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      ^^^¦ I ^^^ BM ^ HBH ^^^^^ M ^ V ^^^ b ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^^ MHMM ^^^^^^^ IIMM ?^^^^^^^^™^——^ OM ^^^^^^^ r ^ r ^^^ ' ^^¦ ^ WV ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bh ^^ MHP ^^^^^™* ^ ¦ V V V ® Ue gtetro ^ ulte . J Bu . ua o ? London Dubixg thb Wjssk . —In the wekeuding-last Satnrday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan , districts were 957 , a number which exhibits a considerable decreue on the returns of the last two months , December and January , during which the deaths , were usually above 1 , 050 , . and in 6 a& week were 1 , 156 . The . result is also favourable fcs compared with the average , corrected for increase of population , pf . corresponding weeks in ten pretious years , 1840-9 , which is 1 , 144 , showing a decrease of 87- The sudden decVme in the mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs is remarkable ; bronchitis , pneumonia , and asthma have numbered iu the last three weeks successively , 237 , 234 , and 165 deaths ; the average fsr last week , derived from returns of the same week in ten years , is 187 , or , if corrected tor population , 204 . But the deaths from phthsis ( or c nsumption ) have scarcely varied ; they hare been in the last three weeks 128 , 137 , and 135

      —respectively ; the average of last week for this disease is 155 . The deaths enumerated iu the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were 152 ; the corrected average is 245 . Small-pox was fatal hist week to 8 children , scarlatina , to 11 , hooping-cough te 36 , msas ' es to 18—all of there epidemics being under the average , and the first two being mucli less fatal tban Bsual . Diarrhma was fatal in 20 cases : in the corresponding weeks of ten years the deaths from it have ranged from 3 to 32 , and show a decided tendency to increase in latter years . No deaths occurred in the week from cholera . From typhus there were 27 , a comparatively light mortality from this cause . From innuecza tlu-re were 2 deaths ; from erysielas 10 ; from cancer 17 deaths , of which all

      p , except three occurred to women ; and 9 woman died after childbirth . In two persons fatal disease is stated to have been the result of intemperance . Ihe 3 eath of a woman of 47 years , which occurred m January , was accelerated by " destitution and exposure to extreme cold . " She had been previous * removed to Bethnal-green workhouse . Ihe mean lieight of the barometer in the week at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was 29 457 in . The mean temperature was -44 deg ., showing an excess of 10 7 deg ., on the average of the samo week of seven years . It was higher than the average throughout the week . On Sunday the mean temperature was 12 deg . above the average , and on Friday and Saturday 14 deg . above it . _ ^ „ . ,

      Singular and Fatal Accident . —On Saturday fast Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlsex Hospital , on Anne Smith , late in the employ of Messrs . Crosse and Blackwell , extensive Italian warehousemen , Soho-square , aged twenty-nine . On tie previous Wednesday deceased was bottling pickles in a part of the building under a loft where meu were letting down by a rope and hook empty crates when the handles of one of th » m having given way , it fella height of twenty-four feet on deceased , knockinzher down , and striking her head against a stone pickle jar , which deeply and severely cut her . She was conveyed to the hospital , where the wound ieafed and shewas doing well , when erysipelas set in , and within a short time terminated fatally—Verdict . " Accidental death . " _ . „ _

      Singular Accident . —On Saturday last Mr . W . Baker held an inquest at the Sir Walter Scott Pritchard ' s-road , Uackney , touching the death of Mrs . Maria Brabrook , aged seventy , the wife of a gentleman reading in Clarence-terrace , HaggersV-n . It appeared from ihe evidence that on the previous Tuesday the deceased had been oh a visit to a female friend , residing in Eli-street , Kingsland-road , whose house the deceased left about eight o ' clock in the evening on her return home . She was observed by several persons to have great difficulty to get along on account of the very high wind which prevailed at the time , and she was last seen alive on the bridge cm- the Regent ' s-canal . Her body was found next morning in the canal , into which it was supposed she was forced by the wind , there being no fences near the canal to save her . The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . " and the coroner said he would write to the canal company as to the dangerous state of the fences .

      Melancholt Accident . —Mr . W . Payne held an inquest on the 8 th insL , at the Three-Colts , London wall , on the body of Mrs . Ann Taylor , aged fifty-one . Ihe deceased was the widow of a builder , and re-Mded in Albion-building 3 , London-wall . On the 7 th of January last she was out walking with her sister , and while looking in the shop window of Mr . Smart , a draper , in Crown-street . Finsbury , a van butenirith timber was passing . The T ? neel of the rehicte having got fixed in the gutter an attempt was made to relieve it , and the van swinging round the timber struck the deceased on the side and broke several of h « r ribs . She died from the effects of the injury on the 6 th inst . The jury returned a yer » Jicfc of "Accidental death , " exonerating the driver From blame . -

      Suspected Poisokisg at IIackxey . —On Saturiaylast Mr . Win . Baker resumed the investigation at the Old Mermaid , at Hackney , into the cause of death of Richard Mcrritt , aged sixty-one , whose body had been exhumed by order of the coroner , in consequence of the extraordinary disclosures made at the inquest on the body of James Merritt , a s- > n of tie deceased , whose wife , Mary Merritt , has undergone several examinations at Worship-street Police office , on the charge of causing his death by arsenic . Several witnesses having been examined , the jury returned a verdict of '' Natural death from Asiatic cfiolsra . " - —On Monday Mr . William Baker , the eoroner , resumed for the fourth time , at the Fountain Tavern , Upper Clapton , the investigation touching the death of James Merritt , which took place in the

      morning of the 25 th ult ., from the effects of arsenic , supposed to have been wilfully administered in gruel by his wife . The coroner having read over the evidence , the jury , after half an hour ' s deliberation retained the following verdict : — " That the deceased femes Merritfc died from the deleterious effects of a ¦ aortal poison , called white arsenic , found in his stomach , but when , by whom , or in what manner | }> e same had been administered to and taken at > d imbibed into the stomach , there is no satisfactory evidence to prove . " The foreman of the jury then banded in the following recommendation , sicned by thirteen of the jury : — " The jury , before they separate , wish to record their opinion regarding burial dubs , as they are at present constituted : they view nth fear , inasmuch as they seem to hold ont a

      premium for the frightfal crime of secret murder , trough the facility with which the funeral money is jfttained , several cases having recently come to light the facts of which are startling , and on which their Fears are founded , besides the many they may preinme to have escaped discovery . The jury , in noticing the evil tendency of these burial societies , from which is obtainable a sum of money upon the death of a member , are desirous that they should be differently constituted either by the act of sheir governors , or that some legislative measure be made to control or guide them . " The coroner stated that he had just received information that the son of the deceased , a boy eight years of age , had died that afternoon , and he should consider whether it would bs necessary to hold an inquest on the body .

      Suicide by a Compositor . —On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr . Bedford , at the St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde Park Corner , on view of the body of John Walker , aged forty-four , a compositor , who committed self-destruction under the following very determined circumstances . The evidence proved that the deceased was employed for many years at the establishment of the Untied Service ' Gazette , and he had also worked upon several of the morning papers . He had lately been employed by Messrs . Sohnltz and Co ., the foreign printers , in faiand-street , Oxford-street , and on last Saturday week he received notice of dismissal , in consequence Bf intemperate habits . On the beginning of last week he purchased a shilling ' s worth of laudanum , * £ the shop of Mr . Walker , a surgeon , in Silverifcreet , Golden-square , for the purpose of destroying himself , but it was taken away from him by Mr . Davis , the landlord of the Angel and Crown ,

      Ileddea-Btreet , Regent-street , at whose house be lodged . He went to bed quite sober on Saturday night last , and about nine o ' clock on the following morning he was found in bed bleeding profusely from several woonds in his throat , which he had inflicted with a razor discovered lying by his side . The deceased -was < $ nite sensible , and said to Mr . Davis , that" he -was ashamed to look him in the face , but be was compelled to do it , as he had been in great agony all the week . " The deeeasea was speedily placed in a eab , and on bein <* removed inside the hospital he -was frond tp be quite dead . Mr . Francis , the house surgeon , said the wounds in the deceased ' s throat -were not sufficient to cause death , and from the appearance of the stomach and intestines , bo was of opinion that the deceased had taken some corrosive p oison -which had caused death . The jury then adjourned the inquiry , for the purpose of having the contents of the deceased's stomach analysed .

      Stag Hont Extkaoedisaet . —About two o clock on Tuesday afternoon the inhabitants of Caradentown were astonished at the unusual sig _ ht of a fine stag , or red deer , running at fall speed in the direction of Somers-town , with five hounds in full cry at Ms heels , followed by one solitary rider and the huntsman , on horses that had evidently done a hard day ' s work . The meet of Mr . Bean ' s hounds had ?> een at Hendon , from whence , in a circuitous route She sta < j broke away for Pinchley Common , skirting Coldfalls Wood , and passed Highgate , on to the metropolis . Be entered Somers-town by Brewerstzeet , andth rougu Skinner-street , Phi . 'lip '

      s-buildings , ann WU 3 tead-slree £ finally " crossing the 2 Jewpoao . wtfhtbe five hounds close at his haunches . He here ^ made a bolt at the iron rate , leading through Mabledon-pkee into Burton 4-eseent ; but temgnesded by two of the hounds , and terrified at the nmnberof vehicles passing id the New-roadie IS ™ vSJ } J ^' front of the hon 8 e of 2 S St thl K * F to manufact « ry , *««» «* ence , ^ em | the . shop doormen , ; he-darted into the house ,- * nd araa . there speedily secured . The nnnsnal sight attraeted gome thoueands of persons , and it required the assistanee ^ fabont sTdozen pqliseojen topre ^ ne Messrs . Prior ' s railings from

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      destruction . Such was the curiosity excited on the occasionthataiumbers . oLwomen andchildren-. paid apenny each for admission to the yard to see so strange a visitor . ' The ' ruii , from first to last ' , - -was over not lesS than thirty-five miles of ground ; and although a strong field-had mustered in the mprn-l ing , dogs and horses were all fairly beaten except the small remnant who came- up at the take . The stag was carted off from his resting place about six o ' clock , amid the cheera of many hundredi of spectators . afternoon

      Fire in Southwabk . —On Wednesday , shortly before two o ' clock , a lire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Wilcoxon , paper-st ainer , situate in Lant-street , Southw ard The flames commenced on the'first floor workshop , a spacious building extending . over three houses , and were caused as follows : —The workmen having gone to dinner , they left a great quantity of paper _ oni the frames to dry . The draught from one of the . open windows caused one of the lengths to fall against a patent stove , and it instantly ignited . Theflamos then communicated with other pieces of paper , and the consequence was , that in lessthan five mmutos the spacious floor presented one immense sheet of flume The engines of the parish , London brigade and West of England company quickly attended , and the firemen happ ily succeeded in getting the fire out , but not until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , and the premises very seriously

      burned . _ , , ... , . Brilliant Meteok . —On Monday night , about a quarter before eleven o ' clock , a brilliant meteoraccording to all accounts intense beyond any record in modern times—was seen throughout the metropolis . The direction in which it travelled appears to have bceH from W . to E ., and it is described liy observers as haying been remarkable for the beauty and variety of its colours , the intensity of the light proceeding from it , and the length of time during which it was visible . The body , when first seen , resembled a large ball of fire , of a deep red colour , and the course traversed by it seemed to be : i

      curve m its passage over wnich it gradually acquired the appearance of a . broad stream of fire of various hues—green , crimson , purple , violet , Ac . The lig ht evolved was so vivid as to approach that of noonday , and cast very strong shadows on the ground . Immediately before it disappeared , ite light seemed to be concentrated , when it burse like a rocket , producing an explosion the echoes of which resembled distant thunder . One of the most remarkable circumstances attending the phenomenon vas its long continuance , which extended to fire or six seconds . It was simultaneously observed in various parts of the kingdom .

      PfiOCEEDISGS OF TUB BOARD OF HEALTH . —Among the parliamentary papers issued on Tuesday is an extract from the ' minutes of the proceedings of the General Board of Health . It consists of the following resolution : — " That it has been established by the commissioners for inquiring into the means of improving the health of towns , as a general principle of leg islation which has been confirmed by subsequent inquiries made under the metropolitan sanatary commission , and adopted by the . legislature as a fundamental provision of the Public Health Act , and which , so far as this Board has proceeded with its own investigations , appears to be equally applicable to the metropolis ,

      that the works for supplying the public witn water should be under the same public jurisdiction or management with works of drainage , paving , and surface draining . That— -apart from the merits of any particular scheme of new water-works , and pending further investigations as to the practical means of applying the foregoing principle to the metropolis—it " is inexpedient to sanction the investment of fresh capital iu the same field of supply , as it is probable that the new works will have to be re-purchased , and there can he no security that these will be applicable to the arrangemenUi that may be hereafter recommended .

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      Emsnn . . Tenant-right Movement . —The state , of the northern province is daily becoming more alarming . [ n all directions the tenant-farmers are meeting , to denounce the Protectionist movement , to complain of the " invasion of tenant-right , " and to demand reductions of rent suitable to the present prices of produce . In various counties the spirit of alienation between the owners and occupiers is extending . The meetings are generally held b the Presbyterian meeting-houses , and several of the clergy of that denomination have taken a leading part in the

      proceedings for the " legalisation of tenant-right , the' abatement of rents , and the establishment of legal protection on behalf of tenant property . " In some instances speeches of a violent and communist character have been delivered , but in general a tone at once firm and moderate has been adopted by the speakers AtComber , oh the estate of the Marquis of Londonderry , a very numerous meeting was held on the RVr £ •?!— S ^^ . ^^^ ns-housebfthe . ey «/ - KiUen . . The following were among the resolutionsadopted : ¦— \ . ' . ;• .

      'That we consider the present agitation on behalf of the , protection of . agricultural pwducean - uSe and . hopeless attempt to keePiup ianaloraSS atthe expense of the public . interests iml ,: i £ il Jieve , - every tax on the breadoftke people ,. which

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      renders the suatentation of human life more difficult , ¦ to be * a great- ' -pub . ! ip ; wrongr"We therefore demand that the principles of . Free-trade , which have ; been adopted by ^ our legislators with ! regard to food , be also by them ' extended to land ; which produces food - •' i' - < That compensationjfor what are called ' unexr hausted improvements' is only one simple element in the . 'tenant-right of ; Ulster , '; and that no measure of tenant-right , legalisation , which i s . based upon this element alone ^ can be . satisfactory to the tenantfarmers of tfiis country , or ' can be accepted by them as . a remedy for the existing-grievances of the agricultural : population ; but , ; on the contrary , every merely fragmentary measure of this nature shall receive our united and most determined opposition . " fon ^ nn , H , * omtinliHnn t \ t Virimnn life more difficult .

      Some of the most extensive farmers in the county Down attended this meeting . The . Banner of UUter , remarking upon the proceedings , asserts that some of the tenant farmers in the district have committed suicids , in consequence of despair , arising from their embarrassments . # , , Two more fires are mentioned in the last accounts one near Donaghadee , on a farm from which the tenant has been recently ejected ; the other near Rathfriland , where the house of a flax-dresser , mmed Doyle , was burned on Thursday night the 7 th inst . . The Encumbered Estates Commission . —Tlie

      landed property of Ireland is rapidly passing into the Encumbered- Commission Court . The petitions for the Hale of estates now amount to nearly four hundred and fifty * The last batch of thirty-one , filed between the 1 st and 6 th instant , contains the names of several extensive proprietors , but the remarkable feature in this list is , that some of the landlords—for instance ) Messrs . Gugtavus W . Lambert , John Hyde , Oliver D . J . Grace , and others—are petitioners for the sale of their own estates . And this is by no means surprising ; for they will thereby at once escape the meshes of Chancery , and obtain all the inexpensive facilities of the Encumbered Commission Court .

      ' Hepresbntation of Sligo . —Sir Robert Gore Booth , Bavt ;; has addressed the electors of Sligo . He says : — " My constant residence in this county has made many of you personally acquainted with me , and others most probably have a knowledge of my principles . They are—national , as regards Ireland , and Conservative as regards the United Kingdom . I make no pretension to fluency of speech , but hope that you may agree with me in thinking tint there are many members of parliament , whose constant at * tention to parliamentary business during the session would be more useful to their constituencies than their speeches . " The Sligo Champion says that Sir Robert s return " is beyond question , without his receiving the slightest - opposition . " Irish Church Revenues and the Poor . —The Limerick Board of Guardians have adopted a resolution that " tithes should be appropriated to the support of the poor . ' The Cork Examiner

      remarks" This is one of the first effective steps taken in the church direction since 1632 . " The Lord Mator . —The Freeman ' s Journal says , " Two notices of actions for penalties under the act have already been served on the Lord Mayor , for having presided in his official capacity atthe meetings of the corporation , held on the 1 st and 5 lh inst . The person whohasundertakenthe office of informer is George Powell , who , we are told , is Beeretary to the Priests' Protection Society . " The Late Storm . — Conaiderablo damage was done by the late gtorm , in Belfast . The Northern Whig states that in the workhouse of that town three boys were ki ' led by the stone and bricks of a flue , which fell into the room where they were sleeping .

      Upwards of a thousand pounds ' .-worth of damage was done to the Queen ' s College . About two o ' clock , while the storm was raging with great fury , the chimney of the house of William Cowan , of White Abbey , was blown down ; it fell in through tbe roof to the bed where Mr . and Mrs . Cowan and a young child were lying . The child was killed ; hut , iortunately , Mr . and Mrs . Cowan escaped with very slight injuries . The gales which have prevailed with little intermission for several days past have at length passed awny , but have caused great irregularity in the arrival of the English mails . The accounts of los : C 3

      on tbe coast are numerous . The Diana , screwsteamer , of Waterford , went on shore at the Great Burbo on the 6 th inst .: and on the following day the J . P . Whitney , American liner , from Philadelphia , struck on the rocks at the same place , and went to pieces , the crew having ,, however , been saved . On the western coast the effects of tbe tempest are described as having been terrific , huge rocks on the shore having been , moved by the waves to a considerable distance ; and numbers of houses having been levelled or unroofed along the coaBt . At Omagh the church spire was struck by lightning and much injured . Several cattle were killed in the same neighbourhood by the electric fluid , and trees unrooted by the foree of the

      storm . The Cork Examiner states that Dr . Sleigh , of London , a member of the council of the National Reform Association , has arrived in Cork , on a tour through Ii eland , for the purpose of . organising in this country associations to co-operate with the body in England in carrying out the reform policy oftiie present movement . The ¦ Commission Coort . — The eeremony of opening the Commission of Oyer and Terminier on Monday was distinguished from ordinary occasions of the kind by the circumstance of Mr . Reynolds ' attending , with great civic pomp , to assist in oi . enin : the court as Lord Mayor . The presiding judges wei'e Bnron Pennefaiher and Mr . Justice Torrens .

      The former learned judge warmly shook hands with Mr . Reynolds , and both judges subsequently entered into conversation with him , and roso and bowed him out -when he - was leaving court . They took pains , indeed , to show that they differed in opinion from Messrs . Walker aud Wauchob of the corporation , » s to the degree of deference which was to be paid to the hon . gentleman while continuing to occupy the seat of Lord Mayor . Repeai , Association ' , —Mr . John O'Connell informed his Burgh-quay friends on Monday that it was his intention to retain his seat for Limerick

      until . some important question came before the house , and if unable then to attend , he would insist on his constituents' acceptance of his resignation , as his " circumstances" —the old story—would not permit him to lead a parliamentary life . The rent was but £ 9 some odd shillings and pence—Mr . O'Connoll attributing this marked " want of confidence " to the fact of his having entered into any negotiation with the Young Ireland party . "So you see . " pathetically whined the hon . gentleman , " 1 am blamed by both parties , ' * and the result is an empty exchequer and as empty benches at Conciliation-hall .

      Thk Victims of Starvation . —The minutes o ( evidence taken at inquests on the victims of starvation iu some of the western and south-western unions of Ireland , still disclose scenes worthy of the worst period of the famine . At an inquset held on the 30 th ult ., at Knockbreck , in the Kilrush Union , on the body-of Michael Clancy , the daughter of the deceased , stated in her evidence : —That he had five in family , and himself and his wife ; they were getting two stone of meal a week ; they used not to get it regularly : they only got one itone for the whole family on Thursday week ; they had nothing else to subsist on since , except they got something from the neighbours . While the stone of meal held they eat two meals a day , but had not enough in each' meal . All

      the meal was eaten on Saturday night ; they had nothing since but a teacup of meal anda few heads of cabbage which witness got from the neighbours ! : witness ' s deceased father partook of his-portion of the teacup of meal and cabbage ; he had not enough , ; he would have eaten more if he had got it . Ho died on Monday , about 12 o ' clock . He drank the cabbage water oh Sunday evening , as he had not enongh in the cabbage . Deceased had no complaint ; he was as well the day before he died as lie was for some time-He was waak from hunger . If he bad enough , to eat he would , not have died go soon , The family have nothing to live on to-day . Looking for the meal is what caused her mother ' s absence that day . —And Bridget Eushce , sister-in-law to the deceased ,

      deposed that : —Michl . Clancy lived with witness , for about two months , until he left about seven or eight days ago . He wa > brought back to her ; house the day he died , as his own hut was too small , and it was almost impossible for any person to get into it , ic was so low . He had to creep in and out of it himself . He was getting two stone of meal for himself and family weekly . He did not get his meal regularly since about ten days before Christmas , until the second last supply ; and the last supply was only half the complement . He and his family ' wero : for twelve days trusting to four pounds of meal . Deceased was delicate when he came to live with her ; but he told her it was want of food caused his ill health . They had not enough of meal at any time . They were , days on one meal , and were frequently for three days without meal at nil , having only a few turnips which mvrely kept the breath in them .--The verdict , was of course '' Died' from starvation : " ut th th rel

      b ese ings suy do not take place , iu the midst of abundance , in any other part of the world . A correspondent of the Limerick and Clare Examiner writing from Newcastle West , mentions the following horrifying act ;—The body of unfortunate John Harnett , on whom the inquest was lately held was on Monday dragged from his grave by dogs , and was devoured by them . The Loud Mayor ' s Oase . —A meeting of the coppration was held on Tuesday when it was resolved , on the motion of Mr , Hamilton , one oftiie conservative members , that no further discussion should take place there as to the validity , or ¦ otherwise , of the retention of office ol ' Lord Mayor by Mr ^ . Reynolds ; but that that ' questiph should he left to the proper tribunal to decide ^ and the ordinary business of the . coppration be" proceeded with . This' termination of the unseemly proceed ings which have lately disgraced that 'botfyjgiyes Batisfaction to ;> U , classe $ (; pt . the citizens ^ , , : .. / . ; , ¦ ., , ' ; ' ¦; "I' /' - ¦ ' ; . ¦ " . ¦ .. ' - ¦¦¦ - ; - ¦¦ ¦<'!'¦''¦¦¦¦ ; "

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      GALE ON TUE WESTERN COAST . OE scot - L'AND ; 'AND EOSS'dP LIPE ^ DESTRTJOTIOT ; . BY FIRE , OF A : STEAMER ..: . * . Tjie 'A yr ' Advertiser fays ' , — "The western coast has ' been , visited by a hurricane , such as has n ; been experienced'for a' lengthened period—no « & ) & of eqiml 78 overity , or of so lengthened duration had takenplace since Jan . ; < 1 , 1839 . About mid-day of Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., the wind , rose to a consider able height . ' Gradually it increased till about twelve o'clock at night , when it blow a complete hurricane It attained its height about four o ' clock on We'dl nesday morning , and continued for fully three hours with tremendous force . During the whole of Wed riosday it still blew with much violence , while at in * tervals heavy falls of rain and hail took place . From ^ GALE ON THE WESTERN "COAST OF SP . rm

      inland situations we learn that in the towns and vil lages of the county of Ayr , as well as in the more exposed landward districts , no small amount of di mage has been done ; but that sinks into insiwniff cance when compared with the serious events which have occurred in the Firth of Clyde , and the disiateri sustained by the shipping along th e coast " At Ayr , the largo number of vessels in the hir bour , and the heavy fresh in tho river , combined ' tn render the hurricane more serious in its results than it might otherwise have been . Many vessels broko from then * moorings , and received considerable da mage . The scene of confusion and disorder was heightened by other minor occurrences whinli scarcely call , however , for special notice , although involving on the whole , serious Ios 3 to manv of tha craft lying in tho harbour . " ' m

      Vessels Ashore on- tiie Cahrick Coast —Sit Men Drowned . —The casualties on the wild " rock bound coast of Curricle are possessed of a decoei * and more melancholy interest than any of the others we have to record , inasmuch as they have been attended by the sacriSco of six human lives . At nine o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday , the barque Margaret , ef Greenock ( Xorries ) , bound with a cargo of cotton for Greenock , having left Ifew Orleans on the 31 st of December-, wont ashore about a quarter of a mile to tho north of Dunure . She went ashore stern on ; ropes were speedily passed to the shore , and by tho aid of a number of Dunuretig her men , whose zeal and activity merit due praise the crew were safely rescued from their perilous .

      position . About two o ' clock one of the crew , a young man , a native of Aberdeen , fancied that by swimming to the vessel he might be able to brin » - his chest ashore . Arriving at his destination after great exertion , he caught hold of a rope ' s end su 9-nonded from the side of the barque . lie seemed to be much fatigued ; and , after holding on for about twenty minutes , he became so entirely overcome , that he sank exhausted into the sea , and was drowned . In the circumstances it was utterly impossible that any aid could have been extended to the misguided and ill-fated young man . On Wednesday morning , the sloop Clauchloudon ( Kevan ) , bound from Creetown , to which port she belongs , to Irvine , went ashore in Culzean Bay .

      The crew , consisting of three hands , all saved . The same morning the barque Jubilee , of Sunderland ( M'Gregor , ) bound from Troon to Smyrna , with coals , went ashore on Brest ltock , four miles north of Girvan . Many attempts were made to reach tho barque , but in vain . The crew , amounting to ten men , took to the small boat , which , however , shortly grounded upon a rock , arid three of the men got out of the boat for the purpose of pushin g it off , and were left on a rock . The boat had not got well off when a huge sea rolled over it ; it instantly filled , and went down like a stone . One of the men , by extraordinary exertion , managed to swim within reach of an intrepid lad , who dashed through the

      serf and brought him ashore ; while the captain , who bad attached a life-buoy to his person , was washed inshore , and by a desperate effort on the part of the same lad , brought from deeper ¦ water . The other five men who were in the boat perished , and were carried out by the strong current . In the mean time , the three poor fellows left on the rock were rescued from their dangerous situation by two young fishermen , who deserve especial notice for their heroic exertion in venturing on their noble mission amid the terrrible breakers that raged with suph unbridled fury . The first mate , who perished , was Mr . W . Anderson , son of the owner of the Jubilee . The vessel has become a total wreck .

      Ardhossan . —Isle of Aehas Steamer Burned . — If there were no disasters here directly resulting from the gale , the blank w is fully filled up by the almost total destruction , by fire , of the Isle of Arran steamer ( Captain Blackley , ) which plies between this port and the island whose name the vessel bears . The steamer was to have sailed on Tuesday . But this not having been carried into effect , and tie boat being advertised to sail on tho following ( Wednesday ) morning , her fires were kept on , and she was ready to start , when , about four o ' clock ,, flames were perceived circling around the funnel , and over the top of the boilers . By the order 3 of Messrs . Bai-r and Shearer , the men engaged in their '

      sl » ipbuilding-yard was soon on the spot . From the control that the flames had acquired over tho vessel , as well as from the rough weather , the only alternative left by which they might save the remaining part of tho steamer was adopted—viz ., the scuttling of the boat . This was immediately carried into effect , and the Isle of Arran sank about fiveo ' clock . She was burned down to the water ' s edgefrom the funnel afc . Xothing whatever was rescued from the steamer , so that no inconsiderable amount of property has been sacrificed . She was the property , we believe , of a joint stock company , and partially insured—to the extent of £ 1 , 500 it was generally affirmed .

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      Loss or an' IifDiAMAX suAB Makgate . —On many parts of the coast the wind seems to have but slightly moderated since "Wednesday the Oth inst ., and many fatal wrecks have happened even in the vicinity . of the entrance of tho river . We have now to add a more calamitous event , viz ., the wreck of a ^ yost Indiamari . On the 5 th inst . the Sarah , Mr . Bridges master , bound from Jamiaca for London , made the Margate roads , and , in the course of the forenoon , ahe was taken in tow by the Trinity steam tug for the purpose of being brought up the Thames . As the day advanced the gale sprung up with destructive fury . The ship and the tug laboured severely , and between throe and four o'clock in tha afternoon , when running through the Prince ' s Channel , the towing hawser snapped asunder and

      the ship got adrift . The tug immediately brought up in tho hope that the weather might moderate . The wind , however , continued to increase until it blew a perfect hurricane , and about midnight the steamer was driven from her anchorage ; The Sarah was then lost sigli 6 of , and from the tempestuous weather that prevailed during the follow ing twentyfour hours and the fact that nothing has been seen of her since , coupled with the " circumstance that a quantity of West India produce has been picked up in the vicinity of where she went adrift , as also pieces of wreck , apparently of the same class of vessel , there is little doubt that she went to pieces . The number of the crew has not been ascertained ,

      or whether there were any passengers on board . During the height of the galo a . fine Dutch ship foundered about forty miles south east o ( ; he Spurn , on the Lincolnshire coast . It ivas seen by the True Abstainer , fishing smack , belonging to the Ilumber . The name of the ill-fated vessel could not be correctly ascertained . In the course of Saturday last a fatal loss was repotted at Harwich . A loaded Scotch vessel , apparently , was seen on a shoal in the Swin . She was fast going to pieces , and from several circumstances it was believed that the crew perished . The ports in the neighbourhood of this channel are very busy in repairing vessels disabled in the storm .

      The Welshman says : — " About ten on the morning . of the Oth inst . a large-sized-brig -was driven violently , into tho bay , and in a few minutes was helplessly cast on tho Cardigan bar , and so terrific was the sea that in a short time she went to pieces . Ib is not accurately known from whence she came : she is , however , reported to be tho Thetis , of Limerick , bound from Newport to Limerick , with a general cargo . It is positively stnted that eleven of the crew have met a watery grave , two only having been rescued , but atthe time our account left nothing was known with certainty . " Wreck off Lowbstoft . —The Hurlington , belonging to Mr . ' John Penman , of Sundcrland , Daniel Cole , master , bound to Southampton with coals , sprung a le : ik during the late gale . The crew ,

      seven in numuer , including the captain , worked thirty six hours at the pumps without being able togain on tho leak ; and at half-past two o ' clock a . m .. she went down , after breaking in two . The masts * came together like the . blades of a pair of shears-Tho providential rescue of the crew from a watery grave cannot be better described than in the words of one . of tho survivors : — " We wero about thirty miles off Lowestoft , and finding the brig was fast sinking from under our feet , we -had just time ' : to jump into tho long boat with a compass and a ouckct ; and as tbe brig went down the wajer floated the long-boat from . off her deck , and . we had the greatest difficulty to disontanglo the boat from the ropes of tho mast ; which fell over iis . Howew we got dear , in the dark , and , with a hnisterous sea . we committed ourselves to * the

      preservation of a merciful providence . At day . light we saw a vessel at a . distance , but could not make them perceive our handkerchief , attached to ' : th& end of one of the oars ; We wero benumbed with cold , exhausted by pumping' without food , and had not been in bed for three ni ghts , ' and we had great difficult / in bailing ; the water , out , of ' .-the longjioat to keep her afloat , ; when , about six o ' clock ? m the evehing we discovered a'flsKing sloop a-heauV being nearly two' miles distant ; : W ; immediately plied our four oars in the direction of tbe vessel , which , wo perceivedwasbearingdown ' : ohus ; and in half an ; hour ,. which-. appeared to us an age , ' . tho fishing smack Jyo , 59 , of . Qstenti , came close enough to throw us a rope , whichwe made fast , and drew ' our fr ^ b'W , - alongside , of . the filo . op ^ tl $ mate of the fisherman ^ a fftup stolit yotin ^' raan , imaieuiate ' y jumped into-ow boat . ' aniassisted > theboys aboard ,

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      A Mas Roasted . —The Sherbomc Journal says : — " We scarcely ever have had to chronicle a more revolting outrage tban was perpetrated a few days ago in the parish of Compton Dundon . near this town . A small farmer named Edwird Alien was drinking in the house of his tenant , & man named Paul Hill . He had purchased a quantity of cider of Allen , who had given them a bucket full or two over , and a party of seven or eight persons were merry making over the apple juice . Some of the party proposed to send lor tobacco , and asked Allen for money , which he refused . In order to compel him to pay his portion , they blocked up the chimney corner in which he was sitting , and heaped fresh fuel on the fire , keeping him there for a period of . it is said , two hours , and literary roasting him . When tbe poor fellow essayed to get off his small clothes , the skin of his legs came off with his garments , and he now lies in a very

      dangerous state . Silver Lode . — A very valuable silver lode has been discovered on Ell Bridge estate , the property of Mr . W . Wymond , in the parish of Landulph , about four miles from Saltash , on tho direct CaUingtonroad . Applications have been repeatedly wade for the past twenty years for a grant of the sett , which , however , could not be obtained until about a fortnitht since , the proprietor not believing bis estate contained any mineral , and supposing that his land would be broken up to no purpose . Operations were commenced on Uouday week last , and when only three feet from the surface , a valuable lode of silver lead ore was opened on , showing that the opinions of the practical miners are correct . The ore taken from it , having been carefully essayed , produced ten in twenty for lead , and 200 ounces of silver in the ton ore . The shaft has sittcc been sunk about four fathoms , where the lode is four feet big , and the ore found to be of much crcater richness . This is one of

      the richest lodes ever seen in our locality so near the surface . Tire Old Oak of Ross . — This gigantic tree , which has for centuries been an object of attraction to tbe town of Ross , was destroyed by fire on the 6 th inst . The " old oak of Ross" is supposed to have been 1 , 500 years old . The circumference at the base was fifteen yards , and eleven yards at three feet from the ground . Its destruction was caused by snme boys lighting a fire in its trunk ; and , notwithstanding tbe efforts of the people , assisted by the town engine , it was all but totally destroyed , nothing "being left but a heap of blackened ruins .

      Extraordinary Attempt at Swindling at Birmingham . —One of the most impudent and barefaced attempts at swindling which have ever occurred in this neighbourhood ' ha ? just been exposed , by an investigation which took place before the local magistrates , atBilston , on Saturday last . The party who felt most interest in the result of this inquiry was a respectably-dressed'foreigner , Couut Von Wladdislaw by name , according to his address card , and belonging to Hungary , Poland , France , or Germany , as best suited his convenience . The " Count" first comes under our notice , from the disclosure now made , as a guest of Mr . Clements , landlord of the Royal Exchange Inn , Dale-end , Birmingham , where he arrived on the evening of Saturday ,

      the 19 th , ult , having come in a car from the railway station . During his stay there he lived in a style becoming an Hungarian noble , and on an early day he took Mr . C em ; nts into his confidence , and gave him a bit of information worth knowing , The " Count ' s" elder brother had been living with a female at Glasgow , and had become so infatuated with her that he had given her the titles deeds of a valuable property in Hungary . She was ignorant of their value , and the " Count" being anxious to get possession of them , he proposed that Mr . Clements should go to Glasgow as his agent , and offer the woman £ 5 , 000 tor the documents ; if he was succesful he should have £ 500 for himself . The offer was too tempting to he refused , and was at once accepted ,

      with a proviso ( at the suggestion of a friend of Mr . Clements ) that the Count should pay his expenses to Glasgow , and give him £ 5 to bring him back . This was joyfully accede d to , and the evening of ihe following Saturday was fixed for the start . Mr . Clem * ents was duly apparelled for the journey on the evening in question , when the Count left the house for a moment , as he said , but forgot to return . Thus was tlie landlord of tho Royal . Exchange' * done " out of a prospective £ 500 , as well as the amount of his guest ' s board and lodging for the week . While tbe Count was staying at Mr . Clements ' , he was introduced to a Mr . Alfred Soinerville , partner in a Brussels firm engaged in the iron trade , to whom he stated that he was commissioned to purchase engines .

      &c , for the Cracow Railway Company , and asked his advice as to the most proper parties in Birminham with whom he could deal . Mr . Somerville iecommended him to Messrs Boulton and Watt , of the Soho works , and having gone there , tho Count ordered two pairs of marine engines , of one hundred and forty horse power , and two pairs of eighty horse pjwer , with iron boats to suit the same , which he said were to be used on the Danube in counexion with the Cracow Railway . He signed a contract to the amount of £ 27 , 000 , giving references in London as to his responsibility , and agreeing to pay £ 10 , 000 in a week . In the course of conversation with Mr . Blake , one of the managers at the Soho , the Count mentioned that there were a number of Hungarian refugees in Birmingham who were desirous of

      emigrating , but had not the means of doing so , and Mr . Blake offered him a £ 5 note as . a contribution for that object . The Cou nt refused it , however , saying he could give more himself , doubtless thinking that Mr- B akewould increase the amount .- We are not aware whether this was done , but from the inquiries which he subsequently made , Mr . Blake was induced to suspect that his customer would not be a very profitable one , and the contract was therefore immediately cancelled . After , leaving ; Mr . . Clements ' house , we find the Count in a day or two distributing the orders he had been commissioned ; : to ekecute ^ or ' the Cracow . Railway , in the . neighbourhood of JVednesbury . and Bilston , ¦ imluding & 500-horseipower stationary . engine from Messrs : Perry , of the High-, field Foundry ; five hundred railway axles , from Messrs . Uoyd , Foster , and Company ; an eigbty-

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      horsepower hift h ^ resfurpengino ftftiMr . & >/ ep h SDancer . of-Bilston , » and 3 oa , tonsof ,, be 8 t . steel from f Ss » - at-MoxleyrOf cMfseVthe - Cbunt , in eiving -nis orders , ' ^ discussed the .. merits , of a few bottles of wine ; at the ^ xpense of thoie tyhom he was honouring with his commands , but this appears to have been-the extent of the immediate benefit he derived . He' wanted to borrow £ 5 from the Moxley steel manufacturer , under the pretence that he bad lost his purse in coming from the Willenlial Railway : Station ; but this at once opened the eves of the other to the' real character of his customer , anil he tore up the contract ! We next discover the Count in the cwtody ' of Inspector Thompson , at Bilston , by whom he was brought up at the public-office , as we have already stated , in order that it might be ascer-. t j i . , , ,. ' v i " , ^

      tained whether his doings brought him within reach of the law . After due consideration , however , the magistrates , E , B . Dimraack and John Jones , Esqrs , were of opinion that there was no evidence sufficient to warrant a conviction ; and the Count was therefore discharged .. The bench expressed a wish , that publicity might be given to the oircume ' ance , for the purpose of putting the public on their guard . ' The Count has a Jewish appearance , is about thirty years of age , 5 feet 8 inches high , of a dark complexion , has d-irk hair and whiskers , and wears a moustache and imperial . He speaks the English language imperfectly . . Fearfui . Colliert Explosion at Stourbridoe . — A shocking colliery explosion , attended with the loss of four lives , has happened this week at the

      Dudley-wood coal-pifc , at the Five W ; iys * near this town , belonging to Messrs . Pargeter and Darby , in reference to " which an inquiry was commenced on Friday before tho coroner . The circumstances of the explosion are somewhat singular , and may be attributed to the effects of tho hurricane of Tuesday night . The pit is 120 yards deep , and below the coal is an iron mine , one engine working both mines , there being a separate shaft for each , though they are connected with each other below the surface . A skip was descending the coal shaft at tho time of the explosion , and was hurled out to an extraordinary height in the air by the explosion , some portions of it falling at a distance of 100 yards from the mouth of the pit . In consequence of the rush of foul air from the pit it was some time before any

      person could descend into the mine . It should be explained that the two mines are ventilated in connexion , an opening being made between them by which the fresh air was passed from tho coal mine into tho iron mine , and then passed outward . The explosion had by some unaccountable process of nature reversed these currents of air , and this being discovered , an intrepid fellow , named John Webb , descended the iron shaft , and climbing into the coal mine , with a safety lamp in his hand , was tho instrument of saving several unfortunate miners who were in a state of exhaustion in the pit . Othera followed AYebb , and the miners were got out before midni g ht , though four of them—named Joseph Warwick , ayouth named Griffiths ( son of the superintendent , who was also in the mine , and was blown

      some distance ) , and two brothers named Websterwere killed . Most of the men ( fourteen in number ) who survived were burnt ; Griffiths , the superintendent , has received some very serious injuries , and is in a precarious state . The cause of tl ' ie accident can only be surmised ,, though it is pretty clearly traceable to the cSect of the high south-west wind of Tuesday evening . The workings of the mine extend in a southerly direction from the shaft , and it is thought that the fire commenced about midway between the shaft and the head of the workings , near a " bolt hole" loading to an old working now dammed off , where an inequality in the roof of tho mine would allow of some little accumulation of

      the vapour undetected . Tho pit is occasionally liable to be charged with sulphur ; some four or five years ago eleven men were killed in it by a similar explosion . It appears that when the wind is in a southerly direction , or shortly before a fall of rain , sulphur accumulates in the pit , and then safety lamps are used , though at other times the miners work with naked lights , and this was the case when the explosion took place . It is supposed that the high wind disturbed the foul air from some branches of old workings , supposed to be securely dammed up , and thus escaping to the place where the men were at work with naked candles the explosion took placo .

      Serious Accident to a Clerotman . —As tbe Rev . John Lowe , rector of Ardley , Oxon , was proceeding on horseback between that place and the neighbouring village of Middleton , the horso , a young spirited animal , became very restive , and commenced rearing and plunging furiously . Mr . Lowe , who is somewhat advanced in years , aware of the imminent danger he was placed in , endeavoured to retain his seat as much as possible , but at length the animal reared and tell back to the ground . The rev . jentleman was thrown with considerable violence , and sustained internal injuries of a serious character from the animal falling upon him . When the occurrence took place , being some distance from any dwelling , some time elapsed before he could obtain the requisite assistance to convey him home . Not the slightest hopes were held out of his recovery . The sad event has cast a gloom over the whole parish , from the estimation in which the rev . genleman is held .

      Ashwell . —The late FmE .-We are enabled to state that the exact number of cottages occupied by persons who have , by reason of their misfortunes , become for a time dependent upon the public bounty was 26 . and that of their occupants 125 ; most of these latter were labourers in the employ of persons in the neighbourhood . The church has been given up as a temporary asylum for these poor creatures , and a subscription has been started for their relief . In addition to other person .-, Messrs , Moitlock , bankers , and we believe all the other bankers of Cambridge , have consented to become recipients of the bounty of the charitable . About six months ugo an attempt was made to fire the same bam in which the fire originated . A piece of tarred rope , which had been

      United , was found thrurst into the thatch on the first attempt , but it is supposed that the dampness of the night then prevented the cosummation of the project of the villanous incendiary . The Phoenix Fire-office will be sufferers to the extent of about £ 20 , 000 ; and the remainder of the insurances for the property destroyed had been effected principally in the Norwich Union and Suffolk ofli-. ers . No lives were sacrificed . A poor half-witted fellow has been mis-ing since the night of the fire , but it is presumed he baa wandered away , as no sign of his having perished has been discovered . A wall fell upon three men who were working at the fire , and fractured the arm of one of them—the others escaped with some slight bruises .

      Fall of the Cliff near Dover . —On the 6 th inst swing to the sudden thaw , a tremendous fall of the cliff occurred , between St . Margaret ' s and Kingsdown . It is supposed that fome thousand tons of chalk have fallen ; the road is entirely blocked up , being buried for a considerable distance from 20 to 30 feet , and the chalk extending from the base of tbe cliff to many feet below high water mark . Kent . —Daring Burglary . —A few nights ago a gang of ruflBans made" an attack on the hou 3 e of Mr . Ellis , a grocer , at Beltririg , which is about a mile from the YaUiing station , and within a hundred yards of the Bell Inn . He also occupies a few acres of land . His man was instructed to call him at three o'clock on the morning of the 28 fch ult ., but

      about one o ' clock he heard a noise , and supposing it to be his man , he opened the window , and saw three men oh the outside with a ladder . Mr . Ellis and his wife attempted to escape , when a man appeared at the window , who broke a pane of glass , threw up the sash window , and entered the room . It was a remarkably fine moonlight night , and the man ' s face was elearly recognised . Mr . and Mrs . Ellis ran down stairs , and Mrs . Ellis made an attempt to escape by tbe back door , but encountered a man with a stick in his hand , who aimed a blow at her , which fortunately missed her . S ! ie then ran into the house and concealed herself till the robbers had left , but the moon allowed her to have a full view of the ruffians' features . 'Mr . Ellis in returning up stairs met the man who had got into the

      room at the top of them , in the act of lighting a lucifer match , which- again gave him an excellent opportunity of recognising him . The man immediately closed on Elhs , and called on his companions to bring a knife . Mr . Ellis , however , extricated himself from the ruffian ' s grasp , and in making his way to the road , met the man who had struck at Mrs . Ellis—who gave him a tremendous Olo w on the head and caught hold of him , ne ultimately roleased himself , but was followed b y the fellow into the road , who hit him another blow on the shoulders . EIHb then commenced running and calling for assistance , when tho men made off without taking their booty , leaving two caps behind them . Pour men were subsequently apprehended , . in ^ . tbree of them were identified as having taken parbwfcho

      outrage , and were luiiy committed for trial . A search was made in the house in which they lived , and , in a cave , a variety of articles were found concealed ; among others , a brine tub , with mutton fat in it , and a collection of housebreaking implements , " a large pistol , and a most formidable dirk . Incendiary Firk . —Cookiiam , Berks . —On , Sunday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , " a fire' broke out in the farm homestead belonging to Miv Phillips , which thereis . no doubt was the act of an incendiary . The flames were first seen issuing from the barn at the south- . western corner of tho promises , and in the short space of two hours the whole

      of the farm buildings , and implements , ! lYith ' thrce ricks of hay and an oafc-rick , were entirely cons . urned . There was a large stock of poultry , which , with four fat hogs , was destroyed . The farmyard is situated in the centre of theivillagc , close'to the street , and had the ; . Wind continued as high ' ag it had b ' een . during the day ,, most probably the wholebfthe houses on thatside of the way would have been ' conr siimed . ¦* - . The ^ property is " insured ; 'in the . 'Jy ' esfc of XngHnd ' and ; i * hffinii fire-offices .. Thiaiis the seventh fire ttot b ^ shapperieri . intuig neighbourhood witliin the . laffc . ga . mbnthf .. , ' .... ' ,, ; " . ; ' ..., , , ' .... '"' , . ; " , [ , , ¦ ' ! ' '¦ V " . , ; ^ ¦ . DEFALCAiioNj'jp ^ AjrdinER SAyisda Bank Actuary . " —Incon ^ querice pf tie Jate exposures of fho . Roch ^ i ; 5 * . ! ¦ . 'iv . 'i > ; •! - " . ¦ .. ¦ ! ; ii >!/ ..: ¦ : ¦ -. ' . ' . ¦ .:-,-. ¦ ...,-¦' .., ¦' ¦

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      dale and other savings bankB , the managers of tbe Dartfqrd ^ bank' ^ and accounts examined . by , an examining committee of mariagors and an apeouritant entirely unconnected with tho establishment , ' The 'first meeting of the committee , was held af the " . Bull . Inn ,, on Saturday , the iiii instant , when about 200 bo 6 k ' s were produced , and aa far as they , wero examined no errors were detected . ' In the evening- the secretary ^ Mr . Pain , calling on Jardine , the actuary , saw a depositor ' s book lying there , which he opened , and found it differed nearly £ 100 from the ledger . He charged himself with having made a mistake , when the actuary confessed that he had committed fraud to the amount of about £ 1 , 000 . This becoming known to some of tho managers , Jardine was allowed till Monday , the 4 th , to examine his books , on whioh '' ' ° i . . ' * y . ' . > ' » ,, „ , « , „ _ , __ . _ _ nf tVio

      day be said he was a defaulter to the amount of £ 2 , 000 . A meeting of the managers was held on Wednesday , at which the attendance of Mr . Tidd Pratt was secured , and it was ascertained that £ 17 , 559 , Is . 5 d . was safely invested in government securities , and that Jardine had assigned . ill his property to the trustees , which will produce about £ 700 or £ 800 , and together with £ 1000 , the amount of his bond , will go towards tho liabilities . A subcommittee was chosen , consisting of Messrs . Hugh Johnston and John Tasker , and the Rev . James King , to investigate tho matter , and to report tho result as soon as possible . The business of the bank is of course suspended . Jardine , with his father , have boon actuaries of this bank for upwards of forty years , and he has hitherto carried on the first drapery business in the town ,

      Cuuroii . Hates . —At tho Town-hall , Colchester , on Monday , Mr . E . W . Watts was summoned to show cause why he refused to pay £ 2 18 s ., duo as church rates in the parish of Holy Trinity . Mr . Watt said , his reason for refusing to pay was his individual conviction of tho inconsistency of contributing to a ministry supported by the state . ' lie had been repeatedly put to considerable expense in distraints and sales of goods , and considered it very oppressive : ho might state as another of his reasons the command of our Saviour to his Apostes : —

      " Freely ye have received , treely give . It was from no pertinacious obstinacy that he objected to pay ; nor from his acting on the conviction of others ; he was guided only by hia own convictions . —Mr . Cooko said the magistrates respected every man ' s opinions , but it was a question they could not ; enter into . —The Mayor also said the bench has no power , except to carry out tbe law . —Mr . Charles Marriage , or Abbeygate-strect , was also summoned on a like account , his rates amounted to 9 s . —War-j rants of distress were issued in both , cases .

      Explosion on the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway . —On Tuesday an adjourned inquest on the bodies of John Tinkler and Thomas Wilson was held at Darlington . Tho unfortunate men were killed by tho bursting of tho boiler of a steam engine on this line last week . After the . examination of witnesses , the jury returned the following verdict , viz ., — " That John Tinkler and Thomas Wilson came to their death by the explosion of a locomotive engine , No . 35 , on tho 2 nd Feb . inst ,, but how that explosion was caused we have no satisfactory evidence to sh 6 w . We also recommend that tho company provide vans to every train for the conveyance of the goods . " Francis Howe , the guard , who was blown a great distance , still lies in a very precarious state .

      Staffordshire . —Death from Shameful Neglect . —On the 8 th inst . an inquest was held at Bradley , on the body of Thomas Cox , a boy about nine year * of age , whose death resulted from the reprehensible though common practice of leaving old coal pits without any fence around or any covering over them . The deceased , who lived at Bradley , left home on tho previous Wednesday morning , with his father , for the purpose of going to work in a coal pit , near Darlaston . ' When they got into Mr . Loxdale's field , near Potter ' s Bridge , the deceased ' s hat was blown off , and they both ran after it a short distance . It began to rain , and deceased ' s father desired him to go into a hovel close by , whilst he ( the father ) looked for the hat . As the morning was dark and windy , he could not find the hat ; and in going to tbe hovel to meet his son , he had , using his own words , " a very narrow escape of his life ,

      in r . ot falling into an old pit , which was exposed without any fence round or over it . " He could not find his son , and it then occurred to him that he had fallen down the pit . Some tackling was obtained , and the deceased brought up , with his head fractured , both his legs broken , and otherwise dreadfully crushed , quite dead . " The p it in question , " the boy ' s father said , "is an old coalpit , situate in the Old Squirrel field , near Bilston , the property of Mr . Loxdale , and . in the occupation of Mr . William Baldwin , of Bilston , coal and iron master . A public road passes within twenty yards of the pit in question , and there is no fence against either the road or the pit . The pit is about thirtyfive yards deep . There are two or three other pits nenr the one in question in an equally dangerous state . " The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death ; " expressing an opinion that "there had been great want of proper attention and care on tho part of the occupier of the pit in question in not having seen that it was properly protected . "

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      w& *\ n . Daring Highway Robbery . —On the evening of the 7 th mst . as Mr . W . II . Apperley , land agent , was returning from Abergavenny towards Hereford in his gig alone , he was stopped by three men in the parish of Llangua , at a lonely part of the road near the river , but elevated some eight or ten feet above the stream . Upon Mr . Apperley perceiving tho intention of the one roan who was foremost , he began to flog his horso . The man having caught the reins , and Mr . Apperley continuing to use the whip , the horse and gig wero brought almost from the opposite side apainst the hedge upon tho river side of

      the road . Mr . Apporley now obseryed tlio otner two men coming to assist , and that resistance was useless ; and having a sum of money upon his person , he leaped from the gig over the fence down into a strip of land adjoining tho river , the field being here many feet below the road ; almost before he regained his ' feet , he hcard . the horse and gig roll over the fence also . Ho ran for assistance , and found three men at home in a cottage not three hundred yards distant , who immediately returned with him ; they found the horse and gig ) the latter doubtless upset in its passage across the fence ) near the river . The highwaymen had evidently followed the gig down to the place , and ransacked the

      contents where it thus stood ; the driving-box was broken open , but , only containing papers , they were thrown down , as was the lamp-box ; tbe only booty , therefore , they obtained , was a letter-case , in which wero some tracings of maps , valuations of land , a rental book , and about five or six " French coins , which from the rattle , they no doubt thought a prize . Fortunately , not the least damage was sustained by either horse , gig , or harness . Mr . Apperley having sent a communication to the polico afc Abergavenny , proceeded on his journey to Hereford . Air ' . " Apperley upon nearly all occasions travels with a six-barrel pistol , but unfortunately left it at homo on this occasion , not expecting to bo detained in Abergavenny so late .

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      -rotlantJ , 6 la . sgo-w Harbour . —We have much pleasure m noticing that the magnificent first-class steamer Asia , which was recently hunched at Greenock , has arrived in our harbour , having been tugged up froin the former p > rt . She has been placed alongside of the Simoom frigate , atLancefield quay , preparatory to getting in her engines . Ac , which have been constructed by the Messrs Napier . The same tide that brought up the Asia floated along with it the largest trading vessel which , we have authority for saying , has yet entered our harbour . This was the American-built ship , Huguenot , Captain . W . Gardner ,

      froighted with a cargo of cotton from Savannah , from whence she made an excellent passage . Notwithstanding her great size , measuring , we belief , nearly 1 , 000 tons register , her draught of water w » s not so great as' that of many vessels of inferior tonnngewhich have got alongside of our wharfs , being only IG * feet . This is accounted for by the circumstance of her cargo being entirely cotton , of , which she has no fewer than , 3 , 500 bales on board j the largest cargo of this description which has ever heen landed at Glasgow . Now that the capabilities of the river are becoming better known ,, we may calculate upon s eeing more frequently as large , if not larger ships in our basin . —North British Mail .

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      ' [ , . Berks' AssizBs .- ^ T uesd ^ ^ an , 6 rder in Courioil direc ' tingUhdj ensuing ' . As ' si ^ es to bo held at Abingdon ,: and : not at Reading .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR FMBrABY 16 ' ^ ^ T Y -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1561/page/6/