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      W&t ifrotoiiircg . Kcsh ' s Pistol . —A man who give 3 a real name and address , writes to us as follows : — " On Sunday , "Slav 6 , passing through a field near Potash Farm , 1 found : i large double-barrelled pistol , bedded in the ground , with 'J . B . Rush' engraved on the guard over the trigger , and a bunch " of skeleton keys . You can mentioiriliis -circumstance in your paper if you think proper . " Of coursewe cannot say whether the ' above is a hoax , or a serious matter of fact ; But -we Lave put it in train for , 'investigation . —Nor folk Chronicle . .,.: ' : »

      The AhnsDEB sear Brocklbsby . —The jury in th ? s case returned an open verdict on Monday week : — •' Tiaixhi ! deceased , Catherine Farrow , was murdered l > y ¦ tuine person or persons unknown . " The prisoner waa examined at the Justice-room at Wrawby . and was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a fir-hill and an axe . - ROBBEflV xsb TRANSFER OF TIIE PlUXDEU TO AN ikxocent Person . —A-young man named" Charles Mackenzie , a ; jeweller , of Broad-street , Birmingham , wis charged with stealing' £ 5 in silver ;; contained in a packet , from thepersbn of Mr . Thomas Tonks , merchant , of Itegent-parade , Caroline-Street , in that towri , under the following cireumstances

      : —On Saturday last / Mr . Tonks went tothe Birmingham Bank , ' and got a ^ 50 cheque cashed , rjceiviiig J £ 5 in silver- wrapped up in a packet , ^ ntch he put into his ' cpa ); poexeirbehiriil . Afcerthis ' Jie-went to Spobner antfAttwood ' s" bank , fat th < i ' pnrpose of getting another cheque cashed ; On the way toi the latter establishment he passed ; the pVigoner whd / nadaSorttchplidd ' qn-his hrmVand who re ' - passed hun . WMehe (¦ & : Torils ) was standing at the counter at Spobner and Attwood ' s bank ' , " which -was-abburaThinuteafier he -got ; -there , - ' lie "felt ' a mov ^ inonttelnntf l ^ arb ^^^ it WcJtime lighter " 'he- immedtafely " turned TOund and % a ^ heyrabner opeh ; the hank door for the purpose of ¦ going out . ' Heramediatelychasediiminto

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      Worceater-street to the " corner of rhilhp-street , where he cried out ' . ' stop thief , " , and as Air . . ihQmas Berks , landlord of the ^ tP ^ JT ' ™ t $ Colcmore-street , was , coming out of the MarKecball , he caught the prisoner and held him until S& . Tonks cameV Mr , Tr then told the pr oner _ t handoutthat £ 5 . ofwhich . hehad ™™ e £ h ™ ' but the prisonerdeuiedjhe ^ charge , ¦ "J'W ^ *!? 'tiken to afrait shop and searched , ; but . the money mnotfoSuponhim . . Whilein the fhnt sho Mr Berks suddenly felt one of his pocketa much heavier than he could account for , and , on putting his hand into it , pulled out the money-packet , of which Mr Tonks had boeh robbed . Ap . one but the prisoner could have put the packet into his pocket , and it was supposed to have been placed there , durin <* the struggle between him and the prisoner in Phillip-street . The prisoner was conimitted for trial ¦ :. ' -- '

      . . . . Incendiarism . —On Saturday last a . fire broke out upon the premises of Mr . llolloway at Bosham , about three miles from Chichestor . The whole of the farm buildings , excepting the house , were soon one mass of ruins . The ¦ property belongs to the lion . Captain T . IT . F . Berkeley , and is insured . "Whenthefire was at its height , a labourer namefl J . Beeher stood quietly looking on , frequently making remarks how well it burnt ; and finding , he rendered no assistance , the suspicions of Mr . Holloway were aroused , and he was charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises—whi « h he readily admitted having done . It appear ? that prisoner has a wife and five children to maintain . On the

      previous Monday he had applied at . the , Westbourne Union for out-door relief , which was refused , and the guardians recommended him to emigrate ; he replied that he would , but when he did it should be for some purpose . . ¦ , He had latterly been to , work on the roads , and Ms pay was 10 s per week . On the day of the fire he was reduced . Is . by Mr . llolloway , that is the supposed cause , of his -vindictive act . The prisoner was taken into Chichester during the afternoon , a'hd underwent a short examination . at the county magistrates' office before Colonel , Rotton , but owing to the absence of the witnesses lie was remanded . "Whilst undergoing his examination he said , "Tdon'tcare what you do with me , gentlemen , as Jong as you don't hang me . " . , . _ ...

      Serious Accident " on the Xorth 5 ^ si Railway . —On Saturday last a serious accident took place on the line of the North Kent , Railway , whereby several men received very extensive injuries , and one of them , named George Brown ,, is not expecteirto survive . It appears that for some . time past a large number of workmen have been engaged hi forming a tunnel , near the White Horse Inn , Cliarlton , Kent , " and on Saturday morning , about 11 o'clock , " several of the labourers were at work , at the east-end of the tunnel , when . an immense body of earth fell upon them , burying them , beneath its

      weig ht . An alarm was instantly . raised , ; and the men were soon released from tHejr perilous situation , but not before they were shockingly , injured , and one of them so much mutilated that very faint hopes are given of his life . This , man , whose name is G . Brown , had both legs fractured ,, his arm also was broken , and he received various contusions on the upper part of his person . A surgeon was called to the unfortunate men , and those who were slightly injured were removed to their homes , but the poor maa Brown was taken to Guy ' s llospita . l , - where he now lies in a very precarious condition ....

      The Alleged Poisoxings at Bath . —At the coroner ' s inquest on the body of Harris ' s . last wife , the jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from inflammation of thestbmach and bowels , but what produced the inflammation there was no evidence to show . " " V ., ¦ ' ]"¦ ' The supposed Mubbebek ; John' Gle ! rson ' ' "Wilson . —This individual , it is known , is in . custody at Kirkdnle for having murdered Mrs . Henrichson , of Leveson-street , her two children j ' and' servant maid . Since his committal for trial his conduct generally has been peaceable in prison . Last week , however , one of the keepers took nun out into" the ' yard to have a walk .- As they were walking the ' prisoner observed some hammers left by labourers who had been working in the yard , upon which ho ' made a

      rash and seized one of them . * Thekeeper instantly followed , grasped , him by the back , and "held him fast : but the fellow began to kick , strike , and bite , and was in the act of overpowering the ' . keeper , when two of the prisoners came fortunately to Ins assistance . The three with difficulty restrained him until further help came , and , on being secured , he lamented much that he had not a knife , saying that if he had had one he ' would have ripped them open . He was then manacled , upon , which he stated that he would not eat anything for three ; days . " He kept this extraordinary resolve , and 'for ' three days never tasted food . On the fourth day , however , he demanded his victuals , and on . the usual allowance being brought to him he demanded the arrears , and that the three days' supply should be ' given to him at once . —JJverpoolJoumal . . " .-

      Caution to Tradesmen . —On Friday , the" lJth inst . ' , a man who gave his name as Henry Poole , of Derby , fell into the hands of the police of Leeds , and was taken to the Court-house there , having been found drunk in the street : Oh . searching his person , sixteen sovereigns and other monies , besides six watches , and duplicates for nine other watches , were discovered . From papers fouAd upon , him , and inquiries that have been made in consequence , it appears that the man has obtained the watches from various tradesmen in Coventry and other places ; but , as there was no evidence to show that there " had been any false misrepresentations on his part , the magistrates of Leeds discharged tie man from custody on Tuesday , intimating that as he had improperly [ obtained credit for them , . they regretted that it was out of their power to ' punish him . ' , '¦ -. '

      THE MURDERS BY POISONIN . G . IN SUSSEX . Hastings . Monday . —This morning at ten o ' clock , Mr . Kull , coroner for the jurisdiction of the rape of Hastings , resumed an inquiry at the White Hart inn , Guestling , touching ' the deaths" of Richard Geering , aged 56 , and his two sons , George Geering , aged 21 , and James Geenug , aged 26 , who died from the effects of poison , alleged to have been administered to them by Mary Ann Geering , the wife and mother , who is in custody at the ' gaol of this town awaiting the result of the investigation .

      As has already been briefly noticed , the suspicious illness of Benjamin Geering , the" son ; who survived several almost fatal doses of poison , and for the attempt on whose life the mother ( Mary Ann Geering ) has . undergone several' examinations before the county magistrates , gave rise"to "the belief that the deceased father and . two sons had died from some unfair means . Their remains , which had'been interred in . the village churchyard , were exhumed , and , as was proved by the report of the ' analysis of the contents of their several stoniachsi their deaths discovered to be the result of poison . " ' : '

      The deceased father and sons , as also the son who overcame the influence of the poison , we ' re members of a society calied the Guestling Benefit Society , held at this house . ¦¦¦ : ¦¦¦¦ •¦ Wliiie the inquest was proceeding this morning the prisoner Mary Ann Geering underwent another examination at the Town-hall , when Professor Taylor , the eminent analytical chemist of Guy ' s Hospital , deposed to arsenic being in the fluid which the lad Benjamin' Geering discharged . The poor fellow : ; had a very narrow ' escape . In two ounces of the fluid about half a . grain of arsenic was discovered . The prisoner was again remanded by the magistrate . " " On the coroner's jury re-assembling ' '

      George Hawkixs was called and examined—I knew the deceased , Richard Geering . On the 15 th of last September , I measured the' / doeeasod for . his coffin , which was made in my shop . I anil my son took the coffin to' his house , and placed his body therein . The widow of the ' deceased proposed that the body should be screwed down then . It was not a very good corpse . I told hoi' I thought it was better not to screw the coffin down then ; and that w ; e might be sent for when it was ' required . ' ' ¦ ' . : Judith Teness was next called .-r-I knew the deceased , Ilichard Geering . ; "I assisted ilHeSyidp'Kr . iii laying the body out . He died bh ' Wedhdsday ,. thb 13 th of September . J saw t ! ie body placed in ' thc coffin on Thursday night or Friday niorning . ' George Hawkins , the younger , screwed it down * : on the Friday . Oh the followihff SundaV tn ' e '' fuhe ral ' tobk

      place . I accompanied the body to Guestlirig church ^ yard . * The corpse was Very ' . black and mucli decayed , and the skin came off the back of . his rieck . as it was'placcd in the coffin . " I was seat for by the widow of the deceased to lay thVboOyVouj . ' ' I had not before heard of his bein ^ unwjeH ' . ' ¦ ' i' ] ie ' 'heiid and chin were hound with a Handkerchief $ ien I got at the house . I asked " the " widow hov / lohg ' the deceased had been unwell . SKesai . ( l /' ' ^ ofc , a'iong time . " I asked her , " What liadbefeh" the matter with him ? " iShe said , "Something | he ma tt ; er with his heaft " . "' It was a family coniplaiht . " . Foiir years ago I lived in the adjoining hoflsej " Tho' doceased , Richiird Geering , and his _ . Wife ' 'frk [ uen ' tly . disagreed , and " 'I lave heard her say to him several times , " I wish you were dead- ^ yp ' u" ia-e [ only a trouble to me . " After his'deattf she' said she was

      very sorryhe * as taken so quicK / [ " i '; . . . ' . " . ' ¦ ' " Geoboe'HAwkiss , son " of . tfiSfirst % itnes ' s ^ gave some confirmatory evidence as tii ' thfe screwing down of the > coffin , the depositingof the " corpse in' the ' grave , and its exhumation . , ' ^ . ' . V " ,,- ' .. 3 fc--Ji " - Luci . s Pocock ; snrgebnV . oi ; Winclielsea , ' was then - ' examined . —Some' time' in tlio month of September last , I attended ' the decea ^ ed ^ ithard Geermg- at the house ' ' at 'fiupstlini ; "' 4 0 n ' ¦ _ my first : visit' I " ^ sjiw :: ' "the "' decea ^ ea ^' and ^ . jhi ? wife-. -He : complained of -chills ; feve ' r ^ : cpugh ; difficulcy and pain- ' of ^ 'breathitig , " sickness , pain in the abdomen , . and- Bleating . Hia wife told me that he-hmibe ' en a \ iing . some months , and : had only . given up work ; a day gptwjajjie ^ ore j saw him ; ' Hewas in T > ed then ^ ' He'lBad some , pills « ousisting o . fblue pilljind coloeynflt -. He liad some mistureconsistinjof ' sul phuriq iic ^ d , "' , e ' pspm , ! salts , sulphate ofquiiiine / and peppermint ' water . ; 'tiehad medicme only once , andTbdtieve T&eaf ed hjjri . as for an intermittent fever . Fcalled at tKeC house a second . time two dayg after . Isa ^ bisiwlfe , who

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      ! ¦¦ ¦¦ — ¦ _ " ¦ " ¦ " ¦ ' "" ' . ' ' V . ' '' ' * --= S informed mo her husband was dead , that he "disd about two-hours before'I ' called ; I expressed niy surprise , and some conversation took place which induced nie to think ; I had mistaken the symptoms of the case , " and she stated that other members o the family had died suddenly'in the way herhusbanc had . She described an increase of the difficulty of breathing and the cough , ' and I concluded from what she described as ' . his symptoms that he must have died from an affection of the heart . I formed that conclusive opinion from what she described . —By the Coroner : I afterwards gave to tho Registrar of Births and Deaths a certificate as follows : — " Medical certificate of the cause of death . —Name , Richan Geerins ; aired fifty-six last birthdav . Was attended iMiiini . ilm . i ' n i imIi ' ii .-i

      by me , and died on the 13 th day of September , low . 0 au 3 e of death—primary disease , hypertrophy ot heart ; secondary disease , an inflammation of the pericardium . " The medical certificate produced is that signed by mo ! When I delivered the certificate the Christian name was not filled up by me . I was in the parish churchyard on the 26 th of April last , and was presentatthe post mortem exanlinationofthe body made by Mr . Ticehurst . There were vague appearances on the surface of the hod y ^ denoting the presence of arsenic , and I observed appearance of disease in the left lung sufficient to account for death . On the day preceding the examination of the body I deemed it fit that an inquiry should take place before the coroner respecting the cause of

      death of deceased and his two sona . I did not see the body after death , on my way to see hun . the second time . When I got to his house his widow told me that he had been dead two hours . I was . surprised to hear of his death . I did sot see any of the vomit which came from the deceased . He complained of thirst . I have no recollcction-of attending him before . John SisnoNi labourer , of Guestling , called' ; I knew the deceased . I was working with him turniphoeing , on the Monday , and Tuesday before his death . It was about a week or eight days before his death . On the Tuesday after eating his dinner he was very sick . He vomited his dinner .. Tasked kim if he would have some beer , lid said ho would

      have some water . I got him some , and he drank . He was sick and threw the water up . In , the course of a short time he drank again : that remained on his stomach , ne was riot sick-afterwards . He had a little beer for . dinner , and he thought that made him sick . —By the Coroner : He brought his dinner with him from his house in the . morning . Mr . Frederick TicEiiTOST , surgeon , of Hastings , was next examined : Oh the 26 th ' of Aprill assisted in making a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased Richard Geering . I took out the , liver , intestines , stomach , heart , and lungs , placed them in a jar duly sealed and marked , and forwarded them to Professor Taylor , of Guy ' s .. Hospital , London , for analysatibn . The upper part of the body

      was much decomposed . The external . part of the abdomen was in a good state of preservation and of a light brown colour . On opening the abdomen there were rib marks of decomposition in the intestines . The smaller intestines in places were of a pink colour in patches . They were , of a peculiarly pink colour . ' The pericardium and .. heart were apparently healthy ^ Coroner : From' what you saw can you form any opinion as to the cause of death ?—Witness : From the appearances , I saw I should say that he died of inflammation of the bo wela , but from what cause I am unable to stiite . —Coroner ; Have you had " any conversatipn with the widow as to the symptoms of the deceased?—Witness : Yes . On my seeing : Benjamin Geering , son ot . the

      deceased , as requested by the widow , I took down what his symptoms were . She said his symptoms were the same as those of his father and brothers . Benjamin Geering said , "My father ' and both ! . brothers we ' re first taken like me , and vomited just th ' e same kind of stuff . The Tridow added , " They all cbmplained of parched throats , everything that went down came back . ? ' I took down what she said , and I read it over to her . SJiesaid ifc was all right . The lad said , " The ^ first Sunday morning I was took I was as well as ever till I drank down a cup of tea , and then , in about five minutes I was taken sick as death , and was bad all day . I felt a great heat in my throat at the time . I was purged , and I sent for the doctor . He saw me on

      Monday , and said he did not know what , to do for me . " He sent me four pills and I . ' got' somewhat better . On Saturday , tho , 21 st of April , I was ftgain taken sick after dinnerj and I threw up some green stuff , and I continued to feel sick . I have now a burning heat . " I took this statement on the 24 th of April , and on reatling it over the widow said it was all right . The symptoms were so suspicious as to induce me to ask her whether she had any poison in the house . She said she had not any poison , in the house for more than a year . " She used to keep the stuff when she was troubled with mice . —Coroner : When did . Mrs . Geering first communicate the symptoms to you ? Witness : On the 11 th . of April I met Mrs . Geering in the street , who wished me to

      attend her son Benjamin . She said ho was attacked just like her husband and two sons . She asked me to call and see him the first time I was going to Guestling ; The vojnit which I found under his . I tested , and found it to contain arsenic . . Mr . Alfred Swaise Tatlob , of 3 , Cambridgeplace , Regent ' s-park , London , Professor of Chemistry at Guy ' s Hospital , was next called and examined , and read a most elaborate report describing the symptons lie discovered upon an examination of the internal organs of . the elder deceased ( Richard Geering ) , from" which he arrived at the conclusion that the deceased Richard Geering died from the effects of arsenic . Mr . Taylor then deposed to his analysis in the case of the deceased , George

      Geering , from which he said it is my belief , based on tlio examination of more than 100 bodies , that the deceased George Geering died from irritant poison . — Mr . Taylor next gave a very elaborate report as to the result of his communication and analysis of the stomach , contents , Ac , of James Geering ; and hero arsenic was traced to have prodnced death . ' Mr . J ; Pocock , the surgeon , of Winchelsea , was examined in respect to the death of the sons James and George Geermg . He said—I ; attended / the deceased George when he z'esided with his mother at Guestling . He eomplained of min and tenderness over the region of the stomach , liver , and generally over the abdomen . He vomited continually many

      hours . About tho middle of his illness he had an extraordinary sweating , and' towards the close vomited matter of a greenish colour ; afterwards of a brownish cast . I certified his cause of death-Primary disease , pericarditis , duration six weeks ; secondary disease , continued fever , duration three weeks . . I attended James Geering in his illness : I cannot say when I first attended him . —Coroner : Do you recollect making a . certificate as to tho cause of death . —Witness : Yes . —The coroner produced one , and asked the witness if it was the same ?—Witness said it was . The cause of death therein described was of tho same speculative character as in the case of the father and brother George .

      TUESDAY . ,. ' ¦ , ¦ . . : -r The proceedings being duly opened this morning , Bfnjamin Geeuixg , the" son who survived the dose of poison administered to him , was called and examined . He appeared in a weak state . -lie said , I lived at ; Guestling with my mother for ; the last twelve months . My father died on the 13 th of September last . His name was Richard . He died at his own house . , He was ill from the Friday night to Wednesday . There were living at home ,. my mother , Jame 3 ,, Alban ,, George , Edwin , Mary . Ann , Andrew , Peter , and myself .. My brother William , who is married , was living , away in the village .. My father was first taken with sickness . I do not know

      if he had pain and thirst . My mother nursed him ; I did not think he was dangerously ill . Mr . Pocock attended him once . after he was taken ill . My brother George ( lied on the 27 th of December . He was first seized with sickness . He was ill a month nndsomo three or four , days . Mr ^ Pococlc attended him . James died on the 6 th of . March ^—Coron er ; Did your father belong to the club ?—Witness : Yes —Coroner : How many of the family belonged to the club ?—Witness : ¦ All of us when living- ; my fathei' and five of us hoys . —Coronet ! . What is tho club called ?—Witness : It is called a Burial Friendly Sbciety .- ^ -Coroner-: What . is ' the benefit you get by belonging to that society . —Witness : In case ofillness . we get 10 s . per week , and in a death Is . from . each member . ; , Mybrothcrs William and Albah did not reside at home . There are some hundred members in the society .- -The- shillimrB

      received . from the members in . casesof death are payable to the widow . of the deceased . \ .. ~ My mother had the money . —Coroner : Is-there any medical man attached to the society ?—Witness : Ifo ; there is not / ¦ Maky Ann Geehino , aged , U ' . years ,. Vdanghtpr of the deceased , ' said-r ^ I now live at the union house , Guestling . Before then . J , lived . with . my mother , but cannot remember , the exact time my father was taken ill .. I think it was about harvest last : He had tea for his supper on the night previous , land during tho riigKt he was . taken . sick . , My . ' mbphcr threw , his , Vomiting . away . He . kept his bedthe whole ; of . Saturday . My father died on the 13 thof September-:...:.. .-i . : .: _ . Henry Pitsian , chemist , Hastings , proved that ie sold Mrs . Geering several penny worths of pbispn in ; the latter part of last sunimer , in the autunih , and > yinter , up , tUl ,, March last , which she said was to kill rats . " ¦ . -,... ' ¦ : -. vij . ; ^ v-

      ; CuAKiorrE . Gketsall , . - . wife of a higgler , liring at Weastfield , deposed to'seeing the woman Geering purchasing arsenic at . another chemist ' s stop .. at Hastings . She ; . obtaihed it oii . the rcpresentiitibn th ^ -it wasfer Sir ^ ^ John ^ ^ . Ashburiiham—that wasin last ^ July , she purchasicd either eight pennyworth or a shilling ' s worthier •; ,... ; ::.:- ;; - ¦ % .- ¦; - ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ,: ' . ..- < -.. ; .. ; .: : ¦ Mr . Stubbbj' the chemist referred to , in the most positive terms denied that ' sp large a ' quantity of arsenic had been purchased at his shop by the woman Geehngas that spoken of , by . the 'last ' witness . He admitted , howe > er ,, that . pennywortlis had been sold to jher at yarious intervals . ; . j , t ; _ ; ' Frederick .. r . PEnMAOAN , - wheelwri ght , living at ' Rye , deposed to hearing very bad expressions on the part of the . woman Geering ' towards the " old man . ¦ - . - ¦

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      Jake Eaton , the wife of a labourer living opposite the deceased Geering ' s house , deposed that she had frequently heard disputes on money matters between Ai SSd Geering and his ^ wo sons were in the employ of Sir John A shburnham at the Hme of their death as agricultural labourers , and Sir John Asjibiwbiiam exammed .-Coroner : Did VOUCverVat anytime , Sir John , authorise Mrs . ffing to purchase arsenic for you ? -WifcneS 8 ; Never"i-Coroner : Or inthe . knowledge of any of your servants ? -Witness : Not that I am aware of . —Coroner : Has arsenic been used by any of your seryarits on your premises . ?—Witness : Never , to my Knowledge . , _ .. ' 1 ... 0 ,,,.. > TWi ™ a Houohton pwvnbiokei'of Hastings ' """ - - "•¦ - - ¦ ¦¦¦

      Mr Thomas , - , , was next called . He spoke of the woman Geermg having pawned , some clothes of her husbaud ^ nd her sous before their death . She also . , pledged clothes belonging to Benjamin Geering , who had not authorised her to do so . ( The duplicates were F '" JosErii HoNETSEiT , a labourer living at Guestling , said : I acted as steward to the Guostl'ng ^ Friendly'Benefit Society at the time of the death of Richard Geering . " He was a member of the society : I produce the Society ' s book with his name written therein as a member . —Coroner ; What was the amount subscribed for tho widow on his death ?—Witness : £ 5 . —Coroner : What time elapsed after the death of the deceased before the money was applied for ?—Witness : The widow applied on the day of hia death ( Sensation )

      . _ Auiast . Geerixg , . another son of the deceased , said I saw my father the Sunday before his death . He then complained that he was ycry ^ sick . My mother attended hini . He did not complain of her conduct . I did not have any conversation with my motherlas to ihe nature of Ills illness . I did not live in the same house . When I loft I did not think he was so ill as he was . I saw him no more alive . He died in two or three days afterwards . I was at the funeral . He was buried in Guestling churchyard . —Some time after the funeral I Asked my mother whether my father had any money in the savings bank . She said , he had £ 12 in the Hastings ' Savings Bank . She " did not say how much there ' was originally . I did not ask her what was done witk the money . . ' . GfcORCKB 'Jeffreys , officer , attached to the East Sussex constabulary , said . —Before . 1 removed the

      prisoner to prison I searched the house . In a box in her bedroom I found upwards offorty duplicates . ( They chiefly related to clothing belonging to Benj . Geering and his deceased father and brothers , which she had p ledged . ) On a subsequent search I found a large pill rolled up in some paper in one of the prisoner's drawers in her bedroom . A quantity of drugs and liquids were also found , the whole of which have ! been handed to the medical gentleman . . Mr . ' . TrcBHCTRsr , the surgeon , here informed tho coroner ; that " Mr . Professor Taylor had / on the night previous , in his presence , tested- the ^ ill mentioned by "the witness Jeffreys . That gentleman believed it to contain arsenic , but its analysis had not been completed , Mr . . " Taylor : haying taken it with Kini to Guy ' s Hospital to determine the quantity it . contained . . ..

      Mr . Thompson , the superintendent of police , handed to thecoronei ' -a deposit book of . the Hastings Savings Bank , from which it appeared that £ 20 had been deposited in the bank in the name of the older deceased on the 31 st of January , 1846 , and that between that period and . May 6 th , 1848 ,. the whole of the amount , including interest , with the exception of ls . id ., had heen drawn out . without the sanction of the family . . ] \ Ir . Bisiiop , actuary of the Hastings Savings Bank , said , with the exception of £ 0 , the whole of the money had been drawn by . Mrs . Geering . It was against the , rules of . the bank for her to . draw the money . The excuse she made for her husband not ear ning , for it was that he was out of work , but hoped to be able shortly to pay it again . This being the whole of the evidence in Richard Geering's case the Coroner addressed the jury .

      The room was then cleared of strangers ; m the couse of a few minutes they were . re-admitted , and The Foreman , of the jury announced as their unanimous verdict " Wilful murder against' Mary Ann Geering , " the widow of the deceased . Since tho ' incarceration of the ; accused she has addressed a letter to her children .. It was intercepted by the gaoler , and the magistrates have taken ifcas evidence against her . The following i 3 an extract : — . "My Dear Children , — I never had any poison for to use after I had the last , which you know was before your father died some time . , 1 could not recollect , yesterday , when I was in court . If poor

      James could kuow , he would be very sorry for me to suffer for him , for when he wanted poison to kill vermin in the horses I always got it for him ; he used to tell me what to get , and not let anybody know whom it was for . I have got it for him a good many times .. The last that I ever got for . him was that week he was getting better . He said to mo , ' Mother ' ye must go and get me some stuff for my horses . ' I went and got him several sorts , and then mixed them all together , and done them in tho oven when J had been baking , and he never meant to give it them . I did not let any one see it . I threw icaway . after he was dead . My dear children , I never had a bit of poison for myself afterwards .

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      — - "'—?—~*—~ Et ^ iano , Dublin , Fridat . —State op the South and West . Tho accounts from the South and West repeat tko same melancholy tale of misery and starvation . The Ballina Herald says : — " We have travelled over a large portion of the county of Sligo , and we regret to say that never within our memory did it present so wretched-an appearance . The lands arc to a great extent uncultivated—the dwelling-houses are , for the most part ,, demolished , and their occupiers thrown on the cold charity of the world . " ' . .:

      . i Destitution in ihe County Kerry . —A special reporter says , " I ^ ave seen poverty in many shapes and under many , circumstances j but poverty so extensive ; and embracing within its fold , in any district five times its size , so many victims , I have , never witnessed till my arrival here . Speak of pauperism in the towns of your county , why . it is drily on a retail scale there when compared with what you witness" here , If you wish to sec a wholesale exhibition of it , come to Dingle . . I firmly believe that five out of every six of the present , population of this unhappy town arc recipients of relief of one kind or the other . Can you imagine some two thousand five hundred of the most abject of those beggars who arc just now flocking into your city , collected together—old and ybung , male and female—in one of the poorest and uncieah outlets of your town ? —if you can you ' will have a faint idea of Dingle , and its present inhabitants . Walk , through ; the lanes of

      its principal street , and you behold at each side a collection of unfortunate creatures , ragged in the extreme , and apparently not half fed . These are the ejected of the suvrouhdin" districts , the former tenants on tho estates of Lord Yentry , the De Moleyns ; John Ilicksori ; Rev . Mr . Townsend Fitzr gerald , and others , who , " . having been . evicted , or having themselves g iven up possession , in order to be placed oh'ihe relief list , have , flocked into , the town , and . ¦ are now the . happy recipients of . one pbuud of Indian meal per day . In audition to this agricultural class ; you will also perceive the wives and children of the fisheriueh of the Bay—a numerous and really wretched set of people , unwashed , uncovered , arid uiifedi Go where you , will and ; the lidnd of the . mendicant is stretched tovv- » rds you for relief / his ' cry for amis rings through your ears ^' ---Cork Examiner . '¦ - '"" . ' ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ' .... " :.. , . SATURDAT . —^ PBOSPEtTS OF THE COUNIRY . —

      —Matters-are bad enough m all conscience , and it requires' riot a very sanguine teniperainent to in . 7 dulo'o the hope that we 'have seen-tlio worst . ' , But stiU there are gloomy spirit ' s , that ' will be satisfied ivith nothing short of the ruin arid destruction of all classes , rootand branch , - and who can perceive no hope of amendment , present . or , r . em . ote . In . many of tho Irish journals such ihiseraBic and disheartening Bpcculatioris are / iadulged ; but it appqars to me that a , careful consideration of all the circumstances would warrant a less desponding calcidation as to

      the future . Our mam reliance , to be sure , is upon a goodharvest ; • but 'if Providence should bloss the country . with abundant cr , ops , of which Shore is now the fairest prospect , wo might loon for a decided imin-OTOment ' i before the end of the autumn , " arid a steady progression towards recovery withiii the next twelvemonths . ¦¦¦'"¦ , '¦ "•• " ¦ . ^ . •¦ - ' ; ' - •; :- ; There . arcnot wanting accounts from the country by watchful observers of what is paBsiug' to cnoburage thismdrb favoui-able viisw ; but ,-ut" the ' same time , it cannot be denied that' at PTOsont tho destitution is ovGVwhclmiog , aad tbat uuuost all sections

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      of tho community in " the south and west are nearly paralysed by the weight and pressure of difficulties and embarrassments common to all . > _ In Nenagh , Dungarvan , and other southern unions , the rural population are m nearly as destitute a condition as those of Mayo . * earCamck-on-Suir , ' between Clonmel and Waterford , squads ol paupers are to be seen seated by fires on the roadside . In that neighbourhood the Messrs . Grubo , Quaker millowners , have their flour boats guarded by policemen between Waterford and Camck . Tlio Wntavfnvd A c . ios st . if . os that . " on Monday wsrht ii'om . ^^ — ¦¦ - -. -- - ' .-: S- r . tu n ^ j -.. roof < i * n-npnv \ v

      150 to 200 creatures seeking admission to the workhouse , or out door relief , had to sleep in a field near the establishment . " ¦ " I have seen a great number of accounts of the state of the crops this morning , W ith senrcely an exception , they are highly favourable . New potatoes , perfectly sound , are beginning to appear two months earlier than usunl . Some of the early-sown kinds have . certainly suffered , or been greatly retarded at least , by the late severe frosts . InvariousplaceS ) even in Ulster , the farmers are still planting potatoes , as if there had never been a blight . —Morning Chronicle .

      The Cholera . —In Ballinrobe the cholera is still raging . Dr . John Pembertonis announced amongst the deaths , The vice-guardian , Mr . Fishbourne , has died of fever . A few days previously his . wife died of cholera . In some parts of the King ' s County the epidemic is producing considerable mortality , and several of the middle classes are amongst the

      victims . The Poor Law Commission . —The Mercantile Adverttsir-saya : — " The vacancy at the Irish Poor Law Board , caused by the resignation of Mr , Twisleton , has been , we learn , filled by the appointment , of Mr . Power , who has been , since the passing of the amended Poor Law , in 1847 , the assistant-commissioner for Ireland . The promotion o f Mr . Power makes a vacancy in the office of assistant-commissioner . " , ¦ : .. .. - Mr .: John Martin . —The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed three distinguished medical men—Sir Philip Crampton , Sir Henry Marsh , and Dr . Corrigan—to inquire and report as to the state of health of Mr . John Martin , now confined in Richmond Bridewell , under sentence . of transportation , having been convicted at the Dublin Commission Court , last July , under , the Treason Felony Act , "for publications in the 2 mA Felon newspaper , of which he was proprietor . ' . ;

      TnE State Prisoners . —There is much speculation as to the effect of the affirmation of the judgment against Mr . Smith O'Brien and the other State prisoners by the House of Lords . The sentence of death , of course , will be commuted , but it is considered probable that the prisoners will be transported to a penal colony , or , possibly , that they will be allowed to expatriate themselves . Two or three days since , the commander of the Hydrabad transport , now'in Kingstown Huvbour , received directions to take in no more convicts , and to delay his voyage to New South Wales until further orders . —Morning Chronicle . ' ' . " ' ¦

      • 'Monday .. — ¦ M ortality , in Baimnasloe WohknousES .--The Galway Vindicator states as a positive ftict that , the deaths in the Ballinasloe workhouses amounted in one week to the frightful number of gfiO . ' ' . ' ; . '¦ . ' " ' ' Workhouse Mortality . —Tho Cork Constitution has the following statistics of mortality in the workhouse of that city : — " There were 1 , 059 deaths in the Cork Union Workhouse , from the 1 st January to 8 th May inclusive . On the 1 st January there were 5 , 143 paupers in the house , and during the month there were 123 deaths . On 1 st February 6 , 299 in the house , and during that month , 189 . On 1 st March . 6 , 311 in the house , and during that month 245 deaths . On 1 st'April there were 6 , 304 in the house , and during that month 368 deaths . On the 1 st . Jlay there , were 0 , 538 paupers in the

      house , and during the eight days to last Tuesday there were 134 deaths !" The same journal records these instances of a new species of robbery : —" Florence O'Brien , Wm . Donovan , and . Wm . Cotter were arrested by _ actingconstable . Catchpole , . charged with entering the cow-house of Denis Murphy , of Killeens , on Monday night , and cutting the hair off the tails of five of his cows . This species of robbery is becoming every day of more frequent occurrence , there being hardly a farmer in the neig hbourhood of the city who has not to complain of the hair being , cut oft' cither his cows or his horses . In addition to the above it has been ascertained by constable Porter that William

      Donovan , Martin Hart , Wm . Cotter , and Florence O'Brien , on Sunday night last cut the tails and manes off a horse belonging to William Riordan ; two horsos belonging to John Murphy ; two horses belonging to Samuel Bateman ; and three horses belonging to Jeremiah Kcgan , all residing in the neighbourhood of Ballinhnssig . In cutting off the mane of Bateman ' s horse they' took away a large portion of the flesh of the neck . " Father Matuew . —The scene at Cork upon Mr . Mathew ' s departing for America on Saturday was most exciting . On Wednesday Mr . Mathew will leave Dublin for Liverpool , where he will sojourn with Mr . Rathbone , and depart for America on the 21 st instant .

      Agitation in Ulster . —After a slumber of soino weeks'duration , the northerns are again up and stirring , with a view of reviving the opposition to the . rate in aid project , now that that measure has reached the secona stage of legislation . On Friday last the guardians and oflice-bearers of eleven Ulster unions met in the town of Belfast—Mr . Edmund MacDorinell , of Glenarm Castle , presiding —to lift up their voices once more against the imposition of this " most obnoxious measure , " to take immediate steps to protest emphatically against the bill , and , by petitioning . ' the House of Lords to reject it , give confidence to the large body of Peers opposed to it , " and show that Ulster was now , as from the beginning , most hostile to it . " Among those present there was a goodly show of J . P . 's and D . L . 's , several of whom denounced the rate in aid , and instanced the extent to which the feeling of

      opposition in their several districts had risen as such that they were very , apprehensive of serious disturbances in the event of the bill becoming law and the rate being levied . A petition to the House of Lords was . ultimately adopted , and the meeting was adjourned till Wednesday , to consider what further steps should be taken to defeat the measure . Reclaimed Lam > in Irkland . —a return , moved for by Sir R . Ferguson , M . P ., informs the public that the total number of acres of land in the county of Donegal , reclaimed from the date of the Ordnance survey to the date of its revision , amounts to 32 , 484 ; the number of acres still unreclaimed to 732 , 615 ; and the number of acres at present under cultivation , to 437 , 719 . The number of acres of land reclaimed in the county of . Londonderry amounts to 4 , 203 ; the number of acres . still wnreclaimed , to 2 ' 4 , o 00 ; and the number of acres of land at present under cultivation , to 68 , 405 ..

      Tuesday . — Opposition io the Hate in Aid . — There are some indications of determined hostility to the rate in aid in Leinster , as well as in the northern province . . The guardians of Edende ; ry union assombled on Tuesday last , John II . Kanglc , Esq . ., in . the chair , when resolutions were proposedby the Hon . George F . Colley , seconded by Edvrard Wolstenholme , Esq ., declaring the determination of the guardians to abandon , the superintendence of the affairs of the union as soon as the House of Lords shall have sanctioned the Rate in Aid Bill . . Tncy state , that the measure of the government precludes them from administering the poor-law , unless they are content to levy the rate in aid at the same time , inasmuch as the half of ovary rate collected by thorn ,

      according to the provisions of the bill , is to be placed to the account of the rate in aid , until the whole of the sum imposed by . it shall be made up . The guardians refer to the prospect of increasing difficulties and embarrassments amongst all : classes in the course of next w . ht 6 r , and . tiiey declai' 6 that , " foreseeing that discontents , dissatisfaction , and perhaps resistance ,, will arise on the first attempt to collect a rate in aid , we are of opinion that it- is no longer expedient to encounter these difficulties . " The guardians of . Edemlewy union . have therefore resolved— " That from the day on which it eliall be ascertained that the House , of Lords has affirmed the principle of the bill for the rate , in aid , by assenting to its being read a second time , the board shall adjourn sine die , and thereby throw upon the

      government the whole responsibility of administering the poor-law . in this union . " Another ,, resolution ' strqngly recommends that " all the boards of . guardians in Ireland shall take a similar step , and thrpSv upon the government the whole , responsibility of administering the law in every part ' ot Ireland . ' " . —From present : appearances , it is not at all . likely that the advice , given by the Ederiderry guardians will be follbwed b y many uniorisout of the province of TJlster . Eyeri . inthe hprthern . counties it is by noineans certain ; , that maii y hoards , of ; . guardians would . procced to extremities , iri ' ihe event of . the passing ; oflh ' o Bit ? 'ia' % & Bill . - ^ he ^ dread ^ of the lncpriie arid assessed taxes ! of . England lms , cbnBiderably . moderated ^ the spirit of . resistance to the rate in aid ; " ... " , '"! f ., ' ; . '"'" . ' V .. " ¦' . " ... '" '" "" .. ' . . ' . "

      Prc ' oress ' of Dbstittition . — The accounts from the wpsterii districts , ' and from most . part ' s . o ' f ' the south , aro of the usual gloomy character . ' . Although ' cholera has , generally abated , the deaths . from sheer destitution arenas numerous as at any period of the famine . In ' Dungarvan ;\ jriibn"ihe number in the poor houses was three thousand , and' tho deaths iov tho week were Bixty ^ three . The guavdians have applied to the commissioners for , liberty to give outdoor relief to " widows with' one child , and ' wbmen 1

      whose husbands were transported or- inother safe keeping- with a view of relieying the worKhouse from its present pressure . " ' . ' . ; : ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ; . WEDNKSDAT .- ~ TnE Statk - pRisoxERs . i-Up ' to vesterday evening no oruiJra regarding tile- prisoners had been reooived' by the ga . ol authorities . The Freeman s Journalhas tlie ' subjoined statement in relation to the medical inquiry mtoi the stato of Mr . John Martin ' s lioalth - : ^ Y 6 nWv&heard it stated that on yesterday the . medical bo « rd , who some days ago Tisited Mr , Martin on the part of the ' gmu-

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      ' ' ment , and held a consultation on tho state of tW esteemed gentleman ' s liealtli , reported that h 0 JZ in a ' fit condition' to undergo his sentence , -al have not heard what the exact words of the rennrf were , or how and in what form the ouerios veil put . Much , we need not say—indeed all-Wouy depend upon this . It is one thing for a gentleman to bo 'fit' to undergo a sea voyage—quito another to undergo transportation and its concomitant pri vations . Doubtless , the government so' for med its queries to the board as to get the answers it desired —answers that might , in form , though not in f act justify any treatment it might be pleased here after to adopi towards John Martin . " - _ ment . and held a consultation on tho stato nf fL _ .

      Hklizf fob the Soutii axd West . —The Dublin General Relief Committee met again on Wednesday and received a number of communications , including two from Itoman Catholic Bishops , deacribing the frightful increase of destitution and mortalit y , and the progress of the clearance system . The most deplorable of these accounts were from the diocese of Clonfert in the west and the dioeese of Cork in the south . Even from some parts of Meath veir distressing accounts of destitution were received , i

      small amount of subscription was announced . Daniel O'Cosnell ' s LiBnAnr . —The library oj Daniel O'Connell is to be sold by auction on ' the 22 nd inst ., being of no use to any member of hi 3 family . ' It contains a great variety of the modern works , which would place its owner ait couram with the subjects of the day . Few of the books are of a profound or recondite character ; they may lo described as various , odd , and superficial . Along with them are his cash books of income and expenditure down to 1831 . This is certainly a curious lot .

      Projected Insurrection . —The Tipperary Vindicator makes the following revelations .- — "Some time ago we gave a hint of certain particulars which reached us from the neighbouring districts of Clonmol and Carrick , that persons were engaged swearing in thoughtless and inconsiderate young men into secret societies , and promising them aft sorts of benefits when the time should como for fighting . It is said that this swearing has been going on very briskly for the tost six or seven ffeeks —that many foolish persona have been caught in the snare , whilst several others have resolutely refused to join the ridiculous confederacy . A letter received on Tuesday' states that the system is proceeding with more vigour within the last few UiiYSai l / llitlsevcitu jiciouns

      , m - puur uuaunpuubiiig have heen taken in the meshes of the artful . We understand that the form of the oath is simply that the person taking it is enrolled an United Irishman —that he will be ready to fight when called upon . We are told that a subscription of sixpence or a siiilling is paid by each person sworn in , which goes to a fund ror the purpose of purchasing fire-arms . " The same journal gives the annexed sketch of the " Horrible State of Tippehary . —In the district of Duharrow , on nearly all the properties in that barony , there is scarcely a sign of a human habita . tion except in the dilapidated ^ ruins of what at no distant day were happy homes . The Derry Castlo and the Coumbeg , and several other properties , are almost altogether depopulated . ' It is melancholy

      to pass through the country and aee none of those evidences of life which a few years ago cheered the traveller , and made him rejoice at the appearance ot the people . Between jfenagh and Cloughjordan—a distance of about six miles—nearly all the houses have been tumbled down , and that line of road presents an equally gloomy and terrible aspect . Between Cloughjordan and Uorriskane the Rev . Mr . Trench ejected forty families , comprising about 250 souls , from the property called Forty Acres ; the houses are removed ; a fence wall has been built around the property by the stones that were taken from those houses . ' A Mr . Ely has ejected and tumbled down the houses of a great

      number of persons also in the same district ; but the ruins of the houses are standing , and seem as if they wore the debris left after the cannonading of some hostile army . Between Borrisokane and Nenagh the work of destruction had been also progressing to some extent . A gentleman from Jfenagh who passed through a portion of the district a few days sineo , was startled on driving past ono ^ of tho roofless huts , at a late hour , to hear groans issuing from the ruin . He examined to see whence the groans proceeded , and found a poor man , apparently in the height of fever , lying amid the thatch , unprotected from the rain that was falling heavily ! The house had been his own , and he said he came to die there . "

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      DISASTROUS FIRES . On Saturday last , about half-past five o ' clock in the morning , the pianoforte manufactory , in Chenios-mews ; Tottenham-court-road , belonging to Mr . Monktelow , was discovered by the police constable on the beat to be on fire . The officer having given an . 'il . ii'm sent for the engines and the lloyal Society ' s fire escapes . Before , however , an engine had time to arrive the whole of the factory became wrapped in flames , to the great alarm of the inhabitants . The engines were early in their attendance , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen and an abundance of water , the factory and its contents were destroyed ere the fire could be extinguished . The loss is very considerable , and , unfortunately , Mr . Monktelow was only insured for £ 500 . How

      the fire originated is enveloped in mystery . The same morning , as s&mo parties were passing the premises of Mr . Cooper , Ko . 38 , Wynyattstreet , Clerkenwell , they perceived an unusual glare of light in one of the upper rooms , occupied By an agedand invalid female named Woller . Tho inmates having been apprised' of the circumstance , they found the apartments occupied by the unfortunate female in flames . By a desperate exertion they succeeded in pulling the woman out of the fire , but she . was so much burnt as to be obliged to ba taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , whore she at present remains . The firemen and inmates eventually got the fire in the house extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done .

      Other fires broke out at Shoe-lane , Pleasantplace , Kennington-lane ; in Caledonian-terrace , Pentonville ; and Murclimont-street , Brunswicksqu . iro ; but owing to ' the timely aid afforded , the damage done at each was not very considerable . The most serious fire broke out between three and four o ' clock on Sunday morning , and although numerous land engines , with one of the powerful floats , were soon at the spot , and in full operation , the flames were not entirely extinguished until the middle of the day . The scene of devastation was the Thornley C ' oal Company's wharf- in Broadstreet , RiitclifFe . The premises in which the disaster commenced were ' - ' of great magnitude , having a frontage in- Broad-street , and extending to the

      water-side . They were fitted up with stoam machinery for the purpose of lifting and discharging coals from the vessels in the river . That part in which the flames were first perceived , was nearly 140 feet long , and was divided into two compartments—the lower being used as stores in which 000 tons of coals were deposited ; the other was occup ied as the sack warehouse . On the western side of this property , and separated only by a narrow court , five or six feet wide , stood the extensive distillery belonging to Messrs . Goldio . To add to the danger , and to increase the fears of the inhabitants , several vessels were lying at the mouth of the wharf . The instant the Thames police were made aware of the outbreak , they started to School house-lane , Shadwell , for the endue kept there .

      The machine was instantly dispatched to tho spot , when the firemen found that tho fire was confin'iJ to that part of the property near the river side . Ther e being ' an abundance of water flowing from the East London mains , the engine was set to work ; but no sooner was the branch taken into the premises than the flames shot forth with such fury as to drive the m . in with the hose out , and in the space of a t ' eff minutes they broke througjithe roof and rusliod o « s of the several windows , firing almost simultaneous ^ the lofty wooden lifting gear at the water side , and the side front of Messrs . Goldie ' s distillery . The lower floating ' engine from Rothei-hithe was dispatched to the spot , aridso were numerous .. land iM * chines of the brigade . The fire , however , had & the interim extended to the brigAdvonture , of Scv castle . Captain ltobinson , which was lying

      alongside the wharf . The first object sought to be accomplished when the float was set to work , was to extinguish the flames about ' the vessel , which Had already taken possession of the bulwarks , mainmast . bpmp boom , the companion , deck , and topmast , so that as . far as midships the vessel was one body oi firc . The immense quantity of water thrown upon the vessel soon extinguished , the ; firo about it , *'' the whole force was brought to bear upon thc . ny ^ body of flame . in . the storesi-but it was not unt " '" ^ upper part was ; burnqd out , ' a . nd . the lower port 10 extensively damaged , that they could bo got unoc £ Inspector Gaskin , in rendering assistance , l " !' v ' / nately got his leg brolten . ¦ ' Kespeciing the ° ! f . | uC . the Uisaster . ' there ' seem ? . to be no doubt tnat premises werp wilfully ' set "' on fire" by 'some v * * . ut present urikn ' own . —The total loss is t ' ' * „ . - ciallyreporteU :- ^«> The building used as coals" ? - and s « ck-lofts pveiyVith ^ OOjl ) , saeUs , J »\ fU andKlW'tnnsnfr . hals d : \ maffcdbv fire . >' ,-. i ,

      and steam ' lifting-gcar on wharf damages oj rf - Tho brig . Adventure , Capt . K Itobinson , P * da . deck , bulwarks , masts , and rigging , seriou ' , 5 Oll ( m ' aged by fire . No ; 28 , Moati-strect , Mr . »»» $ % smfthi end of shed and roof trainM off . .., £ " ' " si * the same street , Mr , Vf . Goldie , diatll ^ i window considerably' damaged by fire , ' p ,, mpJDf broken . The buildings ' of the Thornloy ^ U * Wore insured in the ^ un-Ere-ofnoe ^ oM nately the contents were not insured . ^ ut ; About anKdurpveywiiis to the above s ^' uflg iPg occurred at 1 i ' , Fore 4 jtreet ; Crippleg « ° > " j by * to 'Mr , P . ' J ; 'B ' rucCa : b ' ^ er . ' ; lt wo ? ^ 8 tovinS ' spark from a candlewticb' set a g . uantit )• w ^ sO in a blaze , frora wKeii (^' thefirc » P « f ? 5 n oK ^ jt thatthe ' inmatea'had / great difflcultjr w ^ ttj The' brigade prompay , " attended , and bj » $ i engines' t < i work the fire was extuigiWW " until Qon . sid . evabte dam ^ Yras doa ?«

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      Scotland The Aitempi to tbach ihe Highlanders to Fish . —The boats which were sent from Cellardyke by the Highlands Destitution Board , to fish at the West Highlands ,. have not been , as yet , very successful j indeed , they have been but seldom at sea , owing to the fierce and stormy state of the weather , and those few attempts have been mijde principally for the purpose of exploring the fishing ground , a circumstance absolutely , necessary for the proseqution of the fishing . The expre 3 S object of this mission

      was to teach the inhabitants—men and women—the art of fishing successfully , so thttt they may not beceme a burden to the .. country , if such dire times should again visit our land as but very recently befel jt . But—with shame to tin "Wescllighlanders be it told—all the attempts of the board to make them industiious and . efficient members of . society are rendered Utterly futile from their obM / nate refusal to become instructed in . the art . > ' . They have been offered 10 s . per week , and a part of the proceeds of the fishing , but even this tempting offer has been rejeoted with scorn . —Fife Hera Id .

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      £$ e ittetropolte . HEAl-Tir OF iOSDOS BCBIKG THE WEEK . —It IS satisfaeiory to observe that the last return indicates a continued tendency in the public health to improve . The deaths registered in the week were 58 less tha :. ' the average , the numbers having gradually fallen during four successive weeks from the middle of April , when they were respectively 1 . 0 S 0 , 1 , 058 , 986 , and in the last week 905 . This result is obtained , notwithstanding recent lowness of temperature , which in last week was considerably under the average « f seven years , though it had beon much above it during great part of that immediately preceding . The deaths from zymotic or epidemic diseases , in the aggresate , were 206 , - -md exceeded ihe average by S ; ufthe two preceding weeks they

      " were 2 ;« and * 248 . Of the diseases m this class , which sometimes prevail extensively , sniall-pox and typhus continue to be fatal to a less number of persons than usual ; diarrhoea and dysentery arc fatal to 13 or 1 less than theaverage , showmgadecrease on the preceding four weeks ; cholera . to 3 , or only 2 more than the average ; measles , which increases a little , to 33 , or 12 in excess of the average ; and scarlatina , which continues to decline , to 40 , or 8 in exces ? . The mortality from bronchitis and pneumonia Mis , and now only exceeds the average to an inconsiueiable extent ; that from phthisis is in less amount than usual . Xo death was recorded from

      influenza . The deaths of twoinen , one Gb and the other 71 years of age , are described as the result of intemi « sranee , which produced in one ease typhoid ferer , and in the other delirium tremens . A man of 38 years died of " apoplexy , succeeding great cer rebral excitement . " The mean hei g ht of the haro ^ meter during the week" was 29-8 S 5 in . ; the mean dally lieight was . ab , ove 30 in , on Saturday , only . The mean daily temperature , which was 50 ' deg . - . 7 on Sunday , continuously fell to 42 deg . . 2 on Thursday ; on Priday and Saturday it rose to about 47 deg . The mean of the week wa 3 45 deg . 5 min . It was 6 deg . . 7 below the average of the corresponding week of seven years .

      Dkeaufdl Occurrence . —On Wednesday afternoon , about three o ' clock , a dreadful occurrence took place at a hou 3 e in Shire-lane , near Templeoar . It appears a young woman took a lodging there on Tuesday night , statins she had left her " situation in Golden-square . On " Wednesday afternoon she went out for a short time , and when she returned was watched in by two women , who shortly afterwards , accompanied by a City policeman , entered the house , and proceeded upstairs to "the room of this unfortunate girl .- "; 5 b sooner had they entered the room than she sprang from the window , and fell a distance offorty feet into a back yard , fracturing the hack" part of her skull in a dreadful manner . She was conveyed to lung ' s College Hospital , but there is no hope of her recovery . She is sjiid to have a great quantity of property in her possession .

      KQCESI 3 . ; The FniE ur PoBXLixD-riACE . — On Saturday , tcfore Mr . H . M . WaMey , at Middlesex nospital , on the body of Edward Jenner , Mr . Hill ' s coach" man , who died in the hospital on the 9 th inst . j from ¦ the injuries he had received at the above fire . The nurses who attended " the unfortunate-man stated that he was dreadfully " burned about the face and bead , and that the flesh about his hands and arms was so burned that it hung "down in shreds . He was sensible when admitted , and stated that he came home with the carriage about half-past twelve

      o ' clock on the previous night , and put it hi without a light . When he discovered the fire he got two of 'the horses out , and was trying to remove the other " when he' became * exhausted and fell down . He could not account for the fire , but some of the jroung-jentlemeii had been smoking in the mews Tiear the place , and he supposed they must have caused ihe fire . —policeman Clark , who took deceased t-at of the stable , and sent him in a cab . to the hospital , also saw him bring the carriage home . J He was quite sober , and there was at that time no Sisn of fire . — "Verdict " Accidental Death , "

      . The 3 ody of a Gextlemax found is the See-Testjsz . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Bedford , at the Hose and Crown , High-street , Enightsbridge , on the body of agentleman , name unknown , apparently about Sfty years * of age , who was found drowned in the Serpentine . It appeared from the evidence of " a labourer named Gotcker , that about ten minutes before live o ' clock on Sunday morning hist , he was Oathe south bank of the Serpentine , when he suddenly saw ' the arm of a man in the water . On gowg Heir the spot , he discovered the deceased lying upon Ms risrM side , about fourteen feet from the shore .

      He gaw an alarm , and a boat was sent from the Humane Society ' s receiving house . The deceased ¦ was conveyed on shore , and a surgeon was sent for , ¦ who pronounced life to be quite extinct . The deceased was respectably-attired , his hat was on" his "head , and his legs were tightly fastened together by ¦ three silk handkerchiefs . The clothes ot the deceased wore searched , but nothing was for . n-1 upon his person , with the exception of a pencil case full of steel pens . Mr . Cluster , a surgeon , said he had made a r-3 tt mortem examination of the body , and from the 7 ippcarances he found in the brain , lie had do doubt that the deceased had been labouring under

      an aberration of mind "for some time past . —The coroner observed that there was no moral doubt that the deceased had destroyed himself ; but , in the absence of any positive evidence , it whs adyisablc to return an open verdict . —The jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Found drowned . ' . ' The late Steam Boiler Explosion is Back Cmmcn-jjiSE . —Before "Mr . Baker , at the Red "Lion , Batiy-stri-ei , Commercial-road , East , on the body of James Jlolt , aged eighty , one of the persons who were injured by the disastrous explosion which occurred at the sawmills belonging to Mr . Keys , Back Church-Jaue , St . George ' s in the East . A great number of witnesses were examined , who proved what has already appeared in this journal , and the inquest was eventually adjourned for Mr . Braith-¦ flraite , the eminent engineer , to examine the boiler , and makv his report as to the probable cause of the explosion .

      SmcibE . —At the Elephant and Castle , St . Pancras-road . on Wednesday , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , on the body of Frederick B . Murrell , aged 53 , late captain in the 6 th regiment of foot . It appeared that the deceased had redded , ' since tho 30 th of last month , at a coffee-house , So . 77 ; Waterloo-road , and had been in a very nervous and excited state , attributed by those who knew something of his affairs to the loss of £ 1 , 600 by the failure of the Nottingham Bank . He left his residence at seven o ' clock on Thursday evening last , and . it twelve o ' clock was found in the Hegent' s Canal , at Battlebridge . What led to his discovery was the report of a pistol , heard at the adjacent lock-house . The lock-Jw-eper then -went to the bridge , and' on the

      towing-path under it found two pistols , one of which was loaded . The deceased was soon after disco-Tered in the river , quite dead , and an examination of the body disclosed a wound from the left breast through to the "back , evidently the pcforation of a pistol ball . It was supposed that ' the deceased shot himself while standing- on the bank of the canal . The next morning Mr . ' Gould , his landlord , received the following letter , which had been posted the previous night at Battle-bridge : —" Mr . * Gould , — 'When yon receive this I shall have ceased to exist . A pistol will have put an end to all my troubles , which have of late caused me much misery and wretchedness ; indeed , to the extent that no other

      remedy was left me but to commit a dreadful deed , which J hope the Almighty will pardon , and . have mercy ou my soul . ThclhinK I have left at your house H-iii , I trust , sufficiently compensate you for the nine or ten weeks' board and lodging I had of you . Whenever you agsin see Miss -, tell ier I felt very much pained at her not writing a line isans-. vti to my last letters ; also tcll'her inylast thoughts and wishes were for her we&bcing ' a ' iid liappiness . "Sow , farewell , < fcc . —F . M . "—The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased shot himself , bui . in what state of mind there was not sufficient eviJcnce-to show /* ¦ .--.--...

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      ^ . _ ' May 19 , 184 $ a THE ^ p-tMIN STAR . .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1523/page/6/