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      A Storm And Loss Of Life. -Taje Boumfihe...

      A STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE . _-TaJE BouMfiHE Packet , _bhtven 56 _Maboate .--The packet that left _Boologne at ten o ' clock-en . Sunday night for Folkestone encountered so severe a gale in the Channel that , instead of making the Labour at the latter port , was forced round to Margate / where she was run ashore , on Monday _morSing _^ t seven o ' clock All her _Passengers landed Si safety , and _startedfor London _^ _™ lway Fatal AcciDBsr asd Loss of Four LivBs . _ At Bristol , on Monday , a party , consisting of eleven _hi'hly respectable gentlemen , left Bristol , in a boat belonging , to a Mr . Luff , which was sloop-ri gged , and had a half-deck . The day . was a . very , boisterous one , blowing almost a gab from thb S . S . W ., with a heavy sea on . The boat , however , proceeded .. » . B _< p / _tT > _ir . ivin TnDo _ivdi _iive

      down the river , and then beat down , the Channel , to the Holmes ( about twenty-one miles ) . ' They then put about , and commenced their return home , and had arrived hear the light-3 hip , stationed hetween some . sanda _Imovjn aa tbe English and _"Welsh Grounds , ' when , in injudiciously making a tack with all sail set , she shipped a large quantity of water _. She then endeavoured , to go on the other tack , and the party foolishly sitting to windward , when she eame round they were , of course to . leeward , and she consequently heeled over , shipping another sea , -so that she had at least a ton of water on board ; They then found to their dismay that the pump would not act , and they commenced baling her as well as they could with their hats . On reaching

      the mouth of the Avon , at a part called ** The Swash , " which is a bar of sand at the entrance of the river , the boat missed stays , and her steersman , Mr . William Lodge ( who has been the commander of a vessel ) , suddenly luffed her up in the wind's eye , she being at the time under a press of canvas , when it 13 supposed she must have touched thc ground , for she' immediately heeled over , and almost instantly sunk , going down stern foremost . Fortunately the boat belonging to the custom-house at Fill was passing at the time , as also a boat belonging to the Ann , and , by their united exertions , eheceeded in saving seven of the hapless voyagers , hut we regret to add the other four were lost . The survivors were landed at Pill , and _mediial aid . procured and restoratives administered , but we regret to state that three of them still remain in a

      most dangerous state . Of the four gentlemen drowned , only one body has as yet been recovered , viz ., that of Mr . Jefferies , which was fonnd on _getting up the anchor of a vessel arrived in the basin of Bristol on Tuesday morning , ten miles from the place of the sad accident , and it must have been dragged the whole distance by the anchor . Ihe . parties still missing were Mr . William Lodge , who was steering ; Mr . George Packer , and Mr . Biek , who was a widower , and has left two children . Mr . Jeffries has also left a widow and three children to deplore their loss . On Monday evening J . B . Grindon , Esq ., coroner for the City of Bristol , within whose jurisdiction the river lies , held an inquest on ibe remains at the Royal Tavern , Bathurst Basin . _^ Evidence corroborating the above statement having been given , the jury returned a verdict— " That the _deceased was accidentally drowned . "

      Loss of Life . _—XoinsGHAM . —On Sunday night , and during the whole of Monday , this town and neighbourhood have been visited by tremendous storms of wind and rain , and numerous accidents have occurred . The tempest commenced at twelve o ' clock on Sunday night , at which time the rain poured in torrents , the wind iu the meantime blowing a perfect hurricane . At one o ' clock this morning an immense mass of rock was forced down , carrying with it about eight yards ofa wall situate in Back-lane , approximating to the back premises ofa number of occupied houses . Shortly before one o ' clock tbis afternoon , whilst a number of people were standing in the market-place , looking at the exterior of Wombwell ' s menagerie , a tall chimney

      at the top of the house occupied by Messrs . Hop"kinson and welsh , grocers , was blown down , and in falling earned along with it the greater portion of the roof , the front cornice , and a large quantity of lead , together weighing from two to three tons , which , with scarcely a moment ' s warning , fell heai _vily upon the pavement , knocking several people down , and very narrowly missing the roofs of Mr . "WombweU's caravans . " Upwards ofa dozen persons were buried in the ruins . At the tune of the accident a servant girl of Mr . Hopkinson ' s looked out of one ofthe top story windows at ihe crowd beneath , her attention being arrested by the awful noise made by the falling of the bricks and slates . She was immediately cautioned by the crowd to

      flee from the spot , and was fortunately in time , as the upper part ofthe house fell in in a few moments . In the meantime a number of persons hastened to the assistance of those who had been buried in the rubbish . _Ajservant and child belonging to Mr . Untbank , surgeoD , were the first ex tricated . The former was _dBSiovered to be severely injured , bnt strange to say the infant escaped un . hurt , having been shielded by the girl ' s clothes . In a short time , a boy , named William Morrell , who had been seen a moment before the accident occurred standing with his father and brother , near the spot , was dug out of the ruins quite dead . The father and brother were very little injured . How they escaped is almost maraculous , as they were

      totally encircled with stones , tiles , & c . Further search was made , and a woman named Ellis , a resident of Derby , who came from that town in the _mornins : to _Nottingham Goose Fair , was taken out ofthe ruins shockingly hurt .. Upon examination by the surgeon it was discovered that the injuries she had received were for tbe most part on the head , and although perhaps not so serious as to cause immediate apprehension of her death , still it is impossible to say at present how the contusions may terminate . Several other persons were- then extricated from the ruins slightly injured . A man named Ingle Morris , a woolstapler , of Cotgrave , a village seven miles from the town , was taken out much injured , and with his shoulder fractured . A nnmber of other persons were also much injured . The whole of the nnfor .

      tunates were Immediately conveyed to the General Hospital , and are under the care of the house surgeon . In the market-place business is quite at a stand , though it is fair day . On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the General Hospital , near _Nottingham , upon the body of "William Morrell . _Several witnesses were examined , who deposed tothe circumstances attending the lamentable occurrence . The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased died from injuries received by the fall of a chimney and part of the roof of a house in the market-place , such fall being occasioned by a high wind . " The woman from Derby , Mary Dyer , twenty-four years of age , factory-worker , lies in a Tery precarious state , no hope being entertained of her " ultimate recovery . Very many other accidents have occurred .

      Liverpool—On Sunday night the wind , which had been comparatively light , increased until it blew fresh from the westward , accompanied by heavy rains . Subsequently , a complete gale set in , the gusts of which were frequent and powerful , and roared and rattled with great violence over the more exposed and elevated parts of the town . So far as we can learn , however , no accidents have Occurred ashore , though afloat , we learn by the marine telegraph , several disasters have ensued . A brigantine drove ashore on Crosby Point , and an empty boat was cast ashore at Southport . Shortly after nine o ' clock also a schooner got upon the North Bank , near _Xo . 9 , per chart . Subsequently she drifted off into the vicinity of

      No . 47 per chart , but a steam-tug was near her . Her crew abandoned her in tbeir own boat ? at half-past nine o'clock . The latest telegraphic report mentions the capsising of a schooner , the crew of which had not been seen , and the dismasting of a large ship . The Providence , for Africa , ran ashore on Burbo , and out of a crew of thirtysix there were only thirteen saved . We have a report of a schooner which was driven early upon the _Xorth Bank , her crew taking to their boats , at 7 . 30 a . m ., and tbe schooner being last seen drifting , with a steam-tug near her . A schooner , the Alice ,

      of Enncorn , sunk in Holyhead Bay , near Point 312 Crew saved by the life'boat . The Selina Lucife , sehooner , wrecked on Monday morning , near Point 305 . Crew saved . The Industry , flat , of Liverpool , laden with slate , sunk in Llandudno Bay , on Monday morning . Crew saved . A fiat was driven on shore near 159 , at 9 a . m . A sloop was capsized at No . 143 , at 9 . 45 a . m . Crew not heard of . A flat Was sunk , and another driven on shore at Hoylake , at twelve at noon .- a large vessel was dismasted , with signals of distress fl ying , near Point 106 , at 12 . 30 p . m . A schooner was aground on the high hank at Point Chart , "No . 9 , at 45 . 9 a . m

      Leeds . —On Monday Leeds was visited by a severe gale of wind , which did considerable _damage . A new chimney , just erected at a cost of several hundred pounds , on the chemical works of Messrs . Arxnitage and Co ., near the side of the river Aire was blown down into the water . A new _cottage house , erected in Dewsbury-road , -was also levelled " with the ground ; and many trees in the suburbs were snapped in two , or torn up by the roots . Fortunately none of these casualties have been attended with loss of life . Doveh . _—Destruction or the Works at the _HaBBOBB 0 * Reiwje . _—Tbesdas _^ ight . —The storm which raged throughout nearly the whole of England on Sunday but , was felt most intensel y at

      Dover . During the whole of Sunday afternoon a heavy gale prevailed from the south-west , " and rose to a hurricane about midnight . About one o ' clock on Monday morning the sea rose to an extreme height , and completely flooded quays and promenades . The works which were being carried on for the construction of the Harbour of Refuge were completely destroyed . Enormous piles , eighteen inchts square , were snapped asunder , and everything upon them overthrown . Three huge diving bells , which were used in the construction of the works , were carried away into the sea . At day break the harbour was strewn with the fragments of the machinery , timber , & c „ and the whole appeared a perfect wreck . The w _orks haye heeu en-

      A Storm And Loss Of Life. -Taje Boumfihe...

      tirely suspended , and sinoe the catastrophe the exertions of . the men h ave been devoted to the recovery of the materials . Up to Tuesday night , however , they had onl y succeeded in finding one of the diving bells . It is estimated that the damage done will amount to many thousand pounds ( probably upwards of £ 10 , 000 ) , as besides the materials , the air pumps , traversers , cranes , and other machinery , have all been injured or lost . ! * The Channel . —In the vicinity of the Downs , throughout the whole of Sunday night , the galo was very alarming . ' It continued till an advanced hour on Monday , causing much damage to the fleet of vessels usually riding about this part of the Channel .. The Isabella , from "London , bound to TJlvertirfilv . _KUSnendfld . and _ainflo _thn . _n _. i . i _ _v- il .

      stone , had one of the crew blown , overboard , aud the poor fellow perished . In the course pf the night the Freetrader , bound to Coquimbo , came in collision near Beachy with the Avenger , a brigantine , bound to -London . Mr . Pitts , the master of the latter vessel , and five or six of his crew , succeeded getting on hoard the Freetrader , but the remainder , six it is thought , were driven away with their vessel by the gale , and eventually were lost sight of . About midnight on Sunday a melancholy wreck took place near the prominent neck of land known as Dungeness . A Ducth galliot , called the Juffrow . Jantze , laden with a cargo of iron ' , and bound tb Frederikswark , in "Norway , from Cardiff , was driven ashore in the East Bay . The poor creatures onboard had not the least opportunity of saving themselves , and neither could any assistance be afforded tbem from the land . Ina very ' short time the vessel , with all on board , with the

      exception of one man , who miraculously enough managed to battle his way through the surf , was lost . Ireland . —From tho following paragraph appended to a letter in the Freeman ' s Journal , it appears that the storm , of Sunday night raged withstill greater violence in the west of Ireland than in Dublin : — " At eleven o ' clock last night this town was visited by a violent gale , which continued to blow with almost terrific fury until past three o ' clock this morning , when it abated , and was succeeded by heavy showers of rain . Such was the forceof the storm , that several full-grown trees , growing in some small islands in the river Suck , close by the town , were torn up by the roots , and laid prostrate . Several houses in the town suffered rather severe damage in the breakage of glass and dislodging of slates and chimney-tops , but no personal accident occurred . At Lancaster , about a mile from this place , on the Roscommon side , a rather considerable number of fine old trees were

      blown down . The weather in the course of the morning became perfectly calm , and a fine day ensued .

      The Frimley Murder, Mrs. Holiest Has Bee...

      THE FRIMLEY MURDER , Mrs . Holiest has been in a state of the deepest mental distress ever since the ocenrrence . Until Friday night she could not be prevailed upon either to undress or go to bed . She sat in a state of distraction in an arm-chair , attended constantly by her friends . The moment that exhausted nature so far overcame her that she began to slumber a little , she started up in a state of frenzy , the horrors of the dreadful tragedy which she had witnessed , and in which she had performed so painful a part , risiug np in all their terrible vividness before her eyes . Some important facts which transpired at the brief examination of the prisoners at Guildford , on Friday , have not been made public . One of the _prisoners ( Smith ) in . attempting to account , for the

      way in which he was engaged on the night of the murder , stated that he had gone to the Surrey Theatre at half-price , and spent three hours there . The question was put to the prisoner , when he represented himself as having gone to the theatre at half-price , what he paid as half-price . His answer was Threepence . " _Neither at the Surrey nor any other of the London theatres is there any such half-price as threepence ; consequently he must have been stating what was untrue . When asked what piece was played when he was in the theatre , he was unable to tell . It is said tbat ample evidence will be produced at the proper time to show that there is not a word of truth in what either of

      the prisoners stated respecting the locality in which they were , and now employed ou the night of the murder . Itis worthy of remark that theresidenco of the late reverend gentleman is close to the spot at which the recent prize fight , which ended in the death of Griffiths , took place . It can be satisfactorily proved that the prisoners were present at the prize fight in question , and that they have , on various other recent occasions , been seen in the neighbourhood . It is also said that they were , for the purpose , it is presumed , of creating confusion as to identity , in the practice of wearing in rotation the green-coloured cap , which was found on one of them when taken into custody . ¦ ,-.

      Fbseru . op the Rev . Mk . _Hoixist . —The funeral took place on Monday morning . The funeral processiou left the vicarage nt five minutes after eleven o ' clock , preceded by the officiating clergyman , the Rev . J . Clayton , rector of Farnborough , in his clerical robes . The medical attendants ot the deceased , Mr . Clark of Farnham _, and Mr . Davies , of York Town , came next , and were succeeded by three domestic servants . The coffin containing the remains ofthe deceased , borne by twelve respectable tradesmen of the village of Frimley , followed , and then came the mourners , of whom there were but four , viz ., the two youthful sons of the deceased and his two brothers , Mr . Lee Williams and Mr . William Holiest . About fifty boys and girls belonging to the v . llage school walked behind the mourners , and the procession closed with a very numerous assembly of the resident inhabitants and villagers of the district . The coffin was conveyed into Frimley

      church , and the appointed portion of the funeral service having been read , it was taken into the church-yard , and deposited in the family vault . _"Nothing of importance calculated to lead to the detection of the assassins has been discovered up to the present time . Mr . Sergeant Kendal , of the London detective force , is actively engaged in investigating the affair on the spot , and thelocil superintendents of the Guildford and Godalming police , Mr . Hollington and Mr . Biddlecombe , have not relaxed iu their exertions . On Sunday afternoon the camlet cloak belonging to thedeceased gentlemen , which-was among the articles stolen , was found in a ditch near the spot wheve the marks and the remains of bread and meat were discovered . Unfortunately this discovery gives no clue to what has become of the remaining portion ofthe property , upon the finding of which there is too much reason to fear the conviction ofthe

      assassins depends

      THE INQUEST . On Tuesday afternoon , at two o ' clock , Mr . C . J . Woods , Coroner for the Eastern Division of Surrey , and the jury impanelled for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the murder of the Rev . George Edward Holiest on the night of the 27 th ult ., re-assembled at the White Hart Inn in the village of Frimley , pursuant to adjournment from Tuesday last , for the purpose of further prosecuting the investigation . The interest excited by the proceedings had in no degree abated , and before the coroner arrived the room in which the inquiry took place was crowded by persons desirous to hear what further evidence would be adduced . The Coroner said , it would be fresh in the

      recollection ofthe jury that at the inquest held on Tuesday last they had laid before them some preliminary evidence attaching suspicion to three persons—or rather , he should say , to two persons—already in custody . Since . then active inquiries had been set on foot , and a minute search has been made by the police officers , and other additional evidence had been procured . There was also a fourth person now in custody , against whom strong circumstances of suspiciou had been discovered to exist . Under the present ' circumstances of the case , as there would not , he feared , be sufficient evidence for them to return a verdict of wilful murder against any party , he should propose to take the evidence of one or two police officers who had the case in hand , after

      receiving which he would suggest that they should adjourn to a future day . Mr . William Henrt Biddlecombe said , I am superintendent ot the Godalming police . On Saturday , the 28 th ult ., I was directed by the magistrates to come over to Frimley . I arrived here about five o'clock on Saturday evening . I examined the house of the Rev . George Edward Holiest , and found that an entrance had been effected by breaking a pane of glass in the scullery window , and afterwards cuttin _* _- _* - away an iron bar . I found two holes had been bored with a centrebit in the scullery door , directly opposite a bolt which had been forced back with a crooked instrument , and an entrance thus obtained to the kitchen . In tho kitchen I found two

      cupboards had been broken open . I have compared a screwdriver which I received from the deceased's man servant , Richard Gyles , with the marks on these cupboards , and have no doubt they were made with that instrument . I found one of the double doors leading fiom the kitchen to the dming-room had been forced , as also a door leading from the dining-room to the front passage . There were marks of the same screwdriver on these doors Upon reaching the gravel path which encircles the lawn outside the front door , about two . yards from the threshold , I saw two foot marks . They were the marks of two right feet without shoes or stockings . About thirty-seven yards from these marks , inthe , lawnthere

      direction of the front gate , and upon the , 13 a cypress tree , under which I observed traces of some persons having been standing . About eight or ten yards from this place there was an impression of a man ' s heel having slipped . There was also close to the spot the impression of a man ' s arm , as it some person had fallen down on the gravel . Under the ey press tree , where there were marks of persons j _? !? t _*** picked U P a small piece of blue worsted _fn » / _, ? Produce ( tbe piece of worsted which seemed to have formed part of a stocking , was here produced . ) This will have to be referred to _here-Eu I received from Richard Gyles the screwdriver before alluded to , a cotton handkerchief , and part of an old worsted stocking . I received also

      The Frimley Murder, Mrs. Holiest Has Bee...

      from _liii en Valler , one of the deceased ' s female servants , somit ? _wpor supposed to have been used as wadding by the . assassins . ( Several small pieces of half burnt paper , Which smelt strongly of gunpowder , were here produced ) . From inquiries I made my suspicions fell npon three men who have since been taken into custody ; their names are Levi Harwood , _James'Burbage , calling himself James Jones and Hiram Trower , calling himself Hiram Smith . I have since measured the feet of Barwood and Trower . I find that Trower ' s right foot is 9 Jin . long , by 3 £ in wide , ahd Harwood ' s 9 ' _fin . long , by Bh ' m wide . These dimensions agree as ' nearly as possible with the marks on the gravel walk in front of the house . I should add . that the great too of _Harwood's right foot is much cut ; as if it had conic in contact with a flint or other hard substance . On his stocking there was also found a quantity of , blood . A .- —Vton Vnllni _. * nnn _«/ - * v . _ j j » _. r— ' _- \ _- _'

      " Ellen Vallbr , one ofthe women servants of the deceased , ' was next examined . —She wore deep mourning , and appeared much affected . On , being sworn she said , she was a single woman , and had been in the service of tbe late Mr . Holiest for ten years . She bad a fellow servant named Elizabeth Tanner , and another , a man servant , named Richard Gyles . All of them slept at the top of the house . On the night of the 27 th of September , she went to bed about ten minutes to eleven o ' clock . Elizabeth Tanner and the man servant had gone to bed previously . Witness saw all the

      door fastened about ten o ' clock , and went up stairs with her mistress at the time mentioned . Witness was last in the scullery about ten o ' clock . Her fellow servant fastened the door of the scullery , and witness fastened the other doors . Witness ' s bedroom window was on one side of the house and looked up Frimley Grove . Witness was disturbed about three o ' clock on Saturday morning by the firing of a gun and screaming . The screaming and the report of the gun came from the part of the house where her master and mistress slept . Witness immediately got out of bed and came down stairs with her fellow servant . At the

      bottom of the staircase they met the man servant . He said their master was shot . She went to tho door on the landing to get to her mistress , and found it bolted . Witness knocked , and it was presently opened by Mr . or Mrs . Holiest . They were both standing together . Witness saw blood on her master ' s night dress , and he told her that he had been shot as he was stooping to pick up the poker . Witness afterwards searched under the beds and about the house to see if any of the thieves remained concealed . —The Coroner : Did you find anything about tho house ? Witness : The next morning I found in the parlour some small pieces of green baize , I think there were about five small

      round pieces . . I also found a piece of black silk very greasy , as if a cradle had been rolled up in it ; and in the kitchen I picked up an old cotton handkerchief . —The Coroner : Did you find any pieces of paper in your master ' s bedroom?—Witness : I did , Sir , near , the bed on my master ' s side . I also found last Friday a small copper gun cap . It had been exploded . I handed it to Mr . William Holiest . The Coroner here said , he thought it would be absolutely necessary to adjourn the inquiry , and after a short discussion with the jury , with closed doors , it was intimated that the proceedings had been formally adjourned to the 22 nd inst . We have been informed that in the chain of

      evidence accumulating against the parties in custody for this atrocious crime , not the least important will be the incident that a token , which might be mistaken for a penny , has been found on one of them , and can be identified by Mr . " . Holiest as having been given to her the day before by the village schoolmistress . .

      The Late Double Murders At Langharne, So...

      THE LATE DOUBLE MURDERS AT LANGHARNE , SOUTH WALES . The proceedings at the adjourned inquest on the body of the late Mrs . Severne , of Brixton , near Langharne ( of whose death , under sudden and suspicious circumstances ; a notice has already appeared ) , although not sufficiently complete to induce the jury to close their inquiry , have nevertheless tended to establish the fact that tho death of the deceased was caused by the administration of arsenic , and to strengthen the suspicion previously entertained , that the poison was administered by her own cook , Elizabeth Gibbs . ' The examinations of the different witnesses were extended over a very protracted period , but the substance will be found in the following summary . Mr . Hughes , surgeon , of Carmarthen , deposed to having assisted in making the post mortem examination . The stomach exhibited marks of severe inflammation , particularly at the great curvature . On the inner coat of the stomach' there was a

      brownish sediment deposited . There were also traces of inflammation at the rectum , but the small intestines were not examined , as they were passed unopened to Mr . Herapath . Judging from what he had seen and knew ofthe case , witness ascribed the death to the administration of arsenic . T . Sevebnb , Esq ., the husband of the deceased , who was very much affected at points of his examination , gave very lengthened testimony . He deposed that his lady had been subject to attacks of indisposition , whicb -were understood to be bilious attacks . . Her death took place on Sunday , the 21 st of July . On Friday and Saturday , the 19 th and 20 th ofthat month , she complained of being unwell , and partook of some rabbit broth . She was very weak and tired . Witness asked her to walk with

      mm across the garden , but she deolined , and went to bed . She remained in bed on the Saturday . On Sunday morning she appeared tolerably well , and proposed to go to church with witness , but he told her , as she had been so unwell tho previous day , she had better nurse herself a little , and go to church in the afternoon . Witness could not say positively , but had no doubt that the broth she partook of was prepared by Elizabeth Gibbs , the cook . Previously to going to church , witness directed that a cup of tea should be taken to Mrs . Severne , and it was made in the kitchen and sent up ; in the regular course of the house it should have been made by the cook . When he went to church he left ho servant at home but Elizabeth Gibbs , and an old man

      named Williams , who " was working about the place . On his return home he found his lady much worse , and very _Bick and bad . He asked her whether she had been eating fruit or anything that disagreed with her , as fruit always did . She replied that she had taken nothing but a little broth and some gruel . Witness considered that at this time there was nothing serious the matter with her , and that she was only suffering from a bilious attack . The cook , Elizabeth Gibbs , was hv attendance on her . Witness found her in the room when he went up stairs , and he afterwards saw her go up and down several times . She was up stairs during the greater part of the afternoon . Mrs . Severne seemed very ill , and Gibbs made her some tea and gave it to her . She was

      afterwards very sick and vomited . The vomit was of a yellowish colour . Her bowels were also very much disordered . She was sick several times , and complained of violent pains in her stomach and head . Towards five or six o ' clock she seemed very ill and her hands and feet grew very " cold . Some castor oil had been obtained for her , bnt she would not take it . She said her sight had got dim , she frothed at the mouth , and her face began to assume a bluish colour . Witness was much alarmed . Ho had previously sent a- boy for the family medical attendant , Mr . Hamilton of Langharne , and as that

      gentleman had not arrived , he himself mounted his horse and rode off for him so as to hasten his coming . Mrs . Severne died the same night . There had been no arsenic used about the farm for two months previousl y , when witness used some for the purpose of poisoning rats . It was yellow arsenic . Did not think that tho whole of it was used , and had assisted in a diligent search for the remains of the packet , but could not find it . One of the servants found some sugar of lead in the storeroom . Witness could not tell how it came there , and was not aware of any having been used in the honse . f

      Margaret Lewis , an old widow woman , who had been in the habit of working occasionally at Mr , Sevcrne ' s house , and going of errands for the servants , was next called . She was asked whether she had not purchased some arsenic for the avowed purpose of-destroying rats , at the shop of a druggist named Davis ; but she denied , in tho most positive terms , that she had ever done so , or that her house was troubled with rats . Mrs . Mart Davies , wife of the druggist , on being confronted with her , gave a very different statement . She deposed that in the spring , she thought about March , but she was sure it was not later than April , the old woman Lewis came to her shop and bought some arsenic , which she said she wanted to

      poison rats . Witness had a distinct recollection of the circumstance . The old woman , upon being recalled , repeated her denial of the fact in equally positive terras , and the discrepancy between these two witnesses caused a considerable sensation among the persons by whom the inquest room was crowded . John Lewis , son of Margaret Lewis , was called , but showed an evident disinclination to answer the questions put to him . It was , however , elicited from him that Elizabeth Gibbs , the cook , would very often come to his mother ' s house after six o'clock in the evening , when she usually staid about ten minutes .

      Mart Howell , a woman residing in the neighbourhood , spoke to a conversation with the cook . The old servant , Willian , had neglected to make up some balls for the fire , when Gibbs said he was an old devil . She also said , " They want to thrust me out , but they shall go from here before m in the same way as mistress did . " Witness asked what made her think so , to which aho answered , " The devil is here every night putting me to sleep" Witness had heard her speak of Mr . Severne as her " dear master , " saying that she had heard from him . On one occasion she said that he had wanted her to take his arm , and go for a walk with him .

      The Late Double Murders At Langharne, So...

      I : Ann Bktnon , a servant in : the employ of the deceased lad y , deposed to the fact " of the food being prepared b y the cook . She had heard Gibbs _speaS ™ PWHnently of her mistress , and say that she wouw not bo ordered . about in her work . Gibbs never liked any one . but herself to wait on her mistress . ; . ; . ¦ ¦; , Some other evidence having been taken , the witness was recalled , and said she had heard Gibbs speak about being married to Mr . Severne . She said when she was married to , her master that witness should have her plaid gown . Tlie Coroner here put it to the jury whether they were prepared to give a verdict , ' or whether they would adjourn , so as to give time for further inquiries . They resolved on the latter plan , and the inquest was again adjourned . . _ . ; . . ,.. . . . . . . . . ..

      The Murder Of A Toll-Bar Keeper At Hebde...

      THE MURDER OF A TOLL-BAR KEEPER AT HEBDEN-BRIDGE .

      The adjourned inquest to inquire into the cause ofthe death of James Smith , toll-keeper , who is supposed to have been murderod in his bod , on the morning of tho 28 th September , was resumed on Monday morning . The inquiry took place in the Mytholm school-room , _before George Dyson , Esq ., coroner . The circumstances of the finding of the body of the unfortunate man was given in this journal last week , when it was stated that two ' men narae < l Halliwell and Green were in custody . Halliwell had been discharged on Tuesday , and Green only was brought before the coroner on Monday . Halliwell had been discharged by the magistrates because thero was noevidonce against him- but t

      here was the curious circumstance that he had been summoned by Smith , the murdered man , for non-payment of toll , and having teen convicted in tne highest penalty has appealed tothe Leeds sessions , which appeal is to come on this week . It was also rumoured that he had used this remarkakle expression to one of his sureties the day before the murder , and when he was going out to Burnlev , " If anything happens to Smith let mo know by the _firstpo 8 t . '' The Coroner said he understood that Mr . Rhodes had an important communication to make , which he thought might most properly be made at that stage ofthe proceedings . The Rev . J . A . Rhodes , a county magistrate , then said , that believing ifc to be every man ' s duty to

      throw what light he could upon this deplorable case , though it was truo that he had arrived late , and had had little opportunity to investigate the case as he could have wished , yet he had , after inquiry , reduced the following observations to writim _* : — "Upon consideration of the statement ' relative to this case in the Halifax Guardian of the 5 th Oct ., I como to the following conclusions : —1 That Halliwell had an object in disposing of this man ' s evidence , and committed or procured the murderer . —2 . That it is probable that there was more than one person in the actual perpetration of it , as so much violence would hardly be committed by one individual , unaided by some , one to watch for him . —3 ; That the man who actually committed

      the murder was himself wounded in the left hand , and probably in the left thumb . —1 That he obtained access by the open door whilst Smith was shutting the gate , and concealed himself until Smith got to bed , where the murder was perpetrated . — 5 . That whoever has committed the murder , has tho sleeve of his coat on his right arm steeped in blood . That his left hand and probably his left thumb was wounded , appears by the numerous places still stained with blood , yet to be seenj stained by a bleeding hand , and in the left hand by a thumb probably wounded in the inner side of the joint . If the place washed away exhibited the same appearance as this which remains , the fact would be conclusive . The mark on the outer door shows the bloody stain of a wet elbow , with the folds of the sleeve strongly depicted , and probably ofa man

      below the middle size or else of one stooping . I should lean to the former opinion . These are the only indications I could find—The thumb mark in the cupbourd in the north-west corner , the drops in the drawer in the south-west corner , and tho mark on the outer door . Very lamentably and very blameably , though very naturally , the rest were all obliterated and gone . The fact of Halliwell being at Burnley in the evening , and setting off to Colne early next morning , is not at all inconsistent with his being present and aiding , as there was time enough in tho space of the night to bo here and execute the horrid deed , and return to show himself at a distance . I know nothing bf Halliwell , and only draw these inferences from what I have seen in the newspaper . The blood has flowed too freely on the places touched to lead me to believe that it was the blood of the deceased . "

      Some evidence was being gone into , proving merely the fact of the body having been found , when the Rev . J . A . Rhodes , addressing the coroner , said he was desirous to know . whether that gentleman was inclined to prosecute the view which he ( Mr ; Rhodes ) had taken in the matter . If so , immediate steps must be taken . If not he ( Mr . Rhodes ) wished to do so himself , and he was losing the day in listening so long to what he might call " a picture of the place . " It was possible that the prisoner might not be the man who committed the deed ; and he thought it possible they might find the man . It was then agreed that the proceedings should be for a short time suspended , while Mr . Rhodes and some other magistrates went to the house of Halliwell to make investigations thero . Shortly after the magistrates had gone out for this

      purpose , one of the jury requested liberty to go out for two men , who had seen the prisoner Green near tho placo early on the Saturday morning . In a short time the juryman returned with two men , who deposed to seeing the prisoner near the toll-bar at half-past five o'clock on Saturday morning . A woman , who lives near ( Green ' s house , in _Heptonstall , subsequently stated that she had heard him come home about twelve-o ' clock on Friday night ; and Susy Hodgson , who saw him at Smith ' s house shortly after the murder , said she heard him say at that time , "Well , I was here an hour or two last night with Jimmy . I left' about twelve o ' clock , when Holt ' s cart came . " The men who saw him at half-past five said he had on a white smock ; and the woman who saw him at six said he wore a blue smock . —On re-examination , the men could not say positively that it was a smock he wore .

      Emily Sandford.—-The Adelaide Papers Rec...

      Emily Sandford . — -The Adelaide papers received on Monday , give the following detail of an attack on Miss Emily Sandford , whose unhappy connexion with Rush , the murderer , is doubtless in the recollection ofthe public : —Mr . R . W . Bennett , a resident in Adelaide , was charged at the police court with threatening the life of Miss Sandford . ' The case , at tbo request of the Bishop of Adelaide ( Dr . Short ) , v » o as acted as guardian to the unfortunate lady since her arrival in the colony , was ' gone into privately , the local reporter being excluded , The nature of the charge , says the Adelaide Times , implied numerous threats held out by the defendant , declaring if she did not pay him money he had advanced her brother , ho would blow her _bi * aihs out , and his conduct was so violent that she apprehended he would carry out his threat . Her brother

      who accompanied her to the colony , lost his life at Port Phillip a few days after thoir arrival . During his stay the defendant—ascertaining he was in want of money to discharge some debts that he had contracted , advanced him the monoy—tho defendant asserting that he did so on hor security .. That Miss Sandford denied . She knew nothing of the ' affair until Mr . Bennett made the demand upon her . The defendant , in answer to the charge , persisted that he : had advanced the money to her brother on her security ; Ho had waited on her several times , but the only reply he could get from her was , " Well , sir , is that all ? " He was so exasperated at her conduct , that he certainly made uso of harsh words , and threatened to shoot her . The magistrates bound the defendant over in heavy securities to keep tho peace towards Miss Sandford for six months .

      TnE Australian Coloniks . — The new law for the better government of Her Majesty ' s Australian colonies ( 13 and 14 Victoria , cap . 69 ) will shortly be proclaimed by the Governors in tho respective colonies . These colonies have greatly increased in population and commerce . In population ( omitting New Zealand ) the increase- in ten years waB 163 , 088 . The population ; according to tho . last return , was 333 , 701 . The imports and exports have likewise greatly increased . Tbe new act confers the elective . franchise on a number of inhabitants

      who had not previously possessed the privilege . Port Phili p is to form a separate colony , and to bo called , in honour of Her Majesty , " " Victoria , '' for which a separate Legislative Council will bo elected . Electoral districts are to be established in New South Wales , where freeholders , householders to £ 10 a year , and landowners may voto in the election of members of tho Legislative Council . A registration of voters will take place . Legislative Councils may now be established in Van Diemen ' s Land and South Australia , as also in Western Australia . New laws . will be made for the government of tho several colonies , and taxes levied for certain civil and judicial services , not omitting considerable sums for public worship . The act contained 38 clauses , and is now on its way to the

      Australian colonios . It is to be proclaimed within six weeks of its arrival , and to t ake effect from the day of proclamation in the respective colonies . _; A letter from Verona of the 25 th ult . says : — " The first communications by means of tho electric telegraph between this place and Vienna have just taken place . The lino between Verona and Venice has been for some days at work , and that botween Verona and Milan will-be soon completed . Thus in less than six months there havo been established in the Lombardo-Veuetian kingdom and in the Southern Tyrol , 240 miles of electric telegraph the wires of which , cased in gutta percha , are buried in the ground about two feet . These communications are speedily to be extended to Mantua , as well from Xpnm . to Trieste , "

      F Wild Sports In Algeria. M, Jules' Gera...

      f WILD SPORTS IN ALGERIA . M , Jules' Gerard , the well-known lion killer of _Algeria , has fa st sent the following account ofa recent exploit to _+ _% . editor ' of the Journal des . Chasseurs ;— f _, V "I know of a large old lion hi the _Smatils country and betook _niyaelf in that direction , On arriving I heard that ho was in tho Bonarif , near" Batiiah . My tent was not yet pitched at the foot ofthe mountain when I learned ho was at the Fed-Jong , 'where , on my arrival , I found he had gained the , Aures . After travelling 100 , leagues , in ten days , in ' the track of my brute without catching a glimpse of anything but his footprints , I was gratified on tho night of the 22 nd of August with thc sound of my lord's voice . . 1 had established my tent in the valley of "" , . . ¦¦ _-- _•¦ ,,,. . _»« .. _„ .. ~ -

      Ousten . As there'is only ono ' path across this thickly covered valleyl found it an easy task to discover his track and follow it to his lair . At six o ' clock in the evening I alighted upon a hillock , commanding a prospect of the country around . I was accompanied by a native of the country and my spahi , oue carrying my carbine , the other my old gun . As'I had anticipated , the lion roared under cover at dawn of day ; but instead of advancing towards me , he started off in a westerly direction at such a pace that it was impossible for me to come up with him . I retraced my steps at midnight , and took up my quarters at thc foot ofa treo upon the path which the lion had taken . The country about this spot was cleared and cultivated . The . noon

      being favourable , the approach of anything could bo descried in every direction . I installed myself and waited . Weary after a rido of several hours oyer a very irregular country , and not expecting any chance that night , I enjoined my spahi to keep a good watch , and lay down . I was just about to fall asleep when I felt a gentle pull at my burnous-. On getting up I was able to make out two lions , sitting one beside the other , about 100 paces off , and exactly on the path in which I had taken up my position . At first I thought we had been perceived , and prepared to make the best of this discovery . Tho moon shed a light upon tho entire ground which the lions would havo to cross in order to reach the tree , close to which all within a circumference of

      ten paces was completely dark , both on account of the thickness of the tree and the shadow cast by the foliage . My spahi , like me , was in range of the shadow , while the Arab lay snoring ten paces off in the full light of the moon . There was no doubting tlie fact—it was this man who attracted tho attention of the lions . I expressly forbade the spahi to wake up tho Arab , as I was persuaded that when the action was over he would be proud of having served as ai bait even without knowing it . I then prepared my arms and placed them against tbe tree and got up , in order the better to observe the movements of the enemy . They were riot less than half an hour traversing a distance of 100 metres . Although the ground was open , I could only see them

      when they raised their heads to make suro that the Arab was still there . Thoy took advantage of every stone , ' and every tuft of grass to render themselves almost invisible ; at last the boldest of them came up crouching on his belly to within ten paces of me , and fifteen of the Arab . Hia eye waa fixed on the latter , and with such an expression that I was afraid I had waited too long . The second , who had stayed a few paces behind , came and placed himself on a level with and about four or five paces from the first . I then saw for the first time they were both full grown lionesses . I took aim at the first , and she came rolling and roaring down to the foot of the tree . The Arab was scarcely awakened when a

      second ball stretched the animal dead upon the spot . The first bullet went in at the muzzle and came out at the tail ; the second had gone through the heart . After making sure that my men were all right , I looked out for the second lioness . She was standing up within fifteen paces , looking at what was going on around her . I took my gun and levelled it at her . She squatted down . When I fired sho fell down roaring , ahd disappeared in a field of maize on the edge ofthe road . On approaching I found by her moaning tbat she was still alive , and did not venture at night into the thick plantation which sheltered her . As soon as it was day I went to the spot where she had fallen , and all I found were blood marks markinrr her track in the direction of the

      wood . After sending the dead lioness to the neighbouring garrison , who celebrated its arrival by a banquet , I . returned to my post of the previous nitrht . A littleafter sunset the lion roared for tho first time , but instead of leaving his lair he remained thero all night roaring like a madman . Convinced that the wounded lioness was there , I sent on the morning of the 24 th two _Arabj to explore the cover . They returned without daring to approach ifc . On the night of the 24 th there was the same roaring and complaining of the lion on the mountain and under cover . On the 25 th , at five in the evening , I had a young goat muzzled , and proceeded with it to the mountain . The lair was exceedingly difficult of access . Nevertheless I succeeded at last

      by crawling now on my hands and now on my belly in ' reaching it . Having discovered certain indications of thc presence of the inhabitants of this locality , I had tho goat unmuzzled and tied to a . tree . Then followed the most comical panic on the part of the Arabs , who were carrying my arms . Seeing themselves in the middle of the lion ' s lair , whom they could distinctly smell , and hearing the horrified goat calling them with all its might , was a po _ssition perfectly intolerable to them . After _. consulting together as to " whether it were better to climb up a tree or clamber on a rock , they asked my permission to remain near tho goat . This confidence pleased me . and obtained tho privilege of a place by

      my side . I had not been there a quarter of an hour when the lioness appeared ; sho found herself suddenly beside the goat , aud looked about her with an air of astonishment . I fired , and she fell without a struggle . The Arabs were already kissing my hands , and I myself believed her dead , when she got up again as though nothing was the matter , and showed us all her teeth . One of the Arabs who had run towards her was within six paces of her . On seeing her get up he clung to the lower branches of the tree to which the goat was tied and disappeared like a squirrel . The lioness fell dead at the foot of tho tree , a second bullet piercing her heart . The first had passed out of tho nape of tho neck without breaking the skull bone . "

      Wreck Op Tnrbe Indiamex.—By The Arrival ...

      Wreck op TnRBE Indiamex . —By the arrival of tho overland mail from India on the 4 th instant , the underwriters at Llyods' were put in possession of information relative to the melancholy loss of three first-class ship 3 employed in the East India trade , namely , the Manchester , 600 tons , bound for London ; the Ariadne , 700 tons , of Greenock , bound for Liverpool ; and the Nereid , 700 tons , of London . That of the Ariadne ereated thc deepest regret , the intelligence leaving very little doubt that all hands , together with somo passengers , met with a watery grave . The unfortunate ship , we are given to understand , sailed from Calcutta for England in the latter part of July , with a valuable freight on board . About three weeks afterwards , some vessels , bound to Calcutta , in passing near

      Palmyras Point , on the Indian coast , di scovere d a wreok , wliich , on examination , proved to bo that of the Ariadne . No living creature , however , was to be seen on the wreck , or in any other place near it , and sho was fast breaking up . Immediately on the melancholy news reaching Calcutta , the authorities despatched a government steamer to the spot with instructions to ascertain , if possible , the fate of the crew . A few _houfa before the mail steamer started for England the steamer returned to Calcutta with intelligence confirming the loss of . the ship and cargo , and that great doubts existed regarding the fate of those belonging to the ship . The chief mate of the Ariadne was picked up on a spar by the steamer oft ' the coast , forty miles southward ofthe place where the ship was lost . The poor fellow

      waa in a shocking state of exhaustion . He had been twelve days exposed , subsisting entirely on some berries . As far as could be gleaned from him , it appeared that the master and crew had been carried out to sea on a raft in a gale of wind . The steamer went in search , and , after several days ' cruising , returned to Calcutta . It is reported there were from thirty to forty persons on the raft , and from the violent state of the weather when it was driven out to sea it-is doubtful whether any of them survive . Still , hopes aro entertained that they may have been picked up by somo vessel . Tbo ship and cargo are valued at £ 30 , 000 . The Manchester , Indinniiin , was wrecked on the Sangor Islands on tho Gth of August , a few days sail from Calcutta . Several of her crew met with injury by tbo falling of her mainmast , after tho ship struck , tut all hands were fortunate enough to escape in

      the boats before the vessel broke up . It is considered a vory heavy loss . She was tho property of Messrs . Wade and Co ., merchants in tho City , who aro said to bo insured . Tho otber unfortunate ship , the Nereid , foundered on the morning of the Oth of July last , in lat . 34 . 52 S , In a _tranemioua gale she encountered some days previous she sprung a leak , and eventually the crew wero compelled to take to the boats , tho ship going down headforemost within an hour afterwards . The gale had not abated when tho boats left , and it was with great exertions they were got to a vessel , the Emperor , from Calcutta , the master of which had hovo his ship to and remained by from the previous night . They were taken on board and received every kindness . Tho Nereid belonged to Messrs . Phillips and Co ., of the City . The loss of the three ships is calculated to exceed 7 _ei 00 , 000 .

      Dueadful "Wounds in a Leg , but soundly cubed by Hoilowax ' s Ointment and I ' ilis . —Mr . Henry Gray , typographer , residing at No . 0 , Temple-lane , City , states that lie suffered for a considerable time tho most excruciating pains from two deep wounds in his legs , occasioned by an accident which he unfortunatel y met with ; and although he tried various lotions airl ointments , yet all were found entirely useless . He was then recommended by a friend to use some of Ilolloway ' s Ointment and Tills , which he did , and in six hours he was greatly relieved , and in about eight days the wounds were soundly healed .

      Balance Sheet Of The Lacet -.-. . " .. F...

      BALANCE SHEET OF THE _LACET _-.-. . " .. FUND .

      : . ¦ „ RECEIPTS , , Commencing June 30 th , 18-50 . £ s 3 Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P . ... „ ' .. i i O _findal Atkinson , Esq , ... 0 5 0 _S-imuel Ward , Esq . , ... 050 Mrs . Cobdon M 010 0 C . Lushington Esq ., M . P . ... ... 10 0 J . Hume , E _^ q . M . P 0 5 0 Richard Gardner , Esq „ . 0 10 O Sir B , Hall , M . P . 0 10 0 Charles Pearson , Esq . ... . " 0 10 0 J . Hall , Esq J 0 0 W . D . S 0 2 6 Thomas Prout , Esq . ... 0 10 0 Mr . Booth's Book 0 2-S Mr . Hunt ' s Book 0 1 & 0

      West-End Boot and Shoemakers : — _Bann'a Meeting 1 13 3 * Iloby ' s Meeting 1 5 f > _* Goatloy ' s Meeting 0 16 b Rhymer ' s Meeting ... 0 14 0

      Doggett ' s Meeting 0 13 0 City Ladies'Shoemakers 2 0 0 lst . Division City Shoemakers 0 9 6 i W . Leighton ,,, ... 0 0 6 Collected at John-street , July 2 nd ... 0 3 0 | Washington Brigade 1 11 6 B . Favey 0 0 6 T . Davy n 0 0

      G . Davy 0 0 6 J . Norton ... , 0 0 6 Proceeds of Meeting at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster , „ 3 4 8 Emmett Brigade ..- , 001 Nottingham , per Mr . Sweet 0 2 6 A Red Republican ... „ . ... 0 0 6 Mrs . Massey ... ... . _„ . 010 Mr . Jackson 0 0 6 J . Davy ... ... .... 0 0 6 Mr . Harris ... , ... 0 5 0 Mr . Stenton .. 0 0 6 Mr . Probble and Friends 0-4 0 Mr . Whitmore 0 10 Mr . Kohlcr ... ... . „ ... 0 2 6

      New Radford , per Mr . Saunders 0 3 6 Mr . Rider , as per Star ... 0 3 4 Mr . Bell , Southwark ... „ . ... 0 2 6 Whittington and Cat 0 15 9 Collected at John-street , August 6 th ... 0 4 01 A Friend , Alcester ... 5 0 0 Fraternal Democrats , Camden Town ... 0 7 81 Three Kings' Court , Lombard-street 0 2 0 Mr . No 8 bocag ... 0 10 Mr . Shute ... v ... 0 1 0 Two Working Men , Stepney 0 1 0 Mr . Chapman ' s Book ... 0 6 8 Proceeds of a Lecture by F . O'Connor ,

      Esq ., M . P ., at John-street ... , „ 7 8 8 | Stockport , per Mr . Benfold .... „ . ( J 1 ° ° Mr . James n 2 0 Brighton , per Mr . Nicass ... 1 14 6 Mr . Henderson o 0 6 Messrs . Lewis o 1 0 Friends , p er Mr . Argue ... ... 0 0 9 Mr . Fleming 0 0 6 Mr . Stuart „ . 0 10 Mr . Forbes 0 0 6 J , Gregory 0 0 6 Mr . _Eyles 0 0 6 Mr . Reeve ... 0 2 6 Folkstone , per Messrs . Wright and

      Tanner ... 110 Mr . Isom _„ 0 10 Wat Tyler Brigade , and Friends at the Jenny Lind Coffee-house , Greenwichmarket ... ... ... 1 12 7 , J . Clark ' s Book o 2 10 W . W . ... 0 5 0 Mr . Argue 0 10 R .. B 0 0 6 Yarmouth , per Mr . Royall 0 3 0 Mr . Lewis ' s Book 0 1 11 Monies , per Mr . Arnott 0 19 2 W . C , George-yard , Bow Church-lane ... 0 5 0 S . M ., Wood-street , Cheapside ... 0 10 O

      G . Davies s Book 0 2 0 Mr . Dann 0 10 Mr . Matthew ' s Book ... 0 5 10 Monies , per Mr . Arnott ... . „ 1 18 2 V . Y ., Wood-street 0 5 0 W . B ., Sun-street 0 2 6 Mr . Green 0 0 6 Mr . Kent , Brighton 0 0 6 Mr . Roberts 0 10 Mr . Whitfield 0 0 6 Mr . Parke ' s Book 0 2 0 Messrs . Rees and Paver , per Phillips 0 3 0 Mr . Arnold ... " 0 2 6 J . Sewell , Esq 10 0 Mr . Clarke 0 5 0

      P _* - S 0 10 Blyth , per J . Robinson 0 2 6 Monies , per Mr . Arnott 2 15 2 Received from Land Office 0 5 0 Mr . Wyatt ' _s Book 0 19 Mr . T . Clark ' s Book 0 16 Mr . Constable's Book 0 3 0 Mr . Walford ' s Lecture 0 5 4 | Mr . Arnott , per Star 0 18 Mr . J . T . Clark ' s Book ... O 1 0

      Total ... ... £ 52 5 3 EXPENDITURE . . Paid for passage of Mrs . Lacey and Family _„ . 30 0 0 Advanced to Mrs . Lacey for Outfit ... 6 0 0 Postage , Stationery , Collecting Books , _&< " ¦ . - 3 15 6 J Travelling Expenses ofa Deputation ... 0 3 0 Advertisements ... 0 9 0 Printing Circulars and Billsfor Meetings 14 9 Paid for use of John-street Institution 1 10 0 Monies in Treasurer ' s hands for Outfit ... 9 2

      111-£ 52 5 3 __ The above has been audited by us , and found correct . _CUABLBS YOUKGj _} Edwin Gim _., > Auditors . Henry Arodb , } Henry Wilks , Secretary .

      To The Subscribeks Of The Lacey Fund. Fr...

      TO THE SUBSCRIBEKS OF THE LACEY FUND . Friends , —In tlie last number of this journal , the committee announced that the object for which that hody was called into existence was accomplished , —a sufficient sum having been received to defray the expense of convey ing Mrs . Lacey and her children to ¦ William Lacey in Australia . We , the Committee , congratulate the friends

      who have so generously responded to out appeals , on the successful termination of our labours , and although we have no doubt but that more money might be obtained for this purpose , yet knowing tho many claims upon your benevolence , we should feel ourselves to be highly culpable , ( having realised a sufficient sum to carry out the object desired ) , if we were to receive subscriptions which might be applied to more urgent and necessary purposes .

      By referring to tho halance sheet it will he seen that the sum total collected amounts to £ 52 5 s . 3 d . Of this sum £ 30 has heen paid in to the _G-overmnent Emigration-office , the Government heing at the other half of the expense of the voyage ; and , after deducting _th-a incidental expenses for printing , rent of roomB , stationery , & c , the balance remaining in hand has been g iven to Mrs . Lacey for the outfit of herself and children . Several private friends having given Mrs . Lacey clothing , & c , has considerably reduced the original cost of the outfit .

      We are led to expect that Mrs . Lacey will leave England iu the ensuing month , and we shall not consider our duties fully discharged , until we have seen her and her famil y safely embarked . Thanking you for the liberal manner in winch you have assisted us , we "b eg , on behalf of Mrs . Lacey , to tender you her grateful thanks , And remain , yours respectfull y , The Committee . ( Signed ) H . Wilks , Secretary .

      Statue Of Wallace At Glasgow.—A Gigantic...

      Statue of Wallace at Glasgow . —A gigantic model of Mr . Park ' s proposed statue to Wallace , is to bo erected nt Glasgow , on the area near Burn ' s Monument , for exhibition . The proceeds aro to form tho nucleus of a fund for tho erection of a national monument of the hero , to be placed in an important situation in the city , hereafter to be decidod on . The intended monument will stand hfteea feet high without its _pedesfc-, 1 , and tho 'mai m consumed nearly twelve tons of clay , _evew ¦ pomg of whioh the artist himself carried to tbe spot upon his own shoulders . _rjnmnni" ! are Extension oi * the Suffrage . — Humours are _affabrffe that lord John _KusscJl is preparing » llltfo r tho extension of the franchise , and other _eStoraSprovements , which will be introduced aa soon as Parliament meets . The Liverpool Albion asserts , that it has received information to that effect from a party who , although not the Cabinet , is officially _conneoted _ w * . lih the aomm _** trationi

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12101850/page/7/