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      Health of Loxnox during the "Week . —In the week ending last Saturday , the total number of death ? registered was 1 , 075 ; the weekly average derived from deaths in the autumnal quarter ( which commences with this month ) of five previous years is 1 , 102 ; the weekly return , therefore , now exhibits a decrease on the average , after a periodVof more than three mouths , during which it has shown a considerable , and in elevea consecutive week 3 an enormous excess above the usual rate of mortality . The decreass is observed ta the west , north , and central divisions ; the mortality in the cast and south , ¦ where the deaths from cholera aro still the most numerous , is about tbe average . The deaths from

      cholera in tbe last week were 110 ; in the five previous weeks they were 2 , 026 ( the highest number which , exclusive of those from diarrhoea , tbe epidemic attained ) 1 , 633 , 839 , 434 2 S 3 . In last week the deaths from diarrhoea aud dysentery _{ the mortality of which is more steadily maintained ) were 105 , almost as numerous as deaths from cholera , and considerably more than USUal at this advanced season of the year . The aggregate deaths from these three kindred diseases were therefore 215 ; whilst the weekly average is only 35 . During last week the daily number of deaths from cholera averaged 16 ; on Wednesday tbey were only 11 . In the districts of St . James ( Westminster ) , Islington , St . Giles Eolborn , _Camberwelf , and Rotherhithe , no deaths from cholera were registered during the -week . In Kensington there were 6 ; in Hackney

      5 ; in liethnal-green , 7 ; in Shorcditcb , 12 ; in Poplar , 5 ; in St . Saviour , 6 ; in _Bermondsey , 6 ; in St , George ( Southwark ) , _L-imbctli , and Wandsworth , 7 each ; and in Greenwich , 8 . In all other districts the mortality from the epidemic did not range higher than ± deaths . All other epidemics are at present under the average ; small-pox and measles remarkably low ; but scarlatina becomes more fatal , the deaths having risen from 39 in the previous week to 56 in the last ( the average being 6 i . ) Typhus was fatal in 47 cases . The births during the week were 1 , 271 . The mean height ofthe barometer in the week was 29-540 in ; the mean temperature was 46 dog . 7 min-, which is 4 deg _. 7 min . less than the average of the same -week in seven years ; it also shows a decrease on the mean of the previous week of 5 degrees . . _

      _Detkbulved SoicroB . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Thomhill Arms , Chalk Farm-road , on Elizabeth Lewis , a washer woman , aged fit : y . For a length of time deceased complained that she could not work , and said that she _waa tired of life ; she also hinted that she would destroy herself . On Thursday morning she was found , half dressed , standing in the water-butt of her own house , her body half bent , si as to put her head under the water . Verdict , " Insanity . " The Fire in _Losdok-Wam ,. —On Saturday it was ascertained by the surveyors connected with the different Assurance Companies that policies to the undermentioned amounts had been effected at the respective offices , for property deposited upon the premises belonging to Messrs . _Gooch and Cousins , in

      London-Wall , and which was burned down ou the 6 th ins * .: —The Sun Insurance Company , £ 18 , 000 ; the Alliance Insurance Company , £ 11 , 500 ; the Atlas Insurance Company , £ 6 , 000 ; the Union office , £ 6 , 500 ; the Legal and Commercial , £ 15 , 000 ; the Imperial office , £ 9 . 000-totaL £ 66 . 000 . The wool -was insured under floating policies * and the above , therefore , covers the stock in certain _Warehouses in various parts of the metropolis . Upwards of twenty men were bushy _engaged on Saturday last in getting the immense quantity of salvage out ofthe rains , and taking it away to be dried and sorted . This will occupy at least three weeks or a month , when it will afterwards be sold by auction , and there is no doubt it will realise several thousand pounds , which will _bi divided for the benefit of the several fire offices concerned .

      Death from _Chmsofobm . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on tho body of Mr . John Shorter , aged forty-four , whose death was alleged to have been _caused by lie improper use of chloroform . The deceased had for some time been affected with a bunion on his right toe , and on Saturday consulted Mr . Solly , one of the _surse-ns of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , who gave bim until Tuesday last to consider whether he would have the toe nail off or not , 35 Ul a short time it wonld be too late to perform an operation . He went to the hospital on that day , and on the next chloroform was administered by the surgery man and cupper , whose duty it is to do so . A sponge containing a drachm was applied , bat it had no immediate effect , and two or three drops more were _^ applied to the sponge , but all was not inhaled . The operation was performed by removing the

      toenail in about a second , with a pair of forceps . The deceased then turned blue , and seemed to be dead , the pulse small , and the eyes became dilated . Ammonia and other stimulants were applied , but without effect , for he had ceased to breathe . Mr . Solly ths same day sent for his wife , and told her he had died under the influence of chloroform . The brother of the deceased complained that he had not died from the operation , but from chloroform experimentally applied . The cupper said this was the most painful operation in surgery , and it was agreed that chloroform _should bs used before he came into the hospital . Mr . Solly had had great experience , and everything that was possible bad been done . The brother persisted that such a dangerous experiment and operation should not have been resorted to till they had ascertained what the deceased ' s constitution was , and tbey would have found it very bad . The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Natural death while under the influence of chloroform . "

      Fatal Fall fhom ax Ouxmos . —On Wednesday 3 Ir . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of George Broadway , aged 2 i . On _Friday night last the deceased , a furrier , residing at No . 41 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , at the corner of Regent-circus , mounted the box , requesting to be set down at Praed-street , Edgewavcroad ; beforereaching which place , be , from some cause , fell off from his seat into the road . Being immediately picked up he was , without loss of time ,-removed to the above institution , where he expired shortly after his admission . A post mortem examination having been made , it was found that

      death bad resulted from a concussion of the brain , and a verdict was recorded of "Accidental death . " _Stjnoat Labour at the Post-Office . —Bags from Sheffield and several other large towns were received at the Post-office in consequence of the new regulations as to letters , & c „ passing through London . _^ Most of these were well filled , but they were not opened in consequence ofthe order of the Postmaster-Gemai issued on Saturday , _postponing the increased Sunday duty for a fortnight , oa the ground of the necessary arrangements for carrying it out not having been qu te completed . The order that the country deliveries should be reduced to one on the Sunday came into operation last Sundry .

      REMOVAL' OF THE MaKXI . VGS FROM IIoRSEhj . vger-h . ve Gaol to Newgate . —On Monday morning Minning and h s wife were removed from the Snrrey Couniy Gaol to Newgate . The other prisoners committed for trial at tbe ensuing Old Bailey Sessions having to be removed that day , it was thought advisable to convey the Mannings at the samethm Manning left at ten o ' clock in the county van , with fourteen other prisoners , guarded by Mr . Keene and three turnkeys . Mrs . Manning was eonveyed afterwards to Newgate in a cab , attended- by . the governor and Maynard , one of his assistants . A few persons were collected round the entrance of Horsemoager-iane Gaol when Mrs . _Manning left ; and before the cab arrived at Newgate , the news of her removal got wind , and a large concourse

      of persons were assembled in the Old Bailey . The cab drove up a little after eleven o ' clock , and she was hurried into tbe prison . She kept her countenance , closely concealed by her veil , so that no person could 1 see her face . Both the prisoners tendered their thanks to Mr . Keene for the kindness displayed to them while in his custody . _An-. Expexsive Visitor . —On Monday afternoon , between two and three o ' clock , one of a drove of oxen > coming from Smithfield , made its way into _Lawrenes' tambour factory _, - Gosweli-street-road , entering , the ground floor , in which about thirty young women were at work . In his _uUWeildy efforts to escape be commenced tossing the frames , and and destroyed about £ 50 worth of property . Ropes _* sere passed _rouni bis horns , and with much d _' _rHi eultyhe was dragged off the premises .

      Ths Whale iatelt caught in the Thames . — The whale which was caught in the Thames ou Monday week is likely to be the cause of litigation . On Saturday last the Lord Mayor , attended by the City Solicitor , proceeded to Grays , where the whale lies _nndeu-Meeson _' s Lime Wharf , for the purpose of officially asserting his cblim to the fish as _conservator of the ; river , and giving it up to the service of the captors upon condition that tbey would not convey it to London or Gravesend for exhibition , nor allow it to become a nuisance anywhere . His lordship found upon approaching the place where the whale lay , that it was very necessary to insist upon tbe last

      condition , for the stench proceeding from the enormous mass had already become intolerable . The moment his lordship expressed his intention to give up the prize to those who had had the trouble to enmesh and kill the whale there started up a number of claimants , who were advised to refer their claims to the arbitration of Captain Rowland , the principal iarboar master . Several of them expressed their willingness to abide b y the harbour _masters decision . _-- "Itis ; however , supposed that there are some _dissentfests to the proposition , and that it is likely tbe gentlemen of the law will take a turn out of the whate before the exhibition now opeu at Grays at _sixpence a head shall hare concluded .

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      The Late Catastrophe At Pimlico. From Ei...

      THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT PIMLICO . From eigbto ' cloek on Friday evening the 12 th inst . until four o ' clock , on Saturday mowing , a large number of persons were engaged in endeavouring to gain an entrance into the sewer at some other point than that at which the unfortunate victims of this dreadful catastrophe entered . At a few minutes before four they succeeded in breaking through the sewer in Kenilworth-street , at about fourteen feet below the surface of the road . Immediately the crown of the sewer was broken the carbonic gas rushed out with fearful velocity , and it was with difficulty that the persons who were engaged in the works could maintain their feet . Large parcels of straw were then procured , and ignited over the aperture ; and after burning of the gas , several men

      connected with the Sewer Commission went down , and succeeded in recovering the bodies of the lost men , which were found about fifty yards from the spot where they had entered . They were immediatly eonveyed to the Clarendon Tavern , and placed in a back room on the ground floor , where the body Of Walsh , the policeman , had been laid before . The names ofthe deceased men are Thomas Gee , Daniel Peart , and John Attwood . Upon inquiry as to the man named Sherman , who had been _broucht out of the sewer on the Friday evening in an almost lifeless state , we asertained that be had quit recovered from the effect of the noxious gas . The bodies of the three men in the service of tho Commissioners of

      Sewers , which were recovered on Saturday morning , presented a most extraordinary appearance . On removing the cloth covered over the naked bodies , the faces , necks , and upper part of the chest appeared completely bronzed , and having a glaze on them , particukiry the front of the face . The face of the policeman Walsh did not present the same extraordinary appearance , being a little blueish , having only been a short time under the action ofthe carbonic acid gas . In order to show the powerful action of the contents ofthe sewer in question , one of the officersofthe Commissioners of Sewers dipped two halfcrowns into the contents . One , in half a second , was much changed in its appe trance ; and the other , in eighteen seconds , was completely turned black .

      The _iNQUEsir . The inquiry hito this lamentable accident was proceeded with at ten o'clock on Monday , by Mr . Bedford , coroner , at the Clarendon Arms , Pimlico . The jury having been sworn , they adjourned for a few moments to view the bodies , and on their return evidence of identification was proceeded with . The bodies having been identified—Mr . _Kellcuer was called and stated that the three deceased men descended into the sewer about halfpast five on Friday morning . The sewer had been opened on Thursday . Tbey walked down without any ladder . The sewer is situated in Warwickstreet . Witnes wa 3 standing on the bank when the men went down . Witness had been watching , and when the day watchmen came witness went home . The deceased were sober and in their perfect health when they descended into the sewer . They had their own lanterns with them , and took them with them into the sewer .

      Edward _Joudeh was then called . Lives at So . 2 , Silver-street , Bloomsbury-market . Is a labourer in the sewers . Was employed in opening the Warwick-street sewer on Thursday last . Opened the sewer at six o ' clock in the morning , and smelt nothing then , Was not affected by any sensation or sickness , Did not go down . Saw into the sewer . There was a foot of water inthesewer . Gee , Peart _, and Attwood were engaged in the work , and oa _exasBMuag _tte _aftwet they determined on not going down that day . Witness saw no more untd the next morning at ten minutes past six , when the last witness told him that the deceased men had gone down into the sewer . At breakfast-time witness hallooed down to them , but received no answer .

      Went to another grating , and again called , and again without answer . Then , becoming alarmed , he gave notice to Christmas , the bricklayer . Mentioned it also to a fellow-labourer , adding , "It is strange being pay-day . " Also mentioned it to Mr . Carter , the time-keeper . This was about five o ' clock , p . m . Christmas and Turner went down into the sewer , and . on their return , witness said to them "Tm afraid your labour ' s in vain , for they have been down since three o ' clock . " They said , in answer , " Silence , give no alarm , wo put our bands on their dead bodies . " They were down an hour before they found the bodies . It was about six o ' clock in the evening when they came up . They then got more assistance , and went down again . They did not get out all the bodies until about four

      o ' clock on the following morning . They were taken up out of a hole situated about 300 yards from the place at which the men went down . Witness saw the three—Gee , Peart , and Attwood—taken up . They were quite dead . Saw their clothes taken off , and the bodies washed , and brought into the Clarendon . Christmas is a bricklayer in tho employment of the contractors . Witness told Mm the men had been a long time down . " Wit . Christmas examined : Lives at No . 8 , Portland street , Wandsworth-road . Is a bricklayer in the employment of Humphreys and Thirsk , the contractors . Has opened many with considerable deposits . Never had any alarm about him when opening them . The deceased commenced opening the

      sewers on Thursday . There were no man holes , and they dug a hole nearly opposite the Marquis of Westminster public-house . At last they found the man-hole . Gee wanted to go down that evening , hut the others thought it better to finish in the morning . Witness called again at nine the following morning , and heard from Jorden , the last witness , that the men had gone down and bad not returned . "Witness felt no alarm as they bad said they would not come up until they had finished the job . Did not feel any alarm until late in the afternoon . Went then to the hole which Jorden thought of filling up , under the impression that the men bad come up by another hole . Witness told him not to do so , and having procured his sewer boots be

      descended himself , with Turner , into the sewer . Witness and his companion traversed the sewer for nearly an hour . Could trace the passage of tbe men by chalk marks on . the wall . Parts of the sewer had no soil at ail in them . At last they came upon one ofthe men , lying on h _' _i 3 face in the soil . Witness pushed him _witnbis hand and returned to the hole . Had seen two men in the sewer . Witness then went for help ; saw a man Woodby , who , on being told of what had happened , went for more help . Returned then into the hole , and saw the third body . Witness then got aline , and measured from the bodies to the entrance and back on the surface , for the purpose of digging . —Coroner Why did not you try to get them out when you saw

      them first ? Were you sure they were deadl—Witness : I hallooed to them , and touched them . I am sure tbey were dead . I was afraid if we dragged them out through the sewer the bodies would be mutilated . Dr . Wells had come then , and a boy pointed out the head of the sewer . We commenced then knocking the head wall down . Mr . Wells then went in ; a man named Alsop followed next , and I next . When we got in about 100 feet , Mr . Wells complained , and said he felt faint . He turned to come out , but before we got to the entrance Alsop called out that the doctor had fallen down . Alsop next came out complaining , and I fell down . 1 have no recollection of what happened after . I think

      I recollect seeing the chalk marks of the deceased men on the walls . Before I became insensible I felt a strong sewer smell , but nothing more than usual ; nothing to give me any alarm . —To a Juror : The bodies were Iving with their heads towards Warwick-street . ' They had evidently been retreating , and had arrired within fifty feet of the opening _, we have found one lamp , but not the _measuring chain . Alsop got out safe . When I was taken ill it came all in a minute . I had no previous disagreeable sensations . I did not find this sewer worse than common . I have been in a great many which bad much more soil in them .

      _Nicuolas Lipsioxe examined : Hive at Brewerstreet , Pimlico . Am a butcher . On Friday afternoon , I was passing down Warwick-street , and 1 heard some boys say that some men bad been down in the sewer since five o ' clock in the morning , and they were digging for them then . I went down , and some men came out of the sewer and said , " We have found the men , but cannot get them out . " 3 said , " Why not get them out V and tbey said , " We are so exhausted . " Then a little boy said he knew where the head ofthe dram was , as he had seen it built . All present then went to the head of the drain and made an opening , when the smellwas so great as to almost knock me down .

      Dr . Wells went in , saying , ' If there ' s a spark of life in these men , I'll bring them out and restore them . " Dr . Wells then went in , and I waited with some anxiety for his return . He did not come , however , and tbe first I heard of him was a low moaning and a splash . I then went in myself , and brought out one man ( the last witness . ) I saw poor Doctor Wells lying on his face , but was too weak to assist him . I went in about the length of this table again , when I was overpowered by the stench . The man I brought out appeared to be quite dead , but on being lain upon a bank he vomited a good deal of mud and then rallied . I have myself been ill ever since .

      Thomas _Tuxstall , sergeant ofthe B division of police , deposed to seeing the dead body of Walsh the policeman brought out . Everything possible was done to restore bun , hut without avail . William _Onn examined : Hive at No . 9 , Warwickstreet . I am a doctor of medicine . I was called from my own house , about tea minutes before eight on Friday morning . I found the deceased Mr . Wells in the tap-room of this house . He was then quite dead , having been seen by a medical man , Mr . Jennings previously . By his orders he was sent to the hospital . —The Coroner : Of what use was sending him to the hospital if he was dead ?—Witness : I had no control , another medical man having preceded me , and directed what was to be done . The next body I saw was that of the police- j man . He was also quite dead . I applied restoratnes , but without avail . I saw three . other bodies . I

      The Late Catastrophe At Pimlico. From Ei...

      Thev were all dead . —The Coroner : Have you ever seen persons die under tho influence of a similar vanour ' - Witness : I have seen them die under the influence of hy drocyanic acid , which is similar to su lphuretted hy drogen gas , the vapour present in this case . I . ascertained its presence by a test paper One inhalation of it would produce asphyxia , One s ' _oasm would send the blood to tbe heart , whence it _would not return . The body of a person dyin _^ under such _hurmstances would be discoloured . Sulp huretted hydrogen always exists in sewers , but it is so heavy that it cannot rise ., , A current of air through the sewer would rendeJrVit innocuous . Persons going into a sewfer _shpuli have a lighted candle carried some _distancft ' _-in front . If it burned blue , there was no safety for any livim _* animal . I am satisfied that if the sewers were traversed by a current of air , there would be no danger to health .

      . . Thomas Lovick examined : I live at 87 , Princesstreet , Red Lion-square . I am one of the assistantsurveyors to the Commissioners of Sewers . All 1 know about the matter is connected with the flushing department . On the 6 th of October I received a note from one of my colleagues , stating that the sewer in Warwick-street required cleansing . I gave directions to Mr . Batterbury to have it examined on tbe same day . He did so ; and his report stated the length of the sewer , and the amount of deposit in it . He said that the collateral sewers also required cleansing . —Do you ever take any steps to ascertain whether or no there is poisonous gas in a sewer before you send in your labourers 1—Yes : we send in our men to examine . In this case

      Mr . Batterbury wa 3 sent to inspect . He made no report , except as to the length and width of the sewer , and that in one part it was rather foul . Upon getting his report I directed him to examine the collateral lines , when they could be examined with safety . —Would they include the sewer in question ? I did not know of its existence . I have received no report respecting it . The deceased men were employed in examining it . The men are always cautioned . I have frequently received reports of the existence of deleterious gas in sewers . I consider that the inspection of tho _Warffick-8 _tl'Cet _HflwuT w & s . _gorn _§ on at the time of the calamity . This examination took place at the requisition of some ofthe inhabitants , who complained . ofthe state of

      their drains . 16 was on the complaint Of James Beth that this examination took place . —Do youusually send men down without any previous testing to examine sewers?—In this case we sent to Mr . Batterbury , who sent down his three most cautious men . They ought to have been able to ascertain the existence of gas for a long time before they came to it . He might have had chemical tests , but we have always found in practice that the labourers could detect the presence of gas . —Have you had reports to that effect?—I have an impression that we have received such reports , but we always have found the men capable of forming an ' opinion . — According to the present _fcystem , what has occurred may occur every day . —We never send the men

      down if we apprehend gas . But you have no means of ascertaining , except by sending down men . —We generally find them able to ascertain the existence of poisonous vapour . Wo have no chemical tests , I have traversed many sewers myself , and I always found tbe lantern to burn blue a long time before there was any danger . —And do you think those poor labourers were aware ofthe fact 1—They must have been aware of it , having traversed many miles of sewers . We sometimes had the Davy lamp . —What is the principle of the Davy lamp ?—The principle is to surround the flame with a fine wire gauze , which we could not admit combustible vapour . —Then , would it not be a bad means of testing the presence of this gas ?— If it could not got through

      the gauze , it could not discolour the flame ?—I generally prefer the flame lamp . —Does it not strike you , in a serious question like this , one in fact of life and death , that some scientific means might be found of ascertaining the state of the sewers , before the lives of the men were put in danger?—Every possible precaution is taken , and these were most careful men . I attribute ho blame to any party . —A Juror : One of the parties who was saved was only a boy . ( Christmas . ) _Jous Hfcuax BmEKBORi examined : I am an inspector of flushing to the Metropolitan Commissioners . I had made an inspection of Warwickstreet , sewer on Monday morning . I went in with Gee and Peart , and went through the whole length .

      I went about ten or twelve feet into the sewer in which tbe men were killed . Gee went a little further . He said he saw a eurious light , but I could not see it . I thought the sewer very close , and called him back . I went into the other sewer . Gee said , " What an odd smell ; like rotten cheese . " I asked him if he knew what it was , and he said he did not . I said , " Well , it is gas . " Peart said he had smelt a similar odour at Paddington , where there was an explosion of gas . I told Gee then not to go into the sewer . He said , " Very well . " I said if it was necessary to go into the sewer and

      there was no aperture we would have one dug . — Coroner : You s . iy you told Geenottogo , hadheany other subsequent instructions ?—Mr . Batterbury He had none from me . —Coroner : Then do they go where they like without orders ?—Mr . Batterbury : No . I subsequently gave them orders to have man holes opened where they required them . I told them to go into no sewer that was at all close . I had no doubt ofthe existence of gas in the sewer . When I examined it it hissed and bubbled very much , which is always a bad sign . A Juror : Was there any one present but these poor men who are dead when you gave these cautions _?—i \

      Asother _Junon : Were you aware that there was an abutment to this sewer ?—No . —Is not thovapour much more deleterious when the end of the sewev is stopped up ?—Certainly . In answer to a juror , witness added that there were hundreds of walled up sewers in the parish , and that the sewer in which the accident took place was built on the most approved principle . Tobias Jessisos examined : I am a surgeon . I was called in here on Friday last to look at a body , I saw it was dead , and directed it to be sent to a hospital—Coroner : Why did you suggest the _rernovaUo a hospital 1—1 thought that this was not

      a proper place to hold an inquest . A Juror : Is Mr . Jennings a qualified surgeon or a licentiate apothecary ? The Coroner : Why do you ask the question ? Juror : Because Mr . Ordsaid that he did not apply any remedies to Mr . Wells , because the case was iu Mr . Jennings' hands ? Did you apply any restoratives ?—Mr . Jennings : 2 s o . I became ill with tbe smell , and immediately returned home . A Juror ; Do you mean to say that you did not recognise your opposite neighbour and fellowpractitioner , Mr . Wells ?—Mr . Jennings : So . He was blue and discoloured .

      At the conclusion of this witness ' s examination , the proceedings were adjourned . On Wednesday a subscription of twopence each was entered into by the private constables of the police to assist the widow of Walsh , the policeman who lost his life in the sewer at Pimlico . The sum thus raised , it is presumed , will amount to about £ 30 . It is also proposed to open a public subscription for Mrs . Wells , whose husband perished ou the same occasion .

      The Explosion In Bermondsey. Upon The Ex...

      THE EXPLOSION IN BERMONDSEY . Upon the examination of the premises where the explosion occurred , the particulars of which were given in Tht Northern Star of Saturday last , two bodies were found in the first floor front room , which arc believed to be those of the two younger children , from tbe following particulars given by a young female now in Guy ' s Hospital , who acted as servant to Mrs . Barlin . She states that she was in the front room on the first floor at the time the explosion occurred , and that she was blown completely out of the window . A minute or two before , she noticed the two children lying in bed , on the opposite side of the room to where the bodies were foundand she had

      , no doubt that when she was forced out of the window the children were blown out of their beds . The appearances of each indicate that they had been forced with great violence against the wall of tbe room , as the head of the younger one was split in two . —Ihe first two bodies found by the firemen havP been ascertained to be those of James Baldwin , aged forty-five years , who was in Mr . _Berlin's employ , and Mr . Barlm ' s eldest son , William , aged twenty . The bodies of the two children found last are those of Alfred and James Barlm , of the respective ages of ten and four years . The other three children were found wandering about the streets by tbe police in the early part of the morning , and taken to a place of . _«^ -The « totwnent made by Mrs . Barlin ; the wire 01 10

      me occupier , tne autuorities of Guy ' s Hospital , explains the whole circumstances as to the origin ot the melancholy occurrence . Mrs Barlin states that her husband bad been in the habit of making fireworks for some time in the house in Brook-street . They were generally made in the front parlour , where they also took their meals and the upper portion was used partly as . " stores " ' and bedrooms . She bad nine children , all of whom with herself , her husband , the female _Phosbe Wyiin and the man Baldwin , were in the house at the time of the accident . The younger children , James and Alfred ( both deceased , ) were asleep ir the front room upstairs , and three others in the back room thp w . mainder were with her at work with their' father " ° _« , off ¦ ' _akrgcorderthatwas to _bedelwred on Saturday . It consisted of many crosses of _*™ ihV crackers , Catherine wheels , blue caules l & canuotsay the exact quantity , buffi ' _w- 2 uantities

      _Murawue q , and all that had to be d _«« 71 „ them was tying them up and sealin * th « L oe . _5 , e to The man Baldwin had _tffJS _^ _Jf . «* . so to assist m completeing the order 'rS day or work iu the front parlour _^ ne _^ TatS J _t _* Y W _? re at past ten o ' clock she asked her husbS if 1 ™** % ft _^^^ _£ s is

      The Explosion In Bermondsey. Upon The Ex...

      1 _TTfA _^ _na w hen , in passing the chair over the K _* he'fifidKK » A ** , naphtha-lamp table , _V _, f ! _^ the _ce'Jinff , and the jerk threw a piece _9 _& _SSSS _£ _SSt the heap of fireworks _SVnln the able beneath . It was seen by the Be of them to fall among tbe stock , and they * * * £ , Xmnted to prevent the combustible _SxSsL _' _hai . " _^? heSs _offireworksiuother parts of the room , _^ notwithstanding they one and all combated with the ex-¦ _SK «& Ah all their might , by _tramphng fbem under their feet , and throwing water _^ ont them . This they continued as long as they were able . and finding the fire becomingfiercer , and burning sulphur _% oi . L her sensesshe made her escape into the

      , back yard , followedby her husband , and _sheimagmea that both her sons and the man Baldwin escaped at the same time . She heard ber son William scream out" Mother , mother , come out ' . " and called to him that she was safe . She believed he beard her , and managed to get out at the front . —Mrs . Barlin _, it should be observed , is unconscious of the fact that any of her family are lost . There is no doubt that William misunderstood his mother . He suspected she was amidst the exploding fireworks , and rushed in with " an idea to rescue her , and perished . Her first thought , on somewhat recovering from the sulphureous vapour she had inhaled , was her children . To get at them by the staircase was beyond human had knocked down

      power ; the continued explosions the lath and plaster partitions , and the whole ofthe lower part of the place was in flames , gushmg up the staircase and out * t the back door . With the help of her husband , she managed to ; climb out on to the roof of an out-house near the window of the room where they slept . They heard her cries , and the children then opened the window , got out , _andjumped into her arms . After which she has no recollection of what occurred , excepting being brought to < the hospital . She declares that there was bo * ' composition" exposed in the front parlour but that in the cases left for pasting and securing up . There might bfl Some powder in other parts of Ihe house , but no

      great quantity . She was confident that thecircumstance of her son knocking the chair against the lamp was purely accidental . He was a well conducted young man to his father , and he used all his efforts to prevent the fireworks from igniting . [ The poor woman is shockingly injured-, her face , neck , and arms , are greatly burnt , and it is much feared she will lose her eyesight . Frequently during the day she inquired for her son William , but it was not deemed prudent to communicate the sad tidings of his fate or that of her youngest children . ] . The condition ofthe survivors at Guy ' s Hospital is thus reported by tbeprincipal surgeon ;— " William Barlinaged 46 severe burns over the arms , face ,

      , , and head ; going on favourably . —Ann Barlin , aged 40 , his wife ; face , head , and lower part of the body very much burned ; hopes entertained of her recovery . —Charles Barlin , aged 17 , son of the former ; face shockingly disfigured , and arms and chest burned : favourable symptons of recovery . —Phome Wynn , aged 22 ; extensive laceration of the thigh by falling on some spikes ia leasing from the first floor window ; in a fair way of recovery . "—The latter unfortunate creature , strange to Say , was found by the police lying weltering in blood near . Newington _, It seems that after she was extricated by some persons from the spikes , she ran away towards her mother ' s house , which is situated in the above locality ; exhaustion ,

      however , overcame her from loss of blood , and she dropped on the pavement , where she was picked up by the police . Inquest . —At one o clock on Tuesday , Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the King John ' s Head , Abbey-street , Bermondsey , upon the bodies of George Barlow , aged forty-six , William Barling , aged twenty , James Barling , aged four , and Thomas Barling , aged eighteen months . After hearing some minor evidence , the inquiry _wai adjourned to Tuesday , the 6 th of November , at eleven o ' clock , in order to await the result of the illness of those who were in the hospital , particularly Charles Barling , and see whether they could obtain his statement on oath .

      Murder Op A Wipe And Child At Clapham. O...

      MURDER OP A WIPE AND CHILD AT CLAPHAM . On Saturday , soon after Mr . Paynter took his seat upon the bench , Mr . Parrott , junr ., surgeon , of Clapham-common , arrived at tbe court , and gave the startling intelligence that he was in attendance to give evidence upou a charge of murder of a woman and child that had taken place at an early hour that morning . In the course of an hour the

      murderer was brought into court in the custody of Mr . Coleman , the inspector of the Clapham district , and placed in the dock . The prisoner , who is a middle-aged man , with nothing ferocious in his appearance , but much the reverse , was described in the charge-sheet as James Weston , aged 39 , labourer , and the words of the chavg « were those of " wilfully murdering Maria Weston , his wife , and Maria Elizabeth Weston , their child , by cutting their throats with a razor , in the parish of Clapham . "

      The first witness examined was WiUiUM _CotEMAN , who stated : I am one of the inspectors of police . This morning , at a quarter past seven o ' clock , the prisoner came to the station , and , addressing me , said , " I have come to give myself up . " I asked him , " what for ? " and he said " for murder" [ here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief which lasted for several minutes . J I perceived that there were marks of blood on his hands and coat , and I asked him who it was that he had murdered ? He said , "his wife . " I asked him why he had murdered her , and how he did it ? He replied , " with a razor , " and he then put his hand to his waistcoat pocket , and handed the razor to me ( a black handled one ) . I saw that it was covered with blood . I then

      asked him his name , and where he lived ? He answered , " James Weston , Carpenter ' _s-buildings , Clapham . " I asked him if he had any other articles in bis possession ? when he handed me three knives , as also the key of his apartments . I then at once despatched Sergeant Langton to his residence . Sergeant Langton was presanfc , and heard all that transpired up to this time . After Sergeant Langton was gone , the prisoner said ,. " I have also murdered my child . " I asked him tho sex of the child , and he said it was a female , and aged one year and nine months . Tie then said , "There is another child there also- —I wish you would send after the man to have her taken away . " 1 asked him how he came

      to do it , and whether he had had any quarrel with his wife ? He replied , "We were in the habit of having trifling broils , like other people , but nothing of a serious nature . I went to bed comfortably last night , and felt so up to four o ' clock this morning , and after it struck four I got out of bed , struck a light with a match , went down stairs , and fetched a razor ( the one produced ) , but when I returned I felt that I could not do it ; but after being tempted I formed a resolution , and attacked my wife as she was dressing herself in bed . " The prisoner afterwards made several incoherent expressions , having no reference whatever to what had transpired , but from the nature of those expressions I believed him

      to be insane . The prisoner further said , speaking of his wife , " Wo were to have been disgraced today , and I could not bear it . " He further said , Mr . Parrott gave him medicine some days previously . —Prisoner : It was on Monday week . —Examination resumed : Ho said he gave him some drugs and forced him to take them , and that it was done by tbe sanction and advice of _the-Rcv . Mr . Pritchard . —Mr . Paynter : Before tho prisoner made' these statements did you caution him ?—Inspector Coleman : —I did so , your worship . After a little while he sobbed bitterly , and spoke in affectionato terms of his wife and child . Tbe next witness examined was . Frederick

      _Laxoton , who stated he was a sergeant in the V division , No . 19 . He begged the magistrate would pardon any little discrepancies he might make , as the sight which he had witnessed had completely unnerved him . The witness then proceeded with his evidence , and said : I went to the house , No . 1 , Carpenter ' s-place , High-street , Clapham , and got there about half-past seven o ' clock . On my way thither I called on Mr . Herring , the relieving officer , and he accompanied me . I found tho key the prisoner gave me unlocked the front door ofthe house which he rents . There was nothing to indicate disorder down stairs , but on going up stairs , I saw tho leg of a woman _nrotrudinsr on the

      landing , a bed-room door was open , and another leg rested against the door-stall , the remaining part of tho body was in the room . The woman was lying on her back ; she was dressed all but her shoes ana stockings . Underneath her head there was a man's coat , and a woman ' s boot was beside her face . 1 also noticed two footmarks without shoes , as if some one had endeavoured to get into the adjoining room . The marks had been made by naked feet . I went towards the woman ' s head , and found her throat was cut . There was a very great deal of blood about the bed post and bedding . There was a great flow of blood over the room . The head was , „ ,., _amw _«« _ui _« U HUD nearl

      very y cut off . The woman was dead , but warm—the pulse had ceased beating . Oh abed , and in tho same room , I saw a child lying on its face . I examined it , and found its throat was out . [ The prisoner here became overwhelmed with grief . ] The child was quite dead , but warm . I could not identify tho bodies , I afterwards opened tho adjoining room door , in which direction I had seen the footmarks , when I there found a little girl sitting up in b §* I don ' t know her exact age . 6 ho might have bectffbur or five years old . —Prisoner She was just upon nine years old . —Examination resumed : The child seemed very fri ghtened at me . I asked whether she had heard anything , and she said _"JN o . " b

      lying upstairs with _te _^' _ol _^™? pletely cut across . The cut U <\ X ,, i _^ 7 u c < _^" P ipe andearotid _^^ _J _^^ _tot

      Murder Op A Wipe And Child At Clapham. O...

      spinal cord . The wound must have been wstaotJy fatal . The woman was lying in a pool ot owou . She was drosfled , with the exception of her snocs . I found a female child lying on its face on the _oe « , also in a pool of blood . I turned it round , and discovered its throat cut , so much so as to have separated the spinal cord , and extended to the muscles at the back of the neck . The razor produced would cause such wounds . I have some recollection or the deceased . I believo she was cook in a gentleman ' s house oh Clapham-common , and she had run a needle in her hand , which I extracted . I did not know she was married . I should think the deceased must have endeavoured in her struggles to

      get out ofthe room , from the footmarks I saw ; but it must have been after she had been wounded . It appeared as if she had been trying to reach the other room . Witness said , in answer to somo further questions from the bench , that ho had never to his knowledge seen the prisoner previously . The Rev . Mr . Pritchard was a subscriber to the dispensary , and he had since learnt that ho had given the pr isoner an order for medicine , which ho now believed was administered by him . Ho understood the prisoner to be in constant work ; his house was comfortably furnished , and there did not appear to be any reason to suppose that he w _» b

      ruined or disgraced . Inspector _Coieman produced the marriage certificate which the prisoner had handed to him when lie first came to the station-house , by which it appeared he was married in April , 1847 , being then a bachelor , to Maria Glover , widow . The surviving child was by a former husband , Mr . Paynter said he should remand the prisoner until Thursday next , when evidence must be produced to identify the bodies of the murdered woman and child . There was no necessity for the production of a great number of witnesses , as the facts in this case were very clear . The prisoner was then removed hi custody .

      The Inquest . On Monday morning Mr . Higgs , the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , held an inquest at the Two Brewers Tavern , Olapham Rise , on the bodies of Maria Weston and Maria Elizabeth Weston . The jury having been sworn , were shown to tho cottage where the bodies were lying . It was a very neat piaco , and did not at all warrant the supposition at first entertained , that distress was the incentivo to the commission of the crime . AU the more repulsive traces of violence had been removed , and the bodies were decently disposed upon a bed in the front top room . The throats were dreadfully cut , and the injury in each case must have caused death within a few seconds . In addition to the evidence given above , the following witnesses were examined : ~

      Joseph _Wfisro . _v , the brother of the prisoner , was then examined . He had not seen his brother since June last ; of course , he could give no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time of the commission of the act . This witness was directed to withdraw . . Char & ks Newman stated that he resided near Tooting , and was a farmer ' s labourer . He had known the man for some time , and had known deceased woman about three months , lie had seen the prisoner very frequently of late , and knew that he had generally about four days' workout ofthe _fceek . Witness called on the prisoner and his family on Friday night last about seven o ' clock , and remained until after nine . The prisoner was quite sober all the evening , and drank nothing except somo porter , which witness sent for . The

      deceased woman was present . The prisoner and his wife appeared quite friendly all the evening . Witness asked if he had been at work that day , and he said that he had not . He could not sleep at night , and wanted to see his brother . He said also that he had attempted to see his brother , but returned when he got to the park , as ho was uneasy about his wife , who was unwell . His wife remarked that he looked very unwell , and seemed in a bad low way . She said that he had fallen away very fast . The prisoner went to the looking-glass and remarked , " I shall get fat to-morrow . " He was not a bad-tempered man , and seemed to live very comfortably with hi 3 wife . Witness observed that he had lost flesh lately , He looked very . wild , and witness thought that he seemed an altered man . Did not think that he was right in bis mind . His wife was a laundress , and had been in full work for

      some time . Sarah _Ciover , the child who was found in the house , was then brought into tho room . It was stated that she had been kept in ignorance of the death of her mother , and therefore the jury deemed it better to leave her examination in the hands of the coroner . Having been questioned as to her comprehension ofthe nature of an oath , she stated that a strange person awakened her on Saturday morning last . She had heard no noise during the night or morning . Her father and mother had had no quarrel on the Friday evening . The jury made a subscription for the benefit of this child .

      Mary . Anx Baser , a woman with whom the prisoner was familiar before his marriage with the deceased , was then examined . She saw him last Monday , but did not speak to him , She knew him seven years ago . She had not seen him for months before that time , and had had no communication with him lately . He was a m a * of violent temper , and she had bound him over to keep the peace , as she feared for her safety . The Coroner summed up briefly , stating that the case did not call for any particular commentary from him , as the confession made by the prisoner seemed to be entirely voluntary , and there was no

      reason whatever against the reception of that confession in tho case . There was no motive of fear or interest which could have induced the prisoner to criminate himself , and due admonition had been given to him by the inspector of police . The question put was a very simple one , and no doubt would be so considered by the jury . The room was then cleared . After remaining with closed doors for about five minutes , the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against James Weston , The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute .

      ®Fie Urotoittc^»

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      Great Fibe At Bristol. —On Sunday Night ...

      Great _Fibe at Bristol . —On Sunday night last the insurance companies in the City received the subjoined particulars of afire at Bristol : — " Bristol , Saturday morning , A tremendous fire _bvoke out yesterday evening , at five o ' clock , at the Great Western Cotton Works , situate on the north banks ofthe Avon , near the line of the Bristol and Gloucester and Great Western Railway . It originated in a spark from a fl y wheel which caught a pile of refuse cotton lying in the _blowing room . About thirty hands , chiefly boys , were engaged in this department , and so rapid was the work of devastation

      that the poor ereatures had to rush out ofthe building instantly , many of them , in fact , had great difficulty m escaping . Within five minutes after the discovery , tho whole building , of 200 feet long and 90 wide , was in one glow of fire . Thousands of persons were soon on tho sp ot , and amongst them were conspicuous the relations and friends of the children engaged in the factory , trembling in ignorance of their fate . The fire raged for throe hours with terrific violence , fed by large bales , and heaps of raw cotton which lay at one end of the _buildinw In this department there are 0 or 8 _engines , each valued at 150 guineas , all of which are destroyed _, it was 9 0 clock ere the firemen succeeded in

      checking the conflagration . Fortunately for the proprietors , the remaining portions of the works were preserved . The part destroyed was valued at £ 15 , 000 . Nearly 2 , 000 hands were thrown out of employment , and a vast number of victims will be compelled to seek the workhouse . " _LvFANTicmE ax _HAXDswoniii . — -For the last four or five year s the town and neighbourhood of Handsworth have obtained unenviable notoriety for the number of newly-born children bearing marks of their having been deprived of life by violent meads soon after being brought into the world , that have been found in the by-lanes and other remote _nlaces _. m ¦ - - -

      10 sucn an extent has tho atrocious system been practised , that the local magistrates have laid the whole facts before the Secretary of State , and her Majesty ' s government have ottered such a reward as will be likely to suppress the revolting acts . During tho past week a farmer ' s labourer , named Ellis , was proceeding along Cramp-lane , near the Birminghamvoad , when ho observed a brown paper parcel in a holly bush in the hedge row . On opening it , tbe contents were discovered to be the bodies of two newly-born children . The coroner of the district , Mr . Hinchcliffe _, held an inquiry upon them , and Mr . Hammond , a surgeon , who had carefull y examined them , expressed an © pinion that they were born alive , and that strangulation was _c « ri < _Wi-iw

      mo _moue oy which they had" come by their deaths . Other facts showed that tho innocents had been murdered as soon as they were born , and the coroner ' s jury found as their verdict— " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " The coroner , however , with a view of doing all he could in the matter , waited upon the Hon . f . Gough and Mr , Piercy , county magistrates , and it was at length determined to seek the aid of the Secretary of State . The result has been that Sir George Grey has authorised a YOTHttd of £ 50 being offered for the capture ofthe perpetrator s of this atrocious crime , and a full pardon to any one giving information , provided they be not the actual offenders . Murder at Gloucester . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Saturday last at the Railway Tavern , in this city , to inquire into the circumstances of the death of William Cooke , a boatman . It appeared that the deceased and a fellow boatman , named < jroodgropm , quarrelled and foueht on _hnwA ti _. o u _» +

      _aaiau , on the Severn , on the preceding day , and Cooke was seen after struggling for some time' to sink into the water , and rise no more alive . His body was _subsequently found . Several witnesses deposed to _hiV having been wilfully thrown into the water by Good _^ oom > from _whoni he endeavoured to

      Great Fibe At Bristol. —On Sunday Night ...

      escape . The accused and another man named Jones , who was on the deck of the boat , looked on whilst the deceased was drowning With perfect un concern . Aline thrown from the boat would pro bably have enabled him to escape sinking . The man Jones having gone up the river to Worcester tu inquest was adjourned in order that his evidence ma » be taken . ' Refusing to Weigh Bread . —William Chafer of Dflddidgton _, baker , was summoned last week h _* John Redmond , who described himself as a native of Dublin , a surgical instrument maker , and a dia charged soldier from the 16 th Lancers , for _refasint to sell him 21 bs . weight of bread . It _appeared tha ? tbe complainant , who was travelling thro «« h tb _« town , happened to call at the defendant ' s , and _' asfcedf for two pounds of bread ; he was semd by the de fendant ' s wife , who cave him a _half-qtmrtem lflaf

      but tbe complainant , lancymg it was not so much as it ought to be , requested her to weigh it , as he _^ he wanted two pounds of bread , which she _n-fu _^ d la do , but said ihe would call her husband ; in a meantime , the defendant ' s son came into tlie _* hoo and he refused also to weigh the bread , and t ] Jreay ened to kick the complainant out of the shop if u did not leave immediately . Upon the defendant ' s wife being examined , she confessed that she 1 ( , fuse d to weigh the bread , but said it was because the com plainant was insolent . The Bench _cimsidered the excused the

      case so clear that , though they defendant from all intention of breaking the law , they ffere bound to convict ; he was . therefore , convicted ina fine of 2 s . and costs 83 . There arc many bakers in country places who are not aware of the present _kw , that bakers are bound to sell bread by weight ; _we " refer them to 6 th and 7 th William IV . cap : _J 7 _, sec , 4 , by which it is enacted that bread shall be sold by bakers by weight , and in case any baker shall sell iQ any other manner than by weight , every such baker shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 40 s .

      Wholesale Frauds on the Excise . —The magistrates sitting iu petty session at Halesborougb , on Friday , were _engaged in adjudicating upon no less than ten informations against brickmakerSi for re * moving bricks to the kilns before the duty was levied , and thus avoiding payment ofthe proper duty thereon—a practice which seems to have obtained here , to the great injury ofthe legal tradesmen , and defrauding the inland revenue . The following penalties were inflicted : —Mr . _Whitehouse , Ohlheld , fined £ 150 , and 84 , 782 bricks condemned ; Air , Sadler , _Oldbury , fined £ 100 , and 76 , 222 bricks condemned ; Johnson and Probert , Oldfield , fined £ 75 , and 49 . 833 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Whitehouse ,

      Oldbury , fined £ 60 , and 33 , 693 bricks condemned ; Mr . Lees , Oldfield , fined £ 65 , and 24 . 837 bricks con . demned ; Mr . Guest , Oldfield , fined _£ 55 , and 30 , 904 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Sadler and Herton , fined £ 50 , and 25 , _' _ivl _bricks condemned ; Mr . Kdwards , Oldbury , fined £ 50 , and 28 , 410 bricks condemned ; Mr . Barrett , ¦ Halesowen , fined £ 25 , and 10 , 023 bricks condemned ; and Mr . Whitehouse , Oldbury , fined £ 25 , 11 , 929 bricks condemned . Fire near Thame . — On Friday , October 12 , soon after 11 at nigbt , a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr . Thomas Sheen , at Worminghall , near Thame , Oxon , the estate of Viscount Clitden , and about an hour and a half afterwards flames were

      also discovered upon the farm of Mr . William Hemmings _, about a furlong off . The cause of the fire is a mystery , but it is possible , from the brisk wind setting in ' the right direction , that the second arose out ofthe first . An engine from the County Fire-office at Oxford arrived at the spot as soon as Sossible , and speedily quelled the progress of the ames upon Mr . Hemraing ' s ricks , but wc regret to say ( hat the whole of Mr . Sheen ' s ricks , nine ia number , were entirely destroyed , as weil as the greater part of the farm buildings . Too much cannot be said in praise of the indefatigable exertions of Mr . John Ashurst , of Waterstock-house , in that neigh bourhood , a magistrate for the county , who together

      with his brother , the Rev . James Ashurst , vicar of Milton , and the Rev . James Stattar , of Worminghall , were upon the spot nearly all the night , personally assisting and superintending the keeping under of the flames . Very great credit is also due to a Mr . Thomas Way , a farmer at Ickford , for his very able and practical aid iu subduing the raging element , and all the agricultural labourers of the neighbourhood were upon the spot eager to render assistance . The extent ofthe damage done is about £ 1 , 000 , which it is understood is more than covered by the insurances . Application baa been made to Mr . Alderman Brownig , of Oxford , and that gentleman has set on foot an investigation ofthe matter through the medium of the police .

      Bristol . — -Supposed Case of suspenobo Aximation . —Acorrespondent says : — " A most singular case of suspended animation , or what is usually termed trance , ' has just occurred at Bristol , and the facts are of such a remarkable character as to be worthy of a detail notice . On Friday morning the 12 th inst . about half-past nine o ' clock , a gentleman named Byron Blyfh , a newphew of Mr . Blyth , of the firm of Blyth and Green , the well-known shipbuilders of London , was apparently seized with cholera at his residence , Orchard street , Bristol . He was speedily attended by Dr . Wallis and Dr . Grean , twoof the physicians of the Bristol Infirmary , and Mr . Kelson , surgeon . He was seen frequently , and when Dr . Green left him , late at night , his opinion

      was that he had rallied , and that there was a chance of his recovery . At half-past two o ' clock , however , on Saturday morning he apparently died . At 6 o ' clock the same morning Dr . Green , being on his way bo visit him , was surprised to hear of his death . He went and viewed the body , and gave a certificate that Mr . Blyth , had died from malignant cholera . The body he found to be still warm , but at this he was not much surprised , death having been so recent . Directions were given for the funeral , which was to take place on Sunday morning at nine o'clock , and a special message was sent to London to _acquaint the re atives of the deceased of his sudden and unfortunate death . At six o ' clock on Saturday evening

      Dr , Green again called when he found the necessary preparations for the funeral , and the body screwed down . Dr . Green directed the undertaker to un-Bcrew the coffin , and upon removing the sawdust with which the body was covered , to his great surprise , he found that it was still warm . He was unable to account for this , and supposed that perhaps the sawdust might have generated the heat . He accordingly directed it to be removed , and ordered that the funeral rhould not take place till the next morning , after he had again seen the body . Dr . Green then communicated with Dr . Wallis and Mr . Kelson , and all met at the house at nine o ' clock on Sunday morning , at which time the preparations were complete , and the bearers in waiting to convey the body to the tomb . They injected the veins with

      warm salt and water , but without producing any effect _, ihe body was then subjected to powerful galvanic shocks , which changed the colour of the body , and rendered the hands more supple , but there were no other signs of life . The body was then ordered to be laid out in the usual way , without any sawdust , and up to Monday afternoon the extraordinary appearance of warmth still remained , and there are no signs of decomposition . The body was removed to St . Peter ' s Hospital where further efforts will be made to restore nimation . _—WEns-EsnAY . —All doubts as to the fate of Mr . B . Blyth , are now at an end , decomposition having undoubtedly begun . An inquest has been commenced upon the body at the Albion Tavern , winch has been adjourned for the purpose of a post mortem examination being made by several eminent surgeons .

      Charge Of Attempted Poisokikg By A Wife....

      CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED POISOKIKG BY A WIFE . A serious case of attempted poisoning was brought ; before the magistrates at the Chelmsford Petty Ses- - _siona on Friday . Tho charge was brought by Wil- - liam Ilayward , a shoemaker , at Springfield , against t his wife , to whom be has been married fourteen 1 years , and has three children , the eldest aged 13 3 years , The allegation was that she had within tho 0 last three weeks attempted to kill him bv mingling g small doses of poison in " his food .

      Hat ward , who appeared vwy weak , and suffering ig from the effects of poison , said ; I have had poison » n U 2 * fooJ three times within the last threo 20 _Zx _« \ fVu resi t os in the house but myself , If , wrfo , and children . Last Wednesday I was called ed ! _£ -i ° ? dlmiei ; ' fouml some _aPPlo pudding _ng ready but on my plate . late two _moiithfuls , ana nil « K ? _, » moUl , _WW _? pi ««« u » _t , and saw _some-ie-£ l £ -m whl , _tc speck on the pudding , which Ii I took oft with my knife , and put it on tbe right side of s of my plate . I said there was something wrong , butmfc my wife said it was only the apples wfiich worenoiaot good , and she cut me another piece . I found no-notumg the matter with that . After I had my dinncrncr I vomited it

      up . My wife went out , and I sent forfor Mr . May , the superintendent , and told him what lit It thought bad happened . Ho asked me if I had foundund 1 anything ? I said _"tfo ; " and we searched thethes house , and I found somo stuff , and I took that _andandl a piece of toast which I had in the afternoon oh off Monday , and carried them to Dr . Bird . The toasfoasf f was given me by my wife , and made me sick . Dr . Dr .. Bird took mc to a chemist , and they made out whavhaUl the stuff was , but what I cannot say . It was in ; in ;; paper , which we found in a little mug in the housemsoe Iho chemist told mc it was rank poison . Thefhe 1 ! 1 gave me some medicine to take , and I took , it t " have wasted for tho last fortni ght .-Mr . Knox : Wa : Waa the pace where you found the stuff one that youyouu vviie

      uas access to f-uayward : It was ; _Iaccuscjusec my wite of it when she came back , and she said slid slili know nothing about it ; she said she did not _knokno'Sthere was any thing in the house , but on Thursdarsdaa she owned she had it , and what she had it for . \\ TO nave lived an uncomfortable life for some _monthanthh owing to her connexion with a man whom I hai ham caught at the house , and I told her itwouhlbotlbothl rum of both ot us . Mr . Seaiox _, the chemist , was sent for by tiy t' X , magistral es , and he statod that Dr . Bird and Hal Hafa ward brought to bim a white powder , and lid II Bird wished to know _nhat it was . He _analysedyseM _rawJl portion of it and found it was white preenrcchi mo , mat was a slow poison , IUs principally silly _w

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20101849/page/6/