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      July 20 , 1850 . 6 THE NORTHERN STAR . '

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      Health of losnos Dobiso thk ws _ c—In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered iu the metropolitan districts were 781 ; . whereas the average derived from ten corresponding weeks of , 1840-9 , is 8 SB ,. or , augmented in ' the ratio of increase of . population , 967 . > Compared with this -latter number , ' . the deaths of last week exhibit a decrease-of > 186 . _v Taking the ten weeks of previous -years , namely , the twenty-eight of each year , it appears that the lowest nnmber occurred in 1843 , and was 757 , while the highest occurred in 1849 , . and was 1 , 369 , when cholera-was making considerable progress . The deaths caused by diseases of the zymodic or epidemic class were last week only

      • lbS ; . inthe corresponding weeks of 1845-8 , they fluctuated between 167 and 319 , and in the same week of last year rose to . 630 . In the present return , small-pox numbers 9 deaths ; measles , 10 ; scarlatina , 23 ; and hooping-cough also 23 . The first three epidemics are less fatal than usual , and the mortality from last differs little from the average . Typhu 9 carried off 30 persons ; it fluctuated in the ten corresponding weeks between 18 and 59 , the increase falling oa the later years . Diarrhoea , which the summer usually calls into activity , was fetal during the week ia 37 cases , all except three having been amongst young persons ; the average is 39 ; and as farther proof that np to this period there is no . striking development of the

      disease , it is sufficient lo state that in'the same week of 1846 the deaths from diarrhoea : were 87 ; in that of 1847 , 32 ; in . 1848 , 64 ; and in 1849 ; 89 . last week seven persons , of whom three were children , were registered , who had died of cholera ; bnt in most of the cases it appears to have been the common English epidemic , and it is not stated in any case that the disease had assumed the malignant form , me followin g are the detail ? ofthe 7 cases : On the llth July , at 43 , William-street , Kensington , the daughter of a labourer , aged 5 months , died of " cholera infantum ( 3 days , ) convulsions ( 12 hours . " ) On the 8 _ih July , at 32 , _Uutford-place , St . Mary , Marylebone , the wife of a servant , aged 70 years , died of " English cholera ( 3 days . " ) On

      the 10 th July , at 7 , _Tooting-court , in the same subdistrict the daughter of a labourer , aged 8 months , "diarhoea ( 7 days ) , infantine cholera ( 24 hours ) . " Onthe 10 th of July , at 27 , John-street Korth , in the same sub-district , the wife of a joiner , aged 40 years , " cholera ( 12 hours ) , sickness and effusion on the brain . " On the 10 th July , at 4 , Warwick-place , St . Luke ' s , a cutler , aged 32 years , " cholera 2 days ) , ' typhus ( 14 days ) . " And oa the 7 th July , at 7 , Preston-street , the daughter ofa weaver , aged 8 years , died of " cholera ( 5 days ) . " This streot , says Mr . Howard , the registrar , is overcrowded With inhabitants , and bas no drainage . On the 3 rd Of July , at 9 , Brunswick-street , St Mary Rowing- ' ton , a " female , aged 24 . years , " cholera ( 3 days ) ,

      parturition a month before . Mr . Seagrave , the _rigistrar , adds , "that this woman has had an attack of peritonitis after childbirth , from which she quite recovered ; that she afterwards ate some currant cake , which prodaced vomiting and purging . " To these may _chadded .. the case of a _boyi aged . 11 months , who died on the Oth July , at 3 , Perry ' s-place , Cornwall-road , Lambeth ; he was the son of a carpenter , and the cause of death is described as " _oiarhsea with Tomiting ( 10 days ) . " Mr . Mesrs , theregistrar , states that "its parents lost another child last year from cholera , and the symptoms in the present case were so similar , that the medical man would have considered it a case of cholera if it had occurred at tbe time of the

      epidemic . " Besides tbe three cases of cholera in St . Mary , Marylebone , as recorded above , there was also a death from diarrhoea In the " same 8 UD-district , one from bilious fever , and another from fever with hydrocephalus . According to the above statement , 7 "deathsfrom cholera , were registered last week ; but in _tiie same week of 1 S 46 there were 8 . in that of . 1843 there were 9 , while at this period last year the epidemic had made such progress , tbat in the corresponding week 339 deaths from it wero registered . AttheRoyarObservatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29-875 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 5 T 5 degrees . Except on the last two days , the mean temperature was below the average of seven years . Oa Saturday , the highest in the sun was 110 degrees . A _BosjfET Maker Starved to Death . _—Oo Saturday last , Mr . _Wmi Carter held an inquest at ths Duke of Gloucester public-houseUnion-row

      , , 2 few Kent-road , oh the body of a poor bonnet maker , named Susan Ansel ! , ' aged fifty-nine years , who , it was alleged , had died from starvation . The evidence adduced went __ to prove that the deceased had suffered greet privation from her incapability of earn * ing a sufficiency to get a proper quantity of food for . her support . She had been known to go without victuals for days together , and then wonld beg of some of the neighbours . She had been advised to apply to ]? ewmgton workhouse for relief , hut informed the _witness that " she would rather die in a ditch . " An order _wsa obtained for the assistance of the parish surgeon , who" came and prescribed for the deceased whom he described as dying from disease of the heat and iui gi no doubt brought on by the want of proper nourishing food . She died on the morning of Thursday from exhaustion . —The jury returned the following verdict— "Died from disease of the heart and lungs , accelerated by the want of proper food . "

      Shi ? bs Fire is the Thames . —On Saturday afternoon last , between 'four and . fire o ' clock ,. a ? essei named , the Saunders , belonging to Mr . Phillip ? , a lighterman , and lying off Irongate-stairs , caught fire , and in afew minutes , notwithstanding _prompt assistance was gives , the cabin head and the after part of ihe vessel were inflames . The two splendid steam-ships , the Batavier . Rotterham trader , and the Leith , a Scotch trader , were in close proximity to the fire , and the . forepart of both ships ' sides , together , with their paddle-boxes , were _severely damaged . Death of Mrs . Gmveb—With deep regret we announce the death of Mrs . Glover . The distressing event took _j-laee . at an early hour on Tuesday morning , and was , " happily , unaccompanied . by any

      perceptible evidence of physical suffering . " There is something inexpressibly shocking . in the fact tliat on Friday night Mrs . Glover was in person the object of a great popular demonstration in her _hoconr _, and that on the morning of the following Tuesday she eeassd to be among ns . The-first and most natural impression on the public mind will doubtless be that the excitement inseparable from her last appearance on the stage must have accelerated the deplorable event : and when it is known that , for the fortnight antecedent to Friday , Mrs . Glover had been confined to her bed , the impression wonld not seem illfounded . Her medical advisers , however , state their deliberafe opinion , that the nervous irritability ari _« sing from _««««¦ - iltatsa would have rendered it more

      dangeruns to check the impatience she felt to keep faith with the public than to yield , however reluc _; taritly , to her strong anxiety . Mrs . Glover had announced th ' at she wonld appear , and , with thorough English _courage , she did appear . . In the lamentable result we find ground far deep regret . Extraordinary SuicinE .-rOh Saturday , morning , about two o ' clock , police-constable Hodges , 88 P , was on duty at the back of Argyle-lodge , Tulsehill , when Le found a child fast asleep under one of the haystacks . He awoke her , and asked her io go to the station-bouse in the Brixtoh-road , which she did , and here told inspector Emmerson that her name was Mary Ann Cooper , and that she lived vita ber ancle and aunt in White _Uorse-streat , Waterlooad

      -ro , but she conld not tell how she got to the haystack , and that , being Very tired , she had slept there since six on die Friday evening . Upon Hodges taking her to the place she had mentioned , he found that she had not been with her uncle and aunt since Christmas , and that , in fact , she resided with , her father , -who is- a very respectable carpnter , in the . Green-lane , Tulserhill , of the name of Chandler , that her name was Sophia Chandler _, and not Cooper , and that she was barely fourteen years of age ; she was , besides , of very small stature . Upon bearing this , Inspector Emmerson desired she should be taken home to her father ; and she went with Hodges , apparently in high spirits , and running after butterflies for amusement .. When they had got . into the Green-lane , in . eight , of her father ' s _Sonie _, she rushed through a gap iii the hedge , and across a field belonging to Mr . Roupell , of

      Brixtonhill , ih which is a deep pond , _dugfor making bricks , and into which she resolutely . plunged . Hodges proceeded after her , and his feet sticking in . the clay at the bottom , he was very nearly drowned ; hutfyonng Mr . Roupell happening to witness . the whole occurrence , went to his . assistance , and he wa & got out ; bnt a quarter of an hour elapsed before . the . body ofthe poor child could be recovered , and she was then quite dead . It seems a neighbour of Air Chandler had missed some silver , . and a policeman had been sent for , but not to take her into custody ; this appeared to have . alarmed i her , and Eheran away from home , . and then the next day coming suddenly insight of her father ' s house , with a policeman by . herjide __ _rithonglyiot _ ihi 8 _ harge , is supposed to have bad a " inomentary impulse on her mind , and led her to commit' suicide . 'The jury _xettwned a verdict of' * Temporary insanity , ' *

      Destructive . Fisb at Hssdos . — On . " Tuesday afternoon , thei village of , Hendbn ' was _^ _tbrown into a _stiiteof theiitmost ' confusion , in _wmsfequencefof the " outbreak of a seriousi fire pn tne private estate Belongingto . Mr , Howetr / lhe extensivelinehdraper ef Holborn , _ffsituate at ' flendon , _^ hear the parish church " ' The flames originated , fi _$ m . rome ";' , t __" - _taown / _eausey jh " _a" * arn , fiieafjy fifty _^ feet long , and aboafc _^ _thirty : feet . -wide . . ' . Owing to the _easilyrigbi . tablfe ha ' tUro of '' the materialswith _> _hich . _toobuild- ; ing was ; . ei « cte'd _^ h ' Ut few . m _^ nufes ' elapsed ere " the wholebecame one fmihensefsheet _offlamel ' Within a J _& _st _^ _-g _^ sxe ' of the' Burning property stood ' three _vcisxit _^ yyand o wing to the ' stiff breeze which X _^^«* ffife _^ wh 6 W were .. iniekV ; in _-a ' _pneral _^ Illaira _^ ffiB _^ nBh engine-and . privateone were z [ p _^;^& _- _&\ zi . ..,- .: " : [ ' [ , y -Zi . _~ . _y- z . "' _"¦ -jZZ _-J _& ZSly-:.: ¦ . _* - ¦ . u _. _v-r--:-. ' . _' : \ i -::.- - '¦ ' -

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      assumed such a threatening aspect , that it was deemed advisable to send toXondon for additional assistance- _^ At _half-patt ten o _' _clMfcon / We _& _Mdav ni » ht the fire was far , from being extinguished , although all _'tofew : _*^!* ' _^ " _^™™ over . By that time the barn was totally destroyed , and ; at a [ moderatecompu tation / were must have been about 160 or 200 loads of hay consumed .. Mr . Howett was insured in the Phcenix Fire-office .

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      _.+ mm _++ 04 < * * ' > _? f _^^^^ y - " THE SUICIDES IN NEWGATE . On Saturday last two inquests were held in one of the prisoners' dining-rooms in Newgate ; by Mr . W . J . Payne , deputy-coroner , and a jury of twenty-three citizens' of'London . ' The first was _^ on the body of Daniel BlackstaffDonovan , aged thirty-three , an expugilist ; the second on the body of Walter Watts ' also aged thirty-three , recently clerk in the Globe Insurance Office , and formerly lessee of the _Muryleboneand Olympic Theatres . On Friday Donovan was tried at the Central Criminal Court , and sentence of death recorded against him ; and ori the same day the deceased Watts was broughtup for judgment , and sentenced to ten sears' transportation .

      The following evidence will show the-natnre of their offences , and the circuriistances antecedent and subsequent to their trials and tb their self-destruction : — " * v " .. .. Mr . W . Copb , examined : I am govenor of this prison , and deceased ' s name was Daniel Blackstaff Donovan . He came in on the lst of July . He was charged witb wounding and throwing out of a window of a certain dwelling house , Anne Denovan , with the intent to kill and murder her . He was tried on Friday morning last , before Mr . Baron Alderson , at the Central Criminal Court , Convicted , arid sentence of death recorded against him . I did not see him after the sentence , as . I was on business at the _; Secretary of State ' s office , respecting the removal of prisoners

      to _Millbank Prison . His age is thirty-three , and he described himself as being a smith . On his admission he appeared very well . I saw . him ; on Friday morning , before his trial , and saw hiin every day during his'imprisonment . I did not observe anything particular in his manner . ¦ He was a man of violent temper generally . I used to have him out of his cell to work , and if anything was said to him he would turn sulky and- abuse you dreadfully .. . After such a sentence as that passed on deceased a prisoner i 3 taken into such acellashe wasin . 1 was . notat home when this occurred . One of the turnkeys was left to watch over him , but not in the cell with him . I did not hear of his death until about fonr o ' clock , on my' return from Millbank _! Prison . ... He was , tried

      , ' soon after ten afm ., ' on Friday ,, and sentenced , soon after one o ' clock p . m . The turnkey jn charge of hiin could'see into his cell , throngh the usual opening in the door .. Iii iny absence the deputy-governor is left ir i charge ofthe prison . After deceased had been put into his cell he had seen two or three of the officers , but no one else . ' Hesby Todmah ( turnkey ) examined :. I was on duty on Friday over the cell in which deceased was , and when he was brought to . it after trial he seemed qdte collected , arid perfectly quiet . He was dressed in the clothes he , was tried in . His hands arid feet were not confined . It is my duty to watch in a sort of passage in front of these cells , into which I can see . About half-past one . the , deceased -was brought

      tothe cell . ' I locked him iri . He asked for his dinner , which I gave to hini , and he then refused tq eat it , saying he could hot .. He then asked me for some water to drink . , 1 gave it to him , and hie drank it . . I then went away , and came back to him . at five minutes past two . He said he should like to see his wife , and I said he should have an opportunity . He also asked me if he could write a letter , and I said that I must report his requeel to , Jhe governor , ss it was contrary to the rules to write without leave . ' , He was then walking back wards arid forwardsin his cell . I left , and at half-past two came to see him again . He was then suspended by his handkerchief . I

      opened the cell , and went in and took a knife . and cut the handkerchief , which was round his neck and fastened to the bars of the cell windows . I do not know whether it was a neck , or a pocket handkerchief . His feet were off the ground . He conld not Teach the bar from the ground , and I think he must have stood npon the bedstead to have reached it . His back was to the wall , and his hands were . _hangingdownstraight . When I cnt him down he was a little warm .. I gave an alarm directly for the doctor ' s assistant , in the infirmary , who came , and ordered me to take him to the bath-room , and a surgeon was sent fur . Two medical gentlemen soon came and saw him , and pronounced him dead .

      The deputy-governor , the under-sheriff , and . some of the officials baring been examined , the depatycoroner . sumaed np the . evidence . The jury : consulted for a longtime ,: and twelve of the . m were of opinion that deceased had hung himself whilst , in an unsound state , of mind ; the remaining eleven considered that he was not . A verdict was tben recorded of "Temporary Insanity , " according to the decision of the majority . The second inquest , on the body of Watts , was then proceeded with .. - _ Mr . Cope , thegovernor of the prison , examined : — Deceased was brought in on the ICth of April last , < _ two charges , for stealing an order for £ 1 , 400 , and a piece of paper value one penny . He was tried' at the following May sessions of the Criminal Court , and judgment was then respited on a point of law . Judgment was given yesterday morning , and-thesenlence was transportation for ten years . I do not

      know whether the judgment of the Criminal Court of Appeals , which was adverse to him , " was made known to hini until he-was finally brought up for judgment to receive his sentence . His health was bad when he first came iato the prison , and he had been under the doctor s care , and in the infirmary ever since . I waB in court when the final sentence was passed on him , and he appeared to be in pretty good spirits after he had heard the sentence . I did not think he appeared at all depressed . In my hooks he is described asa clerk , and his age is recorded to be thirty-three . After the sentence had been passed he was taken backinto the infirmary , where I saw him last . The occurrence happened in the middle of the night , and until a quarter-to four this morning I knew nothing of it , when I was sent for . There were four prisoners in the same room with him , and Waldon , tbe infirmary assistant , slept in a room adjoining . When I was called , they told me he had heen dead for some time .

      Wii & iav Smith , a prisoner , examined : —I was in the infirmary last night , and I know the person who is dead , Mr . Watts , who was also there ; I have been in the infirmary since last Thursday , and had conversations with deceased , who appeared in excellent spirits . I saw him soon after he was sentenced , and he did not appear at all different from what he had been before- I never heard him complain of anything being the matter with hiin . I slept three beds off from him .- I and he went to bed about a quarter to nine last evening . He did not eat much supper , bnt he took some medicine about five minutes before he went to . bed . Mr . Waldon gave it to him . Before he went rip to the Central Criminal Court , on Wednesday morning last , he said that he expected to be

      imprisoned for twelvemonths . Oa thatday he was not sentenced , and he saidthe judges _werenot satisfied with Mr . Justice _Cresswell ' s decision , arid . that they would write to him into theoquhtrjrj wherethat learned judge then was . and that he ( Watts ) was ' ordered _tu come up again on Friday . , Ou that day , when he came back to the infirmary , he said he had got transported for ten years , bnt he seemed as risrial He slso said that he had expected that _sehtence _^ after what the judges had told him on Wednesday " morning . I went to bed at nine , and woke again at twelve o ' clock last night . All was then quiet . I woke again at three , and lay awake until a quarter to four this morning . I then turned round and missed Mr . Watts , and seeing his slippers and boots underneath

      his bed , I then thought something strange was . the case , aud being sure that he had not got up between tnree o ' clock anda quarter'to four , I _suspectedfthat something was wrong . ; I woke the prisoner next , to me . and communicated to him my suspicions . He immediately jumped out of bed , and went to the water closet at the other end of the infirmary , and he called for a knife ,, saying Mr . ' Watts _^ was there hanging , quite dead arid cold . 1 went—the _Mother prisoner ' s name was Shipton—and saw Mr . '; . vV " at _ there . " We rang the bell for the cflScerl' ; Deceased was hanging , suspended by abit of cord fastened b y the side of his neck from some bars across a window , which was over and by the . side of the watercloset . The feet of the deceased were just tnuehirigf , the

      ground , and were tied together with a silk . handkerchief . He was hanging about a foot from the seat of the water-closet . .. I thirik I could reach the ! bars of the window from the ground ; 'he was _harigirig quite perpendicularly , with his back : to thcfwall _, . " arid ; his ' eyes wide open . When he called for -assistance . ' Mr . _^ Waldon came with a knife , and deceased / was , cut down , and Shipton took him and laid inn on . the floor , of the infirmary _^ ' _f- ' A doctor was ; gent for , although Mr . . Watts was quite . dead . He . was in his shirt , with a napkin on his chest , and a , locket ; 8 _UBpended _. from his " neck . ' .. ' .,. f ' " ' . f _.. . . _^ v _'if . f f "By a Jobob . - _^ I believe _thefropefwas _^ crit ' out of the sacking of the bedstead . It corresponded wiih . a piece that , was wanting .: All ' , the . knives / are " , given back aftet ' eyeryirieal _, and . _deceasedTiad one , tO _/ ciit his dinner and supper with on : Friday ... I . never heard

      him sky ' any thing about makipgfaffay _wiahimsejf-r quite the other way . ' , _Hef was' . at _, ways in full ; spiritsj ' arid he ' . did not appear , to me _! to beul ' -i ' ; , „ " , ' . ' _.-f _^ - " , _fMrJMMijBDo _. ' chief surgeon , toff the _prison , , _exar , mined : —Deoeased was first brought _junder _^ ' my notice and care at Giltspur _^ treet prison , where , he had been remanded before he was brought herei _" , He . _was then in a _statCbordering on detiriuittremens , caused M : drin _^; People . are not ' of _souna _' mirid _' at such times , and he asked me for s 6 me brandy when' he c _?™ e ' . _" _«» ' _^'" 2 tba t he . _'hiia been in _the'h ' abit of taking hrge quantities , f When " -I _remonstrated with hun on that habit _. f he toldme he had done goto pre _4 _^ t the _rexirrehcebf a , spittmg _' of'blood , which ' affected him . •; I thoright _, he was too much ; excited thento reason ' with him , and I ; prit Him ' in ' tlie" infirmary cf f heCorijpteratokcejandrfoundit heces-

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      _aarytogWe him some stimulant * as . he was accustomed to a considerable quautity ' of it . ' He remained under _my-tarein-theinfirmaryjoHhat ' a « d ; thiiFpri son . throughout tiie whole of _blsfimpriBoniuent . until his death . ; . Isawhim in Newgate daily ,-, . and _^ go _^ did : my _assisrant arid hiy son , _' _who'is also _^^ had been getting "better ' . since _^ he . ' w _^ _s'impriibned , and had becoine ' more cheerful . He had taken medicine , and , was / able . to bear , the diminution ; of > the _siimojant at first administered _^ and . was in good spirits apparently . He . _was „ very cheerful , throughout , and very well conducted' to wards ' all . ' J _ e .. _was continually complaining of headaches ' , biit said' ihey were diminishing , and I still thought it right to keep him in . the infirmary . HewaS a ver " y excitable person , but itis very difficult to say whether an unexpected sentence would derange his brains or hot .- He frequently repeated that he had had ' a great deal of difficulty about his theatres , and in other way _b .

      Other witnesses corroborated the ab ' ovestatemeht , and after a few remarks _fronvthe' coroner ; the jury immediately " returned an unanimous verdict of Temporary insanity . " The career of Donovan , who was termed an expugilist , was one of great dissipation and riot . In a moment of bitter passion , he burled his wife but of window , and how she escaped immediate destruction appears marvellous . The learned-jud ge" before whom he was tried , Baron Alderson—Justices Pair _teson and _Talfoui-d being also on the bench—apparently took more than his ' 'usually ' great pains iri eliciting the facts . ; : ,

      The principal witnesses against Donovan were his two children and his wife ..- Baron Alderson had the children placed on a bench neat him , and his lordship , with considerable care , questioned them as to their knowledge of the obligation of an oath ,, and pointed out the awful position of ¦ their parent , and the necessity of their telling the truth ; Donovan cross-examined them at ' some length , " as also his wife , with much seriousness , with a view of showing that she either jumped or ' tumbled -out of the window . The fact was not altered , however ; ' the jury feund him guilty , and , it being , a capital offence , sentence of death was recorded against him ' . 'Previous to his trial he was . classed with the . uotried prisoners ; but on leaving' the ; , dbck after his

      cbhdemnation he was conveyed to one of the fold condemned cells at the extreme north angle : of " the _ apl . Although probably improved ; it continues a di « raalr looking place , being twelve fee ' tby ten , and . lighted by a window in the passage . How he could have succeeded in destroying himself without the watcher in the passage seeing him , if be reaUy was : bhr duty , is a matter which will , no doubt , be inquired into by the Court of Aldermen . "' . '''*' , "' '"'¦ ' _r--- ¦ ' ,-" With reference to the convict Walter Watts ,- there is little doabt that the unfortunate man was led te believe that the circumstance of his being a partner and shareholder in the- Globe Insurance Company would be sufficient in the eye of the law to . absolve him from the criminal-charges brought agaihsthim .

      On being brought up , on Wednesday . morning , ' arid hearing the opinion of Baron- Alderson ; . and the result of his application to the'Gourt ; 0 f Appeal , he prepared himself for ' a severe punishment / arid it is possible that he then made np his mind to commit self-destruction ' , for the way he ' accomplished his object shows tbat be bad : meditated it some ' time before he could effect it ; ' Ag Will be _' _seen _, ever since hu incarceration he has been ah inmate of the infirmary , a comfortable ward ' on the'second floor , on which are some five or six cast Iron bedsteads , fitted with sacking arid fastened , arid laced by ropes . The one occupied by Watts stood , next but one' to the watercloset-door _, and ¦ how he managed'to _reriiove the rone from the sackine of his bed—for it was with

      that he strangled himself—without either exciting the attention of the warders or his fellow-prisoners ,, is a matter which perplexes all . The inference , however , is , that he must have watched' his fellow . ' prU _soners to sleep , and tben raised the bedding , 'and removed the line . The secure manner in which he fastened it round . the bar of the _, window of the closet exhibited the determined character of his _piurpose . He had passed it round the bar four or . five , times , and . by jumping off' the seat , the window , being about six feet froni the ground ; ended his life in a very prompt arid effective style . Watts for a long time before he became mixed , up with theatricarspecdlations . was looked upon as a _mo-t singular and somewhat extravagant person . He kept his town house and also afcountry establishment ; the latter was near Brighton , " and . when he came to _Lbnclori ; which was generally , of a

      morning , he would-have his carriage and servant in waiting at the London-bridge terminus ready to drive him to the Globe . Insurance' Office , or any place he might wish'to visit ' Although he enjoyed agood salary , it was a matter of astonishment to many how he could keep up such an appearapce , more especially as he was in the habit of giving , ' on frequent occasions , champagne breakfasts and other expensive-eritertairiinehts . Prior to taking _eithsr the Marylebone or Olympic Theatre , he mixed . frequently with betting men , and , according to his . own account , was lucky enough to win considerable sums of money . From " what has since transpired , -there is every reason to believe thatj instead of his . gaining such large sums ' as _ he had represented / he was a considerable / loser by his speculations . His defalcations to the Globe Insurance Company reached , it is said , to nearly £ 80 , 000 , " a small portion of which will have to be made good by his bondsmen .

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      Trial Ano Skntence Of Smeeton. The Build...

      Trial _ano Skntence of Smeeton . the Building Societies _DEFAUtTEn . —At _4 he General . Quarter Sessions held at Ipswich before Mr . D . Power , the recorder , Thomas Smeeton was "indicted for numerous acts of embezzlement . The prisoner acted as secretary to two building or investment societies , and in that capacity he succeeded in appropriating to himself a large amount ofthe funds . , Smeeton obtained ' some notoriety in the , town by holding forth on the teetotal system and becoming a preacher in a Baptist chapel ., lie introduced himself to very respectable society , and we understand he was the first to propose or project' two societies called . the

      East Anglian Building and Investment Company and the Suffolk Improved Building and Investment Company , he becoming secretary to both , " Matters went oh prosperously enough apparently until about last March , when a ! review of the accounts exhibited serious deficiencies on the part of the prisoner . After this he suddenly absconded from , the town . He was traced to London , and , after Borriei difficulty , ; _was captured aind brought back . ; He was arraigned upon no fewer , that seven indictments . The one upon which he was convicted was for stealing a banker ' s cheque for £ 17 12 s . 6 d . drawn by _iWiuiam Henry Alexander and Henry Gallant _Brisco , trusteeB . of the

      East Anglian Society , with . intent fto defraud . John Fuller , a shareholder . In . the coursey of February Fuller sent a notice to Smeeton to the effect that he was desirous of selling his share .. ; For this he was entitled to receive £ 1712 s . 6 d . . 'He afterwards sent in a countermand , however , but it was notlaid . hefore the trustees . In accordance with Fuller ' s previous Order a cheque was given to Smeeton for . the amount , bnt Fuller never receiyed ; _if- ; . ' _.. By the company ' s books , it did riot appear that Fuller had withdrawn his share . The Recorder having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of ' . ' Guilty . " , - The , sentence , of the court Was , that he be transported beyond _the _/ seai „ r the tenri pf ten years . , ' ., . '

      Murder in theCountrt . —In _theiPoKeei _Gazt geue of Saturday last , fa reward was offered by , her Majesty ' s governmerit . fer the discovery f of the murderer or murderers of Mr . Joseph Warren , a i farmer lately residing near . Gay ton , Northamptonshire . The unfortunate gentleman had been _t attending Br oughton-green fair' and on . hiB return home was attacked and beaten to death , bis body presenting a most frightful appearance .... Fatal _AccinExr at _G-ATESHEAD . _^ An accident _occorred on the 12 th inst , by which two lives were lost , at Mr . Price ' s glass-works , in . Pipewellgate , by the falling bf a cone ( a large chimney , enclosing the furniace . _) . It appears that the , men had been engaged during" the , earlypart . of . the , day in setting the

      pots for melting . the metal ,, when same . of them observed thatthe cone bad shrunk , and- great apprehensiori of . dariger existed . At the time . of . the accident , however , Vmost ofthe men had left—the two sufferers beirig iu . ; ' the ; Cutting shop . flpstairs _.: Wil-15 am Wei _jshtmati ; a _, joiner , ' and en old man : named Sewell , on hearingthe _alarm ' i had ; . both , run across the building to , make their ! escape ,, but were caught _^ yth ' e falling ' , wreck .. . Weightraau ; . _was got erit , alioost . immetliately , dead , ; but . Sewellwas -bur ; ed under seyeral tons ' of rubbish , and had to be , extricated , by : breakirig , thrnughthewill-ief . the _^ huUd _^ _ngiv ' _sHe Wn s riot released untiif _upwards _^ f : three hours ; after the accident . He bad lived a considerable ; _tinjei hU moans being heard at _intervals _. by the workmen . !

      ; f f Melancholv -: Accident > nd ' Loss of , Lii ? B , ' r-A _lariiiritabie . accident , _joccurred n ' earfsWeymouth ; on _theUth inBtfto Mr . _\ arid , Mrs ., JameB . Tasker ( of London , ) who , with th eir , lit tie girl , had been ; . on a vjsit to ; a relative at Wareh _^ ra _^ _. _ijTheyawereVreturnr ing froih _^ _WiymouthftofWareham in : ; . _< a four ; wheel chaisft , _jvheri _, descending the hill in the ; village : of Osiningtph ;( four miles frim- Weymouthj ) the : pony became' unmanageable arid ran / violently against , a 8 fone , waH , hyvfhicU all ; three-were thrown out ; of the chaise , f- Mr . Jfimw ¦ . _Tasker : was killed * on the spot ,, Mrs , Tasker . and . _thet _. _childhad _eachj-an , arm broken . * _, , The . bod y of , _j _^ r , ; _-r Tasker ; was . removed te the Plough _puhlicrhouiei _. at a shprt _. dis . _tapqe _. frcmthe

      spot ., Mrs _^ Tasker _. and . the , cniw were :-. brought to _^ _eyrabiitb' j _, and hot made acquainted with / his death , fearful what riiay be _' the result . j ; . scy ' Strike of _Gun-wcs _Jn"BB 8 . r _^ At . Darla 8 ton SIX hundred _^ _un-lqckfilers struck . work _last ; week , when a ' g ' overnment ,. cbhtract : for _iCO _. OOp _,, locks , had ., heen takeh _^ f Itis said that the . _contractors _. _wjish to . reduce wages . iii o ) _rder f to supRly | h _^ locks ' tq government at atow price , _an'd-. yet ' i retain , for ; . themse ' ri ' ar ' yprofit ,, '; T he ; filers ; _vvere . _allpjyiedi _, t ' eii _, ' per ce n . t . fast _September . ; . and . _^ efpr _| esenten 4 eayqur ; is . t . ot _^ theirwage ' s ' _to'the still , greater , _aihourit ; of twenty _^ five per _cehti additional . < ... '_ .. ' / .. "¦ f t . ' _$$ _? ¦ _$# : _W-W-M _# _n > - _Jou- HOUSB ,- II-

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      vtwca -Ori _Mondsy an inquest was taken by Mr . W . _iR _? theWkH _^^^^ Sf » -Anh Morrisraged : forty-two , who , with her huBbS , ha * _died ; hi . cqn 8 Wue ceMipj _^ received bva 7 exp loVi 6 h _^ ¥ 8 , 4 _^ _} ook place at the J _^ ford Toll-house _. on . the _. night qf . _. _SundayMweekjlaBk vlrdte _^' _^ _ThaVthe ' _'deceased'dieammthe _injuria : receivedtliwu _gha'lighted'piefee _' of _paperbeirigin- ' _cautioiislr place ' d _^ incoiinexi on with _ah-eBcape _' pf gas _,, _butShVm _suchlesiapoIof _^ was not sufficient _evidence before _thejury . - _, ' _^ , ' THUNDBhsTORM . —Bmstoi ,,, July ; ; J ? V * _T _.- % ? l Y ' _thuridefem _^ _ttendedVith . y _^ . fla « h « _^ _nirigrpassedbverthis-city'th s ; : afterndon . j , It _hug from about one _pimUtofoiic p . m .-, ' _andiwas _. _accom-i panied by torrents of-rain * _i ¦ _\> f ¦¦ ' - _^ _;¦;' ' •; _"

      . ; , __ ACCIDBNI . _UPON _,, _THEj NORTH .: _KENT _^ RAItWAY . . The up-trainwhicb . left Gravesend _^ _n Mon _^ ing at twenty _^ minutes past , _^ . _^^^ _gJS en | _ine 9 and at least 600 _pawengers . _«« _W * Hg «* Woolwich station ; but had : on \ f _: proceeded _« _g _« 8 Blackheath . Tuuuel _,. _when : a lugga ge- _^"" _vM ? with fruit , to . tm into } t t _*^>* $ _^ £ 8 ion .... SeveraloftheoarriajeB , vfere coui p _^^^^^ in the turinel ,: andraany _passengersfW _^ _gggj some , - it is feared , fataly . f Nearly . _^ _Kj _^ _Sf " bv the succeeding'trans _were . _detaiqed in conie-Jelled to maketheirwayto town _; had to do _^ o many _conveyances that could , be . ob ained _^ Gross _, _neghgSvvas freely _HUnbiited to" one . of the superior _^ i _^ _nfficials bv rrianV of the passengers ,- but it

      _wasimpossible ; in siich ' a scene- ot terror _anuconiur sion , _tuflscertairiiwith"a ' ny degree of certainty to whomthe . cul pabilityreally _. attached . _-. _- ¦ # _B-MtwAY , RioT _. _—Eorsome time past discussions have been going of between , ; the Shrewsbury and Birmingham _Company and . the London and North Western 'Company ) - ' under the name of the' _Stoui-Valley Railway , ' whioh they _haveleaaed , as to the [ right of the . Shrewsburyl andi Birmingham Company \ o 'form avconnexion . atthe _/ joint station at _Wolverihainptori with , the . Birmirigham Canal . . . It , appears _i that kiich a "' " coririexiori _is necessary for the _cbnvenience ; of thepublio" aridfor thef due . conduct of the [ business ' of the ShrewsburynndBirmihgham Cdmipany , _astheyjhave at present no access to

      _Birmirig-; ham by railway . _vThe formation _. of this _^ cftrial appears [ to have excited the apprehensions of theJJondonand ; North Western Company , who have thrown every iobstacle in'their power in the way . ' After . some prei limiriary _fgkirmishing'it became obvious on" Friday jweek ; that a serious collision of the rival companies iwas likely to ensue . ; The . _Shrewsburyjand'Birmirigjliain ' Company having been obstructed on that dayiri formipg a temporary connexion with the , canal within ' the station'limits ; determined to persist' on the _fqljlowirig ! morning in' completeim / the necessary work jand carrying ! on < their _buainessi '• The -London' arid North Western . . ment _muat ' ered in ' great force , ' there having . been cbllected . six or . seven hundredtof . the

      _f' navvies' employed in the construction of the Stour _iValley line . ' Abbut twelve o ' clock ; " a train containing thirty : _br forty waggons of the Shrewsbury arid Birmingham _iCompany , 'loaded with materials ; which were intended : to ? be conveyed' by the canal-were brought down along ,. the . Shrewsbury : and _^ Birmingham lirie _. -accompanied ' by , a ; body of ; , workmen , for . the purpose of transhipping ; into the canal . boats . Theycommericed to lay dowii planking tor that _phrpose , bnt it was immediately torn ' up by tlie'tioMori and North Western . men ) i and < scattered about in a reckless manner , . upsetting a numherrof people and breakingfohe man ' s leg . At this stage ofthe proceedings theMayor of Wolverhampton ; accompanied _Jjy . the constabulary , made their aDueararice . The . Riot

      Actwas read , and the mob ordered to disperse . ' The mayor stated aloud that finding the' ShrewbUry arid Birmingham Company in possession' of the station , End _' they being the . only , company now ; using it . for ' the purpose ' s of traffic , that' the police' and . military , would protect'thera while conducting their business , and that he would cause ' every , person to be appreliended who attempted to obstruct them . ; The planking was immediatelyjaid down , ihnder ' protection ! of the militar _* ,, and the Shrewsbury , and Birmingham Company immediately proceeded . to tranship' -the materials from the . railway waggons into the . canal boats , without further interruption . ' _Atthis period , however , the 'London and North' Western were ordered to take their places in a set of contractors '

      waggons , which-were-broughfc . by ! an ; engine to the _spot / as if was believed ,, for the purpose of removing them altogether ; instead of . which , however , ' . the waggons were first _pushedfor ' several hundred yards inthe direction of Shrewsbury , wheii ' the men all jumped out of the waggons _^ and the waggons were then , upset , turned upside down , and scattered over both the" up and down , lines of the Shrewsbury ¦ , and Birmingham- Railway , thus completely obstructing the _mainline of that company , there being one passenger train about to start at the time , " and another train . due ; - _>; The London and North 'Western ' ' men were immediately . charged by the police with drawn swords , -and ' the military ¦ advanced > with _; fixed bayonets . ' The rioters were at first violent " and stubborn ,

      and the police , unfortunately , had to use . theirswords . Several wounds were inflicted , and one , we believe , was very serious . They were at last driven from the ground , and , under the protectionof the authorities ; the waggons upset upon tho . lines ? were cleared off , arid the , Shrewsbury ; j , and Birmingham trains ; were enabled to pass without further obstruction . ' A number of the most leading and' active riotors were apprehended . ¦ _This case seems to be an aggravated repeti'ion at the other end of the Shrewsbury ! line of the Chester station disturbance , . upon which the Lord Chancellor . expressed so decided an opinion . _FlRB AT . ' _WtilTEFARISHi . WILTSHIRE . — This little village , was thrown into great consternation on _Saturdav last ; by afire which broke out at a farm

      ocou pied by Mr . Arthur Nuhn , surgeon , and which destroyed considerable property in buildings and barns filled with grain , . hay-ricks , and . wheat-ricks . It is supposed £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 worth of property is destroyed and that little , if any , was . insured .. . No fire has happened there before for half a century .: It is . believed to haVe been occasioned by two little boyi amusing themselves with lucifer matches , who were so alarmed ' at the mischief-they had occasioned that they ran miles before they ,,. were stopped .- ; The produce belonged to Mr ., Nunri , but the -property , to Robert Bristow , ' Esq ., " of Broxmpor Park . ' Calamitous Firb At Bristol . — Ashocking fire occurred atBristolon Monday night , in the Japan _Finishine Works connected with the extensive

      Floorcloth ., Manufactory ) ot Messrs . Hare and Co ., which ranks , _^ ra ongst , the largest works of its kind in the world . ¦ The mode in which the disaster originated . remains involved , in mystery ., After .. the workpeople left , at about six o ' clock , the overseer ! went over , as ' _usual , and all was apparently Bafe , and remained _^ o until about half-past nine o ' clock ; wlien fire was observed issuing _fromthe eastern-, extremity ofthe building . . An alarm was speedily . given / and the engine belonging to , the factory , manned . Messengers were also despatched for the police and fire insurance companies engines , which were speedily on the spot , arid water being plentiful ( the new course of ithe River Avon adjoining , ) great efforts _wereimade to ; arrest the . progress of tbe fire . ; The _ stock of the building was , ' however , composed of resin , oils ,

      turpehtine , and other combustible materials , and , the flames spread ! with such rapidity arid fierceness as to exci te some apprehensions for tbe safety of the new goods shed ; of the Bristol : and Exeterf Railway , and the terminus of the Great Western Railway _^ with its immense wooden roof , both of which were cloBely _adjacent . The' fire was not got under" until the building iri ; which' it originated was'destroyed , and a loss of irom £ 1 , 600 to < _£ 2 , 000 incurred . _Theprope ' rty was not insured , _* and formed buta small portion pfthe extensive works -with which it . ia connected _^ arid which ; for the 6 _ake _, of ; _lesseningAhe danger in lease of fire , ' are divided into compartments , located at distances from each other . " The'flames could be seen for miles , and many thousands of persons ' were attr « cted to the spot .

      ,, pABiNG _Borglary . ~ A most " daring robbery was committed ion the premises of Mrs . C . Bower , ; n widow residing at ; _adonely . cottage near the road side , ' between , St ' _one-edge ' and , \ the Hut . Bars , between half-past twelve . and two o ' clock . on Tuesday _raniniiinsi" Mrs . Bower and ' a little grandson werethe only . inmates , ' . arid they were in bed at the : lime . ; -. " ' _l-w 0 : daughters . ; were oni afvisit : to her from Chesterfield ; but they had gone \ to see some . friends , at , Ashover . _Mrs . Bower , was first aroused by a loud knocking ' at the"door "} she got ' up from her bed tothe chamber window , and asked who _iwaathere twice _¦;< no oricspokei > Shetheh returnedl , t _«' , her , bed , and shortly ; heard a ; loudcraBb . _iRemembering that she had . left the cat . in the house ,

      she _siipiiOBed that it had thrown down some . pots , and-was making her" way to _thedportogodown stairs , when - ' a man presented himself in _tfie ' _- _'dobr _:, wav with his face so muffled ; in black as : to disguise 1 hia features ., He held ( two lighted torches _> in one hand and ' a large , stick , in . the , other ; and there were'behind him two other men disguised fin the _sanie mariner . They jail walked into the 'Chamber . : Cirie' of thein _^ bid -Mrs . ; Bower get _' irito- _bedjahd told / lher theynBhould - _riot'harm _^ her ; ' bixtrthey _uwei-e _comes-. lor . her ,: money . -. _>\ One of ; the , others . said , _'f'Patrick ' could ; cut ; ., her < , _: head _. _off-. the . heat ' -V They - _^ theri' _a ' Bk * ed ' ¦ [ . where , her ; fmohey < _-Wa ' s ,, ' , The ipoor woman told them iiwas ' iri ' a small _black _' bbx at _itliBlfbotbf _thehefc While two of them were ' _lookiriff

      tor ' _itionenat on ; the _bedside Ho _'prevent-her 1 getting . up . ; Afteri . they ; had : _foundritvthey a 8 ked < herihow imuch .. there ,. was , of „ i , t _. _vshe _^ old'them . ei ght / halfcrowns ., They replied ' she riroit have some _aovereiens somewhere ; she answered that she had ' none .: They then ; tookfroni-her pocket , - b y "her bed-Bide'half : _ crown , one shilling , and _tbreehalfpenoe ; - _' ' Thev n ' eif t _^ ramagedmany _. of _thaibbxes , -- and _turne'dt-aost S her , clothes and other articles on the floor , < expectiritt t ( > fin _^ pre ; inoDey , : Asmall _Jbaaket _^ eiongine _. to oneofher , daugh ( er 8 , ' contaimng : ontsh _& pence in silver _^ and ' _twonence-half _^^ they _also found ! and tb _' ok They . _Wasked'ffi Bower _, if she _. had nqt . a . vwatch , i . She ; toldithem ' her son had _^ _newhe-lJivingi'jbut his , wife _, h _^ iit ; n o . w , Two of . _thrainow . went _^^ own _stairg to plunder ; _whUe ov r _^ _« . r ! _Pd with'Mri . Bower , 'tie W - V tbey-. _. ' v . - - ' _ - ¦' . ;' _* ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦' - :., ¦ . ¦ ,., ; _. _^ i ., _¦'< _" . ' _J ' v . v _'; : •¦• ' " ¦

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      were all Iri 9 h . She asked him how long they had been landed in England j and he said a fortnight , ana they had " nothing „ to _Jak _^ t . _^^ them , bMk . * wit . h . Mrs . ; Bower _iwid _sHeiwas _Borryifofthe'poor , and when _« nyi Irish came to her door she-generally relieved them . ! She . _addedii'f The | iqrd , haye / mercy-. upon me ; ' and ' the Lord have . mercy _^ _upoij : ; you also- " . . He replied , ; mow , we arei doing wrong . " '; . ' _.,. ' „ ' , ' _, . •; .. ¦• .. iVz . i' _^ _TiibNDBRsfoBM - ' Ar J Brwiol . —During ' a _; f heavy storm : _ofthunderand-lightriiugj _' which passedovef Bristol on _Afohdayi'Severaiaocidents occurred . ' -At the iron works , flreobed . by _. the late . 'firm-of "Acrarnans ; Morgan , ! and , C 6 ; , in tho Marsh , _; gt . _Philijp's , a high _chimrieyfwas _struck by the electrio . fluid , and partially , tbfown down ' . ' _Thb ' telegraph _flag-poBt , attached tb the '• dock master's ' omoe , at _Bathurst

      Basin , 'was demolished ; and at the Batch , near the top of Old Market-street , a house was very much damaged , a woman _thvowtv down avid injured ,-and two horses blinded . In Church-lane , St . Aliohael ' _s _parislii the lighthin _? entered a house on the north 8 ide , _from-whioh'itpasged'to the opposite side of the street , _and- _'injured a wall of Prospect House . A man , who was _crossing Durdhan . Down during the storm , was struck by , the electric fluid , by which he was completely blinded , and at a place called Compton Gloucestershire , a few miles ' from Bristol , two labouring' -men were nearly killed . The _^ . ' were _wonking in a field , and upon the storm coming' on took shelter under the brabohes of an elm tree ; ' accompanied -by a dog . ; . The lightning ,. attracted by

      the tree , passed between them , killing their dog on the' spot , anid throwing them dowh'in a state or _. insensibility . As ' soon as they were found . they were placed on ' a car ; _> and conveyed to the ¦ Bristol -Infirmary , upon _arriving at which _establishtrient'they were nearly , in a , stateof collapse . ¦ , Stimulants were admihistered . to them , and irritants applied to the spine , arid hopes ' ure now , entertained of their re-C 0 Very _^; iDiiririg ' _one ofthe showers which fell , " the heatwas most Oppressive , ' ' arid a scientific gentleman had _theouriositytoicatcha _canful-of therain ; The thermometer , on being immersed in it ,- rose tu _Ti'deg .- ' •'• ' . ' . " .. _¦• . ' ..., .. ¦' ,,: ¦ ¦ _.- , - . ¦ . ¦ , . _-.. ¦ i _, ' _. _;' fv ;; _. ' Thunder Storm . —Oii . Tuesday afternoon ; _ChaV ham and Rodhoster were'Visited by A severe storm

      of thunder and li ghtning ; accompanied by- a heavy tall'of hail arid rain ; The peals of' thunder , ' which succeeded each'other iri ' quiofc gueeession , ' were ' awfully loud , i The electric fluid fell on the chimney of a farm-house belongingto Mr . Edwards , withiri half a mile from the High _^ treet of Rochester . Having riven the chimney arid scattered the bricks iri all _directiorisiits course _^ _downvfards is marked in every room by the damaged 'ceilings" and fissures in the Ibriekworkj ' . morepa ' rticularly'abput the _chimrieypieces , breakm _* several _; -panes _of glass ; and , passing ' out of the house , it ' ' split and displaced a stone close to the _^ kerb of the welli _disappearing at that spot ,- and where a largo opening in the earth is

      observable . " - The'escape Ofthe inmates , was most providential ; : The bailiff ; his" wife , ' and family , / were _seatedi . it tea , and some < other persons ; who * had taken shelter from the stormy were also _presehtwhen _^ hey destructive fluid ' passed-through ' the . room , splitting : the : leg of a chair oh which one of the party was'seated . ' _" ''ThoBe'who witnessed ' , the ' awful . visitation _"describe the-appearance of the lightnin _? : at the moment as an immense mass of fire suddenly' thrown npon the _-houBe ; arid ; under the impression . thatit .. wa 8 vin . _flames , hastened towards the , spot with the view of assisting : to extinguish -it ; Fortunately n ' o other , injury has been sustained .

      I _TnuNMfR Stormin Lancashire . —A terrific thunder-storrii broke _oVer the manufacturing district of . Lancashire on f Tuesday night , , attended with fatal consequences ; The therriionieter indicated a change of'weather bn Monday , / and , during ,, that and the followingdaytwo . or three light showers fell . On Tuesday evening , after a close and sultry afternoon ,-vivid flashes ' of lightning were- . observed ; in Manchester and-its / neighbourhood , and as the darkness of night approached ; the heavens were almost continuously , illuminated by the lightning . But very little rain fell , and thef thunder which succeeded some ofthe more vivid flashes of lightning was not very loud . Tho heavy , clouds to the north-west , however , indicated a ; different state of things towards Bury ; Bolton ; Horwick , and Chorley , where it appears the rain descended in torrents , and much harm was done both by the water that fell , and by

      the' lightning . A . boy ; named _, Samuel Huline , whilst riding betWeentwo milch cows on a horse ,: near Little ' wood'Cross , ' was struck . by ' , lightning , and both heandthe horse were killed . Near . to Horwick damage to some thousands of pounds extent was done to the growing crops ,, and , on ; "Wednesday riiorning the river Irwell , from Bolton to _Jfanchester , was niugh swollen ,, _showing . that there ha'd been a very large fall of water in that direction ; At the Fcrri-hUl Colliery , hea , r , Bury , two men , ascending a _coalpit , when near the mouth of thb shaft and about , to land , were precipitated to the bottom of the mine by the . sudden snapping of the rope ; which , it is supposed , was cut in two by the lightning . Fortunately the mine was not deep , as compared with most-of the collieries in that district , and the men , though much injured , were not killed . '' .

      Coal-pit ExptosioN . —An explosion took place on Sunday last at the Whyrinay coal-pit , about _< two miles and a half from Whitehaven , Cumberland , which did considerable damage . From the circumstance tbat it fortunately occurred on a Sunday , the men were . not at work , and no lives have been lost : but the shaft has been so much injured from the fire , that it will be some time before operations can be again resumed , Much . _WOOd-WOrk has been destroyed , and it . will cost a great deal of money to repair the damage . The cause of the explosion

      was no doubt accumulation of foul air , and there are reports in the neighbourhood-that it had been known for some time that the pit was in an unsatisfactory state . ' The . ' authorities have . , instituted an investigation into thei matter , mi . some anxiety prevails upon the subject in the neighbourhood . ; It may , perhaps , be recoilectedthat there have been _soveral explosions atthis pit , and that upon one of these occasions , . aboutfa year ago , a great loss of life occurred . The" Whynnay pitis the property of a company .

      SourffAMproiv Ei _, _ECTioN .--The election of , a member for this borough , to fill the vacancy caused by Mr . Cookburn ' s acceptance of the ofBce of _Solicitors-General , took ; place on Wednesday , when the hori . gentleman waB rerelected without the slightest Show of opposition ., f There .. was very . little-excitement inthe town , arid ,, judgingfrom ; the appearance of tho streets , few persons would . have imagined that au election was going oh .

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      _ Extbnsivb Ssiauns Op Smoogled Malt.—In...

      _ Extbnsivb _Ssiauns op Smoogled Malt . —In consequence of secret information' conveyed to them the officers of revenue at Maericlbchog , South Wales made several- exterisive seizures of smuggled malt last week . Many of the inhabitants of'the place took part with the smugglers , anda resistance was offered , in which the ' _officers received some rough usage . The seizures , however , were ultimately effected .

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      Death Op Mr. Robert Stephesson.—With Reg...

      Death op Mr . Robert Stephesson . —With regret we announce the death-of Mr . Stephenson , civil . engineer , ¦ _.-. an event which took place on Friday . Mr . Stephenson had reached the advanced age of 78 . . The contemporary of Telford , Rennie , and / , Stephenson ( of England , ) needs no biography beyond an enumeration of his works . Mr . Stephenson , ic will be remembered , was the sole designer and executor of the celebrated Bell Rock Lighthouse , . which , is _inu ' _tself a monument of ingenuity and industry . Mr . Stenhenson first brought into

      notice the superiority of malleable iron rods for railways overthe old cast iron , a fact which has been fully acknowledged . ' ¦ lie also surveyed the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow , aud though his plan was not ' adopted , it was much admired . The oo _^ st of , Scotland , however , is the place where , the labours of Mr . Stephenson are principally to be seen . Not a harbour _. _jrock , nor island , _butbearsfevidence of his indefatigable . industry , and it * is incalculable to thiDk of the amount , of life and property which by ; hia exertions have been saved . In ' matters relating to the construction * of : harbours , docks , or breakwaters , he was generally consulted ; as an authority , and ' reoeiyed _/ aB a mark of respect and admirati

      on , a ' gold medal from the late King of the Netherlands _^ Iri private . life nothing could _' exceed the amiabilit y arid gpod-heartedness of Mr . Stephenton . —Edinburgh'Evening Post . '' ! DESP « RATKAp _^ y ; _AV ; C _^ so 6 w . _^ Ca _^^ A _^ rston _'; _was the _/' _acenofpf . a very . serious and alarming disturbance on , the ; night ot , Saturday The first indications' of a row" presented . themseS _hrSSSS _^ ° f a f _alSSn be Siri _? n _rfS- _^ u « nKing previously in _pubho-houseB , situated in _teffl _W _y- ! :, fierce _Wda , _wicceeaSrS a fight , " most alarming to , the neighbourhood com-2 _S _^^ _grp Ptod : with f derisive _ahoute , hooting , and a _^ how er : ofstorie 8 . and : othef _S *? _i mme m _^ Hjtude . who , hadfby that time ¦ ¦

      « ki : _T _^ J ~ , 76 " , 2 "' , B'V « K _>„ P- i « " « _orceraeni ; , oi police- was called 'for ; but ; ,. even ; ihig fadditiohnl strength was unequal to _" _-. the _taski of . quelling _: there-: 9 elh 0 U 8 liege 8 . f , of ; Ariderstori . _^ . The , _ririgleade _' _r _' _s _, male - ' and _„ female ;' _worelfhowoyerjpuItimatleyBecured ;; . and _| at ! th > _- _^ terh' _District ' Court _drijMon n day morniug _^ 'theyf _^' ere to ' . the ( ' numher of . _eighty arraigned ; on ; a _Charge ofaf . _broacli . fof the public peace .: 'Evidenoe' was heardat ' length , and _. _^ difficult as jt '' _always'is . to convict ' in f _caaeslof riot , the whole party were niost _, clearly iderittfiedfaafhaving taken a loadmg part iiv the '; _affray" vahd ; _aeiverally , fined _' _-iu sums varying froni' five ' shilUngs to two guineas : An oconnencc ' _simjlartQthoahovutrahspii'ed iri Main , *« l _^ m , X _JpmW _'dkySght , : _^ S dr . unken ; . brawlingjlr _^ meh , ; . _^^^ _peaoeaWo of the iuhkbttanW _^ _hoicameiMS _^ S

      Death Op Mr. Robert Stephesson.—With Reg...

      path , without respect to either ag _^ e or sex .., Almost the : entire ' community orMain st _^ eet poured int _^ the street ,-which * for // several hours presented ascen _« ' 6 f riot arid wild disorder . It was some considerable time before quiet was restored tothe exoited thoroughfare ;** Blobd flowed freely in the fray ; and dislocated arms and fraotured-legs were ° riumerou ' _si Through the activity . ofthe : polioeyoffiders ; the ! diss * tuirb ' ance . was _ultimately-quelled . ' _. r- z , ;¦ _iviua ' Summary E / kctions or _-iVOUiKRSjON . SiBiM _;^ _--Last we _^ k , ' at Glasgow , ' * number of cases , under the statute 1 _& 2 Vic , " cap . ' 1 l ? r " *«» . . _5 ? _"iht . at the instance of'Ueisral Colin ' Diinlop ; and- _Coi _. of Clydeagainst colliers having * houses _sunder , theriij

      , arid but on strike ; but , on _anoiijfcof relevnncy ,-they were , of consent , dismissed b y . the presid . in _^ judg _^ Mr . ' Sheriff Bell .. Reriewed complaints were _subse-r quently brought _befdre'the ' same learned judge , an « keenly discussed ori a variety of _prelitainary points _^ but the , Sheriff'felt no difficulty in repelling th © _lyhole objections urged , and as there was really nc * - defence on the merits , warrants'of ejection , witb costs , were granted against the whole of the colliers . The loarned sheriff , with reference to aii objection _^ observed that the statute clearly app lied'towork _;^ men havins houses from their : employers . ' _^ _-Thfr

      court was crowded with colliers arid others from ale parts of the district , and . the . men appeared : inucb chap-fallen upon the judgment heing _^ pronounced , for an erroneous impression "' had gone abroadjtha (| f parties in their _pdsitidri could not oe assailed under the statute ; and that'they-could , while ori _^ strike , ' retain possession of their : houses . We ( North British Mail ) do not question the right of the men to _dtoline tb _' _. wo rk when they choose ,, biit unquestionably , the sheriff has taken' a' sburi _ view of the matter , and the result now is that ; if men"" strike , " they _miist " . strike" their tents'also . and remove bag and

      bafegage . _;^ - . : <¦ : _<>¦ - -:. " " _fCoNTBBT with , Moshbb . — 'Mr . M : _* Bnde , _mana-. ger of the Bndge-of-Weir , Gas Works , keeps a _braco . of _monkiesforhis amusement , ' _Thg . a ' nimals , are > usually keptih _' a large iron ' cage ; , but in'f the absence ; of Mr . MlBj the other day ; for a few iniriutes , they succeeded in effecting their liberation , and seemed ' to feela pleaaureatthe timein working all the mischief that was possible . ,. The desk of , the office : was oye- ; turned , ' and the ' _papers it coritairied torn and scattered abouti 'Phey also . opined the crane of a gas-tar " cistern" and'flooded the floor with- the - nauseous contents . ¦ The manager , on his' return , _'> finding- mat *' '

      ters in this plight , he unceremoniously commence * to inflict corporeal punishment on > tho first of ; ther monkies he came in sight of , when the other , which ; had-been hiding , immediately made a ' riish to _. the : assistance of his companion ; - Thei brutes cut the leg of Mr . M'B . _through his trousers , ' and" one of them ? leaping on his back , out . him pretty severely over theface also . By this time one , stick had ; been broken- , over the back of the animal . ; and _^ r . M'B . havine > placed his back to the wall for protection , andarined himself _witlr another bludgeon , ' he ultimately _recapturedhisassailwritsibutnotitill the leg of'one br them had been broken inthe contest . ••• _¦

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      Forbion Sympathy Fob; Irish Ldisimss.—Ac...

      Forbion Sympathy fob ; Irish _LDisimss . _—Ac-: coirdinKto the Freeman ' s Journal the . Austrian Mi-r _nister has handed to ' Iidrd Palmerston the sum of , £ 3 , 0 W , " th e _^ munifieerit subscription of the people ' of Austria towards the relief of the Irish' pooh " It is understood , it seems , to be the desire 'of _thfr contributors thatthe money should he disbursed " through the agency of the Roman _Catholic _bishopS . _- '"" _.-.,: i The Orakge anniversart , —With a _singleexcep * tion the ' 12 th of July appears to have passedin perfect tranquillity all through the northern province . -

      That exception ocourred in the suburbs of _Bolfast _^' where ,-soon after midnight , a considerable numberj of _Orahgeriienasseinbled , ' in procession , ' . ope ¦ of , therii beating . a drum decorated with orange lilies . A small police party , consisting of , fivei men , iri- _^ terposed ,, and arrested the ' drummer "; but-the- ' crowd . attempted to rescue the prisoner , and made- ' a vigorous assault upon the police with stones . The" police , " although severely , injured , acted with much forbearariee until they arrived in front of their station , and succeeded in securing the prisoner and the drum inside . The sequel is thus described by the Belfast News iLetter : — " The police then faced about ; and with'fixed bayonets and loaded

      carbines , endeavoured . to deter the crowd from _, further violence ; but in vain . The street being recently macadamised , furnished missiles in abundance , and the stones fell in _perfectshowers upon the little party . The windows of the barrack above were smashed to atoms , and even the shutters of the ground-floor windows ' were giving way . Entreaties and threats alike , produced no effect ; and , at length , in danger of their lives , the police presented arms . Neither had this any . effect , and one shot was fired , which , haying done no injury , only excited the crowd more . A volley of four shots wasthen fired , and the consequence , we lament to say , was , that two of the rioters , at least , * were dangerously wounded ; for , shortly after , one unfortunate fellow was carried off by his comrades , badly hurt ,.

      and another was conveyed to the General Hospital , where he was immediately _attpnded'by'Dr . Aickin , having sustained a fracture of the leg , which will demand tbe amputation of the limb . The crowd at length retired , the police having made one other prisoner ,-who , ywith the lad who carried _the'drum , was conveyed immediately to the Police-office _,, where the oharge was entered against them . The namo of the drummer is William Walker , aged 17 ,. and that of the other William Anderson , aged 22—one , of the rescuing party . The police , up to themoment when they fired , displayed the utmost ; coolness and forbearance . The path ih front of their barrack was literally covered with a pile of stones , and their persons were all over bruised _,, before they adopted , the . extreme resource ; Thename ofthe youth who is in the hospital is William M'Kee . " -

      • _ExTRAORDn-ART CnARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE .. —A most' serious charge is pending against Mr . Smith , of Castlefergus , a magistrate of this county . Informations'having been sworn against that gentleman for originating andplarining a conspiracy to shoot his own mother , a warrant was issued for his arrest , and placed in . the hands of J . W . Kelly , Esq ., S . I ., who accordingly took him into custody , arid brought him before James Molony _. Esq ., of Kiltannon , D . L ., and Mr . O'Brien , R . M ., at TuIIa _,

      who were engaged' for Borne time in investigating the charge , but did not come to any definitive conclusion onthe subject . Itis two years since ; the conspiracy is alleged to have been entered into , and the old lady who was the object of it died a few months since . —Clare Journal . _, _Mavo _Eleciiom . —The Protectionist committee have-issued a notification , signed by Sir Robert Lynch Blosse ; arid dated Gastlebar , July 10 , declaring tbat Mr . Butt , Q . C ., has been selected as their candidate . . ; _-. ¦¦ .

      TnisBleazbt CASE .--The , prosecution against Mrs . Bleazby is altogether abandoned . In the-Armagh Assize Court ,- on the llth inst ., the . recognizances were discharged with the consent of the-Crown . . ¦ > • _Mn . Matjuice O'Conneu _..- —The Nation states that "the hon . member for Tralee has got npositife promise of the- collector-generalship of taxes for Dublin , with a salary of £ 800 a year . " Mubdkr of Mb . _MaoiiEverer . — At tW Armagh Asesize 8 , on Thursday , July llth , Bryan 'Hanratty was put . on his trial for the murder of Robert Lindsay Mauleverer . The counsel for the Crown were the _Attorney-Geneval , Sir T . Staples , Mr Hanna , Q . C ., Mr . _M'Donnell , & c . The wincinai

      counsel ior _tnerpnsoner was Mr . _iThomas O'Haean , _Q . O . The principal witnesses for the Crown were-Owen Kelly , Patrick and Charles " _Wattere _; '/ Doctors Donaldson , M'Parlin , ' arid Robinson , and sub-In-Z _^ ° I- _? a _^ ry V The evidence went to show that mmediatel y after the murder Hanratty was seen in ' tne vicinity of the placo where it was perpetrated .-—fcub-lnspector Barry gave evidence as to the correspondence of the woundson Hanratty ' _s head with tne _s ; ze , of that portion of the cane of the late Mr . Mauleverer , which was clotted with blood and hair . _t _&« n „ 80 n _ga - e A * Ms ° P mim tflat the hair on _tura _wftKw _? POn < , 4 eXaCtl y- iucolour _aildtex > f / _nl w ththa I on Hanratty ' s head _.-Por the deien . ee . two wif , npR 8 flB « _rnwo _«» : j _«««« _x- -n _/ ..- » .- .

      _SSriS _? l ty Was J nok 8 _eenabout-the place or" at S M _5 _^ _tj evidence j _;? , raed at . establishing _' an _S _^ r Af _^ ei _\ an . able ana _Jysis _» f the evidence by Jud ge _Moory the jury retired about' l » _lti » . t si ? whtvS _d _» n deliberation till nearly teuVclo ' ck T & _oS Petu I _^' verdict of "Not Guilty . ' . ' _, iud _JrhW _W $ * : '» time :. stated , to the _jffi e a b _^ ' _Im requested _^ to say _thafthe _ffl _^ Sf _^ _W _^ strong suspicion of-the . prisoner _^ gmit . The _prisonerwas immediately discharged , ' and ; on the news -of the verdict reaohing the crowd _assemWed outside ; the courthouse , a . cheer , was ' g _« veh by- some parties : " _M'ii _& vy arid M'Anally , tho two other prisoners'for ! the' ' Mauleverer murder , were OlBCh . arged on their own ' _recoxriiwrices . to " an-f pear at the next _assizosr "V ; ' , ; ; : _' ' " "

      _SfA" _w inn . _% BtnERHfBRovi » oJ ? _.- _^ lh . . every .. _PB _' _i _' W _V & _T'fi _•* _$ » ' , tKo P . olitaiy _. _exceptioniof _^ _hi .. affray with the polico ' . iri . _thoi _. ' outskirts , of _Belfesfc _^ _- Jrily . Everythmgin the shape of _prdcesslons _. wS ; _" abandoned , and the mihtary . aqd _poli 0 ( J _Btationed in ' : i _^ iP _^ _feS r bSv _! iii s _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20071850/page/6/