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      6 _ ; ¥ H ; Ei SOUTHERN STAR . .. March 22 , 1851 .

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      Health Of London Durisg The "Week,—The O...

      Health of London durisg the "Week , —The Official report says : —It is matter of regret that tbis return exhibits a condition ot the public health in London still more unfavourable than was re ported in the previous . The widely-diffused illness , which bas become the subject of common observa tion , produced in the week , ending last Saturday 1 , 401 deaths , a rate of mortality exceeding that which usually prevails at a season of the year more inauspicious than the present . The deaths rose to 1 , 213 , in the middle of February , when the weekly incr ease brpn ; then having declined to 1 , 143 . they rose in tbe lest two weeks to 1 , 247 and 1 , 401 . Tne epidemic influenza of 1 S 4 / -S , which quickly g elled the n . ortality one week to more than 1 , 400 . h < d nearlv disappeared in March of the latter year ; but its effects were still visible in the returns , and tbe number of deaths was then 1 , 118 , the highest in the

      tei weeks , ( of 1841-50 ) which correspond tothit ending last Saturdav . The ave . age of the ten corresponding weeks was on * 993 , or , corrected for assumed increase of pnpulatun . 1 . 0 o 3 ; o-i which the present return shows an increase of 31 b in Hie return of last week the deaths were recorded of 92 persons who had turned SO years of age ; and by tar the largest proportion , namely , three-fourths of the whole nnmber , were women . Amongst diseases bronchitis has produced the greatest nunver of fatal cases ; 171 were attributed to this cause , the number in the previous week having heen ICO . or doable the usual amount at ibis time . Phthisis or consumption carried of 166 persons last wee ; , whilst the corrected average is 151 . The deaths ascribed to pneumonia , which is chiefly fatal to children , are 123 ; whilst the average is about 90 . Hooping coush has risen to 92 , about double the average Influenza , which in tbe previous week numbered 15

      deaths , has increased to 38 . The cases are given in detail below . Small-pox has dtelinf-d to 16 ; meades numbers 29 ; scarlatina 16 ; fever 52 . The following case of cholera wasrecord ? d : —In St . Thomas ' s Hosphal , on 12 th March , a maw aged 53 years , died of ** Asiatic Cholera . " He was a labourer at the indigo warehouse . London Docks , and resided at 13 . Wilmot ' s-buildings , White-street , St . George ' s , Borongh , " to which confined neighbourhood ( says the Reuistrar ) the body was removed . " In this return h-j fewer than C deaths are ascribed toiutemperance . not cases cf fatal injury received after excessive indulgence , but those in which a habit of drinking has produced apoplexy or other disease ; a man of ab-at 40 years , who was carried to the Strand Union Woit house , had b-en found speechless , and died of dise se

      ofthe lungs , and eshausti-n from c-jid and want of sufficient iocd ; and two ca-es are mentionedin which health was destroyed by pecuniary embarrassment . The impure air of the ro . im in which the patient breathed is also mentioned in one instance , as an acceb-ratiug cause of death . The births of 770 boys and 763 girls , in all 1 , 533 children , were registered in the week- The average number of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 435 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tbe mean reading of the barometer in the w * ck was 29 C 50 in . The mean temperature of the week was 40 5 deg ., which diff . rs little from the average of the same week in ten years . At Lewisham rain fell to the depth of 172 in . on Saturday , between tbe hours of midnight and live p m . This fall is unusually large at any time , but particularly in March .

      Susriw . rjs Death ix the Regent s Canal . — On Saturday last Mr . U . Wakley held an inquest at tbe CollegeAnns , O' . d St . Paucras-road , on the body of a female , name unknown , ' and a-e apparently about fort . v-five , whose body was found in tbe Regent's Canal . —R . WiUianss said iliat on the previous Thursday morning he was crossing the Regent's Canal Bridge near the York and Albany Tavern , when looking over the battlement on the sonth side he saw something in the witer ( bat looked like a woman . He went to tbe Albany police station , and , procuring assistance and drags , the body of deceased was got out . It was dress ; d in a striped mourning gown , black stockings , stays , and calico chemise , but had neither bonnet , slmes ,

      cap , nor shawl . The body seemed that of a destitute person . In the pocket there were five small keys , a thimble , and two farth'ngs . The body was conveyed to the workhouse , and the notice of the finding of it was sent to all the police-stafions , but nobody came to inquire after it . He was of opinion that the body had been m the water a fortnight . He had made all the inquiries possible for the purpose of identification , but without success , —Mr . Robinson , the parish or workhouse surgenn , said he bad seen the body soon after it was brought in , and had examined * it externally and internally . There was a lacerated wound , abnnt tbe s ze of bis band , on the left side of the head , but no fracture of the sknll There was another wound on the back of tbe right

      hand , and slight abrasion about the elbow . On opening the body depression of tbe ribs was discovered , and four or five were found broken on the left , and two on the right side . The stomach and other organs were moderately healthy . The brain was con-rested and soft ened . Tbe softening was the result often or twelve days' submersion in the water The cause of death was suffocation from drowning . The wounds described were caused after death by a barge or some hard substance having come into collision with the body whilst in the water . —The jury returned the fallowing open verdict-. — "Tbat the body was found drowned in the waters of the Regent ' s Csnal , with certain marks of violance upon it , but how it came there , or how tbey were caused ,

      there was not sufficient evidence to prove . " Drath from Starvation . —On Saturday last Mr . 11- Wakler held an inquest in the board-room of ths Strand Union Workhouse on the body of a man name unknown . —Frank Burrows slated that he was on duty in Crown-street . St . Giles ' s , at halfpast nine on the previous Tuesday morning , when a person directed his attention to deceased , who was lying speechless and insensible in the passage of 5 , Falcsnbergconrt . Be itnme iiatcly got a stretcher , and conveyed him to the workhouse , where be died a few minutes after his admission . " Deceased was dressed like a mechanic , and had ail the appearance of the last stage of starvation , -which no dou '» t was the only illness he was suffering from . All be bad in his pocket was two pieces of stale bread . No one

      in the neighbourhood knew lura . The landlady of the house where he was found told witness that at eight o ' clock tbat morning she saw him lying in tbe passage , and gave him some tea , as she considered him very ill . —Mr . Jones , assistant surgeon to the workhouse , was called upon to attend deceased , who expired before he could arrive . His limbs were swollen , and quite blue with cold , and his body was ¦ very emaciated . Witness made a post mortem examination , and found all tbe organs healthy , ' with the exception of the lungs , which were slightly diseased . The stomach was quite empty and had been foodless for some days . He died from exhaustion , produced by want of food , and exposure to the cold . —Verdict , "Deceased died from want and exposure to the cold . "

      Fatal Accident at Lambeth Palace . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St George ' s Hospital , on the body of Mrs . Rebecca Herring , aged seventy-seven . Mrs . Herring bad been in tbe habit of going to the palace of the Archbishop ^ of Canterbury , at Lambeth , and on Friday month , in going down some steps in the inside of the palace , slipped down and very severely hurt herself . She was sent home in a cab to her residence in Chester-place , Kennington , and a surgeon sent for , but he said no injury was done , that she

      had only been seriously shaken . Herrelations were not satisfied , and called in Mr . Wagstaff , a surgeon , in tbe Kenningron-road , who at once pronounced that she had fractured her hip-joint , and that she had better be taken to the hospital , which was done . She had received every attention from Mr . Grey , the house-surgeon , but she ultimately died from the effects of the injury . The coroner observed that hut for the evidence of Mr . Grey be should certainly have adjourned the inquiry , for the conduct of the first surgeon might have amounted to manslaughter . —The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      ' Horrible death op as rsraxt . —An inquiry took place before S . B . Jackaman , Esq ., at the Anchor Inn , St . Clement ' s , on Saturday last , on the body of Eliza Morris , daughter of Catherine Morris , single ¦ wom an , residing in Bath-yard ; Duke-street . . Catherine . Morris said , I am a single woman . The deceased was my child , and was ten months old . The father was James Sones , a labourer at the Foundry . I live with him as his wife , both occupying a cottage in the Bath-yard . This morning , at nine o ' clock , James Sones left home for his work . The deceased was then sitting in a common wicker chair , by the side of the fire in the lower room . A wood fire was

      burning . I put some pieces of deal wood on the fire , and went about clearing the breakfast things away . But before completing the removal of these , I went into the house of Mrs " . Bell , who lives opposite , to carry home a pair of scissors which I had borrowed . I shut the door , and left the deceased only in tbe house . The front of the chair on which the deceased sat was within a foot of the fire . There was a small fender only on the hearth . I have no guard to place on tbe fire . I think I stopped with Mrs . Beii about ten minutes . I then returned home , telling Mrs . Bell that I should go and wash tbe deceased . I opened tbe door , and saw that the room was full of smoke . I oave an alarm E 3 S J «! " Som ^ my neS bours into the house

      came . The room was so fa 1 of smoke that I could not see the deceased Tho chair was all i n a blaze . Upon seeing thi « " i cried for help . The deceased was dressed In a sh ft and nightgown , and was covered with a child ' s ruir all being of cotton the whole of which were burned I think a hit of the lighted wood fell from the fire upjn the rug , m which the deceased wa folded from bead to foot ,. and tbat the wood rested on the floor which is bricked . Other witnesses bavin * been examined , the jury returned the following verdict •—" That the deceased was accidently burned hut tbe jury are unanimously of opinion that Catherine Morris was guilty of great nej lect in leaving tbe deceased as described in the evidence . " The poor

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      infant was almost burned toacinder , and preser ^ d a most horrible spectacle . . . . Fibe is Leicestbb-squahe . — On Tuesday morning 4 fire broke , out in the Bell Tavftrn , ^ Leicester-Street , Leie-ester-square , occupitd by Mr . F . -R . Boulter . The conflagration originated in the back part of the premises , and was not discovered until it had gained a certain strength . The parish and West of Ensland engines were soon on the . scene , but , although a good supply of water was promptly obtained , the premises , with the furniture and stock , wero ' all but totally destroyed . The adjacent premises of Mr . Addis arid of Mr , Medicott were also much injured . Mr . Boulter was insured , as well as Mr . Addis , but Mr . Meddicbtt has to bear his loss unassisted .

      Fires at Roiherhithe and Blickfbiars-road . — On Tuesday night , shortly after tea o ' clock , two fires broke out almost simultaneously , , One was in the extensive cooperage belonging to Mr . Htix , situate in Spring-court , Rotherbithe . Owing to the inflammable nature of the stockon the premises , and the factory being composed principally of timber , the flames made such rapid progress that , the destruction ofthe entire property at one time appeared inevitable . It was past twelve o ' clock before the firemen could get tbe flames extinguished , and not until a large portion , of the premises was levelled with the ground , and the stock therein destroyed . The origin of the fire , or whether or not the sufferer w .-islnsured , could not be gleaned

      during the excitement which prevailed . The other fire happened on the premises belonging to Mr . John Miers , Birmingham warehouseman * Little Charlotte-sireet , Blackfriars-road . The flames commenced from some unknown cause in the front warehouse , and spread so rapidly that it was with great difficulty the several inmates were enabled to reaah tbe street in safety . As it was , a child that had been confined to its bed by sickness , had a very narrow escape of being suffocated . The engines were soon on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water was obtained , but the fire could not be extinguished until ihe front warehouse was burned | out , and the upper part of the premises much [ damaged . Mr . Miers was fortunately insured .

      Fire is Spitalfields . —On Wednesday morning a five broke out in Fashion-street , Spitalfields , on the premises of . Mi" . Charles Lover , skin-dresser , Xo 41 . At that time there were no fewer than six persons in their beds , asleep , whom the constable , after considerable trouble , succeeded in arousing from their slumbers . A young man named Castledine , who slept in the first floor , baying snatched his ch : M up , succeeded , with his wife , in reaching the street , but thoy had barely loft the building when the passage gave way , and tbo flames then mounted so high so lis to cut off all means of escape for the other inmates , in that direction . Mr . Lover , junior , who was sleeping in one of the upper rooms , jumped out of bed , and made for the stairs , when h « was struck by a sheet of fiamc ,

      which set his shirt on fire . Scarcely knowing what to do for the best , the poor fellow jumped out of window into the back yard , when it was found that he was so much injured by the action ofthe fire that he was obliged to be removed to the London Hospital . The Royal Society ' s fire escapes , with several pngines quickly attended , when a cry was raised that there were two other persons in the hou * e ... The conductor of the escape having raised the machine in front of the burning premises , he got into one of the upper rooms , when he fourid Mr . Lover lying on the floor in an insensible state , ho being nearly suffocated with smoke . The conductor and a policeman laid hold of him for the purpose of pulling him out , when he cried out to them to save his wife first .

      They , however , took him out of window , and passed him in safety down the escape , when they inquired of him as to what part of the house his wife was in . " He replied that she was in the loft , but that the only chance that remained to rescue her was to mount the top of the building and cut away the roof . Tho conductor , with the aid of the police , having reached the top ofthe house , tbey forthwith commenced cutting away the roof ; in so doing the tiles kept falling upon " the poor creature as she laid crouched below . Having made a hole sufficiently largo for . the female's body to pass through , they dragged her upon the roof , and conveyed her in safety down the . escape almost in a state of nudity . Xot one of the inmates had time to put on an article of wearing apparel . Fortunately a plentiful supply of water was procured , and owing to the praiseworthy exertions of the firemen , they were

      enabled to get the flames extinguished in about an hour , but not before the lower portions of the building with their contents were destroyed , and the upper part extensively damaged by fire . The cause of the misfortune is enveloped in mystery . Unfortunately none of the sufferers wore insured . Sr . BakxabaS Church . —This church is to he shut up for a month , after the 21 th instant , that beinsi the day on which the Rev . Mr . Bennett is legally to complete his resignation . The reason assigned for closing this place for a month , is , that " important alterations" are to be made in it . The construction which . some persons put on the phrase "important alterations" is , that the Bishop of London has determined on obliterating in it all trace of Tractarianism . This is very like the metropolitan Prelate . He will persist in being consistent in bis inconsistencies . In other places in his diocese he is patronising Puseyism .

      The Irish Immigration ' . —Near upon 10 , 000 of the very poorest and most destitute class of the Irish peasantry have arrived in London within the last fortnight , from Cork and the porta tributary thereto . It appears tbat they are carried from Cork—an extreme port from London , at least three day ' s journey—at a shilling a head . Each pauper , " if we may use tho term ,, receives a half a crown , for leaving his native soil , the miserable fare being also paid by the givers of the sum in question , who arc agents in the hands of the landlordsj whose laudable object no doubt , is to lower their poor-rates at the expense of the Londoners . '

      This trick was most extensively carried out during the year of famine , hue Liverpool was then the port made for . The unfortunate passengers were imported into England at Is . a head , and the ratepayers of Liverpool had to pay half a crown a hetd to send them back ; so that tbe steam-packet company made a pretty thing of the affair . It is not at all unlikely that tbe native Irish will form , during the Grand Exhibition , no inconsiderable item under the head of strangers . It is heartrending to observe the treatment which these wretched creatures receive oh board the steamvessels . Those who have not observed it can form

      but a poor idea of the realty . Jave Wilbred . —A letter has been received from Mr . J . Phillimbre , the gentleman who has interested himself so humanely on behalf of tbis victim to the cruelty of the Sloanes . Mr . Philiimore states that Jane Wilbred has very much improved in health , and that a lady has offered to let her reside in her house as soon as she leaves the Convalescent Institution , in order that she may learn gradually the duties and habits of a domestic servant . Mr . Philiimore expresses his intention of keeping her in sight , and hopes "that her future condition may in some degree counterbalance tbe sufferings to which she bas been exposed . "—Lynn Advertiser ' . The Thieves' Kiichkn in Gray ' s-inn-lane . — This establishment , which has long boasted a high reputation as a normal school of thieving , and a depot for . the reception of stolen property , is broken up . ; By the vigilance of two or three detectives , the greater number of the thief trainers have been convicted and transported .

      A Testimonial . from Mr . Macready to his old Stage Masager , Mr . Wilmott . —A few days ago , we understand , Mr . Macready called upon his " old friend and partner in his toils , " Mr . "Wilmott , to take , as it were , a formal and professional fare-Well of one who . although . unseen by the public eye , had materially helped to secure him those advantages which make the success of an actor greater than it could otherwise be—we allude to stage arrangement and scenic effect . Upon tbis occasion Mr . Macready presented Mr . Wilmott with a remarkably handsome and richly chased silver inkstand , having this inscription upon it : — ' To John Wilmott , Esq ., from his friend , W . C . Macready . " Mr . Wilmott was Mr . Macready ' s stage manager both at Coveutgarden and at Drury-Jane . and in him was confided the entire business of the late benefit which took

      place so satisfactorily . He is now , like his former master , enjoying his oft ' um eui » dignitate , after all his professional toils , and where , . probably , nothing consoles him more in his retirement than the token of friendship and gratitude to which we have referred . —Era . ' . Seizure of ax Illicit Distillery . —On the Uth inst ., a large stilt was seized at a detached cottage in Grove-place . St . Georae-in-the-East . George George , a Custom Ilouse officer , having obtained information of tbe working of this private still , proceeded to the house in question , accompanied by two

      officers . They effected an entrance by getting upon the roof of a shed adjoining the cottage , but before they could secure the premises , tbe whole of the occupiers bad decamped . Timely notice had been given to them by the barking of a dog , kept upon the premises for the purpose . Tbe officers found in one ofthe back rooms , a large copper still , capable of containing eighty gallons of spirits , seven large tubs , containing upwards of 200 gallons of molasses wash , and all the utensils for carrying on an extensive trade in illicit distillation . The still , Sec , were seized , and con veyed to the warehouse in Broadstreet . The occupiers of the cottage are unknown .

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      To PeESOSS rABALISED , ETC . —EXTBAOBDINABt CUBE BV lIoiioWAT ' s ; IXTJIEST asd fats . —Copy ot a letter from Cant . B . F . Ferris , commanding ltumpore Forces — Rohilcund , India , Jan . 15 , 1849 , to Professor Holloway ,-Sir , —I deem that vour wonderful medicines ought to be well known , and Ttake the liberty of reporting a miraculous cure that came under my own eye . An old woman had been for this last two vears quite brd-ridden , having entirely lost the use of her ' legs from the hip-joint . Her limbs were apparently quite dead , " and without the slightest feeling , but ; by the use of your Ointment and Pills , she is < iuiterestored . ( Signed ) E . F . Febkis . '

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      Flood' Ax Uwisham. -The. Rain Which Fell...

      Flood' ax UwisHAM . -The . rain which fell throughout Saturday ' morning last' swelled the Ravensb ' ourne to such an extent , that the market gardens situated on the low ' ground at Lewis ' ham , were covered with water to a'depth of " several feet . The straw was drifted from many acres of rhubarb , aiid carried down the stream ; hundreds of forcing frames were placed tinder water , and the seedlings under them , with the young ' plants . lately put in the ground , must have been * 'destroyed . ' The turnpike road on the south ' Side Of the North Kent' Railway was covered with water , to the depth of several feet . The floods did not abate till a considerable lime after high water . ...... Representation- of Cockbhmouth . —It is rumoured that at the next election for Cockermduth , John Steel , Esq ., will offer himself ; in lieu of one of the sitting members who contem plates retirement .

      Charge of Fr'aou against a Gentle-nun . —Mr . Edward Wemyss , a son of General Werayss , was brought before the" magistrates at Brighton , last week , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences . The charge was preferred by Mr . King , butcher , of the Western Road , from whose statement it appeared that on Tuesday , the 4 th of March , the defendant came into'his shop and said , " Will you oblige me with change for this cheque , " ( or" order , " witness did not recollect which ) , giving him a paper which , he saw was an order for £ 5 , Mr . King gave him tbe money , but having shortly after heard something which raised his suspicion , he went to the railway station , and gave the cheque ' to a guard named John Brown , for the purpose of having it presented to Messrs . Hamburgh and Rogers ' s for payment .

      He received the sarnie day an answer by the electric telegraph , acquainting him that the cheque was refused . On the following Friday defendant again called , and asked Mr . King if he had got the other cheque , or order , by him . Mr . 'King said he had , and defendant then wished him to oblige him witli change for another cheque , or order , of £ 8 , M r . King told him bo had not sufficient change , but if he would call agairi , he would do it by and bye . Defendant called three or four ' times afterwards , and witness got a warrant , and on his coming on the Saturday , gave him into custody . Mr . Robert Rogers , a partner in the firm of Hamburgh and . Rogers , said the order was presented to him by a person in the dress of a railway guard . ' Had it been presented by a respecttradesman , he might have paid it . —The defendant was dismissed , with a caution .

      Ihe Fortifications in Milford Havbn . —The new Martello tower , situated at the western extremity of the royal dockyard at Pembroke , has been finished and given tip tothe government for mounting with guns , and occupation by troops . Tbe other is in a very forward state , and tbese enfilade the approaches to the dockyard ; and are in positions reflecting credit on the officers of the engineer department . The small fort on the Stack Rock at the entrance of ; the Haven , is progressing under , the hands of the contractors . It is in contemplation to erect another and more powerful battery of heavy guns on Thorn Island , commanding the southern entrance of the Ilaveu .

      An Innocbnt Man convicted of Burglary at Ltdiard Millicbxt . —Since the trial of Embury alias Clark , which resulted in his conviction , circumstances have come to light which tend to establish the innocence of the unfortunate man . It appears that an individual who was acquitted on a charge of felony at these assizes , after obtaining his " liberation , waited upon Clark ' s solicitor and acknowledged to him that he ( the individual thus acquitted ) and another man were the actual perpetrators of the burglary at Miss Prior ' s , aud that Clark was entirely innocent . ' These facts were brought before the Lord Chief Baron , and the papers explanatory of the circumstances will be forthwith submitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , with a view to obtain a free pardon for this much injured man . Independently ofthe imprisonment which Clark , has undergone , lie must have incurred a considerable expense in retaining legal advice and defence , for which of course he will not be reimbursed .

      Criminal Charge against an Undergraduate at Cambridge . —On . Saturday last the borough bench of magistrates at Cambridge were engaged for some hours in investigating a . charge of assault , with intent , & c , brought against Henry Winterhingharh , an Undergraduate of Corpus Christ ! College . The prosecutrix is Elizabeth * Mary Parr , the child of tradespeople who have long held a respectable station in society . —The prosecutrix said : I am between fifteen and sixteen , and live with my father-in-law , Mr . Miller , painter and glazier , " of'St . Andrew ' s-street . I saw the prisoner in the evening of Thursday , the 13 th of March . Iliad never seen him before to my

      knowledge . Hehad a silk waistcoat on , on that occasion , and a white shirt with lavender flowers . He Ir-id his gown on . I was doinu np the shutters of the room of Mr . lleadley , who' lodges with my father-inlair . 1 was in the street for that purpose . It was about half-past nine , or a little before ten . I had no bonnet on . The defendant came up to me andsaid something about going out , which I did not perfectly understand . He did not touch me at the time . 1 did not say anything to him in answer , and went in directly ; I went into Mr . lleadiey ' s room to fasten the shutters inside , and he followed me in . He was there before I had fastened tbe first bolt of the

      shutter . -1 thought he bad come to see Mr . Headley , and I said that that gentleman would be in in a few minutes . He immediately caught hold of me and kissed me . ( The witness then proceeded to detail the ' conduct of the defendant ) . The door bell rang violently while the assault was taking place , and the defendant gnt up . My mother entered the room , and defendant rushed into the street , My mother went out after him . I felt so faint I could not tell my mother what hadliappened immediately . 11 e ran out just as my mother came against the door . I told my mother what had occurred immediately she came back from pursuit of the prisoner , which wasm about two minutes . My father-in-law was with my mother when she came up , and he too ran after the prisoner . The prisoner fastened the door of Mr . Headley ' s room when be came'in , ' by bolting ih- T unbolted it to fun

      out . I ran out first , and the prisoner then escaped by the street door . I will positively swear the prisoner is the man . I have since been attended by Mr . Lestourgeoo , the ^ surgeon , and am still under his care . —Further evidence was called ^' corroboration ; and the surgeon deposed that great violence had been committed . —For the defence it was contended that the identity ofthe prisoner had not been proved , but that , if he were prdved to be ' the party , there had been no violence . —The magistrates retired for about five minutes , and on their return tbe prisoner , after the usual caution , was asked what he had to say . -He replied that he should reserve his defence , and was then fully committed fortrial at the assizes ; but was admitted to bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , which having been found , he was libe * rated , and left Cambridge the same evening .

      Extensvb Discovery of Coins . —Last week a discovery of ancient coins-was made at the village of Cadnam , in the New Forest , Hampshire . They were in an earthenware vase ; and numbered about 3 , 000 ,- and consisted principally of brass ; -of the reigns of GalHenus . Postumus , "Victorinus , Claudius , Gothicus , and Tetricus , and a few of other Emperors * about the same period . Tho man , who was a shoemaker of the village , was at work in ' a garden near his house , where he turned them up about one foot from the surface . The neck of the vase was small , and the coins much encrusted together . The man , in his eagerness to view his treasure , broke it to pieces . It appears from the description to be of very neat form arid workmanship .

      - Death Resulting , from the Bite of a Mosrey . —Oh Saturday last an inquest took place at the Grey Mare Inn , Whitworth-road , Rochdale , on the body of a child , tbe son of , Mr . Gaskell , the landlord ofthe above bouse . It appeared that Mr . ' Gaskell had purchased a monkey , and , not anticipating any danger , the animal was allowed to remain in the house , until it made a sudden spring , and , alighting on the head of the child , bit it so severely that , hotwithstanding the utmost attention of a medical man , the child died in consequence . A verdict of '' Acci dental death" was returned . The monkey has since been killed .

      ^ Representation of RocnnALE . —Mr . S . Crawford has signified his intention to resign his post as representative of the borough of Rochdale at the next dissolution of Parliament , and the Reformers have held a meeting to consider who would be a suitable man to bring forward at the next election . . Mr . Peto has been mentioned , as he is connected with Rochdale by marriage , his wife being a native of the borough , and he has lately become owner of a neighbouring townshi p , MJddletOD , which was the property of Lord Suffield ,

      A Kelic of Ancieni Liverpool . —During the operations of the gas company ' s men in Lord-street ( tbe pavement of which is being taken up , ) a rather interesting relic was brought to light This is no other than the old bridge which spanned the pool between Paradise-street a"d Whitechapel . Exactly before the door of Mr . Gilham ' s shop , at the cornet ' of WhUecbapel , at the depth of a few feet from the surface , may now be seen a portion of the coping of the summit of the arch of this old bridge , which , doubtless , the - oldest inhabitant never saw in its pristine state .

      Poisoning sear Wisbeach . —Great excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood of Wisbeach by the sudden death of Mrs . John Dearlove , the wife of an extensive farmer , residing at Gorefield , near Wisbeach . On the 13 tb inst ., Jlrs . Dearlove , after sitting down to dinner , ate a small piece of pudding , and immediately complained of a burning sensation in her throat . In a short time she was speechless and senseless , and had frequent vomitings . Medical aid was at once sent for , but it was unavailing , and the unfortunate lady died in about two liours after dinner time . Suspicion has fallen on a female servant in the house . Mrs . Dearlove bad been obliged lo resort to severe measures to get this person up in the morning . On one occasion , it is said , she threw a basin full of ivaler over the girl in bed , and on the above morning she had pulled

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      the bedclothes off her . ; and the girl had . been heard to declare she would have her revenge .. . A pot in which Mr ., Dearloye kept amnio forhis seed wneat was . suspended hi the . barn . by ropes , and it isi supposed that some of the contents have been abstracted and made use of for the purposeof destroying life . The pudding remains as left by Mrs . Dearlove , except that a small portion has been . sent away to be analysed . An inquest was held on the bodyon Saturday , but adjourned . The girl ; remains in the house uuder surveillance , but not in custod y , she came from the neighbourhood of Fakenbam , in Norfolk . ¦ ..-. ¦; . . v . -. -- . .

      Extensive Woollen Cloth Rohberibs at Lbeos . —On Saturday last the Leeds magistrates brought to a ' close . several lengthened examinations arising out of a charge of felony brought 'against Mr . ' George Oddy , a woollen cloth manufacturer and dealer , residing at Wortley Moor Side , near Leeds . During Sunday night week Allan -Brig Mill ,- which belongs toa company of proprietors , was broaeninto , and three ends of cluth , in an- unfinished state , belonging to , Mr . Isaac Boocock , stolen therefrom . About the 4 th of December last Swinnow ^ ill , near Pudsey , was broken into , and two ends of blue and two ends of black cloth were stolen , the two former belong ing to Messrs . Joseph Walker and Son , and the latter to Mr . Threpleton ; Last Saturday or

      Sunday information ; was obtained which gave the parties belonging to the stolen property reason to believe that the cloth was in Oddy ' s house ) and the constables of Pudsey and the head police were at once communicated with . " His house was watched by the constablesin order to prevent anything being conveyed away ; and after watching at the New Inn , kept by Mr . Pickles , which is near Oddy ' s house , from Sunday toMonday afternoon , Oddy was seen to leave his premises with two ends of blue cloth upon his back , lie being followed by his wife carrying another end . The cloth was seized , and Oddy taken into custody . Inspector Ctitld aud Police-constable Kell arrived soon after this , armed with a search warrant , and on searching the house found two ends of blue cloth in a finished , state , some remnants of cloth , and other articles detailed in the evidence .

      Two ends ot black cloth , belonging . to Mr . Threpleton , were found at the warehouse of Mr . Lambeth , cloth merchant , of Cookridge-street , Leeds , who had bought them of a commission agent named-Jackson . The three ends of blue cloth which the prisoner and his wife were , conveying away , have , been identified as the property of Mr . Boocock . The two ends found in the- prisoner ' s house belong to Messrs . ; Joseph Walker . and Son ; and the two ends of black cloth , found in Mr . Lambert ' s warehouse , are also identified as the property of Mr . Threpleton . Mr . Jackson , a commission agent , proved having sold the latter to Mr . Lambert on account of the prisoner . In defence the prisoner said he had received the . cloth of a woman named Huggon , who resides near him , but this was denied by her , , and after a long examination the prisoner was committed fur trial .

      ' Tub Suspecteo Murder at Brixton , near Plymouth —On the 14 th inst . William : R- > we , the person charged with the murder of John Bunkerj a farm servant I oy , at Brixton , by hanging him on a tree , was broun lit before the mugistrutes for examination . The coroner ' s jury had found a verdict of wilful , murder against some person < ir persons unknown . Several of the witnesses who had been summoned before the coroner ' s jury , were again ex . amined . On Saturday the court adjoiirned , ' and Rowe was remanded to Monday next ,- the 24 th inst . The Strikes , in the North . —The South Shields' shipwrights , alter remaining out of employment nearly six weeks , have returned to work , complying with certain terms laid down by the masters .

      Death from Tight Laoixg . —On Monday , Mr . Grindon , coroner of Bristol , held an inquest in that city on the body ; of a young female , aged twenty-two , whose death was caused , or at least much accelerated by the pernicious practice of tight lacing , in which * o many of her sex foolishly indulge . The coroner directed that a very , careful post mortem examination should'be made , and the medical testimony clearly showed that the deceased was perfectly free from disease , and that there was no visible cause of death except the compression of the stomach . and viscera from tight lacing . The jury returned as their verdict that death was cnused by idiopathic asphyxia , ha stencd'by tight lacing . .

      Representation of West Somerset . —On Monday a meeting of the Somerset Conservative and Protectionist . Assoeiation . was held at Bridgewater , when it was ami"tinced that Lord Duhgarvah , the grandson of the Earl of Cork , had written to the society to state that he was desirous of representing the comity , if he . were deemed acceptable to the electors ; It was then arranged that Lord Dungarvan should be written to , and requested to . meet the members of the association at Taunton on' Saturday , and : if his lordship's declarations should b , e satisfactory , those present would pledge themselves to support them .

      'Fatal Accioknt on tub South * Western and South Coast Railway . —A melancholy accident , resullinsi-in the death of a person named Pascoe , a porter employed , by the . South-Western . and South Coast'Railway Company , happened at the Portsmouth terminus on Monday morning . 'Ilnvmail train left , tlie Waterloo-road terminus ; at 8 . 30 on Sunday night , and on arriving at the joint station the unfortunate man detached the engine from the train , and gave the signal for the carriages to move on . It was soon found that the poor fellow . was missing , and on search being made for him he was found lying on tlurmetals nearly cut in two , every carriage having passed over his body , the supposition being . that lie had slipped off the step of the , carriage and fallen under the wheels , and hence the accident . The deceased ha / 1 been married only three months .

      The Hungarian Refugees in Liverpool . — Liverpool , Tuesday . —These men still remain at the premises , in Oriel-street , to which they re moved on leaving Mr . Label ' s establishment . Subscription lists have been handed about and efforts are being made to raise funds for their support . Those of tbem who have agreed to-go to America sail this morning , and before . leaving addressed the following letter signed by twenty-six of them , to Mr . Diozy — "Respected Countryman ! You are herewith requested to interpret our feelings of gratitude towards the government of this glorious and free country , for the generous and liberal way in which we have been

      provided during our stay here , as well as for the arrangements which have been made for our passage to America . You will in like manner offer our warmest thanks to the worthy Edward Rushton , Esq ., the magistrate of this town , for the humanity and kindheartedness he evinced in : mitigating like an endearing father , our sufferings . You : ' will further bring , to public notice , our thanks towards the generous inhabitants of this town , who received us . with so much sympathy and so generously subscribed to our . relief . You will personally see G . II— , Esq ., Messrs . G—tb , P—gh , and their Welsh friends , and assure them that we shall never forget the'kindness which we have received at their hands . "

      St . Patrick s Day in Liverpool , —Monday la * t being the anniversary festival ot the patron saint of Ireland , according to custom , a procession of the various Irish lodges paraded through the principal streets of the town . The procession , when fully formed , numbered some five thousand persons , the majjrityof whom wore the appropriate badges and insignia of their respectiyefraternities , varied by drapery of the national hue .. Several bands of music , and flag ' s inscribed with appropriate mottoes , accompanied _ the procession . Altogether the affair was more imposing than any similar demonstration for years , both as regards the number of persons forming the procession , and the respectability of the externals generally . A rather laughable incident occurred to a

      portion ofthe procession , ' as it defiled from Lordstreet into South John-street , about noon . Several of the men who were not aware of the locality of the repairs which are at present going on , came unexpectedly on an open sewer , and several of them fell in as they followed each other in succession , until they lay heaped uponeacb other ' s bodies , presenting an object the reverse ol picturesque , and no doubt feeling equally uncomfortable . Some petty brawls occurred during the evening . In Standish-street all the windows of a public house were broken , and several Irishmen were taken to Bridewell . Fatal Coal-pit Explosion . —On Monday another explosion of fire-damp took place at Hey ' s Colliery , Ashton . It appears that at about eight o ' clock on Monday morning , the men being nearly all at work , a young man named William Joule , a miner , took

      the top off his lamp , and went among some other men . An explosion ensued , and tho consequence was , that Joule and several others were severely injured ; one man , named John Ogden , was killed ; and another , James Andrew , has sincedied from his , injuries . Two others are in a very dangerous state , their recovery being doubtful . When Joule was found , he said he could not blame any one , as he had caused the explosion himself , by taking his lamp top off . In addition to the caution given by the manager of the works , tho men have for some time past made a rule among themselves that any man known to take his lamp top off should forfeit os . A few weeks since one of the men was caught with his lamp top off , and he was compelled to pay the above fine , or leave the works ; as , if the fact had been laid before the Hnderlooker , be would hare been immediately discharged .

      Scotland.

      Scotland .

      Tailoring Machine. —Wo Understand That M...

      Tailoring Machine . —Wo understand that Mr . Cattanach , tailor , Union-etrcet , has forwarded to the Exhibition a machine for taking the measurement Of individuals for clothing . This very in « onious and useful instrument consists of a series of steel bands in a frame , that are , vith the greatest ease , adapted to the human fi ^ fe , and screwed into a position tbat indicates its formi and sue to a hair ' s breadth ; and the measurment is so exact that a misfit is impossible . Mr . Catta . ' tach has had his instrument beside him for about twi dve years , but has been prevented from using it by W

      Tailoring Machine. —Wo Understand That M...

      elastic band for . measnrment haying been patented soon after he had completed his invention ; so that although his principle be different from the patent measure ! ho would have been under the necessity of purchasing a right to ; use it fronv tho rival paten . tees > -Aberdeen Herald . - . .

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      The Pembrokbsnine Boroughs. —In The Even...

      The PEMBROKBsninE Boroughs . —In the event of a dissolution ' of Parliament , John Henry Phillips , - Esq ., of-Williamstoni-haa expressed his . intention of becoming a candidate for the representation of the Pembrokeshire boroughs , provided that a- sufficient number of the electors should come forward ' and declare their , readiness to support him with their suffrages . Mr . Phillips will come forward 1 on the Conservative interest . ' -A requisition is to be prepared and signed by the electors , inviting Mr . Phillips to come forward for the representation .

      Jrreianu.

      jrreianu .

      The Primate's Pastoral,—The Lenten Pasto...

      The Primate ' s Pastoral , —The Lenten pastoral , issued by Primate Cullen , after setting forth the scale of diet to be observed by the faithful during tho present season , and calling for contributions towards the projected " Catholic University , " touched npon a topic which appears to have been overlooked by the rest of his episcopal brethren , namely , the conversion of the whole , realm of Britain to the "true church , " outside of which he declares , in the plenitude of his charity , " there is no salvation . " " • i

      ¦ Emigration . —Referring to the tide of emigration from the port of Dublin , the Evening Mail asserts that , although the numbers are not quite so great as at the very height of the famine . -the descriptions of persons now leaving is greatly superior ; At Mr . Miley's , on Eden Quay , agent for one of the most extensive and best conducted emigration lines direct from Dublin to the United States , apoor man is now seldom seen at the office , and , notwithstanding the numerous vessels constantly sailing from' the ports of Liverpool and Dublin ; there are more passengers than shipping to convey them . At Mr . Aliley ' s office alone , it is added , draughts to the amount of £ 25 , 000 we ' re paid in the last year , remitted from America in small sums by those who

      had previously emigrated , to bring out their relatives ; and the'Royal Bank in this city was drawn upon to tho extent ol £ 100 , 000 for the" same purpose . Popular " Demonstrations . " —A letter from Tralee , published in the News Letter of Saturday , says : — " The inhabitants of the principal town in the county of Kerry , following the example set to them in Killarney , ' Ennis , and elsewhere , burnt Lord-J . 'Russell in effigy , in the presence of a mob of at least 2 , 000 . persons , and under the windows of her Majesty ' s Judges in Denny-street . " It appears that' two ' ' persons- ' -were ' tried and acquitted in the ' morning ^ before Mr . Justice Ball , of being concerned in a riot which took ' place in tho town of Killarney some weeks back , upon the occasion of a similar display ' , ' and the'result of the trial was to give their Lordships a personal opportunity of witnessing another demonstration of-confidence in the

      Prime Minister . The mob , who were accompanied by a band of local musicians and torchbearers , marched through the principal streets of the town during the evening , shouting and firing off squibs , pistols , & e ., to the great consternation of the various inhabitants ; and / having nearly exhausted their indignation against Lord -John Russell , about ten o ' clock they terminated their proceedings by burning a figure of his' lordship opposite to the Judges ' lodgings , amidst roars of laughter and shouts of execration . As soon-as the effigy ' was consumed they dispersed ; and in a short time the streets resumed their usual tranquil appearance . ' "Several bodies . of the constabulary patrolled the town until a late hour , to preserve the peace , but their assistance was fortunately not required , as tho unanimity of the inhabitants had the effect of keeping order . " !

      Two men were indicted at the Kerry assizes for creating a riot in the town of Killarney , by giving vent to their indignant feelings against the Prime Minister , after the fashion of the Tralee enthusiasts above mentioned .: The jury , however , disbelieving the evidence'for the Crown , acquitted the prisoners . Noticrs to Resign . —Sir William Somervillo and Mr . 'Benjamin Hawcs , ' the members for Drogheda and Kinsale , may now be placed in tho same-category with'Mr ; M . Bellow , the member for Louth all are members of the government , and all have been called onto resign their seats . Last week a public meeting of the electors of Kinsale was held in'the' Town llall , when , among other resolutions

      unanimously adopted was one to the effect , that the recent vote of Mr . B , Hawes , M . P . for this borough , on'the introduction ofthe Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , merits and receives the most marked censure of this meeting ; and wo therefore call upon him , on behalf of the Catholics of the . United Kingdom , either to oppose any further progress to the way of penal legislation , or surrender the trust confided to him , on his having pledged himself on tho hustings as tho independent and uncompromising advocate of civil and religious liberty . A similar intimation has been made to Sir William Somcrville , Bart . The Drogheda message was of a more formal and peremptory character than that of Kinsale , and was conveyed in the form of a requisition , signed by upwards of 500 of the electors . ¦

      Mb , John O Conkblii has addressed the electors in reference to tbe vote ofthe Limerick council , in wliich he says : — " You know me to be a long time anxious to retire ; T hold my seat now , and have held it for the last sixteen months , merely in obedience to you , and to convenience you ; and when you declare yourselves ready to accept it , and to go to a new election ; I will instantly resign , and give you the opportunity . " Commutation op Sentence , —The sentence of death passed at tho Limerick assizes on Patrick Luley for murder has been commuted .

      : The Universht Collection . —The contribution btBublin and its suburbs to the simultaneous collection for the Roman Catholic university , on Sunday , amounted , as far as the returns have been obtained , to only £ 1 , 300 , which sum ; will probably be increased to about £ 1 , 500 , when the returns have been sent in from two or three chapels at which the amounts received were not reported on Sunday evening . St . Patrick ' s Ball was held on Monday , night at Dublin Castle . As this is the most empty portion of the Season in Dublin—Parliament and the circuits having drawn off the great majority of the gentry—tlie attendance cannot bo described as very numerous :

      Archbishop Cullen addressed a letter to thciVeeman ' s Journal , congratulating his friends on the amount of the collection made on Sunday last for the intended Roman Catholic University , and announcingthe reccipht of three anonymous contributions from Liverpool , amounting together to £ 600 . In the town , of Fermoy the sum of £ 3110 s . 6 d . was collected , and in Callan , in the county of Kilkenny ; £ 20 , were gathered at the chapel doors for the projected college . A number of Confederates and members of the clubs of 1848 , dined together on Monday evening in the Rotunda to celebrate St . Patrick's Day .

      At the Cork assizes , on Tuesday , an old woman named Catharine Conolly , was convicted for an attempt to murder a child aged eight years , who , with another child had been left in charge of a house . The prisoner was acquitted at the last assizes ofthe murder ofthe other child , tho Crosn not having : been prepared with sufficient evidence at the time . The grand jury at Corn have ignored tho bill of indictment for the manslaughter of , i child against Captain Charles Kendal Burke , of the 59 th foot . The child died , it was supposed , from the effects ot a blow of a whip received from Captain Burke .

      Murder in County Fermanagh . —On Saturday last ii very melancholy occurrence took place near Monea , about four miles from Enniskillen . It appears that a young man named George Corry , the son of rather a respectable farmer , had been out with a gun shooting . When ho went on the ground that a person named M'Bride had the charge of , there were three or four persons working in the field , and among them was M'Bride , > lio went over to Corry , and ordered him offtheigrounds , & c . Some very bad words passed between them relative to

      the taking of the gun , which tbe unfortunate de-Ceased threatened to do , when the wretched Comdischarged the contents ot it into M'Bridc ' s body who instantly expired on the field , and . his aged fa ' titer came to the fatal spot in time to see the heart ' s blood of his only son flowing on the field , with whom he baa been a few minutes before in perfect health and comfort . Corry attempted to escape , when he was pursued by the country people , arrested , and lodged in tbe county gaol . He appears not twenty years of age , strong and active .

      Payment Of Members. —The Following Tit-B...

      Payment of Members . —The following tit-bit appeared in a London weekly journal :- ' The members of the best Parliament England ever saw were paid for their services . Mr . T . B . Macaulav says , in a sneering fashion ; - ' Each member * of the Long Parliament recived £ 4 per week of public money ; . five hundred and seventy-six members at fifty-two weeks , £ 110 , 808 . ' This ' he . no doubt , deems monstrous extravagance . But has he ever had a word to say against wasteful aristocratic expenditure at tbo present dav ? During the first t ; ree years after the late Earl Grey came into office , be and his immediate relations and connexions received no less than £ 234 , 408 of the public money . Will Mr . Macatilay pretend to say that the Grey family did as much real service in return for that enormous slice of the national expenditure , as Hampden , Cromwell , AndreV Marvel , John Pym , and other honest patriots of the olden time , gave for their £ 4 each per week ?

      Exploskw At A Cotton Mill-_ F0urtp^ , Pe...

      EXPLOSKW AT A COTTON MILL- _ Urtp ^ , PERSONS , KILLED . UUUT ^ The borough of Stockport was the scene of a ¦ ™» saddisaster on Monday evening , throueh thnw i sionof ;* steam boiler in : the cotton factorv nf ? ° " Henry Marsland , by which a large amounti oLI ' perty-was destroyed , and fourteen or fifteen ' f , i ° ' workpeople were killed . The . mills' of Mr At ° land are situate almost in the centre of th « ra * on tho Cheshire bank of tbe River Mersev a rf very extensive—the processes of spinning l „! ° and bleaching albbeing carried on hereunon ? i g > scale . The entire works cover a very hrnn g 8 the buildings ' enclosing an irregular nUi e ?' about eighty yards in length , fiW * twenty to forty in width . ¦ One faco of JHnl ^ abuts upon the River Mersey , at theXmL * onH nf tlin m . a . lw ., n „ l „ . „„ J A' _ .. ™ ' nOrth- Wesf 1

      buildings tothe rfveV was six EShfi , thcse stood upon a tunnel , through which witS & m , for turning and other' purposes . This wa Su * . the old mill and the various floors % JR £ & machinery for carding , spuming , and J T the miduie of the quadrangle two loreeZmLIa stood ( not under cover ) , W . ch wcrf Sf ^ fc purpose of heating a number of small boiler , L e for bleaching purposes About half-pas £ ' ' 2 on Monday evening , wh . lst the hands-were aR work in the mill , one of these boilers a hnon « V der , forty foet long , a „ d aboutSfn SM weighing its eleven tons , and £ < £ ? £$$ «* centre of one end , suddenl y gave wav from 1 pressure of steam it cont ained ? rose from the m mense bed of brickwork m which it h . H il " « ™}

      and shot like . an arrow along the quadrangle 5 tance of from forty to . forty . five yards r , i ! . « through the wall of the old and lofty mill fe ? scribed , where it exploded ,-scattering death i destruction all around .- Tho boiler pen etnt through a wall oi-immense thickness , about tvii >] U ( but , destroying a large portion of that front of tha building , ' and causing portions of the Moors a «? machinery to fall through on the top of it . To id ? to'the calamity , before many of : the hands not killed could be extricated , the boiler , which carried a mass of fire with it , set the- building in fiamc 3 . and these spreading with great rapidity , comtilt'tcil the work of destruction . ' The whole of this por tion of the building . was destroyed , leaving only thrconf

      itswallsstanding , in about an hour from the time of the explosion . The hands who did not fall with the destruction caused by the explosion of the boi ' . tr and escaped being buried in tho ruins , wuio of course placed in fearful jeopardy , and it i 5 I 10 t known how many of them escaped with their lives Some of them leaped through the windows , facing the river into tho waters of the Mersey , dr . e mm and a boy had the courage to leap from the win . do ws ofthe sixth story , and alighted in safety ip " the water ; but another man who " , essayed the fe arful leap , did not clear the wall , but catching a « ahV a projecture , went headforemost into tho stream ' and was killed / The engine-tenter escaped , but lira fireman was killed . People were at work all

      Menday night , and during Tuesday , in the ruins of the mill , searching for bodies , and up tonoen three wo . men were taken out dead and badl y mutilated named Mary Makin , Ann Fylde ? , and Esther Fyldes . Tho fircman ' s-name is John Fuller . Two men we ' reah o found dead in the ruins , named William Banlslcv and John Rowbottom . Besides these , tno ( . tier bodies had been discovered , and it is supposed fiv e or six yet remain in the ruins . About a thousand hands arc employed in tho whole of the mill , but not above eighty or ninety of these were at wo ' rkic that portion of' the building destroyed . The cau-e of the explosion of the boiler is not known . It w , ; quite a new one , made by Mr . Morris , of Mottraicl street , of thirty horse power , high pressure , calcc . lated for a pressure of thirty pounds to the square

      men and had been worked at twenty-ei ght pounds pressure , but is said to have been going at twenty lour pounds pressure when , the explosion occuirci 1 , Whilst tho boiler was carried by the force of th explosion to a distance of forty yards in one dircc tion , the part of the materials of the fire-place ; n . d bricks in which it was set wero scattered in an op posit © direction , destroying part of the walls of j portion of the mill twenty yards distant , let otl ' io Mr . ' Stewart , manufacturer , and the windows of Mr . Clayton ' s cotton mill . A woman in Mr . Stewart's blowing-rooms was struck with a brink ni badly hurt . Some portions of these materia !' , however , were - carried over buildings fifty to tistj feet high , and fell in the park , at two liumy yards distance . Tho amount of property desiwa ! is estimated at .-65 , 000 .

      further particulars . In addition to fourteen persons taken from tho ruins , or who had been otherwise killed , on Tuesday , five other bodies were recovered on Wednesday , making the total deaths nineteen , besides rive persons badly wounded . It is believed , honiw . that there are other hands in the ruins . .-Ill lis bodies taken from the ruins have bean much buret , and several of them almost reduced to cinders . < te body was taken out in three cakes or cinders scarcely having any resemblance to the liuna form . A boy was seen at a window on Ihe fifs

      story , near one end of the mill to which the lit : had not extended , but from which be could note ? cape by means of the staircase . Several 1 , -hMo ; - were got , fastened together , and placed against th building , but tliey only reached a little above tti third story . A rope was then obtained , and a mi ; having ascended nearly to the top of tbo ladder , & very great risk to himself , commenced to throw I ; to Worrall . Once or twice he failed to catch ii but lie afterwards succeeded , made it fast in . * and then descended to the man who was in waitii ; for him on the ladder . . Aman named James llr ««

      was discovered among the ruins before the fit broke out ; he was deeply covered with bricks , wit the exception of one of his arms , which protrude : A fireman seized his . arm , and commenced clcariu away' the rubbish , but while he was doing so ib flames burst'forth ; and despite . Brown ' s pita * entreaties , that he might not bo left , tho fin * was compelled to quit the spot , or almost ccitM' ! lose his own life . Brown ' s body was not font- ' until Wednesday afternoon . The official inquiry into the deaths of the sufferer ! commenced on Tuesday evening , before Mr . Claris Hudson , tho coroner for the Stockport divi-i ' B , when tho following witnesses were examined r ' ' specting the death of Fuller , tbe fireman : — Thomas

      Boughey said , he was a fireman in Mr . Henry M » r »* j land ' s employment , and knew the deceased M Fuller . FuIIgp attended to two boilers , one ol which had exploded . A few minutes before the » H cident took place , witness saw deceased wheeiiK cinders away from his . fireplace . Shortly after tj * explosion he found him lying on his face nwr j » j cinder place , as if he had been returning with l ^ i barrow when tho accident happened . Deceased « 3 J much injured about the neck and head , and < ° 1 lying in a pool of clotted blood . lie was takenii * tho Stockport Infirmary , but died on the way . Ie | ceased was about twenty-four years of ago , and Ify been speaking to witness about getting mwti yfew days before his death . —Mr . James Hi ? -J ;

      house surgeon at the Stockport Infirmary , sta tw that the deceased was brought there , quite desj . about half-past five o ' clock on Monday evening ; » had sustained a compound fracture of his rig ht ] ^ his right arm was broken , and both his legs » ' ^ scalded ; there were also two lacerations of i- ; scalp , and several bruises on the back . DecM'Hi was so much injured that ho could not possibly h > recovered . —The inquest was then adjourned . The boiler appears to have burst under thc » -- | place , which was nearly in the centi e ofthe east eN of it , with two flues extending from it to the * e * and it appears to have shot across the yard p the mill , at the west end , as a lighted rocket vfO " It was a new boiler , and the cause of its g iving <" ¦ is supposed to have been the want of proper sM ? ; i There were three stays in the upper part of tV ' V the fire-place , and one had been placed in tlie | under the fire-box alsobutby sonic miaccoB ^ J

      , , able neglect of the maker , it appears never to ' ;' been bolted to the opposite plate of iron , and * * ; consequently lio at the bottom entirely use * But a question arises as to how it hap \ icn e " ' the boiler did not burst before , when worldii ? . * ' pressure , as it has done , of 2 Slhs . to the square'ff for the principal engineer now nftivmes th "; minute or two before the explosion the pressure . ' Smith ' s patent indicator ( with which the hoik'i '' ; fitted up ) , was only 2-ilb . to the inch . If , !«>* , the boiler had slightly " buckled , " as scieiitifi"' ' . call it , under the higher pressure , it is thoug h' the injury might have escaped observation w jj firemen , snd the weakness of the boiler inth ^ jj would have been all the greater , and so li ^" , ; burst at a lighter pressure . The rent cstenj- "n along the rivets under the mouth of the hi ' c f r ' u for a distance of three or four foot , and thei * ^ curled upwards like a piece of bvown paper . .

      The Mortality Of London, And Indeed Of E...

      The mortality of London , and indeed of EnglWf . £ rally , shows a gradual annual decrease , wliiist , 'r ^ i ,- ^ known , tbe population increases considerably , vf ^ jg of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly ;' ¦ ^ g the last lew years , yet tho offices continue »¦< l" * Li : / $ as formerly . These facts clearly demonstrate l" % v' $ i cause , cither unknown or unlictd . d , must have \ l jC |> such favourable results . Amongst these cansw ^ j s creased knowledge of anatomy , and the nmny % i , « - § able discoveries iii medicine will stand most l' ^ lluijl The small-pox , that annually carried off . tl 10 Uf " V'"V been successfully combattcd by vaccination ' , Mrtl ; | that used to claim its numerous victims , has beei / ; j vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic I'dlsV , y { l ( rt - | j Death op the Earl or Mbath . — M essS * f

      y Telegraph says : —" The venerable Earl /' ^ l expired on Saturdav , the loth instantj 1 ^ Malvern , England . " His lordship was » tjj , ! year . Tho noble carl is succeeded in Ins f jst estates by his eldest son , Lord Barbazon , / ofMeath . " . L ^ i Ingenuity . —A workman in Yorkshirejf- ^ Vsteam-engine , which is now in full play , » s »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22031851/page/6/