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      ITssltiI or London . —It appears from the return for ibe tv .-sk eaiiins last ' Saturday , tbat the mortality cf Lonlimit now greater than is generally obsem-iiat this period of the year . The deaths , which , as sliO 7 ra in last report , had risen from 1 , 036 to 1 , 213 , have undergonea not very considerable de * cietse , the total number now being 1 , 148 . la the ten c orresponding weeks of ISil-aO , there ia no instance in which they equalled this amount , the two hitthest nuaibera which " nearly-approach , it , having occurred in lSi 5 and " 1849 , when they were respectively , 1 . 15-3 and 1 . 138 . The average of the correpuEuinj ! weeks was 1 . V 35 , which , it" corrected for inwease of vojulatum , becomes 1 , 129 ; and the - ~ -: r- ¦•»¦ » " »_~ . » .-. - ~— . v -=-= TV-. — --

      lt Ub deaths of last week show an increase of 19 on this later result . In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases , the lofcl number of deaths enumerated in the : re-cnt return is 223 ; whilst the corrected average is 211 . Small pox was fatal . in 19 cases , measles ii 3 G , scarlatina in 19 , hooping-cough , vb > : u still predominates in this class ,-awl congid ' rably exceeds the average , > n CO .. Diarrhoea numbers 17 ; while to fever , which happily has declined , 31 are a-cribed . Two children , three persons of mistuie H ^ . e , ai : d three who had turned CO years » dices « f influenza ; beiisgmore than the usual weekly number at ibis season . Of the 19 cases in which sinail- » - > x was fatal , 12 occurred under 15 years « r a » e , and the remaining 7 between 15 and 47 . It appears that in ft ur of the cases recorded vaccination had been performed , and that the awa of the patients were respectively . 13 , 21 . 06 , and 47 . ¦ At 4 ,

      Cottag' -ro-v , uu ii < e 23 rd of rebruary , the servant of a brewer , aged " 21 years , died of " confluent small pox ( 13 days , ) pueu'nonia ( 10 hours ) . ' The registrar adds , ir-jiii information given by the brother of deceased , lint " tie ban been vaccinated when young , ihat it took remarkably well , and the cicatrix was still visible . ' A case of " confluent small-pox , unprotected , " which occurred to a female servant , from Poplar-roail , at the age of 22 , proved fatal at the Small-pox manual , Ilolloway . Amongst thi ' ¦ variom kinds of diseases , those which affect the organs of nispiratiou continae to be most conspicaous , and they amount in this table to 2 S 1 ; in that ;> f the previous week to 277 ; whilst the corrected average is only 215 . The fatality of bronchitis has iucre ° sed from 110 in the preceding week to 1-31 iu the last ; that of pneumonia from 93 to 104 . ' iJionc ' . vtis has been much more fatal than

      in any corrosp'siiduig week , having fluctuated in the Jast five years between 71 and 112 . The mortality of c ? nsucaptiou has been also aggravated in some degree , and amounts t- > 146 , a greater number than has occurred in any corresponding week since-1815 ; The widow of a soldier died in the Cliaringcross sub-district , at ihe great agu of 104 years . She had be ^ n married three times , and had been a widow twenty yrars . The births of 7 S 4 boys and S 07 girls , in all 1 . 591 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 -was 1 , 479 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the

      mean daily bright of the barometer was aboui 30 in . oatlie last four days of this week ; and the mean of the week wa .-29 981 in . On each day of the week , the mean tempera ! ure was below the average of the same day in ten yea r * , except on Tuesday , when it very slightly exceeded it . On the preceding day it lad been ony 31 deg . 1 min ., the lowest daily mean of the week , and 6 deg . 1 min . below the average . On Friday an-i Saturday it was about 3 G deg ., and between 4 des . and 8 deg . lower than the average The mean of the week was 37 d ? g . 6 min . The wind firs : blew from the east , aad afterwards tamed ¦ towards tha north .

      Suicide of a Tradesman . —On Saturday , Mr . H . M . Wak ' sy held an inquest at the Wrestlers' Arms , Iiighsate , on view ot the body of Mr . Perkins , p-. rk butcher , * g « l forty-five , lately carrying on business at No . 15 , Evcrsholt-street , Somers Town . Deceased left home on the previous Wednesday , without saying a word when he would return . He was in the habit of doim ; so , when his wife has received letters from hi = . dated Liverpool , Bristol , and other placeB , in which he stated tbat she would see him no more , but he has returned almost instantly upon the arrival of the letter . On Wednesday evening she received a letter from him dated ilighgate . in which he observed

      " by the time you receive this I shall be no more , I go from this to a place of death . There were many I sh-u ! d like to send my love to . Give my love to Henry , and let him follow George ' s example . Go'i bless you . —T . Perkins . " In the afternoon he was foand suspended from a tree by a silk handkerchief , near the Wrestlers , by a man named Kempton , who weut to the police station , a distance of a quarter of a mile , for s policeman , who cut the deceased down . InJiis pocket was a piece of paper , on which he had written : — " Since I have last gone down the lanes , and seen the beautiful things navuresends , I thought how h = ippy we could be . —T . Perkius " Verdict . " Fob > d dead . "

      Suicioe ix a Station House . —On Saturday last Mr . 15 e isord held an inquest at Westminster Hospital , on the body of John Goodall . On the Bight of the previous Saturday the deceased was noticed by a \» o'ic < maa \ a be tolttng on the pavement in tbe front of the Nation dGdlery , in a state of druhkenueug , and conveyed him to the King-street station house , where some money—gold and silver—was taken frotn Mm , and he was lucked up . At mli-day on Sunday Inspector Shepherd offered to liberate him on his Own recognizances to appear at the police court on Monday , " out he refused the favour , saying he would rather stay where he « as . About a quarter of an hour afterwards the constable in reserve , hearing a man moan in the cells , hastened thi'herand asfcinir

      , " Who called ? " deceased , who was locked up alone , replied , "I have stabbed myself with a penknife- " which was fou :. d to be the fact , the penknife being psckvd uu by his side . He was immediately taken to the alove hospital , where he lingered till Thursday morning , when he died , previously Eayint ; tha t when he did the deed he was mad from drink . Deceased was a single , man . Verdict— " Temporary insanity " Death is a Ditch . —On Saturday last Mr . W Carter held an " u quest , ai the EuropaTavern , Church street , Rotlierhithe , on the body of Richard Tamer , aged twenty-nine , who was found dead in a ditch ! Deceased was in the sen ice of Mr . Ilincks , a coal

      merchant , of N « t . 69 , Fetter-lane ; Uolborn , and on the previous Wednesday , as a man named French was going alonjt a field on the Seven Islands , at Rotherhithe , t « shoot a blackbird ; , he discovered tbe body of a man lying face downwards-in a remote ditch . The . deceased was firmly-embedded in the mud , and there was sc » rcely any water . The presumption was . that the deceased fceing found in such aposmon , and on private property , he must have been placed there <> r have walked there in the dark , and by some means have fa len in . Thf jury returned a verdict : — " That the deceased was f « uud dead in a certain ditch , without -narks o ! violence , but L «* he came there tiiey had no evidence to Drove . "

      Suicide pa . ai Lomdon-bridgb ^— On Saturday evening last a respeaably-dressed female , appa-ently abaut fhirty years of age , was observed by Constable Ball ( Thames Police ) to precipitate herself f ^ m the third arch on the Middlesex silo of the above bridge into the river . The constable was proceeding d' > wn the river in his galley , and had j-ist emeraed flint under the arch , when the unfortunate female f » fl within a few inches of the boat which he * as rowin ? - Ht immediately endeavoured to catch her , but the t « k ranting down strongly , it wat some time otJore bh- coul i be got out of the water . She was t tut

      ««» * uve , presented a frightful spectacle * her he&d ( having canght the buttress of the bridge in falling ) being c . mpletely hatteredin . With all possible speed she was conveyed to the Old Swan Tavern Thames-street . Dr . Groves waB then sent for , wh » having administered all the aid in his power without effect , advised her instant removal to Bartholomew ' s Hospital . On her arrival at the hospital great eser lions were made to alleviate her suffering , but she expired some time after her arrival , ia the greatest as

      aeceaseo , wno was identified as the daughter of Sophia Hall , of Chatham , and- th « t hernlmewai Ann Loader . The jury returned a verdict < . f "Temporary insanity . " An elderly man , one of the iurv while proceeding to view the body ; accidentally fell down some atone gtept , ana fractured his arm and one of his nba . He wa » carried to one of the wards where he received medical attendance . _ Suicide at Chahing-cboss ^ HosrrrAL . -On Sunday afternooa an appalling act of suicide wa committed at Chtnng-crosg Hospital . The unfortunate individual was person by the name of Samuel

      Bridges , aged about thirty , and w » well known in the sporting world as a jockey . ' He had but fe * ftiendgin town , his moth-r and chief friends being in Norfolk . —Mr , H . Lingham . th » house surgeon states that he had been in the Bow ward of the hospital as a patient for tht Itst six months , suffering from an abscess ia-the arm , with paint in the back ; w ™ a- ° 1 arirt ? « red and » in f 8 ct » ff a » about tong discharged . Ifo was alwayi a well-conducted S . n « an'l a . IthoiI e h fae "howed considerable despondency of hue , ho exhibited no symptoms ofin-SeSst ^ « « "erangement idas to induce the least 8 n ? plcjon ^ ^ ^ , . ed

      tteot ^ S : i « taking dinner witb aaaSfffiSa sjpM wni » w , lodgingTfor iTw . ShS , mseIf f l tbe ment of the ££ d * £% && , ££ »¦ *»¦ « a his face into the area on the IS ; - "J fa " K hospital . Wten picked up Sere ? ere ? vm , ° the life . hIlf . ere his removal to the waSfl Ptoin » of exp «» i « OnWednesd yMr Sorf fP ? f - ^ »^ SS € Skuoos Accidesis prom Catttb n » TH « MKr . POus . _ On Mo ^ ay r iS ^ K ^ iDgexempIific . twiisoftha ^ eS ^^ Der in vtadi cattle are driven throngh hi 55 * of

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      LO'iuun , took pines in'Li quorpond-stiect , a « ar the large brewery f-f lteid and Co . Ahrge herd of cattle were worried t'irnuqh this narro « thoroughfare in the direction of Gray's Inn ' Lane , and' it beiug market time , and several nf thebrewhouse drays justloading , as others were discharging einply casks . . The greatest confusion eusued . Opposite to Mr . Barret ' s , ' the baker , of ] 8 , Liquorpond-strect , a gentleman-was so viqlently ' crnsbed against the wall , of the cooperage , adjoining the brewery , a 3 to ba unable , to proceed , and every spectator thought it was most providential that l : e escaped with his life . Several women and children were knocked down at the end of Leatherlane , and seriously hurt . The cattle andsiieep were , however , urged forward , and at the . corner of Gray ' s

      Inn and Kins ' sRoads the same scene of contusion took place . The sheep mingled with the oxen , and their several drovers , in their usual classic language , or rather slang , endeavouring to separate them , a poor bey , drawing a truck wasoverthrown , but . fortunately nut hurt . It is understood to be lh « intention of the ra < ep 3 yers of Liquorpond-street , King ' s-road . aud The baid ' s-road , to take \ Himedv . « e ; s \ ev > s , for-the abatement of this abominable and must < i ;< ngerous nuisance . It is thought that proper , h-urs might be selected forthe transit of the cat tie , at all events . At present life is- hourly cdangereil , and property grea ' iy deteriorated . One fac 5 was observed by a gentlemen present—that the poor over-driven cattle seemed to possess far more sense and sagacity than

      tlierd- overs . Death in Life . —On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Crown and Thistle , Great Peter-street , Westminster , on the bod y of George Br-wer , aacd five weeks . It appeared from the evidence of . Mary Brewer , the mother of the deceased , that she bad been the mother of ten children , and that her husband was transported , since which time she had cohabited with the fa'her of deceased , a man n tmed Chester , who sot a precarious livinsj by picking up bones , and when he could , seliin » things iu the

      streets . She bad not a meal of meat vi ctuals for three month-:, and the deceased , when born , was a complete skeleton . On the previous Wednesday nightshc went to bed with deceased resting on her arm , and on wakim : in the morning found it to be dead . —Mr . Payi e , surgeon , said that on being called in he found decensed quite dead but warm , and on opening the body it was so bloodless that by enwrapping it in a \ vhit « handkerchief it would scarcely , have be < -n soiled . There was great discolouration , and the body was extremely emaciated . —Veidiet , " Accidentally suffocated . " . .

      Destructive Fire at Depiford . —On Saturday evening last a serious fire brike out in the Lower road , Deptford . Several engines were immediately despatched thither , when the firemen fouud the premises of Mr . Joseph Connor , a perfumer , &c , carrying on business at No . 183 . in the before-named thoroughfare , in flames . The engines were set to work , and the fire , although not extinguished , was prevented from extending to the surrounding property . The flames were eventually extinguished , but not until Mr . Connor ' s stock in trade was entirely destroyed , and the building extensivt-ly burned . Fortunately Mr . Connor was insured in the Sun Fireoffice .

      Fire i . v King Wiluau-strket , City . —On Saturday last , at a few minutes before midnight , a fire br « ke out in the . premises belonging to Messrs Hughes and Co ., army and navy outfitters , of No . 76 , King ffilliam-street . When discovered , the flames were raging with great violence in the warehouse , on the ground floor . Plenty of water having been procured the engines were set to work , but the firemen were unable to get the mastery over the flames until the valuable stock in trade ' was nearly destroyed , and the upper part of the premises also much damaged by fire . The cause of the fire is not known . The firm , it is understood , was insured in tbe Phoenix Fire Office . .

      Numbrods Fires , and Loss op Two Lives . —A few minutes after three on Monday morning a fire < ir « ke on * , in the private residence of Mr . It . Mallett , 7 , Belvidere Crescent , Lambeth , which unfortunately resulted in the death of a fine young woman , named Sarah Clark , who acted as housekeeper to the owner of the premises . It appears tbat some , of the inmate * wereawnke from , their slumbers by experiencing a suffocating sensation . They got up , and the moment they went on to the stairs they found dense volumes >< f .-moke pouring upwards , and when they reached the low « r landing they found the unfortunate female crouclied up near the kitcben door in a blaze . = Kith tbeas . « i 3 tance ~ of the police and firemen the . flames were subdu-d , but the poor creature was burnt as

      black as a coal , and quite dead . The body was placet ! in a shell and removed to the vaults of St . John ' s Church , to await an inquest . The origin of the fire is enveloped in mystery . Had it not been for the early discovery made b y some of the inmates it is quite probable that one or two other partie « would also have pmshed . —A short time'before this . d stressing casualty took place , a fire . happened at No . 3 Crown-street , Soho , belonging to Mr . T . Hayne , a pork butcher . It commenced on the first floor , from some cause not clearly ascertained , and , in spite of the exertions of the firemen who attended immediately from the contiguous station , a great deal of damage was done before the flames could be extinguished . A female who lived in an adjoimnir house *

      mid who had been confined only a few weeks prevkmsi was so dreadfully excited when the- alarm was g ' Ten , that when a person went ttfossist her , she fell forward in his arms , and expired .- ^ £ t js remarkable that a number of accidental fires were . ragih ' g * in various parts of London simultaneously witu * Xho ? e iust mentioned . —At the same hour the house , " 27 , O ! ds- ' reet Road , was set on fire b y the falling spatk of a c indie , and considerable damage was d ^ ne . —Another occurred in High-street , Shadwell , and a fifth-in King-street , Gheapsuie , both of-which , however , we : e extinguished before-much damage had been done—It was otherwise with a sixth , which broke out in 48 , Aldermanbury . ' The flames had already gained a strong hold on thefirst floor when the fire

      was discovered , and before" the arrival of the engines they had enveloped the upper stories . The first .- second , and upper floors , with half the roof were destroyed , arid damage was done to neighbouring bouses . — A fire , which lasted several hours , broke out nearlv at . thesametimeinNo . 4 , Prince ' s Row , Newport Market . The ground floor was burned out with- the back of the house , and the roof was destroyed ; Coxflagbatiox is Oxfoiid-street . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire , involving a serioU 8 destruction of valuable property , broke out in the premises helonging to Mr . Smith , perfumer to her Majesty , Princess-street , Oxford-street . The builditi " incluiing the basement , was five floors high , and was arii-iined on one side bv the magnificent ran ™

      of premises belonging to Messrs . Thos . and Robert Martyn , silk mercers , which formed the corner building of that portion of Regent-circus . The property of Mr . Osborne , a jeweller and silversmith , flanked the ether side of Mr . Smith ' s establishment , and owing to the large quantity of combustible matter in tbe last-named place of business it soon became apparent that a fearful conflagration would be the result . Only three persons were in the premises , who had the greatest difficulty to * rush out of the house to escape the ravages of the ' flimes . The engines soon arrived and copious streams of water were scattered over the flaming premises ; but in spite of the indefatigable exertions of ihe firemen , it was nearly five o ' clock

      before the flame 3 could be subdued , and not until the whole of Mr . Smith ' s valuable stock in trade was consumed , and his furniture , wearing apparel and other effects entirely destroyed . The extensive property of Messrs . Martyn is also severely damaged , the costly goods in the show-room are either destroyed or materially injured b y fire and water . Independent of which , the whole of the back windows are burned out , the various rooms seriously chaired b y the action of the fire and many of the large plate-glass windows are demolished . The total loss must be very considerable , and unfortunately Mr . Smith was not insured to one-half the extent of his actual loss . Mr Osborne , the silversmith and jeweller , who has also

      * . stamed great damage by water , was uninsured : fortunately Mr . Martyn ' s were insured : in the National Mercantile Fire-office . From the inquiries made on the spot from Mr . Smith it appears that a bottle containing some perfumery spirits had been placed on the mantelpiece , in the counting-house ; There being a fire burning in the grate , it is supposed that the heat must have alteted the temperature of the spirits and mde tbe same expand , for all of a sudden the bottle burst , the contents ran into the are below , and . then arose one immense heet of flame , igniting the counting-house and every other room in the building in rapid succession Extbaordisart BoROLiBT . —On Monday evenine ' a very extensiveTobbery was perpetrated at the Su ? 'f 7 ., 5 . Io Hall .. Southwark-bridee-road ... of

      wmen Mr . Richard Preeoe is the proprietor . From the statement made by . the police , there can be httla doubt of its bone most extensively planned , although comparatively " abortively carried out It appears that after the performances were concluded some expert thieves , most probababl y belonging to the Mint-street . fraternity , secreted themselves underneath the stage , and on the lights being put out , and all reported safe , they commenced thVir work of plunder in the dressing-rooms of the numerous vocalists engaged on Mr . Preece ' s establishment . Box , drawer , and portmanteau , were ransacked . ' Theatrical wigs examined as minutely as our own Whigs of ( St . Stephen '? , and as scornfully asideAt

      flung . length , it seems they stumbled upon a carpet-bag . This was instantly -broken open , but the ( inly , property discovered was tbe " stageproperties " of'Mr . Henry Fox , so strewinc the various articles ; about the floor , they retained the bag , and dropping upon the portmanteau of Mr Reuben Hyams , who , in addition to his profession w a " vocalist ; , is an "inside dealer" in jewellery « the well-known auctioneers , Debenham" arid . ¦? rS f arid consequently thought by the keeriwitted gentlemen of the Mint to be in possession of rW T&& W lcioWlI S afrer - Ttie resuIt WaS ' ¦ S r » M ; ? 8 roblied of » new sujt of clothes SKfci ?? rjI ? S 8 and ' trinkets , a silver watch , atid . other . property , to the extent of nearly £ 20

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      The-propertyyit-is presumea * was'deposited in IhV carpet-bag belonging to Mr . Fox . An attempt wis then made to-force the refreshment bar oftho-Uall . but itis presumed the thieves were interrupted ; and ' inade their , escape , by the back entranco-ito the stage , opposite to theboundary wallofthe ! Queen ' s : BenchPrison . i An ample reward Mas been offered by the spirited proprietor , ' Mr .. ! preece ; and the detective police of the division areon the alert . : Frightful'Falling of- . Hooses / in Gray's Inn-UKX . —lt appears that'in pursuance , of the determination ; to clear away tho abominable rookery of Fox-court , and its adjacent " Thieves'Kitchen , " the « outh corner / together with the . houses adjoining . the public house ,,-callod : the" Guv Earl of

      Warwick /'; had already been condemned by the parochial surveyors . For several daysworkmen have , been'employed , in the wovkiof demolition . On Tuesday ; morning , however , shortly before the hour of eight , the whole . of the building , adioinink the-, " Guy . Earl of . Warwick , " feu inwards and outwards with a tremendous crash , leaving the tottering tenement at the comer of Fox-court in such a fearful position ^ that the police-received orders to immediately close all egress and ingress to Gray ' s Inn-lane . The fallen building . was verv heavily timbered , and spaeiousj . an d was once . the town residence of a follower of the . Lord . Brooke , from whoso family both . Brooke-street and Ovcville-streot derive their desi gnation . ¦ It being the opinion of the ^ surveyors upon the spot tli « t it would be impossible to pull down the ( adjoining ruin by the usn .-il means—scaffold poles were

      variously plaeeil against prominent portions of -the wall—with their bases resting against tho boundary ktMB of Gray ' s Inn . These poles were heavily swayed upon by a number of labourers ,- and shortl y , after the whole frontage of tho building gave . wny i part falling into the road-way , and the remainder inwards . The spectators from tho Holborn end of-Gray ' s Inn-lane were most abundant , ami it was with the greatest difficulty , that tlie police , ' assisted as they were by strong barriers , could lwep back the . populuce , the cuvrent opinion being that the " Thi- ves' kitchen " was about to be pulled down . It is much to be regretted that one of the workmen , who has to support a large family of children , was so severely injured , as to bo conveyed to the hospital . The remaining corner : of this avenue is at the present occupied by . the Fox and Peacock , and , from the recent repairs , it bids . fair to stand out its term of lenso .- . :

      The Ddke of Brunswick Ballooning . — Oh Tuesday morninsr , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , Mr . G . Green , accompanied b y three other gentlemen , one of whom was Duke . Charles of Brunswick , ' made a very splendid ascent in his Roy . il Nassau Balloon , with the intention of making an aeronautic voyage to'Germany . ! " The-car was amply provided witn a supply of . every necessary viaticum for the voynge , and tmrteen welltrained carrier pigeons accompanied the voyagers ; The balloon took a south-easterly direction , passing over the counties of Surrey and Kent ..

      Tnc Chelsea Out-Pensioners . —On Monday " , a general order was issued to all the enrolled Chelsea out-pensioners , when they went to receive their monthly pensions , that they must all muster in llyde-park , on the morning of the . 1 st of April , to undergo a general inspection , as they are to do duty during the Grand Exhibition . Several regiments , lioth cavalry and infantry , will be quartered in the vicinity of the metropolis on the occasion , ' Tub Rrpbesbntation of ' - Greenwich . ~ Thc

      Kentish ikreury says : — " We understand that dur-. in « tho past week two private meetings had beeiv held at the offices of a legal gentleman in Green-: wich , to secure the : return of Admiral Diindasj ' our present member , and another gentleman . The latteris an inhabitant of tte borough ,, but we refrain from further remark until another opportunity . " As a matter of course , Mr . Barnard retires , and . itis reported that Mr . Alderman Salomons and Mr . Alderman Wire are to contest the borough against the gallant admiral .. ... . ; : '• ¦' ¦ ' - ¦

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      nim a warming . Ho had . i blank mark near his ear as if scorched , by tho fire . —The prisoner said . he whs " driven to it ; ho had ' applied to ttio b ' o .-ird on two Fridays , and thdy-hdd refused to relieve him ; . he did not know to whom tho stack belonged , , but supposed it belonged to one of the guardians ; he did it from iiialioe . —Gommitted for trial . , ExiENSiVE ., RoBBERY . ^ - Qn Sunday evening the residence " o f " Mi's .. ' Catharine llobecca Clarke ,-in Shcop .-street , . . Winslow , was forcibly entered , and a long catalogue of silver articles stolen , beside 3 two

      purses containing £ 15 in gold , and from six to seven pounds in other cash . Suspicion rests on two men and a boy . strangers to Winslow , who . tliu same evening left tliotown on foot , carrying a carpet bag . -They were ' traced to ' Buckingiiam . ifrom . whonce . they took a fly to Wolyetton , and , 'being too Sate for the last up train , slept there . On the following morning they left by 'the . first train for London . . It is clear that the plunderers wcreconvuyancers- from London , who avail themselves of railway travelling into tho provinces to carry on their vocation . .: ' ¦ . . - !¦ - ¦ . , ¦

      , jAttempted . " . Garotte" Robbery . —An instance of . the newi species of daring robbery , . which has recendy been committed on severaloccasions , in Manchester and London , took , place in Strangeways on Saturday evening last . Mr . Joseph Makiiison . ' commission . v . merchant , Lloyd-stveet , left- Manchester shortly , before-eight : o ' clock on Saturday ovening , to return to . his residence iu Broughton-grove , Bury New-road . ii When ho reached . Fairy-lane .. ' ( a short distance nbeyond Broughton-lano and . the brickkilns ) , he-was . suddenly attacked bythreo men .-. The first threw his arm round Mr , Makinson ' s neck , nnd attempted ; : to " uis ! iblo him by strangulation ; the second struok : him two ' . or three violent blows over thehoad with some instrument loaded with load , of

      the life preserver or heavy-headed whip kind ; and the , third dragged him from the Bury New-road some distance up .-Eairy-lane . Although sixty-seven . years old .,. Mr . Makinson is strong and active , and struggled SO successfully wilh his ruffianly assailants . » s to yet near . the window- of a house in- -Fairy-lane , occupietl . by Mr . John Red fern , coal merchant , and brickmaker .. ' ¦ After another struggle , Mr ., Makinsoucontrived fco . strike the shutters ' ot tho window ; and tho blow and scuffle having beon heard b y Mr . Radfern ' s son ,-ho . hastened toopenthe , door . ; the first sound caused by which , was the sigrinl fbr the tlireu thieves to make their escape as speedily as possible ; Mr . Makinson was taken into tho house , and shortly afterwards , havirigsomewhat recovered , lie . ' , was conveyed home by ' a uolk'eman . ,

      Recovery of Stolen' Pbopebtt at Liverpool . — On Saturday a man named Thomas Watsun , the keeper of a . beerhouse of doubtful character , in Ilanover-street , Manchester , and a well known thief named Carney , ' were brought Up , having been apprehended by Inspector Bates , of'the detective force in Liverpool . The Inspector having reason' to suspect that Watson ' s house was the repository of stolen property , proceeded to WancViest ' er . ' where he obtained the assistance of Inspector M'Mullen , of the Manchester police In one of . Cue moms of tbis houstt , which -was , locked- up , the key . being in Watson's possession , they found a large quantity' of property , including a considerable quantity of leather for soles and " uppers , " twelve barrels of mustard ^ boxes of cayenne pepper , mustard seed . a churn , a bsg of glue ,

      some shears , some pewter measures , a number of wire fire guardsj several circular ' saws , a large quantity of new lead piping , some harid saws and planes , several new hats , four silver 'Mfctes , a-quantity of twine , ' two violoncellos , a quantity ' of sarh cord , two gallon bottles containing whisky ] three boxes of collars , and j ; t (|^ e of worsted cuffs , the rr % of a whale , a large fub , a bag of irohrivets , a garden engine ( Read ' s patent ) , ' Bye thermometers , a telescope , a black silk handkerr chief ; a quantity of spices , a smith ' s anvil , a bag of lin . seeil , some 5 jiev | es , some scales ,. a number of blacksmuhs ; tools ^ a . 'bag of screws , and some clothand yestiiigs o > ; . \ vKibh " Bates . was in search . They , also louiVd a large book in which We entries of tlie par * ti'S , frbju ; whom all this property had been purchased , . with the sums paid for ' it , and from this it appeared that the prices paid by Wat&on for the several lots

      was not one quarter of their ' real value . He also ' appVared to 'have done some business asatnoney lender , ft > r : iri ' one of the hats was written , " Lent 2 s ., tq be pai ^ , dn the 22 nd of February , or to become my propert /;; " and the silk handkerchief was marked 2 s . 0 Jd . Thefour . watches , too ; he said had been left with hini as security , for ' . money which he had lent ; ¦ but he did not know the parties who had left them . His wile * as seen to hand something to the servant girl , and dri examination , it proved to be a bag containing twelve sovereigns , and a quantity of foreigncoins was found in a room upstairs . Wats n was taken into custody , and removed by Bates to Liverpool , - together with the property supposed to'bave been stolen from thence . The remainder of the property was removed

      m carts to the Town-hall , Manchester . The prisoner Carney , above alluded to , was subsequently . 'taken into custody . Inspector Bates , ' on Saturday , pro duced a ' quantity of cloth and some waistcoat pieces , p art of which was identified by Mr . Swahwickashav ing been stolen from ' . Mr . Earp ' s establishment ,- in July last . A waistcoat piece was also ' spoken to by Mr ; . Crohshaw . . : Mr . Clb ' ugh ' ashed for a remand , stating his . conviction that mu ' chibf tHep ' r ' opcrty found in Watson ' s possession was the produce of . robberies in ; Liverpool , ' for instance' about JfilOOwprth of leather was discovered of the same description aBSome stolen in Liverpool some time ago . Mr . Davenport , who

      defended the prisoners , said that the property-had been deposited with Watson by Carney , who lent him £ 5 . upon them . Watsnn had also lent Carney £ 1 on a chest of dra , wers . ' Watson , when ; called upon to apeak for himself , corroborated .. this statement , and said , that on his expressingsui ' prise that Carney should be in possession of such " stuff , " - the latter said it belonged to a friend of hi 9 , and that he would fetch it away again in two or three months .:. Carney , however , was not so judicious in his statement . Turning to Watson ; he said , ' ¦ ' You said you would lend-me £ 5 on the property , which you knew very well could not be mine—a working- man like me . " Both -prisoners were remanded . - ¦

      '" VflRDIOT OF MaNSLAUOHTEB AGAINST A MAGISTRATE . —On Saturday last Mr . Taylor , * deputy coroner held an inquest ( hy adjournment from the loth ult . ) at the Blackers' Arms Inn , Thornhill Lees , near Dewsbury , on the body of a boy named Clegg , aged four years , who , on the 14 th ult ., whilst on his way home from school ^ was run over by some empty wngeori 8 on a tramp-road belonging to Joshua Ingham , Esq ., chairman of the West Riding magistrates at the Quarter . Sessions ; There was-a compound fracture of each leg of the deceased , anil the surgeons who were called in considered it advisable to amputate both lags , but the child died the same evening . It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Indiana has been in the habit of personally superintending hi 9-extensive collieries , and that

      coal had been sent down the tram-road , which crosses the highway on an incline to a canal in waggons , which draw up tbe empty waggons . When the empty waggons were affixed to the ropo at the bottom , a man hoisted up a white signal-board , and then attended to other work . Afterwards , when the lo ided waggons were attached to the ropo at the top , they were all set in motion by means of a large drum , and could not be stopped until they reached the end . No person had been appointed to watch the place were the tramp-road crosses the public road , and there is no protectioili Thojury , after deliberatingaboutthree-quartersofan hour , returned a verdict of : " Manslaughter" againBt-Mr . Ingham , for whose apprehension the coroner issued his warrant . . ¦ < - ¦¦¦¦ - . • ; ¦ ,

      Harwich" ! Election . — The NoMlNAMON .-iThe elevation to the peerage of Sir J .-C .-Hobhouse has given thisborough the unusual opportunity of making a third selectibnof one of its representatives within the ' period of a single-session . On this occasion , the announcement of candidates for the vacant ' seat almost anticipated the issuing of tho writ ; and iov the last week Mr . Robert Wigram Crawford , a director of the Bank of'England , and Mr . Henry ThobyPnncep , an East India director , ( the former a ; supporter ^ f Free Trade ,- and the latter a . Conservative and Protectionist ; ) have boen ' ori the ground , addressing meetings' and' canvassing : the electors The nomjnation took place at ' noonon > Tuesday The mayor , F . P . Hart , Esq ., presided . Mr . Thos 088 f

      SSSSiW- ^ a"M . * Mat . thew Johnson seconded , Mr . Crawford ' s nomination , and Mr . Francis Hales , ^ seconded by'Mr . Heseitihe , inn ., fcTSftviW - O » wford-then came forward amidst loud cheers from -his supporters . He came before them to solicit their guffra ' ges upon the principles he had laid before them in his published addressed 'He . denied that ; he , was the nominee of Mr . ' Bagshaw ( tbe sitting member ) , or of any indivplual whatever . The grand question at the present time ; and one to which all others must succumb . ' was whether this country should return to the bondage 'df -moriopoly , or whether ^ they should enjoy as they ought to do the benefits of that free trade which had been introducedamong them . When a man of weklth and substance sat down-to dinner , the measure of his demand was the , size of his sto . mach , but the measure of a poor man ' s appelite was the size of his purae- ( hear , hear ) - ^ and he couldiell them

      if restrictions upon . impprtatiotts should be again sesorted to—if subh a thing as a return to Protection was possible—they must make up their minds to pay the old prices , and he had no doubt they would- soon learn to appreciate the difference between them and those of'the present time . ( Hear , and oheers . ) Mr . Priricep next addressed the electors . He said he had come down thereat the request of two . resident voteiB of the borough who happened to . be in London when the fact of a vacancy became known , and he denied that he was the npmin . ce of Mr . Attwood' He would receive dictation from no ' one , and he hoped they would find him as well able to maintain His o . w . n pnpwples . M , any representative they could select , opu takmg ; a show of hands , the Mayor deelarod it to be in favour of Mr . Princep . On Kf of Mr -Crawford a poll was demanded . Oni Wedne day . ho polling comm . enced . ' and , at the close S

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      Tub Late Burglarv at Windsor . —Tho medical attendant , on Mr . Tucker and Mrs . Whittaker , having-certified'ti ' hat bis " patients were sufficiently recovered , to . give their . evidence- relative , to the cowardly and : atrocious , at tack on their lives , the magistrates proceeded on Monday to the residence of ; Mr . Tucker , in Clarence road , where the prisoner , Thomas-Ash , was brought under custody of the boroug h ; police . —William Tucker sworn . —On ¦ Tuesday night ,. the 18 th of February last , I went to bed at' nine o clock . . The house- was all safe . About one o clock in the hiirht I heard Mrs . Whi ' ttaker screaming , " murder . " . I got out of bed to go to herj and on turning round the end of : the bed , ' I was knocked down . I saw a person first ~— . —»— . — . rn ^ - ^ -T . n- | 1 ..,. — , —n-, r -

      striking , Mrs . Whittaker , . who was , in bed bleeding , and on seeing mo he struck me on the head with a kind of iron chisel , arid jobbed it , into my neck three times . . Tlie chisel now' produced is . cxactl y like the one used , he hit me with tlie great end , and jobbed me ' with the sharp end . I don ' t know that V should know the man again , I was so soon down ; - There was . isecond . man at the door with a light when . I , was knocked down . I got up three times iin . d sti'uscled with' tbe nsBassin until 1 got him out , and shut tho door-. The man in the passage with tho light went back as I pushed the other out . I did not sec tho face of the man in tho passage ; when I put the man out , Mrs . Whittaker got . to the window and called for . asaistance , and the

      police soon arrived . I havo known the prisoner Thomas Ash for some months ; he has worked . on the premises-and'in-the kitchen ; ' . Ho"told me he was a countryman of mine . ; About fW months ago he asked-me to lend him four pounds , which I re- ' fused to do . . Mr ; Earangey , Burgeon , came ' and bound up my wound 3 and Mrs . - Whittaker ' s , and I have been under medical treatment and confined to my bed _ ever since . -I am ninety-one years of age .- In his crbssrexamination . by the prisoner he ( Mr .-Tucker ) said , I can swear that you are the man who stood in the piastre vfith tho light . —Mrs . Whittaker , houskeeeper to Mr . ' Tucker , gave corroborative evidence . — Charles Toddi labourer , ' Spital , sworn . —I have known ' the prisoner about a

      year . :. Three weeks ago he , came to my father ' s house , and I went to the Stag and . Hounds to have some beer with him . After we had bfien . drinking he beckoned me to come out , and I followed him . On going down the road , he said I know a gentlemun in the cloister -who has pot plenty of money ; and : I-know how . to get it ,. All I want is to engage some one , to get tho servant maid out ; I know her well ; I have been , at work in the house several times . And he asked me if I would get hcr'out . lie said the best plan for me would be to go and aay that ' some one had sent me to tell her that her

      brother-had broken hia leg ; that I was to . take her down towards , the Little Park , and then give her the slip . I told him I would have nothing to do with it at all , and left him . —Esther Burrett swore to having seen the prisoner with another man , on the day previous-to the rbbberry , grinding a chisel . —The prisoner denied all knowledge of the outrage , and said . that ; during-the time it was committed , he . was with a- . woman . of .. the ' town . —; De was'fully committed to the county gaol at Reading to take his trial on a chargeof Burglary and attempt to murder , and all the witnesses were bound over to prosecute . • ¦ ; : . .-. ;

      Ariiest op an . American Packet . —Accounts from nolybcad state , that the Hew . York packet-ship Yorkshire has been placed under arrest by authority of a warrant issued by tho ni gh Court of Admiralty , at- the- instance of the City of Dublin Packet and tho Chester and Holyhead Railway Companies ; ' . the former claiming £ 1 Q , OOO for services rendered by the Prince of Wales , in towing the-said vessel into the harbour , and the latter claiming £ 3 , 000 for similar services rendered by Anglia ; ¦ ' •'' : ¦ ¦ ¦ -. < . - .

      Suspected Starvation of a Woman by . her Husband . —A few days since we gave the particulars of the . death of . a young woman , named Harriet Sparing , at Bath , from exhaustion produced by the want of the necessaries of life . It was also alleged that the husband ' s' brutal conduct was the caiuseof the woman ' s deplorable condition , and the coroner , at the adjourned inquest , issued his warrant for the apprehension of Sparing , who ab . sconded soon after his wife ' s death . The inquest was resumed on Monday evening ; but the police havo notyet succeeded in apprehending the husband , whose conduct , as deposed to in evidence , has excited feelings of the deepest indignation . So veral witnesses havo been examined whose

      testimony has proved that the deceased previous to her confinement in November laBt , earned her own living by needlework ; but no sooner was * he rendered incapable of this than her sad privations began .. Her husband , who was in a constant situation as groom-to a gentleman , from that time to her death seems to have been guilty of the grossest neglect , and the deceased , who , was frequently without food or fire ; according to the united testimony of the witnosses , was too meek a woman to utter a complaint , but she continued gradually to waste away , and at last died of exhaustion . The inquest was ag " ain adjourned to give tue "' jp 61 ice time to apprehend tb ! e husbaiid if possible . . ' . ' Fatal Colliery Accident in Lancashire . —A

      shocking accident occurred in the Clifton Hall coal mine , about six miles from Manchester , a few days since , by" frhich the lives of two men were sacrificed . The two colliers were brothers , Charles Urmston aged twenty-five , and Thomas Urmstoh , aged twenty , and their death mainly resulted from a want of care extraordinary . prevalent amongst men subject to'so many dangers . In getting coal it . is customary for the miners to prop the roof of the levels driven-: for . that purpose with timber supplied bj the owner of the mine . Charles Urmston and his brother worked in the same bay , and they had observed the roof giving way the evening before the accident occurred , for want of props . Thomas went to the eye of the shaft foi a piece of timber , and after much unnecessary delay returned with it , but refused to go for-more . " They left work that night , Charles observing , " It will give us a job to-morrowif that roof comes down' upon us . "

      Aost morning , as early as nine o ' clock , whilst they were at work , the roof came " down * .. and they had only suffioient notice to run a few yards . It is known to all colliers of the least experience , that these bays are dangerous after such falls till , they have been ventilated , 'on account of the foul air which generally escapes from them in such cases , yet these men had the temerity to venture back almost immediatelyj with naked candles , though Davy lamps were at their service ; The result was an-instantaneous ignition of the explosive gas liberated by tho fall of the roof . The two men were rescuedirbin the ' place by their fellow-vrorkmen , who h « d run great risk of their own lives by the imprudent act , and carried from the . pit so badly burnt that they died on Monday . An inquest was held on Wednesday on the bodies of the unfortunate men . when the jury were of opinion that their death was the result of accident , and that no one was to blame in the matter but themselves . •' .. ¦ ...-

      • Extensive Robbery on the Liverpool Railway —On Wednesday information was received by the metropolitan police that during the passage of the nine o ' clock train between" Warrington and ' Liverpool , some daring thief had contrived to et on to tlie luggage truck and cut open a carpet bag , taking from it £ 120 in £ 1 Irish notes , a # & branch Ban ! or England note , £ 55 in £ 10 ami £ 5 Bank of England notes ; and £ 220 in sovereigns , getting clear away , and at preeenfrio clue exists to the perpetrator . . ' ¦ •• . r JlX . VVUWk , "

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      TT ^^ r ^^ rr ^ r . ^ rr ^ r :: ^;'"''''^ -..-- . ^ Annum ot . ' mib Catholic B ^ p , " ' ^^ drew agreed to at thu meeting ot tT «¦ ' V Catholic bishops hag been i «» n £ i »} . " ? U <>; '' signatures of the whole existing . RomV ; ' >'< t hierarch y . of Ireland , two or throe ? Ho who , were _ not present having SwJ } . ™ . bijlJ Those- who "have yet had an opp orf j >> : £ the addreBB consider that it is couSi ? fs milder languago than was expected nn 1 ? "'"c ftelin * of the Roman Catholio PopulS , th H t ! land are now roused to such a . pitch of ftf Ire ou this subject , that the tone of the doo , ex ? it t "i"J ' cause some disappointment . It is nrn-f " 0111 nin . ever , that it will have ' any such •«« * ' ! kely , h « J .

      , . contrary , the violent speakers thtn » i Ol > tkl country will find it is quite a suffi ?; ^ their purpose . The . opmion of oSSR , **? by the bishops has not yet got tmiV lll (| P'l tl delay having occurred owing to tl e l S ' 7 , < man ( Mr . O'nagan , 'Q . C . ) 4 owIlUSj '^ . J on circuit , and requiring to see a pi ^ f " fc'K . opinion before it was allowed to L 1 > tof understood that Mr . O ' llagan has exS ' , I ; proposed measure pretty much i n the s , * " * in whiclnt has boen undewtood r , ir " i , k'I tc 4 who take the Roman Catholic view » - C

      The Freeman ' s Journal of TueS , lav n "' - "'' i'c tains the legal opin . on-tvvo columns Z \ m * i MrO'Hag u ,, Q . C ., ontheO peSVofW 4 UBrtieal - Titles Bill . Tim caso »„ \ ,. '' H . counsel on behalf of the archbishops an w- 1 " ' to tho Catholic Church , and if Mr . O'H- . ^ l > pretation of its provisions be correct it * '" c ? made short work with Popo and Ponen- ' > h the words of the Freeman would lm « . « i the Catholic Church ' as one would dig out A "* ° « t athiatle . fa laii « ck ot Papal Aogiiession . —An address gicnert k 100 of the clergy of tho united diocese or . *®> ( Intinnr . wna ni'oaor . tn , ] I ... * - . _ . " ^ hvi

      , Bishop by the Archdeacon of . Down , cC ^ tho meeting ; . fc which the address was adj > of The Catholic AoniTios ,-The agitffi I vour of the supremacy of the Pope pPoecet fj - II Among the most remarkablo of the recent , ' ' 1 Cl ! - I rtratioM was that at Kelk ,, u Sunday last >«• I thesupgestionsmade qn this occasion w ^ N 1 the effect , that tho Irish members silSj I pledged , at the next election , not onlv „ ks I against any ministry of Lor . l John lvii < Sl || V ? ts 1 airainst any ministry with which ono of tlinl' " 1 Russell is connected .. "' ""of I Tho excitement in the provinces is m n . I ireasmg , and the recent declarations of the i ' , "' I WlUnottend much to allay it . Hwtinw JJfr / j held in all directions , protesting hi ti . "» .. % l

      terma against any lepalativo interference ij , ? 1 Catholic church , and in < almost every K ? ^ I lending orators are gentlemen in holy ord , r , , 1 remarkable that up to tho present time I 1 01 » J } I Irish grand juries have taken any not £ J ? H Papal- aggressions , while many of thp ' m * 1 adopted petitions . against the remowl of tZ ^ I Lieutenancy , and the centralising policy nf I ' 1 government . . ¦ .. ° ' of H } j The AssizKS . -The business of the s prin * , „ ¦ i \ has commenced on all the circuits , hut homS * . ' any public interest has yet taken place for ? * I tbetrwlof-Mr . Smith , amagistrate , for co 3 Y racy to murder , his mother , ° has been I - , ° * poned , and will not take place until nest * £ ' ^ h& *\ $ t »«» P >»? e » where tho judges h ^ tl i ? ' nuuiuawu lur

      me grana es , t lev havecomnlin " V them on the great diminution of cSe 1 " 110 ^ 1 At the Leitnm assize 3 , on Saturday last a n , ! i named John Moran , was found guilty of an „? * f I upon a house , and sentenced to ho tranjponS ? | The Vice-Royalty . —Petitions aeainsf flio , » - % tion of the Vice-Roy alty have beenfd ^ * I of the - erand ) uriea at the present assizes -WI « this subject , too , there is a pauso in the " TiS ^ excitement , the . opinion having become , !! ; ) that he nitcnded abolition , for tlie preseSa ^ : {

      Emigration from IREUND . -Three hundred emi i grants einbarked on one day last week fij ?* foi ^ l . This is but a -solitary instance of w l , i * ¦ KOing on at every port which affords a facility f « ' departure to the Irish who are bound for AiK f here is hardly a station along the two Rml 1 £ . ° !! ! ly ru !? mn 8 Ollth and westwhi « hi , « crowded by-emigrants on their wav to Dublin a , l i Liverpool , thence to . take ship for their * , adopted home . Not the slightest cheek k . A : / to hinder the tide outward . It still rolls on * $ M were only at its commoncement , and the derahtin f of whole districts tells'how warmly the " ul , emigration has been taken up by those * a most interested in t . aw

      o Lord CLARKNDON .-The course of events « b . Saturday last has , it seems , caused a change in 11 movements of the Court , and it was announce n Monday evening that Lord Clarendon had , for t present at leas t , abandoned the design neer , « tuned at the close of the last week of MBigiiin-JJ office of Lord-Lieutenant .. The orders for ' p& £ up , it is said ,, have been countermanded in , F according to general belief , his Jixcel eney will 2 inuo at the head of tbe Irish governSfor ^ time longer . The decided failure of tho Pnw tinnistai to lorm a Ministry is the-reason mtZ B ned for the alteration in the carl ' s intenS '

      Bonovou of Dusoarvan . —The Waterford \? says hat the Hon . Mr . Carew has abSil * ffiffW ' lie b r 8 « ot Dungarvuu . il that Mr . J . P . Muguivo will havo a walk over . Representation , 'of Cotsit Kiuu » sr . -T « SnS ' l I r F Shce ' in mtieipation of IZ « f ' « ° " ' h e «>« ft «» enc « l an active ml « ? u Of the county Kilkenny . Mr . Patrick it Welch one of the defeate d cLdida 3 tl- i , ^ S l i eCtl ° i . ? ddre 8 Sed the oonstiSei i upwards of 5 , 000 electors . »« S ; ? i P'Co ^ 'K ^ -Mr . John O'Conncllb P « Xm f fi " ^"'" tion of withdrawing fm Parlmmentnnd public life . The nnitinwl hA ,

      tto pJ ? h ° n ^ preS , ^ the people of Iretarts Snn f t '«• l "' . f and « W" «« wnB , on the « fr y .. K L . ' " rael 1 s motio " ' has led to tlie m 2 » e 0 ? n ?» m « nation . The Conciliation 1 H delusion will also be abandoned . The standfe committee ( that is'to say , Mr . John 0 'Con « dl )(? tne above named influential body have given nods by public advertisement that it has been denei orders ' 8 Ua P tho - meetings until furtto . n ? o E 5 0 RMAn 0 ? Dr auii . -0 n Sunday four p » ?« hLrT unc . ^ »»«» abjured the crron . of Popexv . under the spiritual direction of the Rev . Tlicmii Scott , and . subsequently received the hnlv cm

      mumon in St . TLoniaS ' Church .: Oneofthowveils aad been a student for the Romish priesthood in at . Jallath s College , Tuam , under the auspicei of the most Rev . Dr . M'llnle , ar . d is nowaiwif lantlor admission to the care of the Priests'l'rfltecttou Society . —Dublin Evening Mail .

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      ^ -Fearful Catastropiik is AMEnicA . —Ourcolumas have alread y reported the loss of a steamer on tie Mississippi under circumstances , and with a fatality , recalling the memorable disaster to tlffl Orion . We extract the following thrilling description Of the event , from , the- Cincinnati Commmli of the 4 th ult ::- » . The Circumstances , as we obtained them from Mr . Leonard , tlie pilot , who wa mi . the watch at the time , are in brief as follo ws :-During the evening , and up to ten o ' clock , tU weather was miaty , with indications of a fog ; bat it cleared up , and e verything was fine and fair lot a run ; so much so , that the captain , Henry 1 Jones , left the deck with the certainty that all ^ sate , and that there w .- is nothing to indicate even a

      possibility of danger . But about three o ' clock i » v ' i ! [ - rnmg at iV disti »' . ce of about 150 miles f « a V ! cK 8 bufg , ' 8 he struck a » sawyer , " or snag , immediately commenced filling . The boat « 3 hnavily loaiied , nnd was drawing about ten tot of water at the time . She became unmanageable , d notwithstanding the efforts of the pilot to run Ik on a bar , under a full head of steam , she sunk in less than ten se ' confls , in over sixty ' feet of water . She went down with a- plunge , bow foremost , d at such an-angle that , when the pilot ran from E place , he took a position upon the curve of tt < wheel house next to the deck , which was in atad a , horizontal line . After the bow struck the bottom , ., W e w orks Qf tha hottfvere stashed , * cabin broke m two , - and the chimney passed do * tnrough tho casing and disappeared . The two *« tions of

      the cabin floated round and formed a V , U nnall y drifted together , and those who were ci them , and those onl y , were savod . When the lw > Struck the alarm was immediatel y given , and it nuHiher of pefsone , men , women and cbiliW raade their way to the deck , and were thus saved but as the warning was short , ' numberB doubt !* perished in their bedB , or struggled for life to m « death at last between decks . The engines trer heard to work , 'and the ' paddles to beat after th boat had gone down , 'and they continued . until to water , by passing through the scape-pipes , stoppj them . The number lost is estimated at 120 . " the cabin passengers ( about 120 ) , over tw enty »' Known to hate jierished ; and of the deck pa * - " * pers ( 80 ) but two are known to have been saved Twenty-one of the crew , deck hands and firciB f were drowned . " -AneWc « n Paper

      . Thb National Association and Lobd Sta *' —Agreat hieeting of the delegates of the l ' roi « tion Societies ! from all parts of the country a sembled at the South Sea House on Tuesday , vdic aresolution expressing a determination to r evcr : the free trade policy of the late Sir Robert Peel unanimou sly agreed to . Another resolutiop , « preasmg the confidence of the association i" " policy of Lard Stanley , was also adopted , anj l deputation was nominated to wait on the noble loi to communicate the terms of the resolution . - Standard . <¦ ¦ .

      ThePrintikq Machine of the Hew Y 6 rk S \ M ^ largest in the world , and rated to throiv -0 , 000 copies per hour . " The new vertical maciu of the London 'Times is rated at 12 , 000 per hour .

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      3 $ e Ovoviiittfr . A Man Roried- Alive at Rochester . — -is several laboureriwece . enggged . on . the morning of the 28 th ult ., in' pulling . down ^ somejhouses in order to clear the groqnd for making the approaches for the new bridge . in . course of . constructioni < at Rochester , one of tbe walls suddenly gave way , burying " two of the men in the ruins . No time was lost in extricating them , but when found , nne was dead , and the othei 80 severely injured , that lm life is despaired of . The poor fellow who metwith such an untimely deatii was a pensioner from the Marines , named Long

      , living at Chatham , and who has left a wife and six children totally unprovided for , and the poor woman is now near her confinement . A Method of Exposing an . Obnoxious Tax . —Dropping into a grocer ' s shop , our attention was drawn to a ream of brown paper by the words , "Tax en this ream of paper , " in ; very conspicuous letters . Reading on , we obtained the information that the tax amounted to 16 * . 9 d ., and this on a singlei ' eam of the coarsest paper , the cost of which , exclusive <> f the duty , would be about £ 1 7 s . ; so that the duty was , in reality , above sixty per cent . —Pmton Guardian . . . -.-.. . : > . ¦ ' ¦

      ... Discoveby of .. Buried TBEASDRE .-rDurihg the orogress of some excavations at Fountains Abbey , Yorkshire , a workman last week brought down what was at first thought to have been a quantity of old glass . To . the surprise and astonishment , however , of all present , it turned out to be a number of silver coins , in . a ... most . excellent state ; of' preservation . There were , in . all , 854 ; three of Philip and Mary , 165 of Queen Elizabeth , 50 . of James I .. 129 of Charles . I .,, and seven Spanish , pieces—date about A . n . 1640 . It will at once be apparent that this buried hoard must have been the property of some one in the troublous times of Charles the First , whose terror or caution had induced him to hide his money in this sequestered spot . ¦ ' ¦

      Serious Riot . —A disturbance which is likely to lead to alegal investigation , took place in the town of Eastgrinstead , Sussex , on the 28 th ult . The origin of the affray , as nearly as can be collected from the accounts given by the excited inhabitants ; was as follows :-The widow of Mr . Allchin , formerly a respectable farmer in the parish of Eastgrinatead , having fallen into misfortunes , was admitted as an inmate of Saekville College . At her death her daughter ( Mrs . Jenner , a highly respectable person , who now . keeps the charity school of Mrs . Hoper , of Thornhill ) , applied to have the body of her mother buried according to the usual customs of the English churchto- this the Rev , Mr . Nealcj-tbc wavden of the college ' objected , and insisted upon tbe ri » ht of furnishing a peculiarly shaped medieval coffin , acutain bier ; and a pall bearing tbe sign of the cross . The relations of

      the deceased expostulated with the reverend gentleman ; and during the negotiations the college was declared in a state of siege . Warders were stationed at every portal , and alj ingress andiegress was denied ; the relations were not : even admitted to see the remains of the deceased . As the funeral . process ™ moved fromthe door , a grandson of Mrs ; Allchin snatched the obnoxious pall from the coffin , and ihe corpse was carried , amidst a crowd of bystanders , to the Crown Ion , - where it was unscrewed , to satisfy the ' mends of the deceased that the body was indeed at last in their possession . The funeral service : was afterwarda performed by the vicar of the parish , the Kev . j . a . Harward . As night set in , symptoms of not were perceptible in the town ; the street ™ front of the college was filled with the inhabitants ; a bier , in imitation of that used in the coUeee ; was {

      surmounted with crosses , ^ scarlet mantle , and the inscription . ' No F ( 1 pery , " and burnt amidst yells and Lisses . The mob next penetrated the garden belonging to the warden , where they : committed much depredation , breakina tbe windows and shrubs , and waving torches , accompanying their movements with rough music of various sorts . This : scene lasted till a late hour in the night , and it is believed that informations have been laid before a magistrate against several of the rioters . . ., ; .,- ... ¦ SuicfDE in-thb LBBDBGioi . -6 ri Saturday last 2 . ES ?? - 111 . CUit 0 , * Leeds destroyed himsell whilst under

      labouring an attack -of temporary insamty . His namewaa George Mid gleyT labourer , twenty-three years of age . The prisoner wa brouah aa « asiiMiaKssa sKSSsswraffifflSs ^ ssteSlt Ycrk , went into his cell and found him sj ^ end d b ! stead of a rope , he had used a soart . » u :.. u u _

      round his neck . The coroner ' s Jury nnnSud their opmw » ll » t > man had committed SSUgh ? Z whiUt labouring under an attack ofKuy' ^ ° Thb Ikcbnbubism m Brenchlbt -On Saturdav days liberated . from gaol , for ' the 24 th time war charged before W . Hflaldwin , ™ J titf JetSI fire to a wheat stack the property of WniiamAus wy , lunt ridge . —w . Willsher , farmer and consta-Se artis zjw ™ ^ ™«» t wibert . —Richard S . Gilbert deposed that he re ceivedthepmonerfrom thelast Sm ^ TrUoner began to make a statement ; when ht ^; £ Ia * IZ *

      JB w . j , " Idon'tcare for tbatj it ^ Uha d 1 d & ^ hSmK tmB / . l ^ PVIoirn the road , SK ? f . g ^ hb "e the stack . " He said he knew it belonged to some ' farmer and he last Friday week , and so he thought he would give

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      .- ! . l ^ i . ¦ ¦ SCOtlrtliU , 'Safety of a Ship ' s Crew Supposed to have BBRN Lost . —Our readers may recollect that , some time ago , v ? e copied irpm one of our Inverness contemporaries a paragraph stating that the schooner Foam , of Inverness , was given up forlost , not having been heard offorriearly ' fourmonths , although , when last heard of , she had left Londonderry for the very near port of Adrbssan ! , ' < We are glad to say that news has just been received of the safe arrival of the crew

      at Brighton , under very peculiar circumstances . '• It appears that , so long ago as the night of the 28 th of November last , the schooner was run down in the North ' Channel by the ship Grace , bound from Ardrossan to Bombay . The schooner had sunk almost immediately ; . but the crew had managed to get on board tbe Grace , which proceeded on her voyage carrying with herth e crew of the schooner . They h » d spoken no vessel until they were forty-seven days at jea , when they met the . barque Dudbrook , bound froni Madras to London . To this vessel the clew of the Foam weretransferrert , and were safely landed at Brighton last week . —Aberdeen Journal .

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      iMi # W »^^—^^^^ w-. —^ w ^ . ireianu . ; Catholic akd Rbpeal AssociATiou . ~ The rent was last week declared to be £ 2 16 s . The "star •' of OConnelhsm l 8 completel y obscured . The vote 5 rfoDukrkv wh ™ ° JIOneXti " gui 8 hed fe last sh ? e of popularity which once , attached to the family » -5 f * . tt - 181 > . Cwsm ' oBNis . ~ The peraddressed fETft « nbw for Youghal has rfnSii \ Jong letter to the chairman of the Hloniat » ' '^ fending his conduct in Parliament iSinW qU e con 8 ' 8 tent with the opinions ami principles avowed in his hustings' speech ' . = All thU rl ' r , n 8 teyac complishes tb his own perfect satislaction , whatever his constituents may think to the contrary Mr . Chisholm . Anstey is not the only member of the- same political and religious creed ! J ° ™ forfeited the confidence of his constituents . m . Maurice Power , one of the representatives for the county- of- Cork- , stands in the same predicament , and . at two meetings : of electors regular 11 netices to quit" were served . Mr . An 8 tey and his constituents are etill at issue as to the promised resignation of his seat by the former , in the event . of a . difference of opinion between them , and . him . . '

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      c > , THE-NORTHERN STAR , March s 10 ,, * ^^ g ^ ' ^ - ^^ - awtau * .,.. ¦^¦¦ j- > rr T . ^~>^— T-, — in-r—m T ,, „ „ , , ruirmm-T-mi r ¦ -I n n hi « ..... i « i . . -.. im ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ . n-nn-nr-r-t-T-rrrr ' i-rT—r ¦ ¦¦„ ) lW . J I

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1616/page/6/