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      © $ c isemopotts . Health op Loxoos . —The health of London 13 much better than it tr .-is in the two previous weeks , when tue deaths of 1 , 020 and 1 , 097 persons wtre registered . The deaths of 9-53 persons were recorded in the week ending Saturday , September 27 ; 473 were males , and 435 \ rcte females ; 190 were ol the age of 60 and upwards , 460 were children under tho age tf 15 , and SOS weva men and women in the middle period of life . The decrease in the mortality is general over the five divisions of London . 141 persons died in the public institutions ; 69 in workhouses , 8 in military ' and naval asylums , 58 in hospitals , 3 in lunatic asylums , 2 in military and naval hospitals , and 1 in prison . Small-pox and typhus have declinedbut they -were the causes of W ana

      , 4 S deaths . Of the small-pox victims 11 nad not been vaccinated ; 2 , it is stated , had been ™ " « ff ; 39 children and 2 adults died of ""**»« , 'g ? £ wrevailinff in many distrusts . 7 persons men 01 JrylfpS , Kin childbirth and 0 raetria the ^ feSsnstt ^^ aJifs Ei ^ o ^^ efaildren of their parents . Violence , typhus , heart disease , bronchitis , and cancer are the diseases next in the order of fatality at the same period of life . Diarrhoea is declining ; the deaths in the 5 Jast weeks were 174 , 192 , 101 , 97 , and 81 m number . The deaths from cholera ia the same weeks were

      3 S , 17 , 17 , 7 , 9 . Half of the cases were of more than three days duration . It has been mentioned before , that half the fatal cases of the epidemic cholera terminate in 24 hours after the first striking symptoms have appeared . Another singular diflerence is shown in the annexed table . The population of London on the north side of the Thames in 1851 was 1 , 745 , 095 , on the south side of the Thames , 616 , 545 ; numbers nearly in the proportion of 3 to 1 . Yet the numbers of deaths from cholera in the year 1849 on both sides of the river was nearly eqoa ' , 7 , 000 and 7 , 137 . In the recent summer cholera the deaths hate been distributed more equally , and in the proportion of the population . The following aro the particulars of nine case » if

      cholera which were registered and certified by the medical ; . t . endants of the deceased during the Week , The cause of death is stated in the words of the medical certificate : —In Kensington , at Southern ! , on 22 nd September , the daughter of a carpenter , agp& 1 year , " cholera infantum ( 5 days } , bydrocephaloid disease ( 5 days ) . " In St . George , Hanover-square , Belgmve sub-district , at Upper Belgrave-place , on 20 th September , the daughter of a builder , aged 15 years . " cholera ( 14 hours ) . " In Mwjlebonp , Christ-church sub-district , at 1 " , United-buildings , Lisson-grove , on 21 st September , the daughter of a labourer , aged 9 months ' , " cholera infantum { 12 hours ) . " In Islington , at 20 , Jlufford ' B-huildings , on 24 th September , the

      daughter of a baker , aged 11 months' " cholera infantum and dentition ( 6 weeks ) . " Ia Clerkenwell , St . James ' s sub-district , at 8 , Brunswick street , on 16 th September , a messenger , aged 71 years , " cholera morbus a « d conseeutfve fever ( 8 days } , preliminary diarrhcei ( 13 days ) . " In Betbnal-green , at Trinity-£ round , on 18 th September , a master mariner , aged 75 years , " low fever consequent on English cholera . " In St . Olave , Southwark , at 7 , New-street , on 24 th September , the wife of an oil cooper , aged £ 1 years , " choleraic diarrhoea ( 7 days } . " In Lambeth , at 10 , Thomas-street , ftanniugum , on 21 st September , the son of a whip mounter , aged 5 months , " cholera infantum ( 2 f days ) . " In Greeninch , at Greenwich Hospital , on 22 nd September , a

      pensioner , aged 71 years , " alleged cholera ( time uncertain ) , fever ( 3 days ) . " The births of 732 boys and 752 girls , in all 1 . 4 S 4 children , were regia ered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 340 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the baremeter for the week was 29-773 in . The mean temperature of the week was 54-8 dej » .. which is very near tho average for the week and the season . The highest temperature in the week was 71 * 7 deg . on Tuesday , and the lowest 42-9 deg . on Friday . Toe direction of the wind was variable ; from the north on the first two days , calm on Tuesday , Wednesday , and part of Thursday , and from the west and south vest to the end of the week .

      Suicide of ah Innkeeper . —On Saturday last Mr . C , J . Garter , the coroner for East Surrey , assembled a jury at the King ' s Arms , Eltham , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr . James Styles , aged 55 , Lite landlord of the Chequers Inn , Elthatn , Kent , who committed SUlcide on the previous Tuesday morning . It appeared from the evidence of Mr Edward Styles , eon of the deceased , that is father had been attending to the business as usual up to twelve o ' clock On the night before his ' death , and shortly after that hoar he

      retired to bed , apparently in good spirits . At eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning , witness , as was his custom . 'took breakfast up to his father ' s bed-room , and upon enteiing be saw deceased suspended by a rope about his neck from the bed post . The deceased was immediately cut down , but life was found to have been extinct some time . A few days previous to his death the deceased appeared in ¦ very low spirits , but on the night before the fatal act , he had recovered his wonted cheerfulness . The jary returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "

      FBIGMFOX CoiilSIOS OS THE SOUTH WiSTEBN Eailwat . —Ata late hour on Saturday night an accident , which might bare been attended with consequences equally disastrous as that which happened at Bicester a week since , occurred on the fiondon and South Western Railway . From careful inquiries , it was ascertained ; that a train ol Twickenham passenger carriages left the station at the time intimaced on the bill , and proceeded onwards without meeting with the least obstruction until it ha-i nesred the Sine Elms goods depot . At this part Df the line a man named Sykes , acting as pointsman , was stationed , whose duty it seeins was to turn the points so that the carriages or trucks could be shifted from the main line on to the siding , or sent on

      totbe metals leading to the goods depot . By some means , however , not clearly understood , the man , instead of keeping the points taut , so that the passenger train could pass over the main line , so shifted the metals that the train was turned toffards Sine Elms . Unfortunately at that moment & number of men were employed together with two horses in making up the goods train—the latter being engaged in drawing the trucks over the line—when the first-named train , as might naturally be expected , was shunted off the permanent way , and it then rattled down the goods line . In so doing the pointsman ' s lodge was knocked down , two or three of tbe porters and guards who

      were at the spot were more or less injured , two horses were killed , the men in charge of them being seriously injured ; Beveral of the carriages were much shattered by their side 3 coming into collision with the goods trucks . Xone of the passengers received any personal iniuty , although the whole of them were terribly alarmed . At eleven o ' clock it was learned that Mr . Bent , the police constable specially employed by the company , had brought tho pointsman who bad occasioned the accident into custody to the Waterloo-road terminus , and it was then expected that he would be sent totbe police-station , on a charge of neglect and endangering the lives of the passengers .

      SUPPOSED Murder op a Female , — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the hody of a female , named . Martha Carr , who Waa found" on Friday morning , about six o ' clock , in the Regent's Oanal , near the Sir Walter Scott lock . When taken from the water a wound was discovered on tne left side of the neck and another over the eyes , having the appearance of stabs from a , pen knife . Ibe tongue of the deceased protruded from her mouth ; several of her ribs were fractured , and there was an abrasion of the skin upon the left wrist . Tbe deceased was a single woman , and had

      for a long time been courted by a young man . She lived in Wheeler-street , Spitalfields , and had not been seen alive since the previous Sunday . After the jury had viewed the body , the inquest was adjourned for a post mortem examination to take p lace . Death fbom Recssess Dritisb . —Mr . H . M . Wakley concluded an inquiry at the University Hospital , commenced on a previous day , relative to tfce death of F « ucisNetersuell Moore , aged forty-one , the wife of a paper hanger , living « t 49 , Wilsted-Btreet , Sonters-town , w&a died as alleged from inluriea received in being knocked dowa by a horse snd cart , driven at a furious rate , by a yeuth named

      Thomas Perkins , in the employ of Mr . Dickem- , bu > c&er , Gamdea-ffoad Villas , Cemden-towo- It wasjalso stated that the deceased , who was an habitual drankard , was drank when knocked down , which opinion was partly confused by the aesiatatlt-Burgeon , and nutse of the hospital , who expressed their belief that on her admission she was intoxicated . Mr . Wakley said he eoald not help observing upon the reckless way in w&ch . butchers . drove and r « de their horses through the streets , as tfeeugh JCS * * * 4 ° * ' <* t&ejury «» &r « I ? I ™ r "fnslaughter , but eventually one was JS ^« :- " That the desased died from SSEE ? JS ^ S « : . ¦ torse and « rt , driven at &

      morning , between tae hoarg of rfi ij ^ jg £ cloek , a fire broke out on the premises £ tuJSJ enpation of Mr . H . Penera , a plumber and oilman at the cower of Ifew York-street , Me-end . TLe flames commenced on the ground floor , and madft fearful progress , spthat it * iddittoSSK difficulty that tho inmate 3 were enabled to effect a ' safe retreat . The euginei were soon on the spof ndan abundant supply of water harine been procured the firemen succeeded ia extinguishing the fla-ues , but not until the fire had peuetiated 9 Tery room in the bojhjiDg , and destroyed a congi-

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      fenijio amount of property . About the same time a fire happened at No . 2 , Boston-place , Dovsetsqiure , belonging to Mrs . C . Porter . It commenced in tho second floor , and althoug h the Bremen promptly attended , nearly the . whole of Mis . Porter ' s furniture was destroyed before the hre could be extinguished . About lour o clock on Monday morning a very serious fire was discovered on the premise ' s of Mr . W . Hughes , a grocer , No . 2 , Crown-street St . GiWa . It began » the back part of the ground floor , and had it not been for the activity displayed by the police in arousing the

      inmates , tbere is no doubt but that several of the occupants would have perished . As it was they had great difficulty in escaping . The tiro wa 3 eventually subdued , but not until serious damage was done , not only to the stock in trade but also to tho building . A short time previous a fire broke out in the warehouse of Mr . Solomons , No . 3 , Heneagelane , Bevis > mark 0 , which destroyed the whole of the three top floors , and considerably damaged the lower part of the house . The sufferer was fortunately insured . On Monday night , shortly before twelve o ' clock , considerable confusion was caused

      m the immediate neighbourhood of Holland-street , BlacMmra-Toad , iu consequence of dense volumes of smoke issuing from the several windows of the mustard mills and Apsley Pellatt ' s glass works , in that thoroughfare , which impressed the inhabitants thai ooth the tremendous piles of buildings were On fire , and messengers were forthwith sent in sundry directions to call the engines . In the space of a few minutes the engines readied the spot , when it was found that the fire had occurred through the overheating of one of the kilns in the last named premises , and that a quantity of timber had become ignited . The workmen on the premises got the engine belonging to the establishment out , and fortunately succeeded in extinguishing the fire . About two hours previously a fire broke out on the

      premises belonging- to Mr . Thomas Moore , a stay manufacturer , ia Ssockwell-street , immediately facing Greenwich parish church . It appears that whilst Mrs . Moore was arranging her headdress , she accidentally set fire to some wearing apparel , and in an instant the flames shot over the room , and set fire to everything therein . Mr . Moore , jun ., in rendering assistance to subdue tbe fire was much bwnecl in his hands . The parish engine , with that belonging to her Majesty ' s dockyard , having arrived before the news could be conveyed to London , the fire was happily extinguished ; but not until considerable damage was done , not merely to tbe contents , but also to the building . Mr . Moore was insured in the Royal Exchange Fireoffice .

      A Meeting , convened by the advocates of the new American costume , Of which Mrs . BloOOier is the reputed founder , was held in the British Institution , Cowper-street , Finsbury , on Monday night . It was announced that the proceedings would commence at half-past eight o ' clock , and that Mrs . C . il . Dexter would address the meeting . Long before seven o clock many hundreds of persons asicoibled in front of the building , and though the populace was extremely dense , the mob unusually violent , and the demands for admission indesoribably clamorous , the clock struck eight before the doors were opened . As may be readily imagined , tbe assembled persons pressed with great zeal into the building ; some were trodden down , others

      fainted , and the large hall , 'which is capable of holding about from 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 personB , rapidly filled . The . prices of admission were fixed as follows : —For the hall , 3 d . ; for reserved seats , 6 d . ; « nd for the platform , Is . ; but , offing to the want of irrangement that prevailed , not one out of a hundred who entered the building , paid anything for admission . The interval which elapsed between the ¦ idmission of the auditory and the time appointed for the entrance of the Bloomers was pasted in a most disorderly manner . All sorts of jokes and witticisms were bandied about , and some very course remarks were made at the expense of the dress reformers . As the principal performers were After time , it was suggested that a grand chorus of

      " iiunalo Gals , can t you come out to-night' would be an appropriate invitation to expedition . Soon after this a person , said to be one of the vergers of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , a portly losking man , placed himself in tbe chair , and was loudly but ironically cheered . Alarmed apparently by the riotous character ofthe assembly , tbe female lecturer did . not make her appearance , a great disturbance took place , many of the audience declaring their intention to take legal steps to recover the money theyhad paid at the doors . Fata& Omnibus Couibion . —On Sunday evening last , aa Mr . Joel Slater , butcher , of Lower Belgrave-place , Piralico , was returning home from

      Richmond in a light spring cart , accompanied by his housekeeper , when passing iew-bridge , one of [ he Brentford omnibuses , which was coming along At a smart pace , caught the wheel of the shandry nefore Mr . Slater could pull on one side , and overturning the vehicle precipitated both him and his Housekeeper a considerable distance into ibe road . When . taken up , it was found that Mr . Slater ' s neck was disoiited . Surgical assistance was immediately procured , bnt he shortl y expired . The houseseeper was picked up quite insensible , and it was ascertained that she had suffered a compound fracmre of the leg . :

      Earlt Closing Association . —On Sunday last eleven sermons ( being part of a new series ) were preached on behalf of this society at different Churches in London . Employers were strongly urged , as a matter of Christian duty , to do their utmost , both by example and precept , to bring about a general earlier closing of shops ; and heads of families were exhorted to aid them in so doing by discontinuing the custom of evening shopping . Cm op London . —It is rumoured that it is the intention of Sir James Graham , in the ensuing session of parliament , to bring in a bill for enlarging the area of the City of London , and effecting a variety of reforms in the corporation .

      Tue Alleged BIcrdeb oe a Policeman at Greenwich . —The man William Cressy , charged with the wilful murder of police-constable James Haslie , in Tinder box-alley , Beptford , on the sight of the 20 th of February , 1816 , was brought upon remand before Mr . Traill , at the Greenwich Policecourt , on Saturday . —Sergeant Carpenter said that be and Superintendent Hilton were in a position to produce fresh and important evidence ; but , as it was absolutely necessary that the investigation should still be followed up , to admit of which the prisoner must be again remanded , they had not ( bought it wise to bring witnesses from a distance for examination on the preset occasion . —Superintendent Hilton said he had received a letter from

      a person at Ipswich , who at tbe time of the murder was engaged as barman at the Noah ' s Ark publichouse , Deptford . The letter stated that on the morning after tbe fatal occurrence a man and woman entered his master ' s shop , and iu the course of conversation the man , who made use of several strong oaths , said that " it did not matter , as it was only a policeman . " - He also observed that he heard the policeman tell the man to go on ,, instead of which the man turned round and struck the officer . The writer described the man who spoke ia these terms as a dirty fellow , dressed in dark clothes , and about five feet six inches in height , while the woman was a short , dirty woman . From the description given ia the

      newspapers , tbe writer of the letter supposed them to have been the prisoner at present under examination and the woman who had given evidence against him . The communication was signed * « William Ambrose . "—Toe Magistrate said the constables had acted very properly ia . reserving their evidence , and decided on a further remand of the case . —The prisoner asked to be allowed to write a letter to the gentleman in whose service he was engaged ia 18 d 6 . That person would , be able to produce hiB books , whereby it could be ascertained that he ( the prisoner ) was in active employment away from Deptford at the very period of the murder . —Mr . Traill acceeded to this request , and the prisoner was again removed in custody . Suicide through Supposeo Jealousy . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at

      the Talbot Tavern , Agar-towu , St . Pancrag , on the body of Thomas Sanders , aged fifty-two , a bricklayer residing in one of a row of cottages near the above house , called Cambridge Cottages , who committed the folio wing act of determined suicide . It appeared that deceased , who was in comfortable circumstances , had for nine years cohabited with a female who recently suddenly left him , as be believed , to join another nw . He had since been very d « - « ponding , and on Tuesday -week , not being Been as esual , the inmate , of the adjoining cottage looked through his window and discovered him lying on the fieor surrounded with blood , and an open razor by his-side . Mr . Aldridge , surgeon , was sent for /^ when deceased wasfoacd to have nearl y severed his head fran bit bod ; , and although still living , and every assistance being rendered him , he shortly after ceased to exist . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

      JjUDOCBAliDlKNEROF TH » ShEBIFFS ELECT . — On Tuesday , according to ( be hospitable custom of the City of London , tie sheriff * elect of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year , Messrs CotterelUad Swift , entertained a wimsroui cuele of their frisads at Cordwinera' Hall of which , cofflpany Mr . Cotterell , the toner sheriff , as past master and distinguished member . . : ¦ Iscendiabt Fjkb at Pcnjfir . —shortly gfter two o ' clock on Tuesday morning , in the neighbourhood of Bicimond-road , Putney , a serious fire broke out

      on the premises of the Fox and Hounds liverystables ; : The building ia which the flames commenced contained a quantity of hay , straw , iarness , horses , and a number of pigs . . The policeman who was on duty in the neighbourhood had his attention directed to the premises by a lad who slept in them , and : uh * has since bsen taken into custody on 8 Mpicion of having had eome hand in causing the fire / X < ie moment the oonstable arrived he found that the urew « rapidly extending oter the property he exerted fcittuelT ,. and sufceedei in RS ' the SZ ¥ T of * " **<**> ° » l unfortunately uelore he 0 : uid getw . the p i gs they became eny £

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      loped in . flames , and . wore smothered . By the time tho engines arrired from London the premises ia which the confl igration commenced wore bm-nt down , and consiiiei-. ible damage ( tone to those adjoining . As 800 U as tho flames wore pUt out au inquiry was instituted with a view to ascertain how tho disaster occurred , the vesu \ t of which led to the apprehension of two men and the lad before alluded to , on suspicion of having wilfully set the premises on fire , They were afterwards examined before the magistrates at the Wandaworth police-court , but nothing conclusive was elicited . The total loss will amount to several hundred pounds . The premises wore insured in the County Fire-office . The contents belonged to Mr . Denny , corn-chandler , of Lambeth , and it is not

      known whether they are insured . Suicide of a Stockbrokbb . —Late on Tuesday evening Mr . Vf . Payne held an inquest on the body of Mr . Ingle Budge , a stockbroker at Mr . Routh ' s office , before a jury of nineteen inhabitants of the ward , when the following facts were adduced . The deceased was a young member of the Exchange ; having only been connected with it some four or five years . He was very highly respected in the city for his upright' and busiqenB-like conduct . Mr . South in consequence of being intimately acquainted with the deceased , had allowed him permission to transact his business at his counting-house , No- 32 , Throgmorton-street , he not having an office Of hJ 8 own , On Mr . Itouth reaching his counting-house

      on Tuesday morning at eleven o ' clock , he heard from his clerk that the deceased was in the private room where he had been about a quarter of an hour , ' Mr . Itouth at once proceeded to tbe apart * ment , and found the deceased lying on the floor of the water-closet attached to the room . He immediately called in assistance , and sent for Mr . Chance , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , who pronounced tbe uufur . tu . nate man 10 be dead . A wine glass was found on the table containing the remains of prussic acid . A brief examination of the body by the medical gentleman sufficed to show that the deceased had perished from the effects of that poison . On his person was found a loaded pistol and a knife . Some letters also were discovered , They were

      examined by the coroner , and one ran nearly to the following effect , dated Sept . 29 th , 1851 , addressed to Mr . Forster : —" Dear Sir , —When you have received this 1 shall have cetiBed to live . I have never done any good to myself or any one else about me . I knew this must come a long while . I hope some will take pity on my poor wife and children ; do what you can for those helpless creatures ; I dare not think of their unhappy condition . I have had the means of death in my possession now more than two weeks . " The letter then entered into some business transactions , showing the state of big affairs , and which it may be . unnecessary to give .- It concluded by imploring his friends not to forget his little ones , and wishing them good bye . It was signed *• Ingle Rudge . " Mr . Sewell , surgeon , of Fenchurch-street , and other gentlemen who were

      acquainted with the deceased , spoke of his disordered state of mind , from which it would seem that he laboured under the impression that he would 'never be able to do any good for himself and . family , and that he would always be unfortunate . Tuesday being settling day at the Stock Exchange , he found himself not in a position to meet certain demands , his account at bis banker's being considerably short of the sum required , but which could have been readify averted by application to the committee , who would doubtless have extricated him from his difficulties . He was seen on Change about tea o ' clock , and it is presumed that the dread of meeting his difficulties , induced him to commit the melancholy act . After some remarks , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " He has left a widow and two children .

      Cur Registration . —On Tuesday morning the revising barrister for the City of London held an adjourned court at the Guidhall , and went through the lists of the parishes of St . Andrew by the Ward ' robe , St . Ann , Blackfriars , St . Bennett ' s , Paul ' s Wharf , St . Gregory by St . Paul , St . Mary Magdalene , Fish-street , AHhallows , Honey-lane , St . Antholin , and AHhallows the Great and Less , in the ward of Cheap ; but the objections were oonfined principally to deaths and removals , and change of qualification , and the names expunged . No case of importance whatever arose . Rbvival of Infanticide . —Mr , II ¦ Mi Wakley held an inquest on Saturday last at the College Arms , Camden Town , on the newly-born infant of Jane Smith , a single woman , in the service of Mrs . Dickonson , Pakenham-street . — Mrs . DickefiSOn said that she suspected Smith had given birth to a child , and intewozated her upon the subject , when

      she admitted that the infant was in the pail , which was half full of water , and in which she ( Mrs . Dickenson ) found the body . Smith begged forgiveness . —Dr . Sheeting examined the body , and found that the child bad breathed freely , that the organs were healthy , but that the brain was congested , from a blow or fall . lie could not swear whether death resulted from the injuries of the head or drowning . —Verdict , " Deceased was found dead in a pail of water , but whether it was wilfully murdered or not there is no evidence to prove . " ¦ - ¦ Mr . Wakley held a second inquest at the College Arms on the body of a child found wrapped up in a brown paper parcel , in a ditch in Swan ' s-lane , Highgate . —Dr . Brougham said that the child must have been twelve months dead . The body was so decomposed that he could not say whether death was caused by violence or otherwise . Th& leg was broken . —Verdict , " Found dead . " '

      Election of Lord Mayor . —On Saturday last the usual precept was issued to the livery to assemble in Common Hall on Monday , to elect a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing . There are eleven aldermen below the chair . Alderman Hunter , of Ooleman-street Ward , being tho senior , will , it is expected , be returned without opposition . Sweahiso IK the Sheriffs op London . —On Saturday last a breakfast was given at the Cordwainers ' -hallto the members of the corporation and sheriffs and sheriffs elect of the City of London ;

      after which the corporation proceeded to the Guild-, hall , where the sheriffs were duly Bworn in . Depasture op the Hotal Mail Steam Ship Asia . —On Saturday morning . last , the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia , Captain Judkins , left the Mersey for New York direct , with about 130 passengers ( among whom were Madame Celeste and her sister ) , the usual mails for the United States and Canada , and a full cargo . The weather was very unfavourable afc the time of the Asia ' s putting out to sea ,

      Murder and Suicide at Camberweu . — On Tuesday morning one of the most fearful murders that has been committed for some years , was discovered in the Wrndham-road , Camberwell , a respectable tradesman in that vicinity having cut the throats of his three young children and destroyed himself . The name of the father was Anthony Fawcett , aged 43 , and on Monday he took possession of a grocer ' s shop at the corner of Queen ' s-place , Wyndham-road , lately occupied by Mr . Stockhara . Ho brought with him his wife and three children ; Emily Fawcett , six years and a half old ; Frederick , one year and seven months ; and Mary Ann , who is badly wounded , fie seemed to have been greatly disappointed with ¦ his '

      bargain , and grumbled very much to his wife on Monday , but nothing in his appearance indicated he would attempt such a horrible deed . On Tuesday morning a little after seven o ' clock , the family £ ot up , and his wife dressed the two elder children , and took them Aown stairs to breakfast , leaving the baby in bed up stairs . While the children and father were partaking of their morning meal in the back parlour at eight o ' clock , the wife ran out to oonvey two letters to the pos (; -ofl 3 ce , ; wliich is only two or three hundred yards off the street . On her return she was horror stricken at finding her two children with their throats cut , and on proceeding backwards she perceived her husband cutting his throat in the back kitchen . She immediately ran

      out and alarmed the neighbours , when police constable , Edward Shanvill , who was on duty near the spot , entered the house , and instantly proceeded to the back kitchen , where he found the murderer lying under the sink , quite insensible , with blood gushing from his neck . He took him . up , and found a large table knife in his grasp , which he had cut his throat with , and at the time be waB not dead . A doctor was directly seat for , and Mr . King , aurgeon , of Camberwell , attended , but death took place a few minutes after his arrival . On the oonstabU entering the back parlour he discovered Emily , aged six years and a half , lying dead , with her throat dreadfully cut , and Mary Ann , sitting nearly opposite , with her ' g also cut but not

      effectually . Dr . King , as well as other surgeons , who had been called in , attended to the latter , and there ii erery likelihood that the poor little girl will recover . On proceeding up etaira the constable perceived the younger child , with its head hanging out of bed , quite dead , its throat cut , ftnd tbe bed deluged with blood . There can be no doubt that the father committed the murders with three koim , as a large bacon knife , covered with blood , wai found in the bedroom , a table knife in the back parlour , and another in the man ' s hand . They all appeared to have been recently sharpened . Superintendent Lund was shortly on the spot , wh « n information was forwarded to the coroner of the horrible circumstance . As soon as the news got

      fipretd about thousands of people assembled round tie bouse , and it required a number of police to toep order . From inquiries it appears that the poor child , Mary Ann Faucett , still survives , although eitoemely weak from loss of blood . Sbe was visited about ten o ' cloek by Mr . Sing , and that gentleman states ihateheia progressing favourably , and in his © pinion will eveatually recover . Since her injuries tie poor child has spoken but little ; she has however given a faint outline of the horrid tragedy . She states that as so oa ae her mother had left the house , her father desired ber to go and fetch the large bacon knife , vhioh she . did , and on placing it in his bands be fiaid , " I am going to kill you Ifirat , and lien the others ; then myself ; and tben we shall all go to h— tot /^ her . " After ttk he pco >

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      having been discovered that a very respectable tradesman , Mr . F . J . Baker , who carried on a large business in Milk-street as a plasterer , p . iisiter , etc ., had committed suicide . It appeared from the evidence adduced at tho inquest luldin the afternoon before the coroner , Joseph Baker Grindor , Esq ., that , until about a month ago , the deceased carried on business in the usual manner , and was of a very cheerful disposition . At that time his two sons , who were his only children , sailed in the Cosmo , for the United States , haying been frequently solicited to come over by their aunt , who had been at JSTew Fork for twenty years . From the period of their departure his mind became very depressed , and indeed so much bo as to excite the

      apprehensions of his friends . On Monday morning , however , he arose at his usual hour , and went about bis business ; at between nine and ten o ' clock , the unfortunate gentleman not having come to hia break * fast , search was made for him , when it was discovered that one of the upper workshops was fastened , and being forced open , the deceased was found lying on the floor quite dead , the greater portion of his scull und brains being blown about the room , and a guu lying with the barrel on a vice and some string fastened to the left hand of the deceased . From the appearance of the gun , &c the deceased must have fastened the string to

      the trigger and to his hand , and then placed the muzzle in his mouth , as the upper jaw was broken , and the whole of the cranium blown off . From the whole of the evidence , it appeared that since his children ' s departure he had been very depressed and frequently crying . The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity . " TnB East Riding Electios . —The High Sheriff of Yorkshire has issued his proclamation appointing Tuesday , the 7 th of October , for the election of a member to supply the vacancy caused by the death , of the late Mr . Brpadley . Ae yet no candidate has taken the field in opposition to tbe Hon . Captain Duncombe .

      Seamen and Shipowners . —A case of great importance to the mercantile public generally was heard before the South Shields' magistrates on the 27 th ult .. The justices were—the Mayor , Mr . John Clay , Ut . J . T . Wawn , M . P ., and Mr . Thomas Forsy th . During the last two or three years cases of desertion from British vessels in North American ports have assumed a most serious character , and the injury done to the shipowners may be estimated when it is stated that nearly 2 , 000 men have run from their ships during the past season , and that the loss to the shipowner upon each man will amount to £ 12 . A difficulty has been felt in bring * ing seamen who have deserted to justice , as it has generally happened that men belonging to vessels

      on the west side of the island have come to the east , and vice vers& . Mr . Mclouin , an extensive shipowner and merchant belonging to Newcastle , acting upon the ( 52 nd clauso of the 7 th and 8 th Victoria , chap . 112 , which gives power to any person by information and summary proceeding before any justice or justices of tbe peace in or near where the offenco has been committed , to recover penalties , &c , determined to assist in putting down the evil of desertion ' by prosecuting the first runaway seaman that he ascertained had arrived at a northeastern port . In the early part of the week the Sprite of Sunder / and , Stewart , master , arrived afc that port from Quebec , with a fresh crew on board , who were supposed to be deserters . Mr . Melouin

      took steps to ascertain from what vessels they had deserted , ' and it was found by the documents and tickets filed at the Register-office for seamen at London that five of them bad run away from vessels belonging to Glasgow and Liverpool . . Their names are , James Hamilton , a deserter from the Clansman , of Glasgow ; James M'Donald , a deserter from the Renfrewshire , of the same port ; Samuel Thomas , from the United Kingdom , of Belfast ; Thomas Walker , from the Montrose , of New Brunswick , and subsequently from the Clansman ; and John Hoy , first a deserter from the William , of Liverpool , nnd then from the Troy , of the same port . Stewart and his crew had differed at Quebec , and he had discharged them , and engaged the men

      whose names have been enumerated . They had signed articles in the ships they had deserted from at £ 2 10 s . per month , and , had been engaged by Stewart &t £ 0 10 s . per month . Mr . Melouin applied to the Sunderland magistrates for power to apprehend the men , but in consequence of being unable to show a written authority from the owners of the vesBela from which they deserted tho magistrates declined to comply with his request . He then went across to South Shields , and the magistrates in that town having issued warrants , the men were apprehended by Mr , Buglars , the superintendent of police at South Shields , as they entered the shipping master ' s office at Sunderland to receive t heir wages for the run and their discharge . Four

      of the men pleaded Guilty on Friday , but the nfth , Thomas Walker , having refused to do so , his desertion from the Montrose at Quebec was clearly proved by Captain W . Hemsley , the Sunderland shipping master . The magistrates sentenced Hamilton , Thomas , and M'Donald to one month ' s imprisonment , Walker to six weeks ' , and Hoy to three weeks' imprisonment . The whole of their wages fortheruntoSunderland , amouutingto £ 26 l 6 s . lld ., was declared forfeited to the owners of the vessels from which they had deserted , and Mr , Melouin having declared himself tbe agent of those gentlemen the money was handed over to him to send to

      them . The seamen ' s clotheB are also forfeited ; but Mr . Melouin stated that , with the exception of Walker ' s clothes , whom he was determined to make an example of , they would be restored . The men , by false representations , having procured fresh register tickets at Sunderland on the arrival of the Sprite , the collector of Customs in that port is determined to proceed against them at the Quarter Sessions , and , upon conviction , they will be subjected to twelve months' imprisonment . They are also liable to be proceeded against on another charge , two of them sailing under assumed names , and the whole of them giving incorrect accounts of themseWeB . . . . .

      A Melancholy Accident occurred at St . Just West , Fenzance , on Sunday last . A party who bad been out shooting :, and had returned , when , as one of them , named Thomas Wembath , was trying to draw tho charge from his gun , by some means tho gun went off , and the whole charge entered his mouth and blew his head to atoms , He wa 8 SOOn placed Oh & plank and carried to his home , about a mile distant , where he had in the morning left ft wife and three children . Melancholy Accident at Oxford . —A distressing accident occurred near Oxford on Sunday , which has thrown two highly respectable families into the greatest affliction . For the last fortnight Mr . Campion , billiard table maker of London , and Mr . Heygate , his foreman , have been in Oxford renovating Mr . Bickerton ' s billiard tables . On

      Sunlay , in company with a young man named Gardener and a female , they went to Sandford in a boat called a dingy ; on returning to the oity the boat was upset in consequence of Mr . Campion missing his oar near Sandford Lasher , in water about fourteen feet doep , and both Mr . Campion and his foreman were drowned , Mr , Gardener saved the lady , and attempted to rescue Mr . Campion , and no doubt would have done so but for the latter clinging so tightly round his neck , that both went to the bottom when , in self-preservation , Mr . Gardenerwas compelled to release himself , although ho was a good Bvniwner . When brought to Bhore he was nearly exhausted , and it was some time before he could be revived . - The deceased gentlemen were highly respected in Oxford . The foreman , with Mr . Campion ' s late father , has been in the habit of attending the city for many years .

      Collision at the Brighton Railway Terminus . — Lbwbs , Sept . 26 . — , Jo 8 eph Kennelly , engine driver , and Richard Grindley , guard , both in the service of the Brighton and South Coast , Railway Company , haveheen committed for trial at the forthcoming quarter sessions for negligentl y causing . very serious collision at the railway terminus , by which property of the value of £ 300 was destroyed , and the lives of several persons placed in much peril . Leeds New Town Ham . —The Leeds Town Council , at a special meeting held on Monday , mally determined upon the erection of a Townhall on a piece of land in Park-lane . The sum voted was * 22 , 000 for the building , and £ 9 , 500 for iand , « fcc .

      Broiai , Assault m a 0 a * bomc Itosr .-. The Hampshire Independent" of Saturday lastcon-% Tvill wTn ? ° T me PfOce ed'n | s taken before the Hon . W . A'Court Holmes and alench of magisn ^ n ^ L owes > iD reference to a brutal asmlt Fhffi ^ - ° V cn" « V <> nly five years old , by Mr *^^? ** Roman Cat ' «> K ° Wiwt deice ^ hlf- „* & " ttle girl , who gm her eviaence with remarkable perspicuity and ingenuousness stated that She was sitting on a S when a ^ &r ^^ r ^ * jhep « ^ om iei lb ? yard > K ^ v ^ "ftw , *™* Proceeaed a few & \ return , ea , and having knocked off her wffinauBE ! £ her hair > aQd beath £ * S SL « if l about h * head and face . Se-SKallR ? ho wereia the neighbourhood , ffi j ^ withK W ¦ wh £ ir pett » Bpok ^ the bru : , " £ L ™ "l J" ? , J ttte rev , defendant treated the

      « £ « # «« r ' * everal Questions were put to hei ? £ ? m « n byt ^ prie . ' MtWfcltod to shake CoT -rht 0 tne child herself , the magistrates decided that they were of a hiehlv imnmrW 25 * 5 -a n , d refused t 0 ^ i ^ SftoSSSS IftrtJn T ? , tha char Se the priest said S rt ^ f wf- ^ u ^ ^ about the boys and girls . LnL f ig 5 bourhood ffiade fun of h'm . a « d he adopted that course of punishment in order that it SJffiT ^ ™ "MBPW an d make the children mlflai-tV er m f , ut 0 / e' The hon- chairman commented with mark edseverity upon tbe brutal conthatif wl "T' an daftera suitable intimation % & » «* fww ght to the court again upon a fined the rer .. defendantl 28 . 6 d . and 7 fl , 6 d . costs

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      The sum was immediately nniiP ^ i ii ^"" ^ I the court undor * vollc . v oK £ Ci ? J , « 1 *^ 1 Colliery AccimwT . l-On Satnr ? v f ""* - 1 an accident occurred at Novell Colli ! ' ve "'» 5 ! :. | mondthorpe , in tho boroueh of lS ' , " ^ i I one man lost his life and &n 6 tW » , ' . ' **> i hdwrt that he is not expected to roi ° ^ I colliery belonged to Mr . Farrell , JSdTXT * i 1 cent y sunk It was about seventT-fi , ?? , ^ I and the works were so far compl ete , ! t W * r ' I of coal was expected to be worked j n « ,. { H f a few days . A man of the name of nL ^ I had for a considerable time acted as tho ? to ' 1 the colliery , having control of the »» i **^ 'ff ° ? al b . elowwent int 0 th 0 Pit 21 * -M blacksmith , to affix a pipe to convive « ?* & some part of the works . As these two ™ let fc ' the act of ascending the ^ haft o > tK ° f ^ ' suspended by a rope worked across 1 ? * % steam-engine the rope broke , and theySM bottom , a distance of from fortv to fiftw ^ * Bistance was rendered a 8 quickly ag US- ii the bodies of the two unfortunate mon S * ' ^

      to the bank , but death in the cnurse " " % afterwards put an end to tho sufferings of iL * and tbo other man lies in a very nreciirimn Hopton , Who was a very stead y mL , hS ^ and six or seven children . There aro H » " ' rumours as to the cause of the accident n " that the rope slipped from the end of the drum « - want of an edge to keep it in its place , and i 3 ^ in contact with the spindle on which tho d ' ru \ "" volved , wa 3 shifted until it broke . Anotb « that the rope waBanold one and needed » 1 I Fatal Affbat near ALNwicK . —On Suncav 1 ¦* the village of Ellingham , near Aln wick V \ % county of Northumberland , was the seen * of I , t . > ous affray with a number of drunken Irish r eail 'i ' which has unhappily resulted in the death of nn , ) - ^ them . About four o ' clock in the afternoon of H day several Irish reapers broke a number of nj ^ of glass m the house of Mr . Laidlaw . amiM ; > hh

      where they had been drinking , after which they \ f came riotous and perfectly unmanageable , ' | " ; leaving the house they proceeded m a body ^ .- ' lane in the village , and wore followed by Mr , u law and two men , namod Smith and Gibbins - who demanded payment for the damage dono to , ' windows . The Irishmen used very abusive ) . ' guage , fthd one of them , whose name wr , s , W' > mick , swung his reaping hook in the air \ l '¦ '• threatened to kill Mr . Lailwaw with it , andso > ^ lent was their conduct that he was glad to l | i k y fuge in a joiner ' s-house ; 'About & qiiartr O f 1 hour afterwards , three of the Irishmen , m 1 whom was M'Cormick , met Smith and Gifcj , ! . | and , after threatening them as they had donr ! 7 a ^ -1 * 5 ^ .. ^ A !! ^ . I ""* . «> a fc cS I

      ** ntigub nounu on uiuuniBon's hand . SmitluC f at this time had a gun in his hand , threaten 5 I fire if they did not stand back , when M'Coiy ? I replied that there was no fear , for the gun waS V ? loaded . Smith and Gibbinsqn then retreated I % were pursued by the three Irishmen , who contik - ta strike them with their hooks , but Gibbinson t ' trived to ward off the blows with his stick . 5 ? two men were then driven to a place Where tl ! ^ could not retire ftwthev on account of the bushi % upon which a desperate struggle took pkco , ia a i midst of which Smith ' s gun went off . Gibbinso / and Smith then ran away , and the Irishmen aeaii pursued them , and one of them threw his hU ¦

      which struck Smith on the shoulder . The two men then escaped from tbeir pursuers . It was after . wards found that M'Cormick had been shot , and 1 Smith , when he heard of it , expressed great eortw i and said he had no intention to hurt him , but only <' wished to protect himself . M'Cormick ' s wound was found upon examination to be of a serious cb racter , and he died from the effects of it on the ftf . lowing Sunday . Smith has since been appre . hended ., A jury has ; been summoned by Jfr , Russell , the coroner for the district , by whomj thorough inveatigation into all the circumstancfj will be made .

      OUTBAGE ON THE SHREWSBURY AND ChEBTBR Rm , way . —On Tuesday night as the last train was pro . ceeding from . Chester to Shrewsbury , Bome scoun- ¦ drel threw a stone at it with auch ? iolQnee tbaU : first-class carriage was broken , and the passengeri 1 ( particularly Mr . R ' ohards , the judge of the north- 5 east Wales dietriot county courts ) placed in great ' danger . 'We trust the miscreant will be appre * I hended and punished as he deserves . The extreme 1 penalty attached to the offence is two years' irapri- ^ sonment and hard labour .

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      Increase op . Robberies in So « ih * % ' „ & > Judging from the number of robberies rec" J - ^ petrated in this town , the coolness and audac" ) ^ which the depredators effect their base purpo' * ' Ijcf | the manner in which they manage to em ^^ i Southampton is at the present moment fa ™ " - flf o [ the visit of a b « nd of efficient London wW '" ' ^^ . parties who are under tbeir training and supe ^ Several robberies of the most impudent » ffe $ , character have taken place during tIw . P"L jiio and we have heard of one or two other »^ L j » t « which houses have been entered , butthe twe * not succeeded ia capturing any booty .

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      ffifle Jjromittt * . Mubdbb at Fbome . —Intelligence has been received at Bristol of a shocking murder having been committed at WeBt Woodlands , Prome , upon the person of a young girl , named Sarah Watts . It appears that the deceased , who was fifteen years of age , was left in charge of the cottage in which her parents resided on the 25 th ult ., and that in the course of that day she was found dead under circumstances that leave no room for doubting that she was murdered by some person who has as yet contrived to escape discovery . From appearances it is probable that the villain first ravished his victim , and that he then killed her by striking ler with a hammer , club , or some heavy

      instrument He afterwards robbed the house of a black cloth coat with metal buttons ,, a black cloth waistcoat , shawl , die . The authorities have offered a reward of £ 50 for the discovery of the perpetrator of tbe horrible deed , who , it is hoped , may not long escape deteotion . All efforts to apprehend the perpetrator of these atrocities had , up to Tuesday , failed . In the morning the articles of wearing apparel stolen from the cottage were found in a field in the neighbourhood , the inquest was ; commenced on Fridiy , and resumed on Tuesday , when Mr . Francis Giles , surgeon , deposed that he bad made a post mortem ¦ examination . He found a large quaDtity of blood between the scalp and the bone on the fore part of the head , towards the

      right side . On opening the skull " , be found that the bone was hot fractured ; the brain was mry much congested , but mother respects healthy . On the neck were two bruises beneath the skinone in the middle line , just over the windpipe , the other two or three inches distant on the left side , The heart and lungs were very much congested . But in other respects healthy . All the other viscera were healthy . The post mortem examination also proved that a rape had been committed . He believed death to have been caused by strangulation . It was quite impossible the girl could nave strangled herself . The verdict was an open one , viz . — " That the deceased was murdered by some person or persons unknown . " TttK Royal Visit to Manchester . —The preparations for the reception of her Majesty the Queen

      are now going on with great spirit , and it becomes evident that much money will be expended both in Manchester and Salford for the pageant of the day . The mayor and corporation of Manchester have finally determined to appear in robes , the order for which have already been given to Messr 8 ( Niooll , the paletot makers , ef London . The mayor \ b to wear a gold chain and badge , in addition to his scarlet gown , the badge to bear tbe arms of the borough , with its motto written , not in gold , but in diamonds . The badge is estimated to cost £ 600 , and the robes , chain , collar , and other decorations of the whole body corporate £ 1 , 500 The guinea tickets of admission to the royal reception in the Exchange have not gone off well , and the time for

      selling them has had to be extended . The stages to be erected in Feel-park for the Sunday-school children , who are to sing the national anthem before the Queen , are to be extensive enough to accommodate about 80 , 000 . Thb Qdbkn ' b Visit to Livbbpooi-. —On the requisition of the local authorities , the Admiralty have ordered a quantity of government flags at Woolwich to be lent to the corporation of Liverpool , and to be gent to the dook secretary ' s office , for the purpose of decoration on her Majesty ' s visit to this mighty and enterprising port . Fobgbd Bank Notbs . —On Saturday last information was circulated with the description of several

      ) ewons wuo are travelling about the country uttering forged banknotes . At Dorking , in Surrey , on Saturday seek , a man about thirty years of age , five feet nine inches high , ! of fair complexion , with brown bair , and an appearance of ill health , passed ft forged £ 5 note to a tradesman , and the next morning left that place for Reigate . He was dressed in black , and carried a dark loose over-coat . At Fleetwood , a forged £ 5 note , No . 60 , 465 , dated London , 14 th July , 1851 , payable to Mr . Matthew Marshall , was uttered to Mr . Buchanan by a man elder in appearance than the one above-described , five fe « t Bix inches high , dreBBed in a dark brown overcoat , light brown troweers , and blue checked waistcoat , . . .-. ;• .

      Thb Collision at TLNoTtimtni Station . —It will be in the recollection of . our readers , that on the night of the St . Leger day , in the year 1850 , a serious collision took place at Kuottingley station which resulted in the serious injury of several pas ' sengers . As the line wrb used conjointly for the conveyance of passengers to and from Donoaster by three separate companies—the Great Northern ! Sf . 5 fifMiS « f J ork 8 bire » andthe York and Noith . Midland , the dispute arose as to which company was at fault , and a sub-committee was appointed , who have just made their report , andwho are of opinion that the blame attaohes to the Lan-TftEf JS ? Con * * and th " eompSy shall bear all the damages consequent upon the colhsion—Halifax Quardiw . ^" ma coi-_ StJICIOEi OF A TRADESMAN AT BBISTOL .-Oa Mon . dayconsiderabi ^ larm ^ adM in the paVXf St . J ? aul , Brwtol , foom ; j , e circumstance Of uj

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      ceeded in his horrid purpose . The rumour that the dreadful , deed has . resulted from .. any despondency consequent on his having made a bad bargain in purchasing the business would seem exceedingly doubtful , for . it appears that he had been previously attacked with similar maniacal symptoms , the result of intemperance ; and about two years ago , while so affected , he made an attempt upon his own life by jumping from the deck of the Sunbeam steamer ( one of the halfpenny boats ) into the river , when his life was only saved with the greatest dimoulty . ¦ ¦ . ¦

      Skbious Confiaobatiokb , —On Wednesday morning , afc an early hour , a fire of a very destructive character , and attended with a great loss of property , happened in one of the spacious private residences , No . 3 , Montpelier-row , Blackheath , the property of a lady named Webb , but sub-let to several lodgers .. The fire was first perceived by a policeman of the R division , who lost no time in arousing the several occupants , who fortunately succeeded in effecting a retreat from the premises , but not before they were nearly suffocated with smoke . The engines of the parish quickly attended , as well as another belonging to her Majesty ' s dockyard at Deptford . These powerful machines were instantly set to work ; but in spite of the exertions

      bf the police , « fee ., the work of destruction continued , and in less than a quarter of an hour after the commencement oi the conflagration , the entire building presented one immense sheet of name , the reflection of which could be seen from , every part of London . This caused the engines of the brigade at the Southwark Bridge-station , as well as that of tbe West of England Company , to , be taken out in search bf the scene of danger . After travelling some distance a . mounted express wiis met , who gave tho . firemen information of the spot where the flames were raging . The engines were then driven with greater speed ORwards , and on reaching Blackheath-hill an occurrence took place which was nearly attended with fatal consequences

      to 1 Mr . Deputy Barrow , of the West of England office , The men , it appears , were in the act of getting off the engine , to ease the horses : up the hill , When Mr . Barrow was thrown down by . hie foot catching the wheel , and before hOCOuld be extricated ike fore wheel passed over his left foot and the hind wheel over his thigh . The horses were immediately stopped and the ladders taken off the engine , in order to carry him to the police-station , but fortunately he was found ^ to be only seriously bruised , no bones being fractured . Upon reaching the fire the firemen set to work in an indefatigable manner , but they were unable to subdue the flames until the premises in which the disaster commenced were gutted , and serious damage done bv fire .

      water , and removal to :. Nob . 2 and 1 in the same row , belonging to Mr . Gilbert . Mrs . Webb was insured in tbe Sun Fire office , but Mr . Gilbert was uninsured . The cause of the fire was unknown . At a late hour on Tuesday ni ght a fire of a serious character happened on the premises of Mr . Wheeler a japanner , No . 6 , Newton-street , Holborn . It originated in the manufactory , and speedily extended to three of the drying stoves , which were burned out , the roofs destroyed , and several hundred pounds ' worth of stock in trade consumed . The engines of the parish , brigade , and West of England attended , and the firemen eventually got the flames extinguished . The loss will Fall on the Sun Fire-office .

      Melancholy Accidhht . — On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Wm . Baker , junr ,, deputy co « roner , at the Horse and Groom , Church-street , Hackney , on view of the body of Mr . William Gilham , aged sixty , who resided in Mare-street , Hackney . Tbe deceased on Monday morning . was at the window of his bed-room , from which he gave directions to his servant to order a cab for him , for the purpose of taking him to HornBey . The servant , who waa in the forecourt of the house , had scarcely turned his back when he heard a heavy fall . Oa looking round he saw deceased on the ground , and found him . in a state of insensibility . A surgeon was called , who found the skull of the deceased extensively fractured , and that life was extinct .

      Deceased had been for some months past suffering giddiness , and it is supposed that after giving the order he was seized , and that while-in that state he fell from the window . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " AiiUtOBD MTODBH—On Tuesday night Mr . Payne held an inquest on the body of Ann Sarah Parker , whose husband was on Monday charged at the Worship-street Police-court with causing her death by violence . The evidence of the surgeon was heard in addition to that of some other witnesses , after which the jury returned as their verdict that "Death was caused by effusion of Wool on the brain , but whether such effusion was produced by ler husband ' s assault there is noevideneetoshow . "

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      creiaito . I Cathomc Defbnce Association . —The " geneisll committee" chosen to organise the new Catholic I Defence Association have at length carried their la-1 bours so far as to have issued their address " to the I Catholics of the United Kingdom . " The rules ell the association have not yet , it appears , been finally I agreed upon , and the public have yet to learn Bte > I ther the proceedings of the body are to be carried I on by regular meetings for spouting and declamation , I after the old fashion , or by a committee acting ass I silent nucleus of agitation . The general commits I are to meet again on the 16 th of this mouth , having I in the meantime , it is to be presumed , settlfdalll about the rules of the association , and the first meeting of the association will be held on tbe following day .

      The Right Hon . Denis St . George , Baron Duncandle and Clanconal , has . been chosen by a aajority of votes to be the peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom , in the room of Chas , William , Earl of Charleville , deceased . Thb Mubdkb of Mb . White . —Patrick Maher bss been fully committed for trial , on a charge of cotspiring for the murder of the late Mr . White , in lie Queen ' s County , and a man , named John DoraBi In been remanded on a charge of being implicated in the crime . The " leinster . Express" states that I one of the effects of this murder has been to throw \ out of employment fifty-eight out of sixty persuDS i who have now no other resource but the poor-housci I The reward fund collected in the locality m \ amounts to £ 811 , besides £ 100 offered by goran- : ment . !¦

      EMiGHAxioN . ~ We learn from Belfast that on lueaday last the ship Riverdale left Prince ' s Dm !> on her way to New York , with upwards of 300 emigrants on board . The passengers , chiefly agriculturists , were altogether most respectable in their appearance , and the scene on the quay at parting with their friends was touching in the extreme . A large number of those on board belonged to Belfast . EjiianATros from Limbrick . —A greater number of emigrants take shipping direct from Limerick than from any other Irish port ; and from returns before ua we find thai more have already gone within the present year than during the whole of ISO . From the 1 st of January last 6 , 027 have sailed ( a Canada , and 5 , 214 for the United States , making a total of 11 . 241 , against 10 , 482 ia the whole of l »* i and 11 , 554 in 1849 .

      The weather continues cold and very boUteroas . There are no reports of serious injury to tho shipping or small craft on the shores of Ireland , altho # it ia feared that the gales of Thursday and F s week have done damage on tho western coast . State op the Wkst . —The "Galway Vindicator W 5 some startling revelations respecting the progress ' " extermination " in that county . The leading os " linquents in this work of clearance are , it seems , »» Law Life Assurance Company of London and W ' Oranmore , whose property is now in the ind «»' bered Estates Court , awaiting the fatal blow of W commissioner ' s hammer to strike it from tbo w » of his lordship . From the returns of the reliefs officers for one fortnight it that bo less tw

      appears 620 paupers have been added to the burdens ot ^ impoverished union of Outerard ; of these & } 1 Jf " been evicted at-the instance of the London W " pany . the residue being tenants on the Oran » ' ° property . The' Vindicator " leans vsith ft } ° ' hand on both parties , especially the Saxon , sinowj who , it is said , " are at this moment in «« " . treaty with Prince Albert for the disposal ««" Martin estates ia Connemara , " and it is is , ungi * ouBly added , that" as it may please the ^^ L sort to have the property cleared before be bwoj the purchaser , we may , therefore , find m w « 106 OaUSe Of thftSff Kroenimr PvfprminaCionS . . .. , f

      The "Boyle Gazette •' says ^ " Tbe « outrage and opposition to law appears to »« n » itself in several parts of the county of Leitnro- jB the night of Sunday last a party of armed w dwguise rescued from caretakers , on tne » » wt Clonbonney , some property , seized for non-p ^ j of rates . The house of an industrious maoi fe , Moran , near Mohill , was : forcibly eu terea -. ^ ni ghts since by an armed party , who after ««* , e the furniture beat Moran and his wife , ffr # the former to give up some ground , ° ,. i , rj , cently was putinto { possession of . T ?» ^ tch

      uamea liunnstoD , residing'near Lougng «« j y % m the county of Armagh , bad a dispute re » P ec" V farm of land , on last Monday evening , V . jTe'J them struck the other with a reaping-hoos , a" jjt . nearly severed the band from his arm at tb e |( J j joint . Profuse bleeding immediately fo ^ Up but for the timely : arriral of the dis pensary 8 « 15 tho man would have bled to death . "

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . .. __^__ .. ¦ . _ ., ___ - October 4 ^ 1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1646/page/6/