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    - r - *^ n r i - ~ - * - ~ £ § £ Mett * 9 QU 9 . Health or "Losbox Dcihxg Tnu Week . —In the week ending last Saturday , 1 , 02-3 deaths were registered inthe districts of the metropolis . In the Corresponding weeks of the ten years ( 1841-50 ) , the average w ;» 31 . 1 G 2 : compared witk -w hich the present return exhibits a favourable result . And if it could be safely assumed , notwithstanding the effects of the various epidemic * , that th « population lias increased yearly : it tlie rate of 1 * 55 per cent , ( the annual rate of increase observe 1 in London between the two censuses of 1831 and 1841 ) and the above average were proportionally augmented , the comparison would show the public health of the week in a still more satisfactory point of view . But it Sfif SXetranali *

    will be found on examination that , in fire out of ten correspanding weeks , the returns differ little from . that of hat week , or fall much below it , whilst an excessive mortality presses on other parts of the series , the deaths rising to 1 , 430 , at one period , when iiifluenza was in the Vatse , at another , when cholera had broken out in Drouet ' s institution , and thus swelling the account above what an average state of health would produce . The last week exhibits a marked imtrovement on the first week of the year , chiefly in tho incline of f «« er and the epidemics to which children arc subject , hut also in the diminished effects of diseases of the respiratory organs . In the previous week the deaths from epidemics in the agaresa-. e were 239 , in the last they were 173 ; and to take particular maladies in this clas ? , there were in the former week , from

    smallpox , measles , scarlatina , and hooping cough , 2 S , 29 , 14 , and 53 , respectively ; in the last wiek there were 1 G , 21 , 16 , 43 ; scarlatina alone , which , however , is now less fatal than usual , not showing a decrease . Typhus has declined in the two weeks from 48 to 35 ; erysipelas from 14 to 2 . Amongst complaints which assume an epidemic character , influfcuza alone shows any tendency to increase ; it has carried off 9 persons in the " we * , though it usually teaches less than half that number ? In connection , with three cases of typhus , which proved fatal in three different parts " of the metropolis , the Registrars call attention in their notes to the circumstances in which these events occurred here " a filthy and overcrowded court , " which had Seen repeatedly complained of as the nursery of

    disease ; at another place , " miserable huts , " which had been constructed without reran ! to comfort or decency ; and in the third case , a small back-room is described , where sis persons had been Bleeping , and into which air could not penetrate either by means of the chimney or othcr ' channel . Patal cases arising from affections of the respiratory organs { exclusive of hooping cough and phthisis ) are diminished from 321 in the former w » ek , to 275 in the last ; and amonest these , kryiichis from 11 to 4 , bronchitis from 152 to 13 C , pneumonia from 101 to 06 , and asthma from 37 to 27 . In the same period , phthisis exhibits a decrease from 147 to 123 . On the 7 th of January , in St . Giles-: n-tbe-Eelds , at the Union Workhouse , a woman who

    had been , a servant , died , a 3 mentioned in the medical certificate , from " old age and decay , " after having reached the extraordinary age of 105 years . Mr . Faulkner , the Registrar , sdds , that ' this woman retained full possession of all her faculties till within a fortnight of her death . " It is not stated , as is desirable in such cases , whether so singular a fact rests on the authority of a parish register or other sufficient evidence . " The b'rth of 792 boys and 7 SS girls , in all l , 5 S 0 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 350 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily readini

    Of the barometer , which had fluctuated on the first four days of the week ., fell to 29 . 385 in . « n Wednesday , and then rose gradually to 29 . 998 in . on Saturday . The mean of the week was 29 . 635 in . The mean daily temperature was lowest on Monday and Thursday , when it was about 33 deg . 5 min . It was highest on Saturday , when it rose to 48 deg . 2 min . The mean of the week was 42 de * . 2 min . On every day the temperature was higher than the average of the same day in tci : years . On Tuesday and "Wednesday the mean was about 7 deg . above the STerage ; on Friday 8 deir . 5 min ., and on Saturday nearly 12 deg . The wind was S ., and on the last four days was in the S . W .

    Verdict of MASsuuonTEn agaisst the Trustees of a Road . —On Monday Mr . Payne concluded the inquest on the body of William Brent , who met his death by an accident alleged to have arisen from the disgraceful state of the rosi-. l at Newington Causeway . After hearing : the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Mr . Pocoek , Chairman , and tLe five trustees of the South District Board of St . George , Southwark . " The Coroner took the recosnwmcc of £ 50 from Mr Pocoek , for his . appearance at the Central Criminal Court , and stated that he would accept the

    recognisances of the other trustws in a similar amount . Suspected Cnan Murker . —On Mond iy morning the hody of a male child was discovered in the drain running from the house of a person named Donovan , residing in Seven Dials . The closet was Stopped up and Donovan vras opening the drain with a pitchfork , when to his horror he discovered he had Jtuck it into the neck of an infant . The police Were ca'lcd in , and the body conveyed to the St Giles ' s "VYorkhouse , wh « j Mr . Bennett , the surgeon , gave his opinion that the infant was four or five days old .

    Mcrder op a Wife bt urn Husband . —On Tuesday evening Mr . H . M . Wakley hel-l an inquest at the Prince of Wales , Sudeley-strcct , Islington , on Sarah , aged sixty-three , the wife of Thomas Johnson , an old soldier , who lately followed the trade of shcemaking . The evidence * was that of Elizabeth Batty , a schoolmistress , occupvipg the apartment adjoining the deceased ' s , who deposed that ahost twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , she heard a dreadful noise in her room , bat ef which she took no notice , as deceased aiid her husband were always quarrelling . The noise resembled that created py the upsetting of cops and saucer- and of the furniture . She heard deceased ' s husband exclaim « You old 111 do for you . " After which she

    heard a heavy fall on the floor . AH was then silent . In the morning witness was awoke by the police , who asked her if she knew anything of the murder ? She replied in the negative , ana then went to see deceased . —Sarah Harris stated that she had frequently heard deceased and her husband quarrelling , and they both were addicted to drunkenness . —The jury deliberated a short time , and returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the husband , whose committal to Xewgate the coroner handed to the police , —Deceased and her husband bad been married forty-three years , and lived in the neigh-Bourhood upwards of twenty years , during which tune the husband rendered himself notorious for his brutal treatment of deceased .

    Fatal Coixision os the Eashhw Cotoubs Rm ,. wax . —Aa inquiry of three days' duration was concluded on Tuesday last at the Railway Inn . adjacent to the Ponders-end station of the Eastern Counties Railway , before Mr . Higgs , the coroner tot the Duchy of Lancaster , concerning the death Of Vincent ladwick , a night inspector at the Btttion , who was killed on the 8 th inst . by a spe-Cial train coming in contact with a goods truck whioh l : e was removing into a siding . Mr ' Hawley , from the office of the solicitors to the company , was present to watch the evidence , and Mr . tx . Richardson , the superintendent of the line , and other officials attended to afford everv information . It may be at once mentioned tha ' t

    the special train was conveying agentleman named BaTiland , from London to . Cambridge , to see his father , who was dangerously ill , and who is since deceased . In Ms summing up , the coroner told the jury that the deceased was doing his bast iu gettina a , truck over the line ; and as it had beea stated that it would require twenty minutes to run and place the fog si gnal six hundred yards boyond tbe Obstruction and to get back , it was obvious that he could not have done H . Then , with reference to the special train , did they consider that the driver of the engine observed that caution which was expected from him when running under such peculiar circumstances ? Thev SSiTfe ? iSA « ? " * * S ° they

    . . » » g : would judge whether he was going at a reckless ipeed . If they were satisfied that he was , and that he did not exercise that precaution which he ouoht under the circumstances , than their verdict would bo one that would criminally affect him . —The room was then cleared of strangers , andafter three hours ' deliberation , the Foreman announced that they had agreed upon a verdict of manslaughter against Ronald Baxter , the driver of the engine of the special train , They also banded in the following as an addenda to their verdict : — " The jury cannot separate without expressing their unanimous opinion that the duties assigned to the deceased , who was tuiea

    during their proper performance , were more multifarious than a person in his station of life and m&iS em ° lu ? ona could reasonably be expected to KS . ? + * i 8 raiter Precautionary measures , SET % tt . v i - ° ^ W * . mighthave been Stions ^^^ await his trial * the next SSJ £ ttegSS Criminal Court . In the course of the evenS ' hl Was conveyed in custody to the Old Bailey ! g

    tt ££ n S £ F /* ? ** K ** u ** a Club HousK .--On Wednesday , an inquest was taken bv Mr . Bedford at the Charing-croBS Hospital , on £ body of Michael Flanagan , aged twenty-two ? The deceased had been at tbe works now going On in Vm Traveller ' s Club House , M-mfu ^ and on Friday afternoon he and four others were going on as usual , when tbe foreman observing they had been drinking desired them to go home . The deeeasedhadgot to the top of the building and was going down _ a very high ladder , but the foreman

    suggested a better way by which he had eome up hy a ladder only twenty feet high . The deceased assented to this , and was missed among the scaf-

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    folding , but was soon found lying on the stono flooring in an insensible state , and bleeding profusely from the ears . He was taken to the Chariugcross Hospital and died the next night , never having been able to speak . On a post mortem examination of the body it was found that the skull was fractured from ear to ear , and there was laceration of the brain by the bone . The foreman thought if the deceased was incapable of work he ought to have been assisted down the ladder . The jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " folding , hnf . wno annn fating i «;«~ „„ ti , / . ni »» .

    Scpposed Child Murders . —On Wednesday Mr , M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , held two inquests at the Fountain public-house , King-street , Seven Dials , on the bodies of two male infants , supposed to have been murdered . The first case waa on the body of the male child of Julia ilaloney , who was charged on Wednesday at Bow-street for concealing the birth . The body was found in the drain ° f ^ V } ° T ^ onse in Q n-street ., at which & 5 f J , ' £ f ? a semnt - she denied all tTttl \ ll 0 K L at the P <> l « e-conrt , but it HfT « at had « eently been delivered of an lntant—Mr . Bennet , surgeon atthe workhouse of bt . biles s said he was of opinion that the child had been born some eight or nine days . Ho had made the examination , and believes that the child had breathed . Ho believes that if the child bad been properly attended to it would have lived . The witness added that the woman had made a confession that the child belonged to her , and that it had Wn

    in tue watercloset for some days . The iury , in the absence of any positive evidence , returned an open verdict , " That the child was found in a C 7 ' f u Wu orn alire or not the » c is no evidence to show . " The second case was on the body of a male child found in a drain in Churchane . Mr . Bennet said a portion of the head was knocked in and he attributed death to violence . me jury returned a similar verdict in the second case . The CoROSEit for Middlesex axd the Guardians of St . Paxcra 8 .-A full attendance of the guardians of St . Pancras was held at the Courthouse on Tuesday to consider the allegations against the Deputy-Coroner . Mr . Fraser , the senior churchwarden , presided , and opened the business of the meeting by saying he had just received a letter from Air

    . James Uarke , who was unable to attend , and who requested that some other gentleman would take the matter up . Ho ( the chairman ) Bince their last meeting bad seen Mr . Wakley , jun ., who had stated to him that his feelings had been much hurt and irritated at different times by remarks which had been made by members of the board . He bad no personal feeling of hostility against the board ; the observations that escaped him had been made in the heat of the moment ; and he had authorised him ( the chairman ) most fully to retract what he had TBaid upon that occasion . Mr . Wakley , sen ., having also said he had no ill feeling towards the board , he trusted they would agree with him that it would be injudicious to proceed further with the discussion .

    Mr . Wakley , jun ., denied having sent communications to the Dispatch newspaper ; and , with respect to holding unnecessary inquests , declared that the fault lay with the beadles and not with him . Mr . Churchwarden Baker thought after what had been said the board would be satisfied . Mr . Healy concurred . Mr . Wakley , M . P ., then said , his son liad authorised him to state that he was labouring under feelings of irritation on the occasion alluded to , and if any one felt annoyed he was willing to recall the expressions . He ( Mr . Wakley ) regretted there had been any misunderstanding between the board and the coroner ; there was the greatest difficulty in giving satisfaction to all parties . If there was a desire to heal the wounds that had been laid open ,

    he ( Mr . Wakley ) should be most anxious to apply the most soothing emollient . ( Hear . ) Mr . Baker thon proposed that , after the explanation and apology offered , the board should proceed to the next business of the day . This motion was seconded and carried unanimously , Mr . Wakley then said that , in ri-eard to the charge made against the reporter , he had felt it his duty to make inquiries concerning that gent ! eman ,. and ho found that , with respect to what arose at the inquest on the late Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett , the reporter had po connexion with certain articles which were offensive to his ( Mr . Wakluy ' s ) feelings . He hoped thenceforward there would be peace between them . ( Hear . ) The reporter having expressed his acknowledgments to

    Mr . Wakley , tbe business terminated ; after which Mr . W . ikley , at the invitation of the directors , made an inspection of the house and expressed his satisfaction at the improvements made in it since he went over it some years ago . Destructive Fibe at Woolwich . —On Tuesday morning a fiie . involving a serious loss of property broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs . Burcb , known as the Roebuck Tavern , situate at No . 43 . Church-street , Woolwich . The discovery was made by a polioscrgeant , who perceived smoke issuing from the window shutters . At that time the whole of the residents were in their beds , but the officer managed to make them sensible of their danger , an

    smoke . The flames travelled with surprising ramdity . and very speedily enveloped the whole of the spacious building . The engines were soon on the spot , and eventually succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration , but not until the tavern and its contents were reduced to ashes , and the premises on cither side considerably injured by water . Destructive Fire . —Shortly before one on Wednpsd . iy morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . J . Murray , tallow chandler and oilman , 49 , Bridge House-place , Newingto : i-causeway . The inmatos were fortunately assisted to make their escape by the window , but the fire could not be stayed nntil all the back rooms , the shop front and warehouse , and several of the front rooms were burned out .

    Dinner at the Mahsios-hotjse . —The Lord Mayor , pursuant to ancient custom , gave on Plough Monday an elegant entertainment to the various City ofSears , including the governors of the City prisons , and several of his private friends . Accident o . v tiie River . —On Saturday afternoon last a most unfortunate and fatal accident happened at Grays Thurrock . A boat containing nine persons—viz ., two watermen , two women , and five children , was beiug rowed over the river . A coal brig goiug down the river ran them down , and the whole party met a watery grave . The names are at present nnknown . It is supposed to have happened in consequence of the weather liav-« i | been so foggy that the brig was upon them before they had the chance of getting out of the way .

    Blackfriars Bridge . —On Monday the Corporation Committee appointed to inquire into the roost efficient means for securing Blackfriars Bridge against further subsidence paid an official visit to that structure . It was found that the sinking had been checked by the works lately carried on at the piers , and no further damage is anticipated . The model of an iron stay , which it is proposed to apply to the avches , was inspected and approved . It is expected that theneceBsary repairs on the road of he brid ge may be completed without closing the bridge .

    Rei-eal of the Wisdow Tax . —On Monday ovening a crowded meeting of the ratepayers of Maryle bone , composed of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion , was huld by permission of the vestry , m the spacious court-house , for the purpose of organising final measures with a view to the total and immediate repeal of the window tax . Resolutions deprecatory of the window tax were carried unanimously , and a considerable subscription to carry on the agitation having taken place , thanks were voted to the chairman and the meeting separated .

    Burglary at the Lambeth Mosey Order Office . —On Monday morning tbe premises of Messrs . Buck and Wootons , of the money order office , 33 , Mount-street , Westminster Bridge-road , were entered by burglars , who remained unperceived on the premises long enough to pack up considerable property for removal . About half-past three the shopmen were alarmed by an unusual noise , and proceeding to ascertain the cause , disturbed the burglars , who fled over the backs of the houses at the tear of the premises , and effected their escape with about £ 40 value . This is the second time that these premises have been burglariously invaded within these few monthB .

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    Reduction of the Ddtt on Tba . —Reports have reached Newcastle that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is willing to reduce the tea duty "threepence per pound on the 5 th of April next , and threepence each year for the ensuing three years . " The duty on tea is now 2 s . 2 d . per poun < , so that by this plan it would be reduced to Is . 2 d . per pound in and after 1854 . Some such reduction as this has long been called for , and will no doubt soon be carried into effect ; but we think the duties might safely be lowered at a more rapid rate . Threepence a pound might favourablv affect the retailer .

    but certainly not the small consumer . And we do not believe that a much larger reduction would operate injuriously upon the revenue . On the contrary , it would so stimulate the consumption of tea , that the annual amount of tax paid by it into the Exchequer would be increased railier than diminished . This is not a question o surplus or no surplus , for , at any time , Sir Charles Wood may be assured that the revenue will not suffer , although the country will be most materially benefited , if he plucks up the courage to make a bold experiment with tea .

    As Ajmcess in the Bbeast ccbed bt Uoixowai ' s Owthest asd PnvLs . —About three years since , Mrg . O'FJanertj , of Hill-street , Cork , accidentally bruised her breast , for months afterwards the pain increased , and the part Decame fearfully swollen : various applications wero tried S !™ ° d $ " ? £ least "Kef ; ultimately at abscess SSS > . ^ r 8 » K a great quantity of humour , which 2 Sladvft-n " ^ to * ala ™ « extent at this OmSi ™^ n ^ S l ^ ovumendedhOT tt > tJ 7 Holloway ' a ! 1 IeHPS « was soon healed , and her health is now quite renovated ,

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    Efle &romnro * . tv r i < ASER VA « .-Acase having something of the features of that of the unfortunate Jane Wilbred has just been brought before a bench of Worcestershire magistrates . Iu this case the ill-used domestic was a young girl named Hannah Uinton , aged sixteen years , who at Michaelmas last was hired at a statute fair by Mr . John Lee , a farmer , of Kempsey , near Worcester , who engaged her as nursemaid to his children at the wages of £ 2 per year . The girl was never healthy or strong , but has become much emaciated since her entry her \^ Z _ __ ~~ '

    upon ?« 1 T j , PPe r « nce before the magistrate she appeared much emaciated , and her features appeared pinched and careworn , her general appearance being that of a person much older . She deposed to frequent cassations inflicted by her mas er and mistress , out especially the latter . Her master had struck her over the head with a pair o leggings , because she bad not got the fire lighted fW o ° > l ° r 11 the m ? " » ng ; and just before SHSrfn I "' t caledher a "« asty hussey , " ud picking her up by the arms threw her down

    r idTIma ™ « Med- « I was hurt badly all up my side , and my arms were bruised and as sore as could oe . My master and mistress were in the habit of cursing and swearing at me . " She also represented that the food which was given to her was scanty , and when she had meat , or dripping upon her bread , it was stale and offensive to the nose and palate . —Mrs . 1 oweli , a neighbour to the Lee ' s , deposed to the ill-treatment of the girl . On a Sunday evening witness heard a great noise as of something falling down stairs , and great cursing and swearing from Mr . and Mrs , Lee , and the girl Hinton was crying . Next

    morning the girl told witness that her mistrees had pushed her down stairs from top to the bottom , and had hurt her thigh . Witness sa » v a large bruise on her thigh , about the size of her hand . llad often heard Mrs . Lee threaten to kill the girl , knock her brains out , &c . She ( the girl ) looked very bad Bix weeks ago , but looked worse now . She had come to witness many times and begged for a bit of victuals—' a bit of bread or a cup of coffee . " Last Sunday she sent witness ' s little girl to her to ask her for a potato . The potatoes were not quite cooked , and she sent her a bit of

    pudding . 1 lie girl had to Id witness many times that she had not half enough to eat . —Matilda Munn , a dressmaker , living in the name village of Kuinpsey , deposed to acts of cruelty exercised by Mrs . Lee towards the girl , who had otten complained to witness that she was kept short of food , beaten , and ill-used . Had known Mrs . Lee beat her with a walking stick , and heard the girl scream our . And also heard threats used towards her , both by Mr . and Mrs . Lee . The girl had shown to witness tbe food that had been given to her . It was bread , with something like lard upon it , and which " smelt very bad . " The magistrates , after hearing the evidence , and receiv " ing from the superintendent of the county police * good character of the male defendant ' s " humanity , ' came to the determination to convict the defendants of a common assault . They were accordingly fined £ 2 each and costs ; and in delivering the judgment of the Court the chairman characterized the case as one of" great and unnecessary cruelty . "

    Dahixg Escape of Three Highway Robbers fjiom Carlisle Gaol . —Between three and four o ' clock on the morning of Saturday last , J . Thompson , W . Mounsey , and T . Pinnick , three men who , along with another man named William Graham , were committed about six weeks ajro to take their trial for highway robbery and attempted murder , made their escape from Carlisle gaol by a well planned stratagem . Three of these fellows have been previously convicted more than once . The circumstances attending their escape are briefly as follow : — Ever since their committal to gaol Graham has been subject to epileptic fits , consequently the surgeon ordered that he should sleep in a cell with two other prisoners , whose duty it was to take charge of him

    during these attacks . He was at first separated from nis fellow offenders , but since the sessions , which were held last week , there were no other untried prisoners remaining , with the exception of one , therefore the governor , who is prevented by law from placing convicted prisoners along with those who have not yet been tried , had no alternative but to place one of bis own party with him , in connexion with the untried prisoner already aliuded to . On Saturday morning this man objected to remain any longer in the same cell as the two highway robbers , consequently the governor placed another of their companions with them , thus making a party of three . Owing to an uproar shortly after two on Saturday morning , the night watchman ( John James ! went to the envprnnr ' s

    bed-room window , and stated that there was great shouting and knocking iu ward No . 4 , and that he thought Graham had taken another fit . The governor therefore gave him the keys and a light to go into the gallery and ascertain the fact ; he accordingly went to the door of the cell in which the three robbers were confined , looking through the key hole , and seeing the other two prisoners holding Graham , inquired , " Is there anything amiss ? " One of the patty replied , " For God ' s take make haste and open the door , the fellow is dying . " Knowing that Graham was subject to fits , he incautiously opened the door , and introducing his light ( though against his instructions , which were , nevcv vravlev any circumstances to enter a cell by himself ) No sooner had

    he opened the door than he was seized by the throat by Graham ( the dying man ) , thrown upen his back , and the keys forcibly taken from him . He made every resistance , but all was of no avail ; moreover , Mounsey civilly said to him , " If you don ' t be quiet lJ d sharply it will be the worse for you . " The three robbers than left the cell , having locked the wa'climan up in it , who still shouted , but could not he heard from the governor ' s bed-room . They then liberated their companion , Pinnick , who was locked up in . another cell , and the four immediately proceeded to plan means for effecting their escape . They first got a plank , which they fixed upon the spikes of some railings , which border the south wall of the prison ; they next carried off a short ladderused by the

    , night watchman for lighting the lumps . This they placed upon the plank , but as their machinery was still defective , they secured a long towel , which proved very useful . The towel was handed to Graham , who , being the tallest man , mounted first , and with difficulty got upon the wall . The other prisoners , assisted by Graham with the towel , were then pulled up one by one , till the whole four were upon the wall . The next business was to descend . They accordingly drew up the ladder , and let it down on the opposite side of the wall ; the towel was again brought into requisition by Graham , who let the other three down till they reached to the top of the

    ladder , which they descended with comparative ease . When Mounsey reached the ground he threw down the ladder and shouted to Graham ( for whom they all appeared to entertain a great dislike ) , " Stick there , you skylark . " The three men then made off a * quickly as possible along the Caledonian Railway , and according to Giaham ' s statement , ran in the direc : turn of Ravinglass . Graham , not being able to help himself either in one way or another , sat upon the wa ! f ° r at least an hour , when he called a watchman , telling him that all the prisoners were escaping , and that he believed they had murdered the night watchmaa t . Ti 8 ° verner was instantly aroused . He ran out , half naked , and saw Graham unnn the wnli

    Several watchmen now entered , and Graham was then brought down by a ladder and secured . Every possible means have been resorted to for the re-cauture of the escaped prisoners . Police officers and other parties * ere instantly despatched in all directions , but up to ten o clock on Saturday evening no intelligence ot their re-capture had been received . £ 20 reward has been offered for their apprehension . Fire and Loss of Lifb .-A fire , which unfortunately resulted in loss of life , broke out on Saturday morning last at No . 7 , Upper North-street , Brighton . 1 he house is occupied by a laundress , namedFigg . _ Her huBband , it appears , arose at his usual time , six p clock , and lighted a fire in the front parlour , which is used as an ironing room . He then left home , and goon after be had left , the room was discovered to be on fire . In the back parlour Fiee ' s daughter was lying dead in her coffin , her fuS being appointed to take place on Sundav . On Z

    2 JJS ? lnfant . gra . n ^ u >** in her arms , and succeeded in escaping into the street , by forcing her wav through the flames , which had by that tiSlwmmnicated from the front parlour to the passage Sh grandmother and grandchild were burnt ? but not Xti fe ^^^™* " * 3 X : f « tV ? £ * ' ^ a ^ &Edto'fftoJ of the house , but the smoke becoming every minute more and more dense and suffocating they determined to attempt an escape by the back attic window The young man , Figg , succeeded in gaining the roof passed over to the front of the house , and thence safely founded by means of a ladder into the street gol den and hu wife and child next made the attemn " Holden having an impression that the roof waXt Itwas quite dark at the time . Theronf ied to be 8 lantmg , and they all three rolled off into Zt %

    yard , ine houses in this part of Upper North-stvee were built by the side of an ancient chalk pi andt consequence , although the front of the houses show Sh * W ^ T »? ' « h ? re are five stories at the back . It was from this height , between thirty and forty feet , that the unfortunate family fel " no he yard . Eventually the child was found sit ! fog on the mould of a small flower garden , having su Sed only a few slight bruisei . Mrs . Holden was greatly injured , one ot her arms being smashed by the fallsome fractured bones have since been removed from the arm , and she is recovering . Her husband was taken up insensible . He was at once removed toThe Sussex County Hospital , in a fly , where he died on Sunday morning . On the alarm of fire being £ 2 the neighbours and fireman were quickly in atten dance , and the fire was Boon subdued .

    * T u-T Gt ^ olTm W »* o » Ehchah The gale which on the 8 th inst . swept over Bristol and the Bristol Channel , did a great deal of mi cblVf along the western coast , and particularly at the

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    fashionable little town of Weston-super Marc , almost every house ov building of which was more or less affected by it . At Emmasual church two pinnacles , weighing over three tous each , were thrown down , and one of them falling backwards to the church carried in the roof of the nave , smashing the pews beneath and doing injury to a considerable amount . Several vessels off tbe shore were placed in imminent peril ; a schooner was prevented ijoing on a rnck by the intrepidity of some boatmen who went offto her assistance , and a sloop drove from her anchorage under Bream Down went in among the fishing nets , doing a great deal of damage both to herself and them . At Clevedon , Burnham , &c , the gale also" raged furiously . At the former place

    several pieces of wreck and a small boat have come ashore , as also a West India sugar hogshead ( supposed to have belonged to some outward bound ship ) with linseed meal and branded M in a diamond . The gale has not been unattended with accidents on the Welsh coast , as we find the Maria , a French vessel , sank in Penarth Roads when the elements were in their highest fury ; and it is surmised that the crew are lost . She was taking a cargo of coal from Newport to France . The Wreck of the late Emigrakjc Suit' Edmond . —The committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from ShiDwreck , have

    presented respectively to the five Coast-guard boatmen who so laudably exerted themselves at the late lamentable wreck of tbe ship Edmond , at Kilkee , on the 19 th of November , the silver medal of the institution and an award of £ 2 each . The committee have also offered their best thanks to Mr . Richard Russell , J . P .. of Limerick , for his prompt and very efficient services on that painful occasion , with a request that he will accept the silver modal of the institution , and an award of £ 2 to his butler , who courageously aided the exertions of his master and the Coast-guardsmen during that dreadful night .

    Case of Cmld Murder at Bristol . —The coroner for Bristol , J . B . Grindon , Esq ., on Tuesday , held an inquest at the Old Cider House Tavern , Lower Maudlin-street , in that city , on the body of a fine female infant , which had been found dead under circumstances which induced a suspicion that she had been murdered soon after birth , by her mother . From the evidence taken the following facts transpired . —A young woman , named Sarah Rickards , who resided with her grandmother , in apartments at No . 9 , Harford-street , had been observed by the neighbours to assume an unusual rotundity of person , and suspicions were entertained that she was likely to become a mother . The grandmother , however , with whom she lived , and who slept with her nightly ,

    protests that she never observed anything to induce her to suspect such a thing . On the 8 th inst . the grandmother , upon the suggestion of the girl , went out for a walk with some nurse children , and on her return in about two or three hours afterwards she found the girl , who in her absence made the bed and put the room in order . The grandmother states that even at this time she suspected nothing , although a man who knew the young woman and who saw her that day , declares that her appearance . was very much altered , as she was much paler in the faco than he had seen her before , and was not so stout as she had been . On the following morning the wife of the person who rents the house , discovered that the water closet was stopped up . She informed her husband of it , who in endeavouring to ascertain thecause hooked up a cloth , and also disturbed something which he thought was the body of a child . He did not at once

    remove it , but raised an alarm which brought all the inmates of the house down to see it , nmong those who came and who expressed surprise at the circumstance , was the young woman herself . Thepolice werecalled in and the body taken up , and suspicion falling on the girl she was apprehended , and submitted to a surgical examination . The medical gentleman , Mr . Bernard , being of opinion that she had been recently confined , a search of her apartment was made , and appearances were discovered which bore out the metiical opinion . ' Mr . Bernard , surgeon to the police force , wasexnmined , andgaveitas his decided opinion that the child was born alive , and that its death was occasioned not by natural causes but from suffocation . Thejury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against the mother , Sarah Kickard ? , who was committed by the coroner to take her trial for the offence .

    A Charge of Intimidation against Factors Workers . —On Tuesday morning a case which excited a good deal of interest was brought before the Lancashire county magistrates , at the New Bailey Court Ilouse , arising out of a strike atthe cotton mill of Sir Elkanah Armitage and Sons , Pendleton The factory hands of Sir Elkanah Armitage and Sons left their work , in consequence of a dispute about wages , on the 12 th of September last . A small portion of them have since returned , but the greater portion are still out of employment , thenplaces having been filled up to a considerable extent by other workpeople . The new hands have been allowed to pursue their employment up to last week very peaceably , but on Tuesday , as some children wero going from tlie factory to dinner , they were attacked by a crowd of givls—mere children like

    themselves—wore nearly covered with mud , and hence the present proceedings before the magistrates . There were seven defendants altogether appearing to summonses charging them with assaults and intimidation , two girls and a boy being very young—one about eleven years of age , and the others about thirteen years old , and the only adult was an elderly woman who was the mother * to one of the other defendants . The court presented a curious appearance , the galleries being crowded with young girls and boys , to the number of 700 or 800 , all turnouts . The magistrates—Mr . J . L . TrarTord , Capt . Whittaker , Mr . J . Brotherton , M . P ., and Mr . C . J . S . Walker—heard the case with a good deal of patience , and decided to call upon the woman and two of the oldest of the girls to find sureties to keep the peace for three months . The other defendants were discharged .

    Fatal Accident to a Solicitor . —On Mondav at Abingdon , an inquest was held , to inquire into the death of Mr . Thomas Prankum , solicitor , and for many years clerk to the magistrates in that town It seemed , that on Friday the 20 thult ., the deceased ' with a Mr . Kieholls , went in a dog cart to Lechl lade , Gloucestershire , accompanied on the way by Mr . E . Harris , draper , and his servant , who wore in another vehicle . When the business which took the parties to Lechlade was concluded , they dined and drank moderately , and returned from there about seven o ' clock in the evening . On their way home they stopped at Farringdon , and Pusey Furze , at both of which places they had refreshmentsnot uffi

    , scient however , it was alleged to produce intoxication . It was ahout ten o ' clock when they left Pusey Furze , when a race took place between the horses belonging to Mr . Harris and Mr . Nicholls ; and on coming to a part of the road where some heaps of stone were placed at the side for repairs , the vehicle of Mr . Nicholl ' s came in contact with them , and threw both him and Mr Frankum out violently , and it was subsequently found that the thigh of the deceased was fractured hy the fall . The coroner ordered a post mortem examination to be made , and the medical evidence showed that the death ensued directly from congesturn of the brain The jury- returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

    Tmk Livebpool Cotton Brokers . —A meeting of tho Association of Cotton-brokers in Liverpool took place on Tuesday , for the purpose of endeavouring to adopt some plan to prevent a repetition of the errors m tho amount of stock at the termination of the year . After a very animated discussion regarding the various modes suggested , it waa agreed to , upon the motion of Mr . George Holt tha a committee should be appointed to examine niS f m ? " l 1 ^ ° f asce ^ inin S the praeloa bility of taking the stock more frequently than once a year : and , in the course of their investi « a . tions , to discover , if possible , the cause of the dis crepancy , m order to prevent its recurrence Death

    . of a Pauper at IlEtwooD .-An adjotttnod inquest was held last week at Hey wood , on K « vv ° l , Edmund n WiJd . awd 71 , whoiiod in ' the Bury workhouse . On the l 3 th ult . deceased fractvned his thigh and was attended by Mr . Hinxu an ' j-T . ? i le Incdical officers of the union . He died the day following . The surgeons who made tne post mortem examination gave it as thpir opinion that the deceased had died of a bedsore Mr . Woodcock , clerk to the board of guardians attended , and from a letter he had sent to Mr ' Ilinxman , it appeared he intended to show " tint the deceased died , not for want of a water-bed or Hooper s water cushion , but from injudicious treatment of the medical officer . Several skilful surgeons were examined and it was admitted that a later cushion might have assisted in deceased ' s reeoverv but it appeared there had been great neglect in not carrying out the orders of the surmnn . ti «

    jury returned the following verdict : It ° is the opinion of the jury that Edmund Wild died from bed . sores ; but must accompany that verdict with the censure of the jury upon the guardians for want of proper attention to the deceased , in not foiwardinc such means as m opinion of the medical officer were considered essential for obviating , or endeavouring to make his disease less painful or fetal " vourm » ltEPRESKNTATlON OF BEDFORDSHIRE . -On Sfltur day last a meeting took place at the George Hote Bedford , and it was agreed that Colonel Gifi should receive tho support of all then present A requisition was prepared , and on Monday mornhw it was m course of signature . Colonel K £ the present high sheriff of the co « n ? J but J » expected he wil have completed his term of ok ! before he election takes place . Other candidates are talked of , but do address is out at present North DuRHAM-Lord geaham , tho youthful proteotioniBt member for Korth Durham , who re £# . ?!« » "fl « w fr ™ / run accident wh I uiuuit oi

    mm irom attending the house last session has been visiting , his constituents in the So t towns in that dms . on . On the 10 th inst . h lord shp ami a numerous party of conservatives were entertained at a banquet , given bv wi Tn . \ John Wright , the M ^ uhVSdSdSy ? " ®

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    tionecnng agent , in Sunderland . From the remarks that fell from his lordship at the meetings held in those towns it would appear that he and his party are prepared , when the house meets , to give tho recent Papal aggression their determined opposition . His lordshi p did not give his shipowner friends even tho forlorn hope of a resumption of tho navigation laws . Dreadful Shipwreck and Loss oe Life . — King 8 ton . —Tbe mail steamer , St . Columbia , which arrived from Ilolydead on Monday , Btates that on Saturday night last , during a violent gale from tlie westward , a large American ship , from Boston , van ashore to the south of the Stack Light , and in a

    very short time went to piece , and what is melancholy to state , eleven of her crew met with watery graves . Her cargo , a valuable one , principally tobacco in leaf , is strewed along the shore in that locality ; men , women , and children supplied themselves plentifully with it . The night was very thick , which may have been the cause of their not sighting the above light . The commander ot the Scotia ( since arrived ) states that the name of the shipwrecked vessel was the Francisco . It is stated that her commander and chief mate were lost also in addition to those already mentioned . She is 700 tons , heavily laden with cotton and tobacco .

    Elections is Bedfordshire and Nottisohamsumu . — Tuesday night ' s Gazette contains the Speaker's notice that at the end of a fortnight from the 13 th inst . a writ will be issued for the election of . members of parliament in place of Viscount Alford and of Robert Bromley , Esq ., both deceased . Brioiiton . —Accident to a Smuggler . — At six o ' clock on Monday morning last a man was found lying on a ledge of tho cliff , about sixty feet above the level of tho boach , a short distance to tho east of tho Ecclesbourne coast guard station . On tho lodge were fifteen tubs of spirits , and on the beach

    below were a quantity more , making fifty-eight in all . Two of the tubs on the ledge were broken , one being quite empty , and the other standing upright about half full . The man , whose name is John Tilden , lay helpless on the ground , being evidently much injured by fulling from tho cliff above . His head was severely wounded , and it was afterwards found that his body was much bruised , especially oil one of the thighs . It is supposed that he had laid there from two in the morning . The upper part of hia dress was soaked in blood , and ho was saturated with water from the rain which had fallen .

    lie was unable to move , and was benumbed with cold , but not insensible . The horrors ofhiB situation during the night were aggravated by fears as to the falling of the overhanging cliffs , a fragment of which fell aa he lay and struck him on the stomach . Close by him was the half tub of brandy , from which he would have refreshed himself , but he was unable to reach it owing to the injuries he had received . On being discovered he was removed to the Preventive Station , where he remained a short time , after which he was conveyed to the Hastings Infirmary . On examination it was found that he had broken no bones , though ho was severely

    bruised and shaken . The coast guard knew nothing of tho occurrence . Be was very reserved , showing no disposition to commit himself . On the morning of tho occurrence a boat , containing two men . landed on the beach at Hastings , its occupants stating that they wero come ashore for beef . Having landed they forthwith decamped . The coast guard took possession of the craft , which is a French punt without any name on her . Rumour states that two tubs of spirits were " run" over the cliff . Tho locality selected for this daring enterprise was amosfc dangerous spot , the cliff rising to a great altitude , Of course the tubs are in safe custody . Neither the spirits nor the boat are very likely to be claimed .

    . Discovert of a Depot for Stolen Properti ' . — A beer-house keeper , named George Hirst , has been taken into custody at Leeds , under circumstances which induce the belief that the prisoner has been in the habit of receiving stolen property . The prisoner keeps the Angel Inn , in MarKetstreet , in the centre of the town , and in his house the police found a large quantity of property , consisting of woollen cloth , silks , new umbrellas , and a variety of articles ; some of which have already been identified . He at present stands remanded till

    next luesday , the magistrates refusing bail for his appearance . Emdezzlexibnt . —Henry Fordham , an innkeeper , residing at Brotherten , near Pontefract , is at present in custody at Leeds , on the charge of having embezzled various sums of money belonging to Messrs . Tetley , common brewers , of Leeds . The prisoner keeps tho-Punchbowl Inn at Brotherton , and , while acting as agent to the prosecutors , he appropriated money belonging to his employers . He has not yet been examined by the magistrates , but stands remanded till the latter end of the present week .

    ANoinER Fatal Accident occurred on Tuesday morning afc the railway station , iDgatestone , whereby John Wilson , an engine driver of the company , unfortunately lost hia life . The driver of tUe goods trains got off his engine , it is supposed , to expedite the passing of the train , when , by some extraordinary oversight ho got between the two trains . He was giving some directions to the driver of the passenger train , when the engine of the goods train caught him and jammed him between the trains , and , unfortunately , crushed him to death .

    Lyme . —On the 2 nd inst . about two o ' clock in the morning , during a tremendous gale of wind , with the wind blowing strongly from the south-west , the coast guard man on duty at Whitlaiuls , about one mile and a half westward of Lyme , observed a vessel in distress near the dangerous reef of rocks in that locality , when he fired a pistol , and showed a blue light , which was answered b y cheers from the crow of the vessel . The man then hastened for assistance , but on his return found the vessel a total wreck , and the crew drowned . Fragments of

    the vessel have since been washed ashore , together with a tin case , - with the name "Angelina" marked thereon , and that of the London agent , Mr Frederick La Mark . Three of the bodies ( two men and a hoy ) have since been picked up in Lyme Cobb and one other body has been found near the spot of tho catastrophe , and various articles of wearing apparel have also been washed ashore . An inquest was held on the bodies found at Lyme on Saturday last , before Mr . S . Cory , coroner , when a verdict of Accidentally drowned" was returned .

    Another Colliery Explosion in Durham —On Tuesday morning last an explosion occurred in the Black Boy Colliery , about two miles from Bishop Auckland , which unfortunately resulted in the loss of two lives . About two o'clock in tho morning some of the men had proceeded to work , when the overman and a boy entered a drift recently opened : they had proceeded upwards of a mile with naked candles , when it is supposed they had come in contact with a "blower , " or pent-up quantity of gas , which instantly exploded , and both were instantly killed by the blast . Happily no other men were in the neighbourhood , otherwise tho consequences must have been very disastrous . The bodies were taken out during the day without further accident . v \ \ ? T' T ° ^ the Gov e ment Inspectors visited the colliery last week , and pronounced Black Boy pit one of the best ventilated mines he had visited .

    n . m Tw ? l ! l - , -- ° n Saiurdiiy 1 * 8 * » ma " named Eujata Whittaker , when crossing the railway on his way from the union house to Writtle , at midnight , to procure the attendance of a surgeon for a sick inmate , observed something which he supposed to oe a parcel lying across the rails . On stooping to pick it up he discovered it to be a man asleep , lie immediately awoke him from his bed of danger , when he stated his name to be Turner , from Roxwell . But for the timely intimation of his dangerous position his life would , there is little doubt , have been sacrificed , several luggage trains passing over the spot during the night .

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    sfotiaun . Destructive Fire at Edinburgh ; . —On Saturday evening one of tho most destructive fires which has occurred m the city for a considerable period broke out iei the printing establishment at Gifford-park of Mr . Thomas Nelson , the well known publisher lhe premises , which were only erected three or four years ago , consist of a handsome range of twostory buildings , the eastern extremity of which is occupied , the ground floor as an engine-house , and the upper ¦ story as a store for printed works , paper , &o . The fire originated in the engine-house referred to , but what was the immediate cause cannot at present be ascertained , the men having all left and the place being shut up some time previously I was first discovered about nine o ' clock , when a dense volume cf flame was observed by a woman residing in the neighbourhood issuing with S

    violence from one of the wtadW ^^ gffiS floor . Tlie alarm was immediately given andI fo » r FmS'S ° V 1 > 03 t rf * J » $ » fi nd ° SS ? riff L ° ntlPT 8 Pr ° P « ty comprising Bov ' s IZH \ S , $ ] d * P E » , ln thi 3 they were happilv St ?'• ' * ° »* t ^ fire raged with almost £ tV ??! lty till nearly one a . m ., four hours anei its first discovery , its destructive effects were « riJ ne ? t . oth « P « tM » of the building in which it wiginatea . The damage sustained in goods and property is , as nearly as can bo at present estimated , between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 ., there having qeen probably not less than £ 2 . 000 worth nf ah ™^

    * * "i ready for publication in the store in question at the time of the occurrence . It is reported , however , that Mr . Kelson is insured in the Norwich vfflce to an extent which will fully cover all the loss which has been occasioned .

    Fatal Railway Accident at on " ^ N High Court of Justiciary ; of ScoflVn ) » i' I lOtli inst ., for the trial of Jaft * t £ Galletly , John Fulton , and , W S *^ men and guards in tho employ Of n > . Vi and Glasgow Railway Company T , M set out the specific charge against « , , ^ vorsers respectively , and concluded 1 $ M that by reason of misconduct and m ! % " > of the accused , John Morrison W *> i £ not M'Arthur , Walter Lennox £ K ? Middlcton , passengers by said rail ^ L' ^ d mortally injured , and afterwards died S ' > a large attendance of witnesses mnJ r' ^ s posed to the facts , with which the nutiil * V ! 52 ? l ™ 7 ' . W ?* * ^ e iL »>

    « uuuu aa puiHisiiea in ine nowsp , , " 7 « , sa close of the evidence , which did nJt i * " 1 ently strong to warrant a verdict of ZN < I the prisoners , the jury returned a veh r > $ Guilty " in the case of all the na ^ lOt (« ^ thereupon discharged from the bar ' * k ? M Lord PANMUBK .-The ilontroie Sim , ; ' * « Werare sorry to state that tliisnobttl ! - *• I sent m a very precarious state of linT , ls £ * i been almost constantly confined to > , ; ' . " " " 'I week past , and has taken scarcelvi i % \ during that period , having sunk ' to ? '" ^ great weakness , and unable togeeinV ^ his medical attendant . " n > ° iet ; : ' &

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    Stratus . " i The Weather . —Complaints are llD ' : ; various parts of the country of the iniuri d ; < ' ^~ the protracted rainy weather , « pon agriCUh ^ I rations . A Limerick paper says : — "V"'N , I in a deplorably wretched state from the vv " ^ I for the last month have swamped the ( ion "' "f 1 dered the ground entirel y unfit for fin ' **• " "I work of any hind . Ploughing and seJ ? ^ been , generally speaking , impract icable Ti * M sovtot husbandry is in deep nrrear of « v ^ Farmeri appear very despondent , and «^ 1 cause , for bad weather , free trade 1 : ^ county cess , and rents , are enoucli tn i , *" = I g -d * m * ft . ™ , lJ * iJ * i

    Appuoachikg Visit of Hrh Majesty h- ^ informed on what we conceive good anthS 1 Pkospeiious State of MANUFArTi-m ^ , t- ' ^ -The M / ast Mercantile % ! « ' cheering account of the condition ami L " ^ the ootton . as well as the linen and yarn ! f- ¦ ¦' part of the Northern Province .- ' £ « f 't ^ full employment . Factories , as bv SfcT ^ every side . The cotton manufacture in iu ^ branches , particularl y the sewed muslin Lh of late increased to a wonderful extent , £ v ; m importance and above , all in utility , the 1 S * facture seems to have chosen Ireland as , f ^ seat ; and all we want is peace and ' eonfit ' home , to insure its permanent se ttlement ;

    , . I Fnr n'hcMior ii-a nnnnM .- il . - _ . . "' I Mian for whether we consider tne superior ad , 2 I the soil and climate for the growth of the , J * ' 1 rial , the unequalled quality of our water for bllrf 1 purposes , the enormous water power K \^ Z :-H affords , or the cheapness of labour tCL- ; - country so well adapted to the soat nf H , » i- '¦ manufacture . '' The LcW ™ , ££$ * £ - : hat the imports of flax seed at that pon t largest that have been known for a great mb "I : observing that this increase is exp ' ained , bv h t ' reasonable expectations that have been for ' ., eJ . large demand for the article , owing to the flaw } ment throughout the country .

    REPHKSENTATipN OFLiMKniCK . -Ameefin » of . 0 Connell committee was held last week at thefc rick Town Hall " foy the , of erttnife collection to enable Mr . John O'Connell , M \> continue in the representation of the ciiv " \ Rev . John Brahan , P . P ., presided . Several ' IW Catholic clergymen and some members of the coration attended , and addressed the meetine £ which a subscription list was opened , and ciimr tions amounting to £ 80 were handed in . A cr mittee was appointed to collect further subscripts ; after which the meeting adjourned . Mr . J . O'CJ nell has addressed the following conimunicaiin ; the . Secretary of the Society of Coneresateil Tp

    in Umencl ! : — " Dublin , January 7 , 1 S 51 . Deari —I beg to acknowled ge the copy of the resolution your body , that yon have forwarded , calling on : to do my duty ngainst Lord John Russell in lie s proaching session . In answer Ibeg to say tliath earnestly , and to the utmost of my power , labour to do ; and I am , dear sir , your most obtulifiits vunt , John O'Co . v . vell . To Mr . Timothy O'St van , Secretary to the Congregated Trades Limerick . "

    Competition for Land , and Agrarian Cm —The Carloiu . Sentinel has an account of mi atta h y an armed party , on the house of a farmer nan ? Luffan , m that county ; they fired shots tlmiHi r " windows and posted a threatening notice , enutionii him , on the penalty of death , against takiV a fat in an adjoining townland , from which some perso had been ejected four years since . The farm h tuato in the barony of St . Mullins , where 400 an are untenanted , Duncan Chisholme—Mf . O'Connor , ex-insps tor of the detective force , has been sent by « over ment to America , in search of George Matte ahas Duncan Chisholme , of Dublin Castlc-to hxpress .

    Gkeat Will Case . —The Court of Delegates p * judgment on Saturday evening in the will case c 'Ihewles w . Kelly , " involving property to the a tent of £ 300 , 000 . Judgment was unanimous i favour ot the appellant , the Court thus reversing tb decision of the Court below , and refusing letters si administration to the will propounded by therespc dent , who was also condemned to all the costs ef t : proceedings , amounting to £ 15 , 000 . Horrible and Mysterious Death of i F male—The neighbourhood of Westlaml-rovf nai i a . state of the greatest excitement on Sunday , aiisii from the circumstance of tho body of a female Hee

    found suspended from the railings in the front of ti ! Kailway Hotel , opposite the terminus of \\ wMt and Kingstown Railway . Her head was fixed I * tween two of tho spikes , and one side of the 66 was slightly bruised , and some blood flowed from ife back of the body . When discovered she had cm cotton wrapper , a plain cloak and slippers , but t » cap or bonnet . The police had the bndy removuta Mercer s Hospital , but life was totally extinct , at * she was then taken to an outer building aitacWJ the hotel to await an inquest . It appears thatabotf six clock

    o on Saturday evening , a man who cave bis name as John Fivey , of Union Lodge , coumy »««¦ about fifcy years of age , with a female , smiedto b his wife , ami another female , named Margaret Asfi Minms , who is said to be cousin to Fivey , » ntl a liK boy , aged about nine or ten years , applied tor accommodation at the Railway Hotel , and obtained ! double-bedded room with a tire , but had no refitment . The parties retired to bed , and nothing ms heard of them until the discovery of the ill-fated ^ man in the morning . The men appeared to t « greatly excited and affected with grief . The pol ;«

    toon mm nnrt his cousin into custody , where they remain for tho present . In the room a sum of up wards of £ 200 iu Bank of Ireland and Kortbeii Banking Company ' s Notes were found lying in « open desk , one ofthe articles of furniture bilongit ! to the establishment . It is stated thatFivev andtti deceased were living for some years as man anil tk and Had several children , but that they had resold upon being married this day in Monkstown Clmtct . theoeeessary lieensefor the purpose being lodged ** theclerk ot the church . The deceased was W eight years or age , and must have been of urepossesi ing appearance . The boots of the hotel states \ t ueflfn a PfmsiriopaKift AMn ~ L _ i . *• * . ¦ _ . i . / m - - » Mwiauiui ctuouc ViJV

    v .. v . ^ asu nve O ClOCKi > preparing to meet the first train from King ? to » n . B u stated that they lodged in a respectable house i « lJalkey lor some time , and that the deceased had been suffering from illness , and attended bv Dr . Haslar . lho whole affair is wrapped up in grent nivstcrji * present An inquest was held ob Uendiqr whi * resulted in showing that the unfortunate deceased had committed suicide by throwing herself fr « tnZZtr Gilbm > s Dotel > w "" le in a stJte The Pops and the Queen ' s Coluges-W Cork Reporter , of Saturday U * t , has the Ml" * ' ? important announcement - : " We are in a P &W to state , on what we consider perfectly e' . od autho"ty . that the decrees ofthe Thurles Synod will " ot » e confirmed bv the Susp ™™ P ™*; ff onj uill . coii

    sequently , not take effect . " " ' Thr Irish Tenant League were burnt out of t ' ieir council room by a conflagration , which took pl ^ ° Monday morning , on the premises of Mr . Le Febvre . a hatter , at No . 38 , Westmoreland-fitieet . The tire was discovered Boon after midnight , and in a few l ' ollt 3 the entire house was completely "utted TlieTciian t League occupied the drawing room . Retirknent of Mr . Henn , Q . C .-Tlie Limcrit CAroude says : « lt is stated that Mr . Jonathan Henn Q . O ., will not accept any briefs . His retiring from the bar will be severely felt bv the public ile was the first lawyer on this circuit !"

    Diocksk of Cork . -A numerous meeting of * Tit * , T s of Cork , Cloyne , and Ross , c onvene d by the Archdeacon of Cork , Vicar-General , « sl » e » at the Cathedral of Cork , ' on the 9 th hist ., when i was resolved to present an address to the Queen ff both Houses of Parliament , on the subject of the W * Papal aggression . Dreadful Ca tastrophe . -Accounts from Bel& { Druig the following particulars of the falling of a »>» accompanied by a melancholy loss of life :- "• &" ? J cident , the most melancholy in its consequences Vf ) has happened in the neighbourhood of Belfast W ' many years , occurred nn Rnt »^ n » mnmins . n «»

    Beers-bridge , and within a short distance of »» town We allude to the falling in of a new pifft , ing mill , the property e £ Mr , Robert Soyd and W

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    ¦ ^^^^^ ^ HE NORTHERN STAR . January 18 , i 8- I ¦ — - — ¦ _ ¦ — .. — ,.,, , — ^ 'JI . I

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1609/page/6/