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      a %% t mtxxo m \* . IIfawh of Losdox —London is as healthy as tisaal as ibis season of the year ; 1 , 026 deaths were je / islsred in the week . The average number of deaths in the corresponding week of the ten years 1841-50 , was 1 . 0 H ; or 1 , 000 if we correct for in ^ crease of population and exclude 2 , 865 deaths in the second week of September , 1849 when the cholera wa 3 epidemic . In the lastweefc there was a death every ten minute * in London ; but the population is row abont 2 , 381 , 000 , and the mortality is therefore at the rate of one in 2 , 331 weekly . The births were 1 , 423 , and exceeded the deaths by 403 ; the population is increasing partly by immigration at the rate of 42000 a yearor 800 weekly . 535 males and 491

      , , females die * . The ages of 4 persons were not nyortei ; 198 only were of the age of 60 and upwards-359 were ia the prime of life , anJ 465 were *"' £ | £ whohadn .-t attained tbe age aT 15 . Of the 1026 deaths , 732 occurred on the ° "th 304 on the south asasssj ^ Si" ^ % 3 &SBpi £ afi 2 deaths in the last three weeks were 23 . 17 , 17 . from SraTaad 174 , 192 , 101 from diarrhoea ; . 24 men 25 women died of that painful disease-cancer and 119 of consumptionand 31 of heart disease ; o

      , ¦ women died in childbirth ; 59 violent deaths are reported . The births of 734 b >* s and 695 girls , in all 1 , 429 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks ral 84 o-50 was 1 , 292 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the aean reading of the barometer daring the week ending Saturday , the 13 th September , was 3 < U 03 m . The mean temperature of the week was 57 . 1 degrees ; the atmosphere was cold for the season , and 1 . 5 degrees Ie 3 s than the average of the same week in ten years . The lowest reading of the therometer during the week was 37 . 6 degrees , on Wednesday , and the highest on Saturday , 72 . 4 degrees , showing a range of about 35 degrees . No rain fell daring the week . The mean direction of the wind was

      WMfrtt&t , „ _„ Horrible Effects of thb Bom * . —On Friday last an inquest was taken by Mr . Payne , in the board-room of Bishopsgate Without , on view of the body of Maty Anne Johnson , fourteen months old , an illegitimate child , whose mother is now ia Newgate , having been committed for trial to the ensuing Central Criminal Court by Alderman Challis , on the ' charge of having neglected the maintenance of her child daring her habitual state of intemperance . —Diana Phillip * , nurse at the Maryiebone workhouse , said that the deceased was placed under her care on the 27 th of July . The child was then in a shocking state from neglect , and had a difficulty of breathing . The mother took it away ia a few days , but witness received it again in less than a week . In three weeks' time the mother received

      ler child , which left in good condition . —City policeman Hodges , 120 , who took the mother into custody , stated that he had made inquiries as to the former career of the deceased ' s mother , and bad ascertained that she bad formerly lived in a style of extravagance at JTotting-hill , where she occupied an elegant ' ! furnished house for about seven years . She was at the time under the protection of a captain , -who is dead . She was subsequently the protege of a merchant in the City , of whom she had a liberal allowance . In the course of the last six months she lias been four times convicted at Maryiebone Policecourt . She had neglected both her children . The eldest is four years old , who for days successively lad no food from her , and had been in the House of Correction . —Verdict—That the deceased died from an inflammation of the chest , supposed to have been caused by the neglect of the mother .

      Chahge of AIordebinq a Pouce-Constable . —On Monday William Cressy , aged forty-one , a labourer , belonging to Bexley-heath , was brought before Mr . Traill at the Greenwich Police-court by Mr . G . Hilton , superintendent of the rural police at West Hailing , Kent , charged on suspicion of being the person woo caused the death of police-constable James Hastie , by catting and wounding him in Tinderbox-alley , New Sing-street , Deptford , after midnight , on the 21 st of February , 1846 . The only evidence against the prisoner was given by a woman named Mary Ann Ikviea , who stated that she colabited with the prisoner at about the time tbe murder was committed , and that on the night of the 21 st of Feb ., 1846 , he returned borne with blood upon his hands and clothes . On the following morning he told her that be had beaten a policeman ¦ wi th an instrument called an iron foot , and thought lie had killed him . The prisoner , who denied the woman ' s statement , was remanded .

      Fora Fihbs . —During Saturday morning four fires occurred in varions parts of the metropolis . One fire happened about three o ' clock , ia one of the newly fitted np premises for the accommodation of visitors to the Exhibition , situate at No . 31 , Bidfeorongh-street , Burton-crescent , the property of Sir . Barge . At the time of the outbreak , a number of foreigners was in their beds asleep , and it was with great difficulty that they could be aroused . Several engines quickly attended , but very speedily the whole building was in flames . The fire was n « t Bubdued until the premises were burnt out , and the

      ¦ whole of the furniture and wearing apparel therein consumed . The total loss , it is expected , will exceed £ 1 , 009 . Mr . Barge was partially insured in the Sun lire Office . The above fire had scarcely been extinguished , when another broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Terry , a clothier and outfitter , 17 and 18 , Well-str « jt , Wei eloBe ^ square . This fire , as well as another in the premises of Mr . Hardy , 24 , Clifton-Gtreeti Finsbury , destroyed a considerable amount of property . The fourth fire happened in Stamford-street , Lambeth , bat the damage done was not considerable .

      Death from Furious Driving . —On Saturday last Mr . J . W . Payne , the deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Crown , Blackfriars-road , on the body of Jane Eagle , aged two years , who was killed on the previous Thursday by a chaise-cart running over her . Several witnesses proved to having followed the chaise , "Which drove towards Blackfriars-bridge , but too rapidly to be overtaken . A gentleman named Carr , a draper of Putney , was stopped in mistake , his chaise answering to the description of the one causing death , but as to the delinquent there is but little chance of his being detected . The coroner adjourned the inquest in the hope that the man may be found by the police . Shocsikg Occurrence . —On Saturday last a poor -woman , named Shenton , died at her lodgings in Great Peter-street , Westminster , under most deplorable circumstances . Her husband fell from a scaffolding at ( he new Houses of Parliament on the

      previous Wednesday , and when taken to the Westminster Hospital was found to be quite dead from the injuries . He was accordingly conveyed home , and the shock was so great to bis wife that she was in consequence confined te her bed . The inquest was held , and he was placed in a shell by the side of her bed . She died tin Saturday and was laid out and placed by the side of her former ; partner in life . At the inquest Mr . Bedford said some means should be adopted at the Houses of Parliament to prevent accidents , and he thonght a sheet of canvass might be placed under the scaffolding , so that men if they Blipped might have their lives saved .

      Fatal Accibent is the Strasd . —On Monday afternoon a Chelsea Omnibus was proceeding at a furious rate to round the cab stand , and when opposite the corner of Pickett-pkce it came in contact with a poor men . a vender of lead pencils , and knocked him down , both wbeels of tfoe vehicle paBSWg obliqnelr over his head and neck . The unfortunate man was quickly placed in a cab and removed to King ' s College lfospital , where it was ascertained that deatii mnst have been instantaneous , the Bead bein- dreadfully fractured on the right & ] $ & . and tke vertebra of ihe neck broken . - The driver of the Omnibus was at once taken into custody , and removed to Bow-street .

      The Right Rev . » r . Brown was installed aa the new Reman Crtholic Bishop of " Southward , " on Sunday last , at St . George ' s Cuareh . The quiet and unostentatious way in which the affair was conducted fermed a mark and striking contrast to the pomp and ceremonial attending the inauguration of Cardinal Wiseman . The installation took place in the presbytery , instead of the church , and the Only persons present were s few clergymen , who , after the reading of the tPapai Bull , did homage to their newly appoieted superior . Dr . Brown officiated at nigh mass , and in the coarse of a subsequent adtS * £ the eODSregation f craved their prayers , to enable aim to discharge the serious and solemn re-Eponsibiluie B that devolved upon him . Dr . Brown bears the chacaoterof a retiring and LnmWe , but fiJghly endowed and talented clergyman .

      fl 2 £ * £ 5 DBATH - -On Tuesday Mr . William JolWfU * Su 7 ey , ° roner , held an inquest at the bodv ? fv ? n Tavera ; Lambeth w * lk » on the the Sffi ? ^ Earl of Xomington . From pearcdfcnfE grat . «» ber of witnesses itap-1 " . « lad S 5 HK JS ?« «*¦ £ beer into a celin the dray , and in a ^ ^ bac £ of one <* «» * " > Kes took fright' £ a ^ . ^ afterwards the animals The deceased fSo SSJ ^ S 5 " !* **""* - ¦ topping the horserJdX " , 1 th £ e i ? tention of instead , however , of beW S n he Iif ! the ^ oj ; knocked down by the 3 ? to fl ° so he was lolled him . When the jarv fiXKSr f r his bad r ^ a * Ordered the men w £ BI fi ""??^ p / rone V ^ z ^ Sr ^ zz & 8 SS 83 S& 5 S

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      deceased . Under the circumstances , the jury had returned a verdict of "Accidental Death , " but iney hoped they would never leave their horses-in future without some one in charge of them . „ DESTRUCTIVE CWiAGBAWOS AT KBNSIKGTO ^ . -On Tuesday evening a tire of a most deBtrnc » ye character broke out in the store-houses « £ Mews . S te S range of buildings , together with their contents , amounting to eeveral thousand ponnds in valne , were utterly destroyed . It is not known whether the firm are insured , but it is believed they are . Pkihcess ' s Thkatbb . —On Saturday last Mr . Keeley met with an accident , which will render him incapable of performing for a few nights . In getitngupon an omnibus , his foot slipped , and the iron step inflicted a painful injury upon bis leg .

      Fatal Carriage Accidents ih the Strand . —Cb Wednesday Mr . Bedford . held an inquest in the King's College Hospital , on Elizabeth , the widow of the late Captain Rogers , R . N ., aged seventy , whose husband perished at sea some years since . On tbe 12 th inst . deceased was crossing the Strand , near Temple-bar , when a cab ran over her , breaking her arm . The shock to the system caused death . A 3 the evidence waB dissatisfactory an open verdict was returned . Mr . Bedford held a second inquest in the same hospital , on William

      Jones , a street vendor of pencils , aged sixty-four , who , while crossing the Strand , opposite Twining ' s 1 'ank , was knocked down by an omnibus , and killed instantly . His jaw was fractured , and he was otherwise severely injured . Blame was attached to the driver , who is out on bail , and the inquiry was adjourned to secure the attendance of further evidence , as from the testimony of Mr . Blandford , builder , Blackfriars-road , who witnessed the fatal occurrence , the ooaehman appeared to have been culpably neglectful .

      Fatal Accident on the River . —On Wednesday morning , before daybreak , as an empty coal barge was floating down the river with the ebbing tide , it struck the centre pier of Blackfrian-bridge , and sank . Three men who were seen on board just before , went down with the vessel , and , although their cries were heard from the shore , they perished before any one could render them assistance . Narrow Esc&rb or a Mas ahd Horse . —On Wednesday morning the following singular accident happened in the Strand , opposite Burleigh-street , where a portion of the road is being taken up for

      the purpose of repairing the gas main . A hole of some depth had been ing , in which an old man was working , when a cab which was passing had its wheel caught in an omnibus , and the horse was in consequence thrown into the hole . The poor man , seeing his danger , had the presence of mind to slay the progress of the horse by laying hold of its head , and thus gaining sufficient time to escape from his perilous situation uninjured . The horse , after floundering about , became fixed in the hole , and was , after some difficulty , by digging and the use of ropes , dragged from its awkward position , having apparently sustained no injury beyond a Blight wound upon its knees . ¦ M ^ HM ^^ feHHaiiM

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      of its existence . A sleeping-room in the ^ front of the house was occupied by the two servant maids , Mrs . Nicholson , and her Granddaughter . The servants , as soon as they became aware of their danger , " precipitately leaped out of the . window into'the street , a depth of five or six yards . One of the young women , named Isabella Revill , took the leap with Mrs . Nicholson ' s granddaughter in her arms , having hastily snatobed her out of bed from the old lady before consulting her own safety . Both the young women were much hurt by the descent , and the poor child was injured so terribly by the fall that she died very soon afterwards . Mrs . Nicholson , a

      feeble old woman , eighty-two years of age , ran down stairs with the intention of escaping from the house by the front door , but it would seem that her strength failed her . After the fire had been extinguished her charred and lifeless body was found in : a corner of the bar . Her grandson , » young man named Joseph Nicholson Kay , who was sleep * ing iu the garret , made his way most resolutely through the thickest of the fire , and escaped by the front door . He is very severely burnt . The fira is supposed to have commenced in the kitchen , but from what cause ia yet a mystery . Mra . Nicholson , the landlady , had resided in the house about sixty years , and was quite a notability at

      Rotherham . Another Railway Accidbmt . —An accident , fortunately unattended with fatal consequences , occurred on tbe London and North Western Railway , near Stafford , on the night of the 12 th inst . It appears that there fell , unobserved , from the truck of a luggage train , a large bale of wool ; the formidable impediment lay completely across the rails , and upon the next train ( also goods ) coming up , the engine and trucks were thrown off the rails with great violence ; such indeed was the force of the concussion that the trucks were doubled on end—their contents scattered across the line—tbe rails torn up—and a passenger by the next train informed our correspondent that the road for several yards was knee-deep in corn and beans . The mail train to Birmingham was delayed several hours , and four passengers by the goods train sustained considerable injuries .

      ACCIDBNT THEOUOU SLEEPING ON A RAILWAY . —On the afternoon of the same day a somewhat singular accident occurred on the Midland Railway , about half a mile below Chesterfield station , to John Gillard , of Dog Kennels , Chesterfield , a platelayer in the company ' s employ . It seems that he bad sat up during the previous night ' with one of his children , who was ill ; and about three o ' clock in the afternoon sat down on the down line of rails and fell fast asleep . A goods train left Chesterfield station directly afterwards , and some

      fellowworkmen who were standing a short distance off , seeing Gillard ' s danger , shouted to him ; the driver also blew his whistle , but without awaking the unfortunate man , and the train came upon him , the guard of the engine striking him under tbe shoulder , and throwing him between tbe rails , so that the whole of the carriages passed above him . On being taken up it was ascertained that his breast bone was broken , and that he had also sustained severe injuries on his head , but though in a dangerous state hopes are entertained of his

      recovery . „ -,,. SufcPBCTED M 0 RDBK OP AW IltlSH BBAPBB . —The coroner s inquBst on view of the body of Thomas O'Hara , an Irish reaper , from tbe county of Sligo , an account of whose death appeared in this journal of last week , was resumed on the 12 th inst . The additional evidence was as follows : —During the last week in August O'fiara and two other Irishmen , one of them calling himself his cousin , engaged to re ap some corn on the farm of Mrs , Ward , at the Intake , near Sheffield . On Tuesday the 2 nd inst ., O ' Hara left the harvest field at noon , and returned to the farra-houBe , saying that ho was ill . He appeared giddy , and complained of pain in his head . His comrades declined to have a doctor , saying that when the work was finished they would convey him to the railway , bo that he

      might return to Ireland . O' Hara lay in the stable , in which he and the other two had lodged , until Saturday morning , when the three men went away together , having received £ 217 a . 6 d ., the amount of their earnings . O'Hara was supposed to be in possession of other money that he had earned previously : His friends seem to have deserted him almost immediately , for he was found on the wayside the same morning alone , about three hundred yards from the farm , and with only sixpence halfpenny in his possession . How he acquired the injuries of which he died that day there was no evidence to show ; but his comrades must have robbed him , if nothing worse . They have decamped , however , and cannot be found . The verdict of the jury was , " That Thomas O ' Hara died from a fracture of the skull , but how inflicted there is no evidence to show . "

      Awfuj& Occurrence . —An old man named Mark Bassett has been committed to Winchester gaol for the manslaughter of his son , aged thirteen . It seems that the unhappy parent threw a walkingstick , which he held in his hand , at tbo deceased with , &ucb force , that the small end of the stick passed through the poor little fellow ' s hat , and entered bis skull to the extent of some four or five inches . The wretched father was found sitting on the ground with his eon lying across his lap in a dying state . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the father who is in his sixty-sixth year , and his agonies are so groat that it is thought he will not live to take his trial . Incomb Tax DBFAULTBR . ^ Mr . Young , collector

      of property and income tax in Southampton , has been arrested for a defalcation in his accounts . He admitted before the commissioners that he had not accounted for £ 165 received , but tbe belief prevailed that dE 300 was nearer the real figure . Agricuitubal Depression . —With the view of adjusting the rent of his estate to present prices , the Marquis of Chandos has had the Wotton estate recently re-valued , and we have been informed that such re-valuation does not decrease the amount of his rent-roll . Some farms were certainly found to be too dear , but others were too cheap ; and the various altercations made do not , we understand , lower the gross rental of the estate . Bucks Chronicle .

      The Potato Chop . —Accounts from the west of England represent the potato crop , which otherwise would have been abundant , as being much infected by the mysterious disease which has prevailed for a few years past . Thb "Mobdek" at Morpbth . — Mr . Milburn , aen . » anxious to know what had become of his son , at his request P . C . Bedlington , went to Liverpool to make inquiries . Drumraoud armed on Sunday night , and tell in with Heslop , the person suspected of accompanying Milburn ; but ho , on being ques * tioned , denied all knowledge of him . A search was made , and Milburn was found in a publio bouse in the neighbourhood of the docks , reading the instructions for proceeding to Australia by the Eagle ( about to sail ) . Milburn told Drummond , that

      Heslop and he had been contriving their night for a considerable time ; that Heslop was to go to Newcastle , to get a horse and gig , and meet him at or near the place of the " murder " ( which he did ) , provided with clothes ; that they then drove to Newcastle ( by the way of Uepscott , Stannington , &c ); that at Stannington Bridge they threw into tke river a bottle of blood , which they had provided , but in their hurry had forgot to use it , to spill upon the place where tbe hat , &c , were Mb ; that they spent the morning about the Old George Inn , Newcastle , and that he ( Milburn ) left by the first train to Carlisle , proceeding thence by boat to Whitehaven , and so on by rail to Liverpool . He promised he would write to bis fatber , and inform him of his reasons for leaving the country . —Qatathead

      Observer . Convert to Protestantism . —A gentleman named Alfred Clarke , a resident of Taunton , and for many years a stanch adherent of the Roman Catholic Church , has publicly renounced that communion , and been openly received into tbe fellowship of the Church of England . A Matador . —Among the passengers which arrived on Monday at Southampton from Cadiz in the Iberia mail steamer , was a Spanish Matador or bull fighter . He arrived at Southampton for the purpose of proceeding from that port to South America , where be has an engagement for three years , to perform in the gladicorial exhibitions , in one of tb . $ South American capitals , the sum he is to receive

      for this service is £ 4 , 000 . He is a stout built man , and appears to possess great activity and strength . During the voyage he exhibited the sword with which he is armed when in conflict with tho savage I performers of the amphitheatre . It is a heavy straight two edged sword , about three and a half feet long , with a red hilt . To use such a weapon effectually must require remarkable strength and dexterity . The travelling dress ot the Matador was rather stage-like , being variegated and picturesque , and quite different from that of a Spanish gentleman . He had a servant with him , a slender and effeminate looking youth , who was dressed more fantastically and singularly than his master . The behaviour of the Matador in the baggage warbouse of the Southamptom customs , with his brusque manners , deep husky voice , and vehement

      volubility , seemed to cause much amusement amongst his fellow voyagers , who were standing by . Suicide at Aldhau , Essbx . —On the 12 th . inst . an inquest was held on the body of James Miles , for-I merly a farmer , who had drowned himself on the I previous day . It appeared that the deceased , who had a wife and two children , bad given up huginegg , [ and was living in a house at Aldham , and being involved in his circumstances , this preyed upon big mind to such an extent that at times he talked irrationally , and some of his neighbours thought him insane , He appeared to Mr . Hawkes—who had known him some years—to be more particularly depressed in spirits within the Jast two weeks ; he . saw him on Thursdiy morning , when he app eared unwell , and said he did not care much what became of him . On quitting his farm at Ltfdy-day last he stated to some of his neighbours , that sooner than pa into tbo work *

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      house he would make- a hole in the water ; About mid-da y on Thursday he waB misBrag v search was made for him throughout the afternoon , and about ^ x o'clock he was found in the rive * at a place called «< the bele , " lying upon hia face , and tbe back of . his Readout of the water ;; his hat was lying on the Snda few yards off . There was no footpath at Se " not , nor anything to show thafhe could accidentally have fallen in . Tbe coroner having commented on the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of" Temporary derangement . Repbbsbn tation of the Borocgh op EabtRetwnRn —A vacancy in the representation of the bdrouEh of East Retford has occurred , in consequence of the resignation of Captain the Hon . A . Duncombe , who has been called upon by a numerously Bigned re ^ ndsition to supply the vacancy in the East Biding of SKcaosedi by the death of its . late member . The Hon . W . E . Duncombe , son of Lord . Feyers-Lm and neohew of the late member , upon an um .

      tation of the Protectionist committee , has come torward to supply the vacancy , and has issued an , address to "The Free and Independent Electors of East Retford and the Hundred of Bassetlaw . Mklahohow SvjiciDB ,-On Monday , Mr Joseph Sanders , of Skinner ' s Brick Farm , Tolleshunt D'Arcy , committed suicide by shooting himself with i eun in the bed room . At the inquest the following facts were elicited :-On the Monday morning , hearing him discharge his gun in . the yard , his mother asked if he was going out with it , but he said he was

      not aud that ae should attend the onoket match between the Brightlingsea and Tellesbunt D'Arcy clubs , to take place on that day . ' Nothing more took place on the subject , and it is not known when he re-loaded the gun and took it up to his bed room . Ia the course of the forenoon he went up stairs to dress for the match , and being unable to find , the bucWe ot bis band , be waa assisted m the Bearcn bj his mother and the servant , neitherof whom observed the eun . He had nearly finished dressing , when his mother took him up a note from the cricketing parly .

      that they were waiting for him and his orotner to begin the game . He said that the note . wanted an answer , and that it had better be g iven to his brother , and his mother left him for that purpose ; very shortly afterwards she heard the report of a gun , but asitwaBavBfyeotnmon circumstance , she thought nothing of it until , finding that the other son was out , she returned upstairs with the note , when Bbe found deceased extended bleeding upon the floor , with the barrel of the gun grasped in bis left band and the ramrod in hia right , having apparently placed the muzzle'in his mouth ,-and applied the rod to the trigger / The charge , which it has since been ascertained consisted of very large shot , appears to hare passed out at { he baok of the neck , without entering the brain ; and he survived the wound for nearly half an hour , during which Mr . Dawaon , surgeon , was called in , but medical skill could be of no avail . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " The deceased was twenty . gevenyearsof age . - .

      EscaPb of Three Convicts . —On Monday infor . matton w » b received that three convicts had succeeded in effecting their escape from the Justitia hulk , at Woolwich , by seizing a boat and rowing to the ' opposite bank , on the Essex shore . They were all under sentence of ten years' transportation , and were dressed in the grey convict suit . Their names are John Clark , convicted at Beverly , 2 nd July , 1860 ; James Carr , at Kingston-upon-Hull , 4 th April , 1850 ; and George Hobbs . at Portsmouth , 22 nd July ,

      1850 . Shocking Occurrence on a Railway . —On Saturday morning last a shocking occurrence took place on the Leicester and Swannington Railway , at the point where the line passes the Foss-lane , a short distance from the Leicester station . A coal train passed over the body of a gentleman named Malin , formerly a resident of HSnckley , and completely severed his head from his body . It is supposed that it was a deliberate act ef suicide , the deceased having thrown himself on the line , go that the engine wheels might pass over his head . Distressing Accident . —On Saturday last , the families of Sir Philip and Colonel Broke , of Nacton , were thrown into a painful state of excitement by the

      report that two of their servants had been drowned in the river Orwell . The following detail will supply the melancholylfactsof the case-. —Jeaeph Hartley , a footman in the service of Sir Philip Broke , was the owner of a stone boat , the captain of which had finished his week ' s work by mooring her off Pin Mill . Hartley made up h * i 9 mind to go off to her . and invited the footman of Golonel Broke to accompany him . ( The name of the latter we have been unable to ( earn ) . At a little before four o ' clock iu the afteinoon the two stepped into an unusually frail punt , and pulled towards the vessel . The tide was running very strong , and drifted them down a little , when they turned the punt ' s head , and Btruck the smack

      stem on . The iriainsheets were hanging down , ani Hartley hastily rose from his seat and srasped an end —the sudden motion , however , shot the punt aBtern , when his companion leaped from his place and hurriedly stepped forward , occasioning ' the boat to slip from ' under both of them , plunging them head foremoHt into the water . Hartley maintained bis hold of the sheets for a minute , but as his companion clung to him he lost his hold when the rope had run out . One of them was heard to exclaim several times , " Let go , let go—don't clasp me ! " It unfortunately happened that no one was on board the stone boat , and two lads who saw the accident could render no assistance . The bodies have not yet been recovered .

      Death ibom am Explosiom o * Fire-damp . —On the 12 th inst . a young lad , named James M'Donald , who was employed as a drawer at No . l pit belonging to the Ince Ball Coal and Can ; . ] Company , was so severely burned by an explosion of fire-damp that he died about twelve o ' clock the same night . An inquest was opened on Saturday last before Mr . Grimahaw , and was adjourned until two o clock on Monday afternoon , in order to give time to communicate with Sir George Grey . When the adjourned inquest was resumed at the White Hart Inn , Wellington-street . John Rudd stated that he worked in the pit in question , and that the deceased drew for him . They went to their work a little before six o ' olock on Friday morning . At

      that time there was a little foul air in the drift , but they brushed it out , and pursued their work with naked candleB , until three o ' olock in the afternoon , when he Jeft the deceased , teliing him to fill two tubs of coal that he had got , and that then he might come up : The place where they worked was about 300 yards from tbe pit eye , and when he met the deceased he had a lighted candle in his hand . He cautioned him to place it before the tub , and not to go near the / ace of the coal , and to keep tbe candle off the roof . The witness did not Bee any symptoms of fire when he left . There was no further evidence to show how or where the explosion had taken place ; and the jury , after heaving the evidence of the firemen ; returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Fatal Explosion in a Pit . —On Monday last an inquest was held at tbe Black Horse , the Delpb , near Brierley-hill , on the body of John Cavtwright , a miner , about forty years of age , who was killed on the 12 th inst . by an explosion of sulphur in a pit belonging to the New British Iron Company . It appeared that on the deceased opening a trapdoor in the three yard-road of tho pit with a naked candle in his hand , the light was several times blown out , but again lighted . Ultimately he got through the trap-door with the lighted candle in his hand , and immediately an explosion took place , lie was subsequently found quite dead . Be had examined the pit that morning , as it was his duty to do . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Election of a Gaoi . br at Birmingham FKISOlfi —At a meeting of the magistracy of Birmingham on Wednesday , W . R . A . Stephens , tho chief of the police , was elected to fill the office of gaoler , in the place of Captain Maconochie , formerly governor of Norfolk . Island . There were no less thaij forty Candidates , including the captain himself . Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway . —] n compliance with the wishes of the Severn Commissioners , the railway bridge over the western arm of the river , near Gloucester , has been constructed by Mr . Brunei with an opening bay of forty-five feet width in the clear .

      Robbing the Wreck . —Bicestbb . —On Monday morning , Robert Bradley , labourer of Bicester , was brought before Captain Style , R . N ., at the police office of this town , in custody of eonstable Goble , charged with having , on the 7 th insfc ., at Bicester , feloniously stolen two dresses , and other articles of female apparel , the property of Henry Bailey , 23 , Bedford-street , Bedford-row , Holborn , London . Mrs . Ann Bailey , who bore evidence of the serious injuries which she sustained by the catastrophe , and whose face was a mass of bruises , deposed that she was a passenger in a carriage on the Buckinghamshire Railway , on the Cth inst ., and that she was on her way to Oxford . At Bicester an acoident occurred , and she was thrown

      out of the carriage ; had at the time a bundle containing the articles produced , and a pocket-handkerchief ; missed the bundle after the accident , but now found the things right with the exception of the handkerchief , which was missing . James Goble , deposed that from information received he on the 10 th inst . searched the box of the prisoner at his lodgings at Bicester , and that he there found the bundle containing the articles produced . Sarah Pittam , sister of the prisoner , deposed that he lodged at their house , and that he , soon after twelve on Sunday morning , the 7 th of September , brought a bundle home , locked it in his box . and took the toy away , but that he told her if it was inquired for she was to give it up . The wi oner wbadid not oite a defefce , waS P fullf ZSed

      Railway Excursion Train Frauds-At ti » SntrR ^ w ^ r ^ ^ ' Monday last , Captain Sir H £ oeke in the chair , John Ilendy , a boiler maker , be ongirig to Portsmouth Dockyard was charged with taking his seat in a South Western Railway tram without having provided himself with a ticket . It appeared that on Sundav evemng , whca the excureioa train returnSgto

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      London was on the point of leaving Portsmouth terminus , the defendant was seen to take his place inlt , but having been observed on the platform in the morning previous-to the train ' s arrival from London , it was obvious that he could not be the owner of an excursion ticket . Accordingly Mr . R . G . Sutton , the superintendent of the Portsmouth terminus , got into the same carriage , and went as far as Fareham , when be asked the defendant to produce his railway ticket . The defendant did pro * duce an excursion ticket from London to Portsmouth and back , on which Mr . Sutton charged him with having purchased it at the terminus on the arrival of the train from London . This the defendant admitted , on which Mr . Sutton gave him into oustody . The bench convicted him , and sentenced him to pay a fine of iQs ., with the costs , and in default of payment he was committed to two months ' imprisonment . The defendant had no money at all about him when given into custody .

      WiaAN . —Fatal Accident on the Springs Branch of thb ' NoRin Western Railway . —On . the 12 th inst ., Thomas Ward , a lad seventeen years of age , who was employed aa breaksman at the Kirklesa Hall Colliery , was assisting to shunt twenty-eight laden coal waggons on to the main line . He was preparing to descend the incline , when he fell from his break across the rails , and six or seven of the waggons went over his legs , crushing them to pieces , and otherwise so seriou ^ y injuring him that he died the same afternoon at bis abode , Scholfieldlane . An inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Grimshaw , on Saturday evening last , when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " Tme Nbw Sobret County Gaol at Wandsworth .

      —This edifice , erected as a substitute for the gaols of Guildford , EingBton , &c , is at length completed , and is now ready for the reception of prisoners , Mblhjcholi Accident at Bolton—A Boy Suffocated in a Seweb . —A short time ago Mr . Phineas Hall , the sub-surveyor , contracted with a man named Henry Unsworth , a collier , to cleanse the pipe sewer-in Black Horse-street , Bolton , from the junction with the new stone sewer above Weaton-street to the outlet at the railway—a distance of about eighty yards . On Friday last he reported to Mr . Sharp , the borough surveyor , that he had completed the work , and requested to be paid £ 3 , the amount of his contract . Mr . Sharp , however , was not satisfied that the work was properly

      done , and Unsworth asked him if he would convince him if a boy were sent through the sewer , Mr . Sharp said he should consider that sufficient ; and on Saturday last the attempt was made to prove that the pipes were free from obatvuotion . Unswortb engaged two boys , fourteen years of age , named John Hutton and Edward Jones , to attempt the passage . There is a permanent shaft on the higher side of Weston . street , a- little above the shop of Mr . Horrocks , and another was sunk by Unswortb on tbe other sido of tbe street , a little below the George Inn . A little before five _ o ' clock on Saturday afternoon the boys were sent into the sough , one at the higher arid the other at the lower shaft . The boys met in the sough , and stuck fast , and one of them became so wedged ih the pipe that he could neither advance nor return . The poor fellow screamed for assistance , and other boys and

      men were sent up the pinea to assist him , but none could reach so far as he had had got , the sewer being nearly choked up with sludge and water . Tl sewer is eighteen feet below the pavement , and about seven o ' clock the men at work commenced sinking a shaft above the spot where the boy was supposed to 1 ) 0 . This , however , was a dreary operation ; but one man could work in the Bhaft , and from the nature of the ground it was extremely difficult to prop the sides so as to keep the earth from falling in . Had they commenced pulling up the street in the first instance , and got as many hands to work as there was room for , the boy's life would have been saved , buc as it was eleven hours were spent in sinking the shaft , and when they

      came to tbe sough they were several yarda from the spot where the poor boy was . From this shaft fresh attempts were made to reach him , but in vain , and at six o ' clock on Sunday morning the paviour and labourers belonging to the town were set to work , and at half-past eleven o ' clock they reached the body of the deceased . He was still warm , but life was extinct . The pipe in whioh tbe body was found was filled with sludge to the depth of thirteen inches , the vacant space at the top being seven inches . The body was removed to the George Inn , and Mr . Snape and Mr . Ferguson , tur goons , used every exertion to restore animation , '

      but without success , and the body was removed to the old station house in old Hall-street . —On Tuesday an inquest was held in the Borough . Court , Bolton , before Mr . Thomas Holden , the deputy coroner , when , from the evidence given , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " at the same time expressing their Btiong disapprobation of the conduct of Unswortb in urging the boys to go through the sewer , notwithstanding the difficulties that had been met with . The deputy coroner accordingly reprimanded Unswortb , expressing his concurrence in the sentiments of the jury , and warned him against ever again acting in a reckless manner where human life was concerned ,

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      Stwanu . The Papal Defenders . —The world is at length favoured with some information about the intended Utholic Defence Association , although it only amounts to the meagre fact that the committee meeting which was to . have been held on the 17 th inst ., to consider the rules and address of the association , will not take place until the 25 th , and that' fte . first pub lie meeting of the body will come off about the 14 th ot next month . It is quite certain that , at the present moment , public feeling throughout the country has cooled down to zero in the agitation , and the people seem willing enough . tO tUVU theft atteuMOD to other" subjects .

      . Harvest LAnoiiRKRs . —The Ballysliannon Herald says that half the number of hands required for the harvest work are not to be found . The men are , however , employed for only one shilling per day , which ia described as greatly increased wages ! Emigration . —The Waterford Mail says : — " On Friday the Mars left for Liverpool with about 250 passengers on board en route to America . There was an immense number of cattle on board , some lots of which were we beHeye , the finest we ever saw leave this port . The Lady Campbell , left on Wednesday for Quebec , with upwards of one hundred passengers The Iron Prince also sailed on Friday for Iavwpooi with several passengers on board . Emigration of RichardO'Gorm AN , ESQ . —This gentleman , one of the oldest and most SLtlffi

      good reason to regret the event , tLt has deprivld m ^ Mn and ' deSded K BpeCted ia ou . mercantile circles , " . ? ffb «' a tgS'S ° 0 f b ' ' * ^ T icul ture Inmrnm Bvau . °° M M ' » vi Gorman ' s depar-Bmall i ^ iT £ » y others who deriveSno small pleasure frem his acauaint . ar . flP ™> u * arn \*

      yaHaae ^ " ****^ ^ as ? s ^ rs ^? ffi bathf 'J m ' e " s that Mr' IIo Pkin 8 was about to 2 ;;! , j ' Japing into the water , his foot wS ^ i f JJ 'P itate . upon arock beneath . He andd ? o ^ t l r ta . kenu , p in a state of insensibility , and , died in about two hours . J . HE Government Advances . —The Nenagh Vindkator eays :- " We Jmve this eveBjng received the

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      following highly important item of intelligence frn a well informed iriend . It will be read with a ni surable interest : — 'I understand the commission ! " have consented that the ' advances' payment fro Cashcl electoral division , already groaning undpp 53 . 6 d . rate , shall be postponed . This should encL ra ^ e divisions similarly op pressed to memorial for = delay until better times . ' " ; a Fbabful Scbnb . —A correspondent of the Cork Examiner ^ who was , we presume , attracted to Bantrv by the rega . tta in that locality , gives the following harrowing description of a scene which he witnessed in the graveyard : — "I visited also the abbey grayg . yard , an unprotected sanctuary of the dead . WiU your readers credit the subsequent facts , supported as they can be , by honourable testimony ? 1 counted twenty-eight coffins ( if suchVthey might hedewetatpA ' ,

      exposed to view—a sight which awakened feelings of thrill and horror . The shell intended to hold the mortal remains of some hapless parent , brother or sister , was broken into ; its contents unques tionably devoured by dogs , which apparently have longte ^ el led at their horrible feast . Pigs , from the manner in which the ground had been tooted , and the fragMents of dead bodies exposed in the different stages of decomposition , giving off miasma , appear to have found their way also , and glutted madly , perhaps , on the wreck of the owners . Inhuman recklessness ! J observed a few pieces of boards rudely oailedtog ^ t her —an attempt to form a box—containing the remains of a child lying on the bare surface , a few large stones

      placed on tbe lid , but nothing more ; no shallow grave was scooped to receive the ~ happy but unfortunate dead ! The feelings of humanity are more than out * raged in the magnitude of this wilful improvidence . To think such a graveyard , within three or four hundred ' yards of an earl ' s mansion , on the borders of the town , inhabited by respectable and influential individuals could for a moment exist in such a state of un-Christian neglect , reflects lasting disgrace on all parties . " Latest News of the Exiles . —A Limerick paper announces the arrival in that city of several Roman Catholic clergymen from Van Dieraen ' s Land , who had recently seen MeBBrs . Smith O'Brien and Meagher and the other Irish political exiles , and report them as in the enjoyment of good health . : .

      Mubder in Ballinaslob . —The case of Mrs . Mathews , charged with the poisoning of her husband , has at length terminated . Dr . Geoghan . to whom the stomach was sent to be analysed , has confirmed the aUtetteftt of Ihe girl Reynolds . > 'rbejury sat on Friday , and after an investigation which occupied seven hours , a verdict of " Guilty- of poisoning her hus « band " was returned against Mary Mathews . Agitation against thb Government Advances . —The agitation against the repayment of the famine loans is progressing . Another field day has come off , in which the moral strength of the oppo . nents of the Treasury collectors has been displayed . " It is an unjust demand , " exclaim one board of guardians , " and we will not pay . " " Itisan unjust

      demand , " echo another , " and we cannot pay . ' » Whatever the reason be for endeavouring to comply with the order of the Poor Law Commissioners , to make provision for the instalment of the consolidated annuities now due , the decision is to the same effect —that no money is forthcoming . Arrival of thb Premier in Dublin . —On Monday highfc the few loiterers on the pier at Kingstown , awaiting the arrival of the express mail from Holybead , v ? ete somewhat taken by surprise on recognising among the passengers who stepped onshore , the well known person of the Queen ' s Prime Minister . His lordship was accompanied by Lady Russell and family . The whole party proceeded to Dublin by the

      half-past ten train . i Thb National Education System . —The guardians of the Ne wry Poor Law "Union have , by a majority of twenty-three to thirteen , negatived a motion for placing the schools under the Board of National Education . As far as can be judged by names , the minority was composed for the greater part of Roman Catholics , and the majority almost exclusively of Protestants , the latter resting their opponents on the threadbare arguments of mutilated scriptures , unholy tampering with the word , and so forth . Thb Lord Mayor of Dublin . —It is reported that her Majesty has been pleased to confer a baronetcy upon Benjamin Lees Guinness , our present Lord Mayor .

      Homicide , counts Arm aoh . —A man named James M'Adam , a respectable farmer , living abont a mile from Keady , was shot by a neighour and near relative , named Samuel Warnock . It appeared that Warnock had obtained possession of certain chattels as a legacy , which included a cow that M'Adam had bought some times sir . ee from the legatee , in the fair of Keady . M'Adam , armed with a pitchfork , went to seize the cow , when Warnock discharged a loaded gun at him . The shot took effect on tbe shoulder joint of one of M'Adsm ' a arms . He is at prestntln a dangerous state . Warnock was committed to Armagh gaol on Saturday . Harvest Prospects . —There have been now close upon three weeks of uninterruptedly fine dry weather , and all fears and doubts respecting the fate of the harvest , are fairly set at rest . The oat crop generally

      is reported to be one of the best , both as regards quantity and quality , that has been cut during the past quarter of a century . Wheat has turned out much better than waa expected , and the potato crop , with the exception of a decided failure in parts ef Antrim and Down , far exceeds last year ' s return . The accounts from the south , and west may be regarded as favourable , inasmuch as for several days beck there has been scarcely a single alluaion to tbe state of the crop—a tolerable sure sign that there is nothing to complain of . Explosion of a Powder Mh . i «—A man named Delea wax killed at Ballincollig , county Cork , on { Saturday , by the accidental explosion of one of the small powder mills in that district . It is _ sixteen years since an explosion took p lace at BalliticolHg , ere this unfortunate evtnt .

      Extraordinary Verdict 1—An inquest was held at the South Infirmary , Cork , before Mr . Coroner Mahony , on view of the body of a man , whose name was unknown , and apparently about thirty years of age . It appeared that some of the constabulary , early 01 Ttieadiy morning , found the deceased lying in one of the hulks on the coal quay , nearly dead . He was immediately removed to the infirmary , and every effort made to restore him , but in vain « Tr . John Shenquin was examined at the inquest , and stated that here were so marks of violence on tbe body , but

      that it was very much emaciated , and in his opinion death waa caused by starvation and exposure . The jury retired after the evidence having closed , and in about ten minutes returned with the following verdict , which was drawn up by tbe foreman : —" That we find that the deceased , name unknown , came by his death through starvation , he being in the prime of life , owing , in our opinion , to the reckless and careless treatment of our governing ministers , m not giving more attention to the distress of the country !"

      Mr . Sharman Crawford , M . P ., and other rwtestant gentlemen , acted as colle ctors at the Roman Catholic ohapel of Bangor , near Belfast , on the occasion of that edifice being consecrated by the Right Rev . Dr . Denoir , on Sunday last . Sudden Death . —Mr . Joseph Bewley , a member of the Society af Friends , and one of tho most active members of the Relief Society during tho famine year died suddenly on Monday last , while out walking in the neighbourhood of CastlewellnD > Peasant Proprietors . —The question of a peasant proprietary has been discussed almost daily ™ the Irish papers since the appearance in print ot Mr . Vincent Scully's opinions on the subject some ten Or twelve days since . The successful working of the freehold land societies in England and Scotland , is appealed to in evidence of the practicability of such a plan as that proposed , and all are agree d in considering it is the- only means of stay ing tno present vuinou 9 Arum of emigration from ml country .

      Repayment of Treasury Advances . —A rumour ; whether well founded or not , to the effect that Government means to allow a little breathing tinw to some of the more impoverished of the in debt , unions , has tended to allay , although but sli » MlJ > the feverish excitement which characterised the recent meetings of the board of Poor-law guard ians in the south and west . Should , however , the Treasury prove inexorable , and persist in an imnw " ? , demand for an instalment of the " famine loan , , >» may be relied upon that the lull in the agita tiou will be but at best only temporary , and that aS * not improbable consequence of the persistenWf guardians will resign their functions , rate co »«« or thQ ir Situations , < tc , and thus the whole » « L , f X of the Bvstem mav be comnleteW disarranged qy *

      species of " passive resistance , " which woujd ^ be * little out of place at tbe present juncture ot m * affairs ,

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      The Fhbnch Cavalry HoRSBS . -Tbe F « ? ° Minister of War sometime ago appointed a comnw sion , of which M . Magendie was president , t ° r t upon various questions relative to the treatm ^^ cavalry horses in the army . The commission w * just sent in its report . One of the questions a » cussed was as to the effect of salt administere d W"J the food . The commission , after long and care " experiments , reports that salt has no benew » £ effect whatever , but on the other hand caosea w injury . On the question of digestion it is « i » ow that horses in full exercise digest their food «""' more rapidly than whon they remain idle . AS *\ gards the mortality of cavalry horses it is fou WJ ™' within the last few years it has considera Dv ut creased owing to tho mnrn indfoiAns treatment .

      Slave Emancipation . —Mr . E . Cress well , oi ^ Orleans , died a few days since , and by wUl ?«»""•* pated bisBlaves , fifty-one in ntlniber , granting ^ sufficient money to eaoh of them to insure eSP " into the free states . •„ d More Butcheries at flmES .-The Bil f ? lw Turin of the Oth announces from NaplM t ^ L jtf tenco of death has been pronounced upon » " £ . , prisoners of state , including ten deputies , V >\? ^ ministers , one ambassador , and two priests . hoped the Jxag will commute these sentences *

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      $$ * promntf ** Another Pbrvert . —The Journal of Saturday , says : — " We are informed that the Hon . and Rev . William Towry Law , vicar of Harbourne , adjoining this town , and chancellor of the diocese of Bath and Wells , has resigned his living in the Church , with tbe intention of joining tbe communion of the Church of Rome . The hon . and rev . gentleman is the son of the late Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough , and brother to the present Lord Ellenborough . It may be necessary to state that the ' convert' is not the Chancellor J . T . Law , so well known in connexion with the Queen ' b College of this town . "Birmingham Gazette . Eastern Union Railway . —La 3 t week the Trowse

      extension of this company s line was opened by the directors , and on tbe day of the Yarmouth races , a train of 300 persons from Colchester , Ipswich , and other i laces were taken over it to Yarmouth , without change of carriages . Penalty tor Aknoyino Railway Passbroers . — The magistrates of the West Biding have inflicted a fine of 20 g ., and £ L 6 s . costs , upon , a passenger for annoying his fellow travellers . Ulvestone and Lancashire Railway . — The works of this line , which will connect tbo Lancaster and Carlisle with the lake lines , and give direct railway communication to the west coast of Cumberland , have been commenced .

      Deatii op Mr . West , F . R . S . —We regret to announce the death of our scientific fellow-townsman , Mr . W . West , the celebrated analytical chemist . Mr . West died on the 10 th inst ., in the 59 th year of his age . For his scientific attainments he was a few years ago elected a fellow of the Royal Society , an honour of which he was not a little proud . ' He was a man of varied attainments , and aa an intelligent member of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society , the WeBt Riding Geological and Polytechnic Society , and other kindred institutions , he will be much missed . He was a member of the Society of Friends , and of rather eccentric habits . — Leeds Intelligencer . Uttering Forged Notes . —Thomas Taylor and Patrick Masennis were brought up at the

      Manchester Borough Court on Monday , charged with stealing two sovereigns from a fruic dealer of Macclesfield , named Clarke . The prosecutor stated that on Wednesday last Taylor and a man not in custody , named Parrotfc , came to his shop , said they had just arrived from Uttoxeter , that they had sold a horse , and showed him a £ 20 note and a £ 10 note , requesting him to give them change . They said they had received the notes in payment for the horse . Prosecutor told them he could not give them change , for he bad only £ 10 in the house . The men then asked him to lend them £ 10 on the notes , and they would reward him handsomely next morning , as they could not get the notes changed that nigl t , the banks being all shut up , and they

      had an engagement in Manchester that evening , which if they did not attend they would lose £ 20 . Prosecutor lent them the money upon the notes , but tbe men did not return the next day as they had promised to do . On making inquiries he found that the notes , were forgeries , and came to Manchester to look for the men . He met Parrotr , who went with him to look for Taylor . Tho latter wag found in a public-house . Prosecutor told them that the notes were bad , and . requested them to return hia money . They said they were very sorry , and offered to bring him a respectable person who would be security for their paying tbe money at the

      end of the week . Prosecutor assented to this , and in theafternoon , by appointment , again metthe men , who brought with them the prisoner Magennis . Prosecutor found , after some conversation , that Magennis was concerned with the others , and offered them £ 2 if they would give him his money at once . lie held out two sovereigns towards them , when Taylor struck him under the arm , bo as to jerk the sovereigns into the air . They fell on the floor , Parrot picked them up , and tbe three decamped . The magistrates committed the prisoners for trial , but f aylor was allowed to be remanded , as he said he should be able to prove an alibi .

      ANoinER Defiance of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —Liverpool . —Birkenhead , which was rendered so conspicuous during the recent agitation against the Papal aggression by the riotous proceedings of the Romanists , bids fair to signalise itself by a still further defiance Of the law . IrtSt week some excitement was created among the Protestant portion of the community by the appearance of a large placard upon the walls , bearing the following announcement : — " St . Werbnrgh ' s Catholic ennrch , Birkenhead . —The annuftl sermon , in sup . pori of St . Werburgh / s schools , will be preached on Sunday , September 14 . Pontificial high mass will be celebrated at eleven o ' clock , and the sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury . Ia

      the erening vespers will be sung- at half-past six o ' clock , and the sermon preaohed by the Lord Bishop of Troy , after whieh there will be a solemn benediction . " The result was , that on Sunday morning a large congregation—many being attracted out of mere curiosity—assembled at St . Werburgh ' s . The church is one of very unpretending character , but it was evident that great preparations had been made for the occasion . The altar was decorated with flowers , and to the right there was a kind of canopy or throne , intended for the reception of " the Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury , " The service was principally conducted by three p « € ftt 3 , ia vestments of cloth of gold , who appeared to act as the chaplains to the bishop . " The Lord

      I BlSttop ot Troy" did not make his appearance . andnw absence was thus accounted for by Mr . JJrowa , who , before the service commenced , stated that "the Lord Bishop of Troy was called to the south , and consequently , oould not be present as announced in the printed placard ; " but his lordship , "their own bishop , would address them in the evening sa well as the morning . " The sermon preached by "the Lord Bishop' in the aorning was a very plain discourse , entirely confined to the j charitable object for which the ceremony was got up . The only noticeable feature was that the greatest devotion was paid to the " sacred person "

      of too bishop , whose bands were repeatedly kissed during the ceremony by the officiating priests . On leaving the chapel many of the congregation , prin « cipally those of the poorer class , kneeled down and ageriy caught the garmen ^ of the " prelate . " which they applied to ; theu-lips . ; 5 ?? APPTOt-TiBr " AT Roiherham . —About halfpa ? t three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire of an I rin m L nalui ? a Was discovered in the Blaek Horse j deathnf fc f J ' , % ) thephani ' wMch has caused the fii ^ iW" ^* - Mra - HanQah Nicholson , and lK « ^? * * % » P * l two years and a half old . S oS \ C 0 D aide I able Pr ° SreS 8 ^ fore the inmates of . the house , five in number , became aware

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      mum . Thh Pa ^ ai . Colwsrt Accident ax Aberdare . — The adjourned inquest was held on the 10 th inst ., before fi . Overton , Esq ., at the Bush Hotel , when , after a shorfc inquiry , a verdict was returned of "Accidental death . " Tho oauae of the accident is stated to have been the breaking of the guidiugrod , not the chain , as rumoured . The inspector did not visit the place as expected , and make an inquiry . The opinion openly expressed by the neighbourhood ib , that government is too neglectful and dilatory , and that the many victims already sacrificed , warrants upbraiding and censure . —The Cambrian .

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      Scotland SoicmE in the Police-office at Edinburgh . — On Sunday afternoon an individual about fifty years of age , named George Dickson , a cabinet " maker , and resident in Cannongate , committed suicide by strangling himself with his neckerchief , in a cell of the police-office . He had been apprehended on Saturday night , on a charge of having stolen about three yards and a half of crumb cloth , which he had given to a woman to pledge , and of

      which he could give no satisfactory account , and when locked up was perfectly sober . About one o ' clock on Sunday , on the turnkey casually looking through the loophole in the door , he was seen striding up and down the cell ; and in a short time after his neckerchief was observed fastened to one of the bars . The door was immediately opened , and the unfortunate man was found in a sitting posture , with the neckcloth attached as abovo stated , firmly tired round hisneok . The attendance of a medical gentleman was instantly procured , but before his arrival life was extinct .

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      . THE NORTHERN STAR , a September 20 , l § 51 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1644/page/6/