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      Hb & ltii or London during the Week . —The mortality of London , which rose , in its weekly sum , considerably above 900 at the end of October , when a sudden fall of temperature was experienced , has again declined , but only to a small extent , during the succeeding period , in which the thermometer , as regards the mean value of its indications , has nearly recovered its former , position . In the last three weeks the deaths have been successively 9 i 5 , 921 , and 90 S . Taking the ten weeks of 1840-49 , - which correspond to that ending last Saturday , the average number was 991 ; and if this be increased in the ratio of probable increase of . population . It Incomes 10 S 1 compared with which the 90 S deaths

      , registered last week show a decrease of 173 . In the present return consumption is fatal m l * o cases , which is rather below the corrected average ; more than 100 of these occurred amongst Persons between 15 years of age and 60 . From ailI other affections of the respiratory organs exclusive of hooping-cough , ) the deaths amount to 148 which IS tinder W average ; but it will be observed that though pneumonia , which carries off principally Toun * persons , is now less severe than usual , bronchitis ' which is spread more equally amongall ages , is fatal to rather more than its ordinary amount at this season . Amongst contagious diseases smallpox was fatal in 13 cases , of which two occurred to men above 20 ; and this disease has lately shown a

      tendency to increase . There died also 24 children of measles , and 27 of hooping-cough : 35 children and 4 adults died of scarlatina ; 22 persons of diarr-Icea and dysentery ; but no case of cholera was regi stered in the week . Typhus now predominates in this class of diseases ; and it was fatal last week to 55 persons , A death from low fever in Johnitreet , Tottenham-court-road , is directly ascribed by tha medical attendant to deficiency of sewerage ; and a ilagrant example of d'sease and death arising from the neglect of cleanliness within doors , and the want of sanitary arrangements without , occurs in . Warwick-place , lloxton , and is . recorded by the registrar of the district . Within the last fortnight , no fewer than 9 persons labouring under typhus

      lave been brought to St . Luke ' s workhouse from Warwick-place . In this place is a small court , consisting of dirty houses , which are ill provided with windows , and almost without drainage , whilst the inhabitants have the greatest difficulty in getting the refuse removed by the contractor . It is found In several instances that households have lost two or more of their inmates by epidemics . In Hoxton Old Town , the wife ,-the son , and the daughter of a publican , alldiedot scarletfever within a week , the first two on the same day . In Wellington-street , Whiteehapel , the two sons of a sawyer died from a malignant form of the same disease , one on the 10 th the other on the 14 th of Xovember . In St . John ' sroad , Battersea , on the 4 th and 7 th of 2 Jov ., the two

      children of a tailor died from measles and hoopingcough , terminating in one casein hydrocephalus , in the other in remittent fever . Also in Harper-place , St . George ' s-in-the-East , the two sons of a sawyer died of measles within four days , whilst " another child ( says the registrar ) is not expected to live . " In a house in Broad-street , St . Giles , five persons lave been attacked by scarlet fever , and in two cases with fatal results . A case of destitution and low fever in a female , who was ultimately taken to the workhouse , was registered in Westminster . The deaths of two women are ascribed to intemperance . A woman died in Greenwich at tho advanced age of 100 years , of paralysis : and another at the zee of 101 in Limehouse . The births of 7 S 7

      hoys and 794 girls , in all 1 . 5 S 1 children , were registered during the week . The main reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was above 30 inches on Sunday , Thursday , and Friday . The mean of the week was 30 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 46 degrees 2 minutes , which is rather more than the average of the same week in seven years . On Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , it was from G degrees to 8 degrees above the average of these days . On the next three days the mean temperature was only about 39 degrees , and was 4 degrees and 5 degrees below the average ; but on Saturday it again rose to 48 degrees , which is 5 degrees above it . The wind was for the most part in the south-west ; but

      in the middle of the week it blew from the north . The Latb Suspicious Death of a Ge . sti . emak is a Cab . —On Saturday last Police-sergeant Parkes , accompanied by Mr . W . Alexander , of Hungerford , waited upon Mr . H . M . Wakley , the coroner , and informed him that Mr . Alexander identified the body of the gentleman who was found dead in a cab under suspicious circumstances , and upon which he ( Mr . Wakley ) had held an inquest , as that of Mr . Symes , lately practising as a surgeon in Hungerford . Mr . Alexander stated that deceased accompanied him to London on the 9 th instant , and that he left deceased in apparently the best possible spirits , and quite sober , in U gent ' s-circus , on the evening of the same day . He heard no more of deceased until he read in

      the public journals the account of bis mysterious death . The coroner instantly gave an order for deceased ' s body to be given to his family , deceased ' s friends promising to attend any further inquiry that might be made respecting the circumstances of Mr . Symes ' s death . Death frost Starvation . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at the King ' s Arms , Limehouse , on the body of Mary Freeman . The deceased was unmarried , and supported herself by slopwork . For eight weeks before her death her earnings amounted only to Is . 9 d ., as she was too much exhausted to be able to work constantly , A surgeon who examined the body after death found so much emaciation that he said theprocess of starvation must have been going on for a twelvemonth . The verdict was " natural death caused by want . "

      Fire is Pgrtmak Chapsi ,. —On Monday morning , shortly after midnight , a fire was discovered to lave broken out in the splendid episcopal structure known as Portman Chapel , situate in Baker-street , Porlman-square . The chapel was heated in the usual way , for the performance of divine service the previous day , and afcer the congregation bad dispersed in the evening , the place was apparently perfectly safe , it was . however , found out that the heat of the furnace had set tire to some of the joistings and flooring

      in the furnace-room , on the grouad-fl > or , and the flames were quickly spreading when the fire-engines of the parish and London Brigade attended . The firemen at once set to work , and , by taking up the flags in that part of the building , they were enabled to reach the exact seat of the fire ; but they were unable to get the flames extinguished until some of the joistings and flooring were destroyed in the furnace-room , and a quantity of wine in bottles damaged in the cellar under the chapel , by breakage and hasty removal .

      Extexsive Fire ik Bebmoxdset . —On Saturday morning last , shortly before four o ' clock , the inhabitants of the above parish arid of Rotherhithe were aroused from their slumbers by the outbreak of a most destructive fire . The fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . Eason , tanners , leather dressers , & c „ situate in what is termed the Grange-road , Bermondsey . Theproperty belonging to the firm was of vast extent , and comprised several erections , such as stores for bark , tan-pits , dryingiouses , warehouses , and leather stores , whilst the steam engine house and grinding mills stood about the middle of the buildings . Various other premises used in the same line of business abutted upon those in which the disaster began . It appears that

      Sergeant Moore , M division , had his attention directed to that portion of the works nearest Thorney-lane , by seeing an unusual body of smoke issuing from the several apertures in the building . In less than ten minutes , however , the flames made most frightful progress , for the engine house and a spacious warehouse before that period became completely encircled in fire . The police and neighbours exerted themselves in saving the horses and as much of the stock as they could lay their hands on . Although they were instrumental in saving the animals and some dozen hides of leather , the destructive dement speedily seized upon a . building , about 120 leet long , formed principally of timber , and containog about 400 loads of oak-bark , valued at £ 15 a

      oad , consequently this place alone contained £ 6 , 000 worth of goods . Several engines were soon on the spot , and as soon as possible were set to work , but notwithstanding the torrents of water incessantly scattered over the fire , it continued to travel rapidly on all aides , and by six o ' clock the outer boards of many of the buildings having been consumed , nothing was left standing except the stock therein and the more substantial timber beams . These continuing to blaze away , had the appearance of some grand pyrotechnic display , -whilst the greater portion of London was brilliantly illuminated by the glare . The engines were kept in constant operation , but not the least impression could be made on the main body of fire . The whole of tho

      building in which the many tons of bark were deposited was nearly consumed by seven o ' clock , when the immense heap of bark appeared like a mountain of fire , and the various shades of tho flame had a very grand . appearance . The firemen , by nine o ' clock , although they had not succeeded in getting flames extinguished , had managed to stop their further extension . The damage done must be very serious ; as far as can at present be seen , the engine house is destroyed , the bark stores and the barn are consumed , the leather warehouse is nearly gutted , and sundry smaller erections are seriously injured . Two other tanners , whose premises adjoined those

      OH fire have also received great damage—one laving a long range of buildings gutted , and the other having a warehouse filled with bark partially destroyed . The orig in of the disaster is enveloped jn obscurity . The official report of the damages de-Zribes thllosa o f property on Messrs Eason s presses as follows :-Two large bark . sto rey , leather warehouse , mills , workshops , drying houses , beam anTengbe honse ' OOnfllimeS . ., 1 % ^™** the Atlas for £ i , W 0 , building m County fov fd , oQ 0 , and stock of leather for £ 5 , 000 in Sun . ¦ Warehouse wedasaworlcshopbyMr . Carpenter , hither dresser , burned down . End of barn belonging (\ £ *?** * n «

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      Co ., considerably damaged . Mr . Hacker , tanner ; premises slightly damaged . Mr . Hooper , tanner ; part of premises slightly damaged-insured . Messrs Eason's loss will far exceed the amount of insurance effected upon their premises . In addition to their heavy stock of bark , there were not fewer than 3 , 000 butts of leather , of the value of £ 2 each butt , in the warehouse , besides a numerous stock of skins undergoing process of tanning ; forming a loss of from £ 20 , 000 to £ 25 , 000 . Poor Rates in Clkrkenwell . —On Saturday last upwards of 400 summonses were issued from Clerkenwell Court against different householders of that parish for arrears of poor rate , which has latterly increased to 2 s . 6 d . in the pound , causing much discontent and ill-feeling—as it cannot be accounted for by them , either through an increase of pauperism , or a better supply of provisions to the unfortunate poor , and a great resistance is consequently promised to the increased . impost .

      ExTRAonniNARY good Fortone . —The following remarkable incident , illustrative of the caprice of fortune , occurred on Saturday last , at Gloucesterplace , Kentish-town . A distraint had been levied on the premises by the landlord , for arrears of rent , to the amount of £ 80 , for which sum the whole of the household furniture had been condensed , and placed in two vans , preparatory to removal , with the exception of a chest of drawers , of antique appearance , which had been left to the last from mere accident , when , on looking into one of the drawers , a small paper parcel was discovered , which , on being opened was found to contain no less a sum than 114 old guineas , of the reign of George III . It is hardly necessary to add that the claim waa soon discharged ,

      and the furniture returned to its former position . Appalling Destitution—On Monday Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Three Compasses , St . Sepulchre , on Thomas Black , a coal porter , aged thirty-eight . The jury were horror stricken at the appalling spectacle which the body , reduced to a skeleton , and the denuded hovel in 9 , College-court , where it lay , presented . Some of the jury were sickened hy the dreadful sight . —Mary Black , the widow , who was the very personification of want , with a skeleton infant , seven months old , in her emaciated arms , deposed that for the last three months her husband had been confined to his bed by illness , and that during that period deceased , herself , two children , and her sister-in-law were supported by

      pledging their furniture and their clothing . Ore of her children lately died , she believed , from want . ( Here witness burst into tears . ) Last Monday her husband rose from his sick bed , and walked to and from Berkhampstead , a distance of thirty miles , in search of work , but got none . He returned home on Tuesday exhausted , and complained of cramps in his legs and in every part of his body . On Wednesday his pains were horrid , and constantly he called for drink . Witness had nothing to give him but weak coffee , which he could not drink . He repeatedly exclaimed "I'll die ! I'll die ! " ( Witness was again interrupted by her tears . ) He soon afterwards became insensible , and Mr . Clark , surgeon , was sent

      for , who instantly attended , but deceased died in a quarter of an hour afcer the gentleman ' s attendance . When he died she had neither a farthing nor a farthing ' s worth in the world , until a good neighbour gave her two shillings . She had no resource for herself and her infant unless in the workhouse , but her infant ( witness wept bitterly ) would not trouble the world long . —Mr . Clarke gave it as his opinion that deceased died of a disease of the heart , and that his death was accelerated by his great exertions in walking on Monday . —Severaljurors gave it as their opinion ( in which the worthy coroner concurred ] that deceased died of starvation . Verdict , " Natural death . "

      Narrow Escape of Mr . Justice Erle . —On Wednesday morning , shortly before ten , as Mr . Justice Erie was riding on horseback to the Court of Queen ' sBench , ahorsc and cab , without a driver , came up at a furious pace from the direction of the Old Palace-yard , and when opposite Canning ' s statue , in New Palace-ya « -d , was capsized ; the driver of another cab in attempting to stop the horse having unfortunately fallen under the wheel . The horse upon which the learned judge was riding became restive , and plunged about in the . most furious manner . Its rider endeavoured to control it to the utmost of his strength , but the horse plunged so violently that the learned jndge was in imminent danger of being thrown off . At length several nersons took hold of

      the horse , and the learned judge was relieved from his perilous position . The cabman who attempted to stop the cab horse , was greatly , but not dangerously injured in the head , and other parts of his person . The Plate xsd Jewel Robbert in the Strand . —On Wednesday the prisoners were again' placed at the bar , before Mr . Henry , at Bow-street , for re-examination . —Mr . Thomas Verner , of ± , Great Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , brassfounder and pewterer , said that he knew the prisoners Shaw , Badeock , and Clinton as being acquainted , and he had frequently seen them together . —Mr . John Clinton , of 56 , Brunswick-street , Blackfriars-road , silver-plate polisher , said that the prisoner Clinton was his son , and he knew Shaw and Badeock as

      being acquainted with him . The prisoner Badeock repeatedly called at his house to see his son , but Shaw never did . "Witness had occasion to call at Shaw ' s house for his son having heard that he was in the habit of harbouring him at late hours . Witness once inquired where he could see his son , and being informed by Badeock at the house of Shaw , he accompanied him there , and having knocked at the door , Shaw opened it , and denied that his son was inside . Witness told him it was very improper on his part to harbour his son at late hours , ( the prisoner Badeock being present ) , upon which he said he was not in the habit of being spoken to in such a manner , and put himself in a fighting attitude , but his eldest son interfered . Witness said

      he did not come there to fight , but merely wanted a plain answer to his question , and on the prisoner repeating that his son was not in the house , ho came away , although he was given to understand that the prisoner had not told the truth . About a fortni ght before the robbery Shaw came to his house , and not knowing who he was he told him so , upon which he said , " Tou have been to my house , and I have called to see if Charley is here , as I want to know if there are any complaints against him . " Witness replied , for being out late at night , but witness did not think it worth while to ask him what he meant by complaints , as he did not like the man . —The prisoner Kelly was then discharged , and the others were remanded .

      Cardinal Wiseman . —On Saturday last , at the conclusion of the ordinary business of the court at the Guildhall , a gentleman appeared before Alderman Challis to ask his advice relative to a point of general interest at the present time . He wished to know whether the late innovation by the Pope of Home upon the rights of the Sovereign of this country rendered his emissaries , or those executing his commands , liable to any penalty . He held in his hand an act of Parliament passed in 1816 ( 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , chap 59 j ) wherein it repealed certain acts io enforce pains and penalties upon persons for holding religious opinions contrary to the forms of the established church . One of the clauses , however , though it took away the penalty for " bringing

      in and putting in execution of bulls , writings , or instruments , and other superstitious thing * from the See of Rome , " enacted tbat the same should be considered an offence against the law . Under this act , was the conduct of Cardinal Wiseman in carrying out the instruction of the Pope , an offence punishable by a common information before a magistrate ?—Alderman Challis said that the act alluded to by the person before him certainly took away the penalties instituted by the I 3 th of Elizabeth , cap 52 ; but , at the same time any one might , he thought , constitute himself a prosecutor , and indict Dr . Wiseman ( or any one else acting in a similar manner to forward the views of his Holiness ) before any justice of the peace of the district in which the offence was committed . He had no doubt that a little imprisonment would do the Cardinal good , but he would not like to send him there . However , he anticipated there would be no necessity to take such a step , as he understood that the Cardinal bad already received notice to quit London in forty-eight hours .

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      Sudden Death at the Pbnhurst Station . — On the 15 lhinst . Mr . Constable , a master painter , residing at Penhurst , expired suddenly ' in the booking-office of the South Western Railway Station at that place , under the following circumstances : —¦ Mr . Constable was approaching the Railway Station , with the intention of- proceeding to London , and when within a short distance , seeing the train was at the station , he began to run , hoping to be in lime . On entering the booking-ofiice , however , he staggered into the arms of tho station-master , faintly asked for a glass of water , and instantly expired . Dr . Ballard was sent for , and hastened to the Station , but his services were unfortunately too late to be of any avail .

      Post-office Defalcation . — Wobcestek . —A second case of this kind has just been discovered in the Worcester Post-office , the delinquent being the chief clerk , Mr . Price , who it appears is in good circumstances and has money in a local bank , besides an inheritance in prospect * . It appears that for some time the accused party has been in the habit of appropriating tqhis own use part of the monies received for the payment of Post-office orders , ' & c . which it was his duty to hand over to thePostmaster , Mr . Harding . When charged with the delinquency he at first confessed his guilt . The . extentof the defalcation is upwards of £ 50 . Price has abscondeu , but the deficiency has been paid to Mr . Harding by a . friend of Price ' s from funds ' of his WoSer " * Fwley Md C 0 '' 8 Bank afc

      * , V J M D 0 DDER 8 HAIL .-Afte .. ftMOpnndland carefu l inquiry , at Winslow , John Collins , late occupier of the . farmiVat Dodderahall , the property of fj . G . W . Pigott , Esq ., Assistant Poor Law commissioner , which was burned oh the 30 th

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      of October ^ charged with having ; wilfully " and maliciously set fire to a barn on the said premises , and thereby , caused the . destruction , of , buildings , ricks , and corn , was fully , committed to Aylesbury gaol for trial . "" ... . Lvcendiart Fire . —A destructive fire , supposed to be the act of an incendiary , took place on Saturday last , on the premises " of Mr .-fj . II . Osborne , Scottoir Common , Biitterwick , Yorkshire ., At the time above mentioned flames were seen issuing from the stack yard , containing five wheat stacks , one of barley , and two of straw . Assistance being procured , it was discovered that one of the straw stacks had been ; set fire to on the wind aide , and in a few moments the whole was enveloped inflames . The

      barn adjoining the yard , in which were fifty quarters of good old wheat , stood in a very precarious position , and , water being scarce , it was expected every moment to become a , prey to the flames . The greatest exertions , however , were used , and happily with success ; but so narrow was its escape that the barn door and window frames were burnt almost into charcoal . The valuable stacks were entirely consumed ; It is stated that two men of suspicious appearance were seen lurking about the premises just before the fire broke out , and a cottage not far distant was : robbed during the raging of the fire . Theproperty was insured . A man was taken into custody by Mr . Cheney , on suspicion , and placed in Kirtongaol .

      The Frimlbv Murder . —An appeal to the public on behalf of Mrs Holiest , widow of the late vicar of Frimley , has just been made by some friends of that lady , and is deserving of every , consideration . In addition to the sudden and violent bereavement she sustained , the widow of Mr . Holiest has been left in very narrow circumstances , and a committee has been formed by the neighbouring clergy and gentry to receive the subscriptions of those who may be disposed to contribute to the alleviation of a case of suffering which has excited universal sympathy .

      Death op Mr . Raphael , M . P . for St . Albahs . —We have to record the demise of this gentleman , who expired on the 17 th inst . at Surbitonplace , Surrey , aged seventy-five . Aft-. Raphael was a whig in politics , and was returned for St . Albans at the last general election by a large majority . By religion he was a Catholic , and was a munificent supporter to the Romish church ; to . whose ministers within the last few years he , it is said , presented for building purposes the sum of £ 100 , 000 . The deceased was very wealthy . Mr . Raphael was the only

      Roman Catholic M . P ., save Mr . Moore , of Mayo , who opposed' the Jewish claims . Some years since he was returned for the county of Carlow , in conjunction with the late Mr . Vigors , but was unseated on petition . The alleged misappropriation of tho sum of £ 2 , 000 by the late Mr . O'Connell , in connexion with the return , gave rise to a protracted inquiry . The deceased was of Armenian extraction . He possessed property in Sussex , Surrey ) and other English counties , and was the builder of the new town Surbiton , on the South Western

      Railway . Burglary , and Arson . —A diabolical case of burglary and arson by which the lives of several individuals were placed in extreme danger , was perpetrated early on Sunday morning on the premises of Mr . George Vail , hairdresser , ; in Manningtree , Essex . It appears that shortly after 1 o ' clock the inmates were awoke from a dense mass of suffocation , and upon their examining into the cause discovered that the house was on fire . The inhabitants having been alarmed they assisted the inmates in effecting their escape , though not without very great difficulty , the fire having get a tolerable hold of the lower part of the premises . The prompt exertions of those assembled had the effect of preventing the complete destruction of the premises , they sustained , however ,

      a vast amount of damage , and nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed . After the fire was subdued , an examination of the interior convinced the police that the place had been wilfully set on fire by some thieves , who had effected an entrance in a manner that clearly showed they were experienced burglars . Boring several holes with a centre-bit in a back dosr enabled them to unfasten the lock and remove an iron bar placed on hooks on either door post . They ransacked the place , and possessing themselves with a sum of money , several watches , and some jewellery , set fire to the lower rooms and then decamped . As may be supposed , the outrage has caused the greatest excitement throughout this portion of the county . As yet no clue can be obtained of the perpetrators .

      The Herbalist Ststbm of Medicine . — An inquiry was opened on Saturday last at the Brownlow- ; arms , Dalston , into the cause of death of Thomas Bidwell , aged thirty-one , a toothbrush manufacturer , of Brownlow-street . About four months ago the deceased was attacked with a pulmonary complaint . At first he had regular medical advice , hut he was induced to consult Dr . Coffin , " herbalist . " of Dukes-place , Lincolns-inn , who gave him a mixture and pills composed chiefly of Cayenne pepper . The deceaseddied on Monday , and a medical witness deposed that the remedies administered by the herbalist had accelerated death . The inquest was adjourned for an examination of the body .

      Manchester . —Another colliery explosion took place in this neighbourhood on Friday morning the loth inst ., but the loss of life , happily , was not so great as often attends these shocking calamities . Two men were killed on the spot by it , however , and two other lives will probably have to be added to the list ere the sacrifice is complete , The colliery is one at Singing Clough , near Stone Cloush , six or seven miles from Manchester , and belongs to Messrs . Knowles and Stott . The shaft is about 103 yards ' deep , and the vein of coal , which is about six feet thick , has been worked to the east about sixty yards , from whence a level is carried at right angles towards the north for 130 yards , and then runs off for forty yards again to the east ; and it was at the extreme point of this level where the explosion occurred .

      There were sixteen colliers in the pit , and these had descended between five and six o ' clock in the morning . At the bottom they met the overlooker , who had examined the workings to try the air , and reported all of them free from danger except the furthest point of the level . In this he said the air was foul , and directed that no one should begin to work there . Yet at half-past six to seven in the morning a young man , named Peter Tonse , declared his intention to go there for a tub of " slack " ( small coal ) and persisted in doing so , despite all remonstrance from the other workmen . His two "butties" ( or fellow workmen belonging to his sane or comnanv ) went

      with him . Their names are John Stone and John Lever , and so incautious were they that although provided with safety lamps they went with a naked candle . On reaching the far end of the bay , Stone is said to have " flashed " the light up to see if there was any danger ; and in an instant there -was an explosion like the discharge of a piece of artillery . Lever was in the direct way of the current , which the explosion of course followed , and his life was sacrificed in an instant , as would . those of a hundred persons had they been in the same direction . The top of the poor fellow ' s skull was blown off , and his brains were scattered about . Tonge was suffocated with the smoke and : foulness of the air which

      succeeded the explosion . Stone is fearfully scorched with the flash of the explosion , though the fire lasted but for a very short period , and his life is in great danger . The other workmen , with one exception , were all in bays ( or " ends , '' as the colliers call them , ) off the main level or driftway , and the ventilation of the mine being good , the flash of light , on the ignition of the gas , was carried past them , and they received no injury . The exception was a youth named Hudson , who was in the waggon-way at the time , towards the bottom of the shaft , and though a hundred yards or so from the point where the explosion commenced , he was struck by the fire and very badly burned . His father was in the bay adjoining that where the explosion occurred , and rushed

      to the rescue of the poor fellow , or he would have been suffocated . The ventilation of the pit was such as to enable persons to be sent in within an hour of the occurrence , and the other colliers were rescued , and the dead bodies of Tonge and Lever brought out of the mine before nine o ' clock . Tonge leaves a widow and two _ children ; Lever was a single man . Stone has a wife and four children for whom he will not be able to provide for some months , should he ever recover . Notice has been forwarded to the Secretary of State . so that Mr . Tremenheere , - the inspector of collieries , may have an opportunity of being present at the inquest ; but unless a State of discipline be enforced in mines of this description

      wnich shall render it impossible for imprudent or obstinate colliers to place the lives of their fellow workmen in peril , the appointment of this officer , so long looked forward to , and received with so much satisfaction by the public , promises to be of little avail . It would seem to be desirable that in every mine either the colliers should be compelled to work constantly with safety lamps ( and not merely have them in readiness to be used when they think there is danger , as in this case , ) or that there should be an overlooker constantly in the workings not merely to examine and report on the safety of different portions Of the mine , but with legal power to enforce a proper discipline among the workmen by causing them to observe his directions .

      Destruction or Cockermouth Church by Fire . —The ancient and beautiful church at Cockermouth , Cumberland , was destroyed b y fire on the loth inst . The fire must have broken out about two o ' clock in the morning ; an individual , who passed by about half-past one o ' clock , states that the church was then safe . A policeman , however , named Chapman , observed flames issuing from the edifice soon afterwards , and he gave an instant alarm . The whole town was soon in' commotion , and the utmost activity was displayed in endeavouring to put a stop to the progress of the fire . Only one engine , however , was available , and there being but a' small supply of water every exertion was useless , and of this beautiful church scarcely anything is left but a heap of ruins . Everyone gave as , much assistance as possible , and ' we believe that most of the church books and valuable records e preserved . It is , however ,

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      melancholy to state / thai the valuable . paintings in the church , which were so much admired , were , destroyed . The Rev . Edward Fawcett , M . A . , the . present curate of theiohurchi ' b ' as held theh > ing ; a great many years . The occurrence has been a . very severe blow , to him , and ; indeed , the whole town participates , in the re ; K rct caused by the destruction of an edifice built centuries ago , and containing « b mkny . beauliful speci . ' mens of art ! It was one of the finest churches in the kingdom . It id at present supposed , that thefire was caused b y some pipes which have just been laid in . the Chancel to warm it through the . winter . ' „ ' ; .. . The Doddinghurst Murder . —The subscription set on foot aShort time since / by a few charitabkViudividuals for the benefit of the . aged parents of Jael

      Denny , who was so cruelly murdered last month at Doddinghurst , has been aided during the past week b y a timely donation of four sovereigns enclosed in an anonymous registered letter , addressed to Mr . Hammond , the overseer of Doddinghurst ; at the postoffice , Brentwood . Several subscriptions have been received by the same gentleman , and in the event of a sufficient sum being raised , it is intended to invest it so as to secure a few shillings weekly to . the aged . couple . ¦ ..... . > Elopement Extraordinary . —The inhabitants of the town of Bury have been thrown into a state of unusual excitement , in consequence of a medical gentleman , of extensive practice in his profession , and of considerable . literary attainments , having suddenly disappeared from tho town and

      neighbourhood . Various conjectures were . entertained and expressed relative to the cause of his unexpected absence ; some attributing it to his having business in London , others to the indulgence of a capricious whim , while others were suspicious that circum ? stances of a more serious character would shortly be disclosed . The latter opinion proved to be the most correct , for in a short time the Rev . Mr . Boll , Wesleyan minister in the Southport circuit , received the distressing intelligence that his daughter , who was governess in , a respectable ' seminary in the neig hbourhood of Southport , had suddenly taken her departure without giving previous notice of her intentions ; and as a gentleman had been observed in tho neighbourhood of the establishment

      whose conduct had excited puspicion , there was reason to fear that an elopement had taken place . A combination of circumstances proved that the suspicion was not without foundation ; for the family of the medical gentleman , consisting , of a wife and four children , wore soon made sensible that the husband' and father bad sacrificed "borne and its relations" by seducing the daughter of a Wesleyan minister , with whom the family had been for some years on terms of intimacy . During a period of two months previous to the gentleman ' s departure this lady had been enjoying the bracing air of one of the watering-places in the northern division of Lancashire , and on her return home she bad the mortification to find that her husband had

      on that very morning taken his departure for London , having previously disposed of his cattle , Ac , as a means of increasing the amount of money in his possession . In London the gentleman , whose name is Thomas Hatton Wardleworth , sold his professional practice to Mr . Fletcher , surgeon , and gave him instructions to go immediately to Bury and take possession . Mr . Wardleworth is known as an author , and as one of the . proprietors of the Bury Observer , a monthly magazine , having an extensive circulation in the locality . Several articles from his pen have recently appeared , entitled , " Home and its Relations ; by a Medical Man . " A Jeremy Djddi . br in Newcastle . —A man of rather uentlemanl y appearance presented himself

      at Wallace ' s Hotel , Nelson-street , a few days ago , under the following circumstances . Ho said he had taken a berth on board . the Hamburg steamer , and had deposited his luggage on board , but not returning in time , the boat started off and left him behind , without either money or clothes , or anything but his violin , which he had in his pocket , Wallace ' s would seem to be " Apollo ' s house in town , " for here he presently met with several musicians , who , commiserating the fate , of a brother minstrel , and wishful withal to maintain . the character of their town , which had thus tempted him into the unluck y enterprise , at once laid their services at his command . No one dared to breathe a suspicion against him . for tho suavity of his , manners , his

      plausible story , and , above all , the ability which he displayed on his instrument , disarmed suspicion ; or at least prevented it from even whispering a word against him . After a " collection , " to satisfy his immediate necessities , a raffle of his violin was resolved upon . Being put up in lots , it realised for him about < £ ? , and ,, by a stroke of fortune or policy , the owner was the winner himself . A concert was then resolved upon , some twenty or thirty instrumentalists agreeing to give their services gratuitously . Thus replenished ,, he left for Edinburgh and Glasgow , at tho latter of which places he met with Mr . Augustus Braham , son of the celebrated tenor , to whom he made a liberal offer , and with whom he made an engagement . The first concert

      in the Music-hall was so well attended that ho , resolved upon another , and a second was accordingly given on Friday night last . He had . on his return from Glasgow borrowed a violin—a fine old instrument , valued at £ 50 , and a family relic besidesfrom a gentleman of the legal profession in the town , to whom he had been introduced . After the second concert ho ordered supper for himself and his friends , at his hotel , and while it was being prepared , he went out in company with his legal friend , to return the violin , protesting against the latter carrying it himself , when he proposed to do so . The lawyer had seen the violin deposited in the case , and on reaching home it was handed to him with a thousand thanks . Vandeleur , however , pretended

      to have forgot the key of the concert room , and said he would return and bring it immediately . He never returned , however , either to supper with his musical friends , or with the lawyer ' s key ! The former , becoming impatient for supper , and also for a settlement of accounts , began to look about for him , but in vain ; becoming suspicious of his absence he broke open the case , and found to his chagrin that it contained an instrument worth a few shillings . Tho telegraphs were called into requisition for the evening mail-trains , which had just started—the- police were p laced on the look-out , but all without effect . It is conjectured that he must have started by one of the steamers on the

      following morning , and , which were unfortunately omitted in the first notices . It is to be hoped , however , ' that the search , which is not relaxed , will yet bring the scoundrel to justice . ' It is said that he has got about £ 70 , besides the violin , for ho has not paid either his hotel charges ^ tho concert room , Mr . Braham , or tho other musicians . After his exit , a portion of a letter was found at ' his lodgings , in which he upbraids his friends for addressing him Russell instead of Vandeleur , and states that- " all is going on swimmingly . " We need hot hint our conviction that it will be some time before another trick of the kind is successfully played upon our musical friends . —Newcastle Guardian ,

      Committal of an Incendiary . —After a prolonged and careful inquiry before P . Dauncey , Esq ., and the Rev . Mark Kerr , at Winslow , John Collins , late occupier of the farm at Doddershall , theproperty of G . G . W . Pigott , Esq ., Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , which was burned on the 30 th of October , charged with having wilfully and maliciously set fire to a barn on . the said premises , and thereby caused the destruction of buildings , ricks , and corn was fully committed to Aylesbury gaol for trial . A dozen witnesses were examined ; their evidence was circumstantial . The Agent of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company proved that the accused had made a fraudulent demand on him . Bail was refused . The prisoner will be tried at the assizes .

      Vert Sudden Death . —Charles Howard Sidebotham , Esq ., formerly a cotton-sp inner at Ashtonunder-Lyne , but latterly an agriculturist , Hying upon his own estate at Ashley , in Cheshire , experienced an awfull y sudden death at Manchester , on Monday . The annual fair commenced on Monday , called the Salford Dirt Fair , and Mr . Sidebotham came to the fair with a view to buying stock . He earoe as far as Old Trafford by the London and North Western Company ' s Altrincham branch , and took a cab to Salford early in the morning . In Bridge-street , Manchester , he mot Mr . Isaac Ficton , of Broughton , a gentleman of acknowledged judgment in the quality of cattle , and telling that gentleman ho was going tolas ( Mr . Picton ' s ) house , they went there together . He appeared to be in his usual health , but it appears his family surgeon had

      supplied him with some medicine for a slight cold , and whilst at Mr , Picton ' s house he took a phial from his pocket and swallowed a dose . Shortly afterwards he and Mr . Pioton went out , and wore conversing with a third party in Great Clowesstreet , when he suddenly sunk down upon the footpath . Mr . Picton assisted to raise him ; and Mr . Sidebotham said " I had no idea I was falling ; " but before a chair could bo obtained for him ho fell from the grasp of his friends and instantly expired —An inquest was hold before Mr . Butter , tho county coroner , tho same evening , when ifc was stated by a surgeon who had boon called in to view the body that death had arisen from disease Of tllO heart , and tho jury accordingly found a vordiot of "Death from natural causes . "—Mr . Siilobothain was about sixty years of ago .

      Incendiarism neaii Gainsborough . —Wo rcrotto state that a spirit of incendiarism has shown itself within these few days in a part of tho countrv where it . was novor known previously to ovist Two fires , by both of which tho cautWa of stackyards were destroyed , took place last week at v 1-lages within a tow miles of Gainsborough , and on Sunday n . ght several stacks woro oonsumo . l in a yard at Morton , w . h , n a mile 0 f that tOWU . Subpicon falls wo holieyo i ,,, pn tramps , who infest that part of hoqoun ry in ' i-roat numbers , an , c on-Strtt ^ a 1 Inwlwoowliloh - muM much alarm wherever tllO 1 | OU 803 WlllOll tt \ 0 V nppronch are nqt well garrisoned , rBAUDULRN . T Emhj mviON OmoH--A rospootablydvoaaed young ma ... oal | 0 , | ^ j ^ n Tl , yl r ; of guoffield , was brought before tlio Sheffield bench ' under

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      the Jollowrng toirdumstahces : r-Mr . IRayhbr stated that the prisoner was the occupier of a place , No . 80 , Norfolk-street ; . and ' -purported to : be an . agent for an emigration : society ; whichdield'out to working'men the prospect of high wages . rHe . read the following , placard ! : —" V . R . ^ Emigration ., Deeds not words ; Low wages is : the ruin off a nation . Wanted , for railway and factory iwork , at Sisterville , in : America , ; masons , bricklayers , . joiners , wheelwrights ,. mechanics , ; smiths ; engineers , and labourers , of sober and industrious habits . .. They will be bound for five years to serve ; their employers . : V 7 ageS : for tradesmen , 8 a . id . per . day ; la . bourers , Ss . SJd ; perday in British coin , to be paid weekly . " Hours-of labour from seven a . m . ; to six

      p . m . The passage , with provisions from Liver , pool to the works , will be paid by the employers . The number . being limited , applications . must be registered before the 12 th of November , when the passport note will bo issued . Tho vessel sails about the 28 th of . December next ., Emigrants to pay a deposit of 5 s . to ' ensure their agreement which is returned when they arrive oh board ship —they not fulfilling that ' agreement it isforfeited . Applications to beniade'to Janies Mackie ; agent ; 80 , Norfolk-street ; 'Sheffield . N . B . ' No communication with any other emigration office . "—in consequence of this advertisement , added Mr . Raynor , great numbers of persons , - as many as 300 or 400 he believed , bad communicated with the prisoner ,

      and had paid 6 a . aa a deposit . - Some of them nao since written to Tapscott and Co ,, the American agents at Liverpool , with whom the prisoner represented himself to be' in connection , and answers bad been received disavowing any connection with the prisoner or the " Sister ville" scheme . 'These persons had made application to him , ( Mr . Raynor , ) and he had had the prisoner apprehended . The prisoner said that if the matter ' was' looked over , he would dose the office and pay back the money . James Mackie " was a person with whom he became acquainted in Manchester , and-at his instance he came over' to Sheffield to establish an advertising sheet , but it was unsuccessful . He was then appointed his agent for this scheme . The prisoner was" remanded .

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      Legal Recognition of , the Irish , Roman Catholic HiEBABcriT . —In the Dublin Cemeteries Act , 9 th and 10 th Vict ., which' received the Royal Assent on the 7 th of August , 1846 , the'following important clause appears , most distinctly recognising the spiritual jurisdiction of the present Roman CatholicArchbishop ' of Dublin and his successors in the diocese :-7 " And be it enacted , that his Grace , Daniel Murray ^ Archbishop , and his successor ^ exercising the / same spiritual jurisdiction as he now exercises in the diocese of Dublin as an . Archbishop , may , from time to time , appoint , at the desire of

      the said governing body , a clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church , to officiate as a chaplain in any such burial ground , and such chaplain shall be licensed by and subject to the jurisdiction of the said Archbishop ; and the said Archbishop shall have power to revoke any such license , and to . remove , such chaplain for any cause which shall appear to the said Archbishop as canonical . "' The 53 rd section of the' same Act directs that the Act shall be deemed and taken to be-a public Act , and shall be judicially taken notice of as such . The Dublin Cemeteries Bill , promoted by the Roman Catholic Burial Ground Committee , in this City , had been some time before a Select Committee on Private Bills , and ultimately received the Royal Assent on the 7 th of August , 1846 ,

      Paupers i . v the Workhouses . —As the winter advances paupers are returning to the workhouses . An increase was to be expected att his season , on account of the decrease of agricultural labour , but generally the numbers seeking admission ' are less than usual at this period of the year ; and , altogether , there is a very decided diminution in the workhouses as compared with the famine years , whilst oul-door relief is . wholly abandoned , unless in a few of the more distressed and pauperised unions ; Re-Adjustmest of Rents . —Amongst the reductions last announced is one by the Commissioners of Woods and Forrests , who have made ah abatement of twenty per tent , in the rents of the Crown tenants at Charlemont .

      Decrease of Agrarian Crime , —The King ' s County Chronicle states that , from all parts of that county there are most gratif y ing accounts of the restoration of tranquillity ; and it is added , that many of the bad characters who have been connected with the outrages have fled . Incendiarism in Londonderry . —Tho Londonderry Standard says : — " We ' are sorry to learn that the spirit of incendiarism is daily growing worse in the neighbourhood of Dervock , as other burnings have taken p lace since we last published . " Important Proceedings in the Encumbered Court . —Six estates , fee-simple and leasehold , were offered for sale on Friday before Baron Richards and Commissioners Longfield and Hargreaye ; and during the proceedings , when adjournments were

      applied for on the ground of inadequate value , the commissioners announced their determination to sell when anything like the fair value was offered ; at the same time deprecating frequent adjournments as most pernicious in their tendency as regards the practical working of the commission . Within the week ending on the 14 th inst . thirty-three petitions for tho sale of estates were lodged in tho Encumbered Court , making the entire number 1 , 307 . The English Church Movement , —The letter of Lord John Russell still forms the leading topic in the Irish newspapers . The Nation of Saturday last says : — " Let us see this manhikin minister who last year asked ; the Legislature for diplomatic relations with . Rome , and last month

      endeavoured to force the appointments of visitors to the government college ' s on Catholic archbishops and bishop ' s in virtue of their office , coming down to St . Stephen ' s with a bill to interdict or limit the ecclesiastical liberty ' of-Catholics by a hair ' s breadth . Maugre the threats , ' we fear no revival of penal laws in these days . : Surely there is a deeper meaning ,, and a more cunning policy under this sudden change of temper , than stares us on its surface . It is ihe first sign . of . a contest between the Catholic Church and the English State , of which none among us shall live to ! see the finale . And we need not hesitate to say , we rejoice it is . Since Irish bishops learned to figure in Castle levees , and some Irish priests have taught loyalty to England ,

      the hopes of the people in the cause of Irelandwere beginning to lose their unity and strength . And , God knows , there is no Catholic who should not rejoice , on religious grounds , that his Church once more stands at arm s length with its oldest and most insidious enemy . Let it have and hold its independence . But , _ as we live , this step of Russell ' s has a deeper meaning , and a more insidious purpose still . Clearly it waa intended as a replication to the Synodical Address , rather than as a reprimand to the English Catholics , whom the ministers have no object in outraging . But we are sure it was also levelled at the League of the Irish peonle . Wo feel that it was aimed to disturb the Union of the North and South , that Union which England has

      always regarded as the most formidable phenomenon in Irish politics , and which has as vital a meaning to-day as it had at Dungannon . Any means to turn the Irish movement into an interne - cine war of sects would be worth a ten years' lease of office to the Whigs . " Attempt at Assassination nv a Woman . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains the following extraordinary statement : — "A young woman named Dwyer , sister of William Dwyer , who was tran . sported for sheep stealing at Thurles Quarter Sessions , wcRt on the 8 th inst . to the house of the principal witness on the trial , and on meeting him pulled a pistol out of her breast and fired . The shot fortunately only sliehtly crazed the arm of tha

      amazon s intended victim , and she effected her escape . Search was made at her house by thoTemplemoro police , on hearing of the outrage , but she had taken to tho hills , and though a vigilan t search was instituted , she succeeded in eluding all attempts to arrest her . On the 11 th , however , Sub-Inspector Nolan rode out to her brother ' s farm , and was fortunate enough to find the object of his search asleep ( having , been out all ni ght ) and unarmed . She was taken prisoner , and in the course of the day was placed m the Bridewell of Templemore . Her brother was a comfortable farmer , and herself was the , affianced bride of a young man in the neighbourhood to whom she was shortly to bo married , her brother giving her a dowry of £ 100 . "

      County of Limkrick ELKcnoN .-The Tenant League have appointed a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Lalor , Lucas , Duffy , and Fuller , to make an agitation throughout the county of Limerick , with the view of ' securing tho return of a candidate favourable to tho principles of the League . Reprmen tation of DuNGAnvAN . ~ Mr . J . F . Maguiro , proprietor of tho Cork Examiner , is now engaged in a canvas of the electors ; and it is stated that tho result leaves no doubt of -his success . ItK-AbJusTMENT op Rknts . — Tho differences that have prevailed between tho Marquis of Waterford and his tenantry , in the county of Londonderry , aro in a fair train of amicable arrangement , the noble marquis , who justly enjoys tho reputation of

      a judicious and humane landlord , having undertaken to make personal inquiries in each individual ohso , Captain Butler ,, or Broomville , county of Carlow , has made a reduction to the extent of twenty-flvo per cent . The Carlow Sentinel , in reference to this case , says that tho tenants are now enabled to resume their industrial pursuits with increased energy , and they contemplate growins : flax in the spring . fn order to avail themselves of the local market about to be opened . ' . . AnOUTiON OR m LpuD-LlUUirEMAKcv .-. Meeilngs aro 1 ) ingheldmthe . several . wards of the . city . of vILrSy , ° agamst the abolition ° f : th « RE-BBTABLISnMBaT OF THE ROMAN OaTHOIJC

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      jHisttAnCtrV . —The Ro d man Catholic clergy ijf - th jarchdiooese of Dublin assembled on Monday ' therequibitioh ' ofItheV diooesan 1 ; , ! f 6 r the piirnoso of " presenting ah address 'to ' 'the Roman Catholica of England / congratulating them on the restoration of the hierarchy . Archbishop Murray' presided and more than 200 , clergymen : attended'the ineetinjy which was held in'the preabjtery of the metropo litari ' chu rch ; Marlborough-street : '¦'•'¦; ¦¦ ¦;¦ ' Abolition op ' the Vicekoyalty . —The grand jury of the city of Dublin have by an unanimous resolu . tioh ; denounced the projected abolition of the Viceroyalty as part of the policy df centralisation , pro . motive of absenteeism , and as most injurious to the city of Dublin . A committee was'then appointed to prepare an address to the Queen . . ¦

      ! The Repbai , Association . —The usual weekl y meeting of the associatibh was held at Conciliation Hall oh Monday last , Alderman Morari presiding . The chairman handed in his Own subscription of SV'Mr . John O'Connell : That' isI handed in as Russell money . ( Loud cheers . ) The honourable gentleman then read a letter from Belfast ? enclosing £ 2 , which the writer ' desighated " Russell " money . Some other subscriptions were handed in , after which Mr . J . O'Connell proceeded with the speech of the day , in which he recommended the people of Ireland to call upon their representatives , and demand that they shall he prepared and ready to resist the !

      government in any attemp t at persecution , ' ( Loud cheers . ) "Why not , before parliament assembles ) have a raeetingjn Dublin of Irish members to express their sentiments On the sub . ject ? ( Hear , hear . ) It would'be for the liberal Protestants to say . whether they would assist tha Catholics in vindicating their civil and religious liberties . But the Irish members should be called upon to meet in" Dublin before the session of parliament , to determine upon a plan of action , and to express their sentiments relative to resisting tho government if it attempted to re-enact persecuting laws . The rent for the week , £ 17 , was announced amidst loud cheers .

      The Suicide. Of Mr. Pennington. On Satur...

      THE SUICIDE . OF MR . PENNINGTON . On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held an inquest afc the . Brown Bear , Knightsbridge , on the body of George James Pennington , Esq , recently auditor of the Civil List . - '¦•* Mb . P . Hood , surgeon , of 15 , George-street , Portman-square , examined ; I have known deceased for many years . The body the jury have just seen in the next room was his , I do not know his age , ( Sir F . Thesiger : Fifty-six tho 23 rd of January next . ) He was the auditor of the Civil List formerly—a few days before his death . He was also a barrister :- I have attended him professionally . ' Ho was seized with an attack of paralysis on the 8 th of August last , - which left him both mentally and

      bodily in a state of great prostration . He recovered partially from the paralysis , but his mind remained much weaker than it was before . After he had recovered in some measure from the effects of tho disease , I advised him to go down into the country ; and he went to the Isle of Wight first , and then to Brighton . After he had been there a week he came back , unexpectedly , and called on me . This was about a month ago . He told me he had come up from Bri ghton on account of the agonising feelings he had the day before , which caused him to contemplate suicide .: He said he felt something that was impelling him to throw himself over the cliff , and that it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself from doing so . He also said he

      felt sure that if he had had a pistol within his reach he should have blown his brains out . I calmed him as well as I could , and told him that bis bodily health was much deranged , and that I would prescribe to restore him , and . again advised a sojourn in the country . He went again to Brighton , When he returned , about a fortnight ago , I saw him . He did not complain of having any return of those feelings I mentioned ; but on Thursday week last , more papers were _ brought to him than usual b y one of the clerks . : I think I ought to have stated that I recommended him to go back to the Trea * sury , as I thought it would do him good , provided he did not do too much work . He did go back to the Treasury , and was there for a few days . He

      was so frightened at the sight of the papers I have alluded to , that he ran down to the Treasury and resigned his situation to Sir Charles Trevelyan , He told him this on Friday week , and he told me he felt unable to undertake any more calculations , and that he had , in consequence , resigned . He appeared then very nervous , and seemed to me to regret having done it . I have no doubt that his mind was much weakened , and that he never recovered from cbe effects of paralysis , which left his mind in a very weak state . I have no doubt he was labouring under affection of the mind . I continued to see him after that . He continued very much the same , viz ., desponding . I saw him last Wednesday . I did not think it was necessary to place him under

      restraint , because he was perfectly master of his actions , and struggled as much as man could do against the depression of his mind . I am decidedly of opinion that he was labouring under disease of the brain , and very extensive disease of the heart also . A person labouring under such disease would be likely to commit self-destruction . He never talked to me on the subject , except upon his return from Brighton the first time . Sir F . Thesiger , - who appeared deeply affected , deposed : I was intimately acquainted wit h deceased for upwards of twenty years . . lie did not practise as a barrister , and was on the civil list of the Treasury . Few persons-were better acquainted with him than I . He had a cultivated mind , and a

      partionlarly cheerful disposition , and he was one who bore the events of life with great calmness , and he was the last man in the world to commit suicide if he were in a : right state of mind . The attack of paralysis was the cause of the postponement of a marriage in his family ; About this time I left England , and on my return I saw a marked change in him . He scarcely recognised me when I visited him : and instead of his receiving me in his usual affectionate way , he said nothing to me more than merely answering my questions ; This was about the 14 th or 15 th of August last . Oh his return from Brighton I called on him , and found him miieh improved , but he was not the man he was before . It was evident his mind had received a shock , from

      which it had not entirely recovered , though , it appeared much . better . The last time I sawihimI had no conversation with him that could be called conversation . I understood he intended to resign his situation at the Treasury , and I recommended him not to take that step until he had consulted Drs . Watson and Latham , his physicians . When I heard of his resignation 1 called on him , and went into his library ,. He did not seem to notice mo , and was engaged in putting bills on afilo .. He went out of the room , and came back again and asked mo to assist him in filing the papers , which I did ; but seeing that he was not inclined for conversation I left him , and was then satisfied his mind was not in a sound state . I do not know that I have anything more to add .

      Mr . H . Waddinoton examined : I am Under Secretary of State for the Home Department . I have known deceased most intimately for twenty-five years . We were most intimate friends . I saw him the day after the attack of which you have heard . He was much in the same state as that described by Sir Frederick Thesiger . He did not know me at all . He afterwards improved graduall y , though he was scarcely in possession of his faculties .: He first went to Richmond and made some improvement there , but his intellect seemed to me broken down , and I did not expect he woujd ever recover . He then went to Brighton , and on his return came to me at the Home Office , and he did not seem to me so well as before . He appeared to be labouring

      under disease of the brain . He would speak coherently for a time , and then lose the thread of his discourse . Ho then went to tho Treasury on his usual business , though I was sure he would fail in transacting ; it . The next day he seemed better , and went through the business of it , What I consider most remarkable was that ho never told , me he intended to resign . He never called on mo , and I never saw him since . His mind was gone , and if he had not died in the way he has done , he would , in my op inion , have had another attack of paralysis . The character g iven of him by Sir F . Thnaiirw in correct . Ho was in happy circumstances as regarded the world and his own family ., Mr W . Collins , of 14 , Westbourne-grove , said

      that on Thursday evening last , about half-past four o ' clock , after leaving the buildings in the park , he was walking nearly opposite the entrance of the late Lady Blessington ' s , He saw in that direction a flash , and heard the report of fire arms . Advancing towards tho spot he saw a policeman running towards it , and when witness came up he saw a man ( deceased ) lying under' a small fir-tree . He had a wound in the head which witness saw at once was fatal . Witness took a double-barrel pistol from tho hands of the policeman , and took the cap off the left nipple and put the hammer down , because the left barrel was not discharged , ., The : Other barrel had been recently discharged . Deceased appeared perfectly insensible , and , with tho exception of opening his mouth two or three times after the

      lapse of as many minutes , gave no signs oi lite . Other witnesses bavins been examined , the jury returned a verdict , " That deceased destroyed his own life whilst in an unsound sta £ e of mind . " . Mr , Pennington was tho only son of the late Dr . Charles Pennington , of Nottingham , and a nephew of the lato Mr . Pennington , of London , who ., practised for many years as a surgeon , and amassed a largo property . He chose the bar ' as his profession , and was for a time a member of the Midland Circuit . He was afterwards appointed one of the judges in the Ionian Islands , where ,, hef , resided several years . Shortl y after , his R eturn tothll country he was appointed to the important and lucrative office of Auditor , of the CivilList . He married the eldest daughter of the ' . ' . late , Thomas JekyI llawBon ( formerly of Ashbourne , Dorbyihire ) , H whom he had two sons and three daughters .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23111850/page/6/