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      -Grimes Iarjoffences. •"' Dabixg Highway...

      -GRIMES iarjOFFENCES . •"' Dabixg Highway Bobbery at Haymire . —On Saturday nigfit last , as Mr . Arnold , jun ., o » the Parsonage "Bam , Havering , was on his return home from London , « htn near home , as he was passing the first bridge near Cheese-. Cross Farm , two men came tip , and catching him under the chin , " garrotted' * hira , and then violently threw bim down backwards . Another of the gang then fell on him , and , after knocking him ahnnt with a bludgenn till he wassensfltts , cut off his breeches pockets in which were two sovereigns and two piunds in silver , and some other articles , which tbey took away and made off down a lane . Mr . Arnold , before the third man kno ^ fd h < i down , fought desperately with the two men who ca-rottel Mm . Attempted Murder of a . Won n by hkr

      Husbakb . —Birmingham , Monday . —Last evening , about * ix o ' clock , a man named John Mitehel , a jmn--r , living at Win Bar-green , near the new ga <»! , in th-s liorousb , shot his wife . He bad fceen drinking in a neighbouring publi : house , and left to go boms . Mttc ' n'l had not been away many minutes when the report of a gun was heaf ' d , and he presi-n-iy returned to the public house , saying , " I have done ii . " 0 » inquiry , it was ascertained that some dispute arose If . tween himself and hu wile , whereupon he took np a loaderi gun and shot her on one side uf the hpad and face . Su - gieal assistance was speeddy obtained , and the lusband , who gave himself up to tbe poll : ' ' , was conveyed to ih-Sandpit-station . The wotran , who is said to have been « i intetnpnrate habits , is dreadlnlly injured , and little hope is entertaine < i of her recovery .

      lKFAirnciDE in Islington —As a man was crossing a field ne ^ r Barnsbury Park , Isims'on . he found the dun id an infant lying in a d > ich . Dr . Adaras , who fxamimd the tody , declared that no ' -wit stan 'ins vs decomposed swe . lewas enabled to state that deceased was hern alive , and that , if not from violence , at least its deatb vas caused by neglect . "SOSPBCTED MT 33 DKB . 0 ? A SeW-B ^ RN ChU . O . —At an early hour on Monday mornin ( j 1 ari-markablyfiiie . groivn .,. mal .-child was found lying at the bottom of the Mill-poad-bridg * Nine Bins . Battereea ; in letting off the * ater , a bundle was discovered containing the body ofthe child and . a heavy piece of iron , which had hpen placed by the inhuman person tokee i the b-idv from discovery .

      Attempted Mujider by P » isoir at Newcastle . —0 Monday morning Henry Williamson , a briishmaker , was brought up at the Borough Pobce Co iri , iJewcastle-npon-3 yn ^ bsfere the sitting magistrate ( J . di « i Bulman , E q .. ) on the charge of adm nistering poison to his wife , with intent to murder fcer . From the evidence that was given it appears that the prisoner has been separated 'ram his wife for a sonsiderable time , and had teen twice bound over to Ijeep ths peace towards her , the second term * noi having yet expired . On Saturday morning he went to ber lodgings in Peppercorn-chare , and induced her to accompany liim to the Grey Horse Inu , where they bad a gill of ale . between them . In the afternoon he went to her again , and after drinking together and partaking of food , t ie woman became Unwell . When she complained of being ill , ber husband pulled from bis pocket a small bottle , and said , '' I bare got soraeibing here that will cure yonr stomach . " She

      replied , '' IS > , I will lake nothing out of abottle . frOni yon . " "Upon whxh be said , "I will not give you anything that would injure yon . " She then tasted the liquor , but finding it very disagreeable , refused ; to . take any . more . Her bus . band then said , " If you are-afraid , I will , take some myself . " The woman , after a little hesitation , tasted again , and was ( ben about ( o throw the bottle away , but ber husband se zed it oat of her band , and ran off . A friend of the woman s , who was lying in the room upon a sofa at the time , immediately suspected that poison bad been administered , and sent / or . a surgeon . On Mr . Rayne ' s arrival he found the woman vomiting , and at one perceived , from the odour , that she had taken laudanum . It jsaa with ihe greatest difficulty , that he could . keep ber awake for several hours , and if the most energetic , means had not been promptly resorted to she roast have died . The prisoner was apprehended by police-officer Craigie . on the following

      morning . . - " Suspected Ikfasticide . —On Saturday morning . last a man , named Stephen Cole , in the employ of Mr . Heath , Cowkfeper , Eburr-street , Pia . lico , found : ( he body ; of a remarkably fine female infant , carelessly wrapped ep in two piec ? s of dirty old brown paper , in one corner , of the -yard . This was about five o ' clock , and as it appeared to have not been lung left there , Cole immediately communicated with the police at Cottage-road station , where it was taken possession of and sent to Mount-street workhouse .

      Mysterious Tragedy . — -The head of a woman , supposed to be from forty to fifty years of age ,, was , on . Saturday taken from tie Giant's-basin of the . river Irwell , C ? rnbr o ' :. Manchester ,.-. tinder circumstances which lead to a suspicion of murder ., ' The head had been severed from the trunk by means of ., some sharp instrument , nearly the whole o ! the hair removed , and then thrust into a reticule basket , . and covered over with a piece of cotton print . There is a deep incision over one eye , but no fractures or bruises about tbe skull .

      - ExtensiveJSiibezzlement . —On Monday information was received that i'r . George Frederick Foden , the wellknown coal agent of Lancaster , bad gone off , taking with him £ 500 in cash , the money of tbe Earl of Crawford and Balcarres . At the instance of the noble ear ! , a warrant for bis apprehension has been placed in the hands of Superintendent Wright . It is thought he will try to emigrate to Australia or America . Robbery of f 1 , 600 , —On Monday information was received at the chief police station , Scotland-yard , that the confidential valet of Colonel Howard had absconded , stealing upwards of £ 1 , 600 from the colonel ' s residence at Brighton , chiefly in Bank of England notes . Immediately on receipt of the intelligence the principal officers of the detective police commenced operations for the capture of tbe delinquent .

      Attempted Mcrdek ijt Caiibeeweix . — Oa . Tuesday evening last , about nine o ' clock , a JHOSt fUliOUS and murderous attack was perpetrated in South-street , " Camberwell , which will probably sacrifice the life of the victim . At the time in question an elderly man . named Walter Fhrnn , a waiter at the Gardeners' Arms , was passing along Southstreet , when he was met by a man , named John Blakesley , who suddenly , making use of an oath , seized Phinn by the throat , and said , "I have been looking for you for . these last seven years . " He then struck him . a violent blow in f & e face , which ruptured the cartilage of . the nose , and twongbt Phiun to tbe ground . He wss ' tbeu violently kicked by his assailant ( who wore a pair of thick nailed shoes ) , by which several ribs were fractured . Pbinn then rose to hia

      feet , but was again knocked down , and ferociously kicked about his head and face , causing such dreadful contusions around his eyes as temporarily ( and it is feared permanently ) to deprive him of sight / The scalp of the head was dreadfully lacerated , and the skull severely fractured . S everal of theteetli were knocked out , both jawbones fractured , and various other injuries inflicted , so that the poor man was necessarily removed te Guy ' s Hospital , where he remains with very slight hopes of recovery . Prior to bis being taken to such instiiution , be w ^ attended and examined by Mr . John Swan Hawer , surgeon to tie P division of police , who

      declared him to bs iu a suite of very great danger . Bis life Would doubtless have been sacrificed bnt for the timely assistance of Sergeant Godfrey , 17 P and police constable Michael Dwyer , 135 P , who came up during the affray , and by takins Blakesley into custody , prevented his inflicting further injury . The reason alleged for this violent and murderous attack is , that an intproner intimacy had existed between Phinn and the wife of Blakesley . Phinn , however , declares that both Blake * ley and his wife were perfect strangers to him , and the wife also confirms this statement , and adds , that her husband ' s brutality and violence have cansed her no less then three miscarriage ' .

      Daai-vc Bokgiaby at ax ffoTEL . —Oa Wednesday information was received at the metropolitan police stations of a daring burglary bavin ? taken place at the Clarendon Hotel , Clarendon-road , Notting-bill . It appears that on Tuesday night last , about twelve o ' cloek , the thieves obtained an entrance to tha above house by catting away a portion of the sash of the back parlour window , and succeeded in carrying off a cheque for £ 150 oa ths Commercial Bank , soother cheque for 440 on the same bank , £ 16 is . inslUer , and 3 Jd . in copper . The depredators also abstracted a quantity of silver money , belonging to one of the servants .

      The Miaous Pirates.-Greafc Excitement Pr...

      The Miaous PiRATEs .-Greafc excitement prevailed at Valparaiso in consequence of tha arrival of the Varago ( her Britannic Majesty ' s steamer ) and Chilian briaof war . Meteor , accompanying the American schooner bark Florida « td BritisU brig EKz Comisb , with the revolutionists of the Magallan Straits . They all landed on the 24 th . Cambiaso , the murderous lead er , being heavily ironed , was conducted in a . frirfoefie ( cab ) , but looked very cool , and amused himself by twisting his moustache and nodding to any chance acquaintance in the crowd . There are 35 ( f in all , 189 of whom were tak

      nptotbe ligitioiate authorities . Captain Talbot , of the TJliz * Corniib . Mr . Cornish , passenger , and son of the Teasel ' s o * ner , Mr . Shaw , owner of the Florida , and eight others ( including one woman ) , were all shot in cool blood , without any apparent cause , but just to satisfy Cambiaso ' s eraWn ? for blood . As soon as the news reached Valparaiso ofthe massacre on board these vessels , a despatch was sent to Commodore M'Cauley , at Callao , then on bis way to Panama , who immediately returned to the former port with tne United States frigate Raritan . These vessels had been « ? 4 j ^ " ^ rebel tr 0 ° P from Val Paraiso to Jaonte Video . When the Virago passed through the Straits on her way from England to ihe Pacific . Cambiaso formed on shn of . * * » hy inviting the officers to a banquet PiUonSn er ? . SIvi"E them poisoned drinks , and sending of be colon v * V £ bo , rd « Fortunately , tbe apothecary tobeaparty to . n ^ ? J and cred ' * i positively refused beina shot aS !" 1 ! - '? affair . and the threat of Cambiaso and his 5 „;^ l shake h 'm- ^ « tbis « ceieris . , mons h » Te probably received their

      Accidents And Casualties..A Womak Kiixed...

      ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . . A Womak Kiixed py a Bow . —On Saturday esenlng Mrs . Mini a Ketidar , aged forty-four , the wife of Mr . Kendar , pianoforte-tuner , Richmond , expired in St . George ' s H' » -j » a ' , < rom hu « ff ^ cts of injuries recrived'by a ferocious build ' k , » h- prop » rty of Mr . Hitchcock , hutcher , Richmond . From what on be ascertained , it appears that Mrs . Kendar was ' assmgdown the street when the animal , which bapwned to te loose in a . yard , suddenly rushed out into tbe road , and knocking dFceascd down , trampled on her so savagely that , when taken up she was obliged to . be conned to the hospital , where every menus possible , were resorted to f-r ihe piirnosfl of saving her life , < JUt without avail , as she died on the 16 th inst .

      Mtstermus Affair .-At half-past fouro'dock , onMonday morn . rT , a man nanifd Bntlsr , a bargeman , living & t Tiv , » li Gardens , discb ^ red the body of a viry respectablydressed woman King ou the shore . iff Turner ' s timber-yard ,. neu Bi tersea bridge . The deceased is between . forty-flpe , and fifty years df ag ' c , and fivafaei hig h , has fair compUxwn , ! baz ^' -ves , verylirge fratures , rather masculine , and was ; dressedima bfack-stuff « isite , b » own : Cobur « gown , black , silk petticoat , hut had no gtayg , stockine !! , shoes , cap , orboniifit « . n . Tbe body wassubscqu-n ly idennfisdas that o / alady . « ho was laying at Mr . Gosling ' s , the Swan Inn , Batt »« ea ; that , t-aving retired to rest at ten o ' clniik on Sunday nig ' . t . n-iihing was seen of her after that lime , but . there . is . no . ' doubt ihatafterall tbe , household had gone to bed . she descended fr .. m her sleeping apartment , opp . ned ; the-hack door , ' and waked through-the teargardens , down ihe wooden steps , into ihp T smes .

      FhiGBTFoi . Accident . —A frightful , accident occufred at R »* -ns » .. u- » dale corn-mill , a . few days ago . JToung Mr . Anti'onyDiwsop , a notfd wrestler , was left alone by his fathfra ' t half-pa-1 nine o ' clicfc in ' the morning . TThilein theacJof p ' actog the belt , upon one of the . wbfels to . set more machinm ; to work , he was . caught by , tbe , | sle ,. wound 'ipiiy his cioihps , andcrushed in the most shocking manner . Some Mea raav ba foimed of the sufferings of Vhe unfortu at man and 'he aw ' ul prepare upon him , when we sta'C tha hi * bodv thu « entangled , stopped all thfe power itnd aohin-ry of the mill , and that be was held ip that painful poii ' on ui . wa'di of four hqurs . The accident . was hpt . dis-C'v red till eight pjjlock , " when the . sufferer was released . Twi Mirgepns ' wereiramediate / y in attendance , but could rende-i-im . no . assistance ,. and-he only ¦ lingered until one o'clock . He was quite . sensible all the time , and gave a full

      ai < - «« ir o ' 'hf . accirf ^ nt . . Death nr Dbownixc—On-Friday evening last a painful -xciit-men ! was Created at Osf ird bv the announcement that »» o youn » mon , named Arthur Moyser , shopman to Mr , E ans , and . George Pe r . t , shopman to Mr . Oliver , linendrap-rs , of tins city , had been drowned '\ n . ^ andford . Lftck , by the sinking of a boat in which they , . with three other companions , had been , to Nuneham . By the timely assistance which vw aff irded by several persons near the spot at ' the time of the accident three of the . party were rescued from . iheir . perilous situation ; but the . two above-named young ; m < = n perishi"d , notwithstanding every effurt was used o eff-ct rfsnsciiation by Mr . Ley , resident surgeon at tbe , Littlemore Aiylum , . and | iis assistant , Mr .. Hjcks . Purrptt ,. « ho . was twenty years . 6 ^ age ,. belonged to this city , and his ; father ,, wbowas . servant at T r inity College ,, died about ; Christmas last . . .. Moysey . was twenty-three yeaia old , and srastheson of . afarmpr liv-Jn" in D'vonshire .

      ^ . Fires And Loss Of Life. Extensive. F...

      ^ . FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE . Extensive . F . iEfc . in Piccawlly . —On Sunday morning , at a few iiiinutes before one o ' clock , a fire , involving the destruction of , at least two thousand pounds ' , worth . of property , broke ontin tbe extensive premises . belonging to Mr . J . . Hill , carno equipase and wholesale trunk-uinnufac * turer , situate at . Ko . . 313 ,.. Piccadilly . The flames originated from some unknown cause in the manufactory , behind thei dwelling-housp . nnd owin ? to the large quantity of stock in tbe place , the fire extended with more than usual rapidity ; so that in tbn . coarse of ave'y briefperiodthe flamesishot through the different windows and also from the roof , to the . danger , of ,. destroying every building near . After the arrival of the engines the firemen , were obliged for some minutes to leave tbe , main body , of fire , whilst they beat down the flames raging in , the * surrounding , bouses . The lalter having > e n accomplished , tbewhole force was then brought to ., bear , upon the . factory , and after some hours ' ftard working , the-flames were eventually extinguished .

      Destbbciion of . tub Rainbow Tavebn , Ratcwffk . —On Monday morning , ahout one , o ' clock , - the inhabitants of Que ^ n stwet ,. ItitclifF , fwere , painfully excited , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fearful fire in the premises occupied by Mr . W ; Werneking , licensed victualler , and propr ' ietor . of the Rainbow Tavern , situate at No . i , iii tbe .. before-mentioned street , , which-was attended with serious effects to pna of , tbo inmates ,, and almost fatal results to several other persons . Shortly after tho dis . cowry of tbe fire , the spirit vats had . bnrstby the action of tV flames , and on the liquors becoming jgnited , the fire rushed up the staircase with Such impetuosity as to cut off all means of escape by the regular way . the several residents-of the ? housev on attempting to gain ^ hestreet by tho staircase were driven back . again to the rooms by the

      fUrops , and there being no way of escape left than thajupper windows , the poor creatures . made their appearance at them ,: . and in a half-frantic-manner bewailed their impending , fete . Mr . ^ crockingThaying . fortunately . 8 UC :. ceeded in saining the street in safety , haobtained tbo assistance of an old ladder , and having placed it against pne of the windows , he was in the act of leading bis wife down when one ofthe ronnds gave way and she was thrown upon heriace . Fortunately ; she was not very seriously injured . Tho servant girl , however , who was in . the second floor back , on finding the Are approaching her room , in order to avoid . heme , burnt . to death , , jumped-out ofv window , and fell with a fearful , crash on the ground . The poor creature was picked up , and was found , to be so seriously injured that she was forthwith » obliged to . be removed to the hospital , where she at present remains in at state of-great

      suffering . A . man and a boy were also obliged to make a precipitate retreat from the first floor , and the lodgers were driven tosimilar expedients . Fortunately ^ llOffflVer , no one was burned to death , although tbey bad such narrow escapes . The firemen were setting tbeir engines to work , when . all of a sudden , as if by . magio , the whole building fell to the ground . . The , action of the-lames had been so severe . On the , uprights of the building , 'that when they bf came consumed the whole structure , fell , when the fire communicated with the premises . belonging , to Mr . E . Standisb ,. So . S , next door . The destruction of the lastnamed building appeared inevitable , when the Brigade , who were . aided hy about- fifty , hired assistants ; , worked-the engines with fnll vigour , and they atleneth succeeded in getting tbe flames extinguished . The origin of the misfortune is enveloped in obscurity .

      Sbves Children Dbstroibd bt Firb . —The latter ^ end of last week a most appalling occurrence took place at the village of Renton , sixteen miles from Glasgow , by which the lives of seven children were destroyed and two dffelling-. houses consumed by fire . The scene of the calamity was in . Main-street , and consisted- of two and one-story bailings , the one in tbe rear of the other , and occupied by John Drain , labourer ; James Loy , labourer ; Donald Sinclair , of Narryman ; John Stewart , labourer ; and two other families , all of whom have irreparably suffered from the dire catastrophe . In appears that on the evening in question , between six and seven o ' clock , a dense volume of smoke was seen issuing from tbe window of an attic in the front bouse occupied by lay , in which bis two sons and five other children had been amusing themselves in the

      afternoon during his absence at work at Dumbarton . ' It was at first conjectured that it was the chimney only which bad taken fire , but the flames spread vsith such fearful rapidity that in a few minutes the roof was in flames , and tbe fire had taken effect upon the thatch of the adjoining dwelling-house in the hick land . Although efforts were made to get into the bouse and arrest the progress of the flames , there is every reason to believe that the villagers were ignorant that seven children were being burned to death in one of tha apartments , for no attempt seems really to have been made to rescue them from , the flames . The flames continued their work of destruction until both , houses were consumed , but in the meantime tho children were missed , and the wretched parents with their neighbours could only regard the progress of the devouring

      element in helpless agony . As soon as possible * however , the people set to work , and they succeeded at an early hour the following morning in extricating the bodies from the smouldering ruins , but so much charred and disfigured as not to be recognisable even by their own parents , with the exception ofthe brothers Long , who had evidently perished in each other ' s' arms , and who were distinguishable by their respective sizes . The following . are tbe names and ages of the deceased : —Michael Loy , twelve ; James Long , four ; Hugh Sinclair , sis ; Samuel Wilson , six ; Elizabeth Sharp , five ; James Stewart , four and James Paul , four years of age . It is not . known how the fire originated . Destruction op tub Forest op Dban Bank . —The banking house of Messrs . J . W . and R . Hall , known as ihe

      Forest ot Dean Bank , has been utterly destroyed , besides the adjoining houses being severely damaged . The fire was first discovered about four o ' clock in the morning , tho inmates being aronsed by persons in the street , an they found the staircase in flames from . the bottom . Fertunately for most of them some painters had been employed on tbe premises , and had left one of their ladders against the front of the house , by means of which they all managed with much difficulty to reach the street , with the exception of one of the female domestics , a girl between seventeen and eighteen years of age , who , we -resret to state , perished in the flames . There was a large amount of gold and bmk notes in the bank , which , with the books oi tue firm , . were in a fire proof box . and escaped .

      Ibioasd M Ahebica. -Ou Sunday Last 3,000...

      Ibioasd m Ahebica . -Ou Sunday last 3 , 000 emigrants arrived at this port . On Monday there were over 2 , 000 —on Tuesday over 5 , 01 ) 0 arrived—on Wednesday the number was over 2 . 000 . Thus in four days 12 , 000 persons were landed for the first time upon American shores . Every ^ nfoAn ^ , 10 our 8 hore 9 . from foreign lands , more than 300 , 000 souls . Most of these emigrants came hither from Ireland . —New York Ttmes . Emiobahos . —Upwards of 250 men , women , and children , left Penrith , per rail , for Livtrpool , on Monday last . The men are mostly natives of Alston and neighbourhood , and are engaged by Mr . Thompson , of Ilexam , formerly mine agentat Green Side , for working in the government gold mines of Bathurst , in Australia .

      Suicidies M Mw&- Sdicids At A Come-» ' O...

      suiciDiEs m mw & - Sdicids at a Come- » ' ousp . ^ On . Tuesday , Mr .. $ . Baker held an inquest at the ' George Tavern , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , on the body of Richard Cartwright , nged forty . two years , who committed suicide under the following . circumstances . Alfred Robinson , proprietor of the btar Coffie-house , 99 , Old-street , plated that the deceased on Saturday night last , shortly after nine o ' clock , entered . tbe coffee-room , antfengaged a bed , which deceased paid for , at the same time requesting to be shown to bis sleeping apartment immediately . Witness-lighted the .. deceased upstairs to , & room on the second fl oor , and heard no more . o ' him . until the following morning , when witness knocked a t the bedroom door , at which the deceased replied , " lesi yes , J am coming down . " . Shortly afterwards ,, * heavy fall was he ^ rd , but witness did not . go up again . until eleven

      o ' clock , when he . discovered the deceasedlyinj ? on the floor in a pool of blood , with a severe wound in tfye neck , and by bis . side was an open razor . Witness r , aised an alarm , and sm ' . to the station house . for the police , but . deceased , w ; as . dead when first discovered . Inspector Gjbhs , . of the G division , produced a oocket-boqk found oh jbe deceased , in . which was written in ' pencil , " A distracted , mind ; bfls driven me to this . " The ofh ' cer , on searching the / room , found . under . thfi . jiedstead the remains of a letter , which had heen . torn up , and when the several pieces were joined together , the following w « re the contents , bejng directed to Mr , 'Samuel Cartwright , G . olden-square , ' Hamjistead : — " P ^ ar Sam , —I have . had . ' a few sbpngs . frpm you and the things I b . ave left I . hope you will pay yourself out of them . Take the , clothes I have on me and the things I left at the house where I once Jived , for I am p . outcast , on the face of the earth ,, deserted by those I loved . I hop e God will forgive them and me . Let me be buried by . the ' side . of ray poor

      mother if possible , hut I do not wish my wife to . cometo mv funeral , if I . | ave one . ' . God bias . you ' all . ( Signed ) Richard Cartwright . "—Samuel Cartvmght , the brother , said the deceased had formerly been . a butler in a gentleman ' s family at Hampstead , . but had been put . of , a situation four months . Decsased had also been . separated from his wife , through , distress , and had left three children . Latterly the deceased . had been very low and dejected , owing to his difficulties aud . altered position . The coroner having remarked on the . jjase , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " ' " . Determined SuicinE in SoMEns . TowN . —On Saturday forenoon , a married . woman , named Loader , living at 6 , Bridgeirater f street , . Somers' Town , whose husband is the occupier of the house , committed suicide under the

      following , distressing circumstances . The inhabitants weje alarmed , in consfquence of hearing the . screams of the children , who rushed into the street in . a frantic state ,, and who were exclaiming that their mother had thrown herself info , the : water butt . Mr . Clark , "jjopt and . shoe maker , residing in . the same , street , went Into the house , and , seized hold of ' the legs of the unfortunate woman , which we re projecting from , the butt , but she kicked , so . violently , that she released herself from him , and dropped into , the butt . Three other neighbours followed , with . whose assistance she was got but . Messrs . Davis , Fraser , and Bagley , surgeons , promptly arrived , and an ' . abundance of warm water was supplied by Mrj Jackson , licensed victualler , and landlord of the Eastnor Castle , adjoining , upon which she was put in a hot bath . Other remedies to restore' animauon were resorted to , tmt without effect . ' Deceased' had been

      attacked for some days past with a brain ,, fever ,, and the previous day , the medical ' gentleman aUendingher ^ directed she should be watched , as she showed symptoms of an aberration . of intellect . This was done j , but , unfortunately , during the absence of a minute ofthe female with hen she left ber bed ^ and committed the act which led to her death . She has left eight . childteti . Dexermined AxreMprED SuioiDE . — On Wednesday morning ' a wonjian , nauied Catherine Brooks , aged , twentyfour years , who resided at No . 6 , Castle-lane , Westminster ,

      . attempted to destroy herself by swallowing oxalic , apid , j which the purchased at , a druggist ' s shop , in the vicinity . j Police constable B 214 , discovered the unfortunate woman , lying on the pavemei ; t in a scate of insensibility , and C 0 U-, veyed her to Adelaide Ward , Westminster Hospital—when . a razor was ; foand concealed in her bosom . Fortunately , the rash act was discovered in . time to prevent fatal consej quencea ,. v . hen Dr . ; Barlow , and Mr . ; Haiford being sent for , | applied the stomach pump with such success that the un-, happy , wpnjain is now placed out of , the reach of danger . ; Her husband being out of employment for some time , and I ii pecuniarydifficulties , prompted her to commit ' the rasli ; act . ¦ ' ' ' " '"' •" ' " ' ¦¦¦ ¦¦

      DE 1 EBMISED SUIPIDE OF A FeMAIE . IS A POLICE CeLI . . , —On Tuesday , at the Marlborough-street Police Office , j Mary Ann Hill , aged fifty-two , a poorly r dressed needlewo-! man , living in Little Wyld-street , Drury-lane , was brought j before Mr . ,-Hard wick , charged with stealing a jugand two | basons from the outside . ofa . china-shop ; ) No .: 36 ; Prince ' si street , Leicester-square . Having . admitted ¦ the truth of i the " charge ,, she was removed to the . ^ ordinary cell , for j commitments . The , gaoler ,, Welsh , inquired " if he ... should j send and , acquaint her friends with her situation ? . T ^ ie , prisoner said she had a husband who was ignorant ef what i had occurred ; he was out of work , and she had . no money i to pay a messenger to send to him , " . Welsh replied he would j provide a messeiiger . and pay-him himself , taking tbe chance j of the husband , repaying him . ¦ Welsh- then left ; the cell , ileaving the prisoner ; quite tranquil . The prison van in a

      i few minutes came to . the court , and the gaoler went to the i magistrate ' s clerk , Mr . Bishop , for the commitments . The i time required for this was very short , and there could not have elapsed more than fifteen minutes since he left the : prisoner in the cell . On going down to , the cell , he . re-, marked that round the grating in the door which admitted light and air , a portion of a dress was placed . Ho opened ! the door of the cell , and finding ah obstruction , he put . 'his head : in , aad on seeing the prisoner hanging ; he called out to the assistant constable to come . Without a moment ' s delay , or waiting to force open the door , the

      gaoler with his knife cut the noose , and the prisoner , fell lifeless on the floor of the cell . Medical , assistance was . sent for , which almost immediately arrived , but when the i prisoner was- inspected , she was pronounced quite dead . The prisoner , it appeared ,: had knotted tightly a black I silk handkerchief , and bad contrived to fasten it to the tonly part of the cell which admitted of such an act . She . had placed this knotted handkerchief round her neck and : then deliberately strangled herself . - To effect her purpose she was obliged to adopt a kneeling position . The doctor , ion seeing the knots and their pressure on the throat , said death must have ensued in about five minutes ,

      Melancholy Sudden Dkath in A BuHaBRT . —On Tuesday , April 20 tb , Mr . Brent ( Mr . Wakley , the coroner ' s ,, newly , appointed deputy ) , held an inquest at the Filzroy Arms , Clipstone-street ,. Fitzroy- ; square , on the body of Francis Thomas Langley , aged thirty-two , whose death occurred under the following melancholy circumstances ;—It appeared that the deceased , who was abedsread maker , resided at 14 , Cleveland-street , Hew-road , from whence , on Sunday ; last , he buried his wife , who . had died from cancer in the breast . After the funeral ,, he returned , with therest ofthe mourners , to his mother ' s , who lives in the same neighbourhood , and where be appeared in good health , but

      depressed in spirits . Abou nine o ' clock at night , his sisterin-law , leaving to go home , he went with her to see her into an omnibus , but had only proceeded a short distance when he was seized with a fit of coughing , and vomited blood . He was conducted to the surgery of' Mr . Currie Norfolk-street , Middlesex'Hospital , where / from the great flow of hceraorrage , it was found impossible to ' administer anything , to him , and having-with difficulty gasped out the words of " wishing to see . his mother onco moreas . it was all over with liim , " he expired . On a ^ o st mortem examination taking ,- place , the cause of death was found to be a rupture of the pulmonary artery , in the chest . Verdict , " Natural Death : "

      Mysterious Death . —An inquiry , which lasted three hours , was taken by Mr .. W . Carter , the coroner , at the Britannia Tavern , Mitcbam-green , as to the death of Patrick Roche , aged forty-seven , an itinerant glass mender , who came to his death in the following extraordinary manner : — He had been staying about Carshalton and Mitcham about a month since for the purposes of his business , and on Monday fortnight was late at the Goat at the former place , where be had engaged a bed .. He got to the common , and as it was raining placed himself under " the ' big tree , ' * as i t is called , in it , and afterwards went by the' blue houses , as was supposed , to go to his bed . Nothing more was seen or heard of him until last Thursday , and no one could account for his extraordinary disappearance . There is an

      old well on the side of Mitcham-common , and although it is within a yard , there are no gates to keep the public from its dangerous precincts . The man had no doubtgone there for the purpose of sleeping , and had sat down on the edge ofthe well , which is but a few feet high . On Thursday , some one went to the place for water , and it occurred that she could see a shawl at the bottom , and she gave information of her belief . - The circumstance caused a great deal of excitement at the time , and almost a disbelief of her story ; but the drags were obtained , and the bodv of Roche was brought up from the bottom of the well . " The jury , after the summing up of the coroner , could not decide as to whfther it was his own act or that of any other person ; and they returned a verdict specially— " That Patrick Roche wasfound dead in a well , but how he came there they had no evidence to show . "

      Fbighwui, Conibsr Bbiwrbk Two Maniacs— T...

      Fbighwui , CoNiBsr BBiwRBK Two Maniacs— The wife Ot a workman and her son , living in thevillage of Laigny { trance ) , have for some time been labouring under mentnl alienation , but , nevertheless , the man left them to themselves whilst he went to work in a village in another department . A few nights ago the inhabitants of the village heard a noige in the house , which lasted the whole of the nitjht . In the morning some of them went towards the nouse , and they found the two lunatics , armed , one with a the

      scythe , other with an axe , trying , with extraordinary tury , to break open the door . . They had already destroved every article of furniture , and , from deep gashes on their persons , it was evident they had attacked each other lliey were covered with blood , and uttered fearful yells ' Some persons sought to enter the bouse , but thev brandished their ' weapons , and made dreadful threats _ m that the , dared not enwr . At length Zl %£ & £ ^^ ^^^ ttSaaS

      Shipwreck^ Altfd Accidents ¦;." . '"''",...

      SHIPWRECK ^ AltfD ACCIDENTS ¦; . " . '"''" ,:: "' . ^ t .-sea , " "" . " ' g . BBipUS CoUISION AN 1 ) Tr ^ S 0 * L WB . IJf , THK CuANSEt .- ' - A ' nipst disastrous collision , resulting . in tiie loss of a Dutch ship and most of her crew , was announced ' oh Saturday at Lloyd ' s . Ifc ' appears that on -Friday mornini ? , the Triton , bound from Bremen for Cardiff , was ' anchored off the Bill df Portland , when : a Dutch trader , name unknown ; in working up ran into the Triton amidships , doing her consjdei ; abl damage by the collision . _ Tbo Djtchmnn . was Io . tr ' in flip water , abd , her hull receiving a fearful shaking , she soon began to fill , and went down in . deep water , wheh . every soul on board perished , except the master and his brother , ' who were fortunately picked up by a pilot boat ; ' of and for London

      SciwY , April . I 6 . r-Thp Mary- Hay ,. , from Jamaica ,. in working , into this , port . pn April 13 , struck on a rock , ahtl afterwards on the Bream ledges . M < -d , and has become a total wreck ; some rum and pimento saved , very much damaged . ' . The Renown , M'Iver , from Bihia to Hamburg , put in : here a few days ago short of provisions , and yesterday the cargo was ; found to be so mucltiheated , or , in fact , on fire , that she was run on ' sHore and scuttled , when the ^ ro ^ as ' extihlfiisiiod . Ibout 126 halias of tobacco , and ten of cotton , ihaye'beeh landed in good condition ; but the remainder of ! the cargo is supposed to be damaged . ' Poutund , April IC—A galliot , belonging to Rotterdam , from Liverpool to Lisbon , with salt , whilst . working into , the anchorage in . Chissel Cove , ran into a schooner lying ' at . anchor , and shortly afterwards sunk—four men were ! drowned .

      Qubknstown , April 15 . —The Advocate , which drifted on , tbe rocks ' yesterday has capsized , has her stern stove in , . and is expected to become a wreck : part of her cargo will , be saved . Lemvio , April 11 —Bells , Dunn , from Newcastle to Elsi-; , nore , was stranded off Harboore , April 10 , and lies'in a daneerous ^ osition ; crew saved . ' Eminorr , April 15 . —The brig Tancred , or Tanquid , of . Sunderland , from St . Ufaes to St . Petersburg , ran on shore ' a ' little below the Castle of Kronhorg , this morning , but it is hoped she may be got off without much ' damage . ! -The Aliwal , from Baltimore to Liverpool ; which was abandoned oh the 28 th of March , was passed oh the 31 st off St . George ' s Bank , and 1 G 0 barrels of flow taken from her . by the fishing smack Lucy Ann , arrived at Gloucester , U . S .: she was found tight , with pumps choked .

      Tnonso , April 19 . —The Edward , from Liverpool to Dan ' zic , which was stranded on the sands atDunnet . on th ' e . Oth inst . has been got off ; cargo not . mueh damaged . ( juBENSTOWN , April 18 . —Tho Advocate from M ' oulmcin , went on shore at Robert ' s Head Bank in deep water yesterday ; nearly the whole of her cargo has come oh shore . ' Coxhaven , April 14 . —The Horatio , from Matanzas , is on shore leaky , is discharging , and will get off ' should the weather remain as it is now ; but very little wind would suffice to make her a wreck . Bridport , April 10 . —The Triton , of London , from Cardiff for Bremen , has put iti leaky , having been run into while at anchor by a Dutch galliot , which almost immediately went dowm pBTEBHBAn , April 16 . —The Sarah Maria , of and from Borden for Port Gordon , poton the rocks near the entrance ofthe North Harbour this morning , nnd it is supposed cannot be . got off ; tbe materials will be faved .

      . St . Michael ' s , April 4 . —The Samuel 0 . Nelson , which had been riding . off this harbour dismasted , waiting orders , was ' driven on shore here during a gale April 2 , and has been sold . Havana , March 29 . —The Pandee Itomano ,. New Orleans to Trieste , was towed in 23 rd instant , totally dismasted , by the Lord Ashley , New Orleans to Liverpool , which in casting off the tow-line was driven oh shore , and parted ' amidships—crew saved .

      Naval And Military News. Orders Have Bee...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Orders have been received at Devonport countermanding . those previously g ' ven , for the prfiparatiun of the Dauntless , I steam ship , Captain Halstead , for the convovance of Sir ; Charles Hotham and suite to the Brazils . Unfortunately , ' this order was not received until the whole of the , fitments ' . were completed , the men of the dockyard having been engaged in the work for the previous fortnight , and the officers j and crew of the ship bad laid in tbe nflCflsssry slock ' . and i equipments for'foreign service . Upon them the change , in , the destination of the ship is felt to be a great hardship , | and has created much dissatisfaction . Tbe Vixen steam j sloop is to proceed to the Brazils in the . place of the i Dauntless . The wind , which has . so long prevailed , from the E . S . E ., , on Saturday ; veered to the southward and westward for a ( few hours , durin ; which upwards of 100 sail of merchant , vessels left Plymouth Sound for the eastern pnrti .

      The Herald , Captain Deuham , fitting at Chatham fer a j survey of the islands of the Pacific , is very nearly reedy to j leave the Thames , and will finally sail for ber destination , early next month . She s takes out , as interpreter , . Since j Peah , a pative of one of the Pacific ,. islands ,, f . who came to I this country , two years ago , and , who , is an . intelligent young , man . K [ e nill . have charge of . the seeds ; w . hich . are to "ba { planted : in . some of the islands . Among the important j objects entru 8 ted , toCaptain Denbam will be the survey of jtheislands of thePacific , so as to form a chart , showing ithe best navigation through them from the Isthmps of ( Panama , to Sydney ; to select a point for the establishment . of a cpal depot ; and . an island . for ft penal settlement ..-Pre- ' isentsto the natives , to the value of some hundred pounds , ' iwill he taken out by . the Herald .

      . Woolwich , April 19 . —This morning the Duke of Norithumberland , accompanied by the junior lords of the Admiralty , visited Greenhithe , and inspected the crsws of itVie Assistance , the Resolute , the Intrepid , the Pioneer , and ithe North Star , the vessels appointed to the Arctic expediition . We , have been informed that a contract for barrelled meats forthenavy ( salt provisions ) has been lately entered into ' ! with the same . parties who furnished the Goldner preserves . : \ Ve give . this report precisely as it has come to us , in the ¦ hopes'that it will be officially denied . The smallpox . has broken out on board her Majesty ' s iateam frigate Dragon . The clerk has been attacked by it iand sent to the naval hospital at'Lishon .

      Letters from China inform _ us of a disastrous accident to the Sphynx steam sloop , Commander Shadwell , and the Contest , 12 ,: C'immander the Hon . 3 . "W . S . Spencer . On ¦ the 2 ht of January these vessels were proceeding into the iBay of Sheipoo in search of pirates ( of whose doings and ' whereabouts they had received official notice , ) the Contest : in ow of thp Sphinx whm ( he latter struck on a > ook not laid down in the charts . The . shock was terrific , senrrying away entirel" her . false keel . and forefoot , while ith " , Contest ran into her with such force and violence as

      ito knock her off or overthe rock , making at the same time a clean sweep of all the after upper works , and carrying away the roiz » n mast , while she Inst her own jihboon , figurehead , and cutwater , and sprung ber bowspirit and foremast . In consequence of this misfortune the Sphynx had to ro to Whampoa to be docked . We regret ; also to add lhat the smallpox had broken out on board her , - and that several men and officfirs , including-both lieutenants , are laid up . with it , and the gun room steward had died from it .

      'ThfrEcho , with two flats in tow , proceeded to Cowes on Tuesday to rf move the depot of the 36 th Regiment , 370 strong , to Southampton , en route to Pembroke . Portsmouth Garrison . —The regiments in garrison are busily engaged training their quota nf men to the use ofthe Minie . rifle , ^ The troops composing tbe garrison of Portsmouth amount to 4 600 men . Chatham . Garrison . —Detachments , consisting of upwards of 2 ) 000 men , from ihe several depots of regiments stationed in India , are under orders for embarcation to join the head-quarters of their respective corps .

      Tbe Simoon , iron troop-steamer , Captain Kingcome , embarked late on Friday evening one officer and eighty-two men of tbe 20 th Regiment , two officprs and eightyfour men of the 23 rd Regiment , and two officers and forty-two men of the 54 th Reeiment . She sailed for Qneenstown ( Ireland ) on Sunday at noon , where she is to receive two officers and fifty-two men of the 66 th , and one officer and ninety-two pm of the 71 st Regime , with-which detachments she will proceed direct to Quebec , from whence she will bring home a renim * nN The Lily , 18 , Commander Sanderson , has had a " brush " with a piratical junk , which she sent to the bottom with Upwards of eighty people on board ; her 0 W 11 casualties in the eniiaaetoTOt » £ re two men wounded

      Portsmouh , Wednesday .-The Encounter , U , steamurnf ; h ? \ , ° rge T * Gordon - Bnc h"red at St . ' Helen ' s mornS ' 5 h « fft " *^ " ftnd ™ ^ tO ' Spithead this morning She left the Tagus at five p . m . on Thursday , ''hronB a hH ! ft UI , der / , team T y a " - * way home . Sh fs ^ r ^ Sores two mid 9 hipmenand af - inJfroSThSo ! , , % ¦?" det Hawker arrived this mornof * Feb ™ 8 P h ? I °° r ° ' which ahe Iefft on the Uth I 111 lnrt * ^ She ^ as t ? ketl tw 0 Prizes 5 n ^ e MowniSL &^^^ SJ ^ S ^ the C , 30 niritP ' hmrinJ-firii . j , la 9 fc capture was a fine Spanish Kv lonr wlf ^ are - devils for the "«»* , ™* ^« 9 t ugly long twenty-four pounder swivni » m ; AMna whiM , uId

      worked Sr ^ h ! ^^ ' execution *> * &** ^ robadwe ! Si ° ' - estes ^ en chasing her , but owing their rEf ^ P""a ! e 8 had ^ owod It below , and in vour to mounfc g ff " T ? did not Wa 8 te tim ' " " fclie endea " whKtoS % rh J , 3 the sort of piratical slaver tSXV & 'SS ^ i ^ fi'l - to her from the

      «Owlisf«?W ?Xpedi™"—The Japan Expedition...

      « owliSf «? w ? xpedi ™ " —The Japan expedition , ac-KWnShioI | ? t 0 , [ ' owwiwwteflt , is to be merely n KSers J >? %° the J * P » ne » 8 ooaat The thirtycuring base M " i \ s \ the c ^ nnon 1 , ? « are for proliztZi ? aw f y aet r f foo , i , - enoug l li covirae nohnrt J » ni I Z n , e ^ ovolQgioalinstruments .

      """ 7: Meoijfp^/ ^^ Lewks.-On Saturday S...

      """ 7 : meoijfp ^/ ^^ LEWKS .-On Saturday Safah Ann French i for execution at the late assizes for poisonjn ? *« J ) l underwent the extreme penalty of the law L ,. ^ h $ front of the county gaol in this town , \ n th e dt 0 p ¦ ' about 4 , 000 persons'consisting chiefly 0 f Pre 8 er ' " from the surrounding districts . When the xLT * ' 3 teorf the sentence to be carried . into effect , she an it , u * i ( agitated and excessively wpak , and it ' was a m , V 1 'tm

      whether she would be . able to proceed to the A f a % t Calcraft , the . Old Bailey hangman , baring pini Ppi ) W prbcessiop , was f' . rmefl , and ihe misera'de Bom ! Ki to the . scaffold ,. supptirtcd tiy two . turnk eys . J i . ^' 8 S hi her appearance , if would almost appear tha ' t a " ,, " 1 "? ftBjl moments , she was unconscious of what wa ' 1 ) a - ' ^ le » executioner , with his usual alacrity , adjusted V ' - ' cap . The bolt , in the ' cburse'bf a minute or ^ ^ ««} withdrawn , and the wretched woman was Ian ^ fl ) eternity . It was some minutes ere she appeared '" « . ceased to exist , her struggles being rather lon » „ j l » tt After tbe body had hung one hour it * „ j , S 6 \ : buried in . the precincts i . f the gaol . The unhaim ° ' W fnllv acknnwlfttlepfl \> p . r onilt . to ihu » ti »_ . i . !_ . . ft CtU ,.. ¦ - ! — £ — >««| iitti mi

      , _ . ---..- , --.- - o- -. " - « . n , and c « , , exonerated the young . man , . Hickman , from aiiv n >„ ¦ % ¦ ¦ in i he . crime . . ' ypar tlc Hj Execution op Abel . Ovans at Monmouth-j day morning , at nine . o ' clock , the convict 0 vaiis '" j J ( iconvicted i ( t the recent Monmouth Assizes 0 f ra -V a child ,, the illegitimate offjiirih g ' of himaelf and J " ^ "'"J ' by throwing it into a canal / underwent tbe extreme " " ' of the ' law . Thbfenialfi Dove , who was ' tried f 0 r uf" "' ! offence , was . rpcommehdfid ' to mercy by the jiJrv \^ i ( ieved her assertion that , it was Ovans alone who uV ! * jthe crime . A respite staying'h er execution was re ^' ' Ithe gaol on Thursday night / in order that further ^' ? 'l might be made . Up to the last moment ( hans denl !?"'? guilt , and persisted in declaring that it was ft ^ ' who had destroyed the life of the child . w ° niao

      Births And Deaths-State Of Wpkxv* In The...

      BIRTHS AND DEATHS-STATE OF Wpkxv * IN THE iVLEfROPOLlS . ^ t ( Prom the Report nf the Registrar Generall Lapt week ' th ' e ' . births of . 805 boys and 839 girls in ' ' ii i « childrfb , ' w . ere ' registerid in ' Lond-m . The average j - ^ corrV-spiondingweeks in the yeart 1845-51 wivsl ^ ersa Tbe mortality of London -a ' iaih exhibits a sli ' | '; . the death ' s in the previous week having been l . Ooi S , Crea ! ' the week that ended ia ' sr . SHturday being 1 , 092 , {»[? corresponding w . eH . ks . of " 18 . 42-5 . 1 tiie avtrage number j' i u was 944 , which ! if raised fn priiportion to increase nf ! tion , becomes 1 , 038 . ' The ; niortalify of iastireekX r exceeds tbe corrected average by Bi deaths . r In comparing the returns of the last two weeks it ana that there is a smaU'incrS ' ase in epidemics , in diseases flf ^ nervous system , the heart , and . the digestive organs bu d"crease in diseases of the organs of respiration , and also i ' the tubercular class . Small pox , which in the previous weA was fatal in 34 cases ,. nnmbers in the present return < w

      „! .: _ , ! , „' i , __ . »! , « . „ „ f Q 1 _ , l , ilrl ^ on onrl H n , l ., l .. n . _ . , " " 00 . which are those of 31 , children and 1 adults , C of sbom we 20 years of . age nn'd upwards . In 0 cases it is stated thai . vacoimtion had been ' » r- vioudy pprf'irmed , and in these the ; patients died at the following at'es : —2 , 3 , f , 10 , 22 , ^ 1 « ears ' iMeanles h « s increased jn the two weeks from 11 den ' ths to 18-. typhus , remittent feveir , & c , from 51 to Ho , Influenza m ,,. jberedin tie two weeks respectively 4 ami G casesiernanft ' and , 10 . Last week there were 2 . caused by syphilis , and l \* [ noma . The wife of a labourer , ajged 26 years , died sudden !; oh 31 st March , at 2 I , 'Goodraan ' , s-yard , Wtiitechapel , ftoia cholera . An inhuest was'held on the hodv .

      The class which includes diseases of the respiratory organs still xhibits a ; great excess above the ordinary amount at thii ; period ; the number of deaths referred to it last week btlBn 1214 , whilst the average ' of . corresponding wueks , correcied : fdr i ' ncreiise ' of population , is only 165 . In these weeks the ( aciual numbers ranged from V > 7 to 185 , which latter amuunt Is much below what is now experienced . Bronchitis predominates , and , with the exception of phthisis , . pr « im ^ at [ presents greater mortality than any other disease oa the list , lit carried off-102 persons ;' . pneumonia , 77 . Phthisis *« fatal to 139 ; its mortality , which is always ereat , is not , ' sensibly aggravated by causes that bare given adJitionalfor « Ito other diseases .

      Ireland. Arrival Op Oknehal Rosas At Que...

      IRELAND . ARRIVAL OP OKNEHAL ROSAS AT QuEENSTOWS , . ptTBH . v , April 19 . —The arrival o ( thu ex-dictator tas ; at the port of Queensitown ia thus announced in tho" Cot ' s [ Reporter" of Saturday ' :-- "Her M < ij'sty ' s ' s ' toamer Conflict from the River Plate , arrived at Queehstowh on Friday , having on bbwd Oeneri iRosas , liis family and suite . . The conflict left tlio Plate oa jthe 10 th of- -February , touched-Bahia on the 5 th of March , : and Vas bound to Portsmouth ,- but was obliged to put in ] h ere owing to head winds ' . ' , We . ' understand that duringh « jvdyageohe ' of the boilers burst , ' by which four men irera jkilled . The general : Vnd . his-family landed and walked iaboutiQueenstownon Friday . "

      jlMMKSSE EMIGRATION . The "Gal way . Mercury " , states , that so great ia - the anxiety felt bytlie poor labouring chases in that pint of Contiaugh ); to Escape from the "land that bore them" that such of them as have been fortunate , enough to ohtdn employment on drainage works' have adopted the following novel and extraordinary mode of enabling tbemsolves to emigrate .: ~ It appears they are paid fortnightly , and whea the pay , nigbt arrives about 300 of them assemble and pay 6 d . each ' into a general fund ! A number of tickets

      corresponding with the number of persons present , are then placed in a hat ,, and on one of these the word " America " is . written , all the rest being blank . A ballot thea take ? place , and the lucky drawer of tho prize ticket has bis passage to America paid for him , and receives a small sua ; to subsist bim for some time after bis landing there , During the . week just blosed . no less than six vessels Iwe set-sail for Que ' enstown , laden with emigrants , hound respectively for Boston , Qubec , New York , and St . John ' s , The gross number amounted , to 877 souls .

      PBESS PROSECUTIOKS , The Attorney-General , taking a leaf out of the boss « the present Master of the , Rolls when that right lion , gentleman filled the post of first law officer , I as in a hindly spirit entered a nolle proseque in the case of the " Queen «« u the proprietors tbe 'Dundalk Democrat . '" Tue proprietoi of the "Democrat , " in a , letter add . es-ed to the Attorney General , tells that . bjgh functionary that he { Mr . Cation ) was perfectly astounded when he received the unwelcome notice of no trial ; that he does not accept this actasonew leniency ; that , 0 n the contrary , he hails it as an impnm triumph fortho popular cause , and that that triumph nw not urged himtochange one particle of his policy .

      . , THE UIEFATAI .. AFFRAY IN THE NORTH . , The inquest was held at Kells , county Antrim . 011 1118 body of Samuel . Whan , the man who was shot by the constabulary in the affray with the Orangemen , has terralnat "'• It appears that Lodge'No . 592 , invited by its master , P ™ ceeded from , the townland of Maxwell ' s-walk , to pav h " !* visit , avoiding the villages of Kells and Connor , win * , 3 { in their .. way . Returning , however , they resolved to pw through the latter village . Opposite the cmstobularj-sB tion ' thpy were interfered with by the police , who fern ™ toprevent their passage , and to seize the principal per-- "" — j .. * . ..... * wji-,, paaailuc , anu 10 ScIm iuc j /> ' - —r- _ , . of their

      in the procession . Being resisted , jmdtto ww beaten , the police retreated to their barracks , wWj » » . immediately attacked with stones by the pe ° P Ic- in « C tetabulary fired three shots to disperse ih : m , wounding »»» in the groin . The unfortunate man , who hadI not «" the procession , and had taken no part in the sffW " , „ passing accidentally , died from the effects of the ifl » w Tuesday / morning . The jury , -after hearing llie . "" i rand < consulting for - some time , returned uiian « a «« j " That the decpased , Samuel Whan , met his death >? * shot wound , fired from the police barrack at l 011 " , ffi ' cie Dt we are further of opinion , that such was witliout sw cause . "

      THBtARMY . ^ nll'jiW Dunns , April 20 lh .-The Carnbiniers , now conc « ^ in Portobello Barracks , are in daily expectation » ^ ving the augmentation of ofiicers con soqu ™ nti the regiment being placed upon the India estaults ' SBJZOBB OF . ARMS . l ^ i . d Early on ( Saturday morning , an unusually larg » f ' $ , constabulary , under the command respectively W | Crawford , of JiTewry , and Mr . Holmes , of Cr 0 X > aided by a party of the 71 st Regiment , assem ^ intW Hawthorn Hill , and made a diligent search for M'L ^ w murder district of the county of Down . CapWJ " . V JW ton , R . M ., was in attendance at the village of Me * itit H guns , pistols , & o ., seized amounted to p " ' ,, *! in supposed that the country people have their arm * ^ m wooden box ^ s , and buried in the bogam "L « tr , ' ® persons were taken as prisoners , marched into » ^ $ lodged in the Ballybot Bridewell . They were Drou ^ jlilon Monday morning , before Captain Warburton , ¦ $ & lybot Court-house , and informations were t »» ett . jbeJ thorn to stand their triil at the Quarter Session ' were afterwards admitted to hail .

      ¦ ¦ ' „ $0* ¦ A "Brick" Of An Unclb. - A...

      ¦ ¦ ' „ $ 0 * ¦ A "Brick" of an Unclb . - A j <> urney tfJ % io « named Brefond , was a few days ago emp loyed lo , i elfl ao ! repairs in achimney in the apartment of a S'L jiea ^ f siding in the Rue des Francs Bourgeois , Paris . "' \ a tW his work , the mason broke abrick which he too . $ chimney , and , to his -surprise , he discover ed w W hollowed out , and contained a bank note for « 0 n „ ro pri 9 , workman was alone , and might readily have ap 5 jxo f ^* this sum to . hims ' elf , but he honestly C' > man "" ca ) e 0 t « r to his employer , who called to mind that , about tw f # ' before , hehad written to bis uncle at Amsterdam 6 , | sa ply of money , and had in return received a care' nB $ a up package , which , on opening , he found to conw « ^ v but the brick in question , which the mdigtw "" threw into the chimney , ¦ naiff ^ ' i A Large Otter wkbx Windsor " ¦•' . friW

      . near , Mr . 0 . Tatner , ofthe Eagle Brewery , Sloug h , an ^ # were out on a fishing excursion near the Windsor ^ had sat down to their noon-tide repast on " ^ ebmea t ' , just below Windsor-bridge , when , to their *** % , „& % otter crept from the ground close to where tw [} . ga i As the creature bounded past them , MSJ'Pjd <; a kick on the head , which rather stunned i . » ^ t < its motions ; it succeeded , however , in rea < urn 0 pP ° instantly diving , and rising , to t ^ e surface on ^\ shore , near Mr ? Cleave ' s gf ^ en . The objj it » for about ten minutes in the most sp ntf" « " » , Hj eventually "the fish destroyer , " was t » „<_ n » M « ^ » landing ' net . Theanimal was ar ^ narb'bly ' ^ has been sent aliye p a ltQfti < tn naturalist , t--- '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24041852/page/6/