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      £$ e i&etrosoli * . irSlSrf . ?*? « n » isoTHE WEEK . -In the in-wpotoa districts the deaths registered in he K ^^ f ^ T SatUrday « wcre 1 ' 043 : the ^ ekly Sas ^ as&rares sasKS- ^^ Lsrvffs s& ^ w iirasSrS KSrf ^ JS ? J teideiM 3 rto rise *» the ^ ° rril . ™ J ^ Ut y ' andthc present return shows an

      grease ot 41 on the deaths of the previous week , in ittree successive weeks , ending December 15 , the ceaois trom bronchitis were respectively 60 , SG . 89 : tost week they ruse to 110 , while the average is only t £ > ; from asthma there were 21 , 16 , 26 , and 19 , in «> e last four weeks ; aud from pneumonia ( or inflammation of the lungs ) 9 i , 88 , 90 . ; nd 81 . The morwl .: y from pneumonia , which is less than the avtr . » ge , occurs to a much greater extent among Children than aged persons ; and the latter class are no « - theprincipal MiftVrersfrom the increased collars of the weather . 3 men and 5 wjnien died Ja-t week at 90 years aud upwards ; 2 of the women had turned 9 » years . From di arrhoea and dysentery the deaths were 19 ; a wum-n of 70 « ied on the 16 ih £ e ? ember in Great Pulieney-street , from debilitv wLsch succeeded an attsck of cholera . All epidemics are less fatal than usual , except meask s , which rather exceeds the average . The most imoortai . t narriru .

      lanr ^ registered of each case of cholera were published wee * b y wejk in the tables ; as this not only assisted ine-vanons officers engaged in preventing and treating the disease , but put the facts within the reach of all taose who are stud ying the nature and causes of the epidemic . Data were thus published which will show the influence of sex , age , season , locality , wsflr , drainage , occupation , wealth , < ir poverty . Jt i * gratifying to fiud that , in additio : * to tie analyses which have been already drawn up at the bti : eral Register-office , others have been undertas « a by private inquirm . And Dr . Guy has favoured tb , e Registrar-General with the followin < : account of the professions or occupations of 4 . 312 men , of theagefjf 15 and upwards , who were

      destroyed , by cholera . It will be seen that the disease in Longon was not only fatal to the poor , but to CiEuy artisans , tradesmen , shopkeepers , profe-sional people , and persons of independent means . Of the mtn who died of cholera , ' 135 were returned simply afig&islemen , or of independent means , 6 were clergymen or ministers of religion , 16 medical men . 13 magistrates or lawyers , 11 architects or engineers , 11 merchants , 11 officers in the array and navy , 2 a master mariners , 1 «(» e ' erks or accountants , 11 custom Loose , 7 excise o cers , 14 ( raiders , 14 booksellers , &c ; 14 carpenters , undertakers , &c . ; 13 cheesemongers , 17 drapers , &c ; 11 fishmongers , 12 fruiterers , 20 grocer , 13 oilman , 42 licensed victuallers , 5 wine merchants . 8 master shoemakers 6

      mas-, ter tailors , 6 tobacconists , 19 travellers . Of the classes returned as ariisans and labourer * . 52 were bal ; crs , 32 butchers , 102 weavers , 80 tailors , 151 sheeniakers , 47 bricklayers , 17 masons . 20 plasterers . 70 cabinet-makers , 111 rarneuters , 28 cooper ? , 73 painters aud plumbers , 33 sawyers , 20 shipwrights , 22 toners , 18 turners , 16 coachmakers , 35 cabmen , 57 ciiachmen and cabmen , 15 saddlers , 15 carmen andcirrlers , 37 gros . mis aud ostlers . 6 drovers , 44 engineers , 10 railway guards , 13 stoKers , 16 letter earners and postmen , 99 porters or messengers , 24 policemen , 7 watchmen , 62 soldiers , 299 sailors and Greenwich pensioners , 27 watermen , 18 bareenipn , 7 ballast heavers . 53 caalporters and coalhcavers , 25 footmen and man servants : 756 labourers are

      returned . Dr . Guy h * s given in tbe table " a rough approximation to the ratio which the deaths bear to the Jiving , " in the several occupations . This determination is as difficult is it is interesting . The occupations were only returned for the metropolis in a Terr general way by the Census Commis-i"iirrs , in 1841 ; and the trades masters were not distinguished from men . The results wh ch deserve most attention are those which relate to well-defined , numerous occupations . "Labourer , " "gentleman , " " man servant , " are terms very loosely employed : but the Statement that I in 67 labourers , 1 in 200 gentlemen , and 1 in 1 , 572 man serrants , including footman , died of cholera , expresses something neat the risk incurred by the three classes in the epidemic . The domestic men . servants of London were 39 . 300 in

      IS 1 I , and 25 died of cholera ; the clergy , doctors , and lawyers did not exceed 12 , 000 , yet 35 persons belonging to the learned profession * died of cholera in-1 £ 49 . In the weekly returns from which the statement is drawn up , the prof . ssfcns were not uniformly given ; but the abstract will be made more conijileie afterwards from the register bonks . The mean daily reading of tho barometer at Greenwich Observatory-was abow 3 ' ) inches on the las t , three days of the week ; the mean of the week was 29-952 . Tht daily mean temperature , which was 51 deg- on Sunday , gradually fell to 33 deg . on Frida ? and Saturday : the mean of « he week was 43 deg ., rather more than the average of the same we ? k in seven years . The daily mean was about 10 dtg . above the average on Sunday and Tuesday , about 5 deg . below it on Friday .

      Thk Murder is Harlby Street . — Sarah Drr . ] : e was finally examined at the Marylebone Police Court on Saturday last , before Mr . Lon ? , on the charge of having destroyed the life of her male chila , aged two years . —The prisoner having been placed in the dock shortly before one o ' clock , Mr . Hering , her attorney , addressing the magistrate , taid that in consequence of what fell from his worship at the last examination , on the subject of hi * having an opportunity of persuing the letters to which reference was then made , he ha < 1 had that opportunity , and he begged to inform his worship that Sergeant Whicher had given him every Facility in examining those letters ., which he considered necessary or material a 3 affecting the interest of his client . He wished also

      to state , with reference to the proceedings of the day , that by the advice of the counsel who had been retainf . l oa her behalf , he would reserve whatever defenc ? she had io urge . — Mr . Long : Under the circum-: ances I think that that course is the proper one . What is the amount of the debt owing to yon , Mrs . Johnson ? [ It will be remembered that it was Mrs . Johnson who had had charge of the child , and Ha claim was for the care exercised by her towards it . ]—Mrs . Johnson : The amount is f 9 7 s ., your worcuip . —Mr . Hering : Sergeant Whicher and my-Eelfhave looked over the things belonging to the prisoner as well a we could . There are a great many articles of yi ions descriptions , but they concon ; L > t mostly of wearing apparel . Looking at the

      Talue of them , and considering what they arc , as your worship has asked Mrs . Johnson the anrunt of her claim , I may as well state at once tint , though not if-gallj bound to pay her the money , I will myself pay her £ 4 at my office , upon the delivery up of the property . I am glad to have to say that Mrs . Johnson has expressed her entire approval of the offer , and I am satisfied that all who have any feel iugin this case will contribute to make up the balance bcr . —Mr . Long : I will not lose sight of your Case . Mrs . Juhnson , and I have no doubt that the renr / ioder of your claim will be made up . Of course you sill bs paid yonr expenses : and in the end I trast—indeed I do n « t doubt—you will find that you have not sustained any loss . Nothing now remains

      for : e , I believe , hut to ask the prisoner one or two que ^ ions , which I am bound to do in every such case , under the provisions of a recent act of Parliamei .:. Addressing the prisoner , the magistrate then proc-. eded : —Having heard the evidence read ( the dep'dtions were read on Saturday last ) , do you wish to say anything in answer to the charges ? Tor . ire not obliged to say anything ; but whatever you oo will be taken do ? . n in writing , and may he nseJ in evidence against yon hereafter . — The prisoner answered in a low tone of \ oice , " Everything is ir . the power of my attorney . "—The Chief Clerk : Do you say that everything is * in the power of your 2 tt < : * : « ey ? — Prisoner : I do . — The magistrate the ; fully committed the prisoner to Newgate for iria ; . 5 ?\ xsimigter . —On Saturday last Mr . Waklev , ILl ' ., held an inquest at the King ' s Arms ,

      Nottingham-court , Long-acre , on Maria Wall , aged 63 . On the 2 nd instant , a woman named Catherine Elvurds , now in custody , charged deceased with not having paid her taxes , and therefore with havJJ'g rendered her lodger ' s furniture liable to seizure . Deceased retorted that she p r isoner had better mind her own business , and p >? her score at the jiubUc-house . That roused Edaan ' r ' s wrath , who seizing a large whittle or stick , struck deceased on the head . For some time the wound inflicted appeared to be only trifling , and deceased was trebled as an out-patient of lung ' s College Hospital , but within the kst few days it assumed a serk-us aspect , and she ultimately died of it . Mr . Ellin , a surgeon of the hospital , performed a post-mortem examination , and found that death bad resulted from aa extensive freeture of tba skull . It was proved that tieceased and Edwards had been always quarrelling . —Verfict" Manslaughter .

      , Accident is Fleet-street . —On Saturday last , « a hearse drawn by two horees was passing alon Fie-n-street , towards Temple-bar , the drver , who waeinthe employ of Mr . Turner , furnishing ; under- 'aker , Farringdou-streel , was observed suddenly to sUe off the box . The man for a time laid hold of the hammer-cloth , but the hor ses , finding memselves uncontrolled , started off at full spesd . In the course of their progress the man fell into th ? w id , under the forewheel of the hears ? . On being assisted up Be was found to bo in a state ot mtoxicitioa , and to have received very serious injuries on Jus body and legs .

      Firk rs Ch . otceht-laxf .. —A fire broke out at a few minutes after eight o ' clock on Saturday evening last , upon the premises known as Roll ' s chambers . Tfo . S 0 « Chancery lane , and the firemen were unable to pet the flames extinguished until nearly ten o ' clock . Subjoined is a copy of Mr . Braidwood ' s re ort of 2 * - . -. * the- damage done : — " Rolls-chambers , Chancerv-^> " 1 s . iiiie-ieeondfloor , belongingto Mr . R . S . W . Sillwefl ^? l » nit eri . tfo rooms use d as chambers , and con ' i ^ a&v-ii ; J A »> y - \

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      ten s burned out , contents not insured ; ditto , third floor , in the tenure of Mr . TV . M . Best , barrister , three rooms occupied as chambers , together with contents destroyed and roof damaged by fire . Insurance not known at present ; ditto , second-floor belonging to Mr . T . S . Chapman , barrister , contents damaged by water and removal ; insured in the Law Fire-office ; ditto , first-floor , E . Banks , housekeeper , furniture , &c ,, damaged by water and histy removal ; ditto , ground and first-floor , Mr . It . Whitechurch , furniture damaged by fire , water , and removal ; insured for contents in the Phrenix Fire-omce . " After tha fire was extinguished , an inquiry was made , by Mr . Coif , the chief officer of the B district of the Brigade , with a view of learning how the outbreak began . The result of which was the following : —For some time a smell similar to wood burning had been experienced by some of the gentlemen living in the second floor , especially on Friday , and about five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , so strong did the smell get that one of the parties waited about halfan-hour behind his time of leaving , endeavouring to End out the cause , but could not . He felt round the fire-place and chimney-jarab , but could not detect any unusual heat . He left at half-past five o ' clock , but not feeling satisfied he returned again at half-past six o ' clock , and even at that hour could not detect the least appearance of anything burning , but from the examination since made there is now no douht entertained that during the whole of the time the fire was smelt it must have been burning under the flooring . Some of the bond timbers under the hearth doubtless became ignited , from the heat of the store , and communicated to the flooring , and hence the disaster .

      Dstebmiskd Suicide fhoh Lokdon Bridge . — On Monday an inqaest was held before Mr . W . B-tker , at the Red Lion public house , Iligh-street , Whiiechapel , on view of the body of Mr . Thomas Haylvck , aged 64 yeare , a livery stable keeper , of Red Lion-yard Whitechapel , who committed suicide under the following very determined circumstances : Inspector Beechley , of the Thames Police , stated that about half-past seven o ' clock on Monday mornin ; , the 17 th inst ., he was passing under London ! ridge iu a police galley , when he heard an alarm that a man had thrown himself from the bridge into the river . On looking round witness saw the deceased struggling in the water , near the third arch from the city side of the shore . Witnessed rowed to the deceased , and as he was sinking the third time

      witness caught hold of him , and hauled him into the boat . The deceased was quite insensible , and was wken to the Newcastle Tavern , Billingsgate . The deceased was subsequently removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and on the following morning he was taken before Alderman Gibb % at the Mansion-house . He was given to the custody of his friends who promised to take care of him . —Mr . Thomas Johnson , house agent , of No . 32 , Skinner-street , Bishopsgate . said h " . was son-in-law to the deceased , who had not been in his right mind for some time past , arising from pecuniary difficulties . On Monday morning , the 17 ih , the deceased got up a ? usual , and took his breakfast , after which he was suddenly missed from the house . Witness received the deceased from the

      magistrate , and he gradually sank , and died from exhaustion on Sunday morning last . Mr . Blackmail , surgeon , attributed death to congestion of the lungs caused by the sudden immersion in cold water . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " Suicide of a Licensed VicTUAUER .-On Monday Mr . Baker he'd an inquest at the Towd of Ramsgale " , Wapping , on the body of Mr . John Patty , aged fiftyfour years , a licensed victualler , residing in Sunder-Und . The deceased was formerly a captain in the coal trade , and on Thursday , the 13 th instant , he arrived in town for the pursose of attending a trial in the Court of Common Pleas . The deceased wa «

      an important witness- and the trial was to be heard on the following Tuesday . The deceased was not f orthcoming , and no tidings could be obtained of him untii Thursday night last , when he entered an eating house , in Upper East Smithfield , and hired a bed for the night . On the following morning he was found dead in his bed . An ounce phial , labelled " Laudmum . " was found upon the floor , and the surgeon * as of opinion that the deceased had died from the effect of laudanum . The jury returned an open verdict— "That the deceased died from the effects of laudanum , but under what circumstances there was uo evidence to show . "

      Death of a Ladt fkom Excessive Dkiskisg . — . On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . M . Wakley , at the Kiug ' s Head public-house , Gray ' s-inn-road , respecting the death of Mrs . Anno Coote , aged fifty-six years . The deceased was a lady of independent property , and was the widow of the proprietor of the extensive vinegar works in Old-street , St . Luke ' s , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera in 1832 . Since the death of her husband she had gradually become an inveterate drinker of ardent spirits , and on Saturday last she Irank upwards of half a pint of brandy , and the large quantity of gin and ale which was her daily allowance . The deceased was not seen on Sunday morning , and no notice was taken in consequence of

      her being very eccentric in her manner , and as she would never permit any persons in her rooms . Shortly after five o ' clock on the same afternoon , the landlord of the house became alarmed at her continued absence , and acquainted two police constables with the fact , who immediately obtained a ladder , by which means they opened the deceased ' s bedroom wiudow , and discovered the Hifortnnate lady lying upon the floor , in the agonies of death . Mr . Hill , a surgeon , was called in , but the deceased died in a very few minutes afterwards . A bottle , containing a small portion of brandy , was found

      lying upon the floor by the side of the deceased , and the surgeon was of opinion that death was caused by excessive drinking and exposure to tho cold . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony . The late Bermondset Murder . —The Secretary of Staie has allowed the following rewards to the parties employed in the detection and conviction of Mr and Mrs . Mannintr . the perpetrators of the murder of Mr . Patrick O'Connor : —Inspector Field , £ 15 ; Sergeants Langlcy , Witcher , and Thornton , £ 10 each : Shaw , Kcmial , and Smith , £ 8 each ; Andrews , £ 5 ; Constables Barnes , £ 10 , Barton , SS . andLockyerJEo .

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      Eijc ^ icmnceg . Attempted Homicide at Bristol—A shocking attempt at homicide by stabbing with the knife occurred at Bristol on the evening of the 21 st instant . It appears that two men , named Benjamin Nicholls and James Cantle , were employed in the slaughterhouse of Mr . Membry , butcher , Temple-street , where the lormer was engaged in skinning and dressing some sheep for the Christinas meat show of the following day . A boy in the service of Mr . Membry was waiting upon him , and in the course of the evening some words occurring between them , the boy used some insulting language , and called Uicholls a thief . The latter was very angry , and kicked the lad in a savage manner upon which Cantle interfered , and said it was a cowardly action on the part of any man to do so . Words then followed between him and Xicholls . and in the course

      of the dispute Caiitle struck a blow , immediately upon which Xicholls struck at tho other with his butcher ' s killing knife , the blade of which entered his chest between the ribs , dividing ono of the arteries and passing through the substance of the lungs . Nothwithstanding that he had received tbis serious injury , Cantle again struck his assailant , who , having withdrawn his knife from the poor fellow ' s chest , made another cut at him , and stabbed him in the thigh , at no great distance from the large artery . Cantlo fell to the giound covered with blood , and the boy having immediately raised an alarm , assistance was procured , and he was carried to the Bristol General Hospital , where , ho being considered in a dangerous state , a magistrate promptly attended and took his deposition . Upon receiving intelligence Of the occurrence the police were promptly on the alert , and soon captured the offender .

      Fatal Fibb . —A fire broke out on Saturday evening last at tho St . John ' s Almhouses , Bristol , by which one of the inmates , Elizabeth Hanks , an aged woman of upwards ofS 7 years old , unhappily met with her death . Mrs . Hanks , who was very infirm , had been some time waited upon by a little girl ; but on Friday her son , thinking that she required further assistance , went to Swindon in order to bring down a more experienced female connection to look after her . During his absence and that of the little girl , who had gone out to purchase necessaries , ttie old lady set fire to lier clothes , and thereby to the furniture of her bedroom , and in a shnrt time her apartment was wrapped in flames . An alarm was given , and the engines quickly

      brought to the spot , aud with some difhculty the old woii ' iun was got out from the midst of the fire , but not until she had been extensivel y burnt . She was at once conveyed to the infirmary and received every attention , but died in the courso of the ni ght . Tho fiiv was happily soon got under , but not uutil the utino < t alarm and consternation had been excited aiming the aged inmates of the buildin " . Attempt to Mcrder a Familt . —Oii lluirsday the 20 th instant , great excitement -S-.-S caused among the inhabitants of Dudley in consequence of the following horrible occurrence : It appears that a woman tmnied Ann Evans , the wife of Thomas fc braeemakw

      vausa - , about eight o ' clock in the mormnjr , was noticed by o : ie of her children to have sharpem-d a Ionic and afterwards run upstairs This excited ihe child ' s curiosity , and she imme dmely went to her father ' s workshop ad / 0 ni ™ the house , and told him what she had seen lieKb ore r , , mi with all d one J £ th « e . bedrocons , where on entering , he beheld a SK seene , i-Jr upon the face of one of the children , onlv wo rears old , was a pillow , evidentl y placed there tosiiflaif , we * , and the nether was cuttin * the throa t of the unfortunate child . Upon see n ° ffr husband enter the room she left / JS £ offspr . no . ^ him with the kn 5 fe "ffifcj ™ Fortunatel y she missed her aim , and her feualiaild "

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      after much resistance , succeeded in getting ' possession of the knife , which was covered with blood . The child ' s throat was so" severely cut that it is extremely doubtful whether . it- will survive . In a closet she had locked up another child , " six years old , so that thero is little doubt she intended lo murder the whole of her children , and had it not been for the arrival of her husband , two at least of them would hate been deprived of life . A constable was instantly sent for , and took the woman into custody , at the same time taking possession of the knife , which was recently sharpened . On leaving the houso with the constable , the woman said to her husband , "It shall bo your turn next . " The wound in the child ' s throat was found to be three inches in length . The vfoman was taken before the magistrates , and remanded until tho state of the child is ^ better known .

      Fire at Hampstbad Park . —On Saturday evening last , between the hours of six and seven o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out at Hampstead Lodge , situate between Reading and Newbury , the sent of the Earl of Craven . As ono of the domestics in the establishment was passing a room near the entrance-hall she fancied , from tho great smell ' of firo and the smoky appearance of the room , that something more than usual was burning , upon which she immediately informed his lordship , who happened to be within at the time . An alarm was quickly raised , and in a few moments afterwards a dense body of flaino burst forth . The united exertions of all the household , with what other assistance could be got at hand , were directed to endeavouring to prevent the fire from gaining greater ascendancy , and owing to copious supplies of water being continually poured over the burning mass ic was at length got under , but not until the mansion and furniture had sustained a considerable amount of

      injury . Yorkshire . —George Cowper , a labourer , was last week committed to York Castle , for brutally lacerating the throat of John Butterwovtb , a minor , near the Ball public-house , at Hesley toll-bar . Tho wound was about four inches long , and will leave a mark for life . SoprosED Murder is Oxfordshire . —The neighbourhood around the Ottmoor district has for some days been excited in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of a female in the sorvice of Mr . John Coates , farmer , Murcott , and of rumours that sho had been unfairly dealt with . The facts , as far as ascertained , are as follows : —Elizabeth Stanton , tho young woman in question , aged twenty-four ,

      daughter of Samuel Stanton , mat-maker , of Fencott , went en tho 11 th inst ., having with her at the time her mistress ' s child , about two years old , to Mr . T . Kimbell ' s , of Fencett , shopkeeper , to purchase some goods . This she did , and , having paid for them , left , and went to her father ' s house , where she had tea . At about seven o ' clock she left for her master ' s , having with her the child , and being accompanied part of the way home by a younger sister . At about eight o clock a Mrs . Faulkner heard a child cry , and on going out of her cottage saw Stanton and spoke to her . She had tho child with her at this time , and it was in her way from Mr . Coates ' s . The conversation was merely formal . Between eight and nine the same night , Mr .

      Hatwell , of Murcott , when returning from Charlton , and near Fencott-bridgc , over the river Ray , was passed by a female . They wished each other good night . The female , who had a child in her arms went for Charlton , and Mr . Hatwell went home . Henry Cooper , carter to Mr . Hatwell , when going home to Fencett , and when near to Charlton windmill , at about a quarter to nine o ' clock , heard a female voice cry " Murder" four or five times . Tlw cries appeared to come as from the bridge , but on hi 9 passing over , all was still . He went home and told his mother what he had heard . As the girl did not return with the child to his master ' s house , the family became alarmed , and unsuccessful efforts were made to obtain tidings of her . At a little before seven o ' clock on the morning of the 12 th inst .,

      a young man of the name ot Higgs , of Fencolt , when driving a team over the above bridge , saw a child lying on the road , ne thinking , as he says , that it was a gipsy ' s child , moved it out of tho road , and went his way . At about seven o ' clock , James Preston , a labourer , on going over the bridge , saw a child by the side of the road . He took it up , and it proved to be Mr . Coates ' s , and the one that E . Stanton had . A shawl , which it appears is the one that Stanton had on the day before , was found on the brid ge a few yards from the child . The goods which Stanton had purchased were found near the residence of Mr . Faulkner ; but of the young woman nothing has been ascertained . After she was spoken to by Mrs . Faulkner she must have repassed her father ' s house to reach the bridge where the child and her shawl wcre found . The river ia now deep , and has overflowed its banks .

      It 13 therefore impossible to drag it properly , but it has been partially done , and it is intended to make a thorough search as soon as the subsiding of the waters will admit of it . The magistrates of tho Ploughley division have instituted proceedings with a view of bringing tho mysterious - disappearance of the female to light . Tho child , from its tender age , i 3 incapable of giving the slightest information . The cry of murder is suspicious , and leads to the inference that the missing woman was foully dealt with , and then thrown over tho bridge into the river . She is described as being five feet three or four inches high , and stout built , dark hair , which was cut short , light complexion , grey eyes , and as having a dimple on her chin ; and to have been dressed in a pink frock with sprigs , purple apron , light straw bonnet trimmed with purple and orange ribbon , and high shoes .

      Outbreak of Cholera is Notiixgijam . —On tho 20 th inst . Mr Browne held an inquest on the body of Jane Stark , of Albion-street , single woman , aged twenty-three . The deceased who worked in a factory , and lived with her parents , had been ill about six weeks of bowel complaint , and had latterly grown so much worse that on Wednesday Mr . Yates was sent for . He found her in a state of collapse , and she expired on Thursday morning . There was no doubt that Asiatic cholera was the cause of ber death . The neighbourhood was very unfavourabl y circumstanced with respect to its sanitary condition . Verdict accordingly . It is stated upon good foundation , that a man named George Wesson , of the same street , died of the epidemic on Wednesday , but no inquest was held . There were also reported two other cases , one in Carnngton-street , and the other in Mount-street , and in neither instances was recovery expected .

      Forgery ox the Darlisotox Bask . —On the 20 th inst . William Murray , of Kelloe , was charged before the borough magistrates with having uttered , on Saturday , the 24 th of November , notes which have been discovered to bo forgeries . —The first witness examined was ltowland Lambert , who stated that he was foreman in the shop of White Brothers , in the city of Durham . On Saturday , Nov . 24 th , about eight o ' clock in the evening , a person came into the shop and purchased goods to the amount of Is . 11 | d ., and tendered payment with a £ 5 note of the bank of Messrs . Backhouse and Co . Ho handed the note to young Mr . "White , who looked at it , and afterwards said he had to give tho change . He closely observed the person who gave him tho note .

      and the reason why ho did so was because he did not like his appearance . The next time he Siiw the man was on Saturday last , in a small room adjoining tho court , amongst twenty other persons . Immediately on seeing Vim lie pointed him out . The prisoner was the man . Ho had no doubt in his mind that he was the person who gaxe him the note . The other note of Backhouse ' s bank was offered to him on that day . Ho went from homo on tho following Monday , and on his return Mr . White told him the note was ft . forgery . — -Joseph White fully corroborated the evidence of Lambert , and further stated that on Monday morning lie went to tho bank to get tho note changed , but it was refused . —Joseph Pallister , foreman in the shop of Mr ,

      Hall , grocer , in Claypath , remembered the prisoner coming into their shop about eight o ' clock on the evening of Nov . 21 . He purchased goods to the amount ef 3 s . OJd ., for which he tendered a £ 5 note , in payment . Sot having change , he went into Mr , Raine ' s shop , and got the note changed . On Friday last he again saw the prisoner at Kelloc , and in consequence gave information to the police . —Hornby Hamilton , publican , said he knew the prisoner very well by sight . On Saturday , the 24 th of November , he saw and spoke to him in Claypath . There was a quarrel in a public-house , and he ( witness ) said it was pretty blackguard work to which the prisoner replied that they knew very I ^ S ^^ J ^ i ^ . ^ s «? . h work , and aft towards walked

      y up Claypath . Would not swear MW'ft ? a 5 th 'P risonei ' t 0 the best of his knowled ge he was the man . -Su perintendent M'Ewen of the county constabulary , ffiXTconse ^ nwofinfomationhcreeei vcdbjj thw 4 t ? tS sary to send the witness Pallister to KelkTe t ! " e a sight of the prisoner . On his return aVin consequence of what he stated , he ( witness ) apprehended the prisoner attho houso of his iste ? hi 2 ww Kelloe , and afterwards charged him with Lv mg ; uttered a forged note at the fhop oifSl hS " of this city hut he denied the charge . Ho ikod repeatedly how witness know that hi was ^ Lop £ enlv S Wi i ' e house , ofhis Sister , but ho diXo SLi ? J ^ $ Wd wi « l the ottence . h

      i Tn . VV . Ti . "ii-nam , and he could prove it . Just as they were entering Durham the w i soner expressed a wish that they sh S Ieteffi station of the Midland Bailwil L t ? at th good 8 16 s . per week . Sffl ' ^ SS ^ V arisen in consequence of the uJl T men has ployed having refused t « ! H ^ P rosont ei »" their wages SfvLg ' hcen ^ s °£ V ^ Td " ?*

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      Thedraymen , who had been in the receipt of 18 s . Der week ; have also been offered a reductionof Is . ; and they , like the porters have determined not to acce pt' The consequence is that about forty men employed at the Leeds goods station will leave their employment at the end of tho present week ; and the directors wore sitting on Friday at the station to on ^ onew hands to supply the places of those who-iiad turned out . The old hands have put forth a handbill , in which they state that "they were engaged in or previous to 1847 at lUs . for porters and 20 s . for wherrymen ; that at the end of 1848 the then directors called upon them to trivn m > five nor cent , of their wases , though they

      were employed , on an average , seventeen hours daily ; and that after gradually reducing the number of men during tho present year to about a third of the original number , the directors have come to the resolution of taking off another five per cent . " " Against this , " says the handbill , " the men have taken a determined stand , and have resolved not only to have the wages paid during tho present year , but to go another step while they are about it and domand a return to the wages originally paid . " The men conclude their explanation of the difference between themselves and their employers by requesting the public to attribute all error , in the conveyance of goods on the

      Midland line to what they say is its proper causethe substitution of inexperienced for experienced hands . —Derby , Tuesday : This morning the men remain away from work , and seem likely so to continue until tho directors restore to them , the amount of wages already reduced ; and that the latter will bo obliged to give way is certain , or the damage to goods delayed will bring very serious losses upon tho shareholders . The engine drivers and firemen , until within the last few days , have also been upon the eve of striking , in consequence of tho directors requiring them to travel three journeys at the same rate of wages they have hitherto received for two iourne y s , Dut thoy were too unanimous amongst

      themselves to be forced to submit to the new terms . They are 203 in number , and all , except three , would have struck within six hours , had not the company consented to allow the old engagements to force . As soon as danger from the pending striko appeared to he over , Mr . G . P . Paget brought down a number of mon to displace the ringleaders , but their comrades were true to their friends , and threatened to leave in a body at a moment ' s notice if even one was dismissed for taking part in the movement . Tho consequence has been that not one man has been discharged . Mr . G . B . Paget , in addressing the men , urged upon them to accept the reduction , the very low price of provisions well

      enabling them to do so j and he promised , if they would , that as the price of food rose at any future time , he would seo that their rate of remuneration was increased . —Tho goods guards and porters at Derby , some hundreds in number , returned to their employment on Wednesday morning , the former at their original rate of remuneration , and the latter for the present at reduced wages , but with a promise of an advance whenever the price of food becomes higher . Although the directors strained every nerve from Monday morning until Tuesday night , they found themselves unable to carry on their business without the assistance of their old goods guards ; but by extensive importations of

      agricultural labourers , who for many miles around may be had for very little remuneration , they had pretty nearly swamped tho moro humble class of goods porters , and they have been compelled to seek and accept a compromise . The policemen and pointsmen , who a week or two ago had their salaries reduced 5 per cent ., and who wore too scattered in small numbers along tho whole extent of the varieus lines to act in concert , have petitioned the hoard to restore to them the small modicum which , they say , without their consent , has been stopped out of their weekly wages , and declare their intention of giving up their situations simultaneously if their petition bo not complied with . Should this

      really occur , the greatest danger to the company ' s traffic will be the result ; so much property and so many lives constantly depending upon the discretion of these officials , especially of the pointsmen . Shooting a Gambkbepbh . —On the night of the 21 st inst . a keeper of Lord Scarborough ' s , at llunswortli , was Bhot and badly wounded Ify a reputed poacher . Tho wounded man , whose name is Jacob Mitchell , was going round tho estate with another keeper , John Walker . On their way they met four men in llunsworth-lane , each of whom wa 3 carrying a gun . They knew the men , and knew them to be poachers . Mitchell , therefore , accosted them , asking them what they were after . The men replied

      with a volley of abusive language , which increased the suspicion already entertained , that they wove after no good . Tho keepers , therefore , followed and watched them . The men , finding their purpose thwarted , grew angry , and one of them threatened to shoot the principal keeper ; at the same instant another of the party levelled his gun and fired . The percussion cap did not immediately explode , and tho keeper had time to drop his head , the contents of the gun therefore lodged in his shoulder , and the thickness of his clothes prevented fatal consequences . The poachers fled immediately , but one of the gang , Moses Baivstow , of Birkenshaw , has since been apprehended . Accidknt at a MiMi , —A few days ago a poor little boy , named Samuel Westwoodmet with a

      , shocking disaster . He had taken his father ' s tea to the mill where he worked , and whilst there got his hand and arm entangled amongst the machinery . Fortunately he was liberated before he was drawn amongst the gearing more completely , or his life must havo been lost . As it was , his arm was completely torn to pieces , and when ho was carried to the dispensary it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb . The operation was rapidly performed by Mr . Thursfield , the patient being at the time undor the influence of chloroform , and not exhibiting the slightest sign of pain . The child is but eleven years of age , and had lost his mother only a week or so before the accident . —Worcester Herald .

      Two Servants Suffocated . —A melancholy accident occurred on Sunday night last to two female servants , in the employ of the Rev . H . Davies , of Sherwood Hill , near Nottingham . It appears that the two females retired to rest at the usual hour on Sunday night . A fire had been made in the bedroom during the day , and the girls , on retiring to vest , had in somo way or other stopped the proper ventilation , so that the smoke could not ascend . The servants not rising at the usual time , and no answer being returned when they were called to the door was forced open . One of the unfortunate women , it was found , had been dead some time and was cold . . The otherit could be pevceivedstill

      , , breathed . Medical aid was immediately sent for , and every means used to restore animation , but no hope whatever exists that she will recover . At the coroner s inquisition , the following , amongst other evidence , was adduced : —Tho Rev . Thomas Hart Dimes said-about half . past six o ' clock this morning 1 was called up and told that two of my servants were insensible in bed . I went into the room , and saw the firegrate ( a portable one ) placed upon the tender , and m the room there was a strong sulphureous smell . The fire-board was closely placed in the fire place , and a bed-quilt was put at the bottom ottho chamber doorso that there was no current

      , of air in the room . I fetched Mr . Joseph Thompson , who rendered the deceased and the other servant every assistance . Deceased ( Eleanor Piereo ) expired at nine o ' clock the same morning , ( Moni ^ W , , ^ 110 doubt she was accidently fil led by inhaling carbonic acid gas . Mary English , the other servant , is still confined to bed and is at times m a state of unconciousnesa . She has been asked if ever before thoy have had the fire basket in pX "; w d she l admitted tllilt they had . -Catherine Pierce , of Forest-villa , Mount Vernon servant , said : The deceased is my sister- she was twenty years of age , and was oool to theC T

      S 3 Sih afriSP T With £ n 0 thei > servanfc na ° * d ti lv I En llSu - I saw her at supper on Sund . iv SS ^ n ^ -eS ^ s ^ s ^ z ^ . ^ leturning I saw my sister l ying on the fied with s& WJrsJa&Yjft I " . ^ . ° ' 0 PS 0 them by shakin * them i ™ t IS

      ^ SSa £ SiiS = ^ S ^ chants' Almfh u C KiSLf' S °° iety - ° mode in which the fatal SfentSt- ft Prmse be ascertained , but it seems nSi ? n nEina , ted «" not in the habit of uaii JETS ' S > had been chest , that wl i e mokS ? £ ^ ailment of tllc her P 1 pe set fi « ^^ fj 0 J ^'" g tobacco from EraISAGK OP LoDVnn »«„ ¦«• a measure in an aSJ 13 noff T ms 8 llch cifio ,. , i u „„„» . ! V .. ulluarl P ° mt of view , it ;•> PO n-

      prevalence of northerly -3 £ ll * , imn " the pal ** Sas BftSiSBS

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      gjgjBMMMMPW" ——BBMWIi ^^^ mi ^^ w ^ m ^™^^^ in similar operations has been engaged to report as to the best means of accomplishing this desirable object . ^

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      MURDER COMMITTED BY A YOUTH * UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OP AGE . Bristol , Monday . —The New Cut , Bedminster , near Redcliff-crescent , was yesterday afternoon , in the broad daylight ) » nd directly fronting the house of one of the magistrates of the city , who personally witnessed the occurrence , the scene of a murder , which , we regret to be obliged to add , was committed by a lad of less than sixtetn rears of age . The circumstances , as far as we have been able to ascertain them , are as follows : —Yesterday afternoon , two young men . named Henry Cogsjan and William Braund , the person who has been murdered ,

      went out together for a walk ; when , near the Bedminster iron bridge , they were joined by a third young man , named Horgan . Upon reaching tin bridge they saw two lads , named Alfred Dancr and Henry Collins , leaping * ver an iron post near the bridge . Dancy , at the moment , wns . leaping the post , and Horgm called out to him , " Over it , " Collins immediately began abusing Horgan , who ultimately gave Collins a box on _ the ear , and , while doing so , Alfred Dancy came behind him , struck him a blow in the face , and pulling out a brass barrelled pistol , threatened to shoot him , Horjan replied that he did not like a disturbance of a Sunday , or

      that he would well chaetise them , not imagining for a moment that the pistol was loaded , and again left them and joined his friends . By this time they had reached the top of Brown's-row , nearly opposite Mr . Brown's house , who is a magistrate for tho city , where they stopped , the two boys being then only two or three yards behind them . C « llim thon pulled out a life-preserver and flourishing it threateningly at them , upon which William Braund called out , " Very well , Collins , I will tell your mother of your conduct , and she will give it you for having such a thing as that . " Collins again replied abusively , and flourished tht life-preserver . Braund rushed at him .

      and a struggle ensued , during which they both fell on the ground . The boy Dancy , in the meanwhile again pulled sut the pistol , and declared that he would shoot Braund ; and that he would shoot Horgan also , if he interfered with him . Horgan , however , tried to prevent his getting at Braund , but evading Horgan , Dancy took deliberate aim at Braund , and ' shot him . The ball entering the young man't ohest , the blood spouted out of his month , and he fell to the ground . The murderer took to instant flight , but was speedily overtaken and conveyed to the Bedminster police station ; on hia way to which he said , in the most indifferent manner , " I

      suppose I shall be scragged . Upon being searched , a bullet-mould a « d seven pistol bullets , with a screw turner for locks , a piece of lead , some percussion caps , and £ Z Is . 6 d . in gold and silver , were found upon his person . The unfortunate young man Braund , who bore an excellent character , was conveyed to the General Hospital , but was dead before he reached it . —An inquest was commenced at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Bristol , on Monday , before Joseph Baker Grindon , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury . The following evidence was given ;—Henry Coggan having identified the body as that of Wm . Braund , who was about nineteen years of age

      , and a porter in the employment of Mr . Gellett , winemerchant , Redcliff-street , deposed to his being very intimate with the deceased , and to their having both gone out yesterday ( Sunday ) afternoon for a walk , they being perfectly sober , and neither of them having been into a public-house during the day . At about a quarter past four o ' clock , as they were passing over the Bedminster-bridge , they were joined by a third friend named Edward llorgan , and upon arriving at the Bedminster end of the bridge they saw two lads , who were not known to witness by name , but one of whom was the prisoner Alfred Dancey , leaping over au iron post . Dancey was in the act of leanine .

      when Horgan said , " Overit ; " uponwhich the other lad , who was Dancey ' s companion , and whose name has since been ascertained to be Collins , turned round and began abusing witness and hfe two companions , calling them by all sorts of opprobrious names . After bearing this for some time , Horgan turned round upon them , when they ran away , and witness , with Horgan and the deceased , went on their way towards Brown ' s-row adjomun Redc \ iff-crescent , on the New-cut , the two boys following and abusing them tho whole of the way . When they had arrived

      at the top of Brown ' s-row they stopped , and the boy Collins pulled out a " life preserver , " and shook it threateningly at them . Upon which the deceased , who knew Collins , said he would tell his ( Collins ' s mother ofhim if he did not be quiet . With that Collins again shook the life preserver at him in a threatenm >; manner , and the deceased went to catch hold of it , when Collins struck at him with it , and l L ra across ^ e moutn » DUt witness could not see whether the blow made the mouth of the deceased bleed . The deceased then endeavoured to take the life preserver away from Collins , and they strutted

      tor it , and both fell down . After they had got up again , the deceased was turning away from Collins while they were on the ground , the prisoner , Alfred Dancey , pulled out a pistol from his bosom , and threatened three or four times distinctly that he ' would shoot the deceased if he did not let Collins go . They then got up , and the prisoner Dancey instantly shot the deceased , Braund , with the pistol , and immediatel y ran away . Witness pursued him with some other persons , and at length succeeded in apprehending him at tho corner of Mr . Brown ' s tan-yard . Witness then returned to assist the deceased , who was bleeding very much , and was held up in the arms ota soldier , and some other passers-by . He was quite speechless , and being carried to the General Hospital , was pronourced to be dead . The decenscd .

      iiraund , never spoke a word to the prisoner , Dancer , during the whole affair .-Mr . Samuel Bro * n , one of he magistrates tor the city of Bristol , deposed to his having been at home between four and five o ' clock on Jsunday alternoon , and to his having witnessed the occurrence through hi t parlour window . His attention having been drawn to a disturbance or sort of struggle going on outside , he went to the window , and saw the deceased and another boy , who was not the prisoner now present , struggling with each other , at a distance of about five yards from the window , in The nlLT ST ' 7 ' * « " lhe prisoner . Dancey , was about ft ™ vmX r * ~

      them , and apparently not at all connected with the tT ? f ft « ° V » aednpwiUi it , but standing fully , five yards from them . Witness then « JJS ' a T V wa k * 5 towards the def ^ ed . present and fire a pistol at him . The deceased instantly staggered and vomited a large quantity of blood trom h , s mouth . Witness instantly ran out to his assjs bmee ^ but was told by the bystanders £ he hn , nfe ; Jto ™ . *** l * him conveyed to the llpi ' v ^ dm , ed m the apprehension of the S" When the prisoner fired the pistol he Kb not more than a foot from the deceased ; he walked ZnM » -n PT ? te ? the P isto 1 at llim . and fired in Sluwfi ° i ving touelled t « e deceased Was sat sfied that the deceased did not touch the nistol and that it did not go off by accident but by ffft iTw nfM T Ckrles Cornish solicitor , brother in law of Mri Brown gave similartestimony , and joined m the pursuit of the prisoner , who wasannreWn ^

      pSa-SS The prisoner was then conveyed to the nniirl t fand on hi , way thither bJ ^^ £ S / £ S ! Spi wmm S ' s ^ aHffite == > , , „ pi ^ rfe ^ s ?

      mmmii SSssggrt itiiiiii ( tbnmgk ttoSS . ) LlHK £ 3 l T 5 ™ SSS ^ &aSffiKSe

      ^ Wr SSSr ^ SS «? SS thing . He said he did tb Tl - such a ™ . d wished somo one t 0 C 0 fo ^ fpaSSi ° ' Witness saw him searchS ? ° -j v , a surgeon . r evcralbullets , 8 &mrbTtsol' \ Z H lullet m W > njgolu , and l £ li [ \ l ? % ? J ^ ' ^ sovereign Witness heard Bro tn a h m St « ^ A loaded with , and ho roriWI fh . T if * $ ? ? 18 to 1 ™ Other witnesses iffi ^ ^ not know . Coroner inquiredI ? X wi £ P « W ^ ttmony , the pnthftparUf theprTsS ? ? n S * ould ** » Uhenegativo . -ffiS ; /\ Y w ™ given 1 1

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      ¦^^———¦ ¦ ' ¦ « ^— - ^— " ^— —— ¦ —¦ ¦ ^^ ^ ^ " > fcfc ^ at nine o ' clock on Sunday evening last ; it wiswsnff m tho dead-bouse at the hospital : I have ml « T post mortem examination . Mr . Rogers , the iZ , » surgeon , Mr . Lausdowno , and Mr . iW bein " , casionall y present . We carefull y examined ! £ exterior of the body , and found no wound , exJ * ing one inflicted on the ri ght side in front of thn right arm-pit , near the second rib , presenting tfo . appearance of having been caused by a gun or pistol ball . I examined all the cavities , aud found everr thing healthy except such morbid appearances kl were caused by the wound . The bullet pass *! through the second rib on the ri ght side , and snhn tered it , through the right lung , through the iy pipe , grazed the gullet , wounded some of th « vessels , then passed through the left lung , thim . *

      the second no on the lett side , leaving some of th cloth ki it , and then lodged in the fleshy pm > t inn ? abovo tho left shoulder ; the wound was sufficient tn occasion death . I produce the bullet . It is flat , toned . It fits the pistol , and I have not the sli"htesfc doubt it caused the death of deceased . life ° ( j ea must have been nearly instantaneous . - ^ rhe Coroner then read the whole of the evidence , and the jury , after « a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder , " against Alfred Dancey , who was committed upon tlie Coroner ' s warrant to take his trial at the next Gloucester assizes The prisoner ' s indifference vanished on hearing tho verdict , and he was much affected on takin g leavn of his friends . »<•*>«

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      MU \ e $ . Suspected Murder in Pembrokeshire . —A charge of murder of a most extraordinary character has recently occupied the attention of tho Earl Cawdor and other magistrates of this part of Wales several days in investigating . Mr . Powell , a farmer , of Lamphery-park , was charged with feloniously making away with the illegitimate male child of Mary Griffiths a single woman . A mass of evidence was brought forward , the substance of which was as follows : — The female named had been in Powell ' s service , and the child was the result of their illicit connexion . She was delivered on the 5 th of last monthon tho

      , afternoon of which he saw her , nnd intimated sending a nurse for the infant , with whom he had made ar « rangements to take care of it . A day or two afterwards a woman named Hicks came for the child , and it was given her ; and , accordingto her evidence , she subsequently handed it over to Powell . This took place late in the evening , and I ' owell met her in the main road , some distance from his own house , but what he did with it she was unconscious . The mothec ( Griffiths , ) on recovering from her confinement , sought Powell to see her infant , but he refused to tell her where it wag , and , in consequence of several suspicious circumstances tending to impute Powell as having destroyed it , the police were directed by the magistrates to take him into custod vand a search

      , was made of his house and throughout his farm , but no trace of either the child or its clothes could be found . The prisoner , on being called upon for his defence , made a statement to the following effect : — Ho admitted receiving the child from the woman Hicks , and on his way home met with two beggarwomen . Considering it a favourable opportunity to get rid of it , he questioned them as to what sum they would require to bring the child up . They said £ 7 t but eventually he gave them £ 5 , which they accepted , together with the ohild . He was unconscious of their names , or where they were going to . The one who

      took the child was an Irishwoman with a black straw bonnet and red shawl , and about forty years ot age . The other was much younger , apparently not eighteen . The superintendent of the police said every exertion had been made by them to discover the women , but without avail . In the absence of all other evidence , the prisoner was discharged . The crowd collected , hearing the magistrates' decision , became furious 8 gainst the accused , and but for the interference o £ tho police he would have sustained personal injury The police still prosecute the inquiry . - The general impression eutcrtained is , that the child ' s life has been made away with .

      Attempted Escape from Carnarvon Coujixr Gaol—On the 20 th inst , an attempt was made bysix prisoners to escape from this gaol , A person named James Heal y led the way , by sealing th < $ wall of the ward , which is connected with the boundary wall at right angles , lie accomplished this by lashing together thrte long brush handles , on which he climbed . He soon succeeded in reaching tho outer wall , which is only about eight feet higher than tho other : and by means of a rope tied to the pojecting spikes , decended into the adjoining premises . For - tunately , however , Mr . Dixon ' s ( the caoler \

      suspicions Having been excited during the day , he had ordered the turnkey to keep close watch upon the prisoners and when a second party named Griffith , was preparing to make his descent , the turnkey entered and gave the alarm . Mr . Dixon immediately proceeded to the other side of the wall ; and , having secured Griffith , went in search of Healy , wliom he eventually found snujly situated under a flight ot stairs leading from the garden to the parapet of tlie town walls , resting his body on a plank which projected from the prison wall , and sheltered from view by the lath work .

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      I want ) . Encumbered Estates Commission .- The commissioners have decided the much-litigated question of the carnage of the decree of sale of the Portarlingtoni estates , by selecting Mr . Blount , one of the English " contributors" to the large loan rawed upon morrgrge by tlie late Earl of Portarlington . t . ord Portarlington , Lord Lansdowne ( who : is first incumbrancer . ) and other parties deeply interested , appeared anxious that Mr . Blount should be selected ; and besides , the choice of that gentleman to conduct the sale was further recommended by tho fac t that he is in possession already of the surveys , extracts of title , and other indispensable documents , the mere copying of which would involve considerable expense . Altogether , the grounds oa which the commissioners appointed Mr . Blount for this responsible duty seem to have given general satisfaction to the body of the creditors , Vhas transpired , during the argument , that the oroceeds

      Smnff f iW i esfate had been , for years past , almost eaten Up by law expenses consequent upon S l l . uly stera of U « gation and management , ISOT ; ' ailcredi t ° rs had not received a shilling of interest for seven years F , lnl ^ 'Ect ed High Tides at Dublin— JTi * rlZZS u ti ! 1 ' snowing rather humorous correspondence between its editor , Frederick William S . 3 and P le A ronomy Royal for Ireland , on ninA eCt 0 f . tlle ant « 'Pated high tide which is ex . oTt £ ? J ? . . bmerge . some of the low-lying portions Ot the coast in the vicinity of Dublin : — Mr Tin , ' ou will be surprised no uoubfc , subin ? SS ? P » ' '• , - the Ast ' ™ ° mer Royal on a scientific Sonf i f ' - "• > \ " B 00 d sooth > l do ™ t pretend to be an adept ; but it is not on the jrrouml of curiosUv aim ,,, r

      . Sffl ! i 0 U T nOt 1 UVC heard ' butit is a ' feet , Sat thofe ^ M - elie"sl 0 n ^ cvails «»» Kingstown , along end w ™ 7 T '' Cveni " theC ustom-house-atIlin | rs . ltS ^ te ^ ,, ' oftoe ^ te <« aW Bi ' a «» e . w » iS > . and fa& '« ruP onfte 80 th inst- > on our coast ana , indeed , on almost every coast—by reason of the The Cul f mity - ° ^ ftnd ™ ° » «« " SnS riartof ? W ? . ( l ^ te inal »* tle , removing a great saftS Ti " , ' , ° tlts stores ; an < l the proi 5 icto ? s of nWti « V ohcr Persons whose places ot business Ho Sini > a r e i " , ^ at alarm , not to say panic , at the possible advent of this formidable tide . KoV , my petition \? J , ? 1 ' W 0 learncd in the w » y of » 'c stars , as well as uemg one of the most eminent citizens , is , that you would write a short letter that I may publish—either to remove the apprehensions that are felt , or , if there bo any real Ktt ' th 5 ! llam ' ? state U - with a Tiew of warning , so that prccautiomnay be made to arrest , as far as possi ' We , tho results . I am , my dear , Sir William , With every feeling of respect and esteem , I Most faithfully jours , I 1 \ W . CONWAY .

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      DE 4 n M » r , 0 bservat 0 t ry . ww Dublin , Dec . 24 , 1849 . wear Mr . Cos > t . \ t ,-I huve requested mv assistant Iff he findVnn vpoc ° ? " month ; and hc reP ° rts to ™ that obbft ™ X ° P eCttlmt the tide in question will favoured hv ^ nT i TV heiBht Of cours * . il m «> J ^ utoured bj winds but that we cannot foresee . i am , dear Mr . Comvay , very truly yours , „ William Rowan Uamiltos : strikiL oZ -n ° ^ ^ OPER ' rt ' -Thefollowing ra ^ er t £ riXh ^ nfnri ? tlvc of * ™ "dleman ' notions of tlie rights ot property , was tried befon .. iho «« <*«* .

      , „ SSS ' hS ? ° T Ot Cork ' ^ K-turhSeV . -Mr' 7 » m ? T BiURETT V < DBS 1 S M'CAWKT . idtWrS J « nes appeared for the plaintiff , and SeMPn ^ 'nu ldl 1 f ? ? farmer t 0 an unfortunate under- tenant . The plaintiff , who was a poor woman , K& . T t ! , ? chHd > held a sraa'i hut fron > tC tST ' ? > m consideration of his thatching feft'lW- ° *« V of £ 1 afc Michaelmas . tl io noor i ett m S ^ state that il fell down oa Sin « iT . ye tth laadlortl sent two men to outran , who-, early m the mn ^ nin ^ «« & ^ ,, ,, ii ,, n ^

      jotonlvtook every ' bitof furniture thepoortromaahaa her of " A ! T \ J 3 attbattimem »» d . st"P Ped Mner tSv k * ^ d-clothes in which she was tU £ ? l 2 ok h erv ? 1 ? y shoes which were lying beside K £ h ^ Batl 8 he , -u ^ eveQ thi 3 > l ° ok the bread ea 2 t P ?? , J in vain asked , and tbs very enance g H * blcVhey had Provided for their sus-SxtSoMnT v s ^ sequent-not to the totwJS ; ' ^ S ^ e W . d to do . bntbouehUnhvM '• andevOTytWng that was seized was fo ? ff 3 \ h mdtt l 8 »« a ^ tord lDeai 8 M ' Carthf , action SI " , k nde , r thsse circumstances the present JmSn ^? n r 0 Ug K ^ * e statutable penalty .-Mr . whSitfi ^^^ ^^ goingfactsbfhis witnesses ftSwf n ^ S 819 tant Barrister , Mr . Ccates , asked ae-S" \ " «? ' Mr . Moriarty , wh * t defence he i ; that L ° ' 1 Wly ; M ? defence , your worship , rentdue f l ? l 5 llli Tr Beiaed these things for tho foflcm « KdteV so 'y ° u musk Prove it legally , frnm S ' " ^ l V ou that will get no assistance from weUere < ^ wetoteUyottthattbedistress in

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1554/page/6/