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      %% t i&mopoliP , - Loxrox dokiso the Week . —The flSAtiB o * . f * he metropolitan * ii 3 tricts in deaths TegteWJSZfaasyZ&Sza . Excluding the week en « Qf morality was ws& last year , ^ K ^ pidemlc , the deaths at pH » e ' SSaSsfes' ^ I-as S ^ S'SSKFisSfl spass ^^ Aitt plmnts seem to prevail to a a unusnal sstent at the present time . BuUyphv" bers 47 persons us its victims , and ^ uj d . ^ n ^ ^ . P ft _ increase . hcre i . rf ^ . QM Town

      ob-J ^ serves that it br ^ increased considerably in his district dunng the Iasfc m 0 I , tb , The deaths from diarrlioaadir ^ j ^ usuil in this month , and last week th numbered 7 S . There were only i deafts ' ^ jjj cholera ; two of these happened to ? ° ™ ' z persons , and two men of somwrtat advanced ^ tf The births in the week were 1 , 400 . At tho " Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tho main reading of the harometer was above 30 in . « a every day of tne week ; it wa 3 highest on Sunday and Monday ; the wean of the week was 30175 . in . The mean tcmperAtsre of the week was 55-S , and less than the average of the same week in T ^ ears by 4 * 4 . The mean tempera tare was less tteffl the average dur ' ms the who ' e week .

      Robberies tbom a SrascsirnoN-Box to iue Exhibition of 1851 . —For seme weeks past several mysterious robberies have been committed from a subscrip tion-box belonging to the Maryleboee committee appointed to eolket fund 3 in aid « f the Grand Industrial Exhibition in 1851 , whit fc stands in the hall of the Poly teo ' anic Institution . Although the directors attempted to detect the delinquent by various contrivances their efforts were unavailing , until one night dering last week , whilst Murphy , the front entrance porter was about retiring to rest , he perceived a diminutive lad , earned John Birch , employed as ? m attendant on the printing machine at work on the premises , stealthily approach the bos , which had been removed into his

      room for security , and attempt the lock . On arresting him , after some equivocation he admitted that he had been in the constant habit of sleeping in a small waste-paper cupboard near the machine ; on exathiuiug which , different valuable articles ¦ were fonnd ready packed for immediate removal . The simple demeanour of the urchin ( being only IS Tears old ) had diverted suspicion from him , but on searcbin" his residence numerous implements devised for tampering with locks were found , as also penny numbers of the livesof Jack Sheppard and other notorious characters . The nmouut abstracted from the box must have been considerable . Rescue from . Drowsing . —A few days ago a boy / ell overboard from a b . irse l 7 in < r in the Grand

      Surrey Docks , near the premises-of Moore , one of the mea employed by the company . The moment the alarm was given Moore started out from his house , plunged , into the water , aad Drought up the boy fronfuuder the barge in a state of completeuHsensibility . Moore ' s wife was washing at the time , and atob of . hst water being ready , she placed the poor child in it , and , before professional assistance could be procured , had the satisfaction to restore him in a few minutes to consciousness , and took him home to his parents next morning in perfect health . The life of the boy wa 3 the fifth human life saved by Moore in the Surrey Docks , and the eighth he has saved during his own life by his intrepidity and coolness . The dock company presented him with

      a small gratuity , and instructed their secretary to communicate the particulars of the accident to the Royal Humane Society . CoCKiGEOTJS COSDCCI OP A FRESCH GeXTLEMAX . —A Captain of the National Guard at St . Pierre les Calais , named Millien , now on a visit to this country , has been instrumental in saving the lives of two children , who would inevitably have been lost but for his timely and humane conduct . On Saturday morning , about half-past eleven o ' -clocfc , SI . Millien was passing over the Kingsland-bridge , and hearing cries for help , hastened to the direction ¦ whence they proceeded . Finding that some one was at the bottom of the canal he immediately plunged

      in and brought up the body of a child , and hearing that there was another , he made another plunge , and another was saved , in the presence of a great number of spectators , amongst whom was Dr . Lod-• wick Burchell , of 1 , Kingsland-road , whose exertions soon restored the unfortunate little ones to consciousness apd life . It has been the good fortune of M . Millien to have saved twenty-two persons under similar circumstances , and to have been rewarded with the gold and silver medals of the institutions of his country as the reward of courage and humanity . The children are of the ages of nine and four years , named Henry and Amelia Poole , of 5 , Orchard-place , White Bear-gardens , Shorediteh .

      Numerous Suhdes Deaths . —Daring last week several sudden deaths occurred in the parishes of JIarylebone and St . Pancra 3 . David Uorton , while ¦ walking with his father , a news-agent , in Earlstreet , Marylebone , was seized with a fit , and died before . medical aid could arrive . A stranger walking up Manchester-street suddenly dropped dead . Another stranger , apparently a . coachman , dropped dead while eating a pie in Tottenham-court-road . A youag woman named Harriet Hogg , was fonnd dead on the floor ot her bed-room , 9 , Shouldhamstreet ; and Mary Clarke was found by her husband dead in her chair .

      A Dhuxkex Midwife . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at the Crown and Sceptre , Cumberland-market , on the body of Ann Donnelly , aged 27 . Being seized with the pnins of labour at one o ' clock in the morning , Mrs . Stillwell , her midwife , ¦ w » 3 sent for , and insisted on having some gin or brandy . Mrs . Donnelly spent her last sixpence to procure some . The inidwife soon went away , after stating deceased had a month to go yet , complaining of having been disturbed in the night . The deceased was delivered of a still-born child at nine o ' clock nest morning by a surgeon , and was going on well till eleven o ' clock when the midwife called , and this appeared to powerfully affect deceased . She became pale , turned on her side , and expired

      in a short time . Mrs . Stillwell denied the allegations against her , and , after a long investigation , the jury returned a verdict of " Xatural Death , " but censured the improper behaviour of Mrs . Stillwell , and desired their opinion be conveyed to the charities that employed her . Suicide ix the Serpentine . —On Sunday morning , about six o ' clock , Griffiths , one of the Royal Humane Society men was rowing at the east end of the Serpentine , when he observed a small reticule basket under the wall which supports the iron railings put after the death of Lord Rivers at this part of the water , and soon after he succeeded in taking out the body of a young lady , not above 18 years of age , near the north shore , which he immediately

      conveyed to the Humane Society s house . All efforts to restore animation were futile , and it is supposed she committed suicide during the night . She is abont five feet high , with brown hair and grey eyes . Hound her neck she had a silk watch guard , to which was attached a small silver Geneva watch with no maker ' s name , but numbered l , 0 S 0 . There are three small scars on the forehead , and Mr . Woolley is of opinion that when a child she had dislocated her hip , as the heel of the left leg was shortened some inches . A memorandum book was in her reticule , with some scraps of poetry in a lady ' s hand , and a pen and ink ~ sketch of a gentleman . " Miss Harriet Pigeon , Bradley-street , " was written on one of

      the leaves . The body of the young lady has been identified . She was the daughter of a respectable merchant in Bristol , named Pigeon , and was on a visit to a cousin in Brompton-road . An affaire de mar is said to have been the cause of the rash act . An inquest was taken by Mr . Langharo , at the Rising Sun , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Harriet Pigeon , aged 22 . The deceased was a dressmaker , and came from Clifton , near Bristol , last year , and resided at 46 , Brindley-street , Hanover road , with her cousin , where she had been about a week . As she had an engagement in the Edgeware-road , she said on Saturday morning , when she went out , that she should take lodgings

      so as to be near there , but she was expected home that night . Sbe was usually in good spirits , and nothing was known that could at all have affected her mind . She went as usual to Miss Whiting ' s , 22 , Edgware-road , on Saturday , and left soon after nine in the evening until Monday , but on Sunday morning her body was found in the Serpentine , near the east end , by Knight , one of the Humane Society ' s men , and she appeared to have been dead some hours . Kone of the witnesses were aware of any attachment she had formed , but she had written some verses in her pocket-book which were in a very desponding tone . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Fatal Accidest . —On Monday Mr . "W . Baker , coroner , held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of George Jaggerd , aged 33 , a bricklayer , living in Agar-street , Globe-fields , who met with his death ttnder the following cirumstances : — In April last the deceased , and a man named Gaddy , were at work on a scaffold springing an arch in brickwork , under tie platform of the Eastern Counties Bailway at Shorediteh , when a piece of timber forming one of the supports to the scaffold suddenly broke . The whole of the scaffolding fell , carrying deceased and Gaddy with it to the ground , about eighteen feet . Deeeased received a fracture of the right leg , and sabsegaently the limb was amputated , but he never recovered the shock , and died from exhaustion on Saturday last . Verdict , " Accidental Death"

      . . _ _ . . Supposed Mcrdeh » Pnttico . —On Saturday morning last , about four o'clock , a respectably dressed middle-aged man was found by a policeman on duty in the neighbourhood , in a state of insensibility * at the foot of Pimlieo-bridge . He was immediately carried to St . George ' s Hospital , when it was discovered that be had sustained several inju-

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      SLf ^ CdJff' greatly the result vio four dUDon > - * afew hours , So property was r «; sideii' - ^ m , nor any thjag to denote his name or tod ¦ m . It is coujeotured that he was waylaid r- assaulted \ ij some desperate character . " . The .. ame of tts deceased has not yet been discovered . On Taesday afternoon , Mr . Langham , deputy cor . oner , held an inquest at St . George's Hospital , on the body of George Lindon , aged 45 , who was supposed to have died from violence . The deceased had been many years a clerk in the firm of Grindlay and Co ., East India army agents , of Bishopsgate-street , and was a man of very regular habits . About seven o'clock on the evening of the 11 th inst . he left the office in his usual health and spirits , to return to his residence No . 4 . Prospect-place , Old Brompton ; and was not again heard of or seen until

      about half-past one o ' clock on the following morning , when he was discovered by police constable U 3 B , lying on his face in the carriage road , at the foot of Eccleston-bridge , Pimlico , in a state of insensibility , and bleeding from a wound over the right temple . He was conveyed to the police-statwn in Cottage-Toad , where ho was carefully exarainedby Inspector Camming , who , judging from the symp toms he exhibited , that he was only labouring under the effects of intoxication , had him removed to one of the cells and carefully watched . He vomited'frequently , but at six o'clock not having snowed aEy symptoms of consciousness he was placed in a . cab and taken to the hospital . lie was immediately seen by My . fiance , the house surgeon , who pronounced him labouring under pressure on the brain . Everything was done . to save him , but he nevar rallied , and died on Friday night . Verdict , «« Natural Death from Apoplexy . ''

      Supposed Suicide of a Police-Constable in IHB &ERPESTIXK . —On "Wednesday morning , a few minutes after five o ' clock , as Charles Winnett , one of the boatmen of the Royal Ilumane Society , was passing along , the north bank of the Serpentine River , to go to his duty , he discovered a man ' s hat lying on the bank , close to the bridge , with the name of-Holm Bennett written on the iiiHe . He procured tho drags from the Receiving-house , and searched the spot , and he succeeded in finding the body of a man , about 40 years of age , in eight feet of water , about eight yards from the shore . In taking the body out of the water a woollen sc&rf was found twisted tiehtly several times round the neck ,

      and evidently with the intention of causing strangulation , as he was quite black in the face . The annexed copy of a letter was found in his coat pocket , addressed to John Bennett , 39 , Eastbourne-terrace , Hyde-park : — " My dear sister—I write this to you , for I am distracted , mad . I have been treated with cruelty , and cannot support it any longer . God bless you allis the last wish I have . ( Signed ) E . Wilcox . " On inquiring at the above address , it was ascertained that deceased , who is the brother of Mrs . Bennett , was a police-constable in the N , or Islington Division . He was a married man , but his conduct towards his family of late had been so bad that his relations had discarded him .

      Fatal Accident . —On "Wednesday Mr . "William Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s ITospital on the body of Alexander Duprez Denning , aged 16 , a son of the drill master belonging to the Royal Ordnance School , Carshalton , who was run over by one of the fire engines belonging to the London Establishment whilst proceeding to render assistance at the disastrous explosion which occurred on Monday last at Spitalfields . A great number of witnesses were examined by the coroner , from -whose evidence it appeared that whilst the

      engine from Wathng-street station was proceeding along the Poultry towards tho scene of the late explosion , the deceased , whilst in the act of crossing the road towards the Mansion-house , ran against the pole of the engine , and before the driver could pull the horses up the wheels of the heavy machine passed over him . He was immediately placed in a cab and removed to the above hospital , where he died from the iniuries received . It was clearly proved that neither the driver of the engine nor any of the firemen were to blame , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . >'

      " Westminster Freehold Laxd Socibtt . —Op Monday the members of this society took possession of their newly-acquired estate at Kent Towd , East Moulsey , in the western division of the county of Surrey . A special train conveyed the members to the Hampton-court statjon of the South-WGStowi Railway , whence they walked in procession to Kent Town , about a mile distant , preceded by a band . The estate consists of thirty acres , which is to be divided into 230 allotments , each of which , it is expected , will realise between £ 2 and £ 3 per annum in the shape of ground rent . Each allotment will cost the purchaser between £ 25 and £ 30 . After inspecting their newly acquired property the members sat down to dinner in a marquee ; Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., presiding . The chairman , after

      disposing of the lojal toasts , said he tras anxious to propose the health of Mr . James Taylor , the founder of freehold land societies , and in doing so took occasion to enter somewhat at length into the merits of the scheme . Mr . Taylor , in acknowledging the compliment , dwelt upon the social benefits of freehold land societies , and of their great national importance . —Mr . Norton , late chief justice of Newfoundland , Mr . G . Huggett , Mr . Geesin , and other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , Mr . Thompson and Mr . Taylor proceeded to Uxbridge for the purpose of assisting at the ceremony of taking posseasion of another estate which the society has recently purchased near that town . The remainder of the company returned to town by special train .

      Removal of tub Old Telegraph at the Admiraltt . —The electric telegraph having completely superseded the old machinery used for effecting a speedy transition of intelligence , the building on the south-west corner of the Admiralty , together with the Semaphore , has been taken down . The various stations have been abandoned , and the officers in charge of them paid off . FlHE NEAR THE BRICKLAYERS * ARMS STATION ' . —On Tuesday night , at a few minutes before eleven o'clock , a fire broke out in a spacious brick and timber building belonging to Mr . Thacker , a dry cooper , in Page ' s walk , Swan-street , near the Bricklayers' Arms Railway Terminus , Old Kentroad . Several engines were soon on the spot , and the fire was prevented from spreading , but it was not extinguished until the premises in which it commenced were nearly gutted . The origin of the misfortune could not be learned during the excitement which prevailed .

      Explosion is the Citt , and Great DEbiBucnos op Pbopehtt . —One of the most frightful explosions of fire-works that hag occurred in the metropolis for many years happened on Monday , at a few minutes before twelve o ' clock at noon , which speedily laid in ruins a vast amount of property , besides seriously , if not fatally , injuring the proprietor of the manufactory and one of his men independent of which a great many other persons , some living many hundred yards from the immediate scene of the catastrophe , were badly hurt , and we regret to state that a lad who was passing during the progress of the engines to render assistance , was knocked down by one of the ponderous vehicles , the wheels of which passed over his neck and head , and caused his almost ; instantaneous death . The scene of this disaster was

      Weaverstreet , Spitalfields . The premises were m the tenure of Mr . John Glitheroe , an artist in fireworks , who carried on an extensive shipping and wholesale business at 2 fo . 13 in the last named street . The first explosion happened in what is termed the mixing house , at which time only Mr . Clitheroe and one of his men were at work therein . Tt is supposed that whilst engaged at their dangerous calling some of the rockets must have fallen to the ground , and that the force of tho blow caused them to explode , for in an instant a series of explosions followed . Some hundred rockets shot through the roof and ascended many feet above the housetops ; whilst two men , -who have since been ascertained to be Mr . Glitheroe , and one of his workmen , were blown out of the building into the

      open yard . Another explosion soon followed , and some scores of fireballs and maroons discharged their contents in every direction . Houses neatly a quarter of a mile distant suffered severely , whilst the buildings nearer were partially riddled , the furniture destroyed , and the occupants thrown into an indescribable state of alarm . The noise occasioned l-y the second explosion had scarcely subsided , when the contents of the store room became ignited . This part of the factory was in a line with the back fronts of the houses in Weaver-street , whilst Buxton-street bounded it on tho other side . Uew Church-court , and another alley termed Weaver ' s-court , ran between the factory and the

      houses further off . Unfortunately , although those buildings so closely surrounded the manufactory , they proved of little avail in preventing the work of destruction from being carried a still greater distance , When the third explosion , which is described to have been in the magazine as well as the store , occurred the houses in Weaver-street , Spicerstreet . Buxton-sfcreet , and Ifew Church-court , were Bhaken to th « r very foundations ; window frames were forced from their bearings , the roofs broken in , and the furniture thrown into terrible disorder , or broken into many fragments . Nearly every window in All Saints National Schools were forced in , and the glass sent flying amongst the children . In the lower school room there were no fewer than

      113 infant 3 m the gallery , and a great many were forced down , but with the exception of a few slight cuts occasioned by the shower of broken glass they escaped unhurt . Mrs . Campbell , one of the teachers , who was sitting in the kitchen of the school house at the time , was thrown down , and a heavy door which was forced off its hinges fell upon and injured her shoulder . The church of All Saints had also most ef its windows demolished , and heavy pieces of timber were flung upon the roof . Tee property destroyed by this disastrous accident was , we regret to state , greater than was at first anticipated ; windows and furniture as far off as a quarter of a mile have suffered , and more persona than originally supposed havebjen severely injured .

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      ® t ) t taroimice * . Destruction of Agricultural Produce bt Fire , —A serious conflagration occurred at Comberton , Cambridgeshire , on Saturday last , on tho premises of Mr . William Bonnett , one of the largest holders in the district . The homestead immediately adjoins the church , and tho labourers had left for dinner at the usual hour ; on the return of two of them , about one o'clock , a pea-stack was discovered to be in flames , and these latter spread so rapidly , that in spite of the most energetic exertions , and the speedy arrival of the engines from Cambridge ( about six miles distant , ) the major part of tlie homestead fell a prey . Five wheat cobs ( with nearly all the rest of this year ' s growth , ) and the

      produce of forty acres ; a barley rick , fifty acres ; two bean stacks , eighteen acres ; and another of about six acres ; a mixed stack ( parley nnd beans , ) four acres ; clover stacks , ten acres ; hay , twelve acres ; a large barn full of barley , a largo barn lull of wheat , thrashed , and sacked ; several carts and a quantity of implements were consumed . Four large barns , cart-lodges , stables , and other , offices sJso were burned , and it was only by pulling down some of the offices and cutting off the connexion , that Mr . Bonnett ' s house and a barn containing nearly ono thousand pounds worth of wool were sared . The crops had been insured by Mr . Bonnett , in the Norwich Union office , and the buildings ( the property of Sir James Stephen ) were insured in the

      Sun . The total loss is estimated at about £ 1 , 500 . Great fears were at one time entertained for the safety of the church , and a . number of cottages in contingency were injured by the removal of the thatch . There appeared to be no doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary , though the motive appears wanting . —On the night of Sunday some more stacks were fired in the same village , but the damage was but slight , plenty of assistance being fortunately at hand . —On Saturday night the farm homestead of the Rev . Thomas Brereton , at Steeple Morden , was fired and all destroyed except the newly-erected brick house . —Damage , £ 3 , 000 . Premises and crops insured . On Sunday evening , the homestead of Mr . Bird , of VVrestlingworth , met a similar fate . The house was saved . —Damage ,

      £ 3 , 000 . . - .. . ¦ Burglary at the Castle Hotel , Richmond . — On Sunday morning , at a . very early hour , tho Castle Hotel , Hill-street , the proprietor of which is Mr . Bull , was forcibly broken into , and an extensive robbery perpetrated . At half-past twelve on Saturday night his entire establishment had retired to rest , including the head porter , who slept on a sofahedstead in a room immediately adjoining the principal entrance to the hotel . No noise was . heard during the night but on the succeeding morning , about half-past five o ' clock , the porter on rising discovered the " spirit" -room and the private parlour of Mr . Bull , were in the utmost state of disorder , and had been ransacked of whatever portable articles of value could be carried ; tho buffet liad

      its contents strewed on the ground ; a box belonging to the " Church Missionary Society" was broken open and its contents , about £ 30 ( as supposed , ) stolen . The children ' s money-box shared the same fnto . An oval-shaped silver castor stand was torn from its setting , and the necks of the six glass castors were broken off to obtain the silver handles . Several silver spoons which had not been put away in the plate chest , were stolen ; and Mr . and Miss Bull ' s desks were broken open , and tho papers strewed about ; £ 3 10 a . was taken from Mr . Bull 3 desk , but no attempt was made by the thieves to break into the bar , in which were placed the plate chests . . It was quite evident that the guilty party or parties were well acquainted with the locale , and ihei'e is no clue to the suspected parties .

      Melancholy Accident at ^ Folkestone . —Since Saturday last the family of Mr . Sadler , who resides at No . 9 , Highgate Rise , and who is extensively connected with theflrish linen trade , carrying on business in Ironmonger-lane , in the City , has been plunged into great grief in consequence of the death of his sons , S . Sadler , aged thirteen , and J . Sadler , aged eleven years , who were drowned off Folkestone , on the previous Friday afternoon , under the following distressing circumstances : —They had gone out in a skin \ and for their better protection they were accompanied by two sailors . After the vessel had proceeded a short distance , and when within sight of the shore , it was observed suddenly in a squall to turn over , when the whole were seen struggling with each other . Upon the occurrence being noticed from the shore , boats put off to their assistance , but none of them were saved . The body of the eldest son was found and taken to Folkestone .

      New Practice Range at Woolwich Marshes . — The inconvenience experienced and the repeated stoppages of practice in the present state of the . artillery practice ground at Woolwich , owing to the constant passage of vessels on the river , has induced the authorities to decide on having a new practice ground on the Woolwich and . Plumstead Marshes , which will not be liable to interruption . The direction of the new range will be to the eastward , and will extend to about three miles in length , with an average breadth of half , a mile , enolosed so as to prevent the chances of accidents during the

      practice . It is also intended to construct a mound at 1 , 500 yards range , against which objects will be placed when making experiments , and for the usual targate practice of the Royal Artillery . Violation op the Ten Hours Bill . —The Preston Chronicle says there are about half a dozen mills in that town working beyond ten and a half hours daily , adults alone being employed after the completion of that time , the Preston Short Time Committee have memorialised the employers against the practice . The factory operatives of Preston have established a permanent committee to watch the operation of the new act .

      Deficiency in the Cyder Crops . — So great is the deficiency in the orchard produce that one farmer within two miles of Barnstaple , who last year made 150 hogsheads of cider , will not this year make more than ten . We are informed , too , that the deficiency , if not so great , is general throughout the north of Devon . The Iron Duke and the PosuLioN .- ^ On the return of Lord Warden to Walmer Castle , after attending the Harbour Sessions at Dover , an accident befel his grace immediately after passing the

      " Lone Tree" Hill . On one side of the road an itinerant ballad seller was standing with a large p lacard of his "wares . " In passing this , one of the horses attached to bis grace ' s carriage suddenly " shied , " and plunged with such violence on the other side of the road as to cause its fall , throwing the postilion . With the exception of slight damage to the harness there was no other injury . His grace inquired of the postilion if his fall had been attended with personal injury , and was informed that it was not . " Then , " said his grace , " You had better go on . "

      Colliery Accidents in Staffordshire . We find by the Staffordshire papers that a series of fatal accidents occurred in the collieries of that county in the course of last week . At Bilaton , on Saturday , a collier got into the skip for the purpose of descending a pit , to repair the pump , but the engine being out of gear at the time , his weight caused the skip to descend the shaft with him , at a fearful velocity , and the whole length of the chain ( 200 yards ) fell upon him . As a matter of course , he was instantly killed . The same day an inquest was held at the Duke of York , Darlaston , on the body of William Hughes , about forty-eJght years of age , who . was killed on the previous night , by a fall of coal , in one of Mr . Bagnall's pits , at Moxley . A verdict of accidental death was returned . Also on the same day a collier , named John Lawrence , twenty-four years of age , was so seriously injured

      by the tall of a piece of clod m Mr . Williams g pit , near Greet ' s-green , that he died in the course of the evening . Another accident , of a most distressing nature , took place also on Saturday , in a pit at Greet ' s-greeii , in the same parish , belonging to Mr . Richard Haines . The men had finished for the day , and were assembled at tho bottom of the shaft , for the purpose of being drawn up , when a lad named Joseph Burrows caught hold of the hook attached to the pit rope , and began to swing himself upon it . Suddenly the engine was set a going , and the poor lad , not having the presence of mind to loose his hold , or being unable to do so ( as he said he could not , in answer to the advice of a miner named Jos . Smith , ) was carried up the shaft fifty or sixty yards , but at last he fell , and was instantly deprived of life . Wednesbury was the scene of an accident , under still more distressing circumstances , to a collier , named Thomas Atkins , thirty-eight " years ef age . He was employed in a pit belonging to

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      Mr . Taomas Walker , and was at work on Saturday evening , along with two men and a boy ,. ; They had been engaged in putting up some doors to be used for promoting a current of air in the pit , so that the sulphur , which existed in considerable quantities , mi"hti be carried out of the workings , and the de-Ceased persisted in going further along . the pit than Henry Mason , a fellow-workman , considered to be safe . Mason accompanied h'm for some time , bi \ tf the sulphur became so overpowering that he ( i rv > back / and advised the deceased to do the same- . In n moment or two , however , deceased called out , " Henry , I ' m down , " and on Maso >\ trying to reach himhe also fell , but managed to crawl

      , back on his hands and knees . The other man came to the rescue , and was likewise overpowered by the sulphur , but Mason went towards him on all foura , and succeeded in dragging him nearer to the bottom of the shaft , where the air was compara tivelypure . Assistance was obtained from the pit bank , and a man , named Eli Fletcher , having had a rope attached to his . waist by way of precaution , at length managed to drag out the body of the unfortunate man Atkins , lie was quite dead . So that , altogether , five lives were sacrificed through accidents of different kinds . It is observable that none of the unfortunate men perished through

      explosions . We understand that in several parts of this couuty many of the farmers have resolved not to pay the income-tax , and will submit to a seizure rather than pay a demand which they consider to be unjust and oppressive , being prepared to show that their losses amount to double the sum which they are called on to pay in the shape of income-tax . - ^ Oxford Journal . : A meeting was held at Staplehurst on Saturday last , at which it was resolved to memorialise the government to postpone payment of the hop duly . The Murder in Esskx . — Esther Plyle , the female charged with the wilful murder of her only child , a girl four years of age , at Romford , was brought up on Monday last , from Ilford Gaol ,

      before Octavius Mashiter , Esq ., one of the magistrates for the county , for further examination . The prisoner resided at No . 2 , Nelson-place , Barrack-ground , and , whilst in a state of frenzy and insanity , cut the child ' s throat under circumstances of a most appalling description . The boy , Thomas Young , who saw the deed committed , in the course of cross-examination by Mr . Doivnes , contradicted in several points bis previous testimony . He now stated that when he looked through the window the woman had no cap on , and that she never wore one , neither had he ever stated so . He also said that he did not see Mrs . Morris or aiiy one else , neither did he speak to any one about it , between the time he"saw the prisoner kill the child and the

      time he went home and mentioned it to his mother , He also swore that ho did not see the other boy , Barlow . —Mr . Mashiter , in reference to these discrepancies , said he was inclined to make allowance for them in tho case of a boy , which he should not be willing to do in a witness of more mature years . He then duly cautioned the prisoner , and asked her if she had anything to state in answer to the charge against her ? The prisoner , under the advice of Mr . Downes , declined saying anything . The evidence having been reduced to writing , she was committed to take her trial on the charge of wilful murder , at the next assizes at Chelmsford . There are some circumstances attending this case that give it more than ordinary interest , and which have caused a good deal of

      excitement in the neighbourhood . It will be in the recollection of our readers that at Chelmsford March Assizes , 1849 , a woman was tried for the murder of her two infant children , by cutting their throats , nearly severing - their heads from their bodies ; whilst a third child , whom she tried also to murder in the same way ,. got out of the house and made its escape . This took place near West Thurrock , in the lower part of Essex , about twelve miles from the scene of the present murder . The woman was acquitted on the ground of insanity , and is now either in Chelmsford Gaol' Infirmary ,

      or an a lunatic asylum . That person is sister to the husband of the present prisoner . Having men ^ tioned the husband , it is only due to him to say that he bears a good character . He has worked for a highly respectable and very extensive firm in Rom lord for two years , previously to which he lived in one situation for fifteen years .. His father , we are informed , was employed on the same farm for a period of forty-seven years . The unhappy man seemed greatly affected at the situation in which his wife was placed . The prisoner was . accompanied by her mother and another female friend , between whom she was seated in the dock . Several

      of the neighbours speak of the very great fondness with which she regarded the deceased ; they say she almost idolised her . The unfortunate woman is only about twenty-three years of age , butwithin these last few days her appearance has much changed , and looks considerably older . : Death ix a Railway CAimrAGE . —On Monday when tho down express arrived at Masbro ' , at 1 . 30 p . m ., a gentleman was taken out of a first-class carriage by his brother , and on placing him in a chair was discovered to be quile dead . The deceased's name was Mr . Heath , a retired carrier , from Warwickshire . It appears that Mr . Ileath and his brother had travelled from Birmingham to Derby to meet the express tor the North , and on arriving at the station , the deceased got into the slow train-instead

      of the express , and on being apprised of it by his brother , became greatly exejted , and hurrying to correct his mistake , was seized with a palpitation of the heart . His brother wished him to remain till he was better , but the deceased said he should soon bo well , and would rather go on ; when the express was coming near Chesterfield , Mr . Ileath became frightfully ill , foaming at the mouth , and changing to livid colour ; the orofcher endeavoured to make the guard hear , to have the f rain stopped , but was unsuccessful , and on taking Ml * . Heath out at Masbro ' , ho was quite dead . There were an elderly lady and gentleman in the same compartment , who supposed that the hurry at the station , the deceased being a gentleman of full habit , had induced apoplexy , and caused his death .

      A "Woman found'Drowned . —Considerable sensation was created at Berkhampstead , on Saturday last , in consequence of the body of a woman having been found in the Grand Junction Canal . On Monday an inquest was held on the body , when the jury returned the open verdict of " Found drowned . " So evidence being produced to show who she was oi how she came there , but was supposed to be in tho water for twenty-four hours . Deceased was rather stout , and of masculine appearance , abouttive feet three or four inches high , " nose rather prominent , mouth rather large , hair brown . She was dressed in a twist-edge straw bonnet , trimmed with a straw coloured ribbon , pink flower , and pink lining in the bonnet : a chocolate-coloured cotton dress , with

      white spots and a sprig of red ; a black silk visite , watered satin stripe , with three stripes of black velvet round tho bottom ; white stockings ; and a pair of elastic boots , mended at tho heels . Her linen was marked with the letters J . R ., in blue marking ink , and her pocket handkerchief had J . R . in red silk . She appeared to be about thjrty years of age . Inside of her bonnet a small ticket was sewed , with tho name of Birchman , or Birchmore , eighteen , written on it . Mysterious Case . —The Halifax Guardian contains an account of a most mysterious tragedy . On Wednesday week a young man , named William Marsdon , twenty-two years of age , son of Mr . Marsden , of the Brown Cow Inn , Deanhead , left his

      home , taking with him about £ 50 , for the purpose of attending Long Preston fair , to purchase cattle . He bought some which he brought safely home , and on Saturday morning last he again left home with the cattle to attend Halifax market , to sell them if possible . Not meeting with a customer , he had to drive the cattle home again , and not arriving at his usual time , his parents became rather uneasy at his stay , and remained" up till two o ' clock in the moming , waiting his coming . They then went to bed , and on getting up in the morning they were horrified at finding their son ' s coat , waistcoat , and hat , laid under their window , saturated with blood . Slight traces of blood were also observed on the ffiito lendincf to the place where tho clothes were

      found . On examination of the clothes all the residue of the £ 50 were found in the pockets , amounting to about £ 30 , besides his pocket-book , papers , &Ci On © paper found in them , " which has since been ascertained to have been written by him at the Triangle Inn , was inscribed , in a wretched manner far worse than his usual handwriting , besides being badly spelt , and many words repeated twice over . It bore the following lines , which appear to have been copied from memory from some tombstone : — " Mourn not for me , my parents dear , For here I lie till Christ appear ; This world I ' ve left of toil and pain—I die in hopes to live again . " Immediately inquiries were set on foot , but nothing whatever could be heard of him .

      The Poole Election . —Poole , Sept . 17 . —The writ for this election only reached the Under-Sheriff by the day mail on Tuesday afternoon . The election will no doubt take place on Monday and Tuesday . Pools Savinos Bank . —The accounts of this bank have during the last fortnight been under the investigation of Mr . W . H . Grey , of No . 48 , Lincoln ' s inn Fields , the accountant recommended by Mr Tidd Pratt , the barrister . It is evident that the niisconduct of tho late actuary , J . B . Bloomfield , who was appointed to the office in 1831 , commenced in 1835 .

      and has , consequently , been continued durino- the long period of fifteen years . The system pursued by the actuary . appears to have been to appropriate certain deposits to his own use , paying the interest regularly out of the funds of tho bank , and keeping a private check book of the sums thus appropriated , which book has been placed in the hands of the officials , who have thus clearly ascertained tlie mode in whioh the deficiency has been created . Had there been a proper inspection of the books at any period , the dishonesty must have been discovered before the death of the actuary . We understand

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      that the doficiencv is ,. agCortained to be about £ 6 , 000 out of somej ^ SG . O ^ an < j tnjjtl tj , e depositors ^ " 1 each receive _ a dividend of about 16 s . " 2 d : : n , tbe pound , inclu- ^ jj g interest . Since . the exposl the bank has ^ closed , and , we believe , that at present thp ^ j Jg no intention entertained of re-opening the" " -istltution . It is ho ped that property . to the ^ ounfc of : about £ 2 ; 000 may ibe recovered ; from Bloomfield ' s estate ,, in which case . the . dividend wouldbeincreased . , ¦ , ¦ : „ •¦ Accident to the - Hon . Amias Poulktt , near Ilmisstkr . — On Saturday last this young gentleman , accompanied by his brother , Yiscount Hmton , wont , fnv a short shootini ? excursion ,, when , having

      enjoyed the sport for sbmo timo , he ; felt , fatigued , and Viscount Hintonrequestedhimto return homewards , which he accordingly did . As he did not make his appearance at dinner , his father , Earl Poulett , despatched the servants on ho rseback in all directions in order to ascertain the cause of this unusual delay , as it was feared an accident bad occured to the honourable gentleman , The Earl himself , accompanied by others / also set out in scarcli of him , when , after a long period , the unfortunate young gentleman was discovered lying by the slue of a dry ditch , quite insensible , ; and blood issuing from ¦ his ears and mouth . He was immediately removed ; and messengers . were depatched lor Mr . O . n . Mules , surgeon , who attended most promptly-. It was then discovered that both the bones Of tlie i-iffht . lnor wflrA hrnken . besides many other bruises

      and iniuries ; there was also concussion of the brain . A special messenger started at once for London for a physician , who arrived . at Taunton by special train on Sunday morning , and immediately set out for Hinton' Park , the seat of JSarl Poulett The sufferer still remains insensible from the iniuries received , which , with deep sorrow we announce , are of a most serious character . I ne accident is supposed Vto hare been occasioned by the horse ; falling , throwing-his rider / and rolling over him . —Western Flying Post . ; . . ¦ Extraordinary Case of . Suicide .-An inquest was held at Ply month before Mr . J . Edmonds , on a h ™ nnm « i John Denham , thirteen , years of age ,

      who committed suicide under the following singular circumstances , at that place , on Sunday . He went home from the Sunday school to dinner , and , previous to the family sitting down to table , he said grace . Mr . Nicholson , a local preacher , came , and havin * prayed over a younger sister who was dangerously ill , the junior members of the family were given them their dinner . Thomas Denham , a brother , told the deceased ' s father that the deceased had been naughty , at schooj , on which the father said if he behaved badly again he should not let him have any dinner . The deceased held his

      knife arid fork . in his hand , but the filling of his plate . being rather . delayed , he throw them down and rushed towards the door , saying , " I will throw myself over the quay or the cliff . " His mother oaught hold of him and dragged him in . He , however jumped through the window into the street , running in the direction of the Hoe . He there met his brother , and desired him to hold his clothes , which he did .- Deceased then said , " Father would not give me any dinner , and mother wouldn'A J now I want none . " With these words he threw himself over the rocks , and before any assistance could be rendered ho was drowned .

      Unnatural Quarrel and Fatal . Termination . — Ah inquest was held on Wednesday at the Union Tavern , Rogers-street , Redbank , Manchester , before Mr . Herford , the borough coroner , touching the death of Robert Brooks , an ostler , aged fifty , who has left six children . Deceased was of very intemperate habits , and on Friday evening week , about ten o ' clock , he went home intoxicated . He had seated . himself , by the fire , and was drinking some tea , when Jonathan Brooks , one of his sons , entered . The latter was proceeding to butter a cake whioh he had brought in with him , using some of the deceased ' s butter for that purpose , which sxcited the old man ' s wrath , and he commenced nbusinghisson . The young man asked one of his

      sisters to fetch him some beer , which he had been ordered by the doctor to take ^ Deceased , however , forbade her to bring any beer into the house , upon which his son said he would fetch it himself , and accordingly went out for that purpose . The old man then went to the door and held it in his hand , determined , if possible , to prevent his son re-entering with the beer . When the latter returned deceased took Wm by the arm , spUled the beer , and cracked the jug . The sou was going to get another jug , but the father seized him by the throat , arid they struggled together for several minutes . The cracked jug was still in the son's hand , and during tho strujrglo it came in violent contact with the deceased ' s head , and was smashed to atoms , at the

      s . tme time inflicting a serious wound . The son then left the house , and did not return till the next day . The deceased got his wound dressed , and appeared not to have been much injured . He was again intoxicated on the following night , and on Sunday complained of being very ill . Mr , Overton , assistant to Mr . Holroyd , surgeon , was sent for , and found deceased suffering from erysipelas in the head , caused by a lacerted wound in the back of the scalp . The symptoms gradually increased until deceased ' s death , which occurred on Monday afternoon . The surgeon said the symptoms were much more aggravated than , was usually the case , but this was probably owing to the deceased ' s intemperate habits . The jury returned a verdict of 11 Accidental death . "

      Protectionist Demonstration at Tivertojj . — A meeting of tho friends of protection to British agriculture , industry , and capital , was held on Tuesdaylast , at the Angel Hotel , Tiverton , for tl . e purpose , of forming a branch of the Devon and Exeter Protection Association , to comprise the Tiverton polling district . The town having been placarded for about a week prior to the day of meeting with bills calling upon the inhabitants generally to come forward and express their opinions upon the question ^ protection , the greatest possible interest . was attached to the proceedings of the

      day . Tho first resolution was moved by Dr . Brent , who abused Sir Robert Peel for having imposed the income-tax . It was to the effect that it was " desirable to form , < in connexion with the Devon and Exeter Protection Association , a committee com priaing . the twenty-six parishes of the Tivevton polling district , for the purpose of obtaining full and effectual protection to every branch of British industry . " It was carried , after being seconded by Mr . R . H . Clarke ; and after speeches had been delivered by Mr . Williams , Mr . Potter , Mr . Kinder , and other local Protectionists , the meeting separated . But little was said about Lord Palmerston .

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      . . ' jssiai ** ... Presumed ' Case of Poisoning . — The retired town of Langharne , in the county of Carmarthen , has been thrown into a state of . great alarm and excitement , in consequence of a case of suspected poisoning having taken place at the household of J . H . Severn , Esq ., / of Brixton . The circumstances are fraught withvery great suspicion , and there is strong presumptive evidence against the party suspected , who , though not yet in custody , her motions are watched , and she herself under surveillance . The particulars of this unhappy case areas follows : — Last Tuesday week two of the . female domestics of Mr . Severn were taken suddenly ill , after having partaken of some broth , one of whom , Rebecca uphill , the housemaid , died the same evening , and the other became dreadfully ill . The broth , it

      appeared , was prepared by the cook ; but she did not partake of any herself . The deceased ate very heartily of the broth , - but the other servant , after having eaten a spoonful or two , remarked that although it was nice , it left a dreadful burning sensation in her throat . The remainder of the broth , it appears , was thrown to the pigs , one of which , having nearly eaten the whole , immediately died , and four others became ill . While the body of the deceased was laid out , previously to its being placed in the coffin , the party suspected went , it is reported , in the room , to see the corpse , when she immediately exclaimed , " Oh ! this is the devil who tried to get me out of my servicet She is gone to heaven , or elsewhere . " In the meantime , the whole of these

      suspicious circumstances coming to the knowledge of Mr . Severn , that gentleman immediately placed himself in communication ( by letter ) with George Thomas , Esq . _ , the coroner for the county , and Capt Scott , the chief of the county constabulary . We ought here to state that Mr . Severn in his letter to Mr . Thomas , remarked that there was so much mystery and suspicion attached to the death , that he should not permit the funeral to take place until he ascertained whether it was the intention of Mr . Thomas ^ to hold an inquest . It appears that the coroner is not justified in holding an inquest unless he has received a communication from the police , detailing the particulars of the case . Captain Scott

      the chief constable , was out of town , and it waa not till a day or two afterwards that Mr , Superintendent De Coven informed the coroner of the particulars of | he death , and the grounds which existed for beiieving that the deceased had come by her death through " foul play . '' In the meantime the funeral had taken place . Mr . Thomas instantly gave an order for the exhumation of the body , in order that a pose mortem examination might be made . This was performed by two medical gentlemen , when it appeared that the stomach was highly inflamed , and presented every appearance of the deceased having died from poison ; the viscera were scaled up and forwarded to Dr . Hsrapath , of Bristol , in order to be analysed .

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      SteiaiiD . Address from the Stnod of Thurlks to tub Roman Catholics of Ireland . —At four o'clock on Saturday evening , a document in the shape of a closely-printed pamphlet of thirty-two pages , issued from the press in Dublin , entitled " The Synodical Address of the Fathers of the National Council of Thurles to their Beloved 'Flock , the Catholics oi Ireland , " and signed , "Paul , Archbishop of Ar « magh , Primate of all Ireland , and Delegate of the Apostolic See , President of the Synod , and John , Bishop of Clonfert , Promoter of the Synod . " Tho primary , and almost ' the sole object of the address is the question of education and the provincial colleges , and the substance of it on this point amounts to this , that the Roman Catholic priests and clergy

      of Ireland now bind themselves unanimously to ficc upon the papal rescripts on this matter , that have 5 been already before the public , and which hare 11 admonighed the archbishops and bishops of Ireland to have no part whatever in carrying out . these colleges , " recommending also most earnestly the erection of a Catholic academy in Ireland on tha model of one founded by the Belgian bishops afc Louvain : and moreover expressing astonishment that any should assert "that it is lawful for priests to undertake certain offices in said colleges . " Tha " condemnation" of the colleges that has been sanctioned by the synod is therefore the same as that already pronounced at Rome . Encumbered Estates . — Eight more petitions were lodged in the Encumbered Commission Court within the week ending on the 10 th inst ., making

      the entire number since the commencement 1 , 21 k A great number of conditional or absolute orders were pronounced this week , in preparation for business after the recess . Crop Lifting . —Within the last week there hag been an active revival of crop plunder in some southern districts . The Kilkenny Moderator contains the following : — " On Sunday last the crops were to be seen falling in every direction before * the sickle , and carried away . A tenant of Sir John Power ' s cut and carried away the produce of nearly 100 acres from the Kilkearan estate . Two tenants of Mr . W . Lloyd Flood , levanted with the crops ; several of the tenants of Mi . Champion Brady , at Templemartin , followed the example , arid some other proprietors did likewise in the neighbourhood of Johnstown . The police arrested some of the parties engaged in the plunder .

      Tenant-Right Moveuest . —The Nation has put forward a formidable list of county meetings , promoted by the Tenant League , which are to be held during the present month . Legal Appointments . —The Dublin Neivs Letter anyg ;_« it is generally believed that Judge Moora will bo promoted to the chief justiceship of tha Common Pleas , to be succeeded by the present Attorney-General . Mr . David Lynch , Q . C ., to ba the logal advisor to the Castle . " Re-valuation op Lands . —The Limerick Reporter states that about eleven hundred acres of the estate , of Lord Ashbrook , which had been let to a middleman , recently fell into his lordship's hands . Instead of being set up for competition , they were re-valued according to present prices , and let to the tenants at from Us , to 23 s . per acre-a reduction of nearly one-half the old rack-rents .

      The " Amelioration Socibtt op Ireland . — Ths Ballinaaloe Star contains the following gratifying account of the practical working of this society : — "Already a vast amount of good has been done at UobertStown , county Kildare , whero the society has established its first station ; a portion of the country which was wretchedly poor , but now , owing to the employment given by this peat manufacture for the last few months , the people in tha neighbourhood are comparatively comfortabe—men , women , and even children , have full employment ; and not the least commendable feature of this industrial movement is , that the society have relieved the Ifaas Union of nearly one hundred paupers , who are now employed in the works , providing for their own subsistence . The station at- Robertstown conaists of three buildings of timber , erected on platforms , piled underneath , as the soft naturo of the

      bog would not admit of masonry . These buildings are not entirely finished , but in two or three weeks they will be fully completed , when they will present a very pleasing appearance from the lightness and beauty of the architecture ; together with giving undeniable proof that another step in the march of civilisation has been made , by making the wild bog and dreary moor return a golden reward , more certain than the alchymist ' s most confident dreams . It is calculated that three hundred tons of charcoal per week will be mado for exportation when tha buildings are finished , which , from the demand at present , will fall far short of the required supply . The company are at present supplying the President of Franco with a large quantity . About sixty tons are at present on the way to Franco ; and from England their orders up to the present amount to £ 10 . 000 . "

      ' Faction Fights is the South . — Tho Limerick Examiner says : — " The fiercest faction fight that has taken place in Kerry for some years , occurred in Sneem , on Sunday last . Unfortunately the parties were after purchasing reaping hooks for cutting their corn on the day following ; but they turned them to a very different purpose , for they cut and mangled each other in a shocking manner with tha instruments , which they freely used . Several of the mad and foolish combattants are not expected to recover . There were women , too , engaged in the melee , buijily employed in gathering stones for those who were not possessed of sticks or reaping hooks . The magistrates have committed several of the rioters . There were but two policemen in tha village ; and all they could do was to take down tha names of the principal rioters . "

      State of tub Couktrt . —The Sligo Champion has the following remarkable illustration of the filtered state of the country : — " John Henderson , Esq ., of Cregg , was lately served with a threatening notice , to the surprise of those who knew him , for he always bore the character of a ^ ood " neighbour . The country people , to mark their kindly feeling towards him , assembled in great numbers this week and cut down all his oats in a single day . Such was the result which ensued from the threatening notice !"

      Ths Ska Sebpbnt . —The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Cork Southern Reporter : — " Kinsale , 11 th Sep ., 1 S 50 . —Sir , — Havinp seen a letter in last Tuesday ' s paper coneewiingf the Sea Serpent , I was induced by some friends to go to sea , in hopes of meeting with the monster . I had not been long in suspense , when a little to the west of the Old Head the monster appeared , the size of which is beyond all description , but the head haying the appearance of a bottlo-noso whale . Mr . Shiniuck , one of the party , fired three shots without effect . —I remain , sir , yours , T . Buckley . "— " Queenstown , September 11 th , 1 S 50 . —Sir , —On yesterday evening , about six o ' clock , Queenstown Harbour Lighthouse bearine north about ten

      miles distant , we observed a sail to the S . E ., in ths horizon , and on my going aloft in the starboard rigging , to see if she was for the harbour , I saw close under the surface of the water , and on the starboard bow , a dark appearance , and in an instant it appeared on . the surface as a huge living monster , showing the head and over sixty feet of the centre of the back over water , and on heading the cutter we observed the tail , and close after two other fish , of a similar description , but smaller . The largest was fully 160 to 200 feet in length , and the head appeared square , of immense size , with oval white

      eyes , of fully five feet long each . Tho entire body seemed nearly black , with a lump on the centre ot the back , and seemed to be in circumference about the size of the hull of a vessel of 300 tons . The two small fiah were about forty feet long each , ana similar to the large one . We were so close to these monsters that we were obliged to put the helm up , or we would have struck it . The crew were all in a state of terror when the head appeared over water ; and though a heavy 9 Ga at the time , the waterabout this monster appeared like oil . — Edward Smitii , Master of C . and W . D . Seymour and Co . s pilot cutter Amphitrite . "

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      explosion has been ascertained to be one hundred and twenty . The dwellings of the weavers have suffered the most , and the unfortunate creatures have been thrown into the greatest distress , having lost their looms , silk , and indeed in some instances their all . A subscription is about being started , with a view of alleviating their sufferings . It having transpired that the re-buildiug of the factory for tho samo dangerous'work had been determined on , the trustees of All Saints Church and National Schools immediately communicated with tho parochial authorities , with a view of putting a stop to it . The church and schools have sustained more damage than was anticipated , and they are not insured .

      Mrs . Slater arid her daughter , who regided at No . 15 ^ Yeaver street , immediately at the roar of the factory , were thrown down by the shock ; and one of them was much injured . A woman named ? 5 fc . ter , living at No . 14 in that place , alarB \ fed by the first explosion , threw one of her children out of the window , and endeavoured to jump out with an infant in her arms , but , her clothes being caught by a nail , she was suspended some feet from the ground while the two other explosions followed . Mr . Clitheroe received his principal injuries through his ataying to pull his servant out of the house ; both were terribly burned , but they are progressing favourably . The number of houses damaged by the

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      Srotliintr . Distress in the Isle or Skte . —The following is the plan proposed to relieve the distress in Skye without resorting to emigration :-The crofters are tc leave their present miserable holdings , and take uc their abode in a different part of the island , where small farms ot twenty acres on leases for twenty-one £ n J ¥ P 5 ?/ The Perth committee has raised Al . OOU , and the Glasgow section of the relief board

      contributes ^ 700 more c ^ rry experiment . , Tbe-proprietors have agreed to let the land at one half the rent they , now receive for it , in order to give every chance of success to the tenants . The pecuniary interest taken in the matter by the Perth committee will necessarily tend to guard the people from unfair treatment , and the plan givesever ^ promise of apermanent improvement in their condition . The first result of it is exceedingly gratifying . It has stopped the transportation of the Solas tenants , which was threatened some time ago .-North British Mail .

      Dr . Mason , who was so severely wounded by his wife at Gatehouse , has been pronounced convalescent . The unhappy woman is still in Kirkcudbright pHsoa . A National Gallery at EuikntRGn . —An act of Parliament was passed on the 14 th ult ; , to erect ore the Earthen Mound at Edinburgh a National Gallery for the promotion of the fine arts . It' was intended to form other buildings on the Mound . It is provided by the act , ( hat the plans of the , National Gallery shall be approved of by the Treasury . _ When the building is completed , it is to be vested in the commissioners and trustees of the town , subject to the approbation of the Treasuryl ¦ - ¦¦ Whirlwind at Mosxkose . —The Monlrose

      Standard has an account of a , whirlwind that visited that burgh last Sunday , about noon . All was still , but , on a sudden , the dust upon a spot of perhaps about six yards in circumference began to be agitated . In less than an instant it was seen whirling round with great rapidity , and rising in the form of a cylindernot with a spiral motion—but a huge cylinder of dust moving on a vertical axis . It rose to the height of at least ten feet then it seemed to jump from the spot on Which it whirled to a distance of about fifty yards , without breaking , and continued its gyrations as before . In less than a minute the column vanished , and , when three or four spectators ran to the spot , not the least breath of wind could be felt .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1592/page/6/