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      Health Of Loxbok Dcuixg Ihe Week —Tn Thp...

      Health of Loxbok dcuixg ihe Week —Tn thp w <* k ending last Saturday , the total uumfi of fe I fr ! „ T ? , *? b wcekl * ^ rage S ™» M ? 1 . autumnal quarter ( whifh cogences with this month ) of five previous vears is i . - ; the weekl y return , therefore , now exhibits a decrease oa the average , after a period of more than turee months , during which it has shown a considerable , and in eleven consecutive weeks an enormous excess above the usual rate of mortality . The ^ ecrcase is observed in the west , north , and central divisions ; tbe mortality in ths east and south , where tbe deaths from cholera are still the most

      numerous , is about the average . Thc deaths from cholera in the last week were 110 ; in the five previous weeks they were 2 , 026 ( thc highest number which , exclusive of those from diarrhoea , the epidemic attained ) 1 , 632 , 839 , 434 , 2 S 8 . In last week the deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery ( the mortality of which is more steadily maintained ) were 103 , almost as numerous as deaths from cholera and considerably more than usual at this advanced season of the year . The aggregate deaths from these three kindred diseases were therefore 215 ; whilst the weekl y average is only 35 . During List week the daily number of deaths from cholera averaged W ; on Wednesday they were only 11 . In the districts of St . James ( Westminster ^ Islinston . St .

      trilcs Holborn , Camberwell , and Rotherhithc , no deaths from cholera were registered during the "week . In Kensington there were 0 ; in Hackney 5 ; m Bethnal-green , 7 ; in Shoreditch , 12 ; in Poplar , 5 ; in St . Saviour , 6 ; in Bermondsey , 6 ; in St . George ( Southwark ) , Lambeth , and Wandsworth , 1 each ; and in Greenwich , 8 . In all other districts the mortality from the epidemic did not ran * e higher than £ deaths . All other epidemics are at pr ese t wider the average ; small-pox and measles lenwrkahly low ; but scarlatina becomes more fwal , the deaths having risen from 39 in tbe previou s week to 5 G in the last ( thc average being 64 . ) Typiius was fatal ia £ 7 cases . The births during the week were 1 , 271 . The mean heisht ofthe

      barometer in the week was 29-540 in ; the mean temperature was 46 < leg . 7 rain ., which ia 4 dog . 7 rain less than the average of the same week in seven yean ; it also shows a decrease on the mean ot the previous week of 5 degrees . Detebmixed Suicide . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Waldey held an inquest at the Thornbill Arms , Chalk Farm-road , on Elizabeth Lewis , a washerwoman , aged fif : y . For a length of time deceased complained that she could not work , and said that she v . a ? tired of life ; she also hinted that ihe would destroy herself . On Thursday morning she was found , half dressed , standisgin the water-butt of her own house , her body half bent , so as to put her head Tinder the water . Verdict . " Insanity . "

      The Fire js Londox-Tvall . —On Saturday it was ascertained by the surveyors connected with the different Assurance Companies that policies to the undermentioned amounts had been effected at the respective offices , for property deposited upon the premises belonging to Messrs . Gooeh and Cousins , in London-Wall , and which was burned down on the 6 th inst .: —The Sun Insurance Company , £ 18 , 000 ; the Alliance Insurance Company , £ 11 , 500 ; the Atlas Insurance Company , £ 6 , 000 ; thc Union office , £ 6 , 50 D ; the Legal and Commercial , £ 15 , 000 : the

      Imperial office , £ 9 . 089-total . £ 66 , 000 . The wool was insured under floating policies , and the above , therefore , covers the stock in certain warehouses in various parte of the metropolis . Upwards of twenty men were busily engaged oa Saturday last in getting tbe immense quantity of salvage out of the ruins , and taking it away to be dried asd sorted . This will occupy at least three weeks or a month , when it will afterwards be sold by auction , and there is no doubt it will realise several thousand pounds , which will be divide ! for the benefit of tbe several fire offices concerned .

      Death from Cbxobofobst . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of Mr . John Shorter , aged ibrty-four , whose death was alleged to have been caused by the improper use of chloroform . The deceased had for some time been affected with a bunion on his right toe , and on Saturday consulted Mr . Solly , one of the sur ^ e ns of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , who gave him until Tuesday last to consider whether he would have the toe nail off or not , as in a short time it would be too late to perform an operation . He went to the hospital on that day , and on the next chloroform was administered by the surgery icaa and cupper , whose duty it is to do so . A sponge containing a drachm was applied , bat it had no immediate effect , and two or three drops more were replied to the spomje , but all was not

      inhaled-Theo ; . eration was performed by removing the toenail i ; i about a second , with a pair of forceps . The deceased then turned blue , and seemed to be dead , the pulse small , and the eyes became dilated . Ammonia md other stimulants were applied , but without efi ' tct , for he had ceased to breathe . Mr . Solly the same day sent for his wife , and told her he had died under tbe influence of chloroform . Thebrother © 5 the ueceaied complained that he had not died from tbe operation , but from chloroform experimentally applied . The cupper said this was the most painful operar ; on in surgery , and it was agreed that chloroform -jhduld ha used before he came into the hospital . Mr . Solly had had great experience , and everythuv ; that was possible had been done . The brother persisted tint sat-h a dangerous experiment and operation should not have been resorted to till they had ascertained what tbe deceased ' s constitution wa * .

      and fcay would have found it very bad . The jury ultimatel y returned a verdict of ' * . Natural death while under the influence of chloroform . " Fatal Fall from ax Omxibus . —On Wednesday Mr . Ik-Jford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of George Broadway , aged 24 . On Trivia ? night last the deceased , a furrier , residing ai 3 ? o . 41 , Great "Windmill-street , Haymarket , at tbe comer of Regent-circus , mounted the box , requesting to he set down at Praed-street , EdgCWatCroad , i-ofore reaching which place , he , from some cause , fell oSfrom his seat into the road . Being immediately picked up he was , -without loss of time , removed to the above institution , where he expired shortly after his admission . A post mortem examination having been made , it was found that death 3 « ad resulted from a concussion of thc brain , and a verdict was recorded of "Accidental death . "

      Stjxqax Lasour . at the Post-Office . —Bags from Sheffield and several other large towns were receive' ! it the Post-office in consequence of the new regulations as to letters , & c , passing through London . Most of these wero well filled , but they were not opened in consequence of ths order of the Postmaster Gen ? ral issued on Saturday , postponing the increased Sunday duty for a fortnight , on the ground ofthe necessary arrangements for carrying it out not having been quite completed . Tbe order that the country deliveries should be reduced to one on the Sunday came . into operation last Sunday . Removal of the Maxnixgs from

      Horsemo . v 6 kk-i . 4 Xe Gaol to Newgate . —Ou Monday morning Manning and his wife were removed from the Surrey County Gaol to Newgate . The other prisoners committed for trial at the ensuing Old Uailer Sessions having to be removed that day , it was thought advisable to convey the Mannings at the same tlnie . banning left at ten o ' clock in the county van , with fourteen other prisoners , guarded by Mr . Keenc and three turnkeys . Mrs . ^ amain * was conveyed afterwards to Nawgate in a cab , attended by the governor and Maynard , one of his assistmts . A few persons were collected round the entrance of Horsemonger-Iane Gaol when Mrs . Manning ' . etc , and before tbe cab arrived at Newgate , tbe news < -r ber removal got wind , and a large concourse

      of per .-o . is were assembled ia the Old Hauey . The cab di ore up a little after eleven o ' clock , and she was harried into the prison . She kept her countenance closely concealed by her veil , so that no person could see her face . Both the prisoners tendered their thanks to Mr . Kcene for the kindness displayed to them -while in his custody . Ax Extensive Visitor . —On Monday afternoon , between two and three o ' clock , one of a drove of oxen coming from Smithfield , made its way into Lawr <; ics' tamboarfactory , Goswell-street-road , entering thc ground floor , in which about thirty young women were at work . In his uaweildy efforts to escape he continence' ! tossing the frames , and and destroyed about £ 50 worth of property . Ropes were passed ronni his horns , and with much diSsulty he was dragged off the premises .

      The Whale lately caught in tub Thames . — The whale which was caught in thi Thames on Monday week is likely to be the cause of litigation . On SaturJar last the Lord Mayor , attended by the City Solicitor , proceeded to Grays , where the whale lies under Meeson ' s Lime Wharf , for the purpose of officially asserting his claim to the fish as conservator of the river , and giving it up to thc service of the captors upon condition that they would not convey it to London or Gravesend for exhibition , nor allow it to become a nuisance anywhere . His lordship found upon approaching tbe place where the whale lay , that in was very necessary to insist upon tbe last

      condition , for the steuch proceeding from the enormous mass had already become intolerable . The moment his lordship expressed his intention to give up the prize to those who had had the trouble to enmesh and kill the whale there started up a number of claimants , who were advised to refer their claims to the arbitration of Captain Rowland , the principal harbour muste r . Several of them expressed their willingness to abide by the harbour master s decision- it is , however , supposed that there are some dissentients to the proposition , aed that it U likely tbe gentlemen of the law trill take a tarn out of the whale before thc exhibition now open at Grays at sixpence a head shall have concluded .

      Desrnuctiox Op Farm Property, Is Berkshi...

      DEsrnucTiox op Farm Property , is Berkshire . — On Monday night a fire broke out upon the extensive farm and homestead of Mr . W . Peto , situated at Pinikney ' s Green , near Maidenhead , Berkshire , whereoy property to the amount of several thousand pounds was consumed .

      The Late Catastrophe At Pimlico. From Ei...

      THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT PIMLICO . From eighto ' clock on Friday evening the 12 th inst . until four o ' clock on Saturday morning , a large number of persons were . engaged in endeavouring to gain an entrance into the sewer at some otber point tban that at which the unfortunate victims of this dreadful catastrophe entered . At a few minutes before four they succeeded in breaking through the sewer in Kenilworth-street , at about fourteen feet below the surface . of the road . Immediately the crown of the sewer was broken the carbonic gas rushed out with fearful velocity , and it was witU difficulty that the persons who were engaged in the works could maintain their feet . Large parcels of straw were then procured , and ignited over the aperture ; and after burning of the gasseveral men

      , connected with the Sewer Commission went down , and succeeded in recovering the bodies of the lost men , which were found about fifty yards from the spot where they had entered . They were immediatly conveyed to the Clarendon Tavern , and placed in a back room on the ground floor , where the body of Walsh , the policeman , had been laid before . The names ofthe deceased men are Thomas Gee , Daniel Peart , and John Attwood . Upon inquiry as to the man named Sherman , who had been brouzht out of the sewer on the Friday evening in an almost lifeless state , we asertained that he had quit recovered from the effect of the noxious gas . Tho bodies of the three men in the service ofthe Commissioners of

      Sewers , which were recovered on Saturday morning , presented a most- extraordinary appearance . On removing the cloth covered over the naked bodies , the faces , necks , and upper part of the chest appeared completely bronzed , and having a glaze on them , pavticulary the front of the face . The face of the policeman Walsh did not present the same extraordinary appearance , being a little blueish , having only been a short time under the action of the carbonic acid gas . In order to show the powerful aetionof the contents ofthe sewerin question , one of the officersofthe Commissioners of Sewers dipped two halfcrowns into the contents . One , in half a second , was much changed in its appe irance ; and the other , in eighteen seconds , was completely turned black .

      The Inquest . The inquiry into this lamentable accident was proceeded with at ten o ' clock on Monday , by Mr . Bedford , coroner , at the Clarendon Arms , Pirnlico . The jury having been sworn , they adjourned for a tew moments to view the bodies , and on their return evidence of identification was proceeded with . The bodies having been identified—Mir . Kellcdbr was called and stated that the three deceased men descended into the sewer about halfpast five ou Friday morning . The sewer had been opened on Thursday . They walked down without any ladder . The sewer is situated in Warwickstreet . Witnes was standing on the bank when thc men went down . Witness had been watching , and when the day watchmen came witness went home . The deceased were sober and in their perfect health when they descended into the SOWOr . They had then * own Lanterns with them , and took them with them into the sewer .

      Edwarb Job 0 f . iV was then called . Lives at Kb . 2 , Silver-street , Bloomsbury-market . Is a labourer in the sewers . Was employed in opening tbe Warwick-street sewer on Thursday last . Opened the sewer at six o ' clock in the morning , and smelt nothing then . Was not affected by any sensation or sickness . Did not go down . Saw into the sewer . There was a foot of water in the sewer . Gee , Peart , and Attwood were engaged in the work , and on examining the sewer they determined on not going dowa that day . Witness saw no more until the next morning at ten minutes past six , when the last witness told him that thc deceased men had gone down into the sewer . At'breakfast-time witness

      hallooed dowa to them , but received no answer . Went to another grating , and again called , and again without answer . Then , becoming alarmed , he gave notice to Christmas , the bricklayer . Mentioned it also to a fellow-labourer , adding , "Itis strange being pay-day . " Also mentioned it to Mr . Carter , the time-keeper . This was about five o ' clock , p . m . Christmas and Turner went down into the sewer , and , on their return , witness said to them "I ' m afraid your labour ' s ia vain , for they have been down since three o clock . " They said , ia answer , "Silence , give no alarm , wc put our hands on their dead bodies . " They were down an

      hour before they found the bodies . It was about six o ' clock in the evening when they came up . They then got more assistance , and went down again . They did not get out all the bodies until about four o ' clock on the following morning . They were taken up out of a hole situated about 300 yards from the place at which the men went down . Witness saw the- three— -Gee , Peart , and Attwood—taken up . They were quite dead . Saw their clothes taken off , and the bodies washed , and brought into the Clarendon . Christmas is a bricklayer in the employment ofthe contractors . Witness told him the men had been a long time down .

      Wm . Christmas examined : Lives at no . 8 , Portland street , Waadsworth-road . Is a bricklayer in the employment- of Humphreys and Thirsk , the contractors , lias opened many with considerable deposits . Never had any alarm about him when opening them . The deceased commenced opening the sewers on Thursday . There were no man holes , and they dug a hole nearly opposite the Marquis of Westminster public-house . At last they found the man-hole . Gee wanted to go down that evening , but the others thought it better to finish in the morning . Witness called again at nine the following morning , and heard from Jorden , the last witness , that thc men had gone down and had not returned . Witness felt no alarm as they had said they would not come up until they had finished the job . Did not feel any alarm until bite in the

      afternoon . Went then to the hole which Jorden thought of filling up , under the impression that the men had come up by another hole . Witness told him not to do so , and having procured his SCWCr bOOtS he descended himself , with Turner , into the sewer . Witness and his companion traversed the sewer for nearly an hour . Could trace thc passage of the men by chalk marks on tho wall . Parts of the sewer had no soil at all in them . At last thoy came upon one of the men , lying on his face in the soil . Witness pushed him with his hand and returned to the hole . Had seen two men in the sewer . Witness then went for help ; saw a man Woodby , who , on being told of what had happened , went for more help . Returned then into the hole , and saw the third body . Witness then got a Hue , and measured from the bodies to the entrance and back on the

      surface , for thc purpose of digging . —Coroner : Why did not you try to get them out when you saw them first ? Were you sure they were dead ?—Witness : I hallooed to them , and touched them . I am sure they were dead . I was afraid if we dragged them out through the sewer the bodies would be mutilated . Dr . Wells had conic then , and a boy pointed out the head of the sewer . We commenced then knocking the head wall down . Mr . Wells then went in ; a man named AIsop followed next , and I next . When we got in about 100 feet , Mr . Wells complained , and said he felt faint . He turned to come out , but before we got to thc entrance Alsop called out that the doctor had fallen down . Alsop next came out complaining , and I fell down . 1

      have no recollection of what happened after . Ithmk I recollect seeing the chalk marks of the deceased men on the walls . Before I became insensible I felt a strong sewer smell , but nothing more than usual ; nothing to g ive me any alarm . —To a Juror : The bodies were lying with their heads towards Warwick-street . They had evidently been retreating , and had arrived within fifty feet of the opening , we have found one lamp , but not the measuring chain . Alsop got out safe . When I was taken ill it came all in a minute . I had no previous disagreeable sensations . I did not find this sewer worse than common . I have been in a great many which had much more soil in them .

      Nicholas Lipstoxe examined : I live at Brewerstreet , Pimlieo . Am a butcher . On Friday afternoon , I was passing down Warwick-street , and I heard some hoys say that some men had been down in the sewer since five o ' clock in the morning , and they were digging for them then . I went down , and some men came out of the sewer and said , " We have found the men , but cannot get them out . " 1 said , " Why not get them out ? " and they said , " We are so exhausted . " Then a little boy said he knew where the head ofthe drain was , as he had seen it built . All present then went to the head of the drain and made an opening , when the smell was so great as to almost knock mc down .

      Dr . Wells went in , saying , ' If there ' s a spark of life in these men , I'll bring them out and restore them . " Dr . Wells then went in , and I waited with some anxiety for his return . He did not come , however , and the first I beard of him was a low moaning and a splash . I then went in myself , and brought out one man ( the last witness . ) I saw poor Doctor Wells lying on his face , but was too weak to assist him . I went in about the length of this table again , when I was overpowered by the stench . The man I brought out appeared to be quite dead , but on being lain upon a bank ho vomited a good deal of mud and then rallied . I have myself been ill ever since .

      Thomas Ida-stall , sergeant ofthe B division of police , deposed to seeing the dead body of Walsh the policeman brought out . Everything possible was done to restore him , but without avail . William Ord examined : Hive at Xo . 0 , Warwickstreet . I am a doctor of medicine . I was called from my own house , about ten minutes before eight on Friday morning . I found the deceased Mr . Wells in the tap-room of this house . He was then quite dead , having been seen by a medical man , Mr . Jennings previously . By his orders he was sent to the hospital—The Coroner : Of what use was sending kim to the hospital if ho was dead ?—Witness : I had no control , another medical man having preceded me , and directed what was to be done . The next body I saw was that of thc policeman . He was also quite dead . I applied restoratives , but without avail . I saw three other bodies .

      The Late Catastrophe At Pimlico. From Ei...

      They were all dead ;—The Coroner : Have you ever seen persons'die under the influence of a similar vapour ?—Witness : I have seen them die under the influence of hydrocyanic acid , which is similar to sulp huretted hydrogen gas , the vapour present in this case . I ascertained its presence by a test paper . One inhalation of it would produce asp hyxia , One spasm would send tho blood to the heart , whence it would not return . The body of a person dyin" under such hurmstancos would be discoloured . Sulphuretted hydrogen always exists in sewers , but it is so heavy 'that it cannot rise . A current of air through the sewer would render it innocuous . Persons going into a sower should have a lighted candle carried some distance in

      front . If it burned blue , there was no safety for any living animal . I am satisfied that if the sewers were traversed by a current of air , there would be no danger to health . Thomas Lovick examined : I live at 87 , Princesstreet , Red Lion-square . I am one of the assista ntsurveyors to the Commissioners of Sewers . All I know about the matter is connected with the flushing department . On the 6 th of October I received a note from one of my colleagues , stating that tho sewer in Warwick-street required cleansing . I gave directions to Mr . Batterbury to have it exaniined on the same day . He did so , and his report stated thc length ojf the sewer , and the amount of deposit in it . He said that tho collateral sewers

      also required cleansing ;—Do you ever take any steps to ascertain whether or no there is poisonous gas in a sewer before you send in your labourers ?—Yes ; we send in our men to examine . In this case Mr . Batterbury was sent to inspect . He made no report , except as to the length and width of tho sewer , and that in one part it was rather foul . Upon getting his report I directed him . to examine the collateral lines , when they could be examined with safety . —Would they include the sewer in question ? I did not know of its existence . I have received no report respecting it . The deceased men were employed in examining it . The men are always cautioned . I have frequently received reports of the existence of deleterious gas in sewers . I consider

      that the inspection of the Warwick-street sewer was going on at the time ofthe calamity . This examination took place at the requisition of some of the inhabitants , who complained ofthe state of their drains . It was on the complaint of James Beth that this examination took place . —Do you usually send men down without any previous testing to examine sewers?—In this caso we sent , to Mr . Batterbury , who sent down his three most cautious men . They ought to have been able to ascertain the existence of gas for a long time before they came to it . Ho might have had chemical tests , but we have always found in practice that the labourers could detect the presence of gas . —Have you had reports to that effect ?—I have an impression that

      we have received such reports , but we always have found the men capable of forming an opinion . — According to tho present system , what has occurred may occur every day . —We never send the men down if we apprehend gas . But you have no means of ascertaining , except by sending down men . —We generally find them able to ascertain the existence of poisonous vapour . We have no chemical tests . I have traversed many sowers myself , and I always found the lantern to burn blue a long time before there was any danger . —And do you think these poor labourers were aware ofthe fact?—Thoy must have been aware of it , having traversed many miles of sewers . Wo sometimes had the Davy lamp .

      —What is the principle of the Davy lamp ?—Tho principle is to surround the flame with a fane wire game , which we could not admit combustible vapour —Then , would it not be a bad means of testing the presence of this gas?—If it could not get through the gauze , it could not discolour the flame ?—I generally prefer the flame lamp . —Does it not strike you , in a serious question like , this , one in fact of life and death , that some scientific means might he found of ascertaining tho state of the sewers , before the lives of tho men were put in danger ?—Every possible precaution is taken , and these were most careful men . I attribute' no blame to any party . —A Juror : One of the parties who was saved was only a boy . ( Christmas . )

      John Henry Batiereory examined : I am an inspector of flushing to the Metropolitan Commissioners . I had made an inspection of Warwickstreet , sewer on Monday morning . I went in with Gee and Peart , and went through thc whole length . I went about ten or twelve feet into the sewer in which the men were killed . Gee went a little further . He said he saw a curious light , but I could not see it . I thought tho sewer very close , and called him back . I went into the other sower . Gee said , " What an odd smell ; like rotten cheese . " I asked him if he knew what it was , and ho said he did not . I said , " Well , it is gas . " Peart said ho had smelt a similar odour at Paddington , where

      there was an explosion of gas . . I told Geo then not to go into the sewer . Ho said , "Very well . " I said if it was necessary to go into the sewer and there was no aperture we would have one dug . — Coroner : You s . ty you told Gee not to go , had he any other subsequent instructions ?—Mr . Batterbury - . He had none from mc—Coroner : Then do thoy go where they like without orders ?—Mr . Battorom-y : No . I subsequently gave them orders to have man holes opened where they required them . I told them to go into no sewer that was at all close . I had no doubt ofthe existence of gas in the sewer . When I examined it it hissed and bubbled very much , which is always a bad sign .

      A Juror : Was there any one present but those poor men who are dead when you gave these cautions ?—No . Another Juror : Were you aware that there was an abutment to this sewer ?—No . —Is not the vapour much more deleterious when the end ofthe sewer is stopped up ?—Certainly . In answer to a juror , witness added that there were hundreds of walled np sewers in the parish , and that the sewer in which the accident took p lace was built on tho most approved principle .

      Tonus Je . vsi . vcs examined : I ant a surgeon . I was called in here on Friday last to look at a body . I saw it was dead , and directed it to bo sent to a hospital—Coroner : Why did you suggest the removal to a hospital ?—I thought that this was not a proper place to hold an inquest . A Juror : Is Mr . Jennings a qualified surgeon or a licentiate apothecary ? Thc ConoxER : Why do you ask the question ? Junon : Because Mr . Ord said that ho did not apply any remedies to Mr . Wells , because the case was in Mr . Jennings' hands ? Did you apply any restoratives 1—Mr . Jennings : $ o . I became ill with the smell , and immediately returned home . A Junon : Do you mean to say that you did not recognise your opposite neighbour and fellowpractitioner , Mr . Wells ?—Mr . Jennings : Ko . He was blue and discoloured .

      At the conclusion of this witness ' s examination , the proceedings were adjourned . On Wednesday a subscription of twopence each was entered into by the private constables of the police to assist the widow of Walsh , the policeman who lost his life in the sower at Pimlieo . The sum thus raised , it is presumed , will amount to ivbout £ 30 . It is also proposed to open a public subscription for Mrs . Wells , whose husband perished on the same occasion . W ^ VWWW ^^/^ ' *^—*

      The Explosion In Bermondsey. Upon The Ex...

      THE EXPLOSION IN BERMONDSEY . Upon the examination of the premises where the explosion occurred , the particulars of which were given in . 7 K « A ort /( crii Star of Saturday last , two bodies were found in the first floor front room , which are believed to be those of the two younger children , from thc following particulars given by a young female now in Guy ' s Hospital , who acted as servant to Mrs . Barlin . She states that sho was in the front room on the first floor at the time the explosion occurred , and that she was blown completely out of the window . A minute or two before , she noticed the two children lying in bed , on the opposite side of the room to where the bodies were found , and she had

      no doubt that when she was forced out of the window the children were blown out of their beds . The appearances of each indicate that they had been forced with great violence against the wall of the room , as the head of the younger one was split in two . —The first two bodies found by the firemen have been ascertained to be those of James Baldwin , a « ed forty-five years , who was in Mr . Bohr ' s employ , and Mr . Barbn s eldest son , William , aged twenty . The bodies of the two children found last are those of Alfred and James Barlin , of the respective a"esof ten and four years . Tbe other three childreifwere found wandering about the streets by the police in the early part of the morning , and taken to a place ot safety . —The statement made b y Mis . Barlin , the wifeot the occupier , to the authorities of Guy ' s Hospital , explains the whole circumstances as to the

      origin of the melanchol y occurrence . Mrs . Barlin states that her husband had been in the habit ot making fireworks for some time in the house in Brook-street . They were generall y made in the front parlour , where they also took their meals , and the upper portion was used partly as " stores " and bedrooms . She had nine children , all of whom with herself , herhusband , the female Phmbe Wynn , and the man Baldwin , were in the house at the time of the accident . The younger children , James and Alfred ( both deceased , ) were asleep in the front room upstairs , and three others in the hack room : the remainder were with her at work with their father " finishing off " a large order that was to be delivered ' on Saturday . It consisted of many grosses of squibs , crackers , Catherine wheels , blue candles . & c . She cannot say the exact quantity , but there ' were

      consiuerable quantities , and all that had to be done to fbem was tying them nn and sealing them with wax . lie man BafaVin had been with them but a day or so to assist in completeing the order . They were at workiu the front parlour when at about teiimimites past ten o clock she asked her husband if he would have supper , aUudmg to the time . Ue answered in tkeaffimative , and called to Charles , their son , to hand him over a chair . This the voting man was in

      The Explosion In Bermondsey. Upon The Ex...

      fhe ' act of doing , ' when , in passing the chair over the Sabtefhe knocked it against a lighted naphtba-lamp hang h * from the ceiling , and the -jerk , threw a piece of the red-hot wick amongst the heap of fireworks Sled up on the table ' beneath . It was seen by the whole - of them to fall among the stock , and they Kntly attempted to prevent he combustible maSis from Ut ; but , ate ' , vt was beW their means , for a bundle of crackers exploded the moment tbe burning wick touched them , and , flying about tbe place , almost instantaneously set light to heaps of fireworks in other parts ot the room , notwithstanding they one and all combated with the ex-: iSnTSleawith all their might , by trampling

      them under their feet , and throwing water on tliem This -they continued as long as they were able , and findin g the lire becoming fiercer , and burning sulphur affecting her senses , she made her escape into the back yard , followed by herhusband , and sheimagmcd that both her sons and the man Baldwin escapedI at the same time . She heard her son William scream out" Mother , mother , come out ! " and called to him that she was safe . She believed he heard her , and managed to get out at the front .-Mrs . Barlin , it should be observed , is unconscious of the fact that any of her family are lost . There is no doubt that William misunderstood his mother . He suspected she was amidst the exploding fireworks , and rushed in with an idea to rescue her , and perished . Her Brst thought , on somewhat recovering from the sulphureous vapour shehad inhaled , was her children . To get at them " by the staircase was beyond human nower : the continued explosions had knocked down

      the lath and plaster partitions , and the whole ot the lower part of ihe place was in flames , gushmgup the staircase and out at the back door . With the help of her husband , she managed to climb out on to the roof of an out-house near the window of the rac-m where they slept . They heard her cries , and the children then opened tbe window , got out , and jumped into her arms . After which she has no recollection of what owutved , excepting being brought to the hospital . She declares that there was no " composition " exposed in tbe front parlour but that in the cases left for pasting and securing up . There might be some powder in other parts of ( he house , but no great quantity . She was confident that the circumsiince of her son knocking the chair again st the

      lamp was purely accidental . He was a well conducted young man to his father , and he used all his efforts to prevent the fireworks from igniting . [ The poor woman is shockingly injured ; her face , neck , and arms , are greatly burnt , and it is much feared she will lose her eyesight . Frequently during the day she inquired for her son William , but it was not deemed prudent to communicate the sad tidings of his fate or that of her youngest children . ] The condition of the survivors at- Guys Hospital is thus reported by the principal surgeon : — " W ubam Barlin , aged 46 , severe burns over the arms , face , and head ; going on favourably . —Ann Barlin , aged 40 . his wife : face , head , and lower part of tbe hody

      very nrachbumed ; hopes entertained other recovery . —Charles Barlin , aged 17 , son of the former ; face shockingly disfigured , and arms and chest burned : favourable symptons of recovery . —Phoabe Wynn , aged 22 ; extensive laceration of the'thigh by falling on some spikes in leaping from the first floor window : in a fair way of recovery . " —The latter unfortunate creature , sU-ange to say , was found by the police lying weltering in blood near Newington . It seems that after she was extricated by some persons from the spikes , she ran away towards her . mother ' s house , which is situated in the above locality ; exhaustion , however , overcame her from loss of blood , and she dropped on the pavement , where she was picked up by the police .

      Inquest . —At . one o clock on Tuesday , Mr . W . Carterheldan iriqueatat the King John ' s Head , Abbey-street , Bermondsey , upon the bodies of George Barlow , aged forty-six , William Barling , aged twenty , James Barling , aged four , and Thomas Barling , aged eighteen months . After hearing some minor evidence , the inquiry wai adjourned to Tuesday , the 0 th of November , at eleven o ' clock , in order to await the result of the illness of those who were in the hospital , particularly Charles Barling , and see whether they could obtain his statement on oath . .

      Murder O? A Wife Akd Child At Clapham. O...

      MURDER O ? A WIFE AKD CHILD AT CLAPHAM . On Saturday , soon after Mr . Paynter took bis seat upon the bench , Mr . Parrottjunr ., surgeon , of Clapham-comtnon , arrived at the court , and gave the startling intelligence that he was in attendance to give evidence upon a charge of murder of a woman and child that had taken place at an early hour that morning . In tho course of an hour the murderer was brought into court in the custody of Mr . Coleman , tho inspector of the Clapham district , and placed in the dock . The prisoner , who is a middle-aged man , with nothing ferocious in his appearance , but much the reverse , was described in the charge-sheet as James Weston , aged 30 , labourer , and thc words ofthe charge were those of " wilfully murdering Maria Weston , his wife , and Maria Elizabeth Weston , their child , by cutting their throats with a razor , in the parish of Clapham . "

      The first witness examined was William Coleman , who stated : I am one of the inspectors of police . This morning , at a quarter past seven o ' clock , tho prisoner came to the station , and , addressing me , said , " I have come to give myself up . " I asked him , " what for V and he said " for murder" [ here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief which lasted for several minutes . ] I perceived that there were marks of blood on his hands and coat , and I asked him who it was that he had murdered ? He said , "his wife . " 1 asked him why ho had murdered her , and how he did it ? He replied , " with a razor , " and he then put his hand to his waistcoat pocket , and handed the razor to me ( a black handled one ) . I saw that it was covered with blood . I then

      asked . him his name , and where he lived ? _ Ho answered , " James Weston , Cavpenter ' s-buildings , Clapham . " I asked him if he had any other articles in his possession ? when he handed me three knives , as also the hey of his apartments . I then at once despatched Sergeant Langton to his residence . Sergeant Langton was presant , and heard all that transpired up to this time . After Sergeant Langton was gone , the prisoner said , " I have also murdered my child . " I asked him the sex of thc child , and he said it was a female , and aged one year and nine months . . He then said , " There is another child there also—I wish you would send after the man to have her taken away , " I asked him how he came to do it , and whether he had had any quarrel with

      his wife ? He replied , "We were in the habit of having trifling broils , like other people , but nothing of a serious nature . I went to bed comfortably last night , and felt so up to four o ' clock this morning , and after it struck four I got out of bed , struck a light with a match , went down stairs , and fetched a razor ( tho tine produced ) , but when I returned I felt that I could not do it ; but after being tempted I formed a resolution , and attacked my wife as she was dressing herself in bed . " The prisoner afterwards made several incoherent expressions , having no reference whatever to what had transpired , but from the nature of those expressions I believed him

      to be insane . The prisoner further said , speaking of his wife , "Wo were to hare been disgraced today , and I could not bear it . " He further said , Mr . Parrott gave him medicine some days previously . —Prisoner : It was on Monday week . —Examination resumed : lie said he gave himsome drugs and forced him to take them , and that it was done by tho sanction and advice of tho Rev . Mr . Pritchard . —Mr . Paynter : Before tho prisoner made these statements did you caution him ?—Inspector Coleman : —I did so , your worship . After a little while he sobbed bitterly , and spoke in affectionate terms of his wife and child .

      The next witness examined was Frederick Laxgtos , who stated he was a sergeant in the V division , No . 19 . He begged the magistrate would pardon any little discrepancies he might make , as the sight which he had witnessed had completely unnerved him . The witness then proceeded with his evidence , and said : I went to the house , JTo . 1 , Carpenter ' s-place , High-street , Clapham , ami got there about half-past seven o ' clock . On my way thither I called on Mr . Herring , the relieving officer , and he accompanied me . " i found the key the prisoner gave mo unlocked tho front door ofthe house which he rents . There was nothing to indicate disorder down stairs , but on going up stairs , I saw the log of a woman protruding on the

      landing , a bed-room door was open , and another leg rested against the door stall , the remaining part of the body was in the room . Tho woman was lying on her back ; she was dressed all but her shoes and stockings . Underneath her head there was a man ' s coat , aud a woman ' s boot was beside her face . I also noticed two footmarks without shoes , as if some one bad endeavoured to get into the adjoining room . The marks had been made by naked feet . I went towards the woman ' s head , and found her throat was , ciit . There was a very great deal of blood about the bed post and bedding . There was a great flow of blood over thc room . Tho head was very nearly cut off . The woman was dead , but

      warm—the pulse had ceased beating . On a bed , and in the same room , I saw a child lying on its face . I examined it ,-and found its throat was cut . [ The prisoner here became overwhelmed with grief . ] The child was quite dead , but warm . I could not identify thc bodies . I afteywai-ds opened tbe adjoining room door , in which direction I had seen the footmarks , when I there found a little girl sitting up in bed . I don ' t know her exact age . She might have been four or five years old . —Prisoner She was just upon nine years old . —Examination resumed : Thc child seemed very fri ghtened at me . I asked whether she had heard anything , and she said "No . " ' b >

      Mr . Jons Parrott , jun ., surgeon , was next sworn and said : I arrived at the house between half-past seven and ei ght o ' clock . I found a woman lymg upstairs with her throat cut . It was completely cut across . Thc cut had divided the windpipe and carotid arteries , and penetrated into the

      Murder O? A Wife Akd Child At Clapham. O...

      spinal cord . The wound must have been instantly fatal . The woman was lying in a pool of blood . She was dressed , with the exception of her shoes . I found a female child lying on its face on the bed , also in a pool of blood . I turned it round , and discovered its throat cut , so much so as to have separated the spinal cord , and extended to the muscles at the back of the neck . Tho razor produced would cause such wounds . I have some recollection of the deceased . I believe she was cook in a gentleman s house on Clapham-common , and sho had run a needle in her hand , which I extracted . I did not know she was married . I should think tho deceased must have endeavoured in her struggles to get out ofthe room , from the footmarks I saw ; but it must have been after she had been wounded . It

      appeared as if sho had been trying to reach tho other room . Witness said , in answer to some further questions from the bench , that ho had never to his knowledge seen the prisoner previously . The Rev . Mr . Pritchavd was a subscriber to the dispensary , and he had since learnt that he had given the prisoner an order for medicine , which ho now believed was administered by him . Ho understood the prisoner to be in constant work ; his house was comfortably furnished , and there did not appear to be any reason to suppose that ho was ruined or disgraced . Inspector Coleman produced tho marriage certificate which the prisoner had handed to him when he first came to the station-house , by which it appeared lie was married in . April , ISil , being then a bachelor , to Maria Glover , widow . The surviving child was by a former husband .

      Mr . Pavnter said he should yemand the prisoner until Thursday next , when evidence must be produced to identify the bodies of the murdered woman and child . There was no necessity for the production of a great number of witnesses , as the facts in this case were very clear . The prisoner was then removed in custody . The Inquest :. On Monday morning Mr . Higgs , thc coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , held an inquest at the Two Brewers Tavern , Clapham Rise , on the bodies of Maria Weston and Maria Elizabeth Weston . The

      , jury having been sworn , were shown to the cottage where the bodies were lying . It was a very neat place , and did not at all warrant tho supposition at first entertained , that distress was the incentive to the commission of the crime . All the more repulsive traces of violence had been removed , and the bodies were decently disposed upon a bed in the front top room . The throats were dreadfully cut , and the injury in each case must have caused death within a few seconds . In addition to the evidence given above , the following witnesses were examined : — Joseph Westos , tbe brother of tbe prisoner , was then examined . He had not seen his brother since June last ; of course , he could g ive no evidence as to the state of . his mind at tho time of tho commission of the act . This witness was directed to withdraw .

      Charlies Newman stated that he resided near Tooting , and was a farmer ' s labourer . He had known the man for some time , and had known deceased woman about three months . He had seen the prisoner very frequently of late , and knew that he had generally about four days' work out of the Vteek . Witness called on the prisoner and his family on Friday night last about seven o ' clock , and remained until after nine . Thc prisoner was quite sober all tho evening , and drank nothing except some porter , which witness sent for . The deceased woman was present . The prisoner and his wife appeared quite friendly all the evening . Witness asked if he had been at work that day , and he

      said that he had not . He could not sleep at night , and wanted to see his brother . He said also that he had attempted to sec his brother , but returned when he got to the park , as he was uneasy about his wife , who was unwell . His wife remarked that he looked very unwell , and seemed in a bad low way . She said that he had fallen away very fast . The prisoner went to the looking-glass and remarked , " I shall get fat to-morrow . " He was not a bad-tempered man , and seemed to live very comfortably with his wife . Witness observed that he had lost flesh lately . Ho looked very wild , and witness thought that he seemed an altered man . Did not think that he was right in his mind . His wife was a laundress , and had been in Ml work for

      some time . Sabaii Clover , the child who was found in the house , was then brought into tbe room . It was stated that she had been kept in ignorance of the death of her mother , and therefore the jury deemed it better to leave her examination in die hands of the coroner . Having been questioned as to her comprehension of the nature of an oath , she stated that a strange person awakened her on Saturday morning last . She had heard no noise during the night or morning . Her father and mother had had

      no quarrel on the Friday evening . The jury made a subscription for the benefit of this child . Mar y Anx Baker , a woman with whom the prisoner was familiar before his marriage with the deceased , was then examined . She saw him last Monday , but did not speak to him . Sho know him seven years ago . She had not scon him for months before that time , and had had no communication with him lately . He was a mas of violent temper , and sho had bound him over to keep the peace , as she feared for her safety .

      The Coroxes summed up briefly , stating that the case did not call for any particular commentary from him , as the confession made by tho prisoner seemed to bo entirely voluntary , and there was no reason whatever against thc reception of that confession in the case . There was no motive of fear or interest which could have induced the prisoner to criminate himself , and due admonition had been given to him by the inspector of police . The question put was a very simple one , and no doubt would be so considered by the jury . Tho room was then cleared . After remaining with closed doors for about five minutes , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against James Weston . The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute . ,

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      Great Fise At Bristol.—On Sunday Ni Ght ...

      Great Fise at Bristol . —On Sunday ni ght last the insurance companies in the City received the subjoined particulars of afire at Bristol : — " Bristol , Saturday morning . A tremendous fire broke out yesterday evening , at five o ' clock , at the Groat Western Cotton Works , situate on the north banks ofthe Avon , near the lino of the Bristol and Gloucester and Great Western Railway . It originated in a spark from a fly wheel which caught a pile of refuse cotton lying in thc blowing room . About thirty hands , chiefly boys , were engaged in this department , and so rapid was tho work of devastation that the poor creatures had to rush out ofthe building instantly , many of them , in fact , had great difficulty in escaping . Within five minutes after the discovery , the whole buildinsr . of 200 factions and

      90 wide , was in one glow of fire . Thousands of persons wore soon on the spot , and amongst them were conspicuous the relations and friends of tbe children engaged in tho factory , trembling in ignorance of their fate . The fire raged for three hours with terrific violence , fed by large bales , and heaps of raw cotton which lay at one end of tho building . In this department there are 6 or 8 engines , each valued at 150 guineas , all of which are destroyed . It was 9 o ' clock ere the firemen succeeded in checking the conflagration . Fortunately for the proprietors , the remaining portions ofthe works were preserved . The part destroyed was valued at £ 13 , 000 . Nearly 2 , 000 hands were thrown out of employment , find a vast number of victims will be compelled to seek the workhouse . "

      Ixfanticide at Handswortii . —For the last four or five years the town and neighbourhood of Handsworth have obtained unenviable notoriety for the number of newly-born children bearing marks of their having been deprived of life by violent means soon after being brought into thc world , that have been found in the by-lanes and other remote places . To such an extent has tho atrocious system been practised , that the local magistrates have laid tho whole facts before the Secretary of State , and her Majesty ' s government have offered such a reward as will bo likely to suppress the revolting acts . During the past week a former ' s labourer , named Ellis , was proceeding along Cvamp-lano , near the Birminghamroad , when he observed a brown paper parcel in a hollbush in thc

      y hedge row . On opening it , tho contents were discovered to be tho bodies of two newly-born children . Tho coroner of the district , Mr . Hinchclift ' e , held an inquiry upon them , and Mr . Hammond , a surgeon , who had carefully examined them , expressed au opinion that they were born alive , and that strangulation was evidently thc mode by which they had come by their deaths . Other facts showed that the innocents had been murdered as soon as they were born , and the coroner ' s jury found as their verdict— " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown " The coroner , however , with a view of doin < r all ho could in the matter , waited upon the Hon . F . Gou « h and Mr . Piercy , county magistrates , and it wasatlength determined to seek the aid of the Seeretaw « f st » t . n .

      Ihe result has been that Sir GeOMfO Gray has authorised a reward of £ 50 being offered for the capturo of tho perpetrators of this atrocious crime , and a full pardon to anyone giving information , provided thoy be not the actual offenders . Murder at Gloucester . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Saturday last at the Railway Tavern , m this city , to inquire into the circumstances of the death of William Cooke , a boatman . It appeared that the deceased and a fellow boatman , named Goodgrooiu , quarrelled and fought on board the boat Sarah , on the Severn , on the preceding da y , and Cooke was seen after struggling for some tune to sink into the water , and rise no more alive . His body was subsequently found . Several witnesses deposed to his having been wilfully thrown into the water by Goodgroom , from whom he endeavoured to

      Great Fise At Bristol.—On Sunday Ni Ght ...

      escape . The accused and another man named Jones , who was on the deck of the boit , looked on whilst the deceased was drowning with perfect un , concern . A line thrown from the boat would pro . bably have enabled him to escape sinking . The mart Jpne ' s having gone up the river to Worcester , the inqiie * t was adjourned in order that his evidence may be taken . Refusing to Weigh BREAn . —William Chafe r of Dvddidgton , baker , was summoned last week by John Redmond , who described himself as a native of Dublin , a surgical instrument maker , and a dt ' s . charged soldier from the 16 th Lancers , for Tefusin » toseirhim 2 lbs . weight of bread . It appeared that tbe complainant , who was travelling through the

      town , happened to call at the defendant ' s , and asked for two pounds of bread ; lie was served by the de . fendant ' s wife , who gave him a half-quartern loaf but the complainant , fancying it was not so mochas it ought to be , reques t ed her to weigh it , as he said he wanted two pounds of bread , which she refused to do , but said she would call her husband ; in the meantime , the defendant ' s son came into the shop , and he refused also to weigh the bread , and threatened to kick the complainant out of thc shop if he did not leave immediately . Upon the defendant ' s wife being examined , she confessed ( hat sho refused

      to weigh the bread , but said it was because the com . plainant was insolent . The Bench considered the case so clear that , though they excused the defendant from all intention of breaking the law , they were bound to convict ; he was , therefore , convicted in a fine of 2 s . and costs 8 s . There are mauv bakers in country places who are not aware of the present law . that bakers are hound to sell bread by weight ; we refer them to 0 th and 7 th William IV . Cap 37 , sec . 4 , by which it is enacted tbat bread shall be sold by bakers by weight , and in case any baker shall sell in any other manner than by weight , every such baker shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 40 s .

      Wholesale Frauds on the Excise . —The magistrates sitting in petty session at Halesborough , on Friday , were engaged in adjudicating upon no less than ten informations against brickmakers , for removing bricks to tbe kilns before the duty was levied , and thus avoiding payment of the proper duty thereon—a practice which seems to have obtained here , to the great irjmy of the legal tradesmen , and defrauding the inland revenue . The P-llowing penalties were inflicted : —Mr . Whitehnuse , Oldfield , fined £ 150 , and 81 , 782 bricks condemned ; Mr . Sadler , Oldbtiry , fined £ 100 , and ? 6 , 222 bricks condemned ; Johnson and Probert , Oldb ' eld , fined £ 75 , and 49 , 833 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Whitehouae , Oldburv . fined £ 60 , and 33 , 693 brick * condemned ;

      Mr . Lees , Oldfield , fined £ 65 , and 24 837 bricks condemned ; Mr . Guest , Oldfield , fined £ 55 , and 30 , 901 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Sadler and Herton , fined £ 50 , and 25 , 707 bricks condemned ; Mr . Edwards , Oldbury , fined £ 50 , and 28 , 440 bricks condemned ; Mr . Barrett , * Halesowen , fined £ 2 d , ana 10 , 023 bricks condemned ; and Mr . "Whi tellOUSe , OldbiiYy , fined £ 25 , 11 , 920 bricks condemned . Fire near Thame . — On Friday , October 12 , soon after 11 at night , a fire broke out upon the premises o f Mv . Thomas Sheen , at Worminghall , near Thame , Oxon , the estate of Yiscount Clifden , and about an hour and a half afterwards flames were also discovered upon the farm of Mr . William Hemmings , about a fhrlong off . The cause of the

      fire is a mystery , but it is possible , from the brisk wind setting in ' the right direction , that the second arose out of the first . An engine from thc County Fire-office at Oxford arrived at the spot as soon as Sossible , and speedily quelled the progress of the ames upon Mr . Ilemming ' s ricks , but we regret to say that the whole of Mr . Sheen ' s ricks , nine in number , were entirely destroyed , as well as the greater part of the farm buildings . Too much cannot be said in praise of the indefatigable exertions of Mr . John Ashurst , of Waterstock-house , in that neighbourhood , a magistrate for the county , who together with his brother , the Rev . James Ashurst , vicar of

      Milton , and the Rev . James Scatter , of Worminghall , were upon the spot nearly all the night , personally assisting and superintending the keeping under of the flames . Very great credit is also due to a Mr . Thomas Way , a farmer at Ickford , for his very able and practical aid in subduing the raging element , and all the agricultural labourers of the neighbourhood were upon the spot eager to render assistance . The extent of the damage ' done is about £ 1 , 000 , which it is understood is more than covered by the insurances . Application has been made to Mr . Alderman Brownig , of Oxford , and that gentleman has set « n foot an investigation of the matter through the medium ofthe police .

      Bristol . —Supposed Case of suspended A . vrmation . —A correspondent says : — " Amostsincuiar case of suspended animation , or what is usually termed trance , ' has just occurred at Bristol , and the facts are of such a remarkable character as to be worthy of a detail notice . On Friday morning the 12 th inst . about half-past nine o ' clock , a gentleman named Byron Bly'h , a newphew of Mr . Bljth , of the firm of Blyth and Green , the well-known shipbuilders of London , wai apparently seized with cholera at his residence , Orchard street , Bristol . He was speedily attended by Dr . Wall ' s and Dr . Green , two of the physicians ofthe Bristol Infirmary , ami Mr . Kelson , surgeon . He was seen frequently , and when Dr . Green left him , late at night , his opinion was that he had rallied , and that there was a chance

      of his recovery . Athalf-past tn-oo clock , however , on Saturday morning he apparently died . At 6 o ' clock the same morning Dr . Green , being on his way to visit him , was surprised to hear of his death . " Ho went and viewed the body , and gave a certificate that Mr . Blyth , had died from malignant cholera . The body he found to be still warm , but at this ha was not much surprised , death having been so recent . Directions were given for thc funeral , which was to take place on Sunday morning at nine o ' clock , and a special message was sent to London to acquaint the re ' atives of the deceased of his sudden and unfortunate death . A t six o ' clock on Saturday evening ; Dr . Green again called when he found the necessary nrenaralions for the funeral , and the body screwed :

      down . Dr . Green directed the undertaker tn un--screw the coffin , and upon removing the sawdustt with which thc body was covered , to his great surprise , he found that it was still warm . He wass unable to account for this , and supposed that perhapss the sawdust might have generated the heat . Hee accordingly directed it to be removed , and ordercikl that the funeral > . hould not take place till the nextct morning , after he had again seen the body . Dr . r . Green then communicated with Dr . Wallis and Mr r Kelson , aiH all met at the house at nine o ' clock gov Sunday morning , at ' wbich time Did preparation *!! were complete , and the bearers in waiting toconvejej the body to the tomb . They injected the veins wititl warm saltand water , but without producing any ettocfet

      1 he body was then subjected to powerful galvamni shocks , which changed the colour of the body , awn rendered the hands more supple , but there were nn other signs of life . The body was then ordered to b b laid out in the usual way , without any sawdust , anui up to Monday afternoonthe extraordinary appearancic of warmth still remained , and there are no signs of dede composition . The body was removed to St . Peter ' sr Ilospiial where further efforts will be made to rcstotoi nimation . —Wednesday . —All doubts as to tliti fate of Mr . B , Blyth , are now nt an eniini decomposition having undoubtedly begun . An ii ii quest has been commenced upon the body at tl tl Albion Tavern , which has been adjourned ' for tl tl purpose of a post mortem examination being made le I several eminent surgeons .

      Charge Of Attempted Poisoxixg Bib! A Wif...

      CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED POISOXIXG BIB ! A WIFE . A serious ease of attempted poisoning was brougug before the magistrates at the Chelmsford Pettv Sc S < sions on Friday . Tho charge was brought by W W liam Hay ward , a shoemaker , at Springfield , agairaii his wife , to whom he has been married fourtertc years , and has three children , the eldest agcdfcd years , The allegation was that she had within In 1 last three weeks attempted to kill him by nvinglhgli small doses of poison in his food . JIavward , who appeared very weak , and sufforXor from thc effects of poison , said : I have had poipoi : put m my food three times within the last th th

      weeks . So one resides in the house but mvsuvs s wife , and children . Last Wednesday I was cal call down to my dinner , and found some apple puddnddl ready but on my plate . I ate two mouthfuls , Is , 11 tasted something very unpleasant , and saw soi sow thing like a white speck on thc pudding , whicrhics took ott with my knife , and put it on the right sid sidl my plate . I said there was something wrong , . ig , my wile said it was only the apples which were eregood , and she cut me another piece . I found . ind 1 thing the matter with that . After I had mv dir din I vomited it up . My wife went out , and I sent ont ¦ Mr . May the superintendent , and told himwhwhli thought had happened . Ho asked mc if I had fad fee anything ? 1 said "Ko ; ' » and wc searched lied 1 house , and I found some stuff , and I took that hat , a piece of toast which I had in the afternoo-noo )

      Monday , and carried them to Dr . Bird . The t'he tt was given me by my wife , and made me sick . jk . Bird took mo to a chemist , and they made out \> ut ^ ^ tho stuff was , but what I cannot say . It was ivas paper , which wo found in a little mug in the line hw The chemist told mo it was rank poison . 1 . " . " . gave me some medicine to take , and I took iak ilii have wasted for tho last fortni ght—Mr . Knoxnox :: tho place where you found the stuff one that hat ; wife has access to ? -Hayward : It was ; I acd acc ( my wife of it when she camo back , and she sac sail ) knew nothing about it ; she said sho did not not there was anything in the house , but on ThuThuu she owned she had it , and what she had it for . for . -, have lived an uncomfortable life for some mae mot owing to her connexion with a man whom Iom II caught at the house , and I told her it would buhl 11 mm of both of us .

      Mr . Seaton , thc chemist , was sent for b " ov 11 magistrates , and he stated that Dr . Bird audi anot ward brought to him a white powder , an * , am Bird wished to know what it was . He ana ) anab small portion of it , and found it was white joito } ] tate . That was a glow poison . It is principancipaia

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20101849/page/6/