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      _Heaxtd : of Loxdox _ncniso the Week . —The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that _t !? tal Tf rat ! , s registered in the metropolis were lfio * . The average of the season , corrected for increase of population 1 _. 1 G 2 , and therefore exceeds the deaths of last week by 109 . The mortality -which for some time after the abatement of the epidemic continued to fall till it reached a point unusually low again steadil y increases , as appears from , the numbers successively returned in thc last four weeks ,-which-were S 73 , " S 92 , 931 , and 1 , 053 . The cause of the increase may be discovered in the fact , that whereas deaths from epidemic diseases in these four weeks were respectively 204 , 178 , 173 , and 203 , those caused by diseases of the respiratory

      organs ( chiefly bronchitis and pneumonia ) were 134 , 170 , 194 , and 203 , showing a gradual rise towards the average , which is 214 . The deaths from phthisis ( which are not included in the above ) have been in the Lost four weeks 328 , 104 , 134 , and 133 ; tbe _weekly average is 128 . Hooping-cough was fatal in tho same periods , to 23 , 12 , 33 , and IS children ; thc average is 34 . There were 9 deaths from influenza last week , showing an increase on recent returns ; the average ef previous seasons is 21 , but is chiefly derived from thc mortality in 1 S 47 , when influenza was epidemic , and multiplied the deaths both from this and other affections ofthe respiratory organs . The deaths in Inst week from typhus ¦ were 51 , a considerable increase on previous weeks ; but other epidemics are siill much below the

      average . It is gratifying to state that no person in London was registered as having died in the last week from cholera ; this is thc first week in which the bills of mortalily have been quite free from this disease since June , 184 S , a period of nearly eighteen mouths . The deaths from diarrhoea were 17 , less by G than the average . A man of 47 years died of ' * marasmus after spirit drinking . " The death of a man of 63 , in St Andrew Eastern ( nolborn ) , was caused by destitution . In Norwood a man died of glanders , caught from a diseased horse . —Accompanying the present return is a diagram , which exhibits the mortality from cholera in the London districts , with thc average elevation of the inhabited portions of each ; and shews also by which ofthe nine water companies each district is supplied , and the source from which , its water is obtained . —The

      mean daily reading ofthe barometer on Thursday was 29 . ( 13 . 5 in ., thc _highest in the week ; the mean ofthe week wa 3 29 . 419 . The mean daily temperature _, which fell to 33 deg . on Tuesday , rose to 46 deg . on Thursday . Thc mean of thc week was 43 deg . 2 min ., slightly above the average of tbe same week in seven years . On Tuesday the mean temperature was S deg . below the average , and on Thursday C deg . above it . The Murder lv Harlet-street . — Since the prisoner ' s examination ou Friday week many particulars hare transpired , having a tendency io fix a -vast amount of guilt upon the prisoner , apart from the awful charge now pending against her . In 1812 the prisoner was tried for thc wilful murder of an

      illegitimate child , and upon that occasion she was convicted of concealment of birth , and sentenced to sis months ' imprisonment . She was then living in a family at Lay ton , in Essex , as cook . In this case the child was also packed up in a box , which was addressed to thc porter of Knutsford Union , and from inquiries made by the police the forwarding thereof was traced to the prisoner . In 1 S 44 a box , having in it a dead infant , newly born , was seat to Mr . Thomas Button , another member of the family . An inquest was held upon the body , _bni in the course of the investigation gone into , nothing transpired which could fix guilt upon any

      party . Taking all these circumstances into consideration , Tory little doubt can . exist as to the prisoner baring murdered no fewer than three children . On Monday Mr . Anderson , the governor of Dford gaol , had an interview with Mr . Long , the magistrate , to whom he made known some particulars connected with a former examination of the prisoner _, it is stated that during the short time she was in thc family of Mr . Huth she appeared to be remarkably serious and reserved , and that whenever opportunity offered she employed her time in reading the Bible , the Prayer-book , and other works ofa religious and moral tendency .

      MEinoroiJTAX "Water _Sor-pur . —On Monday evening * very numerous meeting of the parishioners of Southwark and the districts adjecent was held at the Three Tuns Tavern , Borough , for the purpose of considering " the present defective and impure supply of water to those localities , as now drawn irom the polluted river Thames ; and also for thc purpose ot adopting measures to secure a constant , cheap , abundant , and pure supply of water at high pressure , as essentially necessary for the health of the inhabitants / ' Mr . T . Walker , a churchwarden of St Olave ' s , took the chair . He observed , that they had not met for the promotion of any particular scheme . They wished to agitate the general question onlr , as no one could doubt that the

      supply from the cesspool of the Thames was unfit for human consumption . Sot only was the water bad in quality , but deficient in quantity ; and , impure as it was , there was not even enough to supply the miserable dwellings of the poor , let , sub-let , and even re-let again , and where the most imperative necessity existed for an unusual abundant supply . Mr . Chillis , _surgeon and chairman of the Bermondsey Board of Guardians , proposed the first resolution , and in doing so rematked , that the people were at present utterly unable to prevent the infliction of bad water upon themselves , and the government wonld probably not greatly interest itself until the pressure from without compelled them to give their undivided attention to thc crying evil of the present monopoly . The late epidemic had peculiarly chosen for its ravages those districts south of the Thames supplied with its waters , and ,

      as if to indicate its deleterious influence , had literally stayed at the point where that supply ceased . The resolution he had to propose was , " That this meeting considers the water supply of the whole metropolis deficient in quantity , impure in Quality , and more especially so in the parish of Southwark and the adjacent districts , that supply being drawn from the impure water of the Thames . " "Mr . _*" W"lliam Howard seconded this resolution , which was unanimonsly agreed to . The second resolution recommended that " each metropolitan parish should , by vestry meetings or otherwise , support the principle of parocWafco-operation for the pnrpoic of obtaining from parliament powers to place the whole of the water service under the management ofa board of parochial representatives appointed by thc ratepayers of all thc metropolitan parishes . " This was also agreed to , and thc meeting separated after a rote of thanks to the

      chairman . The _Bodt of a _Gestlemas fouxd is the River . —On Sunday afternoon as two watermen were rowing past the entrance of the Commercial Docks , Eotberhithe , they had their attention drawn to something lying in the mud by the edge ofthe river , which they found to be the " body of a gentleman . A messenger was despatched to Jlr . Henry Gardner , the _sau \ uu , aing officer of the district , who at once repaired to the spot , and identified the body as that of Jlr . Charles Whitburn , of >" o . 10 , Kenningtouterrace , facing the Common , who had been missing about a month since . It appears that the _deceased gentleman at an early hour ofthe morning was proceeding on board the Sir William Jolifie _stc-uncr ,

      moored alongside thc Tower Wharf , when he b y some means slipped and fell overboard into tlie water . An alarm was railed at the time and every exertion made to rescue the deceased , but he disappeared and was drowned . Mr . Gardner , the officer , procured a shell , and had the deceased removed to the dead-house in Rotherhihtc Churchyard -where it awaits an inquest . Scddex Death or Mb . Marriott . —On Monday an inquest was held at the Hero of Waterloo pnblichouse , Lambeth , by Mr . Carter , on the body of Mr . Marriott , of Fleet-street , who died very suddenly on Saturdayjlast . The jury returned a verdict of' " Xatural death . " _Extexsive Fires . —On Sunday morning , shortly

      before four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr . Joseph _Parting , a watchmaker and jeweller , carrying on _business at _Xo . 114 , St . George ' s Street ( late Uatcliff-bighway } , which was _nnt extinguished until nearly the whole ofthe occupier ' s pro * perry was destroyed . —Shortly before the above fire occurred , one of a very alarming character happened at Ko . 19 , Alfred-place , _Newington-causeway , in the tenure of 3 Ir . Hooper , a liaea-drapcr and' silkmercer ; and the flames were not extinguished until they had travelled completely through the buiHing . The premises of Mr . Mahon , dealer in cigars ( No . 20 , ) and Mr . Good , painter ( No . 18 , ) are also damaged .

      Fire at Norton _Foxgate . —On Tuesday mornin g about five o'clock , considerable alarm was _caused ill the immediate neighbourhood of Norton Folgate , in consequence of the sadden outbreak of a fire in tbe extensive range of premises belonging to Mr . E . Hatton , chemical manufacturer , carrying on business in Elder-street , near Spital-square . It was caused from the overheat of one of the stoves , and thc fire -was _notcstingnshed until considerable damage was done , for thc stove was burned and eo wa _* thediying hoase and thc roof of the store-room adjoining was much injured .

      Ax Uscscal _Occorrexce . —On Monday morning an occurrence which of late has become like angels visits "few and far between "—a duel , took place close to Wormwood-scrubs . It appears that about seren o ' clock , just as day was breaking , a postchaise , belonging to Mr . R . _Newman , the wellknown post-master of . Regent-street , which contained two gentlemen , was observed to turn from the Uxbridge-road at Shepherd ' _s-bush , up Woodiane , leading to Wormwood-scrubs , and was in two or three _miautesfollewcd by a gentleman ' s _carriage , in which were also two gentlemen , and behind The latter was a gentleman on horseback , who is supposed to have been a surgeon . The parties bv whom they were seen followed up the Jane , and oh reaching nearly to the top found that they ' had not

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      gone on to the Scrubbs , but had got out in the lane , nnd got over the fence into a meadow belonging to Mr . John Pain , the proprietor of Old Oak farm . Information of the affair was despatched to the police as soon as the parties were observed , but their movements were so prompt that almost as soon as the persons who followed them could get to the part where the carriage and postchaise were standing , the road being very rough , two shots were fired , and in less than fire minutes the five gentlemen returned over the fence together , the one supposed to be the surgeon instantly jumping ou his horse and galloping off , whilst the other foulgentlemen , who appeared to he on friendly terms , got

      into the carriage , which immediately drove off , followed by the empty postchaise . After the vehicles had got some little distance _dovrn the lane , they were met by ft sergeant and constable of police , but , observing their approach , the carriage was driven swiftly on , and the police did not interrupt their progress ; and on reaching the end of Wood-lane , they returned towards town . All that eould be gleaned from the drivers of the vehicles , by the party who followed tbem , was that one of the principals was a gentleman well-known ou the turf , and the other a meiuher of a club in St . James ' -street ., It is said that all the parties can be identified by those who saw them .

      _OrsxixG ok the Maryleboke Baths and Wasbbousbs , —On Tuesday the ceremony of opening the Public Baths and _Washnousa ? , erected for the parish of Marylebone , on the site of the late tea gardens attached to the _"Yorkshire Stingo , New-road , look place in the presence of the churchwardens , _vestty , _ba'hs and washhouse commissioners , and a vast assemblage of ladies and gentlemen . The cost of the entire building , which is a very neat structure of redbrick with Bath facing , will amount to very nearly £ 20 , 000 .

      | _SunnFiELD _Clch Cattle Snow . —Tuesday was the first day at the cattle show , and the crowded state of the bazaar throughout the day evinced the interest which the public take in the rise and profress of the beef and mutton with which they are to o regaled in the approaching festive season . The Duke of Richmond , the Earl of Leicester , and other notabilities connected with agriculture , visited the exhibition during the day , and expressed their satisfaction in very warm terms . Three or four of the _sirell mob ma . de their appearance in the course of the day , but were soon detected and removed . MEUXCHotr axd Fatal Accidext . —On Tuesday afternoon the body of L . H . Shadwell , Esq ., barrister-at-law , and second son of Sir L . Shadwell ,

      Vice-Chancellor , was discovered in a ditch which divides Barnes Elms Park the residence of his father , from an adjoining farm . The deceased occupied a sleeping apartment in a lodge , which is about a quarter of a mile distant from the mansion occupied by the family ; and he was last seen alive on Sunday night , when he left the house about halfpast nino o ' clock to walk across the park to his lodge . The night was not only dark , but there was an intense fog . It having been ascertained in the morning thathe had been absent from his customary sleeping-place during the night , a search was instituted , and on Tuesday the body was discovered in the ditch already mentioned , in which the water was not more than two feet six inches deep , but the

      deposit of mud was still deeper . Dr . Willis was sent for and made an external examination of the body , whieh it should be stated was dressed , with the exception of the feet . Which were naked . There was no trace of the shoes , but afterwards socks were found in his pockets . His trousers and other portions of his dress had been much torn , apparently by thc brambles at the side of the ditch , which the deceased had evidently caught at to save himself if possible in his descent . A ring and . other valuable property were on his person , showing that the deceased had not been the victim of robbery . The general supposition as to the cause that led to the death is that the deceased on leaving the mansion

      diverged out ofthe right path , owing to the heavy fog , and fell into the sluice connecting the lake with the nvcr , the tide being then up , and being a most fearless swimmer , it is presumed he swam out into the river , and then landed on the towing path , and in endeavouring to regain the park he inadvertantly fell into the ditch , where it was evident his straggles had been most terrific to extricate himself . Death of Mb . _DErcrr Dixon . —This gentleman , well known in the city circles from his long connexion with the Ward of Cripplegate-without , died on Wednesday at the advanced age of seventythree . He has left a numerous family to mourn his loss .

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      Lancashire . —Dreadful _Muroer of a Wife . —On the 7 th inst . an inquest was held before the borough coroner , onthe body of Isabella Cheetham , wife of Richard Cheetham , a collier , living in Boilan-strcet Over Darwen , who died in consequence of thehrutal injuries which sho received from her husband . The deceased and her murderer had been married about fire years , and were respectively aged twenty-six and twenty-five years . The prisoner was present during the investigation . The principal witness was Afary Knowles , a child of nine years old , sister Df the deceased , who said—When she went in on the occasion in questiou the deceased and her husband

      were in the house , and he was sober . There was a pan upon the fire , and the prisoner began to shake it and to spill the water in the fire ; he then took the pan off the fire , and said it should not go on again until he had something to cat . His wife said she could not get it without the money . Tho prisoner replied , " But I'll mate thee do it , " and he lifted up his fist and knocked her down . He hit her in the breast , and she fell on the floor ; he then got upon her , and knelt upon her belly with his knees , and " began akneediugof her , ( working his knees up and down , or stamping upon ber with theml . He then commenced pulling her ears until

      he made them bleed . AVhilst he was on her lie kept hitting her with his lists on both sides of the head . She shouted out , " Oh , dear me " and a neighbour came up and said , " They are killing Isabella . ' " The prisoner knelt upon his wife for about twenty minutes , he then got up and commenced pulling her nose . This took place on the Thanksgiving-day . The deceased lingered until the following Thursday , when she died . Several other witnesses having been called , the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against the prisoner , and he was committed to Kirkdale to await his trial .

      Tue "Sew Cocstv Gaol op _IIaxts heing completed , the few remaining prisoners in the old gaol were removed to the new one on the Cth inst _. Among these was one ( a debtor ) , William Miller , formerly of Christchureh , cabinet maker , who had been in confinement thirty-five years 3 he having been committed on the 3 rd of December , 18 U . The old man was very loth to exchange his old apartments , and was actually carried out of the gaol to the carriage which was to convey him to tho new prison .

      Fibe at TJwer _ILinE Park . — -At about five o'clock on the evening ofthe 7 th inst . a fire broke out in one of the old wings of the mansion at Upper Hare-park , the seat of Gen . Grosvernor , who , with thc family , is now from home , the only persons residing there being a man servant and some females , who are left in charge of the house . A despatch was immediately sent to "Newmarket for the engine , which was on the spot as soon as time would permit , aud thc fire was confined to that portion of the house in which it commenced , and which was entirely destroyed . The rest of the buildings , and all the new part of the mansion , was fortunately preserved . The fire is supposed to have been caused by the overheating of one of the flues , by which means some joints and other woodwork became ignited .

      The _Recext Case of Cmvd Murder . —On Saturday last an iuquiry was resumed by P . R . Falkner _, Esq ., coroner , at tho house of Ann Harrison , the Royal Oak , _"tvorth Lcvcrton , in the county of Nottingham , on the body of a certain male child , supposed to have been murdered by its mother , which has caused great sensation throughout the neighbourhood . The first witness examined was Mary , wife of Theophilus Rurton , who on heing sworn deposed that her sister , Sarah Drake , left North Lcvcrton , about twelve years ago . Five years ago this Christmas my husband ' s brother

      Thomas Burton , who lived at North Lcvcrton , received a box containing a dead child , but did not sec the child herself . Sarah Drake came to see her parents in ISIS , and stopned about ten months , and went away in February last . She never said she had a child . She had no idea where her sister was at this time . Before she went away last February she told her she thought it hard her mother mentioned to her that the bos had come with thc child , and denied that she ever knew anythin " about it . —After the production of some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned .

      Tiugical Occurrence at Wedxesbdbt . —3 _Tumerousand distressing as arc the catastrophes incidental to a mining district , wc think we may venture to assert that an occurrenco moro painful than the one wo arc about to relate has but seldom taken place in South Staffordshire . In a field at the back of the Baptist Chapel , on thc Holvhcadroad there is a colliery belongingto Mcssvs . Adams and Richards , of Bridge street , on the bank of which are two small brick houses , or "hovels " as they . are locally called , although rather better to the

      { hovels usuall yseen onpit-banks . One ofthe houses is not required for the purposes ofthe colliery , and it has been occupied during the last six months by a man named John Pettifer , and his wife and fivo children , the eldest of whom was a girl about thirteen years of age , the youngest an infant of five months old . _Tcttifer was a screw fonrer , hut in consequence ofthe depression of trade , he had teen in very poor circumstauccs for a _long time past . About seven o ' clock on the ni g ht of the 4 th inst tho eldest daughter , Betsy Pettifer , was sent by her parents to purchase a * candle at the shop on the

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      Portway-road , which is sixty or seven ty yards distant , and is reached by a footpath forming the usual approach to the colliery . As she did not return home at the time expected , the father went out in search of her . Ho did not return either , and after more than an hour had elapsed , the mother became alarmed at the absence of both , and sho went out to see what had become of them leaving her four children sitting round thc fire . The eldest of theso a boy about ten years o _» age , fell asleep soon afterwards , an d continued so until about two o ' clock in thc morning , when he was awoke by the crving of his voungcr brothers and sisters . He then found that neither his parents nor sister had returned _, upon whichhe resolved to go to an aunt who

      lives in the Portway-road , in oraor to see whether they were at her house . He happened to diverge a little from the usual path in going thither , and it was fortunate for him that he did so . In groping his way along the pit-bank he observed a smoky vapour rain" from a hole , and thinking this might have something to do with the absence of his parents , if ho did not at once _conjecturo what had occurred , the poor little fellow mentioned the circumstance to his aunt , as well as the other particulars wc have narrated . The aunt immediately got the assistance of some neighbours , and _proceeded to the spot , when their worst fears were realised , as they found that what is known by miners as a " crownings in" had taken place . Eight or ten yards from

      thc hovel , ana . right on thc line of pathway to which we have before referred , a subsidence of the soil had occurred , leaving visible around hole five or six feet wide , from which was issuing such a vapour as showed that it was connected with a coal-pit . This vapour prevented any immediate steps being taken to recover the bodies of tho three unfortunate persons , who , there could be no doubt , had fallen in one after the other , as they went along the path . As soon as daylig ht made its appearance , every effort was made to reach the bodies , hut it was not until the forenoon ofthe Gth inst . that they were brought up . It turned out that tho hole was about twelve or fourteen yards deep , and it has the appearance of having , at some remote period , been used us a shaft to the coal workings underneath , although no one was aware of its existence , as is

      case in regard to hundreds of similar hidden pitfalls _throughout the district . This occurrence adds but another drop to the ocean of arguments wh " ch have for many years been accumulating , although apparently in vain , to show tho necessity for the passing of some legislative measure which would enforce a rig id and systematic record of mines and mining operations ; an entire mapping out , in fact , of the mineral resources of the country — a system which shall show to the present and to the future generations the fields worked and unworked , the peculiarities , difficulties , and dangers , with all other knowledge which might contribute to safe and profitable mining . The existing generation knows nothing ofthe position and extent of past workings , and they are leaving as little knowledge to those who may come after . —Birmingham Journal .

      Strange Catastrophe . — -A most serious catastrophe took place about two o ' clock on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., the Cat-hole Dam having burst , and washed away the gable end of the factory ( belonging to Mr . VV . Balliwell , of Kitson-wood , near Todmorden ) and greatly injured tbe goods and the machinery _. The latter was quite new , and in goodworktng order . At the time of the un _f ortunate event , the wife of Mr . John Judson , beerseller whose house is situated about twenty _jards below the mill over the watercourse ) , happened to be employed in housework , when she was much alarmed on hearing a terrific noise . Being desirous of knowing the cause , she opened the back door , when the water rushed into

      tiie house in a mighty torrent , and Mrs . Judson was glad to make hev escape' , the whole of the ale in the house was spoiled , and a hundred weight of sugar and other property also destroyed . So powerful was the force of the water that a very large quantity of soil was deposited in the factory , and some extraordinarily large stones . The factory has not been many months occupied , it having , been recently built for Mr . Halliwell by the railway company on account of their having obstructed the light of the factory he occupied at the time of the making of the Burnley branch line of railway . The damage sustained by Mr . Halliwell is about £ 1 , 400 . —Leeds _Intelligencer .

      The Great Exhibition or "Works op _Inddstrv of all Nations , 1851 . —Nottingham , Monday . — This morning a meeting of merchants , hankers , manufacturers , and others , was held in the Exchange Hall for tho purpose of promoting this exhibition . The Mayor ( Mr . H . Birkin ) having opened the proceedings , Mr . T . Carver , hosier , moved : — " That this meeting highly approves ofthe proposed exhibition of the works of industry of all nations to be hold iu London in the year 1851 , and considers it calculated to promote the agricultural as well as the commercial and manufacturing interests of the _community , and lo cement a friendly union among the nations ofthe world . " Mr . R . Morley , of the firm of J . and R . Morley , hosiers of Nottingham and London , seconded the motion , and strongly urged thc expediency of appointing committeemen who would take an active part in working out the object

      of the meeting . —The resolution was carried unanimously . —Mr . Reckless , lace manufacturer , moved a vote of thanks to Priuce Albert . — Mr . Hannay , hosier , in seconding the resolution , reminded the meeting that there was no town in Great Britain which could produce manufactures of greater beauty than Nottingham . If there were any doubts on thc subject of expense , these might be resolved by leaving each locality to pay for itself , but he was opposed to a tax on the country at large . He approved of money prizes , but thoushfc . £ 5 , 000 too large a sum for one prize . —Mr . C . Paget , as an agriculturist , spoke of the value attacked to medal prizes . —Mr . H . Reckless explained that the medals would be in _addition to the money prizes . —The resolution was passed unanimously . —On the motion of Mr . Filkin _, seconded by Mr . Mallett , a commiitee was appointed , and the proceedings terminated .

      The Rochdale Savings Bank Defalcations . —Great excitement prevails in Rochdale in consequence of the increased amount of defalcation which the close investigation of the last few days has brought to light . The deficiencies now extend to £ 50 , 000 . John Tidd Pratt , Esq ., recommends the appointment of a committee _^ formed jointly of depositors and trustees , to continue the examination of the accounts until the whole deficiencies can be fairly estimated ; and until this time all proceedings of a legal nature will be postponed . At the meeting of depositors , called by Mr . Hunt , solicitor of Rochdale , and held on Saturday morning last , the recommendation of Mr . Pratt being stated , the meeting acquiesced in thc propriety of tho step , and a resolution was passed to adjourn for a month . Disastrous Fire is Maxciiestek . —A most

      destructive fire occurred at noon on Sunday to the premises of Messrs . James Lillic and Sons , millwrights and engineers , Store-street . The whole of the main building in which the works were carried on is destroyed ; and as thc top story , where thc fire originated , was entirely filled with patterns of wheels , & c , which have been supplied to various proprietors of machinery in all parts ofthe kingdom for thc last fifteen years , the loss is most serious . Indeed thc sufferers themselves cannot accurately estimate it , though they suppose it to be about £ 20 , 000 . This does not include damage done to the building . Insurances ( in the Atlas and West of England offices ) extend only to £$ , 000 on both building and stock , Messrs . Lillic having reduced their insurances during the last year . Upwards of 200 men will be thrown out of employment by the catastrophe .

      _Extraordixaky Outrage . —An act of a very extraordinary nature was committed some short time ago , and has formed tho subject of very general conversation during the few past weeks . It appears that a person named John Didcotc , a shoemaker , was drinking one evening in a beer-house in Cheltenham , when some persons treated him to a pot of liquor . The treat was accepted , and shortly after Didcote went home ; but on the following niorning he was found to be very ill , and on medical assistance being called in no doubt was entertained tliat the poor fellow had heen drugged with some subtle poison . The symptoms of his disease were most extraordinary . The whole of the hair came off his head , and the nails of his lingers parted from the flesh , as did , in a short time afterwards , the nails of his toes . Ilis whole frame became shrivelled and emaciated , and there was an evidently deep-seated mischief inflicted on thc brain and nervous svstem

      He has been attended throughout his illness hy Dr . Collings Robinson , and , although partially recovered , it is evident he will never again bo restored to his former health . It will , of course , he asked , " What motive could have led to tho perpetration of so wanton an act ? " The only motive which has beon assigned ( but which we arc really loth to believe ) is , that Didcote , who was formerly an active man among the Conservative party , was instrumental at the trial of the election petition in proving the bribery cases alleged against tliat party , and that thc act was committod against him out of political spite . Such is the motive which is at present assigned , but of which thero is no legal proof . Wc understand that a subscription is being raised for Didcote , who has a family of five children , and that steps arc being taken ior _bringing the parties who have wromged him to tho punishment they so richlv merit . —Bristol Journal .

      A _Somxamdulist . —About five o ' clock on Saturday morning last one of the workmen in the employ of Mr . Evans , carver , oi Little Paradise , Bodmiiister , and who resides in thc house , whilst in _g _, state of somnambulism , rose from his bed , and after throwing about tho furniture in tho room alarmed tho neighbourhood by several loud cries of " Murder ' . " He then jumped out of tho window , u hei ght 0 f twel ve or fourteen feet , ami , strange to say , alighted without in the least injuring himself , ' He then clambered over au outhouse , and after passing over several gardens and enclosures , scaling several palisades in his way , arrived at tho boundary wall of Mill-lane , which is situate above 100 yawl * from Little Paradise . On _getliugiiito the iaiio , however ,

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      wall awoke him and mi fa & & m Q _nuoCnB _^^^^ ? E . d fattoue . Mr . Evans , however , conveyed _M _«™ 2 dhaving administered some brandy him home , ana navmgau 8 omnambulist *? _fKha he _™ s uXThe impression tbat he was Su to be _Murdered , and was endeavouring to _Lnnnn from the supposed assassin . . M mSm ! of _Wcamib , being desirous to rf _?! , _«« ,, lie svmpath y and influence in favour _fflrtK _wp _^ n _? arc issuing , a series of ? M _-S ts to _Elucidate the necessity of some moninlJ vP _meVureK enacted for tbat purpose . tinK _tfmagistrates' office , Rochester , on Mon-£ Thomas Godden _, alias Thomas < GoddenJones _iSbrXgbfc before the Rev . G Davies , _Captow ™ ' , „ , i Maior Bovs . for final examination , _fhSd with Sag Site morning of Thursday _Sek bnrglariously entered the residence of the _nlw \ i Shaw , at the Rectory-house , Cuxton

      near Rochester , and stolen therefrom five sews , oi Eva _' ueof _^ _S three silver medals a _pocket-commss and various other articles . The family , it _ap-ESared , retired to rest at the usual hour on the prec _' n _" night , leaving all apparent y secure . Shortly _aftorfour o ' clock ne xt morn _ng Mr . Shaw was disturbed bv a noise below , and having listened for a few minutes he dressed himself , and went down stairs , accompanied by ascrvant , when he found the drawing-room window thrown open , and a pane of Mass removed from it . An Indian cabinet had been floken open , and several articles taken away . There were drippings from a wax candle on the carpet , and somo lucifer matches were also found in the room . The prisoner was taken into custody . _- _ _*! „ _-= _» « f Mm 9 « i > _mominjr on the road

      be-, _„ _„„ tween Cuxton and Gravesend , and on searching him rarious articles were discovered which confirmed the suspicion that ho had perpetrated tho robbory He was committed to Maidstone Gaol for trial at the next assizes . , ,. A Victim of Mobmonism . —An inquest wsb held on Tuesday at Barnet ' s-grovo , in the paris h _^ Leighton , _nearBuildnas _. on the body of Thomas Lloyd ( A Mormonite , or Latter-day Sunt , ) who was found in tho river Severn , at Leighton , by J . Howleft , of Buildwas , on Monday . It ap peared that on Saturday , thc 3 rd of November , the deceased , who was only twenty-threo years of ago , was engaged in baptising a young , woman , at her requesit , by moonWht , and that in so doing ho got out of his depth , althoug h he had baptised severalthere befoi e , ankwas drowned . The woman herself was with difficulty saved . Verdict , " Accidental death . — Hereford Journal .

      Affray with Poachers . —On Saturday afternoon , between four and live o ' clock , as two Keepers in the emplov of C . W . Packe , Esq ., M . P ., were proceeding round the estate , they camem contact with three men between Stanford and Cotes , whom they supposed to be trespassing in pursuit of game , and endeavoured to take them prisoners . The poachers resisted , and a regular fight ensued . Ihe keepers , however , succeeded in securing one of their opponents , but the other two escaped . They then proceeded to Loughborough with their prisoner , but unluckily stopped at the first public house they came

      to , and whilst one of them went into the town to procure a policeman , the other was left to guard the prisoner . After having sat some time , the captive expressed a wish for some tobacco , which was instantly supplied him , and as soon as he had exhausted his pipe , he rushed out of the house and closed the door behind him , The keepers went in pursuit of him , and nearly overtook him at the foot of the Duke of York Bridge . The poacher alarmed lest he should be caught if he ascended tho bridge , took to the water , crossed the canal , and thus escaped from his pursuer . —Derby Mercury ,

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      Hungarian Refugees Ik Leith.-Thirty-Five...

      Hungarian Refugees ik Leith .-Thirty-five Hungarians—a portion , we believe , of the defenders of Coraorn—have been landed at Leith in circumstances fitted to excite deep though respectful compassion . Twenty-seven of these are gentlemen of rank , education , and formly of wealth—and all of them are now _penniless . They had arrived at Hamburgh on their way to America , and were waiting for a passage , when tho Hamburgh police , acting under foreign and evil influence , drove them from the city and compelled them to seek refuge on our shores They were indebted to Captam Blackwood of the

      Martello for a cabin passage at half price . It ia gratifying to be able to state that the merchants of Leith have at one ? raised £ 60 for the strangers cast among them , and mean at least to try to make up £ 250 , which will pay the passage to America , and other expenses . — A respectable and influential meeting was held on Saturday last in the hall ofthe Chamber of Commerce , Edinburgh , to devise means for tlieir relief . Mr . John Ritche , chairman of the Chamber of Commerce , was in the chair . After a lengthened discussion , & committeo was appointed to collect subscriptions for the relief and assistance of the Hungarian refugees , Fatal Accident at leith . —We regret to state that Mr . G , T . Page , civil engineer , acting at the dock improvements under Mr . Kendall , met with an

      accident on the Gth inst , that terminated fatally a few hours afterwards . Mr . Page left his office at four p . m ., to inspect the inner dock wall , which , to protect it from the frost , was recently covered with a coping of straw , which projected a little over the wall . Here Mr . Page incautiously put his foot , and fell a height of nearly twenty feet , striking his head upon a cross beam in his descent . When carried home it was found his skull was fractured , but a fatal result was not apprehended till ten o ' clock _, when the medical gentlemen remarked _symptons of congestion , and Mr . Page died at one o ' clock next morning . He stood high in his profession as Jan engineer , and his sudden death has caused a gloom among the many workman under his charge . He has left a wife and a young family to lament his loss . —Scotsman ,

      IscESDiARTSii . — "We have heen imformed of h very serious case of fire raising which occurred in the beginning of last week in Kintyre _, about three miles from Campbelton . It is stated that a farmstead ' mg , corn stacks , and dairy stock , consisting of sixty head of cattle , & c ., were completely destroyed . From circumstances which have transpired , suspicions are entertained that the conflagration had been kindled by the torch . 'of an incendiary . We also understand that certain parties charged with having committed tho crime are at present lying in Campbelton gaol , and that an investigation ofthe matter is at present going on- We believe that the stock was insured in one . office to the extent of . £ 3 , 000 . Tbe affair has created a great sensation in the district . —A ortft British Mail .

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      Tue Poor-Law Difficult*.—The Increasing ...

      Tue Poor-law Difficult * . —The increasing embarrassmoats of the distressed unions in tho south and west still form the leading topic in the local journals , and vehement arc thc demands for legislative intervention and remed y . In tho well linown union of Kilrush there arc further evictions to aggravate all the existing evils . Forty-five families , who had been squatted upon eighty acres and some waste land m Kilmurry , wero evicted last week . They had held under a middle-man , as intermediate landlord , and this person having been ejected for non-paymen t of rent , the wretched

      colony of cottiers were turned adrift . It is stated that tho land has beon let to a _neighbouring farmer , who , when bidding for it , " exhibited a " stocking full of gold to the landlord ' s gaze , " and was at once accepted . In the Wostport and Castlobar unions great exertions are mado to diminish the expenditure of thc staff , and to put a stop to out-door relief . In Westport the Marquis of Sligo is actively engaged in a personal revision of thc pauper lists in the several electoral divisions . Even in the comparatively well-circumstanced union of Parsontown King ' s County , whore tho Earl of Rosse has been so creditably exerting himself , the pressure of poor-rates is severel y felt , and the Poor-law

      Commissioners , it appears , have , for the present , waived all claim to the repayment of the instalments of thc debt due to tho Treasury . The _ATn . / ' _s County Chronicle congratulates tho ratepayers upon the fact that the rate about to be mado for the support of tho poor in this union will not m any division , exceed three shillings in the pound ' That journal adds :- " Wo have reason to believe that _tlio commissioners havo sanctioned that where _S-mVSf 1110 ! 8 U 1 > p i ort of , _^ ° _workhoufio _, up to the 2 .: » tli of March next , and the rate-iu-aid amounts to three shillings , the government temporary relief advances may not be included . In the present caiaimtous and distressed condition ofthe union t is an important- boon . "

      _DfcrLOBADus State of the Kiwusji U . viox .-The Limerick papers bring melanchol y accounts of a " crisis" which has at length taken placei ir . rhn _attairsofthis unfortunate union / lKi £ _SlS _5 S arc all gone , and starvation has iteml y sc _t among ho paupers in the workhouse , thef inmates having been sent to bod on Thursday night without having eaten any dinner _ tl . eo . ily L _^ dytiSlll SS ? " _TW _^ nu " _« ' « » of _«««<* - _* . llio Chronicle ' * statement is as follows - - _^ _otwitltttandmg the exertions of the local bo _.-ird ami poor law inspector * , tho in-door mupoi wil ! obliged to go to bed without dinnor _^ _TthuSy mght . The master brought tho stato of the SS as regards want of provisions for that dav . & uiu

      ooaru _, wiien soup ami ciiopi . ca turn w _-mw , i on the land was the only food Vvailabli * Tho o mimm . 111 X 111 . 11 y Uv . il _.-Khnisaion was _unnussihln _li .. « l « he pro , ucc of tl , o land « 0 out tl _fwo ktu h _* ' been ordered lo be threshed ; _^^^ 1

      Tue Poor-Law Difficult*.—The Increasing ...

      to be fed oh . the principle of " live horse and you 11 get grass . " It is fearful to think of tho state ot the Kilrush union—nothing but starving creatures from the country to be seen pouring into a starving workhouse ; the board meet every day , but , if we are to judge from tho general confession of that body , they arc able to effect no good . Tho chairman , Colonel CM . Vandeleur , took the chair yesterday , and his presence was sufficient it was thought to get the' needful , ' but to no purpose ; out-door paupers and relieving officers wero sent home , and in-door paupers recommended to go to bed . Tho coroner attended an inquest on a man who was found in a dying state on the side of the road near _^

      Kilmurry . Mortality in tho workhouse has been small , hut , owing to the able-bodied on the outdoor relief being struck off , the deaths in that department are every day increasing to a frightful extent . Relieving officers complain that they must bury their dead without coffins . The board yesterday agreed to petition the Poor Law Commissioners on the state of the union , and said that the guardians would not be morally responsible for tho deaths that may occur through starvation . State or _Tbade . —The following is an extract from the weekly commercial report of tho Freeman s Journal : — " We cannot report any increase in the amount of business done in this week , trade in almost branch

      continuing very spiritless every . Money grows more and more plentiful and difficult of safe and profitable employment , and in consequence almost all kinds of stocks and shares have borne higher prices . The retail traders complain bitterly of the want of business , and we reijret to learn that several stoppages of a minor character have taken place during tho last few days , traceable to the deplorable stagnation existing ' , especially in articles of fancy or luxury . " Socie ty for Promoting the Growth : of Flax in _Irelano . —The annual meeting of this society was held last week in Belfast , John Sharman Crawford , Esq ., presiding , when a long and valuable

      report was read , detailing the operations ot the society in extending the cultivation and preparation of flax throughout this country , in aid of which two separate grants of £ 1 , 000 each had been obtained from the Treasury , through the intervention of the Lord-Lieutenant . We subjoin the concluding passages of this important report : — " In several of the workhouses , both in Ulster , and the other provinces , flax has been spun and woven into linen ; and , in some cases , the plant has been grown on a portion of the ground laboured by thepaupers . In a few instances , also , the fibre has been scutched in the workhouses , as a means of employing the inmates . Your committee are of opinion , that tho general

      introduction of hand-scutching in the poor-law unions ofthe south and westwould be very desirable , as in cases where a district has just entered on flax culture , and where no mill has been established , farmers are often deterred from proceeding with it , from the great expense of preparing the flax by the labour of inexperienced hands . The linen manufacture has participated in the revival of trade from its long depression ; and , as much activity now prevails in many of its branches , there is a good prospect to growers of flax of a largo demand and remunerating prices for that article . The establishment ofa school of design in Belfast , and the patronage of her Majesty the Queen , to the finer

      branches of the manufacture , are likely to give them a favourable impulse , and to increase the consumptions of tho raw material . The society has now heen nearly nine years engaged in its arduous labours to accomplish the great national object for which it was formed . During the period that has elapsed since its foundation , in 1841 , it has succeeded , notwithstanding the opposition that prejudice and long-rooted habits have presented , in generally improving the growth and preparation of the flax plant , in all the _distnicts of Ulster to which its operations have beon extended . It has introduced scutching machinery of a very superior description to that formerly in use , and has thus

      accomplished a great economy in labour and material . It has induced the saving of a large portion of seed , formerly lost in the steep-pools , thereby enabling the grower to increase the profits of the crop , by the sale of the seed , or its use in feeding his cattle . Since its attention ha 3 been directed to the districts of the other provinces , it has done much towards that great extension of flax cultivation at which it has aimed . Out of the twentythree counties of the provinces of Leinster Munster , and Connaught , its operations have been extended to twenty-one . In some of these—Cork , Mayo , Limerick , Tipperary , Queen ' s County , Wexford , and Louth—flax culture may now be said to

      have firmly taken root ; and in the rest it is in a greater or less state of progress , according to tho circumstances of tho districts or the period at which the society took them in charge . Where flax has been extensively grown during the lato years of distress , it has been of the utmost service to the poorer class of farmers , by enabling them to reserve for the support of their families and live stock the food crops that would otherwise have gone to pay rent and taxes , but whose place , for this purpose , flax has supplied . The amount of employment thus given has been very great , more especiall y to the weaker classes of the population . When the society was instituted , flax was the only crop in

      which the Irish farmer had to maintain an open competition with the foreigner . While all kinds of gvain produce , cattle , & c , were subject to considerable duties on their importation into these countries , the duty _otv foreign fkx had been reduced to a mere nominal amount . It resulted , therefore , that , notwithstanding thc peculiar suitability of our __ soil and climate to the growth of flax , the merits of this question were thrown considerably in the back ground , by the premium that existed on the cultivation of other crops . At the present moment , however , since the late changes in our tariff , this disadvantage is removed ; and with tho increased attention that has been paid to the details of management , through the teaching of the society and the necessity for improvement caused

      by foroign competition , is now in a more favourable position to make good its way than it has ever yet beon . In England and Scotland , the reduced rates for grain produce have caused much attention of late to bo turned to flax cultivation , so long neglected in those countries ; and your committeo havo had numerous applications for advice and information , which they have almost readil y granted , conceiving , as they do , that this question is not merely of national but of imperial moment . The cheapness of labour in Ireland must always give us an advantage in a crop requiring so much manipulation as flax , and experience has proved that in all the elements for the successful prosecution of this branch of agriculture , we arc in no case inferior , and often superior , to our rivals , _throughout thc world . " ""

      The Practiai , Instructors' Fund , —The Lord-Lieutenant has placed a further sum of £ 1 , 000 at the disposal ol the Hoyttl Agricultural Societv , for the _reappointment of the Practical Instructors , who have rendered such service in the promotion of improved husbandry in this country . National EnucATioN .-Most of the workhouse schools in this country are connected with the National Board . The Northern Whig states that at the last meeting of the Lisbum guardians a motion was submitted that their schools should be placed in connexion with that board . The motion wis

      adopted by a majority o ? ei ghteen to four , whereupon the Marquis of Downshire , who presided , declared that he could no longer be chairman of the union After some . discussion , it was agreed to postpone any final decision until the beginning of next month The Old and Young _InELANnEits . -Negotiations are still m progress for a " union" between the Repeal Association and the Alliance , but tho result was not transpired . In the Nation of Sunday , Mr . Duffy has addressed a long letter to tile Right Rev . Dr . Blake , Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromure who had recommended a union of the DartiM in

      which he says tliat the Young _Inlanders ask " simply that th e conditions mutually a « reed unon last year shall be mutually adopted this ° vear this is alt . They resolved themselves to one uoint—the establishment of a new Association " Protectionest MovemeNt . _ a very important document is now circulating through Ireland _« t the instance of the Earl of Glengali _anTother peers , in the shape of a petition to her Maiestv praying for protection to the agricultural interests " of the country . We believe it is intended as aground work , for an amendment to the address in nn Z ment next session , incase some means of relief are not recommended by the speech from the throne _Wcundersand that the petition is prepared S groat ability , taking a brief review of the crds of this country , social and political , and breathes throughout a spirit of nationality « the one hand and ot loyalty on the other , which _reflects the highest credit upon those who und _„ _-wbTu _ V , ?

      ot preparing it The abolition of the _Vicerovaltv of Ireland is the only questionable topic Sle address . —Limerick Chronicle . P tlle ¦ During a portion of last wcok tho wo < iM , ftv was exceedingl y boisterous , violent Z _^ _Mnl accompanied by a heavy fall or rain , & L _3 from tlie provinces described a sin ilar st- toTr SS weather , and tho floods have inflicted _coSnlu injury in various parts of the country . At w 3 _? ford it blow a regular storm . In tho $ L - ? te , Dublin there were somo extensive _&* £$ ! * tho incessant rain of Friday last but L Se _- , by ofa serious _chapter lm _rVultS Th « RCC 1 _^ { -awed at Belfast for thc reception of the ? o , _£ i beon destroyed by tho heavy «» •}« ° _Quccn ll ! , s Tho Kilkenny papers state tliat tenant _wmt _^ r tocicties aro spreading _through that ami _? _, 10 tec 10 » Wiring counties , ° a _' thc _"eigh-. _KXTKBMWATIOSJ OP TllMTY _PaMHIEB — W « '"formed that thirty families Veto _S Soa _^? _. ° AV week , from _Capnude _/ ho _™ ! _w _ife

      _wan oi _jjimcric _c , m the imh ' _,-1 . „ r nu ! i „ ' . . "" ion of Ennis nr ; J of C loill ° , and the i & _tt _*' * _- _*^ _^ _Wjs

      I~ Shipwrecks And Loss Of Life. Adyices ...

      _SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE . _Adyices have been received at Lloyd ' _scommuiiiatin ? the melancholy loss of two sp lendid vessels , ndiamen , namely , the Emily , 500 tons burden , om Calcutta , and the Hanover , 700 tons , the rew ofthe latter all , with the exception of one , erisned . The wreck of the Emily took p lace on he 1 st of September last , on a small island on the western side of the Andsman group in the China seas , tho vessel at the time making for the Mauritius and in a few hours became a total loss , both ship and cargo . The master , with most of the crew and passengers , contrived to gain the shore in safety , five of the seamen having perished in the attempt . A few hours after the wreck a large booy of the natives ofthe island came down upon the survivors __^ _^ _= _~ _- _^

      and threatened their lives . They were all arnica with bow and arrows , which they _presented in a menacing attitude . The poor fellows returned to the boat , and laid for thenight inside of the breakers , some distance from the shore . ihe following morning the boats parted company , for the purpose of gaining the Cocoa Islands . In the pinnace were the passengers , with the c _aptain and nine of the crew , and the long-boat contained the chief mate and the remainder of the crew . The long-boat was Soon bit sight of hy those in the pinnace , and no _tidings had been heard of them up to the period of the intelligence of the ship ' s loss being sent to England . Those in the p innace suffered intensely . They were exposed in the boat for thirteen days , many became delirious , and were all more or less in

      a shocking condition . On the Mth of that month the boat gained the mainland , forty miles west of Rangoon , where the natives acted < _vith friendship aud hospitality . As regard * the other unfortunate vessel , her destruction appears to have occurred on the 9 th of last month ( November , ) on the rocks at tho entrance of the harbour of Bath ( United States . ) The ship went to pieces within ten minutes after she struck , and the entire crew , chief mate excepted , met with a watery grave , amounting to twenty-six men . Another ship , engaged in the East India trade , is also reported to be lost . The barque Orpheus , Capt . Thomas Mann , belonging to London , 382 tons burden , laden with palm oil . It happened on the morning of the iSth of October , outside of the harbour of Cochin . Her crew were saved . The aggregate amount of the above-mentioned losses is stated to exceed £ 50 , 000 .

      Falmouth , Dec . 8 . —Yesterday morning at daybreak a schooner was observed in the bay west of Pendennis Castle , apparently _entungled with tlie coast , and a pilot cutter alongside . The weather was very heavy , boisterous , and thick , the wind blowing at S . S . E ., a gale . By half-past eight she was reported stranded on the rocks between Pendennis Castle and Gyllyng vase , and immediately under the cliff above which are situated the mansion and gardens of the Rev . "VV . J . Coope , tbe rector of Falmouth , She proved to be the Mary , of Dartmouth , Thomas Jarvis , master , and of 123 tons register , from Acra on the coast of Africa , 105 days , for this port for orders . She was not fully laden ; her cargo was palm oil , the p / operty of D . Hutton and Sons ,

      Watling-slreet , London . The crew , consisting of the master and six hands , had been for fourteen days short of provisions , an allowance of two table spoonfulsof flour being all they had to make use of . Of the crew two were blacks , of whom was one aged about sixty years , who had evidently been under the instruction of the _Wesleyan missionaries on the coast , from his constantly having , during the peril of shipwreck , invoked John Wesley to save him . On Thursday night at ten o'clock p . m ., she made the Lizard li » hts , she then stood off to the eastward ; a pilot cutter came alongside , and offered to put her in a place of safety for £ 150 , to which the master did not accede , but it appears to have been agreed to by both parties that they would allow of the claim buing

      adjudicated on by the underwriters or subcouimissioners of pilotage . The pilots sheered off , OUt after a little while returned and told the master to p _* ss his hawser aft , that the cutter might tow her off the Ice shore , towards whieh she was fast driving . It _wftrcaTS that the sails blowing away one after the other , occupied the attention ofthe people , which together with their weakened condition , prevented the pilots' instructions from being heeded ; and shortly after the pilots told the master tbat assistance was then too late—the schooner must go on shore . The starboard anchor was let go witb forty fathoms of chain , at which period the vessel was in the breakers , and was beaten over the rocks to within 100 yards of the cliff . It w _& i now nine o clock , and some hundreds of

      persons had assembled at the rear of Gyllyngdune , the residence of the reverend rector , under which the stranded schooner lay , the waves making a fair breach over her at each return , and the people painfully excited at witnessing the earnest appeals of the shipwrecked mariners for assistance . At length , by means of a hemp cable , a communication was established , and the mate , after a hazardous passage , contrived to reach the shore by it ; thc remainder were got on shore one by one in a barrel , suspended by a hank to , the cable . As they landed they were taken to the Rev . Mr . Coope _' s , in which act of benevolence the ladies of his family took a most interesting part , exposing themselves to the inclemency of the weather for some hours , for the purpose of welcoming the distressed and exhausted mariners , who mot with all

      that hospitality and kindness could supply . Thc reverend gentleman rendered , with personal risk to himself , great assistance towards getting thc people on shore aud iu taking _charge of their propertv . By three p . m . the tide had receded from around the schooner , which allowed of getting on the cliff the spars , sails , running gear , & c . She has lost her false keel , rudd pr , stern-post , and smashed her bottom ; her getting off again is problematical , but her casks of oil will be landed in barges to-day . The Ann Gales , of London , outward bound , was lost off C ' reden Head , between six and seven o ' clock on Saturday last . Wc are sorry to aunounce that ail hands , with the exception of the mate , perished . Twelve souls met a watery grave , including the captain s wife . —Waterford News .

      Wreck op Six "Vessels on the Guxfleet Sands . —On thenight of Friday last the 7 th inst ., no less than six vessels were lost on these dangerous sands ; five of them were deeply coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and Shields , tho other was a foreigner : all were on their passage to London . Tho night was exceedingl y dark , thick , and rainy : the wind was blowing strong from the eastward ' , with a great deal of sea , aad a strong ebb-tide . The vessels had each passed the Sunk-light in safety _, between which and the Middle-light there is a Ion ' s , narrow , and dangerous navigation ; with the Gun ' fleet bands on one side , and the Heaps on the other . Unfortunate : ly , also the _Middle-li ght cannot be seen until the Sunk has been left a considerable distance ; in a dark night , therefore , tho _navigation is exceedingly difficult . On Friday , each veisei _£ u , n ! . n U s intervening space , for _altbougitho _niihtbenrings were got on leaving the Sunk , the tide , from the vessels bein _< r _dfienlv m , W

      set them gradually out of the proper _channel , and carried them on to these fatal sands . I ., all probablity , a so one vessel misled the other , as they grounded very near to each other . U . M . _etit'er _bcout soon got tiding of the disasters , and hastened to the assistance pi tho crews , who had wisely remained on board tneir vessels . Providentially , ' they were rescued without the loss of a wan . _Oue ' coUier was , by assistance , got off , and made for Yarmouth ; tlie _bcout succeeded in getting another oft ; bin after being in deep water hiiU-an-hour , she filled and went down ; the other vessels became total wrecks , but we learn they were all insured in the Northern Clubs _loe crews were conveyed to Harwich ; but we under ' _, sand the Shipwreck Society there refused to relieve them , on the ground that though _annlication * h .,, i

      nequently been made , the _Newcastlo Socie tv refine _asefbv thP ° H _^ _"f ¥ _^ ef 0 re bcC 11 V $ S * 2 £ noon _tll _i _^ _r" * b 0 C _' y _" . _Mondav afternoon the united crews , amounting to about 30 men lad a free passage t , lpswica by the _EerS a , _dS / _T dwas of _«» - _™ tS £ -3 ££ ana atiectmg description . The ron _« h weather-582 awS _5 , n ! 80 ne thro _^ _tf _cSh oi tnat n glit with undaunted couraee were m Hip i _snScrin on fa rl , * Sranting thom deliverance . Mi GeSe Lnsn , ? se V _^ on bo ard , V train to LondS We _fe v SS FnT _ISr KYH _- and the Midd- cJfehi in « , X Sd _^^ _tjrr may k _~^ _s

      Hints Ox Decorative Coi.Oun. -If Cow* „I...

      Hints ox Decorative Coi . oun . -If coW _* „ i , . i _contigtmusly differ fromeach ot _^^ ei 4 l y by deS of shade , then the 1 _"htor slndo win _„ \ * V 0 I Of coloured bodies , as well as white placed in * luxta-position , the first become more _briUant and greater depth of shade , and the second aro _"Ltod hy the complementary ofthe fiMt- Ih .,. « p _fuJrft . r p _^«^ _ofVJSniss _hm-nt ' il / _Ift _" r ° 4 " « W « " « _KK

      a colour giving it a luminous c _& _ptenK ? 3 as orange , ye lowish orange , or _yWifffcSS hh " ° i f . ; thc oran S ° complementary of i _tltcr ; nd tt h „ _i ° f _' hC bIack Wi , ich _beooiiS J ? ' t " ° , ° bec 01 "cs more brilliant A <* egards grev colours placed conti _guoulS \ uh coloured bodies , the phenomena _mnv proseIt _contrastsst . l more striking . Thus , _withSXw and pey , the latter assumes a purplish tinge ' bv _,-ecefv . lo ! _wl'tru- !' 1110 col « Plen ' . onta , y tat , ocs and two _*«» _<* bikers t 0 b _° S 0 ld _™ ek ] y t 0 t } lQ _London

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 15, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15121849/page/6/