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      Health Of Loxdox During The Wrlk.—In The...

      Health of Loxdox during the Wrlk . —In the metropolitan districts the deaths registered in the weekending last Saturday , were 1 , 013 : the weekly average of the last quarter of five previous years , corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 162 . In the corresponding week of 1846 , 1 , 276 deaths were returned : in that of 1847 , l , 9 ifi deaths when th » mortality was increased by influenza ; and in the same week of 1848 , the deaths _vtere 1 , 118 . But ttough considerably less than u ual , the weekly contingent now shows a tendency to rise to the winter rate of mortality , and the present return shows an increase of 41 on the deaths of thc previous week . In three successive weeks , ending December 15 , the deaths from bronchitis were respectively 60 , S 6 , SS : last

      week they rose to 110 , while the average is only € 8 ; from asthma there were 21 , 16 , 26 , and 19 , in the last four weeks : and from pneumonia ( or inflammation ofthe longs ) 94 , 88 , 90 . and 81 . The mortality from pneumonia , which ia less than the _average , occurs to a much greater extent among children than aged persons ; aud the latter class are now the _principal sufferers from the increased coldness of the weather . 3 men and 5 women died _fast week at 90 years and upwards ; 2 of the women had turned 95 _ytara . "From diarrhoea and dysentery the deaths were 10 ; a woman of 70 died on the 16 th December in Great Pulteney-street _, from debility which succeeded an attack of cholera . All epidemics are les * fatal than usual , except measles , which rather exceeds the average . The most important

      particulars registered of each case of cholera were published week by _wejk in the tables ; as this not only assisted the various officers engaged in preventing and treating tiie disease , bat pat the facts within tiie reach of all those who are Studying the nature and causes of the epidemic . Data were thus published which will show the influence of sex , age , season , locality , water , drainage , occupation , wealth , or poverty . It is gratifying to find that , in addition to the analyses which have been already drawn up at the General Register-office , others have been undertaken by private inquirers . And Dr . Guy has favoured the Registrar-General with the _following account of the professions or occupations of 4 . 312 men , of the age of 15 and upwards , who were destroyed by cholera It will be seen that the disease

      in London was not only fatal to the poor , bat to many artisans , tradesmen , shopkeepers , _professional people , and persons of independent means . Of the men who died of cholera , 135 were returned simply as _gentlemen , or of independent means , 6 were clergymen or ministers of religion , 16 medical men . 13 magistrates or lawyers , 11 architects or engineers , 11 merchants , 11 officers in the army and navy , 25 master mariners , 160 clerks or accountants , 11 custom bouse , 7 excise officers , 14 builders , 14 booksellers , & c ; 14 carpenters , undertakers , & c . ; 13 cheesemongers , 17 drapers , & c ; 11 fishmongers , 12 fruiterers . 20 grocers , 13 oilmen , 42 licensed victuallers , 5 wine merchants , 8 master shoemakers , 6 master tailors , 6 tobacconists , 10 travellers . Of the classes returned as artisans and labourers , 52 were

      bakers , 32 butchers , 102 weavers , 80 tailors , 151 shoemakers , 47 bricklayers , 17 masons , 20 plasterers . J 0 _ cabinet-makers , 111 carpenters , 2 S coopers , 73 painters and plumbers , 33 sawyers , 20 shipwrights . 22 tanners , 18 turners , 16 _coachmakers , 35 cabmen , 57 coachmen and cabmen , 15 _taddlers , 15 carmen and _carriers , 37 grooms and ostkrs , 6 drovers , 44 engineers , 10 railway guards , 13 stokers , 16 letter earners and postmen , 99 porters or _messengers , 24 policemen , 7 watchmen , C 2 soldiers , 299 sailors and Greenwich pensioner . -, 27 watermen , 18 bargemen , 1 ballast heavers . 53 coalportei sand coalheavers , 25 footmen and man servants -. J 56 labourers are returned . Dr . Gay has given in tbe table " a rough approximation to the ratio which the deaths bear to the living , " in the several occupations . This

      determination is a _« difficult as it is interesting . The occupations ware only retained for the metropolis in a _? ery general way by . the Census Commissioners , in 1841 ; and the trades masters were not distinguished from men . The results wh ' ch deserve most attention are those which relate to well-defined , numerous occupations . "Labourer , " ' " gentleman , " " nnn _servant , " are terms very loosely employed : hut the statement that 1 in 67 labourers . 1 in 200 gentlemen , and 1 in 1 , 572 man servants , including footmen , died of cholera , expresses something near the risk incurred by the three classes in the epidemic . The domestic men servants of London were 39 . 300 in 1811 , and 25 died of choler *; the clergy , doctors , and lawyers did not exceed 12 , 000 , yet 35 persons

      belonging to the learned _profession 1 ) died of cholera in IS 49 . In the weekly returns frora which the statement is drawn np , the professions were not uniformly given ; bnt thc abstract mil be made more complete afterwards from the register books . The mean daily reading of the barometer at Greenwich Observatory was above 30 inches on the last three days of the week ; the mean ofthe week was 29-952 . The daily mean temperature , which was 51 deg . on Sunday , gradually fell to 33 deg- on Friday and Saturday : tiie mean ofthe week was 42 deg .. rather more than tbe average of the same week in seven years . The daily mean was about 10 deg . above the average on Sunday and Tuesday , about 5 deg . below it on Friday .

      The Mukdeb is Hahley Street . — Sarah Drake was finally examined at the Marylebone Police Court on Saturday last , before Mr . _Lony _, on the charge of having destroyed the life of her male child , aged two years . —The prisoner having been placed in the deck shortly before one o ' clock , Mr . Bering , her attorney , addressing the magistrate , said that in consequence of what fell from his worship at ihel . st _examination , on the subject of bis havicg an opportunity of persuing the letters to which reference was then made , he had had that opportunity , and he begged to inform his worship that Sergeant Whicher had given him every facility in examining those letters , which he considered necessary or material as affecting the interest of his client . He wished also to state , with reference to the proceedings ofthe day ,

      that by the advice of the counsel who had been retimed on her behalf , he would reserve whatever defence she had io urge . — Mr . Long : Under the _circamstances I think that that course is the proper one . What is the amount of the debt owing to yon , Mrs Johnson ? [ It will be remembered that it was Mrs . Johnson who had had charge of the child , and her claim was for the care exercised by her towards it]—Mrs . Johnson : The amount is £ 9 7 s ., your worship . —Mr . Hering : Sergeant Whicher and myself have looked over the things _belonging to the prisoner as well _»* we could . There are a great manv articles of Tl ious descriptions , but they conconsist mostly of wearing apparel . Looking at the value of them , and considering what ihey are , as yonr worship has asked Mrs . John _^ m the _amount of

      ber claim , I may as well state at once that , though not legally bound to pay her the money , I will myself pay her £ 4 at my office , upon the delivers up of the property . I am glad to have to say that Mrs . Johnson has expressed her entire approval of the offer , and I am satisfied that all who have any feel _ingin tiiis case will contribute to make up the balance her . —Mr . Long : I will not lose sig ' _-t of your ease , Mrs . Johnson , and I have no doubt that the remainder of your claim will be made up . Of course yoa will be paid yonr expenses ; and in the end I trust—indeed ( do not doubt—you will find that you have not _sustained any loss . Nothing now remains for me , I believe , but to ask the prisoner one or two

      questions , which I am bound to do in every snch case , nnder the provisions ofa recent act of Parliament . Addressing the prisoner , the magistrate then proceeded : —Having heard thc evidence read { the depositions were read on Saturday last ) , do you wish to say anything in answer to the charges ? Yoa are not obliged to say anything ; but whatever yon do will be taken down in writing , and may be used in evidence against you hereafter . — The prisoner answered in a low tone of voice , ' * Everything is in tbe power of my attorney . "—The Chief Clerk : Do yon say that everything is in the power of your attorney ? — Prisoner : I do . — The magistrate then fully committed the prisoner to Newgate for

      trial . ' _Masslavgter . —On Saturday last Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the King's Arms , _Nottingbam-court _. Long-acre , on Maria Wall , aged C 3 . On the 2 nd instant , a woman named Catherine Elwards , now In custody , charged deceased with not having paid her taxes , and therefore with having rendered her lodger ' s furniture liable to seizure . Deceased retorted that the prisoner bad better mind her own business , nnd pay her score at the public-house . That roused Edwards ' s wrath , deceased

      who seizing a large whittle or stick , struck on the head . For some time the wound inflicted appeared to be only trifling , and deceased was treated as an out-patient of King ' s _College Hospital , bnt within the last few days it assumed a serious aspect , and she ultimately died of it . Mr . Ellin , a surgeon of the hospital , performed a post-mortem examination , and found that death bad resulted from art extensive fracture of the skull . It was proved that deceased and Edwards had been always _quar-^ I'in sr —Verdict , " Manslaughter . "

      AccibextisFleei-street . —On Saturday last , as a hearse drawn by two horsts was passing along Fleet-street , towards Temple-bar , the driver , who was in the employ of Mr . Turner , furnishing _underiaker , _Farringdon-streel _, was observed _suddesly to slide off die bor . The man for a time laid hold of the hammer-cloth , but the horses , finding themselves uncontrolled , started off at full speed . In the coarse of their progress the man fell into the r » . « d , under the forewbeel of the hearse . On beiug assisted up he was found to b ? in a state of intoxic ition , and to have received very serious injuries on his body and leg ; .

      Fire is Chaxcebt-iase . —a fire broke out at a few minutes after eight o'clock on Saturday evening last , upon the premises known as Roll ' s chambers , No . 80 , Chancery lane , and the firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until nearly ten o ' clock . Subjoined is a copy of Mr . Braidwood ' s report ef the damage done :- ~ " Rolls-chambers , Chancerylane , second flwr , belonging to Mr . R . S . W , Sillwell barrister ; two rooms used as chambers , and con !

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      tents burned out , contents not insured ; ditto , third floor , in the tenure of Mr . W . M . Best , barrister , three rooms occupied as chambers , together with contents destroyed and root damaged by fire . Insurance not known at present ; ditto , second-floor belonging to Mr . T . S . Chapman , barrister , contents _damaged by water and removal ; insured in the Law Fire-office ; ditto , first-floor , E . Banks , housekeeper , furniture , < fce ., damaged by water and hasty removal ; ditto , ground and first-floor . Mr . It . _Wlutecltureh , furniture damaged by fire , water , and removal ; insured for contents in the Phoenix Fire-office . " After the fire was _extinguished , an inquiry was mad-, by Mr . Coif , the chief officer of the B district of the Brigade , with a view of learning how the outbreak began . The result of which was the following ; — -For some time a smell similar to wood burning been

      bad experienced by some of the gentlemen living in the second floor , especially on Friday , and about five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , so strong did the smell get that one of the parties waited about _halfan-hour behind his time of leaving , endeavouring to find out the cause , but could not . He felt round the fire-place and chimney-jamb , but could not detect any unusual heat . He left al half-past five o ' clock , but not feeling satisfied he returned again at balf-past six o ' clock , and even at that hour could not detect the least appearance of anything burning , but from the examination since made there is now no doubt entertained that during the whole of the time the fire was smelt it must have been burning under the flooring . Some of the bond timbers under the hearth doubtless became United , from ths beat of the stove , and communicated to the flooring , and hence the disaster .

      _Dstkbmised Suicide from _London * Bridge . — On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , at the Red Lion public house , High-street , Whitechapel , on view of the body of Mr . Thomas _Hayl-ck , aged 64 years , a livery stable keeper , of Red Lion-yard "Whitechapel , who committed suicide under the following very determined circumstances : Inspector Beechley , of the Thames Police , stated that about half-past seven o ' clock on Monday moiuinsr , the 17 th inst ., he was passing under London bridge in a police galley , when he heard an alarm that a man had thrown himself from the bridge into the river . On looking round wi ' ness saw the deceased struggling in the water , near tbe third arch from the city side of the shore . Witnessed rowed to

      the deceased , and as he was sinking the third time witness caught hold of him , and hauled him into the boat . The deceased was quite insensible , and was taken to the Newcastle Tavern , Billingsgate . The deceased was subsequently removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and on the following morning he was taken before Alderman Gibh * , at the . Vausion-house . lie was given to the custody of his friends who promised to take care of him . —Mr . Thomas Johnson , house agent , of No . 32 , Skinner-street , _Bishopsgate , said he was son-in-law to the _deceased , who had not been in his right mind for some time past , arising from pecuniary difficulties . On Monday morning , the 17 th , the deceased got up a * usual , and took his

      breakfast , after which he was suddenly missed from the house . _Witness received the deceased from the magistrate , and he gradually sank , and died from exhaustion on Sunday morning last . Mr . Blackmail , surgeon , attributed death to congestion ofthe lungs caused by the sadden immersion in cold water . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . " Suicide of a Licensed VicTrjm . En .-On Monday Mr . Baker he'd an inquest at the Town of Ramsgale , Way ping , on the body of Mr . John Patty , aged fiftyfour years , a licensed victualler , residing in Sunderland . The deceased was formerly a captain in the coal trade , and on Thursday , the 13 th instant , he arrived in town for the purpose of attending a trial in the Court of Common Pleas . Ths deceased was

      an important witness and the trial was to be heard on the following Tuesday . The deceased was not forthcoming , and no tidings could be obtained of him until _Thursday night last , when he entered an eating house , in Upper East Smithfield , and hired a bed for the night . Oa the _following morning he was found dead in his bed . An ounce phial , labelled " Laud-mum . " was found upon the floor , and the surgeon _* as of opinion that the deceased had died from the effect of laudanum . The jury returned an open verdict—" Thatthe deceased died from the effects of laudanum , but nnder what circumstances there was no evidence to show . "

      Death of a Ladt from _Excbssive Drinking . — On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . M . Wakley , at the King ' s Dead public-house , Gray's-inn-road , respecting the death of Mrs . Anno Coote , aged fifty-six years . The deceased was a lady of independent property , and was the widow ofthe proprietor of the extensive vinegar works in Old-street , St . Luke ' s , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera in 1 S 32 . Since the death of her husband she had gradually become an inveterate drinker of ardent spirits , and on Saturday last she drank upwards of half a pint of brandy , and tbe large quantity of gin and ale which was her daily allowance . The deceased was not seen on Sunday morning , and no notice was taken in consequence of her being very eccentric in fact manner , and as she would never permit any persons in her rooms . Shortly after five o ' clock on the same afternoon , the fandlord of the house became alarmed at her

      continued absence , and acquainted two police constables with the fact , who immediately obtained a ladder , by which means they opened the deceased ' s bedroom window , and discovered the _tifortmate lady lying upon the floor , in the agonies of death . Mr . Hill , a surgeon , was called in , but the deceased died in a very few minutes afterwards . A bottle , containing a small portion of brandy , was found lying npon the floor by the side of the deceased , and the surgeon was of opinion that death was caused by excessive drinking and exposure to the cold . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .

      The late _Behmondset Mvkdf . r . —The Secretary of State has allowed the following rewards to the parties employed in the detection and conviction of Mr and Mrs . _Manning _, the perpetrators of the murder of Mr . Patrick O'Connor : —Inspector Field , £ 15 ; Sergeants Langley , Witcher , and Thornton . £ 10 each : Shaw , Kendal , and Smith , £ 8 each ; Andrews , £ b ' , Constables Barnes , £ 10 , Barton , _J 68 , andLockver £ 5 .

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      _Attempieo _Ho-uicioe at _Bmsror .. —A shocking attempt at homicide by stabbing with the knife occurred at Bristol on the evening of the 21 st instant . It appears that two men , named Benjamin Xicholls and James Cantle , were employed in the slaughterhouse of Mr . Membry , butcher , Temple-Street , where the former was engaged in skinning and dressing some sheep for the Christmas meat show ofthe following day . A boy in the service of Mr . Membry was waiting upon bim , and in the course of the evening some words occurring between them , thc boy used some insulting language , and called yicholls a thief . The latter was very angry , and kicked the fad in a savage manner , upon which Cantle interfered , and said it was a cowardly action on the part of any man to do so . Words then followed between him and Nicholls , and in tho course

      of the dispute Cautle struck a blow , immediately upon which "SicuoUs struck at thc other with his butcher ' s killing knife , the blade of which entered his chest between the ribs , dividing one of the arteries and passing through the substance of tho lungs . Xothwitnstandmg that he had received this serious injury , Cantle again struck his assailant , who , having withdrawn his knife from the poor fellow ' s chest , made another cut at him , and stabbed him in the thigh , at no great distance from the large artery . Cantle fell to the giound covered with blood , and the boy having immediately raised an alarm , assistance was procured , and he was carried to the Bristol General Hospital , where , he being considered in a dangerous state , a magistrate promptly attended and took his deposition . Upon receiving intelligence of the occurrence the police were promptly on the alert , and soon captured the offender .

      Fatal Fire . —A fire broke out on Saturday evening last at the St . John ' s Almhouses , Bristol , by which one of the inmates , Elizabeth Hanks , an aged woman , of upwards ofS 7 years old , unhappily met with her death . Mrs . Hanks , who was very infirm , had been some time waited upon by a little girl ; but on Friday her son , thinking that she required further assistance , went to Swindon in order to bring down a more experienced female connection to look after her . During his absence and that of the little girl , who had gone out to purchase necessaries , the old lady set fire to her clothes , and thereby to the furniture of her bedroom , and in a short time her apartment was wrapped in flames . An alarm was given , and tho engines quickly brought to the spot , and with some difficulty the old woman was got out from the midst of the fire , but not until she had been extensivclv burnt . She

      was at once conveyed to the infirmary and received every attention , but died in the course of the night . The fire was happily soon got under , but not until the utmost alarm and consternation had been excited among thc aged inmates of the building . _ATiEMri to Mcrder a Familt . —On Thursday , the . 20 th instant , great excitement was caused among the ! inhabitants of Dudley in consequence of the following horrible occurrence : It appears that a . -woman , named Ann Evans , the wife of Thomas Evans , a brace-maker , about eight o ' clock in the

      morning , was noticed by one of her children to have sharpened a knife , and afterwards run upstairs . This excited the child ' s curiosity , and she immediately went to her father's workshop adjoining the house" ! and told him what she had seen . He therefore repaired with all speed to one of the upper bedrooms , where , on entering , he beheld a fearful scene , for upon the face of one of tho children , only two years old , was a pillow , evidently placed there to stifle its cries , and the mother was cutting the throat of the unfortunate child . Upon seeing her husband enter the room she left off mangling her offspring and flew at him with the knife to stab him . Fortunately she missed her aim , and her husband ,

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      after much resistance , succeeded in getting possession of the knife , wbich was covered with blood . The child ' s throat was so severely cut that it is extremely doubtful whether it will survive . In a closet she had locked up another child , six years old , so that there is little doubt she intended to murder thc whole of her children , and had it not been for the arrival of her husband , two at least of them would have been deprived of life . A constable was instantly sent for , and took the woman into custody , at the same time taking possession of the knife , which was recently sharpened . On leaving the house with the constable , the woman said to her husband , "It shall be your turn next . " The wound in the child ' s throat was found to be three inches in length . The woman was taken before the magistrates , and remanded uutil thc state ofthe child is better known . Fire at Hampstbap Park , —On Saturday evening

      last , between the hours of six and seven o'clock , an alarming fire broke out at Hampstead Lodge , situate between Reading and Newbury , the seat of the Earl of Craven . As one of the domestics in the establishment was passing a room near the entrance-hall she fancied , from the great smell of fire and the smoky appearance of the room , that something more than usual was burning , upon which she _immediately informed his lordship , who happened to be within at the time .. An alarm was quickly raised , and in a few moments afterwards a dense body of flame burst forth . The united exertions of all the household , with whnt other assistance could be got at hand , were directed to endeavouring to prevent tbe fire from gaining greater ascendancy , and owing to copious supplies of water being continually poured over the burning mass it was at length got under , but not until the mansion and furniture had sustained a considerable amount of

      injury . _Yorkshire . —George Cowper , a labourer , was last week committed to York Castle , for brutally lacerating the throat of John Butterworth , a miner , near the Ball public-house , at Hcsley toll-bar . The wound was about four inches long , and will leave a mark for life . _Sgi'poseb Mcroer is _Oxfordshire . —The neighbourhood around the Ottmoor district has for some days been excited in consequence of the mysterious disappearance ofa female in tho service of Mr . John _Coates , farmer , Murcott , and of rumours' that sho had been unfairly dealt with . The facts , as far as ascertained , are as follows : —Elizabeth Stanton , the young woman in question , aged twenty-four , daughter of Samuel Stanton , mat-maker , of Fenoott ,

      went on the Uth inst ., baring with her at the timo her mistress ' s child , about two years old , to Mr . T . Kimbell ' _s , of Fencett , shopkeeper , to purchase some goods . This she did , and , having paid for them , left , and went to ber father ' s house , where she had tea . At about seven o ' clock she left , for her master's , having with her the child , and being accompanied part of the way home by a younger sister . At about eight o ' clock a Mrs . Faulkner heard a child cry , and on going out of her cottage saw Stanton and spoke to her . She had the child with her at this time , and it was in her way from Mr . Coates _' s . The conversation was merely formal _. Between eight and nine the same night , Mr . Hatwell , of Murcott , when returning from Charlton ,

      and near _Fencoit-bndge , over the river Ray , was passed by a female . They wished each other good night . The female , who had a child in hev _atms _, went for Charlton , and Mr , Hatwell went home . Henry Cooper , carter to Mr . Hatwell , when going home to Fencett , and when near to Charlton windmill , at about a quarter to nine o'clock , heard a female voice cry _«* Murder" four ov five times . The cries appeared to come as from the bridge , but on his passing over , all was still . He went home and told his mother what lie had heard . As tho girl did not return with the child to his master ' s house , the family became alarmed , and unsuccessful efforts were made to obtain _tidiugs of her . At a little before soven o ' clock on thc morning ofthe 12 th inst .,

      a young man of the name ot Higgs , of Fencott , when driving a team over the above bridge , saw a child lying on tlie road , He thinking , as he says , that it was a gipsy's child , moved it out of the road , and went his way . At about seven o ' clock , James Preston , a labourer , on going over the bridge , saw a child by the side of the road . He took it up , and it proved to bo Mr . Coates ' s , and the one that E . Stanton had . A shawl , which it appears is the ono that Stanton had on the day before , was found on tbe bridge a few yards from thc child . Tlie goods which Stanton had purchased were found near the residence of Mr . Faulkner ; but of the young woman nothing has been ascertained . After she was spoken to by Mrs . Faulkner she must have repassed her father ' s house to reach the bridge where the child and her shawl were found . The river is now deep , and has overflowed its banks .

      It is therefore impossible to drag it properly , but it has been partially done , and it is intended to make a thorough search as soon as the subsiding of tho waters wilt admit of it . The magistrates of the Ploughley division bave instituted proceedings with a view of bringing the mysterious disappearance of the female to light . The child , from its tender age , is incapable of giving the slightest information . The cry of murder is suspicious , and leads to the inference that the missing woman was foully dealt with , and tben thrown over the bridge into the river . She is described as being five feet three or four inches high , and stout built , dark hair , which was cut short , light complexion , grey eyes , and ns having a dimple on her chin ; and to have been dressed in a pink frock with sprigs , purple apron , light straw bonnet trimmed with purple and orange ribbon , and high shoes .

      Outbreak of Cuolera is Nottixgham . —On the 20 th inst . Mr Browne held an inquest on the body of Jane Stark , of Albion-street , single woman , aged twenty-three . The _deceased who worked in a factory , and lived with her parents , had been ill about six weeks of bowel complaint , and had latterly grown so much worse that on Wednesday Mr . Yates was sent for . He found her in a 6 tate of collapse , and she expired on Thursday morning . Thero was no doubt that Asiatic cholera was the cause of ber death . The neighbourhood was very unfavourably circumstanced with respect to its sanitary condition . Verdict accordingly . It is stated upon good foundation , that a man named George Wesson , of the same street , died of the epidemic on Wednesday , but no inquest was held . There were also reported two other cases , one in Carrington-street , and the other in Mount-street , and in neither instances was recovery expected .

      Foroert on tub Darlixgtox Bask . —On the 20 th inst . William Murray , of Kelloe , was charged before the borough magistrates witli having uttered , on Saturday , thc 24 th of _November , notes which have been discovered to be forgeries . —The first witness examined was Rowland Lambert , who stated that he was foreman in the shop of White Brothers , in the city- of Durham . On Saturday , Nov . 24 th , about eight o ' cloek in the evening , a person came into the shop and purchased goods to the amount of Is . _lljd _., and tendered payment with a £ 5 note of

      the bank of Messrs . Backhouse and Co . He handed the note to young Mr . White , who looked at it , and afterwards said he had to give tho change . He closely observed the person who gave him the note , and the reason why he did so was because ho did not like his appearance . Thc next time he saw the man was on Saturday last , in a small room adjoining the court , amongst twenty other persons . Immediately on seeing him he pointed bim out , The prisoner was the man . He had no doubt in his mind that lie was the person who gave him the note . The other note of Backhouse's hank was offered

      to him on that day . He went from home on the following Monday , and on his return Mr . White told him the note was « , _forgevy . —Joseph White fully corroborated the evidence of Lambert , and further stated that on Monday morning he went to the bank to get the note- changed , but it was refused . —Joseph Pallister , foreman in the shop of Mr . Hall , grocer , in Claypath , remembered the prisoner coming into their shop about eight o ' clock on the evening of Nov . 24 . Ue purchased goods to the amount ef 3 s . 5 _Jjd ., for which ho tendered a £ 5 note , in payment . Not having change , he went into Mr , Itaiiic's shop , and got the note changed . On Friday last he again saw the prisoner at Kelloe , and in consequence gave information to the police . —Hornby Hamilton , publican , said he knew the

      prisoner very well by sight . On Saturday , the 21 th of _"So- ? cmber , ho saw and spoke to him in Claypath . There was a quarrel in a public-house , and he ( witness ) said it was pretty blackguard work , to which the prisoner replied that they knew very well where they could carry on such work , and afterwards walked up Claypath . Would not swear positively that it was the prisoner , but to the best of his knowledge he was the m ; in . —Superintendent _M'Ewen , ofthe county constabulary , said in consequence of information he received he thought itneccs . sary to send thc witness Pallister to Kelloe to got a Bight of thc prisoner . On his return , and in consequence of what he stated , he ( witness )

      apprehended thc prisoner at the house of his sister in New Kelloe , and afterwards charged him with having uttered , a forged note at the shop of Mr . Hall , of this city , but he denied thc charge . He asked repeatedly how witness knew that he was sleeping that night at the house of his sister , but he did not reply . When he was charged with the offence , he said he had not been in Durham , nnd lie could prove it . Just as they were entering Durham , the prisoner expressed a wish that they should leave tlie g ig and enter Durham by a ' private way . He said he would rather walk five and twenty miles than pass a certain shop . Tlie prisoner was committed to tako his trial atthe assizes .

      Strike of Powers and Draymes ix the _Employ of the _Miolaxd Railway Compaxy , —On thc 20 th inst . notices were posted in Leeds , offering employment to able-bodied men as porters at the goods station of the Midland Railway , in Huhslct-lane , at 16 s . per week . The demand for these mon has arisen in consequence of thc porters at present employed having refused to accept reduced wages ; their wages having been 17 s . per week , and the directors having determined to reduce them to 10 s .

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      The draymen , who had been in tho receipt of 18 s . ner week , have also been offered a reduction of Is . , and thev , like the porters have determined not to accept . ' The consequence is that about forty roe » employed at the Leeds goods station will leave their employment at the end Of the present week * and the directors were sitting on Friday at the station to engage new hands to supply the p laces of those who had turned out . The old hands have put forth a handbill , in which they state that « they were engaged in or previous to ml at 18 s . lor porters , and 20 s . for wherrymen ; that at the end of 1843 the then directors called upon them to give up five per cent , of their wages , though they wero emDloved . on an average , seventeen hours

      daily ; and that after gradually reducing the number of men during the present year to about a third of the original number , thc directors have come to tho resolution of taking off another five per cent . " " Against this , " says the fiandbUI , "thc men have taken a determined stand ,. and have resolved not only to have the wages paid during tho present year , but to go another step whilo they are about it and demand a return to the wages originally paid . " The men conclude their explanation of the difference between themselves and their employers by requesting the public to attribute all error , in the conveyance of goods on the Midland line to what they say is its proper causethe substitution of inexperienced for experienced

      hands . —Derby , _Tuesday : This morning the men remain away from work , and seem likely so to continue until thc directors restore to them the amount of wages already reduced ; and tliat the latter will be obliged to give way is certain , or the damage to goods delayed will bring very serious losses upon the shareholders . The engine drivers and firemen , until within tho last few days , have also been upon the eve of striking , in consequence of the directors requiring them to travel three journeys at the same rate of wages they have hitherto received for two journeys , out they were too unanimous amongst themselves to be forced to submit to the new terms . They ave 203 in number , and all , ' except three , would have struck within six hours , had not the company consented to allow the old engagements to force . As soon as danger from the pending strike appeared to be over , Mr . G . P . Paget brought down a number of men to displaco the ringleaders , but

      their comrades were true to their friends , and threatened to leave in a body at a moment's notice if even one was dismissed for taking part in tho movement . The consequence has been that not one man has been discharged . Mr . G . B . Paget , in addressing tho men , urged upon them to accept the reduction , tho very low price of provisions well enabling them to do so ; and he promised , if they would , that as the price of food rose at any future time , he would see that their rate of remuneration was increased . —The goods guards and porters at Derby , somo hundreds in number , returned to their employment on Wednesday morning , the former at their original rate of remuneration , and the latter for the present at reduced wages , but with a promise of an advance whenever the price of food becomes higher . Although the directors strained every nerve , from Monday morning until Tuesday night , they found themselves unable to carry on their business without the assistance of their old

      goods guards ; but by extensive importations of agricultural labourers , who for many miles around may aehad for very little remuneration , they had pretty nearly swamped tho more humble class of goods porters , and they have been compelled to seek and accept a compromise . The policemen and pointsmen , who a week or two ago had their sala-: ries reduced 6 per cent ., and who wevo too scattered in small numbers along tho wholo extent of the varieus lines to act in concert , have petitioned tho board to restore to them the small modicum which , they say , without their consent , has been stopped out of tlieir weekly wages , and declare their intention of giving up thoir situations simultaneously if their petition he not complied with . Should this

      really occur , the greatest danger to the company ' s traffic will he the result ; so much property and so many lives constantly depending upon the discretion of these officials , especially of tiie pointsmen . Shooting a Gamekeeper . —On the night of the 21 st inst , a keeper of Lord Scarborough's , at Hunsworth , was shot and badly wounded by a reputed poacher . The wounded man , whose name is Jacob Atitchell , was going round the estate with another keeper , John Walker . On their way they met four men in Hunswoi'th-lane , each of whom was carrying a gun . They knew tbe men , and knew them to be poachers . Mitchell , therefore , accosted them , asking them what they were after . The men replied with a volloy of abusive language , which increased

      the suspicion already entertained , that they were after no good , Tho keepers , therefore , followed and watched them . The men , finding their purpose thwarted , grew angry , and one of them threatened to shoot the principal keeper ; at the same instant another of the party levelled his gun and fired . The _percusBion cap did not immediately explode , and the keeper had time to drop his head , the contents of the gun therefore lodged in his shoulder , and the thickness of his clothes prevented fatal consequences . Tlie poachers fled immediately , but one of the gang , Moses Bairstow , of Birkenshaw , has since been apprehended . Accident at a Mitt . —A few days ago a poov

      little boy , named Samuel Westwood _, met with a shocking disaster . Be had taken his father ' s tea to the mill where he worked , and whilst there got his hand and arm entangled amongst thc machinery . Fortunately he was liberated before he was drawn amongst the gearing more completely , or his life must have heen lost . As it was , his arm was completely torn to pieces , and when he was carried to the dispensary it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb . The operation was rapidly performed by Mr . Thursfield , the patient being at the time under the influence of chloroform , and not exhibiting the slightest sign of pain . The child is hut eleven years of age , and had lost his mother only a week or so before the accident . —Worcester Herald .

      Two Servants Suffocated , —A melancholy accident occurred on Sunday night last to two female servants , in the employ of the Rov . H . Davies , of Sherwood Hill , near Nottingham . It appears that the two females retired to rest at the usual hour on Sunday night . Afire had been made in the bedroom during thc day , and the girls , on retiring to rest , had in some way or other stopped the proper ventilation , bo that the smoke could , not ascend . The servants not rising at tho usual time , and no answer being returned when they were called to , the door was forced open . One of the unfortunate women , it was found , had been dead some timo and was cold . The other , it could ho perceived , still breathed . Medical aid was immediately sent for and

      , every means used to restore animation , but no hope whatever exists that she will recover . At the coroner's inquisition , the following , amongst other evidence , was adduced : —Tho Rev . Thomas Hart Davies said—about half-past six o ' clock this morning I was called up and told that two of my servants were insensible in bed . I went into the room , and saw the firegrate ( a portable one ) placed upon the fender , and in the room there was a strong sulphureous smell . The fire-board was closely _placed in tbe fire place , and a bod-quilt was put at the bottom of the chamber door , so that there was no current of air in the room . I fetched Mr . Joseph Thompson , who rendered the deceased and tho other servant every assistance . Deceased ( Eleanor Pierce ) at nine

      expired o ' clock tho same morning , ( Monday ;) and 1 have no doubt she was accidently killed by inhaling carbonic acid gas . Mary English , the other servant , is still confi ned to bed , and is at times in a state of unconciousness . She has been asked if ever before they have had the firo basket in the room , and she has admitted that they had . —Catherine Pierce , of Forest-villa , Mount "Vernon , servant , said : The deceased is my sister ; she was twenty years of age , and was cook to the Rov . Mr . Davies . She slept with another servant named Elizabeth English . I saw her at supper on Sunday night when she appeared very well , with the excep ' - tion of a slight cold . She usuall y rose about six o'clock in the morning , but at half-past six on Monday she was still in bed , and I went to her chamber door and peeped through the keyhole to see if they stirring l

      were ; I saw no ight , and I opened the ' door with some difficulty , as a bed-quilt was placed against it . I smelt something very strong , liko sulphur , and then _wenfcdown stairs for a light On returning I saw my sister lying on the bed ' with one arm out , and she was making a eunrlinir noise inherthroat . Elizabeth English lay by lie ? side . Ihey were both insensible . 1 spoke to my sister several times , but she never answered . I endeavoured to arouse them by shaking them , but it had no effect on them ; and Mrs . Davies also attempted to awaken them , but could not . Verdict " TW the deceased died in consequence of being _ac ' cidentlv suffocated by inhaling , carbonic acid gas Sed from a fire-basket or chafing dish . " Melancholy Death of , another Aged Fhmale in an _Almshouse at BiusTOL .-Another melancholy case of burning occurred on Sunday last Aim

      u , « , IU _, _wu Ryan , an inmate of the Societv of Merchants Almshouse , Kii . _g-street . The Si modem _wluei the fatal accident originated 255 be ascertained , but it seems prot'able , as _Mip h _* Ap _»« in the habit of using tobacco _' for _SSSSufc chest , that while smoking , thebuming 0 bacc 0 Irom her pipe se fire to her clothes , and , _beingspeeX _envejjoped in flames , sho unhappil y Wt with her _DRAIKAGK OF _LoDMlOn , PAR _WtrtKOimi - PreWry steps are being taken for the purpose of reclaiming and drammg tins extensive waste which is now wholly under water . Independently \ f the advantages winch would arise from _carrying nut _surli a measure m an agricultiiarl point of view it _« Con sideredit would be of great benefit to Weymonth n improving its sanatory condition , for _durine _fhi prevalence of northerly winds in the dry season * the miasmatic influences are wafted towards th ? town , and must under the circumstances have a pre j udicial effect . An engineer , vrho has been employed

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      in similar operations has been _enwged to report « to _Stest means of _accomplishinc this desirable object .

      Murder Committed By A Youth Under Sixteen Years Of Age.

      MURDER COMMITTED BY A YOUTH UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE .

      Bristol , MoNDAT .-The New Cut , _Bedminster ? near Redcliff-crescent , was vesterday afternoon , in the broad daylight , and directly fronting the home of one of the magistrates of the eity , who _nersonall y witnessed the occurrence , the scene of a murder , which , we regret to be obliged to add , was committed by a lad of less than sixtetm years of age . The circumstances , as far as we have been able to ascertain them , are as follows :-Yesterday afternoon , two young men . named Henry Coggan and William Braund , the person who has been murdered , went out together for a walk ; when , near the Bedminster iron bridgethey were joined by a third

      , young man , _nurned Horgan . Upon reaching tbe bridge th _» y saw two lads , named Alfred Dane / and Henry Collins , leaping _» ver an iron post near the bridge . Dancy , at the moment , wm leaping the _poBt , and _Horgin _calltd out to him , "Orer it . " Colling immediately _btgan _abusiig Horgan , who ultimately gave Collins a box on the ear , and , while doing so , Alfred Duncy came behind him , struck him a blow in the face , and pulling out a brass barrelled pistol , threatened to shoot him . Horean replied that he did nut like a disturbance of a Sunday , or that he would well chastise them , not imagining for a moment that the pistol was loaded , and again left

      them and joined his friends . By this time they had reached the top of Brown ' s-row , nearly opposite Mr . Brown ' s house , who is a magistrate for the city , where they stopped , the two boys being then only two or three yards behind them . _Cellini then pulled out a life-preserver and flourishing it threateningly at them , upon which William Braund called out , * ' Very well , Collins , I will tell your , mother of your conduct , and she will z \ re it you for having such a thing as that . " Collins again _replied abusively , and flourished tht life-preserver . Braund rushed at him , and a struggle ensued , during which they both fell on the ground . The boy Dancy , in the meanwhile again pulled ont the pistol , and declared that he would shoot Braund ; and that he would shoot Horgan also , if he interfered with him . Horean . how

      ever , tried to prevent his getting at Braund , but evading Horgan , Duncy took deliberate aim at Braund , and shot him . The ball entering the young man't chest , the blood spouted out of his month , and he fell to the ground . The murderer took to instant flight , but was speedily overtaken and conveyed to the Bedminster police station ; on hi 9 way to which he said , in the most indifferent manner , " I suppose I shall be scragged . " Upon being searched , a bullet-mould and seven pistol bullets , with a screw turner for locks , apiece of lead , some percussion caps , and £ 3 Is . 6 d _< in gold and silver , were found upon his person . The unfortunate young man

      Braund , who bore an excellent character , was conveyed to the General Hospital , but was dead before he reached it . —An inquest waa commenced at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Bristol , on Monday , before Joseph Baker Grindon , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury . The following evidence was given : — Henry Coggan having identified the body as that of Wm , Braund , who was about nineteen years of age , and a porter in the employment of Mr . Gellett , winemerchant , _Redcliff-street , deposed to his being very intimate with the deceased , and to their having both gone out yesterday ( Sunday ) afternoon for a walk , they being perfectly sober , and neither of them having

      been into a public-house daring the day . At about a quarter past four o'clock , as they were passing over thft Bedminster-bridRe _, they were joined by a third friend named Edward Horgan , and upon arriving at the Bedminster end of the bridge they saw two lads , who were not known to witness by name , but one of whom was the prisoner Alfred Dancey , leaping over an iron post . Dancey was in the act of leaping , when Horgan said , "Over it ; " upon which the other lad , who was Dancey ' s companion , and whose name has since been ascertained to be Collins , turned round and began abusing witness and his two companions , calling them by all sorts of opprobrious

      names . After bearing this for some timej Horgan turned round upon them , when they ran away , and witness , with Horgan and thc deceased , went on their way towards Brown ' s-row adjoinin * Redcliff-crescent , on the New-cut , the two boys following and abusing them the whole of the way . When they had arrived at the top of Brown ' s-row they stopped , and the boy Col / ins pulled out a "life preserver , " and shook it threateningly at them . Upon which the deceased , who knew Collins , said he would tell his ( _Collins ' s ) mother of him if he did not be quiet . With that Collins again shook the life preserver at him in a _threatening manner , and the deceased went to catch

      hold of it , when Collins struck at him with it , and hit him across the mouth , but witness could not see whether the blow made the mouth of the deceased bleed . The deceased then _endeavoured to take the life preserver away from Collins , and the y struggled for it , and both fell down . After they had got up again , the deceased was turning away from Collins ; while they were on the ground , the prisoner , Alfred Dancey , pulled out a pistol from his bosom , and threatened three or four tiroes distinctly tbat he wonld tboot the deceased if he did not let Collins go . They then got up , and the prisoner Dancey instantly shot the deceased , Braund , with the pistol , and immediately ran away . Witness pursued him with some other persons , and at length succeeded in apprehendhim at

      ing the corner of Mr . Brown ' s tan-yard . Witness then returned to assist the deceased , who was bleeding very much , and waa held up in the arms ofa soldier , and somo other passers-by . He was quite speechless , and being carried to the General Hospital , was pronounced to be dead . The deceased , Braund , never spoke a word to the prisoner , Dancey , during the whole affaw . —Mr . Samuel Brown , one of the magistrates for the city of Bristol , deposed to his having been at home between four and five o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , and to his having witnessed the occurrence through his parlour window . His attention having been drawn to a disturbance or sort of struggle going on outside , he went to the window , and saw the deceased and another boy , who was not the prisoner now present , _atruwlinir _wiib » a _« ii a _« . «» do ™ ll _lltl

      , D ,.. v » _v . « . r at a distance of about five yards from the window , in the road ; saw them fall down , and get up again . The prisoner . Dancey , was about five yards from them , and apparently not at all connected with the squabble ' , he was not at all mixed up with it , but standing fully five yards from them . Witness then saw the prisoner walk up towards the deceased , and present and fire a pistol at him . The deceased instantly staggered and vomited a large quantit y of blood from his mouth . Witness instantly ran out to his assistance , but was told by the bystand ers thathe was dead . Witness then had him conveyed to the hospital , and aided in the apprehension of the prisoner . When the prisoner fired the pistol he _wns not _tnan

      more a foot from the deceased ; he walked up tohim . presented the pistol at him , _andfiTedin S B _Stfelh ? , ha ving _^ nedthe deceased _wJs satisfied that the deceased did not touch the pistol and tha tit did not off by accident but by deskn -Mr Thomas Charles Cornish , solicitor , _broSn : law of Mr . Brown , gave _similartestimony , and _oinoA m the pursuit of the prisoner , who _was aPP ? Sded in _Stilehouse-lane . On the arrival of wi neS two men were ho ding the prisoner on the _Z , " _?!^ ot

      one tnem Had a brass-barrpllPd n « _Vni ;„ _iT- l , The prisoner was then _conned to _O _& _Jfiand on his way thither he 8 _aM « T _oWi i 5 latl , ° _*)« _fBSSSSrM _» * - _**^ _fc ' _tftSlJ _* _nesses prcr ioualf . Witiira . _Sufk . . , _i « - _prijonor „ h . „ ' th , rS ' ° t ' k SS " ! _T / ri / v > _oo „ , l — . J A .,,. " fife 11- I 00 K Place _hof . _Wnrv ., 1

      """• _"O'u _UJU _VJOUinS _VVifnnca _en _' _. _AT j . i --v _"* _- _^ u don ' t mean to fire that thin ? " m _^ _- _* L ' " Yo » upon which heS « vi _;^ _™ an _*** _S the pistol but if he donot leave nwVi nVr m _^ be tter at him or tl 2 i X _/ Se s s h ° e n _^ _" _^ few yards , when hP m _™ ?• , „ tn ? WDnfc on a of thoyou _^ _anfandTun LP _^ 7 d * aside on _" deceased . H 0 presented _fwST , ? y via ¦» the and fired : _witC'S _iSK _^? _**** threw tho pistol aV wiffi _hola » pW sonor who apprehending him , ho p £ un tS ? nfi _^ T 4 his pursued him ? Thero wis _„ _% l \} P lsto 1 and "" gain the prisoner . C _^^^ A the _hfc-prcserver and _tlm ° ! CC eS w \ _Vfc b ° y _* itU of a violent or dangerous _cSnf _^ _hi non » ean any thine n it . fn » £ , u _" , cnai ac . te _*' i nor was « . « . »

      ( through the Coroner _BiR _' _"" _^ Ur Ayro the pistol call out for _wi 5 L not , ear the with «* think , from _' the " d SS he _T \ fired _^ could hear him call _Jt 17 " _5 _«*» t ho Wows passed between _ZmwL th _-, Coron _^ ' So present . When the £ y Cf t 7 _« _^ ess was running . When _wifi „ "L _, P st ho was fallen , and asked witSjfL w _* k ? ok Mm h < " had asked h j m , itTas _IVcamrr , _Witne _*« loaded with , and he S *? _^ at e P & to 1 was Other witnesses h _X _;! tiiafc he d d riot W Coroner inqujSd _fflS'r shn tesUmonV ? h „ on tho _partyt cd * _W , _wouldT _^ _fe iu thenegativo —aiJI , An answer wi _* » i , Posed • lam one i f _^ l _^ _^ airbrotheJ mtFT _^¦ _^ a iai ssa _^ _jag

      Murder Committed By A Youth Under Sixtee...

      at nine o ' cloek on Sunday evening last ii _^ _T "~~ in the dead-house at the hospital I _£ Z . ] _^ post mosttm examination . Mr . Rogers t _» ln , a , le a surgeon , Mr . Lansdownc , and Mr . Cans . ' W 0 USft casionally present . We carefully examin s , _° _* exteriorof the body , and found no wound e 1 I ing ono inflicted on the ri ght side in front f _^' right arm-pit , near the second rib . _presenting _^ appearanco of having heen caused by a gun _oi-i ? ball . I examined all the cavities , and found Jr thing healthy except such morbid _appeai-ane ler _- ' wore caused by the wound . The bullet lT 2 ] through the second rib on the ri ght side , and _snli tcred it , through the right lung , through the _iSi " pipe , grazed the gullet , wounded some of a vessels , then passed through the left lung , _through tne _leisiac

      the secona no on c , leaving some of tta cloth in it , and then lodged in the fleshy part _iiw above the left shoulder ; the wound was sufficient to occasion death . I produce tho bullet . It i 3 flat tencd . It fits the pistol , and I have not the _slighte st doubt it caused the death of deceased . His " death must have been nearly instantaneous . — -The Coroner then read the whole of the evidence , and the jury , after a very short deliberation , returned _« verdict of " Wilful Murder , " against Alfred Dancey , who was committed upon the Coroner ' s _warrant to take his trial at the next Gloucester _aasires _. The prisoner's indifference vanished on hearing the verdict , and he was much affected on taking leave of hia friends .

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      Suspected Murder In Pbmbkokbshire.—A Cha...

      Suspected Murder in Pbmbkokbshire . —A charge of _murder of a most extraordinary character has recently occupied the attention of the Earl Cawdor and other magistrates of this part of Wales several days in investigating . Mr . Powell , a farmer , of Lamphery-park , was charged with feloniously making away with the illegitimate male child of Mary Griffiths a single woman . A mass of evidence was brought forward , the substance of which was as follows : — The female named had been in Powell ' s service , and

      the child was the result of their illicit connexion . She was delivered on tbe 5 th of last month , on the afternoon of which he saw her , and intimated sending a nurse for the infant , with whom he had made arrangements to take care of it . A day or two afterwards a woman named Hicks came for the child , and it was given her ; and , accordingto her evidence , she subsequently handed it over to Powell . This took place lato in the evening , and Powell met her in the main road , some distance from his own bouse , but what he did wiih it she was _unconscioue . The mother ( Griffiths , ) on recovering from her _confinement , sought Powell to see her infant , but he refused to

      tell her where it was , and , in consequence ol several suspicious circumstances tending to impute Powell as having destroyed it , the police were directed by the magistrates to take him into custody , and aHearch was made of his house and throughout * his farm , but no trace of either the child or its clothes could be found . The prisoner , on heing called upon for his defence , made a statement to the following effect : — He admitted receiving the child from the woman Hicks , and on his way home met with two beggarwomen . Considering it a favourable opportunity to get rid ofit , he questioned them as to what sum they would require to bring the child up . They said £ 7 ,

      but eventually he gave them £ b _, wliich they accepted , together with the child . He was unconscious of thoir names , or where they were going to . The one who took the child was an Irishwoman witb a black straw bonnet and red shawl , and about forty years of age . Theother was much younger , apparently not eighteen . The superintendent ofthe police said every exertion had been made by them to discover the women , but without avail . In the absence of all other evidence , the prisoner was discharged . The crowd collected * _, hearing the magistrates' decision , became furious _ugainstthe accused , and but for the interference of the police he would have sustained personal injury .

      The police still prosecute the inquiry . The general impression entertained is , that the child ' s life has been made away with . Attempted Escape from Carnarvon Countv Gaol —On the 20 th inst , an attempt was made by six prisoners to escape from this gaol . A __ pewon named James Healy led the way , by scaling this wall of the ward , which is connected with tho boundary wall at right angles , lie accomplished this by lashing together three long brush handles , on which lie climbed . He soon succeeded in reaching the outer wall , which is only about eight feet higher than thc other : and by means of a rope tied to the pojecting pikes , decended into the adjoining premises .

      Fortunately , however , Mr . Dixon ' s ( the gaoler ) suspicions having been excited during the day , he hud ordered the turnkey to keep close watch upon the prisoners ; and when a second party named Griffith was preparing to make his descent , thc turnkey entered and gave the alarm . Mr . Dixon immediately proceeded to theother side of the wall ; and , having secured Griffith , went in search of Healy , whom he eventually found _Bnugly situated under a flight of stairs leading from the garden to the parapet of the town walls , resting his body on a plank which projected from the prison wall , and sheltered from view by the lath work .

      Ireurnu.

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      Encumubrbd Estates Commission.—The Commi...

      _Encumubrbd Estates Commission . —The commissioners have decided the much _« litigated question ofthe carriage of the decree of sale ofthe Portarlington estates , by selecting Mr . Blount , one of tbe English "contributors" to the large loan __ rai . « ed upon _mortgage by the late Earl of Portarlington . Lord Portarlington , Lord Lansdowne ( _whojis first incumbrancer , ) and other parties deeply interested , appeared anxious that Mr . Blount should be selected ; and besides , the choice of that gentleman to conduct the sale was further recommended by the fact that he is

      in possession already of the Mirveys , extracts of title , and other indispensable documents , the mere copying of which would involve considerable expense . Altogether , the grounds on which the commission ers appointed Mr . Blount for this responsible duty seem to have given general satisfaction to the body of the creditors , It has transp , red , during the argument , that the proceeds ofthis _maxnificant estate had been , for years past , almost eaten up by law expenses consequent upon the old _Equity system of litigation and management , and several of the tail creditors had not received a » h )' 1 _"ng of interest for seven years . Sin

      Expected High Tides at Dublis _.-TIic Evening Post contains the following rather humorous Sr _Tfr" ns editor , Frederick William _Umway . and the Astronomy Royal for Ireland , on r , _^ _A ec of u antici Pated high tide which isex-S : } ° f u . _« _ge some ofthe low-lying portions of the coast in the vicinity of Dublin : — Mr _Tlp . _n _ f tiie _tCp iPi ° _^ " 1 _^ ot « 'e sun ami moon to ouv planet . i

      i _>« + A _*" n .- '" '' _"" ' ' _«» quite ma bustle , removing a ereat Lit wo k _andXf StW _^ and the _ProiH'ieto _^ s of S ? vi ,, ent ° ! thls fonriaable tide . Now , my _oetition bem _° one 0 f _^^? " "i _^ _* » « a « , _^ K w _^ _ar _t _& _tenaTffi _^ _Th ' . _}»* _" you would the _spnrehen _& _hK _St _^ _JMflhf ** y _? mn 0 V 8 , grounds for the alarm to cfnfi if _^' _- _« _^ be » _- v rcal so that nrecautinTZl v , "* Wlth a Tlew of warn ng , blc , _tlorS a > 1 > ? mn ( let 0 _jf rrest ' _asfor ° * V _*& c , * ™ . I am my dear , Sir William , mtli every _fcelmg 0 f respect and esteem , Most faithfully yours , 1 " . _W . Conway .

      DEiu Ma _Conwat t 0 T 7 ' _ncarD' _* _bUn _, Dec . 24 , 1841 ) . Thompson _* _teXr have , _*' ef ' uestcd * - _"y assistant , Mr . he finds no reason tn J _% _& ' . , lc rc P ° ''< *"' _c that obtain _iuJ _SS _^\*»* the « de . m question _wBl favoured by _^ nrhuuh _^ hC 18 ht 0 f / _ourse , it may he I ( _Bfcfr' cannot fores «« _- am , ueiu Mr . Comvay , very truly yours , T _* tt „ _-D - _^ V , u _-UA _« _tt 0 _WA . vHAMttTO . Y . « ng _cSrflluIt _^ r- _^ following rather the _rigltsSf ' _^ rf ** n _i notions of barrister of _&^ _Aat SwaTo 3 _S s d for _tlfffifS cruelty from a middfeln _^ _Leases of most harassing a widow , with an fE i " , 7 , ° was a oor woman , the _dsfendant and flf _' _** _ty - sma 11 hut fronl the hut , she w ' as ? o ' n v cons , der _f * ° »* of his thatching The hu wasTeft _inShT _? ? t _^ _***«*»* I the _noor n _^ Jr . _"l _?^ A sta * that it fell down on fte poor _nomau _f the k l il / e ! 1 doffn on

      yet „ T P _^ strai n , who _earfvTn TS dlo setlt two men t 0 formed fo « Kt & _tL _tT , nine * effectuall _v p _« - notonl ytook evm & T " ? d-hea _* 'tedmaster . They but , th _' e woman be t n _/? i . _^ _1 P ° orwo _™ nh aa her of the v ? ry bed Im _* t , me in bed - _dipped lying , took _CtctT _Sbes i _^ which she torn her , and ) not Lti 8 fiefe _h Wluch _™ _W _** beside for _whiciithopJoSiW in v _^ fn t h _& t oo k _/ e bread tea and sugar which fl _. V _? i n a ed and the V _W tenar . ee . _Halinf tl / li P vded for _*^ »«»• Proceeded , on somo i 4 hui ' the next » ext market-town _lAt _^ _seque- _'t-not ° the to tho next ci _?« ' . " 1 ? > ' _™ re h _™»* to do , batbought up _bvthlriidfC , Vi _\ , that was _seize < l was for 9 s . 8 d U _, de _^ action was brought for _fK * _? _? _ataiice 9 the present Jones next proved fl _., f C ? tatutft We penal . ty .-Mr . ? heh the / S S _? R _T > ct 8 b >* ' _»* witnesses fendant ' _s aVtomS M _?*^ Mr ' Coates > aslfed de _' had _? Mr . _& t ? > _? _Wto what defence he _» that my _S l » , _* ' ' y 0 Ur WOrsh ' _' ' * ; _entdue .-Co 5 vtrTf seized those things for the f ° _r I candidl y tell _vo « rlV ° _^ P rove ft , e _e _'i '> from rne here T L _» * y . ? u wlU _8 efc no assistance ' Yet 0 tell you that the distress in

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29121849/page/6/