Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 21st December 1850, Edition 3 of 3, Page 7, LIYEBPOOL. aS!^ S!SS_?^PS^, Smith "« at ...

Page 7
Page 7
7 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • - ®*m SmelUgewce.
    • ©tmtrai etimim\ ©outl
  • Text (14)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Representation Of Dntraawroy.—Lord North...

      Psion orueatn . She was finally earned off _» _daguardleftoaMr . M'Iane » _houwPrevent an alarm being given . When day diwnlf Mr _Jf-Xane repaired to Sir H ff Rrnni w I ? _« _luWade _^ ed _totbeK _^^^ _"K _^ X - ? _^^ oua vtit _, _affio whom -much praise is due , promptly Sent for a police _^^ _S _^ _T 84 th ? _""" _^ _* t heb _^ _headland _^^ ntl _^ f f _^^ _T _¥ _* - Gten _* _tfe house of - j Sally Doherty , who keeps a public-house in _Jfegdbgan and restored her to the arms o > her finends and liberty . He also arrested two of the _g _* _^ _Hutchmson , the principal , is _sfdlat _laree He _ported from her a promise of _marriage f ? Object bemg to get possession of her _prXrtv amountingto £ 800 .-Ikrry Standard _^ P " _?* FAT _S" 5 !* _5 _^ _^ -On Saturday _mominea _wmarkable thunder storm passed oW _;« _Lw ™ f 7 . „ suthemwitbte _^^ _ZT ~ ;[ T | f | -

      _ the south-west of Ireland , beeimuW in _riorlT _„ .. ? going off at Cork . _^^ S _^ _tS _^^ man , _respeetobly connected , the second son of Mr Brown Burke , of Newgrove _^ ottage , was killed by _theelectnc fluid , and other _persons were sight injured . . In Cork _sonfe cattle were killeCand other injuries inflicted . _^ _A-Sri- ??** - _^ r _^ _fta _testhat a deputatiou from America has arrived in London t 0 support the Claims of Galway as a transatlantic packet station . Feabfol Explosion at Bainbridge . -A frightful explosion took place in this town on Saturday cvening _^ when several parties suffered very materiaUy from the catastrophe . About four o ' clock in the evening one of Mr . Halidav ' s _vountr ™ the of

      „ _^ entintoi powder store for the purpose emptying a can , ster for general use in the shop , and on _Sm 5 _V _^* " _? helf 80 me of tn » P ° _™ -er was spilled , which was carefully gathered np ,-with the exception of some grains that still remained on the floor . He incautiously put the lighted candle to them , and in a moment the explosion was terrific . On the report being heard , which was as loud as a _discharge of cannonade , the town was alarmed , and the fire and smoke forced their way from the house through the windows , carrying jewellery and cutlery of the rarest description ont of the under shop and _warerooms up stairs . Not a window in the _lionse but was blown into pieces , aud the houses at each side of Mr . _Holiday ' s were much

      davery maged . One shop in Rathfriland-street , only vacated by Mr . Cathcarfc , woollen merchant , about three weeks ago , was forced in , and the whole front carried to the opposite Bide ofthe street , when a woman was canght ini their flight by the shutters _, and dreadfully mntilated . The store was then « arched , when three of the young men , named Smith , Knox , and Haliday , were found in a dreadful state , scarcely a feature recognisable , and one in his agony ran into the street with his- . head and clothes m a blaze of fire . Dr . _M'Clellard was immediately in attendance , and rendered every aid to the unfortunate sufferers , who ean scarcely be

      expected to survive . The ground floor of the shop was cleared of considerable property , which wa 3 Boon picked up off the street by the mob , who were punctual in attendance , and no doubt the ravage would have been much greater , had not the vigiisnee of tbe constabulary put a stop to it . When the smoke had cleared away , the air seemed laden with a thousand perfumes from broken bottles of eau de Cologne , marrow oil and other perfumes , which were carried to the street . The house is very extensive in the hardware trade , and in connection with two other large houses in Belfast * where Mr . HaUiday generally resides . —Saunders ' s News Letter .

      Supposed Shipwreck . —During the pa ? t week some casks of brandy were stranded north of this harbour , about Ballynasker , and we regret to hear that one unfortunate man , after usuing much exertions in bringing it out of the sea , drank a portion of it to excess , and since died in consequence , While others had a fortunate escape . Some brandy and some other fruit boxes , shattered and entirelv damaged , have been cast on Bhore at Kilmore , and it is probable that tbe vessel which bore both as her -cargo , was some foreigner that foundered not far « ff tbe Tuskar , and of which no one now survives to tell tbe fate . —Wezford Guardian .

      Praiseworthy _Cosduct of _thePsabahtut . —Two women , named _O'Dea , residing at Moycullen , and connected with the murder of Kearnes , near Baurnaoroney , in September last , were arrested by some countrymen on Monday , and brought into this town . The parties arrested were full y committed for trial by the coroner . —Galway faercury . The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this Association was held in Conciliation Hall on Monday , Mr . Crauston presiding . Mr . John O'Connell spoke at some length on the subject of her Majesty ' s replies to the addresses presented last week at Windsor . The rent for the week was £ 8 16 b . 2 d .

      Escbmbbked Estates . —The last sale of property fixed to take place in the Encumbered Estates Court until tbe end ofthe first week in January , came off ou Tuesday . The three commissioners sat , tbe new assistant commissioner not having yet taken his se . it , and eight small and unimportant estates , consisting of fee-simple aud leasehold interests , were disposed of , the proceeds ofthe whole amounting to £ 21 , 165 . The wretchedly-situated _M'Loughlin property , in Mayo , which obtained such notriety from the circumstance of its fir * t attempted sale being Used as an argument in parliament against tbe working of the commission , was put up for the third time on Tuesday , and the 8 , 207 acres were at length sold , tbe lots into which the estate was _difided bringing together only £ 410 . The Antrim estates of the Earl of Mountcashell were to have been sold on Tuesday in Belfast under the order of the commissioners , but the particulars have not yet

      been received in town . Ccite-steeet Savxxgs Bank . —A meeting of depositors and those interested in their behalf was held at the Royal Exchange on _Tuesday , the Lord Mayor presiding , for the purpose " of drawing tbe attention of the government to the injustice tbat had been done to a portion of the depositors in consequence of refusing to pay them the sum granted , by reason of the supposed violation of the law on their part in having lodged in one year above £ 30 , the amount prescribed . " The meeting was ad-¦ dressed by the Lord Mayor , Mr . James HaughfoD , Sev . Mr . Drury _. Eev . Dr . Spratt _. Eer . T . _M'Sorley He . Grogan , M . P ., Alderman Taggart , and others , and a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer wassnanimou 3 i 7 adopted . nrnr . _jyij-i _ri-cr _. —f _| _fc r . _t . > _jL _>^» _'A _^ _¦*"—>»

      Vecewteh 21, 1850.„ The Forthellk Stil *...

      _VECEWteH 21 , 1850 THE _fORTHEllK STIl * ¦ — ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ _.. ¦¦¦¦ _*¦ _«* » 1 AK ________ _--- ____ _ . 7

      Colonel Thompson On The Exarairion. — So...

      Colonel Thompson on the _ExarairioN . — Some tame back we published a letter written by Colonel P . Thompson on the question of affixing prices to articles . He has since been betrayed into a controversy , aud in support of his position has made the following remarks : — " The Colonel points out , tbat on account of supposed jealousies and rivalries , the affixing ofprices is a thing not ' left to the option ofthe exhibitors , ' but that it is absolutely prohibited , to the injury of ' that portion of the commercial community who with the general _publio besides , are interested in publicity . ' And yet , urges the ColoneL this system is advanced as one of ' non-interference between Protection and Freetrade . ' The Colonel considers the argument _Belfcontradictory : he puts it thus . ' By no means intouches

      terfere ; let there be Protection . ' He upon other objections , _sucb as * prices vary ;'' exhibitors may put wrong prices ; "' tbe commissioners are responsible . ' To which he replies , — 'Does not a price currenf vary ? As to the affixing of fraudulent prices , that argument would ' shut up the Post Office , lest men should send deceitful accounts ot their prices * through that medium . And _withre-Bpecfc to the commissioners being responsible ' who * * _^ : U 1 _A j ****! -cirrift qnr > nnnt _^ t . npm them and who accounts them

      - . . made responsible , so _* "' After demanding whether these objections are such " as the commissioners , with due'regard to their standing before the British public and foreign nations , ought to adopt as their rule of action , " the colonel proceeds and concludes as _Allows — " In all operations , a moderate attention SS be paid to whether % opponents have not the means of counteracting in _«•** _^* _j _*»* _£ _? _£ _-, _„„ » i .. _attemnt without the deed . In the

      pre-Eentcase what reason is there to suppose that ISivS _^ rested iu _^ F _^^ _tajg including the mass of foreigners who - _^« J » _fW : _goods for tbe express purpose of _Rowing what Ir ticlescan beba _^ d cheaper by _theijntahjmblic through the intervention of Bradford trade , and the _onited public whose interest lies the same way ,, wm not without delay prepare a list of the * _" _« f whose owners are anxious the prices _ehonia De fcnown , and press it ; upon carriage and foot ; passenfers at a small price as near the doors of tbe exniition . as they can contrive ! And if this is done , or if strange and extravagant ways are taken to pre Tent it , I ask who will in any imaginable respect stand better than tbey would have done if the _affixine or not affixwg ef thfe P _™ _^ _tBen _*& tbe _/ _Mvtinn of the exhibitors , a just compromise which

      it is still in the power of the Commissioners to secure To conclude , I have done what I thought aDalbahle duty for the interests of my constituents . _anTtnink so still . If they do notconcur , my appeal must be to tbe next generation of commercial wen , who I donbt not will view the proceedings of their _predecessors in the same light _« _m » w regard the opinions of our ancestors on the benefits of protection and a high price of corn . _-Dady Aews . Marriage op Mas . J _* BMi . r -At Dover , hist week , _-Um BnnWn .. Tane Jenny , widow of the late Mr . J . _MSnf _Jeriyfwho ! with hia _*&* , was assassi-Z ! 3 at sSeld W by Rush was mamed to Mr Thomas Beevor , eldest son of Sir T . B . Beevor , Bartof B _^ g Ham Ball , Nor folk .

      , Th * Flax Movemww . — An association has , we -understand , been recently formed at Bromyard , for ¦ _oromoting the growth of flax in that district . _Upwarde of one hundred agricultural members of the association have expressed their determination to prepare ft portion of their bud for flax for the next

      - ®*M Smelugewce.

      - _®* m _SmelUgewce .

      Liyebpool. As!^ S!Ss_?^Ps^, Smith "« At ...

      LIYEBPOOL . _aS _!^ S ! SS __?^ PS _^ _, Smith _"« at Manchest _* _T _^ TSff ? f _^ arle 8 Cariis fe , of & t _^^ jt had the _fflLent _< . » ae « j _ . ¦ 8 eB » _worked by seven boilers * the dp . _theHhT m e _^^ mer , under the direction o the prisoner . On Thursday , the 10 th of OctobPr _S _^ . o ' clock in tbe \ lmu % _\ n _exX _^ _ateam ife' _^ _v ptared h _* P" _* - _™ ofthe steam the engine-house was filled with hot ashes and steam , and the deceased , who at the time of the bofll ° r « OI l WaS _J _^ _K _- _ose of the adjoining Sol _\ P "y _^ ed that he died in about teE days afterwards , ft appeared that some two

      or _Xl _£ « n _? £ ag 0 aD 0 tber cx Pl ° sion had taken lm _£ on thesaine Premises , and a fireman had been _auiea . it was then thought necessary to alter the construction ofthe flues , which formerly had been tm . & 1 _^ _i them _^ cirTOlar on es . lhis had been done m five out of the seven boilers A © . 4 was one of those whicb had not beenaltered On the Saturday previous to the explosion it was found that the flue of the boiler 2 fo . 4 leaked at the place where its extremity was riveted by a flanee to the inside of the hoiler . This leak was temporarily repared so as to stop the leakage , and the boiler was set to work as usual . On the Monday morning it was foundhoweverstill to leakand

      , , , Smith , the prisoner , directed some screw patches , as they are called , to be prepared , for the purpose of securing the place where tbe leak existed . These patches consisted of iron ofthe same thickness with the boiler , to be fastened by screw rivets , to be _pnssed through holes drilled through the patches and the boiler , and fastened by nuts , some softer material being placed betwween them , so as to prevent the leakage . Before this was completed , however , the prisoner sent for Mr . Swain , the boiler maker , and showed him what he was about j ° ! L _? _toW him tbat the boiler was not safe , and tbat he must not work it any more , when the prisoner said he would not . The boiler remained standing until the Wednesday following , when the

      prisoner directed two of the _worimen to prepare five screw patches , and to fasten them on the spot m question .. This was done , and the boiler set to work on the Thursday morning , and it worked three or four hours before the accident occurred . On a subsequent examination of the boiler the following day , it was found that at the spot where the leak had existed , and which , when Mr . Swain saw it , showed a crack of about fourteen inches long , the flange was torn from the body ofthe flue the whole way across the top ; and the top of the flue itself was forced down nearly to the bottom of the flue for about half its length , and there was a frac . ture in the substance of the upper part ofthe flue about seven feet from the end , also extending

      nearly the whole way across it . —His Lordship intimated that the case depended almost entirely upon the evidence of Mr . Swain ; but it seemed very doubtful , from his testimony , whether the prisoner understood , from the communication that had been made to bim , that the boiler was too unsafe to be rendered fit to work with byscrew-patcbing it . He had no doubt been told that it was unsafe in its then condition , but he might have supposed that the screw patches would render it secure , and have acted on that supposition . He thought that there was not anything satisfactorily established against the prisoner , except a mere error in judgment . — The jury returned a verdict of 2 fot Guilty . Assault by Poachbrs . —Thomas Jones , Thomas

      Calderbank , and Thomas _Eastham were , indicted for night poaching , and assaulting the keepers of tbe Earl of Derby , while in the execution of their duty . It appeared that about nine o ' clock on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of October last , Henry Pre 3 cott _, Philip Philson , and Henry _Aspinall , three keepers in the employ of the Earl of Derby , were out watchinsr on some land in the occupation of Thomas Birchall , situate near Bickerstaff , in this county . Hearing a hare scream , and some dogs panting , they polled off their coats and ran towards the place where they thought the poachers were . Henry Prescott , with a dog he had in a string , ran on first , and seeing a man in the field he let the dog loose , who instantly pursued the poacher , and ,

      seizing him by the leg , brought him to the ground j the other keepers came np , and leaving tbe man whom the dog had seized in their custody , Prescott went on with the dog after another man , whom he saw running away , and set the dog at him , saying to the dog , " Good lad , Tiger ; down with him . " This man then came up to Prescott , and striking him on the back of the head , felled him to the ground . Other of tbe poachers then came up , and " laidon" to Prescot with sticks , upon which he cried out , " O ! chaps , dont kill me . " The Keeper Aspinall , hearing the cry went towards him . The poachers , seeing Aspinall , said , " Chaps , here ' s another devil here ; " , hearing tbat , Aspinall

      ran away , and hid himself in a ditch . Tho poachers released Jones from tbe custody of the keeper , and then all of them , there being five , ran away . The keepers knew Jones , and thought they recognised the other prisoners , who were apprehended by the police in a few days . Jones was found with his leg lacerated by the bite of a dog , which he said had been done by his own dog while he was swinging him round by his tail ; and in the house ofthe poacher Caiderbank nets were found , and his clothes were muddy and dirty , aa if from a scuffle . —His Lordship having summed np , the jury found Thos . Jones Guilty , and the other two prisoners Not Guilty . His Lordship sentenced Jones to two months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      The Lancashire winter gaol delivery terminated at half-past three o ' clock on Saturday .

      tore :. Plate _Robbest . — Martin M'Guire was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house and the shop of Lewis Balerna , of Halifax , on the night ofthe 13 th or the morning ofthe 14 th of July last , and stealing therefrom fourteen gold watches , 100 silver watches , 400 gold rings , and other articles of jewellery , ofthe value in all of upwards of £ 1 , 000 . He was also charged with having received a gold watcb , knowing it to have been stolen . Amelia Wade was indicted for having feloniously received a considerable portion of the stolen property . The circumstance that the prisoner M'Guire had been in custody at Liverpool on suspicion of having been concerned with Macauley

      and Sirrel in the late extensive plate robbery imparted some additional interest to tbe case . —Mr . Hall stated the case . The prosecutor , Lewis Balerna , was a foreigner who for tbe last twenty years had resided at Halifax , in this county , and carried on the business of a watchmaker and silversmith . His shop adjoins his dwelling-house , and near the house is a vacant pieoe of ground . On the night of the 13 th of July last his shop had been entered , and property worth upwards of £ 1 , 000 was taken . It was clear that the persons who had broken into . the premises one way had broken out another way . It was quite evident that this was not an ordinary burglary , but was the work of clever and expert robbers . In ordinary burglaries ,

      two or three men break into a house in search of what they can find , and soon after the burglary one of the parties is generally found attempting to pledge or dispose of some ofthe property . But the present burglary was committed by persons who acted on an organised By stem . The plan is , if they get possession of bank notes , not to put them into circulation in England , but they send them to confederates abroad , and pass them at Paris or Brussels . In the case of watches , which they cannot export , they alter the number and makers' names , and then introduce them cautiously into the market . A constable happened to be near the house of Mr . Balerna on the night ofthe robbery , and he met on the vacant niece of cround , near the house , a man

      whom he afterwards identified as the prisoner M'Guire . On the 25 th of September the male prisoner pawned a gold watch at Liverpool . The number had been altered , but there was no question tbat it was one ofthe watches which had been stolen from Mr . Balerna ' s on the 13 th of July . There were also certain statements of M'Guire which were relied upon for the purpose of connecting him with the robbery . The prisoner , Amelia Wade , lived in Sawney Pope ' _s-street , Liverpool , and the evidence against her was , that in the month of July last she had taken a box to Manchester , and left it with a woman named Gregory , saying that the box contained nothing but some clothes belonging to her ; that she never afterwards called for the box , and that when it was opened it was found to contain about £ 200 worth of the stolen property . Further she stated , when before the magistrates , tbat she had received the box from two men whose names it where it _wouhTbe ht

      _Se did not know , to , put r g and that an hour after _Bhe received it she left Liver . _Sol for Manchester with the box , and deposited it E , _;? h Mrs Gregory , where it was afterwards found _? yh ? SiM _^ T & statement was borne out by the by - £ _LlnfMr Belem , _thepoUce officers of Manknow _^ _SS _^^ for having , on _theSOth of October ' las _^ _Jtafcgj near Sheffield , effected a criminal assault on H » a Newton , and committed a rape on her _Pew ° _/ -M B r : Hall stated tbat the prisoner at the bar _niM with having effected a criminal assault On the prosecutrix , a young ildy aged twenty-four years , the daughter of _Elizffi _ifewton , widow of Captain Newton , who now resides at Fwhills , near Sheffield . In consequence of the reduced circumstancesoi Mrs . _Uewton two of her daughters keep » _sohool for young ladies , at Sheffield , Tbe prisoner u ( be sta-

      Liyebpool. As!^ S!Ss_?^Ps^, Smith "« At ...

      tion-master at the station of the Manchester , Shefheld , and Lincolnshire Railway , at _Wadsley , and about eighteen months ago was introduced to Mrs . Newton ' s family . In the course of the present year he made an offer of marriage to Miss Newton , the prosecutrix , but she declined it , on the ground that the prisoner's income was inadequate to support a wife . The prisoner , however , continued on friendly terms with the family , and occasionally visited Miss Newton . On the 30 th of October , a young lady , living a short distance from Foxhills , named Miss M'Givern , was married , and the prosecutrix acted as one of the bridesmaids on tbe oocasion . The prisoner at the bar was also invited to the wedding , and at the request of the bride , the

      prosecutrix applied to him to procure some flowers , which he sent the day before the marriage to her , with a note , in which he said , — " I hope soon to have the pleasure of offering you a bouquet under similar circumstances , for myself . With so many weddings about it is a wonder I keep my senses . I fear I shall be doing something desperate ere long . With kind regards to your mother , believe me , very truly yours , J Robinson . —Wadsley-bridge , Tuesday . " On the evening of the 30 th October the father of Miss M'Givern gave a bridal party ; the prosecutrix , her mother , and two sisters , and the prisoner among others were there . At about ten o clock Mrs . Newton left , and she appears to have walked home . At _abrmt half-past eleven

      o'clock a coach left Mr . _M'Givern ' s for Sheffield . The prosecutrix was inside with her sisters and another lady . The prisoner sat on the box with a Mr . O'Plannagan . Whm the coach arrived near Mrs Newton ' s house , at Foxhills , it stopped . The prosecutrix got out , and the prisoner at the bar got down to hand her out . He seemed to delay , and one of the party called to him to get up on the coach , or he would be left behind . He replied that he intended to walk home , and bade them good night , whereupon the coach drove away . The night was tempestuous , audit had been raining in the course of the day . Mrs . Newton ' s house is on the brow of a bill ; it is one of four houses , and near it , on the opposite tide of the

      road , is a large house . There is a small garden in front of the house , about seven yards long , and there are six steps from the road to the garden . When Miss Newton bad reached the top step the prisoner put his arm round her , and began to kiss her vehemently . Sbe endeavoured to push him off but he placed his arm tightly round her neck , and took such liberties as to indicate his purpose . She then cried , "Mother . ' mother . '" but the wind which was blowing violently , prevented her cries from being beard . The prosecutrix lost . her consciousness for some time but when she recovered she found the prisoner lifting her up . She then cried "Mother ! " and it appeared tbat Mrs . Newton , who being aa aged woman , had laid herself down

      on the bed to wait her daughter's arrival , and bad fallen asleep , was aroused by some noise , and came to the door . Tho prosecutrix then said , " Ob , mother ! why did you not come sooner ? " The prisoner reached out hi » hand to Mrs . Newton and saying , " Good night I" hurried away . Miss Newton , the moment the door was closed communicated the whole of the circumstances to her mother , who fainted when she heard them . Miss : Newton ' s bonnet was bruised , her lace mantle was torn , " her silk gown was torn , and her silk stockings were soiled . Three of her _brooohes were gone , two of which were trodden upon in the garden . Her elbows were scratched and bleeding ; her shoulder was contused : her arms

      were marked with bruises , and there were other marks of violence upon her . Mrs . Newton went next day to see the prisoner , and made an earnest appeal to him to make the only reparation he now could make by marriage , though Miss Newton had before rejected his offer on the ground of want of means . He refused , denied that he had committed a rape , and said he would call at the house , and endeavour to reconcile matters .. He gave Mrs . Newton a letter for her _daughter , of which the following is a copy : — " My dear Miss Newton , —On examining my pocket this morning , 1 find the enclosed ( cuffs ) , though how they got there ( thanks to the brandy and water ) I have not the sli ghtest notion . I think they must be yours ; if not , perhaps you oan find an owner for them . I hope you

      are not the worse to-day , for my part I am very , very seedy . Did not get up . till one , p . m ., and have no very distinct recollection of how I got home . My landlady tells me this morning that I swore I would never go to another wedding , not even to my own . With kind , & c , to Mrs . Webster , believe me , very truly yours , J . Robinson ' . — Wadsleyj Thursday . " The learned counsel , after detailing the conversations that had taken place between the prisoner and the family of tbe prosecu trix , invited the best attention of the jury to all tho circumstances of this extraordinary case . —The evidence of the prosecutrix , her mother , and other witnesses , corroborated the statement of the learned counsel . The defendant bad promised , the day after the occurrence , to marry the plaintiff if she

      proved with child . The bonnet , lace mantle , silk dress , and silk stockings of the prosecutrix were here produced in court . —John Shaw , - surgeon , sworn : Examined Miss Newton . Found her elbows black and very much bruised . There was a large black mark on the back of the shoulder , and six or seven bruises on the arm . The other marks upon the prosecutrix were such as were consistent with her statements respecting the violence of the prisoner . —Mr . Overend made a powerful appeal to the jury , after which the learned judge summed up , and the jury , after deliberating for five hours , returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of his previous good character , and that he was at the time under the influence of liquor . —Sentence deferred .

      Loss Of The Helena Sloman Screv1 Ste4mer...

      LOSS OF THE HELENA SLOMAN SCREV 1 STE 4 MER . This vessel was lost on her passage from South * ampton to New York . She was a new iron boat built two years since by Pim , of Hull . She bad already made two successful trips between Hamburg and New Tork . She left Southampton on the 1 st ult . with a valuable cargo and : 180 souls on board . The passengers and crew were principally Germans . She was discovered by the American packet Devonshire , Captain Hovey , after having been beating about in great distress for eight days . In the attempt to rescue the persons on board the steamer , four of the crew of the Devonshire , and

      five of the passengers of the Helena Sloman were lost . On the evening of the 19 th she encountered a fearful gale , which she braved gallantly until eleven p . m ., when a heavy sea struok her in tbe stern and starboard quarter , causing her to quiver from stem to stern . The rudder was then found to have parted from the ship . The steam was then blown off . Considerable uneasiness now prevailed —rudder lost , stern post gone , ship leaking , propeller not being able to be worked by her sails , owiDg to her great length , 225 feet . On tbe 21 st and 22 nd the gafe was most violent , and tbe pumps were worked without intermission by means of the engine . On the 22 nd a distress rudder was tried and found to be wholly inefficient . At ten a . m . on

      that day a barque was seen about ten miles distant , with all sails set , and steering west . Distress signals were hoisted on board the Helena Sloman without success . About three p . m . the crew came aft , and begged permission to lower boats and pull for the barque . The eaptain , thinking it useless ,, and their ability to reach the barque impracticable , refused . After much discussion amongst the crew , whioh was likely to end in a mutiny , the crew _ac-Ju _iesced . At sunset the captain and crew of the _felena Sloman succeeded in getting her head round , but all to no purpose . On Thursday , the 28 tb , all was joy on board , at the announcement of a sail in sight ! Signals were made which were happily observed on board the Bail ,- and which sail

      turned out to be the American packet Devonshire . As soon as the Devonshire came near the Helena Sloman she commenced rendering assistance , and succeeded in saving all the passengers and crew , with the exception of five , but in her noble endeavour she lost four of her own crew . The captain of the Helena Sloman remained on board untill the last , and he wished the men who were alongside m the boats waiting for him to come on board , so that they might be able to testify that tbe ship wa 3 sinking , but they refused , and he then saved all the papers he could , and then left her toner fato . She sunk soon afterwards . —List of persons drowned : — The names ofthe four of the crew of the

      Devonshire who were lost in the noble endeavour to save the crew and passengers of the Helena Sloman were as follows : Mr . _Johnstonei third mate ofthe Devonshire ; John Haeson , of Londonderry ; George Riley , of Hull ; and Daniel Macarthur , of Montreal , seaman . The names of tbe _passengers of tbe Helena Sloman who were lost were—Mr . Sbelson , of Mecklenburg ; Dr . Lutz , of Heilbron ; Augusta Rozenbuck , of Mecklenburg ; John Popake , of Mecklenburg ; and Henry Otterburg , of Hanover , The English passengers who joined the Helena Sloman at Southampton were—Mr . Sladden . and bis wife ,- Mr . John Young , Mr J . F . Geary , Mr . Stebilen and Mr . Busher . ; - ¦

      Sunday Dslivbbt Or Lbtibbs And Newspaper...

      Sunday _Dslivbbt or _Lbtibbs and Newspapers in the Couhtby . —Several complaints having been made to the Postmaster-General by certain parties _againBt an early delivery of letters and newspapers in tho country at their residences on a Sunday _moraing , the Marquis of Clanrioarde issued a notice on Saturday to the different postmasters , sub-postmasters , and letter receiv ers , throughout the United Kingdom , that those persons who do not wish t _« receive their correspondence or newspapers on a Sunday morning , must give to the postmasters , _& 0 ., in the locality , aotico to that effect to be delivered in tbe former way on the Monday . Any party givmg such notice , whioh is to stand imperative for three months , oannot under any emergency Obtaiu their letters and newspapers till the regular _dafi ! fej"i o » tho Monday .

      ©Tmtrai Etimim\ ©Outl

      _© tmtrai etimim \ © _outl

      The December Sessions Of The Above Csurt...

      The December Sessions of the above _Csurt com . mencedon Monday . The gaol calendar contains the names of 131 prisoners .. Theft w an' OMNiBus . _* -S arah Simons , 19 , w indicted for stealing a purse containing some silver , the property of Miss Byron . —It appeared . that the prosecutrix , who is an actreBS , was riding in an omnibus on the day named in the indictment , when the prisoner took a seat by her , and soon afterwards she felt her hand in her pocket . _^ She was too much frightened at the moment to give any

      alarm j but when she recovered herself she gave tbe prisoner in charge to tbe conductor , and the purse was found upon the floor of the omnibus close to 'he prisoner . —The jury returned a verdict ot Guilty ; but as it appeared tbat the prisoner was not known as tbe associate of thieves , and bad never been in custody , she was only sentenced to be kept to hard labour for four months , the learned Recorder , at the same time , informing her , however , that if she ever appeared there again upon a charge of felony she would certainly be transported .

      Perjury . — Mr . Ballantine , who was instructed for the prosecution in an indictment preferred by the Baron von Stentz against William Sobieski Kidahl for perjury , applied to the Court to postpone the trial to the next session . Tbe application was founded upon affidavits stating that the baron and his lady , who were both _materisl witnesses , were seriously ill , and in a quite unfit state to attend and give their evidence . Medical certificates to the same effect were also put in . — Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the defendant , said be was not in a position to resist such an application ; but before the postponement was finally decided upon , be should be glad to have an opportunity for some inquiries to be made . —The Recorder thought tbat this was a reasonable suggestion , and he therefore directed that the trial should at present stand over .

      Burglary . —Patrick Reedie , 29 , tailor , was indicted for a burglary committed in June , 1849 , and stealing property of the value of £ 120 . —Tlie facts of the case were these . On the morning of . the 5 th ot June the premises of Mr . Weare , a linen draper , in the London-road , were broken into , and a quan . tity of broad _clotb , silk handkerchiefs , and linen stolen . On the same morning four men were seen drawing a cab in the vicinily of the prosecutor's house , and who , upon seeing the police , made off , the prisoner escaping altogether for the time . Upon the police opening the cab they found the whole of the property in it . —Barry , 455 , A , proved apprehending the prisoner a short time back , at Salford , Manchester , where it appeared he had been living

      for a long time , working at his trade as a tailor . — The jury found the prisoner Guilty . _—Police-constable Ronayne , of the L division , proved a former conviction against the prisoner , in April , 1848 , when he had twelve months' imprisonment for a street robbery . —Tbe Common Sergeant sentenced hira to ten years' transportation . Robbbrt of Books . —J . Taylor , 22 , was indicted for stealing a quantity of valuable books , the property of his master , Henry Georpre Bonn . —It appeared that tbe prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor , the well-kcoown extensive bookseller in York-street , _Covent-garden , for a period of five years , and it was part of his duty to take out books as samples and to obtain orders upon them , but it appeared that he ought to have returned every book he took out at the close of each day , and

      be had no right to have any books m his own possesion . On the 25 th November , however , in consequence of Some information received by the prosecutor , he went to the prisoner ' s lodging , accompanied by an officer , and upon making a search no less than 169 valuable books were discovered . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —The prisoner was then charged upon a second indictment with stealing another parcel of books , the property of tbe same prosecutor ; and Thomas Millard , a bookseller , in Newgate-street , was charged upon tbe same indictment with feloniously receiving the books in question . —At the close of the case for the prosecution , the recorder thought there was no evidence to go to the jury against Taylor , and baying briefly summed up , the jury acquitted Millard . The sentence on Taylor on the first indictment was deferred .

      Utteri ng Base Coin . — J . Williams , 23 , hawker , was convicted of uttering base coin . Independentl y ofthe uttering ,- which was a base shilling , a quantity of base coin was found on the prisoner . — The court sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment . James Brown , alias _Barrington , was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin . —In this case the prisoner had been convicted in May last in this court , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . He was , however , no sooner out ofthe prison than he commenced again . The plan he adopted was this - . —In company with another who had escaped , they had visited a number of public-houses , where they succeeded in passing several bad shillings , which

      they no sooner effected than they changed _olothes with one another , thereby escaping detection . On the 27 th of November prisoner went to the Wheatsheaf , Spmers-town , and tendered a bad shilling in payment for some porter . Being detected , the prisoner begged the barman to let him go , asserting that he was a poor Hard-working man . He was suffered to depart , but the shilling was kept , and some one sent out to watch him , and he was seen to change clothes with the man alluded to , and then go to tbe shop of Mr . Pullen , a baker , in Brill-row , Homers-town , where he was taken in custody for the same offence . —The jury found tho prisoner Guilty . —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to seven years ' transportation .

      George Smith was convicted of passing several pieces ef bad coin , and the trick adopted by the prisoner was a new one . He had accosted several children in the street , and got them to go to various shops to purchase some article of trifling value , giving them bad coin . Prisoner would then wait at some short distance ; and , if they came from the shops followed by any one , he would make off ; but if all was right , came and took the money from them . —Sentenced to eight months' imprisonment . _Forobrv _bt a Workmas . — Samuel Porter , 30 , upholsterer , was indicted for uttering a forged order for the payment of I 7 _s . lid ., with intent to defraud William Ayscough Wilkinson and another . —The prosecutor , who is the well-known upholsterer of Ludgate-hill , said the prisoner was a workman in ten

      their employment , and had been so for years . Their practioe with the workmen was for them to have a book in which the amount of work done by each man was entered , and the sum to be paid signed by theft * foreman , and upon the production ofthe book by the workman to prosecutor ' s brother , his partner , the sum hi the book was paid . The fraud had been effected by tbe prisoner adding the figure of 1 before the figures 7 s . lid ., and the book having again to go into the foreman's hands , prisoner had subsequently erased from the book the added figure . The prisoner , when taxed with the offence , said he had done it , but could not say how many times , but had done it whenever he was in want of money . The erasures in the books proved that prisoner had carried the game on for a length of time . —The juryjound him Guilty . —Sentence deferred .

      _Coscbalmbni op BiBTU . —Lydia Mortimer , 19 , spinster , surrendered to take her trial for having concealed the birth of her female infant . Mr . Payne prosecuted . —It appeared that on the 3 rd of June last , the prisoner went into the service of a gentleman named Bowles , in Bedford-street , Hampstead-road , and on the 28 th of last month , there being some obstruction to the pipe of the watercloset , a labourer was sent to take it up , and upon so doing he found there what he took to be the portion of some animal . It being dark when he took it out , he buried a portion in the garden , and placed the rest in seme utensils . The prisoner seemed very anxious to know what he had found . The next dav the labourer found a . portion of what

      be had plaoed removed , upon which he dug up the rest , and found it to be tbe mutilated remamB of an infant . — Mr . Hendrick , of Robert-street , Hamp . stead-road , proved examining the remains , which he found to bo those of a full grown female infant , but he could not say if born alive . On the next day he examined the prisoner , and found she had been delivered , and she said she had a child on Monday week , and that she had cut it up , and put it down the oloset . —Mrs . Cheese , a servant in the service of Mr . Bowles , proved finding prisoner very ill . She at the time denied that anything was the matter with her ; but subsequently owned to it . _* -Lydia Pollard , the searcher at the station , said that prisoner said she did not know ; how ahe could have been so foolish , as she had a goo _ d ; home m Wiltshire . She . thought _;¦!» ' must have been mad , ; that the child was borned dead ; that she had and first hid it with

      cut it up with a knife ,, her dusters , and then thrown it _^ . n . t _^ _jaJejTcloset .-The prisoner , who is a welWooking girl , and was in a most pitiable state all the time _> oUhe trial , said that when taken ill she had asked Mrs . Cheese to sit up with her . —This proved to be true -The jury found her Guilty , but recommended hertomeroy oh account ofthe request she had made on the night the child was born . —The father , a most respectable looking old man , who had come up from Wiltshire * said he had testimonials of her previous good cb & vacter . — She was sentenced to three months' impvisonment . . Shop RoBBEBiai . —Ann _iSeanlan , 38 , _vwdow , was indicted for _stealing five handkerchiefs , the property of John -B ' osbuV Mr . Piatt prosecuted , . and Mr . Robinson defended .-The prisoner , who is a oaMWoro _^ _ba _' _obygeotwWvO _^ S _*<«»•» > _^^

      The December Sessions Of The Above Csurt...

      head covered with a large black veil , whioh nearly hid her features , and she seemed painfully sensible to her degraded position . The evidence offered against her was that of a Mr . Robert Storey , who stated that in July last he was shopman to the proseoutor in Regent-etreet . The prisoner came and asked to look at some articles of hosiery and _shirts , and also some handkerchiefs , which were shown to her . Witness ,- suspecting her , came round the counter and requested her to stand away from it , and wished to know if she bad anything about her . She said she was surprised he should suspect aporsonof her respectability . Witness then saw the handkerchiefs fall from her . She denied the

      charge , and said that she was needle woman to the Hon . Spencer Cooper ' s _famiVy , in Burton-street , which proved to be untrue . She was taken into custody ; but , in consequence of her ill health and poverty , the charge wa 3 not followed up . — Mr . Robinson said he should not struggle with the facts . The jury found her Guilty . —Shepherd , a City constable 544 , said she had been before convicted in this court for stealing a book , —Mr . Piatt said there were four other charges against her . —Mr . Robinson said he hoped the court would be merciful to her . She was the widow of a

      gentleman of high literary repute , who died about three years ago ; that she had received sums of money from the late Sir R . Peel and others , but thoy were but small ones , and she had boen in great distress . The prisoner said she hoped the court would be merciful to her this time , as she had known deep misery . She had found her husband dead at her side . Lord Paimerston and others had assisted her , but she was in great distress when she did it ; but she would go home to her father , who lived in Wales . She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .

      Middlesex Sessions. The Adjourned Decemb...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The adjourned December session commenced on Tuesday morning at Hickes-hall , Clarkenwellgreen . The calendar contains a list of fifty-nine prisoners , of whom fifty-five have been committed upon charges of felony , and the remainder for misdemeanours . —The learned Judge briefly addressed the grand jury . Robbery . —Alexander Murry , aged nineteen , and Thomas Stone , aged fifteen , were indicted for having stolen a pocket handkerchief , the property oi Richard Hutt , from the person . It appeared from the testimony of Daniel May , one of the detective police officers attached to the city force , that he was in Fleet-street on the 10 th inst ., when he watched the movements of the two prisoners for

      more than half an hour in consequence of his having a suspicion tbat their intentions were anything but those of honesty . At length he observed . Stone , the younger of the prisoners , put his hand into a gentleman ' s coat pocket , and having abstracted the handkerchief he and ike other prisoner made off . He instantly followed them , but they succeeded in passing through Temple-bar and reaching the Strand before he was able to overtake ' them . When he took them into custody he found the handkerchief still in Stone ' s possession . —The prosecutor now identified the handkerchief as that of which he had been robbed . —The learned Judge having summed up the evidence , the jury at once returned

      a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners . —The learned Judge , in passing sentence , told Murray that he very well knew what he had to expect as a teacher and trainer of young boys in the art and science of thieving . This was not his first conviction , for he found by the return before him that he had already been convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court . The Court bad determined to make a severe example in all cases where it was proved that a prisoner was a trainer up of young children to the commission of theft . The sentence therefore upon Murray was ten years' transportation , and upon Stone imprisonment and hard labour for the period of six months .

      Plate _Robbbjiy . — Thomas Wright , aged thirtyfour , was indicted , charged with having stolen a silver fish slice , the property of Thomas Hakes , and also with having stolen two silver spoons , the property of Mr . Thomas . —It appeared that the prisoner had been employed for some time to carry the linen to and from the laundress ' s by the proprietors of Hakes' Hotel , Manchester-square , and of the British Hotel , _Jermyn-street , and that he had in that way availed himself of an opportunity to commit these robberies . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The learned Judge sentenced him to imprisonment and hard labour for nine months . The Court sentenced several pot stealers to nine

      months' [ imprisonment and hard labour , and expressed an apprehension that it would be necessary to increase that period to twelve months , as there appeared to be an additional number of these cases . Unlicensed Amusements . —W . Richie pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with a misdemeanour , in keeping a place for music and dancing ( a penny theatre ) in the parish of St . Luke , not being licensed to do so . The defendant was brought up in custody from the House of Detention . —The defendant was directed to enter into recognisances to appear for judgment when called upon , it being understood that he was to abandon at once the place in respect of whioh he was indicted .

      A Dispensary Patient . —Elizabeth Elliot , a woman with a sickly looking infant in her arms , was indicted for stealing a coat and a child's paletot ef the value of £ 3 6 s ., the property of George Wheeler and another . —The prisoner it appeared called at the house of tbe prosecutors , and solicited a ticket for medical relief from some dispensary . Whilst the servant was gone up stairs to communicate this request to her mistress , the prisoner made off with every available article tho hall contained . This it may be remarked is now a very common mode of effecting robberies at the West-end . —The prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour .

      Thb Queen v . Adolphb de _Webdinski . —The defendant in this case , who was said to be a Polish count , and who carried on the business of a dealer in High Holborn , was charged with assaulting a girl named Mary Ann Richards , of the age of sixteen , under very peculiar and extraordinary circumstances . —It appeared that the indictment had been drawn with only one count for a common assault , and the depositions had been sent to Mr . Sherman , the clerk ofthe indictments , to consider whether there should not be an indictment with several counts prepared . That indictment was not just then ready to go hefore the grand jury . —The learned judge discharged the grand jury , and shortly the crier of the court made the usual proclamation , and the prisoners , the bills against whom had been ignored , and those who had not been indicted . Werdmski being one , were ordered by the court to be discharged , and were accordingly liberated . - :

      City Small Debts Court. The Talk Ststem....

      CITY SMALL DEBTS COURT . The Talk Ststem . —Several actions were brought for very small sums , by Mr . William Petheridge , a tallyman , residing in Hatton-gardeu . In the course of the several cases it appeared that after the men had gone round and received the greater part of the money , the bills on which the amount paid had been marked were kept back . In one case tho defendant admitted that she owed 2 s . 4 d ., which she had offered to pay , but plaintiff had summoned her for 5 s . 6 d . —His Honour ordered 2 s . 4 d . to be naid . without costs , to plaintiff . —His

      Honour said that keeping the bills under pretence of having them signed rendered poor persons helpless of disproving the charge . In all those cases there was a like complaint . His Honour said that in those cases where the bills were not forthcoming , through the fault of plaintiff or his agent , he should bold that tho cases were not made out to his satisfaction . The plaintiff was , therefore , nonsuited in each case , as also in one where credit had been given to a wife without defendant ' s knowledge . —His Honour said that the whole system was bad , and very injurious to the poor people foolish enough to adopt it .

      The Lath Shipwrsck. At Worthing.—We Are ...

      The lath Shipwrsck . at Worthing . —We are desirous of calling attention to the destitute condition of tho families of the courageous men who lost their lives off Worthing on the movningof tha 25 th of November , in a gallant attempt to render assistance to the barque Lalla Rookh . The unfortunate boatmen wero eleven in number , all _fisbormeB . of Worthing , and by the awful calamity which befel them , eight wives have been made widows , and thirty-six children left fatherless ; three of thecrew were single men , and two . of these have left aged parents to mourn their sad bereavement . Amongst individual cases , where all have the strongest claims on our sympathy , we may mention tbat one widow has lost not only a husband j but her two eldest sons

      and her husband ' s brother ; and her family now consists of seven children , the youngest of whom is but three years old . Another , sister-in-law of the former , has eight destitute children . In behalf of theto numerous sufferers , the aid of the publio is solioited by a committee , who have already actively exerted themselves . It is suggested by them that some , probably , to whom this appeal ia made , taay have it ia their power to obtain admission fora few of the orphans into an asylum , or otherwise assist in permanently providing for them . — Examiner . " A Chance _ron Chbistmas Holiday Makbbs . — We see it proposed on behalf of the sightseers that low

      the Crystal Palace should be thrown open at a charge—say a shilling—to the Christmas holiday makers . No doubt , considering the beauty and novelty of the structure , and the favourable prestige that gathers about it , there aro thousands who would be glad on some Buch terms to obtain a preliminary glimpse of its interior and arrangements . The feasibility of this scheme of course can be judged of best by the royal commission ; but should the members Bee their way to allow an intrusion of the public for a few days—six or seven—we have no doubt that a handsome sum would be realised at the _doorBin paying for the privilege of inspection . — Mmom

      Combination Amongst Mill Sawyers. Joshua...

      COMBINATION AMONGST MILL SAWYERS . Joshua _Borghurst , a mill sawyer , was arraigned on Saturday last , at the Lambeth Police Court , on a summons charging him with leaving his employment contrary to the wish of his master . —Mr . Peter wood , the proprietor of a saw mill at Nine Elms , _)> M ° 7 fc on tho previous Thursday morning , a Jitcie after nine o ' clock , the defendant applied to ¦ - „ - * ! _, _saw mills , for employment as a millsawyer , and he agreed to his terms to pay him 24 s a if l _^ ° . eleven hourB ea <* day . The defendant went to work at once at a vertical frame , and appeared to go on exceedingly well until one o'clock , when he entered the office , and _addressing witness said , "I am sorry to tell you I must leavS for if

      you . I cannot stop , I should the society I belong to will scratch me . ' The witness told him that the sooner he quitted a society which required him to surrender employment which should be constant , and at which he could regularly earn 24 s . a week , the better . The defendant here said he could not ' stop , and applied for payment for the four hours he had worked , but he refuse d ' to give bira anything for his time , and told him that his conduct in leaving , and not going on with work which was then required , was highly improper . The defendant told him it was dishonest of him not to pay for the time he worked , refused to give his address when asked for it , and left tho premises . Besides tha great inconvenience of keeping a part of the machinery idle , witness estimated his actual loss at

      £ 1 . —Mr . Norton : Did the defendant assign any reason for leaving your employment?—Mr . Woodr None , beyond saying that the other men in my service did not belong to the society ; and the fact is that this society exercises such tyranny over itsmembers that the proprietors of saw mills aro completely at their mercy . Your worship may form some idea ofthe control which the society has over its members when I assure you that the defendant , when he oame to my office to tell me that he must leave my employment , trembled and appeared quite pale . —The defendant here said that Mr . Wood , when employing him , did not mention tbat he would require him to work eleven hours each day . If he had said so he would not have gone to work at all , as his society did not permit him to labour more

      than ten hours each day . —Mr . Wood declared that he had specified the ' time to be eleven hours . —A person , who said he was in the employment of the Wood Cutting Company in the Belvidere-road , here stood forward , aud declared that it was not true , as had been stated , that the owners of the mills were at the mercy of , nor even were they dictated to , by the members of the Ibciety spoken ofi On the premises belonging to tho company he said the most perfect control was exercised over the men employed . —Mr . Wood replied that it waa very well known that the Wood Cutting Company was looked upon by the society as their freehold or manor . —Mr . Norton here read the 23 rd clause ia the rules of the society , which was as follows :- — " That if any member ofthe society shall iutroduce

      his eon into a situation as a saw sharpener , thereby depriving another member who is qualified , or out of employment , of taking the same , ho shall be excluded . " And he remarked that a society which would deprive , a man of doing that which was his first and paramount duty , that of providing for his own son , must be decidedly wrong , and he was surprised to see any right-minded Englishman tbe member of such a society . It was quite clear that the rules ofthe society ( but which were not enrolled ) were in contravention of the 6 Geo . IV ., commonly called Mr . Hume's Act , which stated " That if any person shall by threats , intimidation , or by molesting , or in any way obstruct another , fo > ce , or

      endeavour to force any journeyman , workman , or other person hired or employed from his work or hire , all such persons so offending shall be liable to be sent to the Bouse of Correction for three calendar months . "—After some conversation , Mr ' . 'Wood said that , feeling the defendant was the victim ot the society , he should now beg the magistrate not to punish him , nnd would undertake to provide him with constant employment , provided he would give up the society , as Mi _\ Wood ' s object was that of putting . an end to the latter . —The defendant promised compliance with this suggestion ; and Mr . Norton ordered the summons to stand over for a fortnight to see how he went on . —Times .

      Ventilation Of Mines. The Discussion On ...

      VENTILATION OF MINES . The discussion on Mr . Sttuve ' s paper ,: on the ; Ventilation of Collieries , " was continued on tbe lOth inst . The steam jet , in its application to tha upcast shaft , was again considered ; it was argued , that like the furnace , it did not produced any pulsation in the current of air which , was so very wasteful of the power for giving motion to all means of mechanical ventilation , and , therefore , ihat by the accepted laws of physics , the steam jet setting in motion a body of air which continued to flow without intermission through the galleries and the upcast shaft , subject only to tbe deduction for the pressure of the atmosphere , and tbe friction of the column of air on the surface over which it

      passed . It was shown tbat , to obtain the full and effective action of the steam jet , precautions must be adopted , in bringing it down a certain distance , ao that the jet should act conically , and a variation of the distance between the jet and tbe extremity , or apex of the inverted cone , would produce a corresponding variation in the degree of rarefaction . The jet was stated to act equally efficiently either at the top or the bottom of the shaft , although it waa admitted to be more costly in the former situation . Its application at the Ebbw Vale Collieries was asserted to be very effective , and as only . the surplus steam was employed , it was in that instance the most economical system that could be used . On

      the other band it was contended , that in mechanical ventilation the pulsation of the air was only perceived where tbe valves were heavy , or were of contracted area ; that , practically , it was more to be relied on than any other system , and that the safety afforded by it was superior to the furnace , or the steam jet , as under circumstances of danger , or after an explosion , it could be brought into immediate action , with increased energy , to meet the emergency and be the means of saving . Human life . In summing up the discussion , the evidence giveu before the House of Lords in 1849 was again minutely analysed , with the view of showing , that the deductions previously drawn were not correct ,

      inasmuch as the results obtained were owing to temperature , and not to the exhaustion created by the steam jet . The published opinion of M . Combts— " That tbe useful effect of the steam employed to produce tbe motion of tbe air , by projecting it into a tube , is in all cases much below what it is capable of producing when applied to 8 steam engine working mechanical ventilators of tbe most imperfect description , " was quoted in support of these Views , It was considered , that a current of air in tbe upcast shaft of at least eighteen feet per second was most desirable , to produce which a motive column of air of 137 feet would be requisite , and this could not be attained where ventilation by

      means of a furnace or of a steam jet at . the bottom of the pit was used , without raising the temperature to such a degree as would be impracticable in bratticed shafts , or in shafts used for winding coals , or for the passage of men . It was then shown , that the steam jet applied at the top of the upcast shaft , and acting merely by rarefaction j would be too costly for general adoption ; whereas , if the combined area of the pumps of _Struve ' a Mine Ventilator was sufficiently large to equal the aggregate amount of the splittings of the colliery , it would

      only require one-sixth of one-horse power for every superficial foot of the upcast shaft . It was shown tbat no pulsation in the current of air was perceptible in the _Eaglesbush Colliery ( where _Struve ' s Mine Ventilator bad been in use for nearly two years ) at * greater distance than 100 yards from the machine , and could not , therefore , extend prejudically into the workings . It was mentioned tbat two other machines , similar to those in use at the Eaglesbush Cottiers , were in progress of construction for two collieries in the neighbourhood of Swansea .

      The Tbibowal Of Correctional. Police Of ...

      The _Tbibowal of Correctional . Police of Paris has condemned . a man , named Montandon _, to a year ' s imprisonment and 50 f . fine , and five others , named Barvand , Arnault , Laloubdre , Lelong , and Lapomte , to ionr months' imprisonment , for swindling . They had , it appeared , got up a Califoraian company , called Le _Paetole , witha nominal capital of 3 , 000 , 000 f . ; and ; . under pretence of sending out emigrants , and of being an possession of large tracts of land in California , tney _, induced many persons , chiefly ' workmen , . to subscribe for shares . But ifc was shown that they had no means of . sending out any one , had no connections whatever in California , and had , in" fact , started tbe . company without a fftrthim _* . ThAv had liberally awarded themselves the sii to the

      large salaries without _m _^ ionmg bject . the shareholders , had _^?^ 1 f n ° _^ _^ , t h _S 58 OOOf for advertisements , when _^ hey only spent about ? 225 oolv ! and had paid nothing on the sharea they themselves subscribed for .: - . _^ ' _* Mart's . Sou « JAMi ? T 02 _» . - _'At length the Earl of _Guilatord ' _sresignation ' of , the richlmng of St . Mary ? Southampton , 'is in the . _bands _. of the Bishop T Winchester . -Dr . _Dus autoy , the , churchwarden of St . Mary ' s , has -just received . orders from _tfea bishop to provide pro tern , for the spiritual necessities of the parish ; _Accordingsto . the . present law , the BiBhop _oLWinohester must present the livingol St . Mary _* s to some M >& _-P-WW » . _P _•*•* « e » 8 divided .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21121850/page/7/