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      Guildhall. Throwing (Gold) Dust In The E...

      [ eT ) den . town , depoted that at 7 on the previous evening , as he was Priding on the top ot an omnibus along High-street ,. he saw the n-iprisoner driving aion < r . at a furious rate with a dray and horses loidown Pratt-street . The omnibus coachman pulled * up in order o to let it nass , and at the same moment witness saw a man ( the lei dec eased ) step off the kerb into the road , when the fore horse of of the dray struck and propelled him several yards forward . \ , V Witness heard a tremendous scream , and upou'looking imm ( j sa saw one of the wheels of the dray pass over the head of the no poor fellow as he lay upon the ground . The prisoner was sitin ting on the dray and appeared to have been drinking . This re representation having heen supported hy the testimony of a p ( policeman , the prisoner was committed for killing and slaying .

      September 18, 1852. The Gtae 0f Freed0m....

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      The Mysterious Affair At Bath.—The Detai...

      The Mysterious Affair at Bath . —The details of the disa appearanc e of a young woman , aged 21 , named Ellen Forster , r under somewhat remarkable circumstances , and who , it was i generally believed had committed suicide , have already appear-\ ed in the Star of Freedom . The mystery has since been , cleared up by the discovery of the body near the Twerton Weirs , and an inquest has been held on it . The jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowned . "

      Pension to the Widow of the late Hexry Bell . —The annuity to the late Mr . Henry Bell , whose services in regard to the propulsion of vessels hy steam were acknowledged by the grant of a pension of £ 100 a year b y the Clyde Trustees , having ceased with his death , the same public board , by a unanimous resolution , agreed to grant a pension of the same amount to the widow of Mr . Bell . New Palace at Balmoral . —It has just been determined to build a new palace for the Queen at Balmoral . It is to be built on a site between tho river and the present castle , fronting the south , and is estimated to cost from £ 80 , 000 to £ 100 , 000 . How many persons did the Times say were daily starving in London ?

      Attempted Garotte Robbery . —A few days ago , two cabmen , named Williams and Harding , were remanded on a charge of attempting to Garotte Mr . Griffiths , a chemist . Clerical Bigotry . —The Rev . Mr . Woodward , curate of St . James ' , Bermondsey , lately refused to bury a child three years old . on the pretence that it had not been baptized . The father was compelled to take the body home again ; but the scrapulous clergyman refused to return the fees that had bsen paid to him . Baix Water axjd Cholera . —It has been fully ascertained , savs the report of the French medical commission , both at

      Paris and elsewhere , tuat ram water is a prophylactic of cholera , and that this disease has never proved an epidemic in any city where rain water is exclusively used . A Ghixese Newspaper . —In Pekin , China , a newspaper of extraordinary size is published weekly on silk . It is said to have heen started more than a thousand years ago—somewhat earlier than the one under the patronage of the " Good Queen Bess ' . ;} An anecdote is related to the effect that , in 1827 , a public officer caused some false intelligence to be inserted in the newspaper , for which he was put to death . Several

      numbers of the paper are preserved in the Boys' Library , at Paris . They are each ten and a quarter yards long . Dromedary Drivlvg . —General Yusuf arrived ten days ago at Algiers , from Blidah , in an elegant carriage drawn by two dromedaries . These animals had a few days before made a journey from Midah to Boghar of 230 kilometres ( nearly 180 miles English ) in 24 hours . Voluntary Starvation . —An unmarried woman , named Hannah Moore , starved herself to death last week at Northampton

      The Eael of Carlisle at Morpeth . —On Friday evening Lord Carlisle read before the members of the Morpeth Mechanics' Institute , the lecture upon the poetry of Pope , which he delivered in the winter of 1850 to the members of the Mechanics' Institute of Leeds . Condemned Stores . —The Master-General and Board of Ordnance , having made an official tour of inspection round the Channel Islands to see the efficiency of the defences of the coast , condemned nearly 100 guns as unfit for government service , and ordered them to be sent by the Queen , lighter , to the Royal Arsenal as condemned stores , and to be replaced by new ones . —Kentish Mercury .

      Plepkession or Ciujeltyto Axtjials . —A coachman m the service M . Delacour , of Belville , was sentenced on Saturday to imprisonment for one day and to pay a fine of 6 i . for having brutally kicked one of bis masters horses . A dustman living at Vangirard was fined 27 f . for having struck his hoioe on the head and legs , and again llf . fine and imp risoned for three days for having struck the same horse on the ear with a stone . The servant of the above was fined 6 f . for having struck the same horse with the handle of his whip . hear that the furnaces at Aber

      ta Teade . —We are glad to . nant , Glyn Neath , are about being blown in . These works will afford employment to a large number of peesons in the neighbourhood , and we wish the spirited proprietors success . Psotestaxtis-h in Tahiti . —Advices from Tahiti to the middle of May state , that the English Protestant ministers hud been forbidden to preach until they had formally acknowledged the French Protectorate Goverment as . thier head , and promise to submit themselves to its-control . The Eev . Mr . Chisholm , employed by the London Missionary Society , had been prohibited from preachin ? out of a certain district under pain of arrest and banishment . No native was allowed to preach without first obtaining the sanction of the Goverment .

      Ravages op the Vine Disease in Italy . —The vine disease continued its ravages in the neighourhood of Ccmo , Bellogio , and Ptobbio . The infection manifested itself by an eruption of ^• hite dust . In the mountains of Nesso , and the forests extending from Zebbia to Brno , and above Careno , the same malady attacked the chestnut trees . The lower part of the leaf is at the first covered with a white dust , soon after the leaf becomes spotted with coffee-cobured stains , which perforate it , and the ieaf ultimately turns yellow , dries up , and fails . GitUELTv by a Butcher . —At Brighton , a few days ago > a butcher was fined £ 5 for skinning a sheep before it was quite dead .

      A Wild Gisl , says the Cincinnati Commercial , was captured last week hi the woods back of Columbia . She was first observ ed climbing tree s with a rapidity only equalled by a nioii-* ey . Captain M'Cnllough , with a large party , went out to capture this singular being , and after great trouble succeeded ! u doing so ; when they learned from her incoherent expressions that she had been a lunatic in the asy lum at Columbus , whence s escaped some nionths since , and had lived in the- woods , sub-S 1 sting upon nuts and roots . '

      The Mysterious Affair At Bath.—The Detai...

      Thunder Storms . —Alarming heavy thunder storms broke over here on Monday and Tuesday last , accompanied by loud peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning . In the height of the storm the lightning struck the house of Mr . Chas . Silcock , potter , Brampton—a locality which , from some atmospheric cause appears to bo peculiarly exposed to visitations of ttiis nature . The chimney was first struck , and the electric fluid passed down it into a front bedroom ; here two pieces of plaster , about 10 inches long and four wide were stripped off one wall and thrown upon another at the opposite side of the room , where they still remain as if fastened with glue . The cornice and several chimney ornaments were broken and damaged , and a stuff dress belonging to Miss Silcock was extensively singed ; had the dress heen

      a muslin or print one , in all probability it would have ignited and set fire to the furniture in the room . The lightning then appears to have descened upon the hearthstone , fr m which it had taken a portion about the size of a pidgeon ' s-egg , as smoothly as if cut by the finest chisel . In the the centre of this indentation it seems to have made a hole not larger than would admit a pin ; through this orifioe it passed into the parlour , and almost totally destroyed a large picture representing the destruction of the French Bastile ; continuing its course downwards it alighted upon a representation , in white Staffordshire porcelon of St . George and the Dragon : the patron saint had a bright , burnished steel spear , about 14 inches long in his right hand , and the extremity was fixed in the mouth of the dragon- , from this miniature weapon the lightning took about an inch and a

      naif irbm both ends , and having shivered these portions into 11 pieces , drove them into the metal firegrate , where they present the appearance of so many shot corns , and are so firmly imbebded as to be irremovable . Providentially , the family were in the kitchen at the time of the occurrence , but all were much frightened by the loud explosion which ensued on the chimney being struck . On entering the two rooms they were found to be nearly filled with a sulphurous vapour . At Wingerworth the violence of the storm was also very great . A large lime tree at Hillhouse , in that parish was struck by the electric fluid ; and the bark stripped off , and forced to a distance of ten yards . The kitchen door of Mr . Edward Bradly ' a house , near the tree , was partly open at the time , and a ball of fire fell upon the sill of the

      ooor and exploded with a loud report ; it then apparently divided into three large stars , and flames and smoke seemed to ascend upwards . The plates in the house rattled , and a duck which happened to be just within the kitchen door was turned over on its back , forced through the kitchen , through the house-place , and under a chair to the front door , through which , being open , it was ejected unhurt . A boy was playing in the room through which the lightning passed , and he also escaped uninjured . On Tuesday the rain again fell heavily at intervals , and about 2 o ' clock on Wednesday morning there was another fearful thunder-Storm . The damages done to outstanding crops of all kinds has been very great . —Derby Paper .

      Alarming- Thunderstorm and Death of a Farmer from the result of Lightning- ' -During the whole of Saturday evening last there prevailed neao Tregaron and Ponthiydfendigaid an awful storm of thunder and lightning . Mr . David Bees , of Covenmenrig , and his grandson , a child from six to seven years old , were standing at the outer door of the house between six and seven o ' clock in the evening , when the storm was at its rage , and his wife on entering the house from milking was horrified at perceiving her husband and grandson postrate in the passage , apparently lifeless . They were immediately removed and put to bed by the domestics , and Mr . Rowlands was instantly sent for , who lost no time in visiting the melancholy scone .

      Tlio medical gentleman , upon examinisg then ] , pronounced at once that David Kees had ceased to live , and he entertained but faint hopes of the boy . In a short time , howeve . i , a sign of anmation was perceived , and hy skill and attetion of Mr . Kowlantls the child at present is perfectly recovered from the effects of the electricity . An inquest was held on the bony of Mr . Rees on Monday last before Dr . Richard Williams and a respectable jury when they unanimously returned a verdict of , Accidental Death . " A stack of corn was also struck by the lightning in the parish of Rhostrc , and was consumed . We have also been informed that a man was killed hy lightning near Machynlleth . — Welshman .

      The Electric Telegraph in America , —The progress of telegraph enterprise in the United States is just now assuming a position that indicates the extensive nature of that branch of its economy over that of every other country . According to the most recent authentic information on the matter , it appears that the total number of miles of telegraph in the United States is 27 , 177 , independent of the range of lines projected or in progress . Of this 27 , 177 , about 17 , 283 miles are on the Morse system , and the remainder on that of House , Bain , and O'Reilly . The longest existing line is that between New Orleans and New

      York , by means of which , in April last , direct communication between the two cities in a single circuit over an extent of 3 , 000 mile * was obtained , despatches being sent between Ui * 2 places 60 sec " ahead of time . " The next longest of the 44 , on the Morse system , extending to all the chief States , arc the New York and Buffalo telegraph , via Troy and Albany , consisting of 5 lines , each 500 miles long , or a total stretch of 2 , 500 ; the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph , via Virginia , 1 , 71 . 6 miles ; and th Washington and New York Telegraph , via Baltimore and Philadelphia , with five lines of 250 miles each , or a total ot 1 , 250 miles . Other lines vary from 100 to 300 and 800 miles

      long , and the expense ot their construction from 100 to 200 dollars per mile , the profits alternating at between 3 and 0 per cent , per annum . The number of wires also varies , there being between some places only one , and between others 2 , 4 , and 5 . On the western and Canada routes there is generally but one . The Washington and New Orleans Telegraph charge 2 dollars from Washington to New Orleans , 1 , 716 miles , with no charge for address , date , or signature . The Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph , I dollar and 30 cents , from Philadelphia to Mihvankio , 812 . The Magnetic Telegraph , from New York to Washington

      245 miles , 50 cents ; and to rsew Orleans , 2 dollars ol ) cents ; but when a communication exceeds 100 words , the price on all words exceeding is reduced on third . The New York and Niagara Telegraph charge 05 cents for 500 miles . These charges arc the same to all places on the intermediate route , eachline running its wires through numerous towns and cities whore telegraph stations are established .

      Dixxeb to Mr . Lowa at Kwdermixster . — -On Tucsd evening a dinner was given to Mr . Robert Lowe , the new member for this borough Tub Duke of CAaiBiuncH . — -The Order of the Black Eagle has been presented by the King of Prussia to the Duke of Cambridge . Copper from Jamaica . —The two last West India mail steamers have brought to England a large quantity of copper ore from the mines recently discovered in Jamaica .

      The Mysterious Affair At Bath.—The Detai...

      Meeting op Parliament . —Parliament will be summoned for the dispatch of business early in November . — " Ministerial paper . " Bucks Agricultural Association—On Wednesday the an nual dinner of the members and subscribers of the Eoyal Rucks Agricultural Association was held at the Swan and Castle Inn , Buckingham . Laukch ot' a FnfTY- < H 5 x & IHAM Fiug-ate . —The Imperieuse , commenced November 23 , 1850 , on Wednesday was launched at Woolwich , in the presence of Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenoo and other naval officers , and christened bv Lady Walker .

      The Fatal-Fire at Someks-town . — The jury sat on Wed nesday to investigate , the cause of the loss of life in the case oi Henry Balham , who pedshed in this disaster . After hearing the witness they returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Completion op the Great Northern Railway Teiuiixus .--This terminus is now completed , with the exception of laying the rails beneath the sheds , the works of which are in such a forward state that it is anticipated no delay will take place in opening , which is fixed for Monday , the 20 th inst .

      A Man-Wolf . — -The " Clamor Publico . " of Madrid , has the folio ving from Corunna , dated the 5 th : —There has just been denounced to the tribunal of this city a man-wolf , who , upon his own confession , has heen in the habit of going into the forests and killing and eating men , women , and children . He was cap tured in Castille . He has declared to the examining magistrate that he had two accomplices belonging to Valencia , and that they carried on a traffic with Portugal for the fat of thier victims . This horrible monster added , that he had killed and eaten his mother and sister .

      Save me prom my Friends . —At the dinner of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society , at Preston , one Mr . Michaelson , in his anxiety to bespeak ' a good reception for a toast to Earl Derby , overshot the mark , and hit his patron : — " When lie was asked to propose the health of the Earl—( tremendous cheering ) —he thought ifc was an honour that no man who had a ha ' p ' orth of pluck about him would refuse , ( cheers . ) Amongst them were persons of different religions and politics but they could meet together , and throwing politics and religion to the winds , could freely enter into discussion upon agricultural interests . It was on those grounds—it was on those principles—that he undertook to propose to them the health of the Earl of Derby , whoso ancestors had many a time been drunk in Preston . '' ( Roars of laughter . )

      Inn French Antilles .- -We read in the " Moniteur : " - — " The department of the Marine and Colonies has received the comparative returns of the productions of Martinique arid Guadaloupe during the first half year of 1852 . The result is , that most probably daring the present year the exports of colonial produce will be more considerable than in 1851 , which year , it may bo remembered , showed an augmentation in' the crops as compared with 1840 and 1850 . In order to enable a more correct estimate to be formed of this gradual return of the colonial produce to its old proportions , wo give the quantity of

      sugar imported into 1 'ranee from the two colonies since 1848 , the neviod of the emancipation of the blacks—Martinique in 1848 , 10 , 731 , 302 kilogramm-s ; in 18-10 , 18 , 391 , 600 ; in 1850 , 14 , 242 , 200 ; in 1851 , 19 , 715 , 530 ; in 1852 ( first half year ) , 1 * 5 , 829 , 633 . Supposing the second half year to be in proportion with the first , an augmentation would appear at the end of the year of 11 millions of kilogrammes over the produce of 1851 , which was of itself more than 5 , 000 , 000 of kilogrammes greater than the average of exportation during the preceding

      three years . But it is well known that the crops and the exports of sugar during the last six months of the year are generally inferior to those of the first six months . '—Guadaloupe in 1848 , 20 , 319 , 543 ki . ogra . mmes ; in 1849 , 19 , 101 , 700 ; in 1850 , 13 , 020 , 900 ; in 1851 , 16 , 922 , 630 ; in 1852 ffirst half year ) , 13 , 058 , 458 . Although inferior to that which has been produced at Martinique , the augmentation shown for Guadaloupe in the exportation of the first half-year is not the less very remarkable . "

      A Meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday evening to form an association for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge . A provisional committee was appointed , with power to add to their number .

      Death of Mk . Pugd :. —Mr . rugm , whose name is associated with the returning taste for gothic architecture , died on Tues day evening , at his residence , West Cliff , Rarnsgate , after a few hours' illness . Scarcity op Silvek . —A great scarcity of silver continues to he felt in most parts vf the country , and , in consequence of the sums taken by emigrants , the demands on the part of some of the banks in the north have been larger than could be met by the supplies from the Mint .

      The Fishing Treaty . — 'I he inhabitants of Halifax , Neva l Scotia , have addressed a petition to the home government , , praying that no concesion of the right of fishing on the British l American Coast be made to the citizens of the United States . Affecting- Death . —A chain-cable maker , aged forty nine . e years , died m the infirmary of the Work-house , St . Pancras , 'last it week , of disease of the brain . The deceased had come from theie country to take leave of a friend who was about to emigrate ; i ; the parting had a great effect on him , and on his reaching theie i station of great Western Railway to return home , a paroxysmnii seized him ; the police took him to a place of safety , whence hehei was removed to the infiramrv .

      prater Johannes Drabicms , m his book "Do Gaelo et Csleatiatii Statue , '' printed at Mentz , 1748 , employs 425 pages to prove thanatt the employment of the blest in heaven will be in the continuahall ringing of bells ! The Militia —Only one volunteer for the militia has apappeared at Bristol ; at Southampton there were two .

      Foi'imi Pauachl'tk Descent of Madame Poitevix . —Or-Orr Thursday evening Madame Poitevin again ascended from CroX-oi morne in a parachute , and effected a . successful descent noaiGaiL ! Wandsworth Common , returning to the gardens within an hoiuom of her srial departutc . Extojitioxath Foreign Postage . —Letters earriod at Id . paipav about £ 30 per ton . For half-ounce letter to Brazil , costing 2 s ; 2 ss fld .. the rate of carriage is about £ 9 , 900 a ton . Letters sent tt tt India through France , charged 2 s . 3 d . are done at the enormouioui rate of charge , as a letter by steamer from Cadiz , weighing ig ;> fraction over the ounce , is charged here 8 s . 8 d ., and . again in i ; i gpain the same sum , making 17 s , 4 d „ or at the . rate £ 30 , 000 pe ) pec tOn > ... -v . - -:. ¦ : :.

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091852/page/7/