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      THE NORTHERN STAR . October 26 , 1850 .

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      _HEALtn of Loxnos _Dceixg toe Week . —Th » tenrn for the week ending last Saturday shows that the deaths _registtred in the metropolitan districts amounted to SGO . a number , wliich though it indicates a _slight increase of mortality on the previous - week , when it was S 39 , is still less than the weekly average tothe extent of 125 deaths ; the average Mnisfderivcd from the deaths of ten corresponding wepks in 1 S 40-9 _, and raised in the ratio of increased population . By means of a comparative statement of the 800 deaths , according to the different ages at which they occurred , it may again be shown as in tbe preceding week that an improved state of "health exists among the voung , but that tho middle aged part of the population * Uegin to suffer more _. rate of

      • while the aged die exactly at the average mortality . The aggregate result of zymotic or epidemic diseases is still favourable as compared -with that of previous Years , the deaths in this class bavins been 103 last week , while the corrected _average is 250 . The decrease is observed principally in small-pox and measles , 5 children having died from the former and 16 from the latter ; « to died from scarlatina , thc _average of which amounts to 51 , but it is swelled chiefly by the unusual moriahtvof the same week in 1843 , when the deaths from * scarlatina were 1-47 . Diarrhoea continues to decline , though the fatal cases are still rather more numerous than usual at this period of the year . Typhus maintains thc mortality wbich was

      observed in the last return ; the victims , of fever number 5 L Last week -i deaths were recorded from cholera . The births ot 734 boys and 754 girls , in all 1 , _502-children , were registered in the week . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the "barometer was above SO in . on Sunday ; the mean of the week was 29 , 943 . The mean temperature of the week was 49 degs ., the same as in the previous week , and nearly equal to the average of the same week in 7 years . But on Sunday and Monday the mean temperature was 7 degs . and 4 degs . respectively below the average of corresponding days , whereas on Friday and Saturday it was about 6 degs . above it . The wind generally blew from the south-west .

      _Threatexeu Fau , or as arch at hib Southeastern Railway . Termixus . —On Saturday morning last an accident of rather a singular character , which terrified a great number of persons , occurred at the South-Eastern Railway Terminus , Londonbridge . It appeWs that about two or three years since one of Warren's patent iron span arches was thrown over Joiner-street , Tooley-street _, Southwark , in order to afford accommodation to the increasing number of persons travelling by the railway _. The span , which was prabibly sixty feet wide , was supported bv a nnmber of iron chains similar to those used at the suspension bridges . From the time the structure was completed up to Saturday last not the least deflection was perceptible in any part ,

      bat during the past week or so , in order to afford space for stacking the bricks used for building the arcade leading to the entrance to the station , some tons of brickwork bave been placed ou the roof of the arch . This seems to have been a greater dead weight than the arch was intended to bear , for all of a sudden on Saturday morning , and whilst a number of pedestrians and several vehicles were passing under the span , a report similar to the discharge of a heavy piece of cannon occurred . In an instant the parties underneath made the best of their -way out , but many were so frightened that they did

      not stop running until they reached the end of the street , no doubt expecting that the areh was about to fall . It was soon ascertained > tbat the immense weight of bricks on the arch bad caused some of the cross stays to split asunder , and for some time , the entire demolition of the whole was expected . A number of men were quickly set to work , and having _placed shoring poles under the arch , the dead weight was taken from the top ; bnt so dangerous was the arch considered , that it was found necessary to stop up the entire thoroughfare , and neither passengers on foot or in vehicles have since been allowed to pass through the street .

      The Middlesex _Jiagistrates ask Medical _Wiixesses at _Coroxers' Inquests . —On Monday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Three Pigeons and Star , _Hatfield-street , Goswell-street , St . "Luke ' s , on view of the body of Ellen Stamp , three months old . It appeared that thc mother of the deceased , who is in poor circumstances , living at No . 12 , Green Arbour-court , adjoining , was in the habit of leaving her , when she went to her employment , with a female , and that she , deceased , slept with her at night . On the morning of the 18 th inst ., deceased was found apparently dead by the side ofher mother , who immediately got up and alarmed the female who had the care of it in the course of the dav . The mother gave her child to her and went to

      Mr . Powell , the parish surgeon , Chhwell-street . He , however , did not attend . —The foreman inquired if Mr . Powell was present?—Mr . Gardner , the summoning officer , replied that he was not . Hehad not summoned him as lie knew he would hare demanded his fee , a guinea , and he was not going to take the _xespons'bility "on himself of bringing him before a jury as a medical witness . He believed some medical gentlemen would not attend to cases , because they would not be called to" the coroners' inquest . —The foremaa observe- ! , that he wai the paid officer of the parish , and cught to attend to give to the jury information as to the " cause of death . —The corcner remarked that the Sliddlesex magistrates -were desirous to cat down the expenses in every

      possible way , and thatthey endeavoured to do so in respect to medical _witnesses at coroner ' s inquests . He thought that it would be found not to be a prudent course . He was at an inquest a few days ago , where the evidence showed that a _noman had drowned herself . It was slated that when she was taken out it was thought she would have recovered , had she received medical aid , but that , though _some surgeons were seut to , all sent excuses . He was tGld that it was on account of not receiving their fees after having for two or three hours been attempting to restore animation , that they did not attend the case . —The foreman . stated that he was at an inquest a short time since upon the death of a child who bad a fall . Before the child's death the mother called upon a medical man , who did not attend , and the child died . The jury , in that case , for want of medical evidence , returned a verdict , ' * That the deceased was found dead ,

      bnt there was not sufficient evidence io show the cause of death . "—The coroner said he did not know how far in this case the law extended to compel the attendance ofthe surgeon , he being a paid officer . Medical gentlemen were not required otherwise to attend , unless tbey were summoned . It was only in the course of the last week that he was told that medical gentlemen would certify in every case if they were not to be called upon coroner ' s inquests . —Rhoda Stamp , the mother , baing recalled , said , that when she called at Jlr . Powell's shop , she saw Mrs . Powell , who observed that it was of no use Sir . Powell calling to see the child if it was dead . — Coroner : It was quite clear that the body sbould bave been seen by some surgeon . In the absence of medical evidence he would recommend the jury to return a verdict of "Found dead . " — Verdict : * " That the deceased was found dead , and that there was not sufficient evidence to show by what means the death was caused . "

      Suicide op a Youxg TniEF is ins House of Detention . —On Tuesday morning an inquest was held - at the House of " Detention , Clerkenweil , before Mr . Wakley , jun ., deputy coroner , on the body of George Baker , a boy , _aged 15 , who was committed for trial at thc Middlesex Sessions , for picking the pocket of a solicitor , named Bell , and who on Sunday evening last committed selfdestruction , by hanging himself in his cell . The inquiry occasioned some interest , this being the third suicide committed in this prison by precisely the same means . The jury having viewed the body , which presented the appearance of a person who had died a natural death , the coroner proceeded to take the evidence of . tho witnesses ,

      Lieutenant Hill , the governor , aud Wardens Cooper and Joliffe . Itappeared from their testimony that the boy was admitted on tho 17 th inst ., nnder a commitment from Clerkenweil police court , and always appeared to be in spirits , of a cheerful disposition , and very active , frequently at bis own request assisting to clean . He assisted to sweep on Sunday , and on that day he attended the chapel twice , and at half-past five his supper ( his food was supplied by his friends ) was served to him . He at that time appeared as cheerful as ever . He returned bis knife to the officer without being asked for it ; and at five minutes to six , on the officer going to the cell , to see tbat the prisoner had sot his bed ready , six o'clock being

      bedtime , he found him hanging by the neck from the iron grating of the ventilator , having converted his neck-handkerchief and pocket-handkerchief into a rope . It is supposed that , having fixed the rope to the grating and round his neck , he threw himself from the cell table , and the placidity of his countenance is accounted for by the supposition that the fall was so violent that death was instantaneous , and that he died without a struggle . He was instantly cut down , and medical attendance procured ; but he was quite dead , though , by the direction of the governor , every exertion to restore animation was made . The deceased had never complained of his treatment in the prison , nor of

      heing subjected to solitary 'confinement . His mother stated that the deceased had been convicted summarily of pocket picking four times , and he _appeared to fear that he would be transported , and _dc-ired her to get counsel for him if she possibly could _Nobody ever entertained the least idea that he would destroy himself , or that he was of unsound mind . He had been brought to run by bad companions , but to her he had always been a good hoy , never cheating or robbing her of a farthing , but cheerfully giving ber all his wages when he _SdapTaSln e _^ andboy ftWI made _, p _nismindtogotosea , when out of the trouble le was in , but would not be bound to any trade . He lived at No . 5 , Wells-street , _Crmlegate . Tbe coroner , in summing up , -remarked upon the _\ er _>

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      imperfect manner in which non-medical witnesses could judge of a person ' s sanity , and recommended the jury not to return ; a verdict of felo de sc , though the evidence appeared to show that the deceased was quite sane , but to return an open verdict that there was no evidence upon which they could positively judge of-his state of mind . He then saH that since hehad the honour to be deputy coroner he had held three inquests in this prison and three in tbe Model Prison , in both of which the solitary system was acted upon , upon prisoners who had committed suicide , whilst not one such inquest had been holden in the House of Correction , where the solitary system was not observed . This was an extraordinary fact , which supported his opinion that solitary confinement tended to

      produce ' insanity by acting on the nerves and the brain . It was a singular circumstance , that all the suicides in this prison were committed in the same manner : but he must say , that where a person was disposed and determined to commit suicide , he would do so in spite of every precaution . The jury , through the foreman , said they found that deceased destroyed himself in a fit of temporary insanity , and that there was no evidence to show his state of mind . The deputy _coi _* oner reminded them that there was a slight inconsistency in that verdict ; after another consultation , a verdict of temporary insanity was returned . The coroner and jury wero informed that tho visiting justices had directed the ventilator gratings tobe covered with perforated zinc , and several , which had been already done , were inspected .

      DEATn OF AN opulent Crossing Sweeper . —On Wednesday Mr . _"H . "M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Marylebone workhouse on the body of Andrew Riley , an _agedcrossing sweeper , who had for many years officiated at the corner of Baker-street , Portman-square , and whose ready wit and quaint replies had gained him many friends amongst the residents of the neighbourhood . It appeared that on the previous Thursday , whilst pursuing his avocations , he was knocked down by a fourwheeled cab , and sustained injuries which in the end proved fatal . The deceased was in the habit of saying that he had fought under his Majesty in the

      Rebellion of ' 02 , and since then in the Peninsula , and had often come across Master " Boney , " whom he described as a rare ' cute , but slippery customer . " He had succeeded , in bis crossing , an old gentleman who had amassed a largo fortune . Riley himself resided at a lodging-house in Henriettastreet , Manchester-square , where he occupied tho best apartments . He frequently boasted of his wealth , and was wont upon grand occasions to regale his comrades with the best of everything . He is stated to have paid a heavy sum for tho goodwill of the crossing , which , however , amply remunerated him for his outlay . The verdict was "Accidental death . "

      Fatal Accident at the South-Western Railway Terminus . —At the Waterloo-road station on Wednesday , a number of men were making ready the five p . m . train for Southampton , when Thomas Martin , one of the porters , made an attempt to cross through a vacancy between a number of carriages . Unfortunately , at that instant six or seven men pushed a number of carriages forward with such violence as to force the poor fellow against the buffers both back and front . The unfortunate man uttered a faint shriek , and fell across the metals of the line , and the carriages having been detached , Martin was extricated , but quite insensible . He was immediately placed in a cab and removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he died soon after his admission .

      Accioext in _Oxford-square . —On Monday morning an accident , nigh attended with sacrifice of life , occurred in Oxford-square . For some months past , Mr . Bull , butcher , near Hyde-park-square , has had an extraordinary fast trotting horse , quite blind , which he has used in his business , and which has obtained great notoriety in the locality from his having done seventeen miles within the hour . On the above morning the animal , which was in a light cart , with two men sitting in it , suddenly took fright near Mr . Bull ' s door , and notwithstanding the united exertions of both the men to pull him up , he continued his mad career until he turned the corner of Oxford-square , when he got on the pavement , and knocked down a man and two boys , who were passing , but who luckily escaped with some trifling bruises . On reaching Mr . Prescott ' s house one of the wheels came in violent

      contact with the iron railings in front of the house _, which threw the anim & l down , and the two men in the cart were pitched out on to the pavement a considerable distance , and were picked up in an insensible state . After the horse fell , lie began to kick and plunge in a dreadful manner , overturned the cart , and before any person could arrest his progress , he succeeded in breaking away the massive iron railings to the extent of six feet , and having disengaged himself from the broken shafts he fell through the opening into the area , a depth of ten" feet , and broke his back , After _beinsj killed the body was got up by means of ropes . The two men have received considerable injuries , but they are not likely to be fatal .

      Fire sear Oxfokd-Street . —On Sunday evening the neighbourhood of Dean-street , Oxford-street , was thrown into a state of great confusion owing to a fire of a very serious character breaking out in tbe premises occupied by Mr . Sapwell , a grocer , &' c ., carrying on business at So . SG , in the above-mentioned thoroughfare . The engines were soon on the spot , but the flames were not extinguished until a serious destruction of property had taken place . The houses adjoining fortunately received but trifling damage _.

      Fihe in Bermoxdset . —On Saturday evening a very destructive fire occurred upon the premises belonging to Mr . Bennington , a painter and grainer , No . 5 , . _Granpe-place , Grange-road , Bermondsey , within a short distance of the scene of the disastrous conflagration which _happened on Thursday last . The flames originated thus : —Mr . Bennington was engaged in preparing some varnish , when he accidentally let a lighted candle fall into the liquid . The firemenhastened to the spot , and no doubt could have extinguished the flames before they had extended beyond thc kitchen if they could only have obtained

      a supply of water . Unfortunately one hour and twenty minutes elapsed before a drop of water could be obtained from the mains running through the district . Mr . Bennington ' s premises , his furniture , stock in trade , and wearing apparel , were totally _consumed . The sufferer was not insured for a single farthing ; his family , who a few hours previously were in comparatively affluent circumstances , have been reduced to a state of utter destitution . Mr . Braidwood in his official report returns the building destroyed for want of water , and Ko . 6 , belongimr to Mr . Harrison , and No . 4 , occupied by Mr . Scott ( both adjoining . ) injured by fire and

      removal . Alarming Fires and Probable Loss of Life . — On Tuesday morning a serious fire broke out in the residence of Mrs . Bridgett , Ko . 3 , Great Coramstreet , Russell-square . It commenced in the front drawing-room , and was occasioned by the intense heat of a register stove . The flames could not be extinguished until considerable damage had been done to the building and its contents , including a great many valuable pictures , costly plate glass , & c . —About three hours later a fire , which was nearl y attended with fatal results , happened at 34 , Devonshire-street , Commercial-road East . It was extinguished , but not until some furniture was destroyed and the premises severely burned . —Shortly before noon on Monday a fire happened at No , 41 , Union-street , Middlesex Hospital . A child between seven and eight months old was so badly burned that its recovery is almost hopeless .

      Fires . —On Wednesday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out in the extensive warehouse of Mr . Jonas Defries , of No . 147 , _Houndsditch , lamp manufacturer , & c . The fire was discovered by the police , the flumes bursting through the shutters . In consequence of the extent of the premises considerable alarm was felt , and the fire , which is supposed to have been occasioned by an escape of gas , was not extinguished until considerable damage had been done . The premises are insured in the Phcenix , London , and Legal Fire Offices . —Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Roynolds , builder , & c , 5 , Queen ' srow , Mile-end , and the workshops were consumed . The property is insured . The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by a spark from a candle falling amongst some shavings . -

      Murder in St . Paxcras—While on duty on _Mondayr morning , police constable , 28 G , discovered , at six o ' clock , within the enclosure of Euston-square , the body of a fine female infant , wrapped in a towel , having another towel tightly fastened round her neck , apparently for the purpose of causing strangulation . The constable instantly conveyed the body to the workhouse , where it was examined by Dr . Robinson , the house physician , who gave it as his opinion that deceased had been strangled . Seizors of an Illicit Distillery . —In consequence of information received by Messrs . Benjamin EInij and Frederick Pargeter . detective officers of inland revenue , on Saturday last they , proceeded to a house in Salamanca-street , Lambeth , near to the South Western Railway , which bad the appearance externally of a wholesale glass bottle , warehouse . They knocked for admission , but no answer wa 3

      returned , and in consequence they procured a ladder , and got in at . the first-floor window . In a back room they discovered that a still had been erected ! but had been very recently removed , the worm tub being left behind , and the water in it was quite warm . There was , besides , all tlie necessary iron work for the fitting of the still . From other appearances there could be no doubt whatever that tbe still had been very hastily removed . They pursued their search , and in a dark recess in the cellar they discovered a great quantity of illicitly manufactured spirits , of the usual strength , with about 150 _gallons of molasses , fermented wash , and all the apparatus for carrying on a very extensive trade . In a room on the ground floor also they found a large pan of spirits prepared , ready for bottling . The whole plant appeared as if it had existed for a _concur . hie time , and must have derauded the revenue ol duty to the amount of several

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      thousand of pounds . Considerable expense end ingenuity had been displayed , with a view of avoiding detection , as pipes were passed through , every room in the premises , and directly communicating with the common sewers , for the discharge of the waste wash ; so as completely to prevent the well-known odour arising from illicit dieti llation from ever being detected by any one passing by . 7 The bottle trade afforded a very satisfactory screen to their real employment ; for , when large'hampers were _frequently sent from the premises , ' no suspicion was excited , as they were looked upon as some packages of empty bottles , instead of which they were filled with the contraband article . The Beizure was _eonveyad to the ! nland Revenue Warehouses , in Old Broad-street .

      A Lunatic Ball—On the 18 th . instant , being St . Luke ' s day , the entertainment of dancing and singing was afforded to a large number of the unhappy inmates of St . Luke ' s Hospital , under circumstances of peculiar interest . It was the first occasion of tbis kind which has taken place at St . Luke's , and from the successful issue' of the undertaking it may be expected to be repeated . It appears that under the judicious management of the resident officers , acting with the sanction of the house committee , and upon the suggestion of the physicians of the hospital , between sixty and seventy of the patients , men and women , were assembled at six o ' clock in the evening in the great hall in the centre of the building , and music being provided ,

      they were quickly arranged in their places for the old English country dance . This , with appropriate changes , was kept up with great spirit until nine o ' clock , when all retired peaceably and cheerfully to their respective apartments . The officers of the establishment , with such nurses and attendants as could be spared from the galleries , joined merrily in the dance . By this means the confidence of the patients was secured , and they showed themselves grateful for the enjoyment afforded them , by entering into the amusement without levity or boisterous conduct of any kind . The vigilant eye of the matron

      rested anxiously upon the women , many of whom had been but recently admitted in an apparently hopeless stat _« of lunacy , and the experiment was upon the whole the more important ia the case of this hospital , it being well known to receive within its walls the most violent cases of acute mania '; and to retain them only until cured , or _uritilj-after a twelvemonths' trial , the disease appears beyond human power to relieve . There are at present 196 patients in the hospital—ninety one men and 105 women . The average cures during the last year was sixty and half per cent ., being a considerable improvement upon former years .

      TnE Election of a President of the Ropal Academy , in the room of the late Sir Martin Archer Shee , is to take place early in November . Rumour states that the academicians are very much divided in their choice , and that there is consequently likely to be a sharp contest . Strike of the Smiths . —On Tuesday morning , at eight o ' clock , a number of the smiths employed on the building for the Exhibition in Hyde Park struck for an advance of wages from 4 s . to 5 s . per day . Fresh hands were taken on , and there was an attempt made to intimidate them , but the police soonrestored order .

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      The Murder at Brentwood . —Funeral of TnE Murdered Woman . —The funeral of Jael Denny , the victim of the above horrible tragedj , took place on Saturday afternoon last , in the churchyavd of the village of Doddinghurst , distant about two miles and a half from the cottage in which tho deceased's parents reside . The ceremony was conducted in the most private manner possible . About three o ' clock a one-horse hearse oi the commonest description received the pauper coffin in which the body had been deposited , and immediately afterwards moved off towards Doddinghurst , followed by the aged father and mother , a sister of the deceased , and two or three neighbours . As tbe mourners walked the

      funeral carriage was compelled to proceed at a very slow pace , and it was four o ' clock before it arrived at the church . Here a small knot of villagers . had assembled to witness tho ceremony , but thero was no indication of vulgar curiosity on the part of any person present . On the contrary , all the spectators seemed deeply impressed with tho melancholy occasion . The coffin having been removed from the hearse , was conveyed into the church on the shoulders of four young men , preceded by the vicar , the Eev . W . Manley , reading a portion of the funeral service . The coffin haying been placed on tressels in the centre isle , the usual prayers were read over the body , after which the procession returned into the churchyard , in a retired corner of which the

      coffin was lowered into a grave about five feet deep . The friends of the deceased , especially her sister , as well as most of the bystanders , were painfully affected , and the scene altogether was of a very melancholy character . Among the parties present in the churchyard was Mr . Cumbers , tho present employer of Lust , who attended as a mark of respect to his servant . An eye-witness states that a more distressing group than the family presented on this occasion it would certainly be difficult to conceive . The father-in-law is nearly seventy years of age , and tho mother is more than sixty . All their means of living is derivable from the scanty wages of the old man , as a labourer on thc farm of Mr . Cumbers , who took Lust into his employ when he was

      discharged a few weeks since by Mr . Drory , sen . Mrs . Lust is a woman of tolerable education , and has brought up a family of eight children , of whom Ihe deceased was the youngest . Lust had also eight children when he married Mrs . Denny , some years since , but both families are now grown up , and the deceased was the only child who resided with her parents . The poor old couple are , in truth , very worthy objects of sympathy , and if any charitably disposed parties should feel inclined to extend to them a little temporal relief in the hour of their affliction , Mr . Hammond has consented to receive subscriptions addressed to him afc the Brentwood Post-office , and to see the funds applied for their benefit .

      Fatal Accident . —On the 18 th insfc ., two youths , sons of William Howard , Esq ., of Tory-bridgehouso , near New-cross , Deptford , were amusing themselves rowing in a small wherry on the Thames , when off Bugsby-nolo the swell raised by several steamers passing swamped the boat . One of the young gentleman was rescued by a lighterman , bufc the other , a fine youth , aged sixteen , was drowned . The Murderous Attack at Bath . —The perpetrator of the assault committed upon the landlord and landlady of the Queen-square tavern , Bath , was on the 18 th inst ., brought beforo the mayor at the Guildhall . Not only tho magistrates ' -room _,

      but the High-street , was crowded , Mrs , Coplestone , though very weak from loss of blood , was able to attend the inquiry . Sho described the nature of the attack as already reported . Mr . Gore , surgeon , described tho alarming state in which he found Mr . ' Coplestone . On Saturday morning last , however , he found him going on well , and there was no immediate danger . Ifc would , however , be a week or ten days at least before he would be able to appear in court . His worship , accordingly , remanded the prisoner for a week . Wallis bowed politely to the bench , and was then removed in custody of the police . He made no observation to the magistrates ; but we understand that he affirms he was first attacked by the landlord .

      The Liverpool Plate Robbery . —The prisoners Sirrell and Macauley were formally committed to tako their trial at tho next Liverpool assizes , by the Kirkdale magistrates , on the 18 th inst . Nothing further transpired , and thc London officers returned to town by the eleven o ' clock train , taking with them the packages of plate and jewellery which they had brought down for identification . A list , descriptive of the various articles remains in Liverpool ; but no additional claims have yet been made , although several persons have visited the policeoffice in the hope of finding some of their lost treasures amongst the property seized at tho house of Sirrell . The police authorities are in communication with Captain Brown , of the Dublin

      constabulary , and that gentleman has just forwarded a description of plate stolen in Ireland , which , ifc is thought , will correspond with some found in -Sirrell ' s shop . Since the examination on the previous Tuesday , Sirrell . has been very low in spirits , and has frequently been heard to say that he wished himself dead , or shot . He appears much concerned at the cases in London and other places , which it is stated are in course of preparation against him It is said that Maguire , who was released from _eus ' - tody on Friday morning , entertained a number of bis particular friends at his house in School-lane in tho evening . It seems that , a day or twobefore the arrest of Sirrell in London , Macauley and Maguire were drinking together in a public-house in the vicinity of Paradise-street . It was in the evening a short time before the London post closed . A man who acts as a private watchman in the district entered the house for tho purpose of refreshing himself , while the prisoners happened to be there . One of them accosted the

      unrecognised guardian of the night . " Holloa ! what ' s your name ! Come here-I ' ve not seen you for years . Tako these letters for me to the Post-office , and when you come back I'll treat you to some alo . " "Let me have the ale first , " said the wily incognito , " and I will execute your bidding after . " ne drank the alo and proceeded on his way , bufc , instead of _directing his steps to the Post-office , he pointed them in the di rection of the police-office . When ifc was known from whom the letters proceeded , they were opened and copies taken , but they were not _desnatched bv the same night ' s post—a fact of which Mr Lewis SirreU's attorney , was evidently ignorant on Tues ' day when addressing tho magistrates , for he was unable to reconcile the discrepancy in the dill of the letter and the date of the _Post-oS _maif Tn a word , he knew nothing of the im ™ ,, ™ ,,. which led to his client ' s _apVehensioS Th « w ? of Macauley gave the clue to aU that follow _^ " ? the forwarding of the parcel , the ™ fS 3 _feu

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      and all the facts with which the public are familiar . —App lication was made on Tuesday to Lord Chief Justice Jervis , at Judges' Chambers , to admit Sirrell , the silversmith , to hail , which til © learned judge consented to do , fixing the amount at _£ J , 000 for Sirrell's recognisance , and four sureties in 41 , 000 each ; notice to be given to the prosecutors of the day when the prisoner is to be brought up so as to give them an opportunity of objecting to the bail . Alleged Death of a . Seaman through the Cruelty of a Captain . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Curry , coroner for Liverpool , on the body of Henry Warden , a seaman , twentyfive years of age , whose death it was alleged had

      been accelerated through the cruelty of a captain . The ship ' s name is the Maid of the Mill , and the party accused , Captain Alexander Wilson , was in attendance . The first witness called was Mary Warden , tho mother of the deceased . She stated that the vessel had arrived in Liverpool on the previous Tuesday . She learned that her son had been ill , and taken to the Northern Hospital . She visited him there on Thursday , when he told her that he " had been both starved and ill-used on board . He had been ill below , when the captain ordered him up , and on deceased telling him thathe could not move as he had scurvy in his feet , he then threw two buckets of water over him in his berth . He was so chilled that he could scarcely

      move , and had to crawl on his hands and knees to the windlass . He also stated that he was glad to get hold of bits of bone to pick . On the next morning ( Friday ) the deceased died . —Samuel Whitley , a servant at the hospital , himself formerly a mariner , deposed to deceased making similar dying declarations . —John ' Wilson , who was mate ofthe brig Maid ofthe Mill , was then sworn . He said they sailed from Valparaiso in July last for Liverpool . The deceased was then quite well . The seeond day after they had been at soa , he complained of rheumatic or scurvy pains . Ho went below , and was not troubled by any ono to come on ceck for three or four days , The captain then went forward below , and directly after the * deceased camo on deck . He came to the helm and remained

      there for two or three hours . For the next ten or twelve days the deceased did not come on deck . Witness went down every two or three days to see him . He complained of rheumatic pains . At tho end of that time the crew complained to him ( the mate ) that he was skulking . This was reported to the master , who went down , and an order came up to send down two buckets of cold water . This the captain threw over tho deceased as he lay in bed . ne came on deck shivering with cold , and went aft to tho wheel , where he remained three or four hours . Two days after the captain took him out of the forecastle , placed him in the half deck ,

      and put him on short allowance . " Short allowance " means tea , coffee , soup , and everything which the men have except pork and beef . In fact , it was questionable whether meat was good for him ; the men reported to witness that he was labouring under a certain disease . Witness considered at first that he was skulking . All the men thought so too , and had signed the log to that effect . Never knew the captain ill-treat him further than had been described . —Mr . Wall , surgeon to the Northern Hospital , deposed that the deceased had died from dropsy , and there was no reason to suppose that ifc had been set up by other than natural causes .

      Charge of Shooting . —At the Liverpool police court , on Saturday last , Mr . John Kilshaw , son of tho lato Mr . Councillor Kilshaw , and who appeared , recently , at the assizes as the prosecutor in a case in which two policemen were charged with an assault , was placed in tho dock , charged with shooting at a Mr . Forster on the 13 th inst . Mr . Joseph Foster , who said he was an engineer , stated , that on the evening ofthe 13 th inst ., he went to the sign of the Globe , Lawrence-street , to see the landlord , who was not at home at the time . He stopped , on the invitation of the landlady , and had a hand at cards . In tho meantime Kilshaw came in and

      used very bad language to him . He asked for an explanation , and a quarrel ensued between them ; Witness after ran into the street , and was followed by the prisoner . Ho was told by a butcher that the prisoner had a knife or something of the kind in his hand , and he ran away , but had not gone a dozen yards when he was shot in the back . The ball penetrated his clothes and scarred tho bone of his back . The statement of Forster was corroborated by two females , who stated that they were inthe 8 trect when the pistol was fired . Forthe defence , it was stated that the complainant was a fighting character , thathe had made a most savage assault upon Kilshaw , and was waiting in the street for the purpose of renewing tho attack when Kilshaw went out . The prisoner was committed to take his trial ¦

      Destructive Fire in _OxFORDsninE . —About the middle of the day on Friday tho 18 th inst ., a fire , most destructive in its consequences , broke out in the populous village of Bloxham , three miles from Banbury , on the road leading to Chipping Norton . It commenced in a straw-stack in the rick-yard of Mr . Thomas Qulliver , one of tho largest farmers in the county of Oxford . Thero were sixteen or seventeen large corn-stacks in the same enclosure , but the wind blowing from the north-west , and they standing on that side of the slack in which the flames first appeared , the fire was blown away from them and they were saved , only one of them receiving slight damage . The buildings of the homestead were in close contiguity with the straw

      stack , and they wore immediately in names . They were all thatched , and in a few minutes were on fire over their whole extent , which was unusually great . The only portion of the buildings saved was that part of tho dwelling-house which had a slated roof . The barns and various out-buildings contained a large amount of property , principally in corn and wool . Ofthe latter there were twelve or thirteen years' clip , said to be worth more that £ 2 , 000 . The quantity of corn was also very considerable . The household furniture was mostly saved , but the implements were burnt . A large malt-house , nearly adjoining Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , and belonging to Mr . Willetts , also ignited , and , with its contents , was totally destroyed . Mr .

      Gulliver ' s premises stands upon a considerable elevation , and when tho fire was at its greatest height flakes of burning thatch were flying over the lower part of the village , the houses in which aro nearly all thatched . The consequence was thafc a house 300 or 400 yards from the scene of the first fire ignited , and upon that spot two cottages were speedily destroyed , the inmates having barely time to remove their little stock of furniture . While this was going on , one of a row of houses standing by the side of the public road , and about 300 yards from Mr . Gulliver ' s , took fire , and tho flames spread rapidly along the row . Hero six or seven houses were totally destroyed , including that of ono of the clergymen of the place . The flames

      were stopped in their devouring course only by the exertions of forty or fifty workmen employed by Messrs . Cubitt of London , in rebuilding Wickhamhouse , about a mile and a half from Bloxham , who , on hearing the alarm , set off with their saws and axes , and , getting ladders , unroofed the house of Mr . R . Potter , and cut off the communication with tho village on thafc side . The furniture from these houses was , by dint of very great exertions , mostly removed , as was also a largo quantity of wool which was stored in Mr . Potter ' s barn . Other premises wero fired from the falling flakes from Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , but , assistanco being at hand , they were easily preserved . The engines from Banbury and Adderbury soon arrived , and

      were promptly set to work , but thc supply of water soon failed , and the nearest spot from which a further supply could be obtained was tho stream running through tho valley which divides thc village into two parts . This rendered it necessary to form long lines of persons to convoy tho water , and it was with difficulty those lines could be maintained , even for a short timo . Most of the able-bodied portion of the labouring class did what little they did very reluotantly , asking who was to pay them , and being more anxious to get drink ( which some of them did to excess ) than to aid in putting out the fire or rescuing the property ; at length they refused to do anything . The farmers

      in the place seemed to have very little influence over them . The women , of all degrees , even to the young ladies in Mrs . Trevethick ' _s boardingschool , rendered all the aid they could give in handing the empty buckets . The greater part of the furniture in tho houses must havo been consumed but for tho invaluable exertions of a little knot of athletic and courageous young men from Banbury , who , afc all risks to their lives , devoted themselves to removing the property . Any attempt to save tho houses was hopeless . Nothing is known with certainty as to tho ori gin of thofiro , but there are reasons for suspecting it to have been a wilful act . The property is mostly , if not wholly , insured .

      TnE _Hebden-pidcie Murder . —This horrid deed remains involved in mystery , Tho brothers of Helliwell , tho man first apprehended , and on whom suspioion was cast by what might havo been merely an ; incautious , and foolish remark of his wife , having been ' examined to see if any wounds wero on their hands , have been set at liberty , there being nothing to ; warrant their detention . Ono of tho brothers was in such a state of intoxication , and his answers to the magistrates wero so incoherent , that nothing satisfactory could bo made of him . Groon also another

      suspected person , after a further / _examine tion beforo the magistrates , has been set at liberty , and it is said by thoso who first examined tho tollbar-keeper s bed after his murder , that thero was an appearance in tho clothes of somo ono _olso Having slept by his side , a clear ridge of tho impressed bod clothes being observable between the place where he seemed to havo slept and tho place whore tho second porson bad been . Tho circumstance has opened up a new field of speculation on this painful subject .. Tho government have _offurod a reward of £ 100 to tho discoverer of the murdoror , in addition to tho £ 20 offered by the truBteesof the

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      turnpike , with a free pardon to any accomplice whoso hands are not stained with the actual crime . _Outrageous Assaults . _—Liverpool , Monday . — On Saturday evening . two ruffians named Perkins and Davi » , and an Irishman named Xenny , attacked a man named Reynolds , in Ranelaghstreefc , but by the assistance of the bystanders Kenny was secured and taken to the police station . Hero , however , they refused to receive him , as no officers saw tho assault committed . Being thus released , he and his companions next commenced a ruffianly assault on several gentlemen , members of tho Palatine Club , in Bold-street , who were standing at the door of that building . Here , however , Kenny met his match , the gentleman whom he

      selocted as the object of attack having quietly floored him by a knock-down blow . Meantime his companions created a general row ; but all of them were ultimately secured with the aid ofthe servants ofthe club and others . Again / the police refused to entertain the charge , until a superior officer being appealed to , Kenny was lodged in Bridewell , the others having effected their escape , At the sitting of the _police-courfc on Monday , the party taken prisoner , when called on , answered to the name of G . W . Scott , of Dublin . The complainant was James Cairns , of _Ranelagh-streefc . The facts of the case having been proved , the defendant was fined 50 s . and costs , Mr . _Rushton giving the prisoner a severe lecture .

      Extensive Robbery of Plate , & o . _—aoTiisaham , Monday . —An extensive robbery took place last ( Sunday ) night afc the premises of Mr . Trayell , pawnbroker and silversmith , Long-row , Nottingham . The manner in which the thieves effected an entrance to the premises is exceedingly remarkable . Ifc appears that at eight o ' clock in the evening all was secure . One of Mr . Travell ' s young men sleeps upon the premises , and remained undisturbed during the whole of the night . Upon leaving his room , however , this morning , he perceived by numerous trinkets being scattered about several of the apartments , that robbers had been in the premises . He accordingly raised an alarm , and it ultimately _appealed that the thieves had effected an entrance through the back of the premises : thafc the pave _ment'leading to the back yard had been taken up ,

      so as to admit of the body of a man ; and that after the robbers had arrived in the back yard , with the use of "jemmies" and crowbars , the door leading to the shop had been forced open . Amongst the property stolen are seventy gold and silver watches , three or four dozen of silver table desert and tea-spoons , three dozen of gold wedding rings , a quantity of ladies' fancy gold chains , a number of gold Albert guards , fancy gold rings , gold shirt-Studs , silver sugar bows , and a great variety of other valuable articles of jewellery , & c . The value of the stolen property amounts to several hundred pounds , but at present cannot be correctly ascertained . Immediately after the discovery of the robbery , the Nottingham police were on the alert , but as yet no clue has been obtained as to the parties implicated in the affair .

      Tub Late Robbery of im ** South _Staffokdsuiiie Mail Cart . —Although Inspector _Glossop has been indefatigable in his endeavours to trace the bags of which the mail cart was robbed on the Wednesburyroad , last week , his efforts have not as yet been brought to a successful issue . During the week , attempts have been made to negotiate two of the banker ' s bills , which formed part of the contents , and tho persons who essayed the foolhardy attempts havo been taken into custody . In the first instance , a man , who afterwards gave his name as George Bond , and who belongs to the vagrant class known in South Staffordshire as " Rodneys , " presented at Rufford ' s bank , Stourbridge , ono of Messrs . Foster and Baldwin ' sbills , ofthe value of £ 90 . The clerk

      of the bank perceived that it was specially endorsed to Messrs . Spooner and Attwood , of London , and this circumstance immediately caused him to suspect that ifc was one of the stolen bills , regarding which he had received a precautionary notice . He accordingly detained the man on some pretence , and having sent for the police , he was taken into custody . Information was sent to Bilston , and on "Wednesday Mr . Foster attended before hia brother magistrates at Stourbridge , and identified the bill as one of those which were enclosed in the bag on the night of the robbery . On Wednesday another apprehension was made in Birmingham . A man purchased some clothes atthe shop of Mr . Foulkes ,

      draper , Bull Ring , and tendered a bill to the amount of £ 9 10 s ., apparently expecting , though a stranger , to receive the difference in hard cash . In this case , also , the bill was endorsed as negotiable with Spooner and Atfcwoods ; and Mr . Foulkes requested the man to accompany him to the Birmingham office of those bankers , in New-street . Here he was at onco detained , and , Mr . Glossop being sent for , he was soon under safe keeping in Moorstreet prison . He said his name was Benjamin Berrington , and described himself [ as a collier , re-Siding at Grcet ' s Green , in the parish of West Bromwich . Inspector Glossop searched his houso an hour or two afterwards , but nothing was found which connected him further with the robbery .

      _Herefokdshire Election . —Tlie election of a member to represent this county in Parliament , in tho room of Mr . Bailey , deceased , took place on the 18 th inst ., but excited very little interest , as it was generally understood that thero would not be a contest . Mr , Booker , a gentleman who possesses considerable property in the neighbouring county of Glamorganshire , was duly proposed and seconded . In addressing the electors , Mr . Booker assured them of his earnest desire to uphold the principle of protection to British industry , and declared that so long as he remained in Parliament he would never cease to strive for the re-imposition of a protective duty , without whicb he believed the agricultural interest of England could never prosper . . The high

      sheriff declared Mr . Booker elected . Burning of TnE Lord of the Isles Windermere Steamer . —The burning ofthis steamer in the month of July last will be remembered , at which time a reward of £ 50 was offered by tho company for the discovery of the supposed incendiary . -From inquiries which have since been made , suspicion attached to two men employed by the company , James Hilay , the fireman of thc burnt vessel , and William Jackson Archer , fireman of the Lady of the Lake , which resulted in their being taken before the Kendal bench last week , when the magistrates _considoringthat there was sufficient ground of suspicion against the accused , they were committed for trial at the assizes , but to he admitted to bail if they could find the necessary sureties .

      The Uncivilised . —At Salford a man named Edward Richards-is in custody for an assault of a most brutal character . On Sunday a war of words was engaged in between this man and a neighbour , named Bradburn . Their wives joined in the quarrel , when Richards seized the wife of Bradburn by the hair of the head , dragged her into his own house , and struck her two blows on the head with a poker , inflicting serious wounds . Bradburn , who rushed after his : wife to rescue her , was assailed by Richards with a knife , and received two stabs in tho neck . Mrs .. Bradburn is confined to her bed at the Dispensary , and Richards , on being brought beforo tho magistrates on Tuesday , was remanded , that it might be ascertained if she was likely to

      recover _sutnciently to give evidence . Suicide and Supposed Child Murder . —During the past three or four days considerable excitement has prevailed in the village of Wavertree , in consequence of Catherine Carnall , a housemaid in the employ of Mr . Francis Rollins , of Cow-lane , Wavertree , having concealed the birth of an infant child , and afterwards committed suicide by taking a quantity of vitriol . The circumstance is rendered more painful from the fact that the unfortunate girl was respectably connected , being the daughter of a farmer residing in Leicestershire , possessed an amiable disposition , and up to the time of this lamentable occurrence had borne the most irreproachable character . An inquest was held on Saturday lastbefore

      , Mr . John Heyes , coroner , afc the house of Mr . Hollins , on thebodiosof Catherine Carnell , and her female infant child , and from the ovidenco then adduced it appeared thafc the deceased- had given notico to leave her master ' s service , but on tho previous Thursday an anonymous letter , badly written , and enclosed in an envelope addressed in a good commercial hand , was received by Mr . Hollins intimating thafc Catherino Carnall had given birth to a child about three weeks since , and _requesting that he would investigate tho matter and question her fellow servants . Mr . Hollins mentioned the subject to Carnall , who confessed that sho had been delivered of a child , and that sho had buried it in tho privy , wrapped up in her own apron . Search

      having been made tbe infant was found as described . The sudden disclosure threw tho deceased into the greatest excitement . She rushed out of the heme , ran to tho edge of the pond a shoit distance from tho premises , and was about making a plungo into the water , whon hor master , who had pursuod tho unfortunate female , prevented her from doing so , brought her back , and confined her in his own parlour . Shortly after this she requested permission to retire to tho water closet , and was allowed to do so under tho surveillance of three fellow doiuestios . On leaving tho apartment sho said she wanted to go into an adjoining closet , where the cloaning utensils and materials were kept . This request was at first refused , but ultimately she was allowed to entor tho closet ,. after . declaring thafc she

      only wanted an apple . Having procured an apple she instantly threw it down , reached , from . the shelf a hottlo containing vitriol , and expeditiousl y swallowed a portion of tho contents . The bottle was knocked from her mouth , but not until enough had boen swallowed to occasion death . 'Mr . Uollins having been informed what Carnall . had dono , with tho utmost kindness and promptitude sent to Liverpool for the famil y doctor , and also lor Dr . Kenyon , of Wavertree , who administered the usual remedies , all of which proved of no avail The unfortunate girl died between seven and eight o ' clock on tho following Friday . A post mortem _e-x-T _° En ? _l _!?™ _7 , _- b 0 dy . " _* _chiW . _* hen Dr . Kenyon gave it- aaJns opinion . that it had breathed once or twice at least . Tho jury , however ;

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      returned a verdict . to the effect that there wi _/ _T" sufficient evidence to tell / whether the child i _?] been born dead or alive . Ifc was not deemed nece . _sary : to make a post mortem examination of the f ? male , as the cause of death was ascertained , and * Verdict of " Temporary insanity" returned . The Outrage in Great Hampton-street , B 1 r mingham . —We are happy to be able to announce that Mr . Marston is progressing favourably towards re covery from the effects of . tbe dreadful attack aa (* I upon him by burglers on the morning of Mondav week . On Saturday night last , another fel | 0 ff named Marshall , was taken into custody by Sub-it _^ _spector Dew , of Ilandsworth , and the hat found by Inspector Glossop at the house has been identified as belonging to him .

      Drowning fkom a Fishing Boat , and singular Recovery of tbe Body . —On Saturday last au jn » quest was held at the Blanket-row station house Hull , before J . Thorney , Esq ., coroner , upon the body of Thomas Bartlett , a boy about fourteen years of age . The deceased was apprentice on board a _Ramsgate fishing vessel . On the 18 th inst . the crew of iliis vessel were trawling off Spurn , it blowing strong at the time , and the sea running very high . The deceased , at about three o'clock , was sitting on a spar cleaning _flsn for breakfast next morning , when the vessel was struck by a heavy sea , which washed overboard both him and the funnel of the _s'ove . He was missed by the crew , but nothing more was seen of him until they hove their net at six o ' clock , when his body and the funnel were found in it . Verdict" Accidentally drowned . " -

      The Dorsetshire Labourers op the Nineteenth Century . —At the Quarter Sessions of the peaee of the county of Dorset , held at Dorchester last week the _report of the chaplain of the gaol was read in open court , and which contained the following startling facts under the head of "Statistics or crime : "—After congratulating the country upon the . decrease of crime during the past year amounting to at least twenty-six per cent ., it states ' . " That there had been 828 committals during the * present year . Out of 828 , into whose religious and moral condition he had closely inquired , I find thafc

      2 b 7 had . never attended any place of divine worship , either in ( churches of the establishment or dissenting chapels , and 3 C 1 had never learnt to read . Out of 749 who could repeat tho lord ' s Prayer , 386 had not the slightest notion of its meaning ; out of G 22 who could repeat the Apostle ' s Creed , 137 , or nearly one sixth part , had no knowledge of the nature , the work , or even the name of Christ . " [ And yet we send missionaries abroad , and pay more expensively for home education than any other nation in the world . !

      The late attempted _Eobdertat Kendal bt means of Chloroform . —The man charged with the attack upon the Hev . Lachlam M'lntosh , afc Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Kendal , was tried at the Westmoreland Michaelmas Sessions , Kendal , last week . Ho gave his name Charles Montgomery , but his real name is Charles Vem , from Carlisle . He pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to rob , and was sentenced by the bench to eighteen months *' solitary confinement . Cruelty to Lascar Seamen at Southampton" Vermct op Manslaughter . —The adiourned

      inquiry , before E . Coxwell , Esq ., tho Borough Coroner , into the" circumstances causing the death of Dorgayah ( one of the Lascar seamen who died in the Southampton Docks , on board the barque New Liverpool , Capt . Howies , ) was resumed on Tuesday evening , at the Audit House , in the presence of a large number of inhabitants , the affair having created great sensation . The evidence did not vary from that which appeared in the Northern Star of last week , and the jury returned a verdict of V Manslaughter against Captain Rowles . " Tho captain had been in the court the whole evening until the coroner commenced summing up , when he disappeared , and was non est when the verdict was returned .

      Destruction _nr Fire of a Factory at Warrington . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire was discovered in tho large five-story spinning factory of Messrs . Allen and Co ., Butter Market-street , Warrington . The fire-bell was immediately rung , and by the exertions of the firemen and the people , several engines were at the place in a few minutes , but so furious was the fire , that the heat was too intense to allow them to get within good _workin " distance of the building * , and could they have done so , the progress of the flames was too rapid for the exertion of the men to be of much use upon that chief part of the mill , and therefore their engines were directed , without delay , to the saving of the surrounding and neighbouring buildings . The

      intense heat very soon broke nearly all the windows of the Savings Bank , on the opposite side of a twelve-yard street , the paint was melted , and tho frames were smoking to such a degree that they would have been on fire in a few minutes but foi * the exertions of the brigade , who contrived , with groat difficulty from the heat , to throw water upon them . The whole of the spinning mill was in one blaze of fire so quickly , that within half an hour the entire roof fell in with a terrible crash , carrying all the floors and spinning machinery with it to the bottom . The side walls then fell , leaving the two ends standing apparently in fearful _dangei _* of falling—that on the east upon some dwellinghouses , which had by this time been emptied of their inhabitants , with nearly all their furniture , and that at the west end upon the engine-house , which latter and a large building full of machinery and goods beyond it were saved by the

      energies of tho firemen and numerous other people , who gave their assistance in the most energetie manner . A large weaving shed , within a very few yards on the south side , containing many hundred looms , was also saved by similar exertions . But the worst remains to be told . The time when the fire commenced was just when thc workpeople were returning to their labour after dinner . Many of them , chiefly boys , had reached the top room , and their usual means of exit was cut otf ; but Alcock one of the men , threw out a rope , made of cotton banding , by which all of them slid down as they beat could , and going last himself , the rope broke with him , letting him fall from a great height , by which he is very dangerously injured . Another , in jumping out , fell upon the spike of an iron _pallisade , by whieh ho was so much hurt thafc he is since dead . For some months to come , about 200 people will be thrown out of work , bufc the weavers will resume work in a few days .

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      Mtsterious Death of an Old "Womax . —Another shocking homicide , at present involved in great mystery , has been discovered at _Haverford-wesr , South Wales . The deceased , an elderlv woman , named Elizabeth Burnard , was discovered lving in a ditch near the Methodist chapel in that town . She was scarcely sensible , and in a completely helpless state , and with tho consent of the landlady of that house was carried to the Corn wallis Arms Tavern , where she was put to bed , under the impression that she was tipsy . Ifc was subsequently , however , discovered that her condition was the result of violence to which she had been subjected , and notwithstanding thafc she received

      every care and attention from Mr . Morris , surgeon , by whom she was attended , she continued to grow worse , and ultimatel y died . Mr , Morris , assisted by another surgeon named Millard , made a post mortem examination of the bodv , when they found that the poor old woman had received severe injuries of tho spine , left leg , buttocks , & c . Tho cause of death had been a violent blow inflicted with somo hard blunt instrument . Intelligence of the matter being conveyed to the coroner a jury was summoned , and an inquiry into the cause of death commenced beforo that officer . Mr . Llovd , tho superintending constable , also folt it to be nig duty to apprehend a woman namen Jane Evans ,

      whom he suspected , and charged with having been concerned in tho outrage , but against whom , however nothing definite could be adduced . The evidence altogether was of a very unsatisfactory and conflicting nature , so much so that while it left no doubt of a cowardly and cruel homicide having been committed , it threw but very little light on the real circumstances connected with it . The jury returned a verdict , ' * That the deceased Elizabeth Burnard died from the effects of violence inflicted on her by some person or persona unknown j" which , being what is called an open verdict , still leaves the matter open to further inquiry by the magistracy and police authorities .

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      Lord _Goucn . —The freedom of tho burgh of Inverness was presented on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., to Lord Gough , at a large meeting of the burgesses , convened m the Town Hall for that purpose . In reply to a most graceful address of Provost Simpson , the noble and gallant veteran said , that his military successes had been very _signally aided bv the valour of Scotchmen . His first triumph in the field _™» _"s-y-heutenant of light infantry in the 7 Sth Highlanders , raised in the immediate vicinity of Inverness . The name of Lord Goug h immediately succeeds that of Prince Albert on the burgess roll of Inverness .

      _^ Royal _Residence ik _Strathdee . —A petition has been presented , in the statutory form , to the Lords of Session , by the heirs of entail , praying for authority to grant a lease of the lands and barony of _Abergeldie _, and one of the pendicle called Pol-uollic _""*" _. and of the Forest of Whitemouth , with the mansionhouse of Albergeldie , in this county , in favour ot his Royal Highness Prince Albert , for the period oi forty years after tho term of Whitsunday , 1 S 19 . — Aberdeen Journal , OrENixo op the New Dock , and laying the Foundation Stonb at the Wood Astlum , _^ Greenock . —Friday , the ISth inst ., was kept a st « ct 7 holiday in Greenock , consequent upon the observance of a double ceremonial of much interesti ts the town—the formal opening of the Victoria Tiaai

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26101850/page/6/