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      Heawh of Loxdox ncnixc the Week . —The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that ihctotal deaths registered in the metropolis were 1 , 05 . 3 . The average of the season , corrected for increase of population , 1 , 102 , and therefore exceeds ihe deaths of last week by 109 . The mortality - which for some time after the abatement of the epidemic continued to fall till it reached a point unusually low , again steadily increases , as appears from the numbers successively returned in the last four weeks , -which were 878 , " S 92 , 931 . and 1 , 053 . The cause of the increase may be discovered in the feet , that whereas deaths from epidemic diseases in these four weeks were respectively 204 , 17 $ , 173 , and 203 , those caused by diseases of the respiratory

      organs ( chiefly bronchitis and pneumonia ) were 134 , 170 , 194 , and 203 , showing a gradual rise towards the average , ¦ which is 214- The deaths from phthisis ( which are not included in tbe above ) have been in the last four weeks 13 S . 104 . 134 , and 133 ; the ¦ weekl y average is 128 . Hooping-cough was fatal , in the same periods , to 22 , 12 , 23 , and IS children ; the average is 34 . There were 9 deaths from influenza , last week , showing an increase on recent returns ; the average of previous seasons is 21 , hut is chiefly derived from the mortality in 1847 , when influenza was epidemic , and multiplied the deaths both from this and other affections of the respiratory organs . The deaths in last week from typhus were 51 , a considerable increase on previous weeks :

      but other epidemics are siill much below the average . It is gratifying to state that no person in London was registered ns having died in the last week from cholera ; this is the first week in which the bills of mortality have been quite free from this disease since June , 1 S 4 S , a period of nearly eighteen months . The deaths from diarrhoea were 17 , less by 6 than the avenge . A man of 47 years died of " marasmus , after spirit drinking . " Tiie death of a man of G 3 , in St Andrew Eastern ( Holbornj , was caused by destitution . In Norwood a man died of glanders , caught from a diseased horse . —Accompanying the present return is a diagram , which

      exhibits the mortality from cholera in the London districts , with the average elevation of the inhabited portions of each ; and shews also by which of the nine water companies each district is supplied , and the source from which its water is obtained . —The mean daily reading of the barometer on Thursday tras 29 . 0-35 in ., the highest in the week ; the mean of the week was 29 . 419 . The mean daily temperafere ; which fell to 33 deg . on Tuesday , rose to -ifideg . on Thursday . The mean of the vseek was 42 deg . 2 min ., slightly above the average of the same week in seven years . On Tuesday the mean temperature was 8 deg . hclow the average , and on Thursday C deg . aboveit .

      The Mbkoer is Hahlet-street . — Since tbe prisoner's examination on Friday week many particulars have transpired , baring a tendency to fix a fast amount of guilt upon the prisoner , apart from flie awful charge now pending against her . In 1842 the prisoner was tried for the wilful murder of an illegitimate child , and npon that occasion she was convicted of concealment of birth , and sentenced to six months * imprisonment . She was then living in a family at Lay ton , in Essex , as cook . In this case tbe child was also packed up in a box , which was addressed to the porter of Knutsford Union , and from inquiries made by the police the forwarding thereof was traced to the prisoner . In 1 S 44 a box , having in it a dead infant , newly born , was seat to Mr . Thomas Barton , another member of

      the family . An inquest was held upon the body , bni in the course of the investigation gone into , nothing transpired which could fix guilt upon any party . Taking all these circumstances into consideration , very little doubt can exist as to tbe prisoner bavingmurdered no fewer than three children . On Monday Mr . Anderson , the governor of Ilford gaol had an interview with Jfr . Long , the magistrate , to whom he made known some particulars connected with a former examination of the prisoner . It is stated that during the short time she iras in the family of Mr . Huthshe appeared to be remarkably serious and reserved , and that whenever opportunity offered she employed her time in reading the Bible , the Prayer-book , and other works of a religious and moral tendency .

      MEinorouTAS Water Supply . —On Monday evening a very numerous meeting of the parishioners of Southwark and the districts adjecent was held at fee Three Tuns Tavern , Borough , for the purpose of considering " the present defective and impure supply of water to those localities , as now drawn from " the polluted river Thames ; and also for the purpose ot adopting measures to secure a constant , cheap , abundant , and pure supply of water at high pressure , as essentially necessary for the health of the inhabitants . " Mr . T . Walker , a churchwarden of St . Olavc ' s , toot the chair . He observed , that they had not met for the promotion of any particular scheme . They wished to agitate the general question only , as no one could doubt that the

      supply from the cesspool of the Thames was unfit for Jmmnn consumption . Sot only was the water bad in quality , but deficient in quantity ; and , impure as it was , there was not even enough , to supply the miserable dwellings of the poor , let , sub-let , and even re-let again , and where the most imperative necessity existed for an unusual abundant supply . 3 fr . Challis , surgeon and chairman of the Bermondsey Board of Guardians , proposed the first resolution , and hi doing so rcmatked , that the people were at present utterly unable to prevent the infliction of bad water upon themselves , and the government would probably not greatly interest itself until the pressure from without compelled theta to give their undivided attention to the crying evil of the present monopoly . The late epidemic hid peculiarly chosen for its ravages those districts south of the " Thames supplied with its waters , and ,

      as if to indicate its deleterious influence , had literally stayed at the point where that supply ceased . The resolution he had to propose was , " That this meeting considers the water supply of the whole metropolis deficient in quantity , impure in quality , aud more especially so in the parish of Soathwark and the adjacent districts , that supply being drawn from the impure water of the Thames . " Mr . " "William Howard seconded this resolution , which was unanimously agreed to . The second resolution recommended that " each metropolitan parish should , by vestry meetings or otherwise , support the principle of parochial " co-operation for the purpose of obtaining from parliament powers to place the whole of the water service under the management of a board of parochial representatives appointed by the ratepayers of all the metropolitan parishes . " This was also agreed to , and the meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the

      chairman . The Body of a Gentleman fouxd is the River . —On Sunday afternoon as two watermen were rowing past the entrance of the Commercial Docks , Rofberhiihe , they had their attention drawn to something lying in the mud by the edge of the river , which , they found to he the body of a gentleman . A messenger was despatched to Mr . Henry Gardner , the summoning officer of the district , who at once repaired to the spot , and identified the body as that of Mr . Charles Whitburn , of So . 10 ,

      Kenningtouterracc , facing the Common , who had been missinnabout a month since . It appears that the deceased gentleman at an early hour of the morning was proceeding on board tbe Sir William Joliffe steamer , moored alongside the Tower Wharf , when lie bv some means slipped and fell overboard into the water . An alarm was rahed at the time and every exertion made to rescue the deceased , but he disappeared and was drowned . Mr . Gardner , the officer , procured a shell , and had the deceased re moved to the dead-house in Iiotherh . ib . tc Churchyard -where it awaits an inquest .

      brDDEX Dbath of Mr . Marriott . —On Monday an inquest was held at the Hero of Waterloo publichouse , Lambeth , by Mr . Carter , on the body of Mr . Marriott } of Fleet-street , who died very suddenly on Saturdayjlast . The jury returned a verdict of" Natural death . " Extensive Fires . —On Sunday rooming , shortly before four o clock , a fire broke out in the premise ' s occupied by Mr . Joseph Partuvr , a watchmaker and is weller , carrying on business at So . 114 , St . George ' s

      Street ( late Itatclilf-highway ) , which was mt extinguished until nearly the whole of the occupier ' s property was destroyed . —Shortly before the above fire occurred , one of a very alarming character happened at Xo . 19 , Alfred-place , Sewington-causeway , in the tenure of Mr . Hooper , a linen-draper and silkmsreer ; and the flames were not extinguished until they had travelled completely through the building . The premises ot * Mr . Mahon , dealer in cigars ( Xo . 20 , ) and Mr . Good , painter ( No . IS , ) are also damaged .

      J ? ireat XoetosFoi . gate . —On Tuesday morning about five o ' clock , considerable alarm was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Norton Folgate , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire ia the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr . E . Hatton , chemical manufacturer , carrying on business in Elder-street , near Spital-square . It was caused ftota the overheat of one of the stoves , and the fire was notextingushed until considerable damage was done , for the stove was burned and so was the di y inghonse and the roof of the store-room adjoining " was much injured .

      As LscsuAL OcctnuESCE . —On Monday morning an occurrence which of late has become like ansels -visits "few and far between "—a due ] , took place close to "Wormwood-scrubs . It appears that about seven o clock , just as day was breaking , a postchaise , belonging to Mr . It . Xewman , the wellknown post-master of JRegent-street , which contained two gentlemen , was observed to turn from the Uxbridge-road at Shepherd ' s-bush , np Woodiane , leading to Wormwood-scrubs , and was in two or three minutes followed by a gentleman ' s carriage in which were also two gentlemen , and behind the latter was a gentleman on horseback , who is supposed to have been a surgeon . The parties bv whom they were seen followed up ihe lane , and on reaching nearly to the top found that they had not

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      gone on to thc Scrubbs , but had got out in the lane , and got over the fence into a meadow belonging to Mr . John Pain , the proprietor of Old Oak farm . Information of the affair was despatched to the police as soon as the parties were observed , but their movements were so prompt that almost as soon as thc persons who followed them could get to thc part where the carriage and postchaise were standing , the road being very rough , two shots were fired , and in less than five minutes thc five gentlemen returned over tho fence together , the one supposed to be tbe surgeon instantly jumping on his horse and galloping off , whilst the other four gentlemen , who appeared to be on friendly terms , got

      into the carriage , which immediately drove on , followed by the empty postchaise . After the vehicles had got some little distance down the lane , they were met by a sergeant and constable of police , but , observing their approach , thc carriage was driven swiftly on , and tbe police did not interrupt their progress ; and on reaching the end of Wood-lane , they returned towards town . All that could be gleaned from the drivers of thc vehicles , by the party who followed them , was that one of the principals was a gentleman well-known ou the turf , and the other a mesnher of a cluh iu St . James ' -street . It is said that all the parties can be identified by those who saw them .

      Opening of the Mauyleboke Baths ano Washhouses , —On Tuesday tbe ceremony of opening the Public Baths and \ Vasnhouse . s erected for the parish of Marylebone , on th ? site of the late tea gardens attached to the "Xorkshire Stingo , New-road , look place in the presence of the churchwardens , vestry , baths and washhouse commissioners , and a vast assemblage of ladies and gentlemen . The cost of the entire building , which is a very neat structure of redbrick with Bath facing , will amount to very nearly £ 20 , 000 .

      Suithfizld Club Cattle Snow . —Tuesday was the first day at the cattle show , and the crowded state of the bazaar throughout thc day evinced the interest which the public take in the rise and profress of the beef and mutton with which they are to e regaled in the approaching festive season . The Duke of ltichmond , the Earl of Leicester } and other notabilities connected with agriculture , visited the exhibition during the day , and expressed their satisfaction in very warm terms . Three or four of the swell moh made their appearance in the course of the day , but were soon detected and removed . Melascholt and Fatal Accident . —On Tuesday afternoon the body of L . II . Shadwell , Esq ., barrister-at-law . and second son oi Sir L . Shadwell ,

      Tice-Chancellor , was discovered in a ditch which divides Barnes Elms Part the residence of his father , from an adjoining farm . The deceased occupied a sleeping apartment in a lodge , which is about a quarter of a mile distant from the mansion occupied by the family ; aud he was last seen alive on Sunday night , when heleft the house about halfpast nine o ' clock to walk across the park to his lodge . The night was not only dark , but there was an intense fog . It having been ascertained in the morning thathe had been absent from his customary sleeping-pbice during the night , a search was instituted , and on Tuesday the body was discovered in the ditch already mentioned , in which the water was not more than two feet six inches deep , but the

      deposit of mud was still deeper . Dr . Willis was sent for and made an external examination of the body , which it should be stated was dressed , with the exception of the feet . Which were naked . There was no trace of the shoes , but afterwards socks were found in his pockets . His trousers and other portions of his dress had been much torn , apparently by the brambles at the side of the ditch , which the deceased had evidently caught at to save himself if possible in his descent- A ring and other valuable property were on bis person , showing that the deceased had not been the victim of robbery . ^ The general supposition as to the cause that IcdTo the death is that the deceased on leaving the mansion

      diverged out of the right path , owing to the heavy fog , and fell into the sluice connecting the lake with the nver , the tide being then up ; and being a most fearless swimmer , it is presumed he swam out into the river , and then landed on tbe towing- path , and in endeavouring to regain the park , he inadvertantly fell into the ditch , where it was evident his struggles had been most terrific to extricate himself . Death of Mr . Defutv Dixox . —This gentleman , well known in the city circles from his long connexion with the "Ward of Cripplegate-without , died on " Wednesday at the advanced age of seventythree . He has left a numerous family to mourn his loss .

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      LaHCASHIKE . —DREADFOi McBDEB OF A WjFE . —Ofl the 7 th inst . an inquest was held before the borough coroner , on the body of Isabella Cheetham , wife of Richard Cheetham , a collier , living in Bollan-street Over Darwen , who died in consequence of the brutal injuries which she received from her husband . The deceased and her murderer had been married about five years , and were respectively aged twenty-six and twenty-five years . The prisoner was present during the investigation . The principal witness was Mary Knowlcs , a child of nine years old , sister of the deceased , who said—When she went in on the

      occasion in question the deceased and her husband were in the house , and he was sober . There was , pan upon the fire , and the prisoner began to shake it and to spill the water in the fire ; he then took the pan off the-fire , and said it should not go on again until he had something to eat . His wife said she could not get it without the money . The prisoner replied , " But I ' ll make thee do it , " and he lifted up his fist and kuocked her down . He hit her in the breast , and she fell on the floor ; be then got upon her , aud knelt upon her belly with his knees , and " began akneedingof her , ( working his knees up and down , or stamping upon her with

      them ) . He then commenced pulling her ears until he made them , bleed . Whilst he was on her he kept hitting her with his fists on both sides of the head . She shouted out , " . Oh , dear me , " and a neighbour came up and said , " They are killing Isabella !" The prisoner knelt upon his wife for about twenty minutes , he then got up and commenced pulling her nose . This took place on the Thanksgiving-day . The deceased lingered until the following Thursday , when she died . Several other witnesses having been called , the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner , and he was committed to Kirkdale to await his trial .

      Tub Sew Couxir Gaol of Haxts being completed , the few remaining prisoners in the old gaol were removed to the new one on the Cth inst . Among these was one ( a debtor ) , William Miller , formerly of Christehurcti , cabinet maker , who had been in confinement thirty-five years ! he having been committed on the 3 rd of December , 1614 . The old man was very loth to exchange his old apartments , and was actually carried out of the gaol to the carriage which was to convey him to the new prison . Fire at Upper Hare Park . —At about five o'clock on the evening of the 7 th inst . a fire broke out in one of the old wings of the mansion at

      Upper Hare-park , the seat of Geu . Grosvernor , who , with the family , is now from home , the only persons residing there being a man servant and some females , who are left in charge of the house . A despatch was immediately sent to Xewmarket for the engine , which was on tho spot as soon as tune would permit , and the fire was confined to that portion of the bouse in which it commenced , and which was entirely destroyed . The rest of the buildings , and all the new part of tho mansion , was fortunately preserved . The fire is supposed to have been caused by the overheating of one of the flues , by which means some joints and otb . es woodwork became ignited .

      The Recent . Case op Child Murder . —On Saturday last an inquiry was resumed by P . It . Falkner , Esq ., coroner , at the house of Ann Harrison , the ltoyal Oak , Jforth IiC-erton , in the county of Nottingham , on the body of a certain male child , supposed to have been murdered by its mother , which has caused great sensation throughout the neighbourhood . The first witness examined was Mary , wife of Theophilus Burton , who on being sworn deposed that her sister , Sarah Drake , left Xorth Levcrton , about twelve years ago . Fivo years ago this Christmas my husband ' s brother

      Thomas Burton , who lived at Xorth Leverton , received a box containing a dead child , but did not see the child herself . Sarah Drake came to see her parents in 1 S 4 S , and stopped about tea months , and went away in February last . She never said she had a child , she had no idea where her sister was at this time . Before she went away last February she told her she thought it hard her mother mentioned to her that the box had come with the chdd , and denied that she ever knew anythin « about it . —After the production of some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned .

      TnAGICAL OCCCBREXCE AT WEn . VESBDTOT —2 fumerousand distressing as are the catastrophes incidental to a mining district , we think we may venture to assert that m occurrence more painful than the one wo are about to relate has but seldom taken place m ( south Staffordshire . In a field at the back of the Baptist Chapel , on the Holvhcadroad , there isa colliery belonghigto Messrs . Adams and Rxchards , of Bridge Street , on the bank of which are two small brick houses , or * 'hovels . " as thev are locally called , although rather better to the { hovels usually seen on pit-banks . One of the honsM

      is no „ requued for the purposes of the colliery , and it has been occupied during the last six months by a man named John Pettifer , and his wife and fivo children , the eldest of whom was a girl about thirteen years of age , the youngest an infant of five months old . Pettifer was a screw forger , but in consequence of the depression of trade , he had teen in very poor circumstances for a long time past . About seven o ' clock on the night of tho 4 th inst the eldest daughter , Betsy Pettifer , was sent by her parents to purchase a candle at the shop oa the

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      Portway-road , which is sixty or seventy yards distant , and is reached by a footpath forming the usual approach to the colliery . As she did not return home at the time expected , the father went out in search of her . Ho did not return either , and after more than an hour had elapsed , the mother became alarmed at the absence of both , and she went out to see what had become of them , leaving her four children sitting round the fire . 1 he eldest of these , a boy about ten years oi age , fell asleep soon afterwards , and continued so until about two o ' clock in the morning , when he was awoke by the crvin" of his younger brothers and sisters . Hetheil found " that neither ins parents nor sister had returnedunon which ho resolved to go to an aunt who

      , lives in the Portway-road , in order to see whether thev were at her house . He happened to diverge a little from the usual path in going thither , and it was fortunate for him that he did so . In groping his way along the pit-bank he observed a smoky vapour risui" from a hole , and thinking this might have something to do with the absence of his parents , if he did not at once conjecture what had occurred , the poor little fellow mentioned the circumstance to his aunt , as well as the other particulars we have narrated . The aunt immediately got the assistance of some neighbours , and proceeded to the spot , when their worst fears wererealised , as they found th at what is known by miners as a " crownin o-s in" had taken place . Eight or ten yards from

      the hovel , and right on the line of pathway to which we have before referred , a subsidence of the soil had occurred , leaving visible a round hole five or six feet wide " , from which was issuing such a vapour as showed that it was connected with a coal-nit . This vapour prevented any immediate steps being taken to recover the bodies of the three unfortunate persons , who , there could be no doubt , had fallen in one after the other , as they went along the path . As soon as daylight made its appearance , every effort was made to reach the bodies , but it was not until the forenoon of the 6 th inst . that they were brought up . It turned out that tho hole was about twelve or fourteen yards deep , and it has the appearance of having , at some remote period , been

      used as a shaft to the coal workings underneath , although no one was aware of its existence , as is case in regard to hundreds of similar hidden p itfalls throughout the district . This occurrence adds but another drop to the ocean of arguments which have for many years been accumulating , although apparently in vain , to show tho necessity for the passing of some legislative measure which would enforce ' a rigid and systematic record of mines and mining operations ; an entire mapping out , in fact , of the mineral resources of the country—a system which shall show to the present and to the future generations the fields worked and unworked , the peculiarities , difficulties , and dangers , with all other knowledge which might contribute to safe and

      profitable mining . The existing generation knows nothing of the position and extent . of past workings , and they are leaving as little knowledge to those who may come after . —Birmingham Journal . Strange Catastrophe . —A most , serious catastrophe took place about two o ' clock on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., tbe Cat-hole Dam having burst , and washed away tbe gable end of the factory ( belonging to Mr . IV . Balliwell , of Kitson-wood , near Todmorden ) and greatly injured the goods and the machinery . The latter was quite new , and in goodworking order . At the time of the un ortunate event , the wife of Mr . John Judson , beerseller whose house is situated about twenty yards below the mill over the watercourse ) , happened to be employed in housework , when she was much alarmed on hearing a terrific

      noise . Being desirous of knowing the cause , she opened the back door , when the water rushed into the house in a mighty torrent , and Mrs . Judson was glad to make her escape ; the whole of the ale in the house was spoiled , and a hundred weight of sugar and other property also destroyed . So powerful was the force of the water that a very large quantity of soil was deposited in the factory , and some extraordinarily large stones . The factory has not been many months occupied , it having been recently built for Mr . Halliwell by the railway company on account of their having obstructed the light-of the factory he occupied at the time of tiie making of the Burnley branch line of railway . The damage sustained by Mr . Halliwell is about € 1 , 400 . —Leeds Intelligencer .

      The Great Exhibition of Works op Ixdostrt of all Nations . 1851 . — Nottingham , Monday . — This morning a meeting of merchants , bankers , manufacturers , and others , was held in the Exchange Hall for the purpose of promoting this exhibition . The Mayor ( Mr . R . Birkin ) having opened tiie proceedings , Mr . T . Carver , hosier , moved : —* ' That this meeting highly approves of the proposed exhibition of the works of industry of all nations to be held in London in the year 1851 , and considers it calculated to promote the agricultural as well as the commercial and manufacturing interests of the community , and to cement a friendly union among the nations of tiie world . " Mr . R . Morley , of the firm of J . and R . Morley , hosiers of Nottingham and London , seconded the motion , and strongly urged the expediency of appointing committeemen who would take an active part in working out the object

      of the meeting . —The resolution was carried unanimously . —Mr . Reckless , lace manufacturer , moved a vote of thanks to Prince Albert . —Mr . Hannay , hosier , in seconding the resolution , reminded the meeting that there was no town in Great Britain which could produce manufactures of greater beauty than Nottingham . If there were any doubts on the subject of expense , these might be resolved by leaving each locality to pay for itself , but he was opposed to a tax on the country at large . He approved of money prizes , but thought £ 5 , QQ 0 too large a sum for one prize . —Mr . C . Paget , as an agriculturist , spoke of the value attacked to medal prizes . —Mr . H . Reckless explained that the medals would be in addition to the money prizes . —The resolution was passed nuawhucwsVy . —On the motion of Mr . ¥ ilk * m , seconded by Mr . M * llett , a commutes wasappointed , and the proceedings terminated .

      The Rochdale Savings Bask Defalcations . —Great excitement prevails in Rochdale in consequents o ? the increased amount of defalcation which the close investigation of ths last few days has brought to light . The deficiencies now extend to £ 50 , 000 . John Tidd Pratt , Esq ., recommends the appointment of a committeef < formed jointly of depositors and trustees , to continue the examination of the accounts until the whole deficiencies can be fairly estimated ; and until this time all proceedings of a legal nature will be postponed . At the meeting of depositors , called by Jlr . Huntj solicitor of Rochdale , and held on Saturday morning last , the recommendation of Air . Pratt being stated , the meeting acquiesced in the propriety of the step , and a resolution was passed to adjourn for a month .

      Disastrous Fjiie i . \ Maxciiester . —A most destructive fire occurred at noon on Sunday to the premises of Messrs . James Lillie and Sons , millwrights and engineers , Store-street . The whole of the main building in which the works were carried on is destroyed ; aud as the top story , where the fiw originated , was entirely filled with patterns of wheels , & e ., which have been supplied to various proprietors of machinery in all parts of the kingdom for the last fifteen years , the loss is most serious . Indeed the sufferers themselves cannot accurately estimate it , though they suppose it to be about £ 20 , 090 . This does not include damage done to the building . Insurances ( in the Atlas and West of England offices ) extend only to £ 8 , 000 on both building and stock , Messrs . Lillie having reduced their insurances during the last year . Upwards of 200 men will be thrown out of employment by the catastrophe .

      Extraordinary Outrage . —An act of a very extraordinary nature was committed some short time ago , and lias formed the subject of very general conversation during the feiv past weeks . It appears that a person named John Didcote , a shoemaker , was drinking one evening in a beer-house in Cheltenham , when some persons treated bim to a pot of liquor . The treat was accepted , and shortly after Didcote went home ; but on the following morning he was found to be very ill , and on medical assistance being called in no doubt was entertained that the poor fellow had been drugged with some subtle poison . The symptoms of his disease were most extraordinary . The whole of the hair came off his head , and the nails of his fingers parted from the flesh , as did , in a short time afterwards , the nails of his toes . His whole frame became shrivelled and cmaevAted , and there was an evidently deep-seated

      mischief inflicted on the brain and nervous system . He has been attended throughout his illness by Dr . Collings Robinson , and , although partially recovered , it is evident he will never again be restored to his former health . It will , of course , be asked , " What motive could have led to the perpetration of so wanton an act ? " The onl y motive which has been assigned ( but which we are really loth to believe ) is , that Didcote , who was formerly an active man among the Conservative party , was instrumental at the trial of the election petition in proving the bribery cases alleged against that party , and that the act was committed against him out of political spite . Such is the motive whicli is at present assigned , but of which there is no legal proof , We understand that a subscription is being raised for Didcote , who has a family of five children , and that steps are being taken ior bringing the parties who have wromged him to the punishment they so richlv merit . —Bristol Journal .

      A Som . vambuwst . —About nveo clock on Saturday morning last one of the workmen in the employ of Mr . Evans , carver , of Little Paradise , Bedminster , and who resides in the house , whilst in a state of somnambulism , rose from his bed , and after throwing about the furniture in the room alarmed the neighbourhood by several loud cries of "Murder !" He then jumped out of the window , a hei » ht ' of twelve or fourteen feet , and , strange to say , alighted wi thout in the least injuring himself . He then clambered over an outhouse , and after passing over several gardens and enclosures , scaling several palisades in his way ; , arrived at tho boundary wall of Mill-lane , which is situate above 100 yards from Little Paradise . On getiinginto the lane , however

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      the exertion attendant upon his climbing over the wall awoke him , and Mr . Evans , who h ad gone m search of him , met the poor fellow in a state of nudity on Bedminster-causeway , greatly prostrateu by cold and fatigue . Mr . Evans , however , conveyed him homo , and having administered some brandy to him , he soon recovered . The somnambulist states that he was under the impression that he was about to be murdered , and was endeavouring to escape from the supposed assassin . . The Mixehs of Newcastle , being desirous to enlist the public sympathy and influence in favour of legislative protection against the fearful lossot life by colliery explosions , are issuing a series of monthly tracts , to illucidate the necessity of some nreventive measure being enacted for that purpose .

      Burglary at the Rectory House , Cuxtox . —At tho county magistrates' office , Rochester , on Monday Thomas Godden , alias Thomas Godden Jones , was brought before the Rev . G . Davies , Captain Baker , and Major Boys , for final examination , charged with having on the morning of Thursday week burglariously entered the residence ef the Rev , R . W . Shaw , at the Rectory-house , Cuxton , near Rochester , and stolen therefrom five seals , of the value of £ o , throo silver medals , a pocket-epmpass , and various other articles . The family , it appeared , retired to rest at the usual hour on the preceding night , leaving all apparently secure . Shortly after four o ' clock next morning Mr . Shaw was disturbed bv a noise below , and having listened for a

      few minutes he dressed himself , and went down stairs , accompanied by a servant , when he found tho drawing-room window thrown opcn > and a pane of glass removed from it . An Indian cabinet had been broken open , and several articles taken away . There were drippings from a wax candle on the carpet , and some lucifer matches were also found in the room . The prisoner was taken into custody in the course of the same morning on the road between Cuxton and Gravesend , and on searching him various articles were discovered which confirmed the suspicion that he had perpetrated the robbery . Ho was committed to Maidstone Gaol for trial at

      the next assizes . . ; , ,, A Victim or Morsioxtssi . —An inquest was held on Tuesday at Barnet ' s-grove , in the parish of heighten , near Buildnas , on the body of Thomas Lloyd ( A Mormonite , or Latter-day Saint , ) who was found in the river Severn , at Leighton , by J . Hewlett , of Buildwas , on Monday . It appeared that on Saturday , the 3 rd of November , the deceased , who was only twenty-three years of age , was engaged in baptising a young woman , at her request , by moonlight , and that in so doing ho got out of his depth , although he had baptised several there belore and was drowned . Tbe woman herself was with difficulty saved . Verdict , " Accidental death . — Hereford Journal . Affray with Poachers . —On Saturday Mternoon , between four and five o ' clock , as two keepers in the emplov of C . W . Packe , Esq ., M . P ., were proceeding round the estate , they came m contact with three men between Stanford and Cotes , whom

      theysupposedtobe trespassing ; in pursuit of game , and endeavoured to take them prisoners . Ihe poachers resisted , and a regular fight ensued . The keepers , however , succeeded in securing one of their opponents , but the other two escaped . They then proceeded to Loughborough with their prisoner , but unluckily stopped at the first public house they came to , and whilst one of them . went into the town to procure a policeman , the other was left to guard the prisoner . After having sat some time , the captive expressed a wish for some tobacco , which was instantly supplied him , and as soon as he had exhausted his pipe , he rushed out of the house and closed the door behind him . The keepers went in pursuit of him , aud nearly overtook him at the foot of the Duke of York Bridge . The poacher alarmed lest he should be caught if he ascended the bridge , took to the water , crossed the canal , and thus escaped from his purauer . —Derbg Mercury .

      Acotlaito.

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      Hungarian Refugees Is Lewh.-Thirty-Five ...

      Hungarian Refugees is Lewh .-Thirty-five Hungarians—a portion , we believe , of the defenders of Comorn—have been landed at Leith in circumstances fitted to excite deep though respectful com . passion . Twenty-seven of these are gentlemen of rank , education , and formly of wealth—and all of them are now penniless . They had arrived at Hamburgh on their way to America , and were waiting for a passage , when tho Hamburgh police , acting under foreign and evil influence , drove them from the city and compelled them to seekrefuge on our shores Tlvey were indebted to Captain Blackwood of the

      Martello for a cabin passage at half price . It is gratifying to be able to state that the merchaats of Leith have at one ? raised £ 60 for the Strangers cast among them , and mean at least to try to make up £ 250 , which will pay tbe passage to America , and other expenses . — A respectable and influential meeting was held on Saturday last in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce , Edinburgh , to devise means for their relief . Mr . John Ritche , ' chairman of the Chamber of Commerce , was in the chair . After a lengthened discussion , a committee was appointed to collect subscriptions for the relief and assistance of the Hungarian refugees ,

      Fatal Accident at leith . —we regret to state that Mr . G , T . Page , civil engineer , acting at the dock improvements under Mr . Rendall , met with an accident on the 6 th inst , that terminated fatally a few hours afterwards Mr . Page left his office at four p . m ., to inspect the inner dock wall , which , to protect it from the frost , was recently covered with a coping of straw , which projected a little over the wall . Here Mr . Page incautiously put his foot , and fell a height of nearly twenty feet , striking his head upon a cross beam in his descent . When carried home it was found his skull was fractured , but a fatal result was not apprehended till ten o ' clock , when the medical gentlemen remarked syinptonsof congestion , and Mr . Page died at one o ' clock next morning . He stood high in his profession as Ian engineer , and his sudden death has caused a gloom among the many workman under his charge . He has left a wife and a young family to lament his loss . —Scotsman .

      Incendiarism . —We have been unformed of » very serious case of fire raising which occurred in the beginning of last week in Kintyre , about three miles from Camphelton . It is stated that a farmsteading , corn stacks , and dairy stock , consisting of sixty head of cattle , & c ., were completely destroyed . From circumstances which have transpired , suspicions are entertained that the conflagration had been kindled by the torchpf an incendiary . We also understand that certain parties charged with having committed the crime are at present lying in Camphelton gaol , and that an investigation of the matter is at _ present going on . Wo believe that the stock was insured in one office to the extent of £ 3 , 000 . The affair has created a great sensation in the district . —North British Mail .

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      The Poor-Law Difficulty.—The Increasing ...

      The Poor-law Difficulty . —The increasing embarrassmcats of tho distressed unions in tho south and west still form the'leading topic in the local journals , and vehement are thc demands for legislative intervention and remedy . In the well known union of Kilrush . there ave further evictions to aggravate all tho existing evils . Forty-five familiol who had been squatted upon eighty acres and some waste land in Kilmurry , were evicted last week . They had held under a middle-man , as intermediate landlord , and this person having been ejected for non-payment of rent , the wretched colony of cottiers were turned adrift , Ifc is stated

      that tho land has been let to a neighbouring farmer who , when bidding for it " exhibited a " stocking full of gold to the landlord ' sgaze , " and was at once accepted . In the Westport and Castlebar unions great exertions are made to diminish the expenditure of the staff , and to put a stop to out-door relief . In V \ cstport the Marquis of Sligo is activch engaged ma personal revision of the pauper lists in the several eectoral divisions . Even in the comparatively well-circumstanced union of Parsontown King s County , where tho Earl of ltosse has been so creditably exerting himself , the pressure of poor-rates is severely tclt , and the Poor-law Commissioners , it appears , have , for the present

      wajvcu alt claim to the repayment of the instalments of the debt due to the Treasury . The King ' s County Chronicle congratulates the ratepayers upon the fact that the rate about to be made for the sunpprfc of tho poor in this union will not m any division , exceed three shillings in the pound ' Thnt journal adds :- «» yre havo reason to believe that the commissioners havo sanctioned that where a rato for tho support of the workhouse , up to the 2 oth of March next , and the rate-iu-aid amounts to three shillings , the government temporary relief advances may not be included . In the present calamitous and distressed condition of the union it is an important boon . "

      Dsplobabm State of t He Kmncsn Union . —The Limerick papers brmg melanchol y accounts of a " crisis which has at length taken place in the affairs of this unfortunate union . Money and credit are all gone , and starvation has literally set hi among the paupers in the workhouse , the inmates having been sens to bed on Thursday night without having eaten any dmner-theonly remedy that the guardians could su ggest to numb the sense of hunger . Ihe Chronicle ' s statement is as follows — "Aotwithsfcandmgthe exertions of the local board and poor law inspectors , the in-door pauners were

      OOligeil to go to bed without dinner on Thursday night . The master brought tho state of the house as regards want of provisions for that day , before the board , when soup and chopped turnips grown on the land was the only food available . Tho outdoor paupers are in a desperate state , crowding the depots and following the relieving officers by thousands to town to get irfto the workhouse- but one day ' s admissions ( 300 admitted ) so crowded tho auxiliary that admission was impossible Barlov the . produce of the land about the workhouse has been ordered to be threshed ; but are 2 , ( 500 paupers

      The Poor-Law Difficulty.—The Increasing ...

      to be fed on the principle of » live horse and yen 11 St trass . " It is fearful to think of . the state of the Ifflrush union-nothing but starving creatures from the country to be seen pouring into a starving workhouse ; the hoard meet every day , but , if . wo are to iudgc from the general confession of that bodv they are able to effect no good . Tho _ chairman ' Colonel CM . Vandeleur , took the chair yesterday and his presence was sufficient it was thought to get the « needful , ' but to no purpose ; out-door paupers and relieving officers were sent home , and in-door paupers recommended to go . to bed . The pnvoner attended an inquest on a man who was

      found in a dving stalo on the side of the road near Kilmurry . Mortality in . the workhouse has been small , but , owing to tho able-bodied on tho outdoor relief being struck off , the deaths in that department are every day increasing to a frightful extent . Relieving officers complain that they must bury their dead without coffins . The board yesterday agreed to petition tho Poor Law Commissioners on the state of the union , and said that the guardhus would not be morally responsible for tho deaths that may occur through starvation . State of Trade . —The following is an extract from tbe weekly commercial report of tho

      Freeman's Journal : — " We cannot report any increase in tho amount of business done in this week , trade continuing very spiritless in almost every branch . Money grows more and more plentiful and difficult of safe and profitable employment , and in consequence almost all kinds of stocks and shares have bomo higher prices . The retail traders complain bitterly of tho want of business , and we regret to learn that several stoppages of a minor character have taken place during the last few days , traceable to the deplorable stagnation existing , especially in articles of fancy or luxury . " Society for Promoting the Growth OF FtAX

      in Ireland . —The annual meeting of this society was held last week in Belfast , John Sharman Crawford , Esq ., presiding , when a long and valuable report was read , detailing the operations of tho society in extending the cultivation and preparation of flax throughout this country , in aid of which two separate grants of £ 1 , 000 each had been obtained from the Treasury , through the intervention of the Lord-Lieutenant . We subjoin the concluding passages of this important report : — " In several of the workhouses , both in Ulster , and the other provinces , flax has been spun and woven into linen ; and , in some cases , the plant has been grown on a portion

      of the ground laboured by the paupers , in a tew instances , also , the fibre has been scutched in the workhouses , as a means of employing the inmates . Your committee are of opinion , that the general introduction of hand-scutching in the poor-law unions of the south and west would be very desirable , as in cases where a district has just entered on flax culture , and where no mill has been established , farmers are often deterred from proceeding with it , from the great expense of preparing the flax by the labour of inexperienced hands . The linen manufacture has participated in the revival of trade from its long depression ; and , as much activity

      now prevails in many of its branches , there is a good prospect to growers of flax of a largo demand and remunerating prices for that article . The establishment of a school of design in Belfast , and tho patronage of her Majesty tho Queen , to the finer branches of the manufacture , are likely to give them a favourable impulse , and to increase the consumptions of tho raw material . The society has now been nearly nine years engaged in its arduous labours to accomplish the great national object for which it was formed . During the period that has elapsed since its foundation , in 1841 , it has succeeded , notwithstanding the opposition that

      prejudice and long-rooted habits have presented , iu generally improving the growth and preparation of the flax plant , in all the distwetsof Ulster to which its operations have been extended . It has introduced scutching machinery of a very superior description to that formerly in use , and has thus accomplished a great economy in labour and material . It has induced the saving of a large portion of seed , formerly lost in the steep-pools , thereby enabling the grower to increase the profits of the crop , by the sale of the seed , or its use in feeding his cattle . Since its attention has been directed to the districts of the other provinces , it has done much towards that great extension of flax

      cultivation at which it has aimed . Out of the twentythreo counties of the provinces of Leinster Munster , and Connaught , its operations have been extended to twenty-one . In some of these—Cork , Mayo , Limerick , Tipperary , Queen ' s County , Wexford , and Louth—flax culture may now be said to have firmly taken root ; and in the rest it is in a greater or loss state of progress , according to tho circumstances of the districts or the period at which the society took them in charge . Where flax has been extensively grown during the late years of distress , it has been of the utmost service to tho poorer class of farmers , by enabling them to reserve

      for the support of their fiinulies and live stock the food crops that would otherwise have gone to pay rent and taxes , but whose place , for this purpose , flax has supplied . The amount of employment thus given has been very great , more especially to the weaker classes of the population . When the society was instituted , flax was the only crop in which the Irish farmer had to maintain an open competition with the foreigner . While all kinds of grain produce , cattle , < fcc ., were subject to considerable duties on their importation into these countries , the duty on foreign flax had been reduced to a mere nominal amount . It resulted , therefore

      that , notwithstanding the peculiar suitability of our soil and climate to the growth of flax , the merits of this question were thrown considerably in the back ground , by the premium that existed on the cultivation of other crops . At the present moment , however , since the late changes in our tariff , this disadvantage is removed ; aud with the increased attention that has been paid to the details of management , through the teaching of the society and the necessity for improvement caused by foreign competition , is now in a more favourable

      position to make good its way than it has ever yet been . In England and Scotland , the reduced rates for grain produce have caused much attention of late to be turned to flax cultivation , so lone neglected in those countries ; and your . committee have had numerous applications for advice and information , which they have almost readily granted conceiving , as they do , that this question is not merely of national but of imperial moment . The cheapness of labour in Ireland must always give us an advantage in a crop requiring so much nmninn .

      lation as flax , and experience has proved that in all the elements for the successful prosecution of this branch of agriculture , we are in no case inferior , anil often superior , to our rivals , throughout the world . ° Tits Practiai , Instructors' Poxd . —The Lord-Lieuttnant has placed a further sum of £ 1 000 at the disposal of the Royal Agricultural Societv for the re-appomtment of the Practical Instructors who have rendered such service in the promotion of improved husbandry in this country . National Ent / CATiox .-Most of the workhouse schools in this country are connected with the National Board . The Northern Whiq states Hint Z

      the last meeting ot tlw Lisbura guardians a motion was submitted that their schools should be nh ™ d in connexion with that board . The motion ™ adopted by a majority of eighteen to four , whereupon he Marquis of Downshire , who presided , dltZTd that he could no longer be chairman of the union After some discussion , it was agreed tn nn . £ » nTflnJ d « touDtathob « flniK £ ^ SSl The Old and Young IUHLANDBas—Negoffi ^ are stdl in progress for a " union" between IS peal Association and the Alliance , buT the resUU was not transpired In the Nation of Bni day llr Duffy has addressed a long letter to the RigK ' Rev ' Dr . Bkke , Roman Catholic Bishop of JJio-nS who had recommended a union of the parS a 7 ^ } J e ^ PJ hat «» Young IrelandSf ' i "

      mmpiy uac en * conditions mutually agreed unon last year shall be mutually adopted thi « v « . » P . is all . They resolved themselve ? o one ffi ^ establishment of a new Association » M ~^ Protectioxest Movf . ment .--A very imnn ^ document is now circulating thrnurrh I ,. ai „ j the instance of the E ., rl $ gH Ini "V * peers , in the shape of a petition to her ! £ " praying for protection to the agricultural \ ini ? ^ h the country . We believe it is 2 E terests of irork , for an amendment to thfaddlf { afir d ment next session , incase som nZToffjf not recommended by the sneech f ™? ? £ ef are We understand tha / the pSSoa h ^ ± i rone - great ability , taking a bviel" 2 w „ / T whh this country social and pSjgS l t e . «»»» of throughout a spirit of nationalK If ? ^ thes and of loyalty on the other ' he 0 ne Uand highest credit upon those who , ^ i ? ? fc the

      ot preparing it . The abolition of thP vl . he bi ? of Ireland is the onlv aupX » M l Vlcer ° Va ty address . -Limerick ZcSf ^* *!*> & the During a portion of last week th « was exceedingl y boisterous , vSti ^ ther accompanied by a heavy fall or S Tfil bein from tbe provinces described a sJilnJ , ? f COunfcs weather , and tho floods have inflictedttM of the injury , n various parts Of the country ? 'fe rabl ford it blewa regular storm . &} L Abator . Dublin there were some extensive flS 0 Vlclnit y of tho incessant rain of Friday lash h ? f ause ^ % of a serious character has resu { £ l t ? ° acci (] en ' raised at Belfast for the reception or ti ? n pavilion been destroyed by the heavy' JJg ™ thc 9 pwi \ has ihelulkenny papers state tt Jf ' societies are spreading through thS ^ ^"" on bounng counties , . ° ttlat a "d tho neigh . _ EXTERJIIXATIO . V OP TlIIRTv n informed that thirty hn \\\ d Wr AMn ; lEs . -- % ave day week , fromk ^ BTo Tted on Th ^ - Earl of Limerick , in the nn , ' , , ! , HWty Of . th « union ofEnuis . ' f ihi 3 P « "l M <* , and the were allowed to venter The ^ S , X ^ ant " only put out in the wild . weather of Tif ter , rairfa ted wS Jff ^^ ^^ ^*» 1 g

      J Shipwrlecks And^Oss Life. Advices Have...

      SHIPWrlECKS AND ^ OSS LIFE . Advices have been received at Lloyd ' s comntuniating the melaneh olyloss ol go splenchd vessels , ndiamen , namely , the Emily , auu ion om Calcutta , and the Hanover , 700 tons . ^ Z of the latter all , with the excejto « tea * erished . The wreck of the Emily ook . place on he 1 st of Sept ember last , on a small island on me western side of the Andsman group m the China seas , tho vessel at the time making for the Maun tius and in a few hours became a total loss , 1 Joto ship and cargo . The master , fit j most of the cicw and passengers , contrived to gam tlm shore in wfWy . five of tluAeamen having per . shed m the attempt . A . few hours after the wreck a large body ot , the Stives of he island came do « n upon the : survivors and threatened their lives . They were a 11 . mued r

      with bow and arrows , winch they pre *» red in a menacingattitude . The poor fe lows _ veuune to the boat , ^ andlaid for thenight inside o ^ the breakers , some dvkawee from tbe shore . 'Ihe foM ° » " » B morning the boats parted company , for the piupose of gaining the Cocoa Islands . In the pinnace were the passengers , with the ciptain and nine of the crew , and the long-boat contained the chief mate and the remainder of the crew . The long-boat wa 3 soon lost sight of by those in the pinnace , and no tiding had been heard of them up to the period ot the intelligence of the ship ' s loss being sent to England . Those in the pinnace suffered intensely . They were exposed in the boat for thirteen days , in

      many became delirious , and were all more or less a shocking condition . On the 14 th of that month tbe boat gained the mainland , forty miles west ot Rangoon , where the natives acted with friendship and hospitality . As regards the other unfortunate vessel , her destruction appears to have occurred on tho 9 th of last month ( November , ) on the rocks at tho entrance of the harbour of Bath ( United States . ) The ship went to pieces within ten minutes after she struck , and the entire crew , chief mate excepted , met with a watery grave , amounting to twenty-six men . Another ship , engaged in the East India trade , is also reported to be lost . The barque Orpheus , Capt . Thomas Mann , belonging to London , 382 tons burden , laden with palm oil . It happened on the morning , of the 18 th of October , outside of the harbour of Cochin . Her crew were

      saved . The aggregate amount of the above-mentioned losses is stated to exceed £ 50 , 000 . Falmouth , Dec- 8 . —Yesterday morning at daybreak a schooner was observed in the bay west of Pendennis Castle , apparently entangled with the coast , and a pilot cutter alongside . The weather was very heavy , boisterous , and thick , the wind blowing at S . S . E ., a gale . By half-past eight she was reported stranded on the rocks between Pendennis Castle and Gyllyng vase , and immediately under the cliff above which are situated the mansion and gardens of the Rev . W . J . Coope , the rector of Falmouth . She proved to be the Mary , of Dartmouth , Thomas Jarvis , master , and of 123 tons register ,

      from Acra on the coast of Africa , 105 days , for this port for orders . She was not fully laden ; her cargo was palm oil , the property of D . Button and Sons , Watling-slrcet , London . The crew , consisting of the master and . sis hands , had been for fourteen days short of provisions , an allowance of two table spoonfulsof flour being all they had to make use of . Of the crew two were blacks , of whom was one aged about sixty years , who had evidently been under the instruction of the Wesleyan missionaries on the coast , from his constantly having , during the peril of shipwreck , invoked John Wesley to save him . On Thursday night at ten o ' clock p . m ., she made the Lizard lights , she then stood off to the eastward ; a

      pilot cutter came alongside , and offered to put her in a place of safety for £ 150 , to which the master did not accede , but it appears to have been agreed to by both parties that they would allow of the claim bsing adjudicated on by the underwriters or subcommissioners of pilotage . The pilots sheered off , but after a little while returned and told the master to p > ss his hawser aft , that the cutter might tow her off the lee shore , towards whieh she was fast driving . It appears that the sails blowing away one after the other , occupied the attention of the people , which together with their weakened condition , prevented the pilots' instructions from being heeded ; and shortly after the pilots told the master that assistance was then too

      late—the schooner must go on shore . The starboard anchor was let go with forty fathoms of chain , at which period the vessel was in the breakers , and was beaten over the rocks to within 100 yards of the cliff . It was now nine o ' clock , and some hundreds of nersons had assembled at the rtar of Gyllyngdune , " the residence of the reverend rector , under whicli the stranded schooner Jay , the waves making a fair breach over her at each return , and the people painfully excited at witnessing tho earnest a ppeals of the shipwrecked mariners for assistance . At length , by means of a hemp cable , a communication was established , and the mate , after a hazardous passage , contrived to reach the shore by it ; the remainder were got on shore one by one in a barrelsuspended by a

      , hank to the cable . As they landed they were taken to the Rev . Mr . Coope ' s . in which act of benevolence the ladies of his family took a most interesting part , exposing themselves to the inclemency of the weather for some hours , for the purpose of welcoming the distressed and exhausted mariners , who mot with all that hospitality and kindness could supply . The re * verend gentleman rendered , with personal risk to himself , great assistance towards getting thc people on shore and in taking charge of their property . By three p . m . the tide had receded from around the schooner , which allowed of getting ou the cliff the spars , sails , running gear , & c . She has lost her Mae keel , rudder , stern-post , and smashed her bottom her getting ofl again is problematical , but her rashs

      of oil will be landed in barges to-day . The Ann Gales , of London , outward bound , was lost oft Ueden Head , between six and seven o ' clock on Saturday last . Wc ave sorry to announce that all hands , with the exception of the mate , perished . Twelve souls met a watery grave , including the cantain ' s wife . —Waterford News . Wreck of Six Vessels on the Guxfleet fc . ANDS .-On thenight of Friday last the 7 th inst ., no less than ix l

      svesse s were lost on these dangerous sands ; five of them were deeply coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and Shields , the other was a foreigner : all were on their passage to London . The night was exceedingly dark , thick , and rainy : the wind vas b owin g strong from the eastward ' , with a great deal of sea , and a strong ebb-tide . The vessels had each passed the Sunk-light in safety , between which and thc Middle-light there is a long , narrow , and dangerous navigation ; with the Gn » .

      new aanus on one side , and the Heaps on the other . Unfortunately , also , the Middle-light cannot lie K ' : « has been left a constable distance ; m a dark night , therefore , the navigation iLS dl , lgli ; lfficult - 0 n FrIday . «* tw 3 » I S ? ? i - i be , Uvee . n this intervening space , for s , T ] LnfM ^ tbea , , nss were e on leaving the Sunk , thc tide , tram the vessels beine deenlv laden bill , ? U T tbe 3 f fatal san ( ls - I" * U Probatolity , . tho , one vessel misled the other , as thev grounded very near to each other . H . M Ci c ? Scout soon got tiding of the disasters , and hasSe l & i'TKSS £ . $ * . ' *» ° >* . **& re mamed board their

      on Ve | s . Provideutial v tl \ f v wore rescued without the loss of a ma ^ OncVolVie hXJ assistuuce - m off , and made for Yarmouth ; he bcout succeeded iu getting another off , but after being in deep water half-iui-hour , she filhd and went noiyn ; the other vessels became total wrecks , but we learn they were all insured in the Northern Clubs . ianfiiTc ! - con , v

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      wm wacK itseIf when nuZ i - ino weakening ot a colour giving ft a Inn tn ^ * d ^ ta-position with w oi- ange , yellowisl SS ° ^ Ptenientarv , such * Kbfue and black ? ff ' ycllowish g ^ cnft blue is smjj t l %° " | gf complementary of h Sbter , and the Wn ? ii hobIaok whic ) l becomes ^ gards grev ZoL , ^ more brilliant , A 3 coloured boa ' iestKi , placed conti guously with fa sts sun re gJ 51- ? f ° ™™ niay present conp y . the fetterfiJimnf * ¦ Thu , » with yellow and Who influ ence ? f ttn P i " pIi 8 h til W > ,, ccciv * J * , which itself be ' l coni P « ntary of the ycl-Tarn * ausnnCttff i 3 ° I > enam . fr are aaid to i «? . ^ potatoesand two tons of bakers . to ho "old weekly to the London

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 15, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15121849/page/6/