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      & \) t iHMiapoU * . IifiAHn of Losdox . —The rate of mortality in tli ' metropolitan districts , wiiiuli was shown to hare tena augmented in the two previous weeks , has received a great additional increase in the week erniing last Saturday . In toe firat -week of 3 fo-Tembur 9 S 9 deaths were registered , in the second I , tr 33 . in the third 1 , 132 , and in the last week of thd month 1 , 279 . During the same period the m-ekiy mortality of persons aged GO years and upwards has increased in the following numbers : — 202 , 207 , 242 , and 277 . —Tf corresponding weeks of the 10 years 1841-50 be taken for comparison , it trill be seen that the average was only 1 , 044 ; , and thac with the exception of 1847 , when , in conseinfluenza

      quence of the commencement of epidemic at the end of November in that year , the deaths rose tO 1 . 677 , there is no corresponding week 33 which the mortality was so ii'gh as in last reek . The average aa above stated maybe corrected tor inerease of population , and in this case it becomeB 1 US , compared with which the l , 2 ( fl deaths now registered show an excess of 131 . Ab wight be sup-« o % dfrom the early sorority of the weather , the table of fatal causes shows that diseases which jtffecfc the respiratory organs hare beea maialy inelemental in destroying life . During the last four veeka the deaths from this class of complaints bare increased as follows , —14 S , 168 , 256 , and 298 , Phthisis , which stands in the tubercular class , produced in the same periods 125 , 123 , 135 , and 161 deaths ; and hooping-cough 17 , 22 , 27 , and 34 . Fhtiasis or consumption now exceeds the ordinary

      amount of mortality . —Last week the births of 772 bovs and 769 girls , in all 1 , 541 children , wero regursred . The average number during six corresponding weeks of 184-5-50 was 1 , 314 . —At the Royal Oh-ervatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of t »< barometer was above 30 in . on Saturday ; the Efa of the week was 29-693 in . The mean tempera : « re of the week was 35 * 8 deg ., which 19 nearly 8 cg . lower that the average of the same week in 10 veara . Ou Wednesday , the coldest in the week , th <; . laily mean wa 3 32 * 1 deg ., or 11 deg . below the average of corresponding days ; and on every other day the mean was from 4 deg . to 10 deg . lower than the average . On Wednesday the lowest temperature of the air was 25-9 deg . ; the lowest on the fftu » , 22 deg ., and the lowest on tho water of the hnmes 36-8 deg . The wind blew generally from the north-west .

      Disasibous Accident at Kbksihqtoh . —On Saturday morning last an aeoident of a very lamentable nature took place at Kensington , which has already resulted in the death of one man , while two others and three lads hare been seriously injured . Ti . e accident occurred at some new buildings in tnat part of Kensington known as the " Uew Town / ' on the south side of the great western ro : » i . and olose to the turnpike-gate . A number of plasterers were employed in putting up a masgivi ; projecting cornice , and commenced their work on Saturday morning at the usual hour , when everything appeared to be in the same state of security as it was left on the previous evening . The men continued working on the top tier of the

      scaffoUing , a height of between iorty and fifty feet from the ground , till about twenty minutes to « ight o ' clock , when suddenly the whole of the cornice work of four of the houses gave way , and failing upon the scaffolding with great force , precipitated the whole to the ground , with the persons at work thereon . The loud crash was heard at a great distance . All the men employed upon the works immediately hastened to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers , who were buried under the broken scaffolding and portions of the parapet wall , which had aho given way . The centre of the co rnice was composed of large Sit stones , cna end of which was built into the front wall , aud all these had broken short off , and came down . Three men

      and thiee stout lads , who were serving the plasterers with cement , were found partly covered by the stones and rubbish , five of whom were promptly extricated , and conveyed in cabs to St . GeoigoV JIospUsl , The sixth sufferer , who was then earned out appeared to be iu a lifeless state , was attends ) l > y Mr . Abraham , a surgeon residing close to the spor . but he was found to be quite dead , the lower limbs being broken , and there being also a serious fraornre of the skull . The body wag shortly after irards conveyed to the dead house of tho New Kensington Workhouse , wi ? ere it awaits the coroner ' 8 inquest . On inspecting tho buildings from Tfhich the cornice has fallen , the' remaining pjrtimis of the flat stone * were fimnd to ba still

      embed-Jod in the wall , tha exterior portion , bein >; much the greater part , and which supported fio whole weight of the cement , having broken off close to the wall . Th « scaffold ng , which has apparently fallen outwards , still remains supported by the firmly bound cords , although some of the upright poles have been snapped asunder at different lengths . The names of the sufferers are : — Robert Wooding , about twenty-five yeare <> f age ( killed ); Dennis Hurley , twenty-eight ; Daniel Detoiy , twenty-eight ; Dennis Enrley , fifteen ;

      John Calaghan , fourteen ; and Michael Gorman , fourteen . On inquiring at the hospital on Saturday we -were informed that all the injured persons Trerj progressing favourably . One of the men has had the breaBt-bone broken , and one of the lads h .. s hed iiis back severely strained ; the other injuries ar < j principally severe contusions . Au inquest wa * heid by Mr . Oakley qu Monday , at the G oueester Arms Tarero , Gtoucmer-road , Kensington , on tho body of Robert Wooding , which , after the examination of some witueases , was adjourned for a vreak .

      Cckoxebs' I . v < n 7 Bsxa . —Oa Saturday , November 29 , Mr . J . W . Payne , held an iuquBSt . it Sr . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , respecting the death of Jeremiah Pollard , aged thirty-eigJit years . It appealed by the evidence that ths deceased was in the service of Me . Siiortus , china warehouseman , of Crispin-street , Spitalnelds , and on Monday , the 17 th ult , while lowering a crane , the handle of tho machine slipped from his grasp , when he endeavoured to Btop the wheel with his left hand , whereby hi 3 little finger was cut off . He was removed to the hospital , when mortification of the arm supervened , causing absorption of putrid mailer into the blood , no doubt resulting from the injury to the finger . Terdict , " Accidental Death . " Mr . Bedford held an inquest at Charing-cross Hospital , on the body of George Redgrave , aged , thirty-six , late a porter in the employ of Mr "

      Thomas , paper-stainer , 68 , Strand . On the previous Tuesday the deceased was called by his employer's clerk , and on coming down stairs missed his footing , and fell from the top to the bottom , and expired at Charing-cross Hospital about thirtythree hours after the accident had occurred , never once having regained hi 3 consciousness . Terdict , " Accidental Death . " Mr . W . J . Patnb held an inque 3 tat St . Thomas ' s Hospital , relative to the death of Thomas Watts , aged twenty-two . The deceased was attempting to cross from the corner of Leadenhall-street , and Graceohuroh-atreet , when one of the horses in a waggon became restive , and kicked the deceased violently against the lamp-post at the corner . He was removed insensible to the above hospital , where lie died . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death .

      Os thh 29 th November , Mr . W . J . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , touching the death of James . Ayres , a child six months old , who died in consequence of hums . On the previous "Wednesday morning , the child had been left by its mother ( who was in the kitchen washing ) in charge of a little girl about ten years of age , when by some acci'iest the child ' s clothes became ignited , and before they could be extinguished the child was so dreadfully burned that he died in consequence at the hospital on the following Friday morning about three o ' clock . The jury returned a verdiot of "Accidental Death . "

      Mb , Bakeb held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Robert GoWer , aged eleven yearc . The deceased was in the habit of rolling over sad tumbling in the streets for the amusement of his companions , and on Friday week he walked about dn his bands , with his heels in the air , when he fell heavily on the ground , and injured his right shoulder , and died on Thursday from consequent in * juries . —Verdict accordingly . Mr . W . Baser held an inqueat at the London Hospital on the body of John Cronin , aged ten years , who , on the previous Wednesday , slipped , and fell through a trap-door into a cellar , and sustained such injury that he died on Friday . Verdict— "Accidental death . "

      Mb . B * kkr held an inquest ; at the Three Crowns , East-road , Shoreditch , relative to the death of W . Love , aged forty-seven , a porter , who lived at No . 11 , Sun-street , City-road . Evidence having been adduced that the deceased bad been seriously ill above seven weeks , during which time he was not attended by any medical gentleman , Mr . Watson , parish , surgeon , said be saw deceased on Wednesday , yhen . be mas is a dying state from feTer . He was m a most helpleas state . Witness was told that no one had seen him since Sunday , and that a few day * SflftJJS feee Taere was DOt a drop of water S 252 L Y ? «* - "Natural death , accelerated By want of medical assistance "

      . The Alleged Mdhdbr op Two CsrtDBEN iH vZTSXT Ei 9 T > -Otl Tue ^ Cnoon , Xvm «™? f ln ^ « the Captain Cook Tavern , Moraan-street St . George ' s-in-the-East , relative to the death , of Bridget Mwphy , aged two years and mno montha , and William jflurpbj . aged eleven months . Whoso parents were Temandeii at the Thames Police Court on a c We of wilful murder . A number of witnesses were examined ¦ who fully confirmed all that had been alleged of the neglect of the tWO children by their parents - but the medical evidence was by no means sufficient legally to establish a criminal charge against any person ; a verdict of " Katural death" was accordingly returned .

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      CuAUGg AGAIXST A IIkkBALIST " DOCTOR . — On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Loiubi . Jloswtal , on view of the body of John Ellum , asr , ; a tiiirty-seven , a . seaman , who died slwrtiy afier taking r mixture prescribed by a herbalist doctor . —A . Johnson , labourer , said he knew deceased , who had recently arrived from the Easi Indies . He had been unwell a fortnight . On Wednesday last he was recommended to go to Mr . Loan , the herb doctor , who he was told would cure him in three or four days . Witness accompanied him to Mr . Loan ' s establishment in Ro 6 emary-lane , when be gave deceased a mixture . The quautity was about a quartern , which W 83 in a pllial . Deceased returned to his home , the Blackamoor ' s

      Head , Cactffright-Btreet , and took the dose . He afterwards went to bed . This was about two o ' clock . He slept till ten o ' clock . Witness then went to Mr . Loan , who gave him aa emetic , and which he said would take effect in ten minutes . As it did not do so witness went again , upon which he received another emetic which was stated to be stronger than the first . This deceased could not take ; is he was so drowsy . At haif-pist eleven he had au emetic which did him no good . Witness left him at oue o ' clock id the morning . At nine o ' clock on Friday morning witness called and found him asleep m a state of stupor . Witness , however , succeeded in stirring him up , when deceased observed that he wanted to go out . Witness thought that the doctor should see him first . He proceeded to Mr . Loan '* , when his assistant came , and sxid that he might go out , as the air would do him good . Witness and

      another person assisted him as far as Queen-street , Tower-hill , where he fell . A cab was sent for , in which deceased was taken to the Seamen's Registry Office , Tower-hill , as he wanted his registry ticket . He was there seen by one of the clerks , who said be was dying , and who advised his removal to the London Hospital . On their way there they called on Mr . Loan , who on seeing deceased also remarked that he was dying , and gave the same advice . —Mr . Osborne Johnson , house surgeon , stated that when deceased was brought in life was extinct . He had made a post mortem examination , and found death the effect of an enlargement of the heart and extenlive disease of the liver , which had led to dropsy . In answer to tbe coroner he observed that he thought an opiate mixture would do neither good nor barm . He could not detect laudanum ; tbat would be taken up in the system . — Verdict , " Natural Death . " — tPmnc < TgiT < wN Hi Tin RiumM "fltf ' Mb . Mykrs s

      Workmsn . —On Saturday night last a genera ! meeting of the masons and other workmen on strike took place at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster , to consider the latestterraB offered by Mr . Myers through the deputation wbioh bad waited upon him . These terms were , that the men should be allowed to lose as much as one day , or ten hours per week , without being liable to forfeit the four o ' clock privilege on Saturdays , but not to take any further timer ° tt > themselves without previously applying to thfirlnsspective foremen for permi « sion . Mo . Kj «* naTickeri gili , who occupied

      the chair , sai ( U « at the terms above stated had been agreed to byine men in the employ of Mr . Myers , but that the assent of the masot ^ otyLondgon ^ t large was necessary to give full vafunty m / bS agreement . Mr . Arnott , correspondingstreretat ^ M lbe masons ' society , briefly tecoosmendeo the acceptance of the terms now offered . A long discusHqn followed , and finally the resolution was iinunimofsiy adopted , that the terms offered should beacceorec ^ y tbe men on strike , and a deputation was appointefl to carry the resulve of the workmen to Mr . Myers . The strike , may now , therefore , be regarded as terminated , after having lasted upwanla of jive weeks .

      "" jealousy and Suicide , —Mr . Carter hi ) d an inquest at the King ' s Arms , Canal bridge , Camberweil , on the body of a young woman , aeed abou ' twenty-five , name unknown , who was found drowned in tbe Grand Junction Canal , on Thursday last . The facts of the discovery of the body have already been given . The jury found that deceased Iwl committed suicide , being in an unsound state of mind . Tae Grkat Exhibition . —We understand th . u the buil-Iing in Hyde Park will le thrown open 10 th « pul'lic on Monday next , aud that arrangement * h > ve been made for maintaining it in its present condition until the 1 st of May , .

      jF / rb'AT JW . nkv .--Uu Sunday morning , a fire w .= is discovered on the farm of Mr . Jacob Bell , M . P . for St . Albans . A stack of hay , computed to contain some sixty loads , was enveloped in flames . Two engines . were dejpawied from Lundon immediately on rec / int aj ti&MgsilifW ' ce , which was con . vfeyed by a / mippHrpolicenian , but owing to the insufiicien ^ aippty of watev , iheir action was for sjmc time retarded . Whenfti / reat part of the stack had been consumed , the fire % s extinguished . The hay had been sold to a nejghbouriny farmer , who ha < l insured it in the County Firv Office .

      . A . NSIVERSA . UY « F THfc PoiASH RteVOUJTIOH . — Saturday , the 29 th ult ., being the twenty-first anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1830 31 , a grent number of refugees , resident in London , attended a funeral service in tbe Roman Catholic Chapel , Sohosquare , in commemoration of those of their countiynjen who fell in the wav of that national Btrugiile . Liberalism at Hackney . —At the last meeting of the committee of the Hackney Literary and Scientific Institution , held in the Mermaid Assem-1 % . rooms , a pvftposition was made that two lectures upon the " State aud Prospects of British India , " i > y Mr . George Thompson , be accepted ; whereupon it was resolved that the offer be declined on account « f the hon . members " extreme political opinions . " The institution consists of 650 members .

      Dreadful Accident at Messhs . Hornk ' s Coach Manufactory , Lo . vg Achb . —On Saturday morning last , a shocking accident occurred to a man of the name of John Ross , bricklayer , residing in James-street , New-cut . The unfortunate man , who was in the employment of Messrs . Jacobs , the extensive builders of Leman-sireel ; , Wbitechapel , and was engaged with other men in repairing the premises of Messrs . Horne's coach manufactory , which was lately burnt down , accidentally stepped back off the scaffold inside the building , and was precipitated to the ground—a depth of thirty feet , lie was instantly picked up and conveyed to Charingcross Hospital , when Dr . Dalton , the house surgeon , on examination , found his skull dreadfully fractured . Little hopes are entertained of his recovery .

      AX-4 BMHJO T " lRES AND SUPPOSED LoSS OF LlFB . — On Tuesday morning a policeman , while passing along his beat in Ponaonby ' s-gardens , Bethnalgreen , discovered that tbe premises of Mr . Thomas , a cabinet-maker , were on fire . Ho raised an alarm , and various engines promptly attended , and the firemen set to work in a most praiseworthy manner , but they were unable to get the flames extinguished until the stock in trade of Mr . Thomas was consumed , and the premises gutted . The cause of the fire could not be gleaned . Fortunately Mr . Thomas was insured in tbe Royal Insurance Company . Late the previous night a fire , which there is no doubt will be attended with a loss of life , happened on the premises occupied by Mrs . Catherine Harrison , No . 19 , Snow ' s-fields , BermondBey-street . It appears that some of the inmates of tbe adjoining

      houses had their attention directed to the premises in question by piercing cries of "fire , " " help , ' ' « fcc . Several persons immediately rushed into the building , when on entering one of tho apartments they beheld a harrowing scene , for a number of books and a quantity of linen and wearing apparel were in a general blaze , and in the midst of which waa the unfortunate occupant , completely encircled in fire . Several of the neighbours , by pouring buckets of water on the flames , succeeded in extinguishing them , but not until considerable damage was done to the property , and the unfortunate female was so frightfully burned that not the least hopes can be entertained of her recovery . Sbe waa removed to the hospital , where she remains in a dying state . The origin of this fire is likewise unkwvwn .

      OlINlBDS IaHBS . —The advantages reaped by the metropolitan public in the matter of omnibus fares continue to be manifested ; several further reductions in the fares of the omnibuses on differentlines of road having taken place for tbe firBttime ; the most remarkable instance being that the London Conveyance and Paddington Association companies have announced that passengers may travel by any one of the omnibuses on the Oxford-street line of road for one and two penny fares between the Edgware-road and Parringdon-street , a circumstance entirely unprecedented .

      Death tbou NequqkXGK OF A . CABUiN . —On Wednesday evening , Mr . "W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , on view of the body of Thomas Johnson , whose death was occasioned by tbe negligent driving of Henry Mazey , a cabman . On the 4 th of November last , about twelve o'clock at night the deceased was in a gig with Mr . Stagg , who was driving the same down tbe Borough-road , when they suddenly saw a hackney cab rushing towards them at a pace of twelve iniles an hour , the cab-driver whipping the horse violently all the time . The gig was about eight feet from the kerbs and was on its right side . The cabman drove the vehicle between tbe gig and the kerbstone , and the shaft of the cab ran into

      the shoulder of the gig-horse ; both shafts were broken off the gig , and its two occupants were thrown into the road , Deceased then told some of the bystanders tbat he bad his leg broken . He was removed to the hospital , where be gradually sank and expired on the 16 th of November , At Ihe time of Ihe accident Henry Mazey , the cabman , was taken to the police-station , and was there considered by the officers to be much the worse for % nor , but as there was no charge made against him . he was Sjit at liberty . However , as there was afterwards considered to be blame attached to him he was apprehended and lodged in Giltspur-street Compteronthe 24 th nit . Tho jury , after fifteen minutes deliberation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Henry Mazey ,

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      Early Delivery of Letters . —We understand that the Postmaster-Geueral has succeeded in effecting arrangements , which wilt come into operatiou iu a few days , by which the inhabitants of Uie populous districts of Clapham , Stockwell , and Ikixton-hill , will receive their general letters nearly two hours earlier than heretofore ; and that inquiries are making with a view , if possible , to acuelev . ite the delivery of these letters in o * -her Uis « tricts near London . Anh-Pafai . Demonstration . —On Monday Ift 8 t Greenwich and its environs were the scene of a singular display , which was got up as an effectual rcplv to certain pretentious atatements recently put forward respecting tue new lloman Catholic church on Croom ' s-hill , Greenwich . These

      statements appeared in a print which is recognised as an or"an of the Roman Catholic party , and were to tueettect that tUe cuurch was a national concern , and intended for the use of tho pensioners of Greenwich hospital . . Monday was tho day named for the formal opening of the building , but the ceremony » -as postponed in consequence of the occurrence of the demonstration already alluded to , ai d which consisted of an anti-popish procession by a number of the inhabitants of Greenwich and the adjacent Tillages of Charlton , Le 9 , and Lewisham . Aft' I p r unbulating these districts the prco saion halted at a bonGre on Blackheath , where i flSgies of iht Pope and Cardinal Wisuman were bui-ned . Upward * of £ 1150 were Bubscribed to defray the expense oi the demonstration .

      Melancholy Loss of Life , —On Wednesday ai inquest was held by Mi * . W . Cartel * , at the boardroom of the Wanusworih Union , on the body o : Harriet Frances Kennet , aged thirty-two , a mil liner , carrying on business , with the aid of several usai tiints , in Clarence-place Clapbam-road . — Samuel Crowder , a plasterer , deposed that oh Mon day morning , about half-past seven , he was goin ^ along the path by the river side which leada front t ' tie waterworks to Battersea ; and when aboui h ; if way he saw a man , about fifty yards abov < him stop , and when he got to the spot the m -r showed him a fur muff and a lady ' s handkeiotiie lying on tho baufc . There was a ditch on the right

      side , and about twenty feet higher up he saw the body of a woman lying in the ditch . She laid on her back . All her body was under water , with the exception of part of her head , her face being covered with water frozen . She had no cap nor bonnet on , and he saw no part of her dress . lie left the other man with the body and went after a policeman . He had since examined the opposite bank , and found that the deceased had evidently made great and desperate struggles to reach the top of the bank , which was on that side six feet from the water . The water was about two and a half feet dt-ep , and the grass and earth of the bank were much disturbed by the poor creature ' s efforts to release herself from her dreadful Bitnation .

      Poiice-constable Richard ILiyter , deposed to receiving information from the last witness , and went to the spot . After seeing to the disposal of the body , he returned to the ditcb , and with a rope recovered the remainder of the deceased ' s clothing , ehe having only on her person when taken out of the water , hm- ^ ftjradplitifraM d , res 3 . the fikkUteine EoTT ^ fflByrsfocEuTga , and stays . He found th « skivt / the bonnet , and a t . irfcau Scobch piaid petticoat , and a cashmere shawl , embedded in the mud , and in her ears were two rings set with stones , and in herpocket were two keys , the one a door key , and a note merely relating to business . There weve no marks of violence apparent on her head , face , or neck , and he considered ber dress and other garments , as they had been torn away at the

      gathers , had arisen from her treading whilst endeavouring to save herself . —Maria Wright , the wife of JoUu Wright , living at Clifton-villas , Surreylane , deposed that she was returning home about half-past eight o ' clock on Sunday night with htt husband when they met the deceased , who was walking towards Battersea-bridge , and she asked Uie way to Pig-hill . She did not know such a place by name before , but understood it was a ne . ii * . -iy to the Clapham-road . She walked with them to the Rising Sun , when they pointed out a path to the deceased by which she could get into the Wandsworth-road . The deceased was perfectly self-possessed , and wished them good night , She hoard nothing of her again till she hoard she was found dead in a ditch near the Balloon Gardens

      ami no rtoubt , owing to the dense fog , she had , n > ? fcad of keeping the slight road , turned down a path at ih / oSpd ^ oKtine alinshouses , which would lead lie ^ wmffawl IpWT Police-constuble Outly , 190 Y . ana * Potter , n policeman in plain clothes , (> rove . i meeting the deceased in the Batterseabridge-road walking with £ « o young men whom they well knew , theirjgDteift ' upn was called to her , and she stated that ^ i / lyd lost her way , and wanted to go to the N [| re Bfms , so that she mi « htgel into the Wandsworth-roail . They accompanied \ wv , and the young men aB far as WelWs Farm , Battettea-fields , where they went in at a gateway . Potter then showed his light , and asked why they ¦ w ere there , and they said they had lost their way . The shorter man , whose name he did not know , but whom tho deceased said ahe perfectly knew , was walking away with deceased ' s muff , when Potter fetched him back and restored it to her .

      Gatfield , the taller man then left , and the shorter man proceeded towards Nine Elms , The deceased said she would soon overtake the man , and ho would sue her home . They saw no move of her . —Ann Chandler , widow and inmate of the union , deposed that she had washed deceased ' s body and found many severe bruises , particularly on her feet . She proved she had riot been violated . —The coroner then summed up tho cvidenc 0 t leaving it to the jui-y to decide what verdict they should return . — The court was cleared . —The jury were nearly an hour ( nid a half in deliberation , examining fresh evidence , and recalling witnesses , and ultimately returned a verdict of " Accidental drowning . "

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      W § t fitHmncw . Extraordinary Prockkdikgs at Wolyerhampton . —The disputes existng between the London and Korth-Western and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Companies have begun to assume a serious aspect . Intelligence was receiyed in London on Saturday night to the effect that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Officials had taken forcible possession of the station hitherto occupied by the London andlSorth- 'Westorn Company , whose clerkH , fittings , &c ., have been turned out .. Opening op tub Stour Valley Railway . —

      Birmingham , Monday . —A very serious breach of the peace occurred at Wolverhampton to day . The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company attempted to force a passage over the above railway . Tbe officials of the London aud North WeBtern resisted placing an engine across the linefov that purpose . Several thousands of persons wore on the spot , and tho police were OVOrpoweied by the navvies . At one time a serious riot was apprehended , and some fighting did actually take place . The authorities interfered , and Mr Baker , the engineer , and an engine driverin the service of the 3 Jorth Western , were taken before the magistrates , but after a lengthened hearing , the summons was dismissed . A suspension of hostilities has been agreed to , and at eight o ' clock the town was again comparatively quiet , but much excitement still prevailed . Serious Accident to the Tidal Gates of tub New Innbb Dock , Southampton . —The additional

      dock was completed , and arrangements had been made for opening it on the 4 th inst . with much ceremony . It has been constructed during the past year , in a remarkably short space of time , and was much approved by practical men . The walls are on a new construction , stand well , and on a most economical plan ; they enclose twelve acres of water . The gates wore very massive , and gained general approval , but the fastenings appear to have jeen too slight and too few for the purpose , the buoyancy of the wood work lifting and breaking the hinges , so that on Satuday evening one gate was lifted and twisted right over , the other was then merely displaced , but has since floated up also . It lfl supposed that the water , or at least a great portion of it , will have to be pumped out before the damage can be remedied . This will entail a very considerable expense , and it will now be some time before the dock can be got ready for the reception of vessels . r

      Conviction of Miss Amphlem , the Ladi 3 wisDLER .-At the Lewes quarter sessions Miss Eliza Maria Amphlett , the lady who patronised several Brighton tradesmen , under the assumed name of the Honourable Mrs . Colonel Ripon , and obtained by fraud silks , satins , &c ., of Messrs . tiannington , of the value of nearly £ 30 . was brought up for trial and convicted . The prisoner is represented to be worth considerate property She was m _ the habit of mixing iu the most fashionblil

      ae crces , both in London and the different watering places on the coast ; and when captured on the present charge was keeping a fi ^ t-rate establishment in the neighbourhood of Lowndessquare , Pimlico . She pleaded guilty , and the chairman ( Mr . Darby ) sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonmBDi ; , wikh such hard labour as she could undergo , adding that she would pass six weeks of the term in solitary confinement . On hearing the sentence she almost fainted away , and was led from the dock by the turnkeys .

      Mysterious Discovert , —On Saturday Jnsfc information was received from Tonbridge , Kent , that on Saturday week Mr . Gilbert , superintendent of the Kent constabulary , dug up from a swamp in Park-road , parish of Pembury , a quantity of black silk , apparently portions of a woman ' s dies- ' apron , visite , and drawn bonnet , and also a child ' s dross , and a black eilk handkerchief . The sleeves of the dresa were of a fashion in vogue ten or twelve years ago . Portions of a female ' s undergarment , in a decomposed state , were also fouid Sale op Abbbwc-Mt . mite , druggist of Timlow , has been convicted in the penalty of £ 1 \ L selhDg arsenic without complying wlth the fom Tof tho act of last session of parliament

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      Damng IIighway Robbery . —On the night of Saturday last as Mr . 8 . 1 ' arker , a highly respectable yeoman or the county of Somerset , who for some years has occupied Lodge Farm , near Keynsham , distant about five miles from Bristol was roturnine home , when he had reached withm about 100 vards of his own residence , he was suddenly attacked by three ruffians armed with stout cudgels , lie resisted as much as he could , bub he was knocked to tho ground , and tbe fellows beat him about the head and various parts of his body till he was rendered insensible . They then rifled his nnokPts . and took from him three sovereigns and a ———— ~""" " ~ " ' ... ' !' . n

      half with a quantity of loose giber and other mtieJej , with which they made off . As soon as Mr . Parker recovered himself , and could manage to crawl home , he gave the alarm ; vigilant measures were adopted , and three men , named John Ifcal alias Godfrey , William Merriek , and Stephen Wiltshire who , there is little reason to doubt , were the parties concerned in this murderous attack , were promptly taken into custody . They hare since been carried before Mr . Mynors , one of tho covmtv magistrates , ' and stand remanded , as it ia

      expected other highway robberies , accoinpameo with violence , willbebrought home to them . Last year the vicinity of this town , and of the high road from Bristol to Wells , wero much infested by a gang of desperadoes known as the " Hanham and Oock-roftd gang . " By tbe exertions of the police this gang was broken up , and most of them are now undergoing their allotted punishments at home and abroad ; but as winter is setting in , violent robberies on these roads ( from which there are a number of by-turnings , which enable the parties successfully to evade pursuit ) are again becoming rife . Only a short time ago , a gentleman going from Bristol , on the Wells road , was attacked at the bottom of Knowle-hill by three fellows , one of whom beat him about the head with a poker . Fortunately hia cries were answered ny some persons on the top of tho hill , when the ruffians made off . or so savage was the attack , there can be little murdered reward

      do ' ubt he would have been . A was offered , but as yet without loading to the discovery of the offenders . It is believed , however , that a clue to the newly-formed gang lias been acquired , and the police are now actively engaged in making the necessary inquiries . The Collision on thk South-Coast Railway . —James Martin , the stoker , who was so seriously injured at the collision of a passenger and goods train on the South Coast Railway , near Arunde ] , died from his wounds at Chichester , late on Sunday evening . The engine driver , James Pemberton , who attempted suicide immediately after the collision , is considered now to be out of danger , but he has several times expressed bis determination to destroy himself should " his mate , " the stoker , as he terms him , not recover . The fact of Martin ' s death it is endeavoured to keep a secret from him , but when it becomes known to him , it is feared he will make another attempt at suicide as he

      threatens . ROBBKRIES AT CAMBRIDGE BY A MEDICAL SlUdknt . —On Monday at the Police Court , Cambridge , Henry Pad wick Butler , of Newmarket , a surgeon's assistant , was brought up under the following circura 6 tancea : —On the evening offriday , the 21 st ult ., he met a Mr . Brown , a BtuAenb of Emmanuel , just coming from that college , and asked him if he could tell him where he could obtain a Univers'ty Calendar . Mr . Brown , finding him to be apparently a gentleman and a stranger , invited him to his rooms , left him a moment while he obtained a calendar , and then returned . Butler said that he had a friend at the university , but did not know bis college , ' the name of his friend was

      Stratton . So pleased did Mr , Brown become of his new acquaintance that be invited him to dine , and afterwards to supper i and eventually they both went to Magdalen College , where Mr . Butler found bis friend Mr . Stratton , with whom he stayed till th e following Monday , and then left for Newmarket , where he resided in the capacity of assistant to Mr , Peek , a surgeon . It was , however , discovered that the rooms of Mr . Elliot , of Magdalen , were robbed of a dressing case , containing a prayer book , razors . &c . ; and it was also discovered that the rooms of the Rev % Yincent Raven , tutor of the same college , were plundered of a gold watch , and also that a gold watch had been abstracted from the room of Mr . Brown , of Emmanuel . Inquiries were instituted , and it was discovered that Mr . Brown ' s watch hat

      been pawned in the name of Brown , of Emmanuel , for £ 2 10 s ;; and that Mr . Raven ' s watch had been exchanged at a watchmaker ' s in the town for tw <> gold rings and a set of gold studs . On Saturdn ; last the superintendent of police , accompanied by Mr . Stration and Mr . Elliot , went to Newmarket , and in Mr . Peak's surgery they found Mr . Butler , wearing a gold pin which Mr . Elliot at once identified ; and in his bedroom was found tbe remainder of Mr . Elliot ' s property . Mr . Butler stated that he bought the dressing case of a boy as he was rominLout of the csllege . The bench committed him upon three separate charges , and it was understood that there were other cases against the prisoner , but they

      were not pressed . The inquiry occasioned a great deal of intent . ^ - ¥ hS "" CXb Nutsance at Nottingham , —Great astonishment pervadtd the different districts of the town on Monday morning , in consequence of the non-appearance of the cabs at the usual time . Upon inquiry we learned that a resolution was come to at a late meetjeafaf th » toljwi council to lessen the rate of cbanje . £ ) Mi £ mKtfibL . per mile . This the cabmen petitioned against , and resolved to vacate their stands mnij /^ e old prices were paid . A number of csbs werjs &nt the same morning on to the stands by an extensive owner , but the drivers were greeted with such hearty groans and hisses , that they weio , obligedt | XnUik&a- « et «« at ; .

      ~~ TnK Liverpool Coontt Court . —Ikstahatiom of the New Jodos . —At the last sitting Mr . Ramshay adjourned this court until Monday the 1 st inst . Since tho Inat sitting , as our readers we Ifoubtless aware , the charges brought against Mr . ttamshny have led to that gentleman ' s dismissal , by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , from the office of judge of the Liverpool County Court , and the appointment , in his stead , of Mr . Pollock , judge of the Court of Records , at Salford , Ac cording to adjournment , the Liverpool County Court was opened on Monday by the new judje *) Mr . Pollock entered the court-room shortly after ten o ' clock , and bowing to the court took hia seat on the bench . He snade no remark , save no

      indication that he was taking his seat for the first time , but . immediately proceeded with the usual business of the court . —The following letter , addressed to " W . Statham , Esq .. County Court , Liverpool , " waa received by that gent ' eman , through the post , on Monday morning .- —" Temple , Saturday , November 21 . —Sir , —I hereby adjourn the County Court until Monday , December 29 , 1851 . You will also adjourn it to the same day for the whole business now standing undisposed of . — I am , Sir , your obedient servant , "Wm . RAMsriAT . — Judge of the CouEty Court of Lancashire , liolden at Liverpool—To W . Statham , Esq ., the Clerk Of the County Court of Liverpool . "—This letter was not , read in court , nor , so far as we could see , waa any notice taken of it .

      Destruction of ins North Shiedls Theatre by Fire . —Within the space of two hours , on Tuesday morning , the North Shields Theatre was entirely destroyed by fire . The 8 re was discovered shortly after midnight , and by two o ' clock the building and " properties" were one mass of ruins . But for the exertions of the fire brigade and the military , a large block of buildings in the same street would have met a similar fate . The loss to Mr . Roxby , the manager and the proprietor of the building , will exceed £ 1 , 000 .

      SmciDB of a Liverpool MERCtiANT . — 'We regret to announce that one of our most respectable merchants on 'Change has put an end to his existence by committing suicide . The gentleman to whom we allude i ? Mr . John Taylor Crook , long and extensively engaged in the American passenger trade , and consignee to » large fleet of ships known as the Black Star lino of New York packets . In the spring of the past year he visited New York for the purpi . se of extending his business arrangements

      but returned some few months after , experiencing during his sojourn in the United States several severe attacks of illness . Since his vetnrn his health was but little improved , and during the last month he was evidently labouring under the influence of severe and trying indisposition , aided , perhaps , by the unsatisfactory state of his private affairs , occasioned by extensive speculations in America . At nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , at his odgings in Mount-pleasant , he was discovered hanging , and life extinct . —Liverpool Standard .

      The ToixBSBuny Murder . —The inquest relative to the death of the up fortunate woman Mrs . Cobb , was resumed at Tollesbury , before Mr . W . Codd , on Tuesday and Wednesday . A po 3 t mortem examination of the decuaaed had taken placo , and it appeared on exposing the bones of the head that the temple was found broken into several pieces , none of which had entered the brain , or even penetrated the membranes . The upper bones of the face were completely smashed . Tho wounds at the back of the ear did not penetrate to the bone , and the ?! neTa ^ r of the . brail ? was stated to be such i U have been

      as ,,, produced by concussion only Without fracture , while an irjfiil of the Stat © of the ? sh ; ir ° v h 7 ri 5 ? T ring jt ' •> «™ h . i egg sneiii he result of this examination caused S Sw h Bth » th " ^ th 0 U 1 edical *» S £ 2 skESHSSS actually produced , by the tomnor . al hnnO ' hZ .

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      former evidence , however , had been very materially strengthened , and the result waa that the jury re ^ turned a verdict to this vffect thsit the prisoner , Henry Harrington , was guilty of the wilful murder of Elizabeth Cobb . The coroner immediately issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner for trial ai the next ; Basex assizes . Tub St . Alban ' s Bribery Commission . —On Monday the commissioners , Messrs . Slade , Forsyth , and Pbinn , re-assembled in the Town . hall , at ten o ' clock , with a view to closing the inquiry . A letter was read from Mr . Wilks , one of the former candidates , stating his inability from indisposition to attend on the commissio ^ m . —The Hon . Mr . Craven , who was an unsuccessful candidate in P . .. __ <*¦• s % rt \ A *\ v % nt \ \\ /\ . rvAita ** Vtn A honn vrann tnnf Ariiilw

      1847 , and Mr . Repton , the present Conservative sitting member for the borough , were examined , and both admitted they believed that at their respective elections , though not personally cognizant of it at the time , bribery , on a scale similar to that practised at the last election , had been committed . The Hon . Mr . Craven said he had a suspicion , because 'having at the time advanced from £ 600 to £ 1 , QOQ for the purpose of carrying out hia election , of that amount JE 300 was not duly accounted for . —Mr . llepfcon said , he suspected that improper expenses had been incurred for his election ; but he did not know precisely the way in whieh the transactions were carried on ; nor was he aware that Edwards had lent Blugg £ 600 tO COndUCt Ms ( Mr . Repton ' s ) election until he read a statement to that effect in the newspapers a short time ago . He was never asked to repay the £ 500 so alleged to

      be lent , because he said he would not give any large Hums of money for election purposes any more . He admitted that at tbo election in 18-11 , when Lord Listowei and Mr . Muskett were hia opponents , a demand was made upon him after the election for between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , « 00 , and this was paid by members of bis family ; and the exorbitant nature of this demand had induoed him not to have anything to do with such demands in future . The matter waa transacted between hi » friends and Edwards and Blaeir , to the latter of whom he personally advanced £ . & 70 for what he supposed to be the legitimate expenses of conducting theelection . —The rest ofthe proceeding !! in the examination consisted of those individual voters who had received bribes , and who were not forthcoming at the last election . The inquiry stands further adjourned , for any supplementary or subsidiary purpose , to 25 th January next .

      Tbbribib ExpxoaioN ^ Loss or Life at Dart « ford , —la addition to the manufacture of gunpowder , tbe fabrication of rockets for signals , and a detonating mixture for blasting purposes , has , within the last three months , been added to the manufactories ! n the parish of Dartford by Mr Edward Callow . The place selected for this new branch of trade was a lone farm house , callod Joyce ' s , on the banks of the river Daren k , and , although in the pariBb , considerabl y more than a mile f om the town . On Tuesday afternoon , about a quarter-past four , the town was suddenl y alarmed by a terrific explosion , which shook every house to its foundation . It was some little time before it was ascertained what damage had been

      donebe-, cause the first thoughts ofthe inhabitants had been directed to the powdev ? tnUls , and the workB now destroyed were to the majority of tbe people unknown . It was learned , however , that it was the new workB at " Joyce ' s" that were blown up ; and also , that seven lirea were lost , and that two other persona were so desperately injured that life waB despaired of . The effect of the explosive material was precisely similar to that of gunpowder . One man , Piggett , had his head blown off . A Woman's legs have been found , The fragments of the liodies are now lying at the Union House , awaiting the coroner ' s inquest . One of the sufferers , a female , was only married last Sunday , The foreman , who is also killed , had only moved hia goods from

      Clapham a few hours before the accident ; and it is reported in the town that the proprietor had been compelled by tho inhabitants to remove bis manufactory from that neighbourhood , on account of its extreme dhngerousness . Four men , strangers to Dartford , are dead ; so also are two women , one named Brown , and the other Kempton ; a youth , named Goldsmith , is since dead . Varions rumours are afloat as to the precise cause of the calamity . One person who was at work in the place attributes it to the careloggness of one of the female sufferer ? , who be states waa married on Sunday last , and Tuesday being her birthday she promised the men half a gallon of beer if they would nllow her to fill one of the caacs . They acceded to her request , » nd

      whilst filling the tube he imagined that she must have driven the charge in too tight , for it exploded whilst the case was in her hand , and hence the catastrophe , Whether auch was this fact or not it is , of course , impossible to tejl j bnk one thing is quite certain , that in the hand of this unfortunate creature , notwithstanding that the body is blown into sundry portions , is to be seen firmly clenched one of the rockets , to which is attached three or four inches of gutt * percha . The whole of the windows in his dwelling house , some distance from the factory , are demolished ; and many articles of furniture are ranch injured , as well as the windows of several houses and small cottages near . It is to be regretted that most of the sufferers have loft large families totnlly unprovided for .

      Dreadsul Murals in- SoiTBnsErsOTRB . —A shocking murder , accompanied with robbery , was perpetrated on Monday niffht last , in the parish of Priston , a village about five miles from the city of Bath , Tho victim 19 a ( juiefc , inoffensive man , aboutthirtj * six years of asre , named George Bnsh , whose occupation was that of a milkman ^ and who resided at Timsbury , a village about two miles from Priston , and situated in the midst of an extensive coal district . The deceased , who was unmarried , lodged with a family named Flower , at Timsbury , and between one and two o ' clock on Monday he left his home for the purpose of attending an auction sale atPrision , haying at the time , it is supposed , between £ i and £ 5 in his possession . He told his

      landlady , whew he left , that he should return early in the evening , but he did not come home all night , It seems that , after attending ihe pale he went into the Ring of Sells heer house , in the village of Priston , where he remained drinking with several persons . A dispute avoae between ei ght and nine in the evening with the deceased and his companions , respecting the payment for a pint of beer , in the midst of whieh Bush left the house to return home . His way , which was extremely lonely , led through a field called " Cow Lees , " by a descending pathway , into a dell skirting PriBton Wood . As the unfortunate man did not return home during the ni ght , Mrs . Flower became very uneasy , and early on Tuesday morning sent two of her children

      to look after him , giving them instructions to go along the road by which ho usually came when returning from Priston . The children arrived at , he Cow Lees about ei ? ht o ' clock , when they wore lornfied and frightened at beholding poor Bush lying near the footpath in the middle of the field with . his throat cut in the most Bhocking manner , in © intelligence of the murder rapidly spread through all the adjoining villagos , and the excitement became intense . The appearance of the poor fellow was frightful . Tbo wound hud evloently been inflicted by a large sharp instrument , which had entered immediately under the chin , laying open the interior of the mouth , and oxtending round to each ear ; the collar of the shirt being also completely severed in two . The wound in the throat had been filled up with grass either by his murderers or by himself in attempting to siop the hemorrhage , and his trowsers Dooketshad

      been turned inside-out and rifled of their contents , His hat lay at a short distance in a pool of blood , and the ground underneath his head and body was also Saturated . The immediate space between the hat and body was also sprinkled with blood , leading to the supposition tha f , the wound was inflicted some distance from the spot whero the body was discovered . Two sixpence were found amongst the grass under the body , and a shilling was found sticking to the back of tho unfotunnte man ' s left hand by the blood . The assistance of the Bath police has been secured , and Mr . Hughes the lately appointed chief , and Inspectors Brown and Drake , are engaged in investigating the case , and there is every reason to hope that the vile perpetrators of the murder will Rbovtly be in the hands of j ustice , it . Uphill , Esq ., coroner for the eastern division of Somerset , held an inquest upon the body on Wednesday , when the above particulars were deposed to . v

      ni 0 # - AccidbNt w Ford .-Chichester , Dec . 2 .-Tho inquest on the body of James Martin , J ?" iX P * MJ » ger train whioh caused the ftn TwS ^ on Thu « aay week commenced rnJnM * TfW the East Su ^ ex , West lamp hn-e , and Chichester Infirmary , before Jame 8 towell £ , *« ., the city coroner—Charles Bureess , ffi « ™ ¦ ° ™ P ? «* ^« on Th u rs day saio" he was in a carriage next to the engine and f £ mTi n ° 8 ee the s " ' 8 lara P' * ne steam mowS ?^ ° V ented hi 8 « eiug it-Michael ncKey , signal 1 and switchman at the bridge , said fte saw a green light exhibited to indicate caution . At tnis time the red light was on the semaphore to stop the down train . He took a red hand-light , and went forward 250 yards , and seeing a red gWe which the thought was omitted from the coming down train , he tnrned round , waved the white light to hasten on the goods train , then on tho bridge , and he then turned round again ami waved his rod light to the down train , aa an additional danger sienal . The

      signal , however , was disregarded , and the collision took place . The steam was not shut off at the time . As a general rule the pace was slackened when crossing the bridge . Witness afterwards heard Pemberton say , The signals were all right ; it was all my fault , and that made me do it , " alluding to his throat . Mv . BaloWn asked how the accident happened , and Pemberton replied , " R y mate was not with me ; the man who cleans the carriages put fresh coal on at LUtbV . nrapton , and nearly smothered the fire ; having looked into the fire the fumes affected my eye 3 , and aftev a short

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      time I rubbed my eyes , and the fii-n n - ^^ was three red lighta . It IS no fault of -t ^ h He added he was confused , and l > a . | lOi , t 11 C 'A ' —After some further evidence , the juri- Fo * . verdict of Manslaughter against PemW tut tl & '> recommendation to the company to civ /' "' ^ engine drivers to pass slowly over Arundefr ' : ) i ! __ -T 1 . t . _ 1 . " ' * .. * "~ -- ™ ~^*»» t

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      ¦ «*)» - strnatro . RKPBESEimnoN of Drogkkda . —The " r i . » miner" says :- « We understand that amX - he electors of Droghedawill takepl . ee Ji ?" hjw , for the pMp 08 e of seject } ng an hones " *!? meS" 0 Wn '" ^ pIa 0 eofSir w « lfiB Rotal Dublin Socikty .-AIa meeting Of thh . siety , on Friday evening Dr . Bagnt Sjjffi * ? late forwarded by Lord Talbot de M «| . H i nufactured from a siliceous clay , found at Ro ^ ll , in the county of Cork . The p / ate « JfaiS ? rano }• description , and furnished an instance 0 department of the many undeveloped resourJ this country . " «

      OUTRAGE BY A PaiEST .-Tl . e ReTl E . 0 'MiBi Roman Catholic curate , was fined Is . on Vefaa ? . ;' at Roundstone petty sessions , Oalway , for au aS on a Scripture reader . ' ' . EMiSKitMtc . ~ llojnoiDK .-Tbe awful effect . , 1 giving way to passion were most lamentably ni » plifled in the neighbourhood of this town a few fa . ago in the case of a poor widow , named 1 W whose earnings were the only support of herself hre children . It appears the mother sent one ofK daughters , aged about ten years , out tobriiijib their miserable dwelling a vessel of water . \\

      the child returned , some angry words took place d tween the toother and the daughter ; the fonts ' enraged at the answer the child gave her , faasg > took the toDgs and struck the poor child on theheij She lingered for a day or two , and died . An w ^ was held OB the bo&y by ChaWes Fawcett , Es ^ the unhappy mother has been committed to prkj , Nothing could exceed the miserable picture ot ilt Four remaining' children at the inquest , with tjj , little dead sister and their unfortunate moil ;; removing from their wretched dwelling .

      Arson . —Government ba 9 offered a rewardof $ ] for the discovery of the incendiaries who lately u > tempted to burn the Kiilarney workhouse , The Flax Movement . —The Belfast papers of ?» . turday report at great length the proceedings at tlj annual meeting ofthe Royal Society for the 1 W tiou and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland . The Marquis of Downshire presided , a : 3 the report read by the secretary gave a most gta ( , fj . ing account of the progress and prospects of Ilia excellent association .

      More Evictions in Connemara . —The " 4 ahw Vindicator" contains the following statenent :-"In our last numher we called attention to t ^ wholesale evictions which are now carriec fii 6 j the Law Life Assurance Company in Conneiwia ; and we regret to find that we have this daytoaij sixty-nine to the other victima of depopilaiion , On the 24 th of November Mr . John Uobta , with his party of bailiffs , proceeded to the twnki

      of Ballirafad , evicted two families , consisting of eight persons , and levelled their houses , ) a tlia 25 th the same party visited the townlands ofDetsy « vickreene , Glencoash . m , and Letty , eviced til families , consisting of sixty one individuals , aid levelled their houses . When the people are " lisujfij from Connemarn , and no labour rcmuMng Will the healthy mountain side , the Law Life Assotch Company will hare a most valuable property ia their possession !"

      Emigration . —The "Ballinasloe Star" statestb " out of a number of alout 200 men , engaged ia drainage works not far from this town , tretweea forty and fifty of them have received reroittwa from their friends in America , and before the lit of February next will have bid a long farewell io Ireland . Within the past two years not lssstlu 200 strong able-bodied men have left the distiis we allude to for America , who have been enabled !) earn sufficient means to send for and briBj < ai 3 j theiv families . We are greatly mistaken , iiiderf , from the exodus which hfts taken place , nndB dearth of people , that labourers' wages—for cvdi middling hands—will be ls . Gd . per day . "

      . Sodden death of Mr . C . Studdert .-OhTIuk !' day last , at his offico in Camden-street , Dublin , a Charles Studdert , Esq ., of Newmarket Ite Newniarket-on-Fergus , was conversiDg with M » jS R . Hedges MaunscU , he dropped sutMeuly ou tlft floor at the teet of that gentleman ami eijiirci The deceased had only one minute before walks ! into his office from tbo next room , where the imipal adviser pronounced him better , aDd he hsi just told it to Major Maunsell , saying , "I new : felt better , " when the hand of death arrested lil

      mortal career , Mr , Studdert was for sovorul vests an eminent solicitor in very respectable prariitfi also an extensive and very influential landed prc > prietorjn ^ tho County Clare . - " -KuroosiSM . —The " Meath lleraW , " sp ? akin « K the state of the district under the spiritual superintendence of Drs . Cullen and Cantwell , says :- " ^ fear Ribbonism is spreading to a considerable eiteil in this and the adjoining counties , nursed by tins * sources of iniquity , shebeen bouses . " Hie " SIL'o Gazette " has thofoUowin ? :- " 0 ?

      Vlohvll WeMgjfaewfona favoured us with the ' owinx . .-i-- ^ FTieafdfyfetevday that thre ? of Cow Madden ' a . tenants had been served ivi ' . b n » ta threaten mgSktm with the fate of Brock { whom ofl readers ^;™; recollect was murdered near Drfll lish Sjffl&e / me since ) , if they did not imnieiiiaie . ! return t / the county Cavan , from vhence tit ? came . The only reason that can be tssigned t « these outrages is that the parties threatened art members of the Established Church . " George West , Eiq ., of Drumdarkin House , « ceived a threatening letter through the Postw stating that if he did not immediately parUi «» person who is in charge of his house in ClooMj should be punished , and no further notice gi « i ' their intention .

      Good Puospects . —English and Scotch ft * ; arc gradually creeping into Ireland ; even in 1 ? perary , tho terror of stranger * , several hava lasffl lands . Mr . Richardson Frazer , a Nuithuinto '" gentleman , has lately taken a farm of 300 acresf » ^ 'LL ££ K ? S -J 2 ipcer in that county . .. ^ TKrcOTporatinn of Cork has received the folding reply frorn Kossuth to their address : — u " Sir , — Have tho goodness to convey to w mayor , aldermen , ami town councillors ot tnt 1 w of Cork , my thanks for the address with iti ™ 1 ® ., body have honoured me . No one can be more ; -, > ible than nmelf of the value of those muff --- 1 w • ( , /» Vtt \ J luiw ¦»— flip II *

      ^ ^ institutions to which you allude . Itwas dependence ^ spirit inspired hytliesethat PJ ^ my countrymen to resist , oppression , andne their arms for the needful struatfle . Thenew ^ of such institutions had boen extended to the " ^ j and but for unjustifiable foreign interfere ^ ) would now be enjoying them . Tho time is «« distant when the spirit that lately « m « i » y nation will assert itself again , and Il . 1 f ^ 0 ?!> determine for itself thernlu under wh : eh its F 1 shall live . " I have the honour to bo , Sir , ' Yourobe-lientserv ^ "L ows Kossi ?»'

      " The Town Clerk of Corlc , " 0 1 The Jong . GipectQd Thurlea Statute * are , announced by the « 'Nation" as P rinte % t | l 0 : ;< course of distribution among the Roman i" ,, ; clersry . " They form a thin octavo voiu > ^ between 200 and 300 pagos , and are , 01 jy written in the language of the Latin Cnujy ' # greater number of the statutes deal w > tn ™ , $ « ner of administering tbe sacraments m 8 Cl jjS with the Roman ritual . They preeenne ; / r i ii and time , wherever it was foumi w * » a ft order to restore the practice to a strict cl " tit « with the custom of Catholic C 0 UI 1 ! fLt ( # statute most anxiously expected is ^ ec (; l-

      deals with tho provincial coiieges . _ *} - ' $ & immediate withdrawal of ecclesiast ics trc « { &f nexion with them , and punishes d « oW » ' p suspension from all ecclesiastical fun"' » j ;| k publication of Ihe statutes in each iPC » ^ understand , imperative ; and hence ylC . c ( , M other clerics holding office i « any of i' - ^ will forthwitn come under their open" ^ f is no direct prohibition ngsinst lay ; 'V ^ tending them , beyond that unplw" '" ^^ withdrawal of ece ! e < i » siic »! . gn'danco « - c (( Ci ; - An edition of the statutes in En ^ Jisti »• - ^ of preparation , hut within a day or l , iLtioll « has gone forth suspending the puJift further orders . tfcorli . A Tho "Freeu . an" ir&tions , on U . o » j ( $ London cnrrespojideiit , tbe rumour <" resignation .

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      Scotland Prbsbntatioh OF the Freedom op n Lord Duncan , M . P . —Agreeably to a >¦ E : unanimously passed at a recent meetin ^ magistrates and council of Dundee the nn of t ! i met in the Thistle Hall , Union ^ tnsel nTHS of November , and presented Lord Dun ! ¦ ' ¦ for Bath , with the freedom of the citv • ^ 'their approval of his public conduct Cn f ^ 1 ' cularly of his exertions in bringintr abf , ! . t 1 ^ ofthe window tax . " ° uttll ete

      Tub Scottish Distillers and the h Excise . —A correspondent states that ti , n * N sion granted last year by the Commit % land Revenue to the distillers of "Jj ?? 4 liberty to import spirits into England ev o ^ ' ' the differential duty of 4 s . 8 d ! * 1 - £ ll « K special application to the board , has il "ft drawn , owing to the fact , that some BcowS , ?* have taken advantage of it to establish aw ^ trade south of tho Tweed . d pernii > ti ;!

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      6 „ .. THE NORTHERN S ^^ ^ ^^^__ ———~ M - ^^^ JL Usi . 1 1 w ^ l " II ' I ¦ W ~ MrT > HTflTJ ~ T " l > l"l ' il 1 1 II I Pi l * " »'» 'ii ^ Mnpr 1 n ¦ ¦ if . ¦ ——^—« 1 ^ * * BaaaBag ^^ " ^* * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ - —

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1655/page/6/