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      Ths Northern Star. _ • December 27;' 185...

      THS NORTHERN STAR . _ December 27 ;' 1851 .

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      He « jth or Lokdon . —The present return shows that the mortality in London , by which recent trccsis have been distinguished , still maintains a ¦ msiuon which indicates an unfavourable state of the nuhlic health . Since the middle of November the weekly deaths have been in succession 1 , 133 , 1 . 279 . 1 . 3 i 6 , 1 . 194 , and in the week ending last Saturd-iv 1 , 206 . —In the week ending ISth Decemurv IS 4 I , influenza raised the deaths iu Loudou to 3 , 940 ; but if the m-cTtality of that week be excluded from the comparison , it appears that the average number of deaths in tho corresponditiit week of 1841 S 3 was l . 'SSft , w hich , if correct-ed for increase of populationis 1166 Ob this corrected average

      , ,. the return of last week shows an excess of 40 . En the present return the deaths -of-35 ? hMr ( : J * Z . ? n « h-. U-5 arc ascribed to « i » ll ?« . r . 22 . ™ 1-4 «* to wearier of 25 t « roop . r . g-cough ,, of WJo croin of 5 to thrush , cf 3 to remittent fever , of 2 S ir ' an ile fevnr . of j to . . vp hilis of 41 persons o -scarJ-. t ' mi , of 19 to diMTMB * nod dy .-entry . of o to IrftoSt of 1 to iatermitwnt , of 59 to typ hus co « vmi ° d fever & e .. ofl to rheumatic fever , of ( to er-fipelas , an < i <* women to peurperal fever < I * c- ; d «? s 6 other women to peurperal diseases ) . Last *? ek tiie births of TS-3 boys , 672 g irls , in all 1 435 children , were registered . The average numher in six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 was

      156 " . At the Royal Obsetva 0 v , < 3 reenwich , the ine . in daily re ading of the barometer was above SO in on cverv day of th < - * week , except Saturday . Oi Sun-lay it " wasS 8 . 373 in ., on Monday 30 . 300 in . and it gradually declined till Saturday , when t was 29 . 940 in . The mean ofthe week was 30 . 1--53 in . The mean temperature of the week was 41 5 de <» , which is near the average of corresponding weeks . The daily mean was 36 degrees on Thursday ( or 4 desrees below the average }; it rose on the two folio wine days to 47 degrees and 49 decrees ( or 7 and 9 degrees above the average ) . The wind was ralm dur n ? the early part of the week , and in the south towards the end .

      Death of Sheen the Ixf anticids , —The notorious William Sheen , whose murder of a child -under circumstances of unparalleled atrocity , and his own extraordinary escape from the gallows through a trivial technicality excited u-iiversal astonishment , died last week at h s residence in Kent-street , Spi'alfields . It was in the year 1 S 27 that he committed the crime ot cutting off the head of a male infant four month ? old , the illegitimate offspring of a youag woman whom he had married only five weeks before the murder ; and at his trial he Was proved to have deliberated decapitated the child , concealed the bo ly in the bed , and placed the head erect on the table , standing up oa the bloody neck . 60 as to face the mother when she entered

      the room- The child , however , had been baptised XJtnrles William Berdle , the latter being the mother ' s name at the time of i s birth ; and-upon the objection of Mr . Clarkson , the prisoner ' s counsel , this description in the indictment was held to be a misnomer , and the prisoner was acquitted . The life so spared , however , has since been a most ^ miser able one , and he has many times , even in the presence of the magistrates , expressed a wi-h that he had been hansed , for upon every slight occasion his neighbours taunted him «* ith his great crime . He became utterly teroc-ous . although cowardly , and has be-n many times imprisoned f « r asts of violcr . ee , brothel keeping , and felonies .

      SnocKixG Accidexis . —On Saturday a man named John B aldwin , aged sixty two , a labourer , was employed at Brixton Hill , in cleaning out a well , and while at the hottr-m at work , some portion of the earth and bricks fell in upon him , and crushed his lead and body most seriously . Tie was extricated , and seen hy a surgeon , but the injuries to the upper portion o ( the scalp were such that it whs deemed necessary to convey him to Guy ' s Hospital , where he now remains in a highly dangerous condition . Another man , named John Ball , aged twenty-fair , an engineer , vns admitted into the Fame institution , having received a feirfnl injury to fbe right arm , which he by *> - > nv > means eot- between two c-12-wheels while at his work , at Whites ' , the engineers , D-ivcr-road , Southwark .

      Distribution of hek Majesty ; s Christmas Uouxty to the Aged Poor . —On Monday her Majesty ' s Christmas bounty wa « distributed at the Jlov ' al Almonry Office , Middle Scotland-yard , by the almoners and sub-almoners , to 400 men and women above sixty year-s « f age , each of whom received os ., the money facing paid in two ne v half crowns , issued ft-r the purpose from the Mint . The average age of the recipients was eighty tw , fifty of the number bring upwards of ninety yesrs oi" age , and three centenarians .

      Sew Bridge from Foi . hak to Pittxet . —A company b , > s heen formed for the purpose <* f obtaining from parliament authority to construct a new and commodious bridge over the Thame-- , connecting Fulham and Putt cy . ia lieu of the . old and present structure , which is dangerous to passenpers . insuffi-is-nt for ordinary tvafiic , and an unsightly as well as a perilous and vexatious obs'ru-tion to lhe navigation of the rivsr . Tlie proposed bridge will consist of wrought and cast iron , spanning th « river ¦ wit i five arch's <* f 133 feet each , and of sufni-ient he-ght—viz . , twenty ft er , the presfiit brid ge bring only twelve feet—for vessels to pass under at high water fo 'ha : no such impediments as now interfere with their progress and endanger their safely win exi » t .

      The staiucs of tbe Earl of Clareli'lon , Lord Falkland , antl John Hampden will be put tip in a frw «! ays iu Sr . Stephen ' s Hall ( the si-e of the old Bouse of Commons ) . "Workmen are now putting < lown the tile ? Oa the flo -rs of that ne * - ? hall , of the approaches : o the houses , and of the cloisters . The cloisters arc to lave stained glass windows ia antique st ;*!? . They will be appropriated for the members reading roc-res , c ?« ak rooms , & c . The public entrance will be in Westminster H-dJ , leaiing to St . Stephen ' s Hall . The members will have an entrance in the Middle of Westminster Hall to the cloisters also by ths former Speaker ' s porch . Peers and members will g-i iu by S :. Stephen ' s Porc ' i , opposite the Abbev . A 2 ?* "w Police Station is about to be erected within Hyde-park , nt * sr Albert-gate , and th « Gommi- * sioners of Police , nre to defray the expenses .

      A Max poiickd i '* to the River ky ax Ox . — On Tuesday a gardener , named D miel Buller , living at Alfred-place , B ^ it-er . -ea , expired in St . George ' s Hospi ' al under very s i ngular circumstances . At the latter end of last nioa'h he was walking along Thanies-bank , near Smyth's distillery , when an infuriate I ox which hal broken away frjm a drove , came along , and seemed intent on iuaki .-g a ru * h at Buller , who , in oru-.-r to escape , kept retreating wi-h his back to tho riwr , which has litre a wall -ten « r twelve feet do-vn to the bed , but is level with the top of the r- - -a * . l . and Ba'icr no : knowin ; he had got s * i near f « Ti down hick ward- ; - When assis ' ance was obtained , he was found lo be so much injured that it wa * deemed advisable to lake him to St . Geo- 'ire ' s Hospital , where Mr . Rouse , the house surgeon , discovered there was severe frac-ure ofthe thigh . The injury was directly attend e d to , and he -went on wc ! l , but a- ; la-t . sunk nnd expired .

      ^ I ax Killed bv a Post Bov . —On \ Yednesday evening , Mr . W . Baker held an inquest respecting the death of George Xash , aged thirty-two , a coal porter . On F-iday last the deceased was in the act of Crossing the liiga-strest , facing Shadwcli Church , when a postboy , named George Manning , drovehis lorse against him , Uaocked him down , and trampled npon him . He was taken to the hospital , where he died on Monday . Mr . Macn-tmara cave the boy an excellent character for careful driving . Mr . Johnson , the house surgeon , said the deceased di-id from frr . ciured ribs and other internal injuries . Tha coroner remarked on the case , a *« l the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental d--ath . " Tiie boy , at the desire of the jury , was cautioned as to his future conduct .

      Fire rx Aloersgate-stscet . —On TVt ( 5 neaday morning , a fire broke out in the extensive premise ** - lielonging to Mr . W . Baibidge . the diitilier , in Aldersgate-street . It appear * that William Eiliott , the stillman , was engaged in " damping" a still charged with 1 , 260 gallons of spirits , when an adjoiningstill , containing betwet-n 290 and 400 gallons , suddenly overflowed , and tbe spirit , running into the furnace , became igniteil , causing the contents oi the lar-er still also to take fire . The damage is roughly estimated at from £ 2 , 000 to , £ 3 . 000 . The stock and premises were insured .

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      Ax Egyptian Model Farm . — Among the passengers who went out in the Ripon , which hf Southampton on Saturdayhst with the Indian mail , ¦ was Mr . La Mille . tho English firm bailiff of the Pacha of Egypt . He lookout a number of cows and pigs , a large quantity of poultry , pheasants , < fcc , to stock Abbas Pacha ' s farm . The farm , which is to bo cultivated as much as possii / le a ' tcr the Ensr .-ish fashion , is 3 , 000 acres in extent . Tne cows taken out in the Ri pon were of the Alderr-ey breed , and the pigs and poultry were of the finest sorts that could be obtained in Englaud . A largo quantitv of live farming stock is . still to be seni to E * A * nt from this country to complete the Pacha ' s wraiiaments . Mr . Page tho nurseryman cf Southampton , who is well known as a skilful jud ge of animals , selected the Pacha ' s tarm stock , and had its superintendence while m Soutliamoton

      Death o ? wie would-be Assays of the Dckk of Wellington . — An old soliier of the Imperial Guard , named Cantillon , of whom the £ aip » ror JKapoieon made mention in his wili , lias ju « t died at Itancy . He waa accused in 1315 of havino fired a pistol-shot at the Duke of Wellington . The Emperor , to indemnify him for the harsh ' manner an which he was treated , bequeathed him 13 , 000 f — AiaUgnaat . ' . ^ E MiRBiB ARcn . —Frbm an official document inst issued it is shown that the cost of taki «« down "SWSSaiST ^ Marl )! e ATch ™

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      Kavai , Courts Martian at D" ?^ ?;^ Saturday last three naval courts martial were held on board her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , to try , seaman an acting mate , and a V 8 ! Mtant ?« ! . £ . on charges of desertion . The first court was for tke trial of William Golding , an ordinary seaman of the Havannah , Captain Erskine * , for deserting from that ship on the 6 th of October , 1848 . The prisoner pl eaded guilty , and the finding of the court was , that Uo bo imprisoned iu tho Devon county gaol , at Exeter , for six calendar months , and then discharged from her Majesty's navy , and The

      to be disabled from further service therein . court then proceeded to try Mr . Henry B Jackson , acting mate , on a charge of deserting her Majesty ' s sloop Flv . The sentence in this case was that the prisoner be imprisoned in the Devon county gaol at Exeter for three months , and then be discharged from her Majesty ' s navy , and be disqualified from ever again serving in the royal navy . The court lastly tried Mr . James Edmondston , assistant-sure-eon , on a charge of desertion from her Majesty ' s sloop Fly . The finding was that the prisoner beonly dismissed tbe service , and disabled from future service in her Majesty ' s navy .

      Fatal Accident at Oxford . —On Saturday afteri ? oon last Mr . Gillbeo , commoner of Exeter College , was accidentally drowned in the Thames . The deceased had been rowing in an outrigger as far & i Sandford , and on bis return , when just past Ifiley Pound , his boat upset , how or hy what means cinnot be ascertained , as no one saw the accident . The deceased was the only son of the Rev . William Gillbec , vicar of Gwennap , Cornwall . On Monday an inquest was held in the hall of Exeter College , Oxford , by Mr . G . V . Cox , University Coroner , and a jury of matriculated tradesmen , upon tho body . The verdict of tho iury waa— "Accidentally drowned by the upsetting of an outrigger . " The Affray with Poachers in Norfolk . —

      Dbrbuam , Dec . 20 . —Seven men , named Richard Lincoln . William Flunter , William Stigg , John Lake , Robert Buckle , William Harwood , and John Hunter , who were brought from Norwich Castle in charge of Mr . Pinson , the governor , and a strong force , underwent an examination before tho magistrates , on a charge of being concerned in a most murderous affray near Letton , in this county , when Mr . Superintendent Parker of the constabulary and -mother officer in the force nearly lost their lives through being shot at . For several weeks past much alarm has been created in the neighbourhood of Letton by a gang of some fifteen or twenty poachers prowling about the wood and preserves , and threatening the most murderous consequences in tho event of bciifS * interfered with in their

      unlawful pursuit . They intimated their intention of visiting tho woods of Mr . B . Gurdon , of Lettonhall , and . on the night of the 29 th ult .. a party of eleven of the gang visited the cottage of the gamekeeper , a man named Whitacro , and warned him not to go out after them , at tho same time firing a volley at the dwelling , as if to more fully convince him of his fate should he pursue them . On the night of the 6 th instant , about twelve o ' clock , the discharge of guns was heard in the woods , and a police superintendent with bis men at once proceeded in the direction of the report . At length they came up with a body of poachers , in number nine , who apparently had noticed the approach of -he officers , and bad prepared themselves for a

      • J' -sper .-ite resistance . Elevating their guns they shouted " stand off , " and before the constables < -ould proceed a step further three of the guns were fired as them , and Mr . Parker being at the head of his force he received nearly the whole of the charge of ono of the guns in his face . He staggered and fell back to the ground , and subsequently it was found that he had been shockingly wounded in the cheeks , mouth , and other parts of his face , thirtyfive or thirty-six shots having been extracted from these injuries . Another officer named Grcenacre dso received several shots . The officers seeing their superintendent fall a desperate effort was made to capture the men . After some sharp fighting the poachers were overpowered , but only three

      were apprehended at the time , the remainder o . eeaping through the woods . They were found to have disguised themselves by blackening their aces with Eunpowder and turning their clothes inside out . The men who were captured on the spot ire said to be Richard Lincoln , William Hunter , and Robert Buckle . On the same night William Stagg and John Lake were apprehended , and a day " or two afterwards William Harwond and John Hunter were arrested . The investigation closed with tho whole of the prisoners being fully committed to Norwich Castle to take their trial at the ensuing spring assizes . Two of the gang are etill -it liberty , but it is thought that they cannot long elude the vigilance of the police .

      More Garrotte Robberies at Manchester . — Three more of these now too common cases were investigated on Monday , at the Manchester Rorou-ih Court . In the first case two men , named William Copstick and Henry Thompson , had robbed mother , named Henry Compton , of £ 9 , on Saturday evening . They tied a shawl tight round his neck t'll he was insensible , and then rifled his pockets . The prisoners were remanded for further evidence . In the next case a man named

      Shore was robbed in a similar manner , by three men and two boys , of a watch , 30 . * -. in gold , and some copper . Only ono man , named William Shaclcleton . was apprehended , with a woman named Ellen M'Curdy . The latter was discharged , and lhe other was remanded . On Saturday evening also two men , named Bibhy and Caulfield , robbed -moth-r man named Aliram Orme of 2 s . 7 ii ., in Bird-street . Caulfield put his arm round Orme ' s neck , whilst Bibby searched his pockets . The prisoners vere committed to the assizes .

      Collision in tub Bristol River . —A collision , - - ifctemicd by serious consequences , occurred on Tuesday morning in tho River Avon , near Bristol . The new . tcrew company's iron-built screw propelled steam-boat Severn , trading between Bristol aniJ Newport , was coming up the river , and the Duke of Beaufort , a steam-boat , was proceeding down towards Pill , having in tow a small coasting vessel . Owing to the thickness of the fog the captain of the screw packet did not see the Duke of B ? aufort until ho was close upon her . As soon as he discovered her h « called out " reverse the engines , " but before there was time to execute his command the vessels came into collision with great force . The bow of the Severn took the D ike of Beaufort at about six feet aft of her larboird bow , cut into her and sunk her . Her crew seeing their danger ran forward , and succeeded in clambering over the bowsprit of the Severn , and g ot on l-oard of that vessel .

      A Pluralist . -- Tho death of the Reverend G -orgc Robson , of Erbistock , near Wrexham , will cause a number of vacancies in this neighbourhood in situations which he had held for a . groat number of years . It is supposed that , since his nomination hy Bishop Hascley , he has raised ; £ 100 , 000 from the livings he held . — Carnarvon Herald . —[ A reference to ihe " Clergy List " of the current year specifies the vicarage of Clink ( Denbigh ) as held by Mr . Robson , in addition to Erbistock ( Flintshire ); tho value (\ f tho fovmev living i-i £ 570 and of the latter £ 254 per annum . ] The Murder near Bath—Bath , December 2 * 1 —This morning J . imes Evans was brought up for r ' --exainination , charged with tbe wilful mupier of

      George Bush , at Priston , near Bath , the particu V > rs of which have already appeared in the " Northern Star . " The circumstances of this most atrocious murder still remains enveloped in a great deal of mystery , and Evans was discharged this afternoon with an intimation from tbe mayor that should any further evidence be forthcoming against , him he would ba liable to be again taken up . We are informed that , both Professor Taylor , of London , and Mr . W . Herepath , analyticafchymist , of Bristol , when applied to for the purpose of their determining as to whether they were able to show that the blood found on the leggings of the prisoner , who is a butcher hy trade ] was , as alleged by him , bullock ' s blood , or otherwise , replied that from circumstance .- they could not determine the point . One of the London detective force , named Thornton , is still engaged in endeavouring to find a clue to tho perpetrator or

      perpetrators of this horrid murder . The evidence against Evans has been very incomplete , and although not called to-day , Mr . Slack , his solicitor , stated that be had witnesses in attendance who could completely exonerate the prisoner from the charge brought against him . Tho mayor inquired whether it was Mr . Shark ' s intention to prove an alibi , to which he replied in the affirmative , observing that he could show that at the time of the transaction the prisoner was at tbe Ring of Bells publichouse , and that he was not absent therefrom more than a quarter of an hour . Great excitement still prevails in this city and nei ghbourhood in regard to this mysterious affivir ; tho justice-room to-day was thronged , and a dense crowd had collected outside . It appears pretty evident that the murder must have been committed b y one person alone , hence the difficulty the police experience in tracing it home .

      The Diabolical Mischief at Kbtlet Colliert . —Government has offered a reward of £ 50 in addition to £ 50 already offered by the Ketley Company , to any person who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the apprehension ofthe person or persons who , on the ni ght ofthe Cth inst ., out the rope of one of the coal pits in tho above colliery , by which abominable act two men and a boy lost their lives . Resistance to the Citt Coal Tax . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants of St . Albati ' s and neighbourhood , held on Saturday , at the Town HaU , for the purpose of takinsr into consideration the best means of obtaining relief from tho oppressive cr . al tax lately imposed upon them for the benefit of the City of London , the Earl of Verulam m the chair , a petition to the House of Commons aga-nu the tax was unanimously adopted . !

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      Child Morder at Maxsfield Woodbousb , Notts . —An old man , upwards of sixty years of age , and Frances Elliott , a young woman of about twenty , were on Saturday last , the 20 th inst ., committed by the MansfieW bench of magistrates to the March assizes for Notts on a charge of wilful murder . The principal witness was a woman named Berry , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , whose evidence went to show that a year and a-half ago she resided with the prisoner Dellah at Mansfield Woodhouse . He was known in the neighbourhood as a sort of quack doctor . About that time Miaa Elliott came to Dellah ' s house . The young woman was then pregnant . She stayed with them four days , during which time she was delivered of a child , which

      was alive when born . The infant cried , but was afterwards put out of the way . It appears that Berry and Dellah had previously cohabited together , a disagreement had ensued , and , to be " revenged" upon him , she had divulged the murder to the police . Miss . Elliott , upon being apprehended , immediately confessed to the crime . Her family reside at Heanor , in Derbyshire . Dellah was apprehended , and his deportment at the time and subsequent admusion of certain facts immediately satisfied the authorities as to his participation in the crime . Coal Docks in the Ttne . —Docks for the shipment of the immense quantity of coal annually sent from the Tyne has long been desired , and on

      Monday the draft of anew bill was laid before the River Tyne Commissioners , at a meeting held in the M . eroharit ' s-haU , Kewcastle ^ for parliamentary powers to erect a large dock in a creek called Hayhole , about a mile above Shields harbour , for the shipment of coal from the coal field on the N . E . coast of Northumberland ; nearly a million tons of coal — about three-fourths of the coals shipped in the river being now put on board vessels at this place by the ordinary means of auitfis . The commissioners , also , seek further powers to erect two large piers or breakwaters at the mouth ofthe harbour , for the purpose of giving a greater uniform depth of water on Shields bar , and affording protection to vessels coming into the harbour in rough weather . It is also projected to

      form a dock of 100 acres upon Jarrow Blake , the fund to be raised by private enterprise . The dock at Jarrow Slake will be for the shipment of coal brought by the York and Berwick Railway from the Durham coal field . The funds for the erection of Hayhole Dock will be raised primarily upon the ordinary dock dues ; secondarily the dues raised by the commissioners in the dock will be pledged , the coal-owners , having staiths at this place , agreeing to ship their coals ia the dock for fifty years . The Recordership of Portsmouth . —Thomas Phinn , Es-q ., Recorder of Portsmouth , has sent in hie resignation of that offiae , having been appointed to the recordership of Devonporfc , vacant by tho transfer of Mr . Greenwood , Q . C ., to the assistant solicitorship of the Treasury .

      The Stourbridge and Broom 3 Qrovb Bank . — On Saturday last , the bankrupts in this case were examined as to their separate estates for the last time . The audits were merely of the current receipts and expenses of the bankruptcy , and affoided no information as the probable assets oi the several estates . Young Brigands at Stockport . — -A few days s nce two boys , named Frederick Jones , aged 17 , and William Walker , aged 15 yearc , were chargrd 1 e ore the magistrates of Sfcce ' tport whh attempting to rob and threatening to shoot two females nameu Harriet Beckett and Ellen Wood , on the highway ; tho former on the 13 th of October last , and the latter on the night of the 6 th inst . The prisoners ,

      who declined to say anything in answer to the charge , were fully committed for trial at the assizes at Liverpool . On Tuesday , the box of an emigrant , on board the ship Oregon , lying in the Prince ' s Dock , Liverpool , was forcibly broken open , and £ 800 stolen . £ 570 was in sovereigns ; there were also four £ 50 Bank of England notes , two £ 10 , and two £ 5 notes . Mysterious Occurrence at a Railway Station . —On Wednesday morning a genteelly-dressed m * in , who gave his name Solomons , entered the refreshment-rooms of the Lime-street station , Liverpool , and asked permission to burn some papers . This request was refused by the waiter , on the ground

      that it might set the chimney on fire ; at that time he had no suspicion of anything wrong , but being soon afterwards offered £ 5 to burn the papers , he suspected all was not right , and communicated with the police . In a short time two of the detective officers arrived and took the person into custody , when they found that the name of Solomon- was not the correct one ; but the man was so strange in his conduct that a surgeon waa called in , and doubts are entertained of the suspected party being in his right mind . He had about £ 50 in notes , £ 30 in gold , and a large quantity of papers aud parchments . The detectives , however do not think the money ia the fruit of a robbery .

      Suspicious Death in Warwickshire . —On Saturday morning some lads who were passing along the Stonebridge and Meriden-road , observed on the banks of the Old Pool a hat , a walking-stick , and a purse . On search being made the oody of a man was discovered in the water , which was not more than three feet and a half deep , a cord being bound firmly round the neck , and tho legs being also tig htly tied with a thin kind of rope . The body proved to be that of a man named James Whorrall , who was formerly a farmer at Bickenhiil , but who had bitterly resided in Francis-street , Ashteri , Birmingham , and who , although possessing some property , occasionally acted as traveller for a Mr . Newman , a tool-maker , with whom two of his sons were in partnership . At the time he left Coleshill ho appeared to bo perfectly sober , but nothin »

      more was heard of him until his body was discovered in the manner above described . Although there were no marks of violence on the deceased's person , it is a somewhat suspicious circumstance that the pockets of his clothes , with the exception of a waistcoat pocket , were turned inside out , and the only money found upon hiia was did . An inquiry , which lasted two days , has taken place before Mr . Seymour , the coroner of Coventry , and tho surgeon having given it as his opinion that though the deceased was found immersed in the water his death was caused by strangulation , the jury returnei a verdict to that effect . It may be added that tho deceased appeared to have been a person of somewhat eccentric habits , and had recently asked a friend whether he thought selfdestruction was a sin .

      Alarming Fire in Manchester . —On Wednesday mornin-r a large block of buildings in Marketstreet , Manchester , comprising four shops to thu front of that street , with a restaurant below and two storeys of warehousing above , were discovered to be on fire . Tlie fire had originated in the warehouse of Sir . George Hodg'dnson , quilting and counterpane manufacturer , immediately over tho shops , and when discovered , had gained considerable power . The fire was extinguished altojiethei in two hours , after destroying about £ 1 , 500 worth of goods in Mr . Ilodgkinsoti ' s warehouse , which

      is covered by insurance . In the warehouse above , belonging to Mr . George M'Cartney and Co ., stuff and small ware manufacturers , there was a stock worth £ 5 , 000 , which , fortunately , has oi > y suffered from heat and smoke , though " the fire had once got hold of the Roor and burnt through it . Messrs . Clarke and Whitelcgg , hatters , had one of the shops underneath , and have suffered through the drenching of tho water to the extent of £ 300 . Mrs . Stewart ' s restaurant suffers to the extent , of £ 50 , and several of the other occupiers lose from £ 40 to £ 50 each . The whole loss will not exceed £ 20 , 000 , probably .

      Caution . —A person styling himself a refugee called on the 10 th inst . at ' Mr . G . Cavill ' s , Temperance Hotel , Queen-street Sheffield , where some refugers were lodging , to whom he was introduced . He conversed in the Hungarian and Gorman languages , and after partaking of a good dinner , requested to he shown to a bedroom , which was granted . He , however , shortly afterds , came down and left the house . . Suspicion , was aroused , and a search was made , when it was found , that a pair of Wellington boots , worth 12 s ., the property of one ol the refugees , had been stolen .

      More Garrotte Robberies . —On Monday lust three cases of garrotte robberies were brought before the magistrates at the Borough Court , Manchester . In the first , two men , named Bibbie and Cot-fiold , were charged with stealing 2 s , 7 d . from Abraham Orme . About a quarter-past five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , the prosecutor was going home through Baird-street , Malaga-street , when he met the prisoners and some other young men . Ho stood and talked with them for some minutes , and then walked on . The prisoners soon overtook him , when Corfield threw his arm round his neck and held him , while Bibbie took 2 s . 7 = ) . from his pockets . Two young men camo up at the time , and made Corfield take his arm from the complainant ' s neck , but never thought of giving him into custody . The Viisoners , therefore , escaped : but were afterwards apprehended by the police . They were now

      committed for trial at the assizes , William Copestiok and Henry Thompson were charged with stealing about £ 9 from Henry Crompton . On Saturday ni ht , the complainant , who hadiust returned from a journey , was going home along Bennett-Street , when a woman caught him by the arm and spoke to him . Just as she did so , the prisoner Copestick , and another man whom he could not identify , sprung upon him from a corner . Copestick caught at his neck , but failed to grasp it , owing to the complainant ' s wearing a muffler . He then repeated the attempt , in which he succeeded , and at the same time a shawl was thrown over Crompton ' s head . Crompton then fell upon the ground and upon getting up and trying t « walk on , he fell again , and became insensible . On recovering his senses , he found that the shawl which had been thrown over his head was still upon hia shoulders and that he had been robbed of about £ 0 . fle in-

      Kavai, Courts Martian At D"?^ 011 ?;^ Sa...

      formed a policeman , who had come up of what had taken place , and the prisoners were soen afterwards apprehended in Spear-street . They were remanded / William Shackleton aud Ellen M'Curdy were charged with stealing 30 s . from a man named Shaw , a flymaker and provision-dealer , 37 , Hanoverstreet . Between ten and eleven o'clock on Wednesday ni g ht , the prosecutor was returning home from a meeting of a club which he had been attending , when he had occasion to stand for a short time at the corner of Spear-street . Before he stopped he saw at a shout distance from him the two prisoners , two other men , and two boys . When he stopped the male prisoner came up to him , grasped him by the neck , and shouting to the four persons just

      mentioned , said , " Come , I have him ; now make haste , make haste . " Some of the party said somethin ^ else to th comp lainant , but Shackleton replied , " I can hold him . " Some of the party then cut off the prosecutor ' s foh , and ono of his other pock-Jts , containing his watch , a sovereign , a half-sovereign , and twopence in copper . During this time the complainant's neck had been so tightly pressed bv Shackleton , that he was unable to raise ni * y alarm , and ultimately became insensihie . When he recovered his senses he was lying upon the ground , where he must have lain for some time , as it was twelve o ' clock before be arrived at home , a short distance off . He afterwards gave inform ation to the police , and the prisoners were

      apprehended . The man was remanded until ( this day ) Saturday , but the woman discharged . Attempted Murder by Poachers in Custody , —A . police constable , named Olding , narrowly escaped being killed on Saturday last . He was taking William Goodall and Tyrrell Englefield , two poachers , who had been sentenced to three months imprisonment for killing pheasants on the estate of the Speaker , to Basingstoke , when descending a hill in a lane near Mapledurwell , Goodall put out his foot and threw Olding down . As they were handcuffed together they began to kick him in the head till he was beo iming insensible , when they said , " He is dead , let ' s hook it . " He lay for some time unconscious , and on coming to himself he got up ,

      but fell three times before he was able to keep up . He found the prisoners in another lane , having got the manacle from Englefield ' s wrist . After a chase of about a mile , though weak and bleeding from the mouth and head , he captured Goodall , though not without a severe struggle , in which Goodall was cut much in the head with a pair of handcuffs Olding had—they having taken his staff from him . He lay on the ground with the prisoner till Mr . Hutton , of indwell Mill , who knew ofthe affair , came with a cart and took him to the house of Mr . Paris , at Water-end . There Olding ' s head was tied up , and he was conveyed to Oldham by Mr . Paris . He presented a frightful appearance , his features being scircely visible ; he is . however , recovering . Goodall has since been taken to Winchester .

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      ¦Murderous Outrage.—Last Week As Some Em...

      ¦ Murderous Outrage . —Last week as some emigrants were going to Dublin by the night passage boat from Tullamore , and after starting , the captain saw two individuals with the emigrants , who were not passengers , but seeing their friends off . The captain ( says the 4 I Leinster Express" ) , took hoi of one to throw him over , but not succeeding , he attacked the other , a young man , named Malady , whom h ? flung into the canal , and the unfortunate man was drowned . The young man is said to be from Kilbeggan . An inquest has been held on the body by James Dillon , Esq ., of Tullamore . Tbe deceased ' s name was ascertained to be Pat Malady . After some deliberation the jury handed in a verdict of "Found drowned . "

      Thu Split ik the Dkfbnce Association . — Dr . Cullen has addressed a letter to the honorary secretaries of the Defence Association with a view of casting oil upon the troubled waters , and of appealing the wrath of the mutinous "Spartans " who , by their recently published protest , have shaken all public confidence in the good faith of the association . Whether those objects are likely to be achieved by the doctor ' s coy avowal of his sympathy towards Mr . Wilberibrce is doubtless best known to Messrs . Keogh , Moore , and the other confederated advocates of " pure nationality . "

      Elhctkic Telegraph between Dublin and Holyhead . —The « ' Warder " of Saturday states positively that the same company which has executed the submarine telegraph between the French and English shores has actually submitted to the Government a proposal by which it guarantees the completion within a very limited period of a submarine telegraph , upon the very same principle and construction , between Kinuatown and Holyhead . The sole condition required by the company is , that the Government will pay it for the exclusive use of two wires which they propose placing at its disposal a yearly sura of £ 1000 .

      , Irish Melodies—A society has just been formed in Dublin for tho preservation and publication of the ancient melodies of Ireland . Dr . Petrie , the eminent artist and antiquary , has been nominated president of the provisional council , and the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Talbot of Malahide , the Lord Chief Baron , the Right Hon . Alexander M'Donuell , and Sir Joseph Vere de Vere have accepted the office of vice presidents . Tiik Defenders . — The redoubtable 1 ather

      Maher , of Cadow , has come to the rescue of •« his Grace the Lord Primate , " who has been mauled somewhat sacrilegiously in the melee . The rev . father , in a most trenchant epistle addressed to William Keogh , Esq ., M . P ., the loader of the Irish , as contra-distinguised from the Saxon host , deals out some heavy blows to " the great gun of Athlone , " and politely informs the lion , gentleman that if he and the other champions of nationality are not . satisfied with Mr . Wilborforco they had better retire from the association .

      Three more Isckndiarv Fires in Down . —We ( "Down Recorder" ) are obliged to announce the occurrence of no less than threa incendiary fires which took place in this county during the last f-: w davs . The first , a house , the property , of Captain Browne , of Janevillc ; the second , a mill iind some office-houses at Greyabbey , the property of Mr . Hugh Montgomery ; and the third , a house in the neighbourhood of Killinchy . All , we regret to saw , turn out to be agrarian outrages . Tubemikq Notice—The "Newry Telegraph " states that Mr . Rutherford , agent to the Marquis of Anglesea , on his extensive estates in the county of Louth , has received notices threatening him with the fate of Mr . Bateson . Previous to the recent murder he also , it is added , received several notices of a similar character .

      The Galway Packet Station . —Mr , Whiteside , M . P ., one of the members of the Mansion-house committee , having taken a different view from his colleagues on the packet station question , has drawn up a report of his own , which is printed in the appendix to the report published hy the committee . Mr . Whiteside thinks the committee should havo declared in favour of a particular site for the station , and states that Galway is entitled to be selected as that site . An Arbitration Case of great interest to the Presbyterians of Ireland was dtc '; ded on SiUirday last . Tho parties were the Rev . Dr . Dill and Mr William Neilson , both of this city ; and the

      controversy between them arose from statements published by Mr . Jfeitson relative to the very large bequests left by the late Mrs . Miigce ( £ G 0 , 0 * 00 ) for presbyteri . in purposes , Dr . Dill being one of the executors , and residuary legatees of Mrs . Magee ' s will , and his diameter being affected by the charges brought by Mr . Neilson , those charges imputing to him dishonest and corrupt motives with reference to tho management ofthe suit for administration of the testatrix ' s assets . The arbitrators , after hearing counsel during threo or four successive davs , found "That Mr . Neilson has failed to establish the imputations cast by him on Mr , Dill , or atiy of them , and we therefore acquit Mr . Dili from all and every of the said imputations . "

      The English secretary of the Catholic Defence Association h .-is arrived in Dublin , and entered on the duties of his office , so that there appears to be very little chance of matters being accommodated by the retirement of that gentleman . The Dublin Protestant Association have issued an announcement that a great meeting of the protectants of Ireland , to adopt steps to secure the repeal of-all acts endowing tbe Roman Catholic College of Maynooth , wili be held in Dublin , under tho highest auspices , previously to the opening of the next session of Parliament . Edward Grogan , Esq ., M . P ., will tube the chair .

      Mr . Augustus Collingidge , an English gentleman , who was declared the purchaser of several lots of the Earl of Kingston ' s estates on the 25 th of November last , for tho sum of £ 31 , 580 , and who had been arrested under an attachment issued by the Commissioners of the Encumbered Estates Court , was brought before the Chief Justice on a writ of habeas corpus ; and after * a lengthened argument was discharged from custody . The grounds upon which counsel relied for the discharge of the prisoner were an error in the date of the testing of the writ under which he was arrested-namel y , " the fourteenth year ofthe reign , " whereas the Queen is in the fifteenth year of her reign since June lait . J

      EMioRATioN .-The « Limerick Reporter' notices an extraordinary feature in the history of eEation It appears that while thousands are leavin- their native shore for the land of the Wes , There are vas number , returning to Ireland ; and it is add d br n , 80 or i 0 0 t , leaVe ^ ° York that does not and hawt ° of H £ , homew ^ d « . The climate a the . People at the other side ofthe Atlantic are not , it seems ,, altogether agSable to on rhn ° ^ i , ! i ntrymen ; Tf * ' ClaKi nal ' on the other hand , says : _< The tide of emigration is increasing fast every day in thfs Sbou ? 2 ^ . ^ twelv ^ families leS g ° the

      Another Awful Colliery Explosion. On Mon...

      ANOTHER AWFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . On Monday morning a dreadful explosion of firedamp occurred at Wigan , Lancashire , by which thirteen lives were lost . . The colliery is that of Mr . A . F . Halliburton , at Ince , near Wigan ; and the explosion took place in what is called the "Deep Pit" or " Arley Mine , " the shaft of which is upwards of 900 feet deep . The workings are very extensive , and run south-east and north-west from the bottom of the shaft . Hitherto they have been 80 free from tho explosive gas , which is rucIi a scourge to people in this kind of employment , that the coal-getters worked with naked candles . Tbe firemen having examined the pit on Monday

      morning , and reported all safe , nearly one hundred men and boys proceeded to work , descending the shaft , and proceeding to their places of destination in the workings . Seventeen men proceeded to their destinations in the south-east levels , and the remainder took the opposite direction to a very remote part from the others . About six o ' clock the report of a terrific explosion was heard , and means were instantly adopted to extricate the sufferers . From tho south-east levels only four persons escaped , and these were so exhausted with choke-damp that it was with difficulty tbey could give any idea of what had occurred . From the account given by a boy employed as a drawer , it is probable that the explosion occurred in a bay at the

      f . ice of the coal , about 1 , 650 feet underground to the south-east of the shaft . This youth says he descended , with a coaler named Robert Davies , at a quarter-past five o'clock , and soon after getting to the far end ofthe level , where Davies worked , he was despatched towards the shaft with a tub of coals that he had tilled . He and his little brother had reached a shunt about 450 feet from where they left Davies and some other co'liers and drawers , when they stopped to rest , and two other drawers joined them . They had sat talking about ten minutes when an explosion was heard , and terrible gusts of air came past them with such force that the rails on which tbe carriages ran were torn up , and driven past them with great violence .

      A piece of iron went so close to him that it struck the edso of his ear and wounded it . Small pieces of coal were carried along by these blasts , and great numbers of these small particles struck his back with such force as to enter the skin . He started immediately after for the shaft ; but , recollecting his little brother , he turned back , and , as well as the sulphur would permit , shouted for him . His brother was suffocated almost from the sulphur , and could not reply , but laid hold of him as he was passing , and he raised the boy up and assisted him to the shaft , which they reached much exhausted . After these boys were rescued , search was made for the Other workpeople , but it was near eleven o ' clock before they were found , thirteen of them dead .

      Tho following are the names of the killed : — Robert DarieB , a married man , who leaves a widow and four small children ; Joseph Topping , married ; John Topping , son of the last-named collier ; Henry Topping , also son of Joseph Topping ; Henry Meadows , John Hiram , Elisha Hiram , John Whittle , married j Wright Southern , Matthew Edge , Thomas Bushel ) , James Jolley , George Pigott . In all seven men and six boys . Some of these unfortunate men have been dreadfully burnt , especially Whittle , who had been one of the earliest to descend the mine .

      The only conjecture that can be formed of the cause of the explosion—all tbe parties having been killed who were near the scene of the catastrophe -is from tho statement of the youth we have already mentioned as having rescued his brother by so mere a chance . He says that when he left Davies be had heard Davies tell Whittle that he should want a road dressing , and that he directed Whittle to do it . He said that Whittle replied that it could not be done , or at least that it would take the whole day to get the necessary props ; and

      that Davies then directed Pigott and a workman named Barnetfc to go into an old bay close by , whence all the coal had been taken . Supposing them to have done this , it would probably cause some of the loose earth from the roof to fall in , thus displacing and driving into tbe other workings some of the fire-damp which usually settles in these old roofings , where tho naked candles of the workmen would fire it , and cause the explosion much as that was occasioned which took place so recently near Rotherham .

      The Proposed Dinner At Southampton To Th...

      THE PROPOSED DINNER AT SOUTHAMPTON TO THE HON . R . J . WALKER . The following is tho Hon . Mr . Walker ' s reply ' to the invitation to a public dinner , given by the Mayor of Southampton , at the tequeat of a larae number of influential persons connected with the port : " 10 , Half Moon-street , Piccadilly . " December 19 th , 1851 . " Sir , —I have received your kind letter of yesterday , inviting me , in the name of the Mayor of Southampton and a numerous body of the merchants and others connected with your port , to a public dinner there , on such a day as may suit ray convenience . In consequence of my short stay in England , and accumulated business , I have been compelled to decline similar requests from other points in

      your country , prior in date to yours . It is with extreme regret that I feel constrained to forego the pleasure of dining with the mayor and merchants of Southampton . There is no one in England to whom I entertain more respect and esteem than the Mayor of Southampton . This feeling is general in America , and embraces your worthy , intelligent , liberal , and patriotic citizens , from whom we have received so many marks of kindness and regard . I is quite true , as referred to by you , that , as a member ofthe American cabinet , I am an advocate of that great steam communication which now so happily unites various points of your country with my own . It was a most benefichl system , and I hope it is destined to gre . 't * ind successful enlargements . I thank vou also for the kind and cordial

      sentiments you have been pleased to express in regard to my country . It is most clearly the interest and duty of England and America to encourage and maintain the most friendly relations . In remarks , heretofore made by me at your city , I took occasion to express an opinion that a neighbouring republic , so called , based upon half a million of bayonets , and a state of siege , would soon be merged in absolute or imperial power . Those predictions are already fulfilled ; and Franco is now passing into a government more military and despotic than any that prevails in Europe , because it is purely the government of the army , and of a single chief . Alread y this fearful chansre is hailed with delight b y all the despotic powers , and especially by Russia

      Austria , and Naples . The Continent has become despotic , except a few remaining points , which are already menaced , and where the light of liberty , it is feared , will soon be extinguished . These islands alone remain 'o breast ' . he fury of despotic power , and alread y it is intimated that it may become necessary to re-establish against England the continental system of the first Napoleon . The principle of the despotic powers will be this , that England must refuse an asylum to the exiled victims of continental oppression , and that she tmi-t abandon the liberty of speech and the press , The question , 1 fear , will soon bo propounded to England—Will you relinquish all the principles of free government , and sink quietly into the abyss of

      despotism ? Or will you manfully resist , and if so , when , and how , and where , are you willing to begin the resistance ? Will you wait until evenfree government is overthrown on the Continent' ? Or . when the princi ple of armed iiit .-rvention from abroad announces its determination to subvert these governments , will you then interfere for your own security , and whilst vet vou may have friends and allies upon tlie Continent . ' Should the latter be your wise and patriotic resolve , and should you , in that event , desire the co-operation of my country , it will be given hy tho government , and sustained by the people , with zeal and unanimity . I know nothing , since the days of the Crusades , that could exoite in America a feeling so deep , universal , and enthusiastic , or which would call out so many millions , if necessary , of my countrymen , as an invitation from you , to your children in America , to fishttogether the last great triumphant

      battle for the liborties of man . It would he a certain and an easy victory ,. achieved chiefly bv the naval forces of England and America ; and , ' succeeding this victory , there would then be enduring peace and extended commerce . Indeed , I doubt not , that if England and America would inform the Continental despots that they must not intervene beyond their own limits to overthrow other govorsments , merely because they wero free , that such an annunciation would arrest their march in lttol as it did m 1820 , and accomplish the same result without the necessity of war or bloodied . Be pleased to present to the mayor and to the worthy merchants and citizens of Southampton , who have united in this invitation , my most sincere thanks , and accept for yourself , my dear Sir , renewed assurances of my regard and esteem . " Yours , most faithfully , < i / -- ¦ . i t- - » " K- - J - Walkbb . Charles E . Deacon , Esq ., -fee , Town Clerk . "

      Esauel Vibir Ao Cards. -Wo Believe It To...

      Esauel ViBir ao Cards . -Wo believe it to bo correct to state that seven years is the almost ephemeral average of existence in the trade for applying the poisonous surface to the petty token of pnde-a visiting curd . Is such slow and steady sacrifices to the Ju ? gernaut of fashion more commendable or less shocking that , a lottery of danger , in which some draw the prize of competency , and others the terrible blank of annihilation ? - Mining Journal . -Mrs Colonel Bloomer is said to be so . gratified at w . § t P'Ws Bloomerism has tnado in bngland , that she intends visiting us in the spriV accompanied by the gallant colonel and a brilliant suite of ladies who have adopted the new costume .

      Awfulcolliery Exploston ~ At ~ ^7^~ Mars...

      AWFULCOLLIERY EXPLOsToN ~ AT ^ 7 ^~ MARSH .-FIFTY-OSE LIVES LOST , % One of the most awful and fatal explosions u , .. nas ever taken place in this neighbourhood occur , l on Saturday last at Warren Vale pit , Rawm //^ two miles from Rotherham . The pit » tl , „ pertyofEarlFitzwilliam . and work ed by Z ! i ° J . and J . Charlesworth , the lessees of Z ^' colienes in the Yorkshire coal district . It aDm » that about ten minutes before six on SwTji morning Mr . Sylvester , tho underground eteW went into the pit as usual , to examine the state nf the workings . One or two men went down with htm , and he was followed shortly afterwards bv th whole body of miners employed there . Tho nreci «! number of men in the pit has not been ascertains It is believed to be not less than seventy-three

      To outward appearance everything went on u usual until a few minutes before seven o ' clock xi that time not only those near the pit , but the wholA neighbourhood , were astounded and horrifie d bv in irruption like that of a volcano . Smoke ' anri fl-une burst out of the mouth of the pit in a n ™ palling volume . Two corves , which were b ^ drawn up out of tho pit , were projected upward with volcanic force , and lodged in the gearing orer the shaft , A shower of coals , Btones , and otu * matters was carried high into the air , and de scended all around the pit in a terrific shower . s 0 fearful and perilous was it , the persons employed near the pit mouth were compelled to take shalte * under the platform of the tipplers for loading the carts ; and it was only by this precaution that ' thov

      escaped fatal injuries . The country all round the pit was blackened to a distance of three-quarterg of a mile , by tho descent ofthe dust and smoke . So great was this , that a man who was standing at lii 8 c > ttage door , two fields from the pit , found his faoQ blackened as if he bad been working in the pit itself . The report or explosion was heard at a dit . tance of two miles from the pit ' s mouth . The whole country round was filled with consternation and crowds of persons hastened to the place . As soon as it was possible tbe damaged gearing of the shaft was repaired , so as to enable men to descend the pit , which is 127 yards deep . The supposed cause ofthe accident is the fall of a portion of the roof of the pit , stopping the usual current of ventilatton , liberating a large quantity of foul air . and forcing it into the parts where the miners wero

      working with candles . It appears that this is a new pit , which has not been worked more than twelve months . The explosion took pl . ee in the northern parts of the workings of the deeper seem , but communicated by the shaft with the upper seam . Up to Sunday evening forty-nine bodies were taken out of the pit , and it was thought that two or three others yet remained . The search has been continued with the greatest care , and only one other body , that of Thomas Sylvester , the fire trier , has since been found . The body of Sylvester was blown to pieces , and the fragments so scattered about the pit that it was found impossible to remove them except in a shell . One of the men had a most singular escape . After the explosion he made his way to tbe bottom of the shaft , and in a desperate effort to escape from the after damp , by which be was then almost overcome , climbed by

      the conductors several yards up the shaft to a small recess in the wall . He was then so much exhausted and suffered so much from the after-damp , that it was only by placing his mouth to a crevice in the wall , through which the water oozed , that he was kept alive . He had not been many minutes in this position before the rope and " chair" kwq lowered from the top of the shaft . This be seized , and was one of the first that were drawn up . On Monday the anxious relatives and friends ofthe parties were engaged in inspecting the mutilated remains , and the names of all the sufferers are now known . In some cases the only means by which the bodies could bo identified were the buttons on the clothes . In one case the clothes and body were so much burnt , that the identity was only established by the buckle of a leather belt worn round the waist . The bodies of fifty-one have been identified ; fourteen escaped comparativel y uninjured , and sight have been seriously injured .

      THE INQUEST . A coroner ' s inquest was empannelled on Tuesday morning by Thomas Badger , Esq ., of Rotherham , coroner , to inquire into the circumstances connected with this awful explosion . Tho inquiry took place at the Star Inn , in two chambers connected with which appeared the appalling spectacle of forty-three disfigured corpses , lying side by side , attired in their tattered working dress , in the pre . cise state in which they had been brought out of the pit . —The Coroner having addressed the jury , they proceeded to view the bodies . On their again assembling the following evidence was taken . Some ofthe witnesses who were called first were absent at one or another of the funerals : — -John

      Roebuck , of Rose Hill : I am engine tenter at the Warren Vale Colliery . I went to attend at my duty at the pit about five o ' clock on last Saturday morning . I was the first on the pit hill . I lowered the whole of the men and boys into tho pit , with the exception of two who did not como that morning , down as soon as possible . Tlifl greater part were down before a quarter past six . As near as I can say , I let down men and boys to the number of seventy . It was the duty of Sylvester , the fire-trier of the nine feet bed , to go down to see that the works were all safe . I was never cautioned not to let others down till he had reported that the pit was safe . It was not his duty to report as to the state of the pit . I did not know whether

      the pit was safe or not . The practice at this pit was , that as soon as Sylvester had gone down , any other man could follow without waiting for any report as to the state of the pit , Ko notice hai ever been given to me as to tho men goinsr down , excepting that I was not to let any one down till after Sylvester . I have regularly let the colliers down along with or after Sylvester . I do not recollect that he ever went down alone the first tiiii' ? in the morning . It has not been considered tlio tluty of Sylvester or Kay , the underground steward , or any other person , to go down into this p it before the workmen to report as to its safety . I was in the engine-house when tlie explosion took place . It was about five minutes to seven o ' clock . I do not know the cause of the explosion , for can I form any opinion . I worked the engine from Saturday morning 11111 to-day at ten o ' clock ,

      and brought up the whole ofthe bodies , I think the whole of those in the pit have been got out . I never left the engine fiom Saturday morning till ordered this morning to attend the inquest . The men at tbe pit are not furnished with Davy's lamp . the pit being considered safe to work with the naked candle . The last body was got out lato . or Sunday ni ght or on Monday morning . Mr . J . •] D . Charlesworth , one of the proprietors , Mr . WGoodison , the superintendent of Messrs . Charlesworth , and several colliers , wore examined . Tiie jury then adjourned to Tuesday ( next week . ) Tiie pit will be in the interim examined by Mr . Mortoi ' , the government inspector . On Saturday Mr . M- *' ton will ins pect the pit , unattended , except by so ? of tho surviving colliers . On Monday he will •>•*> inspect the mine . * , attended b y Mr . Bvrom , minis ? agent of Earl Fitzwilliam ; Mr . Locke , collier ? viewer , Burnaloy ; and Mr . T . D . Jeffcoek , collier )' viewer , ShcffieU .

      Pnivate Execu Tions.—The New Regulation....

      PnivATE Execu tions . —The new regulation . - ¦' terdicting the presence of the public at execution- ' , came into operation for the first time in I ' rii ^ sia . i fi-w d .-. ys since . The guillotine was erected in ' '••' of the court-yards of the Hotel de Ville at Bov . s , to carry into effect the sentence of death pronoun " on a man named Cajet , for the murder of his * w ;& wife . Ho had boon previously condemned to taw labour for life for the murder of his first wili ' , *** * had heen pardoned . The law authorities and t <« # persons selected by lot from the jury list wcro »•>>¦¦¦ present at the execution .

      Many of our readers will , we apprehend , have had * v portunities of appreciating the truth of Dr . Henry ' s » . mark ' s , that' the temporary relief obtained by mean-- - purgative medicines is pnruhascd nt tbe high price ot ' tlw-j ? grava-ion and ofthe perpetuating the disease ;' mid ttot "* , cure ot biliousness ( and coruscgucnt . lv of iu accMiii » -H |}! r J derangement—costivL-ut-s ?) cannot be effected by i >'"' r :: ! ' ; . medicine . ' The same remarks may safelv ba ai'V ** - j nervous and liver complaints ; once applv dr » .- ' '; : the occasion _ for usin them recurs' jicriuili' - '*''' } wilh greater intensity . Their sudden , teaiin ? - -Jviolent action lu

      upon weak organs must needs pro' ^ , still greater degree of weakness in them : and tto ic , % of energy to relieve th msclvesis increased bv t ! i **<* *; : * tilting illflucilCfi of meiliomes ; hence the iipgravalion- " perpetuation of the diseases . We therefore !<** . " % pleasure in noticing the salutary change wrousr- 't } \ - a curative art b y Du Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica Food , « ; . ' . deserves the attention of every practitioner , either ii * " \ an invalid , or interested in the speedv and peruui u' " ; ., ; covery of his patients . In the generally healthy l « lt , '; stitmionally feeble system , its sole action is - ¦¦ £ * * ,,. * ttf rishintr and Rtientrthi-ir . as well in h . a n \ n > nf tli « a ( lu ,. H

      that ( if the infant . Brought in contact with ^ „ m . stomach , nerves , liver , kidneys , and intestines ! . " ! Ber ^ V their worst forms it displays appropriately all the "' ' .-—without any of the vices—of an aperient , a tw ' , -, astringent , a diuretic , and a sedative , by iw » |• :, .. ; great cause of the various s > mptoms for which tlM * . ¦ , site agents are alternately exhibited , either i" : ' ; ' with tho certainty of causing ulterior misi-tuet . '•* :, therapeutic agent of gentle but steady a "' 1 m' Vv- ; power ; boiled in water , clwir beef roup , niutto * ' v : i lirnth , u is eaten bv infants , as well as the - ' V ; h * iii" ' infirm persons , beingmueh more easilvdigest ™ "' , ; .-rowroot . Its healing , renovating , and strcngi < -W * - ,, ¦ „* . tuos accompli sh what no other r . medy will ?« cc • ,. *• • moreover , admitted bv those who have used it W ^ , 1 best fO !) fl fill-iilfnnfa Z .. A * r .,... l . ' rli . n-aiiorallV . H = ' : -. '

      turns acid on the weakest stomach , nor intei t < . i V , ; good liberal diet , but imparts a healthy relish ' , „ , - and dinner , and restore-- the f ' . eultv of digostioi * •< ^ cular and nervous energy to the most enfeeble " . - . ^ _ ,, /•» benefit of our readers we " refer them to a s *? n r " - |! , ] . * i i . > ' "' of 50 , 000 testimonials received bv Mr . Du florr ) . - , * i / nond-street , London , upon the invariable cfln' » *; s , i * » Revalenta Arabica Pood in rcim-ring indigestlOI , i j ^ jit tion , bilious , nervous , and liver comp laints , ¦¦ II ' \' V , sisted all other remedies ; and wliich are win ™ day's ) advertising column .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27121851/page/6/