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      ,, ^ QUKSIS . Deathfrom 1 mp ? be Aia . _ Before Mt Baker : At u ! £ ?• T ^^ a-na ^ Bnimley , on the ^ y of Martha Janes , aged fiv 4 months , whose athwaaacce nted b y tfc 0 impUre air . arising rom an undrained ditch . The deceased had been Mferm * fram hooptag oongh , and had partially ^ ITr * She had . several fit

      who attended , was of opinion that her death was accelerated by the impure atmosphere . The coroner eaid he had held several inquests during the last month on the bodies of children who had died in a similar maBce < - , and he should write to the board of guardians , who , he hoped , would adopt some mea-Batea to prtventtne nuisance . The jury returned a verdict of * natural death , ' and added that the death of the deceased had been accelerated by the obnoxious state of the atmosphere , arising frem an offensive drainage , which is calculated t « do serious injury . Faiil Effrcts op BAsAnt .-Before Mr Baker , at the Three Mariners , Copland-hne , South Hack-/ ^ P ^ jelyofRCornbh

      ^ ^^ ^^" , aged two years , and his brother , J . Cornish , eleven wpek 8 old , whese deaths arose from the poisonous efflanum of a large coUectiotfof sewage adjoininetbe cotta ? e they were livimjia at Silkmill-row , South ilaikoey . The locality was visited by the coroner and jury , with Mr B . Clarke , Bargeon of the Hackney Union , who found the accumulation of stagnant matter about an acre ia extent , a dam being at the lower end , which was erected to allow a fall of water for a flour-mill that occasionally flowed over it from Hackney-brook . Mr Clarke stated that the matter was ten feet deep , and that it was twelve years since it was cleaned out . The mother of the deceased children said that about two monthsago she removed rom Nursery-lane Hackneyto Silkmill-rowwhen

      , , , v » - —¦»«» » " » 'J -- — ---II ier eldest child , who was previously slightly indisrased , became seriously ill . Mr B . Clarke attended lun , and she went with hiia te the LcEdon Hospital . lie was seen by Dr Pereira , who said he could lo nothing for her child . He died on Friday last . The other child was a fine healthy biby for three weeks , after which he became sickly and weak . He graduallywasted away , anddiedonSatnrday . She had so doubt that the children died in consequence of inhaling tie poisonous effluvium from ths sewage . The water in the woll which is drank by perrons residing there has an c ffensive taste . Mr Clarke , who was of

      opinion that the deaths of both children were aceelerated by the impure air , raid that much illness prevailed there , and that a short time ago a child died wider similar circumstances . Evans , the summon * ing officer , said that many deatDB have lately OC * curred there . The jury remarked thatif not removed it would create s pestilence . Mr Clarke stated that he bad forwarded a communication to the board of guardian ? . Verdict : 'Thatthe deceased children died a natural death , accelerated by the n-xions and poisonous vapours arising from a stagnant and exposed sewer in the neighbourhood of the resience .

      Accident 05 thb River . —Before Mr Carter , at the Royal Oak , Lower-road , Rotherhithe , relative to the death of J . H . Boff , aged thirty-five , who lost his Me by being run down by the Eclipse Margate steamer , whilst in a pleasure boat , with others , off Shadwell , on Satwday , the 25 th alt . —William Cross stated that he was standing on a barge on the day in question , and distinctly saw the ? ccident . The Eclipse wa 3 coming down full swing with a strong head tide . Witness ' s attention was directed to the email boat being in danger . The several peraonB in thelatterwere much confused , and standing up , as if they expected a collision . Witness saw the bow of the steamer clear the skiff , but fte Starboard piddlewheel struck it across the centre and capsized her . A boat was lowered frem the steamer , by which one man was picked np ; the others were Bulled onboard

      the steamer by ropes . —By the Coroner : If the wheels were stopped wken the collision took place , It must have been but a very short period before , if they had pulled either ahead or astern the accident would not have taken place . —Examination cob tinned : Witness thought the steamer might have been stopped earlier , because it came right upon the men in the skiff before that was done—Mr . T . Tarpate , loekaasterof the Surrey Canal Docks , and Mr J . Whitehall , ship chandler , were called , and gave evidence of the skill and attention displayed by the captain of the Eclipse steamer to avoid the accident . ' The jury returned a verdict of 'Accidental death . ' At the close of the investigation , which lasted many hours' the coroner informed Captain Newman that the verdict of the jury exenerated Mm frem all blame .

      nits FiREisWAtEB-tiSE , Buckfhiab 3 . —On Monday evening at & quarter past seven o ' clock , the pre-: raises belonging to Messrs Whittaker sod Co ., furmture brokers , of 28 . Water-lane , BUekfriar * , were discovered to ba on fire , The bailding , which was three floors high , contained in the lower portion a great quantity of furniture . At the outbreak Mr and Mrs Whittaker were from home , but one of the lodgers and her three children were ia one of the npper rooms , and it was with great difficulty that they eseaped . With as little delay as possible several engines arrived ; the flames , however , continued to travel , seizin ? upon everything of an ignitable character , nntil the premises were nearly putted . The damage mast be considerable , the entire stock in trade beine destroyed . Messrs Whittaker ' s loss will be covered by aa insurance in the Sun Fire Offioe .

      How the fire originated could not be ascertained , fhe fire has been attended with fatal consequences to an elderly female , who lodeed in the npper part of the house , and known as Miss Purday , a teacher oFmusic . At twenty minutes past nine o ' clock , whilst Fleminsr , one oftte brigade men was removing the furniture that bad not been totally destroyed in thei flames , he fennd the body of a female most Bhockingly burned . s » much so that sons of the features could be recognised . She lived in one portion oftbe wcradfloir , and when the alarm was given she was in her sitting-room . The poor crea'ure was told by one of the females that a fire was raging below , and that she must make the best of her way down . As Mrs Hambleton ' s family were leaving , they met the deceased on the staircase , and told her not to ascend or she would be burnt ; she , however , made her way to the upper floor , where she was discovered .

      ACCIDRKtS , 0 FFEHCB 8 . ETC . AVipeeisaCjiehiage . —Oa Saturday afternoon Miss Catherine Hayes , daughter of Captain Edgar Hayes , of Lander House , Bromptbn , accompanied by a female friend , Edgar her brother ( in his ninth year , ) and the governess , werefproceedingin the carriage to a friend ' s in Burlington-street , when , at the corner of Sleane-street , theyonng gentleman imagining that he saw something move in the pocket of the coach , drew his sister ' s attention to the subject , placing his hand at the same time within the pocket but almot immediately withdrew it . exclaiming that he had been bitten in the wrist . The governess was about tn order the carriage to be stopped , when a small Tjper sprang from tne nocket and fastened

      itself upon the fur mantle of the fiiend of Miss Hajes , wounding her jut above tfce shoulder . The screams of the ladies brought several persons to their assistance , * nd a young man ot the name of Brodie , a waiter at an hotel in Bond-street , seized the viper and destroyed it , the viper measuriBg seven or eight inches in length . Medical assistance was procured , and the wounds of the young lady and geatleman dressed , that of the latter Veing of rather an extenave character . Not the slightest idea can be formed as to the means by which the viper had got into the carriage , the vehicle having conveyed the father of the young lady to the railway station only the day previous , and the stables are supposed to be free from vermin .

      Bbdtaijtt op a Post-ofhcb Sbbvast —On Tuesday evening , about seven o ' clock , the Post-office accelerators were passing down Holborn-hill to St Martin ' s-le-grand , when several little children got into one of the omnibuses , the conductor — who should have been at the back—having taken a seat with the driver . On discovering where the children were , he got down , seizing ene of the children by the arm , and another by the leg , and dashed them separately into the road with grert violence . One osor

      little creatare , about seven years old , was completely scalped , the skin of the head being torn from the crown to the forehead . He was immediately removed into the shop of Messrs Latnplough and M'Doogal , who , havins secured the artery , and drawn the skin to its original position , had the child removed to its parents , where it now lies in a most precarious state . The offender has so far eluded the police ; but is hoped , by the active exertions of the detective force , and the authorities at the Post office , that he will be secured .

      MISCELLAKB 9 B 3 . Tiia Registration of the borough of Marylebone terminated on Friday with the investigation of the claims and objections for the St Pancras district , the overseers ' list having been revised at Gordon-Equare on a former day . The revising barrister sat at the new vestry-room , King ' s-road , Camden-town . The claims and objections , which were all Conservative , were , claims 50 , objections 270 . Of these , 11 claims and 267 objections were sustained . The general results of the year ' s revision for the borough of Marylebone are—Conservative claims made , 94 ; allowed 23 : Liberal , none . Conservative objections made . Ul ; allowed , 430 . Liberal , none . Number of voters added to the rolJ , 23 : struck off 439 .

      Cits op Loxdox Shall Dems' Court . — The 'Sheriff ' sCourt , London , ' Sis it is styled in the Act for the recovery of debt under £ 20-is now open for the first time , at the Qaeen ' s Bench Court , Guildhall . Bsfjre Mr Commissioner Bnllock , tho judge appointed under the Statute . On the learned judge taking his seat on the Bench . Mr Buchanan called | hc attention of the court to certaio clauses of the

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      Act , wkiohinhis opinion empowered npne bat bar *' ristersand attorneys , or the accredited representatives of landlords , to appear irithe support or defence of causes . Mr Rees , who appeared as the elerk of a large firm , whose dealings are principally with the lower orders , said that this question had lately been mooted at most of the county courts . It was evident that clerks to solicitors could not represent their principles , but it was apparent that the judge could give permission to respectable parties to represent their friends or others who were prevented obeying thesumraons of the Court . The learned judge said that , with the exception of some peculiar cases , it was not his intention to tolerate ' agency . ' This was a general rule ; but there were instances where he should allow suitors to be represented . Mr Beet maintained his position , that a suitor in theCoort , by permission of the judge , conld ba heard ; by h »

      representative . The 58 tb , 62 nd , 76 tn , and lZStn clauses of the Act were quoted during the argument , j The clauses adjudicated on possessed no feature of any pnblic interest , aad the Court adjourned till that day week . Thb NAiiioNAi , Dm . —The Gazette announces that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt , in pursuance of the Act 10 th Geo . IV ., e . 27 , sec . 1 , that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain aad Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof , for the year ended the 5 th day of July , 1847 , by the sum of £ 143 , 392 3 s Id , the Commissioners for the reduction ot the National Debt hereby give notice , that no sum will be applied by them on account of the sinking fund , nnder the provisions of the said act , between the 12 th day of October . 1847 , and the 5 th day of Januajry , 1848 . —S . Hiohasi , Comptroller-General . —National Debt-office , Oct . 12 , 184 ? .

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      ISnglann . WBBTMOREUsL Railway Accident . —A serious casualty occarred on Monday , aboat mid-day , on the Lancaster and Carlisle like , close to the Milnthorp station , about seven miles from Kendal . A luggage train from the south was standing at the station on the downline , when a train laden with cattle , drawn by two engines , came ap at a rapid rate , and before warning conld be given ran into the luggace train , throwing over and smashing the engine , and forcing it some yards off the line . One of the engines of the cattle train was also very much damaged , and the stoker so seriously injured , that he died shortly after . Three other men connected with the trains were severel y , but it is thought not fatally , hurt . Fourteen oi the bullocks were killed upon the spstand lav

      , among the rains of the tracks in a dreadfully mangled condition . The line presented a sad spectacle , and was completely obstructed for gome hours , so that twe of the trains , both from the north and south , had there to exchange passengers , and turn back again . It is almost impossible to guess who are the parties to blame . The driver of the cattle train states that no signal was hoisted to warn him that a train was upon the up-line ; and the stationmaster Btates that it was properly hoisted . It is said that this luggage train was net in its proper place at the time of the collision , but ought to have been ' shunted , ' so that the line would have been clear . The passenger train from the south came up to the spot immediately after the accident . Had it arrived a very short time before , the most serious consequences might have ensued . It was said that this affair would cost the oomna&y at least

      £ 2 , 000 . combeklahd . Thb Rbcbmi Murder—Death of the Mbbotbsb , —We last week gave the particulars of the inquest upoa the body of Mary Hanlin , the wife of Peter Hanlin , a travelling potter , who died from certain wounds inflicted on her head b y her husband , on Saturday , the 25 th of September . The proceedings , be * ore the coroner , at Carlisle , were not concluded till Friday afternoon , when a verdict of 'Wilful Murder' was returned against Hanlin . He was at that time in gaol Buffering severely from erysipelas , produced by a blow which , it was believed , had been

      given to him by Charles M'Minnis , in a scuffle to ascertain which was 'the better man . ' The symptoms gradually assumed a more dangerous form , and terminated fatally at twelve o ' clock on Saturday—jost within a week of his wife ' s death . We now subjoin the conclusion of the inquest on Mary Hanlin ' s body . The room was cleared , and after a consultation of about tea minates , the jury returned a verdiet to the effect that Mary Hanlin died from effusion of blood on the brain , in consequence of injaries inflicted on her head by Peter Hanlin , and that they found the said Peter Hanlin guilty ot Wilful Murder . ' The priioner was then committed to gaol for trial on the coroner ' s warrant .

      DURHAM . ExiSHBIVKFoHGEBIESAT ScKDERLAKD . —The 'Newcastle Guardian' says-. —Great sensation has bee * occasioned in this borough , daring the ^ regent week by a report , wbich has unfortunately proved correct , that Mr J . Humble , a share and ship broker , In a firm , recently dissolved , has committed forgeries to agreat amount and decamped . Our correspondent states that three . or four bills for £ 1 , 000 each have been discounted at Sunderland , which the supposed acceptors haveproneunbed to be forgeries ; and it is rumoured that there are forged bills to the extent of £ 10 , 000 , but probably on this point it may be found that there is . some exaggeration . Mr Humble is a

      young man , respectably connected , and , we believe , engaged extensively in speculation during tbe railway mania . The 'Durham Chronicle' gives a circum . stantial account of the parties who have ken defrauded by Humble , and whe , we may state generally , are bis relatives . It adds : —There is too much reason to fear that Humble , who is quite ayonng man , had got some unfortunate connexions with swindlers at a distance , who were victimising and goading him to his ruin . • . # A warrant has been granted for Humble ' sapprehension ; but there 1 b not much probability of his being caught , aa he has gone about a week . It is supposed he haa sailed for Monte Video .

      LH . CASBIBB . BaocoHTox Old Ham , , near Manchester , was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday morning , and damage was done to the extent of nearly £ 1 , 000 . It was . witkin a few years ago , the seat of the late Rev . Wm . CloweB , and on his brother Col . Clowes , the present owner , coming into possession , heremoved the furniture forthe purpose of subjecting the building to Borne extensive alterations . Owing to this circumstance the loss has been trifling compared with what it would have been if the hall had been occupied by the family . The hall is situated about twe miles from Manchester , and the alarm did not reach the police till some considerable time had been lost . The fire was entirely subdued in less than two hours , after destroying a large portion of the roof and of the cupola over the south front , besides

      the upper part of the grand staircase . As the walls and ceilingB were in the course of receiving embellishments they alsi suffered much injury from both fire and water . The enly tenants of the hall were three grooms , occupying , the upper sleeping rooms , and they were awoke by a suffocating sensation arising from the smoke . They tried to make their way down stairs by the principal staircase , but finding egress that way cat off , they escaped by the windows upon some scaffolding erected by the bricklayers , and from thence descended by ladders which had been left reared against the scaffolding . The origin of the disaster is attributed to the joiners on the previous night having left a very hot fire in oneoftheroomi , which had ignited some pegs , the ends of which in one direction communicated with the flues , and in the other with tbe skirting boards of the room . -

      Thk Eclipse . — -The wet , clondy , and hazy weather which prevailed throughout the greater part of last week , caused a very general apprehension that those who wished to observe the eclipse on Saturday morning would be disappointed . In this reighbonrhood , however , the morning was exceedingly propitious , the atmosphere was clear and unclouded , and the transit of our satellite across tbe sun ' s disc was observed from the moment when the luminary appeared above the horizon to the termination of the eclipse . Thx Welsh in Manchester and Liverpool . —In Liverpool , there are at present from 40 000 to 50 , 060 Webb , who are almost all Dissenters . The numerous meeting-houses are crowded to orerflowing whilst the only Welsh church in Liverpool is almost deserted . In Mancheaterthe Welsh have nechnrch to resort to , but thousands of the Welsh residing there attend disrenting places of worshi p , where they hear instruction in their own native tongue .

      Thk Oldham Bankiso Compart is understood to have made a proposal for winding up its affairs , on Saturday , to one of the larger concerns in the neighbourhood , and on Monday , at Manchester , the news was currentthat it had stopped payment . The statement did not create much sensation , it being known to have done but a limited business . The company was formed in 1836 , when there were about fifty partners ; but , according to tlw returns published in February last , the list contained bnt 83 names . The bank had no branches , and the capital is said not to have exceeded £ 20 , 000 . The immediate cause of stoppage ia understood to have been thatthey held bills to some considerabl e amount of l ) e Jersey and Co / a upon John Thomas , bob , and Lelevre . TOBKSHlBn .

      Ircbndiart Firb at Cut Wheels . — It ia again onr painful duty to record one of those fires which there appears every reason to regard as having originated man incendiary act . It took place at what are known a * the Clay Wheels , about three miles from Sheffield , near Wadsley Bridge , and situated on the river Don . The property belongs to H . M . Greaves , Esq ., and consists of four rooms , alien the ground floor , and which are let out to edge tool , table blade , and file grinders . A fatal Case of Poisoshhj , withPruBSic add it is conjectured , has created no trifling sensation in Sheffield . Tb * subjoined particulars have been

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      gathered from the evidence 4 aken at the coroner ' s inquiry . The deceased was a lad named John Smith , and was employed at the neighbouring pit of Messrs Chambers , NewUn , and Co . He resided with his father at the works of Tankersle . On Tuesday evening , between five and . six o ' clock , he returned home , and without asking permission of his mother , drank nearly the whole of the sontents of a cup which stood on a table , no doubt being tempted by the smell . His little sister , scarcely two years of age , then , swallowed what remained of tbe liquor . Immediately afterwards the lad fell on the floor and was ssiied with a violent fit . The little girl evinced similar symptoms , though , of a lesser degree . Mr Campbell , surgeon , was instantly . sent for , butb ? the

      tims he had arrived the youth had expired . The girl was suffering eGnsiderably ; and for some time her recovery was deemed doubtful . It appeared from the statement of the mother of the deceased , that she had for several weeks past been an out-door patient of the Sheffield General Infirmary , and it was usual for the medicine to be supplied her in a bottle . On the day in question she took a bottle with her to the Infirmary . On handing it in it was returned to her empty , and a parcel of medicine in another form was famished her . On her wayhome she called at a public house on the . road leading to the Infirmary , and there purchased sixpenny worth of gin and peppermint ; the sign of the house , however , » he did not remember . She took a sip of it in the house

      , and the remainder she put into the medicine bottle . On reaching home she poured a small portion into a cup , which she intended to drink . She p laced the cup en the table , when the deceased came in , and without asking her sanction took it up and swallowed the contents . —Mr Campbell , the surgeon , in answer to the coroner , stated that from the strong and peculiar smell of the small quantity of the liquor left 1 b the bottle , he was of opinion it contained prussio acid . He had neither , however , made a pott tnortent examination of the body , nor tested the contents of the bottle , therefore Le could not apeak with certaiaty on the subject . — . / The coroner adjourned the investigation , and directed "{ he mother of the deceased to meet him on the following day to point out the house where she procured the spirit .

      STAFFORDSHIRE . An , Explosion of Gas , attended with fatal consequences , occurred in the church at Walsall on Sunday night , shortly after the termination of the service , and before the whole of the congregation had departed . For some time previously an escape of gas had been remarked , and on this night the beadle incautiously proceeded to examine tbe churchwarden ' s pew , fromwhieh it was supposed to proceed , having in his hand a lighted candle . He had scarcely entered before a tremendous explosion took placethe pews were torn up , the fragments of timber scattered in all directions , and tbe poor man was killed en the spot , his body having been mangled in a frightful manner . Fortunately no other person was injured .

      SUFFOLK . Ah Attempt to Murder was made at Ipswich a few days ago . The person charged with the offence is John Nunn . a hawker of fish , residing in Hayward's-yard , Upper Orwell-street . It appears that he went home under the influence of drink , and commenced a quarrel with his wife ; at the same time ordering her to provide him instantly with supper . The woman accordingly cooked him seme food , to which he sat down , when a further altercation took place , the result of which was that Nunn rose from his seat and followed his wife to the door . Before she could obtain assistance , with the knife he had been using at table hestabbed her in the neck . He was brought before the mayor , and remanded for further examination . No fatal results are anticipated ; but forthe fact ; of the woman having drawn back her head at the time of the assault , there can be no doubt that thu wound would have been fatal .

      berkshire . Accident on the Great Western Railwat—As one of the porters attached to the Reading station was on Friday crossing tbe line with a box heavily laden on his back , he observed the train coming up , which he endeavoured to ese&pe , by passing , as Be imagined , to the line different from the one the train was traversing : but , instead of so doing , he took the Hue on which the train was , and was struck , it is supposed , by the buffer of the engine , which came in contact with the box he was carrying . The bex was driven forward upwards of thirty yards , and the train passed over both his legs . The unfortunate man was carried to the Beading Infirmary , where it was found necessary to amputate both Mb feet above the ankles . Although he is in a very precarious state , hopes are entertained of his recovery .

      BURRBY . Sikguiab Death . —An inquest was held by Mr W . Carter , at the Black Lion , Kingston , on Saturday evening , on the bedy of Edward Waller , aged fifteen . Sarah Wood , the first , witness , deposed that on Wednesday evening she was in her own house , when she heard his father say , * Here are pretty doings ; " and , at the same time , thtre was the sound of blows . ' She went across , and saw the deceased lad who appeared to be very drank , and his father , The latter had a small stick in his band , and struck deceased with it once or twice , but not violently . The father of the deceased said thai he had been brought home drunk ; and almost at . the same moment the deceased ' s younger brother was aty > led home in a similar condition . She did not see the

      deceased any more until the next morning , when she found he was dead . —By the Coroner - —The blows given by the father with the stick were not at all violent enes , and oould not have inflicted any injury npon the deceased . He appeared in a helpless state ef intoxication . —Martha Waller , a sister of the deceased , deposed to his being brought home in the state described-, and she Raid that after her father had struck him two or three blows he desisted , and Bhe then undid the deceased ' s shirt-collar and laid him on the floor , where he went to sleep almost immediately . She looked at him several times during the night ; he always appeared in a profound Bleep , and she thought it was better not to disturb him . On the following morning one of his companions

      came to call him to go to work , and , on his raising his head , he gave a deep sigh and immediately expired . The witness added that her other brother was almost as drunk as the deceased , but he vomited , and brought a quantity of brandy off his stomach . —The coroner aBked the witness why she did not send for a medical man ?—She replied that she did not think there was any dancer , and she considered it the best thing to let her brother sleep away the effect of the liquor . —The coroner remarked that this was a very erroneous idea , and he said that if the doctor had been called in the life of the deceased would , in all probability , have been saved . —Thos , Waller , the brother of the deceased , was next

      examined . It appeared , from his statement , that as an omnibus * as passing through Kingston a large stone bottle , full of brandy , fell from the roefand was broken , and the spirit ran into the gutter . The deceased , himself , and some other boys ,, stooped down and scooped up the liquor with their hands , and continued drinking it till he and his brother became quite drunk , and he did not know what further happened . He eould not give any idea of what quantity of spirit his brother drank . —The coroner having addressed a few remarks te the jury upon the peculiar nature of the case , they returned a verdict that' thedeceased died of apoplexy occasioned by . drinking an immoderate quantity of brandy . '

      SUSSEX ; . , Collision o » thk London and , Brighton Rail , wat . —A collision of a fearful character between two passenger trains occurred on Saturday morning last , on the London and Brighton Railway , by which several passengers were seriously injured , among whom may be mentioned Mr Wyon , the medallionist to the Royal Mint , and Mr Driver , the land-surveyor of Parliament-street . It occurred soon after nine o ' clock , at the junction ef the Keymer branch line , situate between Hayward ' s Heath , and Hassock ' s Gate stations , and about nine miles from Brighton . The trains that met with tbeVdisaster were the first down , or parliamentary train , and the morning express train from Hastings , the former leaving London

      Bridge terminus at seven a . m ., and the latter , Hastings , at twenty minutes past seven . At the junction the company , have placed a code of signals , and the instructions were exceedingly explicit as to trains passing from the branch on to the main line . Both the trains are due at that point near the same time , and the cuBtom is to signal the down parliamentary train to wait nntil the express has passed over . It appears , in this instance , that when the parliamentary approached the junction the signal wastgiven that all was clear , and to go on and it did so at the usual speed . On nearing tbe points , however , the engine-driver perceived the express coming up , the driver of the engine of wbich also laboured under the same impression as to the signal indicating all

      clear . The moment they saw their dangerous position the steam was Bhut off . Unfortunately neither of the trains could be stopped in time to prevent the lamentable consequences , and at the moment of the express crossing the junction it was out in two by the engine of the parliamentary down train . The crash was tremendous , and the consternation and terror that prevailed amongst the passengers was shockingly painful . From the fact of several of the carriages being partially demolished , and others turned on their end , a belief was entertained that several of the passengers had been killed . Many of the passengers escaped from the carriages as they could , bleeding from wounds in various parts of

      their bodies . As soon as practicable the guards proceeded to make a careful search of the carriages , and happily ascertained that no life had been lost , although most of the passengers were more or less injured . To those more seriously hurt than the rest medical aid was promptly obtained , and as soon as the trains were extricated , which occupied nearly two hours , they were forwarded to Brighton . The accident is to be attributed , in the first place , to the down-tram being behind time " ; the second , and the more immediate cause was , the intfficiency of the tender-brake . How this inefficiency arose we are unable to state ; but it is somewhat surpriaine as the engine was a new one . It was made bv Hanghter and Co ., of Bristol , and the princi ple

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      of applying the brakes on their engines of that kind is , we are informed , somewhat different to . tbat ordinarily in use . :-l : i-- ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦" ,-. ' « - I ¦ { ' v HAMPSHIRE , ' Robbery ai Wethill Fair . —During the temporary absence of the shepherds oh Saturday , some per * Bons dressed as sheep-drovers went to the penB , con-, taining 102 wether and ewe lambs , the property of Mr . R . B . Hart , of Wwhford , near Salisbury , and drove them away . Up to Monday the stolen sheep had not beentraced . / . ; * . ;>•! ¦

      ; . .. .-KENT . ' ' •¦• — '" •• : Outraob at ChathAm . -TereHte Cook and Edward Priee , privdtee in the 63 rd regiment , and William Berwick , P-E&ilor , were brought before the county magistrates , at Rochester , together with William Carson , William Armstrong and Angus M'Lean , Royal' Marines , captured since the examination of the first three prisoners . The charge against them was for an offence of frequent occurrence lately in the neighbourhood of Chatham . The prisoners forced an entrance into the . White Lion public house in that twn , and broke a quantity of glass . Being ultimately expelled from the premises , they threw heavy stones throigh tbe chamber window in which the wife of the landlord « aa lying in bed . not havine

      recovered from her . recent confinement . ' One of the missiles , weighing seven or eight pounds , struck the bedpost , and drove the landlady , with her infant , to ' a closet for shelter . All the prisoners were found guilty , and as Captain Barker , the presiding magistrate , observed , there were different degrees of guilt , iso the court would award different degrees of punishment . The judgment , therefore , was that Cook and Price pay a penalty of 4 . 0 a ., and Us . Cd . coats each , or to be committed to the House of Correction for two calendar months ; Carson , Armstrong , and M'Lean ' 21 « . Qd , each , or twenty-one days' imprisonment ; and Berwick 16 s . 6 d >» or fourteen days ' ira * prisonment . - All the prisoners were removed in custody . * ' '" , . -, , . . " ...

      ,. . GDSRHSRT . , ¦ ; Fatal Accidbnt . —On Wednesday , last a melancholyevent occured at the neighbouring island of Jethou , whereMr ' Edward Marshal Harris , eldest son of Mrs Harris , of Marshall ' s , Royal Yatch Club Hotel , in this island , was , suddenly deprived of life through the . accidental discharge of ; his gun . Mr Harris had gone to Jethou in company with Mr Jas . MfCuUooh , jun ., fqrthe purpose of rabbit shooting . In . the course of the afternoon these . two gentlemen , and two attendants ,, were standing on some uneven ground watching some rabbit-holes into which ferrets had been sent , when , ; it is believed , Mr Harris ' s foot slipped , and that in endeavouring to koeD himself

      from falling , he must have struck the but end of his gun on the ground or against some object , when the piece exploded , and lodged the whoh of its contents in his abdomen , produoing instantaneous death . Mr Mtulloch and the two attendants , who were but a few percnes from the deccased . liearingthedigobArge , asd apprehending some accident , immediately ran to the spot where Mr . Harris had fal » n , and found him a corpse . In the course of the afternoon a boat , which was soen pawing Jethou , was hailed , and the remains of the deceased beieg embarked in it , were brought to the residence ef his bereaved and afflicted mother . Mr Harris , who was in his 19 th year , was highly esteemed , and his melancholy end is deeply regretted by all who knew him .

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      | talaiiB . " I : TENANT-RIGHT HOVBMEHT . , The ' Central Tenant League of Ireland' held a meeting on Sunday , at the League Hall , in Thurlesj county of Tipperary , 'for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to . . grant extensive measnres of relief to the tenants of Ireland . ' The members of this League , it appears , repudiate all connection with the ¦ ¦¦

      recent Holycross meeting . , '"'' Great exertions are made to get up a tenant league movement in the county of Waterford . A meeting is to be held in KilmacthomaB , on the 24 th inst ., to secure the rights of the occupying tenant , with due regard to the just rights ot the landlord . ' It is worthy of note , that the names ef upwards of fifty Roman Catholic clergymen are appended to the requisition . ! ¦ : ' Mr Sharman Crawford is to be entertained at a public dinner by the tenant-farmers of the county of Cork . ; The Cork Examiner Bays : —

      The honourable -gentleman 1 « now here on a visit to his ion , who is discharging tbe duties of his office in connection with the administration of the poor-law , aBd tothe satisfaction of all parUei . Mr Crawford will remain in this locality for a week . It is bis intention te visit the Several districts of this country where distress prevails , and which'hare giren a remarkable botorletj to the local history of Cork 'destitution . " ' " ' ' '"

      INCREASE OP DESTITUTION—POOR KATKS . From the southern districts along the coast there are moat afflicting accounts of destitution . Bantry , Skull , Kenmbre , and Dingle aro becoming quite as mwetabk as they had been during the general famine . There are local circumstances that greatly aggravate the distress in those places , and the opposition given to the poor-rate delays anything in' the shape of remedy in some of the districts . At Skull , where a sixth of the entire population died off last year , numbers of the poor are now subsisting on cabbages and turnip-topB , and consider themselves fortunate in being able to procure this resource against starvation . - ¦

      In Bantry Union the destitution is nearly as severe , but the poer-law guardians appear to bo acting ma most heartless manner . The following report is a striking illustration of the obstacles thrown in the way of the poor-law , manifestly for the purpose of securing the rents of the landlords : — . Bantey Union . —At numerous meeting assembled in the board-room on Tuesday , Samuel Hutching , 'Esq ., J . P ., la . the chair , for tho purpose Of SeC ' lding tlie tfOW universally debated proposition of complying ' with the requirements , ef tho commissioners , of striking the 3 s . rate , a compliance with which has been Insisted on by them , in this union , as in others , upon pain of removal There Wflre"filstf to be hsard , and decided npon , agreat number ofolaims for admission , on the part of paupers who had coma from the remote western dittricts ot Berehaven , Kileaterine , and other yet more distant localities . Thedaywasoccupisd to a late hour in hearing these cases . It appeared that in the middle of the night of the

      previous Saturday , between 200 and 80 Q squalid , miserable preatures had been landed ia Bantrj . from ooats , | which had conveyed them there from Be ' rebaven . The Rev . Mr Freeman , R . C . C ., wm immediately called up , and , owing to . his charitable exertions , lodgment was procured for somo amongst them , whilst others ' were obliged to pass the night in the open Street , withouteither , food or shelter . 'When these people applied for admission into the ' workhouse on the following morning the master declared that he could ; only admit 100 out of the number , even tboogh all ths applicants - should be entitle ^ by the ordera of the guardians , to be received Temporary relief , in the wj of food , was then applied for them , by the Rev . Mr Freeman , from lomeofthe guardians , when it was found that the poorhonse waB so badly supplied as to be unable to furnish it , and the sup . plying of those starving ; naked , perishing creatures with even one meal , devolved npoa the Rev . Mr Freeman ( but chargeable , we believe , on the funds of t he union ) . ¦ ¦

      The following paragraphs , touching ' the state of the country , are from the Limerick Chronicle received on Wednesday : —• ¦ ' ' Friday night a large stack of wheat , the peoperty of SirThos . B . Dancer , near Cleaghjordan , was pulled ' and a > large quantity of the wheat taken off . One hnn ' dred yards of fine potato-drills , the property of Thomas Barnes , Esq ., wero pulled on Friday ni ght . Thursday night last , the house of a poor man named James Gle « son , of BalljhaBty , within half a mile of CloBghjordan , was set oh fire by an incendiary and were it not that his wife perceived the flames is ' suinir through the roof , the family would have been burned to ashes . On the same night a house belonging to a man of the name of Bolton was maliciousl y set on fira nnfl consumed . A man named Timothy Hanly , care-taker to Hon . Mrs Qtway Cave , was shot dead on Thursday night ic his bedroom , in one of the out offices at Castle Otw ' av Tipperary . *•

      Mr Gubbins , of Kenmare Castle , placed two keepers over the crop of a tenant named Carroll , near Hosai tal , who owed over two years' rent , and was makinc 6 ff the crops by night . The keepers wero walking on th « road a little after , six o ' clock , when two shots wl ™ fired at them from inside the ditch ; one of them received a bullet in the baek part of the head , which h £ E « tracted , and there are how hopes of his reco er y- second man sscaped , a ball havine nans . * ^ . * r ~~ skirts of his coat . The k CpeSTJffl ? fe . ?! with what effect it . unknown ; the fire , but MrR . Young , of Clonringlo , near flewpo tt d \ . lr » , no j iitisss Pta make the possession of arma by unlfcenS mSo 2 an indictable offence . Mr Maher , ttionghSjKl 2 yhat are called ' Arms Bills . 'is of onin ffif . ?

      eimve weapons , and more especial ]/ fire 7 r m 8 are too generally held by the pedantry , ilow £ Mr Mahert proposition is practicable-to say nothing ot the gross violation of constitutional principlf S ^ VTT- - ^ 11 P robably be f « l'y SacuS liereatter ; but it is clear from tho reception given to 2 l « Ji ?? S " * ' Glengall , Hawarden , and others , that it found great favour with the Tipperary gentry . Ihe Quarter Sessions Justices invariably reluseu to register the arms of tho small farmers under' the Arms Bill ; ' and to that fact may in a great measure bo attributed the indiscriminate

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      arming of the peasantry , on , the « piration of that unconstitutional measure . Should Mr Matter ' s nig . gestion be adopted , it is m « re than likely the power of granting ana refusing licenses would to committed to the same hands , in which case the new system of licence would be as much abused aa the old system of registration . . . . ; ¦ . ' . « . ;;• : n ¦ ¦ : ; v

      SHOCKING ACCnjBHT . . . The Newry telegraph announces the partial des traction of Liscannon Oastle , by gunpowder , and the death of Mrs Macartney , the wife of tb « owner . From all that can be learned of this terrible even £ it appears that Mr Macartney , had , in one of his eel-Jars , a number of casks of gunpowder , forthe use of the yeomanry , in whiohheheld a commwion . He was examining the powder , under the impression that it had caught damp , and had left Mrs Macartney with a' lighted caudle in the vault or passage

      containing the gunpowder , until he oould examine it outside . By what means the casualty , took plaee may never be known ; but he had scarcely left the castle when a tremendous explosion occurred , which , blew oat the whole frontage of the mansion , and instantaneously deprived Mrs Macartney of life . Mrs Macartney was a member of the Filgato family , of ? ilgate Lodge , Balbriggan . ' We have heard , from a friend , that the body was absolutely blown into fragments . By her decease , it is said , £ 5 , 600 a-yeat passes from the Macartney family . . -

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      ATTEMPT OP TWENTY . 51 X CONVICTS TO BREAK OUT OF MARYBOROUGH GAOL . .. On Thursday week , about half-past five o ' clock ia theevening , twenty . sis prisoners , under sentence of trans , portation , endeavoured to effect their eicape from the gaol of Maryborough , The following are tlie dream * stances connected with the attempt .: —It ieemi that several prisoners were returning to their respective yards from oohool , when those belonging to Ho . 8 claw , twenty . » lx in number , seized their tnrakey , deprived him of the key , and thenloeked him np in the washroom , Another turnkey , who came into the ward at the time , wai also locked np . The priioneri , wh » were all convicts , armed themcelves with stone hammers , and two

      ef them inserted a couple of shoemakers' knives on long poles , so as to render them available like pikes , Having opened the gateof their elau , they proceeded to tbe adjoiniBg one , Ko . 2 , in , wbieh was the prison foige . Here they possessed themselves of the hammers . of tbe smithy , and ealHed down , towards tbe visiting gate en masse . The governor ( Mr Wilson ) happening to perceive them , rushed through taom and reached the gate , when about orie . half of them had passed it . He , after a straggle , succeeded in shutting ths gate , when oae of the party inside aimed , through the bars , a blow of tbe hammer at hUh ° ad , which cut tho leaf of bis hat , and at the same time shattered the hand of another convict , who wai striving to force , the . gate .- The goto beiog locked , thOBeintide retired , at if to their class , but In

      reality with intention to releaia the prisoners of the other classes . The party that had passed the visitor * ' gate now rushed towards that which communicates witU the porter ' s lodge and the residence of the deputy governor . Among these were James Dillon , charged with murder , but sentenced to ten years' transportation for cow steal , ing ; the three m « s under sentence for the attack on Mr Cnllen ' s house , naar Mountrath ; and John O'Brien , nnder sentence for bulglary at Manny , near Stradbally ; The turnkey , Henry Dawion , who was going his rounds at the time , ran to the alarm-bell , when he saw the prisoners , but one of them caught his bands , and attempted to brain him with a atone-hammer . Having extricated himself from the fellow ' s grasp he ran to the gate where Dillon was smashing at the lock with a heavy sledge ,

      and another man ready to plunge the long knife on the pole through the bars . At this juncture the gate-keeper Thomas Pratt , came out with a gun , and discharged it at Dillon , when he and his party fell back for a moment or two ; bat no wound being inflicted they returned to the attack . In the meantime Mr Lewis , the deputy governor , banded Hear ; Davis a gun with a fixed bayonet through the bars , and proceeded to load other fire-arms for himself and Pratt . Dawson next presented his gun at Dillon , but misfired . Dillon flung by the sledge and took to his heels , while O'Brien rushed la on D&wion with intent to disarm him . While attempting to do so

      the latter stabbed him three times with tbe bayonet . This so disheartened the desperadoes that Dillon called them off , saying at the same , time it was ' no go . ' In the meantime the governor had all the other turnkeys collected , and succeeded in gMting . the prisoners into their classes . They were subsequently placed in irons . O'Brien ' s wounds were dressed by Dr Jacob . They aro not mortal ; and though labouring under acute pain , he swears he will not leave ths prison until he has some person ' s life . The whole occurrence did not occupy more than eight minates . The Sheriff investigated the ? a « e , and h oi opinion that no blame can ba attached to any of tbe officers of the prison .

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      MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . ' Bi * MiN < 3 HAH . —One of the most atrocious murders Wbich has been committed in this town for man ; years past ; took place on Tuesday , and bag caused a great sensation in the itniaedSate locality ' of tfao Vioi » ncei The murderer is a . mas nanssd Davios , a boarding-house , keeper , who resided in Moor-street ,. opposite the Polio * Office—the victim hi « own wife . For a long time past Davies and the unfortunate woman lived upon wretched terms , and bis vielencs was such as to cause her tosummon him twice before the magistrates for ill-treatment to her . Afcw dajs ago he was to have appeared again before the justices , but a fair-week coming on h » wife did not press tbe charge , in consequence of the Injury which she knew they must sustain in their business

      by such unseemly litigation . It seems , however , her in . dulgence bad little or bo iffect upoa Davies , and he continued to beat and ill-use her until she was obliged to renew her application to the magistrates , and on Saturday an officer from the court was sent to his house and gave him notice that he must appear oa Tuesday to answer any complaint which his wife mi ght prefer againsthim . On receiving the notice , Davies said to the officer , I will warrant her . ' or words to that effect . From that tame he was very violent towards his wife , fcut nothing material occurred until that morning , when he term ! .

      nated her existence . It seems he rose rather earlier than usual , and wag aware that he had to appear before the magistrates at eleven o ' clock , he went between nine and ten o ' clock to tbe houBe of his brother-in-law , a respectable shoemaker in the neighbourhood , and « ked him to interfere with his wife and prevent her from going before the magistrates . His brotherin-law said he could not interfere any morethat he had done fo many times , that he bad been bail for him , and all to no purpose , and he would not have anything more to do with him . Davies soon after

      returned home ,, and began to attend apparently to hisbusmess About half . past ten o ' clock his wife was washing her hands in a vessel in the brewhouse , before going to the public office , to appear against Wm , and a woman named Eliza Yarnell was sitting pr » pariBe potatoes for-dinner , in the same place , when Davies entered the brewhouse and began to peer some potatoes . He then stood up and near to his wife , and asked her not toappear against him . She said Bhe would , and ke again said she must not ; but she repeaud what she bad said M ? ? rwor ? ' uP ° b "Wch Davies , standing with hi » " leftside towards her , leaned across as if . to kUs her-So wTtiT *" ' * * - * - « . M » . ' You » baU ? w £ L flnd . ' * awiD * a 8 har P «» e knife acrois her tnrdat

      , complettly separated the jugular vein and walked away . The unfortunate wonun ruihed iuf of on tb ° ° na C v ° Vered ? 8 Ore ' feU * £ W « ££ on thepavement the moment shegn outside . The wo-Z » ^ immediateI y ™ nt out and called -Murder . another ffi 0 U " Mme in > and Ri ( * ard Bln 8 ley a »* another officer ran over from . the lock-up , and seiaed Davieg , who , it seemed , had remained motionle . s . Mr a Person , eurgeon , was prompt in attendance , an * Mrs Davies was removed up stairs , but lifeVa . extinct , the nature of the wound having rendered immediate ¦ STT ^ " Davi " ' "" g eonveyedto thepri-!» . £ \? Tn house ' '' l dld not do lt - ' * 5 e « lih ^ , . ° * inUed t 0 make . ™ tU lodged i * tne oell ra the custody of an officer

      ttiJi ! 40 e £ Was heia ° n Tae 8 day ataro ° on , when the K ™!?*?^? WM adduoed :- E 15 za YarnalI » airwoman , stated that she had worked for tbe deceased eighteen months ; that she had a famil y of three children ; and that she was at her house on the mominc of La , ir At tbe , tfme 8 he went in * S Davies was there , and one of his children , the fomw was peeling potatoes , and his wife washing herself £ ES ^ a-a- ^ rr f Sfe ^ W-Kftft attar nhinii ti i a l " ntl 8 U uer nanas ,

      SkwIv- " ^^* " 2 hi . ft d t *? knife ^ his hand . It was customary ^ ne 8 ^ m iUU 8 lUg her t 0 ^ her , audit waswit-Ssir ^ T tha ? he wa 8 soing to do so on this 1 ™ I ' , After u" « « g some threat , witness observed yJSTa flow ftom ^ 6 throat of the deceased , out had not observed Davies u > a the knife , although she was certain that deceased could not have done it herseit ; there was a&ttugale between the two . Witness

      ran into the street , and deceased called out , 'Murder ! a « ,, my throat ! > IS ** ran out of the house-!\ . i Tbc P rifoner then threw down tho knifeput his hands into his pockets , and stood with his back to tho fire , with apparent unconcern . The evidence of other witnesses was similar in its purport-. Tfce surgeon deposed to the effect that the wound inflicted upon the deceased was six or seven inches long and three Jeep : that it passed through the windpipe , and divided all the blood-vessels and nerves ou the right side , touching the vertebras until it approached the right ear , where it terminated . The inquiry occupied four hours ; and at the coaclusien the jury ^ turned a verdict of Wilful murder' against Davies .

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      Scotjafflr . , ' !' . GREAT FLOOD IN THB TAT , . After a' drought of ten months , a tremendous sterm of rain has vissted this part of the country . The millers thought that it would require a week ' s heavy rain to give them water in quantity to keep their machinery in full operation . Two days have proved more than sufficient for their purpose , as the whole of the mills in this neighbourhood have been stopped with the flood . So heavy and so general has been the rain , and the Tay is now at a hei ght which every one , even octogenarians , Bay hap not been equalled in their day . In 1815 there was a greater portion of the town under water , but that

      wascaused by the bhdga being partially closed with large blocks of iee . Never , it is thought , has the same quantity of water been in the river ; since Sunday morning it has risen sixteen feet perpendicular . Those acquainted with this locality will have some idea of the effects ot arise to this extent from the following facts : —The two Inches are wholly covered , the water being over the parapet wal ) s between the one on the north of the town and Hose Tettace . In the shops in North Port and west end of ; Castle Gable , and all the places upon the same level , the depth is about five feet . The Edinburghroad , which passes , through the South Inch , being raised two er three feet above its level , is yet passable , although it also is partially . ' covered . The

      damage up the country must be fearful . The contractors for the bridges across the Almond and Tay , now constructiBg for the Midland Railway , must be large losers , as the quantity of wrought timber which has floated past the town is immense . A great number of men have been employed the whole day in catching it in its progress towards tbe Bea , and thej certainly tare been very successful ; but with all their exertions , what they have brought ashore is not a tithe of what passed them . Carcases of sheep and cattle , trees , stacks , apparently in as good order as they stood in the stack-yard , have all been observed in . ttacontseof ttaday intheir progress seaward . It is also reported that a great number of Meraellogs that were to be used by the Dundee Railway

      Company in erecting the bridge acress the Tay , have been floated off Moncreiff island . One good effect of the flood will be to Bhow the engineers what they will have to provide against in the construction of their bridges ; a number of practical men thought that they were ' not enough alive to the importance of having them of the most substantial description . The water continues rising , and no appearance of it commencing to subside . Parts of the town which it was thought would be safe from all inundation are getting under water by the bursting of the common Bewers . The sunk flats in Rose terrace and

      Barros 8 a-place are now nearly filled to the ceiling . ' The Blair Atholl coach , which should have reached this forenoon , has not . yet arrived . It is supposed some of the bridges must have fallen . TheAbcrfeldy evening coach came about an hour after her usual time .. Some parts of the road were so flooded that the water covered the seats inside . It is reported that the whole of the scaffolding erected for throwing the arches of the bridge across the Tay , at Kinolaven , has been swept away , and that one of the piers has gone along with it . A person rays that , among other things observed floating past , was tho carcase of ahorse , saddled and bridled .

      ABBBDEBN 8 HIRK . ' Abbudeen . —Extraordinary Birth . —On Sunday last the wife of an industrious man , a patient of the dispensary , residing in Park-street , with a family of six young children , was taken in premature labour during an attack of fever , and was safely delivered , within an hour , of three boys , all of whom died in a very short time . The mother is doing well , the fever having been immediately cut short on the birth of tbe infants . . ¦•

      wick . . Shipwreck at Kkks . —Information reached Wick on Thursday morning that a large brig had been driven ashore in the neighbourhood of the old caatle of Keiss , a distance of eight miles to the northward of this place . As it was reported that the men were clinging to the wreck , and as therewaa a strong gale from the E . S . E ., accompanied by a tremendous sea , the utmost fears were excited for their safety . On reaching the spot , the brig was found lying at a small distance to the northward of the old castle , the sea dashing against her with fearful violence . A large crowd of persons had assembled , many of them from Wick , to render assistance to the poor fellows who were placed in such imminent danger . Mr Bremner , civil engineer , had previously arrived , and had , as usual , been exerting himself to rescue the crew .

      A rope communication had been effected between the vessel and the shore , and by means of a sliding apparatus , similar to that of Manby , preparations were being made to take the crew ashore . This , we have great pleasure in stating , was accomplished in the most efficient manner . The first who was conveyed to land was an old man , Lowson by name , belonging to Dundee , who had been washed from the rigging , and was so exhausted that the crew had to tie him into the cradle . On being landed he and the others were conveyed to tho hospitable abode of Mr Iverach , where every attention was paid to them . The poor old man soon after died . The rest of the crew soon recovered their exhaustion . The vessel is the Warrior of Montrose , Captain Mearns , from Riga to Liverpool , with a cargo of railway sleepers , and is likely to become a total wreck . It is understood that both ship and cargo are insured .

      LANARKSHIRE . GtASoow . —Hobriblb Trbaimbkt op a Wipe by hbr Hbbband . —Mrs Fry , the unfortunate woman who was confined for several months in a back closet by her husband , died last week in the Town ' s Hospital . It waB arranged that the interment should take place on Sunday , at three o ' clock ; and , a little before that honr , the husband of the deceased and a few Mends arrived at thehoBpital , in two mourning coaches , to attend the remains to the grave-yard . About the same time , however , orders were received from the Procurator-Fiscal to delay the interment

      until the body ot the deceased underwent a medical examination . Drs Easton and Macgregorwereaopointed to discharge this duty but swing to the secrecy in which all such inquiries are conducted , in Scotland , it 18 impossible to ascertain the parti ! culm of thw instigation , or of the previouVone whiehvas instituted on this painful case ^ Great surpmewas manifested at the liberation nfl £ v a paltry bail-bond of £ 15 ; 25 X ^ deceas fe unfortunate woman has increased tW f «« v \ P fi i i i l

      the steps which the woman ' s death and the post mor ^ exam ination may induee the crown ng ^ nte to take

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      .,, ' . ; !/> . > ., >* i . v ti . ' i ,. ; ,-iiu .. «•• . ••¦ . * , - - i ~ nwnliMy ^^ iti ^ j ^ i ^^ ai * ^! " ¦ |'' Ji i ¦ 7 ^ " ^ : : ¦ : ! - ¦ ' ^ - BH * wlck . - «; . - ^^ H The Latb Rims . —The procee'dings or Saturday evening the 25 th ult ., continue toooiupy attention . The labowfatthe railway works proceeds peaceably . ! A large proportion of the workmen have been paid off , and have nowJeft the district . -Nothing . has transpired respecting the proceedings in Tweedmouth calculated to ' give any additional information as ' to the | cbnduot of the individuals who * took a { fort therein , and the general opinion Seems to ' be thai nothing morecan be ascertained , The inquiry into the death of Patrick Cavanagh . who received injuries ' on the occasion which caused his death three days afterwards , has occupied the coroner ' s jury over several meetings . They met oh Thursday , Friday , and Monday nights , and at present the inquiry ^^

      stands adjourned till Friday next . week . The magistrates have in the course of the Week been ' engaged ia inquiring into the riots which 'tbok ' place in this town on the Bame evening , and which appearl to have been quite distinct and uncontiected with / the disturbances in Tweedraouth , and seem to have arisen from an attack upon the railway labourers and other strangers , by parties belonging to the town ; On Monday and Tuesday the magistrates were' engaged inquiring into , a ^ hargie . of not , preferred against the following persons , most of whom werettronght from the jail , having been apprehended and lodged thore in the courie ' of'th ' e Iwoj > revjpu 8 days-t-namely : AndrewGivens , RobertMacfarlane , John' Macfarlane , Robert SomerviHe , jun ., John

      Burns , Hindhaugh , Robert Lyle , James Lyons , William Young , Peter Donaldson , Archibald Johnston , RalphKnoxand Mary Knox . Thedefendanta . are all inhabitants of the town , and with the exception of the two last appear under 80 years of age ; Archibald Johnston is only 15 ; The charge against thete was of tumultuously assaulting , or'by their presence aiding an assault on the even ing of Thursday , the 23 rd bit ., on a house in Wallace ' 8-green ,. the property of Mr Johnson How , and occupied , as tenant , by one John Kaynes . There were in the house at the time : of the assaulteight or ten lodgers , strangers travelling . The assault appeared directed against tho occupying tenant for having , as , was asserted , taken the house ' over the head of the previous

      tenant , ' and was committed by throwing stones and other missiles into the-house upon the inmates , whereby the door and other parts of the house were broken , and , the inmates placed in bodily fear , so much bo , that ( with the exception of two men , who concealed themselves all Bight underneath a bed ) they sought safety in flight . After hearing evidence the magistrates committed the parties , with the exception of Hindhaugh , Burns , ' and : Lyons , to take their trial at tho ensuing sessions . Mary Knox was liberated on bail , and the other defendants were sent to prison to wait their trial ., The magistrates again met on Wednesday to inquire into a second charge preferred against the greater portion of the pemtia committed for trial the previous day ; thw was forthe tumult and riot on Saturday evening , the

      25 th ult ., which ' took place in Chapel-street and in Wallace ' s-gre 6 n . . This charge was preferred against Robert Macfarlane , Robert SomerviHe , jun ., Robert Liale . Peter Donaldson , Archibald Johnston , ' Andrew jGivens , William Young , and' Ralph Knox . After'hearing [ evidence the Ifurther inquiry was adjourned till Saturday . Mr White attended the meetings and examined the witnesses in support , of the charges . It may here be remarked , that of the 13 persons charged with themtoas proceedings not one could sign his or her name , a circumstance very discreditable'to the education of the town . " Peter Hagan was charged with being one ' of the . rioters at Mr Morris ' s yard in Tweedmouth on the night of , ' the 25 th ult . The charge was afterwards abandoned , and the accused was dismissed :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1440/page/6/