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      IHealHealth of Loxdon DCRISO TUB WEEK . —The uimbenmber of deaths registered last week m London nnouninounts to 1 , 037 ; while in the ten corresponding eeeks eeks of the vears 1 S 41-50 , it varied from 960 in 5 : 543 , i £ 43 , to 1 , 401 in ISIS , and the . average was 1 , U 9 . bhis ahis average , if it be augmented in tbe ratio ol nrevioirevious increase of population ( 1 , 55 per cent , per j jnununum ) up to the present time , becomes 1 , 253 , comured wed with which the present return exhibits a treat reat decrease ; but it will be borne in mind that t ( tolen 6 olent epidemics , which multiplied tbe deaths of lie nene period from which tbe average is drawn , have

      Isfeo Ielso left a less population to yiela a smaller eontwcutionutum of mortality . If the two returns of the mat foist fortnight be compared , it appears that whilst ney aey almost coincide as regards the total number It deaf deaths , they diSer in the proportions in which rrevarevailiug diseases have proved fatal . The symotio Llass dass of disease numbered 173 deaths in the preceiing ing week ( ending January 11 , ) but in the last week reek they rose to 196 ; whereas " diseases of the eespuespiratory organs , " under which were previously inumnumerated 275 , have now declined to 202 , though it wit will be seen that tbe numbers from phthisis iwhicwhich is not included in the latter class ) have retnainnained almost precisely the same , or about 120 . In iie ihe previous week forty-seven children died from

      " coi * convulsions ; " last week the number rose to »» , n » , more than half of these heing infants less than Hhrechree months old . Small-pos was fatal last week ra 2 to 21 persons , of whom 5 were adults . With regard vaoao of the children who died , and 2 men aged resijecbectively 19 and 39 years , it is mentioned that they ttiad aad been previously vaccinated . The registrar of IMildffild-end Old Town Lower , was informed by the itathfather of a family , that two of his children bad Ibeeibeen suffering from small-pox ; that one aged 3 jreairears , whohadbeenTaccinatedattheageof 3 nvonth 3 , ; appapparently with effect died , and another , who had i not not been vaccinated , was in the way of recovery . A I houhouse in Whitechapel is also mentioned where three

      lomtohildren were sufierin " from the disease , who had i all all been vatcinated . This disorder seems to be rife : in 1 in this neighbourhood , and ene of the medical men stastates tbat be has sow 29 cases under his care . The 9 e Registrar of Christchurch , Marylebone , reports , tbitbat" between the beginning of November , when am small pox suddenly became prevalent in this distritrict , sind the end of the year , 27 persons died of th this disease , and in only two of these cases had vacen eination been performed . " But in order to settle th the respective rates of mortality among the prote tected and unprotected , it is obviously necessary to as ascertain the number In each class living in any di district . In the returns of last weekseven localities

      ai are complained ef as damp from want of drainage , Oi or lowness of situation , or otherwise unwholesome ; ii in two of these scarlatina had been fatal to the chilli dren who dwelt in them ; in three others pneumonia b bad been the cause of death ; in one a child died £ from " cholera infantum . " A case of chorea , in a g girl of 14 , who had been ill two years , terminated f fatally on the 9 th . A man and two women died i from intemperance . The births of 815 boys and t 784 girls , ia all 1 , 599 children , were registered in the i week . The average of six corresponding weeks in

      ] 1845-50 , was 1 , 395 . —At the Royal Observatory < Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was 1 29-550 . The mean reading of the thermometer was { 45 deg ., whici is 8 degrees above the average of the ! same week in 10 years . The excess of the daily : mean temperature above tbe average was , on Sunday , 11 * 5 deg ., on Monday , 9-9 deg ., on Tuesday , 7 deg ., on Wednesday , 8 * 5 deg ., on Thursday , 6 " 9 deg ., on Friday , 8 * 8 deg ., and on Saturday , 4-1 deg . The wind was in the south and south-west .

      Fearful Accident . —On Saturday evening last , considerable excitement was caused in the vicinity of Albert-gate , Hyde-park , in consequence of the folio whig fearful accident : —It appears tbat for some tame past a building of considerable extent for tbe new Chinese exhibition bas been in course of construction near the above named spot , and about the hour for the numerous men employed at the pre mises leaving off for tbe week a number of the bands approached one end of the scaffolding on which they were at work . The instant they did so , their weight , resting upon one of the putlocks , lifted a large portion of the brickwork , as well as the stone cornicing , -which caused tbe scaffolding and a great part of tbe wall to fall . Five or six of the bricklayers and labourers were precipitated to the ground , amid the

      bricks , stonework , and scaffolding . The consequence was that several of the workpeople were seriously injured—more especially the following persons , who were removed with aU possible expedition to St . George ' s Hospital : —A bricklayer named "William Bowles , forty-two years of age , residing at 2 , Queen-Btreet , Marlborough-road , received a serious scalp wound ; Michael Connell , aged twenty-seven , a labourer , of 9 , Pantechnicon-place . New-road , Chelsea , was similarly injured ; and William Toole , aged thirty-one , a labourer , of 11 , Upper James-street , Sloane-square , Chelsea , had several ribs fractured . The other fortunately received no injury of importance . The sufferers were promptly attended to by Mr . Cutler , one of the principal surgeons of the institution , hut the poor fellow , whose ribs are fractured , is not expected to recover .

      Two Men found Drowned in the Rttbr . — On Saturday last inquests were held attbeTorbay public house , Rotherhithe , on the bodies of two men found dead in the river . The Jrst that of a young man supposed to be an apprentice to one of the colliers , and which had been in the water about three weeks . The other on the body of a seaman found off tbe platform on Friday , and supposed to belong to a brig which had gone to sea . There being no person to identify the bodies , the jury returned a verdict in each case of " Found drowned . " DlSAPr-EARAXCE OF A GlBL A 5 D DlSCOVHRT OF

      IBS Boor . —On Saturday last Mr . W . Carter resumed and concluded a protracted inquiry at the Old Jamacia Tavern , Cherry Garden-street , Bermondsey , on tbe body of Maria Rolfe , aged fifteen years , who was found dead in the river , under the following circumstances : — Deceased was the daughter of respectable parents , and was in the service of a Mr . Cook , of Mary gold-street , Bermondsey . On Saturday night week she left her master ' s house to proceed home , but instead of doing so called at the bouse of a female named Sophia Torer , whom she accompanied , with other females , to several public bouses , where she partook of spirits , ultimately becoming quite intoxicated , in which state she was seen by several persons at a late hour on the

      same night . On the way home the deceased said she would not go the road way ; they all accordingly made for the Bermondsey-wall , and when they neared Salisbury street the other females lost the deceased , whom they went in search of , but after a long time they "ere unable to find her , or learn any tidings concerning her . The parents went to the police-station , and although every exertion was made to discover ber whereabouts , nothing could be beard of her until Monday , when a waterman , named TrimbeU , discovered the deceased lying in the mud off Fountain-stairs , Bermondsey . Tbe deceased had no shoes on ber feet , but after being

      conveyed on shore , was removed to ber father ' s house , where her body was washed and searched , bnt so marks of injury were to be seen upon her person , although it was fully believed that the unfortunate girl bad been subjected to some violence . A vast number of witnesses were examined at considerable length , and two females , respectively named Sophia Tozer and Julia Caroni , positively swore they suddenly missed the deceased on their way home in Salisbury-street . Verdict , " That die deceased wai found drownedinthe river , without marks of violence on the person ; but how she came into the water , or by what means she met ber death , they bad no evidence to show . "

      Tbe DoincntE at the Regent's Caxal Dock . — On Saturday afternoon last Mr . Baker commenced an inquest at tbe Three Colts publichouse , Idmehouse , on the body of Robert Appling , who was shot on Thursday last , under circumstances which have already been published . The evidence given at the examination of the accused at the Thames Court was repeated , and Mr . Bose , a Burgeon , proved having made a post mortem examination of the body , and having extracted the ball from the deceased ' s heart , which must have caused instant death . The inquest was then adjourned . — On Monday the adjourned inquest was held at tbe above place . The person , who fired the shot which caused the death of the unfortunate man is William

      East , a boop ; bender , of 39 , London-street , Batcliffe , who , according to his own admission , was firing at an earthenware jog , fixed on the top of a post in the rear of bis premises . Be has been twice before Mr . Ingham at the Thames Police Court , and liberated on bail . Tbe evidence given on Friday left no doubt tbat a gun was fired by East in his yard at the time the deceased fell mortally wounded on the deck of the Lively , and that the snot came from the direction of London-street . Some additional evidence , not yet prodneed before the magistrate , was given . —Mr . Spatt , a gunsmith , said he had teed Eastfs gun with tbe " gnutUtf ehasge " and found rf would carry a hall thirty or forty yards beyond the distance where AblettfelL from where

      it was presumed to have been fired . He tried on a measured distance , ata target . The ball wentthirfy feetbeyond the target , and stuck in the bank but SO deep that he could not find the hall . Two other Witne 88 e 3 ( neighnonrs ) stpoketobavmgcautionedth accused several timei against firing . 0 H his guninhis . back garden , within the last twelve months ; but he would not desist . The Court being cleared , the jury debiberated for an hour and a half , and then returned a verdict of manslaughter against William East , and unanimouslyJoined in requesting the coroner to suspend tbe execution of the warrant until after Thursday next , to prevent the recognizances entered into by Bast being estreated by the magistrate .

      The Alleged Mdkdbb op a Hussum by his Was . —On Tuesday , Mr . W , Carter held an inquest at the King ' s Head Tavern , Blackfiws-road , on the body of John Brown , twenty-two , a church mat maker , of Surrey-row , whose death was occa-

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      sioned by a blow inflicted on his skull by his wife , aged eighteen , who was on Fridayla ' st examined at faoutbwarfc police-court on a charge of manslaughter , and remanded . The evidence chiefly rested on tne testimony of Ann Charman , a woman occasionally employed by the deceased to clean the house . — air . Carter informed tho jury that the bodv had not been opened m the manner that he expected . The head only had been opened , but other parts ought to be examined to show the real cause of death . He therefore adjourned the court until Friday next , to give the medical man an opportunity of making a further examination of the body """""* , * SmciDB ,-On Wednesday Mr . Carter stated , at an inquest held by him at Camberwell . thaf . hA %

      just new an inquiry on the body of a young woman bridgeff „ Sft J Uffl P S «* Waterloo-S n < Jv Sfl ? the youn S wman ™ Sophia itffi ' ab 0 Ufc U ' ent J" *««» of age , who , it was said , had been very respectabl y brought ™ , and had ^ Srl ^ f ? ervice About mon ths hfr ™ wf * 7 *? mstress Ieft t 0 ™» at » l she had her authority to draw upon one ef the clerks for her wagesand any expenses which she might be at for wcv , ? - eb 0 ld - S 116 . overdrew tothe amount of a few shillings and this lead to extraordinary excitement , and ultimately to her death . She went to herbrother-m-Iaw ' whois a tutor , in St . Ann ' scourt , Holborn , and declared she would not go back toner mistress , but declined to state the reason ; eue _ -was , however , prevailed on to return _ hut

      again Jolt , and Wound living in Red Lion-square . Her brother-in-law took her to his home . She had written to him to say she had done wrong , and was determined to destroy herself . On Monday week she went out in great excitement , her brother calling on her to come back , but she would not , and the same night ber bonnet was found on Waterloo-Orioge , and her body near it in the river on Friday last . The jury returned a verdict "that the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity . ' '

      w * i IKA 0 RDISABT Cos » ncx or A Souheb . —On Monday night , Isaac Cummins , one of the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards , was out from the barracks in Portman-street , and got into the company of some women in Orchard street , when he became excessively inebriated . From some cause which cannot be clearlv ascertained , he suddenly threw up the window o f tbe second floor and leaped out . He was much hurt on the head , and was lying in a pool of blood when found by the police , and in an insensible state . He was taken to the Westminster Hospital and seen by the surgeon , who did what was necessary , and he was then conrayed to the Mibtary Hospital , in Rochester-row , where he remains , but not , it is believed , in a danstate

      gerous . Fire at Smke Newkoton . —On Sunday the neighbourhood of High-street , Stoke-Uewington , was thrown into confusion , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of one of the most disastrous fires that has happened in that district for a considerable time past . Tho outbreak was first perceived by the constable who , in passing , appears to have noticed an unusual glare of light in the premises belonging to Mr . Todman , a chandler , in business at 2 fo . 7 , in the High-street ; Whilst the constable was knocking at tho door flames in huge sheets shot forth from the various windows , both at the rear aud in the front , and tbe fire soon communicated to the premises numbered 6 and 5 in the same street , occupied by Mr . G . Parrotfc . a

      linendraper . When the firemen from London arrived , the flames had made tremendous progress , for besides enveloping the premises numbered 7 6 and 5 , in the High-street , they were likewise feeding upon Eos . 4 and 8 . The latter was in the tenure of Mrs . Underwood , a dress maker , and the former belonging to the same party as the two houses numbered o and 6 . The police and inhabitants succeeded in removing a quantity of property from Mr . Parrott ' s premises , which was safely housed in the buildings opposite , but the draught given to the flames by opening the doors fanned them into every room in a very brief period . By keeping to theirwork . thefiremen by halfpast eleven o ' clock , four hours after the

      commencement of the fire , succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration , but not until the following damage was done , which is officiaJlv reported by Mr . Superintendent Braidwood : —Ko . 7 , High-street , Mr . George Todman , chandler and general dealer—Premises burned down , and stock in trade , with furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects , consumed ; cause of fire not known . Nos . 5 and 6 , High-street : Mr . Goorge Parrott , linendraper—Premises all but destroyed ; the stock in trade and furniture severely injured by fire , water , and hasty removal . Insured for contents in the Phoenix Fire-office . Whether the building was insured or not is not known . No . 4 , High-street : Mr . George Parrott , ditto ditto—The side walls

      severely ^ burned . The first and second floors much injured by fire , water , and cutting away . The contents are also damaged by fire , water , and hasty removal . Stock in trade and furniture insured in the Phosnix Office , tfo . 8 , High-street : Mrs . Underwood , dressmaker—Side walls , flooring , and roof damaged by fire and water , and contents by hasty removal . Insurance not known at present There is no doubt entertained that the fire had been smouldering all the afternoon , for the landlord oi the tavern opposite bad experienced a smell as if arising from burning wood for some hours before the policeman discovered the flames . Fire at Messrs . Porssel ' s , CorshhIi . —On Sunday evening , about six o'clock , a fire broke out in the large range of premises belonging te Messrs . PursseU , the biscuit bakers and confectioners , in Corobill , City . The premises are'fitted up with saloons and various apartments for refreshments , —

      the kitchen alone being suffijeiently capacious for fifty hands to work , whilst the coffee-room was large enough to accommodate nearly 100 persons . The flames commenced in the back part of the shop , on the ground , and when discovered had obtained a firm hold of the premises . Fortunately the fire commenced at that early hour ; for , had it been in the night time , it is impossible to tell what might have been the results , as not fewer than thirty men slept in the buildings . The fire was eventually extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done to the premises , and also their contents . Several large plates of glass were demolished , even as far as the top of the house , and one of the firemen had a narrow escape by one of the heavy sheets of glass falling , and nearly striking the man . Fortunately the firm was insured in the Atlas , Sun , and National Mercantile fire office . .

      Great Firb in LrriMBaiTAiif . —On Wednesday morning a fire , which consumed a vast amount of property , occurred on thespaciouspremiges belonging to Mr . Robert Whi taker , playing card and pasteboard manufacturer , situate in Little Britain , City . The property was five floors in height , including the basement , the front forming two . of the large , houses in the public thoroughfare , whilst the manufactory was a building nearly as capacious . William Simmonds , who slept , in the second floor of the front premises , had his attention suddenly attracted by a lond noise , as if occasioned from tbe snapping of burning wood . He immediately proceeded to one of the back win dows , when he saw that the ground floor and first story of the factory were in flames . In less than five

      minutes after the alarm two of the Royal Society ' s fire escapes attended , bnt fortunately the inmates had succeeded in previously making their escape . The engines were remarkably early in arriving , butbefore sufficient time had elapsed toset them fairly to work , the flames had communicated with every floor in the factory , and they were rushing forth from the twentysix windows in front , completely extending across the open yard , and rolling into the back windows of the front houses numbered 13 and 14 , in Little Britain . At tbe same time hundreds of sheets of card board and paper , in a state of combustion , were blown through the top of the premises , where the roof gave way , and were carried a long distance over the surrounding houses , threatening deveitation to the

      entire neighbourhood . The firemen now saw tbat not the least chance remained of saving any . portion of the factory , they therefore directed their exertions toward * cutting off the further extension of the flames in tho front warehouse and dwellings . The work of destruction , however , continued , and very speedily tbe two top floors of Bo . 14 . were in a complete blaze , and the fire had also penetrated through the remaining back windows of that house , and also of JSo . 13 , so that every room at the back was on fire . The energies of the firemen now became concentrated to one point , and , under the direction of Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , and Mr . Coif , the foreman of the London establishment , the men worked most admirably by mounting the staircases and scattering immense streams of water into erery room on fire , so as to prevent the flames from reaching tbe other portions of the property . Eventually the brigade succeeded in arresting the further extension

      of the flames ; but many hours elapsed before they could be extinguished Even as late as fire o ' clock in the evening % great body of fire remained amidst the ruins and tbe firemen were obliged to keep pouring torrents of water upon tbe same to prevent it from breaking out again . The total loss by this disastrous event must , at a moderate calculation , reach some thousand pounds , for the whole of the manufacturing premises are completely destroyed , the upper portion of one of the front warehouses is burned out , the whole of the back rooms of the two front houses are partially destroyed , and the valuable stock in trade seriously injured by water . Fortunately the principal part of the valuable designs , which have taken some . years to accumulate , have been saved . For a time . the whole of the work people employed , on the premises , numbering upwards of forty , will be thrown out of work .

      The Sioahe CASB .--In consequence of the rumoured intention of Mr . Sloane to apply to the Court of Queen ' s Bench to remove the indictment against him in that court , the subject was brought under the consideration of the Board of Guardians of the West London Union , on Tuejday nigbt ,

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      wben . Mr . Pontifex , the clerkto . the board , stated that he had taken ail tho necessary precautionary steps to prevent the . issuing of the writ without notice of the intended application being-given'to him , by entering a caveat at the Judges-chambers , and also at the Ctpwn-office , and giving the defendant's attornics notice of the fact , but up to the present time he had received no notice of the application . Mr . Clarksou , who appeared for Mr . Sloane throughout the examination , and at the Central Criminal Court , it baa been ascertained , has not received instructions to apply for the writ , which can only bo done , during term , by counsel , and at Westminster , a judge at chambers having no power during term to direct the writ to issue .

      Information has reached Mr . Roe , the officer , who holds the warrant against Mrs . Sloane , that she is residing at Boulogne , under a feigned name ; and , iu consequence , he has had several interviews with members of the Board of Guardians and Mr . Pontifex as to the propriety of applying to the government to aid , through the French authorities , her apprehension in the event of her being found there ; but , as his going over to Boulogne would bo attended with considerable expense , he ( Roe ) objects to do so unless indemnified by the guardians . It appears , however , that there is strong disinclination on the part of the guardians to act , under the impression that the poor-law auditors would disallow the amount .

      Tub Late Sewer Accidesi w IstiSOXON . —The late fatal accident in the Lower-road , Islington , has been followed by a strong expression of sympathy on the part of the inhabitants , in behalf of the widows and large families of the two unfortunate men who fell victims to the inundation of the New River into the sewer . Subscriptions are being raised for the widow of G . Ellis , one of the men , who is left with a family of six children totally unprovided for , and tbe widow of W . Bone , left with four children .

      Suspected Murder . —On Wednesday information was received by the police that the body of a respectable dressed man had been picked up in the Thames , near Woolwich . The deceased must have been about thirty years of age , and of dark complexion . The skull aud rightleg are fractured , and marks of ill-usage are visible on other parts of the body , on which nothing of value or to lead to , identification ot the body was found . It is strongly suspected that the unfortunate man was robbed and then murdered . . Robbkrt of £ 220 . —Information was received , at the Guildhallon Saturday last , of the robbery of

      , 220 sovereigns from a young man , named Wynn , in tbe service of Messrs . Smith and Co ., Paternosterrow . It appears that he was of a delicate constitution , and that in the afternoon of the previous Thursday as he was passing through Fountain-court , he was taken ill in a fit . A crowd of persons gathered round him , and he was attended by Mr , Butler , a medical geutleman . On his recovery lie found that he had lost a canvas bag , containing 220 sovereigns . Information was communicated to the police , and a sum of £ 100 offered for the recovery of the money .

      , , The Tkiai . or Mr . Sioane . —It is stated that the proceedings against Mr . Sloane will be removed by certiorari Jrom the Old Bailey to the Queen ' s Bench . Mrs . Sloane is not yet apprehended , but there is reason to believe that she wilt be in custody before the trial comes on .

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      Charge of Embezzlkmest . —On Saturday morning last , Mr . George Hilwood Plant , late secretary to the Liverpool Mutual Luan Society , was brought before Mr . Rushton , at Liverpool , onacharge of embezzlement . The above society was established in 1844 , and Mr . Plant appointed secretary , at a salary of £ 40 per annum . He continued to hold this situation till November last , when he voluntarily resigned it . On the 25 th of January , 1849 , a loan of £ 100 was granted by the society to Mr . James Fisher of Scotland-road . Mr . Fisher paid certain ' weekly instalments amounting to £ < j 0 17 s . 10 d ., leaving a balance due to the society of £ 32 2 d . on tbe 24 th of September . Mr . Fisher then ceased his payments till the following March , when he paid Mr . Plant £ 18 , and received a receipt for it ; but that sum had not been entered in the books , nor in any way accounted for by Mr . Plant . These facts having been detailed by several witnesses , it was stated there were other charges against the prisoner , and he was remanded until Saturday .

      The Explosion at Blacrboy Colliery . —The inquest on the bodies was held on the 17 th inst ., in the school room , Black Boy , before Wm . Trotter , Esq ., coroner . Several witnesses were examined , the sabstance of whose evidence was that an unexpected accumulation of gas bad taken place in the part of the pit where the men were at work , and that the ventilation and general arrangements in the colliery were of a superior descrip tion . . The j ury returned a verdict of " . Accidental death . " Suspected Poisoning . —On Monday an inquiry was commenced before the borough coroner of Liverpool , arising out of the following circumstances : On the previous Friday a gentleman called upon the coroner , and stated tbat a relative of his , a Mr .

      John Walker , a broker and commission agent , of this town , residing in lodgings with a person named Lunt , at Go , Jerrard-street , had died , in his opinion , under very suspicious circumstances . From the statement then made inquiries were immediately set on foot , when it was ascertained that the deceased , four or five days before his death , which occurred on the 7 th inst ., was observed by a friend in a very drunken state some distance from his lodgings . This individual immediately procured a cab , in which he placed deceased and accompanied him home . In doing so he observed that be had in his possession a bag containing money , which he ascertained amounted to £ 52 . During the night the deceased was taken very ill , and the persons he was

      lodging with sent for a surgeon , who treated the deceased for deliritm tremens , and on calling the next day found him getting better . The surgeon was then informed that he need not call any more , as they could get a dispensary doctor gratuitously . On this day the relative above mentioned , Mr . James Smith , of Ashley-street , accidentally called upon the deceased , and found him apparently suffering from the effects of drink . In a day or two after this gentleman again called to ask after the health of his relative , when he was informed tbat he was dead , and found that preparations were making for the funeral . His suspicions were then aroused , and on making inquiry from a female , who lodged in the same house , and was with the deceased

      up to the time of his death , he ascertained that tbe coffin had been ordered before death bad taken place . The account given respecting the deceased ' s money was also very unsatisfactory , his landlady . first saying she found £ 10 , then £ 8 , and various other amounts . The coroner on learning these particulars on Saturday , issued his warrant for the exhumation of the body . The proceedings however were ad journed to afford time for effecting , a medical examination of tbe remains . On Monday a jury attended at the coroner ' s office , and after being duly sworn , they proceeded to the Necropolis to view the body , which was lying in the reserved burying place , atthe north end of the burial ground . On opening the coffin the deceased was identified by Smith . The body had suffered but little from the process of decomposition , andthe features remained almost perfect . Mr . Whittle , the surgeon , made a post mortem

      examination , and took tbe stomach and intestines for the purpose of analyzation , in which he will be assisted by Dr . Brett . The inquest was then adjourned to Monday next , when the result of the analysis will be given , and the whole of the circumstances invegtigated . The St . Helen ' s Savings Bank . —Our correspondent at St . Helen ' s has been informed that the collieries which belonged to tbe Messrs , J . and W . Johnson , actuary and sub-actuary of the St . Helen ' s Savings Bank , and which have , since the discovery of the frauds , been in the hands of the bank trustees and managers , have been disposed of for £ 14 , 000 to parties in Liverpool and Northwich . It is rumoured , he adds , that there will be a second dividend about the middle of February , though , ef course , tbe depositors will have due notice of this . So soon a * the new bill becomes law , it is understood that another bank for savings will be established in St . Helen ' s . —Liverpool Times .

      Infakt Baptism . —A case occurred the other day at Bnckland Monachorum which ought to be placed before the public . A child died , and was to be buried in the churchyard at Buckland ; but the friends of the deceased having stated to the incumbent that the child had not been baptised he said that he could not bury it , nor could he allow of any service being performtd atthe grave over its most unfortunate remains , though , sofar as " the church " ia concerned , for want ot the performance of this ceremony , the innocent child Was deprived of Christian burial . There is in the parish , however , a dissenting chapel , and thither , on Christmas-day , the friends of the child carried its remains , and a service was performed there , after which the body was taken to the grave , and quietly deposited therein without ceremony of any kind .

      Serious Charge . —A farmer and farrier , named Robinson , hitherto moving in a respectable sphere of life at Methley , near Leeds , was last week charged before the bench of magistrates at Wakefield with having feloniously assaulted a girl , named Ann Lunn , who is about fourteen years of age . The prosecutrix stated that she had been in the service of Robinson about three weeks , and that on Sunday night last , her mistress being absent from home , she and a servant lad sat up until three o ' clock awaiting the return of her master , who was out . On his return be requested her to accompany him to his room , but she refused to do so , and returned to her own ; shortly afterwards , however , when she was undressed he entered her room and laid himself down by her side , and on her crying out for assistance he carried her to his own bed and there committed the offence with which he was charged . On the follow-

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      ing morning she told her -mother andothers of the occurrence , and her statement as to the commission of the offence was borne eut by the evidence of a surgeon at Wakefield . ' Robinson strongly denied the charge , asserting-that he had never touched tbe prosecutrix . It was also shown that she was under notice to leave her place in the course of the week for alleged negligence ; but the sitting magistrates were of opinion that the case ought to go before a jury , and the prisoner was consequently committed for trial at the next assizes at York . The Bench refused an application to liberate the prisoner on ball . Daring Burglary . —On the 17 th inst ., ( says the St -mford Mercury ) , a burglary was committed at the

      lone house of Mr . Watts , in the ' . parish of Orton , near Peterborough , After he and his wife had retired to rest , they were disturbed by hearing persons outside their house attempting to break in . Mr . W . got up , went down stairs , and demanded their business - he was told that , if he did not immediately open ' the door , they would force it open and shoot him . He returned up stairs to procure a light , and instantly the door wasburst open . Three men wearing masks then rushed into the house ; one of them had a gun in his hand , and the other two were armed with heavy pieces of iron . A ruffian seized Watts , and another placed the gun to his head , declared with imprecations that unless he gave up ail his property , thev would blow out his brains . They then proceeded

      to ransack the house , and stole two silver drinking cups , twenty-one teaspoons , nine table spoons , a pair of sugar bowls and caddie spoon , three table cloths , a flitch of bacon , six bottles of wine , three bottles of gin , two bottles of rum , £ 1 $ 10 s . 6 d . iu gold and silver , a half guinea , an American threepenny piece , and a brace of horse pistols . During the time they were engaged in breaking open the boxes , Mrs . Watts secreted her pocket , containing the money , between tbe mattress and her bed . The villains , not being able to find any cash , made tbe old lady get up , and swore that if they did not succeed in finding some money , they would , as they knew there was some , murder the parties and set fire to the house . On Mrs . W . ' s getting up they pulled off all tbe clothes

      and found the hidden treasure . They knocked the bung out of a small barrel of home made wine , and then turned it upside down ; they did the same also to a barrel of beer , and the contents of both vessels were destroyed . The robbers are supposed to be practised hands , for on looking over the plate they found two German silver spoons , which they would not take away . They left the house after a considerable interval , and on ' the following morning the old man ( Watts ) gave information to the Peterborough and other police officers . A reward of ten guineas is offered for the discovery of the offenders , and several suspicious characters have been apprehended . Extraordinary Escape . —On Saturday evening last , a railway labourer named Jesse Pont , who had been at work at Rye , was returning along the lino on his way to Fairiight . He had just passed under the viaduct , or brick bridge , at the Lnndgate , Rye , when he heard the train coming on behind him . In order

      to avoid being run over , he stepped on to the next line , which unfortunately praved to be that on which the , train was actually running . He was immediately knocked down by the foremost truck , and the whole train passed over him . A person passing by at the time ran up , with horror depicted in his countenance , to look ( as he supposed ) at the mangled remains , when he was most agreeably surprised to see Mr . Navvy get on his feet , and go and sit in a temporary shed on the side of the line , at the Bopeivalk , for a few minutes , where he wiped the blood from a slight fracture on the right side of his head , and removed the " grit" from his left eye , and after rubbing his left shoulder a little , declared his intention of proceeding on his jeumey . He stated that he fell lengthways between the rails , and thus escaped with the slight wound above related ; he had worked as a labourer for the last sixteen years , and this was tbe first accident lie had met with .

      Horrihle Brutality . —During the night of Saturday . last , some villain so seriously injured four cows and a pig , belonging to Mr . Cutler , a farmer , of Dagna ]] , by chopping their fore legs ( apparently with abill ) ,-that it was found necessary to have them killed . From the fact of Mr . Cutler having that day discharged one of his farm-labourers , named Norman , suspicion fell upon ' him , and he was arrested . The prisoner was then locked up for the night in the Ivinghoe cage ; but , on the following morning , it was found that lie had escaped therefrom , having picked the locks with a bale of a bucket which had been locked up with him . He is still at large . Sebious Case of Alleged Manslaughter at Bristol . —A most painful occurrence has taken place

      at Bristol , in consequence of the death of a Swies gentleman named John Frederick Bippert , who was engaged as a commercial interpreter and deputy shipbroker , and whose death is alleged to have resulted from . the effects of . violence inflicted on him by Mr . Philip Douglas Alexander , a young man connected with one of the most eminent mercantile firms of Bristol , and whose connexions likewise are shipbrokers . The coroner , Mr . J . B . Grindon , commenced an inquest on Saturday last , at the Llandogertrow Tavern , Kingi-street . The coroner having explained to the jury , the nature of the case , an adjournment took place for the purpose of enabling the medicalgentleman to make a post mortem examination oi the body . It appeared tbat on the 4 th of December a ' French brig , called the Adolphe , arrived in the port , . when the deceased , Mr . Bippert , having been requested by the consignee to look out for her , went

      on board of her in-King's-road , to get her papers , for the purpose of handing them over to a ship-broker named Holmes , for whom he occasionally acted , to pass the vessel through the Custom-bouse . The hrig had been brought up to the Cumberland Basin , and was moored , when Mr . Alexander came on board to endeavour to get-her papers . Mr . Bippert said , " You are loo late . " Upon which ( according to the deceased man ' s deposition ) W . Alexander rushed at and gavehim a blow on the head , which knocked him from the poop-deck to the main deck , his side falling against the steps and his head against the water-cask . He also felt something snap in his inside , which was ultimately found to be a rupture , the subsequent irreducible strangulation of which caused his death . It is stated on the part of the accused that Mr . Bippert ' s version of the affair is a very incorrect one , and the real character of the conflict will of course form the main point of inquiry .

      Discovery of Stoles Property at Leeds . —On Tuesday , at the Leeds Court House , George Hirst , the landlord of the Angel Inn beer-house , Market : street , was brought up before' the sitting magistrates for further examination . It will be remembered , that a large quantity of property , supposed to have been stolen , , was found in his house , and he was remanded in order to give time for its identification . At the previous hearing on . Tuesday last , Mr . \ Ym . James , superintendent of the police force , produced a piece . of woollen cloth in the balk or unfinished state , . which , he said , he bad found in the prisoner ' s house on Sunday last , under the following circumstances : —Having received information ; which induced him to make a second search , he proceeded to tbjo house on Sunday morning . In the cellar he found a number of barrels , all of them

      having taps in , but as one of them sounded oddly , he turned it up , and found , instead of containing ale , it was filled with'the above piece of cloth , measuring about twenty-five yards in length . This piece . of cloth has been identified as the property of Mr . . Robert Hirst ,, woollen merchant , of Park-lane , and was stolen out of a cart on the Cth of January , while being conveyed to the-finishers . A watch found in the prisoner ' s house on the first search has been identified by Mr . Talbot , clothier , of Batley , he having been robbed of it about two months ago , when in Leeds .. Several other articles were also identified , including some umbrellas , stolen from shops in Briggate and Commercial-street . The prisoner said nothing in defence , and was committed on several distinct charges ; but , on the application of Mr . James , he was remanded till next Tuesday , that if possible owners might be found for the other property , not yet identified .

      Murder at Lawshall . —On Monday evening last a murder was committed in the parish of Lawshall i neat-Bury St .-EdmundSj under very shocking circumstances . The name of the deceased is Elimbeth Bambridge , and the prisoner in custody , George Carnt , both , of them . natives of Lawshall . Tha . deceased , on Monday , . afternoon , ' left her brother ' s house in company with the prisoner , who returned alone some hours afterwards . Suspicion being aroused by the demeanour of the prisoner , » search was instituted and her body was discovered in a . pond in tho . direction of . ' her father ' s house , whither she had . stated her intention of going upon leaving her brother ' s . On conveying it to a neighbouring house , a large bruise ; as if from a blow

      wion a hst , was discovered on the right cheek , and several severe scratches on "h er face , neck and hands . On looking at the bushes near the pond , they-bore indisputable evidence that a fearful struggle had taken place between the deceased and another party , and that she had been violently dragged along the hedge from the spot where the footprints ceased . to the pond . In the pond , and close by the deceased , were found a bat and-handkerchief , which can bo identified as belonging to the prisoner . Round the neck of the deceased was found a silver watch , which "belonged to the prisoner . In the pocket of the prisoner was also found a wedding ring , corresponding with one which the deceased invariably wore , and which was missing from her finger . .. .,

      A Child Killed bt a Lunatic Mother . ~ An inquest has been held before E . Sparrowe , Esq ., at Lowestoft , to inquire into the death of Joseph Edwin Bly , the infant son of Isaac and Sarah Ely —Anne Arms deposed that-the mother of the' infant was her daughter , and the deceased was eight weeksold . Her daughter had been ill . with alow fever which prevailed in the neighbourhood . : Witness went to see her daughter-on' Tuesday niVhfc when she found ber " very ill and bad . " She could not understand what her daughter said , and then On opening the bed to look after her daughter ' s child , she found it quite dead and the throat

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      out .- Witnessranvout-of . the house to find the father of the infant ; and when " she" returned found that her' daughter had cut her own throat , but hot fatally . " A razor was found lying on the chest . — M . A . Chapman deposed that on going into the room where the mother of the deceased lay in bed she saw her throw her ' hands about wildly , and say , « ' Did I do it ? Did I do it ? Oh , no J It was not me that did it . "—Robert Bly , brother of the deceased , deposed that ho had been asked by his mother , on Tuesday morning , to get her a razor , to cut her nails , and he brought her one . George

      Cleveland , Esq ., surgeon , deposed to the excited condition of mind and weakness of body of the mother of the deceased , and of her saying , without questioning , that she cut the throat of her child , then her own , but tbat she could not say why , she did it . Mr . S . Brame , the registrar , deposed that when tho mother of the deceased attended \ to register the child he found her in a state of great mental depression , from poverty . The jury , after deliberating about half an hour , returned the verdict— " Wilful murder , " against the mother , but expressed their regret that they could not qualify their verdict by adding their opinion of the poor woman ' s insanity .

      A Case of Restitution of Property , lost upwards of seventeen years ago , occurred recently at Gorleston , to a blacksmith named Read , living near the White Horse . A few days since a stranger cilled upon him , and asked him if he remembered losing a bag of money out of his cart near the Southtown turnpike gate , in the month of February , 183 i , and , if so , how much it was ? Read replied he did certainly remember it , and thought it was between £ 0 and £ 10 . The man then inquired if he ( Read ) would forgive the person who ~ got it for £ 5 ? Read said he should be glad to forgive him , at that distance of time , if he gave him a sovereign . On which the stranger placed before him £ 510 s ., arid shaking hands with him , left the house ,

      b ut refused to tell him his name . Important Seaman ' s Case . —On Tuesday , six men were brought up in custody , before Mr . Rushton , by police-officer Tuck , on a charge of refusing to proceed to sea in the ship after signing articles . Thomas Ridley sM he was master of the Crusader , and the whole ' of the men had sailed with him in tho ship on a voyage to Buenos Ayres . They had been at sea five ' days , ' and returned to port , when they refused to go the voyage . One of the men said , on the charge being preferred , that they would be obliged if the mate and the steward were sent for , as they would state that the captain had not been sober since the ship left the river . When the witnesses came , they were sworn , and Mv . Rushton

      addressed the mate , and said : —" These six men are brought here for refusing to go to sea in the ship , alleging as a reason that the captain had not been sober since ho left tbe river . Is that true ?" The mate , who seemed to answer unwillingly , said he could not say that he had been altogether in his proper senses during the voyage . —The steward said the same . He had often given him spirits in his coffe , and he was not capable of managing the ship on a lee shore . —The captain said he had never been in such a state . He had had a pilot on board for three days out of the five . He had not tasted spirits of any description . —The steward said , " I saw him fill a tumbler when he was notable to hold t to the cask . "—Mr . Rushton : What of ?—The

      steward : Rum , sir . —Mr . Itushton said it was a very serious matter . It ' was his duty to take care that the men were not imprisoned improperly . The sailor had a right to guard against a drunken captain . Here was the mate , an unwilling witness , who was put on oath , and who said the captain was not fit for duty ; and tbe steward deposed that he was not only totally unfit for duty , but he had seen him drinking spirits by . the tumbler , drawn from the cask . Under tho circumstances , and deciding by the evidence , he thought the men justified in not proceeding to sea . The owner , who was in court , said the men had refused to work when the ship was jn danger ; and Mr . Rushton replied that if such captains were put on board a vessel all confidence was lost . The captain said he had sailed sixteen yearsoutof Liverpool , and referred to

      hischaracter during that time , when the magistrate remarked that it was a painful thing to do , as respected the captain , but it was due to the men—they must be discharged . The men were then set at liberty ; but it wa » understood that the owners would put a new captain in the ship , and that they would proceed on tho voyage . A memorial from them to the owners was also read , setting forth the conduct of the captain in the form of a letter , from which it appeared he had perilled the ship , not being able to distinguish the lights , and having to give up the command of the vessel to one of the people , to pilot her inside the Tuskar rocks , when sho was in dangerous circumstances , and when , but for this delegation of authority , she would have been lost . — Tho letter , the magistrate remarked , was extremely creditable to the men .

      Cruelty to an Apprentice . — At the Loughborough petty sessions last week , a case was heard , of such a character that the audience several times gave vent to their indignation and contempt . Tho particulars of the case are as follow •—In August , 1846 , a youth named Blankley , whose parents lived at "Wannp , was apprenticed to Collington , tailor , of Seagrave . Soon after he was bound , he and a fellow-apprentice were subject to treatment of a most rigorous and harsh character . Sufficient food was not given to them , and at times that which was given was unfit to eat . Once some liver which had been cooked several days , and was in a mouldy state , was given them ; and because Blankley's fellow-apprentice refused to eat it , he was kept

      without food three days . When at work they were not allowed to speak to each other , and for looking , or smiling at each other , they have both frequently been severely beaten . Neither of them made any complaint to their parents , but on the 13 th of October , 1849 , Blankley , who was then about seventeen years of age , absconded , unknown to his parents , and went to sea . After being a sailor a few months the ship returned to Hull , and Blankley was discharged ; but then , rather than return to his master , he enlisted aa a soldier . He removed with the regiment to Limerick , where ho fell sick ; and after lying in the hospital there three months , he for tbe first time since he ran away wrote to his parents informing them of his

      situation . Soon after his father purchased bis discharge and a week or two ago he returned home . Collington , hearing of his return , took out a summons charging him with absconding ftorn his apprenticeship , and the case was brought forward , when tbe above facts as to the treatment , & e ., were sworn to by Blankley ' s fellow-apprentice . Tho magistrates recommended an arrangement out of court , when the bench informed Collington that they were unanimously of opinion that he was not a fie person to have an apprentice ; and their decision was tbat the indentures be cancelled , and that he ( Collin * - ton ) pay the costs . - Attempt to . Drown two Pilots . —The Greek brig Panagia Carussiha , was boarded on Tuesday

      morning by James Rowland , Bristol pilot , in the basin , whose duty it was to conduct her to the Cardiff Roads ; and when comin g out of the lock at Rownham , three of the crew suddenly seized him by the threat and legs , and attempted to throw him overboard , but in which they did not succeed . Rowland , fearing to stay ori beard , from the menacing aspect of the fellows , hailed the tug-boat and got on board her , and so escaped ; but when opposite this place David Morse , a Cardiff pilot , went alongside , and was about to ascend by a ladder which bung over the side . When the crew , with the captain , saw that another pilot was attempting to

      board , they drew up the ladder , leaving a piece of spar ( which had served as a fender in the bason ) , and to which Morse held on , thinking tbat he could gain access to the vessel , but he was not allowed to do so , as the fender was let out with the sole intention of turning the man off , the brig then going five knots . Just at this moment , and while Morse was struggling in the water , the ladder , which continued drawn up , was again , it is concluded accidentally , let down , and , of which Morse laid hold , when one of the crew descended and trod on his fingers ; but , notwithstanding , Morse held on and two Pill boats , which put off to render him assistance , succeeded in saving him , but for which he must have been drowned .

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      uuLTivATioN . oF DLAx in Scotlano . —The attention of agriculturists is being turned in a practical shape to the importance , of the growth ol flax in this country . We understand tbat the Messrs . Craig and Co ., of Prestonbolm , have issued a circular on the subject , in which they state their readiness to enter into an agreement for supplying the requisite machinery for scutching or cleaning sind steepmg the flax . After referring to the deteriora-Iw ° i ?' an flax , they say , - «« We are of opinion that the culture could be introduced into Scotland with great advantage to the growers , from seeing that in Ireland , as well as on the continent , it ii found to be a more profitable crop than grain of any sort , and in consequence , that the quantity grown in Ireland is rapidly increasing . We are , therefore , quite prepared to erect before next season the requisite machinery on the best principle , and to such an-extent as tho wants of the district seem to require ; but as the cost of erection would be considerable , we hesitate to do so without iomo assurance on the part of the landowners and farmers that a certain quantity of land would be devoted to this culture for two or three years . " ; The Scotch Iron Tram . —An influential meeting of the iron trade was held on Monday in Glasgow , to consider what means might bo deemed desirable to remove a strong prejudice found to exist in England against tho use of Scottish iron . An effective committee was appointed for that purpose . These gentlemen are . to report , to a subsequent general meeting of the trade . The subject is of the highest importance to a standard branch of our national industry ; and we have every confidence ia

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      the steps taken by the committee beim * * , »• , ^ in their results . — ¦ ° ^ act ^

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      IWUTKJ . ' . ; pS Decline of Pauperism in the Wem-.-. a -Wr and by no means insignificant , symptom of \ l *\ \ Wm but steady improvement that bas » et in , erc % >; J 9 worst circumstanced parts of tuowest of ir „] "I \ gill elucidated by the official returns of the numih ''» " ^ ImB paupers chargeable to the Boliina Unio ,, » hi i ° ' "« WH January , 1850 , and on the corresponding day r '« t ' & SU preient year . At the former period the gros , r . h » 2 £ { J twenty-two electoral divisons amounted in a ^ tf % agB while at the latter this formidable mass of r > i ' ^ % * m had declined very nearly one half—the nuX S ^ H books being but 1 . 214 . ^ MiS Gallant Conduct . —A few nig hts since ~ i ' * fiili James Hagerty was returning from Killuohan \ ' ^ 3 ii residence at Knockshebawn , he was attack 11 ^ - 'S l armed party of eight men . When assaiie , ] % j by Hi ;; Sl |

      drew a large clasp'Knife trom \ m pocket with t '• ' ® % m he cut and hacked away at his opponents I - ^ S 52 f $ time , and there can be no doubt that robliPunT tl 8 iSSaSfi object of his assailants .- Wettmtatk ( hardS ^*^ tfmi Papal Aggression . —Preparations are in mi , ^ waS for an anti-Papal demonstration in the W ; S Down . The circumstance of Lord CastlereaT ? - ^ ntim affixed his name-along with certain other } t . i " aTlc 5 : Saa bers-to a document protesting against the » , fflt % menf-, nf anv nenal measures to o . nrr . « . „ ..... ^ Cl . 'Wis ment of any penal measures to curb the autw ? c 1 ' : '

      ftpE the Holy See in England , appears to have JS " of •«'< $ » impulse to the movement contemplated hv t \ l \^ wiffl ship's constituents . The local papers' ""« " •* : $ « $ acrimonious remarks upon the " baclcslidt ne" *' ? ¦ i m & delinquent representative . s 01 h gjgpt ENCUMneRED Estates Court . — Tirelr ? 16 $ * petitions have been placed upon the file from „ " ^ pinea seeking relief from debt , through the medium « f' !• ^^ j ? court in Henrietta-street . In the last batch » „ ibo * some large and well circumstanced estates to aft ' * ' < 0 $ the notice of the speculative , but the incumbiAn ^ SM ^ upon many of them are so fearfully disproportion !* # *&& to the estimated value of the rentals , as to leave , ? ' & W tail creditors—if there be such—but scant dodo i ' $# their demands being satisfied out of the proceeds i ** $% the sales , supposing even tbat tbe most exttaval , ! i & tyBt rates of purchase were obtained . § at ' ' -7 ^ 88 $

      Evictions in the County op Down . —The Jk »* PJ dalh Democrat publishes a formidable list of landto ' ^ who are preparing to take out ejectment decree * « ^ M the Newry Quarter Sessions now sitting , Aion ' - ^ l the applicants are Lord Bangor , the trustees of IJ ' ^^ Kilmorey , General Meade , who obtained dec * *^! i against eight of his tenants , and Lord Clanirillil "WS against five . The Marquis of Dowushire obtained a P $ Hi vast number of decreeg against tenants , whose r * 5 ® if varied from £ 10 to £ 39 a year . Lord Roden n a 'S applicant for one decree only . "Here , " savs tb ^ ffi Democrat , " are preparations for wholesale csteni : i 5 rw nation , in the county of Down , by marquises , earl . ' m $ W lords , parsons , and squireens ; and averaging tii- ^ rfflfi family of each person to be ejected at five mm ' wM about COO human beings may prepare very soon te % & m walk forth from their homes in the county of Don , fS before the force of those landlords whom we brwffi named . " - m m

      Arolition of the VicEitoYALTv .-The conies , helai plated measure for the abolition of tbe Irish " Court'' anoft came before the corporation on Monday . The mora wbra of the proposition , against its removal , was Aldetmn : & $ mc Sir T . O'Brien , M . P . ; it was seconded by Mr . L { . u § p land Crosthwaite , one of the oldest and most respect , toma able merchants of Dublin ; and among the gentlemejl jejiP who spoke in support of it were Conservative ;'; £ ©« $ Whigs of the old school , modern Whigs , and MtffiP pealers . Among the other speakers on the nccasia bmfe

      were Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., Mr . Codd , Aldeiroa f gisjjH Roe , Mr . Fry , and the Lord Mayor . All were unatKopM mous , and the motion was declared to be carried l ; haO acclamation . ' notfh Representation of the County of Dows .-i " JlSi movement has commenced in this extensive counir , r || SP | amonest the ultra-Protestant and Orange party , to ^ fjMr get up a formidable opposition to Lord Castlereajc , 'tastjri on account ofhis havingsigned the delaration of iriii ; g ^ nloe members , deprecating the enactment of any pet-j > f Tb laws against the Roman Catholics , in connexion *&; stone the appointment of Roman Catholic Bishops inEtv Buffe ?

      land . It is stated that Mr . D . S . Ker , or Mr . Jtor ' M dJt well of Pinnebrogue , will be called upon to start u one ») opposition to tbe noble lord . Mnn » The Nbw Parliamentary Franchise . —Thets-: ! - ^* sion for the borough of Newry has been complete , ! : Verdi and the numbers placed on tbe poll amount to 5 !| , ¦ i $ 0 , about half the number of those composing the ci : >; jgjj stituency atthe first registration under the Reform . ' . : ; pv Act , and even less than the number of those wlj "¦¦( . ¦ 0 . ., voted at tbe last election . With respect to reJig ijg , i j £ ( denominations , the votes stand thus : —Protests ^ .-issi uviii / MMiixviuiKJ ! v «« w iwwu » vu . lw vuw * v CfHlCC

      " ^ 294 ; Roman Catholics , 220 . wjg Law Adviser . —With reference to the resignation ^ ^ of Mr . Christian , the Evening Post says :- " Jit , v ] g ^ Christian , Q . C ., finding that the duties of / airadWset ' ' olive to the Chief Secretary were incompatible with lis ^ ygj constant attendance in the . Court of Chancery , has bride resigned that office . We understand that the govern- $$ * % ment have determined on placing the office upon ih fcurg ] original footing , by the appointment of a gentleman $ j , £ jj from the outer bar to the vacant situation , tberebj f , ^ making it no longer an immediate step to the plan tions of Law Officer of the Crown . " The same journal n 0 U ((

      announces tbe appointment of Mr . Perrin , son ci of p Judge Perrin , to succeed Mr . Christian as law ai < g 00 dn riser . proc « The Civic Banquet . —The Lord Mayor gave lii fMwn inaugural banquet on Tuesday evening , in the Maw after sion House . The dinner was laid in the Kiog ' i fount Room , a temporary wooden building , erected on tt : andft occasion "of George I V . 's visit to Ireland , nearlj froma thirty years ago , and capable of accommodating siti seveai comfort and elbow room from 400 to 500 guests . His articc Excellency , the Lord-Lieutenant , and all tbe lendicj the , ];] officials , nobility and gentry at present in Dublin , takee were among the guests at tbe banquet . The cop of obi

      pany sat down to dinner at eight o ' clock . After duj longg ner the usual loyal and formal toasts were given , aw Arliiii the company broke up shortly after twelve o ' clock , IbsUj Some disappointment was felt tbat no allusion waJ . stolili made in any of the speeches to the subject of " era- of . II tralisation ; " but this could scarcely have been dom Thee without interfering vmb the gevwsal vwbamtt m of tit ! characterised the proceedings , and its omission was . ' * alsolo far a matter of good taste . The Freeman's Jonm smac in referring to the civicbanquet , says :- " Therew peclcl one feature in the civic banquet which we ca «' or ; jj omit to notice , from tbe contrast it affords to tha wtuai recent display at Guildhall . At Guildhall the »• aarjrj cellor of England , who is hereafter to try Irish U- "omo tholic causes if the policy aucceeds-offcred to \ M ™ mui the Cardinal ' s hat for the amusement of the hmi aom me waiuiuai a llttt , lur UlC uiuurcjiicui u . »¦• - -- .. nan

      Minister , and the rest ofhis auditory . At the eia * * banquet in Dublin , the health of'His Grace , J JgJ Catholic Archbishop of this diocese , was given bytl wuw » Lord Mayor , cheered by the mixed audience of ffK K"J ™ the assembly was composed , and responded to aa ™ "" plaudits by a Catholic priest , in the presence ol |« * ' ^ Queen ' s representative . The contrast is instruc ts ^ ^ and encouraging . " ... a The Pope and the Queen ' s Colieges . -i » g ^ Tuam Herald ( published in the town whoro M' -j olior bishop M'lfale resides ) asserts that letters to ™ n 6 a 6 . lately been received from Rome , which Itiftf ana _ doubt that « all the decrees of the Synod of Ihwf TtTt will be ratified by the Roman authorities , andt »| anan their arrival in Ireland may be shortly expectw- j ^ £ q The same journal declares that , M ThebooK 0 fi jej j . fessor de Vericour ( of Cork College ) has been « £ ' j 0 j 0

      demned by the highest ecclesiastical aulhow-i Sv Sv and put upon tho Index . " -, thth The Kilrush TJniok . —In the Court of Q ^ h H Bench , on Saturday , in the case of " the Q «« "' " H H tbe prosecution of Colonel C . M . Vandeleur . v . W be be tain E . Kennedy , " after hearing Mr . J . D- ^ 'i hj hj gerald , Q . C ., for plaintiff , and Mr . Whiteside , < W is is for defendant , the Chief Justice delivered uidgntf ; q \ oli making the conditional order for n criminal m " 0 ] 0 ]] mation against Captain Kennedy absolute . , vi "Vii Winter Emigration .- —The Ballinaslot Stat W '' at si I — "Immense numbers are leaving this c 0 ' ' af a every day for America . Wo are not underj a i a ]] amount when we state that 200 people-m en , ^ " ' tR til and children-have passed through this toffn *™ r » lithe past fortnight , From the severity of too' t ti the past fortnight , From the severity of thoj t ti t

      ther , and the great flood in the Shannon , the FJJ , ^ , boat was unable , on Thursday morning , to 1 r it farther than Shannon-harbour , and in tM ejJJg i * xi the passengers from this were conveyed b ) w . i , v Athlone . There wore-about twenty-five , conK ^ * t ! all on their way to Liverpool , to ta ke smpF » x x-America . " ^ , -, „ .. # l # * PiATIKG WITH FlRR . ARMS .-The ^ £ fL » l \ l l \ contains tho following :- " A very un Vu > f Jy [\ occurrence took place at Cahirciveen on » .. « . ... .. OVOOing last , which , It is feared , must Iff" ) lri V fatally . Mr . Maurice O'Connell , M . I .. * Uet fret JJ Twiss , and some other gentlemen dined i « i s 8 s 8 at tho hotel-Fitzgerald ' s . Some ^ isCU f , ^ ° r 0 V tM jtM after dinner between Mr . Twiis and anotner , ^ party . The person with whom Mr . Twiss ^ ^ - ^ jj discussion left the room . When he had g ^ ^ latter observed tbat he bad never ff . „ iiidi jiim whereupon Mr . O'Connell said he would sw w ^ ;; the way , and got a pair of pistols that liao u ^ ^ seven months in Dublin . They tooK o «« ^ ^ uk

      presented at each other , and punea - j , ^ . , Coj . when unfortunately the pistol which » r . e ( j ^ noil had , happened to be loaded , the Da ' jf 0 jged „ j ? ed through therightshoulder of Mr . Twiss , aoi ^ ^ in the other , causing the moat frigh » uott nd ; 0 tind ; and inflicting , it is greatly feared , a " ^ Lfloj V ^ ded Dr . Crump was called in at once , and tne ^ j ^ , young man sent for Mr . Dillon , R . M ., ™ i gc * ' ' v aeci ' declaration tbat the transaction was P ^ j { l « ¦ j { l « dental , stating that he would not die in V f l ° did not make a declaration to that effect .

      The Anorkss In Reply To The Speech Lr0 ^...

      The AnoRKss in reply to the speech lr 0 ^ is {» is 0 ii Throne will , it is said , be . moved by thea" * ^ ^ , Kildare , and seconded by Mr . Peto , M . P . » wicb , — Times .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25011851/page/6/