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      Rbpresektation Op Dungannon.—Lord Northl...

      ' *& r ^ H ^^ ^^ frbta their ' mASi e , bat the only answer was'le telled pistoljnbmission or death . She waYfinaB * wanted off 2 diguardlefton , Mr . M'lane ' s SSrevent „ alarm being given . When day dawned M ? S ^ a « pairg to Sir BL H- Bmcl , B ^^ W mt 3 a i deposed tofteahovefacU . Captain . Cro £ ^ w ho was at Downhill on a visit s and to whom mach praise is due , promptly sent for a police force , ami scoured the country at their headland ff ccie « ed indi 8 a > venng Miss Glen in the house of s Sally Doherty , who keeps a . publio-house in

      jlagiUigan , ana restored her to the arms of her fie nds and liberty . He also arrested two of the -gjty . Hutebwson , the principal , is still at large fla extorted from her a promise of marriage , his obj ect being to get possession of her nronertv JJonntins tofSOO .-Derrv Standard prope ~* Faial Thunder SioHH .-On Saturday moraine a r emarkable thunder storm passed obliquely across tbe south-west of Ireland , beginning in Clare , and g ohigoffatCork- In the former localit y a youn " nan , respectably connected , the second son of Mr jSrown Burke of Ifewgrore-cottage , wa 8 Mlledb theelectric fluid , and other persons were slightly injured In Cork some cattle were killed , and other injuries inflicted . ^ ana

      The Galway Mtrcurystotes that a deputation from America has armed iu London to support the chums ot Galvray as a transatlantic packet station . Fbarfcl Explosion at Baisbridbe . -A frightful explosion took place in this town on Saturday evening , when several parties suffered very matemUy from the catastrophe . About four o ' clock in the evening one of Mr . Haliday ' s young men -wentinto the powder storefor thepurpose of emptying a canister for general use in the shop , and on -i 5 ^ t . - ^ 1116 ahelf ¦ on , » of the powder was ¦ puled , which was carefully gathered up , with the reception of some graias that still remained on the floor . . He incautiously put the lighted candle to them , and in a moment the explosion was terrific .

      On the report being heard , -which was as loud as a discharge of cannonade , the town was alarmed , and thfefire and smoke forced their way from the house through the windows , carrying jewellery and cutlery of tbe rarest description out of the under shop and warerooms up stairs . Jfot a window in the bouse but -was blown into pieces , and the houses at « ach side of Mr . Haliday ' s were very much damaged . One shop in Bathfrilaud-street , only vacated by Mr . Cathcart , woollen merchant , about three weeks ago , was forced in , and the whole front carried to the . opposite side ofthe street , when a -woman was caught in their flight by the shutters , and dreadfully mutilated . The store was then searched , when three of tha youne men . named

      Smith , Knox , and Haliday , were found in a dreadful state , scarcely a feature recognisable , arid one in his agony ran into tbe street with his head and clothes in a blaze of fire . Dr . M'Clelhird was immediately in attendance , and rendered every aid to the unfortunate sufferers , who can scarcely be expected to survive . The ground floor of the shop - was cleared of considerable property , which was soon picked up off the street by the mob , who were punctual in attendance , and no doubt the ravage -would have been much greater , had not the vigilance of the constabulary put a stop to it . When the smoke had cleared away , the air seenied laden vith a thousand perfumes from . broken bottles of eau de Cologne , marrow oil and other perfumes , -which -were earned to the street . The house Is

      very extensive in the hardware trade , and in connection with two other large , houses in Belfast ; where Mr . Haliiday generally reside } . —Saunders's News Letter . Supposed Shipwreck . —During ft © pa * fc week some casks of brandy were stranded north of this harbour , about Ballynasker , and we regret to hear that one unfortunate man , after usuing much exertions in bringing it out of the aea , drank a portion of it to excess , and since died in consequence , -while others bad a fortunate escape . Some brandy and soma other fruit boxes , shattered and entirely damaged , have been cast on shore at Elmore , and it is probable that the vessel which bore both as her cargo , was some foreigner that foundered not far off the Tuskar , and of which no one now survives to tell the fate . —Wezford Guardian .

      FBAISKWOBXHT COJTDUCT OF THB PfcASAJfTBT . —TWO women , named O'Dea , residing at Moycullen , and connected with the murder of Eearnes , near Baurnacroney , in September last , were arrested by some countrymen on Monday , and brought into this town . The parties arrested were fully commuted for trial by the coroner . —Galway Jbercury . The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this Association was held in Conciliation Hall on Monday , Mr . Cranston presiding . Mr . John 0 'Conneil spoke at some length on the subject of her Majesty ' s replies" to the addresses presented last week at Windsor . The rent for the week was £ B 18 s . 2 d .

      Excuhbkbed Estates . —The last sale of property fixed to take place in the Encumbered Estates Court until the end ofthe first week in January , came off -en Tuesday . The three commissioners sat ; the new assistant commissioner not having yet " taken his -seat , and eight small and unimportant estates , consisting of fee-simple and leasehold interests , were -disposed of , the proceeds ofthe whole amounting to . £ 21 , 105 . The wretchedly-situated M'Looghlin property , in Mayo , which obtained such notriety from the circumstance of its first attempted sale being ¦ ased as an argument , in parliament against the 'working of the commission , was put up for the third time on Tuesday , and the 8 , 307 acres were at length sold , the lots into which tbe estate was divided bringing together only £ 410 . The Antrim estates of the Earl of Monntcashell were to have

      been sold on Tuesday in Belfast under the order of the commissioners , but the particulars have not yet been received in town . Cuffb-sireet Savings Bask . —A meetings of depositors and those interested in their behalf was held at tbe Royal Exchange on Tuesday , the . Lord Mayor presiding , for the purpose " of drawing the attention ofthe government to the injustice that had been done to a portion ofthe depositors in consequence of refusing to pay them the sum granted , by reason of the supposed violation ofthe law on their part in having lodged in one year above £ 30 , the amount prescribed . " The meeting was addressed by the Lord Mayor , Mr . James Haughton , Bev . Mr . Drary . Bev . Dr . Spratt . Rev . T . M'Sorley , Mr . Grogan , M . P ., Alderman Taggart , and others , and a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer was unanimously adopted . * ..

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      COLOHXL THOMPSOH ON THE EXHIBITION . — Some time back we published a letter written by Colonel P . Thompson on the question of affixing prices to articles . He has since been betrayed into a cpntro-¦ versy , and in support of his position has made the following remarfcs : — " The Colonel points out , that On account of supposed jealousies and rivalries , the affixing of prices is a thing not * left to the option ofthe exhibitors / but that it ia absolutely prohithe

      bited , to the injury of ' that portion of commercial community who with the general public besides , are interested in publicity .. And yet , nreea the Colonel this system is advanced as one of ' non-interference between Protection and freetrade ' The Colonel considers the argument selfcontradictory ; he puts it thus . ' By no means interfere ; let there be Protection / He touches upon other objections , such as ' prices vary ;* . « exhibitors may put wrong prices ; " « the commissioners are reuiM

      shnnsible- To wnicn ne replies , — -. uoes . , a , $ ice current * vary ? As to the > affixing ofraudu . lent prices , that argument would ' shut up the Post Officl , lest men should send deceitful accounts of their orices * through that medium . And with re . S ? e commo ners being ^ responsible who made them responsible , and who accounts them 5 r » ' After demanding whether these ejections are ' sumV as the commissioner ^ with due regar d tTtheir standing before the British public and foregi nSns / oug ht to adopt as their rule of action '' the colonel proceeds and concludes as follows — " In all operations , a moderate attention SS be paid to wither the opponent * nave not Se means of counteracting : « ^ Z ^ a ihe vrt !„ ., „;„„ * h * » tt « Tinfc without the deed . In tne

      present else , what reason is there to suppose tgjjj . individuals interested in their prices being Known including the mass of foreigners who have prepareu goods for the express purpose of ? „„ w ?» frtides can heha \ l cheaper by the British public through the intervention of Bradford trade , and tne united public whose interest lies the same way , wiu not without delay prepare a list of the _ articles whose owners are anxious the prices Bhouia oe known , and press jl ^ pon carriage and foot paaseneers at a small price as near the doors of the exhibition as they can contrive ? And if this is done , or

      if strange and extravagant ways are taken to pre-™ , V ir t ask who will in any imaginable respect Si UtotS ? they would have done if the imxftSiSJSK of flie prices had been left to the mgornot afltoDg oi y ^ p ^ n wWcd SPWrn ^ m ifirpower of the Commissioners to it is still in the y >™ ^ ^ f I ^ Xr ^ he mterests ofmj constituents , 3 l ? tiU If the ? do notconcur . my appeal and think so 8 t , u ; . tr * ° ^ ltion 0 f commercial men , must be to the next > # *** % ? ' ^ edings of . their who I doubt not will ^ . ^ laTwe now regard predecessors a ^ jjgjjg * £ e benefits off £ - the opinions of our ancestors" _ - ^ , t **» and a W fg ^^ last we . k , JP £ 3 S r ^ erm yfSdowVthe lato _ Mr J

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      LIVERPOOL . * IB *^ on ' fteiolfo ? oSSMKSS C ^ S ^^ the empl ^' oFMr Pooley , a ^ rManchester , and had themariamment of three enx'mes , worked by seven boaer ! -theS ceased was ah ! engine-driver , under thedJec « onof tWpmoner . Pn Thursday , the 10 th of Sber about ninei o ' clock in .-the morning , an explosion tookjlaee in a boilerinown as No . 4 in theeneine-** ° > and the fluewhich jari through the centre of the boiler , was ruptured by the pressure ofthe steam the engine-house was filled with hot ashes and steamand the deceasedwho at the time of the

      , , explosion was attending one of the adjoining boilers , was so injured that he died-in about ten nays afterwards , ft appeared that some two or three months ago another explosion had taken place on thesame premises , and a fireman bad been Killed . It was then thought necessary to alter the construction of the flues , which formerly had been ot what is called the D shape , convex below and flat above , and replace them by circular ones . Jhis had been done in five out of the seven boilers . ao . i was one of those which had not been altered . On the Saturday previous to the explosion it was found that the flue ofthe boiler ffo . 4 leaked at the place where its extremity was riveted by a flange to tbe inside of the boiler . This leak was

      temporarily repared so as to stop the leakage , and the boiler was set to work as usual . On-the Monday morning it was found , however , still to leak , and bmith , the prisoner , directed some screw patches , as they are called , to be prepared , for the purpose of securing the place where tbe leak existed . These patches consisted of iron ofthe same thickness with the boiler , to he fastened by screw rivets . to be passed through holes drilled through the patches and the boiler , and fastened by nuts , some softer material being . placed betwween them , so as to Erevent the leakage . Before this was completed , owever , the prisoner sent for- Mr . : Swain , the boiler maker , and showed bim what ho was about to do , who told him that the boiler was not safe ,

      and that he must not work it any more , when the prisoner said he would not . The boiler remained standing until tbe " Wednesday following , when the prisoner directed two of the workmen to prepare five screw patches , and to fasten them on the spot tn question . This was done , and the boiler set to work on the Thursday morning , and it worked three or four hours before the accident occurred . On a subsequent examination of the boiler the following day , it-was found that at the spot where the leak bad existed , and which , when Mr . Swain saw it , showed a crack of about fourteen inches longi the flan ge Waa torn from the body ofthe flue the whole way across the top ; and the top of the flue itself was forced down nearly to the bottom of the flue for about half its length , and there was a

      fracture in the substance of the upper part of the flue about seven feet from the end , also extending nearly the whole Way across it . —His Lordship intimated that the case depended almost entirely upon the evidence of Mr . Swain ; but it seemed- very doubtful , from his testimony , Whether the prisoner understood , from the communication that had been made to him , that the boiler was too unsafe to be rendered fit to work with by screw-patching it . He had no doubt been told that it was unsafe in its then condition , but he might have supposed that the screw patches wonld rendernt secure , arid have acted on that supposition . He thought that there was not anything satisfactorily established against the prisoner , except a mere error in judgment ;—The jury returned a verdict of Jfot Guilty .

      Assault by Poacdbbs . —Thomas Jones , Thomas Calderbank , and Thomas Eastham were indicted for ni g ht poaching , and assaulting the keepers of the Earl of Derby , while in the execution of their duty . It appeared that about nine o ' clock on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of October last , Henry Preacott ; Philip Philson , and Henry Aspinall , three keepers in the employ of the Earl of Derby / were out watching On some- land in the occupation of Thomas Birchall , situate near Bickerstaff , in this county . Hearing a hire scream , and some-do g s panting , they pulled off their coatsand ran towards the place Where tbey thought the poachers were . Henry Prescott , with a dog he had in a string , ran on first , and seeing a man in the field he let the dog

      loose , who instantly pursued the poacher , and , seizing him by the leg , brought'him to the ground ; the other keepers came up , and leaving the man whom the dog had seized in their custody , Prescott went on with the dog after another man , whom he saw running away , and set the dog ' at him , saying to the dog , " Good lad , Tiger ; down with him . " This man then came up to Prescott , and striking him on the back of the head , felled him to the ground . Other of the poachers then came up , and "laid on" to Prescot with sticks , upon which he cried out , " O ! chaps , ddnt kill irie . " The keeper Aspinall , hearing the cry went towards him . The poachers , seeing Aspinall ; said , " CbapsV "here's another devil here ; " arid , bearing that , Aspinall

      ran away , and bid himself in a ditch . The poachers released Jones from the custody of the keeperi and then all of theih , there being five , ran away ; -The keepers'krieW Jones , arid thought they recognised the other prisoners , who were apprehended by the police in a few day ' s . - Jones' Was found with bis " leg lacerated by the bite of a dog , which he said had been done by his own dog while he was swinging him round by his tail ; and in the house of the poacher Caiderbankriets were found , and his clothes were ' muddy arid dirty , as . if from " a scuffle . —His Lordship having summed up , the jury found Thbs . Jones Guilty / and the other two prisoners Ifot Guilty . His Lordship sentenced Jones to two months' imprisonment with / hard labour .

      The Lancashire winter gaol delivery terminated at half-past three o ' clock on Saturday .

      YORK . Platb Robbrbt . — Martin M'Guire was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house and the shop of Lewis Balerna , of Halifax , on the night of the 13 th or the morning ofthe Hth Of July last , and stealing therefrom fourteen gold watches , 100 silver watches , 400 gold rings , and ' other articles of jewellery , of the value in all of upwards of . £ 1 , 000 ; He was also charged with having received a gold watch , knowing it to have b'enaloleri . Amelia Tvade was indicted for haying feloniously received a considerable portion . of the stolen property . The circumstance that the prisoner M'Guire had been in custody at Liverpool ori suspicion of having been concerned with Macauley and Sirrel in the late extensive ' plate robbery

      imparted some additional interest to the case . —Mr . Hall slated the case . The prosecutor , Lewis Balerna , was a foreigner who for the last twenty years had resided at Halifax , in this county , _ and carried on the business of a watchmaker arid silversmith . His shop adjoins his dwelling-house , and near the house is a vacant piece of ground . On the night of the 13 th of July last his shop had been entered , and property worth upwards of £ 1 , 000 was taken . It was clear that the persons who had broken into the premises one way had broken out another way . It was quite evident that this was not an ordinary burglary , but was tbe work of clever and expert robbers . In ordinary burglaries , two or three men break into a house in search of

      what they can find , and soon after the burglary ono of the parties is generally found attempting _ to pledge or dispose of some ofthe property . But the present burglary was committed by per SOUS who acted on , an organised system . ' The plan is , if they get possession of banknotes / not to put ' them into circulation in England , but they send them to confederates abroad , and p ass them at Paris OF BrUB . sels . In the case of watches , which they cannot export , they alter the number and makers' names , and then introduce them cautiously into the market . A constable happened to be near the house of Mr . Balerna on the night ofthe robbery , and he met on the vacant piece of ground , near the house , a man whom he afterwards identified as the prisoner

      M'Guire . On the 25 th of September the male prisoner pawned a gold watch at Liverpool . The number had been altered , but there was no question that it was one of the watches which bad been stolen from Mr . Balema ' s on the 13 th of July . There were also certain statements of M'Guire which were relied upon for the purpose of connecting him with the robbery . The prisoner , Amelia Wade , lived m Sawney Pope ' s-sireefc , Liverpool , and the evidence against her was , that in the month of July tost she had taken a box to Manchester , and left it with a woman named Gregory , saying that the box contained nothing hut some clothes belonging to her ; St she never afterwards called for the box , and it found to contain

      that when it was opened was about £ 200 worth ofthe stolen property . Further she stated , when , before the magistrates , that she w reived the box from two men whose names ^ k ^ nt know " to put it where it would be right ; 8 h S XL * n hour aftd ^ be received it she left Liver , and thft aahour auer ¦ deposited it pq & SL ^ rrSw ^^^^^ hv ^ Sii cSSsltatement was borne out by the by the P ^ ^? J !; " the police officers of Manevidence of Mr . Beierna , * ° hv - _ entrv Chester and Liverpool , and Mr . HU , 01 gentry , the manufacturer of the . watch foundUn P ledge .-His Loriship went minutely through ^ the evidence , arid the jury found averdict ^ Gmltyofreemmg knowing the property to have been stolen , against both prisoners—Sentence deferred . j ' f 4

      , - „;__ ChIbob . op ; W-Jobn Itobinson wM _ mdicted for having , on the 30 th of October last , at * oxnuis , near Sheffield , effected a criminal assault on Jfitiza Newton ; arid committed a rape on her person . —^ r . Hall stated that the prisoner at the bar wascharged with haying effected a oriiriinal assault on the prosecutrix , a young lady aged twenty-four years , the daughter of Elizabeth Newton , widow of Captriui Itawton , whonow resides at Foxhills , near Sheffield . In consequence of the reduced circumstances of Mrs . Newton two of her daughters keep a school for young ladie » , at Sheffield . Tho- prisoner is the sta-

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      tion-master at tbel ^ * J i ; b V Manchester / Sheffield , and Iincolhshire * . *" Wa ^» ** WM & ej , and about eighteen months ago w ^ " " ^ H **** ' &¦&*» Newton ' s family :. In the course / " » . the present year , he made , an offer of marriag'J toMiSb . ^? Jf !?" : the prosecutrix , but she declined it ; oT * * ? grouBC that the prisoner ' s income was inadequate ' * o P " port a wife ; The prisoner , however , continuea oa , f nd to ™ with the family , and / occasionally visited Miss Aewton . Ori the 30 tb of October , a young lady , living a short distance from Foxhills , named Miss M | Givern , was married ^ and the prosecutrix acted as one of the bridesmaids on the occasion . The prisoner at the bar was also invited to the wedding , and at the request of the bridethe

      , Prosecutrix applied to him to procure jsonie flowers , which he sent the day before , the marriage to her , with a note , in which' he said , — " I hope soon to have the pleasure of offering you a bouquet under similar circumstances , for myself . With so many weddings about it is a wonder I keep my senses . I fear I shall be doing something desperate ere long . With kind regards to your mother / believe me , very truly yours , J Robinson . —Wadsley-bricfge , Tuesday . " On the evening of the 30 th October the father of Miss M'Givern gave a bridal party ; the prosecutrix , her mother , and two sisters , and the prisoner among others were there . At about ten o ' clock Mrs . Newton left , and she appears to have Walked home , At ab'ut half-nast eleven

      o ' clock a coach left Mr . M'Giverri ' s for Sheffield . The prosecutrix was inside with her sisters and another lady . The prisoner sat on the box with a Mr . O'Flannagan . When the coach arrived near Mrs Newton ' s house / at Foxhills , it stopped . The prosecutrix got out , and tho prisoner at the bar got down , to hand her out . He seemed to delay , and one of the . party called to him t 0 S * "UP on the coach , or he would be left behind ! He replied that he intended to walk home , and bade them good night , whereupon the coach drove away . The night was tempestuous , , and it had been raining in the course of the day . Mrs . Newton ' s house is on the brow of a hill ; it is one of four houses , and near it , on the opposite side ofthe

      road , is a large house . There is a small gardes in front of the house , about seven yards long , and there are six steps from the road to the garden . When Miss Nenton had reached the top step the prisoner put his arm round her , and began to kiss her vehemently She endeavoured to push him off but he placed his arm tightly round her neck , and took such liberties as to indicate his purpose , She then cried , "Mother ! mother ! " but the wind which was blowing violently ,, prevented her cries from being heard . The prosecutrix lost her consciousness for some time but when she recovered she found the prisoner lifting her up . She then cried 'fMother ! " and it appeared , that Mrs . Newton , who being an , aged woman , had laid herself down

      on thehed to wait her daughter ' s arrival , and had fallen a * leep , was aroused by some noise , and came to the ! door . The prosecutrix then said , •« Ob , mother ! why did you not come sooner ? " The prisoner reached out his hand to Mrs . Newton , and saying , " Good night ! " hurried away . Miss New ton , the moment the door , was closed communicated the whole , of the circumstances to her mother , who fainted when , rshe heard therii . Miss - Newton ' s bonnet was bruised , her lace mantle was torn , her silk gown was torn , and her silk stockings were soiled . Three of her brooches were gone , two of which were trodden upon in the garden . Her elbows were scratched and bleeding ; her shoulder was contused ; her arms

      were marked with bruises , and there were other marks of violence upon her . Mrs . Newton went next day to see the prisoner , and made an earnest appeal to him to make the onlyreparation he noW could ' make by marriage , though Miss Newton' had before rejected his offer on the ground of want of means , He refused ,, denied that he had coihmitted a rape , and said he would call at tbe house , and endeavour to reconcile matters ;—He gave Mrs . Newton a letter for her ; daughter , of which the following is a copy : — «« . My . dear Miss Newton , —On examining my pocket this ; morniri g / l find the enclosed ( cuffs ) , though , how they , got there ( thanks to the brandy , and water ) I'have' not ' - , the slightest notion . I think they must be " yours ; if not ,

      perhaps you can find an owner for them . 1 hope you are not the worse io-day ,. for-my pari I am -very , very seedy . . Did not get up till one , p . m .,, and have no very distinct recollection of how I got home . My landlady tells me this morning that I swore I would never go to ' another wedding , not everitomy own . Withkirid , & c , to Mrs . Webster , believe me , very , truly yours , J . Robinson . — Wadsley , Thursday . " .. The learned counsel , after detailing the converaations that had taken placeber tween the prisoner and ; the family of the prosecutrix , invited ! the best attention of the jury to all the circumstances ' of ; this extraordinary case . —The evidence of the prosecutrix ^ her mother , and other witnesses , corroborated the statement of the learned counsel .. ; The defendant bad promised , the day

      after the occurrence , to " riiarry . the plaintiff if ; she proved with obildj' The bonnet , lace , mantl . e ,: silk dress , and silk stockings of the prosecutrix were here produced , in court . —John Shaw , surgeon , sworn :, Examined Miss Newton . Found her . elbo . ws black arid very much bruised . There wasa large black mark on the back of the shoulder , ; and six or seven bruises on the arm . The other , marks upon theprosepairix were such " as ! were consistent with her statements respecting , ' the violence of the prisoner . f-Mr . ; Overend . made . a powerful appeal to the jury , after which the learned judge summed rip ; and the jury , after deliberating for . five hours , returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of his previousgood character , and that he was at the time under the influence of liquor . —Sentence deferred . ,

      Loss Of The Helena Sloman Screw Steamer....

      LOSS OF THE HELENA SLOMAN SCREW STEAMER . ' This vessel was lost on her passage from Southampton to New York . She was a new iron boat builfctwo years , since by- Pirn , of Hull . . She had already made two successful trips between Hamburg and New Fork . She left Southampton on the 1 st ult . with a valuable ; cargo and 180 " souls on board . The passengers and crew , were principally Germans . She Was .. discovered by the American packet Devonshire , Captain . Hpvey , after having been beating about in great distress for eight days . In the attempt to rescue the persons , on board the steamer , four of the prew ^ of the ' Devonshire , ; and five of the passengers of the Helena Sloman were lost . ! ' On the evening ofthe 19 th she encountered

      a . fearful gale ; which . she braved gallantly , until eleven p . m ., when a'heavy sea struck her in jthe stern and starboard quarter , causing her . to quiver from stem to stern ! The rudder was then found to have parted from , the ^ ship . The . steam Was then blown off . Considerable ; uneasiness , now prevailed f ^ rudder lost , stern post gone , ship leaking , propeller not being able , to , be worked by her sails , owing to her great Iehgth , 235 feet . On the 21 st and 22 nd the gale was ; most violent , and the pumps were worked without intermission by means of the engine .. On the 22 nd a distress rudder was tried and found to be wholly inefficient . At ten a . m . ' on that day a barque was seen about ; ten miles distant , with all sails set . and steering west . Distress

      signals were hoisted on board the Helena Sloman without success . About three p . m . the crow came aft , and begged permission to lower boats and pull for the barque . The captain , thinking it useless ,: and their ability to reach the barque impracticable , refused , After much discussion amongtt the crew , which was likely to end in a mutiny , the crew acquiesced . At sunset the captain and crew ofthe Helena " Sloman succeeded in / getting her head round , but all to no purpose . ' On Thursday , the . 28 tb / all was joy on board , at tbe ' anDbuncement of a sail in sight . ' Signals , were made Which were happily observed onboard the sail , and which sail turned out to be the American packet Devonshire . Ab soon as the Devonshire came near the Helena Sloman she commenced rendering assistance , and succeeded in saving all the , passengers and crew , with the exception Of five , but in her noble endeavour she lost four of her own crew . The captain of

      the Helena Sloman remained on board untul the last ; and he wished the men who were alongside in the boats Waiting for him to come ori board , so that they might be able to testify that the ship was sinking , but they refused , and he then saved all the papers he could , and then left her to her fate . She sunk soon afterwards . —List of persons drowned : — The names ofthe four of tbe crew of the Devonshirewho were lost iri the noble endeavour to save the crew and passerigers of the Helena Sloman were as follows : Mr . Johnstone ; third mate of the Devonshire j-John Hasson , of Londonderry ; George Riley , of Hull ; and Dariiel Macarthur , of Montreal , seaman . The names of the passengers ' of the Helena Sloman wbo werelest-were—Mr . Sbelsori , of Mecklenburg ; Dr . Lutz * of Heilhron ; Augusta Rozenbuck , of Mecklenburg ; John Popake , of Mecklenburg ; arid Heriry Otterburg / of Hanover . The " English passengers who joined the Helena Sloman at' Southampton were- ^ Mr . Sladden and bis wife , Mr . John Young , Mr J . F . Geary / Mr . Stehilen and Mr . Busher . ' '

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      SUSDAT DaLIVEBY O ? L ' bTTEBS AND 'NEWSPAPBBS in thk Counibt . —Several complaints having been made , to the Postmaster-Generarby oertaiff parties against ah early delivery of letters arid newspapers in the country at their residences on a . Sunday morning , the Marquis of Clanricarde issued a notice on Saturday to the different postmasters , sub-postmasters / and letter receivers , throughout the United Kingdom , that those , persons who' do riot wish to receive their ^ correspondence or ' newspapers on a Sunday morning , must give to the postmasters , & 0 . , in the locality ; notice to tbat ' efiect to be delivered in the former way on the Monday . Any party giving such notice , ' which is to stand imperative for three months / cannot under any emergency obtain their letters and newspapers , till tint regular delivery on . the Monday .

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      m . » n ^ Dece-Sber Se »«« ons Of the above Ceurt commenced on Monday . The . gaol calendar contains tbfi _ » MnB 8 ol 131 prfaoaew . ' T ^ eft m An OnNiBus .-Sarah Simons , ' 19 , ! was indicted . for . stealing a ' purse containing some su ' ver , ( hb property of Miss Byron .- ^ It appeared that the prosei > : JWx . who ; is an actress , was riding in an omnibus on the day named in the indictment , when the ptisorier i ? ok aseatby herVaridsoon afterwards she felt her hand in her pocket She

      was too much frightened at the moment to give any alarm ; but when she recovered herself she gaye the prisoner in charge to the conductor , arid the purse was found ; upen the floor of the omnibus close to the prisoner . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty '; but as it appeared that the prisoner was not ; known as the associate of thieves , and had never been in custody , she was only sentenced to be kept to bard labour for four months , tbe learned Recorder , at the same time , informing her , how . ever , that . if she ever appeared there again upon a charge ; of felony she would certainly bo" transported . - ¦

      Perjury— Mr . Ballantine , who was instructed for the prosecution in an indictment preferred by the , ; Baron von S'enfz against William Spbieski Hliidabl for perjury , applied to the Court to postpone the trial to the next session . Tbe application was founded upon affidavits stating that the baron and his lady , who were both mate , rial witnesses , were seriously ill , ' and in . a quite unfit state to attend and give their evidence . Medical certificates to the same effect were also put in . — Mr . Clarksorii who appeared for the defendant , said He was not in a position to resist such an application ; but before the postponement . was finally decided upon , he should be glad to have an opportunity for sorhe inquiries to be made . —The Recorder thouiht that this was a reasonable suggestion , and he therefore directed that the trial should at present stand over .

      BuRGLART . —Patrick Reedie , 29 , tailor , was indicted for a burglary committed in June , 1849 , and stealing property of the value of £ 120 . — The facts of the . case were these . On the ' morning of the 5 th of June the premises of Mr . Weare , a linen draper , in the London-road , were broken into , and a quantity of broad cloth , silk handkercbiefs , and linen stolen . On the same morning four men were Been drawing a cabin the vicinity of the prosecutor ' s house , and who , upon seeing the police , made off , the prisoner escaping altogether for the time . Upon

      the police opening the cab they found the whole oi the property in it . —Barry , 455 , A , proved apprehending tbe prisoner a short time back , at Salfcmi , Manchester , where it appeared he had been living for a long time , working at bis trade as a tailor . — The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —Police-constable Roriayne , of the L division , proved a former conviction against the prisoner , in April , 1848 , when he had twelve months' imprisonment for a street robbery . —The Common Sergeant sentenced bim to ten years' transportation . '

      ; Robbery of Books . —J . Taylor , 22 , was indicted for stealing a quantity of valuable books , the property ' of his ' master , Henry Geora- ' e Bohn . —It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor , the well-kroown extensive bookseller in York-street / Covent : g-irden , for "a period of five years ; arid it ' was part of his duty to take out books as samples and to obtain orders upon them , but' it appeared that he ought to ¦ have returned every book he took out at'the close of each day , and he had no right to have any . books in his o » n possesion ; ' Oh the 25 th November , however , in consequence of some information received by the prosecutor ,-he went to the prisoner ' s lodging , aecom «

      pariiedbyanofilcer , and upon / making a search no lessthan 169 valuable books were discovered . —The jury returned a Verdict of ' Guilty . —The prisoner was then ' charged Upon a second indictment with stealing another parcel of book ' s / the property of the same prosecutor ; and Thomas Millard , a bookseller , in KeWgnte-street , was charged upon the same indictment with feloniously receiving the books ih ; question ;—At the close of the case for the . prosecution , the recorder thought there was no evidence to go to the jury against Taylor , and having briefly summed up / the j ' ury acquitted Millard ; The . sentence / on Taylor on the first indictment was deferred . ¦ '

      " I Uiikring Base Coin : —J . Williams ,-23 , hawker , was convicted of uttering -base coin . Independently of the uttering / Which was a base shilling , a quantity of base coin was found on the prisoner . — The court sentenced hini to twelve months' imprisonment . ' ' " ' * " James Brown , alias Barrinwton , was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin : —In this case the prisoner had been convicted iri May last iri this court , and sentenced to six months ' , imprisonment . He was , however , no sooner " oat of the prison ' tlian he commenced again . The planhe adopted was this : 4—In company with another who had escapedi they had visited a number , of pubiic-bouses , where they succeeded in-passing , several bad shillings , which they ho sooner effected than they changed clothes

      with one another / thereby escaping' detection . On the 27 th of November prisorier went to the Wheatsheaf , ' Somers-towri , and tendered a' bad shilling in payment for some porter . Being detected , the prisoner begged the barman to let him go , asserting that he was ' a poor hard-working man . jHewas suffered to depart , but the shilling was kept / and some one sent out to watch him , and he was seen to change clothes with the man alluded to , arid then go to the shop of Mr Pollen , a baker , iri Brill-row , Boraers-town , where he was taken in custody for the same offence . —The jury -found the' prisoner Guilty . —The Common Sergeant sentenced'hiiri to seven years' transportation . ' ¦' ¦' ¦ ° '• ,-George Smith wiw-convicted 6 'f passing several

      pieces of bad coin , and the trick adopted by the ' prisonerwas a new one . He had accosted several children in the street , arid got them to go to various shops to purchase sOme at tide of trifling value , giving them bad coin . Prisoner would then wait at some abort distance ; and , if they came from •¦ the shops followed by any-one , he would make off ; but if all was , right , came and took the riioney from them . rr-Sentenced to eight months' imprisonment ; : Foboert bt A Workman . —Samuel Porter , ' 30 , upholsterer , was indicted for uttering a forged order for the payment of I 7 s . lid ., with intentto defraud William Ayscough Wilkinson and another . —The prosecutor , who is the well-known upholsterer of Ludgate-hill / said tho prisoner' was a workman in their employment , and had been so for ten years . for them to

      Their practice with the workmen was have a book in which the amount of work done by each man Was entered , and the suin to be paid signed by their foreman , and upon the production of the book by the workman to prosecutor ' s brother , . his partner , the sum in the book . waspaid ; The fraud had been effected-bythe prisoner adding the figure of 1 before the figures 7 s . lid . ' , and the book having again to go into the foreman ' s hands , prisoner had subsequently erasedfrom the bookthe added figure . The prisoner , when taied with the offence , said he had done it , but could not say how many times / but had done it-whenever he . was in want of money . The erasures in'the books \ proved that prisoner had carried the game on for a length of time . —The jury found him Guilty . —Sentence deferred / ' ¦ .,:,:. ¦ ¦ ,, , ¦< ¦¦ ¦ .- ¦ : ¦ ¦ > . ¦ . ) .,... ¦¦• . .-: ;;

      Coscealmest o ? ; BratH ;^ -Lydia-Mortimer , 19 , spinster , surrendered to take her trial for having concealed the birth ¦ of- her -female infant . Mr . Payne prosecuted . —It appeared that on the 3 rd of June last , the prisoner went into the service of a gentleman named Bowles , iri Bedford-street / Hampstead-road , and on the 28 th " of last month / there being some obstruction to the pipe of the watercloset , a labourer was sent to take it up , and upon so doing he found there what he took to be the ; portion of some animal . It being dark- when' he' took it out , he buried a portion in the garden , and placed the rest in some utensils ; The prisoner seemed very anxious to know what he had found . The next day the labourer found a portion of what

      he had placed removed , upon which'he dug up the rest , anft found it to be the mutilated remains of an infant . —Mr . Hendrick , of Robert-street ,. Hampstead-road , proved examining the remains , which be found to be those of a'full grown female infant , but be could not say if born ; alive . On the next day he examined the prisoner , and found she'had'been- delivered , ' and she said she ; had a child ; on Monday week , and that she had cutitiup ; and put it . down the closet . —Mrsl Cheese , a servant- iri i the ' . service of Mr . Bowles , proved -finding prisoner very ill . She at the time denied : that'any thing ma the ^ matter with her , but subsequently owned to it . —Lydia Pollard , the searcher at the station ; .: said tbat : pnsoner said she did ^ not know . how -she could have been so foolish , as she had a good home in Wiltshire . She thought , she must have been'mad ; that the child was horned > dead ; that she had

      cut it up with a knife , - . ; and ' , firsthid it with her dusters , and then thrown it down the watercloset . —The prho ' ne ' , who is a well-looking ; girl , and was in a most pitiable state all the time of the trial , said that when taken ill she had asked Mrs . Cheese to sit . up . with her . -This proved to be true . —The jury . found her Guiltyi but recommended her to mercy . jon . account of , tho request she had madeon |; he flight the , child was bprn . -The father , a most respectable-looking old man , , who had come up from WilUfiire . ' said / he had . tesbm . omals of . her previous ? oo . d . otoacter . r-She , wa 3 sentenced to three ^ rnoritha ' CmWisonmeritC . / ,, „„ ,,. / . . ! Sflop RoriBERM ^ -Arlri- Searilan , \ W , widow , was indicted ^ for ' s ' tfealinjj'fivV handkerchiefs , ^ the property of John Bosbury . Jirl Piatt prosecuted ^ and Mr . Robinson defended . —The prisoner , who is a careworn , shabby-genteel-looking woman , had her

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      head coWreftvntlfa lar ^ e bla veil , which nearly bid her features / Stid she seenied painfu // y sensible to her ie $ fided' coition . The evidence offered agairisthet ^ as that of '» 5 * Itybert Storey , who stated " that inVJui y last . he ! wa 8 . .. 9 hophian to the Erbsecutorlri Rege'lit-etrset . The prisoner came and asked , to , look at s 6 me |! articles of hoficry' arid shirts , arid alsoi-sonie . haridkerobiefs , which w' ^ re shown to her . Witness , suspecting her , came round the counter arid requested ! her to stand away from it , and wished to know if she had anything about her . She said she was surprised he should suspect a person of her ' respectability . 1 Witness then saw the handkerchiefs fitll from her . . She denied the charge , and said that she was needle woman to the Hod , Spencer Cooper ' s family / in Burton-street , which proved to-be untrue . She was taken into custody ; but ,-in . consequence of her ill health and poverty , the charge was not followed up . —

      Mr . Robinson . said he should not struggle with the facts ., The jury found , her Guilty , —Shepherd , a City , constable 5 & 1 , said : she bad been before convicted in this court for stealing a book .-rMr . pjatt said there were four other charges against her . —Mr . Robinson said he hoped the court would be merciful to her . She was the widow of a gentleman of high literary repute , who died about three years ago ; that she had received sums of money from the late Sir R . Peel and others , but they were but small ones , and » he had been in great distress . The prisoner said she hoped the court would be merciful to her this time ,, as she had known deep misery . She had found her husband dead at her side . Lord Palmerston ami others had assisted her , but she was in great distress when , she did it ; but she would go home to her father , who lived in Wales . She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .

      Middlesex Sessions. ': The Adjourned Dec...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ' : The adjourned December session commenced on Tuesday inorning at Hickes-hall , Clarkenwellgreen . The calendar contains a list of fifty-nine prisoners , of whom fifty-five have been committed upon charges of felony , and tho remainder for misdemeanours . —The learned Judge briefly addressed the grand jury . Robbery ;—Alexander Murry , aged nineteen , and Thomas Stone , aged fifteen , were indicted for having stolen a pocket handkerchief , the property of Richard Hutt ; from the person . It appeared - from the testimony of Daniel May , one of the detective police officers attached to the city force , that he was in Fleet-street on the 10 th inst ., when he watched the movements of the two prisoners for more than half an hour in consequence of his

      having a suspicion that their intentions were anything but those of honesty . At length he observed Stone , the younger of the prisoners , put his hand into a gentleman ' s coat pocket , and having abstracted the handkerchief he and the other prisorier made off . lie instantly ; followed them , but they succeeded in passing through Temple-bar and reaching the Strand before he was able to overtake therii . When he took them into custody he found the handkerchief still in Stone ' s possession . —The prosecutor now identified the handkerchief as that of which he had been robbed . —The learned Judge having summed op the evidence , the jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty agairist both prisoners . —The

      learned Judge , in passing sentence , told Murray that he -very well'kuew what he had to expect as a teacher ami ' trainer of young boys in the art and science of thieving . This was noc his first conviction / for he found by the return before him that he had already been convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court . Tho Court had determined to make a severe example in . all cases where it was proved that a prisorier was a trainer up of young children to the commission of theft . The sentence therefore upon Murray was' ten yiears' transportation ^ arid upon Stone imprisonment arid hard labour for the period of six months .

      Plate Robbery , —Thomas Wright , aged thirtyfour , was indicted , charged with having stolen a silver fish slice , the property of Thomas Hakes , and also with having stolen two silver spoons , the property of Mr . Thomas . —It appeared'that the prisoner had been employed for some time to carry the linen to and from the laundress ' s by the proprietors of Hakes' Hotel , Manchester-square , and of the British Hotel , Jermyn-street , and that he had in that Way availed himself of an opportunity to commit these robberies . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —Tho learned Judge sentenced him to imprisorimentand hard labour for nine months . The Court sentenced several pot stealers to nine

      months' . imprisonment and hard labour , and expressed an apprehension that . it would he necessary to increase that period toi twelve months , as there appeared to be an additional number of these cases . Unlicensed Amusements . —W . Richie pleaded guilty to an "indictment charging him with a misdemeanour ! in keeping a place for niusic and dancing ( a penny theatre ) in the parish of St . Luke , not being licensed to do so . The defendant was brought up in custody froiri the House of Detention . —The defendant was directed to enter into recognisances to appear for judgment wheri called upon , itbeiiig understood that he was to abandon at once the place in respect of which he was indicted .

      A Dispbssary Patient . —Elizabeth Elliot , a woman with a' sickly-looking infant in her arms , was indicted for stealing a coac and a child's paletot ef the value of £ 3 Cs . - , - the property of George Wheeler and another . —The prisorier it appeared called at the house of the prosecutors , and solicited a ticket for medical i elief from some dispensary . Whilst the servant Was gone up stairs to communicate this request tci her mistress , the prisoner made off with every'available articlethe hail contained . ' . This it m ' ay pri ' re ' m ^ rked is hbw ' a very common mode of effectirig-robberies at'the West-end . —The prisorier was seritehced to six months' hard labour . The "Queen v ; Abolphe dk Werdinski : —The defendant in this case , who was ; said to be a Polish count / arid who carried on thei business of a dealer

      in High Holborn ; Was charged with assaulting a girl namedMary Unn Richardsj of the age of Sixteen , undervery peculiar and extraordinary circumstances ! —It appeared that the indictment had been drawn withorily oiie ' count for a common assault / arid the depositions had been sent to Mr . Sherman , 'the clerk of the indictments , to consider whether there should riot beaniridictmerit with several counts prepared . That indictment was riotjnst then ready to go be fore the graridjury . —The learned judge discharged the grand jury , and . shortly ihe' crier of the court made the ' usual proclamation , and the prisoners , the bills agairisfrwhonfhad neeri ignored , arid ' those who had ^ riot been indicted . Werdmskv being one ; were orderedhy the court to'be discharged , and were ac « corairi ' giy liberated .

      -City Small Debts Court., ' The Tally Sy...

      -CITY SMALL DEBTS COURT ., ' The Tally System—Several actions were brought for very small sums , by Mr . William Petheri'dge / a ; tallyman , residing , in Hatton-garden . In the course of the several . cases it appeared that after "the , men had gone round and received the greater ' part of the money , the bills on which the amount ' paid had been marked were kept back . In one case the defendant admitted that she ' owed 2 s ; 4 d ., which she had offered to pay ; but plaintiff had summoned her for ' 5 si 6 d . —His Honour ordered 9 « M tn hft raid , without costs , to plaintiff . —His

      Honour said that keeping the bills under pretence of having-them signed rendered poor persons helpless of disproving the charge . In all those cases there was a like complaint . His Honour said that in those cases where the . bills were not forthcoming , through the fault of plaintiff or' his . agent , he should hold that the cases were not made out to his satisfaction . ' The plaintiff was , therefore , nonsuited in each case , as also in one where credit had been given to a wife without defendant ' s Knowledge . —His Honour said that the whole system was bad , arid very injurious to the poor people foolish enough to adop t it .

      I The, Litr Shipwreck, At. Worthing.—We ...

      i The , LiTR Shipwreck , at . Worthing . —We are desirous . of calling attention to the destitute condition of the families of the courageous men who lost their Iivjes off Worthing on the morning of th , e . 25 th of November , in a gallant attempt to render assistance to the barque Lalla Rookh . The unfortunate boatmen . were eleven in number , all fishermen of Worthing , and by the , awful calamity which befel them ,, eight wives have been made widows , and thirty-si ^ children left fatherless / three of the . crew . were single men , arid two of , these have left aged parents to mourn . their , sad bereavement ,: Amongst individual oases , where all haye the strongest claims orifour sympathy , we may mention that one widow has lost not only a husband , but her two . eldest sons , and ; her husband ' s brother ; and her family , no w

      consists of seven childreri , the youngest of whom . is but three years old . . Another , sister-in-law of the former / has eight ! destitute children . In . behalf . of these numerous sufferers , the aid of . thOuDlic is solicited ' by a committee , who have already , actively excited themselves . ; It is suggested by them that some / prbbabiy , to whom this appeal is made / may have 'it iri their power to : obtain admission for aiew , ofthe orphans into an asylum , or otherwise ^ asjist in permanently providing for them . —Examiner . ; ,, ( l ; ; A ' Chance for CnriisTMAS HotiDAT Makers . — We see it proposed ori behalf of the . sightseers that . the Crystal Palace should be thrpwh open at alow . k . i „» - „ . » . QV , ; n ,- n < r _ + n the , Chitstmas hohdav

      makers . No doubt , considering the beauty , an d novelty of the structure / . arid the favourable pre ' s .:. tige thai gathers about i » r , there riroithoiiSands who ' \ iouldhe glad on someBuoh ' terms'to ' obtain a ' pre- ' liriiinary : aiimpsa of i ^ int ' eriofand ' a ' rr a ^ The feasibility ! of this BbheW : ' of , \ c 6 urse' cah ' be ' judged of best hy the ' royal corntaissiol ; tiut ' snbuM the memherssee their way to Mow anjntrusion ^ qf the public for , a few days ~ sik or seven—we have'rip ' doubt that a haridsdme'sum would berealised at'the doors in paying for the privilege of inapection . — Athtnceum

      Combination ' J; Wgst Mill Sawyers, Josh...

      COMBINATION J ; WGST MILL SAWYERS , Joshua Borghurst , a mill sailer . Was arraigned ^ n Saturday , last ; at the Lambeth Police Court , oa ^ summons charging him with , leaving' his employ * WooH lh trary t 0 thc ffiaa 8 f his master . —Mr . fcter dAnn « H ^ P ° P etorofa saw mill at Hiuv ^ Elms , : h ? ffi * S 2 *^ n ^^ Previoas Thursday moraW , *' JitUoafternine o ' clock , the defendant applied to m „ i ^ a r ! ' ^ employment as a mill sawyer , and he agreed to his tefms to pay bim 24 s . a week , to work eleven hours each day . Thede- ^ fendant went to work at once at a vertical frame , and appeared to go On exceeding ly well until ma o clock , when he entered tho office , and addressing witness said , "I am sorry to tell you I must leavo

      you . I cannot stop , lor it l should the society I belong to will scratch me . " The witness told him that the sooner he quitted a society which required him to surrender employment which should be constant , and at which he could regularly earn 24 s . a week , the better . The defendant here said he could not stop , and applied forpayment for thefoui ? hours he had worked , but he refused to give bin * anything for his time , and told him that his conduct in leaving , and not going on with work which was * then required , was highly improper . The defendant told him it was dishonest of him not to pay for the time he worked , refused to give his ; address when asked . for it , and left ' the premises . Besides tho great inconvenience of keeping a part of the

      machinery idle , witness estimated his actual loss at £ 1 . —Mr . Norton : Did tho defendant assign any reason for le .-iving your employment ?—Mr . Wood : None , beyond saying that the other men in my service did not belong to the society ; and ¦ ¦ the fact is that this society exercises such tyranny over its ' members that the proprietors of saw mills are completely at their mercy . Your worship may form some idea ofthe control which the society has over its members when I assure you that the defendant , when he came to my office to tell me that he must leave my employment , trembled and appeared quit © pale . —The defendant here said that Mr . Wood , when employing him , did : not mention that he would require him to work eleven hours each day .

      If he had said so he would not have gone to work at all , as his society did not permit him to labour more than : ten hours each day . —Mr . Wood declared that he had specified the time to be . eleven hours , —A . person , who said he was iu the employment of the Wood Cutting Company in the Belvidere-rdad , here stood forward , and declared that it was not true , as had been stated , that the owners of the mills were at the mercy of , nor even were they dic « tated to , by the members of the society spoken of . On tbe premises belonging to the company he said the most perfect , control was . exercised over the men employed . —Mr . Wood replied that it was very well known that the Wood Cutting Company was looked upon by the society as their freehold or

      manor . —Mr . Norton here read the 23 rd clause in the rules of the society , which waa as follows !—"That if any member of the society shall introduce his son into a situation as a saw sharpener , thereby depriving another member who is qualified , or out of employment , of taking the same , he shall be excluded . " And he remarked that a society which would deprive a man of doing that which was his first and paramount duty , that of providing for his own ' son , must be decidedly wrong , and he was surprised to see any right-minded Englishman the member of such a society . It was quite clear that the rules of the society ( but . which were not enrolled ) were in contravention ofthe 6 Geo . IV ., commonly calledMr . Hume ' s Act , which stated "That if any

      person shall by threats , intimidation , or by molesting , or in any way obstruct another , foi ce , or endeavour to force any journeyman , workman , or other person hired or employed from his work or hire , all such persons so offending shall be liable to be sent to . the House of Correction for three calendar months , "—After some conversation , Mr . Wood said that , feeling the defendant was the victim of the society , he should now beg tbe magistrate not to punish him , and would undertake to provide him with constant employment , provided he would give up the society , as Mr . Wood's object waa that of putting an end to the latter . —The defendant pro * mised compliance with this suggestion ; and Mr . Norton ordered the summons to stand over for a fortnight to see how he went on . —Times ,

      Ventilation Of Mines. The Discussion On ...

      VENTILATION OF MINES . The discussion on Mr . Struvt's paper , oh the "Ventilation of Collieries , " was continued on the 10 th inst . The steam jet , in its application to the u p cas t shaf t , was again considered ; it was argued , that like the furnace , it did not produced any pulsation in the current of air which was so ; very wasteful of the power for giving motion to all means of mechanical ventilation , and , therefore , that by the accepted laws of physics , the steam jet setting in motion a body of air which continued to > flow without intermission through tbe galleries and | the upcast shaft , subject only to . the deduction for

      the pressure of the atmosphere , and the friction of , the column of air on the surface over which it passed . It was shown that , to obtain the full and effective action of the steam jet , precautions mustbe adopted , in bringing it down a certain distance , - so ( hat the jet should act conically , and a variation of the distance between the jet and the / extremity ;/ or apex of the inverted cone , would produce a cor- . < responding variation in the degree of rarefaction . !^ The jet was stated to act equally efficiently either at " the top or the bottom - of the shaft , although it was , ; admitted to be more costly in the former situation :: ; Its application at the Ebbw Vale Collieries was as- " sorted'to be very effective , and as onlythe '

      surplussteam was employed , it was in that instance the . " most economical' system that could , be used . ' -jOn ! , the other hand it was contended , that in mechanic ' cal ventilation the ' pulsation of the air was only ^ perceived where the valves were . beavy , or were of « contracted area ; that , practically , it was more-to be ;! relied on than any other system , arid that the safety'I afforded by it was superior to the furnace , dr . Hie- ' steam jet , as under circumstances of danger / Oif " after an explosion ; it could be brought into irnme . ? ; ' diate action , with increased energy , to meet ' the ' emergency ! and be ' lbie means of saving human life . , In summing up the discussion , the t evidence givea / before the , House , of : Lords in 1849 vwas agaiii ) ..

      ininutely analysed , with the view of showing ; thatl ihe deductions previously drawn were not correct , inasmuch as the results obtained" were owing to temperature , and riot to the exhaustion created by the steam , jet . ( The published ^' opinion of M . Combes—" That ' the useful effect of the steam employed to . produce . the motion . of the air , by projecting it into a tube , is in all cases much below what it is capable of producing when applied to tn steam engine working mechanical ventilators of the . ' most imperfect description , " was quoted in support of these views . It was considered , that a current of air in theupcast shaft of at least eighteen feet per second was moat desirable , to produce which a . ' ,

      motive column of air of 137 feet would be requisite , and this could not be attained where ventilation by means of a furnace or of a steam jet at the bottom of the pit was used , without , raising the temperature to such a degree as would be impracticable in bratticed shafts , or in shafts used for winding coals , or for the passage of men . It was then shown ; that the steam jet applied at the top of the . upcast shaft , and acting merely by' rarefaction ' , vvould be too costly for general adoption , ; jwhereas , if . the combined area of the pumpa of Struve ' s Mine VeuV tiUtor was sufficiently large to equal the aggregate

      amount of ; the splittings of the : colliery , it would only require one-sixth of one ' -horse power for every superficial foot of the upcast shaft . ' It was shown that no pulsation in tbe current of air was perceptible in the E a ' glesbuabi' Colliery ( where : Struve ' s Mine Ventilator ' , ' h 8 ¥ . ' beeti ; iri > se ' , Wr ; ri ^ years ) at a greater 'distance than 100 yards from the ., machine , and could not , therefore , . extend , prejudically into the . workings . . It was ; mentioned that ] two other machines ; similar to . those in use at the ; Eaglesbush' Colliery ; were ¦ in progress of construction for two collieries in the neighbourhood ! of Swansea ;; ' ; , ; Y ' .. ' ' /•' ' ¦*> '; - "' - / .. ¦ '¦/¦!' .. ' - ' . ! .. ¦ , fj ' » , I

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21121850/page/7/