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      FlBE-DAMP EXPK > SI 0 . T , IS \ . WjlI . ES . — LOSS OF _Trowr-iosE LivES .-r An explosion of fire-damp , by which twenty-nine human beings lost their lives , took place on Saturday last , at a colliery belonging to Mr . Tlioniag , Powell , situated at Crombach , about three miles distant from the village of Aberdare , and six from Mertuyr Tydvil . About eleven o ' clock a load report attended with a violent concussion ol the earth was heard , which caused the people of the neighbouring houses to direct their attention towards the pit , and in a very short time the awful fact became-known that an explosion of _faio-damp had occurred . The consternation which ensued may be

      more easily imagined than described , wheu it is known , that there were in the pit at the lime from one hundred and fifty to two hundred human beings , men and boys , and tlie awful ancertaluty that existed , how many , " if any , were alive . Language cannot describe the mournful scene . The waning of women and the crying of children as they ran towards the pit ' smouth seeking their relatives were sufficient to unnerve the stoutest heart , and melt the most stoical spirit . In one face you might see the fearfully anxious look changed Into one of gladness as tlie husband , son , or brother , came « p alive . In another face "hope fled , " aud settled despair , when one after another came np , and the expected one still behind . 1 never had it fallen _tonivlot to witness a _moreawful

      lesson . Surely legislation ought to step in , and endeavour to give security to Iranian life , by the appointment of competent _j-ctsous—men whose scientific acquirements would be at least a guarantee that nothing which science could do had been left undone towards the security of human life . Tlie air in the pit _i after the explosion , was so noxious , that it was a considerable time ere any person could venture to seek for the missing men . " lint such is the devotion , such the spirit and courage of these poor working colliers , that they were to be seen going into the pit without the least hesitation to seekthciv missing fellow-workmen . The risk which they incurred mayhe imagined from many of them having fainted when proceeding towards the _vtorkiugs ; yet others were pushing on and working , undauntedly , hoping to fitid someone alive aud in need of _assistance . It is not

      exactly known how the accident happened . It is said the Davy lamp was constantly nsed to try the air , but the pit has always been in bad repute on account of its deficient ventilation . So accident in this part of the country has ever been attended with the loss of so much human life , and the effect , consequently , is an unusual gloom over the whole neighbourhood . There were also two or three horses killed , and the damage done to the works is very great . Another correspondent states that ttie number killed is twenty-eight . The same correspondent states that the number of Miners in the pit at the time of the explosion was only about thirty , the rest hang engaged at a club-feast * But for this , the probability is / that this explosion would have caused a sccodd Haswcll { daughter of ninety or a hundred human beings .

      Ixquest ox the Bodies . —Aberdare , near Merthyr Tydvil , Tuesday . —The coroner for the upper division of the county of Glamorgan , William Jjavics , Esq ., solicitor , Merthyr Tydvil , having fixed yesterday for the inquest , very many of the most respectable inhabitants of the place and its neighbourhood , and also a good many workmen , met at the Boot Inn , in the Tillage of Aberdare , where the inquest had been appointed to take place . The jury , having been sworn , proceeded to executethcmelancholytaskofvicwing the bodies , and as the places at which thoy lived cmbraced a circuit of some miles the inspection occupied a considerable time . Many of the bodies presented a shocking spectacle . Two or three seemed as if they had been literally roasted , whilst Others

      WCVC but slightly scorched , and at the same time the bruises were inconsiderable . By the time that the inspection was over the intelligence was brought that the whole of the bodies had been recovered from tbe pit ; three or four had been found in the morning and the rest in the evening . Where these serious colliery _aecidents have happened here before some of the bodies have beea irrecoverable tor a considerable time , arising from the foulness of the air , or the falls of rubbish . The little village , situated as it is so beautifully , was yesterday ' s scene of universal lamentation . At one time six funerals were to be seen proceeding towards the church in succession , whilst several others were in the churchyard . The concourse of people was Terr great ; and whilst

      contemplating the sad scene , the'humble _ehnrch and churchyard , with its venerable yews , where " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep , " and listening to the . impressive burial service , I thought within myself , that never were words more applicable thau those of the Psalmist , "Dust thou art , and unto dost shaft thou return . " The jury having re-assem bled in tlie inqucsfc-reoni , it was deeniei advisable , front the lateness of the hour , the number of witnesses to be examined , and in all probability the protracted nature of the _inqury ; to adjourn the inquest until eleven o ' clock to-day . The following are tbe names and ages of the sufferers : —David Jenkins , single man , aged 37 ; Richard Morris , ditto , aged 30 ; Howei _wflliauis , ditto , aged 28 , and Kees Williams , ditto , _agcdJM , brothers ; Joseph Philips , ditto , aged 15 : Thomas Evans , married , aged 35 ; Evan Lewis ,

      single , aged 1 !>; George Thomas , ditto , aged 33 ; William Williams , married , aged 34 ; David Jones , ditto , " aged 3 t "; David Jones , single , aged 32 ; James James , ditto , aged 23 ; Howel David , ditto , aged 20 ; John Jones , ditto , aged 19 ; David Morgan , ditto , aged 21 ; Thomas Smith , ditto , aged 10 ; _JVnu Edwards , married , aged 35 , and William Edwards , aged % father and son ; James Thomas , widower , aged U , and David Thomas , aged 10 , father and san ; William Llewelyn , single , aged 19 ; William Evans , ditto , aged 30 ; Thomas Davies , widower , aged 78 Evan Thomas , sinele , aged 14 ; John Jones , ditto , a cd 17 ; John Evans , married , aged 32 , aud David Evans , aged 9 , father and son ; Nicholas Evans ? , a compound _fraetnrc of the thigh , a fracture of the arm and a portion of the j . _iw-bono , and several teeth broken—not expected to live .

      AbERDAHE _, SEAR _MERTilTB TrDVIL , \ _YBDSESOAX _Mok-vlvc—The jury reassembled at eleven _o'elock yesterdav morniug _. _' and their names having been called over , they were sworn to inquire iuto the cause of the death ofllowcl David , aged twenty , bis _being the first body found . After the examination _of several witnesses , the jury delivered in the following written verdict : — "That it is the opinion of this jury that the deceased , Uowcl David , came to his death from accidental circumstances , aud that this jury are of opinion that the present system of ventilation

      employed io the Umcrn or Uroinbaeh Uojhcry , iltougli as perfect as the said system will admit , is inadequate to eusure the safety of the lives of the wen employed in the said works , and they strongly recommcud that a system which will prereut the gas from oozing out ol the old or . abandoned workings into a tramroad air-way , may be adopted in preference as soon as possible . " Mr . Enoch Williams was called in and sworn as to the identity of the rest of the b-jdics , and the same evidence being applicable , the same verdict was returned in each of the causes of their deaths .

      AxoiHEa Fatai Con , Pit Accident . —Another correspondent , writing oil the above awful calamity sends ns the following notice of another coal pit accident : —Another man was killed in a pit belonging to the Cyfarthfa iron works ; he was to have been a mourner in the funeral of one of tlie above twenty nine , -and-sent his son instead . A stone fell from the top of the pit on him , aud killed him on the spot . . Child Mcrder at WrxnsoR . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held in the borough gaol , Wihdsof , ' before Thomas Marlin , Esq ., coroner , and a highly respectable jury , on the body of a new-born male infant , which was found dead in the privy attached to the residence of Mr . Charles Alder , in _Sprin--rardeus on Friday Isst . The scrvaut of Mr . Alder ' a _vouiig girl named Susau Douglas , between

      tw « vlv and tventv-one years of age , who had given birth to the infant , -was in custody of the gaoler , but too ill from the weak state she was in to be present during the inquiry , which lasted nearly five hours , aud created tlie greatest interest . After hearing a good deal of evidence { not adapted to publication ) , the jury remained in deliberation for upwards of an hoar , and then returned a verdict of "Wilful rourde _^ ' against Susan Douglas . The prisoner will be removed to the county gaol at Heading , to take her _trialat the next Berkshire assizes , as soon as she is in a fit state to undertake the journey . The girl , who is a native of Wokingham , states the father of ] the infant to be an old man , named Day , who died st . Windsor , where he was well known , about three weeks _keoc , at the advanced age of between seventy j and eighty rears . i

      _Catickes of Suiters . —By a letter received from the Mutiae , one of the new experimental 12-gun _hrigB , commanded b y Commander J . B . Crawford , "we lcara the following particulars of her success among the _slarers . The letter is dated Mozambique , May 16 , 1 S 45 ;—Itappears that , on the 26 th of April , the Mntine was desirous of overhauling a suspiciousloafein &' Terr large , and fast-sailing vessel , that soon proved lier stare-dealing character by running away . Whilst in full chase after this _Tcssel , which had previously been chased by several other cruisers , and lad . escaped capture by her superior sailing , the _Smtme _^ grounded on the bar of QniUimane river ; npon seeing" which the crew of the slaver gave three cheers , but nevertheless , endeavoured to increase

      her distance from the Maline as much as possible The _Mutine ' s crew returned three cheers of defiance , and then the gallant fellows set to work to get their Teasel from her dangerous position . Every man worked with heart y good will , and Cap tain Crawford , a _reiy activcand enterprising officer , witnessed , with great satisfaction , after near ] v two hours * exertions , his bri g fairly forced over the bar . Expressing his warpi _annrobatwm . at the zeal and energy of every Wan and officer on . board , by which alone the -vessel »* _? rescued from the pcrilons situation she occupied * ° _?» s £ during an ebbing tide , as soon as she was _afjoat he / ordered themain brace to be spliced , and at j & e same ihne all sail to be instantly packed on in _Vgysait of file slaver . The _Mu & e now displayed her Bailing Qualities , ami made un for ilost

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      time . ¦ Gaming on the chase every minute , she war alongside . „ the notorious . ;; Jlrazilian . . slayer the Pnnceza- Imperial in thecoiirseof seven hours . She endeavoured to detach the Mutiiie from " pursuing her by hoisting the stripes and _starsVw the United Stales ; and , assuming the appearance of an American whaler , she was well calculated to deceive one not thoroughly convinced of her character . The prize was upwards of 4 . 00 tons burden ; she had made three successful consecutive trips to Santos in the Brazils , and had carried altogether 2400 slaves , by this Juciatirc trade realising good fortunes for her owners . When captured she was quite ready for tli « reception of 800 or 900 slaves . The Prinecza was given in charge of Lieut , the Hon . T . A . l'akenham , under whose command she sailed to Sierra Leoiieforadjudicatiou . Since capturing the Princeza

      the boats of the Mutir . e , under the orders of Lieut . George Men _^ s and Lieut , the Hon . Frederick Cttrzon , _on the 6 th instant , off . Madagascar , after a very spirited and well-managed chase , captured an Arab slaver with 231 slaves onboard . The Arabs , though desperate men and well armed , jumped overboard at the moment their vessel was hoarded . The Arab vessel was not in a fit state to undertake a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope at this tempestuous season , and was therefore destroyed . The Mutine sailed with her cargo , mustering nearly 400 , including crew and supernumeraries . She may be considered a lucky craft , notwithstanding her mishap at the commencement . The Helena , 16 , Commander Sir C . Kicketts , Bart ., having captured a small Arab vessel , with eighty slaves , was under the necessity of of conveying them to the Cape of Good Hope ; the captured vessel not being equal to the voyage , was destroyed .

      Death _fiiom Eatixg Mushrooms . — On Saturday an inquest was held at the White JJart Inn , in Ipswich , t <* inquire iuto the circumstances connected with the death o f Mr . John Carr , boot and shoe maker , St . Lawrence-street . G . Bullen , Esq ., surgeon , said—1 was called in at seven o ' clock on Friday evening , the deceased having been taken suddenly ill in his shop ; I went instantly , and found him in the shop sitting in a chair , quite insensible and very pale . The pupils of the eyes were very much contracted ; pulse unusually slow and feeble . He had been sick before I arrived , aud I observed 6 ome dark substance projectiug from the side of his lip , which his wife removed with her finger . 1 found this substance a large piece of the common edible

      mushroom—not the poisonous mushroom—and the cause of his illness was at once apparent to mc—viz ., that of being poisoned by mushrooms . He had vomited pieces of mushrooms several times before . [ K large portion was here shown which was taken from deceased ' s mouth ] . Deceased had no teeth . Illness occurred five hours after he had eaten the mushrooms . 1 ordered him to bed , and gave him a strong emetic . I remained some time with him ; indeed , from seven o ' clock till midnight . After that time he became worse , and at two o clock he expired . The wife of oue of his men had brought four mushrooms to Mr . Carr , as a _presents-two of them were grilled ( not stewed or boiled ) for dinner : one of them was a vcrr large one , very black underneath , and , in

      fact , only lit lor making catsup . The whale of this large otic was eaten by deceased , and part of the smaller one also . The son partook of a part of the smaller one . It was a real mushroom ; but it should be understood , that all fungus matter is really poisonous at some parts of their growth . By grilling the mushrooms the poisonous matter remained in them , and having no teeth he swallowed it without masticating it . There was no odour nor anything else indicating his having taken any fermented or spirituous liquors . He was perfectl _y narcotised fov hours . Mushrooms are of a narcotic and acrid nature . Deceased was perfectly senseless and powerless froui the moment he was taken ill . There were no symptoms of apoplexy ; in fact , they were the very

      reverse . His pulse was about 56 , and showed that he was under the influence of some strong poison . It was extremely important that the public should take this as a warning in the use of mushrooms ; they were at all times indigestible , but tlicy should never be taken when the underneath part is black , but only when they are - of-a light colour . In this case the stomach-pump would have been useless , as no tube would have carried off the large pieces of mushroom on his stomach . The Jury returned a verdict of Died from poisoning occasioned by eating mushrooms . _Mcroer ox TnE High Seas . —On Wednesday weekthe Admiralty commission was opened at Galway , when Michael Hoban was indicted for having , on the 18 th of Julv last , on the high seas , within the

      jurisdiction of Ireland , and -within four miles ol Duras , on the Galway coast , ihurdured Mark Faherty by throwing him into the sea , by which he was drowned . A second count charged him with the murder of the deceased , by striking him 00 . the head with a stick ; a third by stabbing him with a knife . Mr . Baker _^ ( i . G ., iii stating the ease , observed that the crime was committed during the passage of ' -. a turf-boat froni ; Covraro 6 . to Kinsar .. There were only _, the prisoner ' and the deceased in the boat together , ' and the evidence tobe offered was purely circumi stautial :- The ' ¦ evening before -: the _murders the prisoner complained of the conduct of the deceased , who , he said , cheated him in the partnershi p concern of the boat , and expressed his intention to

      quarrel with him and punish him . When-the prisoner arrived at his destination ; ; he , stated , that the deceased fell overboard ; and in about a fortnight after his body was found in the bay , bearing marks of violence , evidently inflicted _during his lifetime . There were four cuts on the bead , a hole in the throat , and several teeth knocked out . There _vtasUoua on the breast and collar of the shirt on the body . After the examination of a hnmber of witnesses the commissioners retired to deliberate , and in halfan hour returned averdict of Guilty . Mr Justice Jackson proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner , who knelt down and said , " I throw my life and soul in your hands , my lord—I trust to your niercv . When he was leaving the boat , he was to

      me as well as ever . " His lordship told the prisoner it was useless to speak in that strain , as there was no doubt of his guilt . Sentence of execution , on the SOtlii of August , was theu passed . The Wreck of the Johx _Henmick , _Duich East _Lvwauax . —Wc are happy U > state that the eleven men left by Captain R . W . Heeklebury , of the Dutch _Eastludiaman _, the John Ilcndriek , on the 30 th of May last , upon a rock near the Line , as was reported some time ago , were rescued from their frightful situation , after having been on the roek fifteen days , by Captain Snell , of the merchant-Ship Elba , of Liverpool , and have arrived in London . It will be recollected that , upon the captain , with seven of the crew being taken off , the vessel , on board of

      which they were received , was for several days prevented , by a violent storm and adverse winds , from making head toward the rock , and was carried some hundreds of miles away from it , when , it being supposed by the captain that the poor fellows would have been starved to death , as there appeared to be no means of obtaining food , they were left to their fate . Fortunatelv , however , after enduring the most dreadful sufferings and privations , the Eliza hove in sight , aud prevented that calamity which was looked for by the captain of the John llendrick . The following account has been given by 1 * . L . Zecman , the seeond mate of the John Hendrick , one who was left on the rock , of thedreadful visitation of his companions , one ofwhomwasthe surgeon of the vessel . It was

      expected that _aiter the captain had left , every effort would be made to return and take them off ; but when it was found that the wind was so long m a direction that would carry the vessel away from them , _tliev took steps , under the direction of the surgeon , to provide for extremities . The rock was discovered to be about half a mile in circumference , and upon making a survey of it there was found to be a plentiful supply of fowl , but no fresh water was anywhere to be wet with . The only nie . it they had was a little pork ; with this they made bait , and attached to nails , which were made in the form of hooks , and by them caught fish , which abounded there . They killed the fowls , a sort of duck , during the night , and in the dav time gathered their eggs . There was a

      description of crabs npon the rock , tho legs of winch were serviceable in quenching their thirst . For some days tbev were able to cook their food by burning pieces 01 the ' wreekof the vessel till that was exhausted , and by poundingthe charcoal and mixing this with the sea water tliev thought they should be able to deprive it of its saline properties ; but in this they were unsuccessful . During the day , between eleven and three o ' clock , on acconnt of the extreme heat , they waded into the sea . In this situation they _continued for eight days , whennearly the whole of them wercseized with a swelling of the lips and tongue and a vertigo , that for two days rendered them almost insensible . This arose from the want of water . The surgeon fov some _davs previous had been in that situation . On

      the tenth dav they were visited with occasional skewers of raui , to collect which the sail they had was expanded , a hole made in the centre , andi a cask p laced underneath in which the rain water was collected . This , which was very sparingly _^ distributed , assisted to restore the strength of all . In tins state they remained till the 15 th of June , when the Eliza , Captain Snell , _bolongingto Liverpool , and trading to Sydney , lore in sight . A flag was waved whieh was happily observed by seme of the Eliza ' s crew , upon which two boats were lowered and the whole were taken off . They were most kindlv treated by the captain ; but for ten days they endured the greatest bodily sufferings , several of them not being expected _hmnror Shnrr tir _affpr _heinff On _DOaTO , AS HIE

      capiaid expected to bo short of water , npon the Lonters _. _JCaptain Gelman , from Bombay to Liverpool , appearing in sight , five ofthe men were put on board that _yessel . The Lenters readied Liverpool last t rides , when the men brought by her proceeded to the residence ofthe Dntch Consul , who , _« Pon bemgmade _acquainted by them that thej belonged to the John Hendrick , and were the men abandoned upon ttie rock , gave them immediate assistance . He provided each man with a jacket , a pair of shoes , and a pair of stockings . He also paid their passage ; ip to London , and gave them a letter of introduction to « ic Dutch Consul in London . The men _w-e now lodging at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern , in Lower . Thamesstreet , and appear not to be in the least degree aifceted br their dreadful sufferings . The rock on

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      which the men were is supposed to be a volcanic eruption . The , mate described the composition of thematerialqf it to be iron , stone , aud glass ; There are three selves o _* pillars arising out ot it , on the top of one of which ( this being a flat surface , a few feet diameter ) a flag was placed during the dav , mi a man was also stationed to watch for a vessel * . It has been ascertained that the surgeon and live men , who were in the Eliza , have been landed at the Brazils , where they were taken under the protection of the Dutch Consul , ami treated with the utmost kindness aud attention . Nothing was heard of tlie mate , five seamen , and the passenger , who went oft * previous to Captain Ilccklebury _' s departure , and it is supposed that they were lost in the storm alrendy spor . cn ot . The captain ofthe Eliza had p laced in his cave two quadrants , two spy glasses , and the log books of tlie John llendrick , which , he retained possession of .

      Ihe Game _Lxws . —At the petty sessions at Buckingham , on Saturday last , William White , a decent and venerable-looking _^ old-man , of _^ Preston Bissctt , was charged before _thcltev . Messrs . Eyre , Andrews , and Baynes , the magistrates present , by George Uridger , one of the Duke of Buckingham ' s gamekeepers , with having used a dog for the destruction of game . It appeared that ' the defendant obtains a scanty living by rat-catching ; that when on tlie public road leading from Hillesden to Three Bridge Mill , accompanied by three dogs . _' two of them tied _together and the other loose , the latter dog went into

      the ditch and brought out and killed " a leveret as big as a kitten . " White acknowledged this , and strongly expressed his regret at being before " the gentlemen . ' * lie said that he had caught rats for forty years , and never was up before'the justices before ; that he had a wife aind five children , and had a difficult matter to get bread for them in an honest way . He put in for the inspection of tlio magistrates a written testimonial of good character . It was numerously aud respectably signed . The magistrates ordered him to pay 18 s ., and in default fourteen days ' imprisonment . He begged for and succeeded in obtaining time to nay the fine .

      _Extexsive Fins at Homertox . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a fire broke out upon the extensive range of buildings belonging to Messrs _Jalin and Samuel Bergev , colour manufacturers , situated in Water-lane , Homerton . It originated in the centre of the lower floor of a building about eighty feet long and three stories hi gh , used as _drying houses . The building was closely bounded on each side by furnaces , sheds workshops , and the gasworks . It appears that the discovery was made by one ofthe workmen , who was engaged at the time in burning ivory in one of the retorts . Seeing the flames issuing from the building , lie immediately communicated to some of bis fellow-workmen the unwelcome intelligence . The whole of the men w » at

      the lime , at once set to work , and endeavoured bv means of buckets of water to snbdiie the flames . Their progress , however , was so exceedingly rapid , that the men were soon forced to make a retreat . Intelligence of the disaster was then sent off by a mounted police constable to thc engine stations in town . In the mean time the parish engine arrived , bnt was of little avail . So strong a hold had the fire obtained during the interim that it soon became apparent that it would not yield to the power of that force . The brigade engines from 'Whitccross . strect and Jeffery-square stations followed soon afterwards . They were also set to work ; but by the time that was accomplished the fire had obtained complete possession of the immense _buildinjr ; and when the roof fell

      in the flames rose to such an altitude as to be visible from most parts of the metropolis . Mr . Connorton , the moment he was apprised of the disaster , started to the scene of conflagration with the West Ol'Emr land _engineand firemen , and was followed by the Comity engine , with Mr . Garwood , By judiciously distributing the water the flames were confined almost exclusively to the premises in which they commenced , ' but were not entirely extinguished until past six o ' clock . By that time the whole of the valuable stock in the building was consumed , and tho premises were gutted . The stock destroyed consisted of blue verditeremerald greens , and Jakes ; the value amounts to several thousand pounds , and the linn was not insured . The tiro , it is supposed , originated in the overheat of one of the furnaces .

      Fatal Aff ray , between a _Lasdloro and Tenant . —On Wednesday Mr . Carter , coroner for Surrey _^ resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Bee Hive , Carter-street , Walworth , touching the death of Mr . Charles Ratherbee , aged thirty-three years , a musician , residing at Vine Gottoge _,, Walworth , who , it was alleged had died in consequence of violence inflicted upon liimby a niari named Harvey , his tenant , under the following circumstances : —Ann Ratherbee , widow of deceased ,: deposed . that her husband had been possessed of a piece of . land at Walworth , which he had lot to Harvey , but which lie had given liim notice"toqiiit-lady-dayla ' stV ; Harvej ' did nofc ' do so _^ when , on thcStli of April last , deceased , seeing him oh the ground : went . to him , and desired . him . ; to . quit

      the possession . He , however , ; still reluscu , saying he wo ' u . d riot ' _quii until compelled to do so by law , and added "he _woiildJiave ' a fair up and down for it . " He then , switUqut : any nroyocation , struck the dcceaied a violent blow withhis . elbow on , the b _«» d _, which knocked him downl He subsequently attempted to strike _^ hirii with a spade , and threatened ifhedidnotgo off : _thekiid , -, "he would knock-his ( deceased's ) . life out . " . Deceased , subsequently became very ill , anil was imaWe m consequence / to follow his profession , Medical assisthnee was afforded him , and lie had . becomc an inmate of G . uy ' s Hospital . He lingered for upwards , of three months , and dicd onthe 30 tli July last . Tlie Jury retired for upwards of three hours , and returned into court with a verdict of Manslaughter against Joseph Harvey . . :

      _Fiues is . IfMvcASTtE _.-nOn _, 1 riday evening August 1 st , about ten o'clock , a very destructive five , broke out in the premises ' occupied by tir . Perry , a treackmamifactnrcr , in Pudding-chare . The fire was first discovered in the lower story of the building , by an individual who was passing , and he gave information to the policeman on duty , who dispatched a messenger for the engines , and _-ijave information at the police stations . The Newcastle and Nc-vth . British tire-engines were on the spot , and with some little delay were got ready for action , but it is painful to add , that the supply cf water was scanty . There being little indeed for a considerable time , the fire continued to rage with great fury , and before any eftcct could be made upon it , it had reached the top

      story ; the building being five stones high _l and , hllcd with very combustible materials . It being a comparatively recent erection with strong gables , the fire was confined within the main walls , though the heat was so intense as to ignite the wood on houses on the opposite side of the street which was with difficulty extinguished , flic total loss is estimated at about £ 1 , 000 . The ' origin of the fire is nndiscovcrcd . By two o ' clock in the morning the fire was completely extinguished . On Mouday forenoon last , about eleven o ' clock , an alarm was given that the factory of Messrs Clarke and Plummer , at Ouseburn , was on fire , and thefire engines immediately proceeded to the . spot , vrhenit was found that , in consequence ofthe machinery not

      being kept duly oiled in the carding room , the friction had caused the hemp to ignite . Fortunately it was discovered in time , and by buckets of water beiug thrown on the flames they were extinguished . The fire engines were not required . _JiTDnopnowA . —Another case of hydrophobia has taken place on Mr . Hallett ' _s farm , at Cuckficld . A short thie ago one of Mr . Hallett ' s horses went raging mad from the bite of a dog ; and one day last week a cow , three years old , in full milch , exhibited symptoms of uneasiness as Mr . Hailett was driving her home with others to be milked . She kicked out frequently , and struck her head on the ground and when he got her home he Bhut her in the stable . The poor animal was shortly

      afterwards attacked , with a raemg fit , dashing herself against the sides of the building , tearing down everytiling within her reach , lacerating herself terribly , and occasionally bellowing iu a frightful manner . The fit continued throughout the night , and iu the morning the cow became exceedingly exhausted . Her sufferings were terminated by being shot . _Sisgvlau Suicide . —On Monday evening Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Albion , Battle-bridge , on the body of Charles Richardson , aged 55 . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased , who had been formerly a gentleman ' s coachman , and lately ostler in the mews , Hastings-street , Burton-crescent , _complained within the past week of his life being a burden to himself and his friends , and expressed a

      desire to getrid of it . On Saturday morning he repeated the complaint , and also his anxiety to get rid of his troubles by death . Shortly afterwards he handed the keys ofthe stable he had charge of , and also 12 s . to pay for corn , to a neighbour . _H _^ then deliberatel y walked to the Regent ' s Canal , adjoining Battle-bridge , into which , with his clothes and cap on , he flung himself , and , swimming to the centre , clasped his head with both hands and : drowned himself , though there were several persons on the bank at the time . Drags were instantly procured , and lie was taken out , but not before life was extinct , lie bore an excellent character for integrity , industry , and sobriety . Verdict , "Deceased destroyed _bmself , but there was no evidence of his stato of mind at tbe time that lie did so . " . The Lnm _Gmrnw On Monday afternoon ,

      between three and four o ' clock , an accident of rather a serious nature occurred to a private belonging ™ Captain Hall ' s troop of the 2 nd Life Guards , whilst on the march to Windsor after the grand review in Hyde-park . The . troops Lad reached Tur flhamgrecn , when the horse on which the man was riding suddenly stumbled and fell , the man also falling with his right leg beneath the animal . The occurrence caused much confusion among the troops , and two of the soldiers instantly dismounted to thei r comrade s assistance . On lifting him np he complained that his leg was broken , and by order of the commanding officer he was carried into the Travellers' Rest publichouse , - neat tbe new church , where , - on being examined by the surgeons of the regiment ,: _the-oone _^ w his right leg was found to be badly fractured . He was conveyed to the hospital belonging to the regiment at Spifal . near Windsor .

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      COLMSIOS OF _SlEAMF . nS . —LOSS OF O . VB HUNDRED Asn _ItinvTY-FiVK Lives . —Constantinople , Julv 17 . — On the night of the lltli instant , OH thc'Black Sea ; about forty miles , east of the Bospborus , a most dreadtul catastrophe took place . Two Turkish steamers , the one coining from ; ' and the other going to _lrebiioiul , came into sudden collision , and one of tiiemwent down with-the greater part of-her crew aud passengers . The vessels were the Scutari , commanded by-Mr . Dubbins , and the Medjehrai Tidjahret , commanded b y Mr . Lambert . The shock was tremendous . The vessels parted ; the Medjehrai _udjitet dropped about a mile astern , and in the

      course of less tlmn a quarter of an hour it-was found that she was sinking rapidly . The Scutari , which had got but slight damage , then went to her help ; but it was too late . A ery few , comparatively , could be saved , 'flic boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded by those who strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape , that they sunk at once . About seventy , however , by swimming , ami by clinging to the spare , readied the Scutari , where they clustered round the paddle-boxes till thev were taken in , Captain Lambert and an engineer * were picked up by a boat of the Scutari . All the rest , one hundred and thirty-live souls , perished . Their agonv was a short one . but it was terrific .

      A Skriks of _Munovins . —Awful Deeds of Blood . —A gentleman who arrived in Cincinnati lately gave the editor of the Commercial the following particulars of dreadful deeds of blood committed on the Wachitta river , in Louisiana , a few dayssince . Hcstatcdthat two planters , living on adjoining plantations , had a difficulty . An unruly horse belonging to one jumped into a lot belonging to the other , and was shot . Soon after , a negro , belonging to the owner of the horse , went over to the said plantation , and lie too was shot . The same evening the planter who owned the horse and negro took his gun and went over to the nlantcv ' a _hmise who had shot his horse and ncirro .

      and , as he stood in his yard , deliberately shot him dead . The son of the dead planter , hearing the report , came out ofthe house when he was commanded to stand , As soon as the gun was reloaded the son was shot , and immediately expired . The daughter of the planter then came to the door , when the monster took his bowie-knife and cut her throat from car to car , and then fled . The slaves on the plantation raised the alarm , and the fiend was pursued and taken , and committed to the nearest gaol to await a trial . These awful terrific details are said to be from a reliable source , but wc feel inclined to doubt them . —American paper .

      Deplorable Casr of HrDRoniOBU . —On Sunday morning George . Marnaton , a young niau twentyseven years of age , a stone-mason , residing in _Darley-sti-eet , Lambeth , died from ihe effects of hydrophobia . Tho unfortunate deceased , about six weeks since , was _parting tivo dog ' s fighting in the street , when he was slightly bitten in one of his fingers , but no notice was taken of it , and the wound healed up . On Friday last he complained of head-ache ' aud pains in his fingers . At night he grew worse , complaining of pricking and shooting over his body . A medical man was called in , who immediately pronounced him tobe labouring under hydrophobia . Every remedy was used , but without _cilcct .

      _Fiuf . XF . AB Barsslet . —A hre broke out at eleven o ' clock a . m ., at tho iron works of _Mcssvs . Chambers , Newton , on Monday last . It commenced in the third story , where a great number of wooden moulds were laying . Four engines were fetched from Sheffield ; and two from Wentworth , and the fire was got under in about an liomv The extent of damage is not correctly known , but it is estimated at several thousands . The property was insured . The Alleg ed Murder of a Oniiv _nr Burxijcg it to Death . —Caulislb , August 6 . —At the Cumberland Assizes , before Mr . Baron Itolfe this day , the case of Jane Crosby , aged 30 , charged with the murder of her daughter , Sarah Anne , by burning her at Skclton , in this countv , upon the 29 th day of January

      last , was called on , and the prisoner arraigned . John Wilson , next-door neighbour to the prisoner , said his house was forty yards from Crosby ' s house , which stood a little back from the road ; said he saw the prisoner ' s little child , since dead , running up the voad _, and the . mother following her , calling her to come back . She did not come back , and the mother went away . This was in the day time , about three o ' clock , of the 28 th of January , The child changed lier place and came nearer to its home , and he took it home . Prisoner appeared to conduct herself as if in liquor , but not very violently in liquor . This was hear five o ' clock . About nine atnigjit , the witness said , I went into the road . The evening was cahnaiid lightish . - There was snow on the ground .

      Immediately aiterwards I went to bed , but was called up about ten minutes . to ten o'clock . Tho prisoner ' s elder child called for some warm water , and said her sister -had ¦ been' burnt ; - She added , Sarah's mother _hadibecttvto iSkeltbn . ; I went into the house ofthe prisoner > ii _, She ., liad . thc youngest child on her knee , wliicli had nothing but a blanket on it . I asked the prisoner wl ) at _: ahc had been doing . ' She answered I might ? ee _thejchild _^ rand would Bee it' was burnt ! , . was , " . gaid ; slie , _., _' , ' coming up the road from Skclton arid found the child lying on its side burning , arid hoi one would put'itout . " I asked her " would she have a doctor . She : answered , yos . I went for some assistance and . to send some one for a doctor . Bainbridge stile is : twelve , or fourteen yards across the road irom . ' tlie prisoner ' s house . _Befc-ve eleven . \ V * l .. / . l / _- ! T . i . _Afiii _. r . V . rrnn _. 1 fntifi . 1 Tana . _T-Tnryi > i » . ( j ' irii' / n _% „„\ iv vl £ _bllieAJIIWl

      vr wuw . .. ... _» . _« . w _« ...... , v . wu . A * » - bcth Seott , _itnd my wife at- the . house . J looked at the child on my first visit ; the burns had a-reddish cast , they were when I returned much changed ,, and had become black . I asked * who had '' . ' set ' the child on-fire . _^ The mother asked ' the - child 'Who . set thee on fire ? " in a rather violent-manner . ; I said , the child is distressed ,. _ .. antL tokl her not to ask it questions . 1 heard tlie prisoner say , ' I had been to Skelton ; and when lcaiiie toilic millhouscs , 1 found the smell of fire . I sought for my children , and could not find them . '; .. The mill' ; houses are two hundred yards from the prisoner ' s , and Skelton is two miles off . The same evening , ' she said . that when she got to the limekilns she had shiclt lire . The limekilns arc a mile from the millhouscs ;—

      William Carnck , coroner for the county , put in the voluntary examination of the prisoner , which stated that the children were obstinate , the latter particularly . The eldest assumed to rule the younger . She was sharper and harder with the younger than with tlie elder child , Shesaid , " I have kicked them when in my passion , perhaps : but I am quite innocent of the death of my child . "—Mary Crosby was put into the box , a very vulgar sheepish child , without anything to prepossess in her appearance , and in face very strongly resembling the prisoner . —The learned Judge asked the child her age . She answered eleven years . She remembered perfectly the night her little sister died . Her brother was at home , and went out again for a short time . The child for some

      time could proceed no iurther for sobbing . At length she added that she remembered Mr . Wilson bringing her little sister Sarah home . Her mother did not go out the whole of that night ; she was in the bar all the evening :. Her mother went to bed after eight o ' clock . The witness was sitting in the kitchen ; her sister Sarah was sitting on the fender . She was burnt when stttitigon the fender . Again the witness paused , and would not answer . At last , in reply to the judge , she said she saw her motherput hersistcron the fire . She put heron tlie top ofthe fire on her face . Witness said 6 iic didnotsce anymore , butlieniVother took her oil ' and nursed her . Her sister ' s eyes and head were all burned . She said nothing when her mother took her off . I went afterwards to Dame

      _Huggin 8 . i hat was after my sister _mns burnt . The prisoner told me to say my sister was burnt . Mother told me to go to John Wilson , and tell him Sarah was nigh burnt to death . I told him so when I went . Cross-examined : I said my sister ' s eye was burnt out and her ear burnt off , and her nose burnt off level to her face . And all this was as true as what she had said beside . The Counsel : The doctor is behind you . Now mind ; do you mean to say you saw the eye burnt out , and one of her cars were gone ? Witness :. She had no ear . I saw it burnt off . She knew that . God knows what she was thinking about . Mother did not go out that night , nor did she and her little sister play with the hot poker . The _pcikev was not in the fire when mother went out of the

      room , [ The child concluded in deep aftTition , but very firm in her inculpatory evidence respecting the presence of the mother at the burning of the child . ] The surgeon Cavriek examined : The child ' s eye was not burned out . nor her ear burned off . Had she recovered she would not have lost her sight . The face was so swollen it _migliteasll y have been supposed that her nose and eyes were gone . The piece of paper produced contained part of the skin of her hand . Ihe prisoner had displayed proper maternal feelings on other occasions when he attended this child . Ihe Court asked Mr . Carrick if there was not a notion prevalent amongst ignorant people thatholding a burnt part of the human body to the fire was a good thing to ease it and make it better ? Mr . Carrick

      repjieutliat gItcIi a notion prevailed . Mr . Wilkins insisted on the inconsistency of the evidence in respect to many important facts detailed , and the impossibility of the jury assenting upon such evidence to take away the life of a woman who had been proved to act as a woman of tender feelings towards this _vory childwhen ill and attended by hermedical attendant . Ihe Judge aby and humanely summed up the evidence , and the jury , after retiring for about five minutes , acquitted the prigoner _. who , after a feeling admonition from the learned judge as to her future conduct to her child Mary , was released from confinement , and privately led out of the gaol .

      t _Huddebsfieu ) . —GviiDmii , _Tuesdat . — One of those unfortunate girls who infest the neighbourhood of Castlcgate , and TVm . Woodruffe , a corporal ofthe Mtk regiment , were , brought before the sitting magistrates , Joseph Armitage and John Sntcliffe _, h . sors ., on a charge-of highway robbery . The fol-™ g _»« the facts of the case :-Oh Thursday last , Mr . Jamea , Bailey , niece manufacturer , of Golcar , came to Huddersfieid on business , and : on leaving home bad six sovereigns and a quantify of _« Hrcr in his possession ; on arriving at Huddersfieid , he receiTed _£ S 0 , , w the notes of , the West- Riding Union Banking Company , from , a ' firm he is in the habit of admg with . Having , ' in the course of the

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      da ]' , partaken top freely ot John Barleycorn , lie found his way into that street of brothels , Castlegate , where he met with Ann Moxon , a prostitute , in a low beer-hoHs ' e , kept by J . Tierney . She sat in his company and drank with him until about half-past eight o ' clock . When he got up to go home he was followed by Woodrunc and Moxon as far as afootpath at the west end of St . _JPaui-ftrcct , where they knocked him down and rifled his pockets . The robbery was not made known to the constables until nine o ' clock the next morning . Tlie constables , Towncnd and Scdewick .

      however , immediately instituted the necessary inquiries , and found that one of the notes had been exchanged by the soldier at the ltosc and Crown taproom , on the previous night , upon further inquiry they found that both tlie soldier aud tta girl were inicsing . The Corpora ! was traced to Leeds , and Hie girl was subsequently apprehended in a house , iu Out Coat-bank , where she had gone to hide herself . Two sovereigns and a quantity of pawn tickets were found upon her porsoti . The sovereigns she acknowledged to be the property of Mr . Bailey . After hearing tfec case the magistrate committed the two prisoners to take their trial at the next assizes .

      Deaths from Accidents bv Macui . verv at Huddeiisheld . —An inquest was held at the house of Mr , Rhodes , the Kamsdcn _' s Arms Inn , Iluddersfiekl , before Mr . Dyson and a respectable jury , 011 Wednesday , the ( 5 th of August , touching the death of Harriet Knowlcs , a girl of scvcutccn years- of age , who died in the inlirmary from injiirics ' she had received from becoming entangled in the machinery at Mr . Kcnyori ' ii mill , Doglcy-lane , near Ktrkburton , Verdict—Accidental Death . Also , before the same jury , an inquest was holdcn on the body of Mary Ann Brook , aged sixteen , who died in the infirmary from injuries received by being caught by an upright shaft , and whirled round several times . Her left arm and leg were broken , and her head _sadly bruised . ¦ Verdict— " Died through injuries -received by not having the machinery properly guarded . " ¦ -- " ..:.

      DAllINGMUTIXYAT SEA . . ( From the Ifong Kong Begkkr , May . 6 . ) Mutiny at sea , especially by the officers , is so rare an occurrence , that tho recent , and , for a time , successful attempt of the mate and » unner ofthe schooner Ariel to take posscaawn of the vessel , with her valuable _freight of specie , is Ike anise of much astonishment . The-particulars of this tragic affair wc have received from the very best authority , and our statement may he relied upon . The Ariel icft Amoy on Saturday last , bound for this port , with about 100 , 000 Spanish dollars iii specie tui hoard . At six o ' clock that afternoon she was off Chapel Island ' , after _taking the bearings of the island , and giving a course of _Ivjiinoa , Captain _Macfiirlano being

      indisposed , and requiring to be on deck during a great part ofthe night , went below to his cabin for a short rot . At half-past eight he ' was disturbed by tho voice ofthe chief olliccr , Mr . Wilkinson , who shouted in an unusual tone " Captain-Macfarliinc , you are wanted ' on'deck . " Captain Maciiirlano obeyed the summons . Upon getting on deck the companion was closed by tho mate and gunner , who were each armed with a brace of pistols . They told the captaiu that it was their wish , and that of the crew , that ho should take the vessel to Singapore , and that tliey had altered their course from SW . toS . They proposed that he should join them , offered him a large share of ttie money on hoard , and stated that from the Ariel's _sailiii ff Qualities they could commit piracy with

      little risk of being captured . Though his life was at stake , the captain refused to join them . They then ordered his buelcr to bring all the arms from his cabir , continuing their _pcrsiusions to join in their lawless intention to rob their employers , and afterwards to fit the vessel out as a regular pirate . Captain _Macfarlanc pointed out to them the heinous crime which thoy were committing , and the fearful penalty they would incur ; lie alto promised that they should be forgiven , provided they gave up the attempt—but they were obdurate , and resolved to carry out their villnnous plans . The mate said he would spare the captain ' s life ; stating that while asleep in his cabin he had intended to shoot liim , and even pointed a pistol down the skylight for the purpose , but could not brine himself

      to commit such a cowardly action as to shoot a man asleep . He also stated that any attempt at rescuing the vessel would be certain death , as the eiw ( _Manillamen ) had all joined himself and tho gunner , who , with the captain and one lad , wevc the only Europeans on board . After some further conversation , they promised to land the captain , also to spare the lives of his attendants , though they said they would be compelled to'kill some who were on board , for their own safety . At ten o ' clock the main hatch was taken off , and it was purposed to confine Captain Maefarlane in the hole ; he requested that they would give him his own cabin , and after some hesitation' they agreed to make that his prison . Previous to going below-the captain made another attempt to dissuade

      them , hut it was ot no avail . 1 hey said they had made lip their minds to the step they had taken for some time , and- only awaited a favourable opportunity . ; They _^ also-mentioned , that others in Hong Kong had it in contemplation-to capture the Ariel ; that an European , whose name is before us , was then close at hand in a lorcha , having a crew of forty men , expressly fitted out for that purpose , and that , failing 111 his success , there were people in Hong Kong who intended capturing the Ariel , with the clipper Celestial . This part of the statement must be taken with caution ; they , however gave the name of the ringleader of the pirates in the lorcha , who , it appears , offered to ship 011 board the Ariel . At _daylight'on tho morning , of the 27 th , Captain

      Macfarlanc forced open the door of his cabin , and went on deck . The ship ' s head was then S . W . hy W , At eight , breakfast was sent into his cabin , the Ariel , then running before a fine N . E . wind . Atten _. hesent ¦ for the , mate and requested that they would eivc him the long boat , or put him on hoard a junk . This was refused , the mate saying that he ( the captain ) would get to Hong Kong too soon for them , lie promised to put him on hoard a junk at nightfall , also that he _wquldgtvc up all his personal property . At noon , the mate came again into the captain ' s cabin , tolling liim to make himself comfortable until the vessel got to Singapore . He expressed his determination to throw the treasure overboard if pursued—the assurance that the captain ' s lite would be snaved was

      again renewed . In the afternoon , the captain s Chinese servant , who was allowed to go on deck , told him that tho Manillamen were not in tliepltt , and that they ; meditated rising upon the mate and gunner , and again restoring the vessel to his command . About ten o'clock tlicy had matured their plans , and although without other arms than the rammers of the guns and their knives , they , attacked _the-mutincere , ntthc same time enabling the captain to _get Oil deck through a window , and -arming him witli the cook ' s axe . The fight was soon : over , the mate being knocked down with a rammer , and also cut with knives ; the gunner took refuge in the cabin , raising the hatch which covered the magazine , and

      threatening to blow up the ship . Captain Macfarlanc had by this time got possession of a fowling-piece , OHO barrel of which was loaded ; with it lie fired -Mid wounded the gnnner in the thigh . The poor wretch cried out for mercy , but still threatened , to blow up the ship . A lasso was got ready and thrown over his head , with which the crew hauled him on deck and secured him . The mate died of his wounds . The gunner was brought here , and has been committed fov trial , after an examination before Mr . Ilillier , the acting marine magistrate . It is pleasing to state that , after the affray was over , and the ship ' s-course was again shaped for Hong Kong , Capt . Macfarlane mustered the crew , and offered up prayers and thanksgiving for their deliverance from imminent danger . The

      whole affair is a very sad , though a remarkable one . Mr . Wilkinson , the ringleader , was a young man with the fairest prospects before him ; his employment was , and . is , the best in the merchant service , and had he behaved himself , would in all probability , in a few years , have led to a competency for life . The Maniliamen , contrary to the usual opinion of them , proved true to their employers ; and wc doubt not , from the well-known liberality of the firm , they will be rewarded . Captain Macfarlane himself , though placed in a most trying position , acquitted himself in a manner in the hiehest degree creditable ; and however deeply he may regret the fate of the unfortunate young man whose life was the penalty of his crime , he may always look back with satisfaction upon his own behaviour whilst his vessel was in the hands of the mutineers .

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      Bmminciiam Boot axd Shoemakers . — The Boot and Shoemakers of this place have struck one shop against a reduction of wages , with every prospect of success . We extract the fol owing from a . Birmingham paper : —The following resolutions were adopted by the unanimous decision of a special meeting ot the Boot and Shoemakers' Trade Society , held at the Hose and Crown Inn , Lower IliJl-strect , Binningham , July 30 th , 1815 - . —1 st . That this meeting of Boot and Shoemakers , after most serious deliberation on the proposed _^ reduction of wages submitted by Mr . Holmes to this society , together with other grievances existing in his shop , regret that he should have refused to comply with the just and reasonable requirements ofthe trade ; especially , from the situation and respectability of his business as an employer , being f « Uy competent to continue the statement of

      wages he has hitherto paid ; and trust- that , upon mature consideration of the already ill-remunerated and oppressed condition of our trade , he will sec the propriety of meeting the just claims of his workmen , and prevent those consequences so injurious both to employer and workmen arising out of such circumstances . —2 nd .. That Mr . Holmes be supplied with a copy of the Resolutions agreed to by tins trade : and that lie be respectfully requested to forward an answer by ten o ' clock on Friday morning , August the 1 st , that the present differences may be brought to a satisfactory settlement , and everything of an unpleasant nature avoided . Signed en behalf of-the trade , J . Mason , president ; J ., M _! Gec , secretary . The rate of wages submitted ' io . Mr . Holmes , by the Trade Society ,-lias been fiibseqiiently approved of by the non-society mcii of liis . shop ; we , however , ' much , regret that lie still persists in his reduction , Committee rooms , Rose and Crown Inn j Lower Hill-street August , 1 S 15 .

      _/ _MR- P _'OOWWOR'STOUB . Mn . _O'Cossob announces , thit in compliance _^ vitk numerous _; _reonestf , he will be able to attend Meetf _^ tttXfiphcei i _W _thefollofngdnys Halifax . ... Saturday , August _* . Carpe _' iifcrs'IIall , Manchester , Sunday , Aug 10 . Blackburn ... - Tuesday August _« . Son ¦ .. _' Wednesday ,, August l ; _l Key _Tteday , August 14 . Rochdale Friday , August 15 . Carpenters' Hall ... Saturday , Angusfclfl . The davs for Bolton , Birmingham , _Nottingham , Leicester / Derby , Shelton , and _A' orwich mil be announced afterwards . ' . It is requested that the usual district Secretaries , who . require Titles and cards of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , will please to meet Mr . O'Connor at the nearest of the above places .

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      Tub PnnsiDEMs or this U . vitf . d States . —It is a circumstance worthy of note , that three of the Presidents of the United States—Jackson , Monroe , and Polk—have sprung from Ihe same race , the Scottish colonists of the north of Ireland . Jackson certainly exhibited in an eminent degree the strongest and best points of that _ancestval character , Vfhich presents a singularly happy union of the sterner virtue * that ( _listingnisli Ihe Scot , with tho strong impulses , quick perception , and warm affections of the Irish people . Washington , Jclfcrsou , Madison , and the Adamses , were of English descent ; and in the lives nnd characters of all , in varying proportions , we « ie clearly trace . the distinctive- traits which point to their Anglo-Saxon origin . Van Burcn has been the only descendant of the Dutch colonists that has attained the highest honours in the Union . In this reference to the parentage of our precedents we suggest a subject of study not a little curious , and by no means unworthy attention nnd philosophical investigation . Tho birth-phicc of Andrew Jackson ' s father is alill pomied out to the stranger by tlie people of that district in the ' north of Ireland with marked and peculiar feelings of pride . '' There , " the traveller will be told , with an air as if something of the greatest interest was communicated , " there is the place where the father of General Jackson was born . "—New York Herald .

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      _VADSWOUTH . ¦ W ednesday . —A Tale or Mvstert . —Soon after Mr . Payntcr , the presiding _Jiiagisiivite , had taken hie * c . _-it , Serjeant lliirstal , V ' . _' , _illlroiHll'l'll to his notice a _youi ) £ woman , of about eighteen years of age , of petite figure , fair complexion , blue eyes , and attired in deep mourning , whom he IkkI found sitting at the edge of 11 pond , on Wimbledon Common , at an curly hour that moviiiiig :, under circumstances that induced that olliccr to Rtijuiose that she contemplated suicide . Tlie prisoner upon being : asked iter name , replied ill a taw tone of voice , KH / . a i ' _ulton , hut (( . 'fused to give her address ; she wept bitterly , and apparently was _sinTering acutely . In reply to _» series of quustions , the prisoner , who occasionally leant against tlie bar , buried her face in her hands , aud wept ,

      made the following strange and incoherent statement . That she was born , so far as she knew , in London . That at seveu years of _yj ; c , her mother died , in Mount-vow , Grosvenor-siuinre . Her father , who was a tailor , went to reside at _Xeweastlcujion-Tyiic _, and a gentleman whose name she could not divulge , took charge of her . She had since had icasuu to believe that the name she went by was not _licr right one , and that her mother ' s family was highly respectable , -md settled In Yorkshire . Slic hart lately teen treated with great harshness and cruelty by the family in which she wan living ; and , because she would not listen to certain overtures niade to her by the gentleman who originally took her from iicr mother '* deathbed , he had violently assaulted her and turned lit * out of the liouse . She had come all that way

      from town to be out of the reach ot' his . brutality , and had intended to remain until that evening , when , if she received a letter from him , forwarding her money tb enable her to go into the country , she would have left-London _, for ever . She begged of the magistrate to discharge her . Mr . Painter said he certainly should not do that ; he thought the , _yvisoncY ought to be under no delicacy in exposing ihe name of a man who had endeavoured to miu her . —Prisoner : Then , you won't let mo go ?—Mc l _' uyntt-r : Not unless I know where you go to . —Prisoner If I were to tell you where I am going , you would then discover him ; I cannot , I will not , tell his name- After along conversation the names of one or two parties in town were elicited , and tlie prisoner was sent _to'flie union pending inquires . ¦ . ' - ¦• : - •¦ - -

      MARYLEBONE .- - - - - ' . " - ' u ' Wednesday . _—Bxtraviidixauy Attempt at Suicide on the Cheat Westkiim ' Kaii _. wat . _^ -A labouring irian , named William Tucker , was . bruiight . upfroin , St . George ' s Hospital , and placed at the"bar before Mr . ' Itawlinsou , charged with having made two attempts' to- ' put ' a ' period to his existence . It appeared from the evidence that bit-Sunday week , the 37 tli ult , _betn-ecn jjye arid ' si . x'iirt 5 ie evening , the prisoner , who wnsmueh ' th'ewoVscfo ' r l _^ q ii ' or , tied a rope round the area _railing of ( lie house ' at which he lodged , So . 10 , _rraed-strect , Taddingtoii , ' arid liung himself up by the neck . -Another lodger who ' - ' perceived him hanging rushed 'but ' and 'cut liim'down "' iii time to save his life , and as soon as he- ( prisonct ) had'recovered from the effects of the rash' act he quitted _lidnie . In the course of an hour he made his way to the premises of tlift Great Viestern _Itatltroj' , and hud himself do « n across the rail near Lord Kill's Hridge , situate within half a

      mile of tho terminus , lus object evidently bciiig Hint of losing his life by carriages passing over hinu One' ofthe company's constables , No .. 83 , who was oft duty ' at the signal post near -the spot , fortunately succeeded ia causing the engine-diivcr of an up train , which was progressing along atthe period , to slacken his speed , and instead of being rim over , the prisoner was merely struck _, by the ironworks in front ofthe engine denominatcil a " guard , " which turned hhn over on his side , and he received such injury on one of his knees as to render it advisable for him to be removed to the hospital , whore he remained until yesterday morning . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said that he was uneasy in his mind , arising from a quarrel which he had hau with his wife ; he regretted exceedingly what he had done , and promised with much apparent sincerity to conduct liimsclf properly in future . He was then discharged , and he and his wife quitted the courttogether . ¦

      _SOUTnifABK . _Mojcdat . —A _Blackquaro . —William _Favhcr , described as a maltster , was charged before Mr . Traill with committing an assault on Mrs . Lydia Jones , a tradesman ' s wife .. The complainant , one of whose eyes was black and swollen , stated that on the proceeding night as she and her husband were walking along Union-street , he had occasion to call at a house , and while she was waiting for him , the defendant came up and addressed her iu a very rude manner _. She desired him to go about his business , but instead of doing so , he began to pull her about , and she then informed him that her husband was near at hand , and would resent liis conduct . The deponent , however , not iBtimkktcd , still persevered , anil tried .

      to twist an umbrella out of her hand , and while she was _struggling with liim her husband ea mc up , and some words of an angry nature having passed between them , a scuffle ensued , and a policeman _coming to the spot the defendant was given into custody * . —A young man who witnessed the transaction stated that hc « i » ' the defendant pulling _ili-s . Jones about-, and afterwards saw him strike her in the face . The complainant ' s husband said that , on hearing his wife call out , he ran to the spot , and finding she had been ill-used by the defendant , he askad that person how he presumed to interfere with her . Tito defendant , instead of evincing any contrition , began to use abusive language towards witness , who , m tiic . irritation of the moment , struck him , and a scuffle of some duration took place , which ended in his _givinc

      his wife ' s assailant into custody , lie addedi-that ho did not see the Wow given to his wife , but lie afterwards saw her bleeding from the eye . The defendant said , that seeing the complainant alone in the street , he merely went up and invited her to take some refreshment , not thinking she was a married woman ; that while he was in the act of prevailing on her to accept his offer the last witness came up and , without ceremony , struck him in the mouth , cut the insidc of his lip , and loosened some of his teelh . Mr . Traill said , had it Ue _«\ _salisAacWiVy proved that defendant had given the complainant the blow , which'had so disfigured her face , he should have inflicted a very heavy tine upon him . The complainant ' s husband , it appeared , had taken tl e law into his own hands , and punished his wife ' s assailant , otherwise the case would have been differently dealt with . The magistrate then held the defendant to bail , compelling h ' na to pay the costs .

      HAMMERSMITH . Wednesday . _—Mrnm-nors Assault _bt a IIusbax _* o . v ins Wife—William Curtis , a sawyer , living 5 a Market-court , Iligli-strcct , Kensington , was brought up in the custody of the police , before Mr . T . Payntcr , the sitting magistrate charged with having brutally assaulted Charlotte , his wife , whereby her life was in danger . On the previous day , Mr . S . Cornell , the clerk . to the board of guardians of fh _« parish of Kensington , who was accompanied by Mr Guazzaroni _, one of the parochial medical officers * applied to the sitting magistrate for a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner , by direction of tho board , before whom the matter had 6 ccn that daybrought . From _thcirstatemcntitappeai'cdthaton this previous Tuesday , about four o ' clock in the afternoon ,

      during . 111 alcercation which took place between the prisoner and his wife , in her own apartment , the prisoner kicked her most violently on the lower part of her body from behind , the result of which was most extensive _hsemorrliage , the blood l'unliivig through the floor and ceiling of the room below , during which the unfortunate woman fainted ; ana Mr . Guazzaroni , on his arrival , had thegreatest difficulty in restoring life , and . it was some hours before the hsemorrliage could be stopped . From Saturday to Monday , last , she had appeared .. better , bnt that ( Tuesday ) morning she wns ' much worse , and very ; little hopes were entertained of her surviving ! . ' Yester day , on the prisoner being placed at the bar , evidence _, was given as . to the facts of the case , and the poor woman ' s dangerous state . The case \ vas remanded , and the prisoner locked up , the magistrate ' refusing ordinary bail . . " - « ... 7 . - -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09081845/page/5/