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      Health of Loxdon vvbtsg me Tveek . —The mortality of Loudon during recent weeks has undergone unusual fluctuations . The deaths registered iii the four weeks of Xovembcr were successively 921 90 S , 1 , 016 , S 61 . In the week ending last Saturday , they rose again to 1 , 004 . In tbe ten weeks , corresponding to last , of tbe years 1840-9 , the average was 1 . 12 S ; but this number is much increased by the influenza , which prevailed toward s tbe end of 1 S 17 , when , in a single week , the deaths amounted to 2 , 454 . As compared with the previous week ( ending November SO ) the present return shows an increase both in tbe ep idemic class oi seases and ia affections of the respinit «? ?^? i ' ®

      tho deaths from the former rising from 1 ^ * -rJ ' and those from the latter class ( exclusive ot phthisis ) which were ICO , being now s . * non » t epidemie ^ small-pox is remarkable for a suddenl augmented rate of mortality for incre ^ S ^ small degree * till it nunibei ci U deaths , the present return shows it was fatal last week msi caw & , two of which occurred to persons above , to gMj ct n * e The sub-district of Chnrtahureh . fcaryebone ha ^ be-n already noticed as a locahty in which the cfnpamt ^ rife , and where six dciths from it Sd iocorreJ iiift week . The same regist rar now renorts four death * from small-pox . all , like the six others , in Lisson Grove , one of which happened to a «' rla « el 20 vears , and another to a female servant a « ed 29 ; the Litter case being described in t ' , e nirdi .-al certificate as '' variola , after

      vaccination at six vears of ace . " Uooping-COUth also has become " ¦ ore' fatal : it carried off 33 children in the previous week , and 50 in tho last , threefourths of whom bad not completed their second Tea r , influenza was fatal to three persons , of advanced age . Diarrhoea and dysentery number 25 ; tvphus , which among ep idemics presses with more equal severity on old ' and young , numbers 43 cases . A medical man , who attended a fatal case of typhus in Vtink ' s-buildings ,. Chelsea , describes the place as " pestilential in the extreme , " and adds that " six other ca > cs of fever have occurred in the same hous ? " Amongst diseases of the lungs , the weekly momlirv bv bro nchitis has arisen within the last fortnight , from 64 deaths to S 3 ; by pneumonia , from 07 to SO ; and by consumption , from 0 G to 113 . Amons the deaths of the week were

      registered one from intemperance and two from priva > tion . A labourer , ased 48 years , died of " exhaustion from excessive drinking , nnd abstaining from all kinds of food ; " and a cap-maker , aged 47 , was , according to the verdict of the coroner ' s jury , starved , ~ " by not allowing himself sufficient necessaries , in consequence of eccentricity of character and liabiss . " The births of 7 S 9 boys and 7 C 9 girls , In all 1 ,-fwS children , were registered in the week . The average of five corresponding weeks in 1845-9 was I . 337 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , ¦ the barometer was usually high . The mean daily

      reading was above 30 in . on every day except Wednesday , when it was 29932 in . ; on Friday the mean was 30-290 ; and tbe mean of the week was S 0-146 . The mean temperature was below tbe average of the same days in seven years on the first three days of tbe weekj and above it during tbe remainder . On Sunday the mean temperature was 36 9 deg ., or 6 4 deg . below the average ; on Thursday it was 50-1 deg ., or 9 - 6 deg . above the average , changes which ssein to operate unfavourably on the ¦ public health . The mean temperature of the week was 42 6 deg . The wind was generally in the south-east .

      Explosiox of Gas at the Chartered Gasworks , Horsefkrrt-road , Westmikster . —On Saturday morning between one and two o ' clock , an alarming explosion took place at the Chartered Gas-works , in the Ilorseferry-road , "Westminster . The cause of the disaster is unknown . The explosion was terrific , and carried away a portion of the purifying-house . Tho engines were promptly on tbe spot from the different stations , but it was unnecessary for them to be used , as the workmen immediately cut off all communication with the gasometer , -or the damage mi g ht have been exceedingly . great . Fire axd Loss op Life . —On Saturday last be tween the hours of one and two o ' clock in the

      afternoon , Richard-street , Liverpool-road , Islington , wa * thrown into a state of great excitement , in consequence of a cry of fire proceeding from the premises belonging to Mr . Borlinder , in tbat thoroughfare . In tbe course of a few minutes the engines of the parish , attended , and were followed by others belonging to the London brigade and West of England Insurance-office . The parish engineer , upon ascending the first flight of stairs , saw flames raging from the back drawing r * om , threatening destruction to the building , and in tbe midst of the fire was a female . With tbe assistance of the neighbours and inmates the fire was prevented from extending to the other parts of the premises ,-"but it could not be extinguished until the property was much injured by fire and water , aud the unfortunate female burnt almost to a cinder . The deceased , who was seventy-two years of age , was named Frances Borlinder , and was the mother of tbe proprietor of tbe house .

      Discover ? of ax Zxtessive Distillery is a Sugar Uovse . —One of the largest seizures made since the capture of the Globe-road Distillery was effected on Wednesday by a body of the K division of police , led by Messrs . Benjamin , J . Elmy , and Frederick Pargeter , of the Inland Revenue department . Thft building in which the seizure was made stands in George-street , Bethnal-green , nnd has been used as a sugar-house , and the occupiers professed still to carry on a branch of the sugar refining business . Aa the entry was unexpected , and the IomIUv Ind been previously well reconnoitred , the police were able to escape dangers of a forcible magnitude , arising from the construction of the premises . The passage to the interior wa ? by narrow boards over a well of great depth . This was

      safely crossed , and in the basement and first floor the most legitimate processes were being conducted . In the cellar , which was without windows or any aperture for tbe admission of light , they found ' a brick building , to be entered only by a strong iron door . This having obstructed the oifijers a long time , was finally forced , and a wellcontiructcd aud expensive copper still in full work was discovered . To get rid at once of waste and olour a communication with the common sewer was made by means of a-lead pipe . Some conception of tbe extent of tbe concern may be formed from the fact that one iron pan employed weighed several tons and took twelve men several hours to remove it from its fittings . The whole plant of tubs , vats , pans , and other vessels , was then seized and carried to the excise warehouse in Broad-street

      in . several waggon ? . Two Germans found on the premises , named Schulze and Spracht , were given into custody . This building , it appears , had also been used as a harbour for thieves , and six notorious burglars were taken out of it only a few months ago . It is a curious fact that while the officers were on the premises a noted thief was making his was to the place with a pan of molasses in struck ; but hearing of the unwelcome visitors , he left tbe truck and contents and ran away . Another lot of thieves coming up at tbe time seized hold of the truck for the purpose of stealing it , but in turning the corner of a street they upset tbe pan of molasses , upon whieh they also took to their leels , leaving tho truck to be taken possession of by the police , who had been observing closely how one thief would , if an oppportunity afforded , rob another . Tbe Bishop of London has directed the

      Archdeacons of London and Middlesex to visit all the churches and chapels in which it is alleged that Itomish ceremonies are practised , and to report to him every case in which any ceremonies or forms are used not authorised by the rubric , nor sanctioned by established custom . Caution to Glaziers . —On Monday Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest on Patrick Sullivan , a glazier , who while engaged in cleaning windows at 25 , Hart-street , was precipitated a distance of twenty feet into the street by the breaking of the window sill , and killed on the spot . Verdict , "Accidental death . " The Robbery op Plate and Jewellery is the

      Stbasd . —The seven prisoners who had been repaatedly examined for stealing nearly £ 2 , 000 worth of jewellery from the shop of Messrs . Williams and Clapbairi , 14 , Strand , were on Wednesday fully committed to Newgate for trial , the evidence being completed against them . Royal General Dispensary . —On Wednesday a quarterly general meeting of the governors of this institution took place in Bartholomew-close , when a report was read which state ! that the number of patients admitted to the benefits of the dispensary from the 1 st of July last to the SOth of September , was 4567 . Of these , 1 , 699 bad been cured , 1 , 021 relieved , and ei ghteen died , leaving 1 , 829 under medical treatment at the present time .

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      We have reason to believe that Vice-Chancellor ! Sir R . M . Rolfe will be raised to the peerage . — 'The prevalent rumour , says tbe Globe , is that the ' Viee-Ch ancellor will assume the title of Baron ! f tbe public , and the more satisfactory adnunistiattion of justice in the House of Lords . —Times . Secmeioh to RoMB . -On the 28 th ult ., at Rome , rthe Rev . R . J . Butler . M . A ., formerly cfaap lam to

      tithe Lord Hig h Commissioner ofthe Ionian Islanls , Band tutor of bis son , formally abjured Protestantism , and entered the Catholic church .

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      The E-xplosio-5 at Br » i > ford-Another person , named Margaret O Donnell , has died from the effects of this accident , making those killed three in number . A « inquest upon the bodies of the sufferers was held on the 9 th inst ., when , after hearing the evidence of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict to tbe effect that tbedeatb of the parties named had been caused by the explosion of a steam engine boiler , such explosion having been produced by ° the imprudent opening of the stop-valve by the deceased engineman , John Hill , he being ignorant of the consequences of so doing . The jury exonerated Messrs . Waudfrom all blame , and recommended

      the fixing of a safety valve to each boiler , and the adoption of Mr . "Wilson ' s boiler protector , as the best means of preventing similar accidents in future . Re-capture op a Convict atWsowich . —E . Griffiths , who escaped from Woolwich Dockyard , on the 16 th of July last . it w : ig supposed by having put on a portion of one of the shipwright ' s canvas coverinss when at work near the Royal Albert , and by that means got out at the south-west gate when the workmen went to breakfast , has been apprehended at Liverpool and committed for trial . No intelligence has yet been received of either of the three convicts v . ho escaped from the Warrior in the early p > rt of last week .

      The Charge ot ? Assault against the Junior Proctor of Cambrioge University . —The fines imposf d by 'he borough magistrates on tbe proctor ( the Rev John Fenwick , M . A . ) and his two attendants , Uofdng and Robinson , for an assault up « n Miss Thompson , at the hearing last week , were paid on Saturday last . The matter had remained in abeyance until tbat day , in consequence of the absence of Mr . Hyde ( the proctor ' s legal adviser , ) from Cambridge . The rev . gentleman had declined to pav the money until the form of capture was gone ' through , in order to afford ground for an action of false imprisonment , which , it is alleged , is to be prosecuted on the part of tbe university against the borough magistrates . Mr . Fenwick was ,

      accordingly formally apprehended by the superintendent of police , with whom an arrangement had been made for tbe purpose , in a room in Mr . Hyde ' s office , and would in due course have been conveyed to the borough uaol , if the fine and costs had not been discharged . A cheque for the amount was handed over , and the reverend gentleman was released . The same form was then gone through , but in another room , with his subordinates , and tbe matter was concluded . The town council will , of course support the magistrates , and so " a very pretty quarrel " may be expected . Robbert of Plate at Stamford , Lincolnshire . —On Sunday morning , shortly after eleven o ' clock , two men were observed by some servants of an adjoining bouse to enter the dwelling bouse of

      Miss Bolton , of No . 9 , Rutland-terrace , Stamford . Tho family were at church . Information having been given to tbe police , it was found that tbe thieves had effected their escape by the back-door , after having broken open the plate-chest , in Miss Bolton ' s bed-room , and stolen fifteen silver forks , eight desert ditto , « 'jght large spoons , < fec , all of the King ' s pattern ; also one £ 5 note of the bank of Eaton ,. Cayley , and Co ., and four sovereigns in gold . A box containing jewellery and a sideboard had been broken open , but nothing had been abstracted from either . A reward of twenty guineas has been offered for the discovery of the offenders , one of whom is described as rather tall , atout-niade . dressed in dark clothes , and wearing a greasy bat , the other as also dressed in dark clothes , and bavins- a red neckerchief .

      Fatal Fight . —On tbe Cth inst . a fight took place at Newcastle , between two men , and resulted in the death of one of them . R . Johnson , together with his wife , T . Baglee , and R . Oliver , were drinking at Mr . Young ' s , White Swan public house , until a late hour in the evening . At a quarter past eleven o ' clock they left to go home , and the woman , who it is said was tipsy , quarrelled with her husband . Shortly afterwards Baglee took some liberties with her , upon which her husband interfered , and a quarrel ensued between the two men , and blows were struck on both sides , and , after having two rounds , Johnson fell to the ground . A crowd had by this time collected , and Oliver , the man who came out of the public house with them , and several other parties , distinctly saw Baglee kick Johnson several tiroes upon the head whilst laying upon the

      ground . Shouts were then raised for the police , and a constable proceeded to tbe spot , who on getting through the crowd found Johnson on the ground apparently lifeless . Two other officers then came up , aud Johnson was taken to the Infirmary , but before they reached that place he was quite dead . Baglee was after some trouble apprehended on the charge of having billed Johnson , when he denied it , and said that he had been himself badly used by Johnson . The Recent Affray at Scarcliffe Park . — - We ( Derby CJironicleJ are happy to be able to state that Booth , the gamekeeper , who was so ferociously beaten by the poachers at Scarcliffe-paik , is pronounced by Mr . Ward , his attendant , to be out of imminent danger , so that there is a prospect of his ultimate recovery . Captain Welfit has instituted a very diligent search in the wood for the sword which was used by Chapman in the affray .

      Representation of Nottinghamshire . — In addition t ~ . the declared vacancy for the South , it is now understood that Mr . T . Honldsworth , M . P . for the Northern division of Nottinghamshire , will also ? hortly resign , extreme age having latterly rendered him incapable of discharging his parliamentary duties so efficiently as his constituents require . Colliebt Explosion . —On the night of the 6 h inst ., about ten o ' clock , an explosion of fire damp , by which four men have been destroyed , took place at the Uaydock Rushy-park Colliey , near St . Helens , the property of Messrs . Evans and Co . We are informed by Mr . Squires that the immediate cause is not yet known , as the four Isufferers were the only p ersons in the pit . Every precaution tbat could be suggested is taken b ^ -the proprietors to avoid these sad accidents , which are invariably then-suit of headstrong indifference on the part of the colliers to the instructions of their employers . —Liverpool Albion .

      The Highwav . Robbery near Carlisle . —Two of the prisoners , William Mounsey and Robert Pinnick , were further examined on tbe 4 'h inst . before Robert Cowen , Esq ., and George Dixon , Esq . Mr . Palmer , the prosecutor , identified the watch which had been found at Cleugh Brae Hill , near Dumfries , as the one of which he was robbed on the night of the 16 th of November . Mr . Sabbage remarked that the prisoner Graham said he wished to prove an alibi by a police officer who was then present . Mr . Jackson replied tbat it would not avail him anything now even if he could do bo . as his committal had been signed . He might call the officer at the assizes . It is said that Graham will fail in the attempt .

      Discovert of Coal near Cheltenham . — A discovery has just been made which is likely to be of immense importance to tbe town of Cheltenham and neighbourhood Last week some men were sinking for water at Hatherly , on one ofthe estates recently purchased of the Rev . Dr . Ray by Mr . Thomas Pickernell , when they came upon appearances which gave evident indications of the existancc of coal . An engineer was called in , who examined the strata , and his report being highly favourable , arrangements are now being made for sinking a shaft

      Accident to a Poacher . —A few nights since a man named M'Gill , belonging to Cree-bridge , Newton-Stewart , while out in search of game on the lands of Kirroughtree , had a narrow escape for life by his gun going off accidentally . He had the barrels out ofthe gun stock , and was carrying it inside his coat , tbe caps being still on the nipple , and while he was leaping a dyke the nipple of the gun came in contact with a large stone and went off . The shot took effect in the fleshy part of the thigh , and ran down in a line with tbe bone , cleaning off the flesh as accurately as if it had been done with the surgical knife . Surgical aid was procured ^ and the patient is now going on favourably . —Ipswich Express .

      Bueglart near Gravesend . —At the cofinty magistrates' oflice , Rochester , on Friday , Reuben Parker , alias ' Hampstead Fred , " was broughtup by Everist , superintendent of county constabulary , charged with having , on the 1 st of June , 1849 , entered the dwelling house of Mr . Augustus Munyard , at Mill * , ker Farm , Moopham , near Gravesend , and stolen two watches , several rings , wearing apparel , and other articles , valued at £ 80 , and at the same time with feloniously striking and beating Mr . Munyard . —Mr . Munyard proved ^ that between eleven and twelve o ' clock on the night in question , he was aroused by the smashing of bis bedroom window , which , by means of a ladder , four or more entered his room , each carrying a lighted candle . They had

      caps or stockings drawn over their faces , with holes cut through for eyes , white frocks or shirts over the upper part of their body , and each armed with a bludgeon about two feet long . He was alone at the time , Mrs . Munyard having just left the room with the candle to go to one of the children who was ill . One of the burglars had a little jemmy or crowbar , with which he was struck over the head . He had never recovered any of the stolen property . One of the party was about the prisoner ' s height , and strongly built , but be could not swear to him . The men in the room called out to one on the ladder—'' Look out Turpin , and if anybody comes , blow their brains out ,

      or do for them . —Mrs . Munyard said she accompanied one of the men about the house . He demanded tbe plate , but did not use any threats towards her . She was unable to identify the prisoner , because tney were so disguised , but one of them was about his size . Several other witnesses were examined , connecting the prisoner with the burglary , and from the flin ^ f ° lJf" ^ er- ° f the burglars who had been admitted as Queen ' s evidence , it was proved to have been concoted at the house , of a man named C 'J ? kf S , Star " ^ reet » Gwwwnd . whowasconvictedatthetime . and sentenced to transportation for life , and , according to his wife ' s statement , left

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      the country on Friday last . The prisoner—who it appr-ars was closely connected with the burglars of Holford House , Regent ' s Park—declined putting any questions to tbe witnesses , saying he was an innocent man . From his determined character , and having threatened the constable , he was heavily ironed , his hand being chained to his leg , and in that manner was conveyed to the county gaol , for trial at the nest assizes . Aylesbury Election . —Mr . Calvert ' s canvass has fully realised the good opinion wo expressed of the steady consistency of the electors of Aylesbury . _ His return is now considered certain , and by a triumphant majority . Mr . Houghton retired after tbe first day ' s canvass ; and at a meeting of Mr . Sergeant Byles' friends , some questions were asked relative to Unitarian opinions , the answers t , o which did not seem to give much satisfaction to his supporters . Attempted Suicids and Intrepid Conduct or a

      Femalr . —On Monday evening a young man , residing at Bedminster , near Bristol , attempted , while under the influence of liquor , to drown himself b y throwing himself into the new course of the Avon , at Bedminster bridge . A young woman who was passing saw him in the act of attempting to get through the iron railings , and , imagining from his agitated manner that hie was meditating suicide , she suized hold of him , gallantly wrestled with him , and for a time succeeded in detaining him ; at length , however , he broke from her grasp , ran down the side ofthe river and was about to jump in , when the mud adhering to his hoots he fell down , and before be could get up again a young man whom the cries of tho girl had brought to the spot , ran down the slope , secured him and gave him into the custody of a policeman . It is only a fortnight ago that the same man jumped into the water , and was rescued by a passer-by . Extraordinar y Fog at Leeds . —Serious Loss

      of Life . —During the past ten days the most extraordinary fog ever witnessed has prevailed in Leeds and the neighbourhood , and during Monday night it was so dense , that even in the streets li ghted with the usual gas lamps it was impossible to distinguish objects three or four yards distant . In order to avoid confusion and collision it was absolutely necessary , even in tbe lighted streets , to go about with lighted randies or lanterns , and the cabs usually plying for hire were of necessity withdrawn from the stands , it being quite impossible for them to move even at a slow pace with safety . In numerous instances persons lost their way , and we are sorry to add several lost their lives also . On Tuesday morning three bodies of persons drowned during the night were taken from the river Aire , and information is in the possession of tho police which leaves little doubt that at least five others have met the same melancholy fate .

      Fatal Acciuent by the Incautious Use of Fire Arms . —Hull , Dec . 9 . —A melancholy and fatal accident from the incautious use of fire arms occurred here , last night , at the March of Intellect Tavern , Waterworks-street . Two or three friends had taken tea with Mrs . Allen ( wife of the landlord of the house ) , and they were all seated afterwards round the fire in the drawingroom , when Mrs . Allen , who bad left tbe room for a few moments , returned with a pistol in her hand , and said , " Now , wc will have a bit of Fun ? " At the same instant she presented the weapon at the head of a young woman named Ann Freeman , of very respectable connexions , and pulled the trigger , when the pistol immediately went off , and the contents took effect in the forehead of the unfortunate girl , who sank down in a state of insensibility and expired In the course of a few hours . The unwitting cause of the catastrophe , as soon as she

      perceived that her friend was wounded , fainted and had a succession of fits , which prevented her attendance at the inquest held this afternoon before Mr . Thorney , coroner . From the evidence there given it appeared , tbat Mr . Allen had purchased a brace of pistols a day or two previously , and his wife and he had amused themselves by snapping percussion caps at each other . Oa theday before the fatal occurrence , however , Mr . Allen had loaded both the pistols with ball , neglecting to inform his wife , and had locked them up in a drawer , of which she on Sunday happened to have the key . All the circumstances of the case pointed to accident as the cause of the fatality ; and the jury took this view of it in their verdict . The melancholy character of the whole affair is heightened by the fact , that the poor girl was betrothed to the brother of Mr . Allen , who was in tbe room at the moment of the accident , together with a married sister of the deceased .

      Highwav Robbery at Manchester— On Monday morning three men , of suspicious physiognomy , named Thomas Fletcher , John Barry , and Owen Pepper , were placed in tho dock , at the Borough Court , Manchester , on a charge of making a felonious attack upon and robbing Mr . Thomas Nash , tea-dealer , John Dalton-street , but whose residence is in Park-place , Cheethara-hill , —the prosecutor stated that he left his shop a row minutes p ast ten o ' clock on Saturday night , and about twenty-five minutes past ten arrived nearly at the gate of his house , in Park-place Cheetham- ' hill , when he saw three men , whom he passed , standing near the railings ; one of them then said ( which he since

      thought was meant as a signal to the others ) . "It is no , use me coming here to-morrow . " And he was immediately seized by two of them , one hold * ing him firmly from behind , while another took a roll of bank notes from his waistcoat pocket , consisting of notes of an Irish bank , some English country notes and cheques , to the amount of £ 70 . They nearly choked him , and bo became quite insensible . —ih answer to a question from Mr . Roberts , who appeared for Barry , Mr . Nash said he saw one of the men take the notes from him , but could not recognise the countenance of any of them , it was very foggy at tho time , and just before he became insensible , he saw a fourth man coming up . When the attack was made be was within three or

      four yards of his own gate . —Several witnesses gavt corroborative evidence , and the bench remanded the prisoners to Saturday next . Ose Boy Stabbed by another , at the Manchester Casino . —On Monday evening last , at halfpast six o ' clock , as a number of boys ware sitting in the Casino , Lower Mosley-street , a quarrel arose respecting the places . A boy , not quite twelve years of age , named George Ormrod , attempted to stand before some others , but they refused to allow him to

      do so ; some words ensued , upon which Ormrod stabbed one of tbe lads , named John Drape , inflicting a wound from which much blood flowed . Ormrod was placed in the dock , in the Borough Court , on Tuesday morning , on the charge . He appeared more sorry than penitent , and said the knife was not his own , he took it from the boy whom he stabbed , believing he was goin * to stab him with it . A certificate was produced to show that Drape was unfit to leave the infirmary , and the prisoner Was remanded to Monday nest .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —At tbe Royal Infirmary , Manchester , on Tuesday , an inquest was held before Mr . Herford , on the body of Robert Varley , railway guard , lately residing in ffulme . —Daniel Brooks , engine driver on the Lancashire and "Sork » shire line , stated that about half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday night , tbe deceased was talking to a pointsman about 150 yards from the place where he was found on Monday morning . He said , " Good night , " and then walked along the railway towards Manchester . Witness told him to mind not to get lost , as it was foggy . "When witness got to the Miles Platting points , the Asliton train was waiting for its signal . It started , and went on the same way tbat the deceased

      had gone ; and he had no doubt that this train went over him . Deceased was sober when witness saw him , and bad been in the company ' s service several years . If any one was to blame for the accident , it would be himself . He would not be aware of the train going , as it did not always go . Thomas Paul , a fitter on the line , went with Robert Taylor , at a quarter past seven o ' clock on Monday morning , about a quarter of a mile from the Miles Platting station , where they found tbe deceased lying on tbe points across the rails . His head and legs were fractured , and his body was otherwise much mutilated . His mangled remains were conveyed to tho Highland Inn . The jury , after hearing this evidence , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      The Foo in Manchester . —There has been a fog in the neighbourhood of Manchester unprecedented for duration , and of great density . It prevailed more or less every day since the 4 th instant , but on Sunday evening and Monday it was very troublesome . It has driven down the smoke from the factory and other cbimnies , so that the atmosphere is almost stifling , and people have had almost to grope their way through the streets by clinging close to the houses on either side , even in the day time . People riding in gigs and other vehicles could not see far enough to find their way out of the main streets into those they might want to drive to , and it has been no uncommon thing to see them getting down to lead the horse , or to fee some boy

      to lead their horses for them to the turning . On Sunday evening a gentleman going in a cab from the town into Greenheys was driven through the hedge into a field . On tho railways fewer accidents have taken place than might be expected , but on Sunday evening a man was killed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line , and on Monday morning another man seriously hurt on the London and North Western line . The former was Robert Yarley , a guard , on the Oldham branch . He had returned about half-past ten o ' clock with the unattached engine from . Oldham , and left it at Mills Plattisg , whence he started to walk down the incline to tbe station at Manchester . The engine of another train

      followed him about ten minutes after be left , and he is supposed not to have seen it owing to the fog . His body was found dreadfully mangled on the line , and he could only be recognised by his clothes . The unfortunate man has left a widow and child . He h ad worked on tbe line ten years . The accident on the London aud North Western took place at Ardwick , not far from tbe entrance to the station . A coach cleaner , named Sutton , was coming down with nn engine from the engine shed at Longsight . about seven o ' clock , to the station , and jumped off at Ardwick whilst the engine was slowly in motion . It is supposed that owing t the

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      density of the fog be miscalculated the distance he would have to leap , and fell under the after-wheels « fSe engine from that cause . Both his legs were nearly severed below the knees , and it is hardly likelv he will survive . Attempt to rob a Public-house . —On the 6 th inst at noon , Mrs . Halliwell , landlady of the Rose and Crown public-house , Chapel-street , Salford , Was in the act Of going into her bedroom , when she met a man , apparently a German , coming out . bhe screamed , and tho man attempted to strike her , but she ran down stairs . A man named Buxton wno was talking with her husband in the vault , on bearins her scream , ran to her assistance . He saw the thief standing on the top of tho stairs with several — r-r - .- . _ ,,, _ , T . . ,. „„^ „

      sable victories in his hands ; and he wont up stairs to him , seized him , and broug ht him down into the bar parlour . Tho man there made a rush with the view of escaping , but finding that he could not effect his object , he ; in broken English , begged Buxton to let him go and he would give Una a . pound . Immediately afterwardsasilvCf verge watch , and a nurse containing " a small sum of money were found underneath a sofa on which he had been thrown by Buxton . He was taken to the police office and locked up . On Saturday morning the prisoner , who called himself Julius von Radetzky , was The watch and

      brought up at the Borough Court . purso were then identified by Mrs . Halliwell ; but the victories were not owned . The prisoner , through the medium of an interpreter , stated that he found the furs in the lobby of the Rose and Crown , and not seeing the mistress below he went up stairs to look for her . The depositions were ordered to be taken against him for attempting to steal tbe watch and purse , and he was remanded to Monday in . order that inquiries might bo made with a- view of finding the owner ofthe furs . On Monday when the prisoner was again brought up , it was stated that tho owner of the furs had not been found . The prisoner was then committed to the sessions .

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      The Church.—Some Startling Disclosures (...

      The Church . —Some startling disclosures ( says the Carnarvon Herald ) havo recently been made with regard to educational and other charitable funds , as well as to the mode in which official clericd duties had of late been discharged in the parish of Llandudno . The result of these disclosures has been the resignation of the then officiating clergyman . This parish is just midway between the episcopal palaces of Bangor and St . Asaph , and the rectorial tithes belong to the Archdeacon of Merioneth , in whom the patronage of the church is invested . . We are not informed whether any officiating clergyman has been appointed by either bishop or patron , hut we liave it upon unquestionable authority , though it was sacrament day , that on Sunday morning last no clergyman attended to perform divine service , to the great scandal of the church , and to the great disgust ofthe church-going portion of the parishioners .

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      Destitution In The Highlands.—On The 3rd...

      Destitution in the Highlands . —On the 3 rd instant , one of the Castle Company ' s steam-boats landed at tbe Broomielaw three Highland families who had been brought on board by the authorities at Dunoon , and their passase from thence to Glasgow paid in tbe steamer . Being utterly destitute , they were recommended to apply for shelter to the Night Asylum , where , through tbe humanity of the superintendent , they were all lodged for tbe night . On the following morning , they were taken to the Town ' s Hospital , Parliamentary-road , and there the poor creatures , fifteen in . number , remain in the meantime : but as they belong to that un'or tuna te class whom the law terms able-bodied paupers , they

      have of course no claim whatever for even temporary- relief ; and unless something is done for them by the efforts of private benevolence , they must be left to shift for themselves . The North . British Mail , from which the above is extracted , publishes the statements of several of these ' unfortunate persons , of which the following is a specimen . It is feared thati , but a sample of thousands of equally distressing cases : — " Roderick M'Neill , 48 years of age—I was born and bred in the island of Barra . Am a married man , with three children , the oldest ten years of age , and the youngest six months . When Colonel M'Neill was the proprietor of the island , 1 rented a small-croft , of which I had no

      lease , being merely a tenant at will . At that time I was able to support my family comfortably , and possessGd two cows and a horse . It is five years since my croft was taken from me . After I lost my croft , I got permission to ereet a mud hut on the edge of a peat moss , where I lived till compelled to leave the island . There was no sort of work , except what was obtained fmm the relief . committe , and a little fishing now and then . What I obtained from these sources was so inadequate for the maintenance of the family , that on the Sundays we had to go to tho sea shore , for the purpose of gathering shellfish to eke out our scanty allowance of

      meal . V 7 e also gathered ' sleeken' ( a kind of dulse , ) and boiled it for food . In the spring of the year I sowed half a stone of potato seed , which I received from the Relief Committee , but they completely failed . When this occurred , I was forced to leave the island . To raise the means of doing so , I sold the mud hut for 2 s . 6 d ., a chest for Is . 6 d ., and my peats for 2 s ., which was all the money I had in the world . With this 1 left the island about three weeks ago for Dunoon , where we arrived , and endeavoured to find employment j but the wages were so miserable , being only fivepence a day , that we could not support ourselves , nor pay for a place of shelter .

      A Meteor . —A meteor of some brilliancy was observed in Edinburgh about a quarter before e gbt o ' clock on Friday night last . It seemed to shoot rapidly downwards from the neighbourhood of the zenith towards the north west , and to traverse about a fourth part of the distance between the zenith and the horizon , before it disappeared . The sky at the time was calm and clear , and the stars shone with great brightness . —North British Mail . The Operative Tailors . —We understand that it is intended by the operative tailors of Scotland to hold a conference in Edinburgh or Glasgow , for the purpose of forming a national union to repress the " sweating " system . One of the objects will also be to reduce the hours of labour to ten hours daily . —Qlasgoiv Daily Mail .

      Foo at Glasgow . — The North British Mail of Monday says : — "For the last two days , a dense fog has bung over the city which , in addition to its inconvenience and discomfort , has , we regret to say , been attended with loss of life . The fog settled down on Saturday forenoon , and , with but brief intervals , has since that time enveloped the town in an atmosphere so dense , that objects could with difficulty be discerned at a few yards' distance . Yesterday forenoon , in particular , the annoyance experienced by church-goers was excessive . It being impossible to keep a look-out-a-bead , personal collisions were of constant occurrence , and many missed their way . The traffic on the river

      was almost entirely suspended on Saturday , and those vessels which ventured up had to beep their bells constantly sounding . The Belfast steamer , in consequence of this obstruction to tho navigation , was detained seven or eight hours beyond nor time . The accidents resulting from the fog have been numerous and in two instances fatal . On Saturday night , a man named Alex , M'Corkindale , passing along the quay , missed his footing , and fell into the water . His cries were overheard by the watchman on duty , and he was got out uninjured . The same evening Robert M'Clure mistook his way , and stumbled into the river near the Custom-house quay . He also was rescued , but in

      such an exhausted state thatiears were entertained for his recovery . —The same evening , a boy fell into the canal , at a place near Allan Shade , and was drowned . The body of the youth , whose name is Robert Carnegie , was recovered in the course of yesterday . This was not the onl y fatal casualty . About four o'clock yesterday morning , Daniel Murphy , the private watchman of the Cairn Hill Canal Company , while approaching too near the edge ofthe canal for some coals to repleniBfthig fire , stepped into the water , and lost his life , leaving a widow and family . " Another fatal accident occurred in this town on Monday , making the third

      which has resulted from the fog . Hannah M'Neill aged nineteen , the daughter of a widow , residing in Maitland-street , Cowcaddens in company with her sister and ono or two other persons , was proceeding along the canal bank , Port-Dutulas , near Drumpoller coal depot , when , from tho extraordinary thickness of the night , she missed her footing and fell into tho water . 3 S otwithstandin » the accident occurred in the company of her friends , two of whom were men , they appear not to have been able to render any assistance to-tho poor girl , who was drowned . Her father , about seven years ago . was drowned near the same snot . Tho innnnvoni .

      ence experienced on Monday ( says tbe 2 vbrt 7 i British Mail ) by parties m trade was very great . At mid-day , in almost every place of business , lights had to bo kept constantly burning , while cabs and other vehicle wore compelled to creep a ! on <» tho streets at a snail ' s pace . Of course tho navigation of the river was completel y suspended , not a single vessel venturing to leave the harbour , and not one arriving . In the oarl y part of the forenoon several workmen were despatched by a conveyance to Bowling , with tho view of towimr out . prcpnring her for

      s ™ zissr ^ ---s Collision on the Scotch Coast —Tho Tk « n „ ( s ) , which left Belfast on Saturdav ^ Mit nW »^ i ^ ff ^* 3 S 4 a » p ^ pz ^ MESll nmched 2 J a hi 0 h , f ° - ve 8 Mls had SfSS approached , and a collision took nlace The bri £ which proved to be the Laving * the » cR

      Destitution In The Highlands.—On The 3rd...

      I Santa Cruz , and Matanzas , had , her bulwark s ' and stanchions , from the foremost ' " shroud ofthe fore-rigging to tho jib-sheet : stanchion / forward , carried away , and . part of the covering board and two of the outside skin planks were damaged . ' The bow ofthe steamer was considerably damaged , but as she is in watertight compartments , the sea only washed into the first division , and she floated freely . The utmost consternation prevailed , especially on board the brig , and tho crew , immediately scrambled on board , including a passenger who was almost in a state of nudity . A h awser was then made fast to the Lavinia from the starboard bow of the Thetis , but as the wind filled the sails of i the brig the hawser broke , and she fell off .- As it down boat , far- Kanta Cruz and Matanzas . had her bulwark s

      was observed that the brig did not go , a was sent to examine her condition , and on its being ascertained that the damage was principally above th © water-lino , the crow returned , and when the Thetis left it was understood that the Lavinia would bear up for Rothesay Bay or Greenock for repairs . The steamer had only proceeded onward as far as tho Little Cumbrae when the haze deepened into n fog of exceeding density , and the men on the lookout could not see half a ship ' s length before them . The engines were slowed , till the vessel crept along at a snail's pace ; tho bell was rung at intervals ; but about five a . m . the ship slid gently ashore , and , as the tide was nearly out , slm stuck fast , without , however , receiving any other injury than that which had been already inflicted on her bows . By and by

      it was discovered that the Thetis was aground a little below Kilcrcggan Quay , qn the north bank of the Frith , although the proper course of the vessel was on the south shore—but the nature of the fog easily accounts fin' the accident . When Mr . Stewart knew his position , he immediately dispatched a boat ' s crew with the mails , and by the help of a compass they groped their way into Oreenock . About half-past eleven the ship herself got off with flood-tide , and proceeded slowly to this place . After lying hero some time , Mr . Stewart tried the voyage up the Clyde , but having reached Dalmuir , and the fog still continuing , he resolved not to proceed any further ; and here a number of the passengers disembarked , and found their way on foot to Glasgow with great difficulty .

      Fatal Coal pit Accident . —A most distressing and singular accident occurred on the 6 th inst ., at the Netherton Quarry coal-pit , situate near Maryhill , about two milesfrora Glasgow , tho property of Mr . Barclay , of Paisley . It appears that there are two shafts to the workings , and tho men were in the habit of descending the newer shaft , through the smoke and vapour from the engine furnace , when going down to their work . On that day , it appears , Mr . Davidson , the manager , saw some cause to divide the air course , hy which the ventilation of the pit was carried on , the unexpected result of which was that the direction of the air current was reversed , the endne furnace . attracted the current towards the old from the new pit , thus making the un-cast the down-cast . The consequence was , that

      t ' tie smoke , which ought to have escaped by the upcast shaft , was driven back into the new workings , which it completely filled , and five of the unfortunate miaers ther * employed were speedily suffocated . A signal was given from below that something was wrong , when the water that was being pumped out of tho pit was again thrown back , which so far reversed the current of air as to allow the miners in the old workings to escape by the old or down-cast shaft . Only two escaped by the . ordinary means of Communication With the , pit , namel y , tbe new or upcast shaft . We have no doubt but the whole matter will bo thoroughly investigated by'the ^ ' pro per autho . rities , and the blame , if'tnere . be any , fixed on the proper parties . The singular casualty seems to have baeu one that , with requisite cautipn' -need not have occurred North British Mail .

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      The Cuffe-Stheet Savings Bank.—The Attor...

      The Cuffe-stheet Savings Bank . —The Attorney-General has withdrawn the further prosecution of Mr . Hughes , of the Cuffe-street . savings bank . The Duke of Devonshire has made a reduction of twenty-five per cent , to his agricultural tenants in Dungarvan , on their half-year ' s rent . The Loss op thb Edmond . —The mayor of Limerick received £ 20 from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant for the shipwrecked passengers at Kilkee . Richard Russell , Esq ., to whom , all the survivors , under Providence , owe their lives , received for the same benevolent purpose £ 5 from Colonel Vandeleur , Kilrush , and £ 5 from the Rev . Godolphin Osborne ,

      per Mr . Francis O'Donnell . The charitable fund raised in this city for the survivors of the wreck of the emigrant ship Edmond , at Kilkee , numbering 118 , was on Saturday distributed by the mayor , at the Town Hall , in the presence of Captain Ellis and Mr . John M'Donnell , the charterer . The amount received by each person was £ 2 5 s , Magisterial investigations are being held at Kilkee , in connexion with the plunder by the villagers of theeffects of the p assengers and shio Edmond , wrecked there . Last week Mr . Martin Hynes was fined £ 2 q by the justices , for concealing property saved from the wreck ; and others were convicted iu penalties of from d £ 10 to £ 5 each , while several were committed to prison for six months for participating in the disgraceful robberies perpetrated on that sad occasion .

      Crop Lifting . —Some nights aso , a person named Mallon ; a tenant to Thomas J . Tenison , Esq ., in Balteagh , parish of Tynan , surreptitiously carried away and concealed the entire crop , consisting of oats , straw , turnips , & c , ( having previously sold two cows ) , and next day had the audacity to demand a sura of money for denuded premises . Arkest of the Alleged Murderer of Mr . North , J . P . —A man named Walsh , the alleged murderer of Mr . North some few weeks since , and whn absconded from tbat period , was arrested b y tbe Wolf hill police , near Timahoe , Queen ' s County , on the morning of the 4 th inst ., after a sharp chase . The prisoner was transmitted to Maryborough gaol , preparatory to his removal to the county in which the crime was committed . Bursting of a Portkr Vat . —On the 5 th inst .

      one of the large vats at Messrs . Beamish and Crawford's brewery burst with a loud crash , throwing down a large portion of the adjacent wall . The porter which it contained rushed in a torrent through the vat room , and thence escaped to the river , with whose waters it mingled . The vat is said to have contained 500 hogsheads , and the damage done is estimated at nearly £ 2 , 000 . Lord John Russell ' s Letter . —A number ofthe Roman Catholic clergy and laity of Limerick have published a requisition convening a meeting of the citizens , ^ ' to express their reprobation of the intolerant spirit put forth in the letter addressed by Lord John Russell to the Bishop of Durham , in which he

      designates the religion of the vast majority of the people of this country ' a superstiiious mummery : ' and to commence the strongest and most energetic resistance to the re-enactment of the penal laws , and the violation ofthe principles of civil and religious liberty , now threatened by the bigoted fanaticism of the Queen ' s government and the English people . In pursuance of the abovementioned requisition , a large and influential meeting was held on Friday ever ia ; . The chair was taken by John Thomas Sheehy , Esq ., and several resolutions were passed denouncing the intolerance exhibited by the Premier , and pledging themselves to resist the threatened revival of the penal laws ,

      Pastoral from the Romax Catholic Primate on Mixed Eduction . —The Tablet has given the following resume of a pamphlet preparing for publication , in the shape of " A Letter of his Grace the Lord Primate to the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Armagh . " The subjects discussed in this manifesto are mixed education , the Queen ' s Colleges , the projected Roman Catholic University , and the letter of Lord John Russell on the ' Papal aggressions . '" According to the version oftheTablet , which is the only one yet available , no reference is made by Archbishop Cullen to the expected decision ofthe Pope on the question

      of the Queen s Colleges , regarding which so serious a difference of opinion prevailed among tbe bishops at the Synod of Thuries , in September last . And the belief is gaining ground , on account of the long delay , that no unqualified condemnatio » of those institutions , amounting to a positive interdict as regards the attendance of the laity , is likely to emanate from Rome . Dr . Cullen is most earnest and energetic in his advocaeyof a Roman Catholic University , which , up to this time , has not received anv thing like the ^ rtent of support , in the form of contributions , which had been calculated upon .

      Tranquil State of Tipperakt . —The Tipperary Free Press declares that that county never was so tranquil as at present , because competition for land , the source of agrarian crime , no longer exists . TnRWiNTKn Emigration . —It is a most remarkable sign of the times that , even up to the approach of Christmas , emigration continues almost upon as great a scale as during tho spring or summer from some of the southern ports . In Dublin , during tho last week , there has been a visible diminution iu the numbers proceeding direct to America , or by steamers to Liverpool to tako shipping there . lVaterford is the chief port selected by emi grants from thecountiesofWaterford , Tipperary , and Kilkenny The Clonmel Chronicle states that tho streets of that town are crowded with the rural population their

      , on way to America , whilst in Waterford the influx of people from the-adjacent counties is very great . In tho western counties the eraieration mania has , for the present , abated , but it is likely to be renewed in the spring . The Rosconir yen Journal , referring to the reduced prices at the fair of that town on Thursday last , says - «« Far mors have not much reason to be satisfied ' with tha prices they obtained ; and , with high rents with enormous taxes , we fear it will be impossible for them to hold on much longer . It is said nlrZl portion of , this class contemplate emi grating next spring ; and wo perceive that they , we almost altogether neglecting to till the land which £ had ral ? r W ^ eat Wow antieipdtons Xbuld KSS'J T ^^ -Jer Heaven , what is flSn ? ,, ' landlord class > f « ru \ n would inevitabl y follow a continued extensive cuiigra-

      The Cuffe-Stheet Savings Bank.—The Attor...

      'lion , such as is likely to occur next year . There is not sufficient ground for this alarm , but there can bo no doubt that ' the very extensive emigration , of the better and more solvent class of farmers has already produced a pernicious effect in various parts of . the country , Latterly , however , tho pretty general readjustment of rents has given a decided check to the emigration of tenant-farmers ; and it is certain that there is a better demand foe farms at moderate rents in some parts of Roscommon , Wosstmeath , arid other counties . In Ulster generally , especially in the north-eastern comities there appears to be a decided tendency to improve * ment . The Armagh Gazette , in an account of the fair of Moy on Friday last , says : — " Tho demand for farm-houses was greater than the suppl y , which shows that there is an improvement in the times and tho condition of the agriculturists iu this part of the country , " lion , such as is likely to occur nextvear . " Th « - /»

      The Inisn Flak Movement . —Further satisfac . tory accounts havo been received of the exertions of the gentry m the south to extend the cultivation of flax , Even in Kerry some progress has been made by tho newly-formed Farming Society at Listowel , whore subscriptions are increasing , and arrangements will be made to procure from tho Ulster Society an instructor qualified to teach thefanners in the north of Kerry the best mode of cultivating and preparing flax . Reouction of Poob-kates . —Unless iu som * western and a few southern unions a decided reduction has occurred in the rates for the support of the poor . Wexford , which had suffered during the famine , but to a less extent than most other counties , is steadil recovering ; and the poorrates in the unions of that county are now not much higher than they had been before the potato crop failure . In the Union of Enniscorthy ,

      embracing twelve electoral divisions , there is only one charged with a rate of 2 s . OU , in the pound ; the average is not more than half that amount ; whilst the rate in the division of Oastletalbot is only 10 d ., and in Ballyvaldon it is as low as 8 d , iu the > pound . In the union of Gorey , also in the county of Wexford , and embracing twenty-three electoral divisions , the reduction generally is still more considerable . In one division the new rate is 2 s . lOd . f in another it is 2 s . 8 d . ; . but tho average on tho entire union is remarkabl y low . Several of the electoral divisions aro rated at from sixpence to > one shilling in the pound , two are rated at fivepence , two at fourpence , two at threepence , and ; in the electoral division of Wells the rate is reduced to the exceedingly low amount of twopence in the pound on the poor-law valuation . This is really an encouraging symptom of agricultural recovery . ! !

      TiieRbpeal Association . —Tbe weekly , meeting of this association was held on Monday . at Conciliation Hall , Mr . Richard Nolan presiding . Mr . John O'Connell alluded , at considerable length , to the recent address of the Most Rev . Dr . Cullen , Roman Catholic Primate , and to Lord John Russell ' s letter to tho Bishop of Durham , and concluded by reading a " Report ofthe Committer of the Loyal National Catholic and Repeal Association of' Ireland upon the Church Establishment grievance , " io which it is stated that , " afe

      this moment , when rival political leaders in . England , for party purposes , are seeking to per auade the ignorant people that their liberty ia in , peril from the assumption of spiritual titles hy Catholic bishops , without claim or pretence to territorial possession , monied wealth , or temporal power , It deeply behoves Catholic Ireland to protest . against the real grievance , the real robbory , the real oppression of having to support a Church to which the people do not belong . " The report was carried . The rent for the week was £ 9 12 s . 6 d . '

      Lord John Russell ' s Letter . —The Mavo meeting , to denounce Lord Jehu Russell ' s « ' no Popery manifesto , " as it is called , came off on Tuesday . Mr . Moore , M . P ., presided , and amongst those present were Mr . Ouscley Higgins , the other Mayo representative , Mr ; Valentine O'Connor Blake , D . L ., Mr . Mark Blake , D . L ., Mr . F . Hi ggins , J . P ., some others of the local gentry , and a great number of Roman Catholic clergymen . Mr . Ouseley Higgins , -M . P ., proposed tho first resolution , viz . : — " That this meeting , representing the feelings of upwards of 200 , 000 Catholics in this country , view with

      surprise and indi gnation a late letter from Lord John Russell to the Bishop of Durham , in which he abuses his high , station as first minister of the Crown , fomenting religious animosities among her Majesty ' s subjects , and exciting against one portion of the inhabitants ofthe country the sectarian hare , and fanaticism , and the fury of the other . " Among the other resolutions which were adopted on the occasion was the following : — " That a memorial to her Majesty the Queen be prepared from her faithful and loyal subjects in this country , praying her to remove from her councils a minister in whom the people of Ireland have no confidence , and whom they no longer can supporfc with honour . "

      Libel , —The case of Captain Wynn , against to th © Marquis of Westmeath , for libel , terminated on Tuesday in tho discharge of the jury , without agreeing to a verdict . The jury , however , several times came into court , and declared that they were agreed on finding for the plaintiff , but could not agree as to the amount of damages , one juror holding out for only nominal damages , and the other eleven being , as it would appear , for substantial damages . The evidence on the whole has been of

      such a nature as to be unfit for publication ; but the rebutting case of the plaintiff was greatly strengthened by a fact brought out in tho crossexamination of a witness by the defendant ' s counsel , Mr . Butt , namely , that the husband of the woman , Mary Connell , was offered £ 20 by the defendant ' 3 attorney , Mr . Kelly , to criminate his wife ; and on Mr . Kelly being called on the table to explain the circumstance , he admitted that the Marquis of Westmeath was cognisant of the circumstance that money was offered to the man . .

      Death In The Teapot .—By The Help Of Mr....

      Death in the Teapot . —By the help of Mr . Slivers wo were enabled , in a recent number to exposeto an injured public some of the ingredients of metropolitan milk— "London Genuine Particular . " A correspondent now makes a further revelation of how our teapots are defiled when it is innocently supposed a pure beverage is in course of concoction . "A short time since , " he says , "a friend of mine a chemist in Manchester , was applied to for a quantity- of French chalk , a species of talc in fine powder ; the parl y who purchased it used , regularly , several pounds a week . Not being an article of usual sale in such quantity my , friend became curious to know to what uso it could be applied : on asking the wholesale dealer who supplied him , he ttated his belief

      that it was used in facing' tea ( the last process of converting black tea into green ) , and that , within the last month or two , he had sold in Manchester upwards of a thousand pounds of it . My friend , the chemist , then instituted a series of experiments , and the result proved that a great deal , if net all , the common green teas used in this country is coloured artificially . The very first experiment demonstrated fraud . The plan adopted was as follows : —A few spoonfuls of green tea at 5 s a pound , were placed on a small sieve and held under a gentle stream of cold water flowing from a tap for the space of four or five minutes . The tea quickly changed its colour from green to a dull yellow , and upon drying with a very gentle heat , gradually assumed the appearance of ordinary black tea .

      On making a minute microscopic examination of the colouring matter washed from the leaf , and which was caught in a vessel below , it appeared to be composed of three substances , particles of vellow , blue , and white . The blue was proved to be Prussian blue—the yellow thought to be the turmeric , and the white , French chalk . If the two former bo mixed together in very fine powder , they will give a green of any required shade . It is made to adhere to the tea leaf hy some adhesive matter , and then it is 'faced' b y the French chalk io g ive it the pearly appearance so much liked . This simple experiment any one can perform . A gentleman assured me that a friend of his , a short time since ,, happened—though quite unintentionally on his part —to walk into a private room connected with the establishment of a wholesale tea-dealer , and there

      bo saw people actually at work converting black tea into green : the proprietor soon discovered bis presence in the room , and , before him , in no measured terms , severely reprimanded * tbe workmen for having permitted a stranger to enter . " — Dickm ' s Household Words The tbial of the Abbe Gothland and Madame de Sablons , for tho murder by poison ofthe servant of A ^' iwf ' . i ? brou g"t ' to a termination . The Abbe Gothland has been found Guilty , with attenuating circumstances , and condemned to imprisonment and hard labour for life . Madame de Sablons tLJfu " Xi *?? - Aftep th 0 P aS 5 in S of * he sen - nfinn ^ eAbb 6 0 thliind "iterated his assertions the uock enCe Mailamo de . Sablons fainted in ft

      « fcl M ^ ?\ ahv S uc ow ow guara > when atone we snouiu watch our thoughts , when in society our tongues , onu vttien in our families our tempers . Indeed , upon our properly guarding the last depends much of our social happiness and domestic comfort , taking care to counteract tnat . continued irritability of mind which is the precursor to ebullitions of passion . But out mental disposition is so intimatel y connected with our . physical condition , that what is frequently considered ill-temper , or peeriiimesa , is in reality but the result of a derangement of the digestive or other organs of the body , and requires medicinal not mental remedies . To such we recommend with confidence Vrampton ' s i'ill of Health , as beiug certain in iu efteets , and gentle in lis operation . i . The hig h estimation in which Holiowav ' s- Puts am

      held fob tub cchb of Indigestion , & c . — In a letter written by Mr . J . IT . licll , of Geelong , to the Agent for tha sale of Ho'Ioway ' s Fills and Ointment at Melbourne , Port Phillip , he says : —• tiratitude obliges me to publish'the great benefit uiy wife has received from tho use of these unparalleled Pills . Wc arrived in Melbourne about nine years ago , when she was attacked with indigestion and constipation of the bowels ; after going to cou > idarab ! e expense for other medicine , without . rclier " , she tried Ilolloway s Fills , and by continuing to take them for a short time she is perfectly cured , and is now einovincr the best of health . ' J * b

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14121850/page/6/