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      nEALTII OP LOXBOX _DcEUfO THE "WEE K . ~ In tll _8 weekending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 931 . The return continues to show a considerable decrease on the weekly average which is 1 , 162 , as calculated for increase of population , from the mortality of former _™ _% _ZTtr £ " eshibi _^ a _"ight increase on the returns Of the five weeks immediately preceding ; during the greater part of November the deaths fluctuated between 837 and 893 . The increase is apparent to deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs ; hooping-cough carried off 33 chilarea , about double the number of the previous week ; pneumonia , 94 persons ( of whom 78 were under 15 years of age , ) being an increase of twelve

      on tlie previous week ; asthma , 21 , an increase of J ; and phthisis , 134 , an increase of 38 . Thedeasbs from all epidemic diseases were 173 , whilst the autumnal average is 307 . The fatal cases of tvphus have declined to 45 ; those of diarrhoea anddjsentry were 20 ; and only one death is returned as caused by cholera , and in this case the deceased sank under debility , the consequence of two attacks ofthe disease wbich she had suffered previouslv She wasawoman of 27 years , and died in the southsub _districtof the City of London . A case is recorded in which the fatal diseases ( atrophv and icterus ) were the result of intemperance . 12 women died after child-birth . In tbe returns for _^ ks . ending September 22 nd and 29 th . dmgrams were published , showing the deaths from cholera

      to every 10 , 000 inhabitants , in each district of _Londco . A tabular statement is now given , showing the mortality from cholera _inSS weeks , in each of the sub-districts into wbich London is divided ; the population of each sub-district , the deaths from eWicrato every 10 , 000 _inhabifcuits , and the number of inhabitants to every death . To take a few examples : —Lambeth contains 8 sub-divisions ; in "ffaterioo-road ( first part ) the deaths to 10 , 000 of the population were 159 ; in Waterloo-road ( second part ) they were 145 ; in Lambeth Church ( first part ) they were 112 . These places are in the neighbourhood of the river ; bnt tbe sab-districts which are more remote , presents more favourable results ; for in _Keiunngton the deaths were 110 to 10 , 000 inhabitants ; in Brixton tbey were 79 , and in Norwood

      only 7 , Wandsworth and Camberwell also exhibit the _greatest contrasts in the comparison of the sabdistricts into wbicb . they are severally divided , the deaths ranging from 17 m 10 . 000 ia Putney to 175 in Battersea , and 182 in Stre & tham . and Tooting ; from 5 in Dulwich to 182 in Camberwell ( sub-dis . trust . ) In St George Hanover-square , the Belgiave sub-district , which is of low situation , suffered a mortality of 33 in 10 , 000 ; while- the average of portions more faronrable situated , was not more than 8 . In St . James , Bermondsey , the rate of mortality was 203 deaths ; in Rofherhitbe 270 . The above . aresotneof the general results , but in the table the sub-districts , which contain _workhouses , hospitals , and other public institutions , are _distinguished , as allowance most be made for persons

      taken into them from other districts , after they had been attacked by the disease . The births _registered In the week were 1 , 291 , —The mean hei ght of the barometer in theweek was 22-803 ; the daily mean was above 39 in . on Tuesday . The mean temperature ofthe week was 34 deg . 5 min ., and was lower than tiie average ofthe same week in seven years by 9 deg . 1 min . On "Wednesday , the daily mean was less than the average by 17 deg . 5 min . Fihk aud Loss of Lira . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . H . H . Wakley held an inquest at the Brown Bear , Broad-street , Bloomsbury , on William Martin , aged sixty , who had been a respectable tradesman aud au overseer , but , in consequence of altered circamsbnees . was lately compelled to take shelter in the crowded lodging-house , 26 , Great Wild-street , Drury-lane , which was burned dowa a few days since , and in which fire deceased perished . —Joseph

      Gerard , fireman of the London fire brigade , stated that the fire , the origin of which was unknown , broke out ai five on Wednesday evening week , and was extinguished at sine o ' clock , when he found deceased lying dead on the floor of the second door front room- —Ellen Smith , servant of Mr . Sullivan , the proprietor ofthe house , said that there were thirty-six beds in the house , and that between 40 and oOpersonsslept there . When thefire brokeout deceased was confined to bed by rheumatic fever . The & re destroyed deceased ' s room . —Other witnesses proved that the fire originated . in the rear of the house , asd that several ofthe poor lodgers sustained great loss by the fire . One of tbem , named O'Mara , saved Ms life by _jumping out of the window . Verdict— "Deceased ' s death was cause hy the fire , but there was no evidence to prove how the fire originated . *"

      Scddes Death is Lambeth Church . — An awful instance of tbe uncertainty of human life occurred on Sunday during ths performance of divine service , in the parish church of St . Mary , Lambeth . The officiating minister had _just commenced reading the Psalms for the day , when a respectable in-Imbitantof the parish , named _SticTiley , who resided at Ko . 3 , Walnut-tree-walk , _and has for some time past occupied a seat in one of the galleries of the church , was observed to _starrer and fall to the ground . The " street orderlies ' ' of the district , who attend the church regularly , were called to the spot by the pew opener , aud with their assistance the unfortunate _jcentlemau was conveyed into the vestry .

      were he was immediately examined by several medical gentlemen , who at once pronounced life to be extinct . The Rev . Mr . Dalten , the rector , having retired to the vestry , instantly recognised the unfortunate man as a regular attendant and communicant at the church . Mr . Superintendent Rutt , wbo happened to be in the church , at once gave directions to some of his officers to procure a stretcher , on which the deceased was shortly afterwards conveyed to his late residence . The awful incident created much excitement in the church , and the service was de ' _ayed'Jbr a few minutes in consequence . Tbe rev . rector , who was very much affected , alluded , in very feeling terms , to the occurrence in the course of his sermon .

      Suicide or a Cigar _"Hercuaxt . — On Monday night , Mr . Payne held an inquiry at the Punch ' s Hotel . Fleet-street , on view of the body of Solomon Barraclough , aged fifty-four . The deceased was a tobacconist , and carried on extensive business at 46 , Lidgate-hill . —Charles Pye , _assistant to the deceased , stated that about one o ' clock on Saturday afternoon he was called to deceased's bedroom , and on opening the door he was discovered suspended to the bed with a handkerchief tied round his neck . He showed no signs of life , and a doctor was sent for , whose efforts to restore animation were ineffectual .

      Last saw him alive on Friday night at ten o ' clock . —Mr . King , assistant to Mr . Holding , surgeon , of New Bridge-street , said that he was called to see deceased , and found that life was quite extinct . The appearances were those showing that death had taken place some time—A good deal of evidence was heard , all of which tended to show that deceased was suffering from deep mental affliction , which had clearly disordered bis mind , and ths jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Suicide at St . Babxholomew _' s HosrrrAL . — On Uondav night Mr . Payne beid an inquest , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Jonathan Light , aged fifty one . The deceased was admitted a patient in Mark _' s-ward , on Thursday , the 29 th nit ., suffering from indigestion . He remained until Saturday morning last about five o ' clock , when , becoming suddenly very restless , another patient in the same ward drew the nurse ' s attention to him . She endeavoured to sooth Mm ; but shortly

      afterwards he began to dress himself , and seemed as if determined to leave tiie hospital . He then seized ; hold ofasmall cheese knife , and inflicted a fearful wouud in the throat , completely severing the windpipe , and expired almost instantly . The deceased was a cabinet maker by trade , and had for some time past been _exceedinglydespondent . Evidence having beengiFeaas to the state of his mind , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Fibe " at ths "New Hchhuhs Hotel . —On Monday evening , between four and five o'clock , considerable alarm was caused in tbe immediate neighbourhood of Covent-garden , owing to the outbreak ofa fire in the "Sew Hummums Hotel , situate m Great _UmsssW street Some of the domestics had been airing a number < _jf beds , which were piled on a bedstead oa the fonrth floor front , where the fire was soon afterwards observed ; but , with tbe aid of a plentiful supply of water kept on the top of the premises , the flames were confined to that portion of the building in which they commenced .

      Epistolary : Insults io thk (" Lukes .. —Some letters of an intemperate character have recently been addressed to the Sovereign by a lunatic pauper , in the district of WhitechapeL who fancies himself aggrieved by the local administrators of the poor law , and threatens his revenge on her Majesty . The services of two magistrates , connected with west and east-end police offices , were brought into requisition by the Secretary of State , with tiie view of preventing a repetition of this indecent annoyance of royalty , and effective steps have been taken to carry oat the Home Minister's determination . — Weekly Chronicle .

      _WoBsnc Max ' s Haia . —Mcsificbnt Gift . —A , benevolent testator named Jenkins has left the munificent sum of £ 10 , 000 for the erection of a Working Man ' s Hall , to be built in some convenient part of the metropolis- The building is , to he for the free _ttse of working men of all denominations , under the control of twelve directors , who have been _nominees ' . " It is added that Mr . Hall , the geologist , has expressed his intention , on tbe completion of the building , to present to it his magnificent museum : and further , that a gentleman , whose , name -did not t-anspire , would famish a library of one thousand _-valomes '

      Baptist _SoeL _axo his New _Coxqeeoatiok . — On Friday evening , " the 30 th ult ., the Hon . and Rev . Baptist : Noel officiated for the first time at the ** fount ' . ' since bis connexion with the Baptist Church , in Join ' s Chapel , Bedford-row , of which P _* a _= e of worship be is now tiie recognised pastor , Mr .

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      Evans , the late minister , having been given up by his medical attendants as past all recovery . Upon this occasion the number baptised or immersed was seven , viz ., six femalesand one male , all of whom were members of his congregation when a minister ofthe Church of England . This number , however _, is merely a portion of those who have left Bedford Chapel to join him in his sew state , some seventy or eighty having seceded from the church to become Baptists , and members of John ' s Chapel . — Sunday paper ,

      Esca pe of a Cosvict . — Oa the 30 th ult , between the hours of 10 and 11 in the morning , as the gang of convicts _empleyed in cleaning the shot and shell in the Bojal Arsenal was heing mustered , the guard discovered tbat a prisoner , named Henry Smith , was missin ? . Immediate information was given to the police , and it was _ascertained that the prisoner , after exchanging his hat and coat for those of a man who had left them in one of the sheds , must have slipped down the wharf and made his escape into the town . The utmost exertions were used to re-capture him , hut hitherto without success . He is described as being twenty-four years of age . five feet three inches _high , has brown hair and hazel eyes , and is tattoed with a star on his thumb and the

      letters A .. C . on his right arm . Extraordinary Affair in Kensal Greek _CtMETERT . —On Tuesday afternoon an extraordinary scene took place in Kensal-grcen Cemetery , and which has created some considerable interest and surprise , in consequence of the body of a gentleman named Hendry , having been exhumed , in pursuance of a warrant issued by Mr . M . H . Wakley , the deputy-coroner for Middlesex , without the presence of a jury . The deceased was a gentleman of property , residing in Hyde Park-square , and shortly before his death , which took place in Scotland , he made a will , leaving the bulk of his property to a gentleman with whom he was residing at the time of his decease . It being known , however , that he had made a will in England , _iuqairies were made , when it was stated that the English will had been placed in tbe coffin with tbe corpse , and hence it was

      deemed desirable to disinter the body , an additional reason being , that it was said no medical man had been called in during his last illness . The ceffin and the body underwent a very liged examination , hut no will could be discovered . The body of the deceased appeared not to have been wasted , and there were still some _plaisters adhering to the chest . No will having been found , the coroner said it would he necessary to have a post mortem examination ofthe body , aud the contents of the stomach were removed and placed in a jar for the purpse of being analysed * . Tne coroner directed that Mr . Garrett should perform the analysis , and that the body should not be again interred until the jury had seen it . The remains of the deceased gentleman were then properry secured , and the j « r and its contents were taken away hy Mr . Garrett , who was directed to report to the coroner the result of the analysis as soon as possible . All the parties then left the cemetery .

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      Fobgerv os the Darusgios Bakk . — -Last week considerable excitement was created in Darlington , by the discovery of a forgery upon the house of Messrs . Jonathan Backhouse and Co . During the previous Saturday , a person , having the appearance of a horse dealer , made a great number of small purchases of different tradesmen and publicans , in each case offering a £ 5 note f or payment , aud requesting change . In every case where this was ascertained , the note bas been pronounced fictitious . On the same day , a number of similar

      notes were passed without detection at Stockton , Middlesborough , and Richmond , doubtless by members of the same gang . Some members of the same gang visited this city , on Saturday , and succeeded , in the course of that evening , in passing at least thirteen of the forged notes , by the same means as their confederates employed iu other places . We learn from our correspondents , that Sunderland , Bishop Auckland , Richmond , Northallerton , and a few other towns , have been visited ; but it will be satisfactory to the public to know , tbat as far as has yet been ascertained , the entire number of notes issued by these adventurers is by no means considerable . —Durham Chronicle .

      The Murder op Sir . James Graham s Gamekeeper . —An adjourned inquest was held on the 29 th ult ., at Carlisle , on the body of Thomas Davidson , gamekeeper to Sir J . Graham , who was found murdered . Three persons , named Andrew Turnbull , John * Sicol , and Joseph Hogg , were in custody for the murder . They were remanded on the first examination , subsequently to which Andrew Turnbull made a confession which fixed the actual perpetration of the deed upon his companions , bas made a further statement , in which he unsaid a great part of what he had sworn to on his first examination ; hut he directly implicated both the prisoners in custody , and himself , and his manner seemed to indicate that he spoke the truth . The

      evidence taken at tbe inquest was very voluminous , and the verdict was " Wilful murder against Joseph Hogg , John _"Vicol , and Andrew , Turnbull , by strangulation with deceased ' s neckerchief . " On the night of thc 28 th ult ., Turnbull committed Suicide in Carlisle gaol , by hanging himself with a towel _. An inquest was held on the body ou Friday week , when it was proved that the deceased hung himself with his towel , tied to the iron bar ofthe window . To effect his purpose he must have got upon a form , and kicked it away , his feet being only three or four inches from the floor ; his bible was lying at a short distance . Tbe following sentence was found written by him upon the wall , with a burnt stick , below the _window : — " The two Hoggs are guilty—I

      am innocent _; I will not come in the hands of man . " Above the fireplace , " I commit my soul to God that gave me it—take my body to my father ' s burial place . " Above his bed ( to his wife ) , " Mydear , you and I was lovely , but lam torn from thy breast ; don't weep for me . Jemimah _, my dearest , my heart ' s delight and treasure , I am innocent—I die with pleasure—we'll meet again with pleasure . Beware of bad companyj My parents are not to blame—they did their duty ; Adieu , my dear friends ; God bless you all . " ' Ho had hot been in bed , audit is supposed that he was 'dead before midnight . —Verdict , "Deceased committed suicide by strangulation , but iu what , state of mind he was , atthe time there is no evidence to show , '' ;

      The Poachin g Actray at _Cheeseborji Grase . —On _Saturday three men , William Ramshaw , Daniel Ridley , and Alexander _Cloughton _, now in custody on a charge of poaching over the grounds of Edward Riddell , Esq ., of Cheeseburn Grange , and also of having fired at that gentleman , by which he was severely wounded , underwent an examination atthe Moot Bali , before S . Ilderton , C . A . Monck , Edward Collingwood , Esqrs ., and Captain Potts , the prisoner Cloughton being so much recovered from the effects of his wound as to be removed from the infirmary to the prison underneath the court . The three principal witnesses in the affair , viz ., Mr . Riddle , who was sufficiently recovered to attend—his butler , ( Nicholas _ILivelock , ) and the gamekeeper ,

      severally detailed the circumstances which led to the more serious charge of shooting and wounding . From the evidence then given , it is understood that the sun which was supposed to have been fired by one of tbe poachers , and the contents of which were received by Mr . Riddell , was not in fact the act of the poachers at all . The keeper , Roddam , appears to have been repeatedly knocked down , aud in consequence became stupified and scarcely conscious of his actions . On rising from the ground , after being knocked down for the last time , it is supposed tbat one of the barrels had gone off by accident . The butler , seeing the flash coming from the direction in which Roddam and the poachers were , and perceiviii 2 also that Mr . Riddell had been wounded ,

      immediately shouted out to the'keeper that Cloughton had fired at his master and shot him , and called upon _" _Roddam to fire in return . The keeper did so , and shot Cloughton in the left thigh . It would appear , therefore , that the barrel which had gone off by accident in the hands ofthe keeper , had been the cause of Mr . Riddell being wounded , as the keeper , on his return to the ball , after the poachers had been captured , was only aware of having fired one barrel . The presumption is , therefore , that it had gone off when he wa 3 _insensible from the blow he had received , there being no proof that the guns in the bands of tbe poachers had been fired . This being the case , the more serious charge of shooting with intent to kill was abandoned , the prisoners heing now accused of cutting _^ and wounding the keeper ! Roddam . The prisoners were remanded for another week , further " evidence being required . — \ _NeivcasOe Guardian .

      A Girrof £ 2 , 500 has been made by _** 7 . Laslett , Esq ., to the parish of St . Nicholas , Worcester . Affrat with Poachers . —On the night of Thursday , the 29 th ult ., Mr . Millie , head-gamekeeper to the Earl of WmchUsea , of _Haverholm-par _*^ , near Sleaford , Lmcolnshire , was out watching , accompanied by some of his men , inthe parish of Evedon , at which place they were expecting a gang of poachers . Earl y in the morning three men made their appearance near to Millie , and commenced _destroying the game , when Mr . Millie arose from his hiding place , and after a severe scuffle sucaeded m capturing one ojthe three , a well-known poacher namedIW . ttdes , from a village called Hec _& _gton , ¦ _T . _^ _W" - Milli e was dr eadfull y hfaten about the head and arms with bludgeons / and has not been able to attend before the magistrate to give evidence against the prisoner , who was conveyed hy one of his men to the police station at Sleaford .

      Mehscholt Suicide . —Mr . "William Tredwell , fawner , destroyed himself on Sunday morning last , ' by discharging a gun , loaded with hits of glass , through his bowels . It appears that while his wife was absent for a few minutes in the dairy , he put the butt end of the gun against the salt-box in the kitchen , resting the muzzle on bis stomach ; he survived onl a few minutes . He had been in a low desponding way for some time , and although a

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      man of substance , 'thought he should come to want , but he was at Buckingham market on Saturday , and appeared much as usual . The Collision at - woodhouse _Jusction . — Thomas Owen , of Sew Holland , an engine driver in the service of tho Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincashire Railway Company , was on Friday , the 30 th ult examined on a charge of causing a collision on the company ' s line at the Woodhouse Junction , near Sheffield . The defendant ' s head bore the mark of a frightful wound , received at the time of the accident ! and he was _sufferingfrom other injuries inflicted on the same occasion , which had rendered him very lame . For the prosecution it was stated that the defendant was the driver of a goods train , and it was one ofthe regulations of the compan y , and

      perfectly understood by every engine anver , that a goods train should not travel at a . greater speed than fifteen miles an hour . This person , on the occasion in question , was travelling at about forty miles an hour . It was also a regulation that no driver of any train should pass a junction at a greater rate than eight miles an hour ; but he was actually approaching tho junction ( Woodhouse Junction ) from Sheffield at about forty miles an hour . There is a " distance danger signal" on the Sheffield side , which a man coming from Sheffield may see when he is three quarters of a mile off the junction ; and there being a contractor ' s ballast train in the way at the junction , the signal man

      stationed there turned on the distance danger si gnal by moans ofa wire , in order to give warning of the obstruction . Some minutes after this thc si gnal man saw a train approaching at a very rapid rateabout forty miles an hour . Tho defendant , who was driving the train , then reversed his engine . The ballast train was still in the way , and tho defendant Seeing that a collision was inevitable , jumped off the engine , and in so doing he was very much hurt . A collision occurred , which seriousl y wounded and endangered the lives of several men , and damaged property to the extent of not less than £ 1 , 000 . —Evidence having been taken , tho prisoner was fined £ 10 ., or two months' imprisonment .

      Death of Ebenezer Elliott . —A correspondent of the Sun states that Ebenezer Elliott , the "Corn Law Rhymer , " died on the 1 st inst ., at his residence , Argilt-hill , near Barnsley . His illness had continued more or less severe , for many months ; yet up to the last few weeks his powers ot mind were active and clear—80 much so , tbat he was engaged in correcting forthe press an enlarged editiou of his works , now publishing hy Mr . Fox . Some of his sweetest lyrical effusions have been the production of this period of bodily affliction , He has left a ffife , five eons , and two daughters . This remarkable man and original poet was born on the 17 th-of March , 1781 , being one of eight children . His father was a clerk in tbe iron-works at _Masbbrough , near Rotheram , with a salary of JS 70 a year . Of his early life little is

      known ; the anecdotes which friendship has gathered from his conversation represent him as uniting great poetic sonsibility with much practical inaptitude . On leaving school at an early age , and discovering great deficiency in arithmetical attainment , he was placed by his father to work in the foundry , and it is recorded that a sense of his shortcomings often caused him to weep , as coming dirty from his work , he saw the invoices or drawings of his brother Giles . Mr . Elliott commenced life as a working man ; he came to Sheffield under peculiar circumstances , and some hundred and fifty pounds worse than nothing . After much exertion and endurance he was favoured by for tune , and he was wont to relate how , _sittiug in his chair , he for a time made his twenty pounds a day , without seeing the goods that he sold . The com

      _| laws spoiled all that , and made him glad to get ' out of the business of a bar-iron merchant with part of his j earnings , the great panic of 1837 having swept away some three or four thousand pounds at once . His first place of business was in Burgess-street ; the house u pointed out at the right hand corner as you go up . Removing Hence , when'business had increased , he established his warehouse in Gibraltarstreet , Sha esmoor . Shortly after he built a ' handsome villain the suburb of Upper Thorpe , whence he could behold Sheffield smoking at his feet . The counting-house where Ebenezer Elliott made fame as well as fortune , was strangely furnished—iron bars jostling Ajax and Achilles , for the clastic poets were great favourites with our rhymer , although he could enjoy them only through the medium of a translation .

      Elliott has been called the Burns of the manufacturing city . His honest-natured heart saw with indignation Monopoly rob Labour of it wages , and convert plenty into famine . He attacked the bread tax most manfully . He sent out , right and left , " songs , sarcasms , curses , and battle cries , " among the people . To his alarm , "Up ! bread-taxed slave , " England ceased not torespond till iheeorn hws wen extinguished . Sickness for six months _visittd him at intervals with increased severity , but his habitual serenity never once forsook him ; indeed , this was a period of great mental activity . On Saturday , the 1 st inst ., he drew his last breath at Argilt-hill , near Barnsley . Of five sons , two conduct the steel business of their father , and two are clergymen of the Church of England . He has also left a widow and

      two daughters . I The Britannia Bridge Menai Straits . — Another misadventure occurred on Monday afternoon in the means whereby the second great tube waste have been moored off to-day , but with no untoward attendants I Precisely at ten o ' clock , when all parties engaged in the grand operation were at their posts , and the signals had been sent out to the various stations , ono of the great 8-inch thick cables , reaching from the pontoons to tbe opposite shore _. and the duty of which was to give the first impulse to the transport of the stupendous mass , suddenly snapped asunder . On a minute examination of the severed cable , a conclusion , it is to be regretted to say , was come to that the hauling line had been maliciously cut by some miscreants , why Or wherefore remains to be made out . This is

      believed to be the case on good authority , and it is almost _unnecessaiy , without actually assigning it as the cause of the catastrophe , to say that it only gives to some two hundred men another day ' s work . It appears , however , from an investigation of the parts , thatthe cut or severance is of a character that neither a tearing strain nor the _laceiations ofa rock could have inflicted . It was forthwith announced to the multitude tbat the operation would come off thc next day the same hour . The transport of the huge mass of tube , 472 feet and 2 , 000 tons in weight was _successfully effected oh Tuesday . Should the first line of tube be completed by March , 185 _f , theworkB will then have been nearly four years iu progress . Telford ' s Menai Suspensiou Bridge was eight years in building . The weight of its iron work , compared with that ofthe Britannia Bridge , being as 644 to 10 , 000 tons .

      Dreadful Accident . —A fearful accident occurred at the _Werueth station on the 28 ult , to a man named Thomas Sharpies , aged twenty-one years , who was in the employ of the company . It was his duty to detach tbe rope from the engine on the arrival ofa train . When the train leaving Manchester at a quarter-past one arrived at Weriieth , Sharpies was talking with another man , about 60 yards from the place where he ought to have been . On seeing the _engine approach he ran to cross the line iu front of it to get to his proper place , but his foot caught the rope , and threw him down across the rails . With a wonderful presence of mind he attempted to seize the rope ; hut missing it he laid himself flat between the rails , in order that the train might pass over him , The engine did so ; but there was not room between the ash-box and the pavement for bis body . He was , consequently , squeezed and completely flattened by its passing over him , his brains being forced out of Ins mouth . An _huniest was held on the 30 th ult , and a verdict of" Accidental death" returned .

      Murder _ajjd Suicide . —The town of Towcester was last week thrown into a state of the greatest consternation by the discovery that a person mamed Dowdeswell , who had been for some years a traveller in the employ of Mr . John Vernon , wine merchant , of that place , had murdered his wife and afterwards committed suicide . Not appearing at his place of business at ten o ' clock , a messenger was sent to his residence in Park-street , when the hous e was found to be closed . A ladder was obtained , and an entrance gained to the house , when tbe bodies of Dowdeswell and his wife were both found lying on the floor . A pistol was on the table , with which the wife had evidently been shot , while the husband still grasped another in his hand , with which his suicide had been effected . The child of tho unhappy pair , about two

      years old , was in a room upstairs crying . Mrs . Dow . deswell was for some years a waitress at the Talbot , and was greatly respected . LeBS than two years ago she was married under circumstances not calculated to promise a happy wedded life , and it is said that her husband has frequently treated her with great brutality . Her maiden name was Powell . The double crime was no doubt committed late on Thursday evening . Great Cruelty at Sba . —The Ml Packet says ; — "At the Police-court , on Saturday last , Francis _Coulsou , master of the Stentor _, was summoned by one ofthe crew named Ambros Johnson , a youth seventeen years of age , for treating him in a moBt inhuman and barbarous manner . It appeared from the statement of the witnesses , which we give below , that the complainant shipped on board the Stentor

      as an ordinary seaman ou the 6 th of August , at Richibucto . Two days after they had sailed defendant went to the complainant at the wheel , and began to curse him . He then knocked him down with his fist , and beat him with a rope ' s end . After that he beat the complainant every day for a fortnight when he went to the wheel , in a most unmerciful manner . He was so ill-used that the poor fellow was obliged to hide himself below amongst the cargo , and he wag in that situation forty hours before any one knew where he was . A search was made for him , but not heing found it was supposed that he had jumped overboard . At length he showed himself to the men , and they , in order to screen the poor fellow from further ill-treatment , advised him to stay where he was , and each gave him a portion of his food every day to' subsist upon , The captain all this timo expected he was drowned . He remained hidden until they reached

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      Hull—a period of nine weeks , and the sufferings he endured , it will be seen by the following evidence , were dreadful in the extreme :-R . Willis said : I was chief mate on b oard the Stentor . The master bad beat the complainant every day , and almost every hour . He beat him too bad for any man to bear . I have seen him throw him on the deals , and jump on him . —H . M . Croft : I was on board the Stentor . I have seen the master behave very bad to the complainant . I saw him kick him , and knock him down , and jump upon him , and then beat himwith a thick rope , lsaw him pull the hair produced out of the boy ' s head . -: The captain , iu his defence , totally denied the assaults . —The magistrates decided that » he _cantem must pay a fine of . £ 5 __ or be imprisoned

      two montlis in the house of correction . —This case was broug ht before the magistrates again on Wednesday , in consequence of the owner , Mr : William White , refusing to pay the lad his wages forthe nine weeks that he had been concealed in the hole , which were £ 5 17 s ., and £ 215 s . for deficiency of provisions . In this investigation the facts of the case came out in a more extended form than before . The complainant stated that , two days after they left Richibucto the : master ill-used him in a very shameful manner , until the blood ran from his nose . He continued this treatment to him every day for a fortnight . The captain frequently stated that he had had enough of Hull crews before , and he would have it out of the Hull men on this voyage . Attest his , ill-treatment

      became so cruel that witness could not sleep at night for the pain , and was afraid he should not live much longer if he was ill-used any more . One Sunday night , after he had been on deck eight hours , the cap tain sent him aloft to rig some of the _saiU . . In consequence of this shameful treatment witness hid himself in the lower hold of the vessel , between the ends of some deals .. He was so closely jammed , that he could not . get in without , taking off some of his clothes . Iu order that no one' might , see him , he was obliged , from eight o ' clock at night until twelve , to remain suspended by his hands from some of the deals . After twelve o ' clock he could creep out arid lie on the deals . He subsisted for forty-ei ght hours in this situation on the bread he had saved the day before he hid himself , and when tbe men left their cabin he used to go and pick the bones they had left . When his bread was gone and he had nothing to eat , he made himself known to some of the men . " They

      advised him to . _stsy where he was , or the master would further ill-use him . He therefore remained there , and the men fed him b y ; each of them giving him a portion of their provisions . He continued concealed in this situation until the vessel arrived in Hull . Mr . White , the owner , admitted that in the position the lad was in , while he was concealed between the timber , he was liable at any moment to be crushed to death . Mr . Rollitt on the part of Mr . White , said that his client was quite ready to pay the lad his remuneration for ' the services he really did perform during the voyage , but he objected to do so inconsequence of having received no services from the lad for nine weeks that he was concealed . - It was a question of hardship by the captain , and the owner himself was quite an innocent man , The magistrates , however , decided that they were of opinion that the boy was entitled to the amount he claimed . "

      Prison Breaking Extra 6 rdinart , and Robbery of the Governors House , at Worcester . —On Monday morning , at five o ' clock , the governor of the Worcester city gaol was aroused by the police , who had found a number of towels ,, joined together , hanging from the wall ofthe prison next Friar-street . On search being made it was discovered that a notorious character named Evans ,, alias Phillips , alias _Bradshaw , who was * , awaiting his trial at the next spring assizes , on ,, several charges of burglary , was missing from his cell , and had escaped from the prison . On further search it was also discovered that the governor ' s sitting-room had been broken into , and a number of silver spoons and other articles of plate taken from his plate-chest , which had been

      forced open . The nrisoner ' s escape was a most extraordinary one . The turnkey had seen him in his cell and locked him up at four o ' clock the previous evening . The door of his cell was secured by a massive lock and staple on the outside , and itis supposed that the prisoner had previously succeeded in unscrewing the tour nuts from the screws which held the staple , by which means he very easily forced open the door : from thence he traversed a passage to tbe day-room , the door of which he forced by removing the staple in a similar way to the one attached to his cell-door ; he had then to encounter another door leading into the day yard , having a lock and staple still more massive than the preceding ones ; this he also forced . Arriving in the day-yard he was met by a high wall ,

      surmounted by a most formidable chevaux-de-frise . This he is supposed to have scaled by means of towels , supplied nimby some ofthe female prisoners ; this feat brought him into the women ' s yard , out of . which he got by climbing some tall palisading , and alighted in the prison yard adjoining the governor ' s house . He then forced open the window of the governor ' s sHting-room , which he ransacked and took from the g & ernor ' s plate-chest every article ill it . From this spot it would appear he went round the prison-yard to the infirmary , which adjoins the prison wall , and here he performed the most desperate feat of all . This building is about eighteen feet high and has three windows placed in a triangular position , about six feet apart , looking into the prison vard .

      ne succeeded in climbing up the building from one window to the other ( in which he is supposed to have aided himself by the towels , ) and from thence to the top of the outer wall of the prison . There he drove a strong nail into the wall , and attached to it a piece of stout string , to which he also attached several towels ; by which means he let himself down into the street , got clear off , and no clue has as yet been obtained to hia whereabouts . The man is thirty year 8 of age , five feet six inches in height , brown hair , grey eyes , pale complexion , slender make , with three small moles on the left arm . Threatened Destruc tion of Railways bv the Floods . —Nottingham , Tuesdav . —During the last _fcn-o or three days considerable anxiety has heen experienced in this district , in consequence ofthe lii rise

      piu oi water in tllO valley of the Trent , and upon the banks of its tributary streams , owing to tho very heavy and incessant rains which fell in the midland counties between Saturday evening and Monday morning . The whole country , from ; the source of the Trent to its junction with tiieHumber , is one vast inland sea , more than 150 miles in length , and . occasionall y extending for miles on either side ; and on the banks of the smaller streams , in Derbyshire , Leicestershire , and Staffordshire , it is the same , but to a somewhat more limited extent . The effect of all this upon the different lines of railway has been tremendous , causing no little amount of risk to every train that lias passed . tO and fro . and srivinrr _nnnaidflr-aliln

      trouble aud anxiety to the whole of the company ' s officials . In the neighbourhood of Burion-on-Trent , a portion of the embankment was washed down , delaying some of the subsequent trains for a considerable time ; and from Monday morning until Tuesdsy morning the whole of the traffic upon the Erewash Valley branch was entirely stopped . Now , however , the broken portions of the embankment hare been repaired , and the trains have recommenced running as usual . From symptoms perceived on Tuesday on the main line , between Loughborough and Long Eaton , it was greatlj feared all communication between the south and north of the Midland line must cease , and so it soon would have done had the heavy rains continued . Happily , however , the pouring torrent was stayed towards noon on Monday , and the weather has since continued beautifully fine . 1-- T Inokmous

      An Invention tor Early Risers . —A mechanic , residing at 101 , _Newcastlcstreet , Hulrae , has constructed a little machine for the purpose of awaking _himsef early in the morning . To a Dutch clock in the kitchen he has attached a lever , from which a wire communicates through the ceiling to the bedroom above , m which he has fixed his novel invention . Having set the lever to any hour at which he may wish to be awakened , when the time arrives it is released b y the clock , and the _machuurv up stairs rings a bell , than strikes a match , which hghtsauoil lamp . _Thislampruns upon four wheels , and is at the same instant propelled through a tin tube on a miniature railway , about five feet long , which is raised , by small iron supports , a few inches above tho bedroom floor Near the end of the 1 W 0 _. ? f If _^ if 0 " 9 tand > u P ° n which a small teakettle is placed _holding about anint 1

      ana immediately under it , by the aid of a spring the lamp is stopped , and its flame boils the water in the kettle m twenty minutes , thuB enabling him to take a cup of tea or coffee prior to _soine to work _Sffittl " r _t that _** awakes his neighbour , and the machine altogether is of a verv neat appearance , the mechanism being of polished iron . The inventor had made it during his leisure hours , and has beenabout ei ghteen monthsTn _SS ing it to a state of completion . He has _aWmf bined utility with economy , as the wo SS " £ _i 1 LS _? ahalfpenny *• _AC ¦ nS _rKI On T , _f _rT THB Mu _^ H or 5 tl '~~ i _Tuesday forenoon a melancholv accident happened at the mouth of the _TynT It had £ _tfr * " _^ e aIe *» « £ _eS for some days , which occasioned considerable _^^ _M ™ _WSHS _& Tl' ? etween ninc and _* J _32 i !?! £ * u Z I s of . ? y _rantioued , the Betsy , , of Utle Hampton , a light brig , was seen teSthB b ' ? _« tr ? n ? sea running at the time , and _M

      rowed her dSSta X J ? _JKM » _^ _^ on the starboard side of the * _brif fhJ _^ . ? ng 8 ide _* her hews to the sea A _loL _^^^^ _newith brig , which they caught S _Sf _^ TI frora ' the the brig by the bow _Astw fastfined - h « t to take in the brigWw _£ ywere S etti _" _& ready to her bow , J _& _Cfc _££ Z _> _ff + «* e _iwnd

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      water . They plunged about in a mass , and she did not right , but broke her painter , and drifted away , bottom up . There were no means for assisting them , and the crew ol the brig had to suffer the anguish of witnessing those who had come off to rescue them from . peril sink one by one into a watery grave . Of tho tweuty-four men who went off only four came ashore alive . Three of them , John Harrison _^ John Millburn , and George Hei rs , got on to the Boat ' s bottom , and were taken off by the second life-boit , which put off another gallant crew as soon as the accident was discovered . The fourth man got on board the vessel , he does hot

      know how . He and the crew of the brig were rescued by the second life-boat as the tide receded . When the second life-boat landed at the low part of South Shields . with the three men taken off the boats the scene was most terrific . Fathers , mothers , wives , sisters , and relatives , rushed down to the water edge , to see if it was " their ' _s" that had been sived ; and when the loss was manifest to them , the wailing of women , and deep sobbing of sturdy men—men who had stood many a _nor-wester , and escaped many a peril—was most heartrending . Tin most of _theXhen drowned have left large families , and the South Shields pilots—like most of those

      who gain a living on the coast—intermarrying into their own colling , the ties that are broken are extensive . The boat , after breaking her head r _. _ipe , drifted to the south , and it being thought that some ofthe meii might be under her , as soon as the second life-boat landed the three men , she put out to sea again , at the imminent risk of her crew , and grappled thc upset boat amongst the breakers . They Immediately got her in towards the beach—those on shore rushing in up to the neck—and hauled her in ; but , on righting her , all that was found was the scarf of one of the men , which had been' fastened round thethawt , and with a slip-hitch round his wrist 5 but ,

      in the _working of the boat , the knot had broken , aud he had drifted away . The best swimmer would have had no chance in such a sea . The following ate the names of the sufferers , men well knowa by those navigating the North Sea : —John Bone , Lancelot Burn , John Bum , John Burn , jun ., Wm . Smith , John Donkin , Robert Donkin , George Tyneraouth , Henry Young , Ralph Shotter ,, Wm . Purvis , John : Wright , James Wright , Thos . Marshall , Ralph Phillipson , John Phillipion , John Marshall , jun ., Goorge Tindlei James _Matterson , and James Young . At present the only body found is that of _Lsneclot Burn .

      Suoden Death op the Rev . Philip Strong . — The very sudden decease of the above Rey . gentleman , took place at Myla ' nd Rectory , on the 28 th ult . The deceased had enjoyed his accustomed health during the day , and , on his return from a visit to the town , partook of his dinner as usual ; when the hour of family prayer arrived the household assembled , and the reverend gentleman proceeded to perform the customary devotional duties , but while in the act of uttering the words "Our Father , " suddenly fell backwards , and did not breathe more than three or four times afterwards . On Friday tbe 30 th ult an inquest was held upon the body , when A . Partridge ,

      Esq ., surgeon , gave it as his opinion that the deceased had died of serous apoplexy ; it was possible , he said , that the heart ( as was currently reported ) might have had something to do with it , but he had not found symptoms of any such affections . Some three or four years ago deceased was ill , and sought the advice of Dr . Watson , who suspected that something was wrong with the heart ,, but could not find proof of it . Verdict , " Died by the visitation of God . " .:. ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ _' ¦ A Heavt Sekthnce . —Atthe Lewes Sessions , last week , Samuel Bartholomew , a labourer , described as sixty-eight years of age , having pleaded guilty to stealing one hop ? pole , of the value of one

      halfpenny , was sentenced to " one month ' s imprisonment , with such description of hard labour ( says a Lewes correspondent ) , as he was found capablo of performing . " The sentencing magistrate was George Darby , Esq ., late M . P . for East Sussex . — Brighton Guardian . Accident on the Mkdwav . —On Tuesday evenin g a frightful accident occurred on the river Medway , occasioned by tho Yictoria steam vessel running over a small boat . The steamer was on its passage from _Sheerness to Chatham , and on its passing Chatham Dockyard , with its usual speed , a ferryboat containing two persons—viz . W , Britten , a waterman , and Lieutenant E . W . J , Knox , of the

      75 th Regiment , came suddenly in front of the steamer from behind the stern of a shi p lying in ordinary near the sheer hulk , and so sudden was the collision that there waB not timo to give alarm from the steamer , and , melancholy to relate , the boat was smashed to fragments , and the officer and waterman immersed in the river . The captain of the steamer ordered the engineer to back astern , and fortunately both were saved . Both the men , however , were picked up in a very exhausted state , and the waterman was dreadfully mangled , having one arm smashed , and a thigh and a leg broken . The officer was very much hurt , and it was thought that some of his ribs were broken . He was conveyed

      in a carriage to Chatham Barracks , and tho waterman was ; taken to his residence on the Brook at Chatham . It appears that Lieutenant Knox was in charge of a detachment at Upnor Castle , and had taken the boat at the New Stairs for the purposo of being conveyed to Upnor when the accident occurred . Dr . Pink , surgeon to the provisional battalion , immediately attended Mr . Knox , and the report is that Lieutenant Knox is very much bruised about the body , but there is nothing to apprehend from the injuries ho has received . With regard to the waterman great fear is entertained for his recovery . The Outbreak op Cholera in Taunton

      Workhouse . —The attention of the Board of Health having been called to tho recent outbreak of cholera in the Taunton Union , Dr . Sutherland was sent down speciall y upon the subject , and in his report , whioh has appeared in the columns ofthe Somerset County Gazette , he says : "A practised eye can perceive at a glance that the workhouse in question has been constructed without due regard to sanitary principles . Its situation , though suburban , is badly drained . On one side the ground is higher than the level of the base of the building . The drainage is carried by a sewer into a cesspool in the garden , which until very lately was open , It is now , however , covered over : and the overflow

      passes out of the garden , and discharges itself into a pestilential ditch in a nei ghbouring field , not far from the garden wall . The elevation of tho workhouse is remarkably low ; it consists of _. a front building and branches or rays , which project into the yard behind it . This yard is surrounded b y low badly-constructed sheds , which aro used partly as offices , partl y for wards , and in one of them is situated the girls and infant schools belonging to the establishment . On entering the building one is especially struck with its wretched construction . The passages and staircases arc narrow , low , dark , and noisome , and some of the water-closets open into the landings . The wards themselves aro re . markahly low , and badly ventilated , whilo tha

      overcrowding so far as could be judged of by the number of bedsteads , was , perhaps , greater than I remember to have seen elsewhere . In some instances the water-closets open into the wards ; and in the _cloLTtf \ ° _" i _« u of the _*<" »* £ S closest being boxed off b y a wooden partition . " The Somrset Gazette , in introducing the report from which we make the above extracts , says :- « The _SdTf ttrefle ClSIery 8 ? _- vereIy M P _^ the guardiansand if they wish to relieve themselves from tho he en mad n e Which ° _&* _™ _vfrtilZSe yZ wlu _S ft _» v 1 r , S ? emst ° attach tothem , they the wh 2 of ? S l lnVes _! , gation t 0 be jnade into late outhn _£ _S „? T umstan ces _^ nected with the _humS _^^ _^ destruction of numan lives , as well as into the entir » m ! > , _™ , _™„„;

      01 tne matters which they have the care of . " Whitby . —Stobm at Sea . —A very _severe storm arose along the north-east coast , on Sunday ni ght last , the wind blowing strong from the E . to E _. S . E ., and the sea running very high , which continued until the afternoon of Monday . The following vessels have been stranded and Wrecked on the Whitby sands . During the night of Sunday the brig Victoria , of Newcastle , 115 tons , - came on shore near Upgang , and the crew were saved in tbeir own boat , but in a very exhausted state . Towards morning the schooner Sisters , of Rapjigato drove on the sands , and the crew were saved in their own boat . On the forenoon of Monday the brig White , of Sunderland , 205 tons , was observed off Whitby , in distress . The life-boat was launched and sent to rescue the crew , who were landed safe , and the vessel left at anchor . About two p . m . the vessel broke adrift and drove on the sands , and has become a total wreck . The whole of the vessels were coal laden . - The sisters has also broken up , and the wreck and cargo of the Victoria were sold on Tuesday mornin ? . There were a vast niimW _«* ml

      „ . ..--. VI _vwbcj s on on tne coast , and had the wind been more dead in land ; the loss of both life and property would inevitably have been very great . Drea dful Comjery Accident . —On Tuesday an accident ofa serious nature occur red at the pit belonging to Henry Woods , Esq ., Wigan . The men went to their work at six o ' clock , and about twent y of them descended the pit , About an hour afterwards , an explosion of fire damp took place , when the men in great alarm moved to the eye of the pit . They got into the cage , and _wfire ascending , when a loud cry was heard , and it was ascertained that the head of a boy named Howorth , ' had been severed from his body . The boy had got entangled in some way in getting into the cage , and whilst his head was taken above the body remained below . The youth W 8 S fifteen years of age . Others were sli ghtly injured in their haste to get into the cage , and two or three sustained severe burns from the explosion . At present it is impossible to state the cause of the accident , as it would not he safe to descend the pit . —Manchester Examin er .

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      _ysterious Affair . —On Saturday last a serious charge was investigated before the magistrates , at the Town-hall , Pembroke . The inquiry was conducted with closed doors , but the following is stated to be tho result of the investigation : —In the early Dart of last month the daughter of an influential inhabitant of Pembroke was secretly delivered of aa ille gitimate male infant . Feeling anxious to pre . vide for the safety ofthe child , and to conceal her shame , she induced a man named John Walters , for a valuable consideration , to adopt the child and thc infant

      brin" itup as his own . On tho 6 th ult ., be ng tben one day old , it was with a sum of £ 40 , delivered into Walters' hands . Soon afterwards the mother sought hor child , but Walters denied all _knowledge of ittand the infant being nowhere to b & found hefwas apprehended by Mr S . lledgevthe chief constable , on the charge of murder . When before the magistrate the prisoner stated that he had g iven the child to two gipsey women , and £ o with it , to take it off his . hands . Not being able to confirm this statement ho was remanded to enable the police to make inquiries . Tho affair has created much excitement in Pembroke .

      Murder in Wales . —On Thursday , the 28 th ult ., Rosemarket , Pembrokeshire , was the scene of a murder—a crime , happily , of raro occurrence in Wales . The perpetrator is a small farmer , _residing at Westfields , ofthe name of William Morgans ( commonly known as Dr . Morgan , ) and the victim a . female domestic in his employ . Thc following , received from creditable authority , may be relied on : —A lad , in the employ of Morgana , was engaged m removing ashes from beneath . the grate , which not being done to please him , Morgans seized tlie shovel to strike the boy . Tho girl , however , interfered , and he made his escape . He then swore he would kill the girl . She consequently endeavoured to make hor escape by runninc . but in ascending a

      hedge he struck her from behind with the sharp end of th < r shovel , which split her head opon . The shovel broke by the blow ; but , seizing tho remaining part , he beat her head to pieces with it . Ee then attempted to leave , but the screeches of tho g irl having brought persons to tho spot , he was secured hands and feet , and conveyed to this town in a cart , when he was brought'before J . L . Morgan , Esq ., and remanded to wait the result of the inquest . Morgans was considered a person of weak intellect , and had some years ago been confined in a lunatic asylum ; but from the period of his release ho has conducted the affairs of his farm , and attended the market to dispose of its produce . Tha deceased had resided with the prisoner a great number of years . —Pembrokeshire Ikmld .

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      Statistics of Scotland . —According to the census of 1841 it appears that the inhabitants of Scotland are 2 , 620 , 184 . Tho largest item of that number hi Glasgow city and suburbs , which number 274 , 533 , being ten per cent , of the whole ; tho smallest of tho inhabited islands are Moray in Inverness-shire , and Vementry , in _Orkneyshire , both of which contain two inhabitants . There are a number of islands whose inhabitants number five , six , seven , aud eight each , and a greater proportion varying from that number to thirty or forty persons . Out of 2 , 620 , 184 people in

      Sootland , the county of Lanark , though by no means the largest in extent , contains 426 , 972 , being thc sixth part of the whole ; while Selkirk ' , which contains about one-fourth of the area Of square miles has only about a fifty-eighth ' part of the inhabitants of Lanarkshire , or about 7 , 300 . Many more instances could be adduced of the irregular distribution of the inhabitants of Scotland , in proportion to the superficial area , and that without reckoning the wild uncultivated tracts of the Highlands ; but we have stated enough to show that the wealth l ying below the surface has done far more to stimulate population in this country than tho best soil with all the appliances of the most approved husbandry . —Caledonian Mer .

      cury . Bride Stolen . — The parish of Ardcrsier was thrown into a stato of unusual excitement on tho morning of Saturday week last . On the previous evening a young and buxom damsel p lighted her troth , before a largo party of young friends , to be faithful and true until death to the devoted swain who led her to the altar , after a long and patient courtship of four years . After the ceremonywas performod tho party proceeded to the bridegroom ' s room in Campbelton , led by a piper , who blew as if " he'd blaw his last . " Having concluded a substantial repast , the party proceeded to tho ball-room , wnere they showed that they had light heels as well as liht hearts till three in

      g the morning . For some timo before this hour it was remarked that the bride did not grace the ball-room with her presence as she had done in tho early part of the evening . The question , " 'Where is the bride" was asked by a a hundred tongues , but nobody gave a satisfactory answer . The bridegroom looked anxious—the bridesmaids looked frightened—and the bridesmen looked foolish ; Some observant persons whispered that they did not like the conduct of a young ploughman—a rustic Lochinyar—who was noticed to "tread a measure" with the bride , and "to whispor a word in her ear ; " and it was further remarked

      that this youth had not been seen for some time . Consternation seized the party , the dancers stood motionless and the fiddlers dropped their bows . A general search was instituted ; " thev sought her east , they sought her west , " hut "the lady was not seen . Some of the company blamed the bride tor having broken her vows so soon after making them ; and everybody pitied the bridegroom , who however , seemed to bear his disappointment with equanimity , saying with Duncan Grey . « shemav gae to France for me ; " and further consoling himself by threatening to wed another wife before a month .

      Remarkable Preservation . —Some days ago , as _t _^ l _* , " _^ travelling between Kingswood , near Murthly Castle and Dunkeld , on the _Itanley ' -road , necamo to the saw-mill , and turned off the road to get a short cut home . It being then rather dark ne lost his way and fell into the mill lade , upon the wheels , which turned round with him and left him at the bottom , where ho remained all ni ght _standing in he water In the morning , _whenthl men camf to their work , and wero about to put the wheel in motion , a turkcycock , which had been aware of the accident , commenced its babblin g cries in the most earnest manner , going backward and forward close to the wheel * whcre the _unKunate man was hemmed in . Its cries and gestures were _l m 6 nT _^ i aWe _-n ha ******* attention of the men to the mill wheel , where thoy found the man . On taking him out , he was alive , but much injured ; one of his legs was broken , and h _? was otherwise much bruised . We understand lie is E fair way of _vmvery . _^ Perthshire Co urier

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      Pavmentof Postage toon Newspapers for the Us ted States _Comfcmory . -A Post-office order just issued , stated that . '" A conside able number of newspapers addressed to the United S ? ates teK _* been P sted unPaid there is Son to fear that many per sons are under the impression thatthe payment of postage upon newspapers intended to be sent to that country is optional . The public therefore , are again informed that unless the rate of postage upon these papers , namely ono _M _?^^ _^ _4 vauce , theycanno { _BhSir fSS weir

      _» _uestmation . it is desirable that n stm _™ t 7 r should give the utmost publicity _£$£$$£$ The Literary Gazetue announces the return t _/> Pans of M _Rocher d ' Hericourt , from a iouniev in Abyssinia of long duration , bearing about a _sSS a 2 _^ of- thf tomI % value one _manuscri pt is _^ S _^ _i _^^^ _ii" _^^ _<* from the ordinary Son _Sm _fn ? - reso ct 8 also brought home minx ' _** _££ * d'He « c _<"«« has rootof wh _ich , _S tne _^ phobia , b _^ _x af _aya r ¥ _> hy - of the country instructed him _bfe _Ag * _?&! plant f the

      , assured him of its general and „ _M- ° and showed him its effi £ W _£ _Sn ° ? ' dogs . A commit tee of the AcJdiS _a _fw „ place near _Aldem ySor _^ I in 8 K ffray ha d taken poachers and gamKers * i _^ iW _* ' betwee _» killed on the _& Lf 8 _T _£ ff ha _^ thf T r bei * incident affected Mr _AldlrLv _« _f _* _i _^ dlsaatrou 8 new ones _Sfml / trucWar _Tessels ; seven

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08121849/page/6/