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      ing is an extract ot a letter in the mw York Tribune , from an officer on board the United States / ship Albany : — "As from the deck , with my glass , I swept over the city of Vera Cruz , its environs , and the stronghold which covers it—mid to be . impregnable to the combined fleets of the earth—it was with a rather BeriouB feeling that my eyoa rested upon this grim , grizzly pile , barbed and bristling with its hundreds of cannon . The question at once arises , can it be taken ? Shall we ever see our fleet moving up over the expanse before me to attack it ? 1 doubt it very macb . Certainly not , with any , force we have , or have had here . Let people prate . as much at home as they please about it . It' ever it is done ,

      it will be by a tremendous array of cannon , and a most awiul loss of life . The castle of Vera Cruz is no more what it was when the French carried it , than you are now to what you were when a nursling in your mother ' s arms . Then there were no guns above the calibre of 21-pounds , and but few oiYthem moat miserably served . The magazines , una ' tched , were not bomb proof . .. The powder : was of such an inferior character that hot a shot penetrated the side of a French ship , but at the close of the engagement were stuck about- the sides of the shipping like so many balls of mud ; and in' addition to all this the commanding officer , having been instructed not to fire the first gun , permitted the French squadron to come up and take its position as quietly as though

      mooring to pass the winter season ., Now let . , us see what a change time and a severe lesson have effected in this castie . ' 1 "hero are at present mounted within its periphery nearly 300 isaiTnon , and . these are all 32 ' a , 42 ' s , arid 8 and 10 inch Paixha-. s , there being a Very large number of the latter ; and wherever it has been possible to train a ' gun upon the channel' of approach , they are planted en'barlette , so that a fleet moving up to the attack , must be exposed- to a concentrated fire off 0 cannon , over a distance of two miles , before it can get into a position to return a single shot . The castle of San Juan fronts the city at a distance of about 3 8 ths of a mile , and is supported by a water battery , at the north-west angle of the town , of fifty 32 and 42 pound guns—ail of which would pour _ their vollies on the squadron pnssing un , bows on , from the . moment it arrived within

      range of the shot until its anchors were down , with springs upon the cables , within the reach of musket shot . Judge then what a force would be required for any promise of success , and at what an immense sacrifice it would be accomplished , if at all . The garrison at ( his moment is composed of 2 , 000 men . In the event of an attack they would , with'the most perfect safety , retire within the casemates ( which are as impervious to shot as the sides of Mount Orizaba , until the ammunition of the assailing force was expended , when they would return to their guns and sweep the waters before them with the most terrific , destructive effect . The officer commanding the castle lately sent official word 'that if the commodore would bring his fleet up , he might fire until theie was neta shot left in the locker , and he would promise him not to return a gunI until he was done firing . '"

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      ' ' " ^ - ¦ ^ -r nun- i -U WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT'S HIP--ONE iflUNDRED AND SJXTJ . FlVEJLIVES , LOST . , '¦ : r-Wr ' - - ' ;¦?¦ ** : - ~ : ¦ % ;¦* . ' ; Accounts from Scotland report tne shipwreck Gf the brig Exmbuth , -which'had on board about one hundied and seventy persons , nearlj all Irish emigrants , every soul of whom , except three of the crew , were lost . It appears that she sailed from Londonderry on Monday , the 26 th ult « , and was soon after caught in the storm which raged : with-great violence on the Scotch and Irish coasts . In ' the course , of ' a succetsPon of gales and squalSs , every . stitchofeanvas was blown away ^ and after Having been buffeted about , the vessel became unmanageable , and atr half-past twelve on Wednesday last , waYdriveh amongst the rocks at Ballavnnie , on the north-west side » f Islay , when she soon went , , to . pieces , and every soul on board r including the captain , Mr Booth , perished , ^^^ ^^^^^^ ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^ ^^^^^^^^ T- ' . ~~ - ~~ ijoY , ; - ^ i ¦

      except tbree of the crew , who floated ashore » n the maintop .. These men , who were in a state of dreadful exhaustion , were hospitably relieved by Mr Chiene , the factor for'Mr Campbell , of Islay .. On l Wednesday- afternoon the wreck was passed by the Modern- Anthens , when many of the bodies were being washed on shore . The three survivors , Jbhn Stevens ,. George Lighlford , and WilliamCoultard . obtained ' * passage to Glasgow in the Modern Anthens , which arrived at the Broomielaw on Saturday , and were clothed and lodged- by the Shipwrecked Mariners" Society . The Exmoutb belonged to Newcastle , and was bound for Quebec She was the property of Mr John Edong , of Sooth Shields . Duririgthe same gale , a brig from New Orleans put into Bowmorer May , in distress , with loss of two men and bulwarks p and a schooner , with the loss of one man .- On the , island , of Fara , a barque , a brig , and * a schooner ,, are on shore . '

      FVBTHBB PARTICULARS . . According to the statement of the three sailors , the sole survivors of the wreck , and who arrived in Glasgow on Saturday evening , theExmouth , of 320 tons , Isaac Btooth , of Sunderland , master , sailed from Londonderry for Quebec betweem three and four o ' clock on the itorning of Sunday , the 25 th ult ,, with a light south-west breeze . Siie had . a crew of 11 men ( induwye of the captain ); and about 240 emigrants , consisting principally of small farmers and tradesmen , with their , families ,, who had turned their little all into money for " the purpose of escaping the' famine , and earning for themselves a home in

      the western world . Many were females and children going out to join , their fathers and ) protectors , who bad already settled in Canada ., ' There were also three : cabin passengers , young unmarried ladies ' of the middle classes , two of them being sistera , on their way to join their relatives at St Jobs , Now Brunswick . The Teasel wan registered for 165 J passengers , but as two children count as one adult , and as a very large proportion were under age—there being only about 60 men amongst the ; passengers—the survivors of the wreok , who are our informants , think that the total number of these ill-fated emigrants must have amounted to the total slated / viz , 24 o .

      The ship lost sight of land about four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon . The breeze , which had been light in the morning , increased to a gale during the day , and about eleven p . m . itcame in terrifio squalls , accoraianiid by heavy torretitaof tain . JEhey then furled the fore and main-sails- The wind , which had been to the westward at first , "veered northerly , and tt e atocm increased in jiotence , which blew the two top-sails from ' the bolWopiBS . The crew then commenced to bend other topsails , which they furled , but about three in the morning ib » y were ; blown from the gaskets . The ship was now driving to the southward and eastward . The reason of the master not standing to the westward , where he wi-uld have ample , sea room , was for the nurpose of attaining

      some harbour of refuge , where lie mightnpair damages , and replace the sails . On Monday forenoon the long-boat was unshipped by the force of the seas , which broke over the vessel , and in the course of the same forcneon the bulwarks were stove in , and tlie life boat washed away . ' The gale continued with the same violence during the . whole of Monday night and TueBday ; and an indication of the force of the hurricane may . be learned from the fact , that on the latter day the mainsail , after , being furled , was torn from the gaske's by the storm blast . While the crew were setting the foresail itwas blown from the bolt rope ? , and the trysailmust was unshipped , and the niain gaff carried away , which rendered them unable to carry the spanker !

      During , this dreary time , the vessel pitched , dread fully—now on the crest of a mountain wave , and in two seconds afterwards , reeling in the trough ot the sea -the passengers were all below under hatches / many of them insensible to external danger from the pains of sea-sickness , but some , of them had a fearful presentiment ef disaster . Cooking , of course , was out of the question ; but the grown-up people had no heart to be hungry , and moreover , the cooked provisions brought from Londonderry were not yet entirely exhausted . '" . "'' . / bout 11 o ' olock on Tuesday night , land and a light were , seenon the starboard quarter , \ ihich Captian Booth Aat first took to be the light on the Island of Tory , off the north-west coast of Ireland ,

      and in the belief that he thus had ample sea-room in the course he ; was steering he bore along . As he drifted near the land , however , and observed that the light was a flashing , instead of a stationary one , lie became conscious of his error and dangerous position ^ and made every effort to repair it by bringing the ship farther to the northward and westward ; and with the view of " clawing" her off the land , the , maintopsail and the forelopraast stay sail were set , and the jib half hoisted . The effort , however , was an ineffectual one ; the ship soon got amongst the broken water , and at half-past 12 on Wedneiday morning was clashed amongst the rocks . If the above be a correct version of the impression on the captain ' s mind as to his position—aid it is distinctly

      spoken to by two of the survivors—the result shows that he must have been fully a hundred miles out of his reckoning ; but - perhaps it could not well be (• therwiso . The sun . was obscured during all the time by black clouds : the moon was . only seen through a' heavy haze at intervals , and from these cause * it was impo ° sib ! e that any observation could be taken . The light seen was in reality that of Oransa or . Oversay , on the pointofthe Rhinnsor Runs of Islay , to the north-west of the entrance of Lnchindaul ; and the land Been , and on which the brig eventually struck , was the western part of the iron-bound . coast of the island . She went ashore , and after striking once was dashed broadside on alongside the rocks , which rose to the heisht of the

      mast-head . She struck violently against the rocks three times , and at the fourth stroke the mainmast went by the board , and fell into ; a chasm of the rock . Captain 'Booth had previously taken his station in the maintop , that he might personally keep a look' out ; and as soon as the brig Btruck , John Cleat , the mate , and all the seamen , eight in number , joined the captain in the maintop , leaving the captain ' s son , a youth of about fifteen ; years of age , asleep in his cot below . After remaining in the maintop about three minutes , five of the crew went down for the pmrpose of ascending the foretop , thinking that they would have a better chance of gaining the shore from that part of the ship . At the same time , one of the crew , named John Scott , went

      out upon the mainyard with a life buoy on his person ; thus leaving in : the maintop the captain and three seamen , whose names are John Stevens , William Coalthard , and George Lightford , all belonging to south Shields . When the maintop , ' along with the wreck of the mast , was thrown into a rift of the rock , Coulthard , then Lightford , and finally Stevens , scrambled up the rigging , and obtained a footing on the crags . The captain wasabout to follow the men , when a . . wave dashed over their heads-as they clung to the rock , but . they were wabled to maintain their position ; and when they looked round , after the sea had retired , they found that the captain , and all were ; gone . The mainmast had been broken into splinters by the fourth collision

      with the rocks , and this recoiling wave had not only dragged the ship , but the fragments of the mast , which adhered to her by . the rigging , ' further into the sea , and thus cut off from the dense mass of hu « man beings on ' board ' every chance of escape . Had n re ? k remained » n the chasm where it was originally thrown , andfrom which the three survivors escaped , it might have been used as a bridge by the others ; bat , unhappily , this last possibility of relief wastakenaway . The same wave which effeotedthis fearful havoc must also have prevented the five seamen , from reaching the foretop , from ' which they might have had a chance of etcapihg . A quarter of an hour , elapsed from the time of the brig first striking until the three survivors got upon the rook . At the moment she struck , and a little previous to it , about half a dozen of the male passengers were

      standing on the deck , occasionally asking the mate if there was in reality any danger . Of the three young ladies who werecabin passengers , one of the sistera had been confined to bed by-sea sickness from the moment of leaving Derry ; but at ten o ' clock the other two took their position in the companion-way , and ' were seen there when the survivors last looked on the deck , 'fhe ship was ground and crunched so frightfully : amongst the rocks , that she must have broken up almost instantaneously . There was no cry from tne multitude cooped up within the hull of the ill-fated brig ; or at least it wa 9 unheard , for the commotion of the elements was so furious that the men on the top could scarcely hear each other at the top of their voices . The emigrants , therefore , must have perished in their berths , as the rocks rapidly thumped , the bottom out of the vessel . ,

      The three men who had escaped to the rock , bo soon as the ship entirely disappeared , searched anxiously for some outlet by which they might reach the mainland ; but non , e such could be found , and they finally took shelter in a crevice , which , however , did not shield them from the rain , which fell heavily all night / and here they remained till grey daylight . They then discovered an opening , through which They scrambled to the summit , and after day had fairly broken , they observed a farm house about half a mile distant . Thither they proceeded , and . were most hoal ¦ itably nourished , and put to bed . They were thoroughly worn out by exhaustion , not one of the crew

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      having been in 1 ; bedl front the-momferrt the slip left Deny . TherejwereafftthTsainetiMB ' nearly raked , from hating divested ! themselves sf their heavy clothing when the Exmontb struck , xm lost part < rf that which remained whe » scrambling on the rigging and" amongst , the rooks , ' ^ h < f hoapita&Ie fanner ( whose name we have hot ' learned ) , andf ethers who had been apprised by him , went to the scene of the catastrophe , but of course too late to help r and only t » gaze on the desolation . Mr Chiene ' s , May's factor , sooHheard of the event , and kindly furnished the men with a passage to Glasgow by the Modern Athens steamer , where , as already ttated . they arrived on Saturday last . Jlere they were consigned to the- eare of MVFildes , of the'Naval Rendezvous , and assistant to Lieutenant Forrest , agent for the Shipwrecked Manner ' s Society , and by him they have been clotted P

      and comfortably boarded in the meantime . On Tliorsday afternoon , the latest date of our advices from Islay , about 20 of the Bodies had come ashore . They were principally females , with oner little boy amongst them ; and as many of them were in their night clothes , ' the probability is that they were those who had rushed upon deck at the first alarm caused by the striking of the ship-. They were fearfully mangled by being dashed amongst the rooks , and being jammed within , the crevicesy along with pieces of the-wreck , fewofwhich were above two feet in length . Other bndieswere still floating- in the surf , but the sea was still too high to permit any boat venturing out tfrbring them im . The belief iff , however , that the great mass of the poor emigrants went down with the " between decks" o ? the ship , and' that their bodies will not be recovered till this part of the vessel breaks up . .. - " : .. ¦ : ; .-. ¦ :: ¦• . ¦ "' \ = -. ¦¦¦¦¦ - ..

      The Exmouth had nothing pn board but ballast , and the provisions and little stookg of stocks of goods of the emigrants , < She is the property of Mr John Eden , of South' Shields , and though old , is stated , by Hho survivors , t » have been found in every respect . 1 All the crew and passengers were perfectly soBer during this fearful { lime , and the three seamen state that they never saw-drink on board' at all . The captain was in the prime of life , and Has left a widow and ifamily . All the rest of the seamen were unmarried , jwith the exception of a man named George Ross , who , is amongst those perished . According to the-above estimate , the number who have been thus suddenly oalled to their aceount amounts to 248 .

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      MORE SHIPWRECKS .

      Since the above ; we learn a barque , a brig ' , and a schooner , were on' shore , on Jura , and thatabrig , 'from New Orleans for Sliqo , had put into Bowmore im distress ; with loss of two men , bulwarks ; Ac ., and a schooner with a loss of one man , : The ship st Vincent , = of Glasgow , Mouat , which ; sailed frem Port-61 ai « gow for Deraerara , with a general ioargo , on the 24 th ult ., put back on the 30 th . © nthe i 27 th ult . experienced a hurricane from W . N . W ti and shipped a sea at 8 a . m ., which carried away some bulwarks and six stanchions forward . At 2 pm . shipped a tremendous sea . which struck the ship in the waist , and carried away the remaining stanchions except two , all the bulwarks , beth quarter boats , companions , and nearly filled the-cabin with water ; the mate , George eunningh&m . befeftgTOa to Ayrshire .

      was washed overboard and drowned . ; The ship was making much water , and the pumps were kept con * Btantlv going . Captain Mouat reports having seen several vessels jn distress ; one close to the rocks at Barra Lighthouso , with only the stumps of her three lower masts standing . ' . . . . The brig Maid of the Mill , of Glasgow , Wilson , which sailed from the Clyde for Montreal on the 24 th put back on the 30 th . On the 27 th , SO miles off Tory Island , experienced a tremendous-gale from W . N . W ., during which a terrific sea struck the vessel , and carried away , bulwarks , stanchions , mainmast , foretopmast , with all the sails attached . It took the crew fall next morning at eleven o ' cldek to clear the wreck . Rigsed jury fore and mainmasts , and bore up . On the 29 th , saw a brig , standing for Clyde , with her mainmast gone . ¦ < .- : ,

      The brig Mary , of Oreenock , Harrison , which sailed from the Clyde for Montreal , on the 24 ^ ult ., put back on the 30 th . On the 27 th ult , about thirty miles off Tory , experienced a hurricane , and shipped three seas in succession , which carried away eight stanchions , galley , passengers' cooking-house , and most of the bulwark . Bore up on the 28 th for Greenock . The carpenter and second mate fell from the fore yard , and were much hurt . On the 26 th ult . saw two full-rigged vessels standing to the northward , Tory bearing N . E . distant about 30 miles . " The Lady Lilford . Johnson , from Liverpool , for St John ' s , Newfoundland , with loss of nwintopmast , has put back into one . of the Highland Lochs by BtreaRof weather , the master of which reported that while in the Channel h « saw a ship founder , and go to the bottom .. .: .

      The barque British Empire , put into Oban , on the 28 th ult ., with loss of jibboom and maintopgallantaast , from Liverpool , for Quebec , master and the rest of the crew sick : ballast shifted . &c .

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      Irish Confkberatiohl—The Confederates met in more than ordinary numbers on Sunday , at Cartwright's , Redoross-street , Mr G . Ryan in the chair , the secretary read the following letter from James Haughton Esq . of Dublin : — ... . -,, , - ¦ _ ¦ . 35 , Eccles . street , Dublin . > Sir , — I am ' . this day favoured with your letter of the 26 ult , and I will take care to have the address you have confided to my care laid before the council of the Irish Confederation without delay . 1 mutt heartily concur in the views of those friends whom

      you represent regarding the ezteniUm of popular righto , l ( these bs not kept steadily in view , and made a fundamental question Jn Irish agitation for self government , I do not think the Confederation will , or ought , to succeed —; . ! will hand in tbe £ 1 Is . 6 d . and the list of sub scribera for enrolment , and give directions to the secretary to forward you the necessary car 3 i of membershipi ; owing to difference on some matters of principle between me and the council , I have 9 ent in my resignation—I think our cause will be ruined by the shaking of hands

      with American Slaveholders ; this I deplore ; but hope a traer appreciation . of the principles of liberty mil arise , Will you be so kind as to assure the members of your society in London- on whose behalf you hava written to me , that I feel grateful for their kind sentiments of confidence , and that I beg through you to return them my best thanks , please accept the same , for your own kindness—I am , sir , respectfully yours , . ' ¦ ¦ ,: . - . ¦ ; JiHES HaBGHTOH . To—Mr L . T . Clancy , ¦ . . ¦ . .. . . 50 , Chiswell-street , London .

      ¦ Mr Clancy said the approval of such a man as James Haughton , was in itself , a guarantee to them , that their cause was honest and juat . Who had not heard of that great and deserving man , wherever black or white slavery , or worse than both , the slavery of the passions should themselves impart there was the banner , unfuried , on which was inscribed the name of James Haughton . ( Loud cheers . ) He heartily deplored the loss of Mr Haughton to the council . What journal would dare strike at a cause led on by such a man ? .. He would not however follow that good ; man ' s example inthis instance ( cheers ) . It the council should decide against their cause he would not stir one inch till they satisfied him that their views were not correct , and if this was not done he would take care that not only every Irishman in

      that room but ; in London , should know that he at least had some claim to show for obtaining his natural rights . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Sullivan in a very warm and complimentary address moved that "The marked thanks of this meeting is due , and is hereby given to Jame 3 Haughton Esq . for his gift of tracts dec , also for his . marked attention to our request , and we deplore his having felt it his duty to withdraw from the couneil of tho Irish Confederation . " Mr Martin seconded the motion which was passed unanimously . —Mr Donegan next delivered a lengthy and able address . Mr Tucker hoped Mr Haughton would reconsider his . resignation and return to the council ; they , could not afford to lose such a man . He liked to see men act as their secre .

      tary had just declared he would act . ( Loud cheers . ) MrFrawley was glad to see they were giving their meetings a , practical character . iiMrJ . O'Brien next addressed the meeting .: . Mr , Theophilus Martin rose , to perform what he considered a solemn duty —he dwelt at much length on the subject , and concluded by moving the following resolution . "That the special thanks of this meeting is due to the proprietor and editors of the Northern ^ Star , for the indomitable spirit evinced by them at all tiines in vindication of the rights of Ireland , and of Irishmen in that paper ; but particularly for the marked attention paid to the proceedings of this body . " . Mr ' Dwaih

      Becondedthe resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr Tucker in supporting the resolution , commented on the great berieBts which the trades had derived from the reports of their proceedings in - Tia Paper . eave the proceedings oi the "mm but the Star , it was quite true that the rascally' Diipateh gave a statement sometimes which flid them more harm than good-Cooper had written the last leading article in that paper ; but he did not think he Wild ever become even a second rate Mhcola . After the usual vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated . Mr Clancy gave SSSh me 7 andon " tUreday ^ adLs

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      Jit 4 u »/ 5 st LlND - ~ An action has been W ^ Mr Bunn in the C ourt of Queen's Bench against Jenny Lmd , for an alleged breach of conract , and on Friday last an appearance to the writ of summons , a . few days previously issued , was entered by a solicitor on the part of the defendant , lhe next proceeding will be the declaration , in which the plaintiff will estimate his damages . Sir F . Kelly and Mr Cockburn , Q . C ., have been retained for Mr Bunn . The cause cannot be tried until the sittings after Trinity Term , commencing , the middle of July . A line ot nailing-packets . between Antwerp and the ports of GalaU and Odessa uabeut to be established . . ,.

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      ¦ , wvjBsra . ^~*^~ ¦» fflejoiry was resvaed and concluded beL * W » BaW , Coroner , at the Crown aid SceD ?« Mr JSI * J ^ elmore-street , , PoplaT SSS- WN * ^ .. "f'MW Breman , age d 58 , 2 ?' th » whose-death was alleged to have beelK P 01 " ^ , man named Johnson ? It appearedfwf I 0 ned' > y » that ttte deceased lodged wTth a 1 ^?^ % at No . 14 , WoelmorUireet , P ? p * ar 'S £ atre > t evening , tbe 19 th of March last , SJ ^ fi ^ J together m several public-houses a « 3 u tink " > & o ' clock . tfl « fonowing mcrIIing &e , i i A * ceased in rle- Harrow puWie-house H ; k ' d » - he retprne * home to bed ' . The decpffl treet » » nd much intoxwated , and abort three 32-W Teiy Harrow . and went home . He was « S . ^ « fttha man named Johnson , and' diieeth ^ F ^ i by a ftTSiS !^ " ? ! i& * m . " 4 SSR&ft »

      diately went down stairS dtoTered P ' ?^ at the bottonv tf the J&'SffSfSJh ftnocked down flie stairs ne ST ? f b « 'n ? home the street dao ! Z onenei h / r 1 ? he saai « ga / ve him a violenfeblow ot tSbatk nf ft hn 80 ? ' *>» he fell to the bottom ef the ateir ? a , - ' neck - to bed , and . on the fol owfai mSriiSi , !™ **** work . . The next morningle ^ SS&TSf pains in his chest and side . He anSSLS e ^ during the remainder of the week ffi e i ver ? the 28 th of March Mr % ZE ^ % *» fit l \ bu ] 5 xpired the next ™™™ £ Mr Hb ? JS he had made a wt mortem examination ofthtf in coniunction with Mr Baylie , a surgeon ffi discovered bo external marks ofviefence n ' «^ in their opinion , had been brought onby S £ 3 cold and by h . s intemperate habite . The w returned a verdict to that effect . jury

      Fwoawoi , Dbath ofa Girl bt F « e . —On Mnn day information was forwarded . to Mr T . WakW the coroner , of the death of a little girl , nanS SarahDavis , aged 5 years , Which occurred under tha following frighu circumstances :-It appears that 2 t ? SKf | i W ? h- | l 8 r Pwente s * 8 , Pulteney . streeti > eteford . street , between the hours of eight anl ^ K ° Lfi nda : [ [ nin ^ in the aei of playing with the fire when her clothing . became ignited / and before proper assistance came forward the little crea ^ & p Td « t [ rightf f burned over the wfiriSt fer * ° o W fr M t 0 cauBe her death in the Middleses Hospital , in a few hours afterwards Mr Dixon , tho . house-surgeon , declared h » had never seen a . more frightful case-ofburning . * Wiu ? un . MBBDKB . -BeforeMrG . i . Mills at thi Elephant and Castle , Camden Town . ^ H , n V j .

      « aiH TOT male ? - WfoMwrtfito « Sir ^ i ^ v ^ 1110 " ^ la st "e was on duty { K » fit ? ' ? disi ! 0 Te « d whatapp H to be a bundle , lying within the railings of the « ttES " . T "? ° P eDin « ' * * discoveS the . body . et the deceased- child , which he at one * conveyedteStPaacras workhouse . Mr H . CoSf the parish surgeon , depose * that he had made im mortem examination of the body . On testing th lungs he fwnd that the child had ' been borh ^ alive and would no doubt have been living but for th exposureandneglect . it had been subject to . Th coroner having remarked on the frequency of then cases lately , and thenecessity of making an example of theinhmnan ^ parents when discovered , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" again / some person or persons unknown .

      n Singui j &k . Dbath op an Eccentric Charactbb . - Before Mr W . Baker , atthe . Earl Grey publichouae Mile-end-road , en view ; of the body of Mary Hatch aged Ai years , who died under the following very KLW" * 81-1 ' ^^ " " * evi . dence that thedeceased rented a small house at No . 14 , Greenwood-street , Stepney , and obtained a scanty subsistence by making up slop-work She was very eccentric in her habits , and geHeralJv slept on a sofa all night with her clothes on ? She had riot undressed herself or had a change of linen for the L n 8 Sf « Sh ^? ? , y « y filthy condition , t rr requ n ntly denied hewelf thecommonnecessaries oflife . On several occasions when any of tho lodgers were speaking to her she would suddenly hrhTn nd nd 8 hl J tthedoorintheir faoes - She had been suffering from a severe coueh . ana hPri «< , »

      were very much swollen . On Wednesday la « t / Mr Davis , a ^ surgeon , was called in , and he prescribed some medicine for her . On the following Fridaymoraingshe was found dead on the soia . Mr Dale attri-SSt d « a , th |« ad " 1 a 8 ed heart . He had no deubt that her death had been accelerated by the want of the common necessaries of life . Stevens , the constable , stated that all the effects of the deceased had fcfffi : ^ i ffi ! eipe " ' ' ACCIDENTS , OFFENCES , &C . _ ROBBKRT is AN OMNiBM .-On Mondav eveninf .

      Mrs Heming , of No . 93 , Alpha-road , St John s Wood , had her reticule cut from her arm whilst riding man omnibus from the Bank to Charingcr 0 - » 'i : i . 13 SU PP ° sed . a lady . like female , who quitted the ommbus suddenly near Exeter-hall , followed by a well-dressed man , having the appearance of a foreigner . . The bag contained three £ 10 k . , Y . ^ B . ™ notes , twelve sovereigns , and about 14 s . in silver , and a gold locket with flaxen hair , and the portrait of a gentleman bearing a crest a hon rampant , with the motto of L'Esperance . Robbbby or Thbeb Hundbed Sovbbsions .-Oii Saturday last information was received at the office ot the Commissioners of Police , Great Scotland-yard , that John James Darrell , of 27 , Sherrard-street , Golden-Equare , had absconded on Thursday evening , taking with him 300 sovereigns , the nroDertv of the

      trustees ot the Sun Loan Society , 224 , Tottenhamcourt-road . He stands about five feet six inches high , is neat and plain in appearance , and lefthanded . No reward has yet been offered for his apprehension . . Dabwo BuBor , ABT .-The premises of Mr Bellchambers , No . 424 , Strand , bookseller , was entered during the ni"ht of Monday , and several hundred volumes of valuable works carried of by burglars , who are supposed to have effected their entrance with skeleton keys . The value of the property taken is about £ 150 . v '

      Omnibus Accident—On Monday evening an omnibus running from Paddingtoa to the Bank , in tur l ? , rp round the corner of the Haymarket and Cockspur-street , came in contact with the lamp post at the corner , when three young men who vf « re seated on the roof were thrown to the ground . One of them , named Samuel Fisher , living in 111 , Clement ' s-lane , Strand , was conveyed into a surgeon's insensible , when it was found that he had sustained a fracture of the skull . The other two received violent contusions . : ^ _ AiTJ 5 Mrr at Suicidb . —A most fearful attempt at suicide was made * by Thomas Lloyd , aged fifty * seven ^ living in . Mijidleton-street . Somers-tovrn

      under the following extraordinary circumstances : — The unfortunate man , it appears , who is a soldier , and fought at Waterloo , is a somewhat singular cha « racter , and is rather , joculur in his ways . At the time alluded to he proceeded to a neighbouring chemists , and having purchased some laudanum , returned home and swallowed a quantity of it in the presence of several persons . Police-constables 314 , 321 and 880 of the S division were immediately called in , and he was conveyed te the University College , Hospital , and placed under the care of Mr Wilhams . tkehouse-surgeon . T The usual antidotes were administered , but the poor fellow remains in a dangerous state . ' '

      ; . _ . MlBCEUANKOra . ' Rbmovai of Smuhpi&id Cattls Mabket . — On Monday , at a special meeting of the Farmers' Club , it was resolved by a large mujority to express , in the forn ^ of resolutions , a deoided opinion on the removal of this market from the centre of the metropolis . The resolutions were— " 1 . That the removal of Smithfield Market is highly desirable . 2 . That the day of market bechanged from Monday to Tuesday . " Convicts fob Hobabt Town . —The following detachments are selected by Colonel Thomas Weare , K . H ., Co » mandaht of the Provisional Battalion , for embarkation on board the ship Joseph Somes , fitting at Deptford for convicts at Hobart Town :-ineina i

      -qot lurnwhea 1 cotporal , U privates ; SS' } 8 erg 6 an . t a ? n u 16 privates ' ¦ 99 th . 30 privates ; 65 th , 1 corpora . These troops will be under commaud of Captain Oliver Barker D'Arcy and Lieut . James Paul , officers of the 65 th regiment , and thej fA ^ n ^ . rfr . tomarohontheYth inst ., en route tor Uepttord , to form a convict guard over two hundred prisoners , under sentence of transportation for ire , and on whom penal punishments have been in-Hicted m this country under the superintendence of the government . Those prisoners bearing good charaeters are under sentence to be discharged on their arrival at the colony , on condition of their remaining as settlers for life .

      EXWAORDINARV . NcMBBR OF SUMMONSES FOB POOB RATEs .--Mr Rositer , one of thecounty magistrates , attended at St . George ' s church for the purpose of adjudicating upon no less than 1 , 500 summonses which . had been issued by the four collectors of the poor rates against the defaulters of the January rate . Out of the vast number summoned between tbree and four hundred attended , the majority of whom presented very little better appearances than the paupers themselves . : - Ibish Immigrants . —On Monday forenoon a very unusual scene was witnessed in Lincoln ' s-inn-ftelda ,

      by a mob of from 100 to 200 persons , men , women , and children , lying under the trees of the enclosure . On inquiry it was stated that they had arrived from Ireland , and were waiting to be located in some part of the metropolis . The inhabitants , some of whom did not feel very comfortable at the mob that assembled so suddenly , applied to the police authorities on the subject ; but such was the peaceable and orderly conduct of the poor creatures that it was thought quite unnecessary to disturb them ; and by the ar rangemento made , they departed from the neighbour I now as quUtig g& Uwy big entered it ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1417/page/2/