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      _Rkaob OvlonDoii _stinso thb ; _TtoJfc—The _swrfality of the metropolitan _disiricta , whichm the fcst wees ; of _-TMuaiyambnnied to 1 , 094 death ** , has « _- _&* _rag * llw * airee _subsequent weeks steaddy declined . Jte'number _reg istered in the week ending last & _tm * daywas 9 _U ; in the corresponding weeks of fen previous years ( 1840-9 ) the deaths ranged from S 16 to 1 , 253 , and the average was 1 , 068 ; which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes 1 , 165 ; the result of tbe comparison is a decrease in the present return of 254 deaths . Tbe improvement is most conspicuous in that class of diseases which affect the organs of respiration ; and in connexion ¦ with this fact it is worthy of remark , that since the 24 th of January the mean temperature has been

      about 8 deg . higher than in the same period of seven years . Last week the mean temperature was 47 deg . 2 min ., though in the corresponding weeks often previous years ( 1840-9 ) it only ranged from 31 deg . 7 min . in 1845 , to 45 deg . 4 min . in 1849 . In the last four weeks the deaths from consumption iave been successively 137 , 135 , 113 , arid 04 ; from "bronchitis , 126 , 14 , 88 , and 79 ; from asthma , 33 , 12 , 22 , and 21 ; from pneumonia , or inflammation ofthe lungs , 75 , 69 , 76 , and 51 . Last week the _cfe _^ hs from the fwr diseases now mentioned were only 245 , whilst the corrected average of the same "week is ; 331 . But though the mortality from particular causes has so much declined , the deaths in the epidemic class show a small increase on those of tte previous week . There were 9 last week from aniaII-nox . il from _searlatina , 21 from diarrhoea ,

      24 from measles , 32 from typhus , and 3 C from hooping-cough ; but these are all less fatal than Tasual , except measles and diarrhoea , of which the latter shows double the average ( as derived from the corresponding weeks of 1849-9 ) , though not more than in the same week of the List three years . On the . 15 th and 19 th of February respectively , two infant children ofa labourer died of " c ' ynancke parotidsea ; "' at 27 , Dove-row , Haggerstone East , one after ten days , another , after a fortnight s illness . One person died of intemperance . The mean daily reading of tbe barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was above 30 in ., except on Tuesday and Wednesday . The mean ot the week was 30070 in . The mean daily temperature was above 48 deg . on Monday and Friday , and the lowest , which occurred on Saturday , was nof , less than 45 deg . 3 min ;

      Fires and Pbobabce Loss of Life . —On Satur _« day afternoon last a fire of a very serious nature , and nearly attended with fatal consequences to two or three persons , broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Heathfield and Burgess , the experimental chemists , carrying on business iu Princes-square , Finsbury . From the feet of the property iu which the disaster occurred ¦ bang contiguous to the congreve factory of Messrs . Hynau and Co ., and the hot-pressing works of Messrs . "White , a most fearful conflagration at one period was anticipated . It appears that shortly before three o ' clock , whilst three or four of tbe workmen were engaged in the still house attending to the distillation " of some chloroform and naphtha , the man-hole of the still , from some cause , not clearly

      ascertained , blew off , and in an instant , about ten or twelve gallons ofthe spirits became ignited , when the whole blazed upwards , and rushed through the roof threatening every thing around . Two ofthe workmen who were nearest the still were burned by the flames coming in contact with their persons , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the other men on the premises were enabled to effect a safe retreat . The firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until several gallons of chloroform and naphtha were destroyed , tbe roof of the still-bouse partially burned off , and the remainder ofthe stock in trade , with utensils in that part of the premises considerably damaged by fire and breakage . The two poor fellows who were so seriously burned remain in a very precarious condition . On the same evening

      afire , which it is feared will be attended with fatal results , occurred at No . 20 , Bell-lane , Spitalfields , in the occupancy of Mr . Lewis Symons . It originated in the first floor back room , from a spark flying out of a lighted eandle on to a bed , and a young woman , about seventeen years of age , who was in the place , became surrounded witb flame . Witb the aid of an abundant supply of water , the fire in the room and abont the female was extinguished ; but so seriously was she burned , that little hopes are entertained of her recovery . This fire had hardly heen subsided , when the . firemen were called to another atNo , Y , Upper Park-place , "Dorset-square , in the occupancy of Mr . George Collins , which was not extinguished until considerable damage was done . —About the same time another fire happened at No . 3 , Adelaide-place ,

      _"Whitecross-street , belonging to Mr . Henry Smith . The firemen and engines were soon in attendance , and the fire was happily confined to that part " of the premises in which it commenced . Another fire happened atNo . 173 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , belonging to Mr . W . S . Stubbs , a surgeon , caused from an escape of gas , which , becoming ignited , set the shop in flames . The inmates and firemen , however , succeeded in getting the fire out before any considerable amount of damage was done- On the same afternoon , shortly before four o clock , a fire broke out in the Champion Tavern , Dockhead , the property of Robert Coombes , the champion ofthe river . It was caused by a spark flying out of a grate and setting a quantity of wearing apparel in flames . The inmates and strangers succeeded in extinguishing the fire before much damage was done .

      On Saturday night last , an inquiry was held at St . John ' s Vestry . Southwark , before the coroner of London , on the body of F . Hyland , aged sixteen months . The child became seriously ill on the previous Monday , and application was made to tbe parochial surgeon , Mr . Leadam , for advice . An order on tbe surgeon was duly obtained from the relieving officer . The child died on Wednesday night . Mr . Leadam did not see it at all , hut it was prescribed for by his assistant , a lad of eighteen , who had not passed any examination , and seemed not to understand the cause of illness . He asked the

      mother what she thought of the illness * On Monday medicine was given without seeing the child . On Tuesday the mother took it to the surgeon ' s house , and tbe assistant promised to call , bnt he did not do so , though ho was twice solicited to doso . The child was supposed to have died from convulsions , caused by pain in teething . —The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death , accelerated by want of proper medical attention . ' ' Fire at Islington . —On Saturday last a fire broke cut at a amine store dealer ' s in Upper Queenstreet , Lower-road , belonging to a person named Wood . When the fire was first discovered it was burning furiously in the front shop , and the inmates found some difficulty in effecting their escape . The London Brigade and other engines were quickly on the spot , but the fire was not extinguished until the stock , & c ., was consumed . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained .

      The Late Fire in Lambeth . —Mr . Crake , the carver and gilder , of the York-road , Lambeth , who has exerted himself in a very praiseworthy manner in behalf of the poor men and females who were _thiown ont of employment by the late disastrous fire in Lambeth , has succeeded in collecting about £ 10 to relieve tbeir present necessities . Fibe is CAMomxE-srREEr . —On Tuesday night , a few minutes after eight o clock , a fire , attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds worth of property , broke ont in Camomile-street , Bishopsg ate-street . Tbe premises in which the disaster occurred were formerly used as a dissenting chapel , hut at the present time were in the occupancy of Messrs . Hearon , _M'Cullock , and Squire , the wholesale and export druggists , of 96 , Bishopssrate-street ,

      and were used as their store warehouses . The contents of the premises were not , as is generally the ease in similar trades , explosive if they had been , owing to the extreme narrowness of the thoroughfare , the consequences might have heen most disastrous to human life . By half-past ten o ' clock the firemen happily succeeded in getting the mastery over the conflagration , but not until the premises and their valuable contents were nearl y destroyed . Not the least information could be gleaned respecting the probable cause of the fire . None of the workmen , it was stated , had been in the place for some hours before the outbreak happened , The Bkrmondsey MuBDEB . —It appears their is a dertermination oa the part of the government to dispose of the claims made by the attorneys for Manning and his wife , Mr . Binns and Mr . Solomons , for conducting their defence , to be paid out of the proceeds of the jewels and o'her property seised by

      the police , and now in the hands of Inspector Yates . Oa Saturday last Mr . Binns , the attorney for Manning , received from Mr . Maule a letter , requesting him to furnish him with his bill of costs for bis consideration , previous to a settlement , a similar letter being received by Mr . Solomons . It is understood that none ofthe property will be sold b y the government , to prevent a revival ofthe atrocities committed by their exhibition to the morbid curiosity of the public by the caterers for snch amusements , but that the whole will be otherwise disposed of . The lords ofthe treasury have awarded to Mr . Moxey , the superintendent ofthe Edinburgh police , the sum of £ 30 , and to one of his officers £ 5 , for their active part in accomplishing the capture of Mrs . _JBMnin-j a' the bouse in _Haddington-place , in tbat _cu _$ _\ Mr . Moxey has very _generously distributed bis portion among three charitable Institutions in Edinburgh .

      _-l , o _„^" ! L op Gambling . — . The _gamblings . - - *> _' - £££ _? _v _^ _, orferof thecommissioneisbf " a .- to _Sch i , rm _« _? n 8 table , are stationed at the entrance > " ' * _^ _terfc _^ tf _££ note down and describe the * persons V _-fcteS-Se _^; -n hejr _»'* _H _bereheved at stated _*»> _^ _S _^ _T _^ - " * o «> _ntwue _, ' without _^ ' _^? _wtlfb _»^ i J - Iti _«« ticipateVl _4 hatthis _-- - & n £ _S Jfe _^ _vUatftetfhrdiminishing * - _^ _fe _^^ _rth _rtf _** _frequ-fifers of these " social _pest ¦ > L :: _' _-to _WQW-- _™* ib B chances of successful plunder T" " * ° ' _? * eur _ow _*" _- _* """ " * being conespondinEly

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      _^ roed- it _, Viil . ultimately lead ; to theiri total dis * _cojmfiture _^ _^ . _ifer , ; . _..: _! -, .- . . . . _^ . - _- (! :. ; - -w _^'^ O 5 r _^ Caution , •' •»• Coffee-house" Keepers ; —In- the Court of Inland-Revenue Mary Ann ; Fletcher , of _Queen-streefc- _Sherrard-streetj St . James ' s , coffeehouse Keeper , Was charged with retailing : spirituous liquors " without a licence . Mr . S .. _Kingsford / an officer ' , of excise , proved-the selling ofthe . liquor , which was consumed bn the premises , and no money asked for before it was served . Mr . Hay ling , the supervisor , corroborated the evidence ,, and said the defendant had no licence for the sale of the sp irits . The court gave-judgment against the defendant in the penalty of £ 10 _

      . ; Great 'Public Cemetery at Abbey-wood . * -- **" has _beenfenown for some time past that a public cemetery-was about to be made to the extent , in tne first instance ; of 400 acres , at Abbey-wood , a beautiful spot ' on the south bank ofthe river Thames , Between Woolwich , and Erith . The spot is very near the Abbey-wood station , on the North Kent line of the South-Eastern Railway , and about _thirty-nve minutes' distance from London-bridge . When the examination of the ground took place it was considered lo be for a private company , but now there is reason to suppose itis the place recommended , _although not named in the report of the Board of Health .

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      Utte ring _Foi ' oed Notes . —On Friday evening a gang _ofswindlers , who were engaged in circulating notes , in imitation of those ofthe Brighton . Union Bank , amongst the shopkeepers ot Brighton , were detected and lodged in prison . The forgeries are said to be well executed . —The ' . four prisoners were examined this morning ( Feb . 25 ) , before Mr . C . Carpenter , Mr . T . J . Bellamy , Mr . Montagu Scott , Major Allen , and Col . Paine . The court was crowded to excess , scarcely less interest being excited than what was manifested at the failure of Wigney ' s bank some years ago . The prisoners gave their names as follows : —Joseph Green , City-road , London ; Joseph Hadland , Duke-street , Sheffield-park ;

      Robert Stewart , 5 , Devonshire-place , Brighton ; and William Clarkson , The cases occupied the whole day , and the evidence completely substantiated most of the charges . The following is a summary of this remarkable case : —Mr . T . H . Chase , the chief officer of the Brighton police , received by post a communication from Mr , Stevens , chief officer ofthe Birmingham police , that a man was in custody in the latter town on a charge of being concerned in passing forged notes of the Birmingham banks ; that when apprehended he threw a bundle of notes into the fire , and that one ofthe fragments recovered from the flames by the police purported to be a portion ofa £ b note of the Brighton Union Baak . This fragment was enclosed in the letter . It was the second or right

      hand half of a note , to all appearance a genuine " promise . to pay . " The banking firm is that of Messrs . Hall , West * and Borrer , whose notes are en graved in the usual manner , and bear , beneath the name ofthe bank a miniature delineation of the Pavilion . The signature is that of Mr . West , whose writing bears the impress of nervousness , and is not a bad imitation of the real signature . ' Mr . Chase , on receiving the communication from Birmingham , immediately placed himself in communication with the bank . He was engaged in conversation with Mr . Pocock , chief clerk of the bank , on the subject , on Saturday evening , when a junior clerk brought in a £ 5 note , which had been brought to the office for change , and which was thought to be bad . It

      turned out tbat a man of gentlemanly appearance had , at the shop of Mr . Lashmar , draper , purchased some articles , for which he tendered a £ 5 Union Bank Note , and that Mr . Lashmar , not having enough change sent the note to the bank . The bank happens to be very near to Mr . Lashmar ' s shop . Mr . Chase ran to the shop immediately , and walked to the hall with the draper ' s customer , who was strictly searched . The stockings were removed from the legs , and beneath the garters were found eight notes similar to those already mentioned . The prisoner , on being further interrogated , said he had no residence in Brighton , and that he lived in the City-road , London , but did not know the number . Finding in the prisoner ' s pocket a piece of paper on

      which was written , "Willy , St . Jamess-street , Mr . Chase inquired whether he had changed any £ 5 notes of the Union Bank , or received any such notes in payment for purchased articles . One of the assistants replied that a man had made a purchase for which he paid with a £ 5 note , subsequently changed at Mr . Tuppen _' s , who produced it . Mr . Chase . returned to the Town-hall , and on his way passed the shop of Mr . Lashmar , where the first note had been _utter-d , surrounded by a crowd witnessing the removal by Superintendent _Crowhurst of a second man whohad been offering another ofthe forged notes at the same shop . Constables in plain clothes were immediately despatched about the town to put the tradesmen on their guard , and . in the course of the evening upwards of twenty other £ 5 notes , the

      produce of the same forgery , were brought to the hall , as well as two more of the utterers , in . consequence of the information . The notes of the bank are numbered by means of printing types , and the forgeries are well executed resemblances . Economy , however , has been studied frr all the numbers are combinations ofthe four figures 6 , 7 , 0 , 4 , differently . disposed . The plan has been well digested . The necessity of simultaneous action seems to have been perceived , for all the utterings were between six and eight o ' clock . Evidence having been given bringing the charge home to the accused , the prisoners were all fermally remanded . On . Tuesday the several prisoners were again brought up before the bench and committed for trial , the magistrates declining to take bail in either of the cases .

      Blindness in a Boy caused bt Bbatiijg . —At the County County of Cornwall last week an action of damages was brought against William Brabyn , a schoolmaster in Wi th ' el , by a boy named Nicholas Robins , nine years old , who , ' in consequence of a beating inflicted on him by Brabyn had Inst his sight . The witnesses proved that the defendant had 6 truck Robins several times on the head with a stick , and that the boy had been ill ever since , hiB health having been remarkably good previously . The medical gentleman who had attended plaintiff stated , that when called in he found the boy labouring under symptoms which led him to suppose there was pressure on the brain . These symptoms were succeeded by blindness and deafness . The jury returned a " verdict for the

      plaintiff , damages £ 20 . Incendiary Fieb at Reading . —On Saturday night last , about half-past ten o ' clock , the farm premises of George Hhrgs , Esq ., a wealthy gentleman , living at a fine suburban villa on the Oxford road , about one mile from the centre of the borough , but just within its boundaries , were discovered to be on fire . The building ignited so quickly that . it was impossible even for the most energetic and daring man to do much for the safety of tbe cattle , and two fine cows , which could not be approached , were roasted alive in their stalls . Several pigs were injured to such an extent by the flames , that they were instantly obliged to be killed , v The fire continued to blaze for hours , and the whole town was brilliantly lighted up

      by the body of flame , which covered an area of a quarter of an acre . The place is a complete mass o i ashes , and the loss must amount to a few thousands of pounds . The property consists of barns , one or two ricks of corn , stables , cattle sheds , granaries , agricultural implements , ic , horses , the two cows , and three pigs . The proprietor was fully insured . - Fire at Clay-Hill II all . —On Saturday evening last a very destructive fire happened at the seat ot Mr . Bosanquet , the banker , at Clay-hiU , about two miles distant from Enfield , and was not subdued until a serious destruction of property had taken place . The building in which the tire originated was detached from the residence , and was being prepared , wc understand , for a library . It was of an old-fashioned

      construction , the fronting covered with ivy . Some persons had been engaged during the day in airing the place , and about six o ' clock in the evening smoke was seen issuing from the windows by some lads who were passing by . Au alarm was instantly raised , and an attempt made to enter the building so as to ascertain the seat of the fire . The heat and smoke , however , were too overpowering to allow them to proceed far into the interior , and in a very short time the flames had full possession of the building . Engines were promptly despatched to the scene of the conflagration , but were not able to save any portion ef the place . The exact loss is not known , but it is stated that some very choice books were stored in the building . The dwelling house 13 not injured . The estate formerly belonged to Mr . Harman , the eminent merchant .

      The Mendip Mines . —About 150 of tbe workmen employed at the Mendip Mines have struck for wages . This determination was made known by them in a body to the chairman of the company , Mr . E . H . Barwell . Child Murder . —On Saturday last information was circulated of the murder of a male child , five or six weeks old , whose body , with a heavy ; brick tied to it , was found in a pit of water at Weston Norris . The child which appeared to have been in the water three or four weeks , was recognised as having about tbat time been seen in the possession of a woman who was stopped _^* and " searched by a police-officer , and who then stated that she was . proceeding to Stockport . - She is described as' about forty years old' In ' appearance , and four feet ' nine inches high ; a very coarse- looking woman , with round face , sandy hair and complexion , and flat nose a little crooked , and worei strong shoes , - , without stockings , a short and ' much worn -cloth cloak , a muslin cap , but no bonnet ; ' - -. ' ¦ ' - ; ' _- '

      ' ' _^ _AJ'CLiNd _' rbB a THigFcfOne of the men in Mr . "Bngg _* s tobacco manufactory , at . Bristol , having _tiis-OT-gereel-pii . ' the 22 dd ult ' . ''' a parcel of about 3 ' . b * of snuff secreted awaj * jundejfa _. ebest in _^ 'rooin . where it epufd ohlyhave ' been informed the ' foreman , " . _- . _^ hol'lpld _,: him to ; leave it there _^ and attach a strin g . _toJiCwhich he ' was ' to convey up" behind the ' chest'td ' a fboui onthe second " floor , and there tie it to a stick which served ' as a sort of float , for the person hurriedly removing the

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      _parcfLbelow- _mfc-F _^ _d _* . _S _^ _l _^ _'gXftj _.-S * _, _aienfl W ' stairs As -tbo ' raen ; were . leaving" the S _& actory the _' inan oh Watch few ' the , *' float * dip } and running _flot _fn _^ taiwsecured the'parcel on ' the person ofa man-named : George , Roberts , and with the String still attached to ft .- The act was complete , and the . _lint ' jol . evidence , connected . * _.-, Robert ? , who was one bf the frorkmen in the _wairehouse , has been committed for trial ; ; ""' X '; ' _. Riot- And Loss-ov Life'at _X-Protectionist MEKTiNG . r-In an affray that ensued between the protectionists and free traders at the Dorset - . County Protection Meeting , a young man was struck down by a farmer , and so seriouslyinjured , thathe expired

      tbe same night . An adjourned inquest on the body was held at'Dorchester oii Friday the 22 nd ult , The name of the deceased is \ William Allen , aged . ' about twenty , who was in the employ of , Mr . ; Bonifas , tailor of _rDorchester . The following was . given in evidence '•¦¦' ¦ Mr . _Wv Tapp , surgeon _/ attended the ' deceased when he was brought to the Dorset county hospital , and found him labouring under concussion of the brain . '¦ : He was much worse at eigh t o ' clock iu the . evening , and at about eleven o clock he died . His death was caused from extravasation of blood on the brain . - Quapost . mortem examination ofthe body I found some slight external marks of injury on the head , but only , one attended with extravasation of blood ; the skull was unusually thin , and there

      was a . slight fracture of the parietal bone . —S . Balster heard Mr . J . Brake , butcher , of Sydling , say to Mr . F . Bennett , landlord of the Royal Oak , that it . was he who struck the boy . Happened tb hear this conversation in _passing . —H . Strickland : I live at Dorchester . I was in the Bridport-road on Wednesday when the meeting broke up . The mob was very thick . The deceased was standing still , with one hand in his pocket , ' when he was struck by a man who was chasing some boys . The deceased stopped , apparently to let the man pass , but directly he came up with him he swung his stick in the air , and brought it down on the back of Allen ' s head as Hard as he could . Allen staggered and fell backwards . After he Btruck Allen the man ran away towards the

      rest of the farmers . Stones were flying about . I went up to Allen and took him by the hand , but he appeared quite dead . I did not know the person who 6 truck deceased _^ He struck bim with a dark stout stick , and fell down himself from the violence with which he struck the blow . —M . Devanisb , jun ., saw the farmers pursuing the mob , and went in the same direction . I saw a young man , of eighteen or twenty , running away from a farmer . I saw him strike hlbni on the bead . The boy _ dropped directly he received the blow , which was given with such violence that the farmer fell too . I did not see his face . He had on a brown bver « coat , and appeared to be a tall , middle aged man . I should not . know him again if I were to see him . —P . Bennett : I am

      landlord of the Royal Oak . I had no conversation with Mr . Brake yesterday . I' _nerer heard him own that he had struck the boy . — Susan Balster : I was passing down the street witb my husband after the meeting was over , and , on passing the Royal Oak , I saw several' persons and Mr . Brake . 1 heard Mr . Brake say to one of the persons , ° I bave done for him . " One of the persons said , "Was it you V and Mr . Brake replied , " Yes . " —C . Cox : I saw the man strike down Allen , and I went across the field to him and said , " You are no man ; you are a coward . " He turned round to a blacksmith , who was standing by , and paid , "I'll serve you the same , and half a dozen ' like you . " The blacksmith offered to fight bira . 1 knew that

      the man who struck , Allen was a butcher living at or near Sydling . I had seen him frequently in the market . I was one of Allen ' s shop-mates . I did not see him do anything before he was : struck down . 1 went to Sydling this morning to the house of Mr . Brake , and saw him , I am sure he is the person who struc k down Allen—H . Lock , solicitor : I saw one of the farmers running after a young man , and hit him a blow with a large stick . The young man fell down , and the farmer himself stumbled . I looked particularly at the man , but' did . not _recognise him I am partially acquainted with Mr . Brake , but cannot say whether he was or was not the man . I was fully one hundred yards from the spot , and heard the blow distinctly . —J . Fi'z-Simmons gave similar

      evidence , adding , I knew the man from seeing him frequently in the . town . Mr , Brake is the man . I went over to his house this morning to identify him , and told him he was the man who had struck the boy down . He said he . was confident he was not . To the best of my belief he struck the . lad with a whitehandled whip , with a hammer . it the end of it , with the hammer end * I undertake to swear positively he is the ; _mani-rrQ . Cooper : I live at Weymouth . I was present at the meeting . The farmer who struck the boy was walking along quietly-, when the young man aimed a stone at him deliberately and hit him , I believe , under the ear . He staggered two or three paces back , and then followed the lad . He had a stick—a common walking stick . He made a cut at the boy _. and I said . '' That ' s a dead' un . The boy fell down as a rabbit does when he is shot . I was

      within ten yards of him . I could not identify tbe man . — -Mr . Joseph Stone , town clerk of Dorchester , said he saw the beginning of the row , when the rush was made from the riding school .. ' Stones were flung , and'windows were broken . He went amongst the people and tried to pacify them , and he asked a boy for his stick , which he gave up readily . — -A juror : Did you ask the _farmeva to give up their sticks ? —Mr . Stone : I did not . —The inquest was then adjourned . —Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday the inquiry into the death of the lad Allen , who was killed in the affray after the protection meeting held atDorchester on Wednesday last , was resumed atthe Shire Hall , before Mr . Wallis , the coroner . On Tuesday morning , the jury having been locked up from four p . m .. till half-past eight a . m ., announced that they could not agree , and were bound a _** er-to appear at the assizes on the 14 th March . .

      Awful Death .- —An inquest was held on Saturday last at the Lucker station of the Yor " < :. Newcastle , and Berwick Railway , before Mr . T . A Russell , one of the coroners for the county of Northumberland , and a respectable jury , on the body of Mr . Richard Hobson , aged 12 , of Greenhill , near Bamburgh , who was killed onthe previous day by the mail train from the south running him down whilst he was imprudently _crossing the line , The deceased was formerly upwards of twenty-six years in the service of the Duke of Northumberland , at Alnwick Castle , as home bailiff , and auditor of accounts in the Coramis-ioners ' -offhe . On his resignation of those appointments , in 1832 , he made a tour through thc agricultural districts of England and Scotland , and

      subsequently became principal agent to the late Earl Grey , remaining at _Howick , as manager of his estates , up to the period of that nobleman ' s death in 1815 , when he retired to Greenhill , where he has since resided , much respected by a large circle of acquaintances for the genuine hospitality which he practised , and the unostentatious warmth of friendship by which he was strikingly characterised . He wai unmarried , and it is lamentable to think that his awful death was the result of his own rash and impudent conduct , of which he had been repeatedly warned by his own servant as well as the stationkeeper . The jury , on the conclusion of the evidence , immediately returned a verdict of ¦ " Accidental death , " the jury expressing that while they quite

      exonerated all tbe parties from any blame whatever , they thought that it would be well if the gatekeeper , in future , looked after the foot passengers' little gate when a train is coming up , so as to stop any one from trying to cross . Disturbance amongst thk Fabm Labourbbs in Wilts . —Last week : considerable excitement prevailed in that portion of the county adjacent to West Lavinton , in consequence of a numerous body of agricultural labourers haying " struck" from work and threatening serious disturbances . A reduction of wages appears to have been the cause of the outbreak . On the previous Saturday most of the principal farmers in tbe neighbourhood intimated their intention of reducing the wages of their labourers from 7 s . to 6 s . a week . The men had

      previously got a hint ofthe _comtemplated reduction , and a number of them waited up in the steward of Lord Churchill ( the owner of the principal farms in the parish , ) with aview of inducing him to intercede in their behalf . This led to no beneficial result ; and the men finding that their masters were determined on reducing them to 6 s ., about 150 of them assembled early on Monday morning in front of the house of Mr . Spencer , a large farmer , and stopped men ' horses , and agricultural implements proceeding to work by that road . Having persuaded others labourers to join them , they went round to all the farms , and completely stopped all operations . They took horses from ploughs , opened _sheep ; p > ens , and prevented all labour being proceeded with . No opposition being offered tbem , they , pursued the game course throughout the day , visiting every farm in the

      vicinity and forcing off the labourers who were at work . On the following day some of them returned to work , butit being reported that warrants were out forthe ringleaders , more than one hundred ofthe men formed themselves into a band and paraded the streets with staves . The assistance ofthe constabulary was then sought , and Captain Meredith , with a strong force arrived , and remained on duty in the village during the n ' gnt . The men had returned to their homes , and _someMng like order was restored on W _4 ' 1 ' y * 0 " Thursday , however , there was a ; renewal ofthe excitement . A man named Kite , who had taken an active part in the affair , was brought before the-magistrates 0 f this town , and conveyed to " prison . He -had not been long iri custody , before a large body of his fellow-labourers , armed with sticks , came into the town , for the purpose of rescuing him , but were unable to carry their intentions into effect . .

      Confession of Mubosr . —It has within the last two or three days been made known that John _Bagnley , aged seventy , who died at" Chilwell , four ' miles south of _' Nqftingham ; pn ' the 16 tliult ., ' ' confessed on his death-bed that twenty-three ' years ago he murdered _ahawker' of , _' shaw | s t ; jblanke'isV' ' _* _fcc . V ah'd disr , posed of the'body ;'' , ' Atthe ' -pSrib'd of his sudden _disappearan ' eef th ' e _^ ing one of _Baguley ' s daughters , and as he was known to be in possession of s considerable sum of money ,

      Utte Ring Foi'oed Notes.—On Friday Eveni...

      be waB looked upon . as being ; rather , a desirable suitor * especially as the _Baguley-j , _tyere . known , to . be Very poor . " 'The _hatfker had not been missing more than twelve months , however "' before . their circumstances began to improve , and from the condition of a ' poverty-stricken labourer"Baguley beeame . suddenly advanced to that of a comfortable cottager , ' with a _^ uthber of pigs in his stye ; ; The _^ ' first - ' Mrs . , Baguley died'five or six ' years ago , ' and said a short tiine ' prey ioiisly . that she had something oii / her mind which she should like to reveal ; but this coming-to her husband ' s knowledge , he never afterwards would allow . a stranger to go to her room . ' The present Mrs . B ' aguley was married to him about three years ago , since which time , she rays , his conduct has been very _strangein hissleep ' .. ' _frequently he _Aouldjump

      up in ' a state of great excitement , - and ' exclaim tbat some oiie was abont to seize him ' . The day before he _diedhesaid to her . _"TheftckihutIdiditwiihis buried in the dyke , " and other revelations followed , which have not yet been _madepnblicj The whole of the ' circumstances' have been ' made known to T . B . Charlrod , Esq ., the local magistrate , and will no doubthe fully and efficiently investigated . ' : '"' _Attbmptbd _, Assassination ' at Frbmingiok House . —The unfortunate man William Sviporis , the servant bf Mr . Wijliam Arundel Yeo _,. the High Sheriff of Devon , at Fremington-house ; hear Barnstaple , who was _shot on Tuesday night last bj an assassin , continnes in an hopeless condition , and his death is momentarily . expected . The assassin Lillyr carp , still remains at large ; an accurate description of his person has been distributed all over the countrv by the police , with a reward for his apprehension . ___ '

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      The Tbnant Movem**Nt.--The Tenant-Right ...

      The Tbnant MovEM _** NT .--The Tenant-right Associations , in various parts of Ulster , are meeting to express their "decidedabhorrence" of the incendiary and other outrages recently , perpetrated , and their ** earnest desire to preserve the security of property , and the peace and social order ofthe community , '" whilst they are ''determined to seek , by every lawful means , a redress of the grievances under which the tenant-farmers of Ireland are labouring . " Some of these associations are engaged in local

      organisations to discover the persons : concerned in the system of incendiarism . Referring to the recent tenant-right meeting at Donaghadee , the Banner of Ulster , obficrves , " ¦ that Mr . Sharman Crawford for . tunately took the sense of the meeting on the main provisions of Sir William Somerville ' _s Bill , and , when he did go , this iniquitous measure was denounced amidst bursts of universal acclamation . " The ' _iAbtton denounces the bill as " the destruction of tenant-right . " . The "tenant protection movement " is gaining strength in the south . ' ¦ The "Press" Newspapbr- —The Dublin Press

      published its last number on the 22 nd ult . The business of the establishment is to be wound up . That journal had been established twelve months since , in succession to the Pilot . Shocking Case op _Fbatbicide . —The Ring ' s County Chronicle contains an account of an affray between two brothers named respectively John and Patrick Egan , residing atBallyduff , in the King ' s county . The brothers , it appears , held a farm in copartnership , and for some time had been engaged in petty altercations , and on the day named John , the youngest of the two ; proceeded to make a ditch , for the purpose of enclosing a slip of waste land as an

      addition to Jus garden at the rear of his house , when bis _ill-frted brother opposed him , and a conflict is supposed to have ensued—there was no person present , but a broken spade wits found beside ' tbe dead body , which exhibited several bleeding gashes . Both men belonged . to a rather comfortable class , Were in the prime , of : life , and , except to each other , were kind and obliging , and of spotless reputation . Their united families number seventeen individuals , thirteen of whom are children under twelve years of age . A verdict of wilful murder has been returned , and the coroner has issued . a warrant for the apprehension of the accused , who has absconded .

      Spread of Incendiarism in Ulster . — The Northern _IVhig of Saturday contains the following : — " On Tuesday morning last three dwelling houses , with their offices-, were burned to the ground , -in the townland of Fourscore-acres , Calrncastle , the pro--perty of James Agriew , Esq : It appears that / the previous occupiers of these bouses had been ejected for non-payment of rent , two of them being behind three years ' , and one two years' rent . In one of the homes , three men sleeping in it had a narrow escape from being burned to death .. Mr . Agnew is spoken of as a'kirid and considerate landlord ; and we are informed that he hadno ' t only drained the land of the ejected tenants , but , that'finding thev were unable to

      pay him his rent , had , also allowed : them'to take away the last-year ' s-crops . ; On" We 4 oesday night a a house was fired arid burned , at Killead , on the property of General Pakenhani . On the morning of that day George Cunningham , who had occupied the premises for many' years , arid bad been struggling for some time past to pay his rent , was ejected from the house . "; •¦; , ' ' ¦ The Belfast Chronicle gives some details of twoother incendiary fires . , In the one case the inmates bad a very narrow escape , having been obliged to make their exit through a window , as the perpetrators of the outrage had fastened the door on the outside . In the other case , the injury was confined to the burning of two stacks of straw .

      The gentry and landowners of the county of Down have offered a reward of £ 500 for the discovery of the persons conoerned in the recent attempt upon the life of Mr . Anketell , of Ballinahinch , agent to the Ker estates in that county . , Inthe south the people are beginning to ply the spring with great spirit . It is stated tbat in Kerry an unusually large breadth of land is being prepared for potato sowing ; and the Limerick Chronicle adds that— - "The peasantry of the county of Limerick , like their neighbours of Clare and Kerry , are making a vigorous effort to prepare the ground for seed potatoes , hoping , in despite of past failures , for the reward of their labour by ircreased produce . They have commenced operations thus early in the year , intending to have the seed down this month ;"

      In other parts of Ireland also very extensive preparations are making for planting early potatoes ; and the improvement which , has taken place in tbe state of the weather has everywhere revived activity . Emigration from Waterford . —The Waterford Mail , el Friday , says ;—•• During the last two daya our quays have been quite alive with emigrants and their friends , preparing to start for Liverpool , and from thence to America . Yesterday morning , at seven o ' clock , upwards of one hundred persons sailed n r rather steamed , on board the William Fenn ; and at'twelve o ' clock , about four hundred on board the Foyle , Liverpool steamers . Such is the extent of emigration from this and the neighbouring counties , that we are credibly informed we shall shortly have American liners trading between Waterford and New York . "

      The CtiFDEN Union . —The Galway Mercury contains the following :- — " The goods and chattels ofthe Clifden Workhouse were sold out by some of its creditors last week . Cloth , for female clothing , thai was purchased in Waterford at 8 Jd . per yard , arid bought by some persons at the sale , was offered on Friday to the Gal way guardians for sixpence per yard . "

      Insolvent Debtors' Court. A Lauchabus Sc...

      INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT . A _Lauchabus Scene . —A young man ,, named Percival , applied to be admitted to bail till his hearing , and Mr . Nichols opposed for the detaining _ereditor , on the ground that Mr . Moon , a furniture dealer , in the New Cut , one of the proposed sureties , was not in a condition to justify as bail . —Mr . Moon , in addition to his affidavit filed , now swore that ho was possessed of property in the New Cut of sufficient value to be bail for the insolvent . —Tho attorney for the detaining creditor ( Mr . Howard ) stated that he bad made inquiries at the house in the New Cut , and a female servant told him that Moon lived at Paddington , and had no interest in the place , and advised him ( the attorney ) to call whpTi hpr mistress was at home . Ho called a train .

      when Mrs . Moon assured him-that Moon had no interest in the property , and was a drunken follow . —At this stage of the caso a general opinion seemed to prevail that Moon was "hired bail , " and the attorney was despatched to fetch Mrs . Moon , as sho had promised to attend , she having said to Mr . Howard , " Only send for me and he dare nofc show . " Moon was requested to remain in court , and he then informed the court that the lady who had given him such a character was bis own wife . A laughable scene was now presented . Moon said his wife was determined that he should not be bail ift the _courta and . had concocted the story . Some of Mr . Moon' ? friends assured the court that he was a respectable man , and that his wife had determined to ,-stop him

      from being bail . —Mr . Commissioner Phillips : . At present this seems to be all "moonshine . " ( Roars of laughter . )—The attorney afterwards returned and said Mrs . Moon would not come with him . She said it was all true what she had stated , and : she would come on Monday . —Mr . Nichols said he had told the attorney what had occurred , and he , was satisfied that the insolvent should be discharged on the bail . as . qffured . —Mr . Commissioner Philli ps told the attorney to be careful how he in future believed what a woman said . ( Laughter . ) Tho bail were accepted , and'tho insolvent discharged . Moon had waited in court for the appearance of his wife , but his "careful spouse" _did-uot show when requested , therefore the commissioner said it wae " moonshine . '" ' 7 '"' _- ' " '{ : ¦¦;¦ .- •; ,. .

      . Besbfices In .Plurauty .^-By 'A Bill ....

      . Besbfices in . PLURAUTY . _^ _-By ' a bill . now in the Houso _orCommons --it u proposed that i spiritual persons shall not hold benefices in _plurality _^ hless tbey are . actually contiguous to eacli , otheivand the _pppahtion of the two . _shair . not exceed 600 . Thl Act is not _toatfecfc benefices _unaerilOO _. _i _ahariot to apply to preferments to whioh persons are admitted _, ihe Act is to apply to Ireland as well as to England .

      I^I^ F^Li^^

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      ; ' ¦ - CARLISLE _;^ , - _¦¦•¦; . .-.= ... _-.- . ¦ UMiRitroBASis CoiN . —Johh Williams , aged 28 ; was charged with" having uttered twenty-three base _Ballings . The . Jury found the prisoner . _** Guilty . " Sentence , _eix months' imprisonment with hard labour . - " ' : ' •"""' - . - _.--t ! : - _; :.. _. . .... _- ., _.. . ¦ .: ¦ i Thomas Byne , aged 20 _j pleaded guilty to a similar offence ,. ; but of a more ' . aggravated nature . Sentence , twelve months ' , imprisonment , with hard labour . - - - * ¦ ¦ ¦ . _-: _^ - ' . i ; u \ _-.-. ' ; \;; ' . ' 'XCatching a Tabtar—John _Grieraon , aged 16 , was charged with'having , at Brampton , assaulted Jas . Freeman , ;* < ylth : i . ntehf to rob , ' Prisoner , pleaded riot guilty .-r Ohthe , nightof the 6 th .: ult '' ,. the prisoner and another , man had agreed to waylay arid rob a person named Warncop , saddler , Brampton , and

      for that purpose they concealed themselves in a hedge leading from Brampton , -Hearing what they thought to be tho footsteps of their intended victim , they sprang out from their hiding place , and seized the prosecutor , James Freehian , a soldier , well armed with a thick stick . Startled for a moment the man of war fell under their gripe , and speedily shaking off his antagonists , he belaboured them most unmercifully , ' and they were too glad to take to their heels . Both fellows escaped for a time , but the prisoner , who had not the ' sense to keep his own counsel , told the adventure to . a faithless friend , ¦ _"'• . _who-afterwards . " peached , " and brought him into his present predicament . —Though the counsel for the prosecution strove hard to convict , nn nwinf ftnnld be riven of the intent .

      Murder of Sib Jambs Graham ' s Gambkbbpbb . — Joseph Hogg and John Nichol wore indicted for the wilful miirder of Thomas Davidson on the 8 th of November _last .-Mr . / Sergeant Murphy having opened the case , inthe course of which his lordship announced that he should admit the depositions ofa man named Andrew Turnbull , charged , along with the prisoners ( before the coroner , with , the murder , the following , evidence was given : —Margaret Davidson , the widow of the late'Thomas Davidson , who'live'd ' at _Kirtle Hall , stated that on Thursday morning , the' 8 th November last , her husband left home / to . attend to his duties as a game-watpber for Sir J . Graham . He had received £ 7 in money on the Sth . three Scotch notes , two sovereigns , and £ 2

      in silver ; of this he gave her son two Scotch notes , andpaid-away £ 1 8 s . He had his stick and plaid with him , no gun . She never after . _saw him .: again alive . ; Her . husband ' s body was brought home on the . Saturday , following . —John Armstrong , the gamekeeper of-Sir J . Graham , ' stated that the deceased was one of his watchers , ' He called oil him on the 8 th of November , and he was out watching . He called next morning and found he had not got home- and he went in search of bim on the south of Skelton-pike . He did not find him that day ; and the day after about a score of . persons' went in search of him , and an alarm was given that his body was found . Ho saw it in a cart at the deceased ' s own door . Doe Craig is a favonrite place ; for

      poachers . : He made Jan examination thero on the 16 th , and traced some footmarks , on the west of Doe Craig . There were some aboiit a mile from Wire ' s Fold , where the body had been found . Those footmarks were compared with some shoes the policeman afterwards had . ' On Thursday , the 8 th , he heard a gun-shot'about ten o ' clock . After the body was brought home , he searohed it , and found a purse , and in it a £ 1 . note , a pocket-piece resembling a shilling , six crooked sixpences , and two farthings and a nalf-farthing . ¦ He undressed the body , arid found it black about the neck , and the shirt-neck was torn . —Matthew Patterson , surgeon , stated that on Sunday , the lltb of November , he examined the body of-the deceased at Kirtle Hall , his residence . In his judgment deceased had died

      from strangulation . Had his neckcloth been twisted tight , round it would have produced all these effects . —Joseph Gallagher ; turnkey ,: proved that Andrew Turnbull committed suicide in the gaol on the 28 th of November , . -the day . after he was committed , and a coroner s _inquesfeVas _, held upon him .---Cross-examiried by Mr . James : The same , morning that he committed suicide , he was told that' he was committed on . the coroner s inquisition for the wilful murderof DavidsOn . —William , Carrick _, the coroner for the district , produced two examinations before him of tho deceased Andrew Turnbull , ' on the inquisition on the deceased , Davidson . He was sworn on each occasion , and the depositions made was in answer to questions . He was told ho was not bound to answer , anything that would criminate himself . On the second examination neither of the

      prisoners were present . On the first occasion Jos . Hog was present . The depositions of Andrew Turnbull were then , put in and read . The second deposition stated that on the 8 th of November last the two prisoners called at his house between seven and eight o ' clock , whilst he was in bed , and asked him to go out shooting with them to Doe Craig ;¦ it was a very misty morning , and Davidson would not be out watching . He got up arid went with them . On their way the prisoner Hogg said to him , "if we light on Davidson we will just . put . _art end to him ; thou wilt help us . " He said he would not stain his hands in another man ' s blood , but that he would not tell if they did . They fired at some birds and as they * were turning down to Wire ' s Fold , he

      looked back and said , " Ah , hero is Jem coming . " Nichol said , " Curse him , he is . " They then all ran , till Nichol cried , *•' Stop , I will shoot htm . " Deponent said - he would not stop , and Joseph Hogg then threw down his' gun and tools off his jacket and made a rush at Davidson . Davidson said , " Be quiet Joe , you know the worst on it . " Hogg got hold of his stick and twisted it out of his hands , and Davidson again told him to be quiet . Hogg then seized him by the neck and threw him down , and Davidson cried out , ** Thou won't murder me , wilt thou ? " Hogg said , " he deserved it , he was only a bad thief at best . " Hogg then gripped him by the neckcloth and called on Nichol to help him , una

      they did it between them , and turned him over on his face . They then said it was all one now ; he might have money on him , and they might as well have it , arid they took his purse out of his inside waistcoat pocket , and took out ofit three sovereigns and three half-crowns , and put back the purse with a Scotch note in it and some silver . "—The depositions of Nichol and Hogg , ' before- the coroner , was then put iii and read , and they denied knowing anything of the murder . —The evidence having been gone through , his lordship asked the jury if they required Mr . James to address them for the prisoners ? The jury were of opinion that tho evidence was not conclusive against the prisoners , and Acquitted them .

      . Islington County Court.. Tatior V. Stj...

      . ISLINGTON COUNTY COURT . . _TaTIOR V . _StJLMVAtf . — _EXTBAORDIffART CASE . — This action was brought to recover the siim bf £ i 15 s . The plaintiff ( a poor Irish girl ) stated that she was in respectable service in IIoxton , and met the defendant nine weeks back , when he suddenly pretended to admire her , telling her she resembled a sister who had died , and asked her to favour him with her company for a walk , as he was a single man , and anxious to get married . She believed his representations , and he continued paying bis addresses to her until a . fortnight ago , when he induced her to obtain leave of absence from her mistress for a day and a night , representing that it was for the purpose of taking her to Shoreditch

      church to be married , he having previously told her that he had published their banns there . Her mistress granted her request , the plaintiff having led her to understand that she was going to be bridesmaid to a relative . She met the defendant pursuant to his request , ' when he took her to the church mentioned , which , however , was closed , when , bn ' his entreaty , she accompanied him t < 5 a beer-shop in Whitecross-street , where he introduced her to several men and women , who , he said , were his relatives , and by them and the deferidant she was induced to jump over a broom , and go through other mock ceremonies , under an impression that it was'legal _; and she parted with the amount now claimed , fully believing that he was her lawful husband . After enjoying herself in his

      company and that of his friends during the day at the beer-shop , she accompanied bim to his lod gings for tho night , and went to her service in the morning , when she mentioned to her mistress that she bad practised a deception on her in obtaining permission of absence , and she then detailed the above extraordinary circumstances , which reaching her master ' s ears , ' he adopted the present proceedings , and convinced her of the cruel trick of which she had become the victim . —During tbe evidence of the plaintiff , the judge , Sergeant Jones , and every one present expressed their surprise and indignation , and , at the conclusion , his honour said it was a matter of surprise to him that her master had not

      handed over the defendant to be dealt with criminally , which he most richl y deserved ; and he added that , before giving _ind-ment , he should direct Copeland , one of the officers of the court , to see her master and mistress , to ascertain from them certain matters in confirmation of the plaintiff " Copeland proceeded at once to do so , and when tho case was again called on , the learned judge said ho had received sufficient proof of the accuracy of her evidence , and he-ordered the defendant to-pay' the money and costs in a week , observing tbe law then would punish him to the fullest extent if he mado any default . —Tho fellow was then hissed from the spot . i

      A Letter From Naples Announces The Cessa...

      A letter from Naples announces the cessation of the eruption of Vesuvius . : The lava had found an issue on the southern side ofthe mountain towards Mauro d'Ottiaho , an'i flowed down in three directions , the principal stream fdllowingtheold bed . Notwithstanding-this favourable circumstance agooddear . _of'da-iiagehnd'heeri' done-to property . _-Ofthreeipersons who > llad approached too near ; to witness tho p henomenon more / at their ease , one was killed , and tho two others severely wounded by red-hot stones .

      Bmtish'colle&E'Bp Health. ' '""•" : 'Nbv...

      _BMTISH'COLLE _& _E'bP HEALTH . ' _'""• " : _' _NBVf-ROAD _. _jBoNDON , " _* . ' ' !; _F-aiaw-CoraiBYMEN , —In the . name , of . humanity and justice we ask ho ** much longer are the remains of the poor'to be cut up in thehospitals ; in order to put guinea * into the doctors ' pockets ? ' Oh ! t ] j e infamy ! ,..... .... ] ; Are the-poor who die in hospitals aware that doctors , make -money : by ' / selling their remaina -to medical students , who pay them bo much for a leg another so much foran arm , Ac ., Ac . _I . Down . with * the odious traffic ,, ' say all . Hygeists . Anatomy is perfectly useless in the cure of any disease . Peoplearise !! ' '' ' _•' ¦"> ' ¦'; " :..

      Wbeck.O** A'.Wbsi;Indiaman.—The Fate Of ...

      Wbeck . o ** a ' . Wbsi ; Indiaman . —The fate of the Sarah , West Indiaman , and the whole of her unfortunate crew , during the recent fatal storm is now placed beyond all doubt ; that she was thrown on the Long Sandby the fury ofthe hurricane , and totally-destroyed , there is . very little-reason- to question . Since her lo 3 S was rumoured every endeavour has been made to ascertain whether she had been seen after the night of the _storrii , Nn satisfactory information has been gleaned , except _^ ing that of her arrival in the Downs from Jamaica and disappearance . '¦ . the following ni ght . The Cinque Port pilot , Mr . James Pascall , whose meW . choly Tate has created much regret at Dover and Deal , was put on board of her by the pilot

      cutteroff Dungeis , and on the ship reaching the N orth Foreland , she was taken in tow by the Trinity steam-tug . __ The circumstance of the towing _, hauser snapping and the Sarah getting adrift has already been noticed . The wind had heightened alarmingly from the S . W ., and the Sarah , after drifting some distance , was brought up with two anchors , about three-quarters of a mile above the-To ngue light-ship , The Trinity steam-tug , after considerable knocking about , managed to get along _, side the ship , and the master hailed the pilot , Mr . Pascall , to learn what time they should come alongl side in the morning to take her in tow ? Mr , Pascall answered , say "Four o ' clock ; if the weather will permit , we will be ready for you at

      that time . " Tho storm that ensued soon afterwards was one of the most terrible known in those channels for the last ten years . The shi p held on her . . anchors until about ten or eleven o ' clock , when the fury of the hurricane tore her away , and shewas seen by the watch on board the Tongue light * beacon drifting past , and she exhibited signals of distress , and apparently burning tar barrels on her decks . To send boats off would have probably beeu to add to the melancholy catastrophe , for it was too perceptible that none could outlive the tremendous _, seas . Tha glare from the tar barrels reriiained visible till one o ' clock , when all of a sudden they disappeared ; . and it is conjectured her destruction took place at that period . The exact locality in

      net precisely known , but the general impression is . that it happened on the Long" Sand . During thf > past week a vast' quantity of " West Indian produce has been picked up ih tbe . vicinity of- . those sands The Blue Eyed Maid smack has put into Dover , with nine puncheons and forty bags of nutmegs , which she had picked up between the North Foreland and the Gallopper . ' The schooner Flora reports havingseen , the null of a large vessel , copper" bottom * : bottom upwards , about sixteen or seventeen miles from the North Foreland , and that a quantity of spices waB seen " floating about the wreck . Another vessel , wliich put into Ramsgate , had picked up several casks of rum near the Foreland , and a fourth vessel has reached Calais with more ofthe cargo . Thestern of the wreokhas been discovered inthe " Knock" sand , thus setting all doubts at rest of the sad fate ofthe ship and her hapless crew . The

      Sarah had been some tirrie employed ' in the trade , and her unfortunate commander , Mr . Bridges , had the character of a very skilful and prudent mariner _. The loss of her cargo is : _Baid to exceed £ 20 , 000 . - Upwards of thirty poor creatures are reported to have perished . . - - ¦ Coupar Angus Mutual Improvement" Sooiett . -. The members of this society celebrated their fifteenth anniversary on the evening of Wednesday , - the 20 th ult ., when after partaking of tea , the chair * man gave a succinct review of' the past history of the institution , and pointed out what he-deemed _, would be . some improvements for the future ; The meeting was then " addressed . by several members and friends on the following subjects , viz . : — " The Absolute Sovereignty of God ; ' - 'Superstition ;" " Dissipation ; " " Education ; " " Co-operation ;" and " Rational Enjoyment . " Song and anecdote being liberally interspersed ' , added greatly to the harmony of the evening .

      Feat under Arms . —Last week a match was undertaken by a young- officor ofthe Guards to walk , accoutred in every respect as . a private soldier , in heavy marching order , from London to Windsor Barracks in seven hours ; five to one was subsequentl y betted against his doing it in six hours , the distance being twenty-one miles and a half ; tbe weight about sixty pounds , with grenadier _cAp , knapsack , havresnok , musket , & c . ; and the difficulty of walking under such equipments , without previous training , , was great " , The feat was accomplished in five hours and a half , to the surprise of the natives and the soldiery . - Crowds were collected at the entrance of Windsor—the

      cheering was immense . The start from Hyde Park corner was at eight a . m . The first ten miles were walked in two hours nine minutes , and the remaining eleven miles in about two hours and a half ; the time of halting was forty minutes . The rate of walking , therefore , with such equipments , without previous training , being about four miles an hour for twenty-one miles . Death ; bv Spontaneous Combostio _** . —The folio ffing extraordinary occurrence is related in the Gazette des Tribunaux : — " A few days ago , in a tavern near the Barriere de l'Etoile , a journeyman painter , named Xavier C— -, well known for his intemperate _, habits , while drinking -with some comrades , laid a wager that he would eat a lighted candle . His bet was taken , and scarcely had he introduced'the flaming candle into his mouth when

      he . uttered a slight cry , and fell powerless to the ground . ' A blueish flame was seen to flicker about his lips , and , on an attempt being made to offer him assistance , the bystanders were horrofstrucktofirid that he was burning internally . At the ' end of halfan-hour his head and the upper part , of his chest wore reduced to cliarconl . Two medical men were called in , and recognised that Xavier had fallen a victim to spontaneous combustion . This conflagration of the human frame is frightfully rapid in its progress ; bones , skin , and muscle , all are devoured , consumed , and reduced to ashes . A handfiill of * dust on the spot where the victim fell is all that remains . " ¦¦ • ' ;• ¦ ¦'¦

      Punuc Income and ExpENniTURE . —The first return of the present session has been printed , containing the annual account ofthe public income aud expenditure for the year ending the 5 th ult ., with a statement of the balances in tho exohequer , & c . The net income of the year was £ 52 , 951 , 748 18 s . 5 d . and the expenditure £ 50 , 853 , 622 16 s . Id ., leaving an excess of income over the expenditure , of £ 2 , 098 , 126 2 s . Id . The balances in the exchequer on the 5 th of January in the previous year were £ 8 , 105 , 561 12 s . 9 id ., and at the close of the financial year , the 5 th January , they amounted to £ 9 , 748 , 539 12 s . 4 _Jd . Thero was advanced in the year £ 1 , 989 , 014 4 s . 6 d . for local works , Ac , under various acts of parliament , including £ 1 ' 217 , 66710 s . for drainage , poor law unions , and' railways ia Ireland . ' The' repayments of advances for local works were £ 1 , 170 , 752 13 s . lid ., in the year .

      Exclusive Audience to the Bar in ; Insolvency Cases . —Qn Saturday last in the County . Ceurt of Yorkshire , at York-Castle , Mr . Sergeant Dowlingl judge of the court , gave his decision that members of the bar had not a right either to _exclusive audience or to pre-audience in the County Court nn cases of insolvency . Since the point was fimt mooted it has been much discussed by the metropolitan and various provincial law societies , and at the court held at York , on the 26 th January ; the application originally made by the bar was withdrawn ; but the judge then intimated that he would further consider the question , and give his opinion upon it . Serious Accident to _Spour , the ; Composer . — La Presse quotes the following passage from _a'lefter , dated Cassel , February 16 : — " The celebrated composer , M . Louis Spohr , while walkingyesterday on the ice , had the misfortune to fall backwards , " and

      received a hurt on his head . M . Spohr was immediately conveyed to his home , where every car' } aud attention were shown him , but the professional attendants despair of saving his life . " " .. . The Sale op the Queen Dowager ' s'Effects . — The sale ofthe effects of the late Queen Dowager has been at length brought to a close . The . amount realised is said to be something under £ 20 , 000—a sum infinitely greater , no doubt , than would _! have been secured under the hammer . "' ' _, '" Fees in tub Court of CiiANC * _"RT .--Lasfc-weeK some accounts of-the Court of Chancery were printed by'order of the House of Common "* . . Ic appears tbat-on the Suitor ' s Fee Fund the fees in the year ending Ihe 25 th of _November last . were £ 150 , 142 15 s . 6 d .. After all charges the '" excess of fees was £ 13 , 154 15 _s . 3 d . In the . masters ' offices tho fees received ' in tho year were' £ 40 , 605 ' 3 s . 9 d „ and in the taxing masters' offices ; " £ 31 , 730 : 4 s .-. Od .

      In an artiole in ono of tho London ' journals , it is " stated that , during the last two years , it'has been calculated'that chloroform ' has been , used , iii from 80 , 000 to 100 . 000 cases in the city of- Edinburgh , and without an accident" or bad effect of . any kind whatever tvaoeabld to its use . ... ; - " "• ' _, _- ¦ ¦ '• Sermons - in _Stones . " , * —A \ . Scottish-geologist , whilo in' the ; , country , having his pocket hammer with hini , took-it out aiid was chipping the iock by the wayside for exariiiriatioij . / ' His' proceedings did not escape the quick ; eye and ready tongue of'ati old _Scotchwoman ; - _•'¦« " vYhatare you doing theremun V " Don ' t ; you see Pm _breaking-a'stono . " ' , ' Ye ' ro doing mairthan . _thait : ye ' re breaking the Sabbath . Another ' Reduction _is _Tns ' _Anxii'P'Tto corporals and a sergeant were lasTweek ' _recluce'd to tho ranks .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02031850/page/6/