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    • ¦*UP SHIPWRECKS. The British sloop Neya wa8 wrecked on tho 11th instant whilst endeavouring to enter the port of Granvillo, and six out of nine, of which her crew was composed, unfortunatel y perished. The oaptain of the Passe-partout, of the Republican steam navy, Beeing the danger to which the British sloop *»» exposed, dispatched a boat with seven picked meu to her assistance , but unfortunately the boat waa upset, and five out of the seven were drowned. The Goodwin Sands. —^ quantities of wreck h *YlnK been ae«n on the Goodwin, it is expected there hag been a great loss on these terrible shoalsborne fishing nets have also been discovered, packed m a similar manner to those used by the Yarmouth nshermen, and it is feared that one of these vessels, which generally carry a great number of hands, must have been lost ' in proceeding to the fisheries offtlw Land's End.
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      T-T . Deaths in London during the week ending Jsn ; :. \ ry 20 , numbered 1 , 045 , a rate of mortality ttta ' ick-rciMy above the average of fire previous ¦ Kii : ; -. ; > , the excess being 170 . But as compared ¦ wit . ' : r ! ie return of the preceding week , they show a demise of 103 , a fact which will be observed in Oonii-.-iiou with the mean temperature of the air which rose during the period from 39 deg . to 47 deg . Of mvn and women at the age of CO and upwards , 307 Mink under disease or the weight of years ; or about 100 more than died weekly qefore the cold Trea * hor set in at the beginning of this inonth . The dcailiK caused by bronchitis and pneumonia were 2 i ? , - -. id exceed the winter average by 67 . Small . \ vas fatal to 30 or 9 more than the

      arepo persons , ra «\ : scarletina to 87 , tho average being <> - ; lyji- "s to OS , the average being- 42 ; hooping cough toi > - the average being 42 . The mortality from men : ' -s , which was fatal in only S cases , is less than one ti . irdof the average . The deaths from diarrhea iud dvseuterv were 23 , which is more than usu .-J a this * se . igon of the year ; from cholera 02 of Thica twenty-seven occurred in Mr . Drouet s establishment ; 6 among children who had been removed from it , and twenty-nine amongst other inhabitants of t ' ; - -. - Metropolitan districts . A man died in the sub-di .-triet of Rocherhithe of " fever from cold and poor -iving , " according to medical certificate . Jfo Hjqu :- •* appears to have been held on the body . At-empted Scicide or x Spaxisii Noblbuan . —At

      the Miirlborouch-street Police Office on Friday , Mr . fimkb . of 32 , Wardour-5 treet , entered the court and staic-J that on the receipt of a note from a Spanish fentUman , formerly oL rank and fortune in Spain , ut who had exiled himself to follow the fortunes of Coij :. ; Alonteniolin , informing him that the writer ¦ eras s * :. out to commit suicide , recommending his wife aad : " : -nily to his care , he had gone to the house of the ¦ ¦ ¦ her and had found him-weltering in his blood , bat -. jt yet dead . The following was the note he hid r eeived : — "Friday , 19 , a . m ., 7 o ' clock . Itappear .- > ihat Soerato' death must not be mine . I took last hi iht a quantity of laudanum , enough to sleep ten men . and the result has been a restless night , and vomiti-. f just now . Had I not proof enough that I had

      reflected , this night's trial would be proof enough . 3 £ y ) -.-: ad shakes , but my courage does not- I must c&aiip : from Socrates to Seneca ; but , unluckily , I mus : -iispense with the bath—bo be it . Even , in order toavo-d suspicion on the part of my poor wife , I must seek s retired place for my exit . I have directed a letter to the coroner , at the police-office , last night . Be kind enough to deliver this note to him also , and let them all be exlubited to tho jury . Farewell . Ano ; her hour and all will be over . My poor dear wife , I pity her from the bottom of my heart , but eanno ; . help it . —Your 3 sincerely . —F . Ixfastes y Hurt ado . —P . S . Forfearof a mistake , the laudanum Mvinir failed , I am going to try if my veins will bleed . ' Mr . Smith said he knew the dreadful distress T . hich the writer of the note and his wife and

      children had endured for some tune past . He had oeca ^ ' -nally given assistance , but the pride of the 8 pai ; " : rd would not allow him to make his distress know ; a the proper quarters . —Mr . Hardwick recommended an immediate application for the attendance of the -iistrict surgeon , and sent a sovereign as gome iemprv-ary assistance in case the tale of distress should appear to be true . In a short time Mr . Hard-¦ nick was assured that the case was even more deplorable than had been represented ; that there were too inaay indications of destitution to allow of doubt that h had been severe and protracted . The following letterjfrom the surgeonjwas handed to Mr . Hardwick : — " Sir , —I have returned from visiting P . Iniantes y Uurtado , who , under the pressure of

      distress , lots last night and this morning very rashly attempted to destroy life both by poison and by opening veius in both feet and both hands . The poison ¦ was in sufficient quantity to excite the action of the stomach , and was rejected , after which he had opened the veins this morning . I believe him to be perfectly sane , and he appeared to feel acutely my representations . He has desired me , in the " most grateful manner , to acknowledge the receipt of a screwier ! , and I have seen Mr . Matthews , our relieving officer , who will relieve the immediate pressure 29 the law allows , and I hope that some means of employment may be found by which he may obtain support , for his family , as his feelings are above receiving casual relief except from dire necessity . I wil

      ¦ l continue to attend to his case . lam , Ac , J . Leoxa . ;*) , District Surgeon . To J . Hard wick , Esq . " While the case was under the notice of the magistrate , a letter was brought by post , directed to the coroner , which it was presumed had relation to the note sent to Mr . Smith . —Mr . Hardwick opened the letter , uxii found it contained documents to he laid before the jury , explanatory of the writer ' s case , and bis motives for committing suicide . —The following is one of the papers : — " lb , Whitcombe-street , Pafl Mall . In addressing you this letter I have a twofold re-ison—first , I wish to make public the reasons ¦ why I Lave determined to commit suicide , and which render it justifiable , at least in my opinion . Secondly J I wish to clear from all suspicion my poor ¦ fr ife- ^ -who , on the contrarv , has done all that she

      Could to dissuade me from my determination , and who liitle dreams at this moment that to-morrow she ¦ will be a widow . My two objects being thus shown , I will proceed to state as briefly as possible all that I liave suffered—all that I hare done—in order to get bread for iny children ; and the continued and repeated refusals , which have closed , one after another , all the ways of obtaining a livelihood . Possessed of talents , my object was to obtain employment , either as tutor , clerk , professor of languages , interpreter , or any situation where my attainments could be available . I went in . the first place to several periodicals ; then to several publishers ; afterwards ¦

      to some foreigners friends societies—to bankers , mercbuits , persons of good name ; in fact , I applied everywhere I thought that the least chance existed . Refused , denied in all quarters , what remains to be done ? Piiave parted with every article I possess ; my wife and children are confined to a room day and night for want of clothes to go into the street ; and for the last six weeks nothing but bread and coffeewater " ijas been our diet . In the last fortnight even this has boen irregularly not , as sometimes wo have been thirty-six hours without food . Driven to the last point , 1 have also applied to the Lord Mayor , but his answer has been a refusal . I enclose hera

      a copy or my application to his Lordship , and also of one which I presented to at least fifty bankers and merchant * . They will prove the truth of my assertion , at the same time that they will account for tho manner in which I came to find myself in such a dreadful situation . The natural protector to whom I first .. ppliod , Count Montemolin and to whose service I have sacrificed an independent fortune , the welfare of my family , and my rank and country , after repeated letters and interviews declared he had Bot the means , and not even a shilling did he give to the man whose blood , fortune , family , and position , had been given up without regret to the cause of Charles V . May he , on learaing my fate , take some interest in my desolate family , and prove that

      Kings have hearts . Return mo to my position . Either I must perish with my family through starvation , or I must take from society " what is denied me . I have not courage enough to follow the two first courses , and my principles Trill not allow me to follow ihe second . In this dilemma I have adopted the only way which I think may perhaps relieve their rolsery , though at the expense of my life . British hearts are naturally generous . Business , disappointments , ingratitude , may render them cal-Ious and suspicious ; but show to them a really deserving and destitute family , and they all will hasten to their succour . To them , then , I recommend my unprotected widow and orphan children . A mite from each will ensure bread for those whose aufferiiiss have almost driven me mad . Hy exeriioas , relive , have proved useless—may my death prove more useful . Many , I doubt not will eall

      my last action a crime , Let them place themselves id my position ; let them weigh the bitterness of my eonturird anxiety ; let them depict to themselves the careworn face of a mother , looking with pity , now wkli despair , onfive starving children , of whom four EuSer in silence , but the youngest , thirteen months old , breaks her heart with its pitiful cries for fool ; let them fancy such a picture , and if their keart * arc not of stone , they will , if not justify , at least excuse my deed . "—The letter ended with statin ? that the writer used laudanum to put an end to hislife . —Mr . Hardwick directed the suffering family and the husband to be supplied with proper necessaries , and promised when the man was out of danger ; toccnsider what further could be donofov his relief . —We observe by the daily papers that several sums of money hava been subscribed for the assistance of the sufferer .

      Mtsizrious Afmir . —At the police office Marlborougii-street , on Friday , William Simon Howells iras brought before Mr . Hardwiek , charged with having killed his wife , Miria Bedford Howelh , by stabbing her with a knife . —William Smith , of Wells-si reer , _ stated that ho lived iu the next room to that occupied by the prisoner and his late wife . The prisoner occupied tho first floor back room . About half-past eleven on the previous night witness ¦ was ^ ck * up by hearing the prisoner say to Ms T " - I'&J" ** . }***^ will you put that knife dqwn ; The wife answered she would not , and wunc-, s « , « heard » scuffle between the parties , as rfthe iircumd was trying to take the knifefrom h « wife

      I . n mbuteafter ^ axdsWdT cT y of "Good God , I : ua cut run for the doctor . " Heard rtl and asked what had happened . The prisoner was too abased to speak . anS immediately afteiw * went for a doctor . The prisoner soon afterward came back and the doctor also came . The prisoner hugged and kusedhu wife as she was lyin | on the bod insensible Tho doctor probed the wound , which ma under the eft breast . The prisoner apl peared to be perfectly sober . The prisoner was afterwards taken to the station-house , when it was ascertained that in wife was dead . The prisoner appear ^ i generally Terr fond of his wife . They quarrelled sometimes , but were soon friends again Hary Wbjte hied is ttesaae h ^ use , wd ieiultie

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      quarrelling between tho prisoner and his wife . Heard the prisoner's wife call out , " I have cut mvself ; run for a doctor . " The prisoner ran out to fetch a doctor , and witness went into the room , and found the deceased lyine on the floor near the fire . The deceased said , » Help me , and wtnws then noticed that her month wm nearly filled with blood The deceased wished to be held up , and when ' witness assisted her to rise , she saw a wound in her breast , from which blood was flowing . The pr isoner afterwards camo in with some brandy , and skid he had been to fetch a doctor . Witness placed tho deceased on the chair , while tho bed , which was on the floor , was being made . The deceased said , " I have done it . " To which the

      pruoneran 3 wored , " Yes , you have , Maria . " Prisoner made no more allusion to the wound . Witness saw a knife on the table , which was bloody . — Mary Clarke , and several other witnesses , deposed to the appearance of fondness for his wife generally displayed by the prisoner , and that whon thoy did quarrel it was always the wife who began it . * The prisoner , in reply to " tho charge , gaid he had no defence to make . He was then remanded , on suspicion of having caused the death of hig wife by staobing her with a knife . —The Inqcest . —On Monday Mi-G . J . Mills , the deputy-coroner , resumed and

      coneluded an inquest commenced on Friday night , at the Merlin's Cave , Margaret-street , Oxford-street , on the body of Maria Bedford nowells , aged twentysix . The husband of the deceased , William Siniaon Howells , who is in custody , declined asking any of the witnesses questions , or giving any explanation ; merely remarking that he could say no more than that the deceased did it herself . The room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , after consulting for some time , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of a mortal wound in her left breast , but how or by what means inflicted there was not sufficient evidence to show . " In

      justice to the man , the whole of the witnesses , including deceased ' s mother , spoke of his invariable kindness to tho deceased . Ixqcests , Saturday , Jax . 20—Death of a Miser . —Before T . Wakley , Esq ., at tho Hope , Park-street , Dorsot-square , on Jane Cunningham , aged sixtytwo . The body , which was a complete skeleton , lay in a . wretched room , at So . 9 , Park-street , which was almost without furniture . Mrs . Kelly stated that on Thursday , deceased , who had lived some years in that house , and had never once allowed any one to enter the room , tapped at the wall which separated witness ' s room from deceased's , and in a faint voice asked her for a drink . She brought a srlftss of water , and mo it deceased at the door .

      Witness then went for the doctor . She returned with Mr . Robinson , and fomnd deceased speechless and dying . She expired next day . There was nothing in tho room but a . erust of bread . Twentyone pounds was found secured round , her waist . She had a pension of 8 s . 6 d . a week , but would not allow herself the eommon necessaries of life . Verdict— " Deceased died from destitution , caused by her refusing herself the common necessaries of life . " —Bursbd io Death . —Before Mr . Baker , on Saturday last , at the London Hospital , on the body of Mary Cripps , aged eleven . It was shown that deceased ' s father had locked her up in a room by herself , as a punishment , her mother being dead . And she had set fire to a quantity of articles in the room ,

      hoping by that means to procure her liberty . Her clothes ignited , and she received such injuries as caused her death . Verdict— " Accidental death . " Death from Starvation . —An inquest was held on Monday , at St . Martin ' s Workhouse , beforo Mr . Bedford , on the body of Horatio Millard , a common mendicant—W . Millard , an inmate of the workhouse of St . George's , Hanover-square , said he had often told the deceased , who was his brother , to come into tho union . He did apply to the parish officers , yet was not admitted , in consequence , witness thought , of the irregular form in which that application was made . They both belonged to that parish , their father having for many years paid rent and taxes for a large house in Swallow-place ,

      Hanover-square . —Charles Petch , police constable , 136 C , said that on the previous Wednesday afternoon , whilst on duty in Spur-street , Leicester-square , he saw the deceased sitting on a door step in a most deplorable state . He was entirely speechless , and almost insensible , ffis clothes were complete rags , and nearly all fell off him in pieces when witness raised him from the step . He was just ablo to walk , but so slowly that it took them three-quarters of an hour to get from there to the station-houae in Vineetrcefc . When they arrived there , tho inspector directed witness to take him to tho workhouse , and he accordingly did so with all possible speed . The deceased had some food in his hat . —George Heslop , taskmaster at tho workhouse , said he had never

      seen any one m such a dreadful condition as the deceased was . He was covered with vermin , and was immediately put into a bath and washed . He had to be assisted in , and was altogether in such a dangerous Btate that the surgeon was g ent for . Deceased was barefoot , and on one of his heels the flesh was worn away to the bone , exhibiting a sore as Large as a crown piece , notwithstanding his desperate state , witness found on him money to his amount of Is . 5 Jd . and some food . lie died the same evening . —The coroner said that the authorities of St . George ' s Hanover-square , wero concerned in the inquest , and until he heard why the deceased was not admitted , the inquiry could not be brought to a close . He adiourned the inquest for tho

      attendance of the officers of the workhouse . Murder axd Scicide . —On Tuesday morning , at seven o ' clock , considerable alarm prevailed in St . Saviour ' s , Southwark , in consequence of a report being extensively circulated to tho effect that a dreadful murder had been perpetrated at Bankside , as the bodies of a female about 30 years of age , and a child , had been discovered lying in the mud off the upper side of Barclay ' s brewhouse , under the following circumstances . It appears that at the time named several coal porters were engaged on a platform nearly facing Smyth ' s Wharf , Bankend , when their attention was directed to something lying in the mud between the barges , and when they had made further search , and the tide had receded , they

      found it to be the body of a female very poorly clad . An alarm was raised , and means wore resorted to to secure the deceased , and when they raised it they were horror stricken to find that the woman was firmly clasping an infant , almost naked . The bodies were with considerable diificulty removed on to the wharf , where they were covered over until the arrival of a shell , which was speedily brought to the spot . They were placed in it and conveyed to tho George public-house and put in a shed , where the landlord took charge of them until the arrival of the police . From inquiries made , it seems that the deceased was seen on the previous night in several of

      the public-houses begging , with the child in her arms , asking alms from the visitors of the tap-rooms for her starving offspring . She evidently appeared to be in great destitution , and she expressed to several persons that she had not tasted food for two days . The police also observed her walking along Bankside as late as two o ' clock in the morning , but no suspicion having been excited of her intentions , she wa 3 not interrupted by any one . The bodies were identified as Hannah Kerry and her daughter , of Mint-street , Southwark . The deceased woman had been cohabiting with a young man , by whom she had the deceased infant . lie had forsaken her , and consequently she was reduced to extreme

      distress . Smithfield Market . —Mr . J . T . Norris , one of the leading members of the corporation , has given notice of the following motion in the Court of Common Council ; great interest is excited on its approaching discussion : — " That a market for the sale of live cattle in the midst of a city is incompatible with the convenience of persons resorting thither for the purposes of business ; that the present market of Smithfield is insufficient in space , as well as objectionable in situation ; that the safety and health of the inhabitants command its immediate removal ; and that , therefore , a special ward committee be appointed to consider what steps shall be takea to remedy the existing evils bv providing a suitablemarket-place . " b

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      The Murder near Exbter . —On Friday week the magistrates heard further evidence against James Landick and James Mills , the two men apprehended on suspicion of having murdered Mrs . Holmafl , at Tedburn St . Mary ' s . The ehief evidence against the prisoners was that given by their accomplice , a person nicknamed Cockney Harry . He stated that he was engaged by Landick and Mills on the night the murder was committed ; and at nine o ' clock they all left Moreton , and arrived at Westwater , in Tedburn St . Mary , at half-paBt eleven , when Landick

      entered the house of the decoased by means of a prop found in the orchard . He then admitted the others . They entered the deceased ' s bedroom , and were there some time before Bhe awoke and became conscious of their presence . The witness further stated that Mills held the deceased down in the bed while Lindick rifled her boxes and drawers of their contents , and that the latter ultimately threw a heavy box of clothes on her body exclaiming , " That will stop the old woman from howling . " They sharad the money of which they plundered the deceased . —The prisoners were fully committed for trial .

      Fatal Accidekt axd Singular Preservation . — . Walks . —On Monday week an inquest was held at Clydachonview of the body of John Jenkins , collier , aged 28 . it appeared that deceased and . * young lad were employed together at the Garth Colliery , and were working in a heading at some distance from the other colliers . About three o ' clock on the previous Friday a sudden slip of coal , rubbish , and stones took place , coTermg both the deceased and the lad , the latter of whom was about two vards nearer the mouth of the heading than the former . With re-S * ii ^ 7 ' fortunately happened that a large E ™ f Partl ir 2 ? ¦ tJle w& SSon , in such a way a * to TWM tw r ^ CIent i ^ or the boy ' s body . He said that ke breathed freely , was not hurt by P-row *! but fa » could not mi 9 t He tart £

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      ceased aBk witness if he could get out , and whether tho pressure upon him was great . Witness said that he could not get out , but that he was free from pressure . Doceased then said there was great weight on his head . No further conversation took place , but he heard the deceased pray . A second fall of . earth took place , subsequently to which he did not hear the deceased's voice . Witness remained in this position until about four o ' clock next morning , when Thomas Franeis , the man who worked the "day turn" in the same heading , came to his work . He . with the assistance of other colliers , cleared avray the rubbish and released the boy . About two yards further on they found the deceased , who had evidently been dead for some time , probably by suffocation , the only perceptible injury being a slig ht bruise on the face . Deceased has left a wife , but had no children . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Accident ox the South-Western Railway . —On Thursday night week about nine o ' clock , as the down train from London was approaching Waroham , an occurrence took place which might have been attended with serious consequences . It appeared that a farmer at Kcsworth , about a mile from Wareham , had the previous day purchased a cow and heifer at a neighbouring market , and had turned them into the heath adjoining his premises , and through which heath the line passes . The fence being rather low these two fresh cows were restless , and separated from the rest of the herd , and leaping tho fence got upon the rail . The driver did not perceive thorn till the engine was close to them , and passed over both , mnfiliitincr t . hnir carcases , and cutting t . hf > hnifer

      completely in two . The cow had its legs severed about half-way up , and its horns and part ' of the skull cut away . The skin appeared sound ; but upon opening , it was found that almost every bone was more or less hivered and broken . The shock was felt by each of the carriages , but nothing further than a passing alarm prevailed . Dover , Jan . 21 . —Fall at Siiakspeare ' s Cliff . —This morning , about ten o ' clock , an extensive fall of the chalk rock from Shakspearc ' s Cliff took place . The fall occurred near No . 4 shaft of the Shakspeare Tunnel , on the South Eastern Railway , and left an indentation in the crown of the classic cliff of something like an acre . The quantity of chalk detached may bo estimated at about 100 , 000 tons .

      Dreadful Accident and Loss of Life dt the Falling of a IIailwat Arch . —An accident occurred on Saturday last , at noon , by the fall of an arch , erected by the London and North Western Company , at Manchester . Tho line of railway known as the South Junction , connecting tho London and Manchester lino with that from Manchester to Liverpool , is carried on a viaduct across Oxford Road and Deansgate , chiefly constructed of brick , and between these two points , near the bottom of Gloueesteritreat , tho arches had boon completed , and on Saturday the servants of the contractor were striking away the centres from one of these arches , when , from some cause , the north side gave way and fell in . There -were ten labourers at work at the time , on and under the superstructure , superintended

      by M-. Patrick , manager for Mr . Bellhousc , the contractor ; and one of these men , named Ralph Beresford , being underneath , was buried by the falling materials and killed . Two other men , named James Oates and Thomas Davis , were on the top of the arch , and sinking with it to where two of the disjointed portions of the arch again came in contact with each other , were transfixed and held between them for aome time , and when released were found to be dreadfully crushed and lifeless . Two other labourers , named Peter Crosby and Philip Murphy , were found to be badly hurt by the accident , and were removed to the infirmary . An hour and a quarter had elapsed ere the superincumbent materials could be removed , so as to got at the body of Beresford .

      Representation of toe Southern Division of Staffordshire . —Simultaneously with the interment of Earl Talbot , an address to the electors has been issued to the electors by Lord Lewisham , eldest son of the Eari of Dartmouth . Tho noble lord is a Conservative of the school of the late member . Souin Wales . —A Miner under Ground for Sevbx Days without Foon . —A miner named John Edwards , aged 24 , employed at the Plymouth Works , Merthyr , lately missed his way in coming out of the level and was not heard of for seven days , when a party of his fellow-workmen went in search of him . They found him in some old workings . His feet were blistered by walking to and fro endeavouring to find hia way out ; and he was in that dreary and unwholesome place without having anything to eat or drink for that long period . Ho is in a fair way of recovery . He lost his light , and had no matches with him .

      Charge of Feloniously Traksposisg the Goldsmiths' Hall Marks . —Bath , Jan . 22 . —The utmost excitement has prevailed in the city of Bath and its nei ghbourhood , in consequence of the apprehension of two of the largest silversmiths in Bath , Messrs . Warren and Fuller , upon the serious charge of having forged the Goldsmiths' -hall mark , by transferring the hall-mark from old plate to articles of new plate . Tho prisoners are tho Rundall and Bridge of Bath , and keep a large establishment at tho corner of Wcstgate-streefc and Stall-street . In the course of the past week , in consequence of information given to the Goldsmiths' Company , by a party who had been an apprentice of a Mr . Cosens , the manufacturing silversmith for the firm of

      Warren and Fuller , the present prosecution was instituted ; and , to the surprise of every person in Bath , Messrs . Horatio Warren and Samuel Fuller were apprehended ; and , having undergone a private examination before the magistrates , were remanded until to-day . Their bankers , Messrs . Tugwell and Co ., offered bail to the amount of . £ 10 , 000 for their appearance , which , however , the . magistrates were obliged to refuse . Bail for £ 20 , 000 was also afterwards offered , but declined . At an early hour this morning crowds assembled round the Town Hall , and by ten o ' clock , although the examination was fixed for one o ' clock , so anxious were the public , that the Sessions Court and every other portion of the buildiiiK were crowded . On the

      application of Mr , Prideaux , solicitor to the Goldsmiths Company , who appeared for the prosecution , the magistrates decided on conducting the examination in private , but intimated that the depositions should be placed at the disposal of the reporters . The prisoners , who appeared very dejected , were then brought into tho room , and were defended by Mr . Stone , barrister , of the Western Circuit , and Mr . Physic , solicitor . Tho first witness called was Mr . Thomas Hough , who deposed that lie is a weigher in the Assay-office of the Goldsmiths' Hall , London . From information he received ho went to Bath on the 30 th of December , by the direction of the wardens of the Goldsmithi' Company , he proceeded to the shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , in

      Westgate-street . AVitness purchased eleven articles of silver ware , which bore no mark or stamp of any description ; they were not marked according to law . On the 6 tn January witness went again to the shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , under the same instructions : he then purchased thirty-four articles , not marked as required b y law . On thaj ; occasion he saw a silver soup ladle , now produced , which was pointed out to him , by Mr . Warren . Witness saw at once that the mark on the soup ladle was transposed : it vai patent and clear upon the face of it . He also at the same time saw another article , upon which he believed the mark had been transposed . Witness reported these facts to the wardens . On Tuesday , the 9 th of January , went again to the shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , under the

      authority of a Bearch warrant , and on that occasion he took away the silver soup ladle and the silver gilt serving spoon now produced . There was no means at that time of observing where the mark was soldered in , hecauue it was gilt . He took the serving spoon to Goldsmiths' Hall , and had sinoe ascertained that the mark had been transposed and soldered on . The date of the mark upon the serving spoon is 1774 . He first of all scraped off tho gilt with a p iece of emerv paper . He then warmed it before a lamp with a blow-pipe , and then discovered that the mark ran the whole length of the handlethat is evident to the eye , but more particularly with a magnifying glass . An assay was made in his presence , of the upper part of the bowl , shank , and

      handle . The under part of the shank was not examined , as it bears th » mark . The bowl was four pennyweights worse than the standard ; the upper part of the shank was threo pennyweights worse than the standard , and the handle was one pennyweight better than the standard . The loss of the duty to the government on tho soup-Ladle and the serving spoon is £ 1 7 s . 9 d . The bowl of the soup-ladle is half-a-pennywoight worse than the standard , and the upper part of the handle is a pennyweight and a half better , and the shank next the bowl is a pennyweight barely bettor than the standard . The part which has the stamp I conclude to be standard . John Ralph » worn : Deposed that he is an apprentioe to Mr . Cousins , working jeweller , who works for the jewellers in the town . He worked for Warren and Fuller . Witness had Seen the gilt spoon now produced before . When it was first brought to

      Cousins s shop , the handle nnd bowl were complete . Ir the handle witness did not include the figure at the top . The bowl was not joined on to the shank , and the figure was not joined on to the shank . It was the same as it was at present . There was a , pieee put on the shank to make it stouter . The shank was in two pieces when the witness first saw it . There was the mark on the one piece , and no mark upon the other . There had been a piece joined there in the upper part where the mark ia . The pieces came from Warren and Fuller ' s . It might have been a twelvemonth ago , but could not say positively . —Herbert Sawyer Cousins sworn : lladbeen in his father ' s business , as a working jeweller , about nine years . His father worked for Messrs . Warren and Fuller . He has worked for them for six or seven years . Witness thought that he ' had seen the g ilt spoon now produced before . He recognised it . It was manufactured for Messrs . Warren and Fuller . The piece containing the mark , when brought , was a skewer . It was brought to hare it ma 4 e thicker , bo oa to form a handle . It

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      e ^ SSHs SB ^ ££ ^^ h ° t 7 ; nYowl fetoeSKSi - WM direct ed by make tho bowl « J ^ u to t the pi 9 ce 3 to-Messrs . Wan en ana * u ^ ^^ ^^ gether . Mr F £ r JSner received those orders-W MitcheU ^ SffSt «««»*; » M he had-- ^ l ? for tho prisoner Warren " ft . consjderJihlo Hme -Aonionh of October , 1847 , received miisSwi ; s noon Sent it , whon done , to Warren and . Fullerb Swas desired by Mr . Fuller to charge it to Mr . Cousfa " Avho is a working jeweller in Bath . The . wruction . given to charge it to Mr . Cousins wero iu

      out of tho usual courso ol business , unargeu , u PouSns who paid him for it . Afterwards received the service spU produced , with another , from WarSVnd Fuller . This was about a fortnight or three " e ^ ks after he made the bowls . The order , wero to gild them , which was done . About three weeks alo Warren came to him ; he seemed rather excited , and asked if Mr . Thompson had been down ind on receiving an answer in the affirmative , said that if hc ( witness ) had any of the old pattern ' . about tint had been made some years ago , thoy had better be put . way , as the Goldsmiths' Company wore down Witnoss thereupon buried them m the garden Tho same day Warron came back to him , and said the hidden patterns had better bo melted ; there mifht bo Borne amongat them liKe t hose m stonk . Thov were melted accordingly . Warren

      nlso'flaid it would bo well to put away the booKs , to fold them up and seal them , and give them to a friend , or he would hold them . Witness sealed tho books up and gave thorn to Warren ; he also hum a good many old books which were of no use , and ca-vc Mr . Warron four modern ones . Was shortly afterwards sent for to Warren ' s house . Warren then said , respecting the spoons , they were the only things ha cared about . Asked witness if he remembered the spoons he had hammored the bowls tor ? Told him ho did . Warren said they were the only things there would bo any trouble about . Witness replied that if they woro shown to him he could not say but that he hadlseen them lwfore . Warren continued that a memorial to the board was being drawn to easo the fine . —H . S . Cousins , the

      up elder , also gave evidence confirmatory of the charge against the prisoners . Wan-en had been to witness to request him to destroy certain patterns that had been used , and also to destroy his account books . — The case for tho prosecution having been closed , Mr . Stone addressed the bench at considerable length in behalf Of tho accused ; after which—The magistrates held a private consultation , the result of which was a determination to commit both the prisoners for trial at the ensuing assizes . An application to accept bail was refused ; and tho warrants of committal having been made out , the accused , both of whom appeared to ho muc h dejected , were removed to gaol . The examination lasted hearly

      six hours . Staffordshire . —Alleged Bill Fonor . niF . s . —A warrant has been obtained for the apprehension of a tradesman , at West Bromwich , named Jolin Hawkins , who has for several years carried on tho business of apepperand coffee mill maker in Gloverstreet , on the charge of having forged a bill to obtain some money in connexion with the Catholic chapel . It was found that he had absconded , and as there were good groun ds for supposing that he had gone to America , sub-inspoctor Baxter was entrusted with thfi warrant , and proceeded to that port

      along with another constable . Baxter know tho shi p in which it was expected that Hawkins would sail , but nothing was heard of him until Monday , as the vessel was about to start , when he came on board dressed as ' a sailor , and disguised in various ways . He Was recognised , however , and taken into custody , and it was found that he had effected all the arrangements by means of an agent , who had engaged his berth and made the necessary provision for his voyage . He was brought to West Bromwich on the following day . ; It is understood that his defalcations amount to a ' considerable sum .

      A Charok of attempting to poison a Wifb was heard on Wednesday , ' before the magistrates at Bristol . The accused , Henry Evans , i 9 a carpenter by trade , but with his wife , and a policeman and his wife , had been latterly taking charge of the new poor-house in Cliftpii Wood . About six weeks ago the wife was confined , since which time she has been repeatedly seized with violent attacks of vomiting and purging . She was confined to her bed , and her husband usually took her ' lier food . On Sunday he cut her some slices of roast pork , but on looking at them she perceived that they were sprinkled over with a white powder . Upon tasting the meat , she did not like the flavour , and left it , and afterwards hearing from a little girl that the husband

      had taken the" mea . t to a cupboard , where ho appeared to be' sprinkling something over it , she mentioned the fact to the policeman ' s wife , who informed her husband , and the remains of the slices were taken for examination to Mr . Herepath , the analytical cho ' mist , who , on applying the proper tests , found that the white powder was a corrosive salt of mercury , commonly sold as white precipitate . On searching the prisoner's room some sugar of lead wasr found ,, and he haa been remanded for further examination . MuUXCnOL ? ACCIDKST AT nARTLF . POOL DOCKS . — Mr . Vollum , the Mayor > f .. IIartlcpool , after enjoying the society of a few' select friends at his own house on Thursday evening week , took a walk down

      to the docks where , it is supposed , he fell over tho q uay within a quarter of an hour of leaving his own dwelling , as his hat was picked up floating in the Victoria dock about half-past ten o ' clock , half an hour after he had loft home . The man who found the hat , not having any idea of any man having fallen into the water , tpok no particular notico of the circumstances that night , but on the following day named it to several captains in the harbour , thinking they were tho moat likely parties to have lost it , hut without learning any tiding * of the owner of it . The family of the mayor did not say any

      thing about his absence , expecting he would soon reach his own home in safety , as he had on some previous occasions bocn from home for a dav . However , after six o ' clock on Friday night , their fears were excited , and no means were left untried to'learn what had become of him . In their inquiries , the account of tho hat was communicated to them , which led to the discovery of the body of the unfortunate gentleman about ten o ' clock , near to tho place where the nat was first seen floating . The deceased was in . his thirty-eighth year , a widower himself , and has left a widowed mother to lament his untimely end .

      DimiiAM . —Fatal Colliery Accident . —On Sunday last , an accident occurred at Pemberton ' s pit , Monkwcarmouth , which resulted in the death of Mr . J . Elliot , overman . About five o'clock , a . m ., Mr . Elliot and the deputy overman , Mr . , T . Henderson , having occasion to descend the shaft , entered the " cage , " or descending apparatus , for that purpose , the machine is worked up and down by a steam engine , which was in the charge of a man named Currey . Unfortunately this person let the parties enter without there being sufficient steam to work the engine—indeed , as transpired at the inquest , not even enough to raise the valve and lever without the weights . In consequence of this , and the rope being 020 fathoms in length and about fivo

      tons in weight , with a counter-balance wheel and fourteen tons of chain ( the pit being 1 , 800 feet deep , the deepest shaft in the district ) , tho cage was drawn up and down , entirely out of the cnginoman ' s control , and at last , going upwards , sprang from the grooves . Elliot was thrown upon tlie edge , of tho pit and fell thence down the shaft , at the bottom of which he was afterwards found literally dashed limb from limb by the fall . Ilcndernon was more fortunate , having fallen on tho bank of the p it . Ho escaped with somo bruises . Currey , frightened nt what hud happened , ran away , but was apprehended , and is now in custody . An inquest was held on doceased on Monday , and adjourned till Thursday .

      Dreadful Accident . —On Saturday last nvo men were employed at the foundry of Messrs . Kayo and Hirst , in Leeds-road , Huddersfield , and everything was prepared for casting a large beam , for somo railway works , of several tons weight , when suddenly the cupola burst , scattering the molten matter on all around , and tho five poor fellows' were most horribly burnt and scalded . One of them was in such a dreadful state of agony , that he plunged into a reservoir to extinguish the fire . No blame appears to attach to any one . The poor sufferers were immediately conveyed to their homes , and medical aid instantly procured , and although some of them were at first considered in tho greatest danger , at present they appear to be doing woll , with every prospect of

      recovery . Railway Accident . —On Monday morning last , about half-past seven o ' clock , a ballast-train arrived at the Ramsbottom station of the East Lancashire Railway . A green light , which indicated that the train must stop at the station was exhibited at the signal-post , but the drivor of the engino did not attend to the signal given ; the consequence wa 3 , that the train proceeded past the station , until it came in contact with a gate connected with the high road , which crosses the line near to the Ramsbottom station , and several waggons were thrown off the line , and dashed to pieces . A nortion of a shed .

      recently erected , was also knocked down by the riolcnce of the shock . One man had his thigh broken , and was conveyed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary , and another man was so severely injured , both externally and internally , that faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . He is declared to be unfit for removal by the surgeon that attends him , When intelligence concerning the accident preached Bury , Mr . Hacking , the company's director , immediately went to Ramsbottom , to learn the particulars , and Thomas Boothby , the engine-driver , and James Stirzaker , the fireman , were brought before the magistrates at Bury , the same day , but wereremaadea till Friday , ia order to allow tiaw for fur

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      IXCENDUniSU W ULSTEn . —GOVEnXMENT LfQl'IRY . —Major Brownrigg , Deputy Inspector-General of Constabulary , by diroction of the government , has proeoeded to the county of Down , to hold a general investigation respecting the alarming progress of the system of incendiary fires in parts of Down and Antrim . . . Incendiary fires are increasing m Down and Antrim , under circumstances calculated to produce . serious apprehension . _ Tho Belfast Letter of Fri

      Fexuxe Heroism . — News - day , contains the following extraordinary narrative , distinguished from all the preceding accounts of the proceedings of the incendiaries by a signal instance of female gallantry and heroism , for which it would be difficult to discover a parallel in modern times : — " On Wednesday ovening , a farmer in respectable circumstances , Mr . Orr M'Veach , residing at Ballylenaghan , in the vicinity of Ncwtoiibreda , rather more than three miles and a half from this town , had seen , about ei g ' clock , two men , respectably dressed , in a field adjoining his stack-yard . His two daughters , Grace and Margaret , wero with their father at the time , those three individuals , with the servant , comprising the whole of the family . The

      eldest girl , Grace , a hno , handsome , nigh-spiritea girl , at once challenged tho men , asking them what they were doing there . One of the men replied , ' I beg pardon , we are watchmen , and are going in the direction of Knockbracken . You may go to bed , and feel quite safe , for wo will keep watch for you . ' We cannot do that , ' said Grace M'Veagh , for we , too , are paid for watehinjj , and must remain up . ' Her sister Margaret also said , ' Wo are much obliged to you , and we may probably go to bed by-and-by , since we know that there is a watch out . ' However , suspecting the appearance and intentions of the fellows , the family uid not go to bed , but continued maintaining an active and vigilant look-out until midnight , when the father , feeling tired , went to

      bed , leaving his daughters , who had armed themselves well , to w atch tho premises . About one o ' clock , the girls distinctly heard the soundofa jaunting-car coming along the Belfast and Saintfieldroad , and stopping nearly opposite M'Veagh ' s hoiue , which is distant ahout fifteen perches from the road side . Miss M'Veagh at once remarked the circumstance , and said to Tier sister , ' What can these people bo about at this time of night V ' I am afraid no good , ' was Margaret's reply ; and at once the two poor , unprotected females prepared to face the danger , whatever it might be . In the course of a few minutes , they heard a number of persons speaking together in an adjoining field . Broathlcss with attention and anxiety , they listened to the conversation , and , suddenly , they heard a cry from the party of ' Watch ! watch ! David Catherwood ' s and

      David Musgrovc ' s stacks are in flames I Miss M'Veagh instantly suspected this to be a ruse to withdraw them from their watch , or to ascertain whether any watch was really , being kept ; so the two girls never uttered a word , nor stirred a step from the spot where they stood concealed . Two of the party then approached tho stack-yard . One very large stack of hay was so close to the ditch which divided the yard from the field , that it could be set on fire easily by a party standing in the latter , without crossing over into the stack-yard . The fellow who was foremost then took out a match-box , and proceeded to strike a light , but he did not succeed . He next tried another , but with no better success . He then went into the ditch , pulled down an old harrow which was on the top of the hedge , and stood upon it , and proceeded to strike a num-> er of matches at once . All these movements were

      distinctly visible to the two trembling , but yet courageous , girls , from the place of their concealment ; and just as the ruffian was about to apply tho light he had at last succeeded in striking to the haystack , Grace M'Veagh exclaimed , " What is this ? what are you doing V The fellow made no reply , but drew back . Miss M'Veagh cried out' Stand * !' and immediately fired with the musket with which she was provided , and which was doublo charged with swan-droDS , slugs , and small pebbles . The man instantly tell back without uttering a groan . His comrade , who had left the rest of the party with him to fire the stack , then rushed forward , crying , ' If the devil himself was there I would set it on fire ! ' As he camo over towards the stack

      Margaret M'Veagh met him full front , armed with an old yeomanry bayonet fastened at the end of a pole , and made several thrusts at his face , wounding him severely . He too , fell back , exclaiming , 'D you , d- ^—you ; I will not leave a stapple of thatch but I will burn ! ' The rest of the party , seven in number , then made a rush towards the young heroines , who still bravely stood their ground , and one of the miscreants discharged a pistol at Miss Veagh , just as , suspecting | his intention , she had drawn herself within the temporary cover which she had used for the purpose of keeping watch , but she was so near the shot , notwithstanding , and one of her hands is so deeply marked with the stain of the powdor , that she has since been unable to wash

      it out . The party then raised up their fallen comrades , one of whom must have been killed by tho discharge of Miss M'Veagh's musket , dragging the latter to a heap of stones , which lay a few yards distant , where they laid him down . Meanwhile , Miss M'Veagh , who still kept her position , cried out , ' Stand , or I will fire again . I have a brace of pistols ! ' Hearing this , the entire party fled from the field , leaving the dead or dying man behind them on the heap of stones . At length , dreading the return of the ruffians—but not till this moment—did tho two valiant girls , half fainting with fatigue and excitement , return to their house to rouse their father , who was still asleep . On getting up and learning the circumstances , Mr . M'Veagh sent to inform the

      a messenger police at Newtownbreda ; and constable Boyd , who was only just returned from patrolling tho neighbourhood of Drumby , at once turned out his party and proceeded to tho scene . Before the arrival of the police , however , Mr . M'Veagh , and some of tho nei ghbours , who had assembled at the place , found a cap on the spot where the man whom his daughter hjid shot had fallen . It is of a military style , with ' a high crown and deep peak , of blue cloth . It was perfectly riddled , apparently with rough pebbles , one of which had passed through the part where the end of ho peak was stitched to tho cloth , immediately over tho loft temple . Other slugs or pebbles had passed through tho crown . The inside of the cap was

      saturated with blood . Along with the cap were also found sv quantity of lucifer matches , a number of the newly invented 'fire lights ' and a razor in a case , perfectly new . Before , however , Mr . M'Veagh , or any of his family , had cone out of tho house a second time the incendiaries had contrived to remove the body of their associate . " Statk ok tiik Col'strt . —The Limerick papers oontain lists of outrages in various parts of that county , chiefly in the houghing and maiming of attlo , and tho plunder of sheep . Tlioro is also an extensive plunder of provisions on the Shannon .

      The Isimtcr Express contains the followin" : " Wo understand that the magistrates at Mountmellick were engaged in investigating a conspiracy relative to Mr . Christopher Bailey , justice of the peace , both on Monday and Tuesday last , and that two persons have been fully committed ; one of them , Malachi Guinan , had been ejected from Lord Sidney Osborne ' s estate ( owing three years' rent ) , and he solicited a cousin of his ow » to subBerib * for the purpose of getting Mr . Bailey shot ; and John Maughan , tailor of Mountmellick ( better known to the public aBthe ' embellisher of nature' ) , wus the agent , either to commit the deed himself , or to get it perpetrated ; for the latter purpose he undertook a journey to Tipperary to got the loan of a ' bov' m-

      two for the occasion . This conspiracy has caused considerable astonishment , as thero cannot be a more justly popular gentlaman than Mr . Baileyand as an agent he is proverbiall y indulgent " MuBDKR .-0 n Wednesday last , the 17 th inst a man named John Johnston , a water-bailiff in the employment of the Irish Society , and also a processserver , was murdered in the neighbourhood of Moville , county Donegal , under the following circumstances :-Johnston who resided at Turo , now Muff county Donegal , had gono to CarnagMre , near Moi ville . to semavnt on a man named Elkin and having , about twelve or one o ' clock in the dav ar

      ^ S ^ z ^ & £ ^ S ZYe n 1 n mT f If V contrived to abscond all the inmates of the house have been arrested An inquest was on Monday held on the body of Johnston , but we have not heard the result . Tub Writs of EunoB . —It is said that three of tho Mate prisoners convicted of high treason at Clonmel ( Messrs . Meagher , M'Manus , and O'Donoghos ) have determined to take no step for an appeal to the House of Lords . Mr . Smith O'Brien , if he obtain the requisite consent of the Crown , will , it ia said , proceed with hia writ of error .

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      nues . On left Waterford for New Orleans , with 170 emigrants . From Cork and other parts emigrant ships are still departing for America . Tim Ciioleiu in 13 i ; i-Fast . —Tho Banmr of Ulster of Friday thus reports : — " By the official report up to 3 p . m . on yesterday , we find that the number of cases , as well as deaths , has sensibly diminished since our last publication . " The Lord Lieutenant , in delivering the prizes to the successful pupils of the School of Fine Arts , on Saturday last , took occasion to make a lengthy speech , impressing the necessity of developing tha agricultural and industrial measures of the country . Thk State Prosecutions . —The proceeding arising out of the stato prosecutions still drag thenslow length along . In the Queen's Bench , on Tuesday , on the motion of the Attorney-General , the argument on the application to admit Mr . Dutty to bail was postponed to Thursday , in order to give the learned gentleman time to read over the affidavits put in on behalf of the prisoner . Meetixg op Imsn Mkmdkrs . —The meeting of tho Irish members of parliament on Tuesday was a failure . Mr . Fagan , who took the small trouble to count heads , found only 105 persons present , out of which no more than eleven were members of parliament , and two of them came into the room after the resolutions had been passed . These were as follows ;— " That in order to give effect in parliament to any courso of proceedings that may be agreed to by this meeting , we are of opinion it is essential the Irish representatives should , except when prevented by indisposition or by urgent private business / attend in their places in the House of

      Commons from tho opening of the Be * aion to its cloju-. —That we deem it essential for the interests of this country , in its present deplorable condition , that the Irish representatives should , free from the influence of party connexions , either support or oppose the measures of government , whether tho Whig or Tory be in power , according as such support or opposition tends to the advantage of Ireland . " Mubpkrous Attack o . \ a Clkrotma . v . —The Kilkenny Moderator says : — " Between one and two o ' clock on the morning of Friday week , a party of armed men attacked the residence of the Rev . Charles Hart , reetor of Whitechurch , near Castletown , in this county . Mr Hart , upon hearing the noise which they made in endeavouring to force the doors and windows , proceeded down Stairs and demanded what they wanted . They replied that they required arms , and threatened that if he did not burn the house iu

      give them , they would . Finding impossible to restrain thorn , the rev . gentleman left the hall , and had ascended a few steps of the stairs , whon a ball was fired through the door , which passed by the very spot in which he had stood a aino-le minute previously . The party attempted to force in the door and windows but without success , and fired nearly a dozen shots . Fortunately tho banditti were unable to effect an entrance , the house being too strong for their efforts , and they retired without doing any serious injury . " Mr . Mitchkl . — It appears that letters have reached the government from Bermuda , describing the health of John Mitchel , the convict , as exceedingly precarious . It has , accordingly , been determined that he shall be removed to another colony , the climate of Bermuda being calculated to aggravate the symptoms of the disease he labours untrar .

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      ^ DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Thhee Fires i . v one House . —On Saturday night la * t , shortly before ten o ' clock , the inhabitants of Park-road , Brixton , near London , were alarmod by loud cries of "fire , " proceeding from the private residence of Mr . G . Augustini , No . 1 , Loughboroujh Cottages . In tho course of a few minutes a number of the neighbours , with the police , hastened to tho promises , when they found the front parlour wrapped in flames . With the aid of plenty of water the names were extinguished in that portion of the

      house , when , to the surprise of the persons present , their attention was called to iinother fire burning in the kitchen , and before it could be subdued , they found that a third fire was raging in a cupboard under the stairs . The brigade authorities , in returning these firos to the insurance offices , report the cause as being " doubtful , " a term well understood by the companies . Mr . Augustini was insured in the Phoenix Fire Office for the furniture and building .

      The Firk in New-square , Lincoln ' s Inn \—During Saturday week the work of clearing thfi ruins was continued , and towards the evening the firemen , under the direction of head engineer Loder , succeeded in turning up a parchment package , not in the least degree injured ,, which upon examination proved to be the title deeds of an estate , left in Messrs . Jones , Bennett , and Bateman ' s care , amounting to £ 27 , 000 . A mortgage deed of £ 10 , 00 tl has also been recovered quite uninjured , and another of £ 12 , 000 , has been found in the ruins , together with a vast number of ginallor amounts . The wliolu of the original wills , also left with the same firm . have likewise been recovered from the rubbish , ami securities involving some thousand pounds' worth of property have been taken from the basement and ground floors , where they had fallen from the upper

      part of the house . A great deal of plate , and other articles of value , have been found by the parties while searching the ruins . Extensive Fiiik in the Borough . —About two o ' clock on Wednesday morning a fire , attended with great los * ^ happened on the premises of Mr . Hogg , hat manufacturer , Latham-place , near St . Georife s Church . It originated in the factory , over which wa * a sleeping-room and Mrs . Hogg having been awoke by the bed-room being filled with smoke , alarmed her husband . Escape at the bottom of the housti was impossible , and thoy dropped from the first-floor window . At the back of the factory was a quantity of gunpowder , and the inhabitants of Latham-place " , fearing an explosion , left their homes for safety ; but a plentiful supply of water was obtained , which enabled the firemen to confine the loss to the hat factory . The premises were insured .

      Fatal Fire at Coiwham , Wiltshire . —A fire which destroyed a large amount of property , ami , what is of far more consequence , the life " of the owner , occurred at Corshain on Wednesday week . At about five o ' clock in the morning of that dar , the premises of Mr . Spackman , who carried on a large business in the town , were found to be on fire , and the neighbours were first apprised of thoir danger b y the cries of Mr . Spackman himself , who ran out of the house and gave the alarm . Having done so , he went in doors , for the purpose ( it is supposed ) of saving his papers or other property . The premises were , however , by this time in flames , and the unfortunate man , in striving to escape , was suffocated in the passage . The firo now raged with fury , and many people were afraid to approach tha burning mass from the dread of the gunpowder which was known to be kept under the roof ; this

      was soon reached by the fire , and exploded , the report being heard for many miles . Tho destruction of the house -was now e ' omplete , nothing but the bare walls being left standing . When the quantity of water poured on the ruins had in some measure cooled them , the body of Mr . Spackman was brought out from the midst in a dreadfully burned state . The adjoining premises occupied by tho Misses Sheil and Burman were considerably damaged , Not a particle of Mr . Spackman ' s stock , which is estimated to have been worth upwards of £ 4 , 000 , was saved . An inquest has boen hold on the body , and a venfe returnod , " That the deceased died from suffocation arising from the smoke of an accidental fire on i »* premiaes . " Lixcolnshire . —A fire , ; believed to havo been caused by an incendiary , occurred on Sunday last at ilr . J . Teeidale ' e , Fraiupton-fen , which destroye d nearly £ 1 , 000 worth of property .

      ¦*Up Shipwrecks. The British Sloop Neya Wa8 Wrecked On Tho 11th Instant Whilst Endeavouring To Enter The Port Of Granvillo, And Six Out Of Nine, Of Which Her Crew Was Composed, Unfortunatel Y Perished. The Oaptain Of The Passe-Partout, Of The Republican Steam Navy, Beeing The Danger To Which The British Sloop *»» Exposed, Dispatched A Boat With Seven Picked Meu To Her Assistance , But Unfortunately The Boat Waa Upset, And Five Out Of The Seven Were Drowned. The Goodwin Sands. —^ Quantities Of Wreck H *Ylnk Been Ae«N On The Goodwin, It Is Expected There Hag Been A Great Loss On These Terrible Shoalsborne Fishing Nets Have Also Been Discovered, Packed M A Similar Manner To Those Used By The Yarmouth Nshermen, And It Is Feared That One Of These Vessels, Which Generally Carry A Great Number Of Hands, Must Have Been Lost ' In Proceeding To The Fisheries Offtlw Land's End.

      ¦* UP SHIPWRECKS . The British sloop Neya wa 8 wrecked on tho 11 th instant whilst endeavouring to enter the port of Granvillo , and six out of nine , of which her crew was composed , unfortunatel y perished . The oaptain of the Passe-partout , of the Republican steam navy , Beeing the danger to which the British sloop *»» exposed , dispatched a boat with seven picked meu to her assistance , but unfortunately the boat waa upset , and five out of the seven were drowned . The Goodwin Sands . —^ quantities of wreck h * YlnK been ae « n on the Goodwin , it is expected there hag been a great loss on these terrible shoalsborne fishing nets have also been discovered , packed m a similar manner to those used by the Yarmouth nshermen , and it is feared that one of these vessels , which generally carry a great number of hands , must have been lost in proceeding to the fisheries offtlw Land ' s End .

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      Elopement is High Life . —A paragraph has gone the round of the papers lately detailing we particulars of the elopement and marriage ot a young nobleman—a resident , it is said , of tub neighbourhood ( Envillo)—to a young woman o great personal attractions , but of humble rank m fife , whose parents reside at Cambridge , where t « 9 intimacy was formed some twelve or eig hteen months since , while his lordship was pursuing ' »* studies at that university . We believo that tfo nobleman referred to is the Earl of Stamford a > <*

      Wamngton , and that the youthful pair , after their marriage , proceeded to pass the honeymoon in Italy * The affair , as may bo supposed , has been tho occasion of much surmise and not a little animadversion ; but we believe that the young lady is very amiable and accomplished , and that her parents are reepcetabl # inhabitants of Cambridge , but lacking the gift * of rink and fortune , both of which have Deen now acquired by tho distinguished alliance of one of tas wealthiest of the nobility of this country , —SinM !! hwfwnwtt

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      * k ,. tn «« Hrration The men were bound in their SS JSSKS of m each , toappear on Friday % X aVd 1 sX Shock of Eakthquakk-A coSoXit of the Dwm / nes Courier states that a S Stock of earthquake was felt in the « entrp of hfstowartry on Monday last . He was trilling from Lauriston , and when about a mile and a half from Glenlochar-bridge at a quarter to eight ajm , heard a rumbling sound , and felt a dight motion of the earth , as if a hoavy carriage had been rolling past . The noise apparently came from the west , and gradually died away towards the north , it continued , as nearly as could be calculated , lor about the fifth part of a minute . Mot a gentleman on the road who stated that he observed the same phenomenon . lie must have been two miles from our informant when the shock was felt . Several persons in the neighbourhood felt tho same sensation at the same hour . "TTT TJie men were bound in their

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      Wister Emiokation . —The emigration still conti-Saturday the barques Helen and Francos Januahy 27 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ¦ = x At > x ———¦—¦— Wister Emiokatio * . — emigration still conti-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 27, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1507/page/6/