit ,-and one-witness ,-it-is said , swore positively to the .. prisoner having , confessed g iving poison to the child of Lydia Taylor ; artd her intention of destroying the mother , At tho close of the proceedings , tlie . bench determined oh remanding theprisoner / inbrder ' to procure other important evidence . ... » , ¦

      i Death on a RAiLWAt ;—The dead body ' of a respectably dressed man was found oh Mondny morri-Irig , oh the , Liverpool ¦ branch , ofthe Londori ' and North-Western Railway , between Ecdles and Patricrbft . Both his legs had been ' cut off by a train passing over him ; but , whether / he was a person who had been crossing the . line , or thrown himself in the wayof a train ; -with th ^ view of suicide ; cannot be ascertained . Thero were no papers ^ in' his pocketwhichcould lead' to a discoycry . of ; who he was , nor lias he been identified by' any friends . It was at first'thought he might' have been / a . passen ^ jrer , and had fallen off a train , ' but ub " ticket was found upon him . The driver ¦" of ; it late t ' rain ' on Sunday evening recollects feeling aioi'kof ' thd ' , ' ehgine

      on or about the spot ; and says be / looked behind as well as the darkness would allqwlhimj bu ' ti ' . peeing ' nothing , concluded ' that / onei : bf the wheels had come in contact merely with' a bad' ibiriirig of the / rails . ' The ' urifortunate mania ' ppyared tb . ha ' ve'ibeeh' dead some hours when found . ' l'ho body . has ' since''been identified .. It whs 1 'Mr : Johri ; Pe ' et , fbrmcriy'in . ' respectable position-of life' in ' . Manch ' estery ''but latterlymuchredbcediri ' circumstaneosv ' ahd tlvere is ^ ^ too much reasonto'fear ; that - . ^ bad / sought desirubtion ' . Two acquaintances m » i him' on Saturday when ho exhibited ; tlie only shilling he ' had loft , observing to them j " This'isHheiast bf ' tlm / Mohi cans . " The unfortunate gentleinah was about sixty ' ¦ "' ¦ ¦ "

      yearsof age . - ; _ • . : •' - StiBMAmKE-TALEbRiriiy I ^ v * Rpo 6 L . ~^ pb ' riments are ' ¦ about to be niade m : the . - 'Merseyj ' with' the View of carrying an ' eleotric telegraph litufaorbss tho rivbr to Birkenhead . ' ; . { ¦ - •¦• - ' ' ' : . PmeBop Gas . —TlVe'directors of the SuAdeWaiid ' . Subsevip'lio ' n Gas Light' Company ^ avo' ahbohnoetf that , i ' r ' om'thogreatlyiiio ' reased con sbmptionefthat article ; they hayb been enabled to reduce thp grpas price of gas fi ' om five ; shillings to four ' shiilirigs pe * jogc thousand cubic ieet . ' -subjeet' to a 'discbjuivti of ; ftverityrfive '> per ; . ben ' t . \ fpr . paymentuuri ^ the h \ oi \ th ¦ iffer the-. close . of bach ' quarter ' , ' makingtuoneiprice tlireb-sbillmgs , at whjohprice they ' are prdp aved t ^ treat with consumergfor a term of yoars ,

      ! A WoMAiifoP Spirit ;—At ; theVLiverpool ¦ police court , a few days ' since / a : charge of smuggling was preferred against a respectable looking young woman , named Bridget Lof tus , ' a passenger by the Ducbe 8 S ^ of ; Kent , 'fromT > ubliu that morning . ? : The rotundity of her figuro-attractedatteritioii , and- on ' examination it was found that seven bladders , / con--taining'six gallons' and / a quart' of whiskey , were concealed arOuhd' her person . ' The prisoner was ordered te pay £ 10 , or iu default to bo : imprisoned . i SKRibus Accidents on : Chatham Lii » Es .--On ; Monday ftfternoouMa coroner ' s jury assembled at the Queen ' s Head Innj Bromptori /; tbiidhing ' the / death of Hugh M'Grath , -a pensioner of the C 6 tb regiment of foot , which was caused by falling into the trench

      surrounding the garrison . The deceased had been to the races on Friday , , and , -after the races were oyer ,, he ,, like njahy others , went to ' - " , a / drinking booth , and remained with ¦ , others drinking and seeing thedancinguntil night ; when he left to go home to his house at Bromptoh . The night was very dark , and he must have mistaken the road , as he was found the next morning by some workmen lying at the bottom of the trench near the Sallyport , apparently i dead . ' v- Information was > given to the sentinel / and assistance given , ' and the man was removed . He died a few'hours ; afterwards . Upon examination . . of his ^ ^ persoh ^ his shouider ' was found to be out of place , ' several of his ribs ' broke ' ii ; aiid ho was otherwise " seriously injuredl - A verdict of ' | Ac « cidental' death " was returned ;—The ' same night that the above accident occurred , Serjeant Powell , of the Royal Marines , ; who is pay ' serjeant ofthe division , was also found , lying in the trench .- / -By his

      fall his right shouldor is dislooatedi' and threo Of his ribs are broken . ' fie was conveyedlb Melville Hospital , and faint hopes are entertained that he will recover . —Several " other'accidents occurred , and Mrs . Green , of ¦ Wood-street , Brompton ; -had her right leg broken , and i young wbinari , whose name is unknown , broke her legj ^ an d she . was otherwise very seriously hurt ; ;; It is evident' from tbe occurrence of so many accidents , that something ( is required to warn persons of tbe dangerous-position of the trench . -. j-. The ; depth- variesjfroiri twenty to thirty , feet , and there isno , railing . to prevent persons ' falling in . / ,.,, /; , " , / ' .: . ' :.- ,: - .-. . .. ' ! ' Supposed iNOENbiAiiisji . ' -r On 'Sunday . morning a destructive fire-jbecurre ' d ' ' iri ' the'farm-yard of Mr . iFelli 8 ,: innkeeper ,: ; Ruthergleh-bridge . ' ! Much wasidones in ; chookingi . and ; confining the . progress of tlio j flaraes jjjnbtw . ith ^ ta . ndingjj a ^ considerable amoujn ' tr ' of aamage ^ . was m ' eyitably ,, effected' by them / The ^ ofigih ' of tlie . disaster . is ^ 'imputed to moendiari 8 nii - " ¦ ! V } '' : '• - " -: " = - " * ¦ " " ¦ ' - - ' - ¦

      | -Poisonino- by ; Eating Etsoi . —Onithe ^ Gth'inst . an . inquest was held at-thei Commercial . Tavern ; Hotwells ,, on- . thejhodies , of . Carqline ^ . aged- 'thirty years , arid James Re ' eg / agedi ' . ' three years .., The deceased persons , were , the' wife " and child of Mr . Janies- 'Rees , ' - carperiter , ^ Merchant ' tf-parade . Hotwells . —Mary ; JaheJones , his servant / deposed that Mrs ; Reesjand :-the : "apprentice went toi-Abbot ' s Leigh on , business , and : the . r apprentice ; brought same mushVoorag home in his apron , and Mrs . Rees desired h ' er to ' cook ^ thbin for / her ;; by her directions th ' oy were bfbiled bn th ' e ' gridir 6 ni without peeling them ; 1 - ' When they were ' -dohe Mrs " . ' Ress ' - ' put pepper , salt ,, arid butter on them , and sho and three of the children ,, James , rHenry , ; and William , ;; partook of them . ^ ' 'The / apprehtice said ^ he had ; eaten some of them ' raw as-he walked home ; andhe . had some also after they wer ' e dfessed . < They were quite . a

      plateful of large'mushrooms in ' pieces aftey they were dressed . i : ; Mrs .. ; Rees- said she : likedvtheim so ; well that she . had eaten them , all . -Next morninjj . found her mistreBS very ,, ill , . . ^ look " the children ' s . dinner to 8 ch 6 p / l , ; and fouhd ; that twd . of them- were sick . At half-pa ' st four / they came homo very sick . James was brought home in'the afternoon , and died on Thursday eve ' ning . ^ -Richard . Gilli- thoapprenticei aged- fifteen .-years ,, ; -deposed , -that by .: Mrs . rKees ' s directions , he , gathered some . ; largo , mushrooms , three in ^ all ; ' and ' carried them home , where they weredressed' for supper , and he had ' a little , but was then called awayV He hadprevio ' usly eaten some in a raw state on his-wayi home . 'He was taken ' ill with pains'in . his head , rand was . ' -sent home after , having a dose of castor , oil . lie had ; been ill . ever since and confined to bis bed . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental killed by eating' poisonous fungii " . ^ : ' . - . ¦ . - ,:. w .-- : - .:: : '¦' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ••¦

      Poisonous ; Fungi . —In consequence of ; the late shocking case of poisoning a ' family at Bristol , ' and of representations ' made to the magistrates of that city - that ' persbris were ! iii ; ' the ' 'habit of 'bringing poisonous fungi into the public market and palming them off upon-the / unwary ^ s mushrooms , an examination was made ' on Saturday last ,, andr the officers _ succeeded in seizing a .. basketful . ' of ; : socallod mushrooms , which ' presented a suspicious appearance ^^ They were " taken to the' statibn-hbuse and submitted : to ithb examiriation of a competent judgej wh' 0 ; fou . nd-that ; only twelve . of . tbo . whold lot were . veritable mushrooms , ; the remainder being cheshr ooms , / which , altbough sometimes used" iin m . aking catsup ; '' are ; ' tvery ' . dangerous ' to " ' person ' s eating them . The' parties exposing th ' em were taken' before -the justices ; but it turned- out that they , had merolyi acted » as ; agentsfor , another person , and were ignorant , of the true character of the fungi . ' . ¦" : : '" , :- ,. ' .. ' . i . " ... . ..- , ''

      : HianwAY .. Robbebt / and . Violbnce . —At ,: tke Borough' CourtManchester , oxi Tuesday , three men , named William Biggies , Thomas Exton , and Andrew M'lhtre ; were brought up on remand , charged with'Tobbirig and / ilb'treatingah old man named Thomas Whitehouse ' . -on- the night of Tuesday week . The prosecutor' had ; been ; in the ; hospital at the Manchester workhouse ; arid was unable to appear against the prisoners until Tuesday . v It appeared that he resides at'Birch Heath , 'hear ' . Tarpbrley , in Cheshire , ' -and ' had 'been harvesting 'in Yorkshire , ' and was on : his return home at the time of the robbery . Ho had , however , come into Manchester in the riiorning pf the day named ;/ an'd unfortunately fell into the company of the three prisoners , who

      induced him to / accompariy . them .. fo ;'' several public ? hbusesi ; where he paid for drink , - The last place visited was'the Fox Inn ; Jacksbn ' s-rowj " where be left between ' eight arid nine o'clock ' , arid Svent " on tho ; Ghe ' ster-rdad . ' When- near the' Bull ' s Head Inn he ' stated / that he was / attacked by the three prisoners , " two of whom ' carried him' through sohie railings into a'field / . the ' other ebvering -his ' mdath to ' prpv ' ent'biui giving ' analarm ' They then ill-used him " arid t' 6 ok' 12 s ;' Cd ;;' from his pockets . ' He lay therefor a while until he was discovered by a soldier .- "" Mr . ; 'Hiirdin appeared foi' the prisoners .. It was elicited from the 1 landlady ! of the Iastpubliehousethey ^ yerein ' thatthe prisbriersdid ' notleave the house' for / some time aftei- A the prosecutor had

      gone : The old ' man , ' however ,, distinctly " swore -to the prisoners being the rhen" who attacked bim ; and thoy ' -we ' re' cbinmitted ^^ t ' o the assizes . , Poachino . —William ^ Rpwley , John Rowley ; . and Henry , Rbwleyi filthei : and' two ! ' sons , ' were charged on . Monday : last / with ' poaehirig ori'larids ih'the occupation of H . Russell , Esq ., " near , Little Bloxwich , Walsall . It i ' a ' ppears thap for / / some ,, considerable time past great hav . Oc ' nas , been made " amongst the gameiu the . preserves' beloh ' girig ' to / the . variou ^ gentlemen in / that . part ' of / thecbiintry , inconsequence 6 f . which they . agreVd . tb / issue / a ; ' num offering a re | ward for , the apprehension arid conviction of persons implicated . Jn , . many parts , where the gamp waS : mosfc . abundant a number j 6 f .. bushes had been placed ' for tbeir protection , and ' on -the evening of the 20 th ' , ' whilst , gbing ' . oyer sonie of the grounds , b . ne , of thekeepersbbservedtha ' ta ' number of them . had been removed in . / the place where . the

      partridge most , abounded , ' whi ^ h , / gayo . some suspi- 1 cion / fcba ' t , there , waa something intended at night . " During ' tne evening he . obtained / the / assistance of several others , ' who , j alb ' ng , with him , ^ planted thems ' elycs near , thesp ' o't jWliere the / bushes ' had been ' removed .. / ' Lato . in the night , tho ' threeprisoners made their appearance , ' , when they all , three commenced plapin ' g . a net , and in asli ' oi't time thoy started some partridges into it , ili . beirig . placed where , the bushes had . beon removed . 'The | jlildderipartiy /' theh . W and secured " all the . prisoners ' . ; / On / examming ' the net there , were , found six partridges which they had caught , / The ! prisoner / Henry ' Rowley ia / a teacher in a Suriday-schopr . beloriging to the primitive methodist connexibn ' at ' the . place . where he resided . They all three ; . were ; ' then ' . comm | itted for three months'hardlabour , arid / afteawardsto find bail ' for twelve month ' s ' , * themselves in £ 19 arid two sureties of . £ ^ each , or to 'be / further iirip ' risbned for six months . ' ' ' l ! '• ' '

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      , The Game ^ Laws.—A Few. Days, Since .T...

      , The Game ^ Laws . —A few . days , since . Thomas g ^ fi ' . gameke . eper , to his ' . Grace the Duke of Roxbfturghe ' a , t . Greenhill , fell . in " withtlireepbaehers , upon the JDuktfs lands , of Blackdcan , in the " parish of Morebattle . ' . They , refused to leave tho . ground , when , ordered to Jdo so , and ' one . , of them ' shot . ' a bjackebok in . his ^ ! presence , '( which ahbther . of . ihem picked up . ' .. ' gurnet , ' who was riding upon a pony , continued ' . to follow them , > and onhiacalling to . somp shepljevd ^ , at a sbbrt ; distance , tbe . pdachers jnado off froriv ' . lhe Duko ' s | la ' nds , and , wentover . tbe bill on , to Auchbpe . The gamekeeper still followed , and on , coming up saw ; therar . squatting oiv the

      ;» rounu . j . oncomingnoarer-totheni they spranre ^ b their feot , and one-of / theru , pr ' e ^ n , ted his gun ' and Ini-ed , . when the shot took-effect oix . the pony .. . Burinet , then turiied . ' to , . leave ,- tbere / ijpirig . no- one to | assist him . jvheri the other two : shots were fiyed both of w ^ hich ; took ; . effcct ' o . n tho , pony , and . pnrtly on one jOfthegamelieeFev ' a arms . Jle ; is : but . slightly injured ; , butthe . pony , has received a coniiderabl e number-ot ^ hosbot in tho . neck ; and shoulder . Bu ! ^^ , ^ : toee men , whoso names are Si Tajlpv , m \ mi \ rTaylor , aad Andrew Youn g' all fe ^ eth ^ V ^^ Taylor has since beeS ' nrc lemled . and . lodged in igapl . , ai » d \ wavvanta atfC a gwnst ; the , other , two ,-n'Wamhts have bonnet a ai , fc Willmm Taylbr foVtSS ? ear orS S » poaolung and assault-upon . the . parties whedeteoted i ip ? p prh 6 l u i & tho offlcevs ^ ^ v ^^ ffi

      , The Game ^ Laws.—A Few. Days, Since .T...

      EELioroutflNTOLERA ' wcB . —We 8 eW 6 nr m ' e'ddle with the conduct ofilocal'piiblio bodies ' not " ofour- own neighbourhood , but ; we cannot ; lieJp , ; hotiei 4 g : 'tbe proceedings . of . the -Greenock : Parochial ,. Board , wlien considering , the religious ' .. privileges ' of . paupers , asf repprted in tho Greenock Advertiser of' Fri day : A moiibri to the following eftect waa brought before the meeting : — " That permigsion be given by this board for , the Catholic , children , ; and ; otbers : of the same persuasion in the pool ' s house , to assemble in ai- ' odm set ' apa ' rfc , bh , Sundays , or on any other day thought most convenient , for the purpose of re .

      ceiving religious' instruc tion-orphan * and deserted children included -and that the religion professed by the parents of orphans nnd deserted children be registered agreeably to the 23 rd rule ^ of . the : house regulations . " It was met by an amendment in ; these terms : —* ' That all the . children in the poor ' shouse be brought up in accordance with the reli- ' gious persuasion of the majority ofthe heritors and - ratepayers of this community . " The amendment —wo are sorry for tbo tolerance and good sense ; of bur countrymen to say it—was carried by a large maiority . — Scotsman . "" • , .

      : BiRin Extbaordinarx at Womb well ' s Horn MENAOEniE .-T-Anothor of the splendid lionesses con « tained , within : this collection . gave birth -to twoj re ? markabiy fine cubs last week , and , strange , to say they ai-6 pure white ! Mrl Wombweil states ' that he has bred lions , & c . ' , for upwards of forty ' years , . blit never knew or heard of such an occurrence previously . * : ' -- ' - ; " ¦' ¦ '' ¦ ' ¦ : T S ' -n ^' - ¦ '•• - ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦' ¦' ' ¦ ' Increased Value of Landed . jProperty . —We ( Edinburgh Courant ) are glad to find ! that there is an ihoroasing demand for investments in landed property at ' improved prices . The'fine estates of Calrossie and Glastullicb , in Easter Ross , have-just been ; purchased . by > Sir . Charles Ross , of Balnagowan , Bart ., at the price of £ 60 , 000 . :

      WoBKiNa . oF . THEFAnxoRT Aci . r—A singular meeting was reported in . Tuesday ' s Glasgow Mail—tha first meeting we have observed . , The Factory Act does not'directly interfere with adult male labour . Operatives falling within that description are supposed to . be able to make arrangements with , their employers , . regarding hours of labour and wages for work , although no statutory-obligations iexist .. Ono house iri town determined to dismiss their female and juvenile operatives , and work twelve hours daily . . The experiment ! if correctly described to us , is , we believe , quite . legal , although it' moy-not . be profitable ; on the latter part of the subject ; the gentlemen interested must judge for themselves . Int tho meantime their adult male operative ' s ' . have struck work , and appeal for aid to the trades .

      We doubt how far the trades ' generally will be in- ' clined to assist them . The new arrangements would so evidently correct variousievils charged upon . the i factory . system , that many individuals may ' be , djs ? ' posed tosee a fair trial of the scheme . We'do nbfc ' fully comprehend the plan , as hitherto the labourjof ¦ comparative children and females has been cbnsii - dered necessaiy-in the business , but the practicalC departmeiit is fox- the judgmentof interested ' parties ,-alone j while the moral result , in tbo substiution-of a certain'quantity of adult male labour for that of females and children ^ must be favourable in a short period to the factory districts and their population . The Dundee ' Short Time Committee has . been > dissolved . ; but it is , alleged that , the factory opera- > tives ofthat place are dissatisfied with the compro-. mise of which the act of last session is the ' result .

      The Dundee Advertiser says they are preparing to agitato again for the shortening of the factory Ikhour to its former limits . . " - I •;>• •;¦ : •' . . Fatal Surgical- Operation . —A- few days ' since a workman named Mungo Campbell met with- hia death under the following circumstances ^ Deceased bad upon his neck a wart or protuberanbe of considerable sizej the- situation and appearance of which gave him much , annoyance , but in ho way impaired his generaL health . It appears , that he . had applied , . from time to time , ; to several medical men , with the view of having the growth removed- but they all declined the responsibility of performing an operatibn ; -as the' protuberance

      lay immediately over , or contagious to , ; the carotid artery , and was the growth of seven years . ' Disappointed in these applications , Campbell waited upon a young Irish surgeon in Cowcaddens District , at the date of whiebwe have referred to , who at once undertook the operation-. Campbell accordingly submitted , the cutting process was performed in the back-shop of the young doctor ,.. the protuberance was removed ; but the carotid artery being injured , the man died iri about twelve hours afterwards , ; ' having literally bled to death . The case was reported to tho authorities , the doctor has been apprehended ; and is now undergoing an examination , with a view to beioffcommitted for trial .

      . The Officers of the Orion Since their Cont viction . —On being removed to the Calton gaol , Williams appeared to be in extreme dejection , ' , and submitted in silence to the usual operation of exchanging liis own . clothes for the prison dress , which consists of a coarse suit of diirk grey ; cloth and canvas shoes ., His -conduct sinco his incarceration has been exceedingly exemplary , and has enlisted the sympathies of all who come iri ' contact with him . We understand he ia ' milil , civil , and not a little communicative ; now thatthe first shock of his unexpected sentence is somewhat deadened . He has given an account of hisfeelines on becoming aware of the perilous course , of . the Orion , and immediately succeeding the wreck , which cannot fail

      to be interesting to our readers . He states that he had not the slightest idea of oanger till the land was . seen ; rig ht' ahead , ; when he instantly ; became aware of , the impossibility of ^ scaping it . Nevertheless , he immediately ran to the wheel , and endeavoured , tp give another direction to the vessel ; biit' the friiitlessness of all efforts ' to prevent'the " approaching , catastrophe ho saw at a glance , and the agony of his mental suffering at that moment , and ever since , has been of the most intense description , lie is much calmer now , however , and feels much relieved when an opportunity presents itself of giving ' expression to his * feelings of -mortified professional skill , and of deep regret for tho awful catastrophe : he unconsciously . occasioned—for he fully . admits the . possibility , of his liaving-given an , erroneous course , tq the steersman , although how he could have done so is a mystery even'to himself . Captain Henderson , we regret to say , has

      not conducted himself in so ' becoming a mauner as the inferior officer . : He , displays more impatience and nioroseness than vexation at the severity of his sentence , or the loss of reputation and position in society . The ' regulations , of ' the ' prison , we understand , were enforccdiri his case with as much gentleness as-they admit of , arid regard for his feelings required " ; but the painful " duty of the officers was . rendered still more unpleasant by tho ill-considered , behaviour .. of the unfortunate man himself , 17 e have received some further particulars resjpectiug the conduct of Captain Henderson ^ but what we have given will suffice to show his . demeanour after his conviction . On a medicaljcertificatefrom the surgeon of the Calton Gaol ,, Captain-Henderson was , ¦ on-Friday , removed to the General , ' Prison . at Perth , where he * is to undergo ' the remainder of his Bcx > tencc \ - ^ -N 6 rth BritishWail . - -. - ' ,--- ; >

      Sale op the Stranded . Whale at AiussELBURdH . r-: The huge cai-case of the whale stranded and captured at , Musselburgh on Tuesday afternoon , ; has been exposed . to public roup on the Links there . The competition was not very spirited , and tbe ' animal was ultimately purchased by Messrs . Miller and Arthur , Leith , for £ 26 ..: - ' : ¦ -,

      Swfluu.

      swfluu .

      More Evictions.—The Sub-Sheriff Of The K...

      More Evictions . —The sub-sheriff of the King ' s county , with a strong party of police , proceeded last week to evict eleven families on the lands over which tho late Mr . Pyko was agent . It was the case of . thesavnee ] cctments , on account of which that . unfortunate man is supposed to have been murdered . Seven ' of the evicted families were readmitted-to possession . : ' ' ~ " - '" ; Mubb ' eb op a Oabe- ' taker . —Tho Tipperary Free Press states that a care-taker , named . Thomas . ' Battens , was fired- > qt on the road . near Emly , on the 29 th ult ., and . died the following day from the wounds inflicted on him .. //'

      ! Incendiabism . —The King s County Chvomcle states that a large house , which had been used forabarn , and contained corn that hadbeen ^ seised h y * Mr . James Eriragbt , ofiLusmagh , was / hurned . to the ground on , Monday last , and a large quantit y of ihe corn consumed . .. . . . . ., r / / The Potatoe Disease !—The Zistswfc Chronicle says : —From Tsalee to Waterville ,- near Cahich > veen , there is not one field ,: gajrden , or plot o ? gr . ound under potatoes free fro / a , disease . Tenants have ruined themselves , by this precarious crop , and many of . tliea * pawned their beds to get . seed . , DECREAsa in tub PoPBL . VTws . —Tho effeets of famine , ¦ emigration , arid cleavances ,- avo manifest mall the accounts from the southern and western districts . Mr . James Simpson , practical sastructor under . jshe-Irish' Agricultural Society , in ihe well * known union of Schull , county of Cork , says , in hiilast report , « ' / Froth every information I could collect

      during the last seven months , the number of inhabitants in this union has decreased nearly one * half ; " fhut ; - after going through a variety of details as to the . past and present condition of the uuion , ) ie says— "Agricultural improvemont is progressing steadily . in this poor union . " . Oroplifting is - 'WicKLow . —A eorrospondent of thcCarZoiy Sentinel thus writes from Tnllow , in the county , of Wicklow :: — " 1 beg . to conimuuicate the particulars of an outrage which took place a few , days sinco in this . district .. It appears that a considerable amount of property belong ing to a man nariiod Michacr Trabj , of Liscoleman , county ot Wicklow , was ' uuder seizure by virtue of Her Majesty's writ of ^ flri facias ; addressed to tho Sheriff of Vfick \ ow ,, at tbe suit of Bridget Bvannon antt / Edward Byrne . The , property / consisted ot el even ' aore ' sof . bats , four aqres . of b ' arley . / three acres ot meadbwing , twenty-seven , / cocks of bay , . with a quantity of' turnips , household furniture , & o . a I bailiff was placed iu charge of the property QUlfi »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14091850/page/6/