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      €$ c fSfetrepoIt * , Health or Lokdos Dtoiss the 'Week . —The lumber of deaths registered last week in London imounts to 1 , 037 ; while in the ten corresponding reeks of tho years 1841-50 , it varied from 9 G 0 in L 8 i 3 ftol , 401 in lSiS , andthe average was 1 , 149 . Has average , if it be augmented in the ratio of previous increase of population ( 1 , 55 per cent , per annum ) up to the present time , becomes 1 , 253 , cam .-tared with which the present return exhibits a great decrease ; but it willba borne in mind that violent epidemics , which multiplied the deaths of the period from which the average is drawn , have also left a lc * 3 population to yields smaller contribution of mortality . If the two returns ot the

      ast fortnight be compared , it appears that whilst they almost coincide as regards the total number of deaths , they difier in the proportions in which prevailing diseases have proved fatal . The symotic class of disease numbered 173 deaths in the preceding reck ( ending January 11 , ) but in the last ¦ weekthey rose to 1 SG ; wheicas " diseasesof tbe respiratory oreans , " under which were previously enumerated 275 , have now declined to 202 , though it will be se « i that the numbers from phthisis ( which is not included in the latter class ) have remained almost precisely tbe same , or about 120 . In the previous week forty-seven children died from " convulsions ; " last week the number rose to 60 , more than half of these being infants less than

      three months old . Small-pox was fatal last week to 21 persons , of whom 5 were adults . With regard to 3 of the children who died , and 2 men aged respectively 19 and 39 years , it is mentioned that they lad been previously vaccinated . The registrar of Mild end Old Town Lower , was informed by the father of a family , that two of his children had been suffering from small-pox ; that one aeed 3 jean , who had been vaccinatcdattheageof 3 mohths , apparently with effect died , and another , who had Jiot been vaccinated , was in the way of recovery . A house in Whitechapel is also mentioned where three children were suffering from the disease , who bad all been vaccinated . This disorder seems to be rife in this neighbourhood , and « ie of the medical men

      states that he has bow 29 cases under bis care . The Registrar of Cbristchurcb , Marylebone , reports , that "between the beginning of November , when small pox suddenly became prevalent in this district , and the end of the year , 27 persons died of this disease , and iu only two of these cases had vaccination been performed . " But in order to settle the respective rates of mortality among the protected and unprotected , it is obviously necessary to ascertain the number in each class living-in any district . In the returns of last week seven localities are complained ef as damp from want of drainage , or lowncss of situation , or otherwise unwholesome ; in two of those scarlatina had been fatal to the children who dwelt in them ; in three others pneumonia

      haa been the cause of death ; in one a child died from " cholera infantum . " A case of chorea , in a girl of 14 , who had been ill two years , terminated fatally on the 9 th . A man and two women died from intemperance . The births of 815 boys and 784 girls , in all 1 , 599 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 , was 1 , 395 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the wean reading of the barometer wa 8 29-550 . The mean reading of the thermometer was 45 deg ., which is 8 degrees above the average of the same week in 10 years . The excess of the daily mean temperature above the average was , on Sunday , 11 * 5 deg ., on Monday , 99 deg ., on Tuesday , 7 deg ., on Wednesday . 8-5 des .. oa Thursday . 6-9

      deg ., on Friday , S-S deg ., and on Saturday , 4-1 deg . The wind was in the south and south-west . Fearful Accident . —On Saturday evening last , considerable excitement was caused in the vicinity of Albert-gate , Hyde-park , in consequence of the following fearful accident : —It appears that for some time past a building of considerable extent for the new Chinese exhibition has been in course of construction near the above named spot , and about the lour for the numerous men employed at the premises leaving off for the week a number of the hands approached one end of the scaffolding on which they were at work . The instant they did so , their weight , resting upon one of the patlocks , lifted a large portion of the bricktf wb , as well as the stone cornicing , which caused the scaffolding and a great part of the wall to fall . Five or six of the bricklayers and

      labourers were precipitated to the ground , amid the tricks , stonework , and scaffolding . The consequence was that several of the workpeople were seriously injured—more especially the following persons , who were removed with all possible expedition to St . George ' s Hospital : —A bricklayer named William Bowles , forty-two years of age , residing at 2 , Queenstreet , Marlborough-road , received a serious scalp wound ; Michael Cflnnell , aged twenty-seven , a labourer , of 9 , Pantechnican-place . New-road , Chelsea , wasMinllarly injured ; and William T . iole , aged thirty-One , a labourer , of 11 , Upper James-street , Sloane-square , Chelsea , had several ribs fractured . The other fortunately received no injury of importance . The sufferers were promptly attended to by Mr . Cutler , one of the principal surgeons of the institution , but the poor fellow , whose ribs are fractured , is not expected to recover .

      Two Mem toxjsd Drowned is the River . — On Saturday last inquests were held at the Torbay public house , Rotherhithe , on the bodies of two men found dead in the river . The first that of a young man supposed to be an apprentice to one of the colliers , and which had been in the water about three weeki . The other on the body of a seaman found off the platform on Friday , and supposed to belong to a brig which had gone to sea . Therebeing no person to identify the bodies , the jury returned a verdict in each case of" Fonnd drowned . "

      Disappearance of a Girl asd' Discovert of the Bo » r . —On-Saturday last Mr . W . Carter resumed and concluded a protracted inquiry at the O'd Jamacia Tavern , Cherry Garden-street , Bermondsey , on the body of Maria Rolfe , aged fifteen years , who was found dead in the river , under the followiag : circumstances : — Deceased was the daughter of respectable parents , and was in the service of a Mr . Cook , of Marygold-street , Bermondsey . On Saturday night week she left her master ' s house to proceed home , but instead of doing so called at the house of a female named Sophia Tozer , whom she accompanied , with other females , to several public houses , where she partook of spirits , ultimately becoming quite intoxicated , in which state

      she was seen by several persons at a late hour on the same night . On the way home the deceased said she ¦ w ould not go the road way ; they all accordingly made for the Berraondsey-wall , and when they neared Salisbury street the other females lost the deceased , whom they went in search of , but after a long time they were unable to find her , or learn any tidings coccerniag her . The parents went to the police-station , and although every exertion was made to discover her whereabouts , nothing could be heard of her until Monday , when a waterman , named Trimbell , discovered the deceased lying in the mud off Fountain-stairs , Bermondsey . Tbe deceased had

      no shoes on her feet , but after being conveyed on shore , wa 3 removed to her father ' s house , where her body was washed and searched , but no marks of injury were to be seen upon her person , aUhongh it was folly believed that the unfortunate girl had been subjected to some violence . A vast number of witnesses were examined at considerable length , and two females , respectively named Sophia Tozer and Julia Caroni , positively swore they suddenly missed the deceased on their way home in Salisbury-street . Verdict , " That the deceased was fonnd drowned in theriver . wUhoutroarks of violence on the person ; bat how she came into the water , or by what means she met her death , they had no evidence to show . "

      The Homicide at the Regest ' s Casal Dock — On Saturday afternoon last Mr . Baker com-Jnenced an inquest at the Three Colts publichouse , Limehouse , orf the body of Robert Appling who was shot on Thursday last , under circumstances which have already been published . The evidence given at the examination of the accused at the Thames Court was repeated , and Mr . Rose a surgeon , proved having made a pott mortem examination of the body , and having extracted the ball from the deceased s heart , which must have caused instant death . The inquest was then adjourned . — On Monday the adjourned inquest was held at the above place ; The person who fired the shot which caused the death of the unfortunate mania William

      last , a hoop-bender , of 39 , London-street , Ratcliffe , who , according to his own admission , was firing at an earthenware jug , fixed on the top of a post in the rear of his premises . He has been twice before Mr . Ingham at the Thames Police Court , and libe-* °£ * w Tfae evi ° ence given on Friday left no doubt that a gun was fired by East in his yard # wJ l t ? W f feI 1 "fortally wounded on £ « X £ rt Y ? h that the «** came from the direction of London-street . Some additional evidence , not yet produced before the magistrate ^ given -Mr . Spstt , a gnnsmith , said ^ he had teed ; Easts gun with the "smaller charge , " and found it would carry a baU thirty or forty yards beyond the distance where AblettfeJlfrom where

      , ISEST" * ** b < Med - ^ e tried on a measured distance , ata target . The ball went thirty feetbeyond the target , and stuck in . the bank ; but Mdeeptbat he could not find the ball . Two other wfae ^ es ( neig hbours ) spoketo having cautioned the accused several tunes against firing off his guninhis back garden , within the last twelve months ; but ^'' uf £ Cwrtbdngcleawd . the £ & £ ft a- ' l ??/ 11 h ° w and a hllf , and-then returned a . verdict of manslaughter against William East , and unanimousl y joined in requesting the coroner to . s . usnend the execution of the warrant until after Thursday next , to prevent the recognizances entered into by East being estreated by the magistrate ,,. . . . .

      The Alleges Mcbder of a IIpsbasd bt his Wife . —OnTuesday , Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the King ' s Hoad Tavern , Blackfriais-road on the body of John Brown , twenty-two , a church jntt maker , of Surrey-row , whose death was ocea-

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      nsI ablow « a » ctedonhia skull by his wife , lSh 4 tL > r Wl 10 WM 0 D Frldaylast « am ^ d at tet ™ aI * ollf ^ tonacharge of manslaughhe ^ il l . ' rt heevidence ch ' : efly « sted ° n )\ JZ 7 * 1 ? f Ann Char « nan ,. a woman occasionaJy employed by the deceased to clean thehouse .-iir . tarter informed the jury that the bodv had not oeen opened in the manner that he expected . The head only had been opened , but other parts ought to be examined to show the teal cause of death . He therefore adjourned the court until Friday next , to give the medical man an opportunity of making a further examination of the body . Suicide .-On Wednesday Mr . Cuter stated , at an inquest held by him at Camberwcll , that he had I just held an inquiry on the body of a youn * woman who destroyed herself by jumping from Watcrloot r % « , ? ame of the y ° S woman ™ s Sophia Julia Offley , about twenty years of age , who , it was s ; . id , had been very respectably brought un . ami hari

      reeofltij beer , out at service . About four momhs h ?^ uuSl ? iniSt' " lefc tow " ' and sfae had - ™ j y to draw Bpon one of tne cleriis f ° to * w .. gwand any expenses which she might beat for few Sh ° W- fe overdrew to the ° amount of a mL * JS ? g VV ? 18 lead to « t » ordinary excitement , and ultimately to her death . She went to cou , f H ^ r mJaW ^ i 3 a tutor > in St . Ann ™ Si . ll ! > and d ecl « "ed she would notgo back IL Lf f > bntdeclil * d to state the reason ; £ ! in fe ho ^ ever Prevailed on to return ; bu K ti' - r asfound K ™ g m Red Lion-square . Uer brother-in-law took her to his home . She had dSSi * . f ? Say she hild done wron S . a ^ was determined to destroy herself . On Monday-week she went out in great excitement , her brother calling on her to come back , but she would not , and the same night her bonnet was found on Waterloo .

      wwge , and her body near it in the river on Friday last . The jury returned a verdict "that the derTXsSJ- herself whUe in a state of teffi * ° - EXTRAORDIXAHT COXDUCI OF A SOLDIER .-On Monday night , Isaac Cummins , ono of the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards , was out from the barracks m Portman-street , and got into the company of some women in Orchard street , when he became excessively inebriated . From some cause which cannot be clearly ascertained , he suddenly threw up the window of the second floor and leaped out . He was much hurt on the head , and was lying in a pool of blood when found by the police , and in an insensible state . lie was taken to tD 'i ?* trainster Hospital and seen by the surgeon , who did what was necessary , and he was then conveyed to the Military Hospital , in Rochester-row , where he remains , but not , it is believed , in a dangerous state .

      Fire at Stoke Newixgton . —On Sunday the neighbourhood of High-street , Stoke-Newington , was thrown into confusion , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of one of the most disastrous nres that has happened in that district for a considerable time past , The outbreak was first perceived by the constable who , in passing , appears to have noticed an unusual glare of light in the premises belonging to Mr . Todman , a chandler , in business at So . 7 , in the High-street : Whilst tne constable was knocking at the door flames in huge sheets shot forth from the various windows , both at the rear and in the front , and the fire soon communicated to the premises numbered 6 and 5 in the same street , occupied bMrGParrott

      y . . , a hnendraper . When the firemen from London arrived , the flames had made tremendous progress , for besides enveloping the premises numbered 7 6 and 5 , in the High-street , they were likewise feeding npon Kos . i and 8 . The latter was in the tenure of Mrs . Underwood , a dress maker , and the former belonging to the same party as the two houses numbered 5 and C . The police and inhabitants succeeded in removing a quantity of property from Mr . Parrott ' s promises , which was safely housed in the buildings opposite , but the draught given to the flames by opening the doors fanned them into every room in a very brief period . By keeping to theirwork . thefiremen by halfpast eleven o ' clock , four hours after the

      commencement of the fire , succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration , but not until the following damage was done , which i 3 officiall y reported by Mr . Superintendent Braidwood : —No . 7 , Hi « h-street , Mr . George Todman , chandler and general dealer—Premises burned down , and stock in trade , with furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects , consumed ; cause of fire not known . Nos . 5 and 6 , High-street : Mr . George Parrotfc , linendraper—Premises all but destroyed ; the stock in trade and furniture severely injured by fire , water , and hasty removal . Insured for contents in the Phoenix Fire-office . Whether the building was insurei or not is not known . No . 4 High-street

      , Mr . George Parrott , ditto ditto-The side walls severel y burned . The first and second floors much injured by fire , water , and cutting away . The contents are also damaged by fire , water , and hasty removal . Stock in trade and furniture insured in the Phronix Office . No . 8 , High-street : Mrs . Underwood , dressmaker—Side walls , flooring , and roof damaged by fire and water , and contents by hasty removal . Insurance not known at present . There is no doubt entertained that tho fire had been smouldering all the afternoon , for the landlord of the tavern opposite had experienced a smell as if arising from burning wood for some liours before the policeman discovered the flames .

      Fire at Messrs . Pdessel's , Corshill . —On Sunday evening , about eix o'clock , a fire broke out in the large range of premises belonging to Messrs . Pursaell , the biscuit bakers and confectoners , in Cornhtll , City . The premises are fitted up with saloons and various apartments for refreshments , — the kitchen alone being sufficiently capacious for hfty hands to work , whilst the coffee-room was j ? 'g enough to accommodate nearly 100 persons . The flames commenced in the back part of the shop , on the ground , and when discovered had obtained a firm hold of the premises . Fortunately tlfiro

      . e commenced at that early hour ; for , had it been in the night time , it is impossible to tell what might have been the results , as not fewer than thirty men slept in the buildings . The fire was eventually extinguished , but . not until considerable damage was done to the premises , and also their contents . Several large plates Of < rlaS 3 were demolished , even as far as the top of the house , and one of the firemen had a narrow escape by one of the heavy sheets of glass falling , and nearlv striking the man . Fortunately the firm was insured m the Atlas , Sun , and National Mercantile ire office .

      Great Fire in Little Britain . —On Wednesday morning a fire , which consumed a vast amount of property , occurred on thespaciougpremises belonging to Mr . Robert Whitaker , playing card and pasteboard manufacturer , situate in Little Britain , City . The property was five floors in height , including the basement , the front forming two of the large houses in if ? iT tnorougMare t whilst the manufactory was a building nearly as capacious . William Simmonds , who slept in the second floor of the front premises , bad his attention suddenly attracted by a loud noise , as if occasioned from the snapping of burniog wood . Me immediately proceeded to one of the back windows , when lie saw that the ground floor and first story of the factory were in flames . In less than five

      minutes after the alarm two of the Royal Society ' s fire escapes attended , but fortunately the inmates had succeeded in previously making their escape . The engines were remarkably early in arriving , but before sufficient time had elapsed toset them fairly to . work , the flames had communicated with every floor in the factory , and they were rushing forth from the twentysix windows in front , completely extending across the open yard , and rolling into the back windows of the front houses numbered 13 and 14 , in Little Britain . At the same time hundreds of sheets of card board and paper , in a state of combustion , were blown through the top of the premises , where the roof gave way , and were carried a long distance over the surrounding houses , threatening deveatation to the entire neighbourhood . The firemen now saw that not the

      least chance remained of saving any portion of the factory , they therefore directed their exertions towards cutting off the further extension of the flames in the front warehouse and dwellings , ine work of destruction , however , continued , and very speedily the two top floors of No . 14 were in a complete blaze , and the fire had also penetrated through the remaining back windows of that house , and also of No . 13 , so that svery room at the back was on fire . The energies of the firemen now became concentrated to one point , and , under the du-ection of Mr Braidwood , the superintendent , and Mr . Coif , the foreman of the London establishment , the men worked most admirably by mounting tne staircases and scattering immense streams of water into every room on fire , so as to prevent the flames from reaching the other portions of the dh > -

      pertjr . is ventually too brigade succeeded in arresting the farther extension of the flames ; but many hours elapsed before they could be extinguished . Even as late as five o ' clock in the evening a great body of fire remained amidst the ruins and the firemen were obliged to keep pouriug torrents of water upon the same to prevent it from breaking out again . The total loss by this disastrous event muBt , at a moderate calculation , reach some thousand pounds , for the whole of the manufacturing premises are completely destroyed , the upper portion of one of the front warehouses is burned out , the whole of the back rooms of the two front houses are partially destroyed .

      anutue valuable stock in trade seriously injured by water . - Fortunately tbe principal part of the valuable designs , which have taken some years to accumulate , have been saved . For a time the whole of the work people employed on the pre-S o ' f Iff "" upwatd 8 o £ * & UN * turown The Smaxe Case . —In consequence of the fZ ^/ n " ^ ^ « SloaneTapply to £ Court of Queens Bench to remote the indictment against him in tbat court , the subject was brought of tt wT" *»*»* . «» I *** of GuaS , of the West London Union , on Tuesday night

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      when Mr . Pontifex , the clerk to the board ) stated that he had taken all the necessary precautionary steps to prevent the issuing of tue writ without notice of the intended application being given to him , by entering a caveat at the Judges-chambers , and also at the Ciown-office , and giving the defendant ' s attornies noticoof the faet , but up to the present time he had received no notice of the application . Mr . Olarkson , who appeared for Mr . Sloane throughout the examination , and at the Central Criminal Court , it has been ascertained , has not received instructions to apply for the writ , which can only be done , during terr a , by counsel , and at Westminster , a judge at chambers having no power during term to direct the writ to issue .

      Information has reached Mr . Roe , the officer , who holds the warrant against Mrs . Sloane , that she ia residing at Boulogne , under a feigned name ; and , in consequence , he has had several interviews with members of the Board of Guardians and Mr . Pontifex as to the propriety of applying to the government to aid , through the French authorities , her apprehension in the event of her being found there ; but , as Ids going over to Uoulogne would be attended with considerable expense , he ( Roe ) objects to do so unless indemnified by the guardians , it appears , however , that there is strong disinclination on the part of the guardians to act , under the impression that the poor-law auditors would disallow the amount .

      The Late Sewer Accident in Ismnoion . —The late fatal accident in the Lower-road , Islington , has been followed by a strong expression of sympathy on the part of the inhabitants , in behalf of the widows and large families of the two unfortunate men who fell victims to the inundation of the New River into the sewer . Subscriptions are being raised for the widow of G . Ellis , one of the men , who is left with a family of six children totally unprovided for , and the widow of W . Bone , left with four children .

      Suspected Murder .-On Wednesday information w . 43 received by the police that tho body of a respectable dressed man had been picked up in the Thames , near Woolwich . The deceased must have been about thirty years of' age , and of dark complexion . The skull and right leg are frnotured , and murks of ill-usage are visible on other parts of the budy , on which nothing of value or to lead to identification of the body was found . It is strongly suspected that the unfortunate man was robbed and then murdered . -

      Robbery of £ 220 . —Information was received at the Guildhall , on Saturday last , of the robbery of 220 sovereigns from a young iuau named Wynn , in the service of Messrs . Smith and Co ., Paternosterrow . It appears that he was of a delicate constitution , and that in the afternoon of the previous Thursday as he was passing through Fountain-court , he was taken ill in a fit . A crowd of persons gathered round him , and he was attended by Mr . Butler , a medical gentleman . On his recovery he found that he had lost a canvas bag , containing 220 sovereigns . Information was communicated to the police , and a sum of £ 100 offered for the recovery of the money .

      The Tuial of Mr . Sloane . —It is stated that the proceedings against Mr . Sloane will be removed by certiorari lrom the Old Bailey to the Queen ' s Bench . Mrs . Sloane is not yet apprehended , but there is reason to believe that she will be in custody before the trial comes on .

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      bhe steps taken by the committee being satisfactory in their results . : y

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      et ) e Vt ' oimues . Charge of Embezzlkmeni . —On Saturday morning last , Mr . George Hilwood Plant , late secretary to the Liverpool Mutual L tan Society , was brought before Mr . Rushton , at Liverpool , on a charge of embezzlement . The above society was established in 1 S 44 , and Mr . Plant appointed secretary , at a salary of £ 40 per annum . He continued to hold this situation till November last ,. when he voluntarily resigned it . On the 25 th of January , 1819 , a loan

      of * 100 was granted by the society to Mr . James Fisher of Scotland-road . Mr . Fisher paid certain weekly instalments amounting to £ 69 17 s . 10 d ., leaving a balance due to the society of £ 32 2 d . on the 24 th of September . Mr . Fisher then ceased his payments till the following March , whtn he paid Mr . Plant £ 18 , and received a receipt , for it ; but that sum had not been entered in the books , nor in any way accounted for by Mr . Plant . These facts having been detailed by several witnesses , it wae stated there were other charges against the prisoner , and he was remanded until Saturday .

      The Explosion at Buckboy CouiERt . —The inquest on the bodies was held on the 17 th inst ., in the school room , Black Boy ,, before Wni . Trotter , Esq ., coroner . Several witnesses were examined , the sabstance of whose evidence was that an unexpected accumulation of gas had taken place in tne part of the pit where the men were at work , and that the ventilation and general arrangements in the colliery were of a superior description . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Suspected Poisoning . —On Monday an inquiry was commenced before the borough coroner of Liverpool , arising out of the following circumstances : On the previous Friday a gentleman called upon the coroner , and stated that a relative of hisa Mr .

      , John Walker , a broker and commission agent , of this town , jeBiding in lodgings with a person named Lunt , at 65 , Jerrard-street , had died , in his opinion , under very suspicious circumstances . From the statement then made inquiries were immediately set on foot , when it was ascertained that the deceased , four or five days before his death , which occurred on the 7 th inst ., was observed by a friend in a very drunken state some distance from his lodgings . This individual immediately procured a cab , in which he placed deceased and accompanied him home . _ In doing so he observed that he had in his possession a bag containing money , which be ascertained amounted to £ 52 . During the night the deceased was taken very ill , and the persons he was

      lodging with sent for a surgeon , who treated the deceased for delirim tremens , and on calling the next day found him getting better . The surgeon was then informed that he need not call any more , as they could get a dispensary ductor gratuitously . On this day the relative above mentioned , Mri James Smith , of Ashley-street , accidentally called upon the deceased , and found him apparently suffering from the effects of drink . In a day or two after this gentleman again called to ask after the health of his relative , when he was informed that he was dead , and found that preparations were making for the funeral . His suspicions were then aroused , and on making inquiry from a female , who lodged in the same house , and was with the deceased up to the time of his death , ascertained that the coma had been ordered before death had taken place . The account given respecting the deceased ' s

      money was also very unsatisfactory , his landlady first saying she found £ 10 , then £ 8 , and various other amountB . The coroner on learning these particulars on Saturday , issued his warrant for the exhumation of the body . The proceedings : however were sd journed to afford time for effecting a medical examination of the remains . On Monday a jury attended at the coroner ' s office , and after being duly sworn , they proceeded to the Necropolis to view the body , which , was lying in the reserved burying place , at the north end of the burial ground . On opening the coffin the deceased waB identified by Smith . The body had suffered but little from the process of decomposition , and the features remained almost perfect . Mr Whittle , the surgeon , made a post mortem examination , and took the stomach and intestines for the purpose of analyzation , in which he will b e assisted by Dr . Brett . The inquest was then adjourned tn

      Monday next , when the result of the analysis will be given , and the whole of the . circumstances investigated . - The St . Helen ' s Savings BANK .-Our correspondent at St . Helen ' s has been informed that the collieries which belonged to tbe Messrs . J . andW Johnson . actuaryandsub-actuary of the St . Helen ' s havings Bank , and which have , since-the discovery of the frauds , been in the hands of the bank trustees and managers , have been disposed of for £ 14 , 000 to partieB in Liverpool and Northwich . It is rumoured he adds , that there will be a second dividend about the piddle of February , though , of course , the ^ epoators will have due notice of this So soon as the new bill become , law , it " understood that another bank for savines will hp «»* ,. _

      Wished in St . Uehu ' s .-liverpool Tuna . Infast BaptisM j -A case occurred the other day at Buckland Monachorum which ought to be placed before the public . A child died , and was o be buried in the churchyard at Buckland ; but the friends of the deceased having stated to theincum - bent that the child had not been baptised , he aid that he could not bury it , nor could he allow of an serv . ee being performed at the grave over its most unfortunate remains , though , so far as " the church " is concerned , for . want ot the performance of this ceremony , the innocent child was deprived of Christian burial There is in the parish , however a . dissentingchapel , and thither , on Christmas-day the friends of the child carried Us remains / and a service was performed there , after which the body was taken to the grave , and quietly depoaited therein without ceremony of any kind . » uwrein

      Serious Charge—A farmer and farrier , named nT nTAert 0 mo ™ £ > a respectable sphere of life at Methley , near Leeds , was last week charged before the bench of magistrates at Wakefield with hav . ng feloniously assaulted a girl , named Ann Lunn , who is about fourteen years of age . The prosecutnx stated that she had been in thfserviee of Robinson about three weeks , and that on Sunday mght last , her znatress being absent from home She and a servant lad sat up until tlww nTi ! awaiting the return of her maSerTho w ? o ! t ft his return he requested her to acco ™ m ! tft out

      ing morning she told her mother and others of the occurrence , and her statement as to the commisBion of the offence was borne out . by the evidence of a surgeon at Wakefield . Robinson strongly denied the charge , asserting that he had never touched the prosecutrix . It was also shown that she was under notice to leave her place in the course of the week for alleged negligence ; but tho sitting magistrates were of opinion that the case ought to go before & jury , and the prisoner was consequently committed for trial at the next assizes at York . The Bench refused an application to liberate the prisoner on bail .

      Dabing Burglary . —On the 17 th inst ., ( says the St-mford Mercury ) , a burglary was committed at the lone house of . Mr . Watts , in the parish of Orton , near Peterborough . After he and his wife had retired to rest , they were disturbed by hearing persons outside their house attempting to break in . Mr . W . got up , went down stairs , and demanded their business ; he was : told that , if he did not immediately open tho door , they would force it open and shoot him . He returned up stairs to procure a light , and instantly the door was burst open . Three men wearing masks then rushed into the house ; one of them had a gun in his liand , and the other two were armed with heavy pieces of iron . A ruffian seized Watts , and another placed tbe gun to his head , declared with

      imprecations that unless he gave up all his property , they would blowout his brains . They then proceeded to ransack the house , and stole two silver drinking cups , twenty-one teaspoons , nine table spoons , a pair of sugar bowls and caddie spoon , three table cloths , a flitch of bacon , six bottles of wine , three bottles of gin , two bottles of rum , £ 13 10 s . 6 d . in gold and silver , a half guinea , an American threepenny piece , and a braco of horse pistols . During the time they were engaged in breaking open the boxes , Mrs . Watts secreted her pocket , containing the money , between the mattress and her bed . The villains , not being able to find any cash , made the old lady get up , and swore that if they did not succeed in finding some money , they would , as they knew there was some ,

      murder the parties and set fire to the house . On Mrs . W . 's cetting up they pulled off all the clothes and found the hidden treasure . They knocked the bung out of a small barrel of home made wine , and then turned it upside down ; they did the same also to a barrel of beer , and the contents of both vessels were destroyed . The robbers are supposed to be practised hands , for on looking over the plate they found two German silver spoons , which they would not take away . They left the house after a considerable interval , and on tho following morning the old man ( Watts ) gave information to the Peterborough and other police officers . A reward of ten guineas is offered for the discovery of the offenders , and several suspicious characters have been apprehended !

      ExTitAOBDiNARY Escape . —On Saturday evening last , a railway labourer named Jesse Pont , who had been at work at Rye , was returning along the line on his « ay to FaivligUt . He had just passed under the viaduct , or brick bridge , at the Landgate , Rye , when he heard the train coming on behind him .. In order to avoid being run over , he stepped on to the next line , which unfortunately proved to be that on which the train was actually running . He was immediately knocked down by the foremost truck , and the whole train passed over him . A person passing by at the time ran up , with horror depicted in his

      countenance , to look ( as he supposed ) at the mangled remains , when he was most agreeably surprised to see Mr . Navvy get on his feet , and go and sit in a temporary shed on the side of the line , at the Ropewalk , for a few minutes , where he wiped the blood from a slight fracture on the right aide of his head , and removed the " grit" from his left eye , and after rubbing his left shoulder a little , declared his intention of proceeding on his journey . He stated that he fell lengthways between the rails , and thus escaped with the slight wound above related ; he had worked as a labourer for the last sixteen years , and this was tbe first accident he had met with .

      Horrible Brutality . —During the night of Saturday last , some villain so seriously injured four cows and a pig , belonging to Mr . Cutler , a farmer , of Dagnall , by chopping their fore legs ( apparently with a bill ) , that it was found necessary to have them killed . From the fact of Mr . Cutler . having that day discharged one of his farm-labourers , named Norman , suspicion fell upon him , and he was arrested . The prisoner was then locked up for the night in the Ivinghoe cage ; but , on the following . morning , it was found that he had escaped therefrom , having picked the locks with a bale of a bucket which had been locked up with him . He is still at large . Skrious Case of Alleged Manslaughter at Bristol . —A most paiiiful occurrence haa taken nlace

      at Bristol , in consequence of theldeathof a Swiss gentleman named John- Frederick Bippert , who was engaged as a commercial interpreter and deputy shipbroker , and whose death is alleged to have resulted from the effects of violence inflicted on him by Mr . Philip Douglas Alexander , a young man connected with one of the most eminent mercantile firms of Bristol , and whose connexions likewise are shipbrokers . . The coroner ; Mr . J . B . Grindon , commenced an inquest on Saturday last , at the Llandogertrow Tavern , King-street . The coroner having explained to the jury the nature of the case , an adjournment look place for the purpose of enabling the medical gentleman to make a post mortem examination of the body . It appeared that on the 4 th of December a French brig , called the Adolphe , arrived in the port , when the deceased , Mr . Bippert , . having been requested by the consignee to look out for her , went

      on board ot her in Kmg's-road , to get her papers , for the purpose of handing them over to a ship-broker na ned Holmes , for whom he occasionally acted , to pa-s the vessel through ! the Custom-house . The brig had been brought up to the Cumberland Basin . and was moored , when Mr . Alexander came on board to endeavour to get her papers . Mr . Bippert said ' You are too late . " Upon which . ( according to the deceased man ' s deposition ) Mr . Alexander rushed at and gavehim ablow on the head , which knocked him from the poop-deck to the main deck , his side falling against the steps and his head against the water-cask . He also felt something snap in his inside , which was ultimately found to be a rupture , the subsequent irreducible strangulation of which caused his death " . " It is stated on the part of the accused that Mr . Bippert ' s version of the affair is . a very incorrect one , and the real character of the conflict will of course form the main point of inquiry .

      Discovert of Stolen Property at Leeds . —On Tuesday , at the Leeds Court House , George Hirst the landlord of the Angel Inn beev-house , Market * street , was brought up before the sitting magistrates for further examination . It will bo remembered that a large quantity of property , supposed to have been stolen , was found in his house ,, and he was remanded in order to give time for its identification . At the previous hearing on Tuesday last , Mr . Wm . James , superintendent of the police force produced a piece of woollen cloth in the balk or unfinished state , which , he said . he had found in the prisoner ' s house on Sunday last , under the following circumstances ' . —Having received information , which induced him to make a second search , he proceeded to tho h ( mse on Sunday morning In the cellar , ho found a , number of barrels , all of them

      having taps in , but as . one of them sounded oddly he turned it up , and-found , instead of containing ale , it was filled with the above piece of cloth measuring about twenty-five yards in length . This piece of cloth has been identified as" the property of Mr . Robert Hirst , woollen merchant , of Park-lane and was stolen out of a cart on the 6 th of January ' while being conveyed to the finishers . A watch found in the prisoner ' s house on the first searoh has been identified by Mr . Talbot , clothier , of Batley he having been robbed of it about two months aeo when in Leeds . Several other articles were also identified , including some umbrellas , stolen from shops in , Briggate and Commercial-street . The prisoner said nothing in defence , and was committed on several distinct charges ; but , oh the application of Mr . James , he was remanded till next Tuesday that if possible owners might be found for the other property , not yet identified .

      Mwrdkb at LAws . HALL .-On Monday evening last a murder was committed in the parish of Lawshall , near Bury St . Edmunds , under very shocking circumstances . Thename of the deceased is-Elisabeth Bambridge , and the prisoner in custody George Carnt , both of them natives of Lawsball The deceased , on . Monday afternoon , left her brother s house m company with the prisoner who returned alone some hours afterwards . Suspicion being aroused by the demeanour-of tho prisoner , a search was instituted and her body was discovered m a pond in the direction of her father ' s house whither she had stated her intention of going upon leaving her brother ' s . On conveying it to a neighbouring house , a large bruise , as if from a blow with a fist , was discovered on the right cheek and several Bevere scratches on her face , neck and hands . On looking at the bushes near t . hn rinnH

      they bore indisputable evidence that a fearful struggle had taken place between- the deceased and another party , and that . Bhe had been violently dragged along the hedge from the spot where the footprints ceased to the pond . In the pond , and close bythe deceased , were found a hat and handkerchief , which can be identified as belonging to the pmoner . Round the neck , of the £ 2 d was found a silver watch , which belonged to the winn er . In the pocket of the prisoner was als 0 found a wedding . ring corresponding with one which Xttt "«!!!^ ^' . Md *«* « - '

      , A Child Killed bt a Luna tic * Moihbr — An inquest has been held before E . Sparrowe , Esq at * S ™ > lu 'T " 1 ? int 0 , death of Joaeph Edwin By , the infant son of Isaac and Sarah Blv -Anne Arms deposed that the mother of the infant was her daughter , andtho deceased was eight weeks old . Her daughter had . been ill with a' low fever which prevailed in the neighbourhood . Witness went to see her . daughter , on Tuesday ' night when she found her « my ill and bad . " She could not understand what her daughter said , and then on opening the bed to look after her daughter ' s child , she found it quite dead and the throat

      cut . Witness ran out of the house to find the father of the . ¦ infant , and when she returned found that her daughter had cut her own throat , but not fatally . A . razor was found lying on the chest . — M . A . Chapman deposed that on going into tho ' room where the mother of the deceased lay iu bed she saw her throw her hands about wildly , and say , " Did I do it ? Did I do it ? Oh , no ! It was not me that did it . "—Robert Bly , brother of the deceased , deposed that he bad been asked by his mother , on Tuesday morning , to get her a razor , to cut her nailsand he brought her one . Geovge

      , Cleveland , Esq ., surgeon , deposed to the excited condition of mind and weakness of body of the mother of the deceased , and of her saying , without questioning , that she cut the throat of her . child , then her own , but that she could not say why she did it ,. Mr . S , Brume , the registrar , deposed that when the mother of the deceased attended to register the child he found her in a state of great mental depression , from poverty . The jury , after deliberating about half an hour , returned the verdict— " Wilful murder , " against the mother , but expressed their regret that they could not qualify their verdict by adding their opinion of the poor woman ' s insanity .

      A Case of Restitution of Property , lost upwards of seventeen years ngo , occurred recently at Gorleston , to a blacksmith named Read , living near the White Horse . A few dap since a stranger c tiled upon him , and asked him if he remembered losing a bag of money out of his cart near the Southtown turnpike qate , in the month of February , 1834 , and , if . so , how much it was ? Read replied he did certainly remember it , and thought it was between £ 9 and £ 10 . The man then inquired if he ( Read ) would forgive the person who got it for £ 5 ? Rend said he should be glad to forgive him , at that distance of time , if he gave him a sovereign . On which the stranger placed before him £ 510 s .. and shaking hands with him , left the house .

      but refused to tell him his name . Important Seaman's Case . —On Tuesday , six men were brought up in custody , before Mr . Rushton , by police-officer Tuck , on a charge of refusing to proceed to sea in the ship after signing articles . Thomas Ridley said he was master of the Crusader , and the whole of , the men had sailed with him in the ship on a voyage to Buenos Ayres . They had been at sea five days , and returned to port , when they refused to go the voyage . One of the men said , on the charge being preferred , that they would be obliged if the mate and the steward were sent for , as they would state that the captain , had not been sober since tho ship left tho river . When the

      witnesses came , they were sworn , and Mr , Rushton addressed the mate , and said : — "These six men are brought here for refusing to go to sea in the ship , alleging as a reason that the captain had not been sober since he left the river . Is that true ?" The mate , who seemed to answer unwillingly , said he could not say that he had been altogether in his proper senses during the voyage . —The steward said the same . He had often given him spirits in his coffe , and he was not capable of managing the ship on a lee shore . —The captain said he had never been in such a state . He had had a pilot on board for three days out of the five . He had not tasted spirits of any description . —The steward said , " I saw him fill a tumbler when he was not able to hold

      t to the cask . "—Mr . Rushton : What of ?—The steward : Rum , sir . —Mr . Rushton said it was a very serious matter . It was his duty to take care that the men were not imprisoned improperly . The sailor had a right to guard against a drunken captain . Here was the mate , an unwilling witness , who was put on oath , and who said the captain was not fit for duty ; and the steward deposed that he was not on ) y totally unfit for duty , but he had seen him drinking spirits by the tumbler , drawn from tbe cask . Under the circumstances , and deciding by the evidence , he thought the men justified in not proceeding to sea . The owner , who was in court , said the men had refused to work when the ship was in danger ; and Mr . Rushton replied that if such captains were put on board a vessel all confi . denee was lost . The captain said he had sailed

      sixteenyearsoutof Liverpool , and referred to hischaracter during that time , when the magistrate remarked that it was a painful thing to do , as respected the captain , but it was duo to the men—they must be discharged . The men were then set at liberty ; but it was understood that the owners would put a new captain in the ship , and that they would proceed on the voyage . A memorial from them to the owners was also read , setting forth the conduct of the captain in the form of a letter , from'which it appeared he had perilled the ship , not being able to distinguish the lights , and having to give up the command of the vessel to one of the people , to pilot her inside the Tuskar rocks , when she was in dangerous circumstances , and when , but for this delegation of authority , she would have been lost . The letter , the magistrate remarked , was extremely creditable to the men .

      Cruelty to an Apprentice . — At the Loughborough potty sessions last week , a case was heard , of such a character that the audience several times gave vent to their indignation and contempt . The particulars of the ease are as follow : —In August , 1846 , a youth named Blankley , whose parents lived at Wanlip , was apprenticed to Collington , tailor , of Seagrave . Soon after he was bound , he and a fellow-apprentice were subject to treatment of a most rigorous and harsh character . Sufficient food was npt given to them , and at times that which Was given was unfit to eat . Once some liver which had been cooked several days , and was in a mouldy state , was given them ; and because Blankley ' a fellow-apprentice refused to eat it , he was kept without food three days . When at work they were

      not allowed to speak to each other , and for looking , or smiling at each other , they have both frequently been severely beaten . Neither of them made any complaint to their parents , but on tho 13 th of October , 1849 , Blankley , who was then about seventeen years of age , absconded , unknown to his parents , and-went to sea . After being a sailor a few months the " ship returned to Hull , and Blankley was discharged ; but then , rather than return to his master , he enlisted us a soldier , lie removed with the regiment to Limerick , where he fell sick ; and after lying in the hospital there three months , he for the first time since he ran away wroto to his them

      parents informing of his situation . Soon after his father purchased his discharge and a week or two ago he returned home . Collington , hearing of his return , took out a summons charging him with absconding ftom his apprenticeship , And the case was brought forward , when the above facts as to the treatment , &c ., were sw orn to by Blankley ' s fellow-apprentice . The magistrates recommended an arrangement out of court , when the bench informed Collington that they were unanimously of opinion that he was not a fit person to have an apprentice ; and their decision was that tne indentures be cancelled , and that he ( Collinston ) pay the costs . *

      Attempt to Drown two Pilots . —The Greek br \ g Panagia Carussina , was hoarded on Tuesday morning by James Rowland , Bristol pilot , in the n M hofi ? duty & . * as ^ conduct her to the Cardiff Roads ; and when coming out of the lock at Hownham , three of the crew suddenl y seized him by the threat and legs , and attempted to throw him overboard , but in which they did not succeed Rowland , fearing to stay on beard , from the menacine aspect of the fellows , hailed the tug-boat and got on board her , and so escaped ; but when opposite this place David Morse , a Cardiff pilot , went along . side , and was about to ascend by a ladder which hung over the side . When the crew , with the captain

      , Baw : that another pilot was attempting to board , they drew up the ladder , leaving a piece of spar ( which had served as a fender in the bason ) , and to which Morse held on , thinking that he could gam access to the vessel , but he was not allowed to do so , as the fender was let out with the sole intention of turning the man off , the brig then going five knots . Just at this moment , and while Morse was struggling in the water , the la'lder , which continued drawn up , was again , it is concluded accidentally , let down , and of which Morse laid hold , when one of the crew descended and trod on his fingers ; but notwithstanding , Morse held on , and two Pill boats , which put off to render him assistance , succeeded in saving him , but for which ho must hav& been drowned .

      room , sne refused to do so , and returned to her own ; shortly afterwards , however , whtn she was nn SSH » KS 3 § offencewithwhichte ** charged Kiffi

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      smami . Decline Op Paoterism in the West . —Another and by no means insignificant , symptom of the slow but steady improvement that has set in , even in the worst circumstanced parts of the west of Ireland , is elucidated by the official returns of the number of panpera chargeable to the Bellina Union on the 1 st of January , 1850 , and on the corresponding day in the present year . At the former period the gross total of twenty-two electoral divisonB amounted t <» 2 , 399 while at the latter this formidable mass of pauperism had declined very nearly one half—the number on the books being but 1 , 214 . Gallant Conduct . —A few nights since , as Mr . James Hagerty was returning from Killuchan to his residence at Knockshebawn , he was attacked liy an armed party of eight men . When assailed , Mr . U , drew a large clasp knife from his pocket , with which

      he cut and hacked away at his opponents so vigorously , that they were compelled to retreat . The struggle was a severe one ,. and it is supposed that the majority of the ruffians were severely wounded . Mr . Hagerty had upwards of £ 200 on his person at the time , and there can be no doubt that robbery was the object of his assailants . — Westmcath Guardian . Papal Aggression . —Preparations ate in progress fir . an anti-Papal demonstration in tho county of Down . The circumstance of Lord Castlereagh havin g affixed his name—along with certain other Irish members—to a document protesting against the re-enactment of any penal measures to curb the authority of the Holy See in England , appears to have given an impulse to the movement contemplated by his lordship ' s constituents . The local papers teem with acrimoniou . 3 remarks upon the " backsliding" of the delinquent representative .

      Ekcumberrd Estates Court . — Twelve now petitions have been placed upon the file from parties seeking relief from debt , through the medium of the court in Henrietta-street . In the last batch there are some large and well circumstanced estates to attract the notice of tho speculative , but the incumbiMtices upon many of them are so fearfully disproportionate to the estimated value of the rentals , as to leave the tail creditors—if there be such—but scant hope of their demands being satisfied out of the proceeds of the sales , supposing even that the most extravagant rates of purchase were obtained .

      Evictions in the Court ? of Down . —The Dimdalk Democrat publishes a formidable list of landlords who are preparing to take out ejectment decrees at the Nevyiy Quarter Sessions now sitting . Among the applicants are Lord Bangor , the trustees of Lord Kilmorey , General Meade , who obtained decvees against eight of his tenants , and Lord ClnnwilHam . against five . The Marquis of Downshire obtained a vast number of decrees against tenants , whose rents varied from £ 10 to £ 29 a year . Lord Iloden was an applicant for one decree only . " Here , " says the Democrat , "are preparations for wholesale extermination , in the county of Down , by marquises , earls , lords , parsons , and squireens ; and averaging the family of each person to be ejected at five persons , about 600 human beings may prepare very soon to walk forth from their homes in the county of Down , before the force of those landlords whom we have named . "

      AnoLiTiOK of the VicEROYALTY . —The contemplated measure for the abolition of the Irish " Court " came before the corporation on Monday . The mover of . the proposition , against its removal , was Alderman Sir T . O'Brien , M . P . ; it was seconded by Mr . Leland Crosthwaite , one of the oldest and most respectable merchants of Dublin ; and among the gentlemen who spoke in support of it were Conservatives , Whigs of the old school , modern Whigs , and Repealers . Among the other speakers on the occasion were Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., Mr . Codd , Alderman Roe , Mr . Fry , and the Lord Mayor . All were unanimous , and the motion was declared to be carried by acclamation .

      Representation of the Countv of Down . —A movement has commenced in this extensive county , amonest the ultra : Protestant and Orange party , to get up a formidable opposition to Lord Castlereagh , on account of his haying signed the delaration of Irish members , deprecating the enactment of any penal laws against the Roman Catholics , in connexion with the appointment of Roman Catholic Bishops in Eng » land . It is stated that Mr . D . S . Ker , or Mr . Maxwell of Finnebrogue , will be called upon to start ia opposition to the noble lord . The New Parliamentary Franchise . —The revi * sion for the borough of Newry has been completed , and the numbers placed on the poll amount to 514 , ahout half the number of those composing the constituency at the first registration under the Re / orm Act , and even less than the number of those who voted at the last election . With respect to religious denominations , the votes stand thus - . —Protestants , 294 : Roman Catholics , 220 .

      Law Adviser . —With reference to the resignation of Mr . Christian , the Eveniny Post says : — "Mr , Christian , ( J . C ., finding that the duties of Iawadviser to the Chief Secretary were incompatible with his constant attendance in the Court of Chancery , ha 9 resigned that office . We understand that the govern * ment have determined on placing the office upon its original footing , by the appointment of a gentleman from the outer bar to the vacant situation , thereby making it no longer an immediate step to the place of Law Officer of the Crown . " The same journal announces the appointment of Mr . Perrin , son of Judge Perrin , to succeed Mr . Christian as law ad »

      viger . The Civic Banquet . —The Lord Mayor gave his inaugural banquet on Tuesday evening , in the Man » 8 ion House . The dinner was laid in the King ' s Room , a temporary wooden building , erected on the occasion of George IV . ' s viBit to Ireland , nearly thirty years ago , and capable of accommodating with comfort and elbow room from 400 to 500 guests . His Excellency , the Lord-Lieutenant , and all the leading officials , nobility and gentry at present in Dublin , were among the guests at the banquet . The company sat down to dinner at eight o ' clock . After dinner the usual loyal and formal toasts were given , and the company broke up shortly after twelve o ' clock . Some disappointment was felt that no allusion was made in any of the speeches to tho subject of "centralisation ; " but this could scarcely have been done

      without interfering with the general urbanity that characterisi d the proceedings , and its omission was so far a matter of good taste . The Freeman's Journal , in referring to the civic banquet , says : — " There was one feature in the civic banquet which we cannot omit to notice , from the contrast it affords to the recent display at Guildhall . At Guildhall the Chancellor of England , who is hereafter to try Irish Catholic causes if the policy 6 ucceeds—offered to kick the Cardinal ' s hat for the amusement of the Prime Minister , and the rest of his auditory . At the civic banquet in Dublin , the health of'His Grace , ' the Catholic Archbishop of this diocese , was given bythe Lord Mayor , cheered by the mixed audience of which the assembly was composed , and responded to amid plaudits by a Catholic priest , in the presence of the Queen's representative . The contrast is instructive and eneowaging . "

      The Pope ano Tnn Queen ' s Colleges . —The Tuam Herald ( published in the town where Archbishop M ' llale resides ) asserts that letters have lately been received from Rome , which leave no doubt that " all the decrees of the Synod of Thurles will be ratified by the Roman authorities , and that their arrival in Ireland may be shortly expected . " The same journal declares that , " The book of Prb « fessor de Vericour ( of Cork College ) has been condemned by the highest ecclesiastical authorities , and put upon the Index . " The Kanusn Union . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Saturday , in the caBe of « the Queen , afc the prosecution of Colonel C . M . Vandeleur , v . Captain E . Kennedy , " after hearing Mr . J . D . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., for plaintiff , and Mr . Whiteside , Q . C ., for defendant , the Chief Justice delivered judgment , making the conditional order for a criminal information against Captain Kennedy absolute .

      Winter Emigration . —The Ballinasloc Star says : — Immense numbers are leaving this country every day for America . We are not under the am ? i ? weatate tnat 200 people—men , wamen , and children—have passed through this town during the past fortnight . From the severity of the weather , and the great flood in the Shannon , the passage tl l unable » on Thursday morning , to come farther than Shannon-harbour , and in tho evening \ ne , passengers from this were conveyed by cars to Athlone . There were about twenty-five conveyed all on their way to Liverpool , to take shipping for America . " rr

      Plating with Fire-arms . —The Corh Reporter contains the following : — " A very unfortunate occurronco took place at Cahirciveen on Saturday evening last , which , it is feared , must terminaio fatally , Mr . Maurice O'Connell , M . P ., a Mr . Twiaa , and Borne . other gentlemen dined together at the hotel—Fitzgerald ' s . Some discussion arose after dinner between Mr . Twiss and another of the party . The person with whom Mr . Twiss had the discussion left the room , When he had gone , tho latter observed that he had never seen a duel , whoreupon Mr . O'Connell said he would show him

      tho way , and got a pair of pistols that had been for seven months in Dublin . They took one each , prosented at each other , and pulled the triggers , when unfortunatel y the pistol which Mr . O'Connoll had , happened to ba loaded , the ball passed through tho right 9 houlder of Mr , Twiss , and lodsed in the other , causing tho most frightful suffering and inflicting , it is greatly feared , a moYtaWound . Dr . Crump was called in at once , snd the wounded young man sent for Mr . Dillon , R . M ., and made a declaration that the transaction was purely accidental , stating that he would not die in peace if he did not make a declaration to that effect . "

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      £ C 0 Uaiffi ; Cultivation of Flax in ScoTLAND . -The attention of agriculturists is being turned in a practical shape to the importance of the growth of flax in this , country . We understand that the Messrs Craig and Co ., of Prestonholm , have issued a circular on the subject , in which they state their readiness to enter into an agreement for supplying the requisite machinery for scutching or ofianin / SS steepmg the flax After referring to the deteriora-5 w ^ n an *** $ ?* sa * = ~

      . ^ fore , quite prepared to erect before next season the WSSa-JS AttftS ^ Sg 5 Sw ?« BaS raneei on the part of the landowners and farmers tui ? nnSifo r ! tlty x ^ land WOuld be deTOted t 0 tins culture for tw 0 or three years " inn , mi ? lR 0 N Tr * de .-Aii influential meeting ot the iron trade was held on Monday in Ginsgow , to consider what means might bo deemed desirable to remove a strong prejudice found to exist in England against the use of Scottish iron . An ottective committee was appointed for that purpose , lflese gentlemen are to report to a subsequent general meeting of the trade . The subject is of the highest importance to a standard branch of our national industry ; and w have every confidence in

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      — THE NORTHERN ST ^ R . . ... ,. January 25 , 1851 ,

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      The ADDnKss in reply to the speech from tho Throne will , it is said , be moved by the Marquis of Kildare , and beconded by Mr . Peto , M . P . for Norwich . — Times ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1610/page/6/