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    Health of Losbos Dubixg the Week .- The deith ? from ail causes regist-red in the metropolitan distnctsm tne week ending _Satnrdav _wereSJS . This number exhibits a decrease of 254 deaths on the _Reskly average of five previous autumn . " , corrected for increase of papulation ; and the returns ofthe last ten years show that the present low rate of mortalit y i ? without example ( within ( lie period of o '< servation ) at this advanced seas » _n ofthe year , unless the year 1 S 41 be excepted , when the deaths returned la ths correspondine * week were § 27 . but out of a population undoubtedly less than at < hc present time . The mortalitv in the early _pnrt of November has _usinllv _rans-cd from 900 to upwards _« f 1 , 200 deaths The death " * _registered hist week

    from the zynv fie or epidemic class of diseases were only 204 , while die average is 307 ; those from diseases of the respiratory crgans ( _ex'Jasiveof phthisis ) were 134 , while the _average is 214 . Bit the mortality from phthi-is ( or consumption ) and bronchitis seems to increas " , and is now about the average ; and _in-* _httnz-i was f-tal to fonr young _pereoas and an adult . The _dV-ith * from diarrhoea and dysentry in the week were 22 . which « about the same as in former years at tins Sfa-on : those in the last four weeks have been _successively 51 , 40 , 29 , 22 . From cholera , 8 deaths were registered , or two more than ia the _preceding week ; bnt in two _ca-es fhe persons died of d sease consequent on cholera , from which thev had previously suffered . One of the S deaths occurred in

    Holland C _. _tfciges , St . John ' s , Westminster ; "ne in Earl-street , _Lisson-grove . _Ma-ykbrme ; one in lung ' s _Collese Hospital ( the patient having been _hrotlght from _Drury-lrine ); one in Green-walk , _Bermondsey : one in Lambeth ; one ia York-place , South Lim beth ; and one in _Nightingale-vale , Woolwich . A boy cf 0 years died of di trrhcea , after 52 hours ihncss , in Frederick-s _' reet , Bromley , an overcrowded and dirty _neighbourhood , where cholera lately was rife . —The mean height ofthe barometer in the week yas _29 863 . The mean daily _heiaht was above 30 inches on Sunday , Monday , and Saturday . The mean _temperature of the week was 45 deg . 2 min . ; on Saturday it was 39 de ; . 3 lain . It was above the average of the same days of seven yeara on the first four Jays , and below it during the rest of ths

    wsek . The Last of the Maxxixgs . —The bodies ofthe two convicts were placed in shells , after casts of the Lead and synopsis of the brain of each had been taken , and in the evening both were deposited in a grave prepared for them in the corridor leading from the yard to the chapel . The coffins were partially filled with lime in order to insure an earl y decay of fhe remains , this plan being invariably adopted within the walls of a prison . The phrenological developemeni ofthe heads is said to agree in a very remarkable manner with the character of _theennrictsas st prcsentknown : and Mr . Donovan , who has prepared thc synopsis , will shortly publish the result of his examination for the information of

    tfce more curious in these matters . It will have been remarked that _Manning stated that bis wife ¦ was an atheist , and that her belief was , that after death the living individual became a lump of clay . Bow far this may be true it is perhaps difficult to say ; but one thin ? is certain , viz ,, that the _wretched woman exhibited no atheistical feelings during her confinement in Horsemonger-lanc Gaol . She was always punctual in her attendance at chapel , and , as far as outward form could indicate the fact , she was imbued with religious feelings . In her letter addressed to her guardian , and written only a few hours before her execution , she expresses very confidently her hope of obtaining in another world that merer which had been refused to her in this .

    Itisworthv of remark that she thus commenced it : — - " The " q _. ueen like all judges , has a heart of rock , and ii is determined that I shall die . " She then goes on to state that she has been murdered hy her husband , and that he would have to answer to God for her Wood . This statement is not Tery consistent with her apparently affectionate conduct to Manning in the chapel and on the scaffold : but this again may be only another phase in the scheme of hypocrisy , induced by a desire io create an impression of her innocence . Thc whole of thc property found in the possession of Maria Manaing , * and that discovered at the South-Eastern Railway station _, still remain in the hands of Inspector Tates , and Burton , thc police-constable . The latter only holds a few trifling articles ; hut the former has

    property in thc police-station said to be -worth nearly £ 200 . Mr . Binns , Manning ' s solicitor , has laid an embargo on the whole of it , by a suit against Manning , for money lent in defending him ; and the Secretary of State has directed it to be detained until thehill of costs he sent in . Tlie property will be sold in the course of a few days , and , after paying ihe legal gentlemen who defended the convicts , the surplus will be handed over to Mr . Edmund Manning , the brother . Among the property are several valuable satin dresses , dnnmberof lace veils , ruSes , two gold watches , some French Rentes worth £ 70 , and a large assortment of female wearing apparel . The property which belonged to O'Connor is being administered toby his brother , and will shortly be given up .

    Mtsteriocs Death of a Stockbroker . —At nine o ' clock on Monday morning , Mi * . Bedford held an inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-Sclds , on John Thomas Wlidman , a stockbroker , late cf 40 , _Shaftcsbtiry-street New _Iforth-road , Hoxton , aged forty-ei ght , Mr . Benjamin Wildman , deceased's { brother , deposed the deseased had been a stockbroker . On Friday he saw deceased in King ' s College Hospital , suffering from the injuries " of which hc died . Mr . George Elsom , house surgeon , stated tliat deceased was " brought to the hospital

    between 2 and 0 o ' clock on Friday monunir . Bis thigh-bone was fractured , thc scalp on the " left side was lacerated , and he was the worse for liquor . The polico said that he had fallen from the secondfloor window of Colliver ' s coffee-house , Holy _woll p frcer . Deceased stated that he lived in theXew Xorth-road ; but , when interrogated as to the manner ' in which he met witli the injuries , he became morose and silent . He lingered until Saturday morning , when he died from exhaustion , the result of the shock and fracture . —Mrs . Sarah

    Colliver , landlady , of the coftce-housc , said the deceased , accompanied by a young man , came to her house shortly after ten on Thursday night . He was quite sober , and had some coffee and toast . After _Teaming , he and his friend retired to bed on the second-floor . About two o ' clock the following morning , she was awoke by a crash , and found the deceased had fallen from the window into the street , where he lay dressed , bleeding and insensible . Deceased ' s friend rushed out of the house in his shirt , exclaiming , " Oh ' my God , my friend has thrown himself out of the window ; I'll go and tell his friends . " He soon afterwards , ; dressed himself , started off again , and was not sinec heard of . _^" either witness nor deceased ' s friends knew the young man , nor anything shout hiin . Deceased frequented her house . —Mr . M . F . Kins , residing in

    the cotfec-house , corroborated the last witness . — Ponce-constable Crihb , 132 F . raised deceased from the ground , aud with assistance carried him to thc hospital . Wliile doing so deceased frequently exclaimed " My _Go-3 , what mystery is this ? " What have I done ? Hc was quite stupid from the fall , and Lad beeu drinking . —Miss "Wildman , deceased ' s sister , entered the inquest-room at this stage of tlie _proceedings , in a wild distracted state , and was with the greatest difficulty calmed and induced to retire . Her appearance affected to tears every one present . —The Coroner summed up , and coneiuded by expressing his unwillingness to close the inquiry until thc young man who was last in company with deceased was produced . —The jury fully agreed with the coroner , who ordered the police to search for the young man . He then adjourned tbe Inquiry .

    The _Muroer rx Miixbaxk _Fexitexiiary . —On Saturday morning Last Mr . Burrell , the magistrate at the _Westaninster police-court , accompanied by the chief clerk and other officials , attached to the court , proceeded to the board-room in Millbnnk Penitentiary , for the purpose of taking thc depositions ofthe several witnesses against the Jew convict , John Francis , for the murder of Mr . Thomas HaB , tho warder , who died on thc Sth inst . A full report ofthe Coroner ' s inqusst has already appeared in our columns . The same evidence was adduced before the magistrate , and it is , therefore , unnecessary to repeat it . The prisoner was placed before the magistrate , and daring the examination ofthe witnesses he was strictly guarded . After the depositions had been completed , and signed by all

    thc witnesses , Mr . Bnrrell read to the prisoner the nsual caution , that if he said anything in his defence it would be written down and used against him hereafter . The prisoner declined saying anything , and the magistrate in the usual manner , committed hiin to Newgate , to take his trial for murder at thc approaching sessions . Thc witnesses were all bound orer to prosecute , and the prisoner was placed in a cab , in the custody of two warders , and _lodged in Newgate . It was stated before the magistrate that the prisoner has been rery reserved since he committed the murder , and constantly reading the Hebrew Bible , which had been given him by the chaplain , the Kev . M _* . Penny . One of the readers of the Synagogue attended him during the _vfeek , and told him that counsel would be employed for him .

    Fjhx of Railway AitcnEs at _Camdex-iowx . —On Sunday morning , shortly before eight o ' clock , seven of the newly erected arches on the line of railway which is intended to connect the Camdentown -Station of the _Xorth Western with the East India Docks , fell with a tremendous crash . The fallen arches were part of a viaduct on the _Kentishtown and Ilolloway-roads . The watchman on duty stated that early in the morning " _warning" was g iven that the arches were insecure from repeated creaking ? , and the gradual enlargement of an irregular fissure in the buttres _$ at the north end of the arch over the Kentish-town road . Practical men suppose that the accident arose from the sinking of the foundation of the buttresses . It is _mo-t _proYnje-wjai ihat this oeeumnce took phee on the

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    Sunday . On other days upwards of 200 men are employed upon the works at the time ; as it is , happily no one is injured . Fire asd Discovert of as Illicit Still . — On Sunday mornin « i , about three o ' clock , the premises of Mr . Austin , Xo . 6 , King ' s-place , Camden-town , were discovered to be on fire . Thc flames having been extinguished itwas ascertained that part ofthe premises was used as a private still , the owners of which , upon hearing the alarm of fire given , succeeded in making their escape before tho police came up . The whole plant was immediately seized by the authorities . The building was insured in the rhcenix Fire-office .

    Fire ix the Dover-road . — Early on Saturday morning last , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Thiselton , a dealer in Berlin wool , at No . 119 , Dover- road , Xewington . The flames were first discovered in the shop by ihe police , and on the alarm being given , the inmates had great difficulty in effecting their escape by the root on to thc _contiguous houses . Tho escape of the Royal Society was quickly on thc spot , and the engines of the _hrisadcand West of Eng land were in prompt attend nee , and the firemen were prepared to act , but the mains of ihe Southwark Company afforded no water . After a delay of a quarter of an hour , a supply of _-ttatcr came , and the engines were instantl y set in motion , until Mr . Thisclton ' s premises were totally destroyed , and several of the adjacent houses seriously damaged . Mr . Braidwood , in his oflicial report , stated that the house was hnrned down for want of water _.

    Fire asd Dreadful Accidext . — On Monday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , a five broke out in one of the upper rooms at Mr . Kups , No . 2 , Weststreet , Soho . The engines from the Crown-street station were quickly on the spot , and on the firemen making their way into the premises they extricated a young man , named James Parsons , who was burned severely , in consequence of a quantity ot turpentine that be had been using having been upset over his clothes and on the fire . He was removed without loss of time to _Charinff-cross Hospital , and is not expected to survive . The fire was confined to the apartment , which was completely burned out and the furniture destroyed .

    Suicide at mie South Westers Railway Station . —About four o'clock on Monday evenimr , Dr . J . Allen , R . _N ., entered the railway station , Waterlooroad _, and for some time stood on the platform , when , as the half-past fonr o ' clock train was starting , hc flung himself under the engine , and was instantly crushed to death . His brother ' s death , which lately occurred , greatly affected him , and since then he had been moody and desponding . He had been recently appointed to the Bangalore transport ship . He had served in China and on the South American _station , and was beloved by his brother officers and all who knew hira . Deceased was a Scotch gentleman , his native place being Inverness , and he was only thirtyfour years of age .

    Fatal _Occdrrexce ox the Sobth-Westerx Railwat . —On Tuesday morning Mr . D . M'Arthur , aged abont forty-five , a baker at "Wimbledon , died at that place from the effect of injuries received from being run over by a train at the Waudsworthcommon station of the South-Western Railway on the day of the Thanksgiving . It appear that on that evening the deceased left Waterloo station by the seven o ' clock down train for Wimbledon . On the train reaching _Wandsworth-common station , whieh is in a deep cutting , the deceased , and a gentleman named Buckley , who resides at _Xew Kingston , took advantage of tha temporary stoppage of the train to alight . Mr . Buckley first returned to the carriage , and the train had been set in motion , when he observed the deceased , who was a very

    portly man , endeavouring to step on the foot hoard . To enable him to do so , Mr . Buckley hcld out hia hand , which the deceased grasped and held so firmly that , not having effected his footing pn the board or step , he dragged Mi * . Buckley out of the carriage , and that gentleman literally rolled over the deceased on to the platform , at the same time releasing himself from the deceased , who fell between the carriage and platform ; a portion of the carriage passed over his body , and so injured the spine as to produce instant paralysis , which continued until death . Some other portion of the carriage , probably the step , caught the unfortunate man ' s head , both sides of whicli were all but scalped , the skin and hair barely being retained on the skull . Mr . Buckley , as soon as he could recover himself , set about removing the deceased from the line , and with

    further assistance he was carried into the station . Mi * . Howell , sen ., a surgeon at Wandsworth , attended , and Mr . Buckley , who acted throughout the matter with the greatest humanity , proceeded as quickly as possible with the deceased in a fly to Wimbledon , he being propped up by pillows , and perfectly incapable of any action except that of speaking . He was seen the same night by Mr . Fennel ] , who continued to attend him until his death . Escape asd Re-capture of a Cosvict . —Between two and three o clock on Monday afternoon , the guard of a gang of convicts employed under the slip where tlie Brisk steam-vessel is building , at Woolwich Dockyard , discovered that one of the convicts , named Thomas Johnson , was absent

    without leave from his gang , and the intelligence was immediately communicated to thc police . One of the police , on going to the east end of the yard , was informed that a strange-looking man had just been seen to enter the empty house recently occupied by Dr . Suther _, " opposite the sawmills , and on the constable following , he heard the party at the top of the stairs , who proved to be the convict . The latter , rather than be taken , forced an iron bar from the window , and dropped from the parapet , a distance of eighteen feet , into Church-street , and got clear off into

    the town , no person ever imagining thathe was a convict , as he had on a pair of excellent canvass trousers , one of the shipwright's j ackets , which he had taken from the shipwright ' s chest , where it had heen locked up for safety , and a straw hat . The constable could not peril his life in following through the window , hut a strong party of constables being sent into the town with the greatest despatch , police constable 306 It , succeeded in recapturing the convict under a ted in a house , Jfo . -31 , _Montgraniit-square , and in less than an hour from the time he was missing the prisoner was safe on board the Warrior , convict-ship , opposite Woolwich Dockyard .

    _Darisc Highway Robbery . —On Tuesday evening , about six o clock , as a young gentleman , named Conder , was returning fr < _-nk town to his residence at Brixton , he was attacked by three men in an unfrequented path leading from the vitriol _manufactury , on Kcnnington-common , towards _Cambtrwell-green . He was first seized round the throat by one ofthe villains , and then struck on the head with some heavy instrument ; after which they robbed him of a silver double-bottomed watch , maker ' s name , " J . Cot , Geneva , " a gold b * eq' > et-chain and key , and rifled his pockets of tlieir _' contents , which fortunately amounted to a few fhillin _*; s only . The _cowardly ruffians then struck him again , and made off ; though sever ? ly cut , it is hoped the injuries sustained are not ofa serious nature . No clue has as yet beeu obtained to the perpetrators of this outrage ; the

    night being dark " ar . d the assault so sudden , Mr . Conder was unable to distinguish his assailants or to oil for help . The pathway in question is favourable for such an attack , and ought not to be travelled after nightfall , uidos the police keep watch over it . _SnocsixG Occurresce . —On Sunday morning a hog pig , the property of Mr . John Boardman , gardener , Lower-road , Deptford , rubbed open tho stye door and made its way into the parlour , when the animal attacked a male infant , about five months old , lying asleep in the cradle . The cries of the child alarmed Mrs . Boardman , who was in the kitchen adjoining , and with much difficulty she beat off thc beast , winch also bit her severely in the leg . The child was shoekingly lacerated , thc left foot being entirely gnawed off . It is not expected to survive . The animal was at once destroyed .

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    A _TnASKSGivrxG-DAY Robbery . —Information -was received on Friday week ofa robbery , at the house of Mrs . Kay , So . * 2 G , Mill-stvcet , Bank , Leeds . It appeared that Mrs . Kay , accompanied by her daughter , went to chapel on Thursday evening , there being a special service , on account of that day being fixed as one of general humiliation . The house was left untenanted during the time of their absence , and was entered by some vagabond or vagabonds , and thoroughly plundered of everything of value . Mrs . Kay is a widow , having ouly lost her husband a few weeks ago , and the heartless villains who robbed her house have deprived herself , her daughter , and son of nearly all their clothing worth from £ 14 to £ 15 .

    Ax Historical Drama . —It is said to be the intention of the authorities to proceed against Mr . Campbell for performing at Stockton-upon-Tees a theatrical piece , entitled "Rush , or the Stanfield HaU Murder , " wherein all the shocking incidents of that horrible affair are represented , not omitting the disgusting exhibition of the execution . Mr . Campbell had given his word to the magistrates that this piece should not be given , but it Was nevertheless performed . Dental by a Protestant Clergyman of Cnmstias Burial to a Romas Catholic—Thc family

    of John Gully , Esq ., of Ackworth Park , having _rcccuiiy been visited b y a painful bereavement , application was made to Mr . Kenworthy , the clergyman , to have the deceased interred in the churchyard of Aekworth , where a former branch of Ml * . Gully ' s had already heen buried . Permission was given for the interment ( whieh ihe rev . gentleman knew he durst not refuse , ) but the deceased young lady haviug been a Roman Catholic , he would not allow the corpse to be taken within the precincts of the chureh . It was not likely that a high-minded and honourable man like Mr . Gujly would submit to such an insult . What parent , with a heart bleeding

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    under the loss of an amiable child , could endure to have the mark of degradation stamped upon theremains of tliat child , by being denied tho right of Christian burial ? And yet this most undoubtedly would have been the case had the parties been without the means of providing another place of se , ulture . Happily this was not Mr . Gul y * s position and a remedy in his case was at hand , though the circumstances must have cost the mourning family much additional sorrow . Ackworth-park bch )" ' contiguous to the churchyard , a spot was selected as near as possible to the place where the other members ofthe family had been buried ; and this being by a Catholic clergyman set apart as a nlaccofsepiilture , the remains of Miss Gully were _deposited there according to the rites of that church in whose faith she died . The conduct of Mr . Kcnwnrthv needs no comment . Surely such a system

    will soon lack defenders , and will give place to one whoso princip les are more equitable and just . We have no quarrel witli Episcopalianism as such , but wc do object to a church being called national , and being supported by national funds , denying its citizens a rig ht to its privileges . —Leeds Mcreunj . L _VTBODUCTIOX OF CoXVlCTS IN THE ISLE OF PORTlaxd . —A portion ofthe 4 th regiment of foot hurriedly passed through Southampton on their way to tlie convict station at tbe isle of Portland . The insubordinate eonduet of ( the convicts there creates ( treat alarm , and renders a strong military guard necessary . A stronger military guard has been found necessary at _Pavkmwst , in the Isle of "Wi ght , in consequence of the numerous convicts that escape , and the excitement and alarm they cause amongst the inhabitants of tho Isle of Wight .

    Narrow Escape o p Blenheim Palace from Fire . —His Grace the Duke of Marlborough and domestics were aroused from their beds early on the morniug of Friday , the 11 th inst ., by a female servant of that establishment , who , fancying that she smelt something burning , very providentially gave an alarm , when tho muck bin at the back * of the stables was discovered in flames . The fire engine was quickly brought to bear , and with a good supp ly of water the fire was soon extinguished . Upon an examination of the muck bin the fire was discovered to have commenced nearly at the bottom , and it was found to have been occasioned by spontaneous combustion , caused by the gardener , who had very inconsiderately placed the green grass , the produce of one of the lawns , which had just been mown , and which amounted to nearly cart-load full , into the bin , when the new dung from the stables , being placed there daily , caused it to ignite .

    — ° - . , I , T . 11 Esforcixg a Toon ' s Rate . —At the Brockley Petty Sessions last week , Thomas Monday , labourer , of "Whitfield , was summoned for a poor ' s rate , amounting to ninepence-halfpenny _, made in June last . He said he could not pay . He was informed thafc'the magistrates eould not of themselves excuse , and that as the rate was pressed for they were obliged to issue a distress , but that the defendant had better save the expenses by paying . Ho still said he could not pay . Under these circumstances a distress warrant was issued , and Monday was

    given to understand that i f his goods did not pay the expenses , he would be liable to be sent to prison . Death of Mn . Buuge _, late Bankruptcy _Commissioner . —We have received intelligence ofthe death of Mr . Burge , late a commissioner in tho Leeds Bankruptcy Court . It will be remembered that two or three years ago Mr . Burge was p laced in York Castle at the suit of some of his creditors . He was at the time largely involved in debt , and we believe , though he made several applications for release as an insolvent debtor , he remaided a prisoner in the castle until hi 3 death . —Daily Paper ,

    The Ocean Mail Steamer Hermann arrived at Southampton from Bremen on Sunday . . Among her passengers were several Hungarian refugees . An Undergraduate Accidentally Drowned at Cambridge . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at _Jfewnham , before Mr . D . King , coroner for tho borough of Cambridge , on the body of Mr . William Gunning , son ofthe _Itev . "William Gunning , Prebendary of Wells and Vicar of Stowey , who was accidentally drowned the same afternoon , in the Cam . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased engaged " a funny" in the afternoon , and was rowing short distances up the stream , between a

    place known as Hawes ' s Island and to a point wnere there is a chain passed across the river , to prevent persons trespassing on the water the property of the late Colonel Pemberton . On thc last of these courses it is presumed the boat came athwart tho chain and capsised , when the deceased was immersed in ten feet water . An immediate alarm having been given , consequent upon his cries for assistance , his body was shortly recovered , but on heing conveyed to the shore , where tho usual moans of resuscitation wcre employed , life was found to he extinct . Verdict— " Drowned by the ' upsetting ofa boat . "

    Alleged Embezzlement ai me "Diss Bank . — Last week B . T . Kix , and IT . Senior were fully committed for trial , the former individual on tho charge of having stolen £ S _00 alleged to have been remitted by him to tbe Botesdale branch , but at which establishment its receipt was repudiated , and the latter for general misappropriation of the funds of the bank , the actual amount as yet unascertained , but already proved to be sufficiently large and conclusive as against the accused . to warrant his committal . It was stated to the mag istrates that the books of tho bank were undergoing a thorough investigation by an accountant , ana that daily falsifications of the accounts to a large amount were being revealed .

    Incendiary Fire at Long Ashton , Somerset . — Considerable excitement and alarm was produced in the village of Long Ashton , in consequence of a daring act of incendiarism committed during the night of Saturday last on the premises of Mr . Thomas Jolliflv , an extensive farmer and grazier . At about eleven o clock that night the fire was first discovered in a cm rick , aud , an immediate alarm being given , the farm servants _awd a number ofthe inhabitants of the village crowded to the spot , and used all the exertions in their power to arrest the progress of the fire . Some fire engines were also brought out from the neighbouring city , Bristol , but the combined efforts proved unable to subdue the firo until two grain ricks , estimated at the value of about £ 100 - - — _« .. it

    _" . were completely destroyed . The farm buildings were saved with difficulty . The . police are exerting themselves iu order if possible to discover the parties by whom the outrage was perpetrated , and the occurrence has given rise to a good deal of consternation and alarm , as some few days before Mr . Jolliffe iiad an outhouse destroyed in a similar way . Mysterious Disappearance . — A gentleman named Quick arrived at Plymouth about the 20 th of October last , and took lodgings at llarvie ' s Naval Hotel , Barbican , Plymouth , intending to await the arrival of the emigrant ship Stratheden , Mr F . Farmer , commander , on _roard of whicli ship he was engaged as surgeon . On the 5 th instant , it appears , he _q- 'itted the lodging house without leaving word - * - - - ¦ .. i . tc

    where he was going , and has not been since heard of . The fact of tho whole of his luggage having been leftat the Inn shows that he did not intend to leave the neighbourhood , and great fears are entertained that some ill fate which time may possibly disclose has befallen him . Sear ch bas been made in this locality , but no tidings has yet been gained of him . The ship Stratheden arrived at this port in due course , and after waiting some time for the missing gentleman , procured another surgeon , and sailed for her destination on the 12 th instant . Mr . Quick is described as being about forly . four years of age ; his appearance , however , indicated liis being beyond fifty , of middle _itntnre , dark complexion , rather sallow , and grey hair . He had resided some years since in London , hut was not a native of that city .

    Liverpool , Saturday , Nov . 17 th . —Robbery axd pkesumed Murder . — At the police office a case was inquired into before the magistrates which excited considerable interest , on account of its supposed connexion with the df ath of an unfortunate man who a few days ago was found drowned in the Mersey , near New Brighton . Mary Ball was charged with being concerned in a robbery of £ 85 from tlie deceased . Suspicion of the robbery was first awakened in the following singular manner : —Fro m the Statements of the witnesses it appeared that , on Friday night week , I _' once-officer Tuck was in Castle-street , when he met the prisoner , who beckoned him up Sweeting-street and asked him if she might trust him , as she had something to say . He replied that she

    might , and she then related a storr as to her husband having left her for three months aud returned , but . that he had again gone aw : iy , and she would communicate all she knew . She then proceeded to say that herself aud her husband lived in Redcross-street , and on Tuc-day night a gentleman came there whom he robbed of £ 85 in notes . Her husband had taken £ fa' 0 and given her £ 5 . She requested Tuck to get tbe £ 5 note , a note of the Leeds bank , changed for her , and he was to say nothing about it . Under these circumstances she was brought fo the police office , and , as no report of robbery was to be found in the police books , her story was at the time disbelieved . On further inquiry by the superintendent of police it was ascertained that , on Tuesday night , a man had been booked for safety who gave the name of John Richardson , and who made a complaint of haviliE

    been robbed . Ibe man was found by Inspector Bibby , on Tuesday _niuht , in the tap-room of a hou < c in Redcross-street where the prisoners lived . He was quite drunk . The inspector was unable to elicit anything satisfactory Irom him at that time as to the robbery ; aud though he made inquiries at several daces , he was unsuccessful in obtaining the slightest information connected with the circumstances The man was subsequently discharged from custody ou the Wednesday and it was not afterwards known what became of _Inni . Mr . _Supermtetident Clough , having obtained a clue tliat the man ' s friends lived a a place near Leeds , wrote to ascertain whether lie had returned and received an answer to the effect that he left home on the 30 th of October st , _Sr drawing from £ 130 to £ . 150 from the Leeds hint since which time they had heard _SflftK

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    nffiner Tuck was then directed to make further ln-X the result of which was , that the man found f _^ Tft ? to ago at New Brighton answered S _dscn ' s AL exactly A brother-in-law _„ f ? he deceased identified the clothes which were nroduced in court by officer Tuck as those which the Eased wore when he left home , and he had no St , _tothe _Ascription given to . hiro of bis per-, i _flnnearance . that he was h s relative Richardson . _ffteKbSSM _i » Leeds local notes when he left home , but he ( the witness ) could not identify any ot , _'*»« , _ftaoneared that the note found onthe _S was _^ no e of ? h « Leeds Bank . Mr Clough SS St at the inquest the foreman of the jury SS an opinion that there had been some tout aeaui oi ™

    nlav in re erence to me _mcu » _, u , _..-.,..-fl _e o was no direct evidence a vmhcfc of Found drowned " was returned . The body was interred n the burial ground of Wallasey Church . The only article found on tlie deceased was a key . He had no money about him . Mr . Clough stated tbat the place EVderos Mtreet , which was a tap-room , had been et tothe p risoner ' s husband , who engaged it on the iw before the alleged robbery . On Wednesday , the da v after the robbery , the prisoner ' s husband left her and went to the neighbourhood of Wallasey , near where the body of the deceased was found . The prisoner afterwar ds sent her brother to look after hun , hut he returned without being able to trace him . Mr . Rushton ordered the prisoner to be remanded . — 1 he second inquest was held on Wednesday last , about noon , at the Cheshire Cheese , Wallasey , belore Mr . Churton , the county coroner . A sister of the deceased , from Leeds , who had seen the body when it was exhumed on the previous day , gave distinct

    evidence as to identity . _^ The body presented no appearance of decomposition , and omitted no offensive effluvium , verifying the fact that the deceased had been only a very short time in the water . Witness said that she knew that the deceased ( George Richardson ) had drawn from the Leeds Bauk £ 150 , before he left that locality ; and that , in addition to this sum , he had taken with him about £ 15 to £ 18 , which he had before in hand . She added , that lie was by trade a " cloth-drawer , " andthathe was only 29 years of age ; and further , that his object in going to Liverpool was to endeavour to possess himself of a public-house on his own account . Witness also stated that he had ever at home been a very steady and sober man . One of the witnesses , a lad , said that on the day previous to the bodjr being found ( Saturday ) he saw deceased at New Brighton endeavouring to _iumn u pon Wilkinson ' s omnibus ,

    then proceeding towards Seacombe . He appeared then to be much excited , and tbe lad remarked to the driver ( his father ) that "the man must be crazy . " The only medical geutleman examined at this second inquest was Mr . Hodson , surgeon , Egremont , and liis evidence went to the effect that there was great congestion of the brain , and that the lungs were much suffused with blood—a condition alwavs consequent upon persons in previous health sinking and being suffocated in water . The coroner inquired whether the administration of any poisonous matter , or narcotic , such as opium , would not produce congestion of the brain ? The surgeon s reply wasthat it wouldbut it would not have the

    , , same effect upon the lungs as that shown in the deceased . He added , that the wounds on the skin of the head were probably caused merely by the skull striking , while floating on the shore , against the rocks or stones . Nothing had been elicited from an examination of the contents of the stomach . The jury came to a decision by bringing in a verdict ( as in tho previous inquest ) of " Found drowned . ' Ball having absconded , thee natural inference is , that he has made his escape from the country with the money ; and that deceased ' s mind was wandering , from the loss of his money and the effect of unaccustomed drink , and that he finally put a period to his existence by drowning himself . —Liverpool

    Courier . _Further Insubordination in the Third Dragoon Guards . — The insubordination which has lately manifested itself at Nottingham Barracks amongst the privates ofthe 3 rd Dragoon Guards , has infected the troop ofthe same regiment quartered at Loughborough , a town containing about eleven thousand inhabitants , fourteen miles from Nottingham . The troop wbich is at the present time stationed there is under the command of Captain _Brousrhton , and wasreraoved from Nottingham to Loughborough about two months ago . The facts connected with this last outbreak are as follows : —On Wednesday tho 15 th instant , an order was received from the colonel ofthe reg iment ( General Cathcart ) to the effect that the men in future should be commanded to return fo barracks at twenty minutes past eight , instead of at nine o clock , being in fact the same

    time that the infantry return , except on pass , the cavalry regiments _beins allowed the extra time in consequence of their _having to attend the evening stable duty . On the first night after the order , the whole of the troop , with the exception of about a dozen , disobeyed the injunction , and did not return to barracks until nine o ' clock . Three of the more refractory absented themselves until later , and were made prisoners and confined in the guard-room . Early on the following morning in consequence , it is said , of tlie prisoners fearing thoir crime would warrant their trial by a court-martial , the whole three determined to make their escape , which they did by knocking down the corporal on guard at the time , and also the sentry , who disputed their passage . As soon as this was reported to the officer in command , he immediately sent after them a piquet , who for several hours scoured the neighbouring villages . In

    the afcernoon the insubTdinates were discovered at _the-village of Shcepshed , a densely-populated district three miles from Loughborough , where they surrendered at discretion . They were instanty conveyed back to their quarters . The men were without their caps and jacket *? . This occurred on Friday , on which day Colonel Arthur was at Loughborough . On Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , the thvee prisoners , Privates Vincent , _Westlinll , and Cammoii _, were taken by Sergeant Carey , and a party of the

    3 rd to Nottingham barracks , where they now remain confined . The sentences of William Butterworth , Edward Ball , and Robert Knox have not yet been affirmed at the Horse Guards . The other offenders connected with the late insubordination , John Turner , John Holmes , Alfred John Ellis , Edward Smithson , Robert Reuben Pearce , Charles Peters , and John Wall , who were sentenced to hard labour , wore conveyed a few days ago to Weedon barracks , there to undergo their various terms of imprisonment _.

    Exculpation of a Railway Clerk from a Charge op Fraud . —A young man of highly respectable appearance , named _Broadbent , a clerk of the Salford station of the East Lancashire Railway Comp-ny , was charged before the Salford magistrates on Monday , with attempting to defraud the company of a small amount of money , thc substance of the charge being that the defendant had retained in his hands ( an excess of fare paid to another clerk by a passenger ) , without entering it in the company ' s books or otherwise accounting for it . The charge was supported by Mr . Hocking , the general manager for the company , aud was pressed with somewhat of severity , since tlie case could not be called one of embezzlement or of absolute fraud , as in cases of this Uind where an amount of money over the checks is

    observable , a memorandum Is generally made , though it is not entered in thc company ' s books , and the money is generally voted to a benevolent fund ; but in all cases where money is deficient , the clerk is held responsible for such deficiency . Mr Trafford , the stipendiary magistrate , displayed a good deal of generous warmth on the occasion . He said there was not the least evidence to prove that tlie money ever found its way _in-o the defendant ' s pocket ; that lie was not near at thc moment it was paid , and that ' there was no evidence to show that he did not intend to return it to the passenger before mentioned on the first occasion hc mi ght meet with him . The Mayor of Salford , who , with Mr .-Trafford , was on the _bendi , expressed , as his opinion , that it was

    nnnecessa-ily severe on the part of the company thus to bring forward such a case with such evidence , and to attempt to ruin a man for life by fixing the stigma of crime upon him when the charge was so totally unsupported . Mr . Broadbent , the defendant , was most honourably acquitted , and retired from the court amidst the congratulations of his friends . _Tnji Appearance op a _Mskmaid in Durham . —At thc Bishop __ Auckland Police Court recently , John Davis , stating himself to have been up to a short period attached to Batty ' s Equestrian Company , hut now out of employment , was chars cd . by

    P . C . Crnggs with imposing upon her Majesty ' s liege subjects , at Willington on the previbus day , by ex-Whiting a figure termed a "Mermaid" for the " small charge of one penny . " On examination the head consisted of a turnip , apparently fresh pulled and the body stuffed with cotton rars , aud the whole covered with a skin , with a most hideous looking face . The bench proposed that the " curiosity " should be burnt , to which John very-coolly consented , m case they were convinced on dissection that it reall y was not a mermaid ! The bench ordered him to be committed to the House of Correction for fourteen davs .

    • Ihe Wreckers on the Essex Coast . —Conviction of Twenty-seven SMACKSMEN .-On ftionday the magistrates tor the Tendring Hundred ot lissex were engaged during the greater part Of the day in tlie hearing of a case against no less than twenty-seven _smaeksmen and stone-dredgers , belonging to the ports of Colchester and Hawick , for un . lawlully boarding the brig Fleece , of Arbroath . Scotland , lately wrecked on thc Essex coast , when in the charge of parties employed by tlio master , and forcibly taking possession of thc cargo , with the view of ob " - ft" ? . !• a £ i T , « 8 Hme _* -Mr Clarkson , the baribtei . conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Aliance Marine Insurance _Company ; and Mr . Rodwell barrister ,, appeared _forthe defcndants .-Mr . Uarkson having stated the case , a number of witnesses were examined , by whose evidence the follow _MV _& h n 7 ? ' 0 _J , ~ ° n" the ni _* ht of Saturday , he Gth ; October , the brig Fleece , while on her voyage _nTtal ( I T _t _? hml ?> * ith a cai _* ° * hemp _Zt _o a' w md tla ! _£ e b > ' striki » g o « the Gunfleet _Saud , but was assisted off , and in cndeavoSin-

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    to make Harwick she filled , and sunk on the flat of the Naze , off Walton , but in such a position as only to be covered at high water . After the cap tain had engaged the hands of three or four crews to assist in working out the cartro , a number of others app lied for , but were refused , employment ; and some ofthe defendents were pointed out as among the number . In consequence of the continued violence of the weather very little could be doue on the Monday , but in the evening the wind moder ; 'led , and during the night the wreck was completely surrounded by fishing smacks and store-boats , the crews of which , in spite of the warnings of the men in _t-harge , and the subsequent order of the master to desist , crowded on board to the number of nearly 150 , and in thc most lawless manner cut away the rigging , br « ke up the decks , and literally _scrambled for the cargo , so as completely to put a stop to the measures which had been com-....... . ., , . p

    menced for lightening thc vessel and getting her afloat ; and which , it was the opinion of the most experienced witnesses , would otherwise have been successful , instead of her becoming a complete wreck , as was eventually the case . —After hearing Mr . Rcdwell in defence , the Bench decided to convict all the parties—four who were proved to have been previously cautioned , in penalties of £ 4 and the remainder' 40 s . each , or in default imprisonment for one or two mvnths respectively , the chairman remarking that but for an impression which appeared to prevail that they had a right to act as they did , much heavier punishment would have been inflicted—Mr . Clarkson remarked that the parties for whom he appeared had no vindictive object , but merely desired to put down a system of lawless violence which bad for some time prevailed , and he was sure the decision of the Bench would be of considerable benefit to all those who might in future meet with disasters on this coast _.

    _Mobder of a Game _Watcheh . —A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the remote and wild district of Bewcastle , on the borders between Scotland and East Cumberland . Thomas Davidson , the victim , had been for many years a game watcher for Sir James Graham . On the Sth inst ., the deceased went liis usual beat upon the hills , but not returning , considerable alarm was felt , and an active search made , the body , however , was not discovered until the 11 th inst ., when it presented the appearance of strangulation . Suspicion immediately fixed upon Joseph Hogg , oneofthe prisoners , a notorious poacher in the district , who had , about a fortnight ago , been fined on tho evidence of the deceased . On that occasion he threatened deceased . The

    father ofthe accused is now in gaol , undergoing imprisonment for poaching , also upon the evidence of the deceased . On Monday at the investigation before Mr . Carrick , the coroner , it was shown that the prisoners , Joseph . Hogg , Nichol Hogg , alias John Nichol , and Andrew Turnbull , had been seen together several times during the week , and had been out poaching in the neig _hbourhood where deceased was found on the day he was murdered . After the investigation had proceeded several hours on the second day , Andrew Turnbull expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr . Sabbage , the superintendant of police , and which was to tho following effect He and the prisoners , Joseph Hogg , Nichol Hogg , alias John Nichol , had gone out together poaching on the morning of the day of the murder , and they then agreed that if they met the deceased they would Ml him . After shooting the whole day ,

    they were on their return home at night , when the deceased saw and chased them about 100 yards . Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then turned round upon and seized the deceased , and strangled him , but he , Turnbull , ran away , and left tho other two prisoners , and was thus unable to give further particulars . The last that he saw was Hogg and the deceased falling down together . Tbe prisoner , Joseph Hogg , had a scratch over his upper lip , and a pair of breeches of his were produced hearing a mark of blood upon the knee . The inquest was then adjourned for further evidence until the 20 th inst ., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle gaol during tho interval . Melancholy Catastrophe at Louth . — Five Lives Lost . —About three o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last the inhabitants of this borough were thrown into a state of considerable alarm and

    consternation by a terrific explosion ef combustibles , on the premises of Mr . W . Armitage , chemist and druggist , of the Fish Shambles . About two years a » o , that gentleman , who was a member ofthe town council , highly respected by his fellow townsmen , and possessed of high scientific attainments as a practical chemist and pyrotechnist , invented a valuable explosive railway signal , for the purpose of indicating any danger that might arise on a railway line , and having received orders of late from several companies for a considerable number , was engaged on the afternoon _above-mentioned in the manufacture of them . The place in which this was carried on was a warehouse immediately over the kitchen , which stood detached a few feet from the dwelling-house ,

    and Mr . Armitage , bis father , Mr . Thomas D . Armitage , a youth named Stephen Evans ( the son ofa neighbour , ) and Mary Jane Evans , his sister , were employed . In the kitchen below were Eliza Wilson , Mr . Armitage _' s housekeeper , and a servant . When Mr . W . Armitage entered , and opened tho door of an iron oven to take out some paste of a combustible nature , of whicli the signals are mado , and which had been placed there to bake or dry , from some cause or other it exploded with a terrific report , igniting the combustibles in the warehouse above , reducing the whole building to a heap of ruins , and burying the above named persons under the burning mass , with the exception of the servant maid , Roberts , who miraculously escaped through a window , who , with a

    little boy of Mr . Armitagos in her arms , sustained little injury except from fright . The asssistance of the police , with their superintendent , Mr . Tacey , and one of the fire engines attached to the force , were promptly procured ; the fire being extinguished , operations commenced , with the assistance ofa great numbet * of the inhabitants , for the removal of the ruins and extrication of the sufferers . The first who was got out was Eliza Wilson , the housekeeper , alive , but her legs being so crushed and her body having sustained so much injury from burns and bruises , that she gradually sunk and died about three hours afterwards . The youth Evans , was then taken out , and survived but a very

    short time , The other three , Mr . Armitage , his father , and the girl Evans , were quickly and successively extricated , but were quite dead . All the poor sufferers presented a most horrible spectacle , _beins charred by the fire and mutilated by the fall of the building , almost beyond possibility of recognition , except from their dress , or that portion of it which remained unburned . Too much praise cannot be awarded to the inhabitants , of all classes , who assisted in extinguishing the fire and removing the ruins , reckless of the danger around them arising from the explosion , at intervals , of rockets , signals , and combustibles , by whieh they were surrounded . — Lincolnshire Times .

    I 1 iGuwAvRoBi-. i--RY .-On the 16 th inst . as John Aidndge , who is a watcher for'George Lister , Esq ., of _Ousefieet Grange , was returning from Goole lo Adlingfleet , about six o ' clock in the evening , he was met by a man , who inquired the road to Goole . Aldridgc gave him the necessary information , and was turning to-pursue his journey , when the fellow who had accosted him dealt him a blow on 'he head which almost staggered him , hut _beina a powerful man he immediatel y returned the compliment , and knocked the rascal down . A struggle then ensued — ii wiau &

    , I ... I 411-1 1 . _oo * - " « . M , but A dndge proved too many for his man , and would have succeeded in taking him had not some _accomplices , who were concealed behind a _hedsre , come to his assistance , The ruffians foil upon poor Aidndge with staves , and beat him most unmercifully , in lact , to such an extent did they earrv their brutality , as to render him almost insensible . ' They then rifled Ins pockets , and took therefrom the sum of £ i 16 s ., with which they decamped , and we are sorry to say tliat the villains have hitherto escaped detection .

    Juvenile Delinquency . —A female child of onl y nine years of ago was charged at the Liverpool Police-court , on Saturday last with having dexterously picked thc pocket of a lady in St . John ' s Market , a second offence of the same kind ! The mother was in court , and seemed distressed at such conduct in licr child , whom ( she s : \ id ) she sent to school daily , and to a place of worshi p on Sunday , so that she could only account for such crime by hor contact with bad company . Mr . Rushton could not hel p thinking that the offender was not strictly looked after ; but after strongly admonishing the mother ordered the child to bo given up to her , so that she might yet endeavour to reclaim her . Fatal Railway Accidest . —On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred on tho Manchester and Sheffield line of railway . Shortl y after twelve o ' clock a train , consistintr of seven _lwffasre wnrr

    gons _, stopped at Guide bridge station , on its way from Ashton to _Manohestev . After waiting a few minutes the train was again put in motion , when tho guard , a young man named Jackson , aged nineteen years , perceived tliat a box , which should have boon left at the station , had not been removed from one of the carriages , and tho signal was made for the engineer to stop . In the mean time Jackson was lifting the box off tho carriage , and had nearl y succeeded in landing' it safe on the platform , when the engineer hacked thc train , and tllO _imlOl'fcunato man was thrown off his foot and fell under a wheel , which passed over him and cut off his left arm and left log . He was removed to thn t _** av _* i T .. fi .. _™« . "

    _, a Manchester b y tho same train were _voZ EX 2 _hTlT- 01 , i 3 / _njuvics ' £ < k 5 K <\? _1 & _. 1 " 1 ( 1 UCS _, t was hcld ° » tho body bv Mi . Ilerford , coroner for the bovoudi of _fianthSEcUh ? M dnSr iUUl a VCnIict _™ _A-etun . So the ettect that the occurrence was accidental 1 ' _OTRAORDiNAiiY Intemi > eiunce . _ 6 _, i Saturday _w'if w h _UeKent rc , ad _bracks , Manchester _* . nc witnUo companions to spend the cveninKat tl . _mTSitw * * fag eIMw | _takfi _S n S , _ZrilV ? _, T ' " _™ n _£ and 5 n thc courae <> _aveiyslioit time they drorfk amongst them three Pin j of nea rum , and thc effect up on _Alfen _. _wS nd taken alarge portion of it , and who was a to _g ether unaccustomed to ex ceSshe drinking , _JJSS SS

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    reaching the open air he fell down as though completely deprived of life . He was taken in a cab and lodged in thc guard-room , where he soon afterwards began to rave dkc a madman . He was afterwards taken to the hospital of the regiment , but he died from the effects of the liquor on Sunday afternoon , At an inquest held on Tuesday by Mr . Ilerford , the jury returned a verdict of " Died from _excessive drinking , " Brutal _Munnsn ok a Female . —On luesday 3 ii \ Weatherhcad , tho coroner , resumed fov the fourth time an inquest at Tweedmouth , concerning tho death of a female named Elizabeth Anderson , who is supposed to have been brutally murdered by being thrown into a deep quarry opposite tho Tweed-,, _* _Mi > rA > ' , ntr thit _nnon nir hn fell down as _thnuph /> _.- » ,

    mouth station of the York , _Newcastle , and He-nricfc Railway . The deceased was a married woman , and up ' to last Monday fortnight had been residing at her son ' s house at Coldstream . On that day , it appears , she left for the purpose of proceeding to Belford in quest of her husband , who had formed an acquaintance with a female with whom she suspected he was living . Nothing was heard of her till the following Saturday morning , when her mangled remains wcre discovered by some boys lying _,-it the bottom of tbe quarry above alluded to . Mr . Itcid , the officer who was called by the inhabitants to take charge of tho bodv of the deceased when found , snid

    her head was covered up in a shawl , wliich was pinned closely under her chin . On removing it , and seeing the blood and wounds on hor head , ho waa particular in examining thc shawl , to discover the corresponding cuts , but could not detect any . No money whatever was found in her pockets , or about hor person . It further appeared that about halfpast seven o ' clock the previous night ( Friday ) she was seen at the Railway Inn , apparently waiting for the arrival of thc train south , where sho met with two men , whom she drank with . One of them hearing she was going hy the train offered to sea her to the station , which she declined ; however , oa her quitting the inn they left , and shortly afterwards cries for assistance were hoard by several

    witnesses near the quarry . Ihese men were called by the coroner , but they denied all knowledge of tho woman after quitting the Railway Inn . The coroner again adjourned the inquiry for further evidence in order that the police might collect every fact connected with this mysterious ease . Important to Members of TnE Yeomanry Catalrt _, — The Wolverhampton Chronicle reports that at the petty sessions last week , Mr . Robert Seal , of the Dubley troop of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry , attended in support of a charge against Mr . Ilenrj Knight , of refusing to deliver up certain accoutrements belonging to that troop , of , wbich Mr . _Koight bad been a member . The articles were valued at £ 4 10 s . lOd . in double which sum ,

    together with a fine of JS 10 , the defendant was convicted . A similar charge was also made against Mr . Joseph Parish , the accoutrements in which case were valued at £ 1 15 s . 8 d . Mr . Parish was likewise convicted in double the value , _wi'h jBIO fine . The amounts were ordered to be levied by distress . Borial of Dissenters in Consecrated Ground . —The Archbishop of Canterbury has recently been applied to by a dissenter , who complained of the conduct of a clergyman , the Rev . J . M , Randall , curate of Rowestoft , for refusing to bury the children of dissenters , on the ground of their being unbaptiaed . The following is his Grace ' s answer . — ' In reply to your letter , I write to say , that the curate of your parish is obliged to bury with the usual

    forms the corpse of a dissenter , provided the church service be not objected to . The only exception is in the case of _persons dying unbaptized . These the Rubric expressly excludes ; and the Rubric differs from the canons in being established by act of parliament , sothat a clergyman is under the necessity of conforming to it . I agree with you in the opinion that when the non-baptism is not notorious and patent , as it is in the case of baptist children , no curious inquiry should be made . A clergyman maybe indicted for violation ofthe canons ; but the earlier ones to which you allude are superseded by the Toleration Act . "—Cambridge Independent Press .

    Serious Occurrence at Britannia Bridge . — A mishap of a very serious kind has occurred this week connected with the operation of lowering the great hydraulic machine from the summit of the pier . The capstan gang , nine or ten in number , seized with a panic , suffered themselves to be overpowered ; and the consequence was most serious injury to two of the men—one being dreadfully bruised about the . head , the other having sustained compound fracture ofthe thigh . The tide being favourable , the poor fellows were taken in a boat to Carnarvon hospital . The press went to the bottom , and will have to be fished up again .

    Manslaughter by _' a Pauper . —A _distnrbatifie , which was attended with serious results , occurred on Monday at Clifton Workhouse , near Bristol . As the paupers were partaking of tlieir meals a dispute arose between two of them named Samuel Roach and James Jones , owing to Jones snatching Roach ' s can of tea out of his hands ; upon wbich Roach started up , and forcibly regaining possession of the can threw the contents of it in Jones ' s fac 3 . This so aggravated Jones , who has always bovne the _character of being a very ill-tempered man , that , espying a long-handled

    brush at the other end ofthe room , he ran and caught hold of it , and with the butt-end dealt Roach a violent blow on the back of the head , fracturing the skull in a most frightful manner . The poor fellow lingered till the next morniug , when he died . An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday , afternoon at thc workhouse , before Mr . W . Joyiier Ellis , coroner , wben evidence of the above facts having been adduced , thejury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter , " and Junes accordingly was committed ( ox trial on the coroner ' s warrant ,

    Steam Tug Borneo at Mauypobt . — About half . past two 0 ' clnck on Tuesday afternoon , a volume of dense smoke was observed to burst out from the decks of the steam-tug Rambler , then ly i ng in the harbour . The tide was out at thc time , ' the _master and the engineers having completed their morning ' s work had gone to dinner . In a few minutes , several parties interested in the vessel were assembled , and soon ascertained that she was on fire ; no time was lost in getting thc town ' s engine down into the bed of tlie river , worked bv an efficient body of carpenters ; and , by the aid ' of shinmasters and other volunteers , in an hour the fire was entirely subdued . The damage done \ v ;> s not so great as might have been anticipated , being con " fined to the cabin and after-part of the vessel , and differing Irom the case at Workington , in being beyond any doubt entirely accidental , having arisen from a spark communicating to the patent felt _surrounding the boiler .

    Death op Charles Goring , _Esa-, M . P . —Tho mournful mtclli gence reached us on Monday that at _half-pa-t nine o ' _clock on the preceding _evenins this gentleman breathed his last , at Whloil _Ilouse . ih * . _Goi-in" -, who had married so recently as September last , had been more or less _indisposed for s . _* me months , which caused the postponement of the nuptials . A foitni ghtagohis illness assumed a more serious sspect , ultimatvl y taking the character of typhus fever , under which he sank on _Sundavevenim , as already stated . Mr . Goring sat for the borough of Shoreham and rape of Bwmbor ever since 1 S 11 , and his death causes a vacancy in Ihe _rcpi-eseutation . —i ) Vi ( _/ / imn Guardian .

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    Fire at Dalkeith Palace . —On Friday , the lCth inst , a bedroom in one of the attics oi' Dalkeith Palace , the residence of tho Duke of _Bticcleuch , was tliscovered to be on fire . A fire-engine belonging to the palace , and one from Dalkeith , were promptly brought into requisition ; and as they were most efficiently worked , and well supplied with water , the flames were extinguished before they had time w extend beyond the apartment iii which the fire originated . Tiic damage dime is consequently n » t very great . The casualty is said to have arisen from some plumbers , who were employed in repairing the palace , inadvertently leaving a portable stove on the roof when they went to dinner , the heat from which is supposed to " have welted the leaden * wf , ami set fire to the _woodwork above the bedroom wliich was burned . —Scotsman .

    An Attempt to defeat inn Electric Tele * graph . —One day last week Mr . Moxey , tho superintendent of thc Edinburgh police , received information from _Newcastle , by means of tlie electric telegraph , of thc flight of a man from that place by the seven o ' clock train for Edinburgh , carrying ; with him the sum of £ 04 , the property of his cm- ployer . Measures were adopted for his apprehen- - sionon the ai rival of thc train , but it was found I that the party had left the train at a station somo 3 miles eastward of Edinburgh , upon the shrewd con- * jecture , no doubt , that the tele graph would be put 6

    1 _rec _* UlS _* . ttOn to announce- his delinquency and d flight . Mi * . Moxey immediately put himself iii com- iinumcation with the authorities of such towns as is he considered it likely that the man would visit , and id on Saturday last he received information from Mr . r . Barclay , superintendent of tho Aberdeen police , e , to whom notice had beon sent , that the party in ia question had been apprehended in that town the he preceding day , with _IW ofthe money in his pos- _dssession . Fire in Glasgow .-Shortly before nine o ' clock ck on Monday night , afire broke out in the shop of Mr . Ir . Rutherglen , bookbinder and _stationer , situa ; ec at the : he back buildings of 2 b , Queen-street . The West of of England and City lire brigades were soon on the the ground , and . b y their efficient operations , _succeeded -led m checking the flames before they had lime to spread , ail . I * rom the combustible nature of tlie materials con- iontamed in the shop , however , a verv lar _« re nuantitv of v of

    them has been destroyed , and the damage in this re- ; respect must be considerable , lt is understood the loss loss i is only partiall y recovered by insurance . Explosios of Gas . —On the same evening , about bout ; seven o clock , an explosion of gas tuolc place in iho _, tho _wew . _VennoJ _, wliich , at first , occasioned considera _biarabia l alarm . It is not known how the gas ignited ; but , _W- >» on a sudden , thr * . noise of thc explosion was hearuVard _, and about twenty-live yards of foot pavement , in _suin ana

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24111849/page/6/