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      ® $£ JHetropoii * . Thb Health of Lox » on . — Eig ht hundred and ninety-nine deaths and 1 , 474 births were registered in the week mding September 7 . The mortality is , therefore , near the average ; and the births re gistered exceed the deaths by 575 . —In the first week of September last year , 3 , 183 persons -died in London ; 272 by diarrhoea , and 2 , 026 by cholera . It was the week in which the mortality was highest . In the corresponding week of the present year the deaths by diarrhoea have been 75 , by cholera S . The deaths from diarrhoea are now ranidly declining ; cholera was fatal in eight instead Of four cases , tlie number . registered in the previous week . Two of the deaths from cholera were in

      the parish of Marylebone . 35 persons ( chiefly children ) died of searlatina or putrid sore throat , 43 of typhus . The deaths from the latter disease iave been 33 27 , 33 , 40 , 43 , in the five last weeks . 60 males and 49 females died in publicinstitutions , -which is less than the usual proportion . —Uy the Greenwich observations , the mean reading of the barometer was 30-19 G inches ; the mean temperature of the air in the shade was 56 . 5 deg . through the week , 2 . 4 deg . less than the average of the last seven Tears ; the mean temperature of the Thames wa * 59 deg . Nearly an inch of rain fell on Sunday and Tuesday . The wind biew chiefly from the vest and north , and passed over Greenwich at an avera ° e rate of 50 miles a day .

      Brutai . Tbeatment of am Insane Pabpeb . — O . i Monday an adjourned inquest was taken by Mr . H . M . Wakl-y , deputy-coroner , at the Elephant and Castle , Camden-town . on ihe body of Louisa Grey , aged . forty-two , an insane pauper in St . Pancras workuou-e , whose death was alleged to have resulted from the ill-treauneni she had undergone whilst an inmate in the above workhouse . The evidence of a daughter of the deceased went to prove that her mother had been in the workhouse near twelve months , and that in March last she vr . is placed in the insane ¦ ward by the surgeon , on the ground that she was not right , in her intellect . Deceased made frequent complaints of ill-usage from the nurse of the ward , and a patient named Ann Bryan . On one occasion , on visiting her rod ' her , she said she was a murdered

      woman , and that Bryan had brntally struck her over the body and legs wiih a large stick ; she was covered with braises all over ; deceased also said she hid been repeatedly kicked by two of the male pauper , assistants who cauie to remove her from one ward to another . On one occasion she took deceased some , food , when the nurse threw it , and other things belonging to her mother , on the sanded floor . She appeared to be under the influence of liquor , and it w : ss remarked by persons visiting the ward that she ¦ was constantly drunk . Deceased was not right in her mind , but after the ill-usage she received from the nurse and Bryan she became very much worse . —Mr . J . Erichson , surgeon to University College Hospital said , he had made an examination of the body of deceased . There were bruises on the

      shoulder , back , and legs , together with some large bed-sores on the posteriors aui back . On opening the head , he found the brain much thickened , an appearance usually found in insane persons . The other . ' organs of the body were generally healthy . In Ms opinion the deceased died from exhaustion , " from the bed-sores , and . d } aease of the brain . The marks of violence cn . tbe body had nothing to do with her deatK . —Mn C . Tt > biuson , surgeon to St . Pancras workhouse , said he had attended the deceased since March last , when he had her placed in the insane ward , which is occupied by refractory , idiotic , and epileptic patients . Whilst an inmate of the ward , a quarrel took place between the deceased and a person named Bryan , when the latter seized a stick , and struck deceased repeatedly over the legs . On the

      occurrence coming to his knowledge he instantly removed deceased to another ward , and had Bryan placed under restraint . Deceased was afterwards brought back to No . 1 , the insane ward , which contained twenty-sis patients ,-with three nurses . The nurse of which deceased had complained is named Mariow , ana" he must say that she is not a very eligible person to nil the situation , as she is given to drink . He had frequently written to the board of guardians on the inefficient manner in which the duties of nurses in the infirmary were performed , and the propriety of having paid servants . Alarlow was discharged from her situation in a day or two afterwards , on account cfher conduct . He saw deceased daily , and was aware she had some bed-sores , but he cou-d . not prevent them , not having a water-bed in the workhouse , which he had frequently asked for ,

      and the subject was now under the consideration of the board of guardians . The coroner observed that there was something wrong in the management of St . Pancras workhouse , it was quite evident , as incompetent nurses were employed , and from what had lately come under his notice he thought it high time that a system of paid nurses was introduced . The jury , after a short consultation , returned the following verdict : — "That the deceased died from exhaustion , and the jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that the deceased has not been properly treated while in the insane ward ; that she has been violently assaulted by the nurse , and also by one of the insane persons ; and the jury recommend the guardians to furnish more efficient nurses , and a separate ward for the refractory patients , and also that water-beds should be provided for patients having bed-sores . "

      Manslacghteb agaixst two Men * . and a Wojiax-On Monday afternoon Mr . Bedford held an inquest at Sr , George ' s Hospital , on view of the body of George Fox , aged thirty , who died in consequence of injuries received in a desperate attack which was made upon him by several persons ,- two of whom , Robert Hayes and George Stevens ( moulders at a factory ) , with the wife of the latter , are in custody on the charge of having been accessory to his death , and have been remanded by Mr . Burrell at the Westminster Police Court . On the 3 rd inst ., about half-past five o ' clock in the evening , the deceased was on his way home to Eecleston-place , when the little girl of Stereos happened to bowl her hoop against the deceased , who took it up . Stevens went up to : him and threatened to punch his ( deceased's )

      head , who replied that if he did he ( deceased ) would servo him in the same way . They then exchanged blows . " While this was taking place Steven's wife rushed out of a beershop and struck at the deceased right and left . The deceased , in his defence , gave Mrs . Stevens a severe blow in her face , which caused the blood to flow . She instantly seized hold of him by the hair of his head with both her hands , and dragged him across the road . At the same time . Stevens , Hayes , and two other men at once struck the deceased about the head and body , from the effects of which deceased fell back over the shafts of a cart . ~ - When on the ground Mrs . Stevens repeatedly dashed his head against the ground . He succeeded In getting up , when he was again attacked by Hayes and Stevens .- Tie former knocked deceased down , who again rose . The assault was continued and eventually Hayes seized hold of the deceased round the ' waist , and flung him to the ground , at the same

      time falling upon him . While down Mrs . Stevens held his head , and he was struck under the right ear by Hayes . Some one said deceased was insensible , when Hayes observed that he was only faint , and that when he go up he would serve him out again . Deceased was taken to St . George ' s Hospital , bleeding from the ears and month . Both deceased and his antagonists had been drinking . Mr . Henry Gray , house-surgeon at the hospital , said that deceased was insensible when admitted- He died on Friday morning . On a post mortem examination he found a fracture at the base of the skull . The brain was bruised on both sides , and there was alarge quantity of blood effused in tbe membranes , which were the effect of external Injuries and the cause of death . Verdict , " Manslaughter against R . Hajes , George Stevens , and Catherine Stevens , his wife , " who were committed on the coroner ' s warrant , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute .

      A . Wifr Killed by her Husband . —On Monday Mr . Payne , the City coroner , held an inquest at the Fox Tavern , White-street , Borough , on the body of Catherine Collins , whose death was caused by the violence exercised towards her by her husband , R . Collins , on the previous Wednesday . The inquiry was commenced pro forma on Friday , and adjourned in order that a post morteai examination might be made ; the man being in the meantime taken into custody . A great number of witnesses were examined , from whose testimony it appeared that the deceased resided with her husband in New-alley , White-street , Borough . On Wednesday morning , about seven o'clock , the neighbours heard a noise of quarrelling in Collins' room , and heard him demanding money from her . The noise was repeated about nine o ' clock , when struggling and cries of murder were heard .

      Several women entered the room , and they found the woman , who was in the family way , lying on the floor , with her husband standing by her and dragging her "dres 3 . The woman immediately became very ill , and died in about half-an-hour . Mr . Morgan , a surgeon , who was directed to nnke the post mortem examination , said that lie found the eye of the deceased -woman bruised , but the rest of the body was so discoloured that it would be impossible to tell a bruise from the surrounding parts . On opening the body he found that the cause of death was the rupture of aiargevein in tbe vagina . _ The vein wa 3 diseased , but would not have burst without considerable external violence , such as a blow or a fall . " The jury after some deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter against Richard Collins , and he was committed for trial . " ' ¦ ' ¦¦

      Fatal EfFkcts of Intkmperajtce . —On Saturdavlastaninqaest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at the George Tavern , Bermondsey , on the body of a single woman named Sarah Barber , _ twenty-nine years of age , who drowned herself in the river Thames . —Henry Wainwright , a currier , said he had been acquainted with tbe deceased for three or four years She had latterly led a drunken life , and sold and pawned all her clothes and furniture to get drink . She had attempted to destroy herself on two previ ins occasions ; he believed that drunkenness had driven her mad . —Another witaess said the deceased hid been drank for three weeks before he committed

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      ? uicide . —Alfred J . Walker , a boatman , proved find' ng the body of the deceased in the f flames off BermoDdsey , and bringing it ashore . Verdict , — lhat deceased'destroyed herself whilst in an unsound state of mind , resulting from habitual and excessi ? e indulgence in ardent spirits . " Melancholy Accident . —On Saturday afternoon last , a boy , carrying a box , hailed a Paddington omnibus at the corner of Little Queen-street , and as two omnibuses belonging to rival companies were . . . . » .

      on the look-out for passengers , they both drew up together in front of the path . He got on the one nearest to him , and was in the act of seating him * self upon the roof , when the sudden Jerk of driving on threw him over the railings on to the ground , and before he had time to get up , the other omnibus , which had drawn in behind the first , also started off , and all the four wheels passed over the . poor fellow , two over his chest , and two over his legs . He was placed in a cab as speedily as possible , and con vereii to King's College Hospital , where he remains in a very precarious condition . ' . . . Broken

      Extraordinary Duration of Life with a Neck . —An inquest was held on Wednesday by H . M . Wakley , Esq ., at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of William Glover , who died in that institution on Monday last . The deceased , who . resided afc No . 40 , Laystall-street , Gray ' s-inn-lane , was a carman , and had been for upwards of fifteen years in the employment of Mr . Limpus , dust contractor . On Saturday evening he and another man were going homewards with their carts , the deceased riding on the tail board , which he bad let down to form a seat for that purpose . When they got into the King ' s Road the horse in deceased's cart started suddenly , by which the deceased was thrown with violence to the road . Hia

      companion immediately went to his assistance ; and » e was driven to the Royal Free Hospital , where he was promptly attended toby Mr . Jackson , the heuse surgeon . That gentleman made a minute examination , but could discover no further injuries than a few bruises on the back , for which he prescribed . On Sunday Glover complained of pains , and was seen by the surgeon two or three times , who considered that his illness was but slight , and that ; he would shortly be sufficiently recovered to leave the hospital . On Monday morning , however , he suddenly expired ; no dangerous symptoms having

      previously been apparent . Mr . Jackson then made a post mortem examination of the body , and discovered the cause of death in the neck , which had been completely broken , the result of the fall . During the whole of his experience he never knew so extraordinary a duration of life under such circumstances . It was his opinion that there had been merely a fracture in the bone , until the deceased . became restless in bed , which moved the bone from its former positioa , and so caused immediate death . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death by a broken neck , caused by a fall from a cart . "

      Suicide of a Child . —A boy named Wm . Perceval , between nine and ten years of age , whose -parents reside at Garden-place , Bell-street , . Vincentsquare , Westminster , died on Wednesday under the following circumstances . On Saturday afternoon he asked his mother's leave to go out to play , and on being refused he said he would go and hang himself . He went out , his mother taking no notice © f his threat , but a short time afterwards she disovered him hanging in a back shed . He lingered till Wednesday morning at eight o ' clock , when he died of lock-jaw .

      Lamentable Accidest . —A distressing accident ocenrred on the river in the course of Tuesday afternoon . Mr . Allen , a shoemaker , residing in Union-street , Chelsea , was taking a walk with his wife on Millbank , when . he observed a numberjof little bovs playing upon some logs near the Equitable Gas Works . Suddenly he heard a cry that one of them had slipped off into the water , upon which he left his wife and ran to save the child ; but unfortunately he got upon the same log , and slipped into the river also . Both man and boy perished together . The drags were quickly got into requisition , and after searching for upwards of an hour , the body of Mr . Allen was brought out , but that of the boy has not yet been found . ' .

      Extensive Fire . —On Sunday morning between two and three o ' clock , a fire , which at one period lhreatened the Royal Pavilion Theatre , broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . William Jones , a dairyman , r carrying on business at No . 9 , Pavilionyard , Whitechapel , immediately contiguous to the theatre . An alarm having been raised , a man who slept on the premises was aroused , and he effected a retreat with some difficulty . Several horses and cows which were kept in the stabling underneath were also extricated . A number of engines were promptly in attendance , but the fire was not extinguished until the portion of the premises in which it began was destroyed , the contents consumed , and some damage done to the premises on either side , numbered 8 and 10 . The window gjassin the saloon of the theatre was also broken by the action of the fire , and tbe side wall damaged . The origin of the misfortune is unknown . . ¦ ' "

      Alarming Explosion of Gas at St . Michael s Church , Cornhili .. —On Sunday evening , shortly before the commencement of divine service atSr . Michael's Church , Cornhill , an occurrence took place , which , had it been a few minutes later would , in all probability , have been attended with disastrous consequences . It appears that at the usual hour the men proceeded to light the gas preparatory to opening the sacred edifice . After some of the lamps had bean lit , it was found that the flare was not equal in height to what it had previously been , and a strong smell of gas having ¦ attracted the attention of one person ; he traced it to the churchwarden ' s , pew , when he incautiously lighted a candle to the spot . ha had no sooner done so than the light came in contact with the gas that was escaping , and an explosion took place , which knocked the man down , and set fire to the flooring of the pew . Fortunately , the damage done is not very considerable , but the churchy wardens issued a notice , that no service would be performed in the church in consequence .

      Alarmiso Fire . —On Monday morning , shortly before eight o ' clock , considerable confusion ¦ was created in the vicinity of Salmon-lane , Limehouse , in consequence of a fire breaking out in the works belonging to the Patent Metallic Composition Company , in Gloucester-place . The flames , originated in the mixing shop on the ground floor , and owing to the combustible nature of the' stock therein , the Sre travelled with great fierceness / at one time threatening destruction to the surrounding property . The mixing shop was burned out , and the contents consumed ; part'of the roof was also ' destroyed . , ' ¦ ' . !; Fire and Suspected Incendiarism . —On Tuesday

      afternoon , between two and three oclock , a , fire broke ont in the premises in the joint occupation of Mr . Child , a private gentleman , and Mr . , 'S . ' Stern , an importer of foreign cigars , in . Matthew ^ terrace , Hackney-road ; On the neighbours entering , they found one of the rooms on the second floor , which was used as a warehouse , and filled with cigars , in flames . The fire was not extinguished until Mr . Stern ' s property was nearly all destroyed , and the bnildinff partially gutted . From the inspection since inaae , it is the opinion of Mr . Stern that the premises were wilfully fired by a person in his employment . Fortunately ' his loss will be covered by an insurance in the Scottish Union fire-office . . '

      FUSERAI , OF THE I . ATE BARONESS TtOTHSCHILD . —On Monday the funeral of the late Baroness Rothschild , the widow of the late Baron Rethschild , took place . Ths remains were brought from ; the deceased ' 3 late residence in , Gunnersbury-park , near Ealiug , in a hearse drawn by four horses , followed by twenty-two mourning-coaches , containing the principal members of \ the family and a number of friends . The funeral' procession was closed by a great number of private . carriage ' s , ; which were joined by others on the road to' the Jewish cemetery in North-street , Mile-end-road . The shops in Hounelsditch and the vicinity were closed , out of rc&pect to the deceased . The delay beyond the customary time of interment is said to have been at the express wish of the deceased . 4 :

      Death of Mrs . W . Clifford . —We regret to announce the death of this actress , after a long and painful illness . Thfs melancholy even t took place on the evening of tbe 5 th inst ., at the residence of her son-in-law , Mr . W . Harrison , Frith-street , Soho . , Exhibition of 1851 . —The Building . —The first castings for the iron columns were delivered on the ground on Saturday last , having arrived the previous day at the Kensington Basin , from the foundry at Dudley . The sashes are being made in London , and it is expected that several hundred hands in a very few days will be engaged On the works .

      Seizure of an Illicit Spirits of Nitub Ma . hufactobt akd Two Stills . —Ou Saturday last Messrs . Elwy and Parseter , detective officers of Excise , made a seizure of an extensive illicit establishment , No . 1 , Cook ' s Grounds , Chelsea . On entering the house they discovered that it was fitted up as a chemical manufactory , with two stills in full operation , ' each capable of containing about seventy gallons . Besides the stills were several carboys , Containing , spirits . About 200 gallons of molasses wash were in a state of preparation forcontinuingthe operations of the stills .

      The officers found three persons in the . house , one of whom , upon seeing them , seized a large irop chisel , and struck a carboy with it , breaking it to pieces , and the whole of the contents were lost . He would have destroyed the rest had he not been prevented . The persons found in the house gave the names of Sawyer , Smith , and White , who were all given into custody . These stills , if kept at work , it was estimated , would defraud the revenue of upwards of £ 6 , 000 annually . On Friday the same offioers seized another still at a house in York-street , Bethnal-green .

      The Maryleboxe Joint Stock Bank . —The affairs of this bank , the stoppage of which , it will be recollected , caused considerable sensation , are now under the jurisdiction of the Winding-up Act . , . The Master in Chancery , Kindersley , having settled the list of contributorieB , a call has to be made to defray the liabilities . The Statck to the late Professor Samuel Cooper , F . R . S ., is completed , and a public meeting of mtv

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      1 , tety ' ¦ ' proMttiwipi ' oA '; , ; . - ' -U ^ . . . . ¦ : ¦ '"•« ¦¦¦ . ¦; - - ' i ¦ -ir . ' - ' . fjV ' i .. < * $ .. ; "¦ , i Firing Parkhurst Prison AGAiN .- ^ An att empt was bade on the 4 th inst ., by the convicjs , confined at Parkhurst , to burn down that portion of ! the establishment recently erected oh the northern side of the ibridge , upon Horse-bridge Hill , whiph is known as the-Juvenile Prison , and is generallyoccupied by the younger scions of the pilfering , community . The endeavour was first discovered , and their intention frustrated , by one of the warders named Wilson , whose attention was drawn to something extraordinary occurring by a strong smell of burning linen .

      On entering one of tho wards , the sleeping berths , which are constructed of thin and light wood similar in shape and appearance to those in the C ward dormitory , which was consumed a few weeks since , a a mass of fire was discovered in one of the cells , the flames from which were then reaching the ceiling ; the surrounding partitions were scorching with h eat , and the whole would have been in a blaze in ano ther five minutes . Assistance being procured ,: the fire was ! prevented from spreading , ' and ultimately quenched before it occasioned further injury . A strict examination was then instituted , and it was found that about a shovelful of live cinders had been obtained from one of the stoves used for heating irons in the tailors' shop contiguous , and placed on the

      floorings of the ward . Over tbis the prisoners nau placed their sheets , 'clothes ; and bedding . The fumes arising from the ignition occasioned the alarm , and this prevented the building , or a great portion of it from being destroyed . ' . : ¦ , ¦ : Attempted Assassination op a Clergyman . — Hull , Sept . 6 . —An attempt was made this morning upon the life of the Reverend R . Atihill , curate of Holy Trinity Church in this town , which has created considerable excitement . The reverend gentleman was'conversing in the market-place with . a . friend whom he had met , when a respectable man came up , and ; holding a pistol within two or three inches or Mr . jAtthill ' s headj pulled the trigger . Fortunately , although the cap exploded , the' pistol itself hung

      fire ; upon which the fellow walked unconcernedly away , saying , ' " It ' doesn ' t signify ; we shall meet again . " At first the reverend gentleman . thought a rather extraordinary joke had been played upon him ; but , recovering ! from liii surprise , lie followed the man , who -was then taken into custody . Upon examination , the pistol was found to be'loaded with ball and a proper , charge of powder , arid a powder-flask and : another bullet were discovered Upon his person . Had thepistol not providentially beenprevented from going off , Mr . Atthill must have been killed on the spot , so close wa 9 the weapon held to his head . ' The prisoner was taken immediately before the ' magUi trates , who were sitting at the time of the occurrence , and ; by them ho was committed io York for trial at

      the next assizes . His name is Edward Kelass , and , from statements made before the Court ' , lie appears to be insane , and to be suffering' under a religious monomania . ' He assigned ho motive for the outrage . A WoMAM KILLED BY HER HUSBAND ^—A t' the Harrow petty sessions on 'Saturtlaylasti "Benjamin Dorville , a labourer , aged thirty-one , was brought up for final examination , before B . Rotch , Esq ., charged with the murder of nis wife ; Louisa 'Dorville , aged thirty-two , by wounding her with a scythe . —Thcs . Watson , a labourer , said that for ' some days previous to the occurrence he had been to work with thefdeceased mowing . On the evening of the 9 th of August witness , prisoner and deceased were returning from their daily employment ; when they stopped

      at the Marquis of Granby beer-shop , where they had some beer . While they were there some angry words ensued between the prisoner and deceased , in corise quence of the latter asking her husband for some money . ' The prisoner offered her 6 s . Deceased said 5 s .: was not enough , as he' had received a' sovereign , and she and the children had / had nothing to eat all the'day . They lefttlie house , when , as the altercation continued , witness walked some distance behind them . Whilst they were proceeding along the road deceased ran away from the sjde of the prisoner , and crossed the rO 2 < J holding her bauds up to her head _ ; she exclaimed ;'' You have ; lulled me !'' The prisoner , who had a scythe in his hand , followed the deceased , and when he got up to her he made use of

      the remark , " My God , I have wounded her . " Blood was flowing largely from her ' ' -headi . The prisoner made rid attempt to escape ; The prisoner ' and the deceased hadbothbeen drinking , and the latter made use of very exasperating language towards' tlie prisoner . From the evidence of Mr . O'Callaghan , a surgeonjit appeared that he attended the deceased from the time she had the injury , until she died . The wound inf flicted by the scythe , which was four inches in length , peiie'roted . the bone . ' Upon ^ postmortem , examination ; it was found that not only was the scalp - injured ; ' but on the brain there was an abscess contaihins pus . ' Tliese injuries caused the death of

      thedeceased ;—The Prisoner said ; All I can say is this : I was trie'Worse for liquor and my wife was quarrelling with me / which caused me to strike her , not recollecting I had the'scythei in my , hand . . 1 had no ; interest " in killing her . —Mr . Rotch observed that he had ho other altei native but to commit * the prisoner to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court on the capital charge . The prisoner was cbnv ^ yed to Newgat ' e , - arid 1 witnesses bound over to prosecute . —Mr . H . Wakley , deputy-corp . ner , resumed and concluded an inquest on the body of Louisa Dqrvell ; The jury , after a short consultation 1 , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " aeairist Beniamin Dorvell . ' '' J

      Miraculous' Escapes . —Two most remarkable escapes from irnmedi | ie and sudden death took place on the South Shields branch of the York and Berwick Railway last week . A journeyman hatter canie down to Shields from Gateshead on ' what is famijiarly termed " a spree , " and after getting drunk had been put into the last train at the Low Station to go home , He hao , however , managed to ' tumble out at the High Station at Shjelds ; and staggered up the line in the dark was met by a coal train , the engine of which knocked him on the ' head , and took his Jveels from him . . "' : He fell , and the waggon ; wheel ^ fa'assed over hia right foot , mutilating it inaseycre manner , ' He wondered about , poor wretch , in ' a ^ state of stupor , until a ' , man picked him up between five ' and ' six o ' clock the next morning , and took him to . ' a public house . A policeman was sent for , who , seeing-the state he was in , bound up hia foot and head , and took him in a cart to Newcastle Infirmary . " The

      medical gentlemen there , upon examining him , found that the whole of the toes on his right font were cut off , and his scull fractured . Two days after an aged person of the name of Sarah Quibbs , very deaf , was crossing the same line at . Shields , where she had no right to be , when she was struck by a coal train , and knocked between the rails in front . of the engine . She lay on her back until thirty-threecoal waggons passed over her , without doing her ' the least injury , except grazing her ancle . Dbstuuction of Faum Produce by Fire .- * -A fire broke out on Saturday night last at Gadbridge Farm , near Maidenhead , which ended in the destruction of ten corn ricks and a large double-bayed barn , which was filled with unthrashed corn . The engines from Maidenhead and Bray were quickly on the spot , and by great exertions succeeded in saving the farmhouse and other buildings . The farm i 3 in the occupation of Mrs . Hamatori , whose property is insured in the Royal Exchange .

      Lamentable Occurrence . —Last week , a melancholy accident , which arose out of the reprehensible practice of discharging fire-arms near a public thoroughfare , took place in the neighbourhood of Richmond . A young gentleman , thb ; son of a publisher , carrying on business in the vicinity of Coventparden , and who resides at Richmond , was amusing himself by firing off a duelling pistol ' loaded with bait ; in Blacft Horse-lane , Marsh Gate , in theMmbdiirte vicinity of the Richmond Railway , an& ' aeross which lane the line is on a level . A gateman named William Newman is stationed there . It is stated that the young gentleman asked Newman to let him put a mark in the post of one of the gates for him to lire at ; which Newman consented to , and tho first ball the gentleman fired misled the mark , passed through the hedge on the opposite side , and lodged in the elbow of Charles Howse , a i ^ voom , living in Grosvenor Mews , Richmond H . ill , who was at that time talking to a young WQIMW The bones of the aim

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      were completely smashed , the ball being buried in the larger-bone . : ; The young gentlemanrbeingiinformed of the mischief he had caused , procured ^ fly , arid proceeded with the - wounded' man to Twickenham , attended by Mr .: Wellington , who : was : of opinion that amputation should be resorted to ' , and recommended his removal to Bartholomew ' s Hospital . This was done oh Thursday night , and it was found necessary to :, amputate , the ^ arm from- 'the ' shoulder . The wounded man still remains in an uncertain state . . •• According to the Norfolk Chronicle , the Protectionists of Cambridgeshire have resolved to recommend Mr . 'Sergeant Byles to the electors , , as a suitable candidate in the event of a vacancy . ; i ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦¦ :- ¦ ¦; .... _ .. .. .

      The Rate Pa vkhs in Lancashire , ; with whom originated the movement for applying the representative principle to the nomination and election of county , financial boards , are preparing to take the field , with a view to renewing the agitation of that question . -:.:.: ; . : •; ' The Vacant Seat for : Herefordshire . —The remains of the lamented deceased member for Herefordshire were last week conveyed from Lpndonto their final resting place , near Crickhowel , in South Wales , where Mr .. Bailey ,: sen ., the member for Bre * conshire , and the father of the deceased , owns extensive estates and mineral property . The deceased has left a widow and six children .. It is rumoured that a brother of the late member will be put in nomination . : : ¦ ; .: .. '••• : . .

      Pools Election . —It was supposed until lately that the contest for the representation of this borough would lie between ¦ Mr . Savage , - Mr . Seymour , and Mr . jTurner , of Woodcote . Surrey . Afourth candidate , however , has appeared in the . person of Mr . James Adam Gordon , from whose address to theelectors the HampshiraAduertiscr publishes the following extract!— 'M . am afree trader , on conviction of some years' standing . I am not in despair for agriculture , although my fortune depends entirely upon it . Hook to the prosperity of other great national , interests to aid in relieving it from . ' »¦ temporary depression , increased by panicmongers , and which , on my word

      and honour ; I do not believe protection can-do . -If returned by you , I will , for my own sake as well a § yours , look sharply into the national expenditure . ' ; I think I may aasure . you . that it will take a very sharp flogging indeed before I vote for keeping up the exr pensive farce of an African-squadron , or approvingof Earl Grey ' s colonial blunders . ^ I fear I am old enough to , have had experience , and to know , the gentlemanlike relations which should exist between a ' . member : and his constituents ,. however the strictness of the laws may require a most respectful , and guarded respect for their enaotments , andyou may depend upon it I willnot give one drop of beer or wine ! to any voter whatever . " : ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . > ¦ : - -m .- ; . . ¦; ¦; _ . '! L-v

      •'• Machisert : Accidbnt . —An accident of .. a very shocking kind occurred on . the 6 th < inst ., to a boy about fourteen years old , named George Fortund , whois emplbyedat Mr . Lambert ' s'factory ,-Two Mile Hillj Birmingham . He was engaged in making screws , and was in the actof passing the engine strap over the wheel when . he . was caught by ^ he . wrist , his arm broken and . twisted .. backward , and his body doubled up and ! drawn ' : round the shaft five orsix times before he could be extricated , his person being compressed each time under a beam which reached to within six inches of the shaft . - Mr . Bigg , surgeon , of Kingswood -Hill , was . sent for and found him all but dead , with the side of his chest forced in , both his arras and thighs fractured , and . with his face quite black from fclie blood having : been forced into the capillary vessels . Mr . Biggs caused him to : be . conveyed to the infirmary , where he lies in , a hopeless State .- : ¦¦ : ¦ :. ¦ , ¦¦ ¦ :. ;¦ ' .. j ; yi .: ;; .-¦ . ; : ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦;¦¦

      Child Murders at Liverpool . —About ten days since the body of a female child was found murdered in afield , at Halewood . On Sunday night , the body of an 'infant . was found near Warwick-street ; on Tuesday the body , of another infant was found in a midden , in Crown-street ; and on Thursday , the body of a child , two months old , was found in a midden heap , in a field at Kensington . ¦ There is little doubt of these infants having been murdered . * : ' - . ¦ ¦! « . .. Accident on the Eastern Godntiks RAifWAT .-rr On Monday asithe trainifrom-London to Enfield , which left Shoreditch at 10 h .. 30 m . a . ih .,-neared . the terminus at the EnBeld statkin , throughsome mismanagement of the driver , who neglected to shut-off the steam in time to check its progress , at some 250

      or 300 yards , at which : distance ffoin its destination the tickets are collected , an alarming accident-occurred . Fortunately it was attended : with less-. serious consequences than might have been anticipated .. The train , urged by its unchecked momentum , swept , on , and coming in contact with the safety buffers at the extremity of the shed , forced them . down , despite their massive construction . Tho shock was of course severe , and we regret , to say that twelve pa ^ sen ^ ers were more or . less injured , two . severely . ; Two gentlemen lie , in a precarious state . The . carriages Were literally , smashed , 'and the female occupants suffered severely . in person and dress : Theguardand fireman both leaped from the tender , and were much : cut about theheadandface . On the transmission of the

      intelligence to ,- Stratford , another driver was sent with an engine to take charge of 'the train , when , by way of climax to the mischance , the locomotive , ini . stead of being checked before corning to . tbe platform , was | run clean through the shed , carrying away a considerable portion ofits farther end ., ; : ; i . ' " . The Strike on theEastebn Counties . Railway . —At theTownhall , Colchester , on Monday , a charge of assault was preferred . by James Home , a ftfeman in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; against George Baker , a fireman formerly enr gaged by the said Company . It appeared that , both complainant and defendant were among the number of hands who sent in their resignation to tu ' e ! . railway

      board a short time ago ,. and ; subsequently the : conip'lainant ( wliohad been twelve years engaged upon the railway ) gave the matter a Eecpnd thought , and succeeded in getting himself reinstated iii . his situation , which it appeared caused the . displeasure 1 of the defendant , who met him at the Albert . beerhouse , near the railway station , and : without any apparent provocation ,-first taunted and insulted him , by pushing him about the room ; and afterwards struckhi » i violently in the face with his'fist ; which was the assault com-, plained of . The magistrates fined the prisoner 40 s ; :, and 15 s . expenses ; in default he . would be committed to : tho County House of ' Correction for twenty-one ays . Defendant paid the money . - : ' ; , ; , , ;* , . " Singular Funeral at < Harwich . —On the

      death of Captain Deane , who was formerly a : comr manderof one of the mail > packets that sailed from this : port , it soon became generally known , that he had given certain instructions relating : to his funeral . Peculiar in his life , he exhibited . this j trait in his last moments , by-directing that his remains should be conveyed to their last resting place ; three days after . death , - in his farm -waggon * and that four seamen and four farm servants should act as bearers ; . ' consequently , ; on ; the 3 rd iuat .,. great numbers of the inhabitants assembled to : witness the singular cortege , which was arranged , in . the following order : —Coach , ' with two curates of , the parish and doctor ; waggon , lined with iblack serge , iconr taining the body of . deceased ; ' drawn by four horses ,-driven hy two -of his peasants ; mourning : coach ; . with members of the family : and a . fly ; : with , the nurses and servants . The singularity of the scene appeared to enger . der other feeelings than those usually attendant on this solemn rite . ,. ; -. : ; ¦ ,

      Tub Poisonings ^ t . Claverino . —Sarah Chesham , the alleged poisonpr , was again brought up at Newport gaol before Mr . Birch Wolfe , one of the county magistrates , for re-exmination , on the / charge . of having destroyed her husband , Richard Chesham ; by administering arsenic to him . ¦< The proceedings lasted nearly five hours , and twelve or fourteen persona were examined , , A masa of cu'cunjstnntiivl evidence was adduced ; as to procuring , poison and administering it , and one ; witness , it is said ; swore positively to . the prisoner having confessed'giving poison to the child of Lydia . Taylor , and herintentionof destroying the mother .-. ; -At . the close of-the pi'oceedinga the , biineh dotGi-minod on romancing the prisoner , in order to procure other important evidence .

      . Dbath on a Railway . —Tlie dead- body of a respectably dressed man was found . 011 Monday morning , on tho Liverpool branch" of tho London and North-Western Railway , between Eccles and Patricroft . Both his logs had been cut off by a , train passing over him ; but , whether ho was a person who had been crossing the line , or thrown , himself in tho way o , f a train , with the view of suicide , ; cannot be ascertained . There , were no papers in his pocket which could lead to a discovery of : who he was , nor has ho been identified by : any friends . It was at first thought he might have-been a passenger , and had fallen off a train , but no . ticket , waa found upon him . Tho driver of a lato train on Sunday evening recollects feeling a jerk of . the : t engine

      on or about : thc spot , aud says ho looked behind , as well as the darkness would allow him , but ,, seeing nothing , concluded thutone of the wheels had come in contact merely with . 1 bad joining of the rails . The unfortunate man appeared to have beon dead some hours when found . Tho uody bus since been identified . ' It was Mr , John ¦ feet , formerly ; in ,. a respectable position of lifo in Manchester , but latterly much reduced in ciroumstaneos , and . there is too much reason to feav- that he had sought . destruction ; Two acquaintances met him on Saturday , when he exhibited the only shilling ho'had . lctt , observing to them , " This is the laBt of the , Moln . cans . " The unfortunate gentleman was about sixty yearsofage . . , , ..: -, , .

      ; Submarine Teiegraph , liTERrooi . —Experiments avo about to be madeon tho Mersey , ^ s ^ th the view ofcftrryijRgv an , . e / leetrie telegraph fee across therivortoBirkohhead . , ,- . : Prioe of Gas . —The directors of the Sunderland Subscription Gas Light Company have announced that , from , tho greatly increased consumption of that article , they have been enabled to reduce the gross pnoo of gaa from five shillings to four shillings . pe » one thousand oubio feet ,, subjeot to a discount of twenty-five per cent , for pay ment during the month atter tho close of each quarter , making the net wio « i three shillings , at which puce they . are pre pared trj treat With consume for a tovm of years , "

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      : : -- ,:. . . ¦ . .- ~— .:. - >¦ ¦ ^ $ ' -A ! WoMAff , 0 P . SfiRiT . ^ -At the ; Liverpool . police court , a few days since ; ' ; a charge of . smuggling was preferred against a respectable looking young woman , named Bridget Loftus , a passenger by the Duchess of Kent , ( rom Dublin , that rmorningi ; : The rotundity of her figure attracted attention , and on examination it was found that seven bladders , 1 containing six gallons and a quart of whiskey , were concealed around her person . The prisoner was ordered to pay £ 10 , or in default to be imprisoned . ¦ i Sbrious AcciDENia on Chatham Links . —On Monday afternoon . a coroner's jury assembled at the Queen ' s Head Inn , Brompton ; touching the death of Hugh M'Grath / a pensioner of the CGtb regiment of foot , which was caused by falling into the trench —— - ^——*—^ ^* "

      surrounding ihe garrison . The deceased had been to the races on Friday , and , after the races were over , he , like many others , went to a drinking booth , and remained with others drinking , and seeing the . dancing until night , when he left - to go home to his house at Brompton . The night was very dark , and he must have mistaken the road , as he was found the next morning by some workmen lying at the bottom : of the ; : trench near , the Sallyport , apparently dead . Information . was-, giveri to the sentinel , and assistance given , andthe man was removed . He died a fewhours afterwards . Upon examination of his person his shoulder was found to be out of place , several of his ribs broken , and he wasotherwise seriously injured . ' A verdict . of"Accidental death " . was returned . —The same night that the above accident occurred , Serjeant Powell * of the Royal Marines ,-who is payeerjeant of , the division , was also found lying in the trench .- By his

      fall his right shoulder is dislocated , and three of hia ribs are broken .-He was conveyed to Melville Hospital , and faint hopes are entertained that he will rocdver . —Several other acoiiJerits" occurred , and Mrs . Green , of Wood-street ; Brompton , had her right leg broken ; and a young woman , " whose name is unknown , broke her , leg ,. arid " she was . otherwise very seriously hurt ! ' 'It is evident from the occurrence of so many accidents , " that something is required to warn person s of the dangerous position oftho trench ' .- The , depth varies from twenty ... to thirty , feet , arid there is no railing to prevent persons falling | n . : ' ' . .. ' . . ; .. ¦ y . SyppbsisD Incendiarism . — On Sunday morning a destructive -fire -occurred in the farm-yard' of Mr . i Fellis ; innkeeper ; Rutherglen-bridge .. Much was donoi in . oheoking and' confining , the progress . of ; the : flames ; . notwithstanding , a . considerable amount of ! daniige . ' / was inevitabl y effected by them . , The' origin of tho disaster' is imputed to incendiarism . - : ; ' ' ; ¦ ¦ •'

      ; PoreouiNOfby Eating Punoi . —On the 6 th msfc . an inquest , was held , at the Commercial Tavern , Hotwells , on the , bodies of Caroline , aged thirty years ; and James Rees ,: aged three years . The deceased persons were the wife and child of Mr . James 'Rees , carpenter , Merchant ' s-parade , Hotwells . —Mary Jane Jones , his servant ; deposed that Mrsi Rees ; and . the ; apprentice . went to . ; Abbot ' s Leigh on busmess , and the apprentice , brought some mushrooms home in his apron , and Mrs . Rees desirea her to cook them . for her ; by her directions they were'broiled ; on the gridiron ; without peeling them . ¦ ; When they were done Mrs . Ress put pepper , salt , and butter on them , and ' she and three of the children , James , Henry , and William , . partook of them . ' The apprentice said he ' . had eaten some of them raw as he walked home , and he had some also after they " were dressed ; ' They were quite a plate-!

      ful , of large mushrooms in pieces afteythey were dressed , ^ Mrs . Rees said ; she liked them so well that ; she had eaten them all . Next morning found her , mistress veiy' ill . Took , the ' children ' s-, dinner to school ; and found that two of them were sick . At half-past four they'came'horrie ' very sickl James was jbr ' oughfc . home ) in ; thel afternoon '; and diedori Thursday evening .- —Richard ,. Gill ; - the apprentice , aged fifteen years , deposed , that by . . Mrs . Rees ' s directions , "h e ! , gathered some , largo , mushrooms , three 'in '' all , ' and carried them' honie , , whero they werd dressed-for ' supper , arid he had a little ; but was thericalled away . He had previously eatetfsome in " a ' raw state : on his way ; home , , He was -taken ill With , pains in his head , and was sent home after having a dose of castor oil . , ; Ile . had been ill over since and confined to his bed . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental killed by eating , poisonous fungi . " ' - ' I . -.- ; .. ; : ; . - : . • :. ' :. -.- ¦<{ -: ¦ : : :- . .

      ' Poisonous Eungi . —In consequence of the-late shocking case of ppisoning a family at Bristol , and of representations made to the magistrates of that city- that : persona were in the habit of bringing poisonous fungi into the public market and palming them off upon the , unwary as mushrooms , an examination was made bri'Saturday last , and the officers succeeded in seizing a basketful of socalled mushrooms , which presented a suspicious appearance ; . They were , taken to the-station-house and submiUed-to the examination of a competent judge , who found . that only twelve of the whole lot were veritable mushrooms , " tho ' . remainder being cheshrooiris , which , although sometimes used in making catsup , are ver ^ darrgevons to persons eating - them :-: ; The parties exposing them were Uken : before . the-justiceSj , but , ifc turned out that they had , merely . actod as agents for ano ther person , and we ' re ignorant of the true character of the fungi . "' : •' . ' " ;;¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . "• *'' . ' ! ; ¦'' . '' "''

      HiGnwAT . Robbery and violence . —At the Borough Court Manchester , oft Tuesday , three men , named William Biggies , Thomas Exton , and Andrew M'IntrO ; wore brought up on remand , chnrged with robbing . and ill-treating . an old man named Thomas Whitehouse , on thenight of Tuesday week . The prosecutor had . been : in the hospital at : the Manchester workhouse , and was unable to appear against the prisoners until Tuesday .- It appeared that 'ho ' resides at Birch Hoath , near Tarporloy , in Choshire , and 'had . been harvesting . in Yoi-kshire , and was on his return home at the time of the

      robbery . Ho had , however , come into Manchester in the ; morning of the day named , and unfortunately fcll : into , the company of the : three prisoners , who induced him to accompany them to several , publichouses ; where he , paid for drink . . The . last place visited was the Pox Inn , Jackson ' s-row , where he left between eight . and nine o ' clock , and went on the : Chester-road : When near , the Bull's Head Inn he stated ! that . he . was attacked by the . three pi-ir sonei's , ' two of whom carried him through some

      raiHng 3 ? into a field , tho other covering his mouth to prevent him giving an ; alarm . They then ill-used him and : took 12 s . 6 di from his pockets . He lay there for a while until he was discovered by a soldier . Mr . Hardin appeared . for the : prisoners . , -Ifc was elicited from , tbe landlady , of the , last publichouse they were in that the prisoners did not leave trie houso for . some time after the : prosecutor had gone . ' The old man , Lhowever , distinctly swore to the prisoners beingthe men who attacked him , and they-were committed to'the assizes . .

      ' Poacuino . —William'Rowley , John Rowley , and Uenry Rowley , fntherand'two sons , were charged on Mondivy h \ st with poaching on lauds in the occupationof II . Russell , Esq ., - near Little Bloxwich , Walsall . It appears .-that for some considerable time past great havoc has been made amongst the game ' -in-the-preserves belonging to the various g'enuemeri in' that part : of the country , in consequence of which tliej ^ agreed to issue a number of placards offering- "¦» reward for the apprehension and conviction of persons implicated . In many pni-ts where tKo : game was most abundant a number of bushes had been placed for their protection , and on the evening of the 29 th ; whilst going over some of the grounds , one of the keepers observed that a number of them had-been removed in the place whore the partridge most abounded , which gave some suspioioii- 'thivb there was something intended at night .

      Duwhg tho evening ho obtained the assistance of severaTothers , who , along with him , planted : themselves hear the spot where tho bushes had been removed . : Lato in the night the three prisoners made their , appearance , when they all three commenced placing a net , and in-a short time they started some partrioges into it , it being placed where the bushes had been removed . The hidden party then advanced and secured all the prisoners . On examining the net there were . 'found six partridges which they had caught . ' -The prisoner Henry Rowley , is a teacher in a Sunday-sohool- belonging to the primitive methodist connexion at the place whero he resided . They all three were then committed for . three months' hard labour , and afteawards to fkd bail for twelve months , themselves in £ 10 and two sureties of £ 5 each , or to be further imprisoned fop six months . . . * ¦ > . .

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      Religious Intolerances—Wo seldom meddle with the conduct of local ; pub ! ic botlies ^ nofc of ou ' r ^ oVn neighbourhood , but -we . canrfot'help noticing ? the proceedings' of the Greenoek"Parochial Board , when considering the religious- privileges of paupers asrevortea in the QreenockAdvertiser 6 f FtU day Amotion to the ; following efiect . was brought before . the meeting :- " That permission bogiven by this board for the Catholic children , and others of the same ' persuision in the poor ' s house ; to assemble in a room set apart , ' < m ¦ Sundays ; or on any other dav thought most convenient , for the purpose of re .

      ceiving religious instruction-orphans , and deserted childrin included- ^ and that the religion professed by the parents of orphans ond deserted children be registered agreeably to the 23 rd rule of the house regulations . " It waa met by an amendment in theseterms : —' . ' That all the children in the poor ' shouse be , brought up in accordance with the religious persuasion of - the majority of the , heritors and ratepayers of this community . " The amendment —we are sorry for tho tolerance and _ gdod sense of our countrymen to say it—was carried by a . large niaiority . —Scotsman . ' .: :-, ' ¦¦' .- ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ %

      Birth ExTRAORDi \ AnT at Wombwell s BoyaT MRNAGF . niE . —Another of the , splendid lionesses contained within this collection gave birth to two . remarkably fine cubs last week ; and , strange to say , they' are pure white ! Mr . Wombwe'l states that he has bred ' lions ; &c , for upwards of forty years , but never know or heard of such an occurrence previously . ' . .-. -. ' ..... IscRBASKD Valuk op LxunEn Propehtt . —We ( Edinburgh Courant ) are glad to find that there ia an increasing demand for investments in landed property at improved ; pric . es ; : The fine estates of Calrossie and Glastullich , in Easter Ross , have jusfc been purchased by Sir Charles Ross , of Balnaffowan . Bart .. « it the price of 460 , 000 .

      Working op the FxoTORr Act . —A singular meeting was reported in Tuesday ' s Glasgow Mail—tha first meeting we have observed . The Factory Act does not directly interfere with . adult , male labour . Operatives falling within that description are sun . posed to be able to make arrangements with their employers ; regarding hours of labour and wages for work , although no statutory . obligations exist . One house in town determined to dismiss their female and juvenile operatives , and work twelve hours daily . The experiment , if correctly described to us , is , we believe , quite legal , although it may not be profitable ; : on the latter part of tho subject thei gentlemen interested must judge for themselves . In the meantime their adult ,, male operatives have struck work , and anneal for aid to the trades .

      We doubt how far the trades generally will be inclined to assist them : The new arrangements would so evidently correct various evils charged upon the factory system , that many individuals may be disposed , to see a fair rtrial of the scheme . We do nofc fully comprehend the . plan , as hitherto the . labour of comparative children and females has been considered necessary in the business , but the practical department is for the judgmentof interested parties alone ; : while the moral result , in the substiution . of a certain quantity of adult male labour for thafc of femalesand children , must . be favourable in a short period to the . factory districts and their population . : ThR Dundee Short Time Committee has been dissolved '; but it is alleged that the factory operatives of that place are dissatisfied with the , compromise of which the act of last session is the result .

      The Dundee Advertiser says they are preparing to agitate again for the shortening of tho factory labour to its former limits . - Fatal Sdkoical" Operation . —A few days since a workman named Mungo Campbell met with his death . under the following , circumstances : —Deceased ; had . upon his neck a wart or protuberance of considerable size , the situation and appearance of ;; which gave 'him much annoyance , but in no way impaired his general health . It appears that he . had . applied , ; from time to time , to several medical men , wiih the view of having the growth removed ,-but they all declined the responsibility of performing an operation , as the protuberance lay immediately over , or contagious to , the carotid

      artery , and was the growth of seven years . Disappointed in these applications , Campbell waited upon a young Irish surgeon in Cowcaddens District , at the date of which we have referred to , who at once undertook the operation . Campbell accordingly submitted , the cutting process was performed in the back shop of the young doctor , the protuberance was removed ; but the carotid artery being injured , the man died in about . twelve hours afterwards , having literally bled to death . The case was reported to the authorities , the doctor has been apprehended , and is now undergoing an examination , with a view to being cominitted for trial . The Officers of tiie Orion Since their Conviction . —On heing removed to the Calton gaol ,

      Williams appeared to be 111 extreme dejection , and submitted in silence to the usual operation of exchanging his own clothes for tho prison dressj which consists of a coarse suit of dark grey cloth and : canvas shoes . His conduct since . his incarceration has been exceedingly exemplary , and has enlisted the sympathies of all who come in contact with him . We understand he is mild ; civil , and not a little communicative , now that the first 6 hoek of his unexpected sentence is somewhat deadened . He has givon-an account of his feelings on becoming aware of the . perilous course of the Orion , and immediately . succeeding the wreck , which' cannot fail to be interesting to our readers , He states that he had not the slightest idea of'danger till tho land

      was seen right ahead , when he . instantly became aware of the impossibility of escaping it . . Nevertheless , he . immediately ran to the wheel , and endeavoured to give , another direction to the vessel , but : tup fruitlessness of all efforts to prevent the approa ' chinsr . eatasti'ophe he saw at a glance , and the agony of bis mental suffering at that moment , and ever since , has been of the most intense description . Ilo . is much , calmer now , however , and feels much relieved when an . opportunity presents itself of giving expression to his " feelings of- mortified professional skill , and of deep rugre ' t for the awful catastrophe he unconsciously occasioned—for he fully admits the possibility of his having given an erroneous course .. to the . steersman , although how ho could have done so' is a mystery even to himself . ' Cfiptain Henderson , we regret to say ; has not conducted'himself in so beeomins sv manner as

      the inferior officer ; - He displays more impatience and moroseness than vexation at tho severity of his sentence , or tho loss of reputation and position in society . The regulations . of'the prison , we understand , were enforced in his case with as much gentleness as they admit of , and regard for his feelings . required ; but the painful ' duty of the officers Wiis rendered still , more unpleasant by the ill-considered-behaviour of the unfortunate man himself . We ' have- received some' further particulars respecting the * conduct of Captain Henderson ; but what wo havo given will suffice to show his demeanour after his conviction .. On ; a medioal certificate from the surgeon of the Calton Gaol , Captain Henderson was , on Friday , removed to the , General Prison at Perth , where he is to undergo the ^ remainder' of his sentence .- ^ North British Mail . ¦ ; ' ' " ¦/ ¦ '

      Sale of tiie- Stranded Whale at Mcsselburgh . —The huge . carcuse of thewhalo stranded and captured at . Musselburgh on Tuesday afternoon , has been exposed to ' public . rpup on the Links there . The competition was riot very spirited , and tbe animal was ultimately purchased by Messrs . Miller and Arthur , Leith , for £ 26 .

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      SrcianD , More Evictions . —Tho sub-sueriff of tho King ' a county , with a strong party of police , proceeded lasc week to evict eleven families on the lands over which the late , Mr . Pyke was agent ; - It was the case of the same ejectments , on account of which that unfortunate mnn is supposed to have been murdered . Sevan &f the evicted families wero re * admitted to possession . Mbrber of a CARBrAKKR .-7-The Tippimvy Free Press states that a eare-taker , named Thomas Battens , was-fired at on the road near Soily , on the 29 th ult ., and died the following day from tho . wounds inflicted on him . ;• ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦• •

      Incendiarism . —The King ' s County Gbronicle statsfc that a large hoase , which had been used for a baan K and contained corn that had bee ^ seized h y plxi James Enraght , of Lusmagh , was / burned tc tihoground on Monday last , and a lasga quantity «^ tha corn consumed . . ' - Tiik Potasqk Disease . —Tha ^ liuieWcfe ' Cfo-onich says : —From Tralee to . Waieuville , neaiv Cahicirveon , thore-is not one fields garden , or-plot of ground under potatoes fre ^ frmn disease ^ Tenants have ruined themselves by -fehis precarioxiB crop , and many o £ thesa . pawned their beds to «« t seed . DEeaKASK in the l > d » Bi , ATioN . —The effects of am ) ^ , emigration , and clearances , ave manifest in alt the accounts ftom the soutbwn and western

      disquiets . Mr . Jan » & Simpson , praoticnl instructor « RttW the Irish A § vioultuval Sooioty , in the well ' taown union of Scbull , county of Cork , saysA ia nialast report ^ "From every Information 1 eeu \ & pollect during the'last seven months , the number of inhabitants . ia : this union has decreased nearlv onehalf ; " bui , after going through a vwicty of details « 8 to th . Qi . past and present condition of tho union , he savs-. *» Agricultuval improvement is pTCgressing steadily in this poor union . " 11 CaoPLiFTiNb in > Wicklow . —A- correspondent ot tho Carlow Sentinel thus writes from Tullow , in the

      WHnty Ot . Wichlow ;— " 1 beg . to communicate tbe particulars of an outrage ivhich ., took place a & *? days since in this district . It appears that a considerablo amount of property belonging to-a man named Michael Tracj , of Liscoleman , county -Wicklow- ' wns under seizure by virtue of Her Majesty ' a writ of fieri faciaSi addressed to the S benn of Wioklow , at tho suit of Bridget Brannon and Edward Byrne . The property consisted of eleven acres of oats , four acres of barley , threo acres oi lneadowing , twonty-seven cocks of hay , with a quantity of turnips , household furniture , &o . * bailiflf was placed in charge of the property on tno

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      stotlaitii . . Tns Gams Laws . —A few days since Thomas Burnet , gamekeeper to his Gaaco the Duke of Roshouvghe- at Gfeenhlll , fell ia vith thsee poachers upon th © Duke ' s lands d Blackdean , in the parish of Mon-ebattle . / They , - refused to leave the ground when ordered to doi so , and one of them shot a > blackcock in his presence , which another of theniBicketfup . : Bume ^ who was- riding upon 9 , pony ,, continued to follwv them » and on his calling to souja shepherds at % short distance , the poachers mad&oif ifrom the Buke's lands ^ and went over tho hill on to Aiichope . / Tho gamokeeper still followed and . on coming up saw thenx squatting on the eraaiMi ; on comW nearer to them thev 3 Dran » : t . n

      their teet , and oae , of them presented hi 3 gun and fired , when the . shot took effect on the pony . Burnet then turned / to leave , there being no oneto assist him , wb « n the other two shots were fired , both of which tw > k effect on the pony , and partly on one of tho ga , ^ kP . epev ' s arms . Vis Wt Sli | htly in jured ; >» V . tiie pony has received a considerable ^ uinbw ^ the shot in the neck and shoulder Bur net knew alIthe three men , whose names are John Tajlor , ' William Taylor , and Andrew Youn » * n EB' ^ W ? nTft y l 0 l > ^ since beeTappS honied and lodged m gaol , aud warrants are out ^ inst the nthertwof Warrants have hoe ^ S » gainst William Taylor for tho last -yeavor xwo for poaching and assault upon the parses who . detected ( S&hlm ttheOffiCeV ^ ^ ^ ^^

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      —— H—i ^———^— cal men will shortly be convened , to decide where i shall be placed . Opinion appears to be divided between University College Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons : ¦ T ; The Governors ov the London IIospita ' i , have elected the Duke of Cambridge president of the institution , in the room of his late father . ' New Mode of Advertising . — The inventive genius of the advertisers has adopted a rather hovel and amusing mode of bringing their wares before public notice . On the 6 th inst . a dog , covered over with advertising placards , perambulated the Strand and ¦ Fleet-street , attracting particular notice , and exciting much amusement . The quadruped ' appeared to be fully conscious of the importance of his office , and marched along the street : with great dign ty ; andgravity . . V > A Runaway Hobsb . —On Sunday forenoon , as Mr . Thompson , the wholesale shoe manufacturer of Church-street , Spitalfields , was proceeding down

      Snow-hill in a four wheeled phaeton , accompanied by his wife , another lady , and one of hia children , his horse took fright , and ran away at a furious pace . The animal was not stopped until it dashed with great violence through . the shop front of Messrs . Emery , linendrapers , at the corner df Farringdon * street and Holborn-bridge . The amount of damage caused by the collision was very considerable , the plate glass windows being shivered to atoms , and the stock and fittings much injured . Mr . Thompson received some severe bruises . The horse was bad ly cut , land the phaeton was dashed to pieces ; but the females fortunately escaped with very trifling injury . , A : New Place of Amusement . —* Mr . Batty , of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre , has succeeded in obtaining premises and land in the neighbourhood of Hyde-park , which , during the Exhibition of 1851 , ho intends converting into a Hippodrome , on precisely the same scale as the one in Paris . < . .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1591/page/6/