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      Bodies Of The Deceased Mrs Pearson And^«...

      bodies of the deceased Mrs Pearson and _^« Evc" _" has _Seneoncluded . ; The jury , after _*^ f _> $ _ratib _^ _returned a . verdict that ' . _^^ JZ from the effects of . arsenic wilfnHy administered by gome person or persons unknown , '

      _gUPPOLK . .. , Ths Poisokino at Bonr .- _Theyonng woman , Hannah Rouse , who had been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the _poisoning of the entire family te which she belonged , consisting of six persons , was brought up before Messrs Probart and Le Grice , borough magistrates , for examination on the serious charge . The many aysterious cases of poisoning that have occurred of . late , more especially the Acton murder , for which Catherine Foster suffered , o mon th since , pare to tho proceedings considerable interest . The circumstances which led to ber being taken into custody _«• < _*«? theprnduction of some letters written by her . wherein she expressed her regret at

      some act of pilfcringshchad committed , and rattier obscurely hinted at telt ' -deatruction . At the close of the evidenc e , the bench observed tbat there could be no doubt that a very wicked attempt had been made on t he lives of the family , But there were no facts elicit ed that would warrant them in detaining the accused , and therefore she would b 3 liberated on enterine into her own recognizances to _answer any charge that might be hereaftermade against her . 'l'Ms was done , and she was discharged . GLOUCESTERSHIRE . KoB * _B"EnT 0 * A COMMKKCIAL Tr . *? _ELLBR Off BK Wi / _j 5 iwAT > -Mr James Gibson , commercial traveller , _, to tbe firm of Messrs Thos . Gibs _. mjnd Co ., hatmanufacturer * , Castle-green Bristol vrfi . _letravelling : after da * k - on the road between Cirencester and _Stround , ms attacked by three men , wboTushed oat _»„ w , _- nlv-from the _road-side , seized the head of h »

      horse , and then dra g-red him from the n and use * him wi th great violence . One ot them _kicked him down and tlien fcnelt on his chest and gagged his mouth , to prevent his resisting or giving an alarm , while a second ' _plunden-d his person of las watch , chain , and seal ' s-, , and cash and notes to the value of between £ 150 and ' _JS 0 & Forjanately abort fO in soverei gns , _whieSrw _* _iathe driving-box _o » the gig , escaped their notice . After threatening him-with further violence _ffhe attesiptedto pursue _theraj-they decamped with their booty . < 5 _HMBRrB «« SHIRB .

      CaMDBIDOE . —AMRMB-ffFlRE AT TrINIIT _CoBSBOK . —Last week the town of _Cambridge was thrown into * state of the utmost alarm ? and contusion by - the sudden outbreak of _a-flre _. wnieh atone period threatened destruction to Trinity CMlege . The flames _oriernated from some cause whsna cannot at present rie _asecrtained , in the _kHohens of the college , and ware first discovered by Mr _Hudseny the cook . At that _tiroe-ibey had obtaiiied _' suoh a-strong hold , that it at _once-ftecame _apparentthatthe-flrewouldnot _beeasvly * -extinguished . Intelligence w _^ proiuptly forwarded to- the authorities ; assistance was obtained , and every person set to work- _mostvrawously . rheflamea _contfnoed to spread fearfully , and ! a deal of time wa » lost before any impression . could be-made upon tnenu The reef of the kitchen' _vms burned off , and considerable damage was'done to the interior ol the premises The property is * insured in the Sun Dire Ofifce ' for , it _iaunderstaod ,. _£ 10 ; 0 <) di

      BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . WoiTaBTON . _—ACCIDEN _* ON BHB . _IiONDOS ANDNorth _Westbiin RAiLWjKr _.--An aceident has occurred on the above line which ; _had nigh been attended with serious consequences , lbe other evening at ten minutes to fight o'block the express tram for London left here _. _th aving ; ,. _amoegst other passenger * in the carriages , several directors . It was preceded by a goods'traiu , whtoh „ it was computed , would travel at sufficient pace to enable it to get into Wolverton before the arrival oltHe express . . It aDnears , however , that when the goods tram arrived within two miles of Wolverton , from some cause the pace of the engine slackened , and the driver finding he could not get on so fast as he ought , one of the _nuards jumped off and ran back to give a _sigtne

      na \ to tho express , but he untortunateiy te _l upon * line and hurt himself . Another guard also tried to give a signal , and every possible effort _; was used to get eut of the way , but before this could be effected the express came up _. and a severe collision took place . Some of the carriages were thrown off the line , and the passengerB in the express carnages shaken , but none materially injured . The necessary ass _. stance was procured from the Wolverton station , and the train resumed its journey afterabout an hour sdelay _. Tho engine must have been very powerful , for it escaped quite uninjured , with the exception of a slight damage to the funnel . BS 9 EX . _INOATESTONB . -S 1 SGULAU Cask op Suicide .-A coronfir ' si inquest was held before 0 . Lewis , _fcsq ., on the body of Maria _Gotts , an unmarried woman , about o . ft _vnars old . and had occasionally been of unsound

      mind . The other evening , when at tea witu ner father , she siid that two persons would come and say she was dvunk , and immediately cut her throat . Her father ran for the doctor , and he came directly , bound up the wound , but she died about an hour afterwards . A verdict of temporary derangement was , with one dissentient voice , returned . KENT . MAiDsioNK . -lNCRNDiARisM .-On Monday morning last the inhabitants of _Gabriel-hiil , in this town , vere thrown into a state of considerable alarm , by in

      \ t . tl fa flu Ep wo wii pla atr _ithg pet ! _wai offi he sudden outbreak of a fire upon the premises _, e occupation of Mr Joseph Epps ,. a fellmonger and rmer _, which there is every ground to suppose _mz -work of an incendiary . It appeared that Mr ' os had recently been threatened that his premises \\ d be fired . The police were made acquainted nvhat had been threatened , and persons were d to » uard the premises , but without avail ; and c time previously stated flames were seen burst-¦ r th , and bofore they could be subdued the prowas nearly destroyed .. Fortunately Mr Epps 5 ured in the Sun and Norwich Union hre a fc __

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      MB W 0 ORK 8 S OP _RIOTlM * .. There are again very unfavourable reports ottne _rayagea ol pestilence , especially in the northern _protiuces , which , although comparatively prosperous in ordinary years , are now suffering more severely from fever than many districts in _LeinAr , or evca some parte of the south . In Mona _? han the pestilence is very destructive . "Fever , " says the Momghan Standard , "israpidJy compassing us about . The fever hospital baa triple * its number of patients , and the town » infested wittft crowds of mendicants frora every quarter of the island 1 . Meanwhile the rioting is rapidly spreading . " . .... -U _MEHlfc * .

      _RATHKBALff . —A strong constabulary patrol came « pat Lishenmtt with a party of fifteen armed men , whom they at once _challenged . The party immediately fired on She constabulary—one policeman was wounded in the ringer . The police _returned the fire , when the party rSn away , but one"of them fired _auain upon the police , who returned the- shot with fatal effect . The result was , two prisoners captured by the police , and one man killed . Cbatxoe . —On Mfonday evening , as- _ttmr loads of Indian corn were about to bo deposited ' at the mealhouse , after arriving" from Limeriek \ they were . itlacked by the _starvin _$ expectants , who / cut " the bags , and distributed the meal indiscriminately to all around . They then forced an entrance * to tbe house , and having found'the books , they toretfcem to pieces . CBMIE .

      _EiraiSTVMo . i . —Last week a crowd _eflpeop-le attempted to force their way into the Cburt-hwuse _, where the soup-boiler had'been established ,. but had been repulsed by the police .. The people-pelted the police with stones , one of which cut _theresident _niagisfcfste , Mr Bell , on the Bead . The police fired » y _hia orders , when two women and a mariwere severely wounded . The men then fled in all'directibns _.-Barge Bodies of peasantry continue to perambulate t _&» country .

      _BkiJiimaaRRT . —A conflict has occurred between the police and a party of Rockites . The results seem to have been that the Rockites- were beaten 0 _$ ' one shoir dead ; and three made prisoners . One of the _policeis-daagerously wounded . _MoATEi—In infuriated multitude paraded'thetown-demanding employment or food . They broke into the bafteries , and pillaged at discretion . Tiiey were at' length prevailed upon to disperse ; but they threatened to re-assemble next day and sack the town-. Claws '— On- Saturday night last an armed party , attired in women ' s apparel , _attached the dwelling-of a man named _Ciune , herdsman to Mr Studdert , of \ Bunratty , and took therefrom a gun . Cluneheld '

      c ut a candle _ao if to identify the party , when one of tViern _struok hvrosuch a blow on tlie head that he is since _speeoblcss , and no hopei 3 entertained of his re covery . Same party attacked the houses of ilehir and _Kinnavanein the same neighbourhood , and tools-» -gun from each . MEReirai . FRWARATioNs . —As many as fifteen war * ramts to military _officers in this county have been sent _, do _* wn from the Ilanaper Office , in consequence of tb > ' _sur-posed reluctance of tbe resident magistrates to' _issva-any order to the military to fire upon the people in _the-eyenfc of any disturbance occurring . The 'division of the- 55 th _Re-iment stationed at ClareiCastle , has- been strengthened by an addition of _[ sixty rank and ; file from the head quarters in-¦ Uirnerick .

      i _Gavan . —Ab- William Johnston , _aMiiost _respectableifarmer , of _Oorlisbalion , near Arva _« was returning from Cavan , at about two o ' clock irt the day , with an -ass and a hundred of Indian meal , he was knocked-; down and beaten by a man as yet unknown , at a ' place called' Carrospoint , clese to Farnham grand * - . gate . The police , 00 hearing of the outrage , immediately repaired _to-the spot . They found Johnston 'lying in a most shocking state , unable to speak , on 'tho road , _and-brought him to the infirmary , where-! bo > has since expired . His assassin , to whom _: there is as . yet no clue , did not take any of tha meal .

      MURDERS . I : , _Watbrhord _. — _Attkmptkd _AsaAssiNAiios . — Msr I | T 3 ssher , a gentleman residing at Ballyraggastmon , inear Dungarvon , county _Waterfordj was fired at near 'his own residence , and seriously wounded in tbe neck \ and face . This outrage is _recorded-in a Dublin paper of Monday morning , which adds . _* : " The cause of this out race is alleged to be tbe evicticn of some tenaats . " Mr Ussher _^ name has been frequently _befora-the public in connexion with proceedings of that nature . TiPPBRARY . —A man named Darcy was fired at near _Fetliard , by a footpad , but the ball having struck Darcy's waistcoat pocket , was tamed aside by some money deposited there , and he escaped .

      Leitrih . —Owen Coyle , a farmer in Leitrim , was lately roused from his sleep by his nephew , who told him that he thought there was some one in his garden , Upon which Coyle rose from his bad , and seizing a spade-Shaft , proceeded to the garden . He perceived a man pulling his plants and putting tbem into a creel , but owing to the _darknsss of the night he could not see who it was . He stole softly upon him , and struck him a blow of the spade-shaft on the head . He repeated the blow , when the man reeled and fell into the furrow . Coyle then lifted him

      up and put him sitting on the side of the ridge , when he recognised Mm as his neighbour , Patrick Donnellan . Lie then went into his house to put on his clothes , and as soon as he had done so returned te the garden to see if Donnellan was still there , but could not discover him . His dead body was shortly afterwards found beside a stream of water , about forty perches from where the circumstance took place ; his feet were in the water , bis body resting on the bank , the creel , with some cabbage plants in it , beside him .

      Down . —Mr James _Paxton , of Dehemet , in the county of Down , was murdered on Tuesday evening , close to the door of his own house . The body pre-Bented marks of frightful violence having been nsed in the perpetration of this atrocious deed . Mr Paxton was a farmer . On Saturday an inquest was held to inquire into the circumstances _aUcudin _? this murder . Evidence was given to show that rubbery was not the object of the murder , as the sum of £ 8 , in notes and silver , was found on deceased's person . In consequence of some information given him , Mr F . Beers , J . P ., accompanied b y Mr J . P . Hill , sub-inspector , and a party of police , proceeded on Friday night _ts the

      house of John Paxton , brother of deceased , which _, they searched . In an upper room they discovered a coat , the left sleeve of which was deeply stained with blood . The family attempted to account for it by stating that the old man , John Paxton , bad been bleeding cattle ; but the statement was not borne out . Consequently—and because of the further circumstance of tbe foot-marks indented in the soil , at the spot where the deadly struggle had taken place , appearing to correspond with the peculiar shoes worn by the man—James Paxton , the eldest son of John Paxton , was taken into custody , and eventually held to bail , inconjunctiou with two persons , named Kelso , father and son .

      Killaloe . —Mr James Watson , of Ballyorony , brother to Alderman Watson , of Limerick , has been shot dead in the county of Limerick , near to Killaloe . He had been compelling payment of some of his tenants :

      STATE OP THE COUNTRY . _ItHrmoACi op thb Relief Committees . — -There are still many districts where nothing practical has been done , or , what is equally bad , and more disgraceful , relief committeesare resorting to tricks and pretences to delay the adoption of relief for the destitute . A clergyman of the Established Church , who has a parish in the county of Mayo , states that but for the assistance he is able to send through the medium of the trustaes of charitable subscription , hundreds , nay , thousands , must have perished .. He adds that while there are 8 , 000 on the list for out-door relief , not one has received any help in that way whatever as yet . Maoi 3 TKiiial Honour . —A circumstance has

      transpired in a southern county which perils the character of one of its leading men and chief magistrates . The gentleman who is reported to have traded on the sufferings of his fellow-citizens was a member of tbe relief and finance committees of the districts . A quantity of Indian corn had been forwarded , through his influence , to a neighbouring mill , to be manufactured into meal . He was a dormant and unacknowledged partner in the concern . When the produce was returned it was found to have been adulterated to a very large extent : about one-half the corn having been abstracted . Inquiries were set on foot , and the foul transaction brought home to the guilty parties .

      Irish Exports asd __ Imports . —Among the other extraordinary anomalies of the p resent condition of _sooiety in Ireland may be enumerated the exportation of foreign provisions . During the past week several cargoes of foreign beans and buckwheat left Limerick for Liverpool and London , besides a cargo of rye for Antwerp . Anothor and perhaps equally extraordinary circumstance is the importation of live stock from England . Republican Benevolence . —A Belfast paper has put into our hands a letter from America , of a recent date , the principal contents of whioh are , that in Indiana county , state of Pennsylvania , three men _^ -- - « -- _«•»» _VM 1 VV U 1 V 11

      have been appointed to each township , for the purpose ot collecting money , grain , flour , and provisions of various kinds , to send to those parts of Ireland which are in the greatest distress . The writer also mentions a fact connected with our grain importations , which is worthy of note at the present important crisis in our monetary affairs . He says the effect produced by so much money having been sent to procure bread-stuffs is , that since he became a resident in the United States he was obliged to barter his grain , horses , _cews , sheep , & c _, for other articles he required ; but at present all tbat class of produce is invariably , paid for with cash , and is in good demand .

      CORK . _% The barque _Consuello , from New Orleans , has arrived , with a cargo of provisions , comprising 1 , 773 bags of corn , ior the relief of Irish distress , part ot

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      which'ha 8 been placed at the disposal of _Mrj W _^ United States Consul at Core , and the _remanr * _consiuned to the Society of Friends . The _oaptaur 5 the _Cdflsuello state " , that while he wag taking _jAj cargo a large number ol vessels , grain laden fad sailed for Cork and Liverpool , anda veryconsid eS number were taking in cargoes , and that not th » _slightest apprehension was felt there as to any lim ; j ; to the supplies which would be sent tothiseo * _untry When it was known that the Consuello was _loading in New Orleansfor the relief of Ireland _. mnch J ar nuantities of flour , corn , meal , biscuit , and pork cnn .

      tinued to pour in than she could carry , all niarfced " for the relief of Ireland , " and tbecaptain _es'imai that he left behind him , at least , the bulk of tw 0 cargoes of free provisions equal to wfiat he carries Tbe Cork paper _pebhshes a letter from Mr John Kurtz , chairman of the Georgetown Relief coa . imttec , to the Mayor of Cork , _enclosing hill of _\^ dim ? for 307 barrels of bread , and two barrels of flour as the contribution of the citizens of that town for the relief of the _sufferingrpoor of Ireland , _fhh cargo was _oronght by the barque General _Harrisos _, whioh has arrived at Cork .

      _IIoRBBPiEsn—Numbers of persons have , in * many localities in Tipperary . been- _fcnown very recentl y to be subsisting on horseflesh . TnE © beat Humbug . —The "Conciliation Hall' * of _Clonmel has been closed , without any nntice to _* > thV _sub ? cribera , the dupes of a now confessedly exploded and bankrupt humbug . Significant . —Tho house and' demesne of _GJena _, Killarney ; the family residence of John _O'Connelly Esq ., is to Be let .

      FKVRR . Slioo . — Many deaths from fever nave occurred _fethis town during the week ; it is now extendingamong the more wealthy _portions-of society , and _thetavases of this dire Bcourge will probably , as the season _adrancesi-Become much worse . Entire families , we understand , have been laid up itr fever ; the hospitals cannot accommodate one-half the applicants for admission ; _Monaokan . —Fever is rapidly _extendine . The poor-house is crammed with a sickly" anddying mass of human bMng _3-,. hudd ] ed together fo ' rnvamtof accommodation , there being above 200 _in-the house more than it can properly accommodate . In tbe gaol six unfortunates are crammed into _acellsisfeet by nine —the fever-hospital has triple its number of patients , and the town is * filled with crowdsof' mendicants from every quarter of the island , steeped in the lowest depths of 31 th and destitution .

      _Omaoh Union _Workuotjbb—Fever oontimra to spread in this workhouse . From the" report of tho medical attendant , Dr White , made _during the last week , it appears'that there are at present in the two probationary wards fifty-five cases of fever , and 15 cases in tho male idiot ward . making in all seventy cases of fever in tin-house . Fifty-five of theinmatea who had been suffering from this disease Have _bcc- _* me convalescent , and' there have been but'three deaths during the past week . Milltown . —The public works are _susDended , numberless families-living on seaweed ! Fever is spreading fearfully .. Bands of marauders-are niehtly slaughtering cattle * of all descriptions in _Glenfleak . At the close of fast week , three cows , the property of a respectable farmer , were slaughtTed ; skinned , and the flesh taken away . The skins were left on the land .

      Kklls . —In the _Kells Fever Hospital there are at : present 64 patientsjbeinf 34 more than the regular number , 20 of whom were admitted during the past week—while there are- upwards of 30 applicants seeking for admission . Here , then , we have an increase in one week ofabont a hundred percent .,, and every probability that tha- number each succeeding week will be much greater-. _Balusasloe . —The _Rey . Mr Dillon , P _' . P of this town , is ill in fever * ; _Clonmacnois . —At the weekly meeting- of the Relief Committee of this parish , it was reported that

      fever bad made alarming progress during- the past week , and scarcely a house was to he-found from Seven Churches to Shannon-bridge _wbibh was free o £ contagion . We deeply regret tost at & that the proceedings of _the-meeting were pain fully- interrupted by the sudden illness of two _member of the Committee . The worthy chairman , Col . _^ ''Estrange , was taken home from the meeting in his carriage ; but Captain Johnson , one of the most active members of the committee-, lies at present in th . e hotel at Shannon-bridge , his physician _having-conaideredit I dangerous to remove hira to his own residence , although not more than a fev _^ _milcsjlSstant .

      Dublin . —Ths Fever . —Earl _Bessfeorouah , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , breathed his last at 11 o ' clock on Sunday nightv Typhus fever has appeared in the Penitentiary at Harold ' s Cross . Fever of a malignant type has broken out hi the Penitentiary at Smithfield , where convicts under sentence of transportation are received from the country , to remain until shipped for their destination . During the last week a number of those convicts were _transportedlfroift the provinces , and it ia stated that some _of-them were actually , labouring under fever , and in this manner the malady has been introduced into the crowded prison at Smithfield . Jn the present condition of the country it would be an aot of _prudenoa and humanity to allow those convicts to remain at the various assize towns , and thus prevent the spread of infection .

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      mscB & umotis . Health _oy thb Metropolis . — -The number of deaths registered in the London districtslast week were 978 , or males . 612 ; females , 466 . Births , 1 , 327 , or males , 663 ; females , 659 . Meteorological observations taken at the Royal Observator ) , Greenwich '¦ — Barometer , mean height , 29 . 005 ; _thermome'e , highest , 63 . 0 ; lowest , 45 . 1 ; mean , 58 . 1 ; _genen-1 direction of the wind , S . S . W ., witbamaximum _pre- - sureof 3 . 5 lbs . on the square foot ; mean amount of cloud , 6 . 8 ; sum of rain , 0 . 51 inches . Ixibsded New Gat ** ikto flnr e Pake . — For some days past workmen have been engaged in Hyde Park in cutting down trees , and preparing the foun dations for the erection of new foot and carriage gates , _witha _hanusomelodee . in that portion of

      park abutting on the Great lYestern road , at the so manyyears disfigured by the continuation of i » ass of old bricks , and known as the " llalf-Bouse . " It is intended that the gates , with lodge , shall form a very handsome entrance into park , and from the park into the two splendid races , to be called "Ennismore Gardens , " now the course of erection on each side of Kingston House the residence of the Earl and Countess of Listowell _andabuttimron Rutland Gate ; eight of which first class mansions are nearly erected . The expense _thenndertakin _* wii ] be borne by the spirited jectors of the terraces and other tew buildings , nave obtained the consent of the Commissioners Woods and Forests to their doing so , on their pay also the salary of the gatekeeper appoint d . whole will form an important improvement to portion of the highroad , which already boasts of residences , of several noble and distinguished per sonages .

      _SUDDKS DSATH OFMeWm . SMITH , THB CoHEDIAff —Mr W . Smith , the well-known comedian , for many years a great favourite at the Surrey Theatre , pired on the morning of Sunday last , at'his residence , 23 , Brook-street , _Kenniagton . It appears that the deceased for some time past had been indis posed , bat nothing fatal was anticipated by friends . Asjlate as Thursday or Friday he able to walk out , and in answer to a friend who inquired how he felt , he replied that he was getting as strong as ever hew as , and thathe intended to cheat the undertaker for the present . He , however , mistaken in hia calculations , for he never went again after he reached his home . His symptoms became worse and he "shook off thismortal coil _with oatagroan . " His death is considered to have been perfectly natural , but as it was rather sudden , it quite probable that a coroner ' s inquest wi / 1 be field on the body . The deceased was only in his 47 year .

      inquests . Deplorable Death oj- a _Mothib act Child is she _Pbsttksiiart . —On Monday before Mr Bedford in the _Millbank Prison , on the body of Agnes Dewana ? . Air Laurent ; Deputy Governor of the prison , stated that the deceased was admitted on the 10 th of February , from York Castle , having been convicted at the Sheffield Sessions of stealing boots , and sentenced ( _aftsr a previous conviction . _) 'to seven years ' transportation . Mr Anthony White , the eminent anreeon of Parliament street , deposed that on the -3 rd of May he was sent for to the prison . He _' saw _flie deceased , who was suffering under puerperal conulsionsandin labour

      T . Hesaw Mr Davy , the wudent surgeon , and suggested herimmediate delivery _, or the efforts _wouldcaiua her death . The mecoani-SSk TL _^! _* _V frora the _«*»*» size & _%£ _!**?&* f _? hea _** tbeJr _Pilfer _fiardness . As the only hopes of saving the mother , it was deemed expedient to remove the child , -which _, after some time , was effected . It had probablv been i _^ me » rs _/ t In 3 n ? « 2 r tothecoroner , Mr White said that all had been done in good time , and to his perfect satisfaction , by Mr Davy . Mr Davy , the _rraident surgeon , and other witnesses , stated that the deceased had gone oa well uo to TuesdavW .

      « aen sue was taken ill , and died the next day . The Jury returned a _verd'etof " Natural death , " and paida high compliment to Mr Davy , for the skill and Kindness he had shown . A Clam ) Kjlwd _bt _Dhdjeko Spirits of Habts-HOBX-Before Mr W . Carter , at the Grapes . Bermondsey-walL on the body of Susannah Eliza Saunders , aged one year and three months . The evif ? _° _^™ _dtta tthe deceased lived with its parents , at & i , _fiarl-streefc , Bermondsey ; and on Thursday _'K /„ J ? _m R ? n _* _amisf ? spirits of hartshorn was placed outside the kitchen window , for fear any one should touch it The deceased , while _playin * in the _S 5 _fe _' ? 01 tbe _&** _•*** haviDg _^ en the cork _«?™ ra . q _^ ntlty ° f s P irit 9 - Mr Martin , _fK , M _^ an » ther medical man , attended upon _Sfi , iT afe , ' butwitI i 0 _"l fc _contracting the effect ! of the hartshorn _, and she expired on Sunday from the injuries her throat and stomach hat _rtweWnA v » . __

      diet , " Accidental death" n _™ J ° T - EMAtK J _JORsi to Death is thb Fshus K / _AsrxTjM . Before Mr William Carter at tbe _iemale Orphan Asylum , _Westminster-bridge-road , l _^ mbeth , on the body of Sophia Wilkins , aged 15 . Ot appeared trom the evidence that the deceased had Wen engaged m assisting one of the domestics in the toth-room , andon the 21 st of last month she was _« gatin K the ! fire , when by some means her clothes _necame ignited , and she was speedily enveloped in _hS _' ii . 7 _eJ _cnes for help brought assistance , but _£ r _£ iK- *? _, re « ° nW be subdued the poor creature _-fcf * _$ _* $ _?* burned- Everything -was done for her that the nature of the case required , bnt she never recovered , but died from the effects of the injuries received . Verdict , "Accidental death . " MnmHB oPACmu > . _-BeforeMrG-I . Mills , deputy coroner for the county of Middlesex-, * c « . «

      _lortslareGrey Tavern . _Hampstead , on the body of a new-torn female child , found in a pond , near Primrose-hill . John Sleight , of 12 . _Edward-street , Dorset-sguaw , deposed , that on Tharsday afternoon last ie was crossing towards Hampstead , when on _pass-Jmraponamthe eoriier of a field near Primrosetill he saw a bundle lying at the bottom . Witli the assistance of _police-oonstable ffinton . S 52 , he got it 2 iS don ° Pe _?» g to * bundle fonnd it to contain tee body of a _j _full crown female child . The wrapper _wth the uutials « W . B . No . 6 . " in one corner . Mr _JUird , _surgeon , High-street , nampstead _. said he had mane aposl mortem examination of the body , which _aithongh ranch decomposed , showed that the child _rfiSSSSfS ¦ 5 * - The jury retnrned a verdict _ottvilrnl Murder against some person or persons

      Poisos . —By Mr Mills , at the Bank of England , _South-v-barf-Toad , _Paddington , on the _bsdy of Elizabeth Baker , aged 18 , the wife of an engineer . Frora the evidence of deceased ' s parents and brother it appeared that she had been married seven months , and led an unhappy life in consequence of her husband ' s nnkind treatment—he bad obtained a situation in Ireland , whither he intended to go , leaving hi 3 wife with her parents , with whom they had resided since their marriage . On Saturday evening List , about seven o ' clock , he went accompanied by deceased to his bedroom to get his tools , preparatory to his departure for Ireland ; they had not- been Ion _; abovestairs when a noise was heard , and the husband exclaimed , " Do come up , yonr daughter has poisoned herself !" The witness instantly rushed np stairswhen they

      , saw Baker holding the deceased round the waist by the right hand , and having in his other hand the phial produced , half filled with pru _*» ic acid ; she was then quite dead . He told them that after she had packed np his tools and ashe was going down stairs she snatched from his box the phial of pru = sic acid which he had had for months , and swallowed a portion of it before he could prevent her . He instantly ran off for medical assistance , which promptly arrived . Mr W . Robins and Mr _G . Gascoyne , surgeons , who performed a post mortem oxamination , deposed that they detected prussic acid in thestomach , in sufficient quantity to cause death ; they also declared it to be their opinion that the deceased had

      poisoned herself . The examination of _witnesseshaving concluded , the coroner , addressing the jury said , "Are you satisfied , gentlemen , that the deceased lost ler life by prussic acid ? " Jurors : " We are . " Coroner : _""llavevou-anydoubts about her having takes the poison herself ? " Jurors : " Great doubts , indeed . " The coroner then recapitulated and commented upon the evidence , after which the court -was cleared of strangers and the jury remained in deliberation _hUf-an-hour , when they returned the following special verdict : — " Wefindthat Elizabeth Baker died from the effects of prussic acid passed into her stomach , but how token or administered there is no evidence to show . "

      ACCIDENTS , OFFEKCBS , BIC _. Fatai _Accrmarr oh tub River . —Two _gentlemen , one named Meesom ( a member of the Thetis Club ) , and a friend named Bownes , took the light club wherry from Lambeth , and started in it for Putney . There was a strong wind , and the swell was very heavy . On " shooting '' _Battersea-bridge the surf was very high , and their boat being light and uncovered , dipped to the waves , filled , and turned over . Mr Meesom clung to the stern ; bnt Mr _Bo-snea _. feeling confident , in his powers as a swimmer , bid him ° hold fast , " and struck out for the shore , which unfor tunately he never reached . Mr Meesom maintained his hold for ten minutes , and was eventually picked np by Hawkins , captain of the Citizen boat , passing at thu time , who conveyed him to the White Hart , Chelsea , where prompt assistance was afforded him , and he soon revived . Two hours alter the accident the body of the deceased had not been found .

      Cahbiagb Accidkkt . —An accident of a frightful character occurred in the Regent ' s Qaadrant , _Piccadilly , by which two children and a young woman sustained the most serious injuries . Mary Killington , aged nineteen , servant in the employ of Mr Fletcher , watch-maker , of Regent-street , had proceeded out with two of her employer ' s children for a walk ( the _g-irl four years old , and the boy three ) , and on reachjng the bottom of theQnadrant attempted to cross the road , at which , moment a gentleman ' s _carahge came np , and before the coachman had thneto ' puii up she was knocked down , when all three of theiu were ran over , and trampled on _bytheaniiuais .

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      With the assistance of the police and by-itandera the sufferers were forthwith removed to the Chtringcrogs ' Hospital , where medical officers were in immediate _attendance , and it was ascertained that the little girl had received a most frightful wound on the temple , and a very serious injury on the occiput , besides some severe _contusisns in other parts . The bov exhibited a dreadfully lacerated wound on the scalp , and several deep cuts about the face . The servant , who was for some time insensible , in addition to several bruises about the head , is suffering from an injury to the breast , inflicted by a kick , and which U described by the surgeon to be ofa very _dangereno character .

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      WK 8 TMOBELAND . Shockiso _Acciduw on _tiik ItAiiiWAr . —A few ago on the arrival at Oxenholme of the goods 1 from the south , as a _youinrnian , named Thi Goodier , a breaksman on the Lancaster and _Cai line , was detaching a goods train to procee Kendal , his foot slipped , and the wheels went him , injuring him in the _ino-it dreadful manner . rs in as > le to er he

      poor fellow sustained compound fracture of the i and tbe jaw-bone , and a fracture of the leg . waggon was thrown off the rail by the shock _, engine was instantly despatched for surgical _ai anco , and Mr Longmire _aaWng arrired , the m tnnate man was , by Ms superintendence , conveyi Kendal , where every aid tbat care and _skiilcoul coiBpi . ? h were bestowed upon him , but , itis _fei without _tiie slightest hope of his ultimate reco _* The young K » n was from Lancaster . HORTHnMUERLAND . _Jh lie in _itrto _cd , _y-

      Fatai Fi < J » t . — _Vbmhct op _MASSLAvanuR . ¦ fight took place at Cramlington , near _Newcasth Tyne , between John Walton and Joseph Sin pitmen , when the former was unfortunately kt An inquest was held on Monday , before Step Reed , Esq ., coron er _^ at tlie Bay Horse public-ho Cramlington , when it appeared in evidence thai the day in question thepartieshadbeenat theT Moor , Newcastle , at a bottling match , and _thata words afterwards ensued ? between them . Sim however , being afraid of _raktchief , left the _housi company with a friend , took the train , and reac Cramlington at seven o'clock' / Tbe deceased se to hare been in the same _traiSJ- ioron reaching station , he came up to Simm 3 _a" 3 d challenged hit fight , but at that time he _declined- Some irrital expressions having soon after been _nwde by the A it-9 1 > , n n e n d e o

      , ceased , both parties threw off _th"Hir clothes , a after exchanging blows , tbe decease * _aeizid Sin by the hair of the head , and both fe & _'down , Sin falling against the fence , and the _deceaeed _; into ditch . On getting up , and while _thedeceased was raucing towards Simms , in a fighting _posititm , latter struck him on the side ot the _neclytrherj fell on his bands and knees . The deceased got _bntafterwalkiagayardortwo fell down , _arids afterwards expired . There were altogether two rounds . The jury returned a verdict _ePm _slaughter against Joseph Simms , _whowascorxenit under the coroner ' 8 warrant to Morpeth gaol * _, await his trial at tbe next assizes . The decsa is understood to have been of a quarrelsome _dis _sition ; - * while , on the contrary , Simms bears character of a well-disposed man-. s s e I-9 e v » t i v i _*• 3

      _IiAncashsb ; Fatke- _AccipsD-f _jbom _FiBHiABas . —Last we as a party of gentlemen were shooting , at Purr ball , near Fleetwood-on-Wyre , the seat of Dai ElIetson r E « q :, _oneoftIie company , Dr Elletson Fleetwood , shot a rook , which * fell amongst branches ofa tree , out of his leach * . He helped u boy to get it for him ' , and _asie _vrtsa rather _shor it , he raised his gun , and with the butt end of it pushing the boy Higher up the tree , when the _contt discharged themselves into- his breast . He was mediately seen to be in great dai _iger , and medical sistancewas procured , _butheonl ' y lingered _un-il o ' clock on Saturday mormtr-j . w . Hen * he expired . Asaios . —TTPSW 3 FsraR ; _-= Tbit * contagious ma ! still prevails to an alarming extei * in Ashton . Baker , the matron of the workli ) use , _ha-i = can the infection , and is atpresehtdang erously ill . li are no less than sixteen cases of £ over in ihe v I f S 1-Ie y ' 8 t k

      house at the present timefORESHmB . MlRWIBM _) . _—ArPRSHENSIOI-f OT A _HOCTM OF Supposed Murderers . —The _murdlefB »» Mf " _** his wife , and the servant giHi at the i v _' aB of * field , which are almost _uneqtiaiied , , n En 8 ' alendar of crime for atrocity and creel _ty » "ave duced the most thrilling sensation tat ( 'U |" oufc comity . The unfortunate creatures _snts ¦ ° _9 _A excepting the servant girl )* between 701 _"" * " J of age . They were much reopectfed . - . T ? t they inhabited stands in a somewhat seel odcdi about 150 yards frora ( he public' road ,- and r no . _J building near for some 200 j ards ; Mr "V ' ?" known to have possessed a considerable sum ° . : E 1 , e-I ' a ole re rs se , t , er is ey

      in the house , which cannot now be _* fbucd ' , lei w } doubt tbat plunder was the object of the mu . r ' The horrible appearance" of the _sufierers-cnm n _Tf _" effaced from the memory of those who saw } M the skull of each was beaten to pieces , the jiaiws _< i in , throats cut , the arms of the two females tured , and the bones broken to _pieces , a 3 _"if tbe a and hands had in vain been raised to * protect head from the fearful blows of the ishui wretches . The sight was most horrifying- ; -ia _< pis where the feodiej lay were pools ol Wood ,-in- wh . the teeth and brains of the deoeased were iyir , Amongst the first to enter the house after" the di eoveryofthe murder was Mr Kennel , thelandlor of the King ' s Head , at Mirefield _, who states- _tk \ no * s . be _»; en _ic--ms the inn ces ich _g-3-d

      drawers and boxes in the house were open and * had been ransacked , and the blinds had been _drawa-dorra and pinned together , to prevent persons _lookinff in . The mother of the poor servant girl , Caroline _Elliu , on hearing of their shocking fate swooned , and * died the following day . On Friday ; Mr Superinton'dcn * Green apptehended a man named . Patrick lte id , who 1 was seen in company with M'Cab ( already in custody ) near the house at the time tho murder _mm & have been going on . Marks of blood were found onhis clothes , and the police are in possession of circumstances which will in a great measure -be the

      means of unravelling the mystery that at present exists Both the _prisoaers are imprisoned at Dewsbury lock-up , in charge ef four police constables . Later particulars . —The remains of the deceased Mr and Mrs Wraith were interred here iu one pvave _. and those of their unfortunate servant maid , Caroline Ellis , in another , on Saturday , amidst a largo concourse of spectators . It is not true , as reported , that the mother of Ellis died suddenly in consequence * of the news that her daughter was murdered having been communicated to her . She , however , is very ill , her illn « ss _arising from the shock to her nervous system by the awful death which has befallen her

      child

      DERBT 3 HIRE . TissrxGWW WBLL-Fu > w _£ Bi- ! iG—On Holy Thursthe ancient custom of decorating with flowers wells or fountains in the village of Tissington was _observed . The scarcity of flowers , consequent upon the extreme backwardness of the season , seemed to have stimulated the ingenuity of the villagers _. It must have puzzled any but the good of Tissington to produce such a number of beaudesigns from the very slender stock of _materials which their fields , woods ,. andgarderjs afforded . The morning gare promise of something like a fine day , in the afternoon there were heavy showers of , which to some extent marred the out-door enments of the scene .

      staffordshire . Thbiate Riots . _—Deatji-op one _op'otb wounded . An inquest has been held at Wolverhampton on the body of an Irishman , named Doherty , who died , it ia supposed , from injuries received near Willenhall , on Thursday week . The principal witness examined was the wife of-the deceased , who deposed that her husband left home on the morning of Thursday last in excellent health and spirits . As he was proceeding along the road from between Willenhall and : Wolverhampton , he wasmetand attacked by a number ol miners , and received severe injuries at their hands ; . he _returned-home towards evening and

      complained very much of pains in different _pafta of his body , more particularly at his left side ; he said he seemed to have a load . at his heart . She believed his death was to be attributed to the treatment he received . The inquest was then adjourned , that a _postmortem examination of the body might be made . A great number of Irishmen have been compelled to cease working in the district . The miners seem determined not to allow them to work . The iron and coal trade throughout Staffordshire is still very good , the men are well employed , and at good wages . The trade of the Fetteries has not been 30 bad during the last twenty years as at present .

      mUMINGIUM . Charqe _. op Murder . —An inquest was held before Mr Birt Davies , the borough coroner ,, on the body of Margaret Leonard , about forty years of age , who , it was alleged , had died in consequence of the injuries she had received by being thrown down stairs by her husband . From the evidi nee it appeared that the husband and wife were both of dissolute habits , and tbat on Saturday morning week , having been _absent from home drinking the whole of the night , they returned drunk about half-past seven o ' clock . They then quarrelled , and the woman refusing to rise from the floor , where she had dropped , the husband

      , exclaiming , " Lie there ,, you , " pitched her down the cellar step 3 , and slammed the door after her . The deceased was afterwards found by her neighbours in an insensible state , and speechless , and the blood streaming from her ears . The husband , who is now in custody , relused to assist bis wife , and , before the arrival of the surgeon , said , Stop your grunting , or I'll give you as much as I e given you before . " The woman was removed the hospital , where she died on Thursday . The returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Peter Leonard , " by trade a paper hawker , and he as committed to take his trial at the next assizes for county of Warwick .

      worcestershire , Worcester . —Murderous Attempt at Assassination . —An attempt upon the life of Dr Turley , M . D ., while seated in his study . The Doctor returhed home late in the evening from his professional visits , had been seated for some time in his library , situate at the back part Of his house , in St John ' s , in he suburbs of Worcester ; and while in the act of writing , he heard the explosion of a pistol close to window , and immediately the shot whistled past head , and entered the wall of the room opposite he window , between which Dr Turley was sitting ' at table . It is impossible to say what could have been e motive which led to this diabolical attempt . NORFOLK . _ThkTibbbsham Poi 3 u « Kcs . ~ Tho inquest on the

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      - the spot that way the the terin , - of prowho of in " The tbat the - % THE RICH mok os this kctobb The Qoeen ' s Festivi —The Qaren gave a ball on Friday evening last It was numerously brilliantly attended . suite of state saloons were opened , most brilliantly illuminated with magnifi cent lustres of cut g filled with wax fights chandeliers and candela bra ; the two ball-rooms exceeding the other apart ments in splendour brilliancy , each of these rooms containing numer ous gold branches , with _wai-lights round the sides in addition to several lar cut glass lustres . Choice erotics aad plants , of tbe greatest rarity

      exlate - his was had was out - is th , were ar _ranged in the recesses the different saloons . The Queen wore avery magnifi cent dress of blue gauze over blue 6 ilk and tulle trimmed with rojespana chees ; white and pink dia monds were inserted in the roses , and tbe dress was also ornamented with bril liants , Herhead dress was formed ofa wreath of roses similar to those on the dress , aud also ornamented with diamonds . At five minutes before ten the Queen opened the ball with Prince Ge orge . Prince Al bert and the Duchess Sutherland were the oppo site couple . Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar was also in the quadrille . U p wards of one thousand visi tors were present . After dancing had been continued for some time in the ball room , it was commenced in

      the throne room . Befresb . ments were served in the green drawiu _g room . The supper was served _so"n after twelve in the state dining room . Tbe range of tables displayed a gorgeous assemblage of gold plate , and in the centre of the end of the apartment was abuffet , also filled with articles of gold plate , ofa rarer aad _clioicer kind . Alone the tobies were massive centre pieces , candelabra vases wine coolers , and _epergnes . To relieve tho mass of magnificence , at certain distances along the table * w re placed the most beaatifal flowering plants iu gold vases . The appearance of these bright flowers among the mass of gold plate had a most charming effect . On the buffet surrounding the centre shield were ranged vases cups , chalices , tankard s , aud salvers iu pro . fusion , some of them glittering with precious stone 3 , others enriched with exquisite carvings . Wax lights were skilfully interspersed on the buffet . Amidst this most superb collection , in which ths genius of the artist and the utmost skill oi

      the workman were concentrated iu a mattrial the most beautiful and valuable , were placed two simple water-lilies , in reduced copies of the Warwick vase in _guld , with an eff-ct which it is very difficult , if not impossible , to describe . Her Majesty and Prince Albert , the Duchess of Kent , the Duke and Duch . ess of Cambridge , Prinee George , and the Prince of _leiningen , returned to the ball room after supper , and dancing was resumed . They afttrwards passed the picture gallery to the second ball room ( the throne room ) , where quadrilles , waltzes , and polkas were danced , and where the august party remained until a quarter before two o ' clock , the quadrille band playing the "National Authem on the departure of H « Majesty . _Kes Majesty will give a second state ball on the 10 th proximo , and a grand concert oa the 26 th

      instant . Heb _Majestt , Prince AIbert , the Duchess of Kent , tbe Duchess of Cambridge , Princess Mary , and the Prince of Leiningen , honoured the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday night with their presence . A Gkand Ball . — Sir Richard Sutton gave a grand ball on Tuesday evening ; the preparations for which were upon a scale of liberality and magnificence rarely equalled . The whole interior of tbe mansion was thrown open for the reception of visitors , in addition to which an enormous pavilion , sixty feet long by forty feet wide , was erected over the court-yard or garden as a ball reom . Beyond this was a second pavilion , devoted to the ser . vice of refreshments , and a corridor , upwards of one hundred feet in length , extended from the court-yard gates to the entrance ball of the mansion . The whole of these temporary erections were fitted up in the most tasteful manner , with scar _, let and white drapery , _regardless of expense , the wallB hung with mirrors , and every recess abounding with a rich display of the choicest exotics . _Atjoiie i o ' clock a supper , centaining the richest delicacies , both in and out of season , was served in tbe banqueting _, room ; after which dancing was renewed and kept up until an advanced hour next morning .

      AMAGHlEiCKHT REUNION —Lord and Lady Comber _, mere had a reunion , tbe most brilliant of the season , on Monday evening last . The whole of the superb saloons of the family mansion , including a new banqueting room recently erected oa the ground floor , were thrown open for the reception of company . The guests began to arrive abonthalf . _past ten o ' clock , and , until after midnight , the carriages continued to set down in rapid _suce ' _easion . At one o ' _clock a most recherche supper was served to . the _gutsts ; after which , dancing was renewed with great spirit , and kept up until after _day-hreajc .

      AND THE POOR . ties state . and The - lass and - - and - , _^ e AND OH THU 1 On the opposite column iri have narrated a few , and but a very few , instances of the _etcessive waste and splendour of the court and aristocracy , that bare trans _, pired during this week . We must point , amongst those omitted , to a sumptuous banquet given by the Archbishop of Canterbury , another by Lord John Russell , and another by Lord and Lady Palmerston . We would remind the render of the Derby day , and the glories of Epsom , for which even parliament was ad . journed—and wa would warn the rich against

      - of - , - - - , - of - - - - so nicked a course , whioh must draw down , if not tbe * ' visitation of © . d , " at least the wrath of tbe people . They are feasting while millions are famish _, ing of starvation ; tbeyare dancing , while they have murdered one million of unburied dead . As the former are but a tew ran ** . _> lom instances of the multifarious splendour _. so tbe latter are but a type of the countless cases ef misery during the current week . ' , * In the parish of _Kilfrlass this week , the skeleton bodies of seven wretches were found inside a _be- ' ge . The do » s of the surround _, ing Tillages had the flesh almost eaten off . Tho police stationed in the place were called out and shot seven dogs , in the mouth of which was a beam and a PORTION or THE LITE _*!"Ahtion .

      C & _HIBCIVEEN . —In this _district the greatest _destitution prevails—wretched creatutes dropping down in the streets , - their re * mains exposed for days , and often interred without the least covering , save only their mother earth , and two or three inches is con . sidcred sufficient . I wit . ncssed a most heart-rend . ing scene on last Monday , which occurred in one of tbe neighbouring churchyards ofthi 3 town . A few days ago the body of one of those poor people , whose death was brought on from actual starvation , was found over the _snrfaea of the earth , and torn up by a _doz , which was found feeding on his putrid remains . —Daily News . Milltown . —Large number .- * of our famishing poor c (

      _assembled in this town several da-, s this week , with what is called a flag of distress , but went off in a peaceable manner . Fever is still on the increase here . Several creatures are found lyias : ia the same bed together , which must give accelerated intensity to the spread of this dreadful malady , particularly when no exertion hag been made to procure an hospital for those children of affliction . ' Tralee Chronic e . Manchesteb . — A poor woman , on Tuesday last , want into the shop of Mr Moore , baker , Ancoats-8 treet , to purchase a 41 b . loaf . - On putting down a shilling in payment , she remarked . " That , Sir , is the last shilling I have in the world , but when this loaf is eaten , I will come again and take a loaf , whether I have money or not , and then I shall be sure to be sent to the New Bailey ! . '" adding , " you know , Sir , I Have been a regular _custo . m « r for many years , but there is not one of onr fa . niily tbat is in work , nor any prospect of being so . " — Times .

      In Ireland nnmberliBS families ore now living on seaweed . —Local Papers . Cobk . —( Extract » f a letler . )—We are in a most deplorable state in this city , no business of any kind doing ; nothing bat poor laws , starvation , aHd fever . It would make your blood run cold to see the poor people dying in every direotion about the streets ; the workhouses , four fever hospitals , and all the infirmaries are full ; sheds are beinc built to try to shelter the sick and dying . —Chro- day the duly folk tiful but rain joy

      nicle . AT TB _* S _MlDDLtBBX . SESSIONS , Mary Howard , a decent-looking middle-aged woman , was indicted for stfaliiiga blanket from her ready-furnished lodgings . She said she was _induoed to _pledge the article after having fasted for upwards of two days . She called several witnesses , who gave her an _excellent character . At No . 10 , Nichols-street ,. _Bethnal-green , the case ofa poor man named Cooper has been made public whom the clergyman , called in to visit him , fonnd not only labouring under extreme physical fufferiug _. but in a state of wretchedness and destitution . The only persons in attendance upoa him were one of his daughters , a helpless idiot , who was squatting down by the side of the bed , and a poor woman living in the house _,, who , _thoughherselflagrest _distress , had neglected hei own family to afford them all the service inher ponrtr . No assistance whatever had been furnished by the parish . Rowland , the warrant-officer , bad found the old ii an apparently . very near his end , and his _daughter lying by the side of hii bed , both of them on the brink of death from utter destitution .

      From the country fearfkl accounts are continually arriving—the people are driven into violence by hunger , and they are maltreated for taking food . Death _raou Si _aktation . —In Manchester a man was found lying insensible in the streets . He revived sufficiently to tell the policemnn that he lived in Lever-street . He was taken to tlie Infirmary , where he died the following night . An inquest was held and a verdict given , ' That the deceased died from an attack of apoplexy , brought on by the want of _cemmsn necessaries , and by expo . mum to the cold , _"—AfttA . _clicsler _Gumdien . " hav to jury w the and t his his t a th

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      Westminster Mental Improvement Debating Socibty and _LiDRARY . —This society held a publio meeting in the theatre el the Temperance Hall , Broadway , for the discussion of the political works of Thomas Paine , on Saturday evening , May 15 . At half-past eight Mr Cathie was called to the chair , and Mr Bowler to tbe vice-chair . The discussion was resumed by Mr Cathie , who _thought the American colonists might have been justified in revolting _ascainst a foreign oppressor , and so far as Paine ' a Common Sense and the Crisis excited this , they possessed merit ; but ho could not think that the French , people were equally justified in rebelling against a domestic monarch . An immensity of blood was shed in that conflict , which was more or less to be

      attributed to the writings of Thomas Paine . He thought republics mere liable to commotions than monarchies . —Mr Trumblo followed in a very able speech , show * ing the numerous and sanguinary battles engaged in by _monarchs , and tbat , too , for matters of no earthly consequence to the people . —Mr M'Sweeney said , perhaps it might be deemed a novelty for an Irishman to stand up and advocate republicanism . ( Cheers . ) Monarchy was opposed to freedom—it w & b the freedom of the individual opposed to that of the millions . ( Loud cheers ) He thought the advocates of lib ? rty would do wisely to disseminate the principles of Thomas Paine , and as they became known so would freedom extend . ( Great applause . ) —Mr Bowler said monarchy had been referred to as

      being preferable to democracy , but the prophet Samuel had told the children of Israel in ancient times , that the consequence of choosing a king would be that the monarch would take their sons and daughters and make slaves of them . He _appealed to them , had not this prophecy been literally verified ? ( Loud cheers . ) Those writings which they had met to-night to discuss had been most grossly villified and scandalously traduced . But the truth was that monarchical principles had inundated the world with blood ; witness the wars with France , Spain , Portugal , America , China , die , dec . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed the writings of that great man , Thomas ' Paine , were exceedingly well calculated to cause those who read them to become wiser and better men .

      ( Cheers . ) Mr Broome most lucidly showed the in _« estimable advantages that Thomas Paine had conferred on America by his "Common Sonse" and *' Crisis . "—Mr StaUwood said Paine was by no 1 means responsible for the blond shed in the first ; ; French Revolution . The difference between repnb- ¦ lies and monarchies resolved itself into this , the first t governed by the minds of the people , the latter by t brute force . He thought no reasonable mind could I dispute the superiority of the former , when they re- < collected that hereditary descent not unfrequently f inflicted on the people as rulers madmen , fanatics , 1 , infants , fools , and sanguinary despots , whilst _repub- u , licanism left the choice of president with the people . 1 ., ( Loud cheers . ) Mr StaUwood next proceeded to show _jt * the great advantage of tho little pamphlet "First it ; Principles of Government ; '' the great utility of > R ' " The Decline and Fall of the English System of jff

      Finance ; " of '' Agrarian Justice . " All these were res the works of Thomas Paine , and could be obtained _; dl at a trifling cost . ( Loud cheers . ) He cordially lyr thanked the Temperance body for throwing open . * ni their Hall for such an elevating discussion , _andidl trusted the example would be followed . ( _LoudidJ cheers . )—Mr Walford rose to reply , and said Mr to Cathie had charged Paine with writing for popularity , ; y , ' _, but with whom did he seek to become popular ? cer- _ir « tainly not with monarchs or courts . Well , as he ha gained not the patronage of courts or lordly smiles , _js ; _, surely Mr Cathie would not object to Paine ' _sbe-je * coming popular with the people . ( Cheers . ) MrMii Walford quoted many excellent passages from _theihti works cf this admirable writer , and concluded amid 9 td 93 warm applause . The discussion was now closed , _andmdi it was announced that Mr Cathie would open thetlii following question at half-past eight precisely , on odi Saturday ( this evening ) , May 22 : " The p _hysicalicas differences between the human races as applicable _^! - to slavery . "

      PoLTTEcnNic—A series of lectures on _Chcmistryjtti nro being delivered at this excellent institution , bj It F . H . Holmes , Esq . The usefulness of the sul'ject , ect ! and the permanent interest attached to lectures ols 11 this description , need no laboured _eulogium at oui out hands to direct the attention of the publio , and espftspo cially that of our agricultural readers . At the _firslfhr lecture , Mr Holmes very cleverly _developod th < til manner in which the different salts of potassium am an lime were taken from the soil ; pointing out those upoupoi which the mechanical structure was essentially de- dd pendent . It will be sufficient for us to refer to thi thi highly important course of lectures . The Grand Duke of Constantino of Russia ha _\ ha ; arrived at Berlin from Weimar , on his way to _EngEnn land . The negroes of Antigua have subscribed tbe sub aiii of £ 141 for the relief , of the distressed Irish .

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      ] PL' ] e ! e av lat Bo fur ov _< sea for _alrj pai ah ANWOin . 3 of Liootnino . —Fall op thb Rutherts _& t oment . — Advanced as the season now is , ' _Mo » ommotion has been common for more than iealfe , the whole south of Scotland ; and so _fc- * _o-w _iay ] ast ( a thunder storm , in crossing the _sSu-jh . ui near Gatehouse , struck the Rutherand-hi ent wi _^ 8 uch violence that it toppled Monum basement , and is now a mass of ruins , from its ji 8 _jj eSr it was a noble column , in the ¦ _redon-i _lelisk , which beautifully beseemed its of an ' . ol 1 , and was seen from great distances , 9 _potttioi the English side of the Solway , over _jularly-pn 0 f the coast of Cumberland . : e _sections

      7 rie sta < va dai hm in _aif SOI str scr tal wai „„ ' DUNDEH . . —About two months ago a little ter-Iad Shbb , Deen discovered to be in a rabid log having j neCeSsary to kill Uim , but this _ltwasloun before he had done considerable ot efttctedi ! e are gia _^ to learn to none of the ge , though * " * - fc appears he had gone into a park n species .- I , T wethers were being fed upon turlchabnutiort . bit other six , five of which were killed _one-and | _, at they were immediately de-¦ e rely _imur-edSt : tj , had only received a slight id . As tiie » sn hinder legs , it was allowed to _sh on one of the _t Yery 8 ij 0 r (; time the wound its chance .- In * up > and to all appearance the healed

      ani _lio-SOI we lea all inl eifa ra < ab las mt wa ompletely _-orsefor it . A few days ago , ril was _noneHhecvt on g 0 _; ng _jnt 0 the park with rer , the shepherd , was surprised to observe the hay for _his-fidckj - _^ the others most furiously , _ir referred : to chasi x \& overtake , and exhibiting ig on such as he cm dness . In the words of our e _symptojBs of _rabi e dog as well as could peswant , he actedth r aniraai not 0 i the canine _bedoneby-anyothe' ' _mal continued to do for Ihisthe poor- aaa as first observed , and at fc two hours-after , it : » _haustion , foaming at the iy down from _sheers the barking of a dog . It b , and even _imitating hen destroyed , .

      ati sei psi OV ( po ; or ya shi _stt Br ( C no dr tin ke 38 nisi he Earl op Fife . —An tempt on the Lips oh * h j 8 lordship ' s life by a ipt has 1 bsen made upon 0 nd , who was on the -f ? - A ? m ot flam , ?? i 'e man was ultimately of being discharged . TJ , er the d _^ ge 0 f the owered , _^ removed und ipiiy Bustainod little j . His lordship has . hi » i _personal'injury . _. ., « ° ™) oa from the _buiiding Bt week there was launched ' Co ., the eminent of Messrs . Robert Steele and 0 f the four new builders of this towu , one < ae Clyde , for the _icrs that were to be buil & _init t packet Company _ih and North American ; Steaa , \ _j 8 x , 826 tons _ard ' sline . ) This _noble-tosbi 0 or three hunrneasurement , and is about tm , splendid fleet tons larger than any _othor-initi The length of belong to the same company-. 2 adth of beam and fore rake is 251 feat , and ; _dd . et .

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      ne tei as in of shi wc Tl th su loman history _cibn-5 Prodigies . — No reader- oE 1 of what were be told of the frequent recurrence land setdown jdprodigies , andwhich . wereacceptK ne or success ) gnosticatiii !! some sudden mistortui < appearance ns . Both Livy and Pliny mention tit in the air , to suns , views of armies fighting 1 ill of which era of milk , blood stoma , frogs , d $ o , ; i calamity _, considered as predicting some dire n fatal to progress of science , however , has bee have two 1 alleged prodigies . More than eace _ed to be been observed . in England ; and proi _haDosi . n _ 11 _ 1 _ i i _« J i .... ' _ . r the clouds

      on tic fir to Be th mi wl to stt wc ra : h _uaased by being placed m sua v __ _> r is to reflect the image of that luminar . known fighting armies , < fco ; , seen in the air , are Aurora by the name of Northern lights , er . dfrom ilis ; showers of stones , ashes , & c ,, _reaulte -, . t peration of a volcanic eruption at a distant ' t ' , by some quality in the air giving the wa _.,, „ _¦{ ish colour ; and those of blood _hrve been pi r „ " onlv the red _svwts left upon the earth , 0 . . _„ _, is , by the butte * flies , which hatch in hot or sto . „/ ber .. Her ein , indeed , has science been a _dei enemy to _yncienf _prodigies and superstitions '" es Journal ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22051847/page/6/